Chapter 1031: The Battle of the Prairie (7)
When the large Han army slowly advanced to a few miles away from the outer camp tents of the Huns. Gao Yang, who looked indifferent, waved his hand.
"Dismount!"
With Gao Shun's order, the hundreds of officers and soldiers who had been following Gao Yang on horseback and maneuvering beside him turned over and dismounted under the leadership of Gao Shun. Immediately, tens of thousands of cavalry dismounted one after another as if they were surging waves. All of a sudden, the loud sound of various metals clashing spread throughout the meadow.
"Hiss~~~" Looking at the magnificent scene of the 10,000 people dismounting in the distance, the anxious Liu Bao couldn't help but gasp.
The combat effectiveness of the Han army after dismounting will not be weakened much, because the Han army originally started as foot soldiers. But if you change to the Huns, you will be finished. In this era, the words of 'one Han and five Hu' are not legends.
This kind of scene was too shocking, so that countless Xiongnu herdsmen who had never seen the world were stunned and trembled.
"Click, click." Gao Yang, who was pinching his fingers at will, said calmly, "Let's start." ”
"!!"
Many generals behind Gao Yang responded in unison. These fierce generals did not waste their youth and lives in internal friction, and Gao Yang gave them a great opportunity to conquer foreign clans and leave their names in history!
A man with a body as strong as a black bear, with all his beard and hair, and his face can definitely stop children crying at night, and even the "battle armor" on his body is obviously a few sizes bigger than the surrounding sergeants. The peerless fierce general with a pair of twin iron halberds in both hands stood at the forefront of the trapped camp.
This fierce general is Dian Wei, who can chase the tiger across the stream, and Cao Cao's mouth is 'the evil of the ancients.' ’
Dian Wei was born in poverty, and his ancestors never produced a literate person. It's a real common man. He himself didn't have a statement at all, which is enough to see how low his background was. The reason why he was able to stand here was naturally because Gao Yang deliberately came to find it.
The extremely brave Dian Wei was found by Gao Yang from Shangqiu Ningling County. Although Prime Minister Cao Cheng went to the Western Regions, Gao Yang, a fierce general like Dian Wei Xu Zhu, naturally would not let them be buried in the vast sea of people for a lifetime.
For a fierce general like Dian Wei Xu Zhu, who was born in poverty, Gao Yang's kindness is definitely an unrequited type. Therefore, when they set foot on the battlefield, they naturally fight to the death!
There was a clanging sound of battle armor. Dian Wei didn't need to look back to know that it must be the fierce man Xu Zhu who was not much different from himself.
As expected, Xu Zhu, who was almost the same as Dian Wei, came to Dian Wei's side with heavy steps. Holding a long-handled broadsword in his hand, his strong face was full of excitement, and he said with indescribable excitement in his tone, "Today is a good time for us to serve Lord Taiwei!" ”
Dian Wei, like Xu Zhu, was born in poverty, but they were personally named and recruited into the army by Gao Yang. And as soon as he entered the barracks, he entered the camp known as the strongest in the world, and became a military commander who was enough to command a part of other legions. This kind of thing is completely like a dream for people of their origin in this day and age.
One of the most striking characteristics of the gate valve era is that the ascent channel of ordinary people is completely controlled by the gate valves. Ordinary people don't have any chance of being able to make it to the top. Unless the inherent forces are broken, such as the chaos in the world!
Gao Yang himself is the strongest military general in the world, and he does not need to use these two fierce generals as bodyguards like Prime Minister Cao Cheng. As a result, they are on the front line where they can best demonstrate their worth.
"Not bad." Hearing this, Dian Wei nodded vigorously and shook the heavy halberd in his hand. He replied loudly: "We should die for Lord Taiwei!" ”
Because he was also recruited by Gao Yang, and the treatment was the same. As a martial artist, it is natural to have a heart of comparison. These two have fought many times in private, but neither of them can help anyone. Playing and fighting, there is a sympathetic friendship and mutual admiration.
The trumpets sounded again, and the huge military formation began to slowly assemble. With the trapping camp as the lead, followed by more than 10,000 infantry cavalry armed with chain crossbows.
Once these cavalrymen put away their crossbow arrows and drew their sabers, they were elite foot soldiers, both from afar and in close combat. It had an absolute advantage against the Huns in leather armor.
Behind this wave of troops was another phalanx of 10,000 people. As for the rest of the Han army, the soldiers and horses were blocking the battlefield. Gao Yang thought that these two 10,000-strong legions would be enough to end the battle.
The snare drum sounded rhythmically, and a large number of Han soldiers followed the rhythm of the snare drum. Under the command of many junior officers, the formation was maintained, and the Huns were killed with heavy steps.
"Array, array! Raise your bows! Looking at the soldiers and horses of the Han army getting closer and closer, the Xiongnu nobles were also anxious. They desperately brandished their horsewhips and scolded their subordinates to come forward to fight. These people know it in their hearts. What will happen to them if they are defeated?
