The cavalry of the Qin army made a detour under the condition of being chased, and if they could not complete the tactical action of turning the horse's head within a certain period of time, they would definitely be cut off from the middle by the Hu cavalry in the process of turning, and the situation would inevitably become extremely unfavorable at that time.

It is not easy for the war horse to turn around in the high-speed gallop, the faster the speed of the four hooves and the higher the frequency, the greater the detour and the greater the amplitude of the turn, if the angle of the detour is small, not to mention the possibility of the war horse losing balance and rolling over, the probability of collision between the cavalry and the cavalry will also be infinitely increased.

The Hu people who were chasing the Qin army saw that the Qin cavalry dared to make a roundabout U-turn when they were being chased, and they would guess after a moment of confusion whether the Qin cavalry was a master of art or stupid, and then burst into a mocking laugh, and the shouting "yo-yo-yo-" in their mouths became more energetic after laughing.

The next action of the Qin cavalry who carried out the U-turn tactical maneuver was to make the chasing Hu cavalry unable to laugh, about 2,000 or so Qin cavalry were not doing a pure U-turn, but were divided into two teams on the left and right in the gallop, becoming a whirling double arrow, so that the overall layout of the Qin army was about 3,000 and continued to move forward, and the Qin cavalry of about 1,000 on both sides was backward.

"It's not just a U-turn to engage in battle, it's a cruise on both wings, so that the Hu cavalry will be caught by the Qin army on the left and right flanks if they continue to chase!" Zhang Cang applauded Zhang Han's adaptability.

The cavalry of the Qin army set up a battle, and it was the turn of the Hu people to respond.

What is the response of the Hu people? Their immediate action was to split into two groups of men and horses during the gallop, and the charge was very deliberate to keep a distance from the Qin army that was making a roundabout, and then the Hu cavalry on horseback took out their bows and arrows.

I don't know which side is blowing the horn, or is both sides blowing the horn? A burst of horns sounded, and in the sound of the horns, the Hu cavalry continued to move forward, but the Qin army had not yet completed the roundabout tactical maneuver.

How big is a thousand-strong cavalry team? The length of a war horse is about two and a half meters, and there should be a gap of at least three meters between the cavalry and the cavalry when galloping, even if each queue is a horizontal fifty cavalry vertical twenty columns. So what should be the area occupied?

To be honest, the span of a thousand cavalry is really difficult to calculate, because it is constantly changing with the change of direction, like the two Qin cavalry teams in a detour are constantly deforming in the twist.

If you look down from the sky, the overall shape of the two Qin cavalry teams is about to become an "S" shape, and the Hu cavalry chasing them is dividing into two teams at a very fast speed and penetrating into the middle of the "S" shape.

When the two sides approached each other to a distance of about 150 meters, the Qin army had not yet completed the turning maneuver, and after a rapid horn sounded, scattered arrows were fired in the column of the Qin army, waiting for the Hu cavalry to get close to the Qin army at a distance of about 100 meters, and then began to shoot arrows.

The range of the Chinese civilization is about 50 meters longer than that of the nomads, but the strength of the horn bow is far lighter than that of the horn bow. In terms of firing frequency, because the angular bow does not require much force, it is much faster, so what the four teams that clashed can see is that the density and frequency of arrows on the side of the Hu cavalry far exceed that of the Qin army.

Losing the chasing enemy soldiers, Zhang Han led the lateral maneuver to see that his cavalry was pressed and beaten, that was because his cavalry turned around and the tactical action had not yet been completed, and the entire queue could not play a similar role to the "T" head shooting angle advantage in naval warfare, and the disadvantage of the formation was naturally to be pressed and beaten.

Zhang Han found that his two thousand-man team was at a disadvantage and did not rush to the aid of the army, but instead led the army out of a sufficient distance and ordered the cavalry to change horses, and also discarded the crossbow and other things that increased the load, and the whole army became as light as possible.

The Qin army's side got off to a bad start. The Han army is also about to stand on the stage.

Strictly speaking, the rangers of the Han army are not a class of troops suitable for large corps operations, and they are more inclined to fight in small teams in terms of equipment and daily training, but what can they do when things happen, they can only approach first. Then it was time for officers of all ranks to use the knowledge they had learned from military academies to do their best.

