Chapter 562
With no preparation at all, the Huns were passed by more than ten cavalry including Li Gan and others, killing and killing more than a hundred people. Many people only knew that something had happened, but they didn't know what was going on. It was when they were suspicious that they could not help but feel a little panicked when they saw the Han army start attacking.
Even though the tune was even more so. Before he could figure out the whole thing, he only saw some Han cavalry killing from the left and then from the right. The formation of the central army was in chaos and people were in panic. He felt like he had a fifteen rat in his heart, up and down. Seeing the Han army launch an attack, he naturally chose to avoid it.
He ordered the cavalry on the left wing to attack Li Guang.
In the habit of the Huns, even if the cavalry hedge is not close-killing fighting, but cavalry and shooting. The two sides are apart for dozens of steps, galloping on the opposite side, and attacking with bows and arrows. Repeat several times, and wait for one of them to mess up the formation and reveal flaws, the other will take advantage of the gap and use the speed and strength of the war horse to collide. Since it is cavalry and shooting, it will tacitly choose to place the enemy on his left.
After all, there are a few people who can shoot left and right, and most of them are used to shooting left, and since they are the Huns, they are no exception.
The left-wing cavalry attacked can protect the front of the central army. Although it is a natural choice for counter-tuning, it is also a conventional tactic that every general will use.
The sound of a trumpet sounded, and the three thousand cavalry on the left wing began to charge.
The two sides were more than a thousand steps apart, and there was enough acceleration distance. Seeing the Huns fighting with left-wing cavalry, the Han knights led by Li Guang also tacitly turned their horses and attacked the front right, forming a situation where they were dozens of steps apart from the Huns and attacked each other with bows and arrows.
The war horses were galloping, and the sound of hooves rumbled. The horse's hooves stomped on the yellowing grass, kicked up the trampled soil, rolled up the rolling smoke and dust, and galloped away.
The two sides intersected and burst out dense rain of arrows. The arrows intersected in the air, separated immediately and rushed towards the other side.
The open space between each other is dark.
"Swoosh swish swish!" The wind of arrows breaking through the air was endless.
"Puff puff puff!" A sharp arrow shot into the body, and blood splattered everywhere.
"Puo! Puo!" The soldiers kept getting caught in the air, rolling into dust, screaming and screaming in surprise.
The two sides seemed to be evenly matched, but in fact, the Huns suffered a great loss.
In terms of attack ability, the Han army was stronger than the Huns. It not only had a standard combat bow, but also was equipped with some arm-opening crossbows. The bow power of these crossbows was about three stones and four stones. Even if they had a horse's back, they could easily and easily launch arrows and shoot. The range was half as far away than the bows used by the Huns. They could also aim, and their hit rate was greatly improved, making up for the disadvantage of insufficient firing rate.
In terms of protection ability, the Han army's standard armor was all made of fine iron. Although it was only half-body armor and had no protection on the arms and legs, important parts of the torso were protected. More importantly, the Han army wore an iron helmet, which protected the head more tightly and had an advantage over the Huns.
Although many soldiers were shot by the Huns and were injured, there were very limited people who lost their combat effectiveness. However, the Huns were different. They had limited protection. Many of them were wearing leather armor. Facing the powerful arrows shot by the Han army, they were severely injured. One-third of the knights facing the Han army lost their combat effectiveness, and a large number of knights died directly.
The two armies were intertwined, and no one could take care of these things. Everyone only knew how to shoot with all their might, shooting as much as possible before the arrow was dropped. At the same time, they prayed that they would be lucky and not be shot by the other party's arrow, at least not seriously injured or disabled.
However, as a general, Li Guang was always paying attention to these details. He did not even concentrate on the battle as usual. He held the bow in his hand and shot some arrows, but most of his attention was observing the number of people who were both sides were caught.
Although the exact statistics cannot be obtained, at least it can be seen which one is more or less.
After seeing this, Li Guang breathed a sigh of relief. The Han army had enough advantages in attack and protection. This battle was not a even-match battle. The Han army firmly gained the upper hand, and what was left was the command ability of the generals on both sides.
In this regard, Li Guang has absolute confidence.
Both sides passed by and the bodies left on the ground, and at a rough look, we could also know that the Huns in leather armor suffered a considerable loss. However, the Han soldiers had no time to cheer. After the last Huns disappeared from their eyes, they turned their horses, changed the direction of the charge, and bravely rushed towards the left wing of the Huns' central army.
The cavalry on the left wing had already rushed out of the battle formation, at least a thousand steps away from the central army. The left wing of the Huns' central army was exposed to the Han knights, as if they had opened their arms to welcome the arrival of the Han knights. How could the Han knights miss this opportunity?
