Marquis Shuangmixi looked at the scene in the distance with his eyes wide open and a look of disbelief on his face.
He is sixty years old this year and is the eldest among all the feudal lords.
When he was young, he fought against small city-states in the desert oasis to the west, fought against the Huns in the north, and raided countless Rong tribes on the grasslands. It can be said that he has seen a lot, and he has never seen any military types.
But he had never seen such a cavalry with both men and horses in armor before him.
It's normal for cavalry to wear armor on their bodies, but how can a horse wear armor all over its body?
Compared with this thing that was beyond Shuangmi Xihou's cognition, what shocked him even more was the fact that these hundreds of armored cavalry were extremely ferocious and invincible.
Before they charged, the Yuezhi cavalry first fired a burst of arrows.
Most of them were bone clusters, and the arrows from the stone clusters missed the armor of the cavalry, and only a tinkling sound could be heard.
Even the precious copper arrowheads on the grassland could not break through the iron stomach of the Qin army. The force of the hit on it was probably like a small fist hitting the chest.
Only when the bronze arrows of the Yuezhi people are shot at the horses, it is possible to break the leather armor of the horses and damage the flesh of the horses, but the power is limited to this, and it cannot have the effect of severely damaging the cavalry, and it cannot prevent these things.
The approach of Qin's armored cavalry.
It can be said that these hundreds of Qin army cavalry rushed over directly against the rain of arrows from the Yuezhi people.
Once they get close, they will kill indiscriminately.
The weapons in the hands of these Qin cavalry were as long as eight feet, and their length was far longer than the short spears and swords in the hands of the Yuezhi people.
The two sides fought, and before the weapons of the Yuezhi cavalry could attack them, the horseshoes in the hands of the Qin army's cavalry had already pierced into the bodies of the Yuezhi people.
An inch long, an inch strong!
If the horse is stabbed in front, the person hit will be injured if not dead.
Sweeping from left to right, those who stood in the way fell down one after another.
With the help of high-bridge saddles and stirrups, even if the horses and the Yuezhi cavalry were fighting each other, the Qin army cavalry would shake their horses twice at most and still sit firmly on the horse, but the Yuezhi cavalry on the opposite side would
The thing without any leverage could easily be knocked off the horse under the force of the impact.
With such a gap, how could the Yuezhi cavalry stop them?
Hundreds of armored Qin cavalry were like sharp arrows, piercing directly through the blocking formation of the Yuezhi people.
Behind them were countless Qin cavalry equipped with stirrups and high-bridge saddles.
"happy!"
Wearing armor and charging forward, Fan Hui waved the horse in his hand, swept left and right, and stabbed forward. Every move would knock down or stab the Yuezhi people, and no one could stop him wherever he passed.
Tens of thousands of Qin cavalry followed the five hundred heavy cavalry, also waving various weapons in their hands, following them all the way, slashing at random.
Wherever Qin Qi passed by, the Yuezhi people were hacked to death and dismounted, screaming and rolling on the ground before being trampled by horse hooves.
In the other direction, although there were no 500 heavily armored cavalry to open the way, 10,000 Qin cavalry equipped with high saddles and stirrups also killed the Yuezhi cavalry that blocked them and were completely routed.
"Jihou, the Qin people's weapon Jiawei is so good, let's run!"
Henchmen screamed around him.
Marquis Shuangmixi's face twitched, and his eyes were fixed on the towering saddles where the Qin army cavalry sat. He was also an athlete on horseback when he was young, and he could see the function of the saddle at a glance.
But now is not the time to think about this. I saw that the warriors I stayed behind to block were no match for the Qin Army cavalry. Moreover, the Qin Army infantrymen holding spears and forming an array also rushed up, and were about to cooperate with the Qin Army cavalry generals.
The tribesmen who killed him were killed.
Shuangmi Xihou's whole body was shaken. This was the biggest crisis he had encountered in sixty years.
"run!"
"Hurry up and rush me!"
Marquis Shuangmixi stopped looking at the battle situation behind him. With red eyes, he clapped his horse and charged forward.
As long as he breaks through the obstruction of the three thousand cavalry in front, he will have a chance to escape.
