Chapter 403 Heavy casualties
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The war is in a stalemate.
The fight for the first fence of the Qin camp lasted for an entire hour and a half, and the price paid by the Huns reached a shocking 12,000 people.
Even Maodun had more than 100,000 troops, still felt heartbroken. It was not only the losses of one-tenth of the soldiers, but also because these people who were responsible for the first wave of attacks were the most brave soldiers from all tribes.
Thinking of this, Maodun could no longer rest in the tent. He did not care about the advice of the Central Bank and moved the tent to the front.
There were sounds of shouting and killing.
The shrill shouts of the Hun soldiers, accompanied by the dull war drums of the Qin army, came continuously, and tribes after tribe retreated from Maodun's tent after being destroyed. This time, the warriors of the Great Huns no longer had arrogance, but only endless fear.
"The essence of the Great Huns was destroyed by this service." Looking at these listless soldiers, Maodun had this unknown thought in his heart.
"Bank of China has given orders to the leaders of various divisions. No matter how powerful the Qin people's crossbow arrows are, they are just a temporary rampant. Which division breaks through the crossbow formation first, except for Chang'an, will they be allowed to deal with the cities in Guanzhong." Maodun had a gloomy face and shouted the order.
Li Yuan was abnormal and sent out the most powerful crossbow soldiers at the beginning of the war, which was beyond Maodun's expectations. However, the Qin army fought with a strong formation in such a way, which was exactly in line with Maodun's previous judgment.
In the Qin camp.
The empty force forced Li Yuan to fight with his elite troops. If he changed his bluffing behavior, if he had changed his opponents, he might have been scared away by the Qin army's crossbow formation, but he would not.
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.
The Huns coalition was composed of more than 20 tribes of all sizes, the large among them was like Helianbian, reaching a scale of 30,000 to 40,000 people. More of them were small tribes with only about 1,000 people. These dependent small tribes often rushed to fight. Of course, there was no problem in encountering a good fight, but if they encountered a tough bone like the Qin army, the fighting will of these Huns would fall quickly.
Maodun’s practice of inspiring heavy rewards is to prevent this.
At the Qin army fence.
The fortress fifty steps ahead had been filled with flesh and blood by the Huns. A blood-stained Xiongnu Qianchang leaned against the wooden stake. His eyes were wide open, and his right hand pointed straight ahead, as if he was calling on the soldiers under his command to continue moving forward. But if he looked at his lower body carefully, he would be shocked to find that his legs had disappeared. In other words, Xiongnu Qianchang, whose upper body was still in charge, actually had no vitality.
Compared with the losses of the Huns.
On the Qin side, the front-line troops with infantry and crossbows as the main guards were mainly concentrated in close combat. At this point, the defending side was always more beneficial than the attacking side.
Two hours.
After passing through the tense and fierce battlefield confrontation, Zhou Ping, who was standing on the platform, even felt that just a while had passed. When the order to retreat was issued, his body was so soft that he felt that the strength he had dropped was no longer there. If it weren't for the support of his relatives and soldiers, Zhou Ping, who had a hoarse voice, would have been surrounded by the Huns.
The Qin army retreated!
The Huns who were blocked from attacking from all sides gave cheers. The orders of the Great Shanyu Maodun had spread throughout the tribes. The Qin people only resisted on the front line. There was not much force within the real camp because their most elite vanguard troops were attracted to the south by the Helian tribe.
The good news made the Huns' small tribes ecstatic. Maodun's promise was just a long-term plan, and what was placed in front of them was the mountains of supplies piled up in the Qin army camp.
Unlike the Qin army, which was unified by the state, the Xiongnu tribes were still in the stage of self-sufficiency when they went to the expedition, that is, the number of troops sent by a tribe is not only determined by how many males of their age are, but also by whether they can provide necessary material support.
A Xiongnu soldier who was fighting was at least equipped with three strong war horses and then necessary equipment. As for soldiers' rations, they were mainly obtained by plundering and hunting. This self-supply logistics method allows the Xiongnu soldiers to calculate their harvest while fighting, and their combat effectiveness became up and down.
Therefore, for the Hun tribes who were short of supplies, Qin was like a rich man with huge sums of money. As long as he leaked a little through the gap in his fingers, he could fill the small tribes like them.
Attack, attack again!
Kill all the resisting Qin people, took the prisoners to Mobei as slaves, and seized the most important baggage warehouse in the Qin camp before other tribes. The Hun soldiers all stared red in their eyes. There were no Qin people in their eyes, only companions who competed for merit with them.
——.
The Qin army retreated to the second line of defense.
