Chapter 12 The End of Killing Hu
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Zhang Jiashi didn't know much about the situation ahead, because the grass dragonfly he used to reconnoiter couldn't accurately identify the mounds about three or four thousand meters ahead. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info.d.m
But he could still see the besieged subordinates, leaning on the mounds and corpses to slow down the Donghu attack.
Knowing that time was already pressing, Zhang Jiashi ordered the troops to speed up their advance in the direction of the mound on the premise of maintaining a certain formation.
In fact, Zhang Jiashi and they fought all the way in this direction.
The corpses of the Donghu people behind him formed an endless road of corpses at a distance from the military formation.
Before the knights of the Donghu people were within the effective range of their bows and crossbows, they were pouted by the crossbowmen of the chariot under the command of Zhang Jiashi and shot down the horses.
I have to say that Zhang Jiashi followed Bai Qi's advice and arranged the original crossbow chariot, and the effect was really good.
The firepower network formed by the power and range of the crossbow is a quite effective way to kill the relatively loose Donghu people.
It is not that there are no Donghu people who intend to attack from other directions and break through Zhang Jiashi's formation.
However, in addition to the fact that there are no vehicles behind the formation, many modified crossbow vehicles are located outside the formation and slowly move forward.
In the back position, Zhang Jiashi used crossbowmen to defend, which was also a matter of no choice, because many chariots during the Qin Dynasty were not brought by Zhang Jiashi.
For example, the bayonet chariot that could be used to block the city gate, Zhang Jiashi did not bring it.
However, it was of little use to bring it to this place, because the bayonet chariot had too high a baffle and was not too wide to be used in such an occasion.
Therefore, the crossbowmen under the command of Zhang Jiashi did not have much advantage, and used dense crossbow arrows to kill and injure the Donghu people who attacked from behind.
It can be said that Zhang Jiashi is now very likely to be broken through from behind the formation by the Donghu people.
However, Han Xin would not sit idly by and watch such a situation happen, he let his chariots under his command go to the rear formation to support.
Under these circumstances, the Donghu people soon had to change their way of fighting, cruising outside the effective range of the Qin army's crossbows, waiting for the most favorable opportunity to attack.
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More than 10,000 people of Zhang Jiashi's division opened the way with crossbow chariots, so that the Donghu people had to retreat and make way for a road.
They also didn't want the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command to continue to advance, but the power of the Qin army's crossbow was quite large, and the range was much farther than that of the hand crossbow, and most of the Donghu people who were not wearing armor were shot once, and they were easily shot off their horses, and then trampled by the Donghu knights running next to them or behind.
In this case, many Donghu people had to flee some distance.
It is not that there are no Donghu people under the command of their own tribal leaders, rushing towards Zhang Jiashi's military formation, but don't forget, Zhang Jiashi is now not only a four-person crossbow chariot with a relatively long range but a rather slow rate of fire, but also a considerable number of crossbowmen.
Before they could see the effect of the arrows they had thrown, a dense rain of arrows appeared in the sky.
Many of the Donghu knights have become the ghosts of this grassland or the people who have been shot off their horses and groaned with serious injuries.
A few lucky Donghu knights, seeing this scene, hurriedly stopped their horses, turned their mounts, and ran to other places.
There was no way, under this rain of arrows, they couldn't rush through at all.
Some tribal leaders came up with what they thought was a good idea, and that was to let their riders use a scattered formation to consume the Qin army's arrows by swimming.
However, Zhang Jiashi came out this time and built the branch of the Great Qin soldiers in Dingxiang, Liaodong, and scraped away the suitable arrows that he had hoarded over the years, and specially equipped each crossbow chariot with a few crossbow crossbowmen who were not very strong, but their archery skills were quite accurate.
These professionals armed with crossbows easily shot some of the straggler horses of the Donghu people directly on the grassland.
Shoot a man before a horse, that's the truth. Shooting knights directly is a bit of a wasteful way of fighting, because many people who are skilled in riding can easily dodge arrowheads.
However, mounts are different, and in the current environment, only a few people can rely on their weapons to resist the attack of arrows on their mounts while riding on horses.
Therefore, directly targeting the war horse is a pretty good combat method.
Before many knights of the Donghu people could see what was going on, they were thrown to the ground by the war horses that fell to the ground with a wailing.
Some of the Donghu people who were dizzy, after coming back to their senses, looked back in disbelief and found their mounts, all of which were plugged into their bodies with a crossbow shot by the Qin army.
And many of them were injured when they fell off their horses, and some of them even broke their thighs.
In addition to the direction in which the Qin army's army was advancing, the Donghu people who were blocking the Qin army's advance were quickly killed by the hooves of the Qin army's chariots or the material officers who advanced later.
Many Donghu people saw this scene, although they were very angry, but they could only look at their compatriots one by one, and they were directly submerged in the advancing formation of the Qin army.
Because they faced the Qin army, which was not of the same level at all, these equipment were also apprehensive.
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Jian and the others finally knew the reason why the Donghu people were desperately attacking them, because the flags in the distance became clearer and clearer, indicating that the Donghu people could not stop the arrival of reinforcements at all.
