Chapter 427: An Unexpected Shock
The cavalry army of the New Han Army watched the 100,000 cavalry led by Guo Yan actually interspersed diagonally, and did not dare to block the front of the cavalry army of the New Han Army.
To the west of Baohan City, the cavalry armies of the Xiliang and Qiang tribes also began to move.
On the issue of the sophistication of weapons and equipment, the armies of the Di and Qiang nationalities should be the worst equipped with weapons. They hardly have their standard equipment. Whether it is weapons or armor, at most, it is their royal army that will have the same standard weapons and equipment.
Anyway, hundreds of thousands of Xiliang alien cavalry, whether it is their war horses, weapons, or clothes. At a glance, there are all kinds of things.
Wearing clothes and armor is a compliment to them. In fact, most of the cavalry soldiers of the Di and Qiang tribes had no armor. Most of them wore a vest on their bodies, which was a leather vest. There are very few shoulder pads, knee pads or anything like that. Even, many foreign soldiers are still shirtless, you know, it is already winter at this time, and the weather is getting cold, but they are still shirtless. In other words, they are more brave and fearless, but it can also be said that the aliens are really poor. This, too, is an indisputable fact, these aliens, their survival is worrying. Otherwise, it is unlikely that Liu Bei will be persuaded so easily and agree to raise troops to attack the New Han army. It is also more unlikely that he will be persuaded by Jia Xu, Ma Teng and other light yì to return to the New Han Dynasty.
If these aliens, they don't have to worry about survival, and some of them have food and other materials, they will not pay attention to Liu Bei's lobbying and Jia Xu and Ma Teng's persuasion.
Anyway, an army of alien cavalry, it seems. It's uneven, like an army of beggars.
And then there's their weapons. It is like a straight knife like a firewood knife, or even a woodcutter. Scimitars, knives, swords, spears, clubs, etc. Well, more alien soldiers were holding a black iron rod in their hands, but one was thicker and had some rough spikes, this was what they called a mace.
And then there are their bows. Their bows are even more diverse, iron bows, wooden bows, compound bows, long bows, short bows, etc., at a glance, it is almost impossible to find a little neat weapons and equipment.
The same is true of war horses, some tall and some short, some big and some thin, some red and some black. There are white spots and spots, anyway, it just makes people feel very mottled.
However, all of them are a qiē. They can't be blamed. Because, in fact, more of them are not soldiers of their other race. More than that, it's just that their tribe is young and strong. Originally, they were all herding people. Most of them have never actually been on the battlefield.
In fact. Not all of them are young and strong, and there are many people who have gray hair, and some of them are short and have childish faces.
These hundreds of thousands of alien armies have almost gathered all the people of the Xiliangdi, Qiang and other tribes who can fight.
It is completely in line with the legend that all the people are soldiers in wartime of the nomads.
But don't underestimate such a seemingly bizarre alien army. Because, even if many of them have never been on the battlefield, they have not really killed anyone. However, in the desert, on the grassland, they would practice riding and archery almost every day, and they would fight with the wild beasts of the desert steppe every day. Since they were children, they have been accustomed to seeing blood, so it is time to assemble their tribes and prepare for war, as they are now. These aliens, whether they are men, women, or children, do not look too panicked, and their eyes more or less reveal a bloodthirsty and eager look.
In the camp of these aliens, Jia Xu originally felt a little unbearable because he saw many twelve or thirteen-year-old boys, as well as some old people, also participating in the assembly and preparing to fight. Originally, he wanted to talk to the kings of the Di and Qiang tribes, and asked him to give an order to stipulate the age limit for the soldiers who participated in the battle, and brush down those who were too young and old, so that they did not need to participate in the war.
However, after he saw the situation in his tribe, Jia Xu silently swallowed back.
Well, listen......
"Old fellow, you often say that your sword is not old, and this time, if you don't cut off the head of an enemy, you won't come back. My son too, look at which of you two kills more people, our family, it's up to you to take the head to receive the reward for the winter......"
"Son, do you remember what my mother told you? When you get to the battlefield, you must be brave, you can't weaken the majesty of our Di warriors, but you can't be like your dead ghost father, who was cut off by others. My mother made you something delicious and waited for you to come back......"
"Grandson, I heard that our clan has given a lot of food to our clan by the Xinhan Army, and our clan can spend the winter, but we can't eat other people's food for nothing, right? Today, you will go to the battlefield and kill more of those things, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the New Han Army. ”
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In the alien camp, Jia Xu heard many women from the families of foreign soldiers to their husbands, sons, and grandsons. No matter what they say, there is basically no one who feels reluctant to go to the battlefield for the old and young of their family, but cheers them up, and every alien family seems to have become accustomed to the fact that the old and young people also have to fight, and no one thinks that this should be the case.
If Jia Xu stood up at this time and said that the old and the young were not humane or something, I am afraid that these aliens would treat him as a monster. What humanity to talk about with these aliens? Do they understand?
You know, if you can't convince these aliens to submit to the New Han Dynasty this time, then their current position. But it's going to deal with his own New Han Army.
