Chapter 18: Breaking the Southern Xiongnu (3)

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The Shenwei Battalion is different, each soldier in the Shenwei Battalion carries at least six pots of feather arrows and two strong bows, which are purely dependent on bows and arrows for food. Although the consumption was much greater than that of the Huns, there were now at least three pots or so of feather arrows left in each person's hand.

Without worries, Brother Xiao Ma knew that the time was ripe, and shouted: "Slow down and shoot at close range, the Huns' feather arrows have been used up, you don't have to worry about being hit by the arrow!" ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The remaining more than 2,000 soldiers completely broke out, originally maintaining a distance of one hundred paces, but at the moment suddenly shrunk fifty paces, which made the Hun cavalry miserable, in the screams, more and more people fell from the arrows, and the speed of the army shrunk faster and faster, and at the same time, it also angered these Huns even more.

By the time the two armies had traveled a hundred miles, half of the 50,000 troops had fallen under the bows and arrows of the Shenwei battalion. Tu Gehu became more and more frightened, and gradually had the intention of retreating, but as soon as he said it, the generals beside him spoke out to dissuade him.

"Lord Wang, you must not retreat at this moment, the Han dogs have a lot of feathered arrows, if our army retreats rashly, these Han dogs will definitely chase after and shoot our army, and the consequences are unimaginable. Now although our army has suffered heavy losses, but the current strength is still ten times that of the Han dog, it is better to pursue it in one go, although the riding skills of the Han dog are excellent, but the length of the war horse is definitely not as good as my Hun war horse, and when others are sleepy and the horse is lacking, the feather arrow is their death! ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, our army has suffered heavy losses, if we can't completely annihilate this enemy army, what is the face? Besides, leaving these 2,000 people on the grassland is also a huge threat, and it is better to annihilate them at any cost. ”

"Please think twice!"

Tu Gehu hid behind and took a closer look, and found that the war horses of the Shenwei battalion were really tired, their footsteps became heavier and heavier, and there were a lot fewer arrows flying, and then they couldn't help but sink their hearts when they remembered the hatred of the loss of their son just now, and shouted: "The whole army is charging fiercely, the Han dog is already the end of the strong crossbow, and now it is said that the Han dog will be broken and killed in Xiliang!" ”

"Big Broken Han Dog, Kill into Xiliang!"

"Big Broken Han Dog, Kill into Xiliang!"

The 20,000 Huns roared in unison, and the morale that had just been relieved was reinvigorated, and they accelerated and chased after the Shenwei camp.

Ma Chao secretly sneered, and commanded the soldiers of the Shenwei battalion to gallop while suppressing the Hun cavalry in hot pursuit. But the Huns are like moths to a fire, and they want to annihilate the Shenwei camp at all costs. After running out of thirty miles like this, the speed of both sides slowed down, the reason is that the war horses are really tired and abnormal, and they have been galloping for one hundred and thirty miles in a row, unless the horses are abnormally good, and the ordinary good horses are almost to the limit, and most of the war horses on both sides have foamed at the mouth, and their bodies are as if they are drenched in water.

In this way, he ran out of ten miles, and almost all the feather arrows in the Shenwei battalion were exhausted except for the spare pot of feather arrows, and Ma Chao immediately ordered: "Third brother, you quickly lead the soldiers on the right wing to the front supply point to replace the war horses, replenish the feather arrows, and I and the remaining soldiers will drag the Huns, and come to replace us immediately after changing the war horses!" ”

"Obey! Big brother be careful! ”

Matthew answered, and immediately led half of the soldiers on the right wing to gallop away, of course, not forgetting to leave behind the only pot of feather arrows on his body. Ma Chao and Ma Tie led the remaining more than 1,000 sergeants to face the army of nearly 20,000 alone, but Xiao Ma Ge was still full of confidence, because after the team taken by Ma Xiu left feather arrows, these more than 1,000 people had two quivers in their hands. Under the fierce fire at any cost, the 20,000 Hun iron cavalry was immediately suppressed and did not dare to charge desperately.

Tu Gehu's eyes were already red with anger at this moment, and the 50,000-strong army had lost more than 30,000, and only shot more than 500 enemy troops, which was simply a great shame. Angry at the same time, he was even more puzzled, according to his years of experience, the Han cavalry is slightly inferior to the Hun iron cavalry, why is this team so perverted, so perverted that almost everyone can turn back and shoot arrows, and the high hit rate is terrifying, according to this development, my Huns are not only slaughtered by the Han people?

Looking at the Shenwei camp suddenly, it was divided into two, one part galloped away, and although the remaining small part did not run, the density of the arrows suddenly increased several times, which was really no less than the salvo of 3,000 people just now. In an instant, Tu Gehu self-righteously understood the intention of the Han army, and shouted: "The Han dogs want to escape, the whole army will charge, their arrows will definitely run out, kill!" Avenge the fallen warriors! ”

I have to say that these Huns are indeed brave, and they can charge at any cost when they have lost most of their troops, but unfortunately they are greeted by bursts of fierce arrows. Ma Chao did not have many feather arrows left, but there were two pots of sixty arrows per person, and 1,400 people were 780,000 feather arrows, which was enough to shoot all the less than 20,000 Hun cavalry here.

