A dense rain of arrows, more than 500 of them, hit the area thirty paces deep behind the sword cart and three hundred paces wide in front of it. This made the Qiang who had just restrained the iron hooves of the war horse and did not hit the sword cart.
The Di cavalrymen experienced an intense rain of arrows, and the locust-like rain of arrows immediately covered the entire battlefield. And these cavalrymen who just wanted to hunt down the Jin cavalry, make contributions, and avenge their comrades, this time
He couldn't think of continuing to chase the enemy for a while, so he could only wave the weapons in his hands desperately, pick up the shield on the saddle, and resist the rain of bows and arrows.
Just now, in order to chase down the enemy, these Qiang and Di cavalry were rushing to the front. Unknowingly, they changed from the originally scattered and widely spaced formation to a dense formation that was huddled together. This made them more capable in the assault.
It was extremely powerful at the time, but it also caused them to suffer a sharp increase in casualties when they were ambushed and washed away by arrows. Many sergeants, especially the cavalry with spears, would be injured when they waved their weapons to block.
When they hit the surrounding companions, more than ten cavalrymen were not hit by the arrows. Instead, they were hit by the swords and guns of the companions around them, and they screamed and fell off their horses.
Qi Qianli waved the shield in his hand to block the arrows, and shouted: "Don't panic, don't be confused, turn your horse's head, and retreat back to me. Brothers on the two wings, go around to the two wings, give me..."
Before he finished speaking, he only heard the thunderous sound of iron hooves on both sides, and the roar of the Jin army came from both sides: "Kill, kill all the Qiang thieves!"
Qi Qianli's eyes widened, and he saw smoke and dust billowing on both sides. At some point, the various military tents and Jin cavalry behind the fortifications that had been ambushing on these two wings appeared one after another, and there was no need to form a formation.
They launched an assault directly on the Qiang and Di cavalry regiment, which was huddled together in a chaotic mess and desperately trying to avoid arrows.
Qi Qianli almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. At the moment when he lost consciousness, a long wolf tooth arrow passed through his shield and nailed his left shoulder so hard that he could even feel himself
The moment the bones were broken, the left hand holding the shield could no longer be raised. At this distance, being shot by the Jin army's archers would be fatal to these Qiang and Di cavalry who lacked heavy armor protection.
Almost as long as he shoots an arrow, he will fall off his horse and die, or at least lose his combat effectiveness.
Seeing that Qi Qianli was hit by an arrow, several of the guards came over desperately, stood in front of him, jumped off their horses, and waved their shields to block the arrows. However, Qi Qianli was so painful that the shield on his left hand had already fallen to the ground, and his body slipped down.
He got off his mount and sat under the horse's belly. This was also a life-saving trick he had used during many years of fighting. Even though he was away from the horse, at least he had a protective object and his life could be saved for the time being.
A medical sergeant ran under the horse's belly and sat next to Qi Qianli, who was sitting cross-legged. With a wave of his knife, he cut off the shaft of the arrow on Qi Qianli's shoulder. He was about to take it out of the medical kit he carried with him.
He gave Qi Qianli the pliers to take out the arrowhead. Qi Qianli grabbed his hand with his right hand and said sternly: "Old Bai, we don't have time to do this kind of surgery at this time, we have to rush out first!"
Before he could finish his words, another hail of arrows struck, and screams were heard all around. Even the horse above his head was neighing repeatedly. This hail of arrows hit the horse's chest.
Blood lines immediately hung on his back and neck, and Lao Bai, who was opposite Qi Qianli, was shot through the neck with an arrow. His eyes were wide open, and the pliers in his hands were just like his.
It fell to the ground at the same time.
Qi Qianli gritted his teeth, got out from under the horse's belly, and picked up the spear he had just inserted on the ground. As far as he could see, with the rain of arrows covering it, most of the Qiang and Di cavalry also followed.
Like myself, I jumped off my horse and used my mount as a shield. When these two rounds of arrows rained down, most of the mounts were hit and died. The Qiang and Di cavalry who were hiding under their mounts also suffered hundreds of casualties.
There were about three hundred people who could still move, but they didn't dare to move.
The Qiang and Di cavalry on both sides were relatively less affected by the rain of arrows. Seventy or eighty of them were still on horseback. They did not dare to stay and turned to the side or turned their horses' heads, preparing to flee backwards, but
, before they could gallop on their horses, they saw in the smoke that the Jin cavalry on both wings had already arrived. These terrifying cavalry, holding big bows or crossbows in their hands, shouted loudly: "Death to the Qiang thieves."
!" Immediately afterwards, there was a hail of arrows, and dozens of horsemen were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. As soon as the surviving people raised their weapons, they were killed by the Jin army's cavalry, and a melee broke out.
Screams and wailings were heard everywhere. They were ambushed and attacked by a hail of arrows and sudden cavalry. The Qiang and Di cavalry were immediately like chopping melons and vegetables. They had no power to fight back. Qianqianli's eyes were red and he shouted:
"Qiang and Di warriors, fight with the Jin dogs, charge head-on!"
He picked up the spear with one hand, jumped up, and rushed out through the gap between the two sword carts. Behind him, there were more than a hundred soldiers, all of whom abandoned their horses and charged on foot.
They rushed through the gap between the carts, jumped out from the ropes connecting the carts, and followed Qi Qianli. When they rushed out of the formation, a strong wind blew by, and the smoke and dust in front of them finally dispersed.
Go, and the situation ahead becomes clear.
Qi Qianli stood there dumbly, just like the hundreds of sergeants behind him, because he saw thousands of Jin infantry, forming a line, less than fifty steps in front of them.
However, the archers were in front, and there were three hundred longbowmen bending their arrows to point at their group of dismounted cavalry. In front of them, there were hundreds of crossbowmen squatting on the ground, all holding infantry crossbows and aiming.
In addition to these Qiang Di sergeants, behind these crossbowmen were infantrymen wearing leather armor and holding long spears or halberds. They stood a few steps behind them with halberds, looking at Qi Qianli with a sneer, as if
It's looking at the dying prey.
Jin general Wang Jingjiu personally held a bow and stood in front of the crossbow phalanx, while Liu Zunkao stood behind him on horseback, pointed thousands of miles away, and said in a deep voice: "This man is the commander of these Qiang and Di cavalry.
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Wang Jingjiu laughed loudly: "Shoot for me!" He, who had already aimed at Qi Qianli, let go of the arrow string, and the long arrow roared out like a shooting star, hitting Qi Qianli right in the face!
At the same time, all the Jin army's crossbowmen began to fire. This scene could no longer be described as a battlefield, but as an execution ground. The shooting of these Qiang Di sergeants was no longer a battle, but a
Execution-style execution!
This chapter has been completed!