The Han cavalry wore battle armor and held weapons in their hands. Although they may seem heavy, these objects made of modern space-time alloy materials are actually much lighter than real metal.
Even if you walk on the muddy river beach, you won't get stuck in it because of the heaviness and you can't walk. Of course. It's a sure thing to be tough.
Seeing that the originally neat queue of the Han army became chaotic after entering those muddy places, Liu Bao breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.
The Han army's military array was pressed over majestically before, and the huge sense of pressure was incomprehensible if it was not directly confronted. Fortunately, the muddy ground on the river beach is still useful.
"All ready. When they are within range of the bow and arrow, shoot them with arrows! Don't be stingy with arrows, take them all out and use them! Liu Bao, who was in a nervous mood, shouted loudly to the Hun nobles gathered around him. It's time to take out all the things that were hidden in the past!
The Huns raided southward, captured Han craftsmen, and traded with Han profiteers. For example, iron bows and arrows, which are very rare in the grasslands, are the most important of them.
Liu Bao's words naturally played a role. The nobles of the various tribes knew what the situation was now, and no one dared to continue to hide their secrets, and everything that could be used was taken out.
Just when Liu Bao was full of joy and ready to watch the Han army, which was struggling to move forward in the mud, enter the attack circle and be covered by a rain of arrows. But he was stunned to find that after a majestic military horn sounded, those Han troops actually stopped.
In addition to the hundreds of elite camps in front, more than 10,000 Han cavalrymen armed with chain crossbows followed the sound of the military horn and raised the chain crossbow in their hands!
It was only at this time that Liu Bao, whose eyes were wide to the extreme, suddenly remembered. A few days ago, the Han cavalry also used crossbow arrows when harassing them, and the range was super long!
"Impossible!" Liu Bao looked at the huge military formation opposite, and a large dark cloud suddenly appeared in the sky above the huge military formation! Full of disbelief, he muttered to himself, "Where did the Han Kingdom get so many hard crossbows?!" How is this possible! ”
Just like the ships that suddenly appeared in the northern steppes. So many Han soldiers actually used extremely expensive hard crossbows in their hands, which made Liu Bao completely unacceptable.
But facts are facts. When the overwhelming dense rain of arrows fiercely shot into the Hun array that was originally ready to shoot the Han army, the Hun army array, which was essentially just a herdsman, was about to collapse.
"Don't move! Don't move!! Knowing that once the army collapsed, it would be absolutely impossible for him to regroup again, Liu Bao, forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, and waved the long knife in his hand to maintain the army formation viciously. Those nobles in the rear of the army also knew the seriousness of the situation, and they brought their guards to the front to severely suppress them.
How long can the military formation, which is maintained by sharp blades, be maintained under the baptism of waves of dense arrows? Liu Bao didn't know, what he knew was that if they didn't respond, they would all be doomed.
"Rush over!" With a fierce face, Liu Bao waved his wrist and cut off the head of a fleeing herdsman, viciously giving a new order.
Under the instigation of the Xiongnu nobles and the persecution of the cold light and shining blades, more than 40,000 Xiongnu herdsmen were driven like a raging tide, so chaotic that they rushed to the opposite side of the Han army that constantly shot them.
"Interesting." Seeing the chaos rushing over to the Hun army, Gao Yang raised his hand and pinched his chin and chuckled.
I'm afraid that the Huns who played this kind of large-scale infantry charge really didn't appear. What threat could the Huns, who had lost their horses, not succeed?
You must know that all the people sent by Gao Yang in the first array are wearing the elite armor he brought from modern time and space. The armor on their bodies was not something that could be broken by the rudimentary weapons in the hands of the Huns.
With the sound of the snare drum and the sound of the military trumpet, the 10,000-strong army formation of the second array of the Han army paused. After a metallic sound, they raised their crossbow arrows.
The trap camp and the 10,000-strong army array of the first array put away their chain crossbows. Draw your shield and draw your weapon. Man by man, shield by shield. Quickly form a tight formation and prepare for the oncoming tide of the waves.
The shields they used were not the round cavalry shields that had been given to them. Rather, it was a large number of swallow-tailed kis shields made of high-strength nylon that Gao Yang deliberately took out of the storage space last night.
This shield was based on the knights' shield used during the Crusades. According to Gao Yang's requirements, the experts of modern time and space specially designed and manufactured a new type of equipment that is wider and stronger for the hoplites of the trap camp, and is used to replace the rectangular infantry shield.
This shield with a sharp top and a curved lower part is ideal for defensive use. The lower part of the pointed point can be forcefully inserted into the ground, and with the help of manpower and the support of the built-in support frame, it can even resist the attack of the javelin.
The storage space in Gaoyang is full of spare parts. I didn't expect it to be able to be used at this time. Because these heavy-duty shields are made of high-strength nylon, they are not heavy in terms of weight and can be carried by individual soldiers.
When one of these new shields is leaning together to form a terrifying shield wall. The Hun herdsmen, who had been completely engulfed by the huge charge, had no choice but to brave the rain of arrows flying in the sky and crash desperately into these shields! (To be continued......) i1292