Chapter 119: The Great Army Fights Together
There were only 10,000 cavalry under Ma Shuo's command, so Zhang Xuan didn't want him to go toe-to-toe with the barbarian cavalry. As long as Ma Shuo can delay the opponent's speed, it's fine.
"The left cavalry battalion attacked, and the right cavalry battalion covered. Alternate left and right, take turns to attack and cover! After Ma Shuo received the order, he immediately gave orders to the two commanders of the left and right cavalry battalions.
"Order!" Guan Yun and Zhang Chen responded in unison.
Immediately, the left cavalry battalion moved first, and the five thousand cavalry were in a row, and the second was arranged in five rows, forming an array, standing quietly in front of the barbarian cavalry, with the bow and crossbow in his hand, just waiting for the opponent to enter the attack range.
"Shoot!"
Immediately, the first three rows of cavalry released the arrows in their hands almost simultaneously. Suddenly, a rain of arrows flew towards the barbarians who were chasing after them.
The sound of puff and puff is endless.
In an instant, thousands of barbarians were shot and fell from their horses, and the barbarian cavalry team panicked.
Shoot!
The cavalry in the back two rows also shot the arrows in their hands, and another rain of arrows covered the past.
Immediately, thousands more barbarians fell from their horses.
Before the barbarian cavalry could adjust, the first three rows of cavalry of the left cavalry battalion had already drawn their bows and shot arrows again, and another round of arrow rain appeared.
And so on!
In just a few moments, the left cavalry battalion fired three rounds of arrows.
As soon as the rain of arrows passed, the cavalry of the left cavalry battalion urged their horses to run towards both sides, and then turned around and ran behind them.
At this moment, behind the left cavalry battalion is the right cavalry battalion, which has been prepared for a long time. The right cavalry battalion was about 100 meters behind the left cavalry battalion, and after the people of the left cavalry battalion circled around for a while, they reached a place about 100 meters behind the right cavalry battalion and stood in line again.
By this time, the barbarian cavalry had calmed down from the chaos.
After the barbarian cavalry calmed down, they did not immediately rush towards Ma Shuo's men and horses again. Obviously, they were frightened by the rain of arrows that had just cut their heads and covered their faces. A rain of arrows fell, and they lost more than 5,000 people.
At this moment, the wails of those wounded companions on the ground hit the nerves of the barbarians who were still on their horses. Many times, the dead companions on the battlefield are not terrible, they are afraid of such wounded. The wailing of the wounded has a strong psychological suggestion and influence, and the blow to morale is great.
"How can tens of thousands of people stop us. Kill it! ”
The barbarian cavalry did not move, and the tribal leaders did not do it. Immediately, the order to continue the attack soon reached the ears of every barbarian cavalryman.
"Drive, drive!"
Immediately, tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry had no choice but to continue to rush towards the cavalry under Ma Shuo's command. However, this time the barbarian cavalry also changed their strategy, and they noticed that the width of the Qin cavalry's formation was not particularly wide, so they opened the battle line themselves. On the one hand, reduce the area under attack. On the one hand, it was hoped that the troops on both sides would use the forces on both sides to counter-encircle the Qin cavalry.
As soon as the barbarian cavalry moved, the left cavalry battalion, which was already in position, immediately followed suit, and quickly dispersed to the two flanks of the right cavalry battalion, expanding the attack area a lot, blocking the opponent's attempt to surround it.
Shoot!
With an order, this time, the left cavalry battalion and the right cavalry battalion shot together, and the area covered by the rain of arrows was even wider.
However, this time the barbarians seem to have learned the lesson of the previous time and deliberately distanced themselves from each other. As a result, the damage caused by this wave of arrows is much less. However, this wave of arrows still slowed the barbarians' forward speed to a certain extent.
In this way, the purpose is naturally achieved.
Because of the deliberate sluggishness of the cavalry under Ma Shuo's command, the speed of the barbarian cavalry was severely weakened. Soon, the barbarian army followed.
"Withdraw!"
Seeing from afar that the barbarian army had come up, Ma Shuo immediately ordered all the cavalry to retreat. In this case, Ma Shuo naturally would not let his men and horses go head-to-head with an army of nearly 400,000 barbarians, that is the rhythm of looking for death.
Of course, Ma Shuo's mission has actually been completed.
Because Zhang Xuan's purpose is actually to lead the barbarian army to chase all the way, but he can't let the other party see the flaws. Now, Ma Shuo's behavior angered the barbarians very well, and when they saw Ma Shuo actually turn around and run, a group of barbarians laughed angrily, and immediately urged the horses to chase after them.
On Ma Shuo's side, he quickly whipped his horse and quickly caught up with Zhang Xuan's men and horses.
"General, Ma is fortunate not to be dishonored!" Ma Shuo came to reply to Zhang Xuan.
"Good! Ahead, Bai Shuai's army has also arrived, and it is time for us to get out of the way of the main battlefield! Zhang Xuan was very happy with Ma Shuo's reply, and at the same time told Ma Shuo the news that Bai Qi's army had arrived. Immediately, Ma Shuo commanded the men and horses to follow a part of the cavalry and quickly moved to the side.
Soon, the cavalry of about 80,000 cavalry separated left and right, crossed an arc, and galloped towards the distance.
When the cavalry dispersed, the army of Bai Qi immediately appeared. At this moment, the army that the barbarians were chasing over also happened to be not far away.
Suddenly, seeing a large number of people and horses blocking the way in front of him, the barbarian was also stunned. Suddenly, those tribal leaders thought of something, and their faces suddenly became a little bad. However, it is impossible to let everyone retreat at this time, because once they retreat at this time, if the other party covers up behind again, it will immediately cause a large-scale rout.
Therefore, the leader of the barbarian tribe could only order all to stop advancing and stay put.
It's just that before their order can be delivered, Bai Qi's attack order has already been issued.
Kill –
The army of Bai Qi immediately poured towards the barbarians like a tide.
When it came time to get within range of the archers, the archers of both sides attacked first.
Whoosh!
Countless arrows rained down from the sky and covered the past towards the camps of both sides.
However, because the Qin army was wearing armor, most of the arrows flew out as soon as they fell on their bodies, and only some of them were at tricky angles, and they directly hit the place where they were handed over, causing some soldiers to be injured.
Comparatively speaking, the barbarians had very little armor on them, so a rain of arrows came down and a large number of them immediately fell.
Bow and arrow attacks, only three waves in a row, the distance between the two sides is already close enough to be unsuitable for bow and arrow attacks.
Kill!
In an instant, the men and horses on both sides collided together, and the real hand-to-hand combat began.
Comparatively speaking, the weapons of the Qin soldiers are better and the protection is better, so after the battle, it is basically the white men and horses who are pressing the barbarians to fight. Of course, there are also some barbarians who have strong combat effectiveness, and when they attack, some Qin soldiers were directly killed and fell to the ground.
Hundreds of thousands of troops fought together, and the scene was very shocking!
Kill –
The sound of killing resounded in the sky!