Chapter 1027: Success in the East and Success in the West (Twenty)

This was a contest between the strongest cavalry and the strongest infantry in the world. The Qin army had 3,000 men, which seemed to be a small number, but because they used chariots as a formation and flesh as a wall, the defensive position they formed was very small. Helan Xiong, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, could not rush forward all at once, and could only surround the opponent and attack forward in batches. Each time the team deployed was not more than the opponent.

The air was raining crossbows, and the charging cavalry held the crossbows with the strings on their arms flat on the horses and pulled the triggers. The powerful crossbows shot out with a sharp whistle like lightning, and the flesh wall was instantly covered with crossbows. Although the dense position There were shields blocking the way, but many Qin soldiers were still shot and fell to the ground, especially the horses that were trapped in the center of the battlefield. There was no shelter and many of them were shot. The horses had long lives and could not die for a while after being shot. They ran around in the battlefield, causing a lot of chaos.

"Kill the horses!" Yan Wei shouted sternly.

Although the cavalrymen acting as archers in the formation showed reluctance in their eyes, these horses were their partners and comrades, but military orders could not be violated. The military law of the Qin army was particularly strict. Hearing Yan Wei's order, these cavalrymen still drew their knives and stabbed them directly into the necks of their horses, killing the horses one by one, whether they were injured or not. All of them fell to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, these dead horses became another meat shield on the meat wall.

Helan Jie controlled the horse with his legs and ran around the enemy's position. He shot an arrow every few dozen steps. Compared with the cavalry of the Northern Field Army trained by Helan Yan, who focused more on team charge, Helan Xiong's East Field Cavalry inherited more of the tradition of the Xiongnu cavalry. Running and shooting was their forte. Facing such a hedgehog-like opponent, what they were best at was running in circles, slowly killing the opponent with feather arrows, until the opponent could no longer bear the loss and lost formation and fled in all directions, and then they would use arrows to kill the opponent. Horsepower chased the enemy, killing them one by one in the process of expulsion.

Helan Jie's archery was very accurate, and every arrow he shot would most likely knock down an enemy. Unfortunately, the horse bows they used were relatively soft, and the armor of the Qin army was of good quality. If an arrow did not hit the vital point, it would be difficult to make the opponent lose combat effectiveness. Therefore, you can often see a Qin soldier with thorns on his body like a hedgehog, still running back and forth on the battlefield in great joy.

The arm crossbow has great power, but it is difficult to control the accuracy. It is mostly used for covering shooting. It is difficult to shoot accurately with an arm crossbow while riding on a horse, so Helan Jie and his men only charge After using the arm-drawn crossbow for a covering attack in the first wave of shooting, he switched to the cavalry bow.

In the Qin army position, a feather arrow hit Yan Wei's helmet and hung there. It was a gift from Helan Jie, but it was a little too high. If it was a little lower, it would hit Yan Wei in the face and he would have died.

"Crossbow!" Yan Wei shouted. Unlike the arm-drawn crossbow of the Han army, the Qin army used a foot-operated crossbow, which was quite powerful, but it was more troublesome to string it than the arm-drawn crossbow, and it was impossible to aim and shoot individually, so it could only cover the shooting in large quantities.

In the center of the position, hundreds of cavalry sat on the ground, using foot-operated crossbows to buckle the crossbow arrows. He wound up the bowstring, held it up, shouted, and shot at the place where the cavalry was most concentrated.

With a bang, a black cloud suddenly appeared in front of the Qin army.

"Scatter!" Helan Jie shouted, and the cavalry gathered together suddenly scattered, but the firing speed of the Qin army's foot-operated crossbows was also strange. Even though these cavalry dodged very quickly, many of them still fell off their horses.

The moment the Qin army in the formation stood up and shot this arrow, the Han army in other directions immediately seized the opportunity, and the feather arrows shot over like meteors and waterfalls. The Qin army who had just shot the foot-operated crossbow arrows in their hands also fell down dozens of people immediately.

Round and round, the Qin army The casualties were getting heavier. Facing the high-speed cavalry, their bows and arrows had limited lethality, and when they gathered together, they were living targets for the opponent. Although the position was solid and the number of shields was sufficient, this could not completely block the sharp arrows from outside.

"Hao Lianpo, prepare for a strong attack!" He Lanxiong looked at the Qin army's position, which had been slightly shaken, and turned to Hao Lianpo beside him and ordered.

"Understood!" Hao Lianpo rode excitedly. Unlike He Lanjie's cavalry, his subordinates mostly used heavy weapons, which were specially used to break through the formation and attack.

"Kill!" Hao Lianpo roared and rode out with a sharp gun in his hand. Waving a chain hammer, it turned like a windmill, whirring overhead. Haolian Po's troops attacked, and Helan Jie's troops circled counterclockwise and returned to their camp.

"Break!" The chain hammer in Haolian Po's hand flew out with a whirring sound and fell towards the Qin army's position. At the same time, hundreds of the same chain hammers also flew up at the same time. Falling to the center of the Qin army's position.

