When he heard the faint sound of horse hooves, Wang Qian, who had just dismounted and drank two sips of water, suddenly got up. Wang Qian knew very well the military strength of Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen counties. In order to deal with the incoming Xiongnu army, they basically All the Jiuyuan Army in the world were mobilized around Jiuyuan City.
There are only less than 10,000 soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army in Yunzhong County. And these less than 10,000 soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army are all infantry. There is no possibility of cavalry. Since the Marquis of Jiuyuan sent himself If he personally leads the army to Yunzhong to intercept the Xiongnu barbarians who are rushing into Yunzhong from Jiuyuan, then it is obviously impossible to send the cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army to come for reinforcements. What's more, in Wang Qian's view, even with the support of the Suzaku Army, they are now gathered in The number of Qin cavalry near Jiuyuan was not too large. Facing hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry, there was not much spare power to take care of Yunzhong.
Then there is only one explanation, he encountered the Huns cavalry.
What a good luck!
A glimmer of light flashed in Wang Qian's eyes. He had waited for this day for too long, and the Suzaku Army had also waited for too long. Since the death of his father, Wang Qian, who has been assuming the position of Marquis of Wucheng, has been under great pressure. It's unimaginable.
He took the position of head of the Wang family at the age of less than 30 years old, not only because the Wang family compromised under pressure from the emperor, but more importantly, because of the compromise within the Wang family, Wang Li put it nicely. He sacrificed his life for the country, or to put it bluntly, he died on the battlefield after losing the battle. This was tacitly understood by everyone in the Qin Dynasty.
The Wang family is in urgent need of someone who can prop up their appearance to restore the reputation of the Wang family, which is a family of famous generals in Great Qin. The battle of the Suzaku Army going north to Jiuyuan is very important to Hu Hai, because this is the real life of the direct line he created. The first battle in front of the world, the Xuanwu Army's performance in Chengwu's previous battle, the Qin ministers all knew it. But after all, that battle could not be announced to the public, but this time it was actually the first among the five legions. war,
This battle is even more important to Wang Qian and the Wang family.
"Blow the trumpet and prepare for war!" Wang Qian hung the water bag on his waist again and shouted in a deep voice.
Following Wang Qian's order, a long and desolate low trumpet sound sounded from the 20,000 Suzaku troops.
The soldiers of the Suzaku Army who originally scattered around to seize the time to recover their strength, heard the sound of the horn, jumped up one after another, stuffed the last mouthful of dry food into their mouths randomly, and had no time to drink water. They nervously and unhurriedly moved toward themselves, who were still leisurely. The war horses grazing on grass galloped away.
Since it was wartime, in order to be able to mount their horses and fight at any time in case of emergencies, the saddles and stirrups on all the war horses were not removed. But even so, all the soldiers of the Suzaku Army did not rush to get on their horses when they ran to their mounts. Instead, he carefully checked the weapons, armor, saddle, stirrups and other items on the horse's back before getting on the horse.
Details determine success or failure. On the battlefield, any small oversight will cause irreparable consequences. Pre-war inspections are something deeply ingrained in the bones of the Suzaku Army and even the five legions from the Bashang Camp.
When the trumpet stopped, all 20,000 soldiers of the Suzaku Army had mounted their war horses, neatly arranged in two long columns and stood in front of Wang Qian. There was no other noise except the snoring of the war horses.
From the sound of the horn to the silence of the horn, in just one stick of incense, the soldiers of the Suzaku Army were ready. This performance made Wang Qian very satisfied.
With a faint nod, Wang Gan suddenly clamped his legs between the horse's belly, shouted loudly with the word "drive", and took the lead, galloping out like an arrow. Two long columns of Suzaku troops followed Wang Gan. One after another they galloped to catch up, gradually spreading out into a huge fan shape as they galloped.
Amidst the thunderous roar of horseshoes, 20,000 Suzaku Army cavalry galloped towards the east and west where the sound had just been heard.
A distance of more than ten miles, even if the Suzaku Army is not galloping at full speed, it is just tea time.
In the distance, a messy black and white color is approaching quickly.
It's the Huns cavalry.
I don’t know why these Hun cavalry took the initiative to greet them. Could it be that they were here to die? This is when the soldiers of the Suzaku Army saw the Hun cavalry and found that a large group of cavalry was approaching. They did not immediately choose to run away but faced the Suzaku Army who appeared in the wilderness. The thoughts that popped into my head when I came up.
Sure enough, when the Hun cavalry was less than five miles away from the Suzaku Army, the Hun cavalry of more than 10,000 people seemed to realize that the cavalry rushing towards them was not one of their own, and they all turned their horses around in a panic and drew a semi-arc towards them. They ran back in the direction of Jiuyuan when they came.
However, these more than 10,000 somewhat stupid Huns cavalry seemed to wake up a little late.
Three short and rapid horn blasts suddenly sounded from the galloping Suzaku Army formation.
In an instant, the Suzaku Army cavalry galloping in a fan shape divided into three groups. In the middle was Wang Qian and his two thousand personal guards, and on the left and right wings were nine thousand people each. The speed of Wang Qian's center formation remained unchanged, and the ones separated from the main formation were The speed of the left and right wings suddenly accelerated, forming two huge pincers and attacking the tens of thousands of Huns cavalry who were still turning around.
