Chapter 103: The Death of the Qin Army

Huang Can didn't notice that the Korean cavalry in front of him had completely different equipment from any previous cavalry--- stirrups and saddles. Their appearance directly liberated the hands of the Central Plains cavalry, and the northern nomads at this time could carry out gorgeous riding and shooting and charging on the back of bare horses with the strength of their legs. But the cavalry in the Central Plains was different, although most of the cavalry could barely shoot on horseback, it was really difficult to charge into battle. Don't move too much when you charge into battle, as if you are too big, you may fall off your horse. Only a few elites can charge like nomads.

Most of the Qin army thought that the Korean cavalry was self-defeating by charging into battle regardless of life or death. After meeting three rows of thick shield soldiers, the Korean cavalry will invariably fall off their horses, and if they are lucky, they will suffer some flesh and skin, and if they are unlucky, they may be directly fractured.

However, the tiger cavalry just ran away from the shield soldiers against common sense, and although the speed decreased slightly, it was enough to kill the center of the Qin army's large array with thunder. Moreover, not a single one fell off the horse because of unstable shape.

The first three rows of the Qin army's phalanx were shield soldiers, the next two rows were pikemen, and then archers and light infantry. In normal times, such a phalanx would be enough to deal with cavalry on its own foot. But against heavy infantry, such a formation is a little thin. The thin end is that the tiger rider can easily break the formation and easily slaughter. Yes, the massacre against the Qin army.

Tian Hu arbitrarily led the few remaining Qin troops of the Tiger Cavalry, over and over again. When he first entered the cavalry battalion, as soon as he encountered a battle, he could only follow behind the buttocks of others, run to the enemy's flank on horseback, and run away with a few arrows; Later, when he became proficient in horsemanship, he could shoot and charge into battle, but it was limited to encounters with enemy cavalry. Cavalry against infantry in a phalanx? Unless you're willing to pay a lot of casualties, it's best not to try.

But now he has attacked the infantry phalanx of the Qin army with 3,000 cavalry, and he has won a great victory. The Qin army commander didn't have time to organize a counterattack before he was beheaded by himself, and it felt so good to kill the enemy general, Tian Hu began to fall in love with this feeling. The remnants of the Qin army still wanted to gather stubborn resistance, but Tian Hu did not give the Qin army such a chance at all. Where there were many people, Tian Hu led the army to disperse them.

Victory comes too quickly, but surprise doesn't come suddenly. When he saw that the enemy general despised himself and put on a phalanx of regular infantry against cavalry, Tian Hu knew that he had won. However, Tian Hu also knew that when everyone in the world knew the advantages of stirrups and saddles, he began to pay attention to cavalry. Even if the cavalry could still defeat the infantry phalanx, it would not be as easy as it is today.

The 4,000 Qin troops resisted for half an hour before the whole army was wiped out, and at this time, there was still a fierce battle under the walls of the new city. After the prince laid out all his cards, although the Qin army was defeated, he had the courage to break his wrist, and the Qin army at the head of the city decisively retreated from the city after leaving a group of people to be responsible for the break. Prepare to defeat the Korean army that went out of the city to "sneak attack" under the city.

On the one hand, the commanders of the Qin army ordered the assembly of troops, and on the other hand, they asked for help from the Chinese army and nearby friendly forces. In their view, the South Korean army has limited strength, and their own side is afraid that it is the main direction of attack of the South Korean army. When reinforcements come, they can win the battle with dignity. But they didn't know that the reinforcements they could have relied on were being hit by the South Korean army just like them.

In the western city wall, the advantage of the Korean army is the greatest. 10,000 Han troops VS 4,000 Qin troops, the Qin army formed a small formation after losing seven or eight hundred men, but this did not prevent the Qin army from falling. By the time Tian Hu led the tiger cavalry back, the Qin army had less than 2,000 people left, and the number was still decreasing faster and faster. The Tiger Cavalry only used a single charge to break through the phalanx that the Qin soldiers had struggled to support.

