Chapter 240: The Battle of the Outside of Cyprus (8)

He Lian insisted on giving up his car to Mr. Qin, and Mr. Qin naturally refused. However, he galloped on the horse for a long time, and his legs were already sore, so he was able to keep up with the army along the way, but the war horse he rode was extremely good, and he relied on a breath to support it. But now he can't even stand up, so he can only board Helian's car at the insistence of Helian and in the envious eyes of countless Xianbei people.

To be able to get such attention from Helian, Mr. Qin was also excited in his heart, if you want to talk about Helian's status and status, then you can live on an equal footing with the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but what about yourself? It's just a down-and-out scholar in the Central Plains. However, it was really surprising and apprehensive that he could be so courteous to Corporal Xian. Until he sat in the car, Mr. Qin's hands were trembling.

and helmets and armor, riding a horse covered in pitch black, majestic and high-spirited. The horse's brocade-like fur seemed to be shining with oil, and its hooves flew between the four hooves, not trampling the soil, as if running on the clouds, and it was a divine horse. He rode his horse at the front of the group and was the first to enter the Thang Long Valley. Forward, 10,000 iron horsemen surrounded its frame.

As the army gradually entered the valley, Guo Bin's palms were already wet with sweat. Since he was reborn at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he has participated in many battles, and he has never been so tense as now. Also, except for the big war outside Changshe City, the rest of the major wars were mostly crushed by absolute superiority, and even the big battle against the Yellow Turban Army on the periphery of Changshe City was backed by tens of thousands of elite officers and soldiers of Huangfu Song, and in the event of an accident, it could be quickly withdrawn into the city, which was not a matter of life and death.

And now, although there are many people on his side, the elite of the Xianbei cavalry is really beyond Guo Bin's imagination. The cavalrymen had at least a pair of leather armor, a leather helmet, and many of them even had a metallic sheen on their helmets in the afternoon sun, apparently either copper or iron.

After all, it is the most elite 10,000 iron horsemen in the entire Xianbei clan, they once followed Da Dan in the southern and northern wars of Tanshi Huai, they had participated in the war to unify the Xianbei tribes, and had followed Tan Shi Huai Shan Yu deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains to plunder, and then withdrew without injury, they had witnessed Tan Shi Huai Shan Yu refuse the canonization of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, that is the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty!

When Tanshi Huaishan died a few years ago, his heir and Lian undoubtedly inherited the leadership of the 10,000 most elite iron horsemen in the Xianbei clan, and they became a powerful weapon for Helian to unite the various tribes and intimidate the Quartet. And through the efforts of Helian in the past few years of succession, he has truly taken such an elite army into his hands.

Neither the defection of Xianbei in the west nor the estrangement of Putou disrupted the steps of Helian to control this army, because he knew that only when he really controlled this army would the entire grassland crawl and tremble under his feet. Even without the Western Xianbei and the Eastern Xianbei, he can also recapture it with the support of this army. This army, like the mainstay of supporting Dadan's power, is the cornerstone of the stability and unity of the entire Xianbei nation.

At this time, Helian, who was at the forefront of this army, was full of spirit and confidence.

Seeing that the Xianbei army began to gradually enter the valley, Guo Bin clenched the Xuanlong spear in his hand, and when he saw a very noble and magnificent carriage surrounded by all the troops, and entered one-third of the Shenglong Valley surrounded by the Xianbei iron cavalry, the Xianbei cavalry was only a few hundred meters away from the valley mouth.

Guo Bin didn't care about the nearly 1,000 troops who had not yet entered the valley, and shouted: "Drumming!" ”

Immediately, "Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of the drums resounded in the sky, and as the drums sounded, countless strangely shaped iron objects in nets were thrown down on the hillsides on both sides of the valley.

If he saw so many iron products on weekdays, He Lian would only be happy, because the Han court imposed a policy of iron embargo on the grassland in order to suppress the development of the grassland peoples and limit their armed forces. Not only blades such as iron swords, but also iron pots, iron spoons, and even iron five-baht coins are strictly forbidden to flow out of the plug.

And now, when he saw the appearance of these iron products clearly, all that was left in Helian's heart was fear. Because these iron products are none other than thistle.

Tribulus terrestris is a kind of military iron spike spreading obstacle in ancient China, and it has been widely used in warfare during the Warring States Period. "Liutao Hutao" recorded: "Narrow road micro path, Zhang Tie Tribulus terrestris, four inches high, eight inches wide." The most suitable place to use this weapon is the narrow road.

This thistle terrestris is forged from iron, and has four spines, each of which is at an angle of 120 degrees. Therefore, if you scatter your hand on the ground, there will be a thorn straight up. Because its thorny tip is like the herbaceous plant "tribulus terrestris", hence the name. In ancient warfare, thistles were often sprinkled on the ground to delay the enemy's movements. After the Qin and Han dynasties, this special weapon has become a commonly used defensive equipment in the army, in addition to being laid around roads, defensive areas, and cities, when the troops are stationed in the camp, they are also laid around the camp. Therefore, among the three cities outside the Saiwai that are mainly tasked with defense, the reserve of thistles is extremely staggering.

