Chapter 40: The Northeast Dogfight 19

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At the forefront of the defensive circle, there are generally troops dominated by veterans. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info such an arrangement, Su Jiao has his own considerations.

Because Su Jiao, as an officer who has been fighting for many years, he is very aware of the fighting will of the officers and soldiers on the front line, and many times it is enough to affect the combat performance of this unit. Therefore, in such a situation, Su Jiao did not first let the recruit troops consume the strength of the Huns, and let the recruit troops resist the impact of the Huns, but chose this arrangement.

To be honest, if Su Jiao didn't know very well in his heart that the recruit troops couldn't know what they should do in the face of such an impact, Su Jiao would not have such a choice.

After all, there are not many veterans under his command who have really fought on the battlefield, or have been soldiers for three or four years, but have not been on the battlefield.

And these veterans, in many cases, will be the future backbone of a force.

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The rate of recruits under Su Jiao's command is very high, and there is no way to do it. After all, after Zhang Jiashi's expedition to Guanzhong in the west at the beginning, what he took away was basically the troops that were originally composed of Liaodong County as the main force.

After Zhang Jiashi left Liaodong County, Su Jiao was worshiped by Zhang Jiashi as the guard of Liaodong County, responsible for managing the military and political affairs of Liaodong County.

After Liaodong County and Liaoxi County merged into Liaoning County, Su Jiao also continued to serve as the county warden of the first Liaoning County.

As for the Jianjian, after the Xianyang offensive battle, because of the serious crime of damaging Xianyang City, Zhang Jiashi was moved to the county guard of Shangjun.

It can be said that these two people, who had a good relationship, continued to guard the base of the Liaodong County faction for Zhang Jiashi.

After that, whether it was Liaoning County or Shang County, the newly recruited troops were indeed quite lacking in actual combat experience. If it weren't for the fact that after the Third Eastern Crusade, Zhang Jiashi mobilized Su Jiao and some troops under the command of Yujian to cross the sea to participate in the Qidi Raid, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers under the command of the two would basically have to be led by new soldiers.

Such a situation, even now, has not improved much.

Su Jiao and Mima were also a little helpless about such a situation, but the two of them were also very clear. This can be said to be a thing that cannot be helped. After all, except for the Central Army under Zhang Jiashi, most of the troops of the Great Qin Empire were filled with a fairly high proportion of recruits.

In particular, in the case of newly recovered areas, the proportion of new recruits is even higher.

Therefore, this can be regarded as Su Jiao's ability to rely on his own quite valuable veteran troops as the backbone of the front row defense.

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"The Huns are rushing over! Everyone is ready to resist the onslaught of the enemy!!"

In the middle of the front line, a Qin army commander shouted these words.

At the command of this sentence, the crossbowman first put down the arrow in his hand, and instead drew the medium-handled glaive that was placed on the edge of the sandbag. Lie on your sandbag and prepare for the next battle situation.

At such a time, in fact, the perimeter sandbag defense network is in the middle. There were many Qin officers and soldiers in the sandbag defense circle who suffered heavy casualties, after all, the arrows fired by the Huns who came from the impact were very dense, and only with the shields of two or three heavy infantry, it was still impossible to defend these arrows relatively well.

Many of the Qin crossbowmen had a few arrows stuck in front of or behind their bodies, and they fell on the sandbags and never got up. These people died under the dense arrows of the Huns, and finally died in this land that was relatively unfamiliar to them.

But for more Qin officers and soldiers who are still alive, what they have to do is naturally to fight to the death with the Huns.

Because these veterans knew very well that if Su Jiao lost in this great battle, he would be able to escape back to the Great Wall alive. It won't be a lot. Because compared to the large number of horses possessed by the Huns, who were almost all soldiers, their infantry could not escape the pursuit of the Huns.

So this is the biggest reason why they continue to hold on.

Maybe they themselves don't want to die in this place, but if they are defeated, they don't want to go home and see their families again. In many ways, this is the same.

