010 Countershot

"Phew! Phew! The knights waved their swords and guns and shouted happily, and began to form a charging formation under the guidance of the horn, and the sergeants under Wen Yuan's command saw that the opposite side was moving, and the formation began to move.

"Spearmen and halberders step forward! Array"

"Sword and shield hands in formation, watch out for the opponent's bow and crossbow!"

"Crossbowmen shoot arrows, listen to orders!"

"Spread out and support everywhere!"

Without the greeting of the main general, one after another orders came out of the mouths of the officers of each department, the 20,000 army began to adjust and slowly adjust the formation, on the left side, the Julu Army, which has always been disciplined, showed excellent military quality at this time, or rather, the commander's order has been deeply engraved in their bones, in the face of the Hun cavalry that began to approach slowly, most of the facial expressions were quite relaxed, and a small number of soldiers who had less experience in the battlefield also entered their positions under the simple and clear command of the officer, The habitual thinking of obeying orders is well implemented!

10,000 infantry, with 3,000 spearmen at the front, 2,000 sword and shield men standing behind the spearmen, ready to come forward for protection, followed by 4,000 crossbowmen, and 1,000 spearmen at the end, ready to replenish the fiercest battlefield ahead.

In contrast, the quality of the Shangdang soldiers commanded by Hao Zhao is obviously much inferior to that of the Julu soldiers, although these soldiers are originally surrendered soldiers from Shangdang County and have received a certain degree of military training, but there are also many recruits who have just enlisted in the army, these people are inferior in terms of physical condition and battlefield experience, and under the supervision of the officers, many recruits who have just entered the battlefield are nervous and at a loss, and from time to time there are soldiers crowded together in a mess.

As for the cavalry, Wen Yuan only had 1,500 cavalry under his command, and there was no way to compete with the Hun soldiers who were all cavalry, at most they played a harassing role.

Yu Furo keenly grasped this phenomenon, and immediately blew the trumpet and ordered five thousand iron cavalry to attack the right flank!

The sound of a huge bull's horn, one louder than the other, resounded throughout the battlefield.

Several Hun commanders stood under their own banners, raised their swords and shouted: "Huha! ”

One by one, the Hun soldiers tried their best, as if they wanted to shout out the fear and nervousness in their hearts, and they shouted with all their strength: "Huha! Phew! ”

The Giant Deer Army did not show weakness, and Zhou Cang waved his knife and shouted: "I, the Giant Deer Army!" Mighty! ”

The soldiers of the Han army also responded in a loud voice: "Mighty! Mighty! ”

"Victory! Win! ”

The morale of both sides soared under the encouragement of their own generals, just like two red-eyed bulls meeting in a narrow way!

Although the recruits in Bingzhou were nervous and their hands and feet trembled, they were also stirred up at this moment, and they held the knives and guns in their hands tightly one by one, and the green tendons on their hands were exposed!

The five thousand Hun cavalry started slowly, the speed became faster and faster, and the hooves of tens of thousands of horses gradually changed from a rhythmic trampling sound to a roar that resounded through the heavens and the earth, like a surging torrent rushing towards the Shangdang soldiers led by Hao Zhao!

Unlike the white horse Yicong who was almost completely wiped out in the Panhe battle, the five thousand Hun cavalry adopted a stable straggler formation, the front row of cavalry was very open, the interval was about one or two steps, almost a fan, the entire attack surface reached nearly two miles wide, each cavalry could calmly show their own riding skills, only the last row of a thousand Hun iron cavalry densely gathered in one place, these cavalry were mostly carrying maces, machetes, hammers, axes and other heavy weapons with great destructive power, just waiting for the opponent's formation to rush forward to tear the gap.

And the bandit troops, which had been in the rear, also began to assemble on the two flanks of the Chinese army at this time, ready to come forward and fight at any time!

Before the opponent's cavalry launched a surprise attack, although there was some regret, Wen Yuan still let Ulangu go and retreated into his own phalanx, originally he had great confidence to kill Ulangu on the spot within twenty or thirty times, but in the face of the assault of thousands of cavalry, no matter how against the sky you are, you don't want to save your life, Wen Yuan looked at Ulangu who was lucky enough to avoid death, Wen Yuan snorted heavily!

Seeing the main direction of attack of the Huns, Wen Yuan couldn't help frowning, and without saying a word, he ordered a giant deer soldier to be transferred to the Shangdang army formation.

The Hun cavalry took the lead in launching the first wave of attack, one hundred and twenty paces away, nearly four thousand Hun cavalry shot the first wave of arrows, because of riding on a galloping horse, the range of the bow and arrow was greatly improved under the drive of inertia, and the rain of arrows shot out of a hundred steps away, the infantry could hardly fight back, which was a benefit of the cavalry.

"Raise your shield!" Hao Zhao, who was already standing in his own camp, shouted loudly, at this time he had just returned to the formation, and he didn't even have time to bring a helmet, and a few soldiers around him held a big shield to protect Hao Zhao from being harassed by stray arrows! Although the armor of the Shangdang soldiers was slightly inferior to that of the giant deer soldiers, the weapons were complete, and more than 2,000 sword and shield soldiers supported the big shield, which suddenly covered the world like a large black curtain.

The arrows in the sky were like a black oppressive piece, like the thick dark clouds before the storm fell, and the arrows in high-speed flight let out a sharp roar that tore through the sky, just like the sneering voice of the god of death!

The sound of the cluster of arrows sticking deep into the heavy shield of the cowhide was like a torrential rain, which made the soldiers under the shield listen to the scalp tense, the hair stood on end, and from time to time there was the sound of "poof" arrows entering the flesh. But all this was soon drowned out by the roaring hooves of horses!

The training of the Shangdang army is not fine, and the equipment is slightly inferior to that of the giant deer army, especially the armor, which can wear iron armor is less than one-twentieth of the total number, only wearing the leather armor transported from the giant deer for self-defense, and the pocket to protect the head is also very scarce, most of them are just wrapped in a bandana, such a storm of random shooting, although there is a shield protection, there are still many people who are spoiled to the ground by the rain of arrows sprinkled in the air!

The Xiongnu Tieliu did not rush headlong into Hao Zhao's tightly defended infantry position, but a gust of wind to the left, that is, the edge of the right flank of the Shangdang army, detoured past, and when it was roundabout, it did not forget to wave out a dense rain of arrows! The protection of the flanks was even worse than the front, and several waves of arrows rained down, and no less than 300 Shangdang soldiers were lost and shot! On the right side of Hao Zhao's formation, there was a commotion!

However, at this time, the Huns finally entered the range of the Shangdang army, and nearly 2,000 archers began to shoot back angrily!

The two sides fired fiercely, and from time to time some soldiers were shot by arrows, and the sound of screaming and snorting was endless.

However, the Shangdang army is obviously out of the state of being suppressed, and the Huns have practiced riding and archery since childhood, the archery skills are amazing, and the arrows are a little longer than the Han army's bows, such arrow clusters are extremely stable, and the shooting is accurate and ruthless, although the foot archers have a big shield protection, but after all, they are standing and shooting arrows, but there is no way to dodge at all, the Hun cavalry is real, an arrow is shot, and the middle place is all the face, eyes, throat, etc., if you prevent it, once you are shot, you will almost die!