Chapter 498
"Han army also used armored horses?" Xu Lu Quan Qu Shanyu was a little surprised when he heard this news. It turned out that this was Ren Hongzang's killing move behind the array.
The Huns had seen heavy cavalry.
In those years when the Beiting Protectorate blocked the east and west, and the Huns and the Western world were unobstructed, the Shanyu envoys went to Anxi (Pathia). In addition to seeing the vastness of the place, they also saw the scene of Anxi heavy cavalry greeting each other. The Anxi cavalry was equipped with vests made of bronze and steel and human armor, which shone under the sun, which surprised the Huns envoys.
It is said that the Yuezhi people who ran to the hometown of Daxia Kingdom also began to use heavy armored cavalry imitating Persia. Every autumn, the Yuezhi heroes crossed the Xingdu Kush Mountain and ran to the south to be poisoned. The Daxia city-states were almost invincible. The Hun envoys looked at it in the West, and after returning to the Shanyu Court, he suggested that the Shanyu also engage in heavy cavalry imitating Anxi, but in the end they failed.
This is not a purely grassland tribe that can afford. After the Huns lost the Western Regions, their iron production was at least half reduced every year, and there were only a very small number of iron armor. People could only afford to wear leather and wood. How could they still equip horses?
But the wealthy Han people did not care about waste. No matter how they were, they were armed to their teeth. If Sun Qianwan and their Iron Man Army were "iron beasts", the armored cavalry was an iron rhino with four hooves. The movement and impact force doubled, and they crashed into the flock.
The Subu cavalry, which had been hit by the Jizhou soldiers, almost did not resist and was defeated by the diamond formations that stood in front of the Han army. The cavalry and spears that stabbed them in front of them were so intimidating that they suffered a great loss in terms of the potential energy of the collision. For a moment, the horses were overturned and were torn a big hole, allowing the three diamond formations from behind to calmly enter the Xiongnu position.
The horn shook the sky, with a hint of panic, the Huns realized the purpose of this army. In front of the Shanyu, the King Outuo, who was still resting, quickly boarded the horse again and organized his subordinates to try to stop it.
Thousands of Huns controlled the string and shot. As the enemy was getting closer, they shot very eagerly. Without getting the bow full, their thumbs loosened the string.
Duan Huizong ignored the light arrows flying over. The Tunqi Camp was reorganized and a large number of children from six counties were added. When he was in Chang'an, he relied on polo competition to select good riders. When he arrived in Yunzhong County, he practiced together. He often let the horses slapped on the training ground covered with deep grooves. After falling many times, these Hequ horses learned to run in small steps. With high saddle stirrups, the knights would sit very steadily even if they were heavily armored.
He observed the array left and right, controlling the overall situation, with the heads of horses surging everywhere. The four gate heads were not chaotic due to the attack of arrows. The array moved forward smoothly, and the arrows that flew forward hit the body of the armored cavalry but had no effect. The horse armor suffered most of the impact of the feather arrows. Occasionally, arrows hit the iron curtain surface, which made Duan Huizong feel pain in his face.
As the enemy got closer, Duan Huizong asked his entourage to raise the flag and the armored cavalry began to accelerate for the second time.
King Outuo seemed to see countless giant beasts rushing towards him, and his armor shone in the army. He felt cowardly. He ignored the Shanyu inside and outside the man behind him, and instinctively urged his horse to avoid the front of the charge of the armored cavalry.
When he ran, the left-wing Ou Tuo troops also ran. The four or five thousand Huns who were newly defeated by the Queyue Formation were already depressed and would collapse if they had a little turbulence. At this moment, they cooperated to avoid a cavalry hedge when the armored cavalry rushed over, avoiding a cavalry hedge.
Only after they blew like a gust of wind did King Outuo suddenly remember to fight again, howling and chasing him, but he was a distance away. Those who didn't know thought he was going to cooperate with the Han army to attack the Shanyu.
"Damn King Outuo!" This scene caused Xulu Quanqu Shanyu, who was watching the battle from afar, to curse. In this way, only three thousand Shanyu's personal guards were left on his hand to resist the Han army.
