Chapter 220: Yan Zhao Returns to the Heart (9)
With the boiling Han army camp in the distance, the cavalry phalanx of the Qin army must have been much quieter.
Han Xin was straight, sitting on his horse with a calm face, and behind him was a black and oppressive cavalry with solemn faces, although there were tens of thousands of people, there was no noise.
The discipline of the Qin people was undoubtedly manifested at this moment, and even the newly incorporated Zhao people were infected by it.
"Everyone says" The soldiers of the world are not from Qin Zhao; The sharpness of the cavalry is all from Zhao Di', and when I look at it today, it is really the case, and the cavalry of Zhao is really elite. Han Xin praised.
When Meng Shi heard Han Xin praise Zhao Jun like this, he snorted a little unconvinced in his heart, and squinted his eyes; "General, you are too arrogant, I don't think Zhao Jun is as good as this, which point will be stronger than my Qin State Iron Cavalry."
Han Xin smiled lightly, "Don't be unconvinced, if you talk about archery and horse shooting, the Zhao people are far superior to our Qin people, our Qin people are proud of their crossbowmen and infantry phalanx, and the Zhao people are famous for their cavalry." Although our cavalry is elite, it is more with the help of sophisticated weapons and equipment, as well as well-trained, which is far inferior to ours in the Zhao army, so we can fight a draw. ”
"Tie?" Meng Shi still asked rhetorically, still unconvinced; "We can easily defeat more than 100,000 Zhao troops with 30,000 iron horses, I really can't see which Zhao people are stronger."
Han Xin smiled and shook his head, "That's different, if we can succeed, it can only mean that the gap between the level of the main generals is too big, if Zhao Xie is not too stupid, it will be difficult for us to win." Moreover, those Zhao soldiers are all rabble of hasty troops, far from the elite of the Zhao army, and even then we have suffered heavy losses. ”
Han Xin watched quietly again, at this moment Zhao Yi had already torn apart the phalanx of the Han army, and was unstoppably violently interspersed into the depths of the Han army.
and praised; "This Zhao Yi is really a rare general, he is a natural cavalry genius, you see that the wedge point he chose was not the front of the Han army, but a big bend to choose the most vulnerable part. It's a pity that Zhao Xie has no eyes, and he can't use what he can get, otherwise it will definitely be a big trouble for us. ”
Seeing that Han Xin still looked relaxed, Li Zuoche, who had not spoken, couldn't help but say; "General, isn't it time for us to attack, you see that the Zhao army is almost dead."
Sure enough, the Zhao army, which rushed into the Han army's formation, had already lost more than half, and although it was still moving forward, the team was getting thinner and thinner, and it seemed that it would soon be annihilated in the vast phalanx of the Han army.
Han Xin didn't speak, just stared closely at the location of Liu Bang's base camp in the distance, but there was no change there, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed. He also knew that Zhao Yi was only gaining momentum for a while, and he would never be able to last long, so he decisively ordered: "Mengshi." ”
"Yes." Meng Shi replied loudly.
"You lead 20,000 of your headquarters, hold a bow and crossbow and shoot along the Han army, you don't need to attack, just shoot the peripheral soldiers, if the Han army goes to war, immediately meet it."
"No!" Meng Shi received the order and rode away.
"Summoning Xin Ju, let him act when he sees the banner, and if the red flag turns over and my department is dispatched, he will follow closely."
"No."
"Left car." Han Xin looked at Li Zuoche.
"The end will be." Li Zuoche arched his hand.
"You stay behind and promise, lead 5,000 cavalry to stay in the middle camp, and if the battle goes well, expand the results; If it is not smooth, it will be dealt with by itself. ”
"The last general commands!"
The horn sounded, and a black torrent diverted out of the Qin army's array and quickly galloped towards the Han army in the distance.
Seeing that the Qin army had made a move, Liu Bang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly ordered Fan Hao to prepare for battle. Unexpectedly, the Qin army did not directly crash into the phalanx like the Zhao army just now, but turned around a huge arc and galloped along the Han army formation, followed by an overwhelming rain of arrows.
The cavalry running at high speed, the arrow feathers followed the horse's momentum, and it was even more sharp, and the Han army was suddenly caught off guard, and was suddenly shot by a group of people on their backs.
"Vertical shield, vertical shield." Fan Hao ran back and forth in the formation, roaring as hard as he could, and the rookies suddenly woke up and hurriedly raised the shield next to him.
"Archer, return fire."
A sparse rain of arrows shot out of the Han army, but because the Qin army was galloping at high speed, it had little effect.
The arrows used by the Qin army were not the light arrows common to the Six Kingdoms, but the heavy arrows of bronze arrows. The Qin state's manufacturing process of bronze objects has almost reached the pinnacle, especially the technology of crossbow arrows. Heavy arrows are also more demanding on bows and crossbows, but they can penetrate ordinary shield armor.
Although the shield held high by the Han army could block most of the arrows, it still wanted to pass through the shield as much as possible, and the screams continued to sound. The Qin army obviously did it on purpose, shooting specifically at the soldiers in the front row, and ignoring the ones in the back row.
Gradually, the Han soldiers also discovered this rule, and the front row couldn't help but be restless and crowded back, and they all desperately retreated, lest they fall in front of others. The huge phalanxes of the Han army were in turmoil one after another, and the soldiers pushed each other against each other, and the phalanx shrank more and more densely.
