Chapter 974: Victory in the first battle
Bearing the attack of the Qin army's arrows, the archers of the Qingzhou army also put their arrows on the bowstring one after another, and fired a flutter of feather arrows at the Qin cavalry that was rushing towards them.
The feather arrows fired by the Qingzhou army had no rules at all, and many of the arrows did not even touch the heavy cavalry of the Qin army, so they fell to the ground one after another.
Only a small number of arrows flew into the charging Qin heavy cavalry.
Even though the number of arrows that flew into the Qin army was small, it also knocked several Qin soldiers off their horses.
The rapidly charging war horse, with the heavy cavalry of the Qin army, accelerated the charge, and the Qin army, which was shot by the arrow, turned over and fell off the horse, and was soon overwhelmed by the cavalry rushing up from behind.
The enemy is in front of them, and all the heavy cavalry of the Qin army know that they can't delay at this moment.
If you delay a little, you are likely to be locked by enemy archers and then shot like a live target.
One of the heavy cavalrymen of the Qin army, wielding a Pu knife in his hand, and the other holding a shield in front of him, rode a war horse, and quickly rushed towards the Qingzhou army, which was already very close to them.
Just as he was watching the Qingzhou Army get closer and closer, an arrow flew towards him.
Vaguely saw a shadow flying towards him, and Qin Jun on horseback hurriedly raised his shield to cover it.
The arrow flying towards the door in front of him nailed the shield with a "snap", and under the impact of the arrow's flight and the reaction force of the shield, the slender arrow shaft instantly broke off and fell to the ground.
Blocking an arrow flying towards him, the cavalry of the Qin army lowered their shields and wanted to see the direction of the Qingzhou army in front of them.
What he didn't expect was that the moment he lowered his shield, another arrow had already flown in front of him.
Seeing that the arrow was getting bigger and clearer, the Qin cavalry wanted to raise their shields to cover it, but it was already a step too late.
After a soft "poof", the sharp arrow pierced deep into the forehead of the Qin soldier.
The powerful force of the arrow's rapid flight pierced the forehead of the Qin army on horseback with a "poof".
The sharp arrow penetrated through the Qin army's head and pierced through the back of his head, but even so, the impact of the arrow did not slow down in the slightest.
The Qin army, who had already been killed by the arrow, flew out of the horse under the residual power of the feather arrow and fell heavily to the ground.
Lying flat on the ground, Qin Jun's life had been completely withdrawn from his body, but his eyes were still round and open, as if he wanted to take a closer look at the blue sky.
Countless horses' hooves rushed past him, rolling up thick clouds of smoke and dust.
In the billowing smoke and dust, the heavy cavalry of the Qin army brandished their war swords, let out a shout, and swooped towards the array of the Qingzhou army.
With a roar of war horses and shields, the array of the heavy infantry of the Qingzhou Army was instantly knocked open by the heavy cavalry of the Qin Army.
The Qingzhou army that was in the forefront, under the impact of the heavy cavalry of the Qin army, flew backwards, and when they fell to the ground one by one, they were lucky enough to barely support themselves and get up, and those who were slightly less lucky were directly thrown to death, and some of them were really unlucky, they broke their bones and fell to the ground, crying and struggling to get up, but they didn't even have the strength to get up.
Rushing into the heavy infantry array of the Qingzhou army, the cavalry of the Qin army did not stop the charge, but charged towards the longbowmen behind the heavy infantry while riding their horses, while brandishing their war knives, constantly slashing at the Qingzhou army blocking in front of them.
In the middle of the Qingzhou Army, Sun Guan saw that the heavy cavalry of the Qin Army had scattered the array of the heavy infantry of the Qingzhou Army, and was chasing and cutting the longbowmen who were scattering in all directions, and hurriedly ordered behind him: "Cavalry attack!" ”
As Sun Guan screamed at zero, the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army shouted one after another, rushed out of the array on both wings, and killed the battlefield where they were fighting.
When the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army charged, the corners of Lu Bu's mouth pulled up a smile again, and he said to the officer standing on the horse behind him: "Pass the order, the strong crossbowman will keep an eye on the enemy cavalry, just fire the crossbow arrows!" ”
"No!" The officer answered and gestured to the standard-bearer behind him.
When the standard-bearer of the Chinese army of the Qin army waved the flag, the strong crossbowmen who had already lined up in a formation were all full of excitement, and even the hands holding the strong crossbows trembled slightly.
The cavalry of the Qingzhou Army, having received the order to charge, rushed up towards the battlefield from both flanks.
The strong crossbowmen of the Qin army, who were holding strong crossbows, took steps in unison at this time and advanced towards the battlefield.
Running twenty or thirty steps, the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army of the Qin Army had already increased their speed, and at the moment when the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army had just added up the speed, all the strong crossbowmen of the Qin Army stopped, and the strong crossbowmen in the front row pulled off the machine spring.
With the sound of the beating of the machine spring, the crossbow arrows shot by the strong crossbowmen of the Qin army flew towards the heavy cavalry of the Qingzhou Army in the noisy shouting and killing of the battlefield.
The heavy cavalry of the Qingzhou Army, who was charging, saw the arrows shot by the strong crossbowmen of the Qin Army flying towards them, blocking their shields in front of them one by one, covering the arrows flying towards them.
