Tian Yu's camp was built on a flat land between two hills. It was more than ten meters shorter than the outermost hill. There were not many flat roads out there. He asked the infantry and crossbowmen to go ahead and go to the outer slope.
Stand still, and then let the cavalry lead the horses out.
Except for the 100 people who stayed behind to guard the camp and the 100 people who continued to cut wood and strengthen the camp, the remaining 200 cavalry and 500 infantry were all lined up on the slope. The cavalry was on the left, the infantry was in front, and the crossbowmen were in the rear. On the right
It was a steep slope and it was difficult to attack from above. So only a dozen crossbowmen were deployed.
In addition, Tian Yu himself led a hundred horses higher up in the rear as a reserve team. There were also some civilians between the reserve team and the main formation, preparing to transport arrows and wounded soldiers.
The more people there are, the more difficult it is to dispatch. On rugged mountainous terrain, it will be even more difficult. Yesterday, it only took less than half an hour for more than 300 people to go out, but it took a full hour to set up the formation this time. Except
After arranging the soldiers and horses, Tian Yu also sent people to set up a lot of flags on the hills behind to confuse the rebels on the opposite side.
By the time the formation was completed, the sun had fully risen in the east. The morning sun was warm and bright, shining on the eight hundred Han soldiers who were waiting in full formation, and also on the rebels gathered at the foot of the mountain.
Although Tian Yu's soldiers and horses are facing the sun, which is slightly disadvantageous, they occupy the hillside and are condescending, so they have an absolute advantage, which is enough to offset the disadvantages brought by the sun. Not only Chen Cheng understands this situation, but Tian Yu understands that the Han soldiers
Understand, Qiu Liju and other Hu and Han generals at the foot of the mountain also understand.
However, even if you know, what can you do? Should you wait for the reinforcements from the officers and soldiers to arrive in waves? Instead of waiting for death, it is better to seize one or two hills and block the imperial troops in the mountains!
Seeing the orderly appearance of the officers and soldiers on the mountain, Qiu Liju couldn't help but swallow his saliva. From the founding of the Han Dynasty until now, they have always defeated the surrounding barbarians. Even when the Huns were at their strongest, they had never been defeated on a frontal battlefield.
over the same number of Han troops.
The Wuhuan people just took advantage of the Xianbei people's civil strife to seize large tracts of pasture in the east and became stronger. In terms of strength, they are far from comparable to the Xianbei people more than ten years ago, not to mention that they once forced the Han people to do nothing.
The discordant Huns. What the Wuhuan people couldn't even do, could they, the Wuhuan people, do it?
If you think about it with the thing below, you can tell that this is impossible. The Han army on the mountain is well-armed and powerful. It seems that there are two to three thousand people. Calculating that one Han can fight five barbarians, how many people will die?
Only one person can defeat the enemy on the mountain? And they also occupy a high vantage point, which makes it even more difficult to fight.
If he could, Qiu Liju would have turned around and left without saying a word. They were barbarians. If they couldn't be beaten, they would run away. If they couldn't run, they would kneel down and call their father. These are all normal things. Why do they have to talk to the officers and soldiers here?
Elites going head-to-head?
Because, the real father is watching him from behind...
Seeing that the Wuhuan people were dilly-dallying and not wanting to take action, a rebel general rushed over on horseback and cursed angrily: "What are you still diluting about? If you can't take that hillside before dark, all the officers from more than a hundred households will be killed!"
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The other party's saliva sprayed onto his face. Qiu Liju was trembling with anger. He wanted to kill the Han'er with a knife, but he... didn't dare. Not only did he not dare, but he also wanted to stay with Smiley Face.
Said: "Attack immediately!"
After that, he turned around, with a long face, and shouted at the leaders of the tribes: "Did you hear that? Use all the strength you have on women! If you can't knock down the slope above, I will do it one by one.
I'll smash your heads in!"
The desolate horn sounded, and more than three thousand Xianbei Xiongnu and other miscellaneous men dismounted, armed with scimitars, bows, arrows, hammers and other weapons, and walked towards the mountain. Yes, the Han people can force the Wuhuan people, and Qiu Liju is knowledgeable.
, turned around and forced Xianbei and other miscreants. Although the Xianbei people were the overlords of the grasslands more than ten years ago, and the Huns once dominated the desert for hundreds of years, the Wuhuan people now dominate the eastern grasslands, so they can only voluntarily
Let's take the lead.
Naturally, the equipment of the bastards cannot be compared to that of the Han army, not even the elites of the Wuhuan tribe, but after all, they are young and strong men drawn from various tribes, and they still have combat effectiveness. After more than 3,000 people were deployed, they were still overwhelming.
A piece of it that looks intimidating.
Seeing that the enemy began to attack from the rear, the drums of the Han army rang in the battle formation. The soldiers who were sitting on the ground to rest stood up in unison. Because they were fighting on mountainous terrain, most of the Han army's infantry abandoned their spears and replaced them with spears.
Use swords and shields. The sword-and-shield soldiers make way for several passages, allowing the crossbowmen to line up in two lines in front of the formation.
After the second round, the archers began to launch arrows diagonally upward unhurriedly. The rain of arrows fired by more than a hundred archers was not dense, but due to the height difference and Zahu's lack of equipment, it still caused a lot of damage.
Massive casualties. After a dozen people were killed by arrows falling from the sky, the remaining people put their shields on their heads and ran upwards.
However, they were attacking from the foot of the mountain. How could they get up so fast? They managed to get within fifty steps and had already lost many people. At this time, after the Han army archers fired five rounds of light arrows, they put on broken weapons.