The soldiers on the battlefield often lose their surnames because of the commander's improper command, and if they suddenly and decisively order a retreat at this time, they may still have a chance to escape, but unfortunately he chose to charge fiercely, and the consequences can be imagined.

Ma Chao and the two brothers led more than 1,000 soldiers of the Shenwei battalion to fight and retreat, and shot the Hun cavalry who tried to rush up without any scruples. It can be said that this battle was led by Ma Chao at the beginning, after several rounds of fierce arrow rain, the Huns were repulsed several times, coupled with the fatigue of the war horses, the speed of both sides was greatly reduced, and slowly rushed to the direction of Ma Chao.

In less than ten miles, the Hun cavalry lost more than 5,000 lives, and Ma Chao's feather arrows were also exhausted, but at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried horses' hooves in front of him.

No matter how stupid the Huns are, they know that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, and now they are already sleepy and tired, and the enemy only needs more than 3,000 people to kill 30,000 troops, if another 3,000 people come, wouldn't it be the whole army to be wiped out? This time, without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered the whole army to retreat.

The 50,000-strong army lost more than 30,000 men, and the remaining 10,000-odd troops retreated like a tide. Ma Chao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and did not chase the Hun cavalry, and more than 1,000 people rushed to the supply point on horseback.

It turned out that Ma Chao had made preparations in advance as early as the night before, and asked Yang Yuan to lead five hundred horsemen to send Ma Chao's spare war horses of 3,000 people to one hundred and fifty miles due west to wait, and when the army was successfully killed, he could immediately change his war horses, replenish his feather arrows and continue to destroy the enemy. At this moment, the 1,000 people led by Ma Xiu have already changed their war horses, although these war horses are all robbed, but after equipping the saddle and bilateral stirrups of the tired war horse, they are almost no different from the original war horses, mainly because the use of war horses' horseshoes on the prairie is minimal.

The two armies staggered, and Ma Xiu's team changed their horses, replenished feather arrows, and followed the Hun army to chase and kill. Ma Chao and Ma Tie ran out for more than ten miles to see the supply point, and the remaining more than 1,500 war horses had been waiting for a long time, Yang Yuan personally led the troops to guard here, in order to save time, each batch of war horses still had three pots of feather arrows hanging around their necks.

After getting off the war horse, which was already at the limit of physical strength, the sergeants immediately untied the saddle pedals on the war horse and equipped it on the spare war horse, tied the feather arrows and turned away, without delaying for a moment. Before leaving, Ma Chao did not forget to let Yang Yuan lead the remaining follow-up troops and Han slaves to clean up the battlefield along the way, recover feather arrows, and collect the armor, weapons and war horses left by the Hun cavalry.

It is said that the Mahew team pursued with the retreating Hun army, and in less than a stick of incense, it had caught up with the stragged Hun cavalry, and regardless of whether they surrendered or not, they were all killed with arrows, and then continued to chase the large army to rout, and the result was a completely one-sided massacre. However, this time it became that the Huns were in front and the Han army was behind, so it was easier to shoot, and with a miserable howl, the Huns were constantly shot to death.

In fact, it is not to blame that these Hun soldiers are incompetent, mainly because their war horses are too tired, and they have reached the limit after running for one hundred and fifty miles in a row, how can they outrun the war horses that Ma Xiu has just changed and are at the peak of their physical strength. Many Hun war horses fell to the ground because of serious physical overdraft, and some of the Hun soldiers who fled in a panic were stoned to death and wounded, and then trampled to death by the cavalry behind.

After killing like this for half an hour, less than 10,000 remnants of the 50,000-strong army remained. At this time, more than 1,000 cavalry led by Ma Chao and Ma Tie also caught up, and the two armies merged into one to form a crescent-shaped formation, and the speed of killing the enemy was faster.

Tu Gehu's face was terrifyingly pale at the moment, and in the morning it was still a living army of 50,000 tigers, but more than 40,000 warriors died in less than half a day's work. But the fact is that it is completely a live target for others, and after running for more than 150 miles, even the war knife and spear have not been used, and there are many nests if you want to have more nests, and now the physical strength of the war horse is exhausted, and you can't run away if you want to, and you can't fight if you want to, so you can only obediently wait for death in despair.

So this unsuspenseful battle finally ended in the afternoon, and the 50,000 troops brought by Tu Gehu were almost completely annihilated, and he was shot and beheaded by Xiao Ma himself. The generals under his command were also killed and wounded, only a few hundred people scattered and fled, and fortunately escaped the pursuit of the Shenwei camp to survive, and the others were all slaughtered. During this period, many Hun soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered, but the Shenwei battalion did not accept it at all, and whether they surrendered or not was one result, that is, death.

Afterwards, Brother Xiao Ma gave Yang Yuan full authority to clean up the battlefield, and he took the remaining more than 2,000 people to kill them back the same way. During this period, many people were sent to collect the war horses left by the Hun cavalry, search for the surviving Shenwei battalion sergeants, and finally counted their own military losses in the evening.

In this battle, the Shenwei battalion won a complete victory, almost completely annihilating the 50,000 troops of the Huns, while its own side only suffered more than 1,000 casualties, of which more than 600 were slightly wounded and did not affect the battle, 166 were seriously wounded and recovered, 357 were killed, and 23 were seriously injured and disabled.