Chapter 267: Advance and retreat

The battle between bows and arrows and javelins is not comparable in terms of weight, destructive power, distance or speed. The guards' javelin training is very strict, and each person has to practice at least 200 times a day. Moreover, on high-speed combat horses, the acceleration of the javelin is much larger than that of the bows and arrows, and the throwing distance will definitely not be shorter than that of the bows and arrows shot out by Qiyan's tribe.

As for destructive power, bows and arrows are far from comparable to javelins. Moreover, everyone in the guard team has armor. Only generals like Hechiwen can have two simple armors. Other soldiers are wearing fur or cloth clothes. How can they resist the javelins falling from the sky?

Qiyan's fucking eight rounds of bows and arrows, and the guards threw all ten javelins in front of the horse. In the first round, the guards were slightly better. However, the destructive power caused by bows and javelins was very different. Because everyone in the guards had armor, as long as they did not shoot the part connected to the armor, the bows and arrows were shot on their bodies, but it was like they were bitten by a mosquito. However, the damage caused by the javelins shot by the guards made He Chiwen cry without tears.

Damn, these Xixia's javelins are ruthless and accurate. The Mongolian cavalry was originally known for their flexibility and maneuverability, but this time it seemed to have become someone else's living targets. And what is most frightening is that as long as they are shot by the javelin, half of their lives will be removed even if they are thrown into their hands or legs. Even if they are thrown into their hands or legs, there is a blood groove in the front of the javelin, and blood will immediately flow. In this era, if the injury cannot be treated in time, they will generally die. If it is seriously injured, it is basically a return to the future. As long as the people in the Qiyan tribe are hit by the javelin, they will be seriously injured.

"Grenade Preparation"

After the javelin was cast, the guards and Qiyan's troops were less than ten feet apart. At this time, those who could still stay on the horse carried the longbow on their backs and drew out the scimitar. However, the guards took out the grenade beside them, and more than a thousand people suddenly fell into the formation of Qiyan's troops.

After the escort team dropped the bomb, they immediately controlled their horses to tilt to the left and right sides, and would never fight with Qiyan's tribe. This move made the Qiyan's tribe hold a scimitar in their hands, but it was useless. After the first grenade exploded, the explosions that rose and fell one after another sounded in the cavalry team of Qiyan's tribe. Needless to say, the casualties caused by the shrapnel of the grenade were killed. The sudden explosions alone could cause huge riots in Qiyan's tribe.

No matter how good the Mongolian horse is, it is a beast after all. Even if they are spiritual, such a sudden explosion is enough to make them confused. Originally, the Qiyan tribe could still maintain its formation, but now it is running around like a headless fly. However, running around in its own team may only cause accidental injuries, but if it rushes into the guard team, it may die.

He Chiwen knew something was wrong after hearing the first explosion. Under the desperate escort of dozens of personal soldiers, he finally broke out on the left side of the guard when he turned. At this time, the escort was surrounding Qiyan's tribe and did not care much about this fish that escaped the net. It was not until Du Gao finally asked about the captives of Qiyan's tribe that he felt very sorry that a big fish actually slipped under his nose.

Although He Chiwen ran away, the others did not have such good luck. After Du Gao's guards had already faced the Qiyan tribe after throwing the gun. However, they did not fight directly, but continued to throw grenades. After throwing the grenades, they advanced along the edge of the Qiyan tribe, like a lion with a big mouth, eating the Qiyan tribe in their mouths. When each person threw three grenades, the Qiyan tribe was completely surrounded.

The warriors of Qiyan tribe who have always looked down on everything on the grasslands found that there was no chance of winning again. Not to mention victory, even escaping back would become a luxury. Cold weapons vs. Firearms are not opponents of the same level at all.

In this service, except for He Chi Wen who fled with more than a dozen personal soldiers, all the rest remained, and most of them died in battle. It was actually not accurate to say that the death of the battle was actually killed. More than 70% of them were killed by firearms and trampled on each other, while the remaining 20% ​​were injured by javelins, and the remaining 10% were killed by the guards guarding outside. There was originally a charge at the end, and the guards should have fired a fast crossbow arrow, but this encounter did not give them this chance.

Hechiwen was injured but didn't care about bandaging. The Xixia army was only thirty miles away from here, and their combat power was really terrifying. One thousand of them faced one thousand of them, and they lost more than 20% in just one meeting. The grenades later were even more terrifying. More than half of their people died on that thing. These information was very important and must be reported to the Khan immediately.

"Why are you back?" Temujin asked, looking at He Chi Wen, covered in blood.

"Khan, the big thing is not good. The Xixia army is less than thirty miles away from us." He Chiwen said loudly without caring about salute.

"Thirty miles? Where is the thousand-person team you lead?" Temujin was also shocked by this distance. If the Western Xia army dared to go deep into the grassland, it must be all cavalry. Thirty miles is a very sensitive distance, and the opponent may attack him at any time.

