Chapter 634
The Jincheng Camp rushed in like a rush, and the Xianbei people who were rushing to fight were in a mess. Immediately afterwards, they discovered a fact that they collapsed, that is, their equipment was too far apart from the equipment of the Han army.
Since the Northern Xinjiang War, new things like stirrups have become popular on the grassland. No matter how exquisite the riding skills of the people on the grassland are, the impact of whether to use stirrups or not is still quite good. So in a few years, almost all knights have used stirrups. Stirrups need to be used with iron, but there is no iron produced on the grassland, so these need to be purchased from the Central Plains.
However, the hardest thing to buy in Hu market is iron. The little bit of pitiful quota is not enough, so they can only buy it at a high price. Since they want to buy it, it is better to buy stirrups than to buy iron, because there is still a serious shortage of blacksmiths on the grassland.
This is related to Liu Xiu's northern expedition. After Liu Xiu pacified the northern border, he had an agreement with the Xianbei king and the company that the Han people who had fallen on the grassland could not be prevented from relocating. Under the protection of this agreement, a large number of Han people returned to the Han territory, resulting in a shortage of blacksmiths on the grassland. It was okay to do some work, and stirrups were supplied in batches, so the iron spears were not enough to use.
Stirrups have low requirements for iron, and the Xianbei people can barely deal with it, but in weapons such as spears and halberds, the gap between the Xianbei people is not a small part. For many years, they have relied on spoils to supplement it, but they have lost more battles and won fewer battles recently. How many spoils can they get?
This is also the reason why Mika and Tadun were red when they heard that there were 50,000 infantry equipment.
Now I haven't seen the equipment of 50,000 infantrymen, but I have seen the equipment of 10,000 Iron Cavalry. Of course, there are also 10,000 ferocious Iron Blood Knights.
The 10,000 cavalry of the 7th Han camp were all wearing two iron armor, holding iron spears or iron halberds and other long soldiers, wearing thirty Qinggang ring knife, an iron arch, and fifty arrows. The two iron armors were not only light but also strong, and the Xianbei people shot up. There was no reaction at all, but the arrows they shot could easily penetrate the Xianbei people's leather armor.
After a meeting, the Xianbei people suffered a great loss. Tuo Yi and his personal guards were shooting dozens of bows and shot down the Xianbei knights who were rushing in front. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, the soldiers of Jincheng Camp rushed in with ring swords and iron halberds and spears.
This is an unfair battle.
On the other side, Xia Yu and Tian Yan got off the horse and fought in the field. Tian Yan led the infantry battalion and formed the classic Five Elements Formation of the Han army. The length and length were coordinated and advanced like a wall. Behind him and on both sides, the Changshui Battalion led by Xia Yu kept running and shooting, attacking wantonly. The soldiers of the infantry battalion rode horses to fight, killing their might and morale. At this moment, it was the time when their blood was boiling, and they had endless strength. The results of their usual strict training were fully demonstrated. Although they were full of murderous intent in their hearts, no one rushed forward without authorization, but cooperated with each other and did not give the Xianbei people any chance.
The Xianbei people were not good at slept and did not know how to form formations. They just rely on their personal bravery. However, these bravery are not inferior to them, but cooperated with the attack of elite Han infantry soldiers who were ten times more tacitly than them. Under Tian Yan's command, less than a thousand infantry battalions soldiers killed the Xianbei people who were several times more powerful and retreated step by step, and were in a mess.
From the beginning, the Xianbei people were in a passive situation. They had no power to fight back at all, so they could only grit their teeth and support them desperately. Mijia was anxious. He ran away, shouting loudly regardless of danger, boosting morale, and was under tremendous pressure when he maintained the battle formation. The snipers in the Han army saw this fat man who was desperate. From the iron armor on his body, he could guess his identity was different, so he took out the sharpest flying arrows. For a moment, Mijia became the target of public criticism. If it weren't for the solid iron armor on his body, his personal guards would have vowed to protect him to the death, I was afraid that he had become a porcupine now.