However, the arrows fired by the strong crossbowmen of the Qin army were not mainly aimed at the cavalry on horseback, but at the horses that were running rapidly.
The war horse has a strong physique, but the strength of the Qin army's strong crossbow is not comparable to that of an ordinary longbow.
One arrow after another flew into the charging Qingzhou army, and with the mournful roar of the war horses, the war horses of the Qingzhou army were shot by the arrows, turned over and fell forward.
The horses that were hit by the arrows rolled and fell to the ground, and the cavalry on horseback did not overturn the ground, and when the horses and cavalry fell to the ground, their bodies smashed out clouds of smoke and dust on the ground.
The mournful roars of war horses and the miserable howls of people were heard endlessly in the array of heavy cavalry charging of the Qingzhou Army.
The arrows shot by the Qin army were still flying towards the heavy cavalry of the Qingzhou army, and the cavalry of the Qingzhou army, which was covered by the arrows, fell under the horses one by one.
However, more cavalry of the Qingzhou Army still survived the rain of arrows, waving the cavalry short spears in their hands, holding shields, and shouting and rushing towards the heavy cavalry of the Qin army, which was fighting with the heavy infantry.
The longbow soldiers of the Qingzhou Army who withdrew from the battlefield did not dare to turn back at all after escaping from the battle group, and ran towards the main formation of the Qingzhou Army one after another.
The strong crossbowmen of the Qin army, who had been lining up to attack the Qingzhou army in the rear, saw that they were running towards the main formation, where would they let them go.
Just as the longbowmen of the Qingzhou army were running for their lives, the Qin army's strong crossbowmen shot a puff of arrows at them again.
The feather arrows roared and flew towards the longbowmen of the Qingzhou Army who were fleeing, and among the feather arrows that flew from behind them like raindrops, the longbowmen of the Qingzhou Army were shot by the arrows and fell into the dust.
As soon as he went out of battle, he was caught off guard by the Qin army, and Sun Guan was also full of depression.
The formation of the cavalry on both flanks was laid out in order to wait for the Qin army to charge, and then make targeted defensive measures.
But he didn't expect that the Qin army would send strong crossbowmen at first, not to take the lead in attacking, but to cause changes in the array of the army under his command.
Now on the battlefield where the two sides are fighting, the array of the Qingzhou army has been completely dispersed, although the soldiers are still fighting hard, but when they fight with the Qin army, they have already lost the advantage they should have in defense.
The heavy infantry and longbowmen endured the slashing of the heavy cavalry of the Qin army, and even the cavalry that had just joined the battle was shot over by the strong crossbowmen of the Qin army.
If the battle continues like this, I am afraid that it will not take two days at all, and the Qingzhou army led by him will be completely defeated in the hands of Lu Bu.
Looking at the battlefield where they were fighting, and seeing the teams of soldiers thrown into the battlefield, and suddenly becoming a dead corpse lying on the wilderness, Sun Guan's brows tightened.
"Mingjin retreats!" Finally, Sun Guan waved his hand behind him and gave the order to withdraw the troops.
With Sun Guan's order to collect the troops, in the main formation of the Qingzhou Army, there was another phalanx of heavy infantry holding a large shield, taking neat steps, and advancing towards the battlefield.
This group of heavy infantry was much larger than the phalanx that had fought before.
Seeing a new phalanx coming out of the Qingzhou army from a distance, Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was about to mobilize the infantry to come forward to fight, but suddenly heard a burst of ringing gold from the Chinese army of the Qingzhou army.
The crisp sound of gold pierced the battle on the battlefield.
The Qingzhou army, which had been cut down by the heavy cavalry of the Qin army and had almost completely lost its fighting spirit, heard the sound of gold, and hurriedly held its head and ran towards the heavy infantry array that had just come out.
The Qingzhou army that successfully escaped was all those with bright heads and quick reactions, and some of the relatively sluggish Qingzhou troops were caught up by the heavy cavalry of the Qin army before they had time to escape, and they were immediately cut down to the ground by the heavy cavalry of the Qin army.
Looking at the fleeing Qingzhou army from afar, when Lu Bu found that the fleeing Qingzhou army, when they approached the newly walked phalanx, they all consciously ran away around the phalanx, and then gave an order behind him: "Pass the order, collect the troops immediately!" ”
The reason why he didn't order the troops until now was not because of anything else, but because the fleeing Qingzhou army was not completely chaotic, and he knew that he couldn't scatter his own array.
The Qingzhou army array that appeared later was not dispersed by the rout, and Lu Bu also knew that if he forcibly urged the troops to move forward, even if he finally won the battle, the casualties would definitely be great.
Attacking Xu Du still requires soldiers and horses, and Lu Bu categorically will not lose the army in the middle of the road.
With Lu Bu's order, the Qin army also sounded a crisp sound of gold.
was chasing the fleeing Qingzhou army, and when the heavy cavalry of the Qin army heard the sound of gold coming from the main formation, they all reined in their horses and turned their heads to look at the Chinese army.
The battle went too smoothly, the Qin army won the first battle, and at this time the soldiers retreated, and the soldiers really felt a little unfavorable in their hearts.
However, Lu Bu had already given the order, and no one dared to disobey his military order, and all the heavy cavalry of the Qin army who participated in the battle had to turn their horses and run towards the direction of the main formation.