The Huns were not prepared at all. When they learned that the left wing was fighting, the knights on the left of the central army set their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot. But they never expected that Li Guang did not ride and shoot this time, but rushed directly, just like Li Gan and others, and launched an attack directly.
This does not conform to the combat habits of the Huns, and even the Han army is very rare. First, it is easy to fall into the formation when the opponent has not yet shown a defeat. Once the cavalry loses its speed, the advantage will become a disadvantage and it is easy to suffer major losses. Second, in previous battles, the number of Han cavalry was often less than that of the Huns, and the cavalry was not as good as that of the Huns. When they fight against each other, they will be more likely to fall off the horse.
But now the situation is different. The Han army equipped stirrups to make up for the disadvantages of riding. Even close-fitting melee combat is not worse than the Huns. The Han army's excellent weapons and equipment gave them more advantages in close-fitting combat. With the small distance between the two sides, the Han army had already gained the upper hand.
What's more, the Han army also had the advantage of speed. The Huns stood quietly and had no time to accelerate. Facing the Han cavalry that rushed towards them, they had no power to fight back. In particular, Li Gan and others successfully broke into the formation and retreated unstoppable, which had a completely different impact on the morale of both sides. The Han army was fearless and everyone was fighting for the first place, but the Huns were afraid and were timid before fighting.
After a seemingly normal riding and shooting, Li Guang once again used unexpected tactics to catch the Huns off guard. He showed with practical actions that in terms of the command ability of the general, he could also throw the tune out of a Chang'an street.
Three thousand Han troops rushed into the central Huns and cut off a corner.
The Huns were shocked, and the sound of trumpets of the police rang out, and the formation on the left rear showed uncontrollable panic.
Hearing the alarm, he was sweating profusely. Li Guang's tactics did not follow the rules, and he fell into a passive position at the beginning of the battle and suffered setbacks one after another. He had an ominous premonition that he might have to face a hard battle today.
Although there was no time to think about it, he immediately ordered the rear army to prepare to attack the Han army and squeeze the Han army out.
The generals of the rear army did not dare to neglect and immediately sounded the trumpet and prepared to go to war.
When Li Guang heard the sound of the Huns' horns, he immediately ordered to accelerate the charge. After cutting off a horn of the Huns' central army, the Han knights accelerated toward the Huns' rear army. Before leaving, they did not forget to sprinkle a rain of arrows and shoot down the rear of the central army.
Soon, Li Guang fought with the Huns' rear army and the two sides fought each other.
After fighting with the left and central troops of the Huns one after another, the speed of the Han army's knights decreased. Li Guang was not in love with the battle and ordered to leave after a little contact. The Han army's knights drove away one after another, and resumed the conventional tactics of galloping and shooting. The Huns breathed a sigh of relief, turned the horse's head, adjusted the direction, and prepared to fight again. In front of them was the Central Army who had been tuned, and there was not enough space to turn. For a moment, people shouted and neighed the horses and made a mess.
Li Guang turned around in the distance, took a little bit of fitness, and quickly accelerated to kill back, and rushed to the rear of the Huns again.
The Huns had no choice and were forced to fight.
Seeing that the Xiongnu formation was disrupted by Li Guang, the left wing, the central army and the rear army were all in a tough battle, and everyone's attention was on the left, Wang Hui issued an order to attack in time, leading three thousand elite cavalry, rushed out of the valley, and rushed towards the right wing of the Xiongnu.
Although there was no way to do anything, he had to order the right-wing knight to fight.
More than 7,000 Han cavalry attacked left and right, and forced the battle formation of more than 15,000 Huns. Although the troops were not superior, they firmly grasped the initiative, physical strength, equipment and morale on the battlefield, making them more and more brave as they fought. They not only did not lose the upper hand, but instead beat the Huns in a mess.
The two sides clashed and fought for half a day, and the Huns gradually showed their defeat. They chased for five days and failed to rest well. Their physical strength was exhausted. They originally wanted to win more with their military strength, but now it seems that the Han army is far stronger than they estimate. If they continue to fight, they will not only have no hope of winning, but may also suffer a crushing defeat.
Although hesitated for a long time, he felt that it was better to preserve his strength. If the loss was too great, he would have no status in the future. He ordered the retreat, and the central army took the lead in retreating to the battlefield and fled northwest.
Although the diversion was stunned by Li Guang and had been exhausted to deal with it, he forgot about a crucial thing: so far, the Han army has not been dispatched, and there are only more than 7,000 Han troops led by Li Guang and Wang Hui on the battlefield, and more than 3,000 Han troops have not appeared.
When he saw Li Jiao leading three thousand elite cavalry appearing on the hillside and whistling down, even though he woke up from a dream, he realized that it was just a preview and the real nightmare had just begun.
