At the moment when Liu Yang let out the first cry of his life. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the battlefield of Yaoyang, which is more than 3,000 miles away from Chang'an, the most elite cavalry of Han and Hungary collided head-on.

"For the Great Huns!" The Huns had hideous faces, brandished their weapons, and directly collided with the oncoming Han knights.

"Camp Hosoliu! Wansheng! The Han cavalry roared and pulled the trigger of the crossbow in their hands, and the dense rain of arrows shot head-on to the front row of the Huns, and then, without hesitation, they discarded the crossbows, drew their sabers, and fought with the Huns.

In an instant, the entire battlefield became a Shura field.

The wreckage of severed limbs flew everywhere.

At this moment, in the back row of the Hun cavalry, a dense and powerful rain of arrows, like eyes, shot directly at the Han cavalry.

The strict military discipline and strict rank of the cavalry of the Hosoliu Battalion turned into a disadvantage this time.

These Hun archers were specifically aimed at the Han array, and the officers who wore badges on their chests and the elite veterans who wore epaulettes on their shoulders as guides fell off their horses before they could engage the enemy.

In an instant, the Han army array lost hundreds of backbones.

The whole formation became a bit chaotic.

"Condor Shooter!" Someone exclaimed.

Except for the Hun Condor Archers, no one can do this!

Fortunately, the usual strict military discipline of the Hosoliu Battalion played a miraculous effect at this moment, and the surviving officers and veterans immediately took over the positions of their comrades.

Otherwise, with just this blow, the Huns would most likely tear apart the front row of the Han cavalry.

"Archers!" Wei Chi roared: "Destroy the Hun Condor Shooters for Captain Pontus!" ”

"No!" Xiao Chen and another cavalry captain immediately responded to the order and scattered their horses.

The two archers also immediately launched a battle formation, and they immediately discovered their opponents, these Hun eagle archers, who had changed their tactics of being scattered among the various cavalry in the past, and instead gathered in groups to form a huge cavalry group.

Clearly, they made a wise choice.

This made their firepower and deterrence immediately rise to a level.

This is also the reason why the Han family wants to form a special group of archers - one archer can do a limited amount of damage! Most importantly, the deterrent power against the enemy is limited.

And once the clustering begins, the projection of firepower is enough, which is enough to deter or even disintegrate the enemy!

And this method of warfare can only be used after the stirrup and saddle are popularized.

Until then, the shooter on the back of a smooth horse, no matter how powerful, could not adjust his shooting posture at any time and could not form a cluster.

"Immediate salvo!" Xiao Chen shouted, he knew very well that in such a battle, if he couldn't destroy the enemy's condor shooters, then his front cavalry would continue to suffer devastating blows.

Fortunately, it is now impossible for either the Xiongnu or the Han army to form continuous and dense firepower on the battlefield.

This is determined by the nature of the bow itself.

At this time, the cavalry bows of the Han and Hungarian countries were all horn bows.

Moreover, the form is the same, only the material is different.

The so-called horn bow is actually a compound bow, and the Huns also called it a mixed material bow.

Originally, this bow was first invented by nomadic herders in the steppes.

They made bows from a variety of woods, made bows from cow horns or ram's horns, bonded with fish glue, and made bowstrings from animal tendons.

This kind of bow is small and flexible, has a long range, and is powerful and powerful.

Even arrows made of reed rods and bronze are enough to penetrate ordinary leather armor.

The lethality is amazing!

It was the appearance of this horned bow that rewrote the form of warfare between nomads and agrarian peoples.

The Huns proudly claimed to be '400,000 in control', showing off their strength.

However, the technical content of this bow is very low, and as early as the Spring and Autumn period, it has been imitated by China.

It's just that because China lacks the abundant animal tendons and resources of the Xiongnu, it has not been able to form large-scale archers.

Until, Chen Huan started whaling in Anton.

This allowed the Han to find a new source of animal tendons and gelatin.

Now, the bows and arrows of Xiao Chen's cavalry are made of whale glue to glue mulberry wood, maple, and bamboo, and the back of the bow is inlaid with elastic deer tendons, bowstring materials, or tough whale tendons, or drawn with silk threads.

Compared to the bows used by the Huns, they were more powerful, had a longer range, and were more accurate.

The most important thing is that the wrench of the Han archers is far stronger than the bone wrench used by the Huns, and the force point is also better.

