The vigor of the Hu cavalry was wiped out under the powerful crossbow arrows of the Han army, and the slogan of protecting the family and defending the country that had just been shouted as loud as a mountain also disappeared, and everyone was anxiously considering their own way of retreat, they were originally ordinary herdsmen, and how to keep their meager property was the top priority they cared about. 25

And the passion for killing the enemy disappeared in a bloody rain of arrows, which began to make them feel a sense of fear, and many people turned their suspicious eyes to Yang Qian, but he hid behind at the moment of attack, and after the passion and fanaticism of the Hu cavalry was ruthlessly crushed by the rain of arrows of the Han army, they began to calm down.

But this was expected by Yang Qian, he knew that the fighting spirit of the Dao people was easy to lose, and only by taking their families as hostages would they fight desperately against the Han army.

Yang Wan's sword pointed at the boundless tent behind him, and shouted: "Your wife and daughter and parents are all behind, if you don't work hard, who will protect your wife and daughter?" They will be slaves to the Han Chinese, your parents will be killed, your wives will be humiliated, your children will be betrayed, and your heads will be the fruits of your enemies, carried on high bamboo poles. ”

Yang Wan's hoarse voice echoed across the grassland, and his every word deeply moved the Hu cavalry, making their newly lost fighting spirit burn again.

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen raised their swords and shouted: "Never retreat!" ”

Yang Wan waved his sword again and shouted: "For the honor of the grassland, defeat them and kill the Han army!" ”

"Kill the Han army!"

Tens of thousands of people shouted, war horses galloped, tens of thousands of cavalry roared like dark clouds, whistling under the strong wind, the earth was trembling, and the grasslands were crying helplessly

Liu Jing immediately stood on a low grass hill, looking coldly at the overwhelming Dihu cavalry, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.

"The crossbow army retreats, the hoplites prepare!"

The 6,000 crossbow army retreated like cháo water, as if the curtain had opened, revealing the 8,000 heavily armored infantry in a neat row behind them, they were arranged in eight factions, and there were 1,000 heavily armored infantry troops in a row.

They were all burly and powerful, holding a two-zhang long chopping knife, wearing heavy armor with flashing blue light, and only a pair of unusually indifferent eyes appeared on their faces, like a group of hunters, staring coldly at the prey that had fallen into the trap. 13

Behind the 8,000 heavily armored infantry troops, there were 30,000 spearmen, each holding a sharp spear five feet long in their hands, arranged in three huge phalanxes, and their main general, Wei Yan, had already conveyed the order of the Han king to take the Hu cavalry from their backs to prevent them from escaping.

"Boom!" The drum beats, slowly but forcefully, "Boom! Boom! With the heavy sound of drums, the heavy infantry approached the Qihu cavalry step by step, every step was so shocking, and every step was so imposing.

At this time, Yang Wan in the Hu cavalry shouted, "Rush up!" ”

The Hu cavalry suddenly accelerated, they knew that only by killing the enemy army could they have any hope of survival, and the instinct to protect their families made them desperate, they raised their long knives and danced spears, and frantically charged at the Han army, rushing like a storm, but the heavy infantry stood still like a mountain.

Liu Hu was wearing heavy armor, holding a horse chopping knife about one zhang and nine feet long, only his eyes were exposed, and there was a cold gaze in his eyes, and behind him stood eight thousand heavy armored infantrymen.

Eight thousand heavy armored infantry are in a row, a total of sixty rows, one zhang apart from each other, all of them have been replaced with heavy armor, and the 8,000 people are lined up neatly, like an iron wall, murderous and awe-inspiring.

The speed of the Hu cavalry became faster and faster, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and the momentum was like a stormy wave, destroying everything, invincible everything, and rushing towards the densely defended Han soldiers with an unstoppable ferocity.

The first three rows of heavy armored infantry of the Han army squatted down together, gathered tightly, the handle of the war horse sword was inserted into the ground, and three thousand long blades stabbed obliquely in front, like a dense forest of knives.

The stormy cavalry slaughtered in front of the Han army, and the tactics of the cavalry were to break through the enemy's formation and enter the enemy's hinterland.

But what they saw was a long blade glittering with cold light, and the sharp spikes were aimed at their chests, and the cavalry in front of them was too late to retract, and they cried out in terror, and many of them closed their eyes.

The blood mist burst up, the screams resounded through the grassland, and the powerful impact of the Hu cavalry did not penetrate into the Han formation, but was blocked by three thousand sharp horse chopping sabers, and nearly three thousand cavalry paid a tragic price, they were pierced on the sharp blades.

Liu Hu raised his saber high, and the eight thousand heavy armored infantry burst out with an earth-shattering roar at the same time: "Kill—"

With a wave of Liu Hu's sword, eight thousand heavy armored soldiers launched an offensive, advancing like a wall, with a dignified momentum like a mountain, and slaughtered the overwhelming Dihu cavalry step by step.

The Hu cavalry also brandished their spears and stabbed at the heavy infantry, and Yang Da, Yang Wan's nephew, took the lead, waving his spear, roaring, and stabbing at a tall Han army leader in distraction.

The leader of the heavy infantry was the general Liu Hu, he shouted, and the fierce horse chopping knife slashed head-on, the knife was fierce, and immediately split Yang Dalian and the horse who rushed in front of him into two halves, blood splashed, and internal organs flowed.

The heavy armored infantry long knife wielded, advancing step by step, the sword light and blood shadow, or chopping or stabbing, invincible, the Dihu cavalry cavalry decapitated and the stump rolled to the ground, the screams and wails resounded through the grassland, on both sides of them, the Han army's arrows were like flying locusts, so that they suffered heavy casualties, the wounded and fallen Dihu cavalry knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, but they were still split into pieces by the heavy armored infantry in the array, the blood flowed like a river, the corpses were piled up, and the grassland became a slaughterhouse on the earth.

