Chapter 173: Facing the Blow

To the west of the valley, upstream of the Huangshui.

Hundreds of Qiang soldiers walked in the icy river with difficulty, their teeth chattering.

The Huangshui River here is wider, more than 20 zhang of foot, although the water is not deep, just over the paint cover, but the river is really cold and biting, just into the water did not walk a few meters, the calf below the knee is completely unconscious.

"It's fucking cold!"

Youqiang soldiers couldn't help but scold their mother, isn't this a crime!

Five thousand Qiang soldiers lined up in ten teams, each with 500 people, and crossed the river in batches.

The Qiang soldiers holding shields walked in the front, stopping from time to time to look at the other side.

The geothermal heat here is relatively flat, and the north bank is miles away from the nearest forest to the riverbank.

The reason why he chose to cross the river here was because he was afraid that the Han army would have ambushes on the north bank to prevent a sneak attack.

Behind the army, on top of a high post.

"Marshal, there should be no ambush on the north shore."

The general said to the handsome commander of the wolf department who stood across the horse.

Wu Dang nodded, and ordered: "Order the army to hurry up and cross the Huangshui and assemble on the north bank. ”

"Order."

The generals hurriedly responded and quickly passed down the military order.

The Qiang soldiers who received the military order to cross the river did not stop any longer, and immediately accelerated their forward.

Fortunately, there was no attack from the Xiliang Army.

Five thousand Qiang soldiers immediately swarmed into the water, stepping on the icy and biting water of the river and quickly rushing to the opposite bank.

However, just as the last 500 Qiang soldiers were about to set foot on the north shore.

A few miles away on the north shore, a desolate trumpet suddenly sounded in the dense forest, which had been very calm.

"Huh?"

The army was behind, and Wudang was just taken aback. I saw a cavalry of thousands of men ghostly appear.

"Oh no, I've been tricked."

Wu Dang's face turned blue with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn Han people." It's just too cunning. ”

The Qiang generals around him also had ugly faces and almost wanted to vomit blood.

Wu Dang roared: "Order the front to block this cavalry no matter what, and the army should hurry up and cross the river." ”

"Yes."

More than ten troops will immediately urge the horses to leave, and in an instant, there will be a shocking war drum rushing into the sky.

In front of the cavalry formation.

Zhao Yun pointed forward with his iron spear, and the five thousand cavalry immediately rolled forward, like a torrent of steel. Kill to the north shore.

When the last 500 Qiang soldiers set foot on the north bank, the 5,000 Qiang soldiers had already seen the 5,000 cavalry suddenly appearing, and they were gritting their teeth amid the shouts of the general. dragged the numb legs and feet, and lined up on the spot in a chaotic manner.

However, a few miles away was only a short time away for a cavalry charge.

The 5,000 Qiang soldiers have not yet formed a formation. Even the numb legs and feet that had been frozen had not yet regained consciousness. The 5,000 cavalry had already rolled in, and launched an overwhelming charge from the side to the 5,000 Qiang soldiers who were lined up against the Huangshui array.

"Kill!"

Zhao Yun jumped on his horse with a spear, took the lead, and killed among the five thousand Qiang soldiers.

Behind him, the 5,000 cavalry formed a rudimentary assault formation, like a huge ramper, and smashed into the 5,000 Qiang soldiers.

The terrible howl tore through the sky, blood splattered, and the broken arm flew sideways. The banks of the river were soon dyed red.

Under the sudden attack of the five thousand Qiang soldiers, they were already a little panicked. In addition, it was too late to recover the body just after climbing up from the icy and biting river, and after resisting it slightly, it was quickly defeated.

"Don't run, give the back to Lao Tzu!"

The Qiang general who led the army saw that some soldiers had begun to retreat, and he couldn't help but tear his eyes and roared.

"You're going to die, too!"

At this moment, Zhao Yun rode his horse and stabbed with a gun/

Qiang General hurriedly raised his knife to tease, but unexpectedly blocked the air, just secretly screamed that it was not good, he felt a cold throat, and the strength of his body retreated like a tide, and the next moment, the tower-like majestic body was planted from the horse.

"Oh my God, the leader has been killed!"

The Qiang people around them were suddenly frightened and flew out of the sky, adding to the chaos.

Zhao Yun took advantage of the situation to lead the army to rush and kill, and soon killed the 5,000 Qiang soldiers.

Although the Qiang people are fierce and good at fighting, they are the most advocating for force, seeing that Zhao Yun is like this divine martial art, and only one shot will result in the unstoppable leader in their eyes, they will immediately collapse, and the last bit of confidence will be completely destroyed.

Many Qiang soldiers threw away their weapons and fled for their lives.

Some Qiang soldiers rushed directly back into the icy river and fled to the south bank.

And at this time, the 10,000 Qiang soldiers on the south bank had just been launched.

The rear of the army.

Seeing that the 5,000 troops who set foot on the north bank had been killed, and many of the routs even rushed to the south bank, the Wudang on the high post suddenly turned blue with anger, and the tiger's eyes were on fire.

A general's face changed drastically: "Marshal, the Han people have a saying that the momentum is inviolable, and the current general trend is irreversible, in order to prevent the rout of the army from attacking the formation, we should quickly reorganize the formation and take advantage of the situation to attack with the Han cavalry." ”

Wu Dang's face changed, and he nodded hurriedly.

In the continuous sound of drums, the Qiang soldiers who had just been launched immediately retreated and lined up on the south bank.

"These Qiang people are not stupid!"

