"Brothers of Longyou, I said that I will reward you for drinking Hancheng. I've done it, and now you're in the car behind you.

Three thousand Hun cavalry caught up behind, and they must have ridden faster than us. If they catch up, none of us will be able to return to the inside of the Great Wall. Now I'm going to lead you to kill the Hun cavalry, who are still about an hour away.

We are going to make some preparations during this time, and now I command you to take up your weapons. Everyone dug me two bowl-sized and one-foot-deep pits on the road. Listen, it's a weapon to fend off cavalry charges. If you don't want to be knocked off by a galloping horse, you can fool around. ”

Yun Xiao stood on the carriage and yelled at these Longyou soldiers. His voice was so loud that he split his voice, but he still insisted on finishing what he was about to say.

"Brothers, to live and enjoy the goods."

Liu Cheng waved his hand, personally led his subordinates to rush to the front, drew his sword, and dug it up in the ground. As for what Yun Xiao said, he now believes it without a trace of doubt. Yun Xiao said that these small pits can stop the cavalry, then they must be able to.

Seeing that the main general was taking the lead, the soldiers of Longyou also ran out one after another. For a time, the ground was full of people digging pits, and the tools used were also varied.

Although the ground is very cold, it is not difficult to dig a hole one foot deep the size of a bowl. Peel off the top layer of hard shell, and the soil underneath is quite soft.

Heavy snow began to fall like goose feathers in the sky, and the soldiers on Longyou were all good crops. In less than half an hour, he completed his task, crossed his hands and returned to Yunxiao's team, lined up and stood up.

Yun Xiao looked at the snow. In my heart, I secretly said, God help me. Although the retreat was hurried, no triangular nails were brought. However, this method is also a good way to deal with cavalry. The heavy snow will soon cover these pits, and the cavalry will inadvertently suffer a big loss.

Seeing that everyone had completed their work, Yun Xiao ordered Liu Cheng to withdraw from the thirty-step formation. The sword and shield hand is in front, and the halberd hand is in the back. All the crossbowmen boarded the carriage, the Xiangyong of the Yun family was in the middle, and the two wings were the crossbowmen of Longyou.

The guys in the front row were sweating with nervous palms, and they had heard of the strength of the Huns. Although the battle was won, it was also a bloody battle. I don't know how it will be this time. The sword and shield bearers all prayed that they would return alive. Enjoy the fruits of your own robbery.

"Now all listen, if the sword and shield hand turns. The halberd soldier behind him can kill him, and the halberd soldier turns around and shoots it with a crossbowman. There is no advance or retreat in this battle, and if there are those who escape, they will not be killed. ”

Yun Xiao picked up the horn made of iron sheet again. shouted loudly at the military formation of the villagers.

The sword and shield hand in the front row greeted Yunxiao's ancestor for eight generations. But no one dared to turn around. Judging from the style of this Hou Ye. He would really do something to shoot a deserter.

Rukari didn't let Yun Xiao wait too long, and the two scouts ran like cats being chased by dogs. The ground began to tremble slightly, and then a dense yellow spot appeared in the wind and snow.

The Hun knights wore felt hats on their heads. He wears a leather robe and a leather cuirass on his chest. Seeing the military formation of the Han army on the opposite side, the Hun cavalry strangled their horses one after another.

The red armor of the Han army was unusually conspicuous in the wind and snow, and Lu Kali gasped in his mouth. The continuous march had already made them a little exhausted, and now he regretted that he had not rested for a while in Seoul. Instead, he was enraged by the tragic scene and angrily chased after him.

"The front team makes a harassing shot, and the other two teams take a break."

The Han army was infantry, and the Huns were cavalry. When the two armies faced each other, the Huns usually cast their rangers first and shot the Han army with bows and arrows. After its formation is shaken, it will be chased and killed after defeating the Han army in one fell swoop.

