Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Iron Cavalry Charges

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After the front fence was dragged down by the cavalry under Wu Zhu with a lasso, Mu Ren knew that things were not good, since he could tow away the wooden fence, he could also tow away the carts, once the carts blocked in front were towed away, Wu Zhu could take the cavalry directly into the camp, and more than 200 old people, children and women in the camp would undoubtedly be spared.

Unable to let them continue to throw the noose, the shepherd immediately beckoned a few old men with good archery skills to shoot bows and arrows, and then several groups of Wu Zhu's cavalry who rushed over were shot to death, and the tactics that Wu Zhu and others came up with to pull down the wooden fence and drag away the cart were destroyed by Mu Ren halfway.

This made the Wu Zhu furious, and ordered his more than 200 cavalry to charge and break through the camp, but was immediately persuaded by his centurion, and a centurion said: "My lord, there are still a large number of carts blocking the road in the camp, and our cavalry can't rush through at all. ”

Wu Zhu's eyes lit up after hearing this strategy: "Do you mean to let the sons and daughters rush over and abandon their horses, and the cavalry will turn into infantry and force their way through the carts and enter the camp?" ”

"Yes, sir!"

There is no doubt that the large number of carts in the camp blocked the illusion of cavalry rushing into the camp, but it could not stop the infantry, and the infantry could easily jump on the carts and kill the camp, and after rushing to the vicinity of the camp, the bows and arrows in the camp no longer worked!

After having this method, Wu Zhu immediately arranged for the implementation, dividing the remaining more than 200 cavalry under his command into three parts, forming three shock waves, and the first group of cavalry quickly launched a charge.

"Woo lur, woo lur......" the signature roar of the Huns as they charged began.

"Raise your bow, shoot!" Mu Ren saw that there was a large group of cavalry rushing over, and immediately organized his old people to shoot arrows, the first shooting effect was obvious, and the number of old people was quite large, there were about 100 people, the first charge of more than 80 cavalry was shot over about half, many horses were shot, knights were overturned to the ground, and there were also knights on horses were shot off the horse, and the horses were fine.

Half of the men and horses were scattered, and the cavalry did not retreat, but continued to charge at the risk of death, and when the front of the scooter was more than ten meters in front, the old people in the camp had already shot three arrows under the command of Mu Ren, and only more than 20 of the first attack echelon were still intact, these people quickly dismounted and rushed over on foot with scimitars.

Mu Ren was taken aback, and when he reacted, the enemy in front had already jumped on the cart and killed, Mu Ren's face was pale, he knew that there was a big trouble, he could use the fortifications arranged by Qin Dong to resist the charge of the cavalry, but he couldn't resist the charge of the infantry, he was anxious: "My lord, why don't you lead the team to kill it?" ”

At this time, the enemy had already rushed to the cart, and seeing that he was about to enter the camp, Muren immediately dropped his bow and arrows, drew his scimitar, and shouted: "Everyone draw their swords, fight with them, hold on, and the adults will come back with troops soon!" ”

"Kill!" The old people also know that they can only fight hard now, and if they don't work hard, they can only wait to be slaughtered by the Vultures.

At this moment, Qin Dong had already quietly come to the cavalry led by Wu Zhu with sixty cavalry, and all the horses were covered in their mouths.

When Qin Dong found that the vanguard of the Wuzhu had rushed into the camp, he knew that the time had come to attack, because at this time the attention of the Wuzhu had been completely attracted to the camp, he immediately launched a charge, holding a spear and shouting: "Warriors of the Great Huns, cut off the heads of these robbers with your scimitars, shoot your sharp arrows through their chests, kill all these robbers with me, kill!" ”

Now Qin Dong can only characterize the people of the Wuzhu as robbers, there is no crime in killing the robbers, and others can't find an excuse to attack him, but if Qin Dong knows the identity of the cavalry led by the Wuzhu and fights with them is known by the high-ranking officials in the royal court, no matter what the reason, regardless of victory or defeat, he will be punished, because the Huns are forbidden to fight privately, not to mention this kind of large-scale fighting, there is really no difference from fighting a civil war.

