At this time, Huang Cheng and some troops had secretly explored around eight miles outside Xianbei's camp under the cover of night.
Eight miles is a relatively suitable distance. If you find a little higher ground, you can see the firelight at the camp, but it will not be far behind the Xianbei night patrol.
Under normal circumstances, for the sake of safety, most night outposts set up observation towers. Large-scale and blatant enemy troop movements can basically be detected ten miles away. However, the reconnaissance rangers circling outside the camp, due to the number of people, cannot
They don't want to be placed very far away, otherwise the gaps between them will be too big, so at night, the riding range is probably about three to five miles.
Darkness has its advantages, but it also has its disadvantages.
When marching at night, he cannot bring many people with him. If there are more people, it will inevitably be difficult to command. Therefore, Huang Cheng only brought about 500 soldiers. Although these 500 soldiers may not necessarily be called strong soldiers, they are said to be
There is no problem with elite soldiers at all. Whether it is physical fitness, equipment or skills, these soldiers are far beyond ordinary peasant soldiers.
But it is a pity that it is not an easy task to form such a strong soldier. First of all, three meals a day is enough to be unbearable. Coupled with a fine iron armor, the long
Spears, crossbows, ring-headed knives, small round iron shields and some scattered items. The value of such a complete set of equipment for a soldier. If replaced with some ordinary equipment, it can at least assemble three to five peasant soldiers...
But relatively speaking, at some special times, there is a world of difference between elite soldiers and peasant soldiers. Just like now, without Huang Cheng's orders and no special instructions, the five hundred soldiers are like silent statues.
, everyone was waiting silently. Under the cover of the dark night, if it hadn't been for the approaching, they wouldn't have noticed that there was anyone here.
Just like a gambler waiting for the cards to be revealed, Huang Cheng is also waiting quietly...
In the quiet night, apart from the sound of the wind in my ears, it seemed that the only sound was the thumping of my heart, which was filled with some anxiety and some anticipation.
Unfortunately, when Huang Cheng and Fei Qian came to Bingzhou, they found that although their force was strong, they could basically fight around Ma Yan and Xu Huang if they fought on foot, but if they were mounted, let alone Ma Yan, even
Xu Huang struggled to catch all three axes, and the same was true for commanding the cavalry. Born in Jingxiang, he had rarely been exposed to horses since he was a child. Although he is studying hard now, even compared with Xu Huang, he is still a little behind...
There is no way, maybe I can't keep up with Ma Yan and others in terms of cavalry, but in terms of infantry, no one can even think of surpassing me!
Just when Huang Cheng was slightly distracted, a burst of noise suddenly came from the Xianbei camp. The chaotic figures were shaking, and there were more fires. Gradually, the entire camp became chaotic, and the sound of people shouting and horses neighing could be heard even eight miles away.
Huang Cheng felt it was quite big after hearing this...
"Haha! It's done!" Huang Cheng happily gave a high-five. If the people standing behind him are the elite soldiers he taught, then the ones who sneaked into the Xianbei camp are his elites. Now that the Xianbei camp is suddenly in chaos, it is undoubtedly
My elite is successful!
"Come here! Light the torches to build momentum!" Huang Cheng gave the order, and immediately the five hundred people behind him lit the torches that had been prepared. In fact, there were not many, only three torches per person, and two were used.
The wooden sticks were tied and stuck in the distance behind them. One of them was held by himself, and they were relatively scattered among themselves. Suddenly, it seemed as if a huge team appeared here.
Gong Jun and others could naturally see such a huge formation, and quickly turned their horses' heads and ran towards it.
It has to be said that the horses that are free on the grassland have excellent habits of living in groups. When they see the leading horses in front turning, the horses behind them almost don't need to use any shouts, and they all follow suit.
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Huang Cheng didn't say any nonsense. On the one hand, he directed Gong Jun to go around the edge of the formation and retreat to the rear. On the other hand, he ordered his soldiers to prepare to attack the Xianbei pursuers following Gong Jun.
Although Gong Jun was pretending to be a Xianbei, he was not a Xianbei after all. The war horse he was riding now was frightened, and he was a little overwhelmed and just knew how to run. But if the Xianbei people chasing behind him gave these familiar commands to the war horse, it would be impossible to say
Instead, he will run back with Gong Jun and others...
Huang Cheng raised his fist high and ordered the soldiers to form a dense formation. Suddenly, an inexplicable thought came to his mind. Did the Han army form a formation to deal with the Hu's cavalry like himself?
Xianbei's pursuers arrived in an instant. In fact, this army was not sent by Dadanghu. It just happened that when Gong Jun passed by a tribe's Qianqian Commander in the camp, he recognized some horses.
The Xianbei cavalry who belonged to their own tribe subconsciously chased them out with their men, and suddenly found a large area of torches in front of them. The Xianbei cavalry who were chasing could not help but slow down their horses hesitantly...
"Throw the torch! Prepare the crossbow!" Huang Cheng ordered.
Immediately, the soldier threw the torch in his hand far away in the direction of Xianbei's pursuers, and his figure suddenly became a little blurry under the cover of the night.
Xianbei Qianqi Commander looked at the dark figures nearby, frowned and looked at the torches in the distance, hesitated for a moment, and ordered one of his centenarians to lead a manpower to charge first and take a look...
Huang Cheng had already taken off the long bow from his body and gently pulled the bow string to try. Looking at the Xianbei people looming in the firelight, he couldn't help but smile softly. Yes, slow down the horse under unknown circumstances.
Sending people to test is the best option, but it also loses one of the strongest aspects of cavalry.
Huang Zhong's bow and three arrows were something Huang Cheng couldn't imitate, but Huang Cheng also had his own method. Under his feet, there were about ten arrows pierced shallowly in the soil, arranged in a straight line.
The Xianbei cavalry also knew that it was extremely dangerous to be exposed to the light of torches, so most of them crouched low, and a few who thought they were agile hung sideways on their horses, using their swords to pick out those
Scattered torches on the ground...
Huang Cheng took an arrow and put it on it, took aim for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "Shoot!"
The snow-white arrow feathers drew an almost straight line in the night, and then stopped on a Xianbei cavalry. The huge impact of the three-stone bow immediately knocked the Xianbei cavalry off his horse!
But ordinary archers are not as powerful as Huang Cheng. Although some Xianbei cavalry were shot by archers, they still gritted their teeth and kept charging forward with arrows hanging on them!
There was a "boom" sound that was different from the sound of a bowstring, and soon it sounded like fried beans, and rows of crossbow arrows shot out...
Xianbei people.
Later, there were two major tribes, one was Murong and the other was Tuoba...
It's the one in Tianlong...
North of Xianbei, a new tribe appeared, Ding Ling, also called Gaoche, Tiele...
At the junction of Asia and Europe, there are still some remnants of the original Northern Huns...