"Bang!" The sound of the neat bowstring vibrating, like thunder.

The Han archers began the first volley at a distance of about seventy paces from the enemy.

The effect of the salvo was very good.

In terms of archery, of course, the Hun eagle shooters are stronger.

But, alas, most of their bowstrings were drawn from horsehair.

No way, even the nomads, even the Xu army, are absolutely not extravagant, all the bows and arrows, all of them are made of the tendons of deer or ox - they at most inlay a layer on the bow to increase the strength and range of the bow.

But it was absolutely not extravagant, and the bowstrings were made of precious tendons, and they could not have drawn them with silk that cost more than gold.

Although the horsehair is very tough after being made into a bowstring, it is not elastic enough in the end, and its lethality is far inferior to the horn bow of the Han army.

At this moment alone, the condor shooters exposed in the front and back rows of the Huns were attacked by a round of bows and arrows.

Hundreds of people immediately fell off the horse and did not know whether they were alive or dead.

At least thirty Condor Shooters have died!

"Han army archers!" Lan Zhiye yelled and hurriedly ordered: "Shoot them first!" ”

On such a battlefield, the greatest threat to the Huns was, of course, these archers who also used horned bows!

Moreover, judging from the talents, although the archery skills of these archers may not be as good as the Hun Condor Archers, they are also far superior to other Hun archers!

If they don't be eliminated first, the Xu army will be suppressed by the Han Dynasty cavalry in this battle!

And in terms of shooting, Lan Zhiye is very confident.

There are more than 500 condor archers under his command, and there are also hundreds of would-be condor archers, which is enough to suppress the firepower of the Han cavalry, and then destroy them one by one with accurate archery!

With Lan Zheye's order, the Xiongnu archers immediately shifted their targets, and they soon found their enemies.

They pitched their bows, drew their bowstrings, aimed at their enemies, and prepared to return their colors.

But at this moment, on the other side.

"Bang!" Another salvo.

And this round of salvo fires has achieved even greater results.

Because the Hun archers, just now in order to aim at the enemy, had to slow down their horses.

This allows Han shooters to aim at their targets more calmly and easily.

In an instant, hundreds of people fell off their horses.

Moreover, almost all of them were Hun archers!

Lan Zheye finally changed color, he couldn't have imagined that the Han Dynasty people actually stuffed more than two thousand archers in a cavalry of no more than six thousand.

Moreover, these archers all have the ability to shoot in a galloping state.

This was much more than he expected.

It even frightened him.

As we all know, archers and crossbowmen are two completely different classes.

For crossbowmen, as long as they have strength, they can shoot uninterruptedly, and the training of crossbowmen is very simple, and the crossbowmen of the Han army, as long as they train for three months, they can go to the battlefield.

But archers are different.

Without three years of training, archers simply do not have combat effectiveness.

As for archery on horseback, it's even more difficult!

Even in the Huns, in the steppe, people with the ability to mount and shoot will be regarded as warriors.

On the other hand, the lethality of an archer depends on the strength of the arm.

And most importantly - even a super Hercules can't fire ten bows in a row.

Even if he had the strength, he couldn't do it.

Generally speaking, an archer who opens five bows in a row is almost the limit, and he must rest.

Otherwise, his muscles will not be able to withstand it.

For example, a few people know that in order to master the longbow, all of them were disabled for life - a large number of archers even deformed the bones of their shoulders and arms due to long-term use of that longbow!

Such examples did not only occur in the Middle Ages.

It also happened to archers in various periods.

In the past, all the big yellow crossbow shooters of the Han army could not live past the age of forty.

The pain caused by rheumatism and bone deformity and necrosis keeps them restless day and night.

Although the horn archers did not have these problems, their muscles and arm bones were also severely overloaded by the long-term use of the bow.

In this regard, you can ask those athletes of later generations to see how much sickness they have!

This was also in the era when science was advanced and medical technology was unprecedentedly powerful.

In this pre-AD era, there were no physiotherapists, let alone rehabilitation training.

So, in general, an archer, who fires three bows in a row, must take a little rest, and after three rounds in a row, he will lose his ability to fight.

Of course, there are also people who can shoot dozens of bows in a row without panting.

But that's just an isolated case, just a minority.

And at this moment, Lan Zhiye found that he had fallen into a terrible dilemma.

The Han Dynasty had twice as many archers as his archers.