These chain hammers weighing more than ten pounds were swung up with the help of horsepower. The impact force brought by them was hundreds of pounds. Falling from the air, how could human power stop it? The sound of banging continued. The Qin army raised their shields to intercept, but the hammers broke the shields and the people also broke their tendons and bones.

Throwing out the chain hammer in his hand, Hao Lianpo took off a rope noose from the saddle, waved it above his head, and ran around the Qin army's position. A Qin army archer had just climbed up the wall of meat, holding a bow and arrow to Hao Lianpo. Taking aim, Hao Lianpo shouted loudly, and the noose flew out from his hand. The moment the Qin Army's feather arrow just flew out, the noose fell on him, and with a whoosh, the arrow scraped Hao Lianpo's body flew past, the war horse accelerated, and the Qin soldier screamed, and he was lifted up, flying out of the Qin army's position in the clouds and fog.

Hao Lianpo's hand was loosened, and the Qin soldier was smashed to the ground with the noose attached, and the horse's hooves were flying. The Qin soldier only struggled twice, and then stopped moving. Like a torn bag, it was trampled by the hoofs of the war horse. The hoof went away, and in an instant it was no longer human.

"Break the formation!" Hao Lianpo roared.

A group of cavalrymen armed with hammers, big sticks, and heavy knives came forward. Their horses were blindfolded before the attack. They could not see clearly what was in front of them. The knights on horseback smashed their horses and aimed straight at the chariot city. The wall of flesh rushed straight through.

The sound of rumbling noises was endless. These war horses collided directly with the flesh wall of Checheng. Although their muscles and bones were broken and they fell to the ground, the entire fleshy wall of Checheng was also shaken by the impact. The Qin army climbing on it The soldiers fell from above one after another.

The moment the war horses hit the wall of the chariot city, the cavalrymen on the horses had already leapt up, waving their heavy weapons, and fell from the air into the Qin army's position.

Heavy weapons fell, flesh and blood slashed, but these warriors who leaped into the air did not have time to strike a second blow. In the Qin army's formation, the sword and shield soldiers who had been prepared rushed forward and pounced on these people. In their arms, the dagger in their hands was stabbed into their chests and abdomens, and blood splattered all over the Qin soldiers' heads and faces as the dagger was pulled out.

The Qin army's position was crumbling under Hao Lianpo's brutal attack, but it still stood firm. Groups of people swooped in and died silently in the formation. This fierce fighting was particularly cruel. , the battle fatality rate of both sides immediately increased in a straight line.

"Commander, look!" He Lanjie stared at the end of the vast grassland. Under the blue sky, around them, streams of wolf smoke stretched straight into the sky, facing the Qin army directly opposite them. The wolf smoke ignited in the formation faced each other in the distance, and He Lanjie felt a little uneasy.

"Using this Qin army as bait, do you want to eat me?" He Lanxiong sneered, "Scouts have already scouted around us. Each Qin army only has about 3,000 people, and they are mainly infantry. Just because they want to stop us, Ajie, don’t worry, after eating this Qin army, we can retreat in peace, no one can stop us on this grassland."

"Understood, but Commander, I will also lead the troops up. The Qin army has obviously been defeated by Hao Lianpo. If we push harder, they will collapse. As long as their car formation is broken, this Qin army will be defeated." It’s just a dish in our bowl." He Lanjie said.

He Lanxiong nodded slightly, "Okay, if we eat them earlier, we will have more time to evacuate here."

The intensity of the Han army's attack suddenly increased, and the Qin army's position was tight everywhere. After holding on for another half an hour, Hao Lianpo finally took the lead to overturn a vehicle formation and rushed in with a roar. The Qin army's biggest support no longer existed. .The Han army poured in through the gap.

The two sides began to fight face to face.

"He Lanxiong must have looked down on our troops who surrounded him, because not only were they numerous in number, but they were also far apart from each other, making it difficult for them to respond to each other." Walking on a grass patch filled with flowers, Li Xin said He smiled at Dan Yudao, "But what he doesn't know is that the role of these troops of mine is to delay his actions and catch his whereabouts. No matter which direction he goes, he will hit one of them." However, the next battle will once again slow down his departure from the battlefield. What I am fighting for is this time. I pay a huge price in order to arrange a larger and tighter encirclement. He Lanxiong Forgot, I have an army of 100,000. Even if he eats up all these troops that are used as bait and abandoned sons, as long as I kill him, I will still make a lot of money."

"The general is wise!" Dan Yu said sincerely. Outside the encirclement that had been formed, Li Xin quietly mobilized his troops to form a larger and tighter encirclement that encompassed dozens of miles in radius. No matter which direction He Lanxiong goes, he will eventually run into this encirclement. As the encirclement of the Qin army tightens step by step, He Lanxiong's living space will be compressed little by little, and he will eventually become Li Xin's prey. (To be continued. )