Chapter 521 Ambush and Anti-Ambush
July 28, 2016, Zhangwu.
The Han army finally failed to stop Cao's army. Although they were defeated, Cao Zhen's strategy of turning the whole into pieces did save him a little bit of vitality. It was harder to chase and kill the defeated army than to attack before.
The Cao army was scattered so violently that some even fled to Shuofang, that is, the Southern Xiongnu. In addition, Zhang He led the Hun cavalry to continue to harassing, if the Han army's pursuers left the large team, they would be swallowed up by Zhang He. Zhang Fei was also helpless about this. The disadvantages of the Han army's lack of cavalry were undoubtedly exposed in this pursuit and annihilation battle. However, in general, from Wugong to Fufeng to Fengyi County, the counties along the way were occupied by the Han army, and the entire territory of Jingzhao was continuously occupied by the Han army, and the Han flag was raised again. The Wei army's forces quickly calves in just half a month.
Of course, it is just occupying the city, and subsequent stability in the people's hearts will take time to digest.
Fengyi County, lotus spoon.
The rapid and dense sound of horse hooves kept ringing, and a Han army of about a thousand people was constantly restricted by tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry.
"Form a formation!" Guan Xing stood on a raised hill. Although there were mountains, rivers and rivers around him, the current marching speed was no longer enough to find favorable terrain. Thousands of people quickly formed a circular formation around Guan Xing. From a distance, several cavalrymen quickly surrounded this side.
Although he had an advantage in the general trend, Zhang He's cavalry was quite difficult. Guan Xing designed several times but failed to lure Zhang He. Obviously, Zhang He was not comparable to the Xiongnu generals who were ambushed and killed by Guan Xing. This time, Guan Xing personally led his troops to fight, but Zhang He took the opportunity to break up and fled back with only more than a thousand elite troops. However, Zhang He saw Guan Xing and stubbornly refused.
As outstanding generals among the second generation of Liu Bei's group, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao performed too brilliantly in this war. Now that they have the opportunity to siege Guan Xing, even Zhang He can't stand this temptation.
The strength of the second generation of the Han Dynasty exceeded Zhang He's expectations. Compared with the well-known second generation of Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, and Zhao Guang, the only ones who can make a move in the Wei Dynasty were Le Lin and Zhang Hu, Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Ru of the Xiahou family. In fact, there were quite a few, but the feeling that Zhang He was not as good as Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and others.
The Han Dynasty had already been ahead of the Great Wei in the training of the next generation of talents, and now it has obtained the Guanlong land again. It will definitely be more difficult to deal with in the future. Now that he has the opportunity to kill Guan Xing, even if he fights out all the more than 10,000 Hun cavalry, Zhang He will do whatever he wants.
This is also the reason why he pursued Guan Xing wildly after he discovered Guan Xing. All the Wei army could leave. As for the Huns... After Guanzhong lost, it is hard to say whether the Huns would go to Han or Wei next. It would be better to use up their value. As long as they can capture and kill Guan Xing, the rest, even if these Hun cavalry were killed, it would be worth it.
If you can choose, Zhang He would definitely not hesitate to take out 10,000 or 20,000 Hun cavalry to exchange for Zhang Bao and stay with him.
But this is obviously not realistic.
"Bah!" Guan Xing spitted on the mountain bag, looking at the Hun cavalry who was forcing him to come, gritted his teeth and cursed: "This old dog, won't he like me anymore, right?"
Even in such a tense atmosphere, the soldiers around him couldn't help but chuckle. The big man was actually not resentful of the male style, but after all, it was a little difficult to show it. Guan Xing's teasing at this moment also made the tense atmosphere relax a little.
"How many crossbows are there?" Guan Xing jumped off the horse's back so as not to be shot and killed by the opponent as the primary target. He turned around and asked the deputy general.
"There are more than 300 more than 300!" The deputy general bowed.
Because it was dispersed by the opponent, the distribution of troops was not uniform. Guan Xing was in the central army, archers, crossbowmen, and even more than a dozen engineers. On the contrary, there were not many swords, shields and spearmen in the front row, and Guan Xing's personal guards were still used as the guards.
"Can crossbow arrows be enough?" Guan Xing asked.
"The man carries two boxes."
One box of ten crossbow arrows, two boxes of twenty, three hundred crossbow hands, six thousand crossbow arrows, which sounds like a lot, but in fact, when I use these six thousand crossbow arrows to shoot one or two thousand people, it is good enough. Not every crossbow arrow can hit the enemy, and not every enemy will only hit one arrow.
"Where is the bow and arrow?"
"There are four hundred people, but they used a lot of arrows on the road. Now it is estimated that the three of them can divide the arrows into two bags." The deputy general bowed.
"Enough, let the wolf smoke rise first. If Zhang Bao doesn't come again, his brother will have to die in battle here!" Guan Xing inserted his sword into the ground, took the kettle from the backpack of the war horse, gulped it, and then bit a few bites of the jerky meat, shouted: "Everyone, eat everything you can eat on your body. If reinforcements don't arrive in time, this is probably my last meal."
"General, our army is well-equipped, and may not be afraid of them!" A soldier couldn't help but shout.
