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The soldiers fell into arrows, the war horses fell into arrows, and the cavalry rolled out. Ten thousand iron crossbow arrows caused losses to more than 1,000 soldiers. Although they suffered heavy casualties, they still did not affect the impact of the Hun cavalry.

However, the Han army had thousands of bee crossbows, which were shot continuously with segments. When the first thousand bee crossbows had just been shot, the second and second bee crossbows were shot one after another. Before the Hun cavalry could breathe, the overwhelming iron crossbow arrows appeared again, with stronger strength and invincible. Large pieces of cavalry were shot overturned, and shields and leather armor could not block the deadly crossbow arrows, and the wailing sounded throughout the field.

The Han army's bee crossbow showed its powerful power at this moment. In the first round, 90,000 iron crossbow arrows were shot out, and nearly half of the 10,000 Hun cavalry were killed or injured, and they were 180 steps away from the Han army.

But the bad news was not eliminated. The essence of the segment shooting was to never stop. When the first batch of crossbow arrows were shot out, the first batch of bee crossbows had already replaced the arrow box. The two soldiers shook the winch and put the bowstrings on them. They did it in one go, and the movements were concise and quick.

Without orders, the launching soldiers immediately pulled the hanging knife. With a loud crash, the bowstring popped up strongly. Ten iron crossbow arrows rose into the air and gathered together with the surrounding iron crossbow arrows, quickly forming a dark cloud of crossbow arrows that were one mile wide. This time, they not only attacked the cavalry in front, but also two other 10,000 cavalry on both sides were also covered by the iron crossbow arrows.

Since the Warring States Period, wars of all sizes and large and small broke out between the Central Plains Army and the Hun cavalry. Although the Hun cavalry took the initiative in the battlefield with their superb cavalry and skillful cavalry, the advanced long-range weapons of the Central Plains army, especially crossbow arrows, also brought huge lethality to the Hun cavalry.

After the middle of the Han Dynasty, as the Han cavalry continued to increase, they began to actively attack the Xiongnu army. The powerful crossbow became the magic weapon for the Han army to win and also an important factor in the defeat of the Xiongnu.

Today, the Han army's weapons have made great progress with the careful development of famous military masters such as Ma Jun, especially the emergence of large-scale mass shooting weapons such as bee crossbows and crossbows, which have won by number and caused their terrifying lethality.

However, this weapon cannot be used at will. Even if Liu Bei and Sun Quan obtained a full set of drawings, they could not imitate it. This requires strong economic strength as the backing. The iron crossbow arrow used by bee crossbows requires considerable labor and material costs. What's more, if you shoot 90,000 iron crossbow arrows at a time, the wheel will shoot 270,000 iron crossbow arrows. This huge cost consumption is not something that Jiaozhou or Jiangdong can afford.

Of course, the iron crossbow arrow can be recycled after the war, but even so, it still needs to be rebuilt after recycling, which also requires huge manpower and material resources.

It is precisely because of the high cost that the Han army will not easily use this weapon of mass destruction and use missiles to hit flies. No one can afford this consumption. So far, the Han army has only used it in small quantities twice when it was against the Wuhuan and Liu Meng cavalry groups. Today is the first time and the first time it is used on a large scale.

Thousand Bee Crossbows launched nine consecutive rounds, shooting 270,000 iron crossbow arrows, causing heavy losses to the Hun cavalry group. Nearly half of the 10,000 cavalry were killed or injured. Although many cavalry rolled in the ground because of arrows from war horses, for cavalry running at high speed, once they were caught, they would either die or be injured. Even if they were lucky enough to die, they would lose their combat effectiveness due to injuries.

Large-scale killing is an important effect of bee crossbows, but another byproduct has brought a huge psychological impact on the Hun cavalry. No nomadic cavalry can bear 50% of casualties. Even the well-trained Central Plains army will bear up to 70% of casualties. If the last person is killed in battle, it is just a helpless move in a desperate situation. Once the tolerance limit is exceeded, you will either retreat or retreat, and there is no first choice.

The 270,000 iron crossbow arrows brought nearly 15,000 cavalry losses. Not only did the attacking Hun cavalry unable to hold on, but Liu Bao could not hold back. He shouted repeatedly: "Retreat the troops."

The bell of withdrawal rang, and the remaining 15,000 cavalry retreated like a tide. Zhao Yun seized this opportunity and immediately ordered: "Cabinets attack"

The Wanhan cavalry ran out from both wings, bypassed the battlefield with iron crossbows, and thunder attacked, killing the terrifying Hun cavalry like a storm and rain. Liu Bao had no choice but to retreat at this time, they would definitely defeat the entire army, so he had to order the cavalry to fight.

The two cavalry fought bloody battles on the vast field. Soon, Zhao Yun led 15,000 infantry to form a spear formation and also entered the battle.

Forty-five thousand people fought against 10,500 Xiongnu cavalry. Although the Huns suffered a head-on blow from bee crossbow and suffered heavy losses, these 50,000 cavalry were trained for many years by Liu Bao and had strong combat effectiveness. Even if he suffered heavy psychological damage, his strength was not as strong as that of the Han army, but he still fought back tenaciously. The Han army only had a slight advantage and had no obvious advantage.

The battle lasted for more than two hours, and the sky gradually darkened. At this time, Liu Bao sent an envoy to find the chief general Zhao Yun with a white flag. The envoy bowed immediately and said, "It's too late, and the two armies are fighting in a melee, and it's hard to tell the difference between us. Our king proposed to fight temporarily and fight again tomorrow."

Zhao Yun also knew that this new cavalry had only been trained for months and was still inadequate in night battles, especially the Wuhuan people looked similar to the Huns, and it was difficult to distinguish in night battles, which could easily cause accidental injuries. He nodded, "You can withdraw from the battlefield, I just don't chase them."

