Chapter 732: Breaking through the trenches

On the very next day, the Xiongnu army really went out again and launched another attack on the position of the Dai army.

After a night of adjustment, the Xiongnu army did make some changes, first of all, the attacking soldiers were all equipped with shields to block bows and arrows, and secondly, some Xiongnu soldiers dismounted to fight as infantry.

Moreover, when attacking, the cavalry did not beat their horses and galloped wildly, but reined in their horses, held their shields, and slowly pushed closer to the position of the army, and the infantry was also mixed with the cavalry, maintaining the same progress as the cavalry.

The shield is more than the armor in the Hun army, after all, the shield making process is much simpler than the armor, basically the wood is cut into a square strip, nailed according to the criss-cross, and then cut into a circle, the front is covered with a layer or two of raw cowhide, the defensive effect is also considerable, blocking the general bow and arrow, or can.

But the shield is not a side of the hand, because the weapons and horses of the Hun soldiers are self-provided, although the value of a shield is not as high as the armor, but it is not a low-end item in the grassland, and the shield is not a must-have for the Hun army, so there are many Hun soldiers who do not want a shield at all, and now in the whole army, only more than thirty percent of the soldiers are equipped with shields, but the shields are concentrated and used by the attacking soldiers, which is still enough.

And there is also a part of the Hun soldiers dismounted to fight, as infantry, which is very rare, but these two changes are very important in the battle, so it also shows that yesterday, the Huns did not waste and made the right adjustment.

Gao Yuan, who was in command on the high platform in the middle of the Dai Army Formation, also nodded and said, "If today's adjustment plan was formulated by Fu Gongyan, then he does have some wisdom." ”

Shui Xinyue said: "He is the three masters of the young generation of the Jiuli clan, of course he will not be a stupid person, if you look down on him, you will be the one who suffers." ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "Since the Xiongnu army has made adjustments, should we also adjust our tactics, and should we give up the trenches?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "Of course, we still have to give up the trench, even if the Hun army makes these two changes, it will not be possible to break through our defensive line, so it doesn't make much sense to still hold this trench." He turned his head to Ling Feng and said, "Pass the order, follow the plan." ”

At this time, the Xiongnu army had advanced to about 100 steps away from the defense line of the Dai army, and under the order of Zhong Sun Qi, who was in command before the Dai army formation, eight thunderbolt chariots started together and threw stones at the Xiongnu army.

Although the Hun soldiers raised their shields one after another to block their heads, this time the army replaced them with dozens of pounds of heavy stones, and the stones fell from the air and smashed into the Hun army, which was not something that this simple shield could withstand. As a result, the shield was torn apart by the stones, and the soldiers were smashed to the point that their heads were bleeding.

And at the same time, the five bed crossbows in the camp of the Dai army also began to fire, the crossbow guns were so powerful that the shields of the Hun army were pierced by the crossbow guns as if they were papier-mâché, and in general, one crossbow could shoot through the bodies of two or three Hun soldiers in one go.

However, after replacing with large stones, a single thunderbolt can only project one stone at a time, although the power is great, but the damage to the Hun army is very limited, and although the bed crossbow can shoot three crossbows at a time, the number of bed crossbows is less than that of the thunderbolt, so although it caused certain losses to the Hun army, it did not stop the advance of the Hun army.

After being attacked by the Dai army, the advance speed of the Xiongnu army also increased significantly, the war horses began to run in small steps, and the infantry also ran in great strides. However, after the speed of advance increased, it was impossible to maintain a neat queue, so the Xiongnu army soon dispersed.

Zhong Sun Qi in the position of the Dai army has been watching the advance speed of the Xiongnu army, and at the same time silently calculating the distance of the Xiongnu army, and when the Xiongnu army advanced to about fifty steps away from the position, Zhong Sun Qi ordered to release arrows.

Although only one day of intensive training was carried out, the soldiers of the Bailing Clan also basically mastered the basic skills of archery, although there was no accuracy, but in this kind of battlefield, the accuracy is not important, and it can be completely compensated by a large number of them.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows like flying locusts shot out of the array of the Dai army and flew towards the Xiongnu army, and its density was far greater than yesterday, because now the Dai army's bows and arrows were sufficient and could be used openly.

However, this time the shield prepared by the Hun army finally worked, although through the gap in the shield, there were still many Hun soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows, but more soldiers relied on the shield to block the arrows, protect themselves, and reduce casualties. In addition, the Hun soldiers did not slack off on their horses, so even if they stepped on the trap, the horses would not fall, but immediately pulled out their legs and continued to move forward.

Up to now, although the Hun army has suffered some casualties, it is indeed much better than yesterday, and at this time it has also entered the range of the Hun army, so many Hun soldiers have also picked up bows and arrows, and the Dai army has launched a confrontation. Despite the fact that the line of defense of the Dai army was protected by bunkers, there were some casualties.

