Chapter 237: Chisel through
The conical formation formed by the 60,000 Donghu cavalry in the form of the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army was in vain, and it was hit by three waves of crossbow arrows in a row, and it became chaotic at once.
A distance of one hundred paces is less than ten breaths for a galloping war horse.
The cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army, which was abruptly separated into three front and arrow formations, except for the huge front arrow formation in the middle, which was composed of 20,000 cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army at most, was 80 steps away from the Donghu cavalry, and the front and arrow formation composed of 10,000 people on the left and right wings was already less than 60 steps away from the Donghu cavalry at this moment.
Sixty paces, already into the range of the longbow of the Donghu cavalry. However, the abruptly dispersed formation of the Jiuyuan Army and the crossbow arrows falling from the sky caught the Donghu cavalry off guard. I don't know which way to shoot.
The arrows only flew out of the Donghu cavalry formation, some shot at the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army who rushed over on both wings, and some shot at the Jiuyuan Army in the middle. Feathered arrows that did not form a salvo caused negligible damage to the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army.
Less than 100 people were shot by arrows, and almost none fell from their horses.
This is also the main reason why Li Gang and others joined forces and split into formations. The Jiuyuan army gathered together, facing the Donghu cavalry that far outnumbered them, although the strong bow in their hands was not as powerful as the strong crossbow of Daqin, but the ants bit the elephant to death. Sure enough, the continuous formation changes, although there was great danger, were completed in the hands of the elite of the Jiuyuan Army, and the Donghu cavalry was in the expected chaos.
A cavalry duel that seemed to have a huge disparity in strength was actually doomed from the moment the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army was divided.
After the formation, the left flank, which would have been attacked by 40,000 Donghu cavalry on a detour, broke away from its own position, and both the mobile and flexible surnames rose sharply. Not only did it announce that Mohuer's idea of cutting off the formation of the Jiuyuan Army failed, but also greatly reduced the threat of the 60,000 Donghu cavalry to the Jiuyuan Army.
What's more, in the face of the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army that suddenly dispersed in formation, the Donghu cavalry, which was attacked by crossbow arrows one after another, was already a little panicked. The formation, which was originally quite neat, suddenly scattered.
It can be expected that such Donghu cavalry will not be able to block or drag the Jiuyuan Army at all, and there is even a danger of being divided by the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army.
Everything that happens on the battlefield seems to be slow, but in fact, it is just a matter of tens of breaths. By the time Mohuer in the rear found that the situation facing the Donghu cavalry had taken a sharp turn for the worse, the Jiuyuan Army on the left and right flanks had already broken into the Donghu cavalry formation, like two fiery black broadswords cutting into the cream, and in a moment half of the arrow had been deeply submerged into the Donghu cavalry formation.
The front arrow formation composed of 20,000 cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army in the middle will also collide with the Donghu cavalry who have been completely disrupted by the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army that has broken in from the left and right flanks.
Mo Huer's face was bitter, he could already predict what kind of encounter the 60,000 main Donghu cavalry would face. Broken into the formation from three sides by the Jiuyuan Army, the Jiuyuan Army will inevitably use the shortest time to chisel through the 60,000 Donghu cavalry. If the 40,000 Donghu cavalry, who were originally preparing to attack the flank of the Jiuyuan Army, could return to the defense in time to join up with the 60,000 cavalry, then the 100,000 Donghu cavalry would still have the strength to fight. But if you can't join the battlefield before the Jiuyuan Army chisels through the 60,000 Donghu cavalry, then when the Jiuyuan Army chisels through the 60,000 Donghu cavalry, it will be the end of the remaining 40,000 Donghu cavalry.
It is naturally impossible to say that Mohuer does not regret it. If the 100,000 Donghu cavalry does not divide the troops, then in the face of the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army, which is only tens of thousands, there may still be the strength to fight.
However, even if Mohuer had already exaggerated the combat power of the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army as much as possible in his heart, when the situation on the battlefield changed, he realized that he still underestimated the Jiuyuan Army!
Now, Mohuer only has thousands of guards around him, and he no longer has the extra troops to join the battlefield to rescue or drag the Jiuyuan Army. The only thing that could be done was to pray that the 40,000 Donghu cavalry would be able to return to the defense quickly.
At this time. The sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from the right side of Mohul.
Hearing the sound of the horse's hooves, the thousands of guards around Mohuer instantly turned their horses' heads and firmly wrapped Mohuer in the middle to protect them. They're already a bit of a scared bird.
Looking at the cavalry rushing like a tide, the thousands of people in Mohuer breathed a sigh of relief.
Hun cavalry!
Tens of thousands of elite Huns howled towards the place where Mohuer stood. It was as if he hadn't seen the small group of Mohul at all. Could it be that Maudun can't wait to kill himself at this time? Mohuer's face was cloudy.
The thousands of Donghu cavalry surrounding him grabbed the weapons in their hands at the same time, and some of the Donghu cavalry had already picked up bows and arrows. They were all slaves of the Mohur clan, and even if they died, they had to die before Mohur.
The Hun cavalry that came over like a tide was about to collide with the small group of Mohuer and instantly split in two. The Hun cavalry, wielding the weapons in their hands, howled wolf and walked past Mohuer and the others.
