As the guns rang out, the Xianbei cavalry fell off their horses like dumplings, and then were trampled into pulp by the rolling torrent that followed. Some of the horses were also shot, and they raised their front legs in pain and stood up, neighing in pain.

In a high-speed army, the slightest lag is fatal, not to mention this sudden braking state, they and the knights on their backs are instantly knocked over and trampled to death by the cavalry behind them. However, the living environment of the Xianbei people is harsh, and they are used to seeing life and death since they were young, and their minds have long been trained to be very resolute, and they don't feel much about the fallen horses of their companions at all, and they still urge the horses to run frantically towards the big array of the Han army.

The cavalry charge was much faster than the infantry, and the "three-stage attack" tactic used to deal with the infantry was obviously not enough, and now the first division uses the "five-stage attack", which is a tactic that has been deduced by the General Staff and then distributed to the various units.

Every qualified junior officer knows under what circumstances to meet the enemy with several platoons of fire ~ spearmen. For example, when the Xianbei people sent a small number of rangers to harass them before, they only used a single row of fire ~ spearmen to solve the problem. When dealing with the infantry charges of Wei and Wu, they used the "three-stage attack" to face the large cavalry charge, and the "five-stage attack" was the most basic formation.

"Five-stage strike" is actually not a new formation, when the Hong army first began to use fire ~ guns, there was a period of time also used, because the training of the soldiers at that time was insufficient, the operation was not proficient, and the performance of the firearms was also poor, and the time required for each change of ammunition was too long, in order to maintain continuous firepower output, Liu Hou had to let the troops temporarily adopt the "five-stage attack" combat mode.

Later, the "Ministry of Industry" developed the Suifa pistol, and added rifling, the range and performance of the gun were constantly strengthened, and the soldiers became more and more well-trained, and the speed of reloading ammunition became faster and faster.

Now faced with much faster cavalry, the 1st Division had to revert to the "five-stage strike" tactic, which had not been used for a long time. Five rows of fire ~ gunners took turns to shoot, and the barrage continued to fly towards the Xianbei cavalry, and the Xianbei cavalry fell at a very fast speed like a large ~ wheat field meeting a combine harvester.

In front of the Xianbei cavalry, there was an invisible curtain wall, and all the horses and horses were knocking into people on their backs on this curtain wall. However, if you are careful to watch the scene, you will still find that this layer of curtain wall does not seem to be fixed in one place, but slowly moving forward.

That is to say, although the fire ~ gun has great lethality, but under the impact of the Xianbei cavalry, the forward is gradually moving towards the first division's car formation, if this situation is maintained, there will always be a moment to advance to the front of the car formation.

The question is whether the Xianbei people can afford to consume so quickly and wait until the last moment. You must know that all the people consumed are people and horses, and every second I don't know how many people and how many horses are smashed in front of this invisible curtain wall.

"My lord, we can't go on like this, our sons have already sacrificed a lot, and if they continue like this, they will soon die~ Light." In the handsome tent of the Xianbei people, a rough-looking Xianbei general had tears in his eyes and choked up to Bu Dugen.

Budugen is a "lord" of Xianbei, and his tribe has more than 300,000 people, and there are as many as 60,000 people who are known as controlling strings. This ratio of 1 in 5 to 1 soldier is only the theoretical maximum, that is, the "claim", which refers to the men of the clan who are over 10 years old and under 50 years old.

The strength of those under the age of ten is too small, and the arrows shot ~ are completely lethal, and the people over the age of fifty - few people in the clan can live to be so old. The average life expectancy of the Xianbei people is only more than 30 years old, and there are many people who live to be forty or fifty years old, but there are also many who die at a very young age.

All men over the age of ten and under the age of fifty may be drawn into battle as warriors when necessary, such as when the safety of the whole clan is at stake. Of course, every adult man of Xianbei was a qualified warrior, and they practiced riding and archery from an early age, and as long as they had a bow in hand, they could shoot arrows, and if they were given a scimitar, they could rush into the enemy line and slash the enemy.

The tribe of Budugen can theoretically draw up to 60,000 warriors, but only about 30,000 of them can really be called elite. Now Budugen is in command of these 30,000 people, which is equivalent to his direct troops. However, the army that Budugen could control was far more than these 30,000 people, but 100,000 people.

Because in addition to the tribe of Budugen, there are dozens of tribes, large and small, that are attached to his tribe, forming an organization similar to a tribal alliance, or can barely be called a "state".

Of course, it is not accurate to call them "states", because they do not have a strict state structure, no fixed official positions, and even no "king", but only a supreme ruler called "lord".

In fact, the "royal court" with Budugen as the core has very weak dominance and binding force on the various dependent tribes, and the tribes of Budugen do not even collect fixed taxes from each tribe, and those dependent tribes only send some gifts to Budugen in the form of tribute from time to time.

There is no standard amount of tribute, more or less, depending on the wishes of the chiefs of these dependent tribes, and the income of their tribes that year. Some tribes that are too poor do not pay tribute to Budugen for several years in a row.

In addition, these dependent tribes are not fixed, almost every year some tribes may encounter difficulties or other reasons, run to attach to Budugen, ask for his help, and some tribes are dissatisfied with Budugen's rule and quietly leave, live independently again or find a better and stronger large tribe to rely on.

Speaking of which, this is a big tribal alliance, and whenever there is a big event, Budugen will gather the chiefs of each tribe to discuss and discuss countermeasures. This military operation was so big, Budugen naturally discussed it with the chiefs of various tribes, and then everyone sent troops together.

Now the chief of one of the larger tribes is crying to Budugen, his name is Kuji, his tribe has 100,000 people, which is considered a big clan, this time he brought 10,000 cavalry, there are so many men and horses, he can also be called "adult".

There are a total of 100,000 troops of the various tribes brought by Budugen this time, of which 30,000 are directly under Budugen, and the other 70,000 are the troops of various tribes put together. These small tribes only sent a thousand or a few hundred people, and the large ones were like the tribes of Kuji, who sent tens of thousands of troops.

The composition of the Xianbei cavalry is so complicated, you can imagine how troublesome it is to dispatch. Therefore, these 100,000 Xianbei cavalry looked very scary, but in fact they were a group of undisciplined and scattered rabble.