And in the Xiongnu array, Mao Dun, Fu Gongyan, and other tribal leaders who were watching the battle were also slightly relieved, it seems that the adjustments made yesterday are indeed useful, and today's offensive effect is much better, maybe it can really break through the defense line of the Dai army.

Braving the arrows and stones of the Dai army, although the casualties of the Hun army were increasing, the Hun army was steadily advancing, and in a short time, the Hun army approached the edge of the trench.

Under the blow of the arrows of the Dai army, the Hun cavalry threw a rope on the horseback, lassoed the horse, and then pulled it back, and the Hun soldiers who fought under the foot ventured to break through to the edge of the trench, some soldiers used ropes to lasso the horse, and some even ventured to jump into the trench and desperately dismantle the vertebral wood.

After yesterday's battle, the Hun soldiers have looked down on the heavy reward offered by Mao Dun, because although the heavy reward is tempting, if even his life is gone, he will not be blessed. However, when he went out to fight today, Mao Dun also issued a death order, only allowed to advance, not to retreat, and the heavy reward he gave was still valid, but if he retreated without authorization, he would be killed in the battle and would not be spared, and set up an army to supervise the battle.

The tribal leaders also said to Fu Gongyan yesterday that they would no longer be hindered today, and the setting up of a war supervision army was also a common means used by the Huns to force the Huns to fight to the death, so they had no objection to Mao Dun's order.

However, today's battle situation is obviously much better than yesterday's, so the Hun soldiers are obviously more energetic than before the battle, although there are still a lot of soldiers who fell on the side of the trenches, but the vertebrae are still pulled up one by one, and the trenches gradually reveal more and more, bigger and bigger gaps, and some infantry will be prepared overnight yesterday The wooden rafts were spread on the trenches and built more than a dozen wooden bridges.

In fact, the Hun soldiers did not need to remove all the vertebral trees, because a trench more than one zhang wide, even if there was no bridge, it was basically impossible to stop the jump of the war horse, as long as there was enough gap in the trench so that the Hun army could advance along the lì. Therefore, by this time, although the casualties of the Xiongnu army had exceeded 1,000, it did achieve good results.

So the infantry got out of the way, and the cavalry began to speed up, leaping through the trenches through the gap and rushing towards the line of the army.

But at this moment, the rain of arrows shot from the camp of the Dai army suddenly doubled, and the soldiers of the original Dai army also joined the ranks of archery, the soldiers of the Dai army are not comparable to the soldiers of the Bai Ling clan, whether it is the rate of fire or the accuracy of the Bai Ling clan, it is much stronger than the soldiers of the Bai Ling clan, and the six arrow cutting vehicles in the defense line also began to fire, although it does not play a major role, but it does strengthen the bow and arrow attack of the Dai army. At the same time, the eight thunderbolts also retreated slightly, so that the stones thrown could hit the Hun army attacking the camp. And due to the shortening of the distance, the role of the shield of the Hun army has also been reduced a lot, and some arrows can penetrate the shield and shoot the Hun soldiers.

It was only at this time that the Dai army began to really show its strike strength, just now it was just consciously controlling the strength of the blow, otherwise the Hun army would not have been able to break through the trenches at all, so the casualties of the Hun army also increased rapidly, and many Hun cavalry jumped over the trenches and rushed to the front of the Dai army's defense line, but they didn't know what to do.

Because in front of the defense line of the Dai army, a rejection of horses was also arranged, or it was composed of vehicles, blocking the advance of the Hun cavalry, so that the Hun cavalry could not advance again, and some Hun cavalry crashed into the rejection of the horse, and as a result, even the people and horses were pierced through the body by Shiki, and died of untimely death, and some of the Hun cavalry although they controlled the war horse at the very time, but they did not know how to attack, and as a result, they were shot by arrows between hesitations, and fell to the ground. As a result, a large number of Hun soldiers and war horses fell in front of the defense line, just like yesterday's trenches.

The Hun army only advanced its advance distance by more than ten steps, although it had reached the edge of the defense line, and it was only one step away from breaking through the position of the Dai army, but this step was out of reach, no matter how hard the Hun army tried, it could not surpass the thunder pond one step.

In fact, if the Hun army still uses infantry to attack the defense line of the Dai army, it may also be able to pose a certain threat to the Dai army, after all, in the battle of fortification, the infantry is actually much more useful than the cavalry, but unfortunately although the Hun army sent a part of the people to dismount to fight, but after breaking through the trenches, this group of infantry immediately withdrew from the battlefield, and rode back on the war horse, as a result, in front of the defense line arranged by the Dai army, the cavalry was almost helpless, although only the last step was missing, but it was difficult to move forward, and could only fall in front of the defense line of the Dai army in rows.