Chapter 357 The Huns are not beaten(1/2)
The fighting was still going on, and the Huns had already discovered that something was wrong.
Although the Han army in front of them was infantry, its combat effectiveness far exceeded their imagination.
In the past, when facing infantry, cavalry still had an obvious advantage.
However, now, the battle situation has become one-sided.
The Huns had no chance to fight back, not even an exchange with their opponent.
As soon as he entered, he might be split in half by the opposite side. In the blink of an eye, the horse's legs were gone. He managed to escape, but before he could hit the ground, the three-meter sword came again.
After escaping the first three tribulations, there are still two more checkpoints. But what if these five checkpoints are passed?
Behind them were Han troops who were also waiting with three-meter-long cavalry lances.
Attack from both sides?
They are protected by cavalry, with bows, arrows, spears, and daggers, and their equipment is much better than theirs.
Moreover, he was wearing the same pitch-black armor, which made people's scalp numb just by looking at it.
What's even more disappointing is that the opponent only needs one knife to kill them.
And for them, even if they slashed the opposite body with a knife, it would be of no avail.
It's impossible to cut through their armor.
The advantage of the Hun scimitar lies in facing enemies without heavy equipment protection.
Through the speed of the war horse and the arc of the scimitar.
The cavalry can easily slide across the opponent's body without using much force.
And every time it was scratched, with the help of the curvature of the scimitar, what was left on the opponent's body was often a huge wound dozens of centimeters long.
There is no way to save a wound of this level.
Not to mention it was placed in this time period BC.
It will be left to future generations, unless every soldier is equipped with a surgeon and can treat them on the battlefield.
Otherwise, he would die from excessive blood loss when he was carried to the back.
In less than half an hour, out of the four thousand Huns, only two thousand were left.
Even they themselves didn't even realize that their casualties were almost half.
But Han Xin, standing on the Great Wall, could see clearly.
At the same time, as the commander, Han Xin was even more keen to capture another detail on the battlefield.
"Cavalry surrounds!" Han Xin noticed that the opponent's fighting spirit was fading and seemed to be planning to run away at any time, so he immediately ordered the cavalry who were waiting for work and rode on horses to act as archers to go into battle.
The Han cavalry in this battle was equipped with stirrups and high-bridge saddles, but they had not yet had time to equip horseshoes.
The stirrups and high-bridge saddles were placed in the warehouses of each battalion, under the personal supervision of Han Xin's soldiers. No one was allowed to pry without Han Xin's order.
Although this was their first time going into battle, the Han soldiers were already familiar with riding horses.
Now with the assistance of high bridge saddles and stirrups, except for some horseback stunts that they are still unable to do, the combat effectiveness of the horses is actually no worse than that of the Huns.
A cavalry charge is not as orderly as an infantry charge. After all, you cannot ask thousands of horses to line up in an orderly manner.
But the two thousand cavalrymen on both sides rushed out neatly, and the effect was quite shocking.
Han Xin's order was to surround with cavalry.
Therefore, the cavalry attacking from both sides did not directly charge into the opposite formation.
Instead, they kept a certain distance, quickly implemented encirclement tactics, and kept shooting at the opponent with a strong bow.
At the same time, the archers in the formation continued to fire, constantly causing casualties to the Huns.
When the war reached this point, the Huns' military morale was actually in chaos.
It had to be chaotic, it was a lifeless attack, and it couldn't cause much casualties to the opponent.
As the Han cavalry attacked, the Huns no longer concealed their intention to retreat.
Even the Huns at the rear had begun to turn their horses around.
Immediately afterwards, more and more Huns began to turn their horses and prepare to flee.
They have never fought such a battle.
They had never thought of such a battle.
They never want to fight this kind of battle again.
Wang Xiong held a cavalry gun in his hand, skillfully controlled his horse, and slowly approached a Hun cavalryman.
Keep a distance of about three meters from both parties.
Wang Xiong could clearly see the fear on the faces of the Huns on the opposite side, as well as the scimitars that were ready for battle.
However, Wang Xiong had no intention of fulfilling the other party's wishes.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a frightening smile.
Then he exerted force with both hands, and the three-meter-long cavalry gun quickly stabbed towards the opponent.
'puff……'
The sharp and sharp cavalry rifle pierced the opponent's waist and eyes hard.
The penetration depth was as deep as twenty or thirty centimeters.
Although the distance is maintained at three meters, the arm is also about one meter long, and from this position, the opponent's scimitar cannot attack at all.
As for shooting with a bow and arrow, this is also unrealistic.
Because the distance is too close, the opponent will come over before you can launch.
So what if it is launched?
The accuracy of shooting on a war horse cannot be guaranteed, and the opponent is still wearing iron armor, so it is impossible to shoot through it.
"You are so shameless..." the Xiongnu cavalry cursed in Xiongnu, but they did not realize that the Han army could not understand Xiongnu.
Farewelled by Wang Xiong’s smiling face.
The opponent was stabbed in panic. In panic, he accidentally fell off his horse and quickly disappeared among the horses.
Wang Xiong has set his sights on a new goal.
Then his crotch and legs suddenly hit the horse's belly hard.
The war horse speeded up again.
The Hun cavalryman who was targeted by Wang Xiongxin instantly panicked.
He was gibbering without knowing what he was saying, and at the same time, he held the horse's belly firmly under his crotch, and slapped the horse's butt hard with the back of the scimitar, trying to speed up and escape.
However, maybe it was because he was too nervous, or maybe he was frightened by the previous attack by the king bear.
This miserable Hun cavalry's original intention was to slap the horse's butt with the back of his sword.
As a result, he forgot to turn the back of the knife over in his nervousness, and slashed the horse's butt directly with the blade.
A stream of blood sprayed out instantly, causing the war horse to feel pain and move faster.
But he obviously forgot one thing. They were chasing the Yuezhi people all the way.
Although the war horse under his crotch did not carry anyone along the way and was running on empty, he would still get tired if he ran on empty.
After the previous accelerated charge, the physical strength of the war horse has basically reached a critical value.
Although injuring a war horse can gain a certain speed, this comes at the expense of accelerated consumption.
The war horses of the Han army were waiting for them.
Soon, the opponent's speed slowed down again, and Wang Xiong also caught up.
There was no hesitation or any lines. He held the gun in one hand, raised his hand, pressed his chest against the horse's back, and stabbed forward with the cavalry gun in his hand.
The Hun cavalry, which had no defensive equipment behind them, was naturally no match for the cavalry lance.
The gun tip leaked directly from the opponent's chest.
Then Wang Xiong controlled the war horse to slow down slightly, taking advantage of the speed difference between the two war horses to pull out the gun head easily.
At the same time that the gun head was pulled out, the opponent also fell off his horse.
This unlucky man was even more unlucky than the previous one. His feet were entangled in the rope, and he was dragged forward by the horse, although the speed was getting slower and slower.
The cavalry took advantage of the physical strength of the war horses, the length of the cavalry lance, and the excellent defensive capabilities of the armor on their bodies. Sometimes they rushed into the enemy formation, sometimes attacked from the side, and sometimes they chased after them and stabbed them in the back.
The Huns, who had no intention of fighting, were stabbed off their horses one after another, and their numbers were decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Whether it was the horse-killing swordsmen in the formation or the current cavalry, they all formed a situation of crushing the Huns.
Han Xin on the Great Wall and the Han soldiers who did not participate in the battle could see clearly.
At this moment, the Huns had completely evacuated.
To be continued...