Arrows are like locusts, covering the sky and the earth.
Thousands of Yuezhi cavalry rushed towards the Qin army's chariot formation. They did not expect that behind the chariot shields there were also loaded crossbowmen, so there was no way to take any precautions.
Under the volley of thousands of arrows, the Yuezhi cavalry who rushed at the front were shot over.
The man was thrown onto his back and the horse was struck, and the screams of the man and the neighing of the horse were intertwined.
What is even more frightening is that the cavalry in front was shot over, and the cavalry behind who were not shot could not slow down enough, and directly trampled on their compatriots and overturned horses, or fell to the ground, or the horses jumped over
The obstacle that fell to the ground rushed towards the car wall again.
From the gaps in the car wall, spears poked out one after another, like a forest of guns standing upright.
The heavy-headed cavalry rammed into it, causing the wall of the carriage to shudder, and then was pierced through with a spear.
More horses neighed in fright and stopped, not daring to break through.
The Yuezhi people on horseback symbolically shot an arrow at the wall of the Qin army's chariot. The bone-clustered arrow was blocked by the large shield and was of no use.
The Yuezhi cavalry hurriedly cheered, pulled the war horse, turned the horse's head and walked back.
At this time, the crossbowmen behind the chariot shield who had missed their arrows had long been replaced. The new Qin army crossbowman, holding the strung crossbow machine, once again fired at the fleeing Yuezhi cavalry.
This time, the Yuezhi cavalry had their backs turned to them, and they were even less protective. In the blink of an eye, they were shot over again.
"fear!"
The Yuezhi people surrounding the Qin army's chariot formation all had frightened expressions on their faces.
In the limited knowledge of most Yuezhi people, they have never seen such a strange fighting method.
The Qin people gathered their chariots into a fortress, with spears spread across the outside, and archers and crossbowmen lurking behind the shield wall. They were not afraid of fighting from far or near.
It looks like a hedgehog covered with spikes, with its soft body curled up in the middle, and all the exposed spikes are piercing spikes. How can they, the hunting wolves, bite?
In just one trial, hundreds of men and horses were killed or injured.
"Qin people are so bad!"
The face of Guishuang Jihou was distorted and he cursed fiercely.
He had already seen that the Qin army had deliberately shown weakness and tempted the Yuezhi people to launch a large-scale test, causing them considerable losses.
"Father, the car formation is difficult to break. We might as well retreat and look for opportunities to attack later."
Sujatha was on the side admonishing her. She felt her eyelids twitching just looking at the Qin army's car formation, feeling that this thing was really not easy to mess with.
The face of Guishuang Jihou was uncertain.
The Yueshi have similar customs to the Xiongnu. When they lose a battle, they are not ashamed to run away. If they see that they cannot defeat them, they just evacuate.
But the Marquis of Guishuang was very unwilling.
He came here in good spirits, will he return in disgrace?
At this time, a war horse ran from the front line. The knight on it was Lajia Gu, the eldest son of the Marquis of Guishan.
Just now it was Lajiagu who commanded the Yuezhi cavalry to test the Qin army's chariot formation. Now he was coming over to discuss the strategy of defeating the enemy with the Marquis of Guishan. When he got closer, he heard Sujiasha's words.
Lajia Gu growled: "Can't retreat!"
He said to the Guishan Jihou: "Father, this battle plan with the Qin army was made by our Kushan tribe. The two Jihou also obeyed his father's orders. The reason why they cooperated is because they believed that their father could
Defeating the Qin Army's grain transport team and winning the final victory will allow Shuangmi and Xiumi to obtain a large number of slaves, armor, and supplies."
"The current situation is the same as the previous plan. The main force of the Qin army has been led away, and the remaining civilians transporting food are surrounded by my Yuezhi army of 70,000. This is the best opportunity."
"If we can't even defeat the civilians transporting food for the Qin army, can my father still be able to defend this lush pasture? Can he still command Shuangmi and Xiumi?"
"Father, you are the Marquis of Guishuang! You are a man who wants to be a king!"
Lajiagu said the last words very low, and only Kushan Jihou and Sujiasha could hear them.
The body of Guishuang Jihou trembled, his eyes bulged slightly, and a ferocious expression appeared on his face.
"You're right, we can't retreat!"
The Marquis of Guishuang turned his head and looked at the Qin army's chariot base not far away. What he saw in his eyes was no longer the Qin people's grain transport team, but the stairs leading to the throne.
The Guishan tribe is the strongest among the five tribes of Xihou below the Yuezhi royal court.
The strength of his tribe is only slightly weaker than that of the Yuezhi King, or even about the same. Therefore, the Guishuang Jihou of all dynasties had the ambition to "replace him".
However, because the Yuezhi King had the support of several other Xihous, the Kushan tribe had ambitions but did not dare to implement them.
