"Woo——" the horn sounded.
The dense arrows flew out, and the first ones they aimed at were the cavalry who were riding around and shooting.
Soon, the soldiers fired their loaded crossbows and faced the Hun infantry coming from the front.
How can the light cavalry have any decent armor? A piece of leather armor would be great, let alone iron armor!
Therefore, the impact caused by crossbows is very impressive.
Just now, the soldiers of the government fired one round of individual crossbows, and the silver spear soldiers fired three rounds of bows. Not only did they drive away the cavalry archers, but they also shot down the Hun soldiers who were dismounted and fighting on foot.
After shooting the crossbows, most of the people picked up spears, heavy swords, large shields, ring-headed knives, long-handled axes, wooden shafts and other equipment, and stood solemnly behind the antlers and baggage carts.
Only a small number of soldiers with superior arm strength were still holding their bows, preparing to wait for the enemy to get closer and shoot arrows in a more labor-saving way.
The first wave of Huns soldiers had already rushed over, and they could even be seen clearly.
Some of them had their hair braided, some had their hair tied, and some even had their hair braided—obviously, not all of them were true Huns, or most of them had mixed beards.
The battle begins immediately.
Wu Changji held up the hook and sickle spear that hooked the horse's legs, and directly hooked the enemy's head over. Commander Zhao Huai raised the knife and dropped it, and his head fell to his feet with a "bang".
A spear came from the opposite side, but the shield could not protect it, and it passed by Zhao Huai's ear.
The man next to him immediately stabbed the opponent, hitting the enemy's throat.
Unexpectedly, a man with infinite strength came from the opposite side. With the roar of the wind, the wooden raft swept down two people and hit the third man on the head. The man fell down without saying a word.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew and hit the strong man right in the face.
The strong man screamed in pain and stretched out his hand to pull the arrow shaft. A ring-headed knife next to him slashed his arm, almost breaking it at the elbow.
Another spear came from the Xiongnu side, which was covered by a large shield.
A long ax fell from the sky and directly knocked down the person who stabbed the spear.
The scenes of hand-to-hand combat inside and outside the antlers happened one after another, and it was very bloody.
People on both sides continued to fall down, their blood pooled together, and their feet made a clicking sound when they stepped on it.
Jin San held up a heavy rifle, first swept across it, and directly swung away three or four spears. The two people on the left and right stepped forward quickly, and then drew back the spears with one thrust, and then thrust them again.
Within a few breaths, four people had been stabbed to death.
A heavily armored Huns rushed in with a roar, completely ignoring the open door in front of his chest, and only waved a heavy halberd, knocking down one person in an instant, and then trampled on him again, with the sharp halberd blade slicing across his body.
Blood spurted out from the throat of the Silver Spear soldier.
"Ah!" Just as he continued to rush forward, he was shot once on the instep and knee, and fell to his knees in pain.
"Huh!" Chang Ke's ax swept across and almost cut off half of his neck.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew in a cunning way, and the veteran of the Silver Spear Army who was wielding his long ax just now was hit by the arrow and fell to the ground on his back.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The archers of the Silver Spear Army quickly discovered the man who was suddenly throwing cold arrows. They picked up their bows and arrows from left to right and killed him instantly.
After the five hundred soldiers fired another round of crossbows, the Xiongnu cavalry archers could not bear the casualties and fled away one after another.
Chang Can didn't hesitate at all, ordered to abandon the crossbow and use his sword, crossed the antlers, and surrounded him from the left and right wings.
There were still about two thousand Huns who had rushed forward, and they were extremely crowded.
The people in front of me kept falling down, while the people behind me stepped forward bravely, looking crazy.
This battle was completely exhausting for them. Even if they exchanged a few people for the other side's life, it was still worth it.
Moreover, they had no way to retreat. Two hundred steps away from the rear, there were 3,000 authentic Xiongnu cavalry from the five divisions arrayed to supervise the battle. If they retreated without fighting, these people would really dare to charge directly.