"Woolulu......"

"Woo Woo ......."

Sixty cavalrymen launched a decisive charge under the leadership of Qin Dong, each of these sixty people had three horses, and the momentum brought by charging together was very huge, and each cavalry had a pair of bows and arrows and two scimitars.

The huge roar behind him alarmed the Wuzhu, which made him and his cavalry shocked, but before they could react, the cavalry team led by Qin Dong had already reached the front, and the distance of one mile was too close for the cavalry, and it roared.

First, several waves of arrows rained down from the sky, and I saw the cavalry around Wu Zhu fall in pieces, and even Wu Zhu was hit by an arrow again.

The screams came and went, and the Wu Zhu was already stunned by the sudden attack, Qin Dong led his troops to shoot several arrows in a row and then rushed to the front of the Wu Zhu army, he and his cavalry gave up their bows and arrows, drew their scimitars, and rushed into the ranks of the Wu Zhu.

Qin Dong brandished a spear, the tip of the spear continued to stab and sweep, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight lives died in his hands, he played with the spear while shouting: "Everyone follow me, don't stop, kill!" ”

Under the command of Qin Dong, sixty cavalry lined up in an arrow formation and rushed into the middle of the Wuzhu cavalry, and Qin Dong was like the tip of an arrow, sharply breaking through the enemy's chest, and killing a pair of piercing with one breath.

Qin Dong knew very well where the advantage of the cavalry was, especially the advantage of the Hun cavalry, the Huns would ride and shoot, they could judge how many cavalry the enemy had according to the sound of the horses' hooves, and the most powerful thing for the Huns was to charge the enemy formation in a loose formation and intersperse it in depth, and then divide and surround the enemy troops after the large depth penetration.

Two years ago, in the Battle of Chalon, in 451, the reason why the 500,000 Huns and their affiliated armies led by Attila lost to the 500,000 coalition army organized by the military commander Aetius of the Western Roman Empire was not that Attila's military command talent was inferior to Aetius, and Attila failed in this battle for two reasons, first, Aetius adopted the strategy of "Tian Ji Horse Race" to deal with Attila.

Aetius divided the coalition into three parts, the middle part was the weakest, these people were composed of the Alans, Franks, and Burgundians, who resisted the strongest Hun cavalry, the strongest left flank was led by Aetius himself to command the army of the Western Roman Empire against the Ostrogoths who had joined the Huns, and the second strongest right flank was the Visigoths against the Epides and Skirs who had joined the Huns. The Huns, under the command of Attila, launched a ferocious attack on the middle position of the coalition formation, the Alans, the Franks, and the Burgundians did not withstand the attack of the Huns, and they collapsed, but the Huns continued to expand their gains and wanted to divide the coalition forces and attack the Visigoths, but they were resisted by the Visigoths, and the Visigoths suffered heavy losses in this battle, and King Theodoric was killed on the spot.

Attila's Hun cavalry was the most powerful, but the strength of his left and right flanks of Ostrogoths, Gepids, and Skir was significantly weaker than Aetius, so after the Visigoths withstood the impact of the Hun cavalry, Attila's left and right flanks did not withstand the attack of the coalition army, and Attila was in a dangerous situation of being surrounded, and had to retreat in a panic.

The second reason for the failure is that Attila chose a wrong place as the battlefield, this place is a hilly area, the terrain is extremely uneven, the coalition army is behind the mountain, and behind Attila is a swamp, this kind of area can not give full play to the cavalry charge advantage, can not perform the tactics of large depth interspersed, so although Attila's Hun iron cavalry defeated the Alanist army, but because of the lack of depth, the cavalry could not run away and lost speed and was blocked by the Visigoths. If it were not for this reason, the history of the Battle of Chalons would have been rewritten, and Europe would have been the world of the Huns, in the words of later historians, and Europe would have entered the era of barbarism.