They were confronted by the Donghu people who sought to kill them in this place.
Because compared to the large number of Qin army reinforcements that were very difficult to deal with, these people, in the eyes of the Donghu people, were just the end of the crossbow.
Looking at the Donghu people holding wooden spears in front of him, after shouting, he swung the iron sword in his hand towards the other party, and the three Donghu people directly raised their hands to resist.
However, they underestimated the strength of the room, and under the faint red light emitted by the iron sword, these simple wooden spears could not block this kind of slash containing internal force at all.
In the stunned eyes of the three Donghu people, they just felt that their bodies seemed to be burned, and they directly cut their bodies in two.
In fact, their bodies are slowly falling towards the back, and the parts below the abdomen are scattered with internal organs, slowly falling to the ground.
A trace of cold killing intent flashed in his eyes, but his mood was quite calm, which showed that he had not lost his mind now.
He slowly glanced at the panicked and took a few steps back, pointed the weapon in his hand at the Donghu people, and slowly walked to a Qin army knight who had slowly fallen to the ground just now in order to help him block the attacks of several Donghu people.
The knight's abdomen and chest had been pierced with several wounds that were constantly flowing with blood, and he lay on the ground, coughing up blood foam with some minced flesh from time to time.
Without saying anything, he knew that this knight of the Qin Army, who was only ten ** years old, was an orphan who was selected into the army.
"I'll kill a few more people. He said this sentence silently.
He saw this young Qin army knight, and after opening his eyes, looking at him, and showing a hint of a smile, his head was slowly tilted to the side.
He squatted down and closed his eyes for this Qin army knight.
Several Donghu people saw this scene, screamed, brandished the bronze knife in their hands, and rushed towards the room.
However, what they didn't expect was that they didn't know when they had an iron sword in their hands.
Turning around and slashing, these Donghu warriors covered their throats and looked at him with incredulous eyes.
They could see that there were many gaps on this iron sword, and there were even some positions where the blades had been rolled up......
Looking at a few Donghu warriors who were slowly falling, holding an iron sword in each hand, he silently repeated a sentence: "I will help you kill a few more Hu dogs, go well." ”
Rushed into the formation of the Donghu people again. He used his relatively complete sword to cut off the weapons of the Donghu people, and then, the broken iron sword bloomed with red light, harvesting the lives of the Donghu people.
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There are fewer and fewer Qin troops on the mound, but those who survive have a certain strength.
It's like a cloth who is not very good at riding, but his foot combat strength has improved to a certain extent, and he uses Changge to fight with several Donghu warriors.
And Li Cang and Wu Ji beside him were more on both sides of the cloth, protecting the sides of the cloth from being attacked.
The strength of the two of them was stronger than that of Duo Bu, who had only been cultivating for a few months, and they were more comfortable in the face of the attacks of the Donghu people.
In the face of the cavalry warriors of the Donghu people, the two of them may be a little afraid, but for these enemies dominated by ordinary Donghu people, the two know that it is difficult for the strength of the cloth to support for a longer time.
Li Cang and Tu Bu are close friends, and he is willing to escort Tu Bu, but why Wu Ji did this, even Tu Bu doesn't know.
While panting slowly, Di Bu silently touched Wu Ji with his elbow: "Why do you want to help me?"
"Stupid, I'm willing, you can handle it!"
I have to say that Wu Ji's tigress temperament made Di Bu deflated again.
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And Sima Qi and Su Jiao stood back to back, and several positions that were fighting fiercely, that is, they were the only ones, and almost all the troops were wiped out.
Su Teng found out about this situation, but he couldn't get out of it himself, just waiting to see Sima Qi and Su Jiao being surrounded.
Looking at the Donghu people who surrounded them, holding a shield full of arrows in their hands, and Su Jiao, whose arm was pierced, grinned, and said slowly: "Sima Junshou, do you think we will die in this place?"
"It's quite possible that this kind of thing is very likely, and it doesn't look like reinforcements will come so easily. But what to say, we are a little better than the other robes, at least, we have a person to collect the corpse. Sima Qi was also holding a shield, opposite Su Jiao, Sima Qi, who seemed to have good luck, did not have the shield in his hand that was shot through by the professionals of the Donghu people.
Su Jiao grinned and said with a smile: "Sima Junshou, there are still some things that the captain of this school can't understand, why did you come to this place? Because in your capacity, you don't need to command such a battle at all. Afraid that General Zuo will swallow all your knights?"
"Captain Su is really optimistic, and on such an occasion, he can laugh. Sima Qi smiled slightly, and then said, "I'm here...... Mainly for revenge, because, more than twenty years ago, I had to watch my loved ones be plundered by the Donghu people. ”
Su Jiao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. However, Sima Qi glanced at him lightly and said, "I came this time, and I didn't plan to go back alive." General Zuo gave us a lot of hope for revenge. However, perhaps I should tell General Zuo that such a grudge will only make us and Donghu a feud. ”
Su Jiao knew that Sima Qi said this, mainly because of Zhang Jiashi's actions this time. As Sima Qi said in the previous sentence, they had an excuse to avenge themselves.
