Chapter 251: The Tough Han People
The 320,000 cavalry on the steppe were divided into four parts. The Xianbei people chased and killed the Han cavalry and galloped around. One day, two days, three days.
All steppe people know that war horses are very delicate animals. Especially for a long time, the galloping of the long heavenly books, their delicate horses' hooves, and then went on strike for various reasons.
If the horse's hooves become a problem, then the war horse has no effect. Therefore, the army of the Xianbei people, each person has at least three war horses, just in case.
Therefore, when pursuing, Lu Qi was very confident that if Huaxiong did not choose to fight, then his roundabout battle would gradually collapse because of the loss of war horses.
But after three days of pursuit, Huaxiong's army began to turn to the east, or north, and made a great detour. But Lu Qi still didn't see how many of Huaxiong's war horses had fallen, and he couldn't help but be very surprised.
And their Xianbei people's war horses lost more than a thousand.
On this day, Lu Qi finally saw a war horse lying on the ground in front of him. But to his surprise, the horse's limbs were cut off.
"What's going on?" Lu Qi turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to check it out for himself. Every steppe man knew horses, and Lu Qi was no exception, and he soon came to a conclusion.
This horse died from a broken leg.
"This is a normal thing, but why do the Han people cut off its limbs? Isn't the Han war horse in a large-scale run, and the secret of the strike because of the horse's shoe injury is on the horse's paw? Did the Han people cut off their limbs because we were afraid of discovering the secret? ”
Lu Qi wondered.
"That's right, if our Xianbei people learn such a secret, then we can reduce the loss of many war horses every year, and our power will become stronger."
Thinking of this, the fire of ambition in Lu Qi's heart instantly burst out.
"Be sure to catch up and engage the Han cavalry."
"Yes."
Five days, six days. Soon half a month passed in a blink of an eye.
In the past half a month, Hua Xiong, under the leadership of his guide, has been galloping on the grassland. He brought a lot of food. It was hard, but nothing went wrong.
This is the absolute superiority of the Han army. Under Zhang Shuang's care for the army, the nutritional intake of every soldier under Zhang Shuang's command is perfect, and Zhang Shuang's army. It's all professional. In normal times, I don't need to farm or anything.
On the contrary, although the steppe people have many cavalry, each cavalry is a herdsman. And the food is meat except meat.
Perhaps the steppe people are very strong, but regardless of physical strength and endurance, the Han cavalry surpasses the steppe people. And being strong does not necessarily lose to the steppe people.
This day, evening. Hua Xiong led 60,000 cavalry to a grassland pasture. The original Xianbei tribe in the ranch had already received the news and quietly left.
Huaxiong's 60,000 cavalry occupied this place.
After Hua Xiong sent someone to guard him, he ordered the cooking to be cooked. On the other side, Hua Xiong, Ma Chao, Yang Qiu and other cavalry generals. We gathered together and discussed countermeasures.
"General Hua, it's been half a month since we chased and fled. Our soldiers are all a little tired, and the Xianbei soldiers are definitely even more tired. According to our plan, we relied on the super high horse combat ability brought by the stirrups to fight the Xianbei people. And now the Xianbei people are more tired than us, and our odds are greater. Is it tomorrow, to fight to the death with the Xianbei people? ”
Ma Chao proposed.
Hua Xiong also felt that the time was almost up, but he couldn't afford to lose as the head coach. He glanced at the generals and asked, "What do you think?" ”
"I think it's pretty much the same, too." Yang Qiu nodded and said. He was also one of Ma Teng's generals and was an outstanding cavalry general. After surrendering to Zhang Shuang, he was appointed as one of the nine cavalry generals.
"Okay, we'll fight the Xianbei people to the death tomorrow." Hua Xiong nodded and said.
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The other side. The Xianbei people are also impatient. Only a hundred miles away from the place where Hua Xiong and the others rested, the Xianbei people also set up camp.
Compared with the Han soldiers, the Xianbei people were indeed more tired.
"Damn, Han people run as fast as rabbits. Have the ability to do it with our real knives and guns once. A Xianbei man gulped down the water in the water bag, and then scolded.
"Han people are not stupid. If you slip away, how can you fight with us?? Don't you know that rabbits will never fight wolves? Another Xianbei man sneered.
"Well said. Rabbits are of no use other than to escape. The Xianbei people burst into laughter. Although the momentum is good, it can't hide the root of their fatigue.
Especially some Xianbei people, because of the long-term lack of vegetable intake, are out of breath and can hardly hold on.
"Damn, that's tiring." Even Lu Qi himself was no more powerful than ordinary people in this aspect, and as soon as the army stopped, he began to shout tired.
As a nation on the grassland, a nation on horseback, the Xianbei people will do the same after a long run. He couldn't understand how the Han people saw this.
"Damn, don't let me catch you on dog days." Lu Qi scolded hatefully. Because he was too tired, except for the Xianbei people who were on guard, the rest of the Xianbei people, including Lu Qi, fell asleep early.