The soldiers who were outflanking from the left and right used the word "quick", and after rushing into the crowd, they slashed and swept with their heavy swords without stopping.
And their actions finally made the Huns infantry calm down from their madness.
The people in front were at a loss and were still killing each other with the Silver Spear Army, while the people behind had already started to retreat and fled backwards.
The soldiers of the government did not care about the fleeing enemy troops, and only surrounded them to the rear. They attacked front and back with the Silver Spear Army and killed the Huns who could not escape one by one.
The Hun cavalry made some movement and slowly began to accelerate.
But in the end, they saved a hand and did not really rush to kill the defeated troops. Instead, they bypassed the two sides and rushed towards the Jin army.
But after such a delay, it was already too late to catch the soldiers who had crossed the formation.
They retreated from the gap, and the Silver Spear archers came forward and fired a volley.
The Huns cavalry threw dozens of corpses angrily and retreated.
The place became quiet again.
At a distance of just two hundred steps, countless bodies of men and horses lay scattered.
On both wings of the antlers array, there were two to three hundred corpses of Hun horse archers lying on each side. No one cleaned them from morning to noon.
The wind howled and whimpered, as if singing an elegy for the victims on both sides.
Liu Li, the king of Anyang in the Han Dynasty, was stationed at Gaopo and looked at everything in front of him speechlessly.
It's no use!
It's really useless!
Three thousand light cavalry dismounted and fought on foot, and were smashed into pieces.
He could clearly see that there were only more than 2,000 soldiers on the opposite side. They were capable of long-range shooting and close combat. They were all wearing armor and cooperated tacitly.
Let alone 3,000 men, double that and 6,000 men wouldn't be able to break through - unless they were 6,000 well-trained heavy armored infantry.
But where would all this heavy armored infantry come from?
The Han Dynasty does have elite infantry who are good at fighting, but they are the Yulin and Huben soldiers who protect the emperor. They should still be under Da Sikong Huyanyi's tent at this time. It is not known whether they have left Dayang.
The only infantrymen near Luoyang are Zhao Gu and Wang Mi.
The former is a strong man from Wubao, and his combat power is not strong to begin with.
The latter was defeated three times in two years. After finally training a few people, they were immediately killed and their bodies were everywhere. When will they grow into elite soldiers?
Infantry can't do it, only cavalry, which means they can walk on one leg, which is really not good.
Fortunately, the Jin army also walked on one leg, and their cavalry could not.
If he had to choose, Liu Li would choose cavalry. He would fight when he wanted to fight and leave when he didn't want to. He was very proactive.
Unfortunately, Liu Li's cavalry has now lost the initiative. They must fight and cannot leave.
The third round of attack begins...
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On the west bank of Jianshui, the battle ended very early.
The moment the armored cavalry rushed out, the Huns' light cavalry decisively gave up the charge and scattered in all directions, trying to use their speed to kill the Jin's armored cavalry.
The Qingqi led by Duan Xiong did not give them this chance. A fierce charge directly scattered the Huns' Qingqi who tried to gather.
The armored cavalry turned around and ravaged the Xiongnu troops, just like a dump truck crashing into the crowd. Wherever it passed, corpses were strewn across the field, which was too horrible to see.
They repeatedly attacked twice, until a group of Huns' light cavalry made a large circle and tried to encircle them, and then quickly retreated to the camp, under the protection of infantry and crossbows.
After a while, Duan Xiong also returned with the light cavalry.
The battle is effectively over.
There were less than 4,000 light cavalry on the west bank of Jianshui River, plus 4,000 to 5,000 to 5,000 Zhao Gu's infantry who were temporarily transferred. They were completely unable to defeat the thousands of Jin troops in the camp.
How can we continue to fight this battle?
In the afternoon, Wang Mi also climbed to a high slope and overlooked the battlefield.