In addition to the 10,000 men who stayed behind and were entangled with the Qin cavalry on both sides, there were still 10,000 cavalry beside Shuangmi Xihou. At this moment, the 10,000 cavalry charging forward were still very powerful.
In the direction of their escape, three thousand Qin army cavalry appeared.
This is the cavalry that was chased by the Yuezhi people just now. They took advantage of the time when the Yuezhi cavalry and the Qin army were shooting at each other, and made a big circle from the side. At this moment, they had successfully circled back and blocked Shuangmixi Hou's escape.
in the direction.
Seeing these Yuezhi cavalry trying to escape, the three thousand Qin cavalry also responded immediately.
"Just now these stupid prairie barbarians chased us all the way, now it's time for us to fight back!"
Guo Qing shouted to Sanqian Paoze.
He was the cavalry general appointed by Zhao Tuo and was deeply trusted, so he was assigned an extremely important task in this battle to trap and kill the Yuezhi people.
Bringing 3,000 elite cavalry to lure the Yuezhi people to the trap. This task is very dangerous, but it is also very important and determines whether the entire battle can start.
Now he has completed the first half of the task, introducing 20,000 Yuezhi people to the main battle formation and beginning the encirclement.
Now, he will carry out his final mission.
With the three thousand cavalry under his command, he stopped the Yuezhi people from escaping.
"Second and third sons, kill the enemy and make meritorious service today!"
Guo Qing raised his arms and shouted, his face turning red.
"The Great Qin Cavalry will march forward indomitably!"
Three thousand cavalry also shouted together. Most of them were cavalry from Daijun, and they had the intention of dying for the general.
Feeling inspired at this moment, everyone was full of fighting spirit.
Guo Qing took the lead and three thousand cavalry charged forward to meet the fleeing ten thousand Yuezhi people.
They gritted their teeth, stepped on stirrups, sat on high saddles, and held spears and halberds in their hands.
The Qin army's cavalry charged with all their strength. Although there were only three thousand cavalry, they were more powerful than the ten thousand Yuezhi cavalry on the opposite side.
Such a desperate gesture frightened the oncoming Yuezhi people.
The Yueshi are similar to the Xiongnu. If they are successful, they will advance. If they are disadvantageous, they will retreat. They are not ashamed to run away.
They thought they would win for sure, so when they chased these three thousand cavalry, everyone was like a dragon, fighting bravely to be the first.
Who doesn't know how to beat up a drowned dog?
But then they encountered the main force of the Qin army and were shot by crossbowmen for a while, knocking their energy away. Now they were in a state of fleeing. Naturally, everyone was selfish and just wanted to escape and survive.
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Especially when they saw that the Qin army on the opposite side were all wearing armor and had weapons that were much longer than them and were better than them, they became even less willing to fight.
In this situation where the equipment gap is huge, the cost of fighting is often that you die while the opponent is still alive.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
The Yuezhi people lost their courage. Faced with three thousand Qin cavalry charging towards them, no one had the intention to fight. The leading Yuezhi cavalry all pulled their reins and fled to both sides.
The grassland is so big, and there is not really only one road. There are three thousand Qin cavalry blocking the road in front, so they just flee to both sides.
But in this way, the entire Yuezhi cavalry formation dispersed, and the 10,000 Yuezhi cavalry became a mess, completely losing the ability to fight.
"Kill these barbarians!"
Three thousand Qin cavalry crashed directly into the Yuezhi cavalry, tearing apart their already chaotic formation, hacking and killing indiscriminately, with blood splashing everywhere and severed limbs falling to the ground.
"Idiots! A bunch of idiots!"
Marquis Shuangmixi screamed, but except for a few close associates around him, no one listened to him in this chaotic situation.
"Jihou, run quickly, the Qin army's cavalry is coming towards us!"
The henchman Lebula shouted.
Marquis Shuangmixi opened his eyes wide, and he saw a group of Qin cavalry cutting down the Yuezhi people who were blocking the road, and running straight towards him.
"The one wearing the red robe is Yuezhi Xihou!"
"The one wearing the golden crown is the Marquis of Yuezhi!"