"This Xixia army is very strange. They use not bows and arrows but javelins. And with grenades, my Thousand-Man team... has only been back for a dozen." He Chiwen looked ashamed. He once said that as long as he gave himself a Thousand-Man team, he could rush across the grassland. However, unexpectedly, he would be completely lost by the Xixia army. If he hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, he would have become a cold corpse now.

"How long have you been out? How many people do you have?" Temujin was shocked. One thousand people. For the Qiyan tribe now, this is a considerable loss. The Qiyan tribe can no longer bear any loss.

"It seems like there are also a thousand people." He Chiwen stammered. One thousand people against one thousand people, and he had no choice but to fight back. If he said this, no one would believe that He Chiwen is also a famous brave general of the Qiyan tribe. In the battle with the Tatar tribe, his Thousand Team rushed in and out for three rounds and made great achievements for the Qiyan tribe. But he never thought that when he met the Xixia people, he would be defeated at once. It was a shame, a great shame.

"A thousand Xixia army has such power? Even if it is one thousand sheep, it may not be killed in such a short time, right? Besides, it is a thousand brave and warriors of Qiyan tribe? He Chiwen, you must speak up, otherwise don't blame our military law for being ruthless." Temujin didn't believe what He Chiwen said, a thousand Xixia army could defeat his heroic Qiyan tribe warriors? This is definitely He Chiwen lied about military affairs.

"Shan, it's true. The other party threw a javelin from the beginning. I brought one back. You can see it with your own eyes. This thing is more powerful than our arrows. Once it is shot, it will be injured if it is not killed. And their grenades are like rain, and they are thrown over in black. As soon as they come into contact, my people are in chaos." He Chiwen dared not hide it. Even if his fame is damaged, he would not dare to joke about the future of the Qiyan tribe.

"So that's how the 1,000 people from our Qiyan tribe can't stop the same number of people from the Xixia people?" Temujin frowned tightly. At this moment, he really felt the huge crisis of Qiyan. It is not an exaggeration to say that Qiyan tribe has reached the critical moment of life and death. Why do these Xixia people insist on being enemies with my Qiyan tribe? If they support themselves, now they may have surrendered all tribes on the grassland.

Temujin is now quite envious of Jamuka's luck. This boy saw him as his own turtle, but he never thought that the Xixia people would dare to go deep into the grassland. If they had no firearms, they would not dare to do so even if they had ten courages. But these ideas were fleeting in Temujin's mind. Now he must consider the current situation. Should he retreat or fight?

Temujin knew very well that the Qiyan tribe now needs a victory, and even if it defeats the opponent, it can rebuild the confidence of the Qiyan tribe warriors. Otherwise, if this continues, the Qiyan tribe will gradually become weak until it is trampled by others.

"How many of them did you just say?" Temujin suddenly made up his mind whether the Queyan tribe could regain its strength. In this battle, it would not only not retreat, but also win.

"About a thousand people." He Chiwen said confidently. He is an old bird on the battlefield, so he still has this vision.

"Okay, let's take these thousand people to avenge my brothers and the thousands of warriors of the Qiyan tribe." Temujin stood up and said firmly.

"Shan, do they have firearms in their hands?" He Chiwen was shocked. Now he has become a frightened bird. As long as he encounters an army with firearms, he will lose confidence in winning. Even Jamuha, included by the Qiyan tribe, he thinks it is impossible to capture him alive. Maybe the Qiyan tribe will suffer a big loss in Jamuha's hands.

Temujin looked at He Chiwen coldly. His brother, the former brave general of the Qiyan tribe, was now scared by the firearms of Xixia. He Chiwen was like this, let alone other generals? Not to mention the soldiers below, this fear must not spread in his army, otherwise the invincible Qiyan tribe warriors would turn from a fierce wolf to a sheep.

"So what if they have firearms? Jamuha's soldiers only have two grenades on each person. It would be nice to have four grenades on the Xixia people. I admit that this thing is powerful, but it also has fatal weaknesses. It is a consumable, unlike our scimitars that can be used forever, and even our bows and arrows can kill enemies repeatedly. This is the key to our victory. Your thousand people should have almost consumed the grenades brought by the Xixia people. Now it is our turn to take revenge. Hechiwen, are you still a brave general on the grassland and an eagle in the sky?" Temujin said loudly, his tone was full of great confidence, as if the Xixia army had become a defeated general. As long as the Qiyan tribe attacked, the opponent would be defeated immediately.

"As long as the khan does not dislike it, He Chiwen is willing to lead his troops to avenge his dead brothers." He Chiwen was infected by Temujin and was full of heroism.

"Okay, I'll give you a thousand troops this time, but this decisive battle with the Xixia people must not be used as before. We must use our flexible maneuvers as before. Even if they have firearms, they will lose their place of use." Temujin said that when fighting with the Xixia people, they must not fight, otherwise they will become targets and be slaughtered by the other party.

"The Khan's plan is very good. As long as we disperse people, we will definitely win. In addition, Khan, our war horses are easily disturbed by the loud noise of the opponent's firearm explosion. Many brothers were killed by their own people because the war horses were out of control." He Chiwen raised a key point. If this problem is not solved, the Qiyan tribe's maneuverability and flexibility will not be able to be used. By then, the war horses will become soft-legged shrimps and will also be ruthlessly slaughtered by the opponent.

