Chapter 191 Ten Thousand Arrows Fired
But this time, Zhang Jaw went first, and Liu Ye was in the rear, just sandwiching the Jiangdong soldiers who had suffered heavy losses.
The sound of horseshoes sounded incessantly behind him, and Hu Qi, who had suffered a lot of casualties, was chasing after Liu Ye's army. Beigong Boyu was very dissatisfied with Liu Ye's rescue of Sun Jian from the army, and the flesh of his mouth was robbed.
Although the number of Hu Qi is basically four times that of his own army, Liu Ye is not panicked at all, but has a calm expression on his face, as if he has a plan in mind.
After running for a few miles, they could only see an infantry formation of nearly 5,000 soldiers standing on the wilderness in front of them, and a general flag with a character on it was very conspicuous.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Sun Jian couldn't help being taken aback: Is this Liu Ye's reliance? Relying on five thousand infantry to resist 20,000 cavalry?
Yu Jin, who was in the infantry formation, saw Liu Ye's troop galloping from a distance, and Hu Qi followed closely behind, and immediately gave an order.
"The crossbowman draws his bow and strings!"
"Prepare to kick the crossbow."
Of the 5,000 troops, 2,000 were infantrymen from Tianshui County, and the remaining 3,000 were urgently transferred from Zhou Shen's army by Yu Jin, and all of them were archers in the army. In addition, Yu Jin specially recruited nearly a thousand stick-out crossbows from Zhou Shen's army.
Now these five thousand people are all archers.
An obscure sound of twisting strings sounded slowly. The crossbowmen in the front row half-kneeled on the ground, the crossbowmen in the back stood upright, and the crossbowmen in the third row raised their arms slightly upwards.
Thousands of crossbowmen of the Han army sat on the ground, stepped on the huge crossbow with both feet, grasped the bow string with both hands, and then the whole body suddenly lay down on the ground, and the arrows with the thickness of two fingers were slowly wound up, making people People have no doubt that even if the arrow does not hit a vital point, it can kill people.
As Hu Qi galloped closer and closer, the scout standing on the mound immediately shouted down.
"The enemy has reached one hundred and fifty paces!"
"shooting!"
Following Yu Jin's order, the archers of the Han army with tense arms let go immediately, and a dense rain of arrows suddenly covered the sky, covering thousands of Hu cavalry who were charging in front of them.
People in the Hu cavalry formation screamed, and some people fell to the ground from time to time, especially the crossbow bolts fired by nearly a thousand pouting crossbows, which were as thick as two fingers and surprisingly strong.
Why was the Qin army able to drive the Huns, who were all soldiers and hundreds of thousands of cavalry, from the Hetao Plain? You must know that the cavalry troops of the Qin army are far less than that of the Xiongnu. Among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, Zhao Guo has the most cavalry troops.
However, Zhao Guo, who was riding and shooting in Hufu, or the Huns on horseback were no match for the Qin army. The big reason was because of the crossbow arrows.
The Qin army confronted the enemy, first covering the attack with dense crossbow arrows, and then attacking on foot and cavalry.
To put it bluntly, the method of play is actually very simple, brutal but effective, and it is actually the same as the methods used by the Japanese army to invade China in later generations, artillery bombardment and infantry assault.
The two-finger-thick crossbow whizzed down and pierced fiercely through the chest of a Hu Qi. The powerful strength pushed the crossbow forward. After piercing through the chest, it shot into the neck of a war horse again. Dao directly shot the horse to the ground, convulsing endlessly.
Hu Qi rolled forward, the Hu Qi in the front row was shot to the ground, and was immediately trampled into flesh by the iron cavalry rushing up from behind, but the Hu Qi in the back was suffering, and the horses and comrades in front were completely stumbling blocks . Many Hu Qi were tripped over by the horses and corpses that fell on the ground, and fell to the ground.
"Turn on!"
The first few rows of archers just fired the arrows on the strings, and immediately retreated to the back, while the rear rows of archers immediately stepped up, and rushed out with the ready-to-go arrows in their hands.
The five thousand crossbowmen shot in batches under Yu Jin's command, and left immediately after a row of shots, without any entanglement, while the archers who had already drawn their bows in the rear immediately filled up.
After such a cycle, the crossbow arrows were fired continuously, and the firepower was endless. In a short distance of 150 steps, Hu Qi had already died or injured as many as three or four thousand, and the corpses of the horses were piled up on the road. Difficult to travel.
"The sword and shield hands in the front row are ready, the spearmen are ready, and continue to shoot."
The Han army in the first row held a large shield and laid out a shield wall. The spearmen were in full swing, while the crossbowmen behind them fired arrows in an endless stream.
But unexpectedly, after leaving behind more than 3,000 corpses, Hu Qi retreated without a fight and ran away.
In fact, although there are many Hu Qi rebels, the technological tree of the Han Dynasty far surpasses that of the Hu people. However, the Han army persisted for a whole year under the siege of tens of thousands of Huns.
The pouting crossbow, the rhubarb crossbow, and the iron armor are all the crystallization of the ancient civilization of the Central Plains. If it weren't for the chaotic times of the Three Kingdoms, the barbarians would have never been able to herd horses in the Central Plains.
Yu Jin ordered the soldiers to come forward to harvest the spoils, pull out the crossbow bolts and reuse them, bring back the intact war horses and so on.
Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief, jumped off the horse and solemnly thanked Liu Ye.
"Liu Junshou, there are no words to repay your life-saving grace, please accept my worship!"
Sun Jian bowed to Liu Ye on the ground, but his arms were firmly supported by Liu Ye.
"Wentai doesn't have to be like this. You and I are both Hanchens. It is our duty to send troops to save you."
Liu Ye smiled slightly, this Jiangdong tiger really lived up to its reputation, leading more than a thousand soldiers and horses to resist the siege of tens of thousands of Hu cavalry, it can be regarded as a rare fierce general.
"Let's go, Zhou Dangkou is still waiting for us."
Liu Ye got on his horse and brought Sun Jian, Zhang Jayu and others back to Zhou Shen.
In the First Battle of Yuzhong, Zhou Shen's army was cut off by Han Sui's garrison at Kuiyuan Gorge, and the Han army's combat power was greatly reduced due to lack of food. Zhou Shen refused to listen to Sun Jian's strategy and advocated retreating.
Beigong Boyu, who had regained his breath in Yuzhong City, dispatched a large number of troops and defeated Zhou Shen's army in the first battle. However, Liu Ye, the governor of Tianshui County, led his troops to help in time, so it did not turn into a major defeat.
Liu Ye led the army to turn the tide, beat Li Wenhou away, and sent troops to rescue Sun Jian. Hu Qi followed closely behind, and was repelled by Yu Jin, who had been prepared for a long time, with a crossbow array, and the battle came to an end.
In this battle, Hu Qi had about 8,000 casualties, while the Han army was greatly reduced due to lack of food. More than 7,000 people were killed in battle, more than 3,000 were seriously injured, and more than 2,000 people fled. Nearly half of Zhou Shen's 30,000-strong army suffered casualties, and were almost completely disabled.
However, Liu Ye's troops were infantry and cavalry, each of which injured hundreds of people, and the organizational system still had more than 6,500 people, basically without any loss of combat power.
Not long after, Dong Zhuo, the Polu general, was also in trouble.