The best way to prevent cavalry from charging quickly is actually cavalry.
In particular, Pu Lei's army still inserted diagonally from the two wings to the middle... Although Pu Lei's army had a total strength of only one thousand, the two wings diagonally inserted into the middle meant that the carriage was diagonally horizontal relative to the Xiongnu cavalry, almost blocking the Xiongnu cavalry. There is an obstacle in front of the army.
The Huns cavalry did not expect this move, and also because of the poor visibility in the dark, they could not hold back their momentum and slammed into them in waves...
Immediately there was a burst of people jumping on their backs and screaming in agony.
At the same time, this kind of obstruction is continuous on a large scale.
When the scale increases, the number of horses and corpses lying on the ground is large, and they will form a new obstacle.
Continuous left and right means that the Hun cavalry has no way to avoid it and must either hit them head-on or slow down.
As a result, the Hun cavalry's charging speed quickly slowed down, and even caused quite a bit of chaos.
This bought the Qin army some precious time and a chance to counterattack. Shen Bing made a prompt decision, drew out his bronze sword, waved it forward, and ordered:
"Soldiers who have driven out the Xiongnu and have made meritorious service and been promoted to nobility, kill them!"
The soldiers of the Qin army shouted loudly and surrounded them with long spears and drawn bronze swords.
If the cavalry loses speed, it will be far inferior to the infantry, because its high position on the horse will be a good target for the infantry, especially those with long weapons.
At the same time, its lower body was unstable and unable to exert force, and there were no saddles or stirrups in this era... Just grab it and drag it down to smash it into pieces.
So of course Shen Bing would not miss this good opportunity. The Qin army also knew this. They swarmed up and attacked the Xiongnu cavalry, hacking and killing them indiscriminately.
At this point in the battle, Ge Yu also realized that the defeat was certain, so he could only order the messengers to blow the cornet and withdraw.
Shen Bing breathed a sigh of relief amidst the cheers of the Qin army.
Although they won this time, it was a narrow victory. If Yan hadn't made a prompt decision and led his troops forward, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Only then did Shen Bing think of Yan and hurriedly ordered Ren:
"Go and find it!"
Ren responded and led a group of personal guards to rush up.
In fact, there is no need to look for it, the soldiers of the Qin army have consciously dug out the Pu Lei army from the pile of horse corpses... The Qin army is also martial and brave. Although the Pu Lei army is not an army of the Central Plains, the Qin army regards it as "barbarians". , but his performance just now was enough to gain their respect.
Pu Lei's army suffered heavy casualties. They were either killed and injured or trampled by war horses. Some of them were even crushed by the corpses of several war horses.
Ya Mingda survived and was rescued from the dead by the Qin army.
Later, Shen Bing found out that it was not his fatal accident but his quick reaction... He was knocked down by the Hun cavalry who hit him from an angle not long after he rode his horse forward, and his whole body was knocked away.
Fortunately, this place is a desert oasis with relatively soft soil and grass. Although he felt a turbulence in his stomach and vomited a mouthful of blood when he fell to the ground, his injuries were not serious and he was still conscious.
He turned his head and saw an endless stream of Huns cavalry approaching from the other side. He quickly rolled on the spot and found a horse corpse huddled in it.
then……
The war horses neighed and screamed, stacked up one after another, one after another.
However, because there was a horse corpse supporting him where he was, he was unscathed.
Following Yan, there were more than 200 Pu Lei soldiers crawling out of the pile of dead bodies, and the rest were either dead or injured.
When the soldiers of the Pu Lei army emerged from the pile of corpses covered in blood, the soldiers of the Qin army burst into cheers and cheered for them. Many soldiers also shouted the names of Pu Lei and Yan.
Soon, Yan and a group of surviving subordinates were escorted by personal guards to Shen Bing.
Shen Bing nodded towards Yan and said:
"Well done! Qin Jun owes you a favor, and he owes Pu Lei a favor!"
"I, Shen Bing, swear here that as long as the Qin army is here, I will help Pulei regain his country!"
Yan Que calmly replied:
"General, what my subordinates did was not to restore the country."
Shen Bing couldn't help but wonder:
"If you don't fight for the restoration of the country, why?"
No wonder Shen Bing was surprised.
The reason why Yan left Pulei and went to the Central Plains was to move reinforcements. What he wanted to do most was to return to Pulei to expel the Xiongnu and regain the lost territory. Just now... the slogan he shouted when he called on the Pulei army to stop the Xiongnu army was to restore the country.
But when Shen Bing wanted to restore the country for Ya, Ya was opposed!
Yan bowed his hands to Shen Bing seriously and said:
"General, Pu Lei does not seek to restore the country, but only wants to follow the general and become a citizen of the Qin Dynasty."
"Please allow me, General!"
Shen Bing was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what he meant.
Yan is a smart man, and he knows that it is meaningless to talk about restoring the country at this time.
For example, Loulan...
Does it have a country or not?
Call it a state, Loulan is actually under Shen Bing's control.
Say it has no country, Loulan does exist, and there is also a Loulan King.
If Pulei is restored to the country, the result will not be much better than Loulan.
Perhaps, because of Pu Lei's loyalty to the Qin Dynasty and his great contributions to the Qin Dynasty, as well as the personal relationship between Shen Bing and Yan, Pu Lei will have more autonomy.
The problem is that……
More autonomy is sometimes not a good thing.
Because this means that Pu Lei is not controlled by Great Qin and may become the enemy of Great Qin in the future.
There is a saying that goes, "How can one allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?"
Yan didn't understand this before, but after following Shen Bing's expeditions east and west and seeing too many annexations and overt and covert fights among the Central Plains countries, he certainly understood the truth that the more important he is used, the greater his military success, and sometimes the more dangerous he is.
What's more, what will happen if Pulei regains his country?
Under the trend that the Qin army will control the entire Western Region, how can Pu Lei, a small country with only tens of thousands of people, be maintained?
And it also has a border with the Xiongnu?
The Qin army didn't even need to do anything themselves, they just needed not to provide protection for the cattails...the cattails would be left without food.
Therefore, Pu Lei's brightest future should be to become a member of the Qin army based on his bravery, loyalty and merit.
This is the general trend and a wise choice.
Shen Bing nodded and said:
"We, the Qin Dynasty, have always been willing to accept the military and civilians of all countries. If Pu Lei wants to merge with the Qin Dynasty, I, Shen Bing, can make the decision for you and others to merge with the Qin nationality!"
Shen Bing was not just talking nonsense.
The laws of Qin stipulate that if the soldiers and civilians of other countries come to vote, they will be given as many fields as possible, as well as homesteads and rewards.
Of course, this law was enacted before unification, mainly to attract the soldiers and civilians of the six countries to vote, but there was no time to change it after unification.
At this time, Pulei was also a foreign country, and of course the laws of Qin also applied. What Shen Bing said was reasonable and legal.
Not only is it reasonable and legal, Shen Bing thinks this is a good start:
As a member of the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, Pu Lei is willing to submit to the Qin Dynasty. Should other countries also consider it?
Shen Bing even believed that the cattail tree should be used as an example and be reused.