"The old man with the beard is the Marquis of Yuezhi!"
The Qin army's cavalry shouted and rushed towards them on horseback with red eyes.
Through Wushi Luo's information, they had long known how the Yuezhi nobles dressed.
Compared with those Yuezhi herdsmen who were wearing rags and their clothes were stained black, the Marquis Shuangmixi, dressed in a golden crown and red robe, was like a fire in the darkness, extremely conspicuous.
Marquis Shuangmixi was frightened. He could not understand the words of the Qin people, but he still keenly discovered the problem.
While his personal guards were going to stop the Qin cavalry, Marquis Shuangmixi patted his horse and wanted to escape, while untying his red robe and throwing it on the ground. He took off the golden crown from his head, but in the end he was reluctant to throw it away.
, casually hung on the horse.
But after doing all this, he still didn't run away.
Because Marquis Shuangmixi was shocked to find that in addition to the large formation of Qin Army infantry behind them and the three thousand Qin Army blocking the road in front, they were surrounded by Qin Army cavalry on both sides, and there was no way to escape.
It turned out that he had left 10,000 cavalry behind, but he was defeated by 500 heavy cavalry and 20,000 iron cavalry in a single encounter, and then was massacred by the Qin army's infantry who were chasing him.
After the victory of the 20,000 Qin cavalry, they did not take advantage of the situation to catch up from behind and attack the 10,000 Shuangmixi Marquis. Instead, they left some cavalry to cooperate with the infantry to strangle the defeated Yuezhi cavalry. The others separated again.
Start from both sides to outflank the position of Shuang Mixihou.
In this battle, what the Qin general wanted was not to defeat, but to annihilate!
There were three thousand cavalry blocking the road in front.
On both sides, there were 20,000 iron cavalry outflanking them.
There were tens of thousands of fully armed Qin army infantry chasing behind.
Surrounded from all sides, there is nowhere to escape.
Marquis Shuangmixi was a man who knew the current affairs. When he saw the situation, he hurriedly shouted.
"I surrender! Our Shuangmi tribe is willing to surrender to Qin! Please also ask General Qin to accept our surrender!"
What answered him was the collective charge of the Qin army's cavalry.
After the 20,000 Qin cavalry completed the outflank, they began to charge towards the circle, killing all the Yuezhi cavalry along the way.
Among them, the five hundred heavy-armed cavalry were unstoppable and headed straight for the Yuezhi nobles in gorgeous clothes.
"Young Master Nai will be promoted to a noble title today!"
Fan Hui's eyes widened and shone brightly. Today was his first battle and also his promotion battle.
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Under the banner of Yu Baolong at the rear of the Qin army, General Zhao Tuo looked at the battle in the distance and nodded slightly.
He said to Li Shiqi and Chen Ping who were accompanying them: "When Li Mu lured the Huns south, they mostly used strange formations. He spread out his left and right wings to attack them and killed more than 100,000 Huns cavalry. This method worked really well. The only way is to use it from
Only by outflanking us can we have a chance to annihilate this group of prairie wolves."
Li Shi smiled while stroking her palms: "What the General did today is much better than Li Mu's. Even if the 20,000 cavalrymen cannot be completely annihilated by encircling them on all sides, I'm afraid they will be close enough. They will also capture and kill Yuezhi's Xihou here."
, this kind of achievement is rare in the world."
Chen Ping next to him rolled his eyes when he heard this. This Lisheng is really good at flattering.
Not to be outdone, Chen Ping chose another angle and said: "The 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry are just an appetizer. After they are swallowed, the general will lead the army back to attack the main force of the Yuezhi who attacked our food team.
You have accomplished a great feat that will shock the world! The general's plan to lure the enemy is truly a worldly strategy, and I admire him from the bottom of my heart."
Facing the praises from the two counselors, Zhao Tuo did not fall into pride. He was already immune to these praises. He had faith and vigilance in his heart, so naturally he would not be affected by them.
He glanced at the ending battle ahead.
He turned around and looked back in the direction of the food team.
There is a bigger battle there.
"I wonder if my Wugang chariot formation can bring surprises to the Yuezhi people."