The King of the Yuezhi knew this very well, and suppressed the Kushan tribe overtly and covertly, making their life in Hexi very unsatisfactory, and there was discord between the two sides.
So when the Xihou of Guishuang heard that the Xiongnu chanyu had been severely wounded by the Qin people, which caused chaos within the Xiongnu and left the land of Henan empty, he took the opportunity to invite the Xihou of Xumi to invade this lush pasture.
As a result, their Kushan tribe could get rid of the oppression of the Yuezhi King and occupy a better pasture to multiply their tribes.
Secondly, he took the opportunity to form an alliance with Marquis Xiumi and brought the other party into his camp.
As the Qin people sent a large army to invade Henan, they wanted to seize this pasture.
While the Marquis of Kushan City felt threatened, he also discovered a great opportunity.
He lured Marquis Shuangmixi with the conditions of dividing the pasture and sharing the Qin slaves, equipment and supplies after victory, thus winning himself a new ally.
In Guishang Jihou's plan, as long as they defeat the Qin army, they can not only obtain a large number of Qin slaves, weapons and equipment, greatly increasing the tribe's strength, but also through interests and marriages, they can completely unite the Xiumi and Shuangmi tribes.
Become your own support.
At that time, he only needs to use the reputation of defeating the Qin army and use some of the benefits to win over the remaining two princes.
If all the Xihous join forces, the Yuezhi can change their family and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Guishuang Xihous to replace them with the king.
He has longed for this, and even often imagined that if he could become the king of the Yuezhi, he would remove the name of the Yuezhi, change it to the name of Kushan, and build a large Kushan empire.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But now, the Qin Army's grain transport team formed a vehicle formation full of spikes, making it difficult for him to get off.
Just like his son said, once he retreats, it means that he will never be able to stand up in front of Shuangmi Xihou and Xumi Xihou.
It was he who made the battle plan, and it was he who said that the Qin Army's grain transport team was all unarmed farmers and easy to fight.
Now the main force of the Qin army has been led away by Shuangmi Xihou, giving him and Xumi Xihou a perfect opportunity to attack the Qin army's grain transport team with 70,000 cavalry. In this case, if the charge fails in one round, they will retreat directly.
, what else can you do to convince people?
Why should people listen to him? After returning, Marquis Shuangmixi will probably run away with his people.
On the grassland, the strong are worshiped and the weak are despised. The loser is not worthy of being the king!
"Father, I have just seen it. Although the Qin army's chariot formation has long-range crossbows and spear attacks, there will be a short gap after the crossbows are fired, and our warriors can also use bows and arrows to suppress them. Our warriors only need to
After one round of shooting, you can rush to the front of the car formation."
"The Qin army's shield wall is made up of vehicles, which can be knocked away by horses. At worst, we can still break through their vehicle array even if we pay more casualties."
Lajiagu roared: "As long as we can break through the Qin army's chariot formation, which is full of unarmored crossbowmen and farmers, we can still kill them until they bleed into rivers and burn their food.
Everything is clean. The Qin army has several chariot formations. Even if we only break through one and then retreat, it is better than retreating directly."
Lajia Gu loyally offers advice.
He is the eldest son of the Marquis of Guishuang. Once his father becomes the new king of the Yueshi, he will naturally have the opportunity to inherit the king. So Lajiagu does not want to retreat, he just wants to defeat the Qin army's chariot formation in front of him, so that he can become the king.
Opportunity.
The Marquis of Guishuang was already moved by the eldest son's words. At this moment, the Marquis of Xiumi on the other side also felt that the Qin army's chariot formation was difficult to deal with, so he sent someone to ask what to do.
"Hit! Don't be frightened by these wooden frames of the Qin army. As long as you break through their car wall, they are full of cowardly farmers. We Yuezhi warriors can kill ten of them!"
The Marquis of Guishuang roared at the messenger and at the same time issued an attack order to his troops.
"We have 70,000 warriors. One person and one arrow can crush them until they can't lift their heads. If we rush over, we can smash through their car formation. There is no need to be afraid."
"The first warrior to rush into the Qin army's chariot formation will be rewarded with a hundred cattle and sheep and ten women!"
As the saying goes, under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.
Coupled with the encouragement of the leaders of various ministries, the tens of thousands of Yuezhi cavalry surrounding the Qin Army's chariot formation immediately stepped forward, raised their bows and arrows, and fired at the Qin Army's chariot formation.
Thousands of arrows were fired at the Qin army's chariot formation.
At the same time, some Yuezhi warriors were full of blood, and with red eyes, they rode forward on horseback, and under the cover of bows and arrows, they charged towards the Qin army's chariot formation.
Break through the car formation and kill them all.
"Go, go, go!"
The Marquis of Guishuang roared, "It doesn't matter that the Qin army's chariot array looks difficult to deal with. He has 70,000 cavalry."