Chapter 158: The Cavalry Begins to Show Its Might

However, Zhao Xue, who mastered more than 3,000 cavalry for the first time, suddenly encountered an extremely serious problem: how to command the cavalry?

From many hunts, she already knew the advantage of cavalry, that is, it was necessary to move quickly to surpass ordinary chariots and infantry. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 However, in addition to the speed of movement, the cavalry on a horse also needs extremely fast command and reaction speed, even if it is accompanied by drums and gongs, because it cannot move and react quickly, this will inevitably indirectly affect the speed of the cavalry!

At this time, Le Yi still thought of a good idea, he said directly to Zhao Xue: "Princess, the action of the army is nothing more than attacking and retreating, an army of more than 3,000 people is not too much, but it is not too much, and it is possible to say that the army is completely controlled by the commander." I've got a kind of arrow, and when fired, it makes a loud noise! The feathered arrows were in the hands of the princess, and they were fired once when attacking, and twice in a row when retreating, so that the warriors knew what to do when they heard the sound of the chirping. ”

After speaking, Le Yi took out a strangely shaped arrow, and the head of the arrow was not a sharp arrow, but a thing that looked like an arc, and there were several zigzag holes on the arrow that were connected to each other.

Zhao Xue took it in his hand, held it in his hand, and shot an arrow at a distance, and the arrow made a huge noise as soon as it left the string, which was indeed a very convenient command prop.

"Mingdi, very good!" Zhao Xue sighed in admiration, and then decided to use this way to command the cavalry.

Zhao Xue and Le Yi didn't know that if according to the original development of history, more than a hundred years later, a tribe called the Xiongnu on the northern grassland, there was a leader named Mao Dun, and he also chose to use such a simple and efficient way to command the cavalry, only with the elite of the 10,000 cavalry in his hand, Mao Dun defeated strong enemies such as Donghu, Yuezhi, and Lou Fu in succession, and finally unified the entire grassland tribe and established the first grassland empire across thousands of miles in human history!

Subsequently, the two sent the elite under their original command to various grassroots levels, each commanding more than 50 knights, and in this way, a complete cavalry was completed.

After spending a few days in Jinyang, Zhao Xue kept a close eye on the movements of the Qin envoys and the Qin army, and when she received the definite news that the Qin army was about to arrive at Lishi, she also led the army to the Qin-Zhao border to meet the enemy.

As soon as the envoys and troops of Qin arrived at the border of Zhao, they met the army led by Zhao Xue head-on.

The envoy of the Qin State immediately stepped forward and saw that the general of the Zhao army opposite was a slender general with a hideous mask on his face. He didn't think much about it, so he asked Zhao Jun with anger on his face: "I am here to attend the funeral of Zhao State, and your country has blocked my country's entry like this, but you have broken your previous promise!" Our country strongly protests against this! ”

This person with a mask is naturally Zhao Xue, she is afraid that it will not be enough to deter the enemy when facing the enemy, so she brought such a mask to cover up.

Hearing the Qin envoy's questioning, Zhao Xue didn't have any nonsense, and sent someone to say to the Qin envoy: "The Qin envoy came to my Zhao country to mourn, and my Zhao country is welcome." The Qin envoy can enter the Zhao State, and I, the Zhao State, will naturally protect the safety of the Qin envoy, but the army behind the Qin envoy should not follow into the Zhao State! ”

The Qin envoy was extremely angry: "The envoy of my Qin State should naturally be protected by the army of my Qin State!" Zhao Guo's behavior is to despise my Qin State, isn't it afraid that my Qin State will be angry and attack Zhao State? ”

Zhao Xue was unmoved, still insisting on her point of view, which made the generals of the Qin army behind a little impatient.

The general of the Qin army who went out this time was Gongzi Hua, who had previously been defeated by the Qi State in the Battle of Sanqiu. The invincible prestige of the Qin army suffered a defeat in his hands, which in itself made him breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, if it weren't for the Qin envoy who led the team and said that he could "surrender without a fight", he would have done it when he saw the Zhao army!

Now seeing that the Qin envoy's intimidation of Zhao was useless, he immediately ordered the Qin envoy to retreat, stepped forward in person, and said to Zhao Jun: "Our army is now going to enter Zhao with our envoys, if Zhao State does not agree, we will enter on our own!" ”

Zhao Xue stepped forward and said to Gongzihua: "So, the Qin army wants to go to war?" If the Qin State wants to fight, I will fight! ”

Gongzihua didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the army, about to let the army follow, but at this time Zhao Xue spoke again: "This time the Qin State sent an envoy to our country to mourn, after all, it is a respect for our country, and my Zhao State can't be too rude!" I am here to challenge your army, and the Qin army can send sharp soldiers to fight! If our side wins, please stay where the Qin army is, if the Qin army wins, our army will automatically get out of the way, how about it? ”

Since Gongzihua was given a handful of Yin by Kuang Zhang, he has grown up rapidly and truly understood the true meaning of the soldier's philosophy of "soldiers, sophistry"!

