Chapter 562: Crossing the River Unstoppably
On the bank of the Baishui River, the Luoyang army put away its tents and was slowly retreating to the south.
The speed of their retreat was very slow, and the cavalry, which was characterized by mobility, was a little slower than the infantry at this time.
Leading the army and slowly withdrawing to the south, Zhao Yun walked while looking back at the Xiongnu camp on the other side of the river bank from time to time.
The army withdrew from the shore of Baishui, but the Huns on the opposite side did not move at all, as if they did not notice that they were withdrawing.
"When did the Huns become so smart!" Walking beside Zhao Yun on horseback, Tai Shici lowered his voice and said to Zhao Yun after looking back at the opposite side of the riverbank: "If our army retreats too far, I am afraid that the plan of the military division will ......."
"Ziyi, don't worry!" Turning his head and looking to the south, Zhao Yun smiled slightly, and said to Tai Shici in the same low voice: "The Huns are not as heroic as the Central Plains, they are just a group of beasts that walk on two legs!" With their heads, they can't fight Pang Junshi! ”
"What Zilong said is not bad!" With the same slight smile, Tai Shi Ci echoed and did not speak again.
"General! The Huns moved! Leading the army, as soon as he walked out of the distance, a personal soldier who followed behind Zhao Yun raised his hand and pointed backwards and shouted to Zhao Yun.
Hearing the shouts of his own soldiers, Zhao Yun turned his head and glanced at the other side of the river, and sure enough, he saw that the Xiongnu army on the other side was slowly advancing towards the river bank.
Seeing that the Hun army moved, Zhao Yun pulled a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, turned his head, clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and shouted to the army behind him: "Speed up the march and give the Huns a chance to cross the river!" ”
Although most people didn't quite understand why the Huns were given the opportunity to cross the river, none of the 10,000 Luoyang cavalry who followed Zhao Yun questioned it, and while Zhao Yun sped up, they all rode their horses to follow.
The Luoyang army rose up, and in the Hun army north of the riverbank, they looked down at the back of the Luoyang army gradually moving away, and frowned.
He was still a little worried in his heart, and he didn't know why Zhao Yun suddenly withdrew his troops.
But the generals under his command did not give Qubei much room to think at all, and when they learned that the Luoyang army had withdrawn from the shore, they urged Qubei to immediately wave their troops across the river.
In desperation, he had to order 50,000 troops to cross the river first, while the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses stayed north of the river bank to wait for the situation to change.
The black Hun cavalry slowly advanced towards Baishui. One by one, the horses jumped into the river, causing a splash.
Although war horses can swim in water, they are not strong swimmers after all, and when they go down the river, their speed is greatly reduced compared with that on land.
Pieces of Hun cavalry went down the river, with the Hun cavalry shaking the reins in the water and holding the horse's belly with their legs, the flowing riverbed, splashed up a ball of water, just like a white lotus blooming in the water, under the sunlight, the white is so dazzling!
The Huns, who were the first to enter the water, had already crossed half of the riverbed and were trying their best to approach the southern bank of Baishui.
Zhao Yun, who led the Luoyang army to continue its march south, did not look back, but after galloping for a while, he slowed down again.
Standing on the north side of the riverbank, Qubei, seeing from a distance that the Luoyang army seemed to be slowing down again, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly shouted to a Hun soldier behind him: "Pass the order to go down and stop crossing the river!" ”
The order to go to the river bank was quickly transmitted, but the Hun generals, who led the army to cross the river, saw that they could land on the opposite bank, and they were willing to withdraw easily.
The biggest difference between the Huns and the Han army is that they did not rely on strict discipline when they fought, but only relied on the unique blood and courage of the Huns.
On the battlefield, the refusal of the Hun generals to carry out the commander's orders also happened from time to time, although many Hun generals would be beheaded after the war, this kind of thing is still common.
Several Hun generals who led the army down the river heard the order from behind them to turn back to the north bank, and only pretended not to know, and one of them even put his legs on the horse's belly, and shouted to the Hun soldiers who had already gone down the river behind him: "Speed up, cross the river quickly!" ”
After getting the order of the Hun general, seeing that the other generals also crossed the river in a muffled voice, the Hun soldiers in the river did not pay attention to the orders from the river bank, and urged their horses to move closer to the south bank.
Seeing that the army did not turn back, he went to humble himself and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Prepare the horses!" ”
A personal soldier answered, ran to the side, and helped Beibei bring the war horse.
He turned over and jumped on the horse's back, put his legs on the horse's belly, and rode his horse towards the riverbank.
"Stop crossing the river!" Some of the Huns had already climbed the opposite bank of the river, rushed to the river, and shouted to the Huns who were about to jump into the riverbed on horseback: "Those who have crossed the river quickly turn back, and those who have not crossed the river should stop crossing the river!" ”
The Hun generals who had crossed the river with the team had already ignored the order to go to Bei, and the army that was about to cross the river was under the command of many Hun generals.
There were more and more Huns crossing the river, and the riverbed was full of Hun soldiers.