"Please leave for the time being!"
The left general Bo Xutang asked this, but refused by Shanyu. He knew that as soon as he ran, the battle would end.
Xulu Quanqu Shanyu endured his fear and had dealt with the horse for decades. He never expected that one day he would be afraid of the rumbling horse hooves, fearing the mud and smoke brought by the thousands of riders forward, so he forced himself to calm down and pointed at the armored cavalry: "General Zuo, block them!"
"The Han people are also weak, reinforcements are coming, and as long as the Han cavalry in front of you are blocking them, you can win!"
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The three thousand cavalry under the command of the Zuo General were elites of the Huns, with a armor rate of 100%. Although they were leather armor, their arrows and weapons were all iron soldiers, and most of them were selected by the tribes to protect the Great Shanyu.
Seeing that the Han people's armored cavalry were getting closer, General Zuo asked a thousand cavalry to line up in front of the white flag to protect the Shanyu from leaving at any time, and personally led two thousand cavalry to start moving forward. They were the loyal guards of the Shanyu, and they did not hesitate to use their own death to stop the Han people from breaking the formation!
"Change heavy arrows!"
After a hundred years of fighting with the Han army, the Huns also learned the secret to dealing with Han Jia, which was to make long arrow feathers with carved feathers and geese feathers, use pine wood as thick arrow shafts, and add heavy arrows that are heavier and thicker than light arrows, and shoot them with special horn bows with thick bow heads.
Such bows and arrows are powerless when shooting from a distance, but when shooting at close range, they have the power that is no less than a powerful crossbow!
The front row galloped out, these were the most exquisite riding masters. Under the cover of ordinary riders, they approached the Han army, who were slowly raising their horsepower, pulled their bows like a full moon, and the heavy arrow suddenly popped up. They hit the shoulder of a knight thirty or forty steps. This time they were not bounced away, but were embedded heavily into the armor, which made the knight scream and the horse spear in his hand was out of his hand.
As more and more heavy arrows were shot, the marching armored cavalry began to suffer casualties, and some of the horses were also fleeing. The entourage beside Duan Huizong was hit by heavy arrows flying away, and his feet were still put on stirrups. He was dragged around by his mount, and his helmet hit a stone on the ground and died of dizziness.
But whenever the armored horses fell down, someone would immediately fill up the rear. They were like a wall, moving unswervingly towards the white crow.
As they approached, General Left's hand was sweating a little. The Han army had already reached two hundred steps away, and the Arctic Cavalry was running a little slowly. They had already entered the Xiongnu position for two miles and broke through for two consecutive formations. The horses were too heavy to bear the impact of this speed.
But at this moment, the loyal entourage beside Duan Huizong raised the flag again, and the overtones of the horn sounded throughout the grassland. The small flags of each team should be directed to move forward diagonally, which was a signal of acceleration. The knights kicked the horse's abdomen with the iron spurs on the side of the boots. Generally speaking, they were reluctant to let it go. They would rather hurt themselves than let the horse feel wronged. After suffering pain, the already exhausted iron cavalry suddenly accelerated their pace again!
The armored cavalry was like a moving wall. The space for the Huns to move was getting smaller and smaller. Harassment and long-range shooting alone could not stop the Han army. General Zuo gritted his teeth and rushed forward with two thousand cavalry. They had to stop the Han people with their flesh and blood so that King Outuo would surround him and exhaust the opponent's strength in close combat.
"charge!"
Seeing the opponent's fight, Duan Huizong rushed his head with passion. He shook the flag for the last time and kicked the mount again, and all the pierced blood. The horse raised its speed to the highest level, and the wind whimpered in his ears. Thanks to the stirrup and the high saddle, he almost liberated his hands. In the row of people in front, they held a four-foot horse spear and slowly laid it flat under their elbows and armpits. They would serve as the main force to break the enemy. The second row was an eight-foot spear, and behind it was a ring-headed knife. Everyone stepped on the stirrups tightly and launched a charge!
