Chapter 180: Advance, Warriors of the Great Han!
On the snowy horizon, a white figure appeared, wearing a snow-covered hat, and his face could not be seen clearly. The www.biquge.info was dressed in a snowy robe, holding a peculiar crossbow, carrying a black spear, and a bulging cloth bag around his waist, which was estimated to contain a lot of good things. The whole person looks a little weird, bloated but not bulky.
The first to notice this strange man were the children playing in the distance, who thought he was a wanderer from a distance and ran towards him. There are often such wanderers on the grassland, they may be outcasts of other tribes, or they may be lost merchants or passers-by. They always carry some strange things with them. If you give them a little help, you may get some small gifts in return, which is the practice of the grassland. If it weren't for the enemy, the people on the steppe would be hospitable in general, and the Wuhuan people would be the same.
Soon, however, the children stopped running. Because behind this weirdo, a few more weirdos appeared. They were dressed in more or less the same way, but the man in the back did not hold a crossbow in his hand, but held a spear, a steel knife, and a shield. One, two, three,......, nine, ten, eleven! Eleven people in total. These eleven people, who seemed to be partners in a team, silently surrounded the crossbow-wielding stranger at the front. In the face of the children's shouts, they did not say a word, but marched silently towards the Wuhuan tribe's Chishan camp.
The eldest of the Wuhuan children was a little scared, he felt that these weirdos had bad intentions. Just as he was about to turn back, he found behind these strange people, on the left, on the right...... Behind the back, left on the left, right on the right, a lot of weirdos slowly emerged. The freaks were dressed in basically the same way, with ten of them working as a squad, each with a crossbow-wielding freak. Many squads are separated from each other by a certain distance, and at the same time, they can take care of each other!
As time passed, more and more squads appeared not far in front of the Wuhuan children, stretching for hundreds of meters, and there were almost hundreds of such squads.
The eldest child suddenly found his legs shaking uncontrollably, and he thought of the ghosts and ghosts in the old man's story, but in the end, it was determined that it was another terrifying existence: the enemy! He wasn't sure who these enemies were? It's the Huns or the Xianbei, but in any case they look like people! He took a deep breath, turned and began to run back. As he ran, he began to wave his hands and shout to his busy people. He had just opened his mouth wide, and before he could make a sound, he felt a salty taste in his mouth, and a sharp pain came from the back of his head.
It turned out that a crossbow arrow accurately pierced the head of the older child. His body fell to the snow, splashing a cloud of snow. Specks of red blood were sprinkled on the snow-white snow, beautiful and cruel.
The other Wuhuan children ran back screaming, shouting everything: "ghosts", "ghosts", "enemies". At first, the busy adults thought it was a prank by the children and ignored it. Until a lazy man basking in the sun, after squinting his eyes for a long time, finally shouted: "Enemy attack!" ”
The heavy snow obscured the grassland, and also obscured the vigilance of the Wuhuan tribe. The warriors who were supposed to be guarding have all left the sentry one after another and joined their own affairs of clearing the snow and reinforcing the tents and fences. No Wuhuan person could have imagined that at this time, there would be an enemy.
Many Wuhuan warriors didn't believe it, so they ran to the higher ground, put their hands together and looked into the distance, and finally determined which dense white dots moving on the snow were the incoming enemies!
"Woo~Woo~Woo~" The horn that represents the highest vigilance is sounded! The men of the Wuhuan tribe put down their work one after another and ran towards their tents. Inside the tent were their bows and arrows and scimitars. The women shouted loudly for their children to hurry back to the tent for shelter.
"Mother! What's going on! Why is there a trumpet sound of an enemy attack? Lou Ban asked from afar with some puzzlement.
"Ulla! Ulla! The noble lady began to shout to a sturdy Wuhuan warrior not far away.
"Madame, I'm here!" The Wuhuan warrior named Ulla ran back and forth quickly.
"What happened?" The noble lady hugged Lou Ban tightly in her arms and asked in horror.
"It's an enemy attack! For the time being, I don't know if it's the Huns or the Xianbei! Ula hugged Lou Ban, "Quick! Madame, come with me! ”
Then, Ula hugged Lou Ban, dragged the noble lady, and ran in the direction of Chishan without looking back.
Seeing the existence of Chishan from afar, He Xian knew that the destination of this trip was finally about to arrive! He first ordered all the military to be corrected in place, eaten, adjust weapons, and make final preparations before the battle. After the repair was completed, according to the established strategy, all the sergeants under Wei Yan and Zhao Yun were scattered. In the military system of the Han Dynasty, ten people were a squad, and a squad was the most basic combat unit, familiar with each other and relied on each other. The 3,500 infantry were divided into 350 squads, and the 500 men of the crossbow armoured army were divided into 350 squads, and each squad was equivalent to 1 or 2 mask-clad sergeants with repeaters.
According to the report of the scouts, more than 30,000 Wuhuan people were scattered at the foot of the Red Mountain, which stretched for several miles. If the Han army advanced in a regular formation of queues, no matter which endpoint of attack was launched from the left, center, and right, it would cause the Wuhuan cavalry behind to have enough time to assemble. And once the Wuhuan cavalry formed a formation and charged, the casualties on He Xian's side would double. Not only will the casualties multiply, but the disadvantage of He Xian's insufficient number will also be reflected. Therefore, be sure to break up and defeat the opponent at the first time!
As a result, He Xian adopted the beach landing mode during World War II, breaking up the brigade into a squad of 10 people, and expanding the firepower line to several hundred meters at once. These hundreds of meters are the most concentrated places where the Wuhuan people live, and they are also the location of the king's tent! The crossbowmen of each squad are the equivalent of machine gunners in later generations, and they are responsible for suppressing the enemy's ranged soldiers and strong points, such as archers and cavalrymen who have already galloped on their horses. As for the Wuhuan people who fell off their horses and were armed with scimitars, they were dealt with by the spearmen and sword and shield men of the squad.
Zhang Liao led 1,000 flying horses and was tightly attached to the back of the stragglers. Once the enemy's cavalry began to gather, Zhang Liao needed reinforcements as soon as possible to disperse and annihilate them, and never allow the other party to hold together. Wen Ping, Wei Yan, and Zhao Yun each led ten such squads, followed by He Xian, Guo Jia, and fifty special combat team members, and slowly advanced with the large army without hurry!