Before this, Shen Bing had imagined the appearance of the Xiongnu army several times in his mind.
After all, this is a force that has been competing with the Central Plains for a long time... Throughout Chinese history, it is almost a process of the farming people and the northern nomads fighting for the world.
In order to deal with the harassment of nomadic people, the farming people even built a Great Wall.
Therefore, Shen Bing always thought that the Huns were an army even worse than the Qin army.
However, when he climbed to the top of the city and looked down, Shen Bing was disappointed by what he saw...
The Huns' army under the city wall was scattered and disorderly. They were gathered together in groups of three or five very casually. Some were wearing leather armor, some were just animal skins, and they were wearing all kinds of strange hats.
Occasionally, he could see a few people wearing bronze armor, and Shen Bing guessed that they must be Hun centurions or thousands.
After thinking about it later, I found it not surprising that the Huns would be like this.
The army of the northern nomads is different from the army of the Central Plains.
The Central Plains army pays attention to formations, formations, standards and uniformity.
Strictly speaking, the Xiongnu were not even an army. They were actually composed of herdsmen put together temporarily to plunder livestock and property.
If evaluated by the standards of the Central Plains, this is a rabble and an unjust army.
However, this group of rabble-rousers, this unjust army, possesses terrifying combat power...
Investigating the reason, Shen Bing believed that this was because the Xiongnu's fighting methods and tactics came from hunting, so they could fight like wild beasts like wolves.
The wolves will not form a team, but long-term hunting allows each wolf to know what to do when, and they will even cooperate with each other to attack the prey.
The Huns are like these wolves. They fight more based on intuition, instinct, and sixth sense.
If such a combat model is immature, it will just become a mob, but if it matures... it will display a terrifying combat effectiveness that is even higher than that of a standard army.
While Shen Bing was meditating, he saw the Huns launching an offensive against the Qin army.
Their target is the walled city outside Yunzhong City.
At this time, Shen Bing suddenly realized that the incentive for the Xiongnu to attack the Qin army was probably because of his "land enclosure" plan...
If the Qin army all stayed in Yunzhong City, the Xiongnu would not be able to attack even if they wanted to.
But Shen Bing sent his troops outside the city to build a stronghold and enclosure... The field battle outside the city can be said to be dominated by the Huns' cavalry. Isn't this a kind of provocation to the Huns?
As soon as the Xiongnu moved, there were more than 3,000 people. They roared like wild beasts and galloped towards the city wall.
To be precise, it is not towards the walled city, but in a circle along the tangential direction of the walled city...
According to Wang Bai, this is a common offensive tactic used by the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu rarely used cavalry to directly charge into battle, let alone attack a walled city.
In fact, even the Central Plains cavalry did not often use cavalry to charge into battle, let alone the Huns who were good at riding and shooting.
In an era without saddles or stirrups, using cavalry to directly attack infantry was almost seeking death.
The Central Plains cavalry more often choose to dismount and fight on foot.
The Huns, who were good at riding and shooting, made their team circle counterclockwise, like a rotating wheel.
The reason for "counterclockwise" is because the left hand holds the bow and the right hand holds the arrow. Counterclockwise means placing the enemy in the attack surface.
However, leaning towards the enemy's side was exactly within the range of the bow and arrow, so the Huns soldiers opened their bows and nocked arrows to continuously shoot arrows into the enemy's formation.
Sometimes there are rockets and torches, like now.
It goes without saying why they wanted to set the Qin army's unfinished city wall on fire.
Suddenly thousands of horses were galloping, smoke was everywhere, and arrows were flying towards the Qin army's stronghold like locusts. Soon the fence was covered with nails and looked like hedgehogs.
Fusu's face turned pale with fright when he saw this scene, and his breathing became rapid.
As a scholar, he had never seen such a scene before. This trip was an eye-opener.
Wei Wei was also a little nervous, because this was his first time confronting the Xiongnu, and he was afraid that something would happen if he "didn't know the enemy".
After waiting for a while, Wei Wei became impatient and asked Shen Bing for instructions:
"General, my subordinates invite you to fight..."
Shen Bing answered without thinking:
"Don't worry, wait a moment."
Wei Wei agreed and didn't dare to say anything else.
He didn't understand what Shen Bing was waiting for. At this time, two cities had been set on fire by the Xiongnu, and the situation was very critical...
The Qin army had no time to complete all the fortresses, and because they did not expect that the Xiongnu would attack, the branches and bark cut from the logs were piled aside in a mess.
These were used by the Huns. They kept shooting rockets at these places, and occasionally threw a few torches... The Huns were very good at riding. They could use the speed of their galloping horses to throw torches high into the air. Inside the village, and the location is very precise.
Suddenly there were fires everywhere in the walled city, and the soldiers and laborers of the Qin army hurriedly braved the rain of arrows to put out the fire.
Fortunately, the river water has been introduced into the walled city, so it is not difficult to put out the fire. However, some soldiers are often hit by arrows and fall to the ground in the process of putting out the fire.
According to Wei Wei's idea, the troops should be sent out of the stronghold to meet the enemy at this time... The Qin Nu's ballistic trajectory is relatively straight, so it is difficult to shoot unless it is in an arrow tower or stronghold tower.
But Shen Bing didn't give the order, and Wei Wei didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only continue to wait.
After tea time, Beifang suddenly raised a flag, and then Ren hurriedly came to report:
"General, there are five thousand enemies in stronghold Jia, and it seems that we are about to break the defense!"
Shen Bing nodded and said:
"coming!"
Then he ordered:
"Let them in!"
Wei Wei next to him suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead after hearing these words...
He did not expect that the Huns had another army, and this army broke through the walled defense line to penetrate the city.
If we had just ordered to go out of the stronghold to respond to the enemy, we would probably have been attacked from two sides by the Xiongnu at this time.
You must know that the Qin army outside the city only has more than 5,000 people, while the Huns have more than 10,000 at least. With the additional 5,000, their total strength is at least three times that of the Qin army. If they attack from both sides... Even if the Qin army had the advantage of using crossbows, they would probably be killed and defeated.
At this thought, Wei Yao couldn't help but secretly say it was a fluke. Fortunately, Shen Bing stopped him in time, otherwise he would not know how to deal with it now.
Then Shen Bing ordered Wang Ben again:
"Be prepared for battle, one thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry!"
Wang Ben responded enthusiastically, and then went to make arrangements.
The advantage of using Wang Ben is that Shen Bing only needs to give orders and he will know what to do.
For example, now, as soon as Shen Bing told Wang Ben, he knew to arrange for him to attack in three urn cities at the same time... Each urn city can accommodate about a thousand men and horses.
So one thousand infantry were at the east gate, and two thousand cavalry were at the north and south gates respectively.
The east gate is closest to the Xiongnu outside the city, while the north gate and south gate are slightly further away.
But because the cavalry was faster, they formed one unit when they attacked the enemy.
After making these preparations, Shen Bing will wait.