The Huns have been doing this for decades. He also won a series of victories, so today Rukari did not hesitate to use the traditional tactics.

The cavalry of the Xiongnu rode to and fro like the wind, and it was difficult for the Han crossbowmen to shoot them. Especially in such a snowy weather, wind and snow affect not only people's vision, but also the trajectory and accuracy of the crossbow arrow's flight.

So after a short rest and adjustment, the five hundred Hun cavalry drew their bows and arrows and rushed out with a roar. These are all condor archers or quasi-condors, a group of people with the most superb archery skills among the Huns.

The horses' hooves crushed the thin snow on the ground, and the Huns rushed in in a circle from one side of the battlefield. This avoids accidents such as two people or two horses colliding in the chaos.

Without warning, a Hun condor archer suddenly fell off his horse. Then the second, then the third...... Before the Huns' condor archers could reach range, a string of people had already fallen.

Rukari's mouth was wide open enough to fit three eggs, and he looked back at Nacha in horror, hoping that his cousin would tell him an answer. It is true that the Han people shoot their crossbows far away, but there has never been a Han crossbowman who has such accuracy. Able to shoot at the galloping Hun cavalry at a distance of 500 paces.

"My cousin, I told you they have a long-range crossbow bolt. It's just that I didn't know they would shoot so accurately, and it's not easy to shoot at a target 500 paces away in such weather. ”

Nacha was telling the truth, he did tell Rukali, and he really didn't expect the Han army on the opposite side to shoot so accurately.

Rukari gritted his teeth in hatred, and the Condor Archers took advantage of the reloading of their crossbow bolts to gallop into range. They pulled out the hard bows in their hands, and the arrows flew straight into the Han army's military formation. The sword and shield men all retracted their heads into the shield, and the arrows thumped into the shield.

After a round of shooting, only a dozen people were shot down. They were quickly dragged away by those behind, the living were quickly treated, and the dead were laid aside for post-war processing.

"Steady, those who don't want to die retract their bodies behind their shields. Damn, Wang Xiaoer, you poke your head so big. ”

The lieutenants began to call out to their subordinates, telling them to shrink their bodies as far as possible into the protection of their shields.

The villagers reloaded their iron-tired crossbows, although the wind and snow affected their shooting effectiveness. However, the usual training was not in vain, and their mastery of the trajectory of the crossbow arrow was quite good. After calculating the advance amount, the bolt is activated again.

This time, the salvo of 800 people caused nearly 100 Huns to fall from their horses. The wounded Hun eagle archers kept struggling on the ground, and the war horses that had lost their master's control scurried around in panic. The Hun cavalry behind him hurriedly ran out to help the condor archers who were shot off their horses.

Many died after being dragged back, grabbing their companions to recount their last words. More were torn off their fur robes by their companions and began emergency treatment.

Rukali couldn't sit still, these condor archers were the essence of the Huns. It was not possible to consume it on such a large scale, and Rukari hurriedly ordered someone to blow the horn of retreat.

Five hundred people only came back more than three hundred, and it has to be said that this was a failed sortie. Lukali was a little at a loss, and the tactics that the Huns had followed for more than a hundred years actually failed. This left Rukari very confused, and he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him. Because I have never encountered such a powerful Han army before.

"Nacha, what do you say. Their long-range crossbow bolts are too powerful. ”

Rukali had to turn to his cousin for help, and he was the only one who had ever dealt with the Han army.

"They were all infantry, not the same cavalry I had encountered. It is better for us to rush directly and shake their military formation with continuous charges. As long as they are defeated, then all that remains for us is to chase them down on horseback. ”

Nacha expressed his opinion, cavalry shock infantry is also another traditional magic weapon of the Huns against the Han army. Nacha dared to say such a thing because he had not seen that powerful cavalry in the opposing army. Maybe they're on some other mission, Nacha thought.

It turned out to be a bad idea, one that turned failure into a fiasco. (To be continued......)