Chapter 254: Total Annihilation
The high-pitched horn sound that sounded with the blood flag that appeared in the Chinese army suddenly increased the speed of the Suzaku soldiers who were rapidly approaching the Hun cavalry. In just a moment's time, it was less than 500 steps away from the fleeing more than 10,000 Hun cavalry.
The two Vermilion Bird armies did not choose to follow the Hun cavalry, but from the left and right flanks of the fleeing Hun cavalry, they formed pincers and attacked the front of the Hun cavalry. Obviously, they wanted to block the escape of the Hun cavalry.
The three cavalry gradually pulled into three long columns in the two chasing and one escaping, and the Hun cavalry in the middle who fled for their lives was gradually falling down by the chase and pulled into a column, while the two Suzaku armies that came from the left and right were deliberately slowed down and pulled into a column, optimistic about every Hun barbarian, so as not to have fish that slipped through the net.
The cavalry of the two Suzaku Army went from being 500 paces behind the Hun cavalry, to gradually catching up with the rear butt of the Hun cavalry, and then to the belly of the Hun cavalry column, and finally to the Hun cavalry side by side, and gradually surpassing the Hun cavalry by the side in the terrified eyes of the Hun cavalry.
From the moment the Suzaku Army caught up with the butt of the Hun cavalry, the crossbow arrows from the cavalry arrays of the Suzaku Army on the left and right sides did not stop for a moment. The Hun cavalry, sandwiched between the two Suzaku Army cavalry, could only passively enjoy the baptism of wave after wave of crossbow arrows.
The Suzaku army was naturally well aware of the range of the Huns' longbows. The parallel straight line distance between the two cavalry and the Hun cavalry has been kept at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, which is just the right distance to maximize the power of the Qin army's strong crossbows, without worrying about being attacked by the rudimentary longbow in the hands of the Hun barbarians.
And whenever the Hun cavalry wanted to get close to attack the Suzaku army, they would immediately be attacked by a storm of crossbow arrows. Obviously, the Qin people have been playing with these Hun cavalry, and they have never used all their strength.
The Hun cavalry, who had been frightened and had no intention of fighting, after trying to drop hundreds of corpses several times, no longer had the luxury of approaching and using the longbow in their hands to retaliate against the Qin people, but desperately fled.
From time to time, the Hun cavalry was shot by crossbow arrows and fell off their horses.
On the left and right sides, the Suzaku Army, which had surpassed the most advanced of the Hun cavalry by more than 100 paces, closed under the desperate gaze of the Hun cavalry. Although they knew that with the speed of the Qin people's war horses, they would inevitably cut off the retreat, but they still held a trace of luck. At this moment, when the truth really appeared in front of them, despair began to spread in the Hun cavalry array.
The front road is blocked, and there are chasing soldiers behind, of course, turning around at this time is no less than looking for death, and the only one who can have a chance to rush out seems to be the Qin cavalry on the left and right wings that are stretched into a column and seem to be extremely weak. Even through the gap between the Qin cavalry, he could clearly see the vast wilderness outside, which was extremely thin.
This point, basically, as long as the Hun cavalry wants to live, has found out. Coincidentally, the remaining Hun cavalry, who had been tortured by crossbow arrows for two tea hours, chose to rush towards the Qin cavalry who turned their horses' heads towards the two wings.
As long as you break through the thin barrier of the Qin people, you can escape from the ascension to heaven.
There are still nearly 8,000 Hun cavalry left, some to the left and some to the right, you and a group of me rushed towards the Suzaku army on the left and right flanks in a panic. Now in a desperate situation, they seem to have forgotten the bloody lessons they had learned when they tried to get close to the left and right wings.
Seeing the chaotic group of Hun cavalry rushing towards the two wings, the faces of the Suzaku soldiers were suddenly full of bloodthirst. Since being targeted by the Suzaku Army, the fate of this Hun cavalry of more than 10,000 people has been doomed.
Coldly watched the Hun cavalry rushing over like headless flies. It wasn't until the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred paces that a familiar and terrifying hum suddenly sounded in the Suzaku army formation on the left and right flanks.
The first salvo of the three-shot ballista.
The Suzaku army on the left and right sides of the Hun cavalry was more than 400 paces apart, so they didn't worry about shooting their own people by mistake at all. With the cloud of black crossbow arrows rising in the air, the Suzaku soldiers took off the sharp sabers that had been hanging on the horse's belly one after another, and suddenly clamped the horse's belly, and one by one they greeted the Hun cavalry whose faces were twisted and hideous with fear like arrows from the string.
The small black crossbow bolts easily tore through the simple sheepskin shoulders of the Hun cavalry and penetrated their bodies. Like dumplings, the Hun barbarians who wanted to break through the blockade of the Vermilion Bird Army fell off their horses one after another.
The remaining Hun cavalry, who were lucky not to be hit by the arrow, hurriedly raised the longbow in their hands and shot at the Vermilion Bird Army that was rushing wildly. They were already demoralized, not only did their accuracy be greatly reduced, but even the feathered arrows they shot were soft. Even if he was shot, he would not be able to penetrate the pitch-black armor on the Suzaku Army. There were only a few unlucky Suzaku soldiers who were hit by arrows, but they were all okay and could still continue to fight.
