Nine hundred and ninetieth eight chapters cowardly before the battle
The poor slave soldiers, they may have been beaten to death by the Huns cavalry, but no one dared to resist. After seeing their comrades being killed by their own people, all they could do was to run to both sides as much as possible, letting them
Come out on a high road.
Poor people must be hateful, don't deceive me!
"Come on." Under the Weicheng city tower, brigade commander Sun Fuhu had already run down from the tower with the Gui army. After seeing that the Huns army had already been defeated, how could he miss such a good opportunity to pursue and kill him?
After shouting, he led his army to follow the Xiongnu army to cover up and kill them.
Those who surrender live, those who resist die!
Countless shouts were heard on the battlefield, and when they were heard by many slave soldiers, they dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.
On the other hand, few of the Hun cavalry surrendered. Unless they were injured by cannonballs and could no longer run away, those who could move tried their best to escape, and no one dared to look back.
The frightened Huns army had no courage to fight at this time. There was only one thought left in their minds, escape - escape as far away as possible.
Whether relying on horses or legs, an hour later, the Xiongnu army was already twenty miles away from Weicheng. This speed was usually difficult to achieve, but now they were able to achieve it by force.
After running for an hour, most of them were very tired. After seeing that the pursuers had long disappeared and the sound of artillery could not be heard, the Huns army stopped. Then they counted the casualties. After a while, Qiao Xiong's
His face turned completely dark.
After the first battle, or being attacked and unable to fight back, the Huns' cavalry lost 5,000 people, while the slave army lost 30,000 people.
This was just a face-to-face encounter, and nearly one-sixth of the men and horses were lost. This result made Qiao Xiong feel so distressed that he wanted to cry. Thinking about the past, even if a strong city was captured, the loss would not be so great. Especially here.
There were also five thousand Huns cavalry, all of whom were warriors of the Qiao family. Their death was definitely a heavy loss to the Qiao family.
"Dahua Army, I swear to be incompatible with you!" Qiao Xiong couldn't help but curse loudly to vent his dissatisfaction.
But just after shouting these words, the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground could be heard faintly.
The experienced veteran in the army quickly put his ears to the ground, and when he raised his head, his face was very ugly. "Elder of the clan, they are cavalry. There are many cavalry, and there should be heavy cavalry among them. They should be less than five meters away from us.
It’s in.”
"Cavalry? There are also heavy cavalry?" Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiong was stunned and jumped onto his horse.
He didn't know how these cavalry appeared, but he was certain that they were definitely not his own, because the Huns did not have heavy cavalry at all. This was too expensive and not something ordinary people could afford.
If you are not one of our own, then you are an enemy. Even if you are an enemy, then let's fight.
When Qiao Xiong was about to form a formation and prepare to fight, when he saw that the entire army was panting and exhausted, the words he originally wanted to say were stuck in his throat. One of them escaped just now
At this time, the slave soldiers were exhausted. I am afraid that if they were to charge now, they would not be able to exert even one-third of their usual strength. The cavalry was okay and could still fight, but the heavy cavalry came, so
If the Huns cavalry goes up to meet them, they will probably be in trouble.
Besides, these cavalry are the foundation for Qiao's future settlement. The loss of five thousand cavalry just now made his heart bleed, and he must not lose any more now.
"Leave the 50,000 slave army behind, and the others will retreat." With just a rough thought in his mind, Qiao Xiong made a wrong decision that was considered unthinking.
With Qiao Xiong's remaining troops, if he could stay here and set up a battle formation, he would not be able to fight. But in order to preserve the foundation of the Qiao family, he fled without even fighting, which was tantamount to losing.
The last chance to gain a foothold.
After the order was issued, most of the Huns' cavalry retreated first, followed closely by the 120,000 slave army. The remaining ten formations, exactly 50,000 slave soldiers, were intercepted by a small number of Huns.
"You stay to hold off the pursuers. If you can repel the enemy and report to the main force, everyone will have merit and everyone will be rewarded."
After saying this, the Xiongnu army galloped straight towards the main army and chased them.
Be timid before fighting!
This is the intuitive feeling that the Xiongnu army left behind an army of 50,000 slaves.
"Hold on, did you hear me? As long as we win, everyone will have merit and everyone will be rewarded."
"Yes, this is a promise made by the Huns, and it will be fulfilled. Now is our chance to show off."
"Come on, come on, set up a formation, we have fifty thousand people. As long as there are not many enemies coming, we still have a great chance of victory."
One by one, the gangsters in the slave army began to play their role. They had long heard from the Huns that the emperor of the Great Chinese Army was never merciful to the foreigners, and he was even less merciful to the gangsters who surrendered to the aliens.