What's more troublesome is that the archery skills of these people are not inferior to their own cavalry.

Although his condor shooters were extremely brave, they could only suppress one side at most.

If he continues to do this, then his Condor Shooter and Prospective Condor Shooter will face a blow to the left side, only to be shot by the right wing, and the right side will be killed by the left side.

And the end result of both sides may be to be suppressed on both sides.

"What should I do?" Lan Zhiye looked up and observed the battlefield, he knew that he had to make a decision immediately, otherwise, his elite would be continuously consumed by the Han Dynasty shooters.

And the battlefield situation at this moment also made it difficult for him to choose.

He found that it seemed that even in a white-knuckle battle, the Xu army did not have an advantage.

And the firepower of the condor archers, who were supposed to support the advance of the cavalry in the front, was now suppressed by the Han archers.

If you don't make a decision immediately, then the Xu army can only usher in destruction!

He bit his lip and made a difficult choice, but it was very in line with the white wolf cavalry, and he ordered loudly: "Leave the Han Dynasty archers alone, give me all my strength to shoot those officers of the Han Dynasty cavalry and the elite who rushed forward, and cover our army!" ”

He knew that now, there was only that, and that was the only way.

Use your own eagle archers and Han Dynasty people to redeem the son.

Just like the story of the Han Dynasty he once heard from his brother.

Lose to your superior horse with my inferior horse, then use me to get the middle horse, win your inferior horse, and finally, use me to get the best horse and win your medium horse.

Today, though, the situation has changed.

He had to trade the sacrifice of his superior horse for the victory of his own cavalry.

But Lan Zheye believes that as long as he can defeat the enemy, then all the costs will be worth it.

I have to say that the white wolf cavalry of the Xu army is indeed a group of crazy people.

Even if it was such an order from Lan Zhiye, they would immediately carry it out.

Countless Hun archers, including those precious condor archers, immediately ignored the bows and aimed at the officers in the Han army's array and began to snipe.

They believe that as long as they can break through and crush the front row of the Han army, then they will definitely win!

Like all the enemies they have faced in the past.

As long as you rush over and break through the enemy's formation, then the enemy will panic and collapse.

And this choice of theirs immediately dealt a huge blow to the Han cavalry, which was fighting with the Hun cavalry.

These madmen, completely ignoring the threat of being shot by the Han archers, highlighted the formation, and sniped one Han officer after another with bows, in order to create opportunities for their own victory.

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"These madmen!" Xiao Chen and Wei Chi were stunned when they saw this situation.

They could never have imagined that these Hun cavalry were so crazy.

They don't want to die at all!

even made it clear that he wanted to exchange his life with the Han Dynasty!

One after another, the officers and elite veterans of the Willow Battalion were constantly shot off their horses by them.

Even afterwards, this Xiongnu archer was immediately killed by several Han archers.

But they are like this, against the bows and arrows of the Han army, constantly attacking and killing.

The pressure on the front row of the Han army immediately increased sharply.

After all, although the Hosoyanagi Battalion is an iron army, it is not a robot and has no feelings.

Fortunately, at this moment, three miles away from the right flank of the battlefield, a cavalry of the Han army, lined up in a neat queue, like a god descending from heaven, shining brightly and joining the battlefield.

Their number was not large, only about fifteen hundred horsemen.

However, their appearance immediately made the Xiliu camp very excited, and at the same time, it also made the Huns feel terrified.

"Cuirassa! Our cuirass comes! The Han cavalry shouted, brandished their sabers, and cut off the enemy one by one.

And the white wolf cavalry of the Huns began to panic.

"God Ride!" Countless people exclaimed.

Lan Zheye also had to look away, staring at the cavalry whose whole body was glowing in the sun, like walls of light.

With just one glance, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

This cavalry ......

Just the momentum he showed made him breathe short.

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"Get ready to charge!" Yi Zong raised his riding spear high and gave a loud order.

The speed of the war horse under the crotch began to increase at this moment, from walking to running.

The cavalrymen on the left and right sides hugged him tightly, never abandoning him, and the entire array accelerated in an instant.

The horse began to jolt, and the cuirass shook with it, and the muscles of the fight were a little painful.

However, this pain also stimulated Yizong, and he raised his cavalry lance evenly, and 1,700 cavalry spears immediately formed a forest of steel.

At this moment, the cuirassiers of the Han army were one hundred and seventy paces away from the enemy. (To be continued.) )