But from the perspective of the parties, Sima Qi found that such a thing could not be undone at all, and it would only make the hatred between the two sides bigger and bigger.
Such a thing can only be said that no one is wrong, but ...... Anyone is wrong.
Perhaps, only the annihilation of either side will make this all settled.
Zhang Jiashi asked them to attack Donghu this time, although they ended up in a situation like this, and it can even be said that the whole army was wiped out, but on the other hand, they killed more than ten times as many Donghu people?
It can be said that all this is as planned by the young general Zuo who he has to admire in his heart.
It seems that the large-scale invasion of the Donghu people to the south is about to become a fact, and it is not impossible for General Zuo, who has already been prepared, to give the Donghu people a head-on blow, or even to give them a heavier price than the general brought to the Xiongnu a few years ago.
All...... It's all irretrievable.
"Be careful!!" Su Jiao heard Sima Qi's exclamation, and he also heard a sharp whistling sound breaking through the air.
He didn't know anything, because a strong force came from the side, causing him to fall to the side.
After he stood up again, he saw Sima Qi being nailed to the ground by a black hard arrow, and he slowly took out a small item woven from red twine that had been dull in color, and slowly placed it on his chest, revealing a smile of relief......
"Sima County Guards !!"
Su Jiao looked at Sima Qi, who had died, and he looked angrily at a high-level cavalry warrior holding a metal bow in his hand in the formation of the Donghu people, and shouted: "I fought with you !!"
It's just that before Su Jiao rushed over, the sharp sound of Sansheng continued to sound in the sky.
After looking at them unwillingly, the Donghu people slowly retreated from the mound, mounted their mounts, and galloped towards the northwest with their compatriots who were constantly leaving in the northwest direction.
At this time, an elder of the Donghu people silently looked at the reinforcements of the Qin army, who could already see the vague military formation, and showed a trace of unwillingness.
Everything, here, can already be said to have come to an end for the time being.
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Faced with the retreat of the Donghu people to the northwest, Zhang Jiashi also did not understand. He sent his knightly troops to patrol the outlying areas.
However, when he learned about this operation, not only did less than 600 of the 10,000 knights survive, but even Sima Qi, the commander of Liaodong County, was killed in battle.
He silently glanced at Sima Qi's body that was carried down in front of him, and he didn't know if he was wrong this time.
"Should I just come here without hesitation?"
Han Xin, who was beside Zhang Jiashi, heard Zhang Jiashi's words and didn't say anything.
Because he knew that Zhang Jiashi was feeling helpless for the corpses of the Qin army knights who were constantly being carried down.
And Jian, who could almost be said to be covered in blood, said: "General Zuo, if you can come, all the dead people will feel that they are lucky." Because, General Zuo never gave up on them. ”
Zhang Jiashi nodded silently.
And Bai Qi knew that Zhang Jiashi still had a sentence in his heart: "I...... Is it an executioner?"
"You've done one thing right, but a lot of things don't need to be seen. Bai Qi's voice sounded in Zhang Jiashi's mind.
Zhang Jiashi waved his hand silently, looked at the carriage carrying Sima Qi's body, and slowly drove towards the center of the military formation.
And underneath the mound, the corpses of the Qin soldiers who died in battle were gathered together, and then thrown into fire pits and burned. In some of the earth pits where the flames were extinguished, some Qin officers and soldiers covered their faces with wet linen cloths and entered the pits to slowly sort out the bones.
It's not that Zhang Jiashi doesn't want to transport these corpses back, but the reality of the situation doesn't allow him to do so.
Many Qin soldiers took off their uniforms and had the bones wrapped.
This is Zhang Jiashi's request. A lot of people do it without saying a word.
Some military Simas silently recorded the identities of some corpses......
Many of the bones, whose names were no longer available, lay gently in cloth bags and were placed on carriages.
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"Great King, why did you order a retreat!! we will almost be able to wipe out the remnants of those hateful Qin dogs!"
Perhaps, the people of the Central Plains couldn't understand what this Donghu strong man was saying. But Zabehe, the king of Donghu sitting on a tiger skin mattress, knew very well that this famous professional in Donghu was dissatisfied with why he wanted to stop him from killing Qin Gou.
And this strong man is also the cavalry warrior who shot Sima Qi to death. The black shaft of the arrow appeared from the quiver behind his back.
King Donghu didn't say anything, but glanced at this Donghu warrior, and said quietly: "For the sake of Qin Dog, which is less than a thousand people, is it worth us to pay a heavier price again?"
"Great King, as long as we destroy those Qin dogs, Qin dogs' reinforcements will not continue to advance at all!" The roar of this Donghu warrior made many tribal leaders and other warriors dissatisfied.
Zabehe was not angry, but slowly raised his hand, looked at the people in the tent, and said slowly: "Pass the order, we Donghu will concentrate the greatest manpower and go south to attack the border of Qin Dog!"
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War, with the words of King Donghu, has become unavoidable......
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