The slowly accelerating 2,000 Han army rangers heard a warning signal from the rear during the march, and Zhang Lian, who was in the middle of the team, subconsciously glanced at the rear, but saw the five red signal flares fired by Zhang Cang's order, and there was an inexplicable sense of tension in his heart for a moment.

The more than 3,000 Hu cavalry led by Mao Dun had already changed their mounts at this time. His eyes were also attracted by the red flare fired by Zhang Cang. Looking at his wary eyes and thoughtful expression, I don't know what he was thinking in his heart.

"Why did Zhang Junhou use the five most urgent signal flares?" It is estimated that such thoughts pop up in the hearts of every Han Army Ranger who advances.

The roaring sound of horses' hooves was sounding, and the Han army, which was slowly moving forward, slowly pulled out the formation. When approaching about 400 meters of the Hu cavalry led by Mao Dun, the formation looked a little loose.

"The Han army on the other side?" A representative of an ethnic group that had migrated from west to east asked with wide eyes.

The dress of the Han army was not the same as that of the Qin army, which generally wore black, gray, and white robes, while the Han army wore uniform red robes. The cavalry of the Qin army rarely has the configuration of armor, and even if there is, it is a modification of the armor of the infantry army, and the rangers of the Han army wear an armor with two chest protective metal pieces sewn from the front leather jacket and no protective gear on the back, and the protective gear of the Han army will also be reflected in the joint parts such as elbows, wrists, backs of hands, thighs, and knees, but the Qin army does not have similar protective gear.

The two sides approached to almost 200 meters, and Mao Dun found that the oncoming Han army formation was a little peculiar, and the extended goose-shaped formation was getting looser and looser, and a charge formation of 250 people in the shape of a "△" was slowly taking shape, and he also saw the Han army galloping in front holding a longbow with a length of about 1.8 meters.

Mao Dun narrowed his eyes and shouted: "Ready!" ”

The horn of the bull was blown out, and the galloping Hu cavalry invariably reached out to pick up the square shield hanging on the side of the horse's neck, and then held the horn bow in the other hand, and the whole person lay on the horse's neck, and the hand holding the shield grabbed the handle of the square shield and tilted forward to make a defensive posture.

During the cavalry battle, the distance was shortened very quickly, and almost as soon as the Hu cavalry led by Mao Dun was ready to defend himself, the arrows of the Han rangers had already pounced, and the sound of the collision between the arrows and the shield was frequently released. There is also the heavy sound of arrows nailing into the wood, and the sound of arrows piercing into the flesh is naturally accompanied by muffled snorts or screams.

Why weren't the Hu cavalry equipped with a round shield that was light and easy to control on horseback? That's not even the lessons learned from the Hu people's fight with the Han army. They will use the square shield is a lot of losses, with flesh and blood and life summed up experience.

If you pay attention to the posture of the Hu people holding the shield, you will find that the raised and inclined square shield not only protects the knight's body lying down, but also has a cowhide cushion at the bottom of the shield stretched forward and also puts it on the neck of the mount, so it forms a kind of inclined direction that will remove the power of the arrow, so it also partially protects the war horse. What about the horse's head and chest? Needless to say, I can only pray that I won't get shot there.

Fending off the first wave of arrows, the Hu cavalry led by Maudon made an apparently well-trained maneuver, placing the square shield back into a leather basket on the side of the horse. The hand twisted an arrow in the leather basket when it was withdrawn upward, and the body had completed the posture of opening the bow and arrows when it became straight upward, and then as soon as the hand was released, the wolf's tooth arrow was fired with the sound of the bowstring.

The beginning of the cavalry battle is generally staged in the mutual shooting of you and me, then you can also see the cavalry in both directions in the whistling sound of someone constantly falling off the horse, if neither side of the two sides has a close hand-to-hand combat **, so the open shooting can only be exhausted from each other and detached.

Of course, Zhang Lian didn't want his cavalry to engage in hand-to-hand combat, they were not hard-fought troops on the battlefield, and they would take the initiative to choose hand-to-hand combat if they had a brain disease. According to his arrangement. Relying on the pre-arranged goose-shaped formation to give full play to the advantages of the first wave of long-range lethality, and then use the loose space to lay the foundation to split into a scattered formation of 250 people as a squadron, try their best to pull the Hu cavalry around in a circle, and give full play to the flexible tactics of the rangers. This is the ideal mode of engagement.

