Chapter 168 Rolling
The charging cavalry could not hear military orders at all and could only rely on bugles and messengers to move.
In particular, no new food could be plundered for many days in a row. The army relied on the remaining rations and hunting for a living. Dong Muhe's men and vassal tribes like Donghu had not had a good meal for a long time.
Now seeing the vulnerable Li Zhai right in front of them, everyone's eyes are red. All they can think about is drinking, eating meat and grabbing women. How could they notice anything wrong?
Dong Muhe simply pretended not to hear and continued to urge the front army to move forward.
Regardless of whether the hundreds of people blocking the front are Han troops or not, even the elite of the border troops cannot withstand the attack of three thousand cavalry!
The group of dark figures standing under the earthen wall were none other than Tang Qi and his three hundred Yulin cavalry.
After hiding it from the Huns, he used the power of telescopes to learn the enemy's movements early.
The three hundred Yulin troops leisurely changed out of their linen clothes, put on bright Mingguang armor, covered their horses with vests, and even had time to take care of their horses.
Then he organized his army leisurely and waited under the earthen wall for almost eternity.
Only a few comrades came to "escape in panic".
"This battle is really boring." A young Yulin Army cavalryman complained as he mounted his horse. "There is no surprise at all. The Huns automatically got into their pockets."
"Boom!"
The veteran next to him punched his helmet with his fist and cursed with a smile: "It's not good to take it easy. It's exciting if you have to narrowly escape death. You don't want to live anymore, right?"
The young cavalryman couldn't help but smile apologetically: "Of course not, it's just that I'm not used to it."
"I was born as an orphan in Yulin, and I just joined our Yulin Army a few months ago. I heard from my elder brothers how cruel and vicious the Huns were. This time to support Shanggu County, I even wrote a suicide note to my family.
I asked my friends to take all the money I had saved back home."
"I didn't expect... from outside Juyongguan to here, the Huns were too inexperienced, right?"
Those who can be selected as Yulin Orphans are all descendants of the heroic soldiers who served in the army.
In addition to teaching them basic combat essentials, the camp also has cultural courses and selects famous generals and veterans to teach the Yulin orphans the art of war.
Of course, loyalty education was also constantly strengthened so that they would be willing to sacrifice themselves for the Han Dynasty at any time.
It can be said that the Yulin Orphan created by Liu Che is the Han and Wu Dynasty version of the "Non-commissioned Officer Training School".
Children who were born as orphans in Habayashi would at least start as a team officer after joining the army. With a little merit, they could be promoted to a military rank.
Because the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system and adopted a departmental system for the army, it was rare for military officers to use their military positions in vain.
Therefore, the military rank is already the highest peak that many warriors with ordinary backgrounds and talents can reach - and the next higher is the captain. The captain has his own tribe and is a serious military commander.
The proportion of captains among Yulin orphans was much greater than that of the Northern and Southern armies and the frontier armies.
Not to mention the county soldiers.
The reason why this young cavalryman is still a soldier is simply because he joins the Yulin Army, which is a close confidant of Liu Che's cronies and is directly under the emperor.
Even so, it can be said that the future is promising.
Therefore, although the veteran has more seniority, his attitude is not bad. He just smiled and said: "Whether you are fierce or not depends on comparison."
"For example, if you follow the general, the Huns will not only be as docile as lambs, but they will also lose a lot of courage and are not as scary as before."
"It's just..." the veteran said, looking at Tang Qi with a vague look, "It's just that fighting as easy as these days is really unheard of."
Bone arrows are completely impenetrable, and the lethality of iron arrows is only within twenty steps of the Mingguang Armor.
The enemy's traces can be faintly detected from a thousand meters away, allowing scouts to come and go like the wind without worrying about exposed telescopes.
There is also a horse armor that is a hundred times more effective than the short halberd and the ring-headed sword. It can easily penetrate the enemy's man and horse, causing the loss rate of the war horse to plummet.
There is also a small round shield, which although not big, is stronger than the giant shield of the infantry.
The pieces added together made the battle against the Huns as easy as an armed parade!
For example, right now, there are three thousand menacing Hun cavalry in front of us.
There are only 300 people in several parties.
But no one was even a little bit flustered. Everyone was confident of winning and had the desire to make achievements.
Even the war horses began to restless, eagerly waiting for the order to attack.
Tragic?
nonexistent.
This made the veteran feel in a daze, and the scenes of the deadly battle with the Huns were gradually fading away in his memory.
But he quickly came to his senses.
There is no room for sentimentality on the battlefield. Instead of thinking about this and that, it is better to concentrate on facing the Huns' arrows, so as not to be among the few unlucky ones who are shot.
Tang Qi was also very attentive.
Although there are still big differences in essence, this is also the first time he "leads independently".
Instead of standing in the middle of the army, under the protection of layers of guards, watching the battle of the Han army from a distance, you have to personally give orders and even charge to kill!
Even if it is actually just a command machine, there is no danger whatsoever.
When faced with the charge of a huge cavalry force of thousands of people, the shock from instinct is still unavoidable.
Finally, the enemy's face began to become clear.
The guard beside him whispered a reminder. Tang Qi took a deep breath, raised the heavy horse, and shouted from his belly: "Attack!"
“Go for it!!!”
Three hundred cavalrymen agreed at the same time and urged the horses.
He launched a frontal charge towards the oncoming enemy that was ten times his size!
This is the first head-to-head confrontation between heavy cavalry and light cavalry in the world today!
As a certain butterfly flapped its wings, the first enemy the heavy cavalry faced changed from an infantry formation to a charging light cavalry!
However, the result will not change at all.
The light cavalry of the Huns and the light cavalry of some powerful empires in later generations are completely different concepts.
Their productivity was very backward, and they relied entirely on plundering small countries in the Western Regions and smuggling with the Han to obtain iron and bronze wares.
Even most of the small tribal leaders cannot afford to wear bronze armor!
Almost all iron tools are used for sabers and arrowheads. Only nobles with a high status have the opportunity to obtain a pair of iron armor.
Dong Muhe himself only had a pair of rusty bronze armor inherited from his father.
As for Donghu’s cavalry, almost all of them only have woolen coats!
When the heavy cavalry equipped with the standard equipment of the Tang Dynasty collided head-on with such a "light cavalry", the effect could only be described as terrifying!
"boom!"
Like a hammer breaking stones.
Dong Muhe didn't even react. There were already people in front of him!
He could only watch helplessly as the strange black cavalry pierced his proud team of warriors from beginning to end!
Chapter completed!