Now a huge number of thistles were scattered in the Thang Long Valley, and in an instant, the few remaining degree advantages of the Xianbei cavalry in the valley had been completely eliminated. In desperation, the elite cavalry under Helian could only dismount to fight, because if they rode on a war horse, they would become a target for activity, and if the Han army on the mountain attacked with arrows or rolling stones, it would be the brunt of it.

Guo Bin, who was at the observation post on the mountain, could see from the first reaction of the cavalry under Helian after the thistle terrestris came to his face, that all of these people were veterans of a hundred battles.

It can be seen from their unhurried movements that these elite cavalry did not lose their position because of the sudden danger, and if their psychological quality was a little worse, it would not be a lie to bomb the camp directly when they encountered such a situation. These Xianbei cavalrymen knew that although they were in danger at the moment, the slopes on both sides of the Shenglong Valley were not very steep after all, and as long as they climbed up the hill after dismounting, they could defeat the ambush soldiers.

At this time, Guo Bin was secretly glad that he did not face to face with these Xianbei elite cavalry. If the Yellow Turban army under his command fights these elite cavalry on the grassland, the greatest possibility is that they will be defeated in an instant in an encounter, because the two are not on the same weight class at all.

He Lian clearly knew the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, and although the reason why he dared to enter the Thang Long Valley easily was in a strategic sense, the elite level of his soldiers was the fundamental reason why he dared to make such a decision. Because there were only a few thousand patrols organized by the Yellow Turban army in the three cities outside the city, they were temporarily recruited in a hurry, and the training of their soldiers was far behind their own. Therefore, the three cities outside the Saiwai arranged ambushes along the way, and they were not in the eyes of Helian. This is his subconscious understanding, and it is also his self-confidence as a Xianbei Dashan Yu.

Seeing that the Xianbei soldiers dismounted one after another to fight, they carefully hid their bodies behind the war horses, and on the other hand, they actually attacked the top of the slope with scimitars and cowhide shields, Guo Bin secretly admired in his heart. It is worthy of being the elite of Xianbei Dadanyu's direct subordinates, whether it is adaptability or psychological quality, compared to the nearly 20,000 yellow turbans under his current command, I don't know how strong it is.

Su Shuang, who was on the side, saw that the Xianbei army was getting closer and closer, and he was anxious, but he didn't dare to say anything to disturb Guo Bin. I had to pull my beard on the side and pause.

In the Xianbei team, after the initial panic, it only took a few minutes to calm down, the soldiers no longer shouted loudly, and even the war horses stood obediently in place, motionless. When Guo Bin saw it, he secretly admired in his heart, such an elite division could indeed sweep the grassland.

However, since Guo Bin dared to set up an ambush in Shenglong Valley, he naturally had a backup move. I only heard his short and clear shout, and a series of things flew into the air. Although Mr. Qin, who had been hiding under the frame of Helian, was a Han Chinese, he couldn't understand the meaning of Guo Bin's words. As Guy Guo Bin said, there are only three words: "Set off firecrackers!" ”。

Mr. Qin has been wandering on the grassland for many years, and when he was still in the Central Plains, Guo Bin had not even been reborn in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, so the term gunpowder did not exist at all. Nowadays, gunpowder is all revealed in the laboratory of Yangzhai County, and it has never been revealed to the world after the Ming Dynasty. Because this is the basis of thermal weapons research, Guo Bin even included gunpowder in the category of top secret that is strictly secret, and it is reasonable that Mr. Qin has never heard of firecrackers.

However, at this time, firecrackers, due to the limited power of the black powder inside, were limited to intimidating the enemy.

I saw that the ignited firecrackers accompanied by the snorting sound of the fuse burning, like poisonous snakes emitting black smoke, fell towards the Shenglong Valley one after another, and its density was more than that of the appropriate iron thistle. However, with the elite level of the 10,000 Xianbei cavalry directly under the company now, having seen the harassment of firecrackers last night, where would they be afraid of a few loud firecrackers now? Therefore, although the Xianbei soldiers were also surprised and inexplicable at this time, they were still able to keep their hearts and remain unmoved. Just when Su Shuang secretly sighed that Guo Bin's method didn't work all the time, the Xianbei formation began to be chaotic, only to see Su Shuang clapping his hands in amazement.

Yes, there was indeed a riot in the Xianbei army, but unlike what everyone thought, this time it was not the soldiers who were in turmoil, but the war horses.

As soon as the war horses were in chaos, they kicked and galloped wildly in the small space in the Shenglong Valley, and in an instant, the most elite cavalry of the Ten Thousand Xianbei Tribes could not control the situation. ()

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