"Hey, that war horse rushed over, and you could be killed even if it hits. Cavalry is different from infantry. We have too few crossbow soldiers and not enough crossbow arrows. Otherwise, why should we be afraid of them? Hey, Zhang He is crazy?" Guan Xing was surprised when he saw that the other party had already begun to gather to prepare to rush into the formation.
There are crossbow soldiers here on his side. Zhang He dares to rush like this, isn't he too confused? Do you want these cavalry to die?
However, it seems that the life and death of these Xiongnu cavalry has nothing to do with the Wei Dynasty.
"The old dog is vicious!" Guan Xing laughed when he figured out this point. No matter what you think, how can you avoid taking advantage of it?
The Hun cavalry gathered cavalry from three directions to rush here, leaving a side, which was also used to disintegrate morale. However, the Han army has won one after another and has already shown the momentum of an invincible army. The people around Guan Xing are even more elite among the elites, and the dilemma in front of them will not completely lose their fighting spirit.
Although the archers' arrows are shot out, they are not as effective as crossbow soldiers. With a scale of 400 people, it is difficult to form a rain of arrows, not to mention that they are divided into three sides, and each side is only more than one hundred arrows shot out. Visually, it is difficult to give people too much experience.
But the damage was real. There was a trace of riot in the cavalry formation of the Huns. It was caused by someone being shot and blocking the way of the cavalry in the rear.
At this distance, after the cavalry entered the range, the archers could only have time to shoot two rounds. Of course, when there were only archers, there were still three hundred crossbowmen waiting for the other party on Guan Xing, and they were holding ten consecutive crossbow machines in their hands.
After the opponent entered the range, Guan Xing ordered arrows to be fired without hesitation. The continuous crossbow arrows shot out to form a short-lived arrow curtain. The cavalry formation's rushing momentum was like Guan Xing blocking the Hun cavalry before, instantly slowing down the rushing momentum of the Hun cavalry by several levels, providing archers with more opportunities to shoot archers.
After a crossbow box came down, the Huns cavalry had already turned around and retreated. The casualties that occurred at this moment seemed to have a fault. Zhang He also called out the gold medal at the right time, asking the Huns cavalry to withdraw and then reorganize the attack.
In just a moment, the Hun cavalry left at least a thousand corpses. In fact, if Zhang He fought hard, the casualties would not be so heavy. But Zhang He obviously wanted to consume the crossbow arrows from Guan Xing as soon as possible, and he succeeded.
Looking at the crossbowman who quickly filled the crossbow box, Guan Xing guessed Zhang He's intention, but he had no choice but to make it clear that he was bullying the few. Moreover, Zhang He obviously did not take the lives of these Hun cavalry seriously, which was a bit rogue.
After the second round of charge, you have to play with a knife. Guan Xing is mostly a crossbowman. Even if he has the advantage of melee equipment, he will still suffer.
Zhang He's second round of charge did not make Guan Xingjiu wait. He rushed towards this side again, and another crossbow arrow blocked it and defeated it.
"How many bows and arrows are left!" Guan Xing looked at the deputy general beside him.
"Two people are one!"
"Destroy all the crossbows, each archer has two arrows. After shooting, he quickly destroys the bow and prepares for melee combat!" Guan Xing said. During the battle along the way, he found that Cao's army was collecting and robbing the Han army's weapons. There is no need to say more about the purpose. He cannot let these people succeed.
The wolf smoke made Guan Xing's eyes feel a little uncomfortable, and he was a little far away, looking at the Huns. This time, Zhang He wanted to launch another charge and obviously had some resistance. The Huns were not fools, and he filled their lives in vain. Zhang He persuaded them to waste a lot of effort, but he still started the third round of charge, but his speed was obviously not as fast as the previous two times.
"Shoot the arrow!"
When the arrow cluster was shot out, although it was not a big threat, I still felt that the opponent's speed was slower. At this speed, it would be fine to shoot three more arrows, but the order has been issued and it is impossible to change again.
Guan Xing turned over and was about to rush to the battlefield. He could not escape at this time. The Huns' riding and shooting skills were not weak.
The sound of the Han army's horn sounded in the distance, and Guan Xing showed joy, but the distance was a bit far away, and it was still a little bit to say whether he could hold on. However, after this battle, the Huns were completely finished.
Two arrows were shot, and the archers had already begun to destroy the bow. Two Han soldiers suddenly broke out on both sides. Guan Xing was overjoyed when he saw this. It was the army of Zhang Bao and Zhao Guang. Their original plan was to lure Zhang He into the ambushes and then surround him. However, Guan Xing, who was responsible for luring the enemy, accidentally turned the deception into a real defeat, which led to the current scene.
Now he was no longer concerned about why the horn sounded so far, but Zhang Bao and Zhao Guang had already come over. Guan Xing rode his horse out of the battle and shouted sternly: "Soldiers, follow me to kill!"
More than a thousand Han troops raised their weapons and rushed towards the Hun cavalry, which was obviously in chaos because of the Han army on both sides. However, compared to this, Guan Xing's target was not on these Hun cavalry.
Zhang He obviously didn't expect this scene, so he left after plucking his horse. How could Guan Xing let him go? He rode his horse and raised his sword, shouting sternly: "Don't leave Zhang He!"
The army was led by its own deputy general, but Guan Xing chased Zhang He reluctantly.
Chapter completed!