Chapter 573: The Qin Army Counterattacks (3)

The screams of the soldiers, the wailing of the war horses immediately rang out, and the soldiers who were hit by the javelins fell off their horses, and the war horses fell to the ground. At the same time, it also caused a chain reaction, and the knights in the back row did not have time to collect their horses and change lines, and they were tripped and fallen by the fallen centaurs in the front row one after another, which also caused a wave of chaos.

The distance of one hundred steps is that except for a very small number of bows and arrows made by careful craftsmanship, only crossbow arrows can reach the range, and the killing distance of the javelin is generally only about forty or fifty steps, and this batch of Qin soldiers only rely on manpower, not only throw the javelin a distance of a hundred steps, but also be able to shoot through the shield, such a strength, whether it is in the Qin army or in the Dai army, is definitely one in a thousand, and even one in ten thousand brave men, and the Qin army actually took out nearly a hundred such strong brave men at once, Very rare indeed.

And this is not the final end, when this group of Qin soldiers finished throwing javelins, they immediately retreated, and from the array of the Qin army, a new group of tall soldiers appeared, and once again threw javelins at the Dai army.

Many of the Dai army cavalry who dodged the first wave of javelins, but they could not dodge the second wave of javelins, and were suddenly hit by the javelins, and fell down, people shouted and neighed, and became a mess, and then in the array of the Qin army, a third batch of Qin troops appeared, throwing javelins and shooting at the Dai army, and as a result, in the blink of an eye, there were a total of five rows of Qin troops, and the javelins were thrown at the Dai army.

The men and horses hit by the javelins, as well as the knights and horses that tripped behind, caused a total of nearly 200 horsemen and horses of the Dai army to fall to the ground. Although compared to the 3,000 cavalry, 200 cavalry is not a big number, even if it is less than 200 cavalry, it will not hurt the muscles and bones, but in the large group of people, it has caused a big chaos in the formation of the cavalry of the Dai army.

The situation on the left and right flanks was almost the same, although some cavalry dodged the javelins, continued to charge forward, and narrowed the distance to within the range of the bow and arrows, and shot the bows and arrows, but these Qin soldiers all raised their round shields to block the arrows, even if a few arrows shot through the gap in the shield and shot at the Qin soldiers, but they were all blocked by the thick armor of the Qin soldiers and did not cause any damage to the Qin soldiers.

At this time, the cavalry of the Qin army finally began to start, and the soldiers urged their horses to move away, shouting to kill the battle. Of course, the first to attack the Dai army was also the bow and arrow of the Qin cavalry, and the Qin cavalry in the front three or four columns had already prepared bows and arrows, and after urging the war horses away, they immediately shot out like the cavalry of the Dai army.

As a result, only a few soldiers prepared shields in advance to block the arrows and protect themselves, while most of the Dai army cavalry that had rushed within the range of the Qin army were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, killing and wounding countless people.

Then the cavalry of the Qin army put down their bows and arrows, raised the spears in their hands, and rushed towards the disorganized Dai army. Although at this time, the nearest cavalry of the Dai Army was less than thirty paces away from the Qin army, and it was impossible for the war horse to gallop at full speed, but it was still able to make the war horse run quickly.

If the formation of the Dai army is not chaotic, at this time their war horses can already reach the highest speed, and they can completely charge, with the help of the impact of the war horses, the Qin army will be killed, but now the formation of the Dai army is chaotic, and after the first two waves of blows, the morale has been hit very hard, and the Qin army is in full swing, the two sides are naturally not on the same level, so after the two sides engaged, most of the cavalry of the Dai army fell from the horseback.

However, the Dai army is not so easy to admit defeat, although the battle fell into a disadvantage, but still very tenacious and the Qin army fighting, after all, the cavalry of the Dai army is stronger than the Qin army in terms of experience and daily training, so although the casualties are large, but it still firmly resisted the attack of the Qin army, and the two sides soon entered into a hand-to-hand combat battle.

But at this time, the group of Qin soldiers who threw javelins just now also entered the battlefield with the cavalry's horses, and immediately changed the tide of the battle.

Because the distance is close at this time, many cavalry of the Dai army can see clearly, this group of Qin soldiers is indeed extremely tall and tall, at least more than nine feet tall, and even nearly half of them are more than one zhang, each of them is wearing armor and is fully armed. Even if they fought on foot, they were not much shorter than a knight on horseback, and even a little taller than a man on horseback.

Of course, the war horses of this era are generally not high, and the height of the horse's back is generally about one meter four, and only a few particularly tall war horses can reach more than one meter five, so the height of the knight on the war horse is only a little more than two meters.

And the weapons used by this batch of Qin soldiers are also very special, not the swords and halberds used by ordinary soldiers, the left hand holds a round shield with a diameter of more than three feet, and the right hand holds a long Yue that is up to one zhang, and the blade is two feet long, although the rod is wooden, but it also has the thickness of the mouth of a teacup. Such a long Yue, although not all iron or bronze casting, but its weight can also reach seventy or eighty catties, or even hundreds of catties, and to be able to use such a long Yue, it can be seen that its strength is extraordinary. Therefore, every swing can bring out a strong force, which is enough to knock all the cavalry and men and horses to the ground.