He just arrived.
After receiving the order, they selected more than 3,000 infantrymen who could ride horses and traveled through the starry night to the west bank of Jianshui.
When he heard that Shao Xun's troops were to be surrounded and annihilated by more than 10,000 troops, he was both excited and a little scared.
Once I heard about the composition of the troops, I immediately gave up.
He really wasn't jealous of Zhao Gu.
The Huns now grant high positions to every Jin general and scholar who is willing to surrender. Even Wubao commander like Zhao Gu can become a general with a high title. Can he be jealous?
The quality of Zhao Gu's soldiers and horses reminded Wang Mi of himself in May last year, which was really not good.
Letting them attack the veteran fortress that has been in battle for a long time is simply seeking death.
To be honest, this is a siege battle, and you can still exchange the lives of your own people for the lives of the other party's veterans. If it were a field battle, you would be beaten to a pulp, and you wouldn't be able to exchange many lives of the other party at all.
The reason why the Shao thieves were unwilling to fight in the field was simply because they were concerned about the presence of the Huns' cavalry, or they were eager to cross the river and did not want to risk entangled with them on the west bank.
Otherwise, Zhao Gu's thousands of people would have been left alone in this field today.
I won’t fight this battle!
The total number of soldiers is less than 20,000. If we kill and injure several thousand more, the capital will be even less. What the heck!
A new round of offensive began on the other side of the river.
Wang Mishi looked at it with joy.
After this great battle, the imperial court should understand the importance of infantry, right? Should it strengthen infantry training?
The opportunity might come, hehe.
The general Wang Mi did not move, and the generals Cao Yi, Xu Miao, Gao Liang and others understood and knew that the servant wanted to conserve his strength, so they talked and laughed and looked at the deer on the other side, who was hit twice in front of the cart and suffered a bloody head.
The Huns did not regard them as friendly troops at all.
Soon, the commander on the west bank of Jianshui River, King Liu Rui of Xichang, sent people to urge them to go out to fight.
"How harsh is the envoy!" Wang Mi did not say anything. Cao Yi observed his words and refuted the situation first: "Our army traveled day and night and arrived this morning. We are not strong enough and have no energy. Why do we go to battle?"
"Zhao Anbei's troops have already attacked two formations, but you are just sitting here and watching. Is it okay?" The envoy pointed at the strong men of Wubao who were trying their best to attack the Jin army's camp, and asked: "The king of Chu sent the king's servants to come here.
It’s not just for watching the battle.”
Wang Mi still didn't speak, only looking at the fighting Jin and Han armies.
Zhao Gu's main force is not here. I don't know which Wubao commander was sent here. This can be regarded as the second attack. He reluctantly entered the vicinity of the camp. Both sides fought with spears and halberds, powerful crossbows, and hard bridges and hard horses.
After a while, the guards could no longer hold it anymore, leaving hundreds of corpses behind and retreated hastily.
The Jin cavalry attacked again, and even the infantry rushed out of the camp, shouting for a fierce battle.
"No, the army has been defeated. Give me the order to retreat five miles to regroup." Wang Mi was "shocked" and ordered.
Cao Yi and others understood and immediately went to deliver the order.
The messenger was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he cursed loudly. Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he could only leave in anger.
Almost at the same time, the Huns army on the other side of the river also collapsed, leaving hundreds of dead bodies again.
By now, they had lost nearly 3,000 troops, and their morale could no longer be maintained.
The sun gradually moved westward. Wang Mi, who was retreating, turned his head and took a look. The Jin army had already begun to gather soldiers, equipment, chariots and horses, and began to cross the river in a swagger.
There were nearly 20,000 Huns on foot in Jianshui. They just looked at them stupidly, helpless.
When the sun completely set in the west, the Jin army had all gathered together and marched into the ancient city of Han Henan.
The Xiongnu cavalry dispersed in a flurry and disappeared into the night.
Chapter completed!