"Prince, where are we going to break through?"

"Breakout? No! Now we can't break through, adjust the direction of the attack, our first attack target is the Qin army on the left! ”

"Huh?"

Otherwise, the ideology of the superior does not understand the grassroots, and the orientation of these people is now in the east to the west, so their left side is south.

To the south is the 5,000 Qin army led by Zhang Han, and at this moment the two sides are about four miles apart, half of the Qin cavalry is dismounted and helping each other to reload the crossbow, and the other half can only be ridden on horseback because of the rope tie-up.

The Han army that blocked the return route of Mao Dun was to stay in the west, and the strength of this part was only about 2,000, but the Han army rangers had two transfer horses, and they had also replaced the war horses with abundant upper bodies before the battle.

The Han army has a small number of troops but has the advantage of having abundant mounts, while the Qin army has a large number of mounts but is in a state of continuous consumption through the body, Mao Dun is a child who grew up on the grassland, and he is an excellent cavalry commander, how can he not understand what the body of the mount means when riding in battle. In this way, it is natural for him to choose the Qin army, which seems to be full of people but tired, as the first target of attack, and then he can drive the existing situation and find a breakthrough in the battle.

There was another reason why Mao Dun chose Qin Jun, and the answer to this reason will be revealed soon......

The roaring sound of horses' hooves became accompaniment to the sound of "woo-woo-" horns, and after more than 5,000 Hu cavalry drove the war horses to move, the Hu people on horseback shouted "yo-he-yo-he-" in their mouths, and first advanced smoothly, and then slowly accelerated.

Zhang Lian seemed to be stunned for a moment when he saw that the first target of the Hu people was the Qin army located in the south, according to common sense, the Hu people should rush directly to the west if they wanted to break through, but what happened was not like that.

Zhang Han was also stunned when he saw that Hu Ren had set the first target of attack as his own, but then he was quickly relieved. Guess why the Hu people chose their own target.

"The commander of the enemy army is experienced!" Now is not the time to sigh, Zhang Han can only order the soldiers who have not dismounted to prepare for battle, those soldiers who dismounted before have loaded their crossbow arrows and hurry up to get on their horses, anyway, it is definitely better to move now than to stay still.

The extremely correct choice, if the infantry army is facing the cavalry attack and does not move in formation, the tighter the formation of the infantry army, the better the defense, but the cavalry cannot not stand still in the face of the same cavalry attack, a cavalry that does not move does not say anything aggressive, and the cavalry that does not move will not have any tightness if it wants to defend.

It was only when the Hu cavalry approached the distance of about two miles that the Qin army moved, and Zhang Han made the choice to lead the army to maneuver diagonally in the direction of the Han army's flank.

Mao Dun, who was galloping, saw Qin Jun's choice. Although it was hostile, we had to applaud this choice of the Qin army: "The leader of the Qin army is a cunning fellow, and he is so that he can attract us to the side of the Han army, so that the Han army can easily stop us and cut us off after the charge." ”

It was easy to see the behavior, but Maudon did not give up the complete pursuit, he let the cavalry team that charged in front make a small roundabout maneuver, and the whole cavalry team made a slight turn under the lead of the front. Although they distanced themselves from the Qin army under this move, they aimed the offensive front at the Qin army head-on.

Did the series of maneuvers between the enemy and the enemy take place in a short period of time, during which the Han army still stood still, and it seemed that they were in a hesitation of choice?

"Captain. What are we going to do? ”

Zhang Lian's eyes kept staring at the constantly moving Hu army, and his head kept thinking.

Although it is not clear how many knights in the Qin army are able to fire crossbow arrows, it is obvious that there will not be too many movements of the Qin army? It seems that the Qin army is also in a period of fatigue, so it is avoiding contact battles with the Hu people. Don't want to pay too many casualties in this encounter?

If the scene was all Han army, Zhang Lian would definitely ask the Pao Ze troops to make appropriate sacrifices, after all, they were going to intercept the Hu army that appeared here, and it was completely worth it to be able to entangle the Hu people with appropriate efforts. The problem is that it is the Qin army that is being chased. The commander of the Qin army was the second general of the Qin side of the Qin State and the second general of the Northern Qin Expeditionary Army, and Zhang Lian could not ask Zhang Han to pay an unknown price for a partial victory in terms of both official position and position. According to the previous agreement between the two armies, Zhang Lian would even have to cooperate with Zhang Han, who has a relatively high official position, on this local battlefield. I have to say that this is a very embarrassing status quo.