Although the number of this group of Qin troops was not large, about 500 people on the left and right flanks, after they joined the battlefield, they immediately greatly changed the situation of the battle. Second, it is also because after the cavalry of the two sides engaged in short combat, the cavalry of the Dai army also lost the advantage of speed sprinting, so that the cavalry and infantry of the Qin army fought together, and the cavalry of the Dai army was naturally at an obvious disadvantage.

What happened on the battlefield, Yuan Xuan, who commanded the army to fight on the high car, of course, saw it very clearly, and he never imagined that the situation on the battlefield would develop like this. However, Yuan Xuan was puzzled, why the process of the original battle situation was still conducive to the Dai army at the beginning, how did it become like this at once, because Yuan Xuan was watching the battle in the rear, far away, although it can be seen that the Qin soldiers who threw javelins are all big men, but they do not have the sense of oppression when they watch it up close, and they do not feel the strong combat effectiveness of this group of Qin soldiers.

But there is one thing that Yuan Xuan understands, that is, the left and right wings of the representative army are in a very unfavorable predicament, if you don't want to change it, defeat is a matter of time, and once the left and right wings are defeated, then there is no need to fight in the middle, and the representative army will lose this battle.

And what can be done now? Only by sending reinforcements to the two wings can the situation be reversed, and now there are still 2,000 cavalry in the Dai army, if reinforcements are put in the left and right wings, then the chariots in the middle of the Qin army will attack the Dai army, how to resist it? did not send cavalry reinforcements, but sent infantry reinforcements, but the Qin army also had infantry, and among the infantry of the Dai army, except for the Beiwei army, the other infantry troops had no advantage over the Qin soldiers, even if they sent the infantry army, it was difficult to play much role. So can you ignore the two wings and launch an attack on the Qin army in the middle, as long as you defeat the Qin army in the middle, you can offset the defeat of the left and right wings, and maybe you can turn the situation around.

But will the Dai army be able to defeat the Qin army in the middle lane? Yuan Xuan's heart was not low, after all, he was so confident when he launched an attack on the left and right flanks just now, but it turned out to be like this, and Yuan Xuan didn't dare to guarantee that the acting army would be able to win in the middle. In addition, even if the Dai army can defeat the Qin army in the middle lane, how much time will it take? Now the left and right flanks may not be able to hold out for long, if the middle of the army can not defeat the Qin army before the defeat of the two wings, the outcome is still unfavorable to the army, after the Qin army defeats the army on the left and right flanks, you can attack the middle army of the army from both sides, then the army of the times will be defeated.

Therefore, several thoughts turned in Yuan Xuan's mind, but he felt uncertain, and he felt in a dilemma for a while, and he didn't know how to decide. And at this moment, such a thought suddenly popped up in Yuan Xuan's mind, if he changed the plateau here, how would he decide?

At this time, Yuan Xuan realized that in the past few days, Gao Yuan had refused to launch a full-scale attack on Jingcheng, and had repeatedly asked himself to strengthen his defenses, not to rush forward, and to be careful and vigilant, so that it was not unreasonable for the Qin army to counterattack. It's a pity that he couldn't help but not appreciate the good intentions of the plateau, on the contrary, he questioned the decision of the plateau, and even complained that if Li Mu was replaced to lead the army, he would definitely attack Jingcheng. And now it seems that the ability of the plateau to use troops is definitely not under Li Mu.

Just when Yuan Xuan was thinking wildly and wandering boundlessly, an adjutant general beside him said: "General, our two wings have been defeated, and the middle route army of the Qin army has also launched an attack on us, please make a quick decision on how to deal with it." ”

Yuan Xuan was stunned for a moment, then he came back to his senses, and hurriedly looked at it, it turned out that when Yuan Xuan was hesitating, the representative army on the left and right flanks finally couldn't resist the Qin army's infantry and cavalry to fight together, because it was the strong combat effectiveness of the Qin army's infantry army, so he had to retreat backwards, and the Qin army naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and immediately followed up to cover up and chase after him.

The Qin army in the middle saw that the left and right flanks were victorious, and they immediately launched an attack on the Dai army, and the chariots in the front row were dispatched, the wheels were rolling, and the smoke and dust were filled, and they rushed to kill the middle route army of the Dai army.

When Yuan Xuan saw it, he also knew that he had to make a decision as soon as possible, no matter whether the decision he made was right or wrong, it was better than hesitation. At this time, the Dai army had no other choice but to make a desperate bet and fight to the death with the Qin army, so Yuan Xuan gritted his teeth and immediately ordered the middle route army to attack and meet the Qin army.

With Yuan Xuan's order, the middle route army of the Dai army immediately began to act, and the two thousand cavalry first urged the horses to come out of the column and charged the chariots of the Qin army, and the infantry army also followed out, and the final decisive battle between the two sides was about to begin.