Regarding Zhao Xue's proposal, he refused directly without thinking about it: "Our army is far more than you, if you want to defeat you, I can attack directly." Why should we have a one-on-one battle with you about this? General, please go back, I'd better rely on the army to fight a decisive battle! ”

When Zhao Xue heard this, she smiled contemptuously: "Who said that I was fighting with you one-on-one?" It's me alone, and I'll beat you ten! ”

As soon as Gongzihua and Qin Jun heard Zhao Xue's words, they immediately became extremely surprised, they had never thought that the other party would propose such a competition! However, the loss suffered last time in Qi was too great, and Gongzihua still had some shadows about this kind of pre-battle battle, and he was afraid that the other party would use some conspiracy means, so he didn't agree for a while.

Seeing Qin Jun's reaction like this, Zhao Xue rode to the front of the Qin army's formation, removed the mask on his face, and gently threw it behind him, revealing a beautiful face, and said to the Qin army: "When did the Qin people become so cowardly, and even become so afraid of fighting with women?" ”

Seeing Zhao Xue act like this, the knights of the Zhao Army behind him also boiled, and mocked at the Qin Army opposite: "The invincible Qin Army doesn't even have the ability to challenge women, it's really laughing to death!" "Qin Jun is so cowardly, let's go back to Qin and pick up the child!"

Zhao Jun's taunts and boos suddenly made the entire Qin army extremely angry! The Qin people are a martial nation, and they have never been afraid of fighting in front of the battle! Now if you don't even have the courage to fight with this Zhao woman, even if the Qin army wins today, she will have no face to return home!

After Gongzihua had just thought about the stakes, the warriors of the Qin State behind him were all gearing up one by one and asked Gongzihua to fight!

However, Gongzihua was worried that the other party would have some conspiracy, so he did not go into battle in person, but sent ten warriors to fight against the other party! Before his own fighters went to battle, he personally advised: "If the other party is playing any tricks, you should quickly retreat into the formation!" ”

Seeing that the other party finally agreed to the fight, as soon as the ten people in front of the formation walked out of the formation, Zhao Xue rode her horse and ran back quickly, and then she handed out an arrow on the horse, and shot a Qin warrior on the spot!

Seeing such a scene, the remaining warriors who came out to challenge immediately couldn't sit still, and one by one they either shot back with arrows, or took out their weapons and rushed forward, wanting to attack in close quarters!

Zhao Xue rode a horse and ran in the vast open space in front of the two armies, and the arrows that came from her were dodged one by one, and with the high-speed movement, how could the Qin army running on the ground catch her?

Then she shot an arrow at a Qin warrior who was closest to him on horseback, and that warrior was rapidly approaching Zhao Xue's position, and without noticing for a while, he was shot by Zhao Xue on the spot!

However, in a short period of time, two warriors who came out to challenge the battle were killed by her accurate archery! Seeing this kind of slaughter-like battle in front of the battle, the Qin army warriors who came out to challenge were all frightened, and they all began to run back to the Qin army's big array!

However, Zhao Xue didn't want the other party to be satisfied, and shot another arrow from a distance, hitting the vest of a fleeing soldier!

In a short period of time, three of the ten Qin Army warriors who came out to challenge died on the battlefield!

Seeing such a scene, a fanatical cry immediately erupted in Zhao Jun's camp: "The princess is mighty! The princess is mighty! ”

Then, Zhao Xue walked to the front of the Qin army and asked Gongzihua: "You are convinced now, are you willing to return to the Qin State honestly?" ”

Gongzihua's face was extremely ugly, but when he saw Zhao Xue approaching, a weird smile suddenly appeared on his face! He waved his hand backwards slightly, and immediately, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from the Qin army's large array, coming towards Zhao Xue's face!

Zhao Xue has been hunting many times, and her spiritual sense between life and death is already extremely keen! Almost as soon as the cold arrow was fired, her body subconsciously lowered on the horse's back, and then she noticed an arrow grazing her hair, scattering her bun!

Her head was full of green silk fluttering down and draped over her shoulders, making her extremely angry!

She immediately pulled out a chirp from her quiver and shot an arrow into the air! This shrill sound immediately resounded throughout the battlefield!

"The chirp sounded!" All Zhao Jun had such a thought in their hearts, and then when the Qin army was stunned by Zhao Xue's bravery in shooting the three people, more than 3,000 cavalry began to charge!

