Chapter 264: The Huns' Counterattack (3)
After listening to Zhao Xin's words, Tousu couldn't help frowning, of course he knew in his heart that Zhao Xin's construction was the only feasible method at present, otherwise it would be the Wu'an Army's bow and crossbow, and the Xiongnu would not be able to pass, and if the Wu'an Army's bows and arrows were not exhausted, the Xiongnu would not be able to defeat the Wu'an Army at all, let alone take the camp of Wuliang Suhai.
But Tousu also knew very well in his heart that if Zhao Xinjian was adopted, it would mean that a large number of Hun lives would be used to consume the bows and arrows of the Wu'an army. Although the vast majority of the Hun soldiers were determined to fight to the death in this battle, fighting to the death with the Wu'an army and letting the Huns go to death were two different things, not to mention that among the Huns, there were more than 10,000 people who were more than ten years old.
Although Tousu brought these Hun teenagers this time, his purpose was only to let these Hun teenagers make up the number of people and appear to have more troops, but it was not the time for Guan Jian, and Tousu did not intend to let these teenagers fight with the Wu'an Army, because Tousu was also pure, these Hun teenagers were the future of the Huns, that is, they all fought out the young and middle-aged people, as long as the Hun teenagers were still there, in a few years, when they grew up, the Huns could rise again, but if these Hun teenagers died in this battle, Then the Xiongnu may really be seriously injured. Tousu is the right virtuous king of the Huns, and he can't help but think about the future of the Huns.
It's just that there is no other way to do it except for this trick, and now in this situation, you can't retreat from the army, so you can only grit your teeth and decide to let it go, so you immediately ordered all the teenagers to be excluded, and the old people and young women were gathered, divided into three groups, and turned over to attack the array of the Wu'an army.
Of course, the Wu'an army would not pay attention to the arrangement of the Huns, and when they saw that the Hun army had launched another attack on them, they immediately opened their bows and arrows according to the array. The rain of arrows continued to shoot at the Hun army, knocking down the Hun army in rows. For the plateau had great hopes for these three thousand crossbowmen, and the arrows they brought were sufficient, and each crossbowman carried six arrows of his own, each of which was thirty. In addition, the cavalry also brought two arrows, which could be used with the crossbow, so the crossbow arrows were absolutely sufficient, and the crossbowmen did not need to have any scruples, they could use them freely.
But Tousu had already made up his mind to use old men and women to consume the crossbow arrows of the Wu'an army, so he did not hesitate, commanding the Xiongnu army divided into three groups, taking turns to attack, no matter how big the casualties, he would never stop.
However, before the battle, the Huns were indeed determined to die, after all, the facts were in front of them, if they could not defeat the Wu'an army, each family would starve to death this winter, so they did not need to be forced, and launched a fierce attack on the array of the Wu'an army. But the crossbow arrows of the Wu'an army are really powerful, no matter how desperately the Hun army attacks, but it can't break through the Wu'an army's arrow net, and can only fall down one after another.
The Hun army launched five or six rounds of attacks in a row, and the casualties were close to 10,000, but they still could not break through the array of the Wu'an army, and the arrows of the Wu'an army did not seem to have decreased, but at this time it was a little unbearable in the inner part of the Hun army.
Although the Huns did have the determination to fight to the death with the Wu'an army, and they were not afraid of dying on the battlefield, the feeling of dying in battle and sending them to death was completely different. The current situation is clear, and the head beard is intended to send the Huns to death. Although until this time, the Xiongnu army was dispatched by old people and women, but in the hearts of the young and middle-aged Xiongnu soldiers watching from the side, it was not a taste.
Ordinary soldiers do not know how to use the beard, but among the dead are their parents, wives, children, and sisters, and no one can remain indifferent in such a situation. In addition, the old people and women went into battle to fight, while the young and middle-aged people were watching from the side, and their faces were really unreasonable, not to mention that the Xiongnu themselves were a martial and strong nation.
Therefore, many Hun soldiers couldn't stand it anymore, and asked for battle one after another, asking to fight by themselves and replace these old men and women. But Tousu couldn't say the bitterness in his heart, although the battle went on for most of the hour, the Wu'an army was still raining arrows, impermeable, and it didn't reduce the appearance of melons at all, obviously it was not the time to dispatch the main force and have a decisive battle with the Wu'an army.
In addition, Tousu also thinks that this is not bad, because letting the old people and women go to war can further stimulate the anger of the Hun soldiers against the Wu'an army, and when the decisive battle with the Wu'an army is held, this anger will be completely vented on the Wu'an army, and the certainty of victory will be a little greater. Therefore, the head beard also strictly ordered the Hun soldiers not to go to war, and waited patiently for the opportunity.
