Liu Cong did not hesitate to lead the 30,000 cavalry under his command to the Jin army's cavalry. He did not believe it. With the Jin army's small strength, what kind of waves could it make?
He accepted this great achievement of killing the enemy!
As one of the old Xiongnu nobles, even though the Xiongnu have disappeared and become Yuan Meng, Liu Cong and others still have the sense of honor that a Xiongnu warrior should have.
After all, when the Xiongnu were at their peak, they could not bully the Han people. Although since the rise of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han people have bullied the Xiongnu!
But in the hearts of people like Liu Cong, both the Han people in the past and the Jin people now are just objects of robbery for them.
However, due to the strength of the Jin army, there were very few opportunities for them to plunder. Even if they plundered, they could only attack some small villages and towns on the border. If they went a little deeper, once they encountered the Jin
The army's soldiers and horses will be unpredictable at that time.
This time, the enemy army came to the grassland, came to their home ground, and wiped out this soldier and horse. When your majesty's reinforcements arrived, the two soldiers and horses merged and rushed into Liangzhou.
Do some looting.
It had been many years since they could only pick out some small towns and villages in the corners of the country, and they could not really penetrate into the prosperous places of the Han people and plunder them.
As one of the knowledgeable people in the grassland, Liu Cong can also see the benefits to both sides of mutual trade on the border, but this still does not affect his continued thoughts of plunder.
Mutual trading is exchange, and the money is made by the merchants, but robbery is a business without capital!
The Jin cavalry, on the other hand, rode on their horses with calm expressions and said nothing, concentrating on controlling their horses and rushing toward the enemy.
"Fire the arrow!"
Liu Cong shouted loudly, and many good cavalrymen on the grassland bent their bows and set arrows. Each arrow was like a meteor piercing the darkness, shooting at the Jin cavalry.
This is the only trouble in fighting on the grassland. Everyone on the other side, whether they are regular soldiers who have been trained for a long time or herders who have been summoned temporarily, have the ability to ride and shoot.
However, it was difficult for the cavalry of the Jin Dynasty or the cavalry of other Han princes to achieve mounted shooting, and only the elite battalions could do this.
However, each prince in the elite camp only has a few people in his hands, but everyone on the other side can ride and shoot.
As a result, the two sides have not even begun to engage in hand-to-hand combat, but they have already been consumed by the enemy. If they meet those stubborn generals, they will not even engage you in hand-to-hand combat, but will give full play to kiting tactics and completely eliminate you.
in remote.
The key point is that whether it is the cavalry of the Jin army or the cavalry of other princes of the Han army, it is really difficult to outrun those people on the grassland.
After all, the reason why the Han cavalry can fight with the grassland cavalry is because although the opponent's riding skills are superior, their equipment is superior.
Good equipment represents a certain weight, and the heavier the weight it can bear, the harder it will be to outrun those brats on the grassland.
Boo hoo hoo…
Arrows pierced the air one after another and shot into the Jin army's cavalry formation.
However, Dou Xian did not panic at this time. Instead, he calmly issued orders through the generals around him.
As the order was issued, the soldiers at the front raised their arms one after another, with a small arm shield protecting them in front of them.
Since the arm shield is called an arm shield, its size is naturally extremely small, and the protective area is naturally not much larger. However, there is no need to protect their entire body, as long as it can protect the key points.
Of course, after all, they only have one arm shield, which is good enough to protect the heart and vital parts of the chest. If any unlucky guy is shot in the face, there's nothing we can do!
Or maybe some unlucky guy has weak willpower and falls off his horse due to injury, then there is nothing you can do about it!
However, overall, although many soldiers were injured, the number of casualties was still within control.
After all, the Central Plains still has an advantage in equipment compared to the grasslands, and the armor coverage rate is not comparable to that of the grasslands. On the grasslands, although the battle bows of the Yuan and Mongolian regular armies have been improved, their technology in this area is definitely second to none.
However, the herdsmen on the grassland still use the same old bows and arrows, and most of them are even bone arrows. Even if Yuanmeng discovered an iron mine, iron is still a strategic material, and it is fully guaranteed for military use. It is impossible for the herdsmen to equip them with bows and arrows.
Up iron arrow.
Although it is impossible for the Jin cavalry to wear iron armor, and at best they can only wear leather armor, the protection of key parts has been strengthened, giving them another layer of protection. They may not be able to prevent the bows and arrows of the Yuan and Meng regular armies, but if they are just ordinary herdsmen
As for the bows and arrows, the key protective parts of the armor of these soldiers still have a very strong protective effect. Even the herdsmen of Yuanmeng can pierce the armor with one arrow.
Unfortunately, two-thirds of this Yuan-Meng army were grassland herdsmen, not regular Yuan-Meng soldiers.
"Throw the gun!"
When the distance between the two parties reached a certain level, Dou Xian suddenly gave an order.
It is indeed impossible for the Jin Army to compare with Yuan Meng in terms of riding and shooting ability, but it doesn’t matter. Who said the Jin Army is rich? If they can’t match you technically, then they will just spend money on you!
Since soldiers cannot mount a bow and draw an arrow while riding a horse, they can still throw a javelin.
Among the princes in the world, and among the grassland forces, which one dares to include the javelin as a standing weapon like the Jin army? Although other princes or grassland forces also use javelins, they only use them once in a while at most.
They will not be included in the standing weapons of a certain army.
The iron resources needed to make a javelin can be used to make several bows and arrows!
Yuan Meng had used a javelin before when he was fighting at the iron mine where he was discovered, but Yuan Meng's javelin was a wooden javelin. In order to ensure the lethality, a layer of iron sheet was added to the tip of the javelin to maximize the damage.
save resources.
But the Jin army was different. Although it was impossible to regard the entire javelin as being made of iron, the soldiers would not be able to throw it very far. But although the body of the javelin was made of wood, the head
But it's actually made of iron.
Moreover, coupled with the fact that the Yuanmeng herdsmen do not even have the most basic armor, after these javelins are projected, as long as they can hit, it is likely to be a series of two or even a series of three results.
"Prepare!"
"Draw your sword and kill!"
The cavalry of the two armies approached quickly and collided in the blink of an eye.
After both sides carried out their own long-range strikes, they finally entered a state of hand-over.