Chapter 168: The First Battle

20,000 Xianbei iron horsemen came with the momentum of the angry sea and the waves.

The four hooves of the war horse under the crotch are vigorous and fast, wrapped in thunder, and rush through the plains of Niu Sheye, which is deafening.

The ground covered with thick snow was carved out of a wide avenue of more than ten zhang, showing the original emerald green color of the field.

In the position of the Chinese army of the Han army, Gao Shun held his hands on the railing of the chariot, his eyes were deep, and beside him was a majestic banner engraved with the word 'Han'.

Xianbei people are coming!

The mood of the soldiers of the Han army at this moment was obviously restless, and before they went to the battlefield, they all drank a big bowl of death wine, and even if they went and never returned, they would never regret it.

But at this moment, in the face of the imposing Xianbei Iron Horse, it is pure self-deception to say that he is not afraid at all.

The horses' hooves rumbled like thunder on the ground, and the hearts of the soldiers were beating violently, and they clenched their weapons tightly because of nervousness and uneasiness.

"Panic what!"

Gao Shun's majestic voice was like a bell, and his well-defined facial features became more and more resolute in the howling cold wind.

"General Gao, the last general asks to meet the vanguard of this Xianbei people." Fang Yue urged the horse to come to Gao Shun, holding the pear flower spear in his hand, his eyes were full of battle intent.

Young and frivolous, full of blood.

Gao Shun didn't give Fang Yue a reply, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Xianbei people obviously came to take the lead and probe the bottom line. Budugen will not be stupid enough to directly press the main force, he will definitely dispatch the whole army when he is absolutely sure and give the most fatal blow to the Han army.

In fact, fighting a war is the same as playing cards. Only a fool would use four two-two double kings at the beginning of the game, and gamble with all his family resources.

The sound of hooves is getting closer and closer, and the Xianbei people are less than half a mile away from the Han army.

The enemy is in front, but he can't come forward to show his skills.

Fang Yue's heart jumped up and down, as if he had scratched a monkey. He originally wanted to go up and earn a good start for the Han army, suppress him in terms of morale, and increase the prestige of the Han Dynasty.

But Gao Shun, a fool, just refused to speak.

If you wait like this, you will only be beaten passively.

"Pass my general order, when the enemy is one hundred and fifty paces, the archers of the front army will fire a volley."

Hearing Gao Shun's order, Fang Yue's face was sluggish, and then he was actually happy, his attitude was no longer as kind as just now, and his words were quite sarcastic: "General Gao, do you know how fast the Xianbei cavalry is advancing?" Want to be suppressed by the 5,000 archers in front of you? Can you suppress it, it's almost like sending you to death! ”

"They can't get by." Gao Shun had a low voice, deep eyes, and an inexplicable confidence on his face.

Fang Yue wanted to question Gao Shun at that time, where did this confidence come from.

However, he held back, and for the sake of the overall situation, he continued to persuade bitterly, hoping that Gao Shun would be able to get lost: "I know you have 200,000 arrow feathers, but have you thought about it, one hundred and fifty steps, and the cavalry is two blinks of an eye." Before the arrows were fired, the Xianbei people had already killed them, and by that time, our cavalry would lose the initiative and would not be able to play a role, so it would be scrapped. ”

Gao Shun retracted his gaze, glanced sideways at Fang Yue, and said lightly: "I know." ”

Then, there was no follow-up.

You know?

I know that I don't want to send cavalry to meet it!

However, Gao Shun didn't make any moves, Fang Yue was really angry this time, and shouted at Gao Shun on the spot: "Gao Shun, will you command the army!" ”

At the same time, the 20,000 cavalry of the Xianbei people were less than 200 steps away from the Han army.

The Han archers at the forefront had already wound their arrows, pulled their hard bows, raised them at a forty-degree angle, and pointed them to the sky.

Seeing this, Qi Li, who led the Xianbei army, couldn't help laughing: "Sons, the Han people are simply stupid, they actually want to use bows and arrows to block our iron horses, today we will teach them what is called riding and shooting." ”

After that, Qi Li took the lead in picking up the horn bow from the horse's belly, took out the sharp arrow from the quiver, and opened the bow to shoot the Han soldiers in front.

The infantry combat method is rigid and extremely weak, and once it is close to the enemy, it is only left with the fate of being slaughtered.

Mounted archery, on the other hand, not only has a changeable style of play, but also is fast and flexible, coupled with the speed bonus of the war horse under the crotch, which makes the shooting range and lethality of the bow and arrow have been greatly improved.

20,000 Xianbei cavalry pulled out the bowstring and aimed at the Han army, and the sharp arrow was about to come out of the string.

However, at this moment, things changed abruptly.

The war horse riding in front of the pimple Li crotch neighed in pain, the front legs tended, kneeling to the ground, the huge inertia on the horse's back pimple Li fell to the ground, and rolled on the ground several times in a row.

The 20,000 horsemen behind him were not spared, and after following the precedent of Pimple Li, they fell to the ground one after another, and they were also lifted off the horse's back by the war horse under the crotch.

"What kind of fame are these Xianbei people doing?"

Fang Yue, who was in the Han army, clenched the spear in his hand, and was ready to fight to the death, but this sudden change, the Xianbei people fell to the ground one after another, as if they were living a ghost.

Not only him, but the soldiers of the Han army in the entire army array are also inexplicable, could it be that it is really the manifestation of the gods?

After Pimple Li came to his senses, he saw that his beloved horse was already lying on his side on the ground, and his whole body was convulsive.

He hurriedly climbed over, and after looking around, he finally found the problem, on the left front hoof of the war horse, there was a black four-pointed sharp thorn, each thorn was three inches long.

"Tribulus terrestris!"

Pimple Li roared angrily, a pair of copper drum eyes almost ready to breathe fire, he obviously recognized it.

This kind of thing is not too difficult to make, and it is one of the effective means of defense and suppression of cavalry.

In the past, as a cavalry general, Qi Li would not have made such a low-level mistake at all, but because of the heavy snow for ten days, the snow on Niu Sheye was a foot deep, and the three-inch-long small thing was thrown inside, and it was impossible to see it with the naked eye alone.

He reached out and groped twice in the snow in front of him, and sure enough, he touched another one.

What a sinister means!

Qi Li gritted his teeth, once the war horse injured its hooves, it was equivalent to a lifelong disability, and he would not be able to go to the battlefield in this life.

What is the most important companion of a Knight?

Undoubtedly, it is a war horse.

After learning that there was an iron thistle hidden in the snow, the rear riders instinctively reined in the horse rope, so that the cavalry's greatest speed advantage was completely dissipated.

"General, look!"

A young horseman who rolled down beside Pimple Li pointed his finger to the sky, his face full of astonishment.

Dense arrows are flying towards this side, like countless locusts flying in autumn, and the flight trajectory is in a large arc shape.

"Don't be afraid, the Han people's bows and arrows only have a range of 100 paces at most, and now we are about 150 steps away from the Han army, even if we fly in front of us, we no longer have the power to kill, at most it is to break a little skin, don't ...... it."

Before he finished speaking, a black ghostly feather arrow pierced directly through the head of the young man in front of him, and blood splashed on Qi Li's face.