The two sides fought together, arrows sprinted, war horses neighed, and the sound of killing was deafening. The sound of war drums and trumpets were mixed together, and Xianbei and Chinese were quarreling, and strangers fought with each other with their lives and never ended.
"Charge! Charge!" Kuo Yi put away his bow, wiped his already skinny hands on the skirt, tore off a piece of cloth and wrapped them in his hands, clenched the spear tightly, and shouted loudly. The drummer behind him waved his arms that were so sore and numb, and beat the drum like raindrops. The soldiers kicked the war horses hard, and even used the war horses in their hands to blow the backs of the war horses, forcing the war horses that were usually considered treasures to use their last power. The two sides had already fought together, and even if they had more power, it was good at this time, and it was possible to decide the final victory.
Duan Wei danced the iron halberd and rushed into the Xianbei people with Wuwei camp. He roared, and the iron halberd passed by like the wind. The halberd hooked the neck of a Xianbei person. The Xianbei people held the handle of the halberd with one hand and slashed it with one knife. Duan Wei raised his arm and blocked the door with his arm armor. With a crisp sound, sparks flew everywhere. He pulled out the ring knife around his waist and cut off the left hand of the Xianbei person with one knife. Before he could laugh out loud, two spears stabbed silently, one stabbed the man and the other stabbed the horse. Duan Wei was shocked, and raised his remaining strength and slashed the handle of the spear with one knife, slashing the spear with one knife, but the war horse did not have time to avoid it. The spear pierced into the horse's chest. The war horse neighed and threw it to the ground, pressing the ecstatic Xianbei person under his body.
Duan Wei rose up and jumped down before the war horse fell down. He slashed and killed two Xianbei knights one after another. The guards rushed forward, picked him up, and threw him onto a bossless war horse.
Jiang Wu has been caught off the horse for the third time. His war horse was cut off the horse's hooves by the Xianbei people again and fell to the ground. He cried out in a whine, and blood gushed out from the wound. Jiang Wu's hair was disheveled, and the helmet on her head was gone, and the spear disappeared. He danced the sword with both hands like a windmill, slashed three Xianbei soldiers in succession, turned around, cut off the neck of the war horse with one knife, raised his sword and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Under Yan Wen's leadership, the soldiers of Hanyang Camp rushed past Jiang Wu like the wind. Jiang Wu saw a war horse in the air saddle, ran a few steps, and jumped up.
Li Meng and Yang Ding rushed in side by side. The two of them looked at each other's positions from time to time, for fear that they would fall behind. One of them was from the northerners and the other was from the An Ding. When they went to other places, they were from fellow villagers. They usually took care of each other and went to the battlefield, and they were both competing and cooperating.
Mijia paid a significant price and finally delayed the speed of the Han army. The soldiers on both sides kept falling and fighting together. It was difficult to decide the winner for a while. Although the Han army had the upper hand, before the Xianbei people stubbornly blocked, they were delusional to win quickly. The final victory must be exchanged for blood.
Mijia was shouting, and Qu Yi was also anxiously watching everything on the battlefield. He knew that the victory was decided, and it was only a matter of time to defeat Mijia. But he also knew that Liu Xiu had never agreed to this tactic. He killed 1,000 enemies and injured himself. In Liu Xiu's opinion, it was impossible to avoid it. Today, they succeeded in attacking 20,000 Hu Cavalry with more than 10,000 troops, which was said to be a great contribution, but if the 7th Han Battalion in Liangzhou paid a heavy price of more than half of the casualties, not only would Qu Yi not bear it, but Liu Xiu would also be very angry.
But war is war. It is a combination of many factors and will never be transferred by personal will. There is no problem with Kuo Yi's command, and he also brought the advantages of his side to the extreme. If you have to say that there is a problem, then you can only say that it is wrong. It is not right for them to decide to attack in this way.