The confrontation situation also seems to be developing towards the tactics arranged by Zhang Lian in advance? The Han army rangers maintained a distance of about 100 meters from the Hu people to control the rhythm of the battlefield, and the enemy and us shot arrows at each other in the back and forth of the arrows, which made Zhang Lian's nervous mood relax because of Zhang Cang's warning.

The equipment of the Han army is definitely better than that of the Hu people, and the Han army that was hit by an arrow in the process of shooting is far less than that of the Hu people. The two armies of different affiliations galloped all the way and shot at each other, and before they knew it, they were already approaching the battlefield of the Qin army on the other side.

Of course, it is not only the cavalry that shoots arrows, but in fact, the relatively large war horses are the easiest targets to be attacked. However, it has to be said that the physique and endurance of war horses are far stronger than those of humans, as long as the war horse is not shot at the vital point, although it will reduce the horse's speed, at least it will not die immediately.

"It's almost all."

It seems that it is really almost, it is not an exaggeration for the cavalry to shoot each other and kill each other in the gallop, if you want to completely rely on the mutual fire in the gallop to completely wipe out the other party, it is estimated that it is impossible for the arrow to shoot out.

Maudun had been waiting for the mounts on both sides to expend their bodies in the gallop, and he was also calculating that it was impossible for the cavalry in a running posture to maintain the integrity of the formation forever. He saw that the speed of the Han rangers had decreased, and that some kind of horn band was blowing in the Han army, and he resolutely ordered his Hu cavalry to change horses.

"It's time to approach the general attack!" Ignoring the sight of some wounded cavalrymen falling while changing horses, Maudun waved the bronze sword in his hand: "Charge!" Charge! ”

The Han army was actually a little happy to see that the enemy had reduced the speed of the horse because of the change of horses, and the two sides had already drawn closer to within seventy meters, which was not what the Han army was willing to see. Taking this opportunity, the Han army was already distancing themselves from each other, forming a squadron of two hundred and fifty people, and for a while, they would be able to put out three echelons in the front, middle and rear, but the next scene turned the joy in their hearts into consternation......

The Hu cavalry who had changed into new horses drove their mounts almost as soon as they stabilized their figure on horseback, and they also ignored the formation, and charged forward desperately whenever they changed their mounts, then it would inevitably form a situation that seemed disjointed.

There are two reasons for the Han army's astonishment, one is to wonder what the Hu cavalry is doing, the war is fought in coordination, and the individual martial arts are very powerless in the face of the collective counterattack, and the Hu people actually charge in twos and threes; In addition, I suspect that I have seen something wrong, and the speed of those Hu Qi who are shouting desperately in their mouths seems to be a little weird, and it is weirdly fast!

Fast, not an illusion, is the short-distance explosive power of the West Pole Horse is really strong, on the other hand, it is also the Han Army's mount body lì after consumption, and the accumulation of the two phases reflects the extraordinary speed of the Hu horse riding across the West Pole.

"Shoot, shoot those brazen horsemen!" Zhang Lian's mouth was yelling, but he was a little panicked in his heart: "Damn, what kind of war horse are those Hu people riding, and the speed is so fast!" ”

The Hu cavalry who rushed to the front was covered by dozens of arrows and quickly turned into a hedgehog, but the one who died was immediately the next one to charge, followed by the Hu cavalry who was constantly approaching rapidly, and Zhang Lian's face became extremely ugly in an instant.

"The other party's speed is too fast," Zhang Lian knew very well that it was only a matter of time before he was caught up at his own speed, and it was impossible for them to change horses when they were about to be overtaken: "Sideways!" Sideways! Abandon the bow for the sword--abandon the bow for the sword-"

One after another, the Han army rangers who heard the command kept repeating the command, galloping in front of the rangers to slightly control the direction of the sideways, and all the rangers released their longbows and let them fall directly......

Mao Dun, who was galloping behind, did not personally charge, he watched with a smile on his face: "The other party's command is very decisive, and he just hesitated to react after less than ten breaths. ”

A representative of the ethnic group beside Mao Dun said: "In the face of a surprise situation, you can make quick decisions and react, if all Han troops have the same level of command ......"

......The expression on Mao Dun's face seemed to be stiff for a moment, and after hiding it, he laughed and said, "How is it possible!" 1,000 and 10,000 soldiers are easy to find, but a qualified or even excellent general is rare. ”

The representative of the group who was questioning thought that it was the same, and stopped talking, and looked at the hand-to-hand combat that was about to erupt. (To be continued......)