The situation was difficult to judge, coupled with some complicated reasons, and the Han army appeared to stay motionless and stay in place.

Mao Dun only thought that the Han army chose to stay where he was to firmly control the direction of the west, and perhaps scolded or praised the commander of the Han army in his heart for being a patient guy.

Zhang Han, who had been chased by Hu Ren behind his buttocks, probably didn't think about it so much for a while, seeing that the speed of his troops had slowed down in the gallop, and the Han army still stayed where he was and did nothing, he slowly became anxious in his heart.

"Is the Han army staying where you are and watching the cat and mouse show? Why hasn't there been any action yet! A captain of the Qin army couldn't help but scold.

You must know that the Qin army now has less than 50,000 cavalry in the whole country, and the 5,000 Qin cavalry here is already one-tenth of the whole country.

Zhang Han's eyes narrowed as the war horse galloped up and down, the hesitant posture of the Qin State on the merger may indeed make the Han army make some small moves, so it is not impossible to deduce whether the Han army wants to weaken the combat power of the Qin army?

Suppressing the malicious thoughts, Zhang Han made an attempt: "Send people to the side of the Han army, mention that our army is gradually slowing down, and the Han army will attack the Hu people." ”

The slowdown of the Qin army is definitely going to be engaged, since there is a battle, it will definitely slow down the speed of the Hu cavalry, if the Han army still has no action at that time, it is really to borrow the hands of the Hu people to weaken the Qin army, so that Zhang Han should communicate well with Meng Tian, the commander of the Qin Northern Expeditionary Army.

Zhang Lian agreed without hesitation when he contacted the people sent by Zhang Han, and even was happy that Zhang Han finally remembered that he had the appropriate right to ask for the cooperation of friendly forces in the local battlefield, and the first cooperation of the Han and Qin coalition forces on the road of this northern expedition was to be staged here.

To be honest, it's not Zhang Lian who is simple. It's that he didn't think much about it at all, where would he know that such a simple friendly cooperation would hide so many things.

Mao Dun found that the speed of the chasing object slowed down and observed very deliberately, the queue of the Qin army was really changing, it seemed that the overall speed of the Qin army was slowing down, but some of the Qin cavalry inside were moving forward, and some of the Qin cavalry were deliberately staying in the rear, obviously adjusting the deployment of troops in the gallop.

"It's the army that can destroy the Six Kingdoms on its own," Mao Dun was praising it, and the Qin army's suzhì was beyond doubt. After praising and seeing that the Han army finally made a move, he ordered: "Roundabout!" ”

For the Hu cavalry, it was the most important thing for the Han army to stay where it was. The Han army remained motionless in the west, as if it were an arrow that could not be drawn. The sense of oppression given to Mao Dun is not ordinarily large, after all, the premise of their maneuver is to create a chance to break through, and the Han army is firmly nailed to the west is the biggest trouble.

In the sound of bullhorns, the Hu cavalry began to turn, and under the premise of a small detour, a team of about 2,000 people split out of the army or chased the Qin army, and the remaining more than 3,000 cavalry seemed to want to open up enough distance?

Zhang Han was at the front of the team, he couldn't see what was happening in the rear, and he could really see what was happening in front of him.

The 2,000 Han troops, who had not moved, had been moving slowly, and the direction in which the Han army was moving was exactly what he had built. I don't know when a Han army of more than 700 people appeared, but it took the place and stayed in the northwest direction.

Zhang Han, who discovered this problem, didn't think about it, cold sweat gradually broke out on his forehead, and the expression on his face also showed a kind of entanglement.

"The Han army is here to intercept, and their task is to use any effective means to drag the Hu people's troops in place, waiting for reinforcements from the rear to come up......"

Zhang Han, who had figured out something, was about to call the herald to make amends. But the battlefield has always been a situation of slow and passive step by step, and just as he was about to make amends, the situation on the battlefield changed.

The rapid sound of bangzi was heard in the Qin army, and it was about two thousand Hu cavalry that suddenly burst out with the previously hidden assault ability to accelerate. When the rear team of the Qin army found that the Hu people were approaching within 300 meters, they carried out archery according to the military orders they had received in advance.

