The first division dared to go up and fight even if it encountered several times the number of enemies. In addition, they also have an epoch-making thing like Thunderbolt, if there are too many enemies, or if the distance is too close, they will throw Thunderbolt, which can not only kill and injure the enemy, but also disturb the opponent's horses, which is very effective.

Now there are gradually some pull-wire thunderbolts in the Hong army, but because of the limited production and high cost, they are generally only used by special forces or such scout teams. Because the wind is very strong when riding on a horse, it is difficult to ignite, so when these scouts of the first division go out on a mission, the thunderbolts they bring are this kind of easy-to-use cable-pull thunderbolts.

This kind of thunderbolt can be thrown out as soon as the line is pulled, and it is very simple and quick to use, and it is most suitable for cavalry on horseback. These thunderbolts inflicted heavy casualties on the Xianbei cavalry. Sometimes it was obvious that some of the scouts of the First Division could be surrounded and blocked, but in the end, they relied on these thunderbolts to blast a bloody way out of the encirclement.

However, the Xianbei people quickly learned to be smart, and tried not to get close to the scouts of the first division, and even if they wanted to be close, they would spread out the formation very much to avoid being bombed and suffering heavy losses. And as soon as they saw the enemy take out that black iron lump, they hid as far as they could. These methods have been successful in reducing the rate of casualties among the Xianbei people.

And in order to deal with the horse crossbows of the scouts of the First Division, the scouts of the Xianbei people are now generally equipped with a small shield. Although a small shield cannot cover the whole body, it is obviously more effective than using a saber to block crossbow arrows. And these small shields are also very simple and cheap, to put it bluntly, they are just a wooden board and a handle.

For a less penetrating crossbow such as a horse crossbow, a plank that is not too thick is sufficient. However, this trick was quickly broken by the scouts of the first division, and there is an old saying: "Shoot people first ~ shoot horses", so those Hong Army scouts turned to shooting horses as soon as they saw that the shooting effect was not good. No matter how fast you swing your shield, you won't be able to block a horse that big, and the horse's target is much larger than the person, so it's easy to shoot.

Xianbei people grew up on horses since childhood, and generally had good riding skills, especially those who were selected as scouts, and they were the elite of the army, even if the horses were frightened and fell off the horse, most of them could avoid a certain amount of evasion at the moment of attack, so as to avoid being pressed by the huge body of the horse.

Therefore, most of the Xianbei people who were shot at the horses were only injured but did not die after falling to the ground. However, although this move did not pose much threat to the lives of the Xianbei cavalry, it was still extremely damaging, because the combat effectiveness of the Xianbei people was on the horses. If there are no horses, at least eighty percent of their combat effectiveness has been removed, and there is a way that the phoenix that falls to the ground is not as good as a chicken, and the cavalry that falls to the ground is also not even comparable to the infantry.

The key is that without horses and mobility, these Xianbei people have lost the ability to threaten the Han army. The first division was far more equipped than the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people relied on the riding and archery skills and horse quality that far surpassed the Han army to close the gap between the two.

During this time, the two sides saw the moves, and constantly came up with ways to deal with each other's tactics and operational characteristics, plus everyone had a high degree of mobility, and they both had the guerrilla warfare idea of "fighting if you win, and running away if you can't win", so the scout war some time ago was very lively, and both sides had damage, and the battle loss ratio of the Han army and the Xianbei cavalry was about one to five.

On the surface, it seemed that the Han army had an overwhelming advantage, but in fact, if it continued to fight like this, the first division would lose. The reason is very simple, the first division only made up a thousand cavalry, while the Xianbei cavalry was in 10,000 units, and the difference between the two was one or even two orders of magnitude.

During this time, the first division had lost more than 200 scouts, and the Xianbei people had at least 1,000 killed. For the scouts of the 1st Division, this is already a quarter of the battle loss rate, which can be said to be broken, but it doesn't matter at all to those Xianbei people who have lost their lives.

Maybe the "adults" of Xianbei will not only not be sad about the loss of thousands of people, but will even be happy because they have lost thousands of mouths to eat. The top leaders of the First Division are aware of this situation, and this is also the purpose of Zhang Bao's military meeting today, and he hopes that everyone will discuss a way to change the current passive situation.

After stating the situation of the battle some time ago, the small staff officer Zhang Bin added: "In addition, there are some new situations in the Xianbei people recently. That is, the scout team they sent out, maybe it can no longer be regarded as a scout team, or it is more appropriate to call it a ranger team, and the number of people in each team has increased to three hundred, which is exactly ten times that of our army's scout team. ”

The "hiss" tent sounded the sound of the crowd gasping. There is no need to explain, everyone understands Xianbei's intentions: aren't you well equipped, aren't you strong enough to fight against ten? Then I'll give you ten times the strength of the army and let you go to the enemy! Let's see if you can really beat me ten times as many troops.

Originally, with the current rate of consumption of scouts, the first division would not be able to hold out for long, not to mention that now that the enemy has increased his strength tenfold, the speed of scout consumption will definitely increase geometrically. When these scout cavalry are exhausted, the 1st Division will be in a completely passive state, although the hot air balloon is not completely blackened, but it is equivalent to being blind in one eye.

The Hong Army has always crushed its opponents in an all-round way in terms of information, relying on hot air balloons in the sky and scouts on the ground to form a three-dimensional information network integrating ground and air; if it loses the support of the ground and relies solely on aerial reconnaissance, it will definitely lack or omit a lot of information.

"You are well aware of the current situation, and now our army is in a very unfavorable situation. Since the formation of our Hong army, it has fought from the west to the east and from the south to the north, and has never encountered defeats wherever it goes.

Now we are blocked by the little Xianbei in this Jinyang City, and we can no longer advance an inch, as the most elite unit of the Hong Army founded by His Majesty himself, I will feel very ashamed. This is a disgrace to our Hong Army, and a disgrace to our 1st Division.

His Majesty once had great ambitions and said: "Straight ~ smash the Yellow Dragon and seal the wolf Juxu". The king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the king is humiliated and the ministers die, as courtiers, we have the responsibility to share the worries for Your Majesty! Therefore, this time we must find a way to break this situation and realize His Majesty's dream as soon as possible. Zhang Bao stood up, waved his arms, and gave an impassioned speech.

The army is indeed a place to train people, and even a hairy boy like Zhang Bao has grown into a mature and stable general. He and Guan Xing have been fighting in the south and north by Liu Hou's side for many years, and they can still learn something.

Although they did not go to military school, they have always received the best military education in the army, and there are almost unlimited opportunities for practice. Having said that, if it weren't for the fact that they already had the ability to take charge on their own, Liu Hou would not have promoted them to the head of the first division.

Even if Liu Hou is nepotistic, he doesn't dare to joke about the army, the army is a sharp weapon of the country, and there is no room for sloppiness. Zhang Bao and Guan Xing have both been regiment commanders and brigade commanders for a long time, and they have always performed well, and they have also made many meritorious contributions in various wars, and they have proved their abilities with facts.