There was no probing in the Huns' attack. It was the most violent and violent state from the beginning. The anger of losing their homeland was vented at this moment. The Huns' attack was like a flood that burst its embankments, covering the mountains and plains.

The roaring mountains and the tsunami were so powerful that they swept everything.

However, the Wei army's chariot formation was as stable as Mount Tai, standing majestically in front, like a solid iron gate, not afraid of the impact of the flood.

The earliest application of sidecars in history was Malong during the Western Jin Dynasty. At that time, the Bald Tree Function in Xianbei, Hexi Province rebelled in Liangzhou and killed several Liangzhou governors. The government and the public were shocked by this, and no one dared to challenge it.

Only Malong stepped forward and led the 3,500 warriors he recruited on his own, and embarked on a journey to the west.

Malong's biggest reliance was on sidecars. He organized the cars into formations and formed camps. He traveled thousands of miles and shot tens of thousands of Xianbei soldiers along the way. In the end, he killed Bald Tree Function and regained the territory.

Liangzhou.

The sidecar designed by Cao Liang is similar to Malong's sidecar, but there are also differences. This era was thirty or forty years before Malong invented the sidecar. Cao Liang did not have the opportunity to see the real thing, but he based it on

According to historical records and the improvements of later generations of sidecars, a unique sidecar was developed.

Compared with Malong's sidecar, Cao Liang's sidecar is more solid, has stronger defensive capabilities, and has more flexibility. Malong can defeat the Xianbei people who are ten times his size with the help of Malong's sidecar. Cao Liang

Don’t you believe that with more than 10,000 people, you can’t deal with the Huns who are several times more numerous?

On the battlefield, the factor that determines victory or defeat is by no means just the number of troops. If the number of troops could determine everything, then there would be no need for the existence of so many battles in history in which a small number defeated a large number and the weak defeated the enemy.

The Bald Tree function is a ruthless character. During the nine years of chaos in Liangzhou, he killed four governors of the Jin Dynasty and shocked the world. However, Ma Long defeated the arrogant Bald Tree with only more than 3,000 people.

The tree function shows the importance of sidecars.

In order to deal with the Huns cavalry, Cao Liang had already started building sidecars after he established the ordnance camp in Hedong County. However, because building sidecars required a large amount of wood and a large number of craftsmen, the construction project continued.

It took more than two months until the Wei army captured Qixian County before the sidecars were officially equipped to the Wei army.

This battle of Dongguan was also the time when the sidecar made its debut. Not only the Huns were surprised, but also most of the soldiers of the Wei army saw this thing for the first time and found it very fresh.

The sidecar has a strong structure and is equipped with iron spikes on the outside of the carriage. On the inside of the carriage, gunners and crossbowmen can be arranged to use the carriage as cover to attack attacking enemies.

The Huns didn't know the power of the sidecar at all, because the sidecar was just a baggage car with a raised carriage board, so they rushed in desperately, trying to use speed and strength to destroy the sidecar.

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The crossbowmen hiding behind the carriage were not afraid of the Huns' arrows at all. The carriage board was the best all-round shield. The Wei army's crossbowmen could shoot at the oncoming Huns without worrying about being injured.

Arrows were flying randomly, and the unlucky Huns cavalry would be injured by stray arrows and fall off their horses. Moreover, due to the large number of arrows fired by the Wei army and the Huns' formation being too dense, the Huns did not wait until the Huns could rush to the side carriages.

In front of them, countless Huns soldiers had been trampled into pulp.

For the high-speed cavalry, the distance on the battlefield was only a blink of an eye. These Huns' powerful cavalry broke through the archers' arrow nets and quickly rushed to the front of the carriage.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Facing the sidecar blocking the front, the Huns soldiers seemed to show no signs of stopping and were still galloping at high speed. The strong inertia caused the horses to hit the sidecar heavily.

The horse's head was shattered, but the sideboard of the sidecar was undamaged, leaving only a shallow dent in the board.

The Huns were stunned. Logically speaking, no vehicle could withstand such a powerful impact. In the past, when dealing with baggage vehicles, the Huns cavalry used the speed and strength of their horses to easily destroy those baggage vehicles.

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However, the sidecars in front of them were extremely strong and could not be scattered or smashed. No matter how many times the Huns cavalry attacked, they were still unable to break through this line of defense.

The Huns had no chance to stand on the back, otherwise they would definitely be surprised. The sidecar was made of three-inch red pine boards. Every two feet, there were wooden bars for reinforcement and poles for support. This way

The structure is not comparable to that of a flimsy baggage truck.

It is precisely because of this solid structure that it can withstand repeated attacks by the Huns cavalry.

The Huns also did not believe in evil. The people in front of them had already been hit to the head with blood, but the people behind still had no memory and continued to pounce upward like moths to a flame. As the saying goes, you will not look back until you hit the south wall, but

However, the Huns did not look back even after hitting the southern wall.

The most busy people now are the archers and spearmen of the Wei army. When the Huns cavalry attacked, they could not break through the defense of the side carriages, so they became living targets. The Wei army kept shooting, especially the crossbowmen, killing

The enemy was so killed that large swaths of Hun soldiers fell down, including men and horses.

The Huns soldiers also had bows and arrows. They also tried to use bows and arrows to fight back, but they were miserable after shooting the arrows. They either hit the wooden board of the side carriage or missed the shot in the air. The bows and arrows would not turn.

He can never hurt the Wei soldiers hiding behind the carriage board.

Liu Meng's face was ashen. The Wei army's defense line, which he thought would be easy to break through, turned out to be like an iron wall. The Huns had lost at least a thousand men in this round of attack, but they gained nothing.

Is this vehicle made of wood or iron?

Yes, wood is most afraid of fire!

Liu Meng became excited. Fire can overcome wood, so why not set him on fire and burn all these side cars?

So Liu Meng ordered a suspension of the attack and sent people to look for kerosene and other things, and then made them into torches, or wrapped oilcloth strips on arrows to make rockets.

The Xiongnu army launched another attack. This time, instead of swords and guns, they held torches or rockets in their hands. Thousands of torches were lit. Although it was broad daylight, you could still see the flames lingering all over the mountains and plains.
Chapter completed!