Feihu Pass is the most dangerous passage among the eight passes in Taihang. It is more than 40 miles long and runs through the north and south of the mountain ridge. It has steep peaks on both sides and strange cliffs hanging in the air. The widest part is only seventy or eighty steps, and the narrowest part can only accommodate two people.
Famous adults walked side by side.
However, if someone is immersed in the strange rocks along the way and cannot extricate himself from the mountain ridges, then when he reaches the middle of the journey, he will definitely be shocked by the sudden appearance of the thousands of miles of valleys and rivers, and the vast and boundless magnificent scenery.
Here is Ma Tiliang, which was known as the Sky Grassland in later generations.
Boundless, majestic, majestic, magnificent... People will use all similar words they know to describe this miraculous existence.
However, just like Feihu Road, a must-win place for military strategists, in the eyes of generals who aspire to compete for supremacy, the biggest advantage here is that the terrain is open, allowing large groups to fight, making it an ideal battlefield.
The two armies from outside the Great Wall and from the bank of the river have been fighting fiercely here for three consecutive days and nights.
At this moment, Qian Man's mood was completely different from before the war started.
Frankly speaking, Xu You's comments about him are not completely correct. Although he is young and energetic, he is still very capable of listening to opinions. In fact, it is impossible for him not to listen. The power in the clan is in the hands of the elders.
, even if he has the courage and recklessness to go his own way, the tribesmen will not listen to him without the permission of the elders.
After being frustrated on the Lingqiu and Guangchang fronts, he realized that the main force of the Yulin Army had arrived and that the fighter planes no longer existed. Qian Man immediately ordered a retreat. But what he didn't expect was that the Yulin Army became unwilling to give up.
Although Qian Man's troops were cavalry, the dangers of Feihu Road limited Hu Qi's mobility. On the contrary, the Yu Lin Army, which was mainly infantry, advanced faster.
At first, Qian Man didn't pay much attention to it. However, after walking less than ten miles, he realized that something was wrong. The Yulin Army's tail-to-tail pursuit was more efficient than he imagined.
The general of the Han army made full use of the terrain. In addition to the main force chasing in the canyons and ridges, he divided many small troops and climbed up the ridges on both sides with bows and crossbows - Qian Man still cannot
I understand how the Han troops climbed up such a steep mountain ridge.
If he had the opportunity to ask Yu Jin face to face, the latter would tell him that these were new recruits, local people who had recently joined the army in northern Hebei. They were originally intended to be used as guides and auxiliaries, but after the pursuit began, these people found that the force was being used
Unable to do so, he began to recommend himself, and after getting Yu Jin's permission, he went up the mountain.
In the mountainous areas where troops cannot be deployed, these infantrymen are a nightmare.
Normally, it's okay. Whenever you enter a particularly narrow passage, you need to form a formation on the spot to resist and buy time for the army to pass. The javelins and arrows raining down from above your head will be compared with the long troops lined up in a dense formation.
The spearmen formed a three-dimensional offensive, killing Hu Qi until he was bleeding like a river.
Qian Man and his tribe used their own blood and lives to once again verify the truth that cavalry are gods when they can run, but they are scum if they cannot run.
When the retreat reached the middle section of Feihu Road, Qianman finally couldn't bear it anymore. Halfway through the journey, the more than 20,000 cavalrymen had already suffered more than 10% casualties. The losses were greater than those suffered by the forceful attack on Lingqiu. If you continue to escape at this rate, wait until Feihu is withdrawn.
When we were on the road, we had to pay the price of nearly 5,000 riders just to cut off the rear! How could this be allowed?
You must know that these cavalry are the capital for him to restore the glory of his father and ancestors and regain the hegemony of the grassland. It is inevitable to lose in the war, but it is unbearable to be chased to death with such no gain.
The elders of the tribe agreed with him. They believed that the pursuing Yulin army were all infantry, and they would be more effective in the mountains. If they fought in formation on the plains, they would not be the opponents of the prairie warriors. After all,
Their entire army is made up of cavalry, and their numbers are close to that of cavalry and infantry. They are fighting on the plains. Is there any suspense about the outcome?
The Qingzhou Army is very strong, but it should be stronger in cavalry. Whether it is iron cavalry or light cavalry, they all have extraordinary strength. If the infantry is that strong, wouldn't it be too outrageous?
If they were in other places, even if they had this intention, they would not be able to find the place. However, in Feihu Road, it is as if it was created by heaven and earth, with such a miraculous existence as Ma Tiliang.
So, the 20,000 Huqi from the Qianman tribe stepped onto the plateau, turned around and lined up, preparing to take revenge on this battlefield that Changshengtian had opened up for his people!
On the other side, Yu Jin, who had received the urgent report from Youzhou, was originally here to fight and kill people. The previous pursuit was just a matter of helplessness. He was also eager to have a large-scale battle with Qian Man to clear the obstacles to the north as soon as possible.
A fierce battle broke out.
As soon as the war started, Yu Jin quickly breathed a sigh of relief, because he found that the world-famous Hu Qi was nothing more than this. The Yu Lin Army was not as professional in dealing with the cavalry as Qu Yi's Xian Deng Shishi, but they had accumulated a lot of experience and insights.
, usually they train against the two friendly armies of the Hussars.
Compared with the Qingzhou Cavalry, the impact of the Hu Cavalry is far inferior to that of the Fire Cavalry. It only caused some trouble at the beginning when the Yulin Army climbed onto the plateau and had not yet stabilized its footing. After the Yulin Army stabilized its position, they also
The only thing you can do is break the blood in front of the iron wall.