It was not an easy thing to shoot arrows backwards with a crossbow on horseback, and the sound of a strong crossbow loosening the strings was not very loud in an environment full of bangs and horse hooves, and the Qin cavalry who pulled the trigger shook in an instant. Many of them were almost twisted by the recoil, and the arm strength was not so strong that they directly got rid of the crossbow, but fortunately, the crossbow was tied with a rope sleeve, otherwise it would have fallen. However, because of the strong recoil, the Qin cavalry who fired the crossbow basically crashed into the neck of the war horse in a twist under the action of a force, and even the Qin cavalry fell off the horse.

No matter what trouble the Qin cavalry encountered in the process of firing the crossbow, the crossbow arrows rose into the air, and the Hu cavalry had already taken out their shields to protect the front when they found out that the Qin army was shooting arrows, and the Hu cavalry suddenly cracked in the chase, becoming two arrows to the left and right sides to avoid.

The crossbow arrows fired by the Qin army did not have an automatic tracking system, and only a very small number of the crossbow arrows that roared down hit, most of them drilled into the ground and only the tail part of the arrow was trembling. The part that hits is basically blocked by the shield because the Hu cavalry has made protective moves early, so there are only a very small number of kills.

In fact, it really depends on luck if the arrow wants to cause damage, after all, the arrow is not the kind of bullet rate that cannot be observed by the naked eye, if you face a well-prepared army, whether it is an infantry army or a cavalry army, you want to have heavy damage, unless the side that meets the arrow does not have the space and protective gear, or the density of arrows shot by the bow and crossbow troops is too high, otherwise you can usually only get a poor result.

The information fed back made Zhang Han unable to hide his disappointed expression, the range of the crossbow is long, but the long range also means that it can leave more time for people to dodge, Zhang Han quickly realized that unless it is covered by a large dense range, it can also play a role in blocking speed, and if you want mass destruction, you can only choose a narrow road that is difficult for the enemy to avoid.

Mao Dun saw that his cavalry avoided and dodged most of the arrows shot left and right, and the corners of his mouth hooked up, and his cavalry successfully dodged and did not deviate from his calculation, so the next thing was to tease the Qin cavalry to keep blocking the room, once the crossbow arrows in the Qin army's crossbow box were shot empty, it was time for his cavalry to perform.

The approaching Han army also saw the scene that was happening, and some clever people finally understood why they didn't equip crossbows with long ranges but limited number of crossbow arrows, while more people concentrated on controlling the speed of their horses and waiting for the next military order.

Zhang Cang's department, which stopped in place, was in a pretty good position, and they could have a panoramic view of the battlefield.

Xiahou Ying's eyes moved away from the Hu cavalry chasing the Qin army and looked at Mao Dun's team. Of course, he didn't know that Maudon was on the scene, and no one knew that Maudon was here, otherwise the situation would definitely not be the way it is now. He was concerned about the more than 3,000 Huren cavalry because he was curious about what would happen next, and he vaguely felt that it was not a good idea for Captain Zhang Lian to lead 2,000 rangers to come over.

"More than 3,000 enemies in the distance are changing, how can you look at the war horses they have changed a little familiar?"

"Baby...... Is their new mount the type we picked up on the trails? ”

"It seems to be true!"

It's not as if the more than 3,000 Hu cavalry where Mao Dun is located are indeed replacing the West Pole Horse.

The West Pole Horse is full of explosiveness on short distances, and if it is controlled at a certain speed, the endurance is also quite good, except for Zhang Cang's department, the rest of the people do not know.

"Do we need a reminder?"

"The Pao Ze troops can also use signals to warn of danger, but the problem is that the Qin army doesn't know the meaning of our signals, how can they remind them?"

Yes, they are all in a moving posture, who can calculate from what position they will swim from next, and it is obviously not easy to send someone forward to communicate.

"No matter, blow the warning horn and fire the warning flare."

As soon as Zhang Cang's words fell, thousands of people on the battlefield shouted "Hey! Resounding, the local Qin cavalry also made a small detour, obviously forced to a certain extent, Zhang Han had to send some cavalry to turn back and fight with the Hu cavalry chasing him. (To be continued......)