It was a victory to defeat 20,000 people by more than 10,000 people, but for Kuo Yi, this victory was not perfect. If Liu Xiu came to command, he would definitely not throw Cao Cao aside in order to take away his merits. In his heart, the lives of soldiers are far more important than merits. For generals, they cannot dye their battle flags red with the blood of soldiers. He would rather give less military achievements than pay more.
After making merit, the generals can be promoted or promoted, but what about ordinary soldiers? Most of them will only receive some pitiful pensions, but their families will be in trouble from now on. Even if the government will provide certain discounts and discounts, how can they compare to a living person?
Tuo Yi regretted it a little. He shouldn't have encouraged Xia Yu and Tian Yan to fight this battle, and Liu Xiu wouldn't blame them, because among the three, the one who really made the decision was Tuo Yi. When he thought of making contributions and being punished by Liu Xiu, what was even more terrifying was that he might lose the opportunity to fight in the future, Tuo Yi was a little angry.
Just when Qu Yi was angry, Xia Yu was gritting his teeth and fighting hard. Although Tian Yan's infantry battalion attacked sharply, the number of people was too small. Under the stubborn resistance of the Xianbei people, as the sharpness gradually exhausted, the attack speed gradually slowed down. Xia Yu did not dare to give up. At this time, how could Mijia let them retreat easily? At the moment, they could only wait until Qu Yi broke through Mijia's original formation before supporting him. Qu Yi maintained a sharp attack, and winning was expected. As long as he could persist until that time, the victory would be theirs.
Xia Yu didn't know what Que Yi was thinking now. Although he was a little nervous, he was more excited. He attacked 20,000 Hu Qi with more than 10,000 people. This contribution was enough to make him and Tian Yan taste the taste of promotion. Maybe he could be a miscellaneous general.
At this moment, the southeast suddenly remembered a sound of war drums, and then several scouts rushed out of the darkness. They ran wildly regardless of the danger of darkness, and their mood was urgent. Although these scouts were still far away and only saw shadows, Xia Yu's heart suddenly rose. From using war drums to command, we can tell that this is the Han army. But is this Yuan Shao's Han army or who?
If it is the former, then today will be in trouble.
After a brief period of tension, Xia Yu gritted his teeth and ordered the Changshui Camp, which was assisting the attack, to withdraw from the battle formation and be prepared to fight. No matter who the opponent was, they should not be allowed to disrupt Tuo Yi's attack rhythm at any time, and they should not be allowed to attack Tuo Yi's back formation, otherwise Tuo Yi would undoubtedly be defeated.
The drum sounded, and Changshui Camp slowly retreated. At this time, the scout rushed to Xia Yu, rolled off his horse, and shouted happily: "Captain Captain, General Wei's reinforcements have arrived."
"General Guard's reinforcements?" Xia Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, let go of his tightly held hands, his palms were covered with sweat. He smiled hard and ordered the soldiers to beat the drums to pass this good news to every Han army soldier.
For a moment, the drums were loud. As the sound of war drums sounded, ten thousand iron cavalry led by Cao Ren rushed out of the darkness with the rumbling sound of horse hooves. They stood up five hundred steps away, and the torches were raised high, like a sea of fire, stretching for several miles, and it was spectacular.
Tian Yan, Que Yi and others who received the news were all ecstatic. The morale of the Han army suddenly increased, and their tired bodies suddenly became full of strength, and they set off waves after wave, pounced towards the Xianbei people like a huge wave.
The Xianbei people, who had already been unable to support, collapsed when they heard that the enemy had reinforcements. Mika no longer had the courage to fight. He turned around and ran away with his own guard camp, and disappeared into the darkness.
"Kill--" Que Yi waved his sword and shouted.
"Kill--" Tens of thousands of Han soldiers shouted loudly, and their morale was like a rainbow. (To be continued) Please search for Astronomy for the Flying Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!!!
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