Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 604 Unstoppable Xianbei Behavior

  The muddy river beach prevented the Xianbei cavalry from reaching the fastest speed, and most of them were equipped with unarmored or light armored Xianbei, and they did not have very good resistance to bows and crossbows.

  If the Tiefutu of the Jinbing of the later generations is not bad in the game with the arrow, then the current Xianbei can only rely on the belief of Changshengtian to protect itself.

One hundred and fifty crossbows, one hundred bows, formed a multi-layered long-range strike system from the throwing of the bow to the flat shooting of the crossbow. a catastrophe...

Many Xianbei cavalry were shot by people or horses before they reached the wooden stakes of the Han army and fell down, but the remaining Xianbei cavalry relied on blood and courage to continue Continue to charge forward!

When Xianbei cavalry were shot, they were often taken off their horses by arrows or crossbow arrows, and then under the hooves of the horses behind them, they were trampled or knocked away like a rag doll; The war horse, on the other hand, neighed in pain and tried to move forward, but finally staggered and fell to the ground...

The unfolded surface of the ferry only allowed about fifty cavalry to charge, but these fifty cavalry were under the attack of two hundred Han army arrows and crossbows. Taking a step forward requires paying a huge price, but the advancing distance of the Xianbei cavalry is getting closer and closer to Huang Cheng's Han army formation. The Xianbei people have finally exchanged for the extension of the distance through continuous sacrifice...

  Finally, a Xianbei cavalry rushed to the front of the rejected horse, and the cavalry suddenly lifted the reins of the horse, and rushed towards the Han army hiding behind the rejected horse!

The war horse shook its head and tail in the air, and it became the best target. Several sword and shield players in front of the formation gathered together, leaning on each other's big shield with their shoulders, leaning tightly together to welcome the impending impact, while the others The spearman behind him roared fiercely, held the spear tightly upright, stepped on the spear with his feet and squatted down.

The horse, which had no room to dodge in the air, was stabbed in the belly by a spear, fell down with a miserable hiss, and hit the large shields of several sword and shield players, and immediately knocked several sword and shield players to pieces. Backing back again and again, two sword and shield hands were even knocked directly to the ground.

   Several of the spearmen's spears were also broken, and the spearmen who were too late to let go were rubbed and shaken violently, causing their hands to crack and blood dripping.

The cavalry who charged into the battle didn't die on the spot, and they wanted to get up after falling into a dazed state. How could the sword and shield hand beside him give him this opportunity, and he directly came up and stabbed him horizontally. It flew into the sky, spraying out a mist of blood.

  As the last cavalry was killed, the offensive of two hundred cavalry from the Xianbei was completely defeated, leaving only a field of corpses in front of Huang Cheng's Han army.

  The entire battlefield suddenly fell silent. At a glance, almost no Xianbei survived on this death charge, only a few disabled horses slumped to the ground, screaming loudly.

The dead Xianbei people either turned their backs to the sky, or bowed their heads down, or fell down and broke their hands, feet and necks, or were trampled by horses coming from behind, their chests and abdomens burst, and the blood that flowed out spread and completely wiped out the entire river. It was dyed red, and driven by the current, it slowly extended downstream...

  Da Danghu's face was gloomy. He expected that the Han army formation on the other side of the river would be more difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult!

  When the Hu people originally fought against the infantry of the Han army, they did not rush into the formation like the later golden soldiers and iron stupas, but mostly outflanked with left and right light cavalry assaults.

  Assault does not mean a straight line charge, this is the worst choice for the barbarians.

Hu people's favorite tactic is also an extremely skilled tactic, which is to sprint towards the Han army formation like waves in batches, and then if the Han army formation is unmoved, they will cross in front of the formation and shoot arrows at the same time. , Then go to the second wave, the front team rushes over, and the rear team keeps up. If the Han army continues to be stable, it will outflank the left and right sides and attack from all directions at the same time. It was already completely chaotic, so they rushed in together, and completely broke down.

   When facing the army formation that is waiting in full force, you can not rush into the formation unless you directly charge into the formation.

   But now it is on the river, beside this ferry, how can it outflank?

  How to outflank?

   Horses are not ships, and they cannot fly over with wings...

The ferry is so big, if it is more compact, there can only be seventy or eighty cavalry in parallel at most, and in a normal charging state, fifty cavalry can reach the sky. Although the Xianbei have an advantage in strength, they can't do it all at once. too much investment.

If you advance, you have to face the arrows and crossbows of the Han army, and you will inevitably suffer casualties; if you retreat, even if you can swallow this bad breath, the small commanders in other tribes may not understand; It takes at least a hundred miles to travel, and the Han army can already run far away...

  Da Danghu gritted his teeth, stared viciously at the Han army formation on the other side of the river like a wolf, and suddenly ordered: "The rear army dismounts, no matter what they use, give me two bags of mud each to fill the river!"

The river is not rushing, which may be because the river bed is wide. The river bed of about thirty steps, plus the tidal flats and shallow water areas on both sides, has the appearance of sixty or seventy steps. There are nearly two hundred steps, and no matter whether you use a strong bow or a crossbow, there is no great effect at this distance.

  The width of the ferry can accommodate 50 riders to sprint. Under the attack of 200 crossbows, it is indeed like a disaster, but if it is doubled, what if you use a hundred riders to charge?

   Then this disaster may have come to the head of the Han army...

Following the actions of the Xianbei people, Huang Cheng also quickly understood the thoughts of the Xianbei people, and immediately mobilized crossbowmen to prepare to go forward to prevent Xianbei from digging and filling the river. However, the big households of Xianbei are not at the mercy of Huang Cheng At that time, a team of hundreds was transferred. Although the casualties were heavy again, Huang Cheng's crossbowmen were driven back to the rear again.

Without a shovel or other tools, they dug with weapons. Without a cloth bag, they took off their clothes and wrapped them. After an hour, the Xianbei people gathered a large amount of soil, and bags of strangely shaped soil bags were thrown into the ground. In the river, the deep water area on both sides of the ferry gradually became shallower...

Although some Xianbei soldiers were killed by Huang Cheng's strong crossbow when they threw mud bags, but Xianbei's manpower was sufficient. Under the reckless filling of the river, there was originally only a shallow ferry in the middle that extended to both sides. There was only fifty riders before, but now it can accommodate at least eighty riders without any major problems.

  Huang Cheng's face became serious, because he knew that the worst, most dangerous, and most difficult moment was coming...

   Sun Quan: Today’s regular meeting, why didn’t Boyan and Xingba come?

   Lu Meng: Back to my lord, yesterday Bo Yan drank water and stuffed his teeth, he coughed so badly that his back hurts, his body is weak, and he can't get out of bed today.

   Sun Quan is cute: ah, what about Xingba?

   Lu Meng: Back to my lord, Xingba choked his throat from drinking water yesterday, coughed until his limbs were broken, his whole body was broken, and he couldn't get out of bed today.

   Sun Quan was furious: What happened to the water in Jiangdong? Could it be that Guan Er did not accumulate virtue in Jingzhou and polluted the upper reaches? Come, order soldiers, and we will attack Jingzhou alone!

   Lu Meng calmly lowered his bamboo hat...

  (end of this chapter)