The feudal army is incomparable to the modern cavalry wall-style charge. The training time is short, and the rushing is already a little scattered. Some cavalry can't find the officers, and they only subconsciously follow the people in front of them. But when they accelerated, the originally chaotic and dense sound of hooves slowly gathered into a rumbling sound, like a crack in snow mountains, or like a thunder from a distance to a near horizon. Thousands of caps undulate in the evening sun, and the white feathers swayed on their heads, as if they were as slow as the forest, and their speed was as fast as the wind!
The Han army's armored cavalry was in order, and the Huns were even more chaotic. Although the Zuo General and the Shanyu guards were determined to die, the Sagittarius who were only a few dozen steps apart were still trying to shoot heavy arrows. This relative speed caused more than a dozen Han army riders to be severely hit and fell off their horses, but it was useless.
No one can stop the armored cavalry, the golden swords and iron horses, and the aura is like a tiger!
The distance was fleeting, and with the neighing and roaring of the people on both sides, two turbid currents collided! Countless broken spears and broken blades with broken hands flew into the sky, and together they went to the sky were horses and rolling broken limbs and broken arms.
Time seemed to slow down. Duan Huizong's hideous iron curtain was reflected in the geese of a maroon-red Hun horse, and he also saw the beautiful and slender sharp horse spear stabbing.
It began to turn its head desperately without obeying the command and try to avoid it, but at this time there was no way out. It could only watch the iron-armored knight with a long horse spear in close contact with the owner on his body. The slightly trembling head broke through the leather and pierced heavily into Hu Qi's chest!
The flesh and flesh were broken, the bones were broken, and blood and lung fragments sputtered out. The terrified Hun cavalry were all taken away and fell off the horse, with a big hole in his stomach.
Duan Huizong did not stop and was still moving forward. Due to the impact, his arm was weakened. His horse spear was diagonally downward, stabbing another unlucky Hun horse rushing towards him, and another blood flower splashed.
The horse spear made of excellent wood showed amazing flexibility under the impact of gravity, piercing deeply into the horse's body, and then broke at a very twisted angle. The head of the spear was left in the body of the fallen Xiongnu horse, and the wood chips flew everywhere. Fortunately, Duan Huizong let go of his elbows and armpits at the last moment and was not taken out.
But in the blink of an eye, his horse met the third horse that followed, and his strength was relative. Although the war horse in heavy armor hit his fellow soldiers and broke the skull, his inertia also made Duan Huizong fly out and fall heavily in the chaotic battlefield!
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Except for a few unlucky people who were thrown away during the impact, the armored cavalry won a complete victory. More than half of the hundreds of Huns in the front row were killed and injured, and countless people were dismissed. After the remaining lucky people passed by the charge Han army, the number of people was already sparse. Before they could evacuate, the Han army deliberately landed behind the second team and urged the horses to rush up.
Similar things happened everywhere in the front line. The two thousand Shanyu personal guards were rushing into pieces by round after round of armored cavalry. But at least he won some time for King Outuo, and then he rushed from the left cavalry of the Han army to arrive. After riding the Han army's armored cavalry formation had dispersed and lost the space for impact, he roared around and tried to fight less.
But even in the melee of the enemy, the armored cavalry was not afraid at all. The ring knife made of steel-filled method was sharper than in the past. It was as easy to chop the body of the Huns as cutting tofu. The leather armor was vulnerable in front of it. On the contrary, the Huns' weapons were difficult to kill the bodies under the Mingguang armor or the armor.
The Han army only needed to hold the hilt tightly and gently wave it to bring out a bunch of blood mist - they were so skilled in doing this, just like playing polo in a flat and optimistic manner. Look at the head of the Huns, isn't it also round?
Not far away, the place where the collision was just now was full of corpses. Some of the fallen cavalry from both sides came to their senses and started fighting each other on the ground.
When Duan Huizong was dizzy, he found that his horse spear was completely broken and his ring-headed sword flew away. He could only lower his head and pick up the remaining soldiers scattered on the ground to fight against the Huns who rushed over.