Although some people would not die in battle, the Huns would take them and treat them as slaves. In this case, for many bloody officers and soldiers, it is undoubtedly worse than death.

Therefore, after the Huns rushed up, the shields held by the heavy infantry in the formation opened a little gap, and a long Ge or Chang Beryllium blade stabbed towards the Huns.

These sudden stabbing blades did kill and wound many Huns who were unprepared for this, or caused their war horses to suffer great losses. But just by virtue of such words. It doesn't have much effect.

After feeling the huge anti-shock force coming from their hands, many Qin officers and soldiers simply let go of their hands holding these weapons.

This can also be said to be a helpless thing, after all, the Huns' mounts are still in the sprint, even if they can withstand this powerful recoil force, they have to face the Huns or mounts that continue to press over because of inertia.

In such a situation, many heavy infantry turned sideways to avoid the Huns or war horses that were pressed down, after all, the shields were relatively effective against the arrows fired by the Huns. But in the face of a weight of a few hundred catties, these shields will not be of much use.

Of course, after they dodged the Huns or war horses that were pressed down, the first thing they had to do was to stab the weapons in their hands into the bodies of these Huns who fell to the ground.

However, there are also many officers and soldiers who can't react, and they are pressed on sandbags by these war horses, which is not a good feeling, and some crossbowmen are seriously injured or even directly crushed to death.

While these sandbags are a bit soft, they're not exactly what they can do on the ground.

If they were pressed by these war horses or the Huns, the damage they suffered was still very huge.

However, such a situation made the Hun riders in the front row charge a little unacceptable, because they actually paid a heavier price, and even lost the speed brought by their original charge.

Many of the Hun riders were bypassing these sandbag defense rings or riding their horses directly over these sandbags, and many of them were naturally facing Qin officers and soldiers who were too busy to take care of themselves and fighting with the Huns in the defense circle, but the accurate shooting of the Qin crossbowmen in the second defense circle area and further behind.

Many Hun riders, having lost the advantage of speed, undoubtedly became a target enough to attract arrowheads.

And because of such a situation, many of them lost their corresponding speed, facing these arrows that came at them. Quite a few Hun riders were even shot as hedgehogs.

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The screams kept coming from this combat area, but Su Jiao did not make any changes in his actions, but continued to wait for the opportunity to come as he saw fit.

Although it is said that the longer the time drags on, the officers and soldiers inside the sandbags of the outer defense circle are likely to be killed and wounded, but for Su Jiao. Although he could not bear it, he would not let go of this opportunity to take advantage of the blood and lives of the officers and men fighting at the front.

More and more arrows were fired at the Huns. Suffice it to say so.

Many of the Hun riders had a lot of arrows stuck in their horses, and they fell or lay in the air raids in these defensive circles.

Although it is true that there are more and more Hun riders rushing over, because of the development of the war situation, these Hun riders are in a predicament where they cannot advance or retreat.

As they move forward, their compatriots will be killed and wounded by arrows from the front, and it will be difficult for them to charge directly through them.

After all, the defense of these sandbag defense circles is not too dense, but it is enough to make the Huns lose the premise of riding horses and accelerating.

If they retreat, let's not say whether they will let their comrades collide with them. The increasing number of corpses or wounded on the ground alone forced them to give up on this idea.

This is not to say that the Huns were worried about trampling on their wounded comrades, but that if their horses tripped in such a situation, they might also follow in the footsteps of these robes.

Of course, for these Huns, as pioneers, they have the consciousness that pioneers are likely to become cannon fodder.

And Su Jiao naturally won't open up to these Hun riders who are a little overwhelmed. Instead, they continued to let the crossbowmen in front deliver heavy fire, killing and wounding more Hun riders.

The casualties between the two sides are increasing in such a situation, and the ground or sandbags in many places are gradually soaked in blood or stained red.

