The Xianbei people have arrived.

The momentum is violent, and the gods are vicious.

"These guys are crazy?" Da Danghu frowned, looking at the battle formation of Huang Cheng's infantry who was blocking on the other side of the river.

Da Danghu has not fought with the Han army before, of course, he has encountered various situations, but the current situation makes Da Danghu a little surprised, although his own troops have not been completely brought out, but there are nearly 5,000 cavalry, and the Han army of a few hundred people wants to stop it?

That's right, the position of the Han army is really embarrassing, and it will indeed reduce the speed of the horse when it encounters water, but the difference in numbers and physical strength, even though the Han army has a geographical advantage, but how long can it last?

Da Danghu didn't believe that the Han generals on the other side were crazy, so it was equivalent to either the reinforcements of the Han people were coming, or there were other plans......

But no matter which possibility it is, there is only one choice for the big bosses.

The tidal flats of crossing the river were too small for the five thousand cavalry, but it didn't matter, as long as there were cavalry who could rush into the assembled formation of the Han army, the Han army's formation would fall apart, and there had never been an exception for so many years.

When Da Danghu shouted loudly in Hu language, the two hundred-man team stepped forward from the array, taking unhurried steps, holding the reins of the horses tightly with their left hand, holding the sword or spear in their right hand, leaning forward, minimizing the exposed area, and attacking the Han army on the other side of the river.

At first the horses trotted along the flat beach, then they grew faster and faster, and soon came close into the river. Although the water level in autumn dropped, only reaching the knees of the horses, the soft mud in the riverbed and the constant flow of the river caused some trouble for the horses, and the speed of the horses' charge unconsciously decreased......

Thirty steps or so of the riverbed, even if the mud at the bottom of the river drags down, but if you want to flow over, it doesn't take much time, the horses' hooves trample chaotically, splashing the water, under the noon sun's rays, it looks like a little broken jade scattered.

Under the sun, there are not only the colorful reflections of the splash, but also the war knives and spears and cold mangs in the hands of the Xianbei people, so close that you can even see the tanned faces and exposed yellow teeth......

The Han army stood quietly, like statues, and only the eyes full of battle in the gap between the shield and helmet proved that this was still a group of living people.

Suddenly, a Xianbei cavalryman who was just about to rush ashore suddenly seemed to step on the air, and the horse staggered and fell into the water. Before the other cavalry could react, several Xianbei cavalry fell out of thin air one after another, and the Xianbei cavalry behind was in chaos in order to dodge.

Huang Cheng laughed in his heart, and said secretly, sure enough, what Fei Langjun said is true!

At that time, when Fei Qian was still chatting casually with Huang Cheng, he once said that on the flat ground, if there is not enough to reject the horse for a while, and there is no time to dig a bigger trap, he can dig a shallow pit with a depth of about one and a half feet and a diameter of the mouth of the bowl on the ground, which is ineffective against the foot soldiers, but can trap the horse's hooves......

Although it is said that the pit dug in the shallow water will collapse after an hour or two under the impetus of the current, and then it will be ineffective, but now it does catch the Xianbei cavalry a little off guard, no way, who let the horses be born short-sighted?

The Xianbei people obviously didn't know what the situation was, and they didn't know what was causing the horses to stumble one after another in the shallow water, and in panic they had to avoid their own people who fell in front of them, some changed directions, and some restrained the horses, and the momentum of the whole charge was suddenly lost.

Huang Cheng couldn't be complacent, and seized the opportunity to shout loudly: "Shield points!" On the crossbow! Salvo! ”

The heavily armed soldiers holding shields in the front row took a diagonal step back every other person, revealing rows of crossbowmen lined up behind the shields, and with a heart-palpitating sound of "buzz", arrows and crossbows drew a trajectory in the air, shooting towards the chaotic Xianbei cavalry line!

The extremely sharp arrows and crossbows, from the moment they are shot, are destined to break some tears that block the direction of flight, whether it is a rough linen cloth, or a leather robe that has been shedding, or the flesh and blood of horses and people with temperature, no matter what it is, it will never stop until the last trace of the power of the arrow crossbow is exhausted!

The Xianbei cavalry in the forefront of the rain of arrows and crossbows, almost no resistance, the war horse screamed, staggered, fell to the ground, and the rider on horseback, after being shot by the arrow crossbow, more did not even have a chance to scream, with the arrow on the river beach, the blood slowly dispersed, the beach at this end was dyed with layers of bright red.

The Xianbei cavalry in front was shot down, but the Xianbei cavalry in the back still did not stop, when Xianbei's own casualties began to appear, the cavalry team that was behind no longer cared about whether there would be comrades under the hooves of the horses in front, and there were only two roads in front of them, either to rush through this arrow array, or to be shot alive here!

The Xianbei cavalry no longer hesitated, nor did they pity the horses, they frantically whipped the horses, met the rain of arrows, and rushed straight forward!

Huang Cheng opened his bow, and under the strong bow like a crossbow machine, a few Xianbei cavalrymen who were lucky enough to avoid a round of arrow rain were shot off their horses by Huang Cheng's arrow, although some may not die immediately, but then they were trampled on by the horses running behind, and half of them fell into the mud on the river beach, obviously not alive no matter what......

The so-called "three shots" in battle is the argument of the theoretical party, but in fact, in reality, the power of the bow and crossbow is much more terrifying than ordinary people imagine.

Because in the Han Dynasty, whether it was the Han army or the Xiongnu, the Takahashi saddle was still not used, so even if a rider was superb in riding, no matter how powerful the dodge was, he hid his body behind the body of the war horse, but under the arrow rain blow of the covering mode, as long as an arrow was hit in any part, although it may not be completely fatal, but the penetrating wound caused by the arrow and crossbow bolt is good, whether it stays on the body, this impact will shoot the rider off the horse, and directly abolish its ability to fight.

And even if they were lucky enough to survive the battle, the soldiers who were injured by the arrows did not have medical knowledge and did not have the so-called antibacterial drugs, and many soldiers and even generals would die of pain after the attack of germs, and finally died in pain in the midst of high fever......