The attack methods of Hu Qi are not as unpredictable as those of Gale Cavalry. Although they can also shoot from horseback, their bows and arrows are too weak. The maximum shooting range is only 80 steps, and effective killing must be within 50 steps. This
How much trouble can the mounted archery cause to the Habayashi Army, which is armed to the teeth?
Hu Qi himself also knew the weaknesses of the equipment, so they adopted a swarm formation, which was the famous pig attack method in later generations-ramping like wild boars, either overwhelming the opponent, or letting them be slaughtered like domestic pigs.
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The situation of the Qianman Army is naturally the latter.
In response to this, Qian Man could only respond with his eyes wide open and his mouth agape.
The Yulin Army's defense did not rely solely on spears. The spears were actually the last line of defense. When Hu Qi launched a charge, they were first greeted by a dense rain of arrows.
The archers of the Yulin Army were also trained by Huang Zhong. Their special skill is not to pierce the Yangtze with a hundred steps, but to shoot the most arrows into the general's designated area at the fastest speed in the shortest time.
This standard sounds puzzling, not as impressive as piercing the Yang with a hundred steps, but Qianman has a very deep understanding of this. If he holds the same bow and arrow, a prairie warrior with excellent archery skills may be able to defeat ten Han armies in a row.
However, after the number of archers exceeded hundreds, the Han army's archers could easily defeat the same number of grassland warriors.
This is a superb method of warfare that has been refined over time by Chinese military strategists. It is far beyond the reach of barbarians who rely solely on bravery and brute force.
The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, so it is impossible for the general to have time to designate a target for each archer. Therefore, he will determine the approximate distance between the enemy and himself, and then ask his soldiers to shoot all arrows to that distance.
Hundreds of feathered arrows were thrown down overwhelmingly, and there was no need to be precise at all. The density of the arrows could make the enemy unable to escape.
The Qianman Army's Zhudu charge was first greeted by a baptism of dense arrow arrays.
Behind the arrow array are the throwing spears.
As a veteran general, Yu Jin is very sensitive to the distance of battle. The Yulin Army is also the most comprehensive army among the Six Cavalry Armies. Apart from the natural slow marching speed of the infantry, the Yulin Army has no particularly outstanding advantages, but it also has no outstanding advantages.
Any shortcomings.
The arrow formation is a long-range attack, while the spear throwing is a mid-range attack, in order to bridge the gap between the arrow formation and the spear.
With the existence of the spear-throwing array, the archers of the Yulin Army do not need to constantly adjust the shooting distance. They only need to go all out to create a death zone at a distance of about a hundred steps.
Throwing spears are not as fast and dense as bows and arrows, but their power is far greater. If they are hit head-on by the roaring spears, Hu Qi will be nailed to the ground with both men and horses, and the shields and other shields will not play any defensive role at all.
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After continuously breaking through the arrow formation and the spear formation, Hu Qi's pig assault formation has almost turned into a star scattering formation. Facing the dense spear formation, even if they are all brave warriors who are willing to die, and charge with their lives for their lives,
It's impossible to get away.
What made them desperate was that they didn't even have the chance to face death, because after throwing their spears, they had to face a shield formation and a strong crossbowman hidden behind the shield formation.
Crossbowmen are responsible for precise shooting. With a shield array in front of them, spears behind them, and auxiliary soldiers to help with loading, they can aim and shoot at their leisure, which is more relaxed and comfortable than during training - during training, crossbowmen
The arrow needs to be loaded by yourself.
The fierce battle on the first day came to an end when the Hu cavalry rushed forward and the Han army defended itself. The Qianman army was bleeding like a river, but the Yulin army was almost unscathed. The area of Matiliang is very large, covering 36 square kilometers.
, but for a battle of 40,000 people, it is barely enough.
Here, Hu Qi couldn't use his best maneuvering tactics, outflanking and outflanking. In the face of the Han army's sophisticated equipment, he would naturally have no choice but to be massacred.
The next day, Hu Qi began to switch to defense. At the same time, Qian Man also repaired several blood letters and asked for help from the main army of Shanggu County.
As a result, the reinforcements were not seen, but they were exposed to the Habayashi Army's second tactic - a pressing attack with an overall advance. The attack sequence remained unchanged, but the entire army would maintain a uniform speed and slowly advance forward.
Hu Qi did not fight back, so the Yulin army advanced to a distance of about 80 steps from the Hu Qi formation, using strong bows and powerful crossbows to kill a large number of Hu Qi who lacked shields and armor. Hu Qiruo could not bear the casualties and launched a counterattack.
The battle situation on the first day will repeat itself.
Qian Man and his elders had never dealt with the regular troops of the Han army, and they could not have imagined that in an infantry array battle, the enemy generals could do so many tricks. The most terrible thing is that they could see
I understand, and I also know what is powerful, but I can't deal with it, so I can only retreat, retreating deeper and deeper!
By the third day of the war, Qianman's army had suffered nearly half casualties, with only a little over 10,000 cavalry left. They were barely able to fight to the death, and the only thing that could possibly rescue them was the unlikely appearance of reinforcements.
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Qianman was desperate.
If I had known this, I might as well have given up the five thousand riders and ran out of this fatal flying fox road in one breath. To be precise, I shouldn't have come at all! (To be continued...)