The next day, it was slightly bright, and everyone had not yet eaten breakfast.
The ground began to shake slightly. Although the Xianbei people were tired, they were very sensitive, and they woke up immediately.
"This is a massive cavalry rushing towards us, without concealment, is this a declaration of decisive battle?"
"Okay, it's a decisive battle. It's finally time for a decisive battle. I'd rather fight the Han people directly than chase them any further. ”
"Hahahaha, Han people, are you looking for your own death?"
One by one, the Xianbei people got up in excitement amid loud laughter, and then, regardless of the camp tent or anything, took up arms, turned over their horses, and assembled in the east of the camp.
Lu Qi was especially excited, and he held his golden sword in his hand, in the middle of the army. "Are the Han people beginning to realize their fate and come to receive their death?"
"Da-da-da-da."
The tremors began to intensify until the crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded. The sound of the hooves of hundreds of thousands of war horses is like thunder in the sky, dull and matchless.
"Kill!"
Lu Qi yelled.
"Kill!" The 100,000 cavalry of Xianbei roared in unison, and drove their horses to rush in the direction of the incoming enemy. Closer, closer, closer. Finally, both sides saw each other in their line of sight.
"Shoot !!"
Almost at the same time, there was no need for the orders of the respective commanders. The cavalry of all sides began to bend their bows and shoot at each other.
"Whoosh."
"Ahhh
Mixed with the sound of majestic horses' hooves, the sound of arrows breaking through the air, and the screams rang out in unison. Countless cavalry turned over and fell from their horses, and then they were trampled into pulp by the rolling iron horsemen in the rear
After a few rounds of arrows, the cavalry of both sides began to meet.
At that moment, the Xianbei people were excited. Because they are a people on horseback, they are natural cavalrymen, they wield machetes and can cut down almost all enemies.
They are the overlords of the grassland, the Xianbei people, and the wolves.
Han???
They were just farmers, herbivores who ate wheat and deserved to be enslaved by us.
Every Han cavalry was very suggestive that they met at the moment. Just step on the stirrups with both feet, and under the action of the stirrups, fix your body more steadily, swing the knife, and slash at the enemy.
"Poof, poof."
"Ahh
In that moment, excitement, self-confidence, pride, no match for perseverance, composure, stirrups. Under the slashing of the Han cavalry, one after another Xianbei cavalry screamed and fell.
A total of 160,000 troops on both sides fought. The death of the cavalry is piece-by-piece. Moreover, the Han cavalry has a uniform leather armor, and the clothes of the Xianbei people are also very conspicuous.
At that moment, the cavalry on both sides clearly saw the Xianbei cavalry fall in rows, on the contrary, only a few of the Han cavalry were killed.
In an instant, the Han people who fought and farmed occupied the absolute upper hand, while the glorious people on horseback were weak. At that moment, the Xianbei people were unacceptable.
"How is this possible???"
The Xianbei people's eyes widened.
"This is impossible, how can our warriors not be able to fight the Han cavalry?"
The faces of the Xianbei nobles were hideous.
"I don't believe it, I don't believe that something like this is going to happen." Lu Qi didn't believe it even more, he couldn't believe everything in front of him. But whether Xianbei people believe it or not, this is a fact.
First, the horseshoe was used to make a big detour, which consumed the physical strength of the Xianbei people. Then use the quality of your own cavalry to gain the upper hand, and the stirrup has the advantage of fighting.
Hua Xiong and other generals are worthy of the elite cavalry generals from the Liangzhou department.
"Kill, kill, kill. We annihilated the Xianbei people here for the general and cut off Yuan Shao's right arm. Unified the Han Dynasty. Hua Xiong took his big knife and slashed one Xianbei warrior after another.
His prowess is absolutely outstanding, and even the famous warriors of Xianbei are no match for him.
"Kill, kill, kill!!!!" Ma Chao is also very brave, a spear turned into a deadly spear in his hand, and every time he stabs out, he can kill a Xianbei person. Ma Chao was very excited, went deep into the grassland, and annihilated the Xianbei people. This is a big event that is destined to go down in history.
"Ahhhh The horse roared like an angry tiger.
Under the extraordinary performance of the generals, the cavalry of the Han army was also very excited. They also found that they were stronger than the Xianbei people. The fight became casual, and the breath became wanton.
"Poof, poof."
"Ahhh
Although the Xianbei people tried their best to show themselves and wanted to redeem the decadent situation, they could not stop the attack of the Han cavalry, and they still fell in rows.
They have not yet been defeated because they have 100,000 men, while the Han have only 60,000. But it can be seen that their defeat is only a matter of time.
The main thing is that in this battle, the pride of the Xianbei people was crushed. Turned into dust and smoke, and can no longer be repaired. The poor people on horseback are nothing more than the objects of slaughter. (To be continued.) )