If he did not order to withdraw, the Huns' crossing of the river was quite orderly, but he suddenly ordered to stop crossing the river, not only did not persuade the Huns in front of him to withdraw, but let the Huns who were planning to cross the river be in a dilemma, I don't know what to do, the north of the river bank and the Huns in the riverbed, advance is not retreat, many of the Huns in the riverbed first wanted to turn the horse's head, but saw the companions on the side continue to approach the opposite bank, and gave up the idea of returning, and continued to ride the horse and water forward, the scene was a mess for a while.
More and more Huns climbed the southern riverbank, and many more Huns were riding their horses and jumping into the riverbed to the south of the riverbank.
Just when five or six thousand wet Huns had gathered on the bank of the river, there was a sudden sound of snorting in the distance, and with the sound of the stalking, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves also came from the south.
In the billowing smoke and dust, the Luoyang army, wearing red robes, rolled towards the Huns who had already landed on the river bank like rolling red clouds.
The charging Luoyang army, followed behind Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao and others, one by one, carrying strong crossbows, letting out bursts of shouts full of killing intent, and rushed towards the Huns who had just climbed the river bank and were still wet and embarrassed.
When the Luoyang army rushed to a place only two or three hundred steps away from the river bank, all the Luoyang army cavalry raised their strong crossbows and aimed at the Huns on the river bank.
The Huns slaughtered civilians in the Central Plains in the north of the river bank, and it had already reached the ears of every cavalry of the Luoyang Army.
In particular, Lu Yong and others were thrown into the army, and the atrocities of the Xiongnu told from their mouths made the soldiers of the Luoyang Army indignant, and they had already had the determination to fight to the death with the Huns.
The charging Luoyang army let out a shout, and the shouts were mixed with the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, which made the Huns on the bank of the river feel chills for a while.
"Shoot the arrows!" Riding his horse and rushing towards the Huns, Zhao Yun raised the spear in his hand high and let out a roar.
With Zhao Yun's order, tens of thousands of Luoyang Army cavalry pulled the reeds of the strong crossbow in their hands.
With the sound of machine springs, pieces of arrows flew out of the Luoyang army and headed towards the Huns on the bank of the river.
The Huns on the shore did not expect that the Luoyang army would suddenly kill back, and it was not until the Luoyang army fired arrows at them that they reacted and wanted to line up to meet the enemy.
After all, the Huns' reaction was a little slower, and the arrows as dense as flying locusts covered their heads, and the Huns were shot by the falling arrows, and turned over and planted their horses. The formation they had not yet had time to set up was scattered again as the arrows fell.
As soon as the first arrow fell, the cavalry of the Luoyang Army immediately launched the second and even third arrows.
In the face of the arrows shot by the Luoyang army, the Huns held the round shield in their hands to cover the feather arrows falling from their heads.
Some of the feathered arrows landed on the round shield with a crisp "pop" sound, and many more feathered arrows hit the Huns on the bank of the river.
Many of the Huns who were shot under their horses fell to the ground, and did not die immediately, but crawled all over the ground wailing, trying to get up and struggle to live.
But the Huns beside them who were not hit by the arrows were also in a hurry at this time.
The hooves of the war horses trampled everywhere, and many Huns who fell off their horses were trampled on the ground by their companions' war horses before they even stood up, and then more war horses stepped on them, trampling them into a bloody corpse.
The charging Luoyang army fired five or six arrows in a row, and when they rushed to only forty or fifty steps away from the Huns, all the Luoyang troops carried their crossbows behind them, drew out their Pu knives, brandished Pu knives, and shouted and rushed to the Huns who had died many people and were already in chaos.
When the Luoyang army collided with the Huns, countless Pu knives slashed out silver and bright sword lights, slashing towards the heads and bodies of the Huns.
War horses do not have stirrups, although the Huns grew up on horseback, but there is no stirrup equipped with the Luoyang cavalry to sit steadily.
Countless people's war horses collided, and the huge impact force knocked many Hun cavalry off their horses, and then they were trampled into flesh by the countless horse hooves entangled in one place.
After withstanding five or six rounds of arrow attacks, the Huns' fighting spirit was much worse than when they crossed the river, and under the strong impact of the Luoyang army, the Huns on the bank of the river were scattered in an instant.
Killing into the Huns, Zhao Yun's spear flew in his hand, and with the dance of his spear, all the Huns who were picked up by the tip of the spear would splash out a puddle of blood and fall from the horse.
Not far from Zhao Yun, the two Hun generals saw that Zhao Yun had only overturned dozens of Hun soldiers in an instant, glanced at each other, brandished their weapons, and roared and rushed towards Zhao Yun.
The two were charging, and a fast horse suddenly came out on the side, and the Luoyang general on horseback shouted: "Donglai Taishi Ci is here, and the Huns are here!" ”
Hearing this shout, the two Hun generals hurriedly turned their heads and looked at Tai Shi Ci, who was shouting.
At the moment when they just turned their heads, the two halberds were already piercing their doors with the sound of the wind.