5. Car formation
The fan party rode a horse surrounded by many guards and came out of the white dog gathering. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 At this time, the Qiang people who were scattered outside the gathering and escaped also fled back one after another, while Yan Xing led his cavalry to avoid the front edge of the Qiang people, galloped to the rear of the car formation, and his own cavalry entered the formation.
Seeing that the clansmen who used to boast of being brave and good at fighting now suffered a big loss, fled in all directions under the attack of the Han people, and finally fled back in disgrace, the anger in the heart of the lost party became more and more vigorous, he raised his whip and pointed at the car formation on the edge of the forest, and ordered the pursuing Qiang people to kill all these Han slaves, and he wanted to cut off Yan Xing's head to make a drowning pot.
The Qiang people originally had more than 300 men and horses, but after being raided by Yan Xing, dozens of people were killed and wounded, and now there are nearly 300 people, and they still have an advantage in numbers. The first wave of Qiang people who attacked the chariot formation were either on foot or on horseback, some carrying spears and bows, and some were only carrying bows and arrows, numbering about 100 people, shouting and roaring.
Yan Xing knows that Qiang is strong and brave in human nature, and he is sure to touch the thud. If they can't stifle the first wave of attack and directly let a large number of Qiang people press up, I am afraid that the people in the car formation will collapse all of a sudden.
The situation was critical, Yan Xing stood in front of the car formation, held his breath, stretched his bow and aimed at the Qiang people at the forefront of the charge, estimated that the Qiang people had entered within eighty steps, and instantly released the bowstring buckled on the wrench finger of his right hand, and shot out quickly with a whoosh.
The arrow directly pierced the left eye of the Qiang man at the front, bringing up a blood mist, and the Qiang man's body running forward was stunned, and he fell on his back without saying a word. Seeing the test shot hit, Yan Xing immediately waved his hand and shouted:
"Bow and arrow, hair!"
The people who had been waiting in the car array for a long time heard the order and moved, and they loosened their strings, and for a time dozens of arrows flew out of the car array, and the Qiang people who bore the brunt of the brunt were instantly shot down by a rain of arrows More than a dozen people, panicked and rushed forward, or raised a shield to protect the upper body, or dodged and moved, and the Qiang people behind couldn't hold back their footsteps and rushed up, and the front and back collided together to look more and more chaotic. The dense and chaotic Qiang people made the next arrows more lethal, and the second and third rounds of salvo in the car formation killed and injured another twenty or thirty people, and the surviving Qiang people were all frightened, leaving the corpses of their companions and retreating in a panic.
Seeing that the first wave of the Qiang people's attacks was repulsed, Yan Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, Wei Qingbu got off the car formation to deter the surprise attack of the Hun cavalry, so as to give full play to the power of the Han army's strong bow and crossbow, and Yan Xing's current purpose is actually to prevent his own people from collapsing in a short period of time while preventing his own people from collapsing in a short period of time.
Morale should be raised but not discharged, taking advantage of the fact that the first wave of the Qiang people's offensive was disintegrated by bows and arrows, Yan Xing ordered loudly:
"Qiang Hu has no faith, and wanting to destroy me is equivalent to this. The second and third sons and their families are in Yunwu, this is a place outside the plug, go home hundreds of miles, enter and succeed, go to death, how can there be a plan to survive! Order, kill the first level of the captives and reward a thousand dollars, the casualties are doubled, the second and third sons, follow me and kill Hu! ”
Although a thousand dollars cannot be regarded as a heavy reward, it is also a large amount of money for ordinary Qianshou, which is worth the cost of several months of a family, not to mention that Yan Xing has already made it clear that there is a situation of advancing and retreating, death and no life at the moment, and his horsemen are naturally shouting and making peace, and the other coachmen Ding Zhuang are also boosted by their encouragement, and they all shout and cheer, and they want to fight to the death with the Qiang people in front of them.
The fans who watched the battle at the gate of Maju saw that the warriors of their family were shot back by several rounds of arrows from the chariot array, and the Han side became more demoralized. His thin face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he cursed and drove his horse to the retreating crowd, whipping the retreating people in the face, and the Qiang guards around him also drove forward to block the retreating crowd.
The Qiang, who had lost the first battle, finally stopped retreating amid the whipping and cursing of their horses, and turned to face the chariot formation that had just claimed dozens of their lives. In the reprimand of the lost party, the first wave of Qiang people who retreated was arranged in the back, and the second wave of Qiang people who had just been disrupted by their partners were arranged in front this time, and they gathered a team of nearly two hundred people to form a wide semicircle, and rushed to the chariot formation again with their blades.
Although the number of Qiang people attacking this time has increased, the formation has become more wide, and the power of the bow and arrow cannot be effectively played, but the Qiang people with bows and shields also began to counterattack after entering fifty or sixty steps, causing a lot of pressure on the archers in the car formation.
Seeing the Qiang people gradually approaching, after Zhang Gong shot down another Qiang archer, Yan Xing withdrew the archers, among which the troops and cavalry who led the team changed into handy melee weapons to continue to meet the enemy, while the young man who temporarily acted as an archer withdrew behind the chariot formation. The men in the front row put their spears on the carts, the men in the second row put their spears on the shoulders of the first row, and the spears in the third row filled the gaps in the second row, so that the layers of the mixture formed a formidable forest of spears.
