Chapter 226 Defeat the Huns(1/2)
The appearance of the Qin army was really beyond everyone's expectations!
Who would have thought that the Qin army would appear in this Donghu territory at this time?
You should know that Qin wants to reform and implement new policies, which is said to be in trouble. Moreover, in recent years, Qin has not had any disputes with Donghu. At this time, Qin actually sent troops to Donghu?
How is this possible!
But, in front of you, those black flags in the sky, who else could it be if they were not Qin army?
At this moment, everyone, whether it was the Donghu people or the Huns, showed horror and astonishment, because this was really too unexpected, and it was even a bit incredible.
When everyone saw the dark Qin army, their eyes looked like they saw a ghost.
Some people even doubted whether their eyes were wrong, and rubbed their eyes hard, for fear that they would read it wrong.
Yes, its appearance is truly elusive.
The Donghu people are fine, after all, the Donghu is over. When the Qin army comes, the consequences will not be much worse.
But for Maodun and the Huns, this was a matter that scared and despaired.
You know, the Huns have always been enemies of Qin, and now that the Qin army suddenly attacks from the rear, how can everyone not be surprised?
Especially Maodun, as soon as he saw the black flag, he almost fell off the horse's back.
Because at this time when Donghu surrendered, the victory of destroying Donghu was already in front of us. As long as these remaining soldiers of Donghu were captured, the grasslands, population, and livestock of Donghu would all be the spoils of the Huns.
But……
At this time, the Qin army appeared inexplicably. Can the fruit of victory in the battle against Donghu still belong to them?
Thinking of this, Maodun almost spurted out his old blood. He never dreamed that such a change would occur when victory was in sight!
He was both panicked and worried.
This battle with Donghu is related to his future status in the Huns, and also to the future rise and fall of the Huns.
"Quick, hurry, the front team becomes the back team, prepare to face the enemy!"
While ordering the army to respond, Maodun rushed from the back to the front while fighting horses.
At this time, he probably realized that the Qin army had about 30,000 people, and the number was almost the same as that of his Hun army, which gave him a little comfort.
Seeing the Hun army's chaotic appearance, he quickly said, "Don't panic, don't panic! The Qin army has only 30,000 people. We are warriors on the grassland. When it comes to cavalry and shooting, we will definitely defeat them!"
After he shouted, the riotous Hun army was indeed much calmer.
Maodun is indeed right. Although in recent years, the Qin army has defeated the Huns continuously. However, it is not that the Huns are weaker than the Qin army, but because there are more Qin soldiers, and 300,000 to 100,000, the Huns have to retreat to the north of Yinshan.
At this time, the Qin army in front of us had the same number of people, and they were all cavalry. Whether it was cavalry or cavalry, it can be said that the Qin army was at a disadvantage. Therefore, as long as there was no accident in this battle, it would not be defeated or even a great victory could be achieved.
Although he said this, Maodun was extremely worried in his heart.
Because the Qin army has always been on the expedition, it has been hundreds of thousands of troops, but only 30,000 cavalrymen are coming, which is very abnormal.
If the Qin army had a large army behind, then I would be really finished today.
Moreover, Maodun had another concern, that is, at this time, the Hun army turned around to fight the Qin army, and there were more than 10,000 Donghu remnants behind him. If more than 10,000 Donghu people suddenly came from the rear and attacked each other from the front and back, the consequences would be unimaginable!
However, at this time, worrying is useless.
He could only comfort himself that nothing would be the worst.
In this way, there is still hope for everything.
At this time, the Qin army was approaching and shouted loudly: "The warriors of the Huns, kill for our victory and for the future of the Huns!"
Suddenly, 30,000 cavalry rushed up to the Qin cavalry with the black flags all over the sky...
At the same time, the Qin army.
When Li Yang saw clearly that it was the Huns' army that was rushing over, he was overjoyed.
The information is indeed correct, the Huns' army is really in Donghu!
It seems that today is going to get a big bargain!
“Wowhaha…”
Li Yang laughed a few times, and immediately ordered Han Xin: "Give me a blow!"
"Here!"
Han Xin received the order, then Qin Jian pulled out and roared: "Impact!"
Suddenly, the 30,000 Qin cavalry rushed forward and rushed towards the Hun cavalry...
Li Yang knew that he should directly attack against the Hun cavalry, because the Qin army could not compare to these nomadic peoples by cavalry and shooting.
In history, when they were also fighting against the Huns, why did Li Guang's entire army be wiped out, while Wei Qing and Huo Qubing won a great victory?