All the Donghu cavalry, including Mohuer, all turned pale! They all knew that it was the Hun cavalry who was laughing at their Donghu people for their vulnerability.
The Hun cavalry of the brigade galloped past Mohur and the others, and no one stopped to tell Mohur what they were going to do. Although everyone could see from the direction they were heading that it was the reinforcements sent by Maudun to help the Donghu cavalry eliminate the 40,000 original army.
An elderly guard who followed Mohuer opened his mouth to say something. Before he could open his mouth, Mohur had already raised his hand to interrupt what he was about to say. Mohuer quietly watched the Hun cavalry quickly approach the battlefield, and his eyes flashed with inexplicability.
Two battlefields.
On the battlefield where the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army was located, the 200,000 Donghu cavalry who had changed their strategy attacked the shield wall of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army from four points one after another, and they had broken through the shield wall more than ten times and broke into the circle formation of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army. Every time the Donghu cavalry broke into the circle formation, they would be quickly killed by the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army who rushed from all directions, and then the shield wall closed again. However, every time the shield wall was broken, the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army had to pay huge casualties.
And as time passed, the situation faced by the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army became more and more severe. More and more spears were broken, greatly reducing the attack power of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army inside the shield wall, and the only thing they could rely on was the seemingly impregnable shield wall. However, the best defense is always the offense, and without spears and other sharp weapons to deal with the charge of the Donghu cavalry, the casualties of the Jiuyuan Army are expanding dramatically.
Outside the round formation of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army, the corpses of the Donghu cavalry were already densely piled up. At the same time, there are also the remains of a large number of fallen soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army.
The cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army and the Donghu cavalry on the battlefield. The three front-line formations have completely broken into the formation of 60,000 Donghu cavalry. The elite cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army, which was the first to break into the Donghu cavalry formation, has now cut the 60,000 Donghu cavalry into two sections, successfully combined the troops in one place, and frantically advanced towards the rear of the Donghu cavalry. Obviously, it is necessary to completely chisel through the Donghu cavalry.
The Donghu cavalry, whose heads and tails were cut off, was out of order at the moment, and the Donghu cavalry who were fighting separately were constantly being killed.
The cavalry of the 20,000 Ninth Plains Army, which was facing the Donghu cavalry head-on, had also collided with the Donghu cavalry. However, the 20,000 original army was not pressed by the whole army, but once again turned into two conical formations. Li Gang led a cavalry to cruise on the edge, and the other Jiuyuan army collided with the Donghu cavalry under the leadership of ignorance. Again, the result was one-sided. This front arrow formation composed of 10,000 people made the Donghu cavalry spread out to both sides like a tide, and it couldn't stop half a point at all.
In less than ten minutes at most, this Jiuyuan army will catch up with the left and right flanks of the Jiuyuan army and join them.
On the other side, the 40,000 Donghu cavalry who were originally going to cut off the flank of the Jiuyuan Army were quickly heading towards the back of the Jiuyuan Army cavalry in the middle. The scattered and fleeing Donghu cavalry blocked the way for the 40,000 cavalry to converge with the main attack of the 60,000 Donghu cavalry from the flank. If they forcibly converge, their formations will also be scattered by their own people.
The cavalry of 40,000 men was personally commanded by Mohur's son. He made the wisest choice in an instant, which was to pursue the Chinese army of the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army.
The tens of thousands of Hun cavalry galloping over were rapidly approaching the battlefield, and they could join the battlefield in less than two miles. And this Hun cavalry, which was personally commanded by Sub Baye, rushed towards the right flank of the Eastern Hu cavalry.
Now the left and right flanks of the Donghu cavalry, getting rid of the Donghu rebels are still chaotic soldiers, and they are extremely empty. And Su Bu Baye wanted to make a breakthrough from here and cut off the two Jiuyuan armies again.
As long as the two cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army can be cut off, then the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army, which is trapped in the formation of more than 100,000 troops, will be difficult to fly. Su Bu Baye is still very confident in the tens of thousands of Hun cavalry under his command. Coupled with the scattered Donghu cavalry, it is also possible to leave these tens of thousands of elite cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army behind.
After all, the purpose of the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army was not to kill and injure the Donghu cavalry, but to cut through the formation of the 60,000 Donghu cavalry in the shortest possible time, so as to hit the morale of the Donghu cavalry.
They also knew that the purpose of leaving the city was only to drag the Huns. When Meng Tian arrived, it was the beginning of the massacre of the whole army.
The gallop of tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, even in the noisy and noisy battlefield, the movement is still not small. The two Jiuyuan armies discovered the tens of thousands of galloping Hun cavalry at the same time.
The dozens of guards who followed Li Gang's side all took off the horns on their waists.
"Whew!" The high-pitched horn suddenly sounded through the battlefield that shook the sky!
Hearing the sound of this horn, the cavalry of the 20,000 Jiuyuan Army on the left and right wings of the combined army, the already rapid charge speed suddenly increased by three points again, obviously wanting to use the fastest speed to chisel through the rear formation of the Donghu cavalry.
(To be continued)