Chapter 42: The Night Attack (Part II)

When the rumbling iron cavalry broke through the Hun camp, the Qin army that came to take advantage of the excitement found that in addition to the 100 Huns killed along the way, where was the shadow of the Hun army in the camp!

"Not good! Hit the trick! Evacuate! The thousand people of the Qin army who led the army roared angrily, and as he spoke, he led more than a thousand Qin soldiers to turn their horses, wanting to escape along the same road!

At this time, Fang Cai was still fantasizing about where the Qin Army's iron cavalry who had killed all directions still had the heart to stay here! There is no doubt that this is an ambush set by the Huns! The Qin army rode like a lost dog, galloping wildly, trying to escape as much as possible! Although they don't know where the danger comes from, they are afraid that when the danger does come, they will lose the last chance to escape!

The Huns, who had been waiting for most of the night, would let go of these more than a thousand Qin soldiers! Although Yiqu Hong originally thought that the Qin army would send tens of thousands of troops to encircle and annihilate him, it has now proved that the caution of the Qin army is still beyond his expectations! But no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and being able to eat more than a thousand Qin army iron horsemen is still better than nothing!

"Shoot the arrows!" With Yi Quhong's order, a rain of arrows shot at the unsuspecting Qin army.

If it was just an ordinary rain of arrows, although the damage was huge, it would not leave all the more than 1,000 Qin army horsemen. But the Huns shot rockets, now the northwest wind is cold, the weather is dry, these rockets that were released soon ignited the tents in the camp, for a while, the Huns camp became a nightmare for a thousand Qin troops tonight, became a purgatory on earth.

The firelight in the sky not only made the fleeing Qin army have nothing to hide, but also allowed the Hun cavalry who rushed over to calmly shoot and kill the Qin army's iron cavalry who were bent on fleeing one by one, but also made many war horses and Qin soldiers on horseback panic. Obviously, in this case, the more chaotic the situation, the more beneficial it was for the Huns, who had an absolute superiority in forces!

The Qin army lost more than 400 men. Only barely regrouped! The remaining 600 or so Qin army horsemen extinguished all the torches and fled to a small road! The Xiongnu side did not expect that the Qin army would actually find another way, but in the eyes of the Xiongnu, this was just the struggle of the Qin army before death. Because the Huns knew that this trail could only accommodate three horsemen in parallel. The Qin army should want a strong man to break his wrist and sacrifice most of his troops to slow down his own speed! As long as one hundred and ten people rushed to the city of Qi County, this cavalry of the Qin army would not be completely annihilated!

The Qin army did not break through along the original road, which naturally made the 3,000 Xiongnu ambush soldiers arranged on the road when the Qin army came lose their effect, and under the command of Yiquhong, the 3,000 Xiongnu army turned into the camp to clean up the battlefield. The 2,000 Hun army, which had condescendingly released arrows at the beginning, also withdrew. Only 5,000 Hun cavalry were left to chase and kill the fleeing 600-odd Qin army horsemen! Yiqu Hong's order to his subordinates who led the troops to pursue the Qin army was to annihilate the Qin army!

This trail is full of steep mountains along the way, and the trail that can only accommodate three people in parallel naturally makes it impossible for the Xiongnu to divide their troops to outflank and intercept more than 600 Qin army iron horsemen! But in the eyes of the Huns who pursued the Qin army, the Qin army was obviously panicked. They left their backs to themselves, didn't they let their own side calmly shoot them?! The pursuit turned into hunting, and the fleeing Qin army became the prey of helpless defense, and the Hun soldiers screamed and kept shooting the Qin army off their horses! The Qin army never dared to stop and fight back, but only cared about beating the horse and running faster.

But the Huns still gradually suffered casualties, but not from the Qin army, but from themselves! The Qin army and war horses, who were shot and fell to the ground, blocked the path. Although the Huns at the front could command their horses to jump over these obstacles with their skillful horsemanship, the robes behind them were too close together. Often when you see an obstacle, it's too late to command the horse to cross it.

In view of this, the Huns' pursuers could not help but stop firing arrows and instead bite the Qin army, and in their opinion, the game became a cat and mouse. It's not too late to kill these defeated soldiers of the Qin army when they go out from the trail!

But the reality is often cruel, and at a corner of this trail, a thousand Qin troops are ambushed here. The acting skills of the Huns naturally deceived the Qin army scouts, but the main generals of the Qin army also knew that it was necessary to be cautious! Even knowing that the Huns might be defenseless. However, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army still forcibly suppressed the impulse of the whole army to rush forward, and instead sent half of the troops on hand to attack the camp and half of the troops to respond. Now it seems that this strategy saved this Qin army!

When turning an inconspicuous corner, a dense rain of arrows hit, the Huns were stunned for the first time! They never thought they would fall in limp in such a situation! It's like a wolf playing with a harmless rabbit and suddenly discovering that the rabbit is actually a porcupine! Whether to retreat or advance has become a difficult choice, the Huns who ran in the front subconsciously wanted to turn the horse's head, but forgot about this A narrow path, the Huns behind did not know that the front was ambushed, and still chased after the horses, and for a while, five thousand Huns were confused!