The envoy ran back to report to Liu Bao, but Liu Bao was a little hesitant. If he retreated and was pursued by the Han army, it would probably lead to the defeat of the entire army, which made him unable to make up his mind. At this time, a ten thousand men next to him said, "King, the opponent's commander is Zhao Yun. This person has great reputation and is full of promises. I don't think he will deceive us with tricks."

Liu Bao also knew that it was difficult to fight again in the dark, so he had to nod and "sent orders to retreat"

Wow

Wow

The long horn of withdrawal troop sounded continuously, which was the order of the Xiongnu cavalry to withdraw. Nearly 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry stopped fighting, and turned around and quickly retreated from the battlefield. Zhao Yun also immediately ordered, "Let the enemy retreat, and no pursuit."

At this time, the general Leng Bao rushed up and said, "The enemy's hastily withdrawn, the formation is chaotic, and the morale of the army is unstable. I am willing to lead 10,000 cavalry to pursue him, and I will definitely defeat the opponent."

Pang De and several generals also had this idea and looked at Zhao Yun together, but Zhao Yun shook his head, "The other party made an appointment with an envoy. Since I have promised, I will not be untrustful. I will send an order to rectify the formation immediately and not pursue it again."

Zhao Yun had made up his mind, and everyone stopped forcing him. They rectified the army, counted the casualties, and slowly withdrew from the battlefield. At this time, Zhang Yi led 5,000 left-behind spear troops to clean up the iron crossbow arrows all over the ground, and killed all the Hun cavalry who were not killed by the arrow.

The Han army retreated to Zaolin Town to rest and heal, while Zhang Yi led 5,000 troops to defend the surrounding area and waited for dawn.

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As a strategist, Fa Zheng did not participate in the war. He and a group of officers stayed in Zaolin Town. Five soldiers were protected. Although there were not many soldiers protecting them, I believe that nothing would go wrong.

The five soldiers bluffed, and countless flags filled the town inside and outside. Several big drums were prepared. When the Hun cavalry who were not very eye-catching attacked, the drums would sound together. The momentum was as if there were five thousand people. Even if the enemy was scared to retreat, they would attract the support of the Han army. The military advisor was here, how could something happen?

Therefore, the officials were leisurely, either playing chess or reading books, and they did not look like a war. However, Fa Zheng was not idle. As a military advisor, he needed to plan for clever plans and plan the overall situation. He was in a life-and-death battle, but he locked himself in the room, stood in front of the sand table and pondered carefully, and pondered the countermeasures.

At night, Fa Zheng passed through a group of soldiers who were sleeping on the ground and quickly walked to Zhao Yun's tent. In the tent, Zhao Yun was listening to Zhang Yi's report to understand the losses today.

At this time, Zhao Yun saw Fa Zheng coming in, and quickly got up and smiled, "The military advisor is coming just right, I'm about to send someone to invite him."

"Thank you for your hard work today, General Zhao."

Fa Zheng smiled, sat down with Zhao Yun, and asked with concern: "I heard that there was no decision today. Both sides withdrew their troops. I don't know what our losses are."

Zhao Yun sighed: "In the past, His Highness of the Han King said that if the battle is won today, it will not rely on the combat power of the people and horses, but all rely on the merits of bees and crossbows. After the battle, I realized that the King of Han had foresight. If there is no bees and crossbows to show his power today, the Han army would be defeated in this battle. Despite this, in this battle, more than 4,000 people were killed and injured by the Huns, and about 20,000 casualties were killed by bees and crossbows, and most of them were shot dead by bees and crossbows, and the rest of the horses were killed by the battle. "

Fa Zheng saw that Zhao Yun was quite serious and knew that he was suffering heavy casualties from the Han army, so he advised: "The general does not have to worry about it. The advantage of the Huns is war horses, and the advantage of the Han army is bows and crossbows. This has been the case since ancient times. We have bee crossbows, but it is just an extension of manpower and a good victory. The general should compare the enemy's 20,000 casualties to our army to 4,000 casualties."

Zhao Yun nodded and asked again: "Will we continue to fight against the Huns tomorrow, defeat the Huns in one go, or use strategy to win?"

Fa Zheng thought for a while and said, "I believe that Cao Cao should have sent troops now, but our victory cannot be completely entrusted to Cao Cao. We can match the two strategies of urgent and slow down."

"What are two urgent measures to delay? Please inform the military advisor."

"The so-called urgent strategy means that if the Huns fight tomorrow, we can take all our troops to defeat the enemy in one battle. If the Huns refuse to fight tomorrow, then we will adopt a slow strategy and confront the enemy. When Cao Cao fights fiercely in Bingzhou and Liu Bao retreats in a hurry, we will concentrate our forces and achieve the final victory in one go."

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and said, "Although the Sui Ce is good, I am afraid that the Xiongnu Shanyu's army will come out of Luochuan Road and attack us from behind. Together with Liu Bao, the two armies will attack each other from the front and back, which will be detrimental to us."

"Don't worry about this. The 50,000 troops of the Han King were closely tied to the Shanyu army. I'm afraid that by then, we and the Han King's army will attack Huchuquan in front and behind."

Zhao Yun slowly walked to the sand table he had just delivered, looked at the sand table and pondered. Now they were about sixty miles away from Gaonu County, and the exit of Luochuan Road is about twenty miles southwest of Gaonu, which means they were eighty miles away from Luochuan Road. If the Hun army really came out of Luochuan Road, they would not be able to intercept it.

At this moment, a noise suddenly came from outside, and the noise became louder and louder. Zhao Yun frowned slightly, walked out of the tent and asked, "What happened?"

"General, it's snowing"
Chapter completed!