Chapter 40: Annihilation
West of Akita Castle in the Western Regions, Beishan Road Pass.
Delayed by Li Dao's excellent performance, Dong Zhuo finally arrived with his army and blocked the combined forces of the Kushan and Wusun people in the mountain pass.
So far, it can be said that the big picture has been decided!
Originally, the Hu people coalition army still had a numerical advantage, but it was consumed a lot by Li Wei's vehicle formation and sharp long-range strikes.
Then he was ridiculed and teased, and when they turned around and killed back, Li Dao hid in the car formation again and did not come out, so that in the end, even his morale dropped a lot.
What's more, Dong Zhuojun also has the advantage of ordnance and terrain.
But at this critical moment, the generals of the Hu coalition army were still divided.
Commander Wusun thought that he should retreat and retreat from the other side of the Beishan Road, as for the Han infantry soldiers guarding the chariot formation behind, they could not block the passage of his cavalry at all.
The Guishan generals believed that if they gathered their troops and horses to hedge against the Han cavalry in front of them, as long as they penetrated the opponent's cavalry formation and reached their rear, they would naturally be safe.
Both of them thought that the other's claims were flawed, so they argued for a while.
And Dong Zhuo didn't give them time to make a decision, leaving two thousand Qiang cavalry on both wings, and he personally led two thousand flying bear troops to attack head-on.
Seeing that the controversy had delayed the warning time, the enemy's cavalry had begun to increase the speed of their horses, and the two generals barely reached a unity, hedged against one wave and then retreated.
As a result, two waves of humans of different races staged a cannibalistic show for Kitayama.
In order to gain a slight advantage in the next hedge, both sides desperately increased the speed of their horses, and the Hu cavalry took the lead in cavalry shooting, which is a threshold skill for cavalry to become elite.
But the Flying Bear Army did not react, Dong Zhuo saw the Hu man on the opposite side raise his bow arm and shoot arrows, smiled contemptuously, just raised the small round shield in his hand to block his face, and then rode his horse to continue to charge.
All of the Flying Bears have the exact same movements as him, as if they were a bunch of machines that could only imitate.
As the Hu people expected, the arrow landed in the opposite military formation, but to their surprise, it did not cause much damage.
Only a few members of the Flying Bears were injured by a shot in the joint due to bad luck, and none of them were missed.
The Hu people stared at them in disbelief for a long time, and as the distance kept getting closer, they saw clearly that the iron armor worn by the Han people was like a group of black steel demons, rushing towards them, and it was not too exciting......
Before Hu Qi could react, the Flying Bear Army took out the big guys, each with a short spear for throwing!
"Huhuhu", after a whistling sound, the Hu people's array seemed to have been caught by a giant beast, and a thick layer was cut off, and the array was chaotic for a while.
This is a tactic invented by Dong Zhuo to lead the Flying Bear Army alone, which is generally used to disrupt the opponent's formation before the two armies come into contact.
Speaking of which, around the Han Dynasty at this time, there were about four or five elite cavalry armies that were well-equipped and based on the dragoons of that year.
The Flying Bear Army is the sharpest cavalry among these cavalry armies, and its combat power even surpasses that of the dragon cavalry formed by Longwei Mansion in Liaodong.
The reason for this is none other than the experience accumulated by the Flying Bear Army in fighting the Qiang people in Xiliang for many years.
The elite cavalry recruited by Dong Zhuo's predecessor Zhang Wen in the Western Regions was not bad, but that army paid more attention to the balance of cavalry and infantry strength, while the Flying Bear Army was slightly inferior if it was infantry combat.
But if you compare it with the Hu armies of these countries in the Western Regions, it is a world of difference!
This is also Dong Zhuo's confidence to dare to use only 2,000 Flying Bear Army and more than 4,000 Hu people to hedge, and even he still wants to annihilate the other party.
Soon, the results came out, and sure enough, as Dong Zhuo expected, Hu Qi was like Otto who hit a tank, he was lifted off, trampled on, and cut down!
Dong Zhuo originally wanted to go at a Hu general, but the other party seemed to have discovered his intentions, and immediately adjusted his direction to avoid it, and he could only angrily cut off several Hu horsemen who were coming to vent his anger.
The Hu people alliance army did break through the Flying Bear's formation, but the price was extremely heavy......
Before they could rest, the Qiang victorious soldiers on both sides shot a wave of arrows under the leadership of Niu Fu and Guo Yan, and then rode horses to wrap them up.
Because of the obstacle of the previous cavalry hedge, the horse speed of the Hu coalition army dropped a lot, and the two Hu generals did not have time to regroup the formation, so they shouted for their subordinates to increase the speed of their horses again and prepare to flee by seizing the road.