The Qin army naturally knew that this was a rare period of time, and while the Hun army did not know its own reality, the four hundred Qin soldiers who were still fleeing forcibly restrained the war horse, and then turned the horse's head to kill the panicked Hun pursuers!

"Oh no! The former army was ambushed by the Qin army! The panicked voice reached the ears of the commander of the Hun army!

Before the words fell, with a "snap", the whip hit the face of the Hun soldier who came to report, and the Hun soldier looked at his general with an aggrieved face, but he didn't dare to reach out to touch the bloody wound on his face.

"What are you panicking about?! Lao Tzu is not dead yet! The sky can't fall! Lai roared.

"Someone! Everyone dismounted, Lao Tzu wanted to see what the Qin army was capable of and dared to ambush us! "Obviously, this decision is the right one!

On a trail that can only accommodate three horsemen in parallel, a cavalry that has lost its speed can only be a live target for archers! Instead of this, don't get off the horse and seize the commanding heights on both sides! Yu Li concluded that the Qin army would not use many troops to set up an ambush on such a path! Of course, if you make a mistake in your bet, and the number of Qin troops is very large, then the decision to dismount is not wrong! Because blindly turning around and running away will only lead to faster death, not to mention, cowardice before fighting is a soldier's shame! The more panicked you are, the more you need to fight back strongly, otherwise, the morale of the Qin army will only get stronger and stronger, and you will only care about escaping!

"Lord Lai has an order! Everyone's dismounting! If you retreat from the latter, there will be no forgiveness! "The Warlords appeared in time to stop the defeat of the Huns!

With the arrival of Chinese reinforcements and the rear army seizing the heights on both sides, the Xiongnu army gradually gained a firm foothold! At this time, the Xiongnu side finally had time to feel the number of Qin troops! The arrows fired from the mountains on both sides were no more than a few hundred at a time, which proved that the number of Qin reinforcements must not be large, otherwise, they could have killed their own side at the most chaotic time. Except for the hundreds of remnants of the Qin army who retreated step by step, there were no other new existential beings that could pose a threat to the Xiongnu. Thinking of this, Yu Li concluded that this was just a receiving army of the Qin army with a size of about 1,000 people, but it was this receiving army that actually caused so much damage to his side! Hurt or secondary, Yu Li felt that his dignity was offended! This is intolerable to any steppe people!

"Pass the order! Don't surrender! Lai Li said through gritted teeth.

Normally, the value of a Qin soldier's pawn is much greater than that of a Qin army's corpse! After all, these pawns are elite, and whether they are slaves or warriors, they can bring ten times the reward! But Yu Li refused to surrender, obviously, the other party was very annoyed!

The tide of battle became unfavorable to the Qin army again, and after dropping more than 100 corpses, the remaining 200 Qin troops remounted and fled! And the Qin army on the mountains on both sides faced the Hun soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and after fighting for a short time, they threw themselves into the night without any love of war, and there was no trace!

By the time dawn came, only more than 800 people from the Qin army, who had 2,000 people at the time of departure, returned to Qi County safely! The Xiongnu suffered more than 2,500 casualties, of which more than 2,000 were killed in battle! Although Yiquhong's vitality was not seriously injured, this night attack was also the battle with the greatest loss since entering the customs!

For the Qin army, this was nothing more than a tactical victory, and in the face of the endless flow of Xiongnu armies, it was inevitable to be besieged after all. For the Xiongnu army, the casualties of more than 2,000 people were not to be worried, but it made Yiquhong dare not underestimate the Qin army, and became more and more cautious and cautious!

On the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, the Yiqu tribe, which was the vanguard of the Huns, rushed to the city of Qixian and built a camp! However, the report from the scouts dispelled Wang Qian's plan to continue to suppress the Yiqu tribe, and the main force of the Xiongnu army was only thirty miles away from Qi County!

As the sun gradually sank in the west, the blackened Hun army appeared on the horizon. Wang Jian, who was standing at the head of the city, squinted his eyes and stared at the Hun army that was getting closer and closer, and he was speechless for a long time!

The sunset reluctantly fell, and the sky was as dark as water, but the arrival of the Xiongnu army obviously freed Qixian from the darkness, and tens of thousands of torches lit up the sky! The Huns roasted whole sheep and built camps under the noses of the Qin army, and sang and danced and laughed under the noses of the Qin army. The torches in the Xiongnu camp that stretch for more than ten miles form a sea of fire, and Qi County is a small existence in the sea of fire, maybe if you are not careful, you will be swallowed by the sea of fire!

Every Qin army looked at the crowds of Hun troops with fear, anxious about the next battle! If it weren't for Wang Jian forcing most of the army to go back to rest, perhaps, many people would have looked at the Xiongnu army until dawn! (To be continued......)

PS: The second update!