Once caught, it is very difficult to demand a quick death.
In this way, although they also hated the Huns cavalry who abandoned them, they were even more afraid of being caught by the Chinese army. In order to survive, they had to try their best.
Among the 50,000-strong army, there were only 3,000 who committed rape. These people were usually in charge of affairs. Together, these people still exerted a certain degree of rallying power. The slave army was already devastated and numb.
They followed these gangsters and began to form a formation. The slave soldiers with bows and arrows also took out their bows and arrows, preparing to give the enemy a head-on attack.
The distance of five miles did not take long for the cavalry, and even before the formation of the fifty thousand slave soldiers was completely arranged, they appeared in everyone's sight.
From a distance, we can see that there are about 10,000 cavalry coming. Because of the galloping war horses and the rising smoke, it gives people a majestic momentum. In particular, half of the 10,000 cavalry are heavy cavalry. These are armed to the teeth.
The cavalry give people a very heavy feeling as soon as they appear, as if they are as invincible as a steel army.
It was a heavy cavalry regiment from the 1st Tiger Brigade of the Shanshan Guard and a light cavalry regiment from the 6th Flying Dragon Brigade.
Among them, the heavy cavalry was in the middle, and the five thousand light cavalry were responsible for the safety of the two wings. As soon as they appeared, they spread out a whole fan shape, like a big net covering the two front sides of the slave army.
A very close slave camp.
Everyone knows that if the infantry wants to fight against the cavalry, the only feasible way is to gather together and then use their lives to block the momentum of the cavalry. As long as the opponent has no speed advantage, it is no longer so scary, and it is not impossible to defeat.
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The infantry gathered quickly, and some archers had already fired their bows and arrows, as if they wanted to cause damage to the Shanshan Guards and slow down their attack speed.
But don't forget that the Shanshan Guards who are charging are armed to the teeth. They are all wearing steel chainmail. They are not afraid of ordinary bows and arrows, not to mention the quality of the bows and arrows in the hands of the slave soldiers.
It was the worst kind. Most of the bows and arrows fired at them did not even touch anyone. The few that hit the target only made a tinkling sound and then fell to the ground feebly.
The scattered bows and arrows, like scratching an itch, did not stop the impact speed of the heavy cavalry. On the contrary, it delayed everyone's gathering time because of their archery skills. So when the heavy cavalry rushed in front, there were still many slave soldiers who were not concentrated.
Together, or trotting loosely around the perimeter.
There was no formation and no enough human wall could be formed. When the heavy cavalry rushed in front of them and bright silver spears fell in the sunlight, the bodies of the slave soldiers who were blocking them suddenly exploded.
Then one fell down.
In addition, a regiment of light cavalry came from the two wings and continued to fire arrows while wandering, weakening the thickness of the slave soldiers' camp from the outside. In just half a quarter of an hour, there were thousands more on the ground.
Then a relatively weak defensive point was penetrated, and then the entire formation quickly loosened and collapsed.
Centered on this point, the heavy cavalry continued to attack, expanding the results of the battle, killing slave soldiers standing on the periphery of the camp, causing the number of dead people in the camp to increase rapidly, and the living people suddenly appeared to the naked eye.
The visible speed is decreasing.
Not enough time to get into a defensive formation.
There is no real commanding force, so everyone has different orders and cannot act in a consistent manner.
How could such an infantry be the opponent of the heavy cavalry? After a series of killings, after 30% of the 10,000 infantry were killed, the others finally felt scared, especially when they saw the people around them with their own eyes.
When his comrade was killed and blood flowed all over him, someone finally couldn't help but collapse.
"Don't kill X, X is a murderer, X surrenders." An iron knife with its teeth cut out was thrown to the ground.
"Surrender too, don't kill me." Another rusty stick was thrown to the ground, and another person knelt on the ground holding his head.
The slave soldier who originally thought that he was certain to die suddenly saw this scene, as if he saw an oasis in the hot desert, and then realized that he still had a way out.
At that moment, after someone took the lead, more and more people who did not want to die threw away their weapons and fell to their knees on the ground.
"What are you doing? Get up, otherwise the Huns will not spare you..."
A gangster was teaching everyone a lesson and wanted everyone to continue fighting. When he continued to work hard, a sharp bright silver gun had already passed through his chest, making him suppress the next words in his stomach.
There was blood coming out of the corner of his mouth and he was gurgling.
Then the bright silver gun suddenly retracted, and the gangster lost all his center of gravity, and his whole body fell to the ground with a plop, hitting a surrendered gangster who was squatting on the ground, causing him to be unable to bear it.