Zhao Yun, who was about to cross the river to pursue, sneered, and immediately led 5,000 cavalry to continue to pursue the fleeing Qiang soldiers.

At the same time, to the east of the valley, the river is downstream.

The Qiang soldiers of the neighboring tribe who had just climbed up to the north bank from the icy and biting water were also attacked head-on by the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Meng.

On the main battlefield of Yamaguchi.

Suddenly, the sound of a desolate trumpet resounded across the land.

The Qiang cavalry of the three thousand burning troops rushed out of the rear like a whirlwind, rolling towards the mountain pass.

"Warriors, it's time for us to show our bravery."

In front of the Qiang cavalry, a tower-like Qiang Han raised his saber and howled loudly, "For the honor of the Qiang warriors, now listen to Lao Tzu, stare at your eyes, and use the swords and horses in your hands to tell those cowardly Han people what is called true bravery." Kill, destroy those damn wooden buildings for Lao Tzu, and kill all those damn Han troops. ”

"Kill, kill, kill, kill ......"

Three thousand cavalrymen beat their chests and howled, and their momentum was like a rainbow.

In the thunderous sound of horses' hooves. Three thousand cavalry rolled into the narrow mountain pass.

In front of the Xiliang army.

"A bunch of idiots!"

Wang Fang sneered, and saw that the three thousand burning cavalry could rush into a hundred paces away, and immediately hid into the rear formation.

Three thousand cavalry rolled forward. I was about to enter a distance of fifty paces.

At this moment, the neighing of a high-pitched war horse suddenly drowned out the thunderous sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing.

The Qiang, who was running at the front of the cavalry formation first, had no time to react, so he planted a dog with a horse to gnaw mud, and the cavalry rolling forward behind him also fell down one after another, and the momentum of the charge was momentary.

At this moment, a rain of arrows like flying locusts roared again, pouring down on the heads of the three thousand cavalry.

"Fuck. What's going on? ”

There was a frightened Qiang man who roared, not knowing what was happening.

For no reason, how could the war horse under the crotch stumble and fall down.

"Iron nails. The fucking ground is full of iron nails. ”

The Qiang cavalry with fallen horses roaring with blood on their faces, and blood was pouring from top to bottom.

Horses stumbled and fell, and soon the mountain road was blocked.

Three thousand cavalry were crammed on the narrow mountain road, and the cavalry in front could not rush through because the road was blocked. The cavalry in the middle and behind could not contain the horses. But they were still rushing towards it, and they immediately huddled together, triggering catastrophic consequences.

In front of the Xiliang army.

Wang Fang yelled, "Don't stop, archers, shoot hard at Lao Tzu." ”

The archers hiding in the wooden building would be polite, and they didn't need Wang Fang's order at all, so they quickly shot out one of the powerful arrows in the quiver, only three volleys. More than half of the 3,000 Qiang cavalry fell.

So many cavalry crammed into the narrow mountain road was like a bunch of live rakes.

Such a great opportunity. If you don't show off your marksmanship, then how can you do it?

Amidst the terrible screams and curses, the Qiang soldiers fell in pieces as if they had been cut down wheat.

Seeing that it was only more than twenty steps away from the Han army, he could no longer rush over.

All the Qiang soldiers were red-eyed, eager to fly over and kill those despicable Han soldiers.

The Qiang soldiers are in the rear.

"Angry!"

Dian Ling roared loudly, his face extremely hideous.

More than a dozen generals around him were stunned, and all the Qiang soldiers were dumbfounded.

What is the situation, why even the brave cavalry can fail.

The damn Han army is so despicable that they actually buried a lot of iron nails in the ground, which is really fatal.

All the Qiang soldiers were red-eyed, eager to kill those insidious and despicable Han soldiers.

Soon, with a thousand archers shooting at close range, there were not many soldiers left of the three thousand burners.

There are less than 100 riders left who can still stand.

In the end, only a few dozen horsemen escaped.

In front of the Xiliang army, Wang Fang sneered, rode his horse and rushed back to the rear, but secretly exclaimed in his heart.

Originally, the Xiliang army was going to dig a pit on the mountain road, but after trying, the ground was already frozen and solid, and it was impossible to dig it at all, and the soldiers wasted a lot of bodies, but only dug three pits that were not deep.

Zhao Yun had an idea, and he came up with a method.

It is to insert a lot of iron nails and thistles on the mountain road, and then cover it with floating soil.

In this way, if the Qiang soldiers do not investigate, they will inevitably suffer a big loss.

Wang Fang originally thought that these iron nails could only slightly block the offensive of the Qiang soldiers at most.

After all, it is not difficult to clear these obstacles, and after suffering a loss, the Qiang soldiers will definitely try to clear them.

However, unexpectedly, it was the cavalry who suffered the first loss.

If it is an infantryman, once it is found that there are iron nails buried in the ground, they will definitely retreat and try to clear the iron nails.

However, if it was the cavalry who rushed in, it would not be so easy to retreat along the lĂŹ again.

The cavalry is no better than the infantry, and when charging at high speed, once it is blocked, it is simply impossible to contain the forward momentum, especially on such a narrow mountain road, and the three thousand cavalry are crammed together, which will inevitably lead to disastrous consequences.

In fact, in the end, the cavalry of the 3,000 burns was almost completely wiped out.

After suffering such a big loss, the Qiang people should stop for a while, right?

Wang Fang secretly smiled, even if the Qiang people finally learn to be obedient and clean up these iron nails, there will be many gifts for these stupid Qiang people to prepare, I hope these stupid Qiang people will not collapse so quickly. (To be continued......)