This is one of the reasons why Shen Bing dared to sell gunpowder raw materials to the Xiongnu.
Weapons and equipment have always been about systematization. The only difference is the difficulty of systematization.
For example, the Qin army could use the "thunderbolt fireball" for trebuchets and bed crossbows. When placed together with the city wall, it would be a defense. When combined with horse gear and match ropes, it would be a "landmine" that would delay the charge of the cavalry...
The Huns, who had no bed crossbows, no city walls, no horse gear, and no match ropes, would be of any use even if they had the "Thunderbolt Fireball"?
If the Huns wanted to ignite the "Thunderbolt Fireball", they might have to put it on the ground.
And if the Xiongnu, who are good at cavalry warfare, one day fight the Qin army on the ground... I am afraid that the end is not far away, and this "thunderbolt fireball" will not be able to save it!
Although Maodun Shanyu was a smart man, he failed to see this clearly and always struggled with the making of firearms.
But having said that, even if Maodun Shanyu didn't worry about this, when Shen Bing equipped the cavalry in the Western Regions with horse gear, the Xiongnu would definitely be defeated by the Qin army.
At this time, each of the Pu Lei army held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other to confront the Xiongnu army.
The Xiongnu cavalry was instantly in an absolutely weak position.
This is not entirely because the 20,000 Xiongnu suffered a random bombing.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the damage and psychological intimidation caused by the previous "Thunderbolt Fireball". Many Huns were stunned immediately by the explosion, and turned their horses and fled on the spot.
Most of the Huns' cavalry stayed behind to continue fighting.
The reason is that the Xiongnu knew about the "shaking thunder", so they no longer thought it was God's punishment like they did when they were bombed for the first time.
Another reason is that King Youxian has 10,000 reserve troops in the rear, and anyone who retreats and flees will be turned into hedgehogs by their random arrows.
However, the Huns cavalry still could not withstand the charge of Pu Lei's army.
This is because the Pu Lei army has a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, which has almost no solution to the Huns cavalry who are only equipped with bows, arrows and scimitars.
If the Xiongnu cavalry attacked the enemy with bows and arrows, the Pu Lei army could easily block it with their shields.
If the Xiongnu cavalry faced the enemy with scimitars, the Pu Lei army would block the sword with their shields and then kill the enemy with their swords.
Even because the Huns cavalry had no stirrups, they had to hold the horse's neck with one hand and swing the sword with one hand when fighting the enemy with a scimitar... Pu Lei's army only needed to block hard with their shields, and the reaction force could knock the Huns cavalry off their horses.
Even if it is not a shield and a sword but a sword against a sword, the Pulei army will have more leverage and an advantage because they have stirrups.
For a moment, the Hun cavalry were killed and they were unable to fight back. They fell off their horses one after another like the wind blowing through the wheat fields and setting off waves of wheat.
Seeing this situation, the 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry on each wing quickly turned back their horses and rushed to surround the Qin cavalry.
However, how could Qin Qi be surrounded so easily...
When the Huns slowed down and turned around, each "thunderbolt fireball" was thrown into the cavalry group and exploded.
After finally waiting for them to recover from the chaos and collect their troops, they found that the Qin army had killed a group of Xiongnu soldiers and escaped from the encirclement.
But of course, this does not mean that the Qin army let them go.
The Qin army galloped forward for a while, then turned its horse's head, and then launched a second round of attacks...
The cavalry army should not stall in combat, especially if the Qin army still has saddles and stirrups, its speed and stability are its huge advantages. If it stalls, it will be meaningless to stop fighting the enemy.
The Huns mustered up the courage to fight.
This may be because the Xiongnu have always been very confident in their mounted combat, whether it is mounted archery or scimitar.
Especially the opponent was the Western Region Cavalry that they had always looked down upon before.
If they can't beat the Qin army's infantry, that's it. Now they can't even beat the cavalry put together by various countries in the Western Regions... You know, these Western Region cavalry were just servile and servile not long ago, but now they can actually climb on top of the Xiongnu?
How can this make the Huns swallow this breath!
As for the defeat in the confrontation just now, the Huns cavalry can explain it as being caught off guard by the "shaking thunder".
So, the Xiongnu rearranged their formation and rushed forward to face Pu Lei's army.
However, the result is still the same...
Soldiers and horses from both sides passed by each other, and the vast majority of those who fell off their horses were still Hun cavalry.
Even if the enemy's and ours' armies collided head-on or stood up because of too many people and horses, the ones who fell off the horses were the Huns cavalry...
Horse gear has a comprehensive impact on the combat effectiveness of cavalry.
In this battle, the Huns without horse gear were destined to suffer a disastrous defeat.
Youxian Wang Xunxun looked at all this in a daze, and then looked in other directions. It was similar to what he saw in front of him. It was even worse in the south in the direction of the Western Region Army.
The reason was that the Western Region Army still had a strength advantage. Wang Ben led the 30,000 Western Region Army and easily surrounded the 20,000 Xiongnu Army with their speed advantage.
Then, the Western Region Army used layers of sword and shield soldiers to compress the space of the Huns' cavalry, while the outer layer fired rows of arrows into the circle. The Huns' cavalry did nothing but be trapped in it and receive arrows.
No.
Then Xun Hao realized that this battle was hopeless.
In fact, what Xunxun was thinking about at this time was no longer the issue of winning or losing this battle, but the issue of whether he could escape alive.
Because as mentioned before, if the Qin army's cavalry were faster than the Huns, how could the Huns escape?
Thinking of this, Youxian Wang Xunxun gritted his teeth and ordered:
"Charge the whole army!"
"If you don't kill all the Qin army, come and see us!"
The subordinates responded, and the last reserve force of ten thousand people was sent up.
However, at the moment when the reserve troops rushed forward, Xun Hao and his bodyguards turned around and fled.
The commander fled, and the Hun cavalry lost all interest in fighting, and immediately fled in all directions.
The Qin army followed closely behind the Xiongnu and pursued them for a while. It was not until dark that they withdrew their troops and joined forces at the same place.
Originally, the Qin army could continue to pursue them, but Shen Bing thought it was pointless.
Because the grassland was open and the Huns fled in all directions, the Qin army could only scatter in all directions and then scatter more and more even if they wanted to pursue them to the end.
The Qin army, which was not familiar with the terrain, could easily get lost and be unable to unite their forces. If they encountered the main force of Maodun Shanyu at this time, the gains would outweigh the losses.
On the other hand, the Qin army's strategic goal was Dragon City rather than killing the Xiongnu's effective forces.
The most taboo thing about marching operations is not knowing the target or changing the target at will.
Therefore, the Qin army camped at the same place that night.
Clean the battlefield while camping.
Cleaning the battlefield mainly involves collecting the horses abandoned by the Huns and searching for some useful things from the corpses.
The Shenwu Army did not bother to search, as they were no longer interested in the Xiongnu's belongings.
But it was the Western Region Army and the Yueshi Army who happily stripped off their weapons, leather armor, food, and even the clothes, hats and boots of the Huns... These clothes could be mended and used by their families or children.
These are their trophies, and of course they won't give them up easily.