Back then, Duan Cheng won a complete victory in Fengyi Mountain, that is, "Zhang Cheng had a sharp blade, a triple spear, a strong crossbow, and a light cavalry as the left and right wings", but today's Yan Xing's subordinates are mostly unarmed Qian's leaders, far less than Duan Cheng's army of a hundred battles. Therefore, Yan Xing cut down the complexity and simplified, minus the archers and cavalry he lacked, and only lined up the people into three rows of spearmen to guard the chariot formation, and arranged several subordinates or horsemen at the head and tail of each row in order to coordinate and command, while the others carried swords and swords, ready to fill in and fight.
The Qiang people faced the dense spears, the closer they got to the more casualties increased, often blocking the spears that pierced the chest, but they couldn't prevent the spears that pierced the ribs, and the chariots blocked, although the Qiang people were outnumbered, they obviously couldn't open the situation, but only increased the casualties in front of the spear forest.
The spear used by the people of the car formation is very different from the spear commonly used by the Han army, the spear is about two feet long and four feet, the spear body is made of oil-soaked bamboo, the head and tail are equipped with iron tips and iron irons, which are sturdy and durable, suitable for defending against nomadic cavalry.
Yan Xing also changed his hand to the Guanxi spear at this moment, he was extremely strong, the thick spear was like a spiritual snake in his hand, and it could often be pierced from various tricky angles, making people unguardable, almost every time he poked out, he would take the life of a Qiang person, and there were four or five Qiang people who died under his spear after the battle.
The situation between the warring parties gradually expanded, and the anger in his heart was slowly replaced by panic in his eyes, and he could not have imagined that the warriors of the clan who galloped on weekdays would suffer a big loss to a group of Han Qiantou today. Recalling the burly figure who was riding a fast horse to him not long ago, the misty party felt a chill in his heart, he gritted his teeth, waved his hand and beckoned the last guards and subordinates around him, pointed to the car array and commanded a few words, and soon the guards around him also galloped out, leaving only a few people to guard in front of the maze horse.
The Qiang guards rode horses but did not join the ranks of the besieging chariot array, but kept galloping on the periphery, and at the same time the escort led by them also shouted loudly: "The lost party has an order, break through the chariot array, and let Ren Er and others ask for the property, and those who kill the leader of the Han people will give ten horses and ten slaves, and those who dare to retreat will be beheaded on the spot, and their wives and children are not slaves!" ”
This order was undoubtedly like a huge stone being thrown into the water, causing an uproar, and the Qiang people who hesitated in front of the dense spear forest for a while all shouted loudly, venting their emotions like a vicious wolf stimulated by blood. Among the Qiang tribes, most of the gains from the past conquest and plunder were handed over to the adults and nobles in the tribe, so although the Qiang people were brave and good at fighting, they often could not last long when they encountered a tough and tough opponent on the battlefield, and they were afraid that they would give others a cheap advantage after dying in battle. Now the Mystery Party promised to give all the spoils to the Qiang warriors, and those who killed the enemy leaders could also get a heavy reward, which was to stimulate the bloody nature of the Qiang people to take the edge and kill the enemy.
Stimulated by the blood and tempting interests in front of them, the Qiang warriors burst out with extraordinary combat power, and they no longer chose to fight in formation, which they were not good at, but divided their hands to contain the spearmen in front of them, and turned to risk the sides of the assault vehicle formation. The relatively sparse spearmen on both sides of the chariot formation suddenly increased the pressure, although the Qiang people in twos and threes could not break through the spear defense line for a while, but their repeated assaults made everyone in the chariot formation tired to deal with.
Yan Xing saw that the Qiang people had changed their tactics and the offensive was becoming more and more fierce, so he hurriedly led people and Ma Lin to reinforce the personnel on both sides of the chariot formation, and the archers who were originally resting in the rear also hurriedly stepped forward with short soldiers to support. The battle between the two sides became more and more intense, and under the repeated impact of the Qiang people who were not afraid of death, the front lines on both sides were crumbling, and the people in the car formation could only rely on the spear formation to support themselves. Yan Xing stabbed the seventh Qiang man with a spear, the tip of the spear that had been chopped by the blade many times finally couldn't stand the impact and snapped, Yan Xing didn't have time to throw down the spear shaft, so he stabbed at another Qiang man who wanted to turn over the car formation, and the sharp fracture pierced the chest of the Qiang man, but the power dropped significantly, and the seriously injured Qiang man was also aroused to be ruthless, and he grabbed the spear shaft with both hands and did not let go, and another Qiang man took advantage of this opportunity to dodge a spear in front of him and jumped sideways on the car. Yan Xing's heart was in a hurry, and under the urgency of the situation, his arms suddenly burst out with several times the divine power, and with a shout, he even threw out with a pole, like an iron hammer hitting the Qiang people hard, knocking the two Qiang people behind him away. Yan Xing, who had his free hands, quickly pulled out the Hundred Refining Ring Knife on his waist, and turned into the car to face the Qiang people. The Qiang people who got into the car were obviously also first-class warriors in the clan, and when they saw Yan Xing, they immediately took the lead, and slashed at Yan Xing, who had just stood on the car, with a powerful slash.
"Dang!"