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Chapter 206 The Last Attempt
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Cavalry combat is not that simple. The first premise is that the horse needs to be warmed up enough, and only after the warm-up can it enter the best sprinting state.

Obviously, the Yao cavalry had only been active for less than a quarter of an hour. Judging from the breathing rhythm and sweating of the horse, it was difficult for the horse to warm up after running for a quarter of an hour.

Regardless of whether the warm-up is complete or not, if the battle situation requires it, the Qiang officer leading the team can only take the lead in turning amidst the sound of several horns.

Realizing that the Qiang cavalry was about to attack, the Han tribe beat the drums, and the officers kept shouting military orders.

In response, the spearmen began to organize spear formations. Their spears were about four meters long, the spearheads were pointed half-slantedly, and the bottom of the spears was firmly stuck to the ground.One after another, the spears were protruding half-slantedly, which looked like rows of dense forests of spikes. The infantry had always used a tight formation to resist the cavalry, which was a tactic handed down from the ancient pre-Qin era.

The archers behind the spearmen are also arranging arrow formations. They are about 50 people in a team for a small arrow formation, and then many small arrow formations form a large arrow formation.

The crossbow troops blocked by the human wall were manipulated by the sound of military orders. The equipment soldiers adjusted the crossbow nervously and quickly. They followed the military order and adjusted the shooting direction and angle repeatedly.

Except for Liu Yan's suggestion that the crossbow was hit by a winch to speed up the loading speed, there is nothing special about it. It is even just a single-shot crossbow. It is because the Han Dynasty has not mastered the advanced technology and is interested in studying double-shot or triple-shot. , and even more than three shots, it is a pity that there are not many results for the time being.

Once the infantry forms a tight formation, the cavalry will definitely not rush in straight away. What the cavalry should do is to constantly harass.

Of course, the Qiang cavalry knew what to do. They continued to distance each other amidst the sound of the horns. The cavalry who could ride and shoot gradually became the forwards, picking up their horn bows and nodding their arrows.

"shoot!"

It was the archers of the Han Dynasty who shot first, and this time they took a one-time cover.After a round of archery, the forwards of the Qiang cavalry continued to be hit by arrows or horses and fell heavily to the ground.

In fact, the arrows shot by the infantry will be farther than the cavalry. About ten paces.The infantry's bow can shoot more than a hundred steps, so the maximum killing range should reach fifty steps?

In the past history, there have been too many examples of cavalry being difficult to attack and forming a tight formation of infantry. The most famous is that Li Ling led an army of [-] and was besieged. As a result, he was besieged by the Huns and Hou Shanyu with [-] cavalry between two mountains. At that time, Li Ling formed a simple chariot formation with baggage carts, and did not surrender until Li Ling's army had exhausted their arrows.Before surrendering, Li Ling's army wiped out an astonishing [-] or more Huns cavalry.

The Han army fighting out of the city did not have a chariot formation, but it is not bad to form a spear formation. What's more, after a few rounds of volleys, the archers fired again at the band. Cruising beyond the range of all archers.

"It's ridiculous!" Yao Lan was both terrified and depressed: "It's like this!"

In fact, what else could it be?Cavalry can restrain infantry, but unless it is equipped with armored cavalry, cavalry has always been mobilizing enemy infantry, causing chaos in the movement of enemy infantry, waiting for the formation of enemy infantry to be disordered is no longer a dense formation, cavalry Facing it can exert its due power.

"Attack the enemy army in the melee?" Wang Teng was still calm: "If you attack him, you will save him. Mobilize the enemy army."

Yao Lan wasn't in a daze, she naturally knew what to do.

On the battlefield of the Chinese army, two thousand swordsmen of the system led the Qingzhou soldiers who had already beaten Liu Zheng to keep retreating. If he was injured and survived, he would be made up by the soldiers of the Han tribe who followed behind the system swordsman.

Liu Zheng was about to send someone to ask Yao Lan for help, but he saw that the Qiang cavalry on both wings changed again amidst the sound of horns. A small number of cavalry were left on each of the two wings, and the rest left the battlefield to make a detour. The direction of the detour was to attack the advancing Han The rear side of the central army.

Hu people mostly use horns to convey military orders, while Chinese civilization tends to use war drums to convey military orders.I can't say which one is better, it's probably just a habit.In fact, it is simple to put it bluntly. Since the Hu people use horns, the Chinese civilization that has been fighting the Hu people should always change to another one. Otherwise, they are all horns, which is really troublesome to identify.

Of course Liu Yan found out where the Qiang cavalry was going to attack, so he laughed a few times and waved his hands.

The sound of war drums "Boom, boom, boom..." became rhythmic again. The troops on the left and right wings of the Han tribe moved slowly, and the leading troops at the front stopped advancing and turned to defense.

The roar of horseshoes sounded in the Han army formation, and there should be about [-] cavalry who left the brigade and charged towards the Qingzhou soldiers who wanted to complete the team.