"This is easy to deal with. Didn't we seize more than 100 landmines and grenades in Jamukha? We cannot compete with the Xixia people in the firearms, and I don't want these firearms to help me. Now I just use them to train our war horses." Temujin quickly thought of a solution. As long as his war horses get used to the explosion site, it will never happen on the battlefield that the war horses are out of control.

Temujin's method is simple and practical, but time is a bit hasty. Now Du Gao will come to the door at any time, while the Qiyan tribe is still practicing courage for the war horses at home. But if he doesn't practice, Temujin will definitely not dare to let his army attack the Xixia people. He Chiwen reminded him very well. Once the war horses are out of control, it will be worse than being ambushed by others.

Temujin now has nearly 5,000 troops, leaving a thousand horses to surround Jamuka. The remaining four thousand people were organized into four thousand teams, Temujin, Hechiwen, Zhebe, and Shuhutai each led an army. These four thousand teams kept running back and forth on the grassland, and beside them, the prisoners of the Zhadala tribe on the plateau detonated grenades and mines. The continuous explosions sounded in the Qiyan tribe, but this time it did not cause any casualties. The Qiyan tribe's war horses were ripped back and forth.

I have heard such explosions dozens of times. At first, these war horses were also panicked, but after the horse owner's comfort, they quickly calmed down. After all, this was just training, not a battlefield. At the beginning, there were only sporadic explosions. After the war horses adapted, the explosion volume increased. Until the end, all the war horses turned a deaf ear to the explosion of the firearm, Temujin ordered the stop of training, but at that time the grenades and mines had been exhausted.

"He Chiwen, Zhebe, Shuhutai, each leads a thousand people and goes south. When you see the Xixia army, you will immediately disperse the army and minimize the damage of the opponent's firearms to us. This time, fighting with the Xixia people can only harass and not fight. After the opponent's firearms are used up, it is the time for us to attack with all our strength. May the omnipotent immortality bless us." Temujin and other war horse training were completed and immediately issued an order, because it was fighting in the wild, this time the Qiyan tribe did not have to worry about the landmines of the Xixia people. The power of the grenades is limited. As long as the war horses are fast enough, they can escape quickly after the opponent throws the grenades and let their grenades fall.

"May the omnipotent immortality bless us"

He Chiwen took the lead this time, Zhebe and Shuhutai were one left and one right, about five miles behind him. This time their team was very scattered, with each horse being at least three meters apart. Therefore, the three thousand soldiers of the Qiyan tribe were pulled to more than ten miles. Temujin personally led a thousand people, taking a big turn, preparing to take Du Gao's retreat. This time he dispatched 4,000 people to make this Western Xia army come and go, so that they can greatly boost morale. Only in this way can they ensure that the Qiyan tribe will not be disintegrated and retreat without defeat.

He Chiwen was still riding his beloved war horse and taking the lead in front of the entire team. This time his war horses have received special explosive training, and the grenades of the Western Xia army must be used almost the same. As long as their first wave of grenades can be lost, no matter how powerful their javelins are, they will be the world of Qiyan's tribe.

Everyone in Qiyan's tribe rushed forward, and it took half an hour to arrive in thirty miles. But what surprised He Chiwen was that he had already reached the place where he had fought the Xixia people in the morning, but he had not seen half of the Xixia people. Did the Xixia people retreat? He Chiwen had just had this idea and immediately felt that it was impossible. The Xixia people came to rescue Jamuha this time, and they would not withdraw their troops until Jamuha broke through.

Tearing the tiger away from the mountain? This word suddenly appeared in He Chiwen's mind. Soon he found that his back was cold. It was very possible that the generals who led the Xixia army this time were definitely not simple, and he would use this move. He Chiwen just chased south five miles further south. Seeing that there was no shadow of the Xixia army, he immediately contacted Zhebei and Shuhutai and told them his thoughts.

"He Chiwen, what else do you have to think about? Go back immediately." Tshebe looked anxious. If Jamuha escaped, there would be no place for Qiyan tribe to stand on the grassland. People who surrounded Jamuha several times could actually be escaped by him. If this matter spreads, Qiyan tribe will become a laughing stock for others, and the warriors of Qiyan tribe will never be able to raise their heads in front of other tribes.

If you catch up with the horse for more than thirty miles, half an hour would be enough. From a distance, He Chiwen saw that the camp of Qiyan's tribe was quiet, and the big stone in his heart finally fell down. Fortunately, Jamuka was still surrounded.

But what can I do after I come back? The Khan's order made him and others chase southward, find the Xixia army, and fight with it, instead of being frightened by the nonsense. Once he went there, he ran for nearly seventy miles and after an hour of running, both soldiers and war horses needed a rest. When he came back just now, everyone was anxious and did not dare to delay at all. The whip kept falling on the horse's back, even if he didn't drive the horses up.

What to do now? This is a question in front of He Chiwen, Zhebe and Shuhu.
Chapter completed!