Chapter 267: Jia Xu's Strange Plan, Thousands of Miles (13)
The Xianbei cavalry under the command of Helian dragged the cavalry of Ke's most advanced department, creating a roundabout opportunity for Huang Zhong's subordinates.
Eight thousand light horsemen were like a long dragon, and they came to the side of the Xianbei Department of Que Ju for several miles. At this time they were on the west side of the battlefield.
The movements of the cavalry of the eight thousand Han Army, Xianbei had noticed it at the first time. However, they were not in a hurry, and the eight thousand cavalry could not change their offensive against Helian Xianbei.
They had long known that Helian had joined forces with the Han people, and they were also guarding against this hand.
Que Ju divided his headquarters of 10,000 cavalry and prepared to meet the 8,000 cavalry of the Han army.
But to their surprise, the Han army did not attack their flank, but stayed half a mile away from them.
The two sides confronted each other for a quarter of an hour, and the Han army just didn't launch a sprint.
The 10,000 cavalry of Que Ju Xianbei was pinned down here, and Lian Xianbei was able to breathe.
Huang Zhong remembered the order given by Liu Fan, as long as they contained a part of the Yellow Turbans and delayed the defeat of Helian, their goal had already been achieved.
The Han army was very calm, but Xianbei of the Que Jubu was anxious. It was impossible for them to let these 8,000 Han cavalry go, and if their flanks were attacked, it would be troublesome.
After receiving the news, Que Ju personally came to command the cavalry.
In this situation, he was also at a loss. It's not the way to stay here all the time.
"Since the Han people don't attack, then we will attack. The Han people are as timid as rats, and I can scatter them with a single blow. Que Ju roared and ordered the cavalry to charge.
Adhering to the usual fighting style, the 10,000 cavalry led by Que Ju scattered and rushed towards Huang Zhong.
There are ten thousand knights, and they are everywhere; One hundred thousand knights, boundless.
The Xianbei cavalry galloped up from below, brave and overwhelming.
Huang Zhong's face was calm, and he and the eight thousand cavalry were ready for battle.
"Bend the bow and raise it half a foot. Look at the angle of my bow and arrows. ”
Huang Zhong raised his bow and arrows and opened his mouth to order.
All the cavalry raised their bows and arrows in their hands at an angle and pointed diagonally towards the sky.
The Han army was ready to shoot, and the projectile shot was farther than a direct shot.
The bow and arrow shoot the arrow into the air, the arrow is heavy, and the shaft is light. After the arrow is shot into the air, it is fired at enemies from different distances. Rely on the inertia of the arrows to kill the enemy.
Projectile at the sky, which is also very exquisite. First of all, there is the issue of angles, depending on the distance from the enemy, there will be different angles.
Secondly, the archers throw at a distance, by no means indiscriminately, the soldiers are raised to an angle, at least let most of the arrows shoot within a certain range, in order to have both lethality and deterrence.
When the distance between the two sides is long, the archers will choose to shoot, and it is difficult to play a role on the battlefield by relying on archery direct shooting. Unless there is archery like Hou Yi, Yang Youji, Li Guang, and Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong has the archery skills of shooting stones and drinking feathers, and has a deep understanding of bows and arrows, when the Xianbei cavalry is one hundred and fifty steps away from his side, Huang Zhong decisively ordered: "Release the arrows!"
Huang Zhong gave an order, and the Han army fired thousands of arrows.
The arrows rose and flew dozens of feet high, densely packed with black dots, as if covering the sky and the sun.
These small black dots with sharp arrows and white feathered tail fins flew down like a waterfall in the rapids after a short flight, with a sharp whistling sound of breaking through the air. Straight to the Xianbei cavalry running wildly.
"It's not good, this is the arrow array of the Han people. Rush over. "Que Ju has lived a lot of years and is well-informed. I also learned the arrow array of the Han people, who lacked war horses, and many times relied on crossbow arrows to resist their attacks.
An array of thousands of crossbowmen can shoot men and horses into hedgehogs.
Whoosh!
The dull and cold voice, in this grassland, is like the murmur of death.
The man with the shield of the Que Ju Xianbei cavalry took out the shield and put it on his head, and the man without the shield lay on his horse, hoping to rush out of this wave of arrows quickly.
Even with a shield on his head, arrows can land on his horse.
The mournful neighing of the war horses and the screams one after another. A rain of arrows fell, and Xianbei suffered hundreds of casualties.
Huang Zhong raised his bow again and aimed it at the sky, this time at a higher angle, and the cavalry under his command imitated it.
He knew the strengths and weaknesses of his side, and most of the cavalry did not master mounted archery. Without stirrups and saddles, a soldier could not shoot while sitting on a horse.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Huang Zhong released the arrow again and gave the order at the same time.
Another wave of arrows rained down from the sky, harvesting hundreds of lives of the Xianbei cavalry.
Que Ju was fated and did not shoot him to death.
"Retreat to the camp."
After this wave of arrows was fired, Huang Zhong immediately ordered a retreat. At this time, fighting with Que Ju Xianbei went against the general's original intention.
After Huang Zhong gave the order, the rear of the Han cavalry turned into the front team and retreated to the Han border in an orderly manner.
"Catch up with the Han army, I want to take revenge." Seeing that the Han army was leaving, Que Ju was furious.
"Don't hide your teacher, beware of fraud. The handsome is cautious. Que Ju's subordinates persuaded Que Ju.
"The Han army has killed so many sons of our army, and now they are poor in donkey skills, how can they be easily let go." Que Ju didn't want to give up, and if he didn't hurt the other party, thousands of people died on his side. How can you swallow this breath?
Que Ju did not listen to the advice of his subordinates and chased after the Han cavalry.
Gradually, the cavalry led by Que Ju got closer and closer to the cavalry of the Han army. But he also ignored that he was getting closer and closer to the Han realm.
When the Xianbei cavalry of Que Ju was less than 100 steps away from the cavalry of the Han army, Que Ju was ready to order his subordinates to release arrows.
On the ground not far away, small black dots rose one by one, and they crossed the Han cavalry and fell straight towards the Xianbei cavalry.
When the arrows rained down, Que Ju knew that he had been tricked, and hurriedly ordered his cavalry to retreat.
Que Ju was impulsive and paid for the lives of hundreds of people.
On the other side, He Lian, Ke Shi, and Murong Kip fought in the dark, and blood flowed like a river.
Countless corpses lay on the grass. There were many horses that had lost their owners running near the battlefield.
He Lian lost the opportunity and has always been controlled by others, and his troops and morale are not as good as Ke's most department.
In addition, Ke also had stirrups and saddles, which caused Helian to resist again and again, and failed again and again.
He Lian Xianbei 50,000 elite horsemen, more than half of the casualties have been lost.
Que Ju saw that Helian was at the end of his strong crossbow, so he mobilized 3,000 elite cavalry and attacked the Helian army, wanting to capture Helian in one fell swoop and end the battle.
The battle lasted for nearly a day, and Ke Shi, Que Ju, and Murong also suffered a lot of losses, and it would not be beneficial for them to continue fighting.
Ke's three thousand elite cavalry were like sharp knives, and the Xianbei cavalry blocking the front of Helian was stabbed in a short time.
He Lian knew that the danger was approaching, and hurriedly mobilized the escort army to protect himself.
Thousands of guards still couldn't stop Ke Shi's 3,000 elite cavalry. After a few rounds, it was scattered.
He Lian was frightened and rushed to the Han army garrison with his personal guards.
At the moment of life and death, the face will be instinctively ignored.
(End of chapter)