In the process of charging, the cavalry on the horse launched a volley at the Qin army's large array in the distance, and the dense arrows like locusts flew towards the Qin army's large array, and the Qin army, which had not yet reacted, immediately suffered heavy casualties!

And when the Qin army really realized what was happening and was about to start fighting back with their weapons, the knights of the Zhao army had already rushed to the front of the Qin army like lightning!

The cavalry with strong impact power directly rushed towards the large array, just like an unstoppable torrent hitting the weak embankment, and the large array of the Qin army blocking this torrent collapsed in an instant like this weak embankment!

Any Qin army that stood in front of the knights of the Zhao army was either knocked into the air one by one, or trampled to death by heavy horses after falling!

The soldiers of the Qin army who did not collide with the horses head-on were also extremely uncomfortable, and the weapons in Zhao Jun's hands were not taken to see! Under the powerful impact, the cavalry just stretched out the weapons in their hands and swiped lightly at the Qin army beside them, and the body of the Qin army that they touched was immediately cut off, and they were either killed or injured!

The onslaught of the cavalry of the Zhao army was wave after wave, and it was continuous until the entire Qin army's large array was chiseled through! When the cavalry stopped, the entire battlefield was already bloody, and the place where the Qin army had been staying was full of corpses and stumps of the Qin army that had fallen to the ground, and there were also the corpses of some Zhao army knights and horses!

And the situation of the Qin army has become extremely miserable at this time, and only half of the soldiers who can stand up are left!

Without any hesitation, Zhao Xue pulled out another Ming Di and shot hard into the air! The second charge of the cavalry of the Zhao army began again!

This time the charge was not as effective as the first time, and the casualties on both sides began to intensify in this charge!

When the cavalry of the Zhao army charged. There were only more than 2,000 Zhao Jun knights left behind Zhao Xue. However, the scene faced by the Qin army was even more tragic, with less than 3,000 people left!

In such a tragic scene, the strict military discipline of the Qin army could not even play its role! The rest of the Qin army no longer had the intention of killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions before, and they were just thinking about running for their lives!

Gongzi Hua, the general of the Qin army, still wanted to collect the rout to block it, but in such a desperate scene, even the immortals could not collect the rout!

As Zhao Xue pulled out the third Ming Di and shot it into the air, the remaining Zhao Army knights once again charged! In the face of the fleeing rout, the power of the cavalry began to be truly fully exerted!

Under the pursuit of the cavalry, the infantry could never run away if they wanted to, and the remaining soldiers of the Qin army, in just half an hour, had been completely annihilated by the Zhao army, and even Gongzihua himself was captured!

The envoy of the Qin State who was watching the battle from the sidelines looked stupid directly, and such a scene really made him incomprehensible: when did the invincible Qin army become as fragile as a lamb and be so wantonly slaughtered?

Zhao Xue captured Gongzihua and walked in front of the Qin envoy, and said to the Qin envoy: "Now that the army that your country is following has failed, it is no longer possible to follow your envoy to our country for funeral, I will send someone to personally escort your envoy to Handan!" ”

In the face of this cold order, Qin Envoy could only nod vigorously like a chicken! He was afraid that if he reacted slowly, he would be treated as an enemy and killed by Zhao Jun!

After sending off the envoy, Zhao Xue led the army to continue to advance! The cavalry then arrived at Lishi and Lin Yi respectively, which were originally the territory of Zhao and were captured by Qin after the Battle of Hexi of Qin and Wei two years earlier!

Zhao did not hand over the editions of the two cities to the Qin state, and never had the intention of ceding the two cities! And most of the subjects in the two cities were originally devoted to Zhao State, when Zhao Xue captured Gongzihua and came to the city of these two cities, the people of the two cities immediately broke out, opened the city gate, and welcomed Zhao Xue into the city!

In this way, the land lost in the hands of her father was recovered, and Zhao Xue was still a little incredulous in her heart.

The knights of the Zhao army and the common people of the two cities were shocked by Zhao Xue's bravery, and regarded him as a god, and they sang one after another: "The princess broke through Liangshan with three arrows, and the strong man sang into Zhao Pass!" ”

When Le Yi asked Zhao Xue how to deal with the officials of the Qin State in the two cities, Zhao Xue thought about it and gathered them all together, even the captured Gongzi Hua among them.

She said to these officials and nobles of the Qin State: "The Heavenly Destiny Xuanniao descends to give birth to business!" After Zhao and Qin were both wins, the two countries were originally one family. Now that you are in my hands, I will not embarrass you, and I will send you back to Qin. I only hope that you can tell King Qin that Zhao is not Korea and Wei, and you can be easily humiliated! ”