Chapter 283: Changing the Formation Pit Huns
The 10,000 vanguard of the Huns finally arrived, and this was the elite of Qiangqu recruited from 40,000 archers.
The people are strong, the horses are fat, and the black pressure is overwhelming.
The pioneer officer Yu Fuluo was a little ambitious.
In the first battle of Bingzhou, he made the first contribution, eliminated the main force of the Han army in the north, and won the respect of the Huns.
Even Qiang Qu, who had never liked him very much, praised him for the first time and gave him the task of pioneering.
This is an affirmation of Fura.
The Huns attach the most importance to heroes, and as long as Yu Fuluo makes further military achievements, he will be able to get the affirmation of the Huns.
When the time comes, he will be the new Great Khan.
Han!
Yu Fuluo's gaze fell to the front.
He had already received the news that the Han army of 13,000 had set up a position on the opposite side.
10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry!
A flash of disdain flashed in Yu Fuluo's eyes.
The Southern Xiongnu archers were invincible in the world, especially in the open terrain of the plains, and the infantry was no match for the archers at all.
No matter how strong the formation is, if the archers fire two volleys, the Han army's formation will lose most of it.
The Han army is arrayed in the plains, and it is simply looking for death!
"Report!"
A scout flew the newspaper.
"Great Prince, a large number of crossbowmen have been found on the two wings of the Han army."
Archery!
Hearing this, a heaviness flashed in Yu Fuluo's eyes.
The crossbow was the nemesis of light cavalry, and its range was twice that of archers.
No wonder the Han people dared to set up a formation here, it turned out that they were relying on so many crossbows in their hands.
How many people are there?
Yu Fuluo asked in a deep voice.
"There are about 5,000 people on both wings!"
5,000 crossbowmen!
Yu Fuluo also had a headache.
A frontal assault on the infantry was very irrational.
Because the vanguard of the infantry is the fist of a troop, and it is also the most difficult bone to gnaw off.
Under normal circumstances, cavalry would not attack head-on.
The flanks and rear corps were the most popular places for cavalry to attack.
Because compared to the front, these three places are still relatively weak.
But the two wings of the Yunzhou army were a little special, and Guo Jia actually guarded them with pure crossbowmen.
Crossbowmen are weak in defense as two wings, but correspondingly have a much increased attack.
The range of the infantry crossbow was two hundred paces, and the range of the archers was about one hundred paces, although the Huns' archers were flexible and mobile, but the range was much lower than that of the infantry crossbows. That is to say, in the first hundred steps, the Huns could only be beaten and could not fight back.
But this is nothing, a distance of a hundred paces, the cavalry can gallop in the blink of an eye, and the infantry crossbow can fire two or three rounds at most.
Five thousand crossbowmen, no one has two or three shots, that is one or two thousand arrows.
It was an absolute nightmare for the leather cavalry.
The rear army of the Han Chinese was overwhelmed by 3,000 cavalry.
These 3,000 cavalry were the fish that slipped through the net on the battlefield of Yunzhou, and Yu Fuluo, who was in charge of pursuing Guo Jia, had learned the ability of this cavalry.
After thinking about it, Yu Fuluo still decided to attack from the flank.
As long as these two waves of arrows were withstood and the Huns' cavalry entered the formation, they would be able to disrupt the whole situation.
Of course, there are certain sacrifices that come with doing so.
Thinking of this, Yu Fuluo immediately said: "The vanguard cavalry changed armor. ”
Hearing Yu Fuluo's words, the cavalry in the vanguard changed into heavy armor one after another.
The Xiongnu's so-called heavy armor refers to leather armor, which is made of raw cowhide and wooden planks and a small amount of iron sheet.
Metals are very rare in the grasslands, so heavy armor is also very scarce.
The entire Huns only had more than 2,000 armored cavalry, of which Yu Fuluo brought 1,000 people.
These thousand cavalry were the hope of Yu Fuluo to attack the infantry formation.
"The whole army is ready!"
Yu Fuluo pulled out his scimitar.
"Rush!"
10,000 cavalry chose the left flank of the Han army and rushed over.
……
Knock knock!
Seeing the Huns charging into battle, the Han army immediately beat the drums of war.
"Report, the Huns gathered 10,000 soldiers and horses and rushed towards the left flank of our army."
The news was sent to Guo Jia's Chinese army.
At this moment, Guo Jia was standing on the platform of the Chinese army, observing the formation of the Huns.
"It seems that Yu Fuluo intends to rush in from the left flank!"
Guo Jia said to himself.
However, he was prepared!
Three hundred steps, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred and thirty steps!
The crossbowmen on the left flank were ready to fire, and the crossbows in their hands were slightly glowing.
Two hundred steps!
Put!
With the leader's order, two thousand crossbowmen fired a volley.
The rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun, and the vanguard of the Huns was swallowed up by it.
Ahhh
Countless arrows rained down, constantly harvesting the lives of the Huns.
Even with heavy cavalry in front, they couldn't stop the arrows.
The crossbowmen did not rush to wind up after releasing a round, and invariably retreated sharply, followed by the second echelon to make up for it, and fired. After the launch, the second echelon also retreated, and the third echelon made up.
The third echelon had just finished shooting, and the vanguard of the Huns had already rushed within a hundred paces under the rain of arrows.
Shoot!
The leader of the Huns also gave an order, and the cavalry opened their bows one after another to organize a counterattack.
Their cavalry shooting was very powerful, and many Yunzhou soldiers fell to the ground with arrows. The rest of the people scattered left and right, out of the way of the direction of the Chinese army.
Golden opportunity!
When Yu Fuluo saw that Guo Jia's left flank was scattered, he was overjoyed at the moment, and led his troops to rush towards Guo Jia's Chinese army with all his might.
The Chinese army is the soul of the entire military formation, and once the Chinese army is crushed, this army will be finished.
Therefore, Yu Fuluo didn't care about slaughtering those crossbowmen, and rushed in the direction of the banner of the Chinese army with all his strength.
The cavalry of the Huns was like a sharp knife stuck into the middle of the Yunzhou army.
The Han army is finished!
Seeing that the banner of the Chinese army was close at hand, Yu Fuluo had a wild smile on his face.
He never expected it to be so simple.
After breaking the left flank, Yu Fuluo came to the Chinese army.
Kill!
Yu Fuluo roared, the scimitar in his hand flashed, and he rushed in the direction of Guo Jia.
Victory was in sight, and he couldn't wait to get it.
It's close, it's close!
At a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, Guo Jia's figure is also clearly visible.
Yu Fuluo took a deep breath.
"Those who capture Guo Jia alive will be rewarded with 10,000 households, and 2,000 cattle, horses and sheep will be rewarded, and those who kill Guo Jia will be rewarded with 1,000 cattle, horses and sheep."
In order to kill Guo Jia, the Huns also fought hard this time.
There will be brave men under the reward!
Hearing Yu Fuluo's words, the Huns were shocked and rushed forward lifelessly.
Seeing a group of Huns rushing into the formation, a smile appeared on the corner of Guo Jia's mouth.
Ahhh
The vanguard of the Huns fell into the pit one after another, and the ones behind couldn't stop the car, and they also stepped into the footsteps of the vanguard.
It turned out that Guo Jia had already asked people to dig a trap around the Chinese army.
As long as the Huns dared to storm the Chinese army, they would fall into these pits.
It's the simplest trap, but it's the most effective. The crossbows that had been withdrawn to the two wings suddenly appeared, and Zhang Gong Jian shot the Huns who fell into the pit.
(End of chapter)