The root cause is actually a tactical problem. People like Li Guang, who grew up in northern border counties for generations and were familiar with animal husbandry, used tactics to ride and shoot. However, the Han army at that time could not compete with the Huns in riding and shoot, so Emperor Wu of Han sent a large-scale cavalry force to attack the Huns for the first time, ending with a crushing defeat. A total of 40,000 Han troops in the four routes lost nearly half, indicating that traditional cavalry tactics were difficult to fight against the Huns.
In the later attack, Wei Qing quickly explored the new cavalry tactical principles, and did not compete with the Huns to cavalry and shoot from a long distance, but transplanted the frontal charge tactics commonly used by the Central Plains infantry, and used hand-to-hand combat to offset the Huns' cavalry and shoot advantage, which led to a great victory.
Similarly, Meng Tian’s tactics against the Hun cavalry were also hand-to-hand combat. The Great Wall camp had 300,000 troops, only 100,000 cavalry, and the remaining 200,000 were all infantry. Therefore, when the Hetao area was recovered, the cavalry was just a non-main force that was mobile and supported.
As a time traveler, Li Yang naturally would not be stupid enough to use his own shortcomings to deal with the strengths of the enemy.
What's more, now all of his 30,000 cavalry are equipped with stirrups and saddles, which is more conducive to impact tactics. The cavalry is highly stable on the horse's back, and at the same time, they also free their hands and can use great power to cut and kill.
It is without doubt that as long as the Qin cavalry rushed into the Xiongnu cavalry's formation, it would be crushing.
Han Xin rushed over with 30,000 cavalry, while Li You's five thousand feather forests remained in place to protect Li Yang.
In fact, Li You also wanted to kill the enemy and make achievements, but he knew that the dean was very afraid of death and would definitely not agree to the Yulin Army who also participated in the rush, so he couldn't help but feel depressed.
On the vast grassland, the cavalry of the two sides combined a total of 60,000 troops were running wildly on the grassland.
The momentum can be described as the earth shaking the mountain. The earth can feel the trembling slightly under the horse's hooves.
Five hundred meters!
Four hundred meters!
Three hundred meters!
"Let me!" Han Xin shouted!
Suddenly, with a "swoosh", the Qin crossbows were released, and the dense black dots formed by arrows in the sky pierced the Huns' cavalry...
In an instant, the Huns rushed to the front and fell off their horses and fell down.
The horse's neighing and screaming were endless.
Maodun was almost shot by Qin crossbow, and his face was pale in fear.
More importantly, his army had not shot a single arrow, and thousands of casualties were killed or injured, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.
However, he was considered an amazing leader, surprised, but he calmly issued an order: "The whole army is scattered, and the cavalry and shooting the enemy!"
After saying that, 30,000 Hun cavalry instantly dispersed left and right, preparing to launch a cavalry and shooting tactic against the Qin army.
However, what surprised Maodun was that the 30,000 cavalry of the Qin army continued to rush forward, and even threw away the Qin crossbow, they picked up long halberds and short swords, crushed towards their own team...
The poor Hun cavalry took a bow and pulled an arrow and shot it out, and then they saw the black Qin cavalry crashing towards him.
Long halberds penetrated directly into the chest, and then followed the rushing momentum and was directly stabbed off the horse by the long halberd.
Some Hun cavalry had only time to see a flash of black shadows, and then a spontaneous rotation, and a head flew into the sky...
What's even more tragic is that when some Hun cavalry saw the Qin army rushing over, they abandoned their bows and picked up swords and fought against each other.
However, they were frightened to find that the Qin army rushing over suddenly stood up from the running horse, stood upright, held the sword in both hands, and slashed down with awesomeness.
The Hun cavalry held the reins with one hand and stabilized their bodies, and could only use the weapons to block them with one hand, and the result was obvious.
Standing on the stirrup with both feet, the whole body stood upright, holding weapons in both hands, and slashing down from high ground, how could the Hun cavalry stop such power?
Countless Hun cavalry were just a short handover and were immediately chopped off by the huge force of the Qin army!
What is this... what's going on?
Seeing this scene, Maodun was shocked!
How could the Qin army stand upright from the running horse?
How can they hold swords in both hands and kill?
Mao Dun looked horrified and horrified, and looked disbelief.
Because he couldn't understand how the Qin army did it!
At this time, the Qin cavalry stood upright on the horse's back, holding up the Qin sword with both hands. It looked like a group of devils rushing out of hell, harvesting lives in the Huns' team...
Not only did Maodun's eyes wide open, but all the Hun generals were full of incredible and shock.
As nomads, they naturally know how unrealistic it is to stand upright on the horse's back and kill with weapons in their hands.
And all this could be done by the Qin army?
Just in this brief moment of daze, a Hun general exclaimed: "Look! Theirs are loaded immediately, they can stand on that foot!"
Maodun saw that it was indeed the case.
To be continued...