Chen Ping, who was on the high platform, soon found out about this, secretly screamed in his heart, and hurriedly said to Liu Bang; "King Han, give the order to attack, quickly."
Liu Bang was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically; "Didn't you say before that you would defend it, the Qin army's iron cavalry is fierce, and we attack with foot soldiers, isn't that asking for trouble? Besides, these Qin troops are also pretending, you see they have been shooting for a long time, and we have not suffered many casualties. ”
Chen Ping stomped his feet and said angrily; "Quickly order, I naturally have my reasoning."
Liu Bang's face suddenly sank, and a loud shout sounded next to him, "Bold, what is your identity, you dare to order King Han." ”
Liu Bang slowly raised his hand, stopped the angry Lu Juan behind him, and looked at Chen Ping expressionlessly. Chen Ping was shocked in his heart, and only then did he realize his gaffe.
was about to open his mouth to apologize, but he heard an earth-shattering shout behind him, and his face suddenly turned like earth, and he suddenly snorted secretly; "It's a big deal."
A long horn sounded, and the cavalry phalanx of the Qin army, which was being pressed in the black pressure in this formation, slowly moved forward, gradually accelerating, faster and faster. The Qin army, which was rushing in front of the formation, suddenly split to both sides, giving up a large open space. On the way they got out, the Han soldiers saw a terrifying scene.
The earth shook violently in the sound of horses' hooves, and a black tide was rushing towards the Han army's array, and this black tide gradually expanded in the field of vision, and it was overwhelming.
This is the main force of the real offensive of the Qin army - 3,000 heavy armored cavalry. It was Han Xin's surprise soldiers who were urgently transferred from China after opening the Yanmen passage in the clouds, and they wanted to use it on the field to attack the enemy phalanx.
The iron cavalry is like a stream, the heavy armor rushes forward, and the heavy cavalry with strong armor rushes forward with all their might, which is really unstoppable!
Although there are only 3,000 of them, they are like a black mountain pressing down, destroying everything in front of them, crushing them, and crushing them into dust!
Liu Bang's heart seemed to stop in an instant, and he opened his mouth wide in astonishment to look at the heavy cavalry of the Qin State coming from afar, and he suddenly understood that the previous Zhao army and archers were just Han Xin's hors d'oeuvres, just wanting to disrupt the phalanx of the Han army, and the real feast was being prepared here.
Because they were penetrated by the Zhao army and expelled by the bows and arrows of the Qin cavalry, most of the dozens of phalanxes of the Han army, which were originally neat, were crowded together in order to avoid arrows.
In a scream of exclamation, the Han army's phalanx, which was the first to collide with the heavy cavalry army, was instantly cut in half, and there was no chance to escape, and it was scattered in a while, and almost everyone was crushed into pulp under the horse's hooves.
Immediately after, the heavy cavalry did not stop, but continued to rush forward, completely shattering and crushing all the obstacles in front of them! These 3,000 heavy cavalry are like the hardest tip of the spear, behind the tip of the spear, the dense Qin light cavalry closely followed, countless iron hoof sabers will be like a flood to crush and submerge the scattered Han army, soldiers and horses everywhere, leaving only the remains of the ground full of corpses.
This was Han Shin's tactic, with the heavy cavalry rushing violently, relying on their terrifying impact to gouge through the enemy phalanx, and the light cavalry that followed to expand the victory, clear the remnants of the enemy, and use their sabers to harvest the heads of the fleeing enemies one by one.
These Han soldiers had clearly never experienced such a ferocious and sharp style of fighting, and under the onslaught of the Qin army, even the strongest soldiers could not help but feel fear.
If it is said that Zhao Yi's eight hundred Zhao soldiers before were just droplets of water falling in boiling oil, they just disturbed the Han army. Then this Qin iron cavalry is undoubtedly like a giant arm of an iron man, ruthlessly breaking the Han army's array, and then slamming vertically and horizontally, completely disrupting the Han army.
The battle-hardened cavalry of the Qin State was so good at attacking the infantry phalanx, they skillfully controlled the horses, constantly turning, constantly impacting, and constantly crushing the phalanx of the Han army that hastily formed a formation to resist.
This Han army was not battle-hardened, and many of them were even new soldiers who went to war for the first time, and the madness of the Qin army made them tremble. Before the Qin army could be killed, many soldiers threw down their weapons and scattered in a hurry because they were afraid. On the other hand, the red-eyed cavalry of the Qin State, they brandished their broadswords, ignoring the blood, and just frantically broke into the densest phalanx of the Han army, using horses' hooves, sabers, and spears to break through the phalanxes one by one.
Fan Hao brandished a big knife and kept running through the phalanx, whipping, kicking, and even slashing with a knife to drive the soldiers back into the phalanx one by one.
Behind him, thousands of Han King's pro-troops lined up, wielding snow-bright broadswords in their hands, and cutting down anyone who took half a step back.
Relying on these, the Han soldiers regained their courage, slowed down their retreat, and mustered up the courage to rejoin the Qin army in a fierce battle.
But it was too late at this time, and Meng Shi also ordered his subordinates to replace their bows and crossbows, draw their sabers and follow the advance. Immediately after that, the drums sounded, and the two wings covered the 50,000 foot soldiers of Xin Opera. They held their spears high and slapped the neat phalanx like a mountain to kill the chaotic Han army.
And this undoubtedly became the last straw that crushed the Han army!