The Huns fought hard for half a day and had exhausted their strength and their morale declined to the extreme. Seeing the Han knights suddenly expelled, the remaining morale collapsed instantly. Even though the orders were issued one after another, they could not control the situation. Most of the knights began to flee in all directions, and could no longer care about the orders of the orders.
The trees fell and the money scattered, and although there were only more than a thousand people left by their side.
Li Jiao waited for a long time, just waiting for such an opportunity. And this opportunity was obtained by his father and brother's life, so how could he give up? He pulled out his battle knife, stood on the back of the horse, raised the knife and roared wildly: "Slay the General"
"Snatch the flag!" The Han knight responded with a loud bang and ran wildly.
"Kill the general!"
"Snatch the flag!"
Amid the deafening roar, the passionate Han army knights descended from the mountain to the tiger, and the dragon entered the water, rushing towards the tune with a thunderous momentum.
The Huns were shattered, and no one dared to fight, and no one cared about each other and fled desperately. Although he saw this, he knew that the situation was hopeless, so he gave up his final efforts and fled with the remaining more than a hundred personal guards.
Li Jiao stared at Tak, chasing him hard.
Although the personal guards who were diligent in the battle, wanted to block the Han army and fought for time to escape, they were like a small stone in front of the Han army knights who were as big as a tiger and a horse like a dragon, they were like a small stone, and were instantly rolled up without even a splash of water.
Li Jiao caught up with the tuning, but his hand raised his sword and fell, and he beheaded with one sword.
The headless corpse, which was shattered into meat, fell to the ground with a chaotic horse's hooves.
Jin Ji passed by, swung the battle axe, and cut off the big flag with one axe. The big flag fell and the battle flag was torn away.
The Han army knights were like a group of evil wolves, crying everywhere they went.
After easily killing the tune, Li Jiao immediately led his troops to the main battlefield. Wherever there were many Huns, they rushed to the scene. After resting for a day, they had all released their strength at this moment. On the battlefield, both the Huns and the Han army were tired of fighting, and the Huns were facing the brink of collapse from their spirit to the *, and they could not resist their rush. As soon as they saw them, the Huns turned around and ran away.
Li Jiao and others ran back and forth, completely defeating the Huns and being invincible.
He found Li Guang on the battlefield. Li Guang's mount was caught in an arrow. Li Gan was pulling the arrow. Li Guang sat aside and was gasping for breath. When he saw Li Jiao, he glanced at Li Jiao's saddle. Li Jiao raised his helmet and shook it, and then patted the head on the saddle, which was overjoyed.
Li Guang stroked his beard, danced with eyebrows, and laughed loudly. "The child can teach you, and the child can teach you."
The night fell and the battle ended. The battlefield within a radius of more than ten miles was full of corpses and blood flowed. The Han army began to clean the battlefield and counted casualties. Wang Hui rushed over and laughed loudly from afar: "General Li, you are not kind. After a long time, you left the best opportunity to your son. How do you compensate me?"
Li Guang stood up to greet him and explained embarrassedly: "Da Xing Ling, what this said is that you and I are the chief generals, and you do not use beheading to make merit. Although the child killing me, you will also have your merits. Don't worry, your merits will never be missing in the merit book."
"This is almost the same." Wang Hui smiled. He naturally knew that although Li Jiao killed Dian, he and Li Guang were commanders. As long as he won this battle, even if he didn't kill him alone, he would have made contributions. If not, he would not be so polite to Li Guang. "At that time, the son was appointed as a marquis, and he should not forget to invite me to drink."
"Don't worry, don't worry, you are a distinguished guest, how dare I forget?" Li Guang patted Wang Hui's shoulder intimately. "However, if you want to be a marquis, you may still be ahead of your order. Don't be stingy at that time."
Wang Hui could not suppress the joy in his heart and laughed happily. Although the final statistics had not yet come out, he also knew that this battle had made great contributions. He killed nearly 10,000 Huns and captured countless horses, cattle and sheep, which was enough to support them in another month of battle. If there were fewer, it would be impossible to lose it. The emperor would also seal seven or eight thousand households. Wang Hui would definitely get a share of it.
The long-cherished wish of many years has finally been achieved this time.
Wang Hui said with emotion: "General Li, to be honest, if you want to talk about merit, I am afraid that this first achievement will not be your father and son, nor my Wang Hui, but the champion Hou Liangxiao. Without his suggestion of reducing troops, it would be difficult for us to achieve such an impressive record."
Li Guangshen felt the same, but at the same time he was very pleased. Liang Xiao was once his subordinate. Wang Hui praised Liang Xiao, and he naturally had light on his face.
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!