But this time, he couldn't get rid of Niu Fu and Guo Yan's cavalry.
These Qiang cavalry were originally different from the Flying Bear Army, and they had always relied on their superb riding skills to fight, and at this time, they were like two giant snakes tightly entangled the bloated and chaotic Hu people's coalition army, making it impossible for them to escape.
The Qiang people shouted and cheered, harvesting the lives of the Hu people alliance with bows and arrows and long knives, as if they were participating in a song and dance banquet......
At this time, more than half of the Hu coalition forces had already suffered casualties, but if the strong men could break their wrists and leave some people to intercept the pursuit of the Han and Qiang people, the rest of the people would not be without the possibility of escaping.
But whether it is the general of Guishuang or the commander of Wusun, they all hope that the other party will stand up for their palace, but the more they blame each other, the more they can't get rid of it.
Under the confusion of the formation, the Kushan and Wusun people were unable to effectively organize resistance and counterattack against the Qiang people's cavalry attacks, and some soldiers had not even recovered from the great fear generated by the hedge just now.
As a result, the casualties of the coalition forces continued to increase.
What's even more terrifying is that the flying cavalry led by Dong Zhuo has regrouped and circled after a short rest.
These steel behemoths seem ready to strike the final blow!
Seeing this, the two coalition generals no longer cared about arguing, nor did they care about taking away their own people who were trapped in the Qiang people's entanglement, and they invariably took their personal guards to change direction and suddenly accelerated.
In ancient times, there was a group of guards under the generals, who were not only well-equipped and strong, but also loyal and morale to the generals, and the task in wartime was to protect the generals, act as law enforcement teams and pass on military orders.
Naturally, there are also this kind of pro-guard Guishan generals and Wusun commanders, and the number is about more than 100 people, and they are also very sharp, and they suddenly took their generals to get rid of the obstruction of the Qiang people.
Seeing that the Hu generals were about to flee, Dong Zhuo, who had just arrived, was furious, and he immediately ordered Dong Xiao beside him to lead the Flying Bear Army to continue to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Hu people, and he himself also took more than 200 personal guards to pursue the enemy generals.
At the same time, Guo Yan, who led part of the Qiang cavalry to fight, also made the same move and left the queue with more than 30 personal guards.
At this moment, it is as if the contest between the main forces of the warring sides is no longer important, because the outcome there is already a certainty.
And the four generals chased each other with their own personal guards, which became the final suspense!
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The generals of the Kushan and Wusun people adjusted their direction and ran to one side, while Dong Zhuo and Guo Yan also turned.
The four squads of men and horses are not simply chasing after me, but constantly hitting each other with cavalry shooting, as the fleeing Guishan and Wusun elite cavalry, they said that the reflex of turning around is not a problem, but the accuracy is slightly worse.
But for Dong Zhuo, who was fully armored and his personal guards, the advantage during this period was much greater.
Their target is the Kushan generals, who can continue to hit the Kushan people in front of them almost without damage during the chase, and the arrows fired back by the opponent are like tickling to them because of the lack of impact......
Guishuang's guards kept falling off the horse, and only Dong Zhuo shot more than 30 people off the horse in less than a stick of incense!
Although the Flying Bear guards he led at this time were undamaged and had an advantage, Dong Zhuo knew that if he didn't shoot the enemy generals off their horses, they would soon have no chance.
While the armor on the Flying Bear Army provided them with great safety, it also greatly increased the consumption of horses running, Dong Zhuo estimated that in more than ten miles, their mounts would be almost at the limit.
At this time, in order to save physical strength and improve the hit rate, Dong Zhuo no longer started work left and right.
He clamped the horse's belly with his legs again, quickly pulled the bow with both hands, felt the rhythm of the horse, and suddenly shot out in the next moment, and a personal guard in the distance fell off the horse in response, and there was finally a gap behind the Guishan general!
Dong Zhuo hurriedly took a deep breath and shot two arrows in succession, one arrow was dodged sideways by Coach Guishuang, and the other arrow went straight into his side waist.
But Dong Zhuojun's expectation of the fall of the Guishan master did not happen, he endured the pain and escaped with more horsepower......
Looking at the enemy general who was gradually moving away, Dong Zhuo scolded secretly and had to tighten the reins, and the war horse immediately braked and stood up.
Although he failed to kill the main general, Dong Zhuo's army annihilated nearly 6,000 cavalry troops of Guishan and Wusun at a relatively small cost, which can be regarded as a great victory.
Dong Zhuo got off the horse and kept comforting himself, but when he saw Guo Yan, who was leading the pursuit, returning with the head of Coach Wusun, a bright smile appeared on his face again.
The entire Dong Zhuojun rejoiced again.
"Captain Guo is really a tiger general, and he deserves the first credit this time!"