Chapter 502: Sinkholes and Rejection of Horses
A journey of thirty miles was nothing to the Huns cavalry. In less than an hour, they had already reached them.
Brodon had longed for this battle. In his opinion, the defeat at Pingyang was a complete accident. Perhaps it was because Liu Yue underestimated the enemy, which ultimately led to the Huns' defeat.
In fact, Liu Yue did not need to be afraid at all. As long as the Huns cavalry cheered up and took it seriously, Brodong did not believe that the Wei people could defeat the Huns.
Could the Huns, who were born to fight on horseback, really be defeated by the Wei people, who did not know how to ride a horse and could only farm the land?
In Brodon's opinion, Liu Yue was too cautious. Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of well ropes for ten years. He stayed in a poor ravine and was chased by the Wei people. Where is the dignity of the Huns? You know
, they are all descendants of Moton, so like bereaved dogs, doesn’t it bring disgrace to Moton’s face?
Anyway, this time Liu Yue finally made up his mind and went out in full force, preparing to annihilate the Wei infantry in one fell swoop.
For Brodon, not being able to fight the Wei cavalry head-on was his biggest regret, but it was most appropriate to use the blood of these Wei infantry to commemorate the brothers who died in the Battle of Pingyang.
Liu Yue's request was that no one should be spared and all the Wei troops in West Liulin must be killed. Of course Brodong was happy to obey.
In his eyes, these Wei people are already dead. As long as the Huns cavalry rushes all the way, they can kill them and run away? There is no way. In front of the cavalry, no matter how fast the infantry runs, it is useless.
After all, two legs cannot outrun four legs.
Moreover, the terrain of Xiliulin was too favorable for the Huns. As long as the Huns broke through the Wei defense line, the terrain, facing mountains and rivers, completely restricted the Wei people's escape routes. Under the north-south attack of the Huns' cavalry,
, these Wei people can only sit back and wait for death.
Brodon laughed secretly. Whose bad idea came up with these stupid Wei people? They would actually station their troops and horses in such a desperate situation. They were really asking for their own death!
Not far from Xiliu Forest, Brodong saw a group of Wei soldiers guarding the road from a distance, holding weapons such as swords, guns, bows and arrows, but the formation was not very neat.
When Brodon saw this, he immediately ordered his cavalry to attack and first killed this group of cavalry to sacrifice the flag.
The Huns cavalry roared and rushed forward, their horses' hooves rumbled and they kicked up a trail of dust and smoke.
Yang Hu personally led the troops and stationed in the outer position in the south. Seeing the Xiongnu cavalry rushing over fiercely, Yang Hu was not impatient and ordered the spearmen to guard the forefront, while the archers drew their bows and nocked arrows, which was equivalent to the Huns.
After the person enters the shooting range, launch again.
Compared with ordinary soldiers, Yang Hu is much calmer. He has already trained Yang Hu in the previous battle of Hanzhong. Yang Hu, who has the potential of a famous general, has extremely strong learning and practical abilities. He has become very fast.
Once you become familiar with the battlefield and fight, you can remain calm even on the battlefield.
Seeing that the Xiongnu cavalry was approaching fiercely and was within a stone's throw of the enemy, Yang Hu made a decisive decision and ordered the Wei soldiers to open their bows and fire arrows.
The archers of the Wei army lined up in several rows were already gearing up and waiting with their bows drawn. Although these soldiers were on the battlefield for the first time and fighting the enemy for the first time, they would inevitably be nervous, but Yang Hu's calmness and calmness seemed to be infectious.
They, the leading generals, are not afraid of death and stick to the front line, so what do ordinary soldiers like them have to fear?
Feather arrows flew out one after another. Although these Wei soldiers lacked training and were not good at archery, this diffuse attack method did not seem to require the Wei army's archers to aim. As long as they could draw their bows, they could shoot.
When shooting an arrow, it is enough as long as the arrow is not too far off.
The lack of precision can be made up for by physical strength. Since these archers have been deliberately selected during the selection, each of them has amazing physical strength. They can easily draw the two stone bows. At this time, when using the stone bow, it is simply a familiar skill to shoot the arrows.
, most of them can reach the farthest range.
After a row of rapid fire, the Hun soldiers running in the front were hit by random arrows and fell to the ground one after another. They were all turned upside down, and they were in such a state of embarrassment.
Brodon was furious and ordered the Huns cavalry not to stop, but to charge forward despite the rain of arrows.
Compared with infantry battles, cavalry has a complete advantage in speed. When infantry battles, the two armies line up and the archers can shoot many rounds of arrows.
But in a cavalry battle, the archers can only shoot two to three arrows at most. If there are more, the cavalry has already rushed forward and has no power to fight back.
Yang Hu was very decisive, even though there was a line of defense of pikemen in front of the archers, but after shooting two arrows, Yang Hu immediately ordered a retreat without any hesitation.
When the Xiongnu cavalry rushed forward, the Wei army had already retreated for a considerable distance, but no matter how fast the infantry walked, they could not outpace the cavalry. The Xiongnu cavalry was as fast as a whirlwind, but in just a moment, they had already caught up with the Wei army.
Behind the soldiers.
When they were about to kill with their swords and claws, their horses suddenly stumbled and fell into the pit, including the man and the horse.
The pit was just dug by the Wei army. It was covered with reed mats and a thin layer of soil. It looked like the surroundings, but if the war horses stepped on it, they would fall into the pit.
The Wei army dug a lot of pits along the way. They knew the location of the pits and could avoid them when retreating. However, the Huns cavalry were not so lucky. The bottom of the pits was equipped with sharpened wooden sticks and iron spikes.
Once the Huns cavalry enter the pit, both men and horses will be pierced by sharp weapons.
Brodon was a little surprised. He did not expect that the Wei army dug such a trap in such a short period of time, causing many casualties to the Huns.
However, Brodhon was not too worried. After all, time was tight, and the Wei people must not have been able to dig too many pits. In principle, these traps could only kill one Huns cavalry at a time, and the Huns claimed to have a team of tens of thousands.
Just a few hundred or dozens of fake goods will be enough.
Some people filled the pits and others died. Naturally, Brodon ordered the cavalry to move forward and break through the Wei army's defense line first.
According to Brodon's calculations, these places are not far away from the Wei army. As long as they can break through the Wei army's first line of defense, they will definitely be defeated.
Chapter completed!