Bi Jing Tousu is also the right virtuous king of the Huns, and his prestige in the clan is quite high, so when he said this, the Hun soldiers did not dare to say anything, but they had some resentment against the head beard in their hearts, and some people couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
At this moment, an unexpected situation happened, it turned out that when the head of the head gave the order to attack, the Hun boys were specially pulled out and not allowed to fight. The original intention of the head beard was to protect the Hun boys, but he didn't expect that the current battlefield would have a greater impact on these Hun boys. After all, young and middle-aged people have experienced a lot more, and their hearts are more mature, and they still have a certain degree of patience. And the teenager is much worse in this regard.
And the Huns who are dying now are basically teenagers' grandfathers, grandmothers, and mothers. The old man loves his grandson, and the mother loves his children, which is common in any era and any nation, so watching these relatives who love them on weekdays fall under the bow and arrow of the Wu'an army, these Hun teenagers finally couldn't help it, and they didn't ask for instructions from their heads, and more than a dozen Hun teenagers shouted the names of their relatives, urged the war horses under the seats, and rushed out.
At first, there were only a dozen people, but it immediately increased to dozens, hundreds, thousands, and in a short time, more than half of the Hun teenagers rushed out on horseback.
Seeing that these Hun teenagers did not wait for their own orders, they rushed out, and their heads couldn't help but be shocked, and at the same time they regretted it in their hearts, they thought that it would be very good to pull out these Hun Shaomu and not let them go to death, so they should honestly stay aside, but they only cared about appeasing the young and middle-aged Hun soldiers, and ignored these Hun teenagers. But he didn't expect that they would rush out without their own orders, and now it was too late to stop them.
And after the Hun boy rushed out, the young and middle-aged Hun soldiers finally couldn't help it, after all, it was their own daughter who rushed out to fight this time, and the tiger poison did not eat the child, let alone a person? No one could watch their children rush to their deaths and still be indifferent, so the young and middle-aged Hun soldiers did not give an order, regardless of their heads, they urged their horses, and also rushed out, joining the attacking war group together.
Tousu was so anxious that he waved his hands desperately on the horse's back, and shouted: "Stop, stop, I command you all to stop, not to rush, not to rush." ”
But no one listened to him at all, and after a while, most of the young and middle-aged Hun soldiers had already rushed out and rushed towards the array of the Wu'an army. And Tousu waved his hand for a long time, and saw that it had no effect, so he had to stop, and sighed again, at this time, he could only resign himself to fate, so Tousu had to give an order, so that the rest of the Huns were all in battle.
Although the Xiongnu army finally attacked with all its troops, the crossbowmen of the Wu'an army were still unmoved, and still followed the normal rhythm of their own training, taking turns to shoot at the Xiongnu army, and there was no change in the speed and intensity of archery. And behind them, there were 2,000 longbowmen, who also used projectiles to assist the crossbowmen in striking at the Huns.
However, this time the Xiongnu dispatched far more troops than before, so although the Wu'an army added bows and arrows, it also caused a lot of damage to the Xiongnu army, but it could not suppress the attack of the Xiongnu army as it did several times, and the Xiongnu army was rapidly approaching the array of the Wu'an army.
But this was also expected by the plateau, after all, there were still more than 30,000 Xiongnu troops at this time, and it was impossible to stop it with only a few thousand crossbowmen. In fact, in the eyes of the plateau, the previous tactics of the Xiongnu army were completely wrong, from the beginning, the whole army should attack, with the strongest force to attack the Wu'an army, as long as you resist the Wu'an army's early bow and crossbow strike, you can get the opportunity to fight with the Wu'an army in close combat. Although such a tactic may seem risky to do, it was actually the one with the fewest losses. It's much better than slowly refueling.
And the plateau has long had a plan, once the Hun army attacked, the crossbowmen of the middle route withstood the impact of the Hun army, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Wu'an army would outflank from both wings, but the side launched a blow to the Hun army and defeated the Hun army in one fell swoop.
Now the Xiongnu army finally launched a full-scale attack on the Wu'an army, so Gao Yuan also immediately ordered the cavalry to attack from the left and right, the left was led by himself and Li Yinghong, and the right was led by Yuan Xuan and Jiang Huanwu. Because at this time, it has come to the time of the final decisive battle, and the victory or defeat is in this move, so it is not in the hands of the hand, all the elite soldiers and fierce generals are all going to fight, at this time, the 20,000 cavalry of the Wu'an Army have been waiting for a long time, and they have long been a little annoying, after all, this time to attack the camp of Wuliang Suhai, the 20,000 cavalry is the absolute main force, and in this battle, they have become spectators, and they can only watch the crossbowmen wield. Therefore, everyone also held their breath, and after Gao Yuan gave the order, everyone was immediately excited, and their fighting spirit was high, and they urged their war horses, raised their weapons, and rushed up with Gao Yuan, Li Yinghong, Yuan Xuan, Jiang Huanwu and other main generals.