Su Jiao looked at the defense system to the north, except for the fourth and final line of defense. The first three defensive lines made of sandbags have basically been submerged by the Huns, and my heart is very twitching, because the officers and soldiers in these sandbag defense circles are basically veterans. The casualties of these veterans will be unacceptable to many officers.

But Su Jiao still did not change his formation, but continued to wait for the most suitable time to come.

Of course, this goes on. These besieged officers and soldiers would all die, but Su Jiao also knew in his heart that if they failed, there would be more casualties.

Repelling these Huns, killing and wounding most of the Hun riders, and weakening the strength of the Huns were the most fundamental plans of Su Jiao to send troops this time.

Even if Su Jiao doesn't care too much about the glory on his body, there are some things that he doesn't want to accept, and he won't just make Zhang Jiashi's order impossible to implement.

If the Huns calmly went south after solving the remnants of Donghu, then the situation of the Great Qin Empire would become extremely grim. When the time comes, even he will feel that he regrets not being at the beginning.

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Along with Zhang Jiashi's order to Su Jiao and Yujian to lead the army to reinforce Donghu, there was also an edict that the Great Qin Empire would not be stingy with its original compensation for the casualties of the officers and soldiers who sent troops to reinforce the battle this time, and would provide additional corresponding compensation.

With this alone, Su Jiao and Yuma knew what Zhang Jiashi's plans were in this regard.

If it weren't for Zhang Jiashi's increase in the corresponding pension, it implied that this reinforcement, Su Jiao and the officers and soldiers under Su Jiao's command would have to pay a great price to complete, and Zhang Jiashi would not have such an edict.

Therefore, although the casualties of the officers and soldiers under his command became more and more heavy, judging from the battlefield situation, Su Jiao, who thought that the casualties of the Huns should be several times that of his front-line officers and soldiers, could only silently regret it in his heart in the end.

He didn't think that Zhang Jiashi's hint was wrong, otherwise, he and Yuma would not have basically exhausted the troops of the two counties and went out of the Great Wall to reinforce Donghu.

Therefore, although Su Jiao's heart became more and more twitching, it was undeniable that he thought that the key to the victory or defeat of this battle was to see if he could withstand the impact of the Huns.

As long as the Huns can't hold on first, then no matter how big the price is, it will be worth it for Su Jiao.

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As a small soldier, a Dingxiang Xianfu who was recruited as a recruit only two years ago, he did not expect that the first war he faced would be such a prologue.

As a heavy infantry of the Qin army, he helped defend one of the sandbags in the fourth defense system, and he knew very well that these Huns would sooner or later rush over and kill the officers and soldiers in their defensive circle. It's like the case of more and more robes dying in the front.

But for him, he didn't feel that he was afraid, on the contrary, he knew exactly what he should do.

As a new recruit, Xianfu did not have the combat experience of most veterans. However, there are many robes who are close to Xianfu who believe that Xianfu is a natural heavy infantryman.

If it weren't for the fact that Xianfu didn't know culture, then Xianfu would probably be a good person right now. Because among the recruits, there are not many people who can compare with Xianfu.

But Xianfu soon noticed something else, and that was that there was once again a vibration on the ground that only a large number of horses could have approached.

"Front, no, it's the side !!" Xianfu soon knew what was going on, that is, under the light of dusk, from the two flanks of the battle area of the battlefield, each rushed out a Hun army, and bypassed the battle area.

He didn't know what was going on, but what he saw was that two flame charges of different colors rose again in the sky behind him, and this flame charge showed that they continued to hold their posts.

Xianfu had some doubts in his mind, but he didn't think that his commander would be unable to cope with such a situation.

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Su Jiao saw that the Huns had divided a considerable part of their forces to attack, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile slightly, because for him, the tactics of these Huns were not a mistake.

The front side cannot continue to break through, and the use of mobility to detour and intersperse is also a means of knightly warfare.

The same can be done with tank units.

But for Su Jiao, what he has is a means to deal with it! )