Perhaps his body of bright light armor was too conspicuous, which attracted the attention of General Zuo Bo Xutang. The personal guards around General Zuo were also dispersed by the armored cavalry. He had no one to use it, and he could only join the battle. At this moment, he looked at Duan Huizong hatred, held the spear in his hand tightly, and began to urge the war horse to accelerate. The spear was holding it in his hand and stabbed it out!
Duan Huizong stabbed the remaining soldiers into the chest of a Hun. He heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. He shuddered and avoided the spear stabbed by General Zuo, which scared him into a cold sweat.
Before he could find the weapon, General Zuo turned around and aimed at the unarmed Duan Huizong, determined to win.
No, he has weapons!
Like the King of Qin who was shouting for the ministers "Wang Fu Jian", Duan Huizong was stunned for a moment before remembering that there was a sword, the "Shangshu Killing Horse Sword" given to General Ren by the emperor. General Ren let him bear it and asked him to raid the Shanyu with his armored cavalry and behead his head personally!
General Zuo was getting closer and there was no time left. Duan Huizong quickly untied his sword sheath and wanted to pull out the heavy sword with his right hand. It was so heavy! The speed of drawing the sword seemed particularly slow, and the sound of the friction between the sword body and the sword sheath made people feel sour. It was not until Duan Huizong used both hands to pull it out completely. General Zuo had already reached ten steps, and raised his hand with the spear back, and was about to send a fatal blow!
Duan Huizong dragged his long sword and took a step forward. As the two sides were about to contact each other, one inch long and one inch stronger, the other party was still right away. He suffered a great loss. General Zuo's spear aimed at his chest!
At the critical moment, Duan Huizong's body suddenly lowered. General Zuo's spear passed by and picked it away. For a moment, sparks splattered everywhere. Duan Huizong, who was bent down, did not care about his bleeding scalp, held the horse-slashing sword in both hands, and swept it violently, cutting off the two front legs of General Zuo's horse directly!
The Shangshu's Horse Slaying Sword was made of steel and was even more sharp than the average ring-headed sword. The war horse lost its front hooves and knelt down dejectedly. General Zuo was thrown out high and smashed to a stone ground, and his chest was hurt.
Before he could turn over, Duan Huizong rushed over a few steps, raised the Shangshu's horse-slaying sword high, aimed at the back of General Zuo, and stabbed it in with a thunderous sound, accompanied by his scream, and then suddenly sent it in!
Blood was vomited out, and General Zuo died on the spot.
Duan Huizong knelt on the ground tiredly, and arrows kept shooting on his armor. He only held the Sword of the Horse and tried to get himself up again. After looking around, he found that the impact had turned into a melee.
Five or six thousand Huns who came from all over the place surrounded the thousand-armored cavalry in the middle. Although they could do anything to them for a while, it was impossible to break the distance and attack. The Shanyu's eagle-feathered white flag was just two or three hundred steps away, and he could even see the big Shanyu's panic expression!
Duan Huizong hated him, is there no chance?
No, there is still!
After screaming, Duan Huizong turned around and saw the group of soldiers who bullyed the weak and feared the strong again scattered like panic rabbits. They were attacked by an arrow curtain behind them.
A group of cavalrymen following the armored cavalry came over. More than 2,000 cavalry broke through the road and blocked the road. Queen Outu ignored the trapped armored cavalry and rushed straight towards the eagle feather white crow!
It was the Five Origins National Cavalry led by Zhao Han'er, and it was also the last ace in Ren Hongzang's array. He didn't see the rabbit or show the eagle, and just waited for the Shanyu reserve team to come out at this moment!
What Ren Hong trusts the most is his old subordinates.
Zhao Han'er tightly clamped the horse's belly, curled the bow, and led the cavalry of the vassal state to launch a raid on the eagle-feathered white flag.
"Atila!"
The Hu cavalry under his command shouted in the Huns that Zhao Han'er was jokingly taken by Ren Hong when he was assigned to pretend to be a Huns many years ago, but he was used as a pseudonym today.
"Atila, you will destroy the Huns here!"
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Chapter completed!