On the grassy hill, Liu Jing rode on a horse and watched the slaughter on the grassland expressionlessly, the remnant sun was like blood, the afterglow dyed the grassland red, and there were desperate screams and miserable cries everywhere, Liu Jing was unmoved, Wang Ping beside him was a little unbearable, and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's better to accept their surrender!" ”

Liu Jing glanced at him coldly, Wang Ping was silent and didn't dare to speak.

"Pass my orders, the cavalry will attack!"

A rocket soared into the sky, drawing a long black smoke, this is the order to attack, behind a grassy hill more than ten miles away, eight thousand Han cavalry have already assembled on standby, when this long black smoke crossed the sky, Ma Chao shouted: "Attack!" ”

Eight thousand cavalry burst out at the same time with a shout, the war horses galloped, the spears flashed, and they were overwhelmingly killed to the camp of the Di people, the camp of the Di people was ten miles away, and there were less than three thousand cavalry guards, when the black and oppressive Han cavalry appeared not far away, the whole camp seemed to explode the nest, the women ran desperately with their children, the old man knelt on the ground, prayed to the heavens, and more people hid in tents, curled up in the corner and shivered.

The cavalry of the Han army was divided into two ways, Ma Chao led 5,000 cavalry and the Di cavalry to fight fiercely, Ma Dai led 3,000 cavalry to kill the camp of the Di people, the war horses galloped, the big tent rolled, the cavalry galloped all the way, caught up with the fleeing women and children, quickly surrounded them, and forced them to return to the camp.

On the outside of the camp, Ma Chao led the Han cavalry to form a cavalry formation, and divided and killed the Hu cavalry, the Han cavalry may be inferior to the other party in horsemanship, and they will be weaker than the other party when fighting alone, but they are well-trained, the formation is neat, and the combat effect is completely different by using the collective strength and the fierce battle of the Hu army, not to mention that the strength of the Han army is far stronger than the opponent.

The cries and pleadings from the camp came one after another, and the cries shook the sky, so that the Hu cavalry had no intention of fighting, and they turned their horses to run back to the camp, but they were surrounded by the Han cavalry, the spears overturned and dismounted, the arrows were as fast as thunderbolts, the long knives were chopping, the blood was bursting shè, the Hu cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and they had no choice but to abandon their spears and surrender

It was almost dusk, and the fierce battle on the main battlefield in the distance was getting white-hot, the horns were whimpering, the horses were neighing, the sound of long knives was clanging, the horses' hooves were like thunder, the swords were slashing, the blood mist was filled, the heads of people were rolling everywhere, the stumps were broken, and the grasslands were piled up, and the eight thousand heavy armored infantry advanced layer by layer like an iron wall, killing the Hu people on their backs, and retreating, while the 30,000 spear army formed three large formations, copied from behind, and cut off the way back for the Hu cavalry to escape.

The casualties of the Hu cavalry have exceeded 10,000 people, the morale is low, the defeat has appeared, Yang Wan is in a hurry in the ranks, no matter how he shouts, it is useless, and the shouts of the battlefield have long drowned out his hoarse voice.

At this moment, a cavalryman galloped forward and reported with a cry: "King, the cavalry of the Han army has entered our camp, and our guards have suffered heavy casualties and cannot resist. ”

Yang Wan was as if he had been struck by thunder, and was immediately stunned, his three young sons were all in the camp, Yang Wan screamed like crazy, turned his horse's head and ran back, hundreds of guards and cavalry fled with him, they ran out of the seam of the two spear phalanxes in the southwest corner, and fled to the camp of the Di people.

But they only ran out for a few miles, and killed a cavalry of 3,000 people head-on, and the general at the head was Ma Chao, who was about to attack the Hu cavalry from behind, but they happened to meet Yang Qian, Ma Chao recognized Yang Qianqian at a glance, and shouted, "Chief Hu is leaving!" ”

He rode his horse and rushed forward, and the gun stabbed quickly, Yang Wan knew Ma Chao, he was suddenly frightened, turned around and fled, but it was too late, only ran out of a dozen steps, and was caught up by Ma Chao, Yang Wan shouted: "Ma Dudu, for the sake of the previous friendship, spare my life!" ”

Ma Chao sneered, "You go and discuss with Hades!" ”

He pierced Yang Wan's vest with a shot, Yang Wan was killed, was picked over and dismounted, Ma Chao stepped forward to cut off his head, and ordered someone to lead Yang Wan's jade dragon BMW, Yang Wan's guards saw that the lord was dead, they all had no intention of fighting, and fled in all directions, but the Han cavalry was surrounded, and under a dense rain of arrows, most of the Hu cavalry were killed and wounded, and dozens of people were scared to dismount and surrender.

At this time, the news that the camp of the Dihu people was attacked by the Han army had spread all over the battlefield, and the news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, which made the morale of the Dihu cavalry quickly collapse, and everyone turned their horses' heads and fled desperately, but they were surrounded by the spear army and the sword and shield legion, cornered, and the arrows on the periphery continued to fly, causing the Dihu cavalry to suffer heavy casualties, and the military spirit completely collapsed.

At this time, Liu Jing gave the order to end the battle: "Those who surrender can be spared death, and those who resist will be killed!" ”

In the shouts of the Han army's surrender officer, the desperate Dihu cavalry dismounted and knelt down to surrender, and more than 1,000 people who were unwilling to surrender and were ready to break through and flee were also surrounded by thousands of heavy armored infantry and killed.