At a distance of less than 100 paces, under the gallop of the Suzaku Army, which was urging the war horses with all its might, it was only more than ten breaths of time.
Countless cold swords rose high in the pale yellow sunlight moving westward!
Countless horses staggered by. A series of short, high-pitched screams resounded throughout the battlefield, countless high-flying heads and hot blood shooting out, soaking the pale yellow sunlight into blood! The corpse of the Hun cavalry who had lost their heads and had been killed on the spot slowly slipped from the back of the galloping war horse and fell to the ground weakly.
Only the war horse with a sudden light on its back galloped happily.
A one-sided slaughter has officially begun!
…… The battle started abruptly and ended quickly. In less than half an hour, more than 10,000 Hun cavalry were killed under the attack of 20,000 Suzaku troops on all sides. There is not a single live mouth.
The thick bloody aura permeated the entire battlefield, making people feel sick!
Naturally, there was nothing on the Hun barbarians that could be worth scraping by the Great Qin soldiers, and the only thing that caught the eyes of the Vermilion Bird Army was the intact thousands of war horses.
"Report!" A member of the Suzaku cavalry rode from afar.
Wang Gan, who was asking generals at all levels to count the casualties of the Suzaku Army, raised his eyes to look, and the soldiers of the Suzaku Army who were galloping over had already jumped off their horses and knelt down on one knee to report: "General Yu, the scouts found another Hun cavalry twenty miles away, which seemed to be heading towards Yunzhong City to kill the generals. ”
"Oh? Can you find out the troops? When Wang Gan heard the scout's words, his face perked up and he hurriedly asked.
"General Hui, the scout battalion soldiers did not get too close to the Hun cavalry in order not to startle the snake, but only followed from afar, and there were about 20,000 Hun cavalry in Nagu." The Suzaku Army scout blushed when he heard Wang Gan's words, and said nervously.
In the scout camp, the most taboo is about or probably. Because they are the eyes of the commander-in-chief, the accuracy of their intelligence is directly related to the commander's prediction of a battlefield, and any slight mistake may cause irreparable consequences.
"Hmm!" Wang Qian nodded, took a deep look at the Suzaku soldier, and did not continue to pursue this issue. The cavalry of the Xiongnu barbarians entering the direction of Yunzhong received information from Jiuyuan City with a total of 40,000 people.
Subtracting the more than 10,000 Hun barbarians who had just been killed by themselves, the remaining Hun cavalry would not exceed 30,000 at most even if they were all gathered together. In the first battle, the Suzaku Army lost less than 500 people. There were not even a hundred soldiers killed in the battle, and most of the rest were slightly wounded by arrows. With a little bandage, you can continue to fight again. After all, the saddles, stirrups and other items equipped by the Suzaku Army can not only allow them to exert their maximum combat power, but also minimize the physical consumption of the Suzaku Army's soldiers.
Even if the nearly 20,000 Suzaku army faced the 30,000 Hun cavalry that had completely gathered together, Wang Qian was sure to win in one battle. Even if you can't kill them all like in the first battle, you can kill most of them.
"Pass the order, and after cleaning up the battlefield, seize the time to fill your stomach and recover your strength. After two teas, the whole army will be opened! The scout battalion must keep up with the Hun cavalry, and report any situation at any time! Wang Qian's eyes flashed, and he ordered in a deep voice.
Just now, when the Suzaku Army was eating less than a tea time, it was put into the battlefield, even if Wang Qian was sure to win the battle again now, but after a long journey, the battle was immediately there, and the bodies of both the war horses and the soldiers were already in urgent need of rest, and Wang Qian understood the priority of the matter very well.
"Whoa!" The guards and scouts who followed Wang Gan's side answered in unison.
As soon as the time for the two teas passed, with the sound of the horn, the Suzaku soldiers checked their weapons and equipment one after another and stepped onto the war horse. As the flaming red Vermilion Bird banner was raised, it began to slowly run in the direction where the scouts found the Hun cavalry.
Wang Qian's army had just advanced before tea time, when a sturdy eagle flew over the head of the Vermilion Bird Army from afar, hovering over the Vermilion Bird Army, neither leaving nor falling, and the high-pitched eagle roar resounded in mid-air.
"General, it seems to be the Dragon Guardian Eagle in the air!" A dragon guard who had been following Wang Gan's side had already observed when the black eagle appeared in the air, although the gallop of the Vermilion Bird Army was not fast, but the sound of the galloping of the war horse equipped with horseshoes was still greater than the sound that the cavalry without horseshoes could produce in the past.
Under such a loud sound, even if Xin Ying found that the eagle cage he and others were carrying with him, he would definitely not dare to fall.
For the more than ten Long Wei around him who have been silent, Wang Qian never dared to slack off. Long Wei can go directly to the emperor's desk. Hearing Long Wei's words, Wang Gan was stunned for a moment, and then looked up at the sky in surprise.
In mid-air, sure enough, there was a big black shadow hovering above the Suzaku Army's head.
Wang Qian waved his hand, and the Vermilion Bird Army, which had just picked up speed, began to slowly stop. More than a dozen dragon guards who had been following Wang Gan bowed down to Wang Gan, and then under the gaze of 20,000 Vermilion Bird soldiers, they crossed the formation and ran towards a hill not far away.
Behind the horses of the two dragon guards are two huge cages.
(To be continued)