Liu Zheng, Yao Lan and others, who had seen the Han tribe had to take a defensive position under the threat of the cavalry, smiled triumphantly one moment, but frowned the next moment.

The actions of the Qiang soldiers forced Liu Yan to make adjustments, but Liu Yan sent cavalry to attack the chaotic Qingzhou soldiers and it was the coalition's turn to make a choice.

"We have a lot of cavalry, and we can send out thousands of people to cut off the rear wings of the Han cavalry, and try to attack from both sides to eliminate Liu Yan's only cavalry!" Wang Teng pointed at the moving left and right wings of the Han cavalry again: "Order again The cavalry on the two flanks harassed the cavalry and shot, slowing down the speed of the Han army's reunion."

Faced with the correct suggestion, Yao Lan had no reason to refuse, and soon sent out heralds.

It is true that some orders can be given by the rhythm of the horn, but if they are more complicated, they can only be passed by people running.

The battle situation is going on while the commanders of both sides continue to issue military orders. One side makes adjustments, and the other side will inevitably make targeted deployments. However, there is no sign of stalemate or slowness in the battle situation. .

Generally speaking, the Han side is still at a disadvantage due to the lack of sufficient cavalry.

The Han cavalry just tried to attack the chaotic Qingzhou soldiers. A charge once again disrupted the Qingzhou soldiers who might have been rectified, and then immediately retreated to the main formation.They had to retreat, and if they did not retreat, they would be attacked by the Qiang cavalry, and they would not be able to retreat at that time.And they were able to retreat because they relied on the archers in the formation to cover them, so they were not bitten by the Qiang cavalry.

The leading troops of the Han Dynasty resumed their advance after the friendly forces on the two wings approached, forcing the coalition forces to put in new troops to block the direction of the central army.

The coalition forces are investing new troops, and Liu Yan is also mobilizing troops from other areas of the battlefield.

The Han reinforcements from other areas took the tunnel, and the way was not so stable. The coalition troops were attacking the corridors in several areas, which made Liu Yan's mobilization of troops not so smooth.

There is no way around that. The coalition forces have an advantage in terms of strength from the very beginning. They can invest elite troops in the main battlefield, and the rest of the local battlefield can be harassed by slave soldiers. It would be better if they can play a greater role. .

The fighting that started at dawn lasted for nearly an hour and a half, and finally the intensity was reduced. After all, people are people, and it is difficult to run faster after a lot of physical exertion.

When most of the physical strength of the soldiers on both sides has been consumed, it is time to pay attention to the will of the war.

Of course, the coalition forces with a large number of troops have other options besides fighting for their will. They can take advantage of their strength to carry out rotations, but the soldiers of the Han army in the Chinese battlefield are like monsters. Slow, but still fiercely aggressive.

"Those...soldiers are worse than dead soldiers!" Yao Jing yelled more than once: "Who would use such an absolute elite to fight a war of attrition? Is Liu Yan crazy!?"

After fighting for so long, the casualties of the [-] system swordsmen with the "halo" of fearlessness are actually very serious. Visually, there are less than [-] system swordsmen left, but these [-] system swordsmen are still advancing , but the coalition forces that fought with them have collapsed at least six times.

If Liu Yan had more troops, or had more than [-] cavalry, the Han army would have broken through the position of the central army of the coalition army to penetrate.The problem is that the available troops in Liu Yan's hands are only more than ten thousand, and there are only less than four hundred cavalry left, so they can only continue to be consumed.

The high-level faces of the coalition forces are very ugly. They are the side with the superior force. Not only are they more powerful than the Han, but they also have a lot of cavalry. But the battle situation has developed like this?
"Is it because we are too incompetent, or..." Liu Zheng came to Yao Lan's side, and he was silent for a long time before speaking: "Or is the Han tribe too strong?"

No one thought that Liu Zheng was making excuses. They hadn't made any obvious mistakes so far. The battle was a relatively obvious offensive and defensive battle from the beginning, and there was no such thing as an ambush.

It can be regarded as an upright confrontation, but the coalition forces are on the side with more troops but cannot gain a clear advantage. Only relying on the mobility of the cavalry can they suppress in multiple battlefields?

The coalition forces are only suppressing, not destroying or defeating. For the side that has the superior force and the superior cavalry, it is already in a disadvantageous situation, and it should be ashamed.

"The opponent is very stable, and the willpower of the soldiers is also strong." Yao Lan glanced at Yao Jing without leaving a trace, and then said in a low voice: "The Han is not only a threat to Qingzhou, but also not as simple as the enemy of the Yao family. "

Although Liu Yan has repeatedly denied that he is from Jin, all Hu people will only regard him as Jin.However, there is a kind of public opinion in Shijie Zhao State now, which was raised under the advocacy of Shamen (Buddhism), saying that Jin people are about to recover their vitality, and it is time to carry out a comprehensive suppression. Consume Jin people.

"Perhaps..." Yao Lan said with great difficulty: "We should retreat first, come back with more preparations, and wipe out the Han tribe at once?"

(End of this chapter)