The more than 10,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen were a little panicked at this moment. Originally, when they heard the roar of horse hooves approaching, they thought that the other three groups of Xiongnu cavalry were coming, so they rushed forward without thinking. They also knew that the Qin people Everyone was trapped in Jiuyuan City by the great Maodun Shanyu and dared not come out. At this time, the only ones who appeared in the cloud were their own people.
However, things changed unexpectedly. The Qin cavalry actually appeared in Yunzhong County. The leader of the Xiongnu cavalry commander Wan Qi was not a fool. He quickly thought whether this meant that the Qin people had already arrived. Have reinforcements arrived? Regardless of whether it is true or not, turning around and returning to Jiuyuan to report to the great Maodun Shanyu is the most correct choice.
The Xiongnu general never thought about fighting the Suzaku Army. Not to mention that the Qin cavalry that appeared was at least twice as many as them. Even if the number of Xiongnu cavalry was similar, they would not necessarily be their opponents. In this regard, he was very Clearly. So running away is not something that would be very difficult for him.
While the Huns cavalry turned around and fled, seeing the left and right wings separated from the Qin cavalry chasing closer and closer, some objects were thrown off the horses by the Huns cavalry. Reducing the load would naturally allow the horses to run faster. .
The objects thrown off the horses by the Huns cavalry were originally wrapped in some tattered black cloth. Now they were discarded and rolled on the ground for a few times. The black cloth gradually spread out, revealing some white objects.
After throwing away these things, the speed of the Huns' cavalry suddenly increased. However, when the Huns cavalry turned back with secret joy in forgetting the white things they had thrown away, they immediately discovered that the distance between themselves and the Qin cavalry was It didn't seem to increase because of this, but the Qin cavalry got closer to them. In a short time, all the Xiongnu cavalry were frightened out of their wits.
The Hun cavalry, who was beating their horses desperately, wished that their horses could grow eight legs. Unfortunately, the distance between the two armies was still shortening rapidly, getting closer and closer.
At this time, even a fool on the Huns' cavalry knew that the speed of the Qin people's horses was much faster than the galloping speed of their own horses. After all, the Huns had no armor, but the Qin people were all wearing strict black armor.
A war horse with horseshoes cannot run at the same speed as a war horse without horseshoes.
Soon the soldiers of the Suzaku Army arrived at the place where the Xiongnu barbarians had thrown their things.
What the Huns left behind were not dead objects at all, but more than a hundred living people, more than a hundred naked women with all kinds of blue and purple scars all over their bodies.
They are the women of the Qin Dynasty who were tortured and ravaged by the Huns and barbarians, almost like no one else, and now do not know whether they are dead or alive!
These were obviously the people of Da Qin who came from Jiuyuan and were plundered by the Xiongnu barbarians along the way. They were all women, and there were no men or children. It didn’t take much to know their fate.
The eyes of all the soldiers of the Suzaku Army who saw the miserable condition of these Da Qin women suddenly turned blood red.
Perhaps many of the soldiers who died in the Suzaku Army had killed people before becoming soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, and even killed Qin people, Chu people, Koreans, etc. who were of the same species. After several months of training in the Bashang Camp,
It cannot be said that everyone was reborn, but it also made them understand their mission as soldiers of the Qin Dynasty.
Hundreds of soldiers of the galloping Suzaku Army stood up on their horses, dismounted, took off the red cloth that originally covered the horses' backs, and carefully wrapped up more than a hundred Da Qin women who did not know whether they were dead or alive.
The rest of the Suzaku soldiers did not stop at all, but their speed suddenly increased by three points again.
Wang Qian's central army quickly rushed to where the hundreds of Suzaku soldiers were standing. At this time, the results of the inspection had come out. Of the more than a hundred Da Qin women, only five were still breathing weakly, and the rest were weak.
It has long since lost any vitality.
"Blow the trumpet and hang the bloody flag!" Wang Qian looked at more than a hundred corpses covered with red cloth, his right hand holding the hilt of the sword at his waist made a loud noise, and he spat out five words from his teeth one by one.
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The blood flag, each of the five legions from the Bashang camp has one, and it only follows the generals of each legion. It has only one function. Once the blood flag goes out, no blade of grass is left. The meaning of the blood flag, the five
Every soldier in the legion knows it.
Of course, the blood flag does not just appear on the battlefield casually. Each legion leader is also followed by at least ten dragon guards. Every time the blood flag appears, the dragon guards will record everything in detail and report it to the emperor. This
It was also a necessary measure taken by Hu Hai to prevent indiscriminate killing by various legions.
Today, the Suzaku Army hoisted the bloody flag, becoming the first legion among the five major legions to hoist the bloody flag.
The blood flag came out, which meant that no matter what price the Suzaku Army paid, there would definitely not be a single survivor left alive among the more than ten thousand Huns cavalry who were about to be overtaken by the Suzaku Army cavalry on the left and right wings, let alone any prisoners.
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