Therefore, Jia Xu had nothing to say, but his heart was a little heavy. Begin to think about how you can educate these aliens in the future. If you can't thoroughly educate them and let them be sinicized, then these are indeed a very dangerous people.
In fact, there are some more radical aliens who have not really realized that they have submitted to the New Han Dynasty, or what will happen after they have submitted to the New Han Dynasty. Usually, they are still scolding Han dogs and Han dogs or something. Perhaps, they were not targeting the Han people of the New Han Army, but those Western Liang princes. However, it can also be seen from this. They do have a natural hatred for the Han people. Of course. It is true that there is some hatred in the sea of blood.
If you want to completely govern these alien tribes, you have a long way to go.
The alien army looks very mixed, whether it is personnel, weapons, or horses, it does not seem to be a real army. However, the speed at which they assembled was also quite fast. Jia Xu has also seen with his own eyes that these nomads are really for the people. The transformation of the horse as a soldier. As soon as they got on the horse, their entire spirit seemed to change. Up and down, there is always a fierce energy.
As soon as they get on their horses, they can set off, and they don't need to prepare anything at all.
Of course, the array of alien armies is quite scattered. Suffice it to say, there is little discipline to speak of. There is no unified order. Most of their alien soldiers are only tribal units, large and small, in groups from east to west. Smaller tribes will follow larger tribes that are more friendly and close to them. Tribes that don't usually go the right way. Each other, they cannot command each other. and the great tribes obey the commands of their tribesmen, the kings.
Jia Xutong Guò observed, and intuitively figured out the composition of the Xiliang alien army.
The spies feed back the situation on the battlefield. Jia Xu knew that it was time, and success or failure was here. Let the two kings of the Di and Qiang tribes order. Officially launched an attack on the large army of the Western Liang princes.
With the orders of the two kings, a whining horn sounded. The cavalry of the Xiliang alien race began to slowly move towards the military camp of the Xiliang princes in the northeast in front of Baohan City, from slow to fast, and soon, the entire army of hundreds of thousands of aliens started with a bang, and rushed towards the army of the Xiliang princes.
The army of aliens is not far from the camp of the army of the princes of Xiliang, less than ten miles.
When the alien cavalry army started, it was also the time when Han Sui sent people to signal them to start attacking the cavalry of the New Han Army.
Therefore, when the alien cavalry army started, for a while, the army of the Xiliang princes had not yet noticed the real target of the Xiliang alien cavalry army, and failed to perceive the true intention of the alien cavalry army.
On the other side, Ma Chao, Yan Liang and other generals had already rushed to kill about two miles of the coalition army of the Xiliang princes, and the generals naturally saw that the camp of the Xiliang princes was ready to face the battle, and countless antlers were placed in front of their camp, blocking the charging road of the cavalry army of the New Han Army, and there were countless archers waiting for them, as well as the spear phalanx behind them. These are all arrangements that have greater damage to cavalry charges.
At the same time, Ma Chao and other generals have also seen that to the west of Baohan City, the Xiliang alien cavalry army has also started, and the scene is still spectacular, hundreds of thousands of alien cavalry, like an irregular wave, rushed towards the camp of the Xiliang princes' coalition army.
Ma Chao knew that with hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops from the Xiliang alien race attacking the coalition army of the Xiliang princes, they were simply invincible. Therefore, he raised his hand, led the cavalry to a sharp turn, and followed the cavalry led by Guo Yan who had just cut out diagonally from the front of his army formation.
Ma Chao didn't want to let go of this cavalry army of the Xiliang princes who were inserted diagonally. Because if they saw their coalition camp being attacked by the Xiliang alien cavalry, they would definitely flee from this battlefield. This cavalry army of 100,000 horses is also a force to be reckoned with, and it is better to wipe them out on the plains outside the city of Baohan than to let them escape and make trouble for the New Han army to recover the entire Xiliang.
At this time, Guo Yan, who could be able to insert diagonally and avoid the 200,000 cavalry of the New Han Army, was secretly relieved. Facing the front of the New Han Army, he really didn't dare to block it. The coercion alone made him breathless. In fact, it was not only him, but also the soldiers and generals around him, and they all secretly breathed a sigh of air, if they can notice it now, they can see that most of the cavalry of the alliance army of the Xiliang princes are pale, and their hands and feet are a little trembling.
However, none of them had fully exhaled a breath. Behind their cavalry, there was a commotion.
"Oh no! General Guo, the cavalry of the New Han Army, did not go to attack our camp, but chased after our cavalry to kill. ”
"What?" Guo Yan looked back and was suddenly frightened.
A sharp turn to kill the cavalry of the New Han Army of his cavalry, because when they rushed all the way over, the cavalry column was a little long. At this moment they turned their horses' heads and chased them sideways. It became the cavalry of the New Han Army, and it was in formation. Tilting towards their flanks. There was a kind of formation that wanted to wrap his 100,000 cavalry troops in dumplings.