This is a special mobile defense formation composed of trenches and chariots. Li Yuan, who had seen the trench warfare in later generations, ordered the soldiers to dig a round deep trench in the camp and protrude with pointed wooden stakes at the bottom. As for the digging of soil, it was piled up in the inner circle. In this way, the Qin army was artificially formed.
The Hun cavalry entered the camp.
As the territory shrank, the advantage of horse riding speed could not be exerted. If the sea of people was used to fight for consumption, the Qin army would be protected by deep trenches, unless the Huns once again filled the gully with their lives, just like the first fence.
Human sea tactics.
This extremely cruel tactic tests the limits of human nature.
It would be good to be able to use it once in a battle. If we continue to do this for the second time, the general who gave the order would be plotted by the soldiers. Anyway, anything would happen on the battlefield. It would be ordinary for the first and second tribes to hit the general of our side.
In helpless.
The leaders of various tribes of the Huns had to order the soldiers to collect stuffed objects everywhere, and then threw the stuffed objects into the gully with Qin's crossbow arrows. Fortunately, after the first round of fighting, the Qin's crossbow soldiers were exhausted and could no longer launch a dense rain of arrow attack like they did at the beginning.
As long as the gullies are filled, the defeated Qin army hiding inside is nothing. As for the series of chariots placed by the Qin army opposite, the Huns did not take it seriously. This shape is like a vehicle transporting baggage, but it is just a slow target. Just a fire can burn them clean.
Deep grooves are crisscrossed.
However, the Huns did not have to fill the trenches in every place. They only needed to fill out a few attack channels to enter the Qin army's defensive formation.
Victory is imminent.
The morale of the Hun tribes was greatly boosted, especially the people in small tribes, who were even more like they were injected with chicken blood, desperately calling the soldiers of the tribe to rush forward.
——.
Zhonglimei was wearing a big red cloak, pressing the bronze sword in his hand, looking calmly at the busy Hun soldiers like an ants. At this time, the moon head had begun to fall, and the dawn of a new day was coming.
It's been a long time.
Zhonglimei did not stand up straight like today. At this point, Zhonglimei was a little imitating Li Yuan, and was just proud of anything else.
As a general defending the country who resists foreign captives, the pride and pride of a passionate man.
The crossbow soldiers completed their mission, and the next step was to set foot on the battlefield by Zhonglimei's chariot troops. However, the mission of this army was not to attack, but to defend.
The soil in the gully has been filled into a slope by Qin soldiers. Zhonglimei's chariots are located on the top of the slope. Their existence is a natural barrier for the Qin army on the defensive side. In contrast, the Xiongnu cavalry needs to attack upwards to kill opponents. Their horse speed cannot be increased, and the sight of the bow and arrows and range will gradually lose their effect as the fatigue level increases.
The chariot, a powerful weapon that galloped across the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was washed away by time, and its original role was no longer available. However, under specific conditions, it could play an unexpected role. After accepting the order of General Li Yuan and becoming the general of the chariot army, Zhong Limei rushed to train his soldiers, mainly the coordination between the shield soldiers and the chariots, and in addition, it was how to cooperate with the mysterious unit of the Tianlei Army.
Out of familiarity with Tianlei, King Wu Li Yuan took the initiative this time and took on the role of the general of the Tianlei Army. The one who cooperated with him to command the recharge of gunpowder was Peng Sheng's apprentice: Du Chun.
Du Chun is also from Peng County, Shu County, and is still a partner who grew up with Peng Sheng. However, the two of them are now in a master-apprentice relationship. If they had not had enough trust, Peng Sheng would not have told him the secret of his hard work.
"Du Chun, listen, don't throw it after the Huns cross the trench later. Wait until the sound of my war drums sounded, and then throw thunder." Li Yuan instructed.
"Don't worry, your subordinates will pay attention to it." Du Chun nodded and responded.
Li Yuan looked at Du Chun's expression and found that although the man from Shu County looked a little uneasy, he was still calm. He was able to perform like this when he first went to the battlefield. Du Chun was even more bloody than Peng Sheng. Peng Sheng's first battle was when Jushui and the thugs were confronted. That time, he was so scared that he almost couldn't even lit the sky fire.
After enduring for a long time.
Li Yuan was finally preparing to use the most mysterious and powerful weapons currently equipped by the Qin army, with black gunpowder as the core and supplemented by fragments in the pottery jar. Once this primitive grenade exploded in the crowd, it will not only kill and kill many enemy soldiers, but more importantly, it will play a frightening role.
Compared with crossbow arrows, swords and guns, the sky thunder does not need to contact the enemy head-on, and even the most basic aim of the crossbow can be omitted. Just throw a suitable arc with force and then wait and listen to the enemy's soldiers' wailing.
Chapter completed!