The heavy arrows used by the armor are used for direct shooting. The crossbowmen also use Wangshan to aim and carry out long-range strikes against the slowly approaching enemy. The power of the heavy arrows is far beyond the comparison of the light arrows thrown. The light arrows may hit a few times.
It can still jump around. If it has a set of sturdy armor and a hard helmet, the light arrows can be ignored.
However, if you are hit by a heavy arrow fired directly at close range, unless you are a god-piercing iron armor, you can save half your life, and other immortals will lose the ability to continue fighting. The Han army's crossbows are even more powerful, and each salvo fires
It can knock down a large number of soldiers. Whenever the crossbowmen take aim, the soldiers are so frightened that they tremble.
Fortunately, it is very troublesome to cock the crossbow. If the archer fires three times, the crossbowman may not be able to fire once. Otherwise, the crossbowman alone can wipe out all the enemies. Of course, even the crossbowman can fire as fast as the archer.
, it is impossible to truly destroy all the enemy troops. After all, stringing a crossbow is very labor-intensive. Anyone who can fire the bow thirty times in a row can be regarded as an excellent soldier.
Arrows rained down like rain, suppressing the soldiers in the front row so that they could not lift their heads. Amidst the sound of dense bow strings vibrating, there were occasional sounds of broken shields and soldiers screaming. The soldiers in the rear took off their horned bows and thrown stones.
They used ropes to shoot arrows and projectiles towards the mountain. However, the distance was still far away, and they were shooting from bottom to top. They were inherently at a disadvantage, and naturally the results were very few.
Seeing the enemy starting to shoot arrows, Chen Cheng stepped forward ten steps from the battle formation, stood on a big rock, and with the power of his bow and arrows, he called out the enemy archers in the distance one by one. He quickly shot all the arrows on his body, and the ones beside him
Wei Ran and Zhao Shi and others handed him the arrows they carried and asked him to continue shooting.
Soon, the Zahu archer noticed him. Dozens of strong bows shot at him. Arrows fell in front of and behind him, and some fell on him, making a clanging sound. He
He was indifferent to these harassments and kept firing his bow according to the established rhythm, blasting the opposing archers into pieces.
After less than half a quarter of an hour of shooting, the miscellaneous shooters couldn't hold it anymore and didn't dare to get together anymore. They could only hide in the crowd and sneak in a shot when they had the opportunity. Seeing that the enemy was timid, Chen Cheng was not picky.
, changing the dragon's target and pouring arrows on the enemies in the front row.
After Zhao Si handed Chen Cheng a bag of arrows again, Wei Ran swallowed and couldn't help asking: "How many arrows were shot?"
Zhao Simnum said numbly: "More than a hundred arrows."
Although this was not the first time they saw the inhuman side of Chen Cheng, they were still extremely shocked. Not only them, but everyone who could see this scene was shocked. Qiu Liju, who was at the foot of the mountain, was stunned.
My heart was beating, "Where did such a brave person come from?"
The rebel soldiers holding the line were also stunned, and some even looked back to see if the sun was rising from the east today.
The bastards on the front line were shot down in rows, and even the powerful crossbows that could not be blocked by shields couldn't bear it anymore, and they were defeated one after another. It took so much effort to rush to the front, but as long as they ran a few more steps, they would be gone.
They could come forward to fight hand-to-hand, but they started to escape at this time, exposing their backs to the Han army.
The ones in front started to turn around and run away, and the ones behind naturally followed suit and ran back.
Qiu Liju, who was at the foot of the mountain, looked grim. He originally had the idea of "defeating foreign troubles and defeating internal strife" and planned to consume all the young men of Zahu, and then kill their tribesmen and cattle.
If the sheep all take over, wouldn’t that be a blessing?
But who would have thought that these guys were so useless that they were defeated before they could even get in front of the officers and soldiers?
He didn't want to look back at the faces of those men, so he drew out his machete and shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Go and capture the leaders of the defeated tribes!"
After a while, more than a dozen tribal leaders, large and small, were pressed in front of Qiu Liju. Qiu Liju resisted the urge to look back and said with a stern face: "What did I tell you before? I can't defeat you.
They all have to die!"
"Spare your life, spare your life!" A chief kneeling on the ground shouted repeatedly: "It's not that we are incompetent, it's that the enemy is too strong! Sir, you can see it below, the officers and soldiers' arrows are as dense as tree leaves, and the children can't even
I can’t rush forward!”
Qiu Liju also agreed with this statement in his heart, but since he had the intention of swallowing up other brands, how could he reason with others? He waved his hand and said: "Cut it off!"
The sound of sharp weapons cutting off bones and flesh rang out for a few seconds, and then fell silent. The heads of the Zahu chiefs were picked up with spears and inserted in front of the rebel position. Seeing that their leaders were killed, the Zahu soldiers were very frightened.
They were forced to launch an attack on the mountain again. Under the pressure of death, these people howled like wild beasts and jumped forward among the mountains. Some people actually rushed up.
Seeing someone rushing up, the crossbowmen retreated one after another, and the sword and shield soldiers rushed out in groups of several people to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. One side was waiting for work and had strong armor and powerful troops, while the other side was determined to die. As a result,
Naturally, the Han soldiers with more troops and better physical strength won the victory.
After paying more than a dozen casualties, the Zahu soldiers were defeated again. This time, Qiu Liju mercifully let them go and let them go down to repair. Of course, they must be dispersed before repairing.