"Damn! Why didn't the cavalry of the New Han Army attack our battalion, but instead pursued our cavalry? Guo Yan was frightened, and said in a clever voice: "Oops! Oh no, we've got it. Where is the New Han Army going to attack our camp? They are drawing the serpent out of the hole and destroying our cavalry. I've been counted! ”
"General Guo! So, what do we do now? The adjutant general also asked anxiously.
"How, what to do? What else can I do now? Do you want to go back and fight the New Han Army now? Run! Phew! Guo Yan really didn't dare to hesitate, slapped the horse suddenly, and ran straight to the east.
With a bang, the whole cavalry of his army saw that their lord would flee eastward. also followed closely and slapped the horse lifelessly, wanting to widen the distance between him and the cavalry of the New Han Army.
Guo Yan's choice was very correct, because, when he was just facing it, he didn't dare to fight with the New Han Army, but at this time, it was tantamount to being chased by the New Han Army, and when they turned back at the moment, it was definitely a dead end. In addition, even if you want to escape back to the barracks. That is also equivalent to facing the cavalry of the New Han Army chasing from behind. Also, the Xiliang alien army is about to enter their coalition camp, and they want to return to the army camp at this moment. It's also a dead end. Therefore, his only choice now is to flee due east. But. Can they still escape?
And in the camp of the princes' coalition army, I saw the New Han army suddenly turning. When chasing and killing Guo Yan's 100,000 cavalry troops. Han Sui and the other princes also exhaled secretly. Because, Guo Yan led the army to lead away the menacing cavalry of the New Han Army. This is more secure, at least to ensure that their coalition camp will not be subjected to the impact of the 200,000 cavalry of the New Han Army. They were completely unsure of whether they could stop the charge of the 200,000 cavalry of the New Han Army.
However, in this way, Guo Yan's cavalry army of 100,000 horses may be in danger. Because to avoid the front of the New Han Army to the east and lead the New Han Army to the east, this is equivalent to making it difficult for the Xiliang alien army to attack the cavalry of the New Han Army by bypassing Baohan City to attack the cavalry of the New Han Army in a short period of time. Han Sui was about to order Niu Fu to lead the 100,000 cavalry behind the barracks to contain the cavalry of the New Han Army from behind the cavalry of the New Han Army, rescue Guo Yan, and drag it to the Xiliang alien army to kill.
But when he thought of the alien army, he turned his head to look to the west, wanting to see if the alien army had now bypassed Baohan City to pursue the cavalry of the New Han army. He was surprised to see that the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Xiliang alien race did not bypass Baohan City, but seemed to rush directly towards his military camp.
What's going on? Could it be that those Xiliang barbarians thought it was too troublesome to bypass Baohan City from west to east, so they wanted to go directly from the front of their military camp to pursue the 200,000 cavalry of the New Han Army?
For a while, Han Sui was really a little confused.
Even Zhong Xuan, Yang Fu and other princes were a little dumbfounded at this moment, and they didn't understand for a moment why the cavalry of the Xiliang alien race didn't attack the New Han army according to the plan agreed with them?
However, it was Zhong Xuan who woke up the fastest. Because, from the very beginning, in his heart, there was a sense of uneasiness, uneasiness about aliens. Because, he knew from the beginning that it was not him who contacted the Xiliang alien army and the Xiliang princes to join forces to attack the New Han army. He didn't know much about the situation of the aliens in Xiliang. Therefore, from the very beginning, he was a little worried that he would not be able to mobilize the army of aliens.
However, from inviting the army of aliens to attack Baohan City together, and the army of aliens arrived as scheduled, he slowly ignored this worry. Subconsciously think that as long as the army of aliens can come, then it means that there will be no problems. At the very least, he also knew that the current situation of the aliens was even worse than that of their princes. These aliens need more food to survive the winter. And it just so happened that there were in the New Han army, and as long as they sacked Baohan City, they could get a lot of food. With this bait, Zhong Xuan believed that the alien army would definitely join forces with their princes to attack the New Han army together.
But now, although the cavalry army of the Xiliang alien race that Zhong Xuan saw was murderous, it didn't look like it was attacking the New Han army at all, but it seemed to be attacking and killing their army.
"Not good!" Zhong Xuan's face turned pale all of a sudden, his body was weak, and he was almost unsteady on his feet, and he lost his voice and said, "This, these Xiliang alien armies...... Mo, Mo is not attacking our army? It's over, it's over, it's over......"
His voice trembled a little, and he was extremely uneasy.
With a sudden, Han Sui's heart suddenly rose to his throat.
He fixed his eyes and saw it very clearly, because the Xiliang alien army had already killed about two miles before their camp. He could even see the slightly distorted faces of the fanatical-looking aliens.
"Ahh Enemy attack! Defend against the Xiliang alien cavalry attacking from the west...... Fast! Han Sui also reacted, he shouted, and hurriedly ordered, wanting to let his military horses defend against the alien cavalry in the west.
But it was clear that his reaction was too late.
Airplanes!
A deafening sound came, and countless bows and arrows flew out of the formation of the alien cavalry at once, like flying locusts, and flew straight into his military formation. (To be continued......)