On the northern city wall, the Han army and the Qin army were evenly matched, and both sides had 5,000 troops each at first, but the Qin army was scattered, and the Han army took advantage of its own concentration of troops and once gained the upper hand. However, as the Qin army abandoned the city and formed a formation to protect itself, the battle began to enter a tug-of-war. Even if the Korean army had a thousand more troops than the Qin army, it would not be able to break through the solid large array of the Qin army. The situation did not change until the Ximen Han army solved the problem of the Qin army's coming to help.

On the southern city wall, the Korean army is quite passive. If it weren't for the fact that Prince Ran sent another 5,000 reinforcements, the Qin army would most likely have broken through. After all, there is Song Xin, the deputy general of the Qin army, commanding here, and there are more than 6,000 troops. But with the arrival of the Tiger Cavalry, especially the Korean army on the northern city wall, they also rushed to support after annihilating the Qin army, and the last remaining Qin army, the chance to break through was shattered. Twenty-five thousand Han troops VS four thousand five hundred Qin troops, no one would think that the Qin army still had the possibility of escaping.

In order to minimize casualties as much as possible, the crown prince obeyed Xun Jing's construction and sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender.

When the Korean envoys entered the Qin military array, all the Qin troops did not say a word. Song Xin even wiped the bronze sword in his hand, and seemed to pay all his attention to the sword, not paying attention to the Han envoy at all.

Han Envoy didn't mind, just smiled and said, "General Song, those who know the times are Junjie." Right now that you're surrounded by my large army, surrender is the only way out! Why don't you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and submit to my Korea? I assure you with the reputation of Korea that as long as you lead your army to surrender to our Korea, I will treat Korea as if it were a guest. Isn't this a hundredfold or a thousand times better than being buried in a foreign country? ”

Song Xin didn't seem to hear Han Envoy's words, but just wiped the sword in his hand again, over and over again. Finally, satisfied, he raised his sword and pointed it at the sun. The sword glowed in the sunlight with a cold and enchanting glow.

At this time, Song Xin finally spoke the first sentence. "Your Excellency, do you think my sword is not good?"

Han Envoy was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly sudden, and he replied with some confusion: "Of course it's beneficial." ”

Song Xin sighed and said to himself: "It's a pity! Sword, sword! I can't take you into battle anymore. ”

"Your Excellency, please come back! The two armies are fighting without slashing! I will not kill you today. Dying on the battlefield is the glory of a soldier, and this battle is not as good as others, so I have today's defeat. But don't want to humiliate my old Qin people, I'd rather die standing than live on my knees. Ha ha! Bow to Lao Qin and go to the national disaster together. Blood is not shed, and death is not a truce. Today is the moment when our soldiers died on the battlefield. Song Xin said unusually firmly.

"Old Qin, go to the national disaster together. Blood is not shed, and death is not a truce. There is Daqin in the west, as the sun rises. A hundred years of national hatred, the sea is difficult to peace. The world is in turmoil, how can we get Corning. Qin has a sharp soldier, who fights for hegemony! The five hundred lords and two five hundred lords of the Qin army around raised their arms and shouted.

Han Envoy knew that he could not go against it, so he could only retreat and go back to his life. Prince Ran listened to the louder and louder old Qin military songs echoing in his ears, sighed in his heart, but said in an extremely flat tone: "Pass the order, prepare to break the formation!" "To deal with such a loyal army, if you can't use it, then you can only destroy it, completely.

The Korean army first fired ten thousand arrows, and then sent tiger cavalry to take advantage of the situation to rush into battle. After cutting the phalanx of the Qin army into pieces, the 20,000 Korean troops finally pressed up. It didn't take long for the last 4,500 Qin troops in Nanyang County to be annihilated. At this point, the 30,000 Qin troops sent by Nanyang County were wiped out after a month of ravaging Korea.

In the Battle of Xincheng, the Korean army won another great victory after paying the price of 7,000 killed and more than 1,600 seriously wounded. If it weren't for the Qin army's miscalculation of the strength of the Korean army, and if it weren't for the Korean army's heavy cavalry successfully blocking the Qin army's command system, the outcome would still be unpredictable.

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