Chapter 98 Give up
"Their weapons and combat effectiveness are much stronger than the Huns who attacked Shanggu County a few years ago." Fusu secretly worried in his heart, "Will we be the opponents of these people? There is no city to defend here." But as the head coach, Fusu cannot express his worries, otherwise the morale of the entire army will plummet.
After the Huns ran closer a little closer, the second wave of crossbow arrows from the Fusu Army also shot out, but the damage this time was obviously not as good as the last time. The Huns used skin shields to block the crossbow arrows, and even had good riding skills and moved to avoid the arrows.
The enemy is getting closer and closer. In Fusu's opinion, everyone can only fire two more arrows at most, and the enemy will rush to him. Once the enemy fights in close combat, Fusu is not sure whether his soldiers can deal with these fierce Huns.
At this time, Han Xin suddenly said: "Everyone shoots their horses, their skin shields are not big, not enough to cover themselves and the horses."
"Shoot first, shoot the horse! Yes, everyone aim at the enemy's horses!" Han Xin woke Fusu up with a word, and he shouted.
Another round of crossbow arrows shot out. This time the target was no longer the Hun soldiers, but the horses they crossed. Sure enough, the Huns could not use their leather shields to help their horses block the arrows. Hundreds of horses were shot at the same time and fell heavily to the ground. The horse's knight was also thrown out due to inertia.
The Huns behind were shocked when they saw the other party suddenly shooting their horses and slowed down. This gave Fusu a chance to shoot arrows. Another batch of arrows shot out, and more than a hundred horses fell down.
But then, the Huns no longer hesitated. They had already reached the front of the Fusu Army, and the Fusu Army had no time to fire another crossbow arrow.
"Kill!" With a shout, the cavalry in the Fusu army also raised their spears and big swords and rushed forward, and the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides began.
In the back, Regon saw his soldiers falling down under the rain of arrows of the other party, and he felt very angry because he had fewer people now and could not replenish them. Now that his cavalry has not yet reached the other party, he doesn't know how many soldiers will die in the hands of the other party. So he hurriedly followed the archers beside him rushed forward to fight back. His team of about 20,000 people had less than 300 arrows, so he stayed with his life. Originally, he did not intend to send these people to fight, but after seeing the power of the Fusu Army, he had to use them.
The Huns deserved to have grown up on horseback. Although they did not have saddles and stirrups, they used their superb riding skills to free up their hands, and then bent their bows and arrows to shoot at the Fusu Army.
Fortunately, Fusu was prepared and used chariots to form a barrier at the forefront of the army. Most of the bows and arrows were shot on the body of the chariots, and the killing of soldiers was very limited. At this time, the two armies had already intersected, and the Huns behind did not dare to fire arrows for a while.
What the Huns expected was that the cavalry in the Fusu army that were facing them were holding weapons such as spears, long spears, and big swords. Before they could reach the front, the opponent's weapons had already reached their front, and they immediately fell into a passive position.
At this moment, the sharpness of the cavalry that Fusu focused on training was revealed. They leaned on the stirrups under their feet to keep their bodies firmly on the horse, and their hands were naturally liberated. The weapons in their hands were more than twice as long as the enemy, and they could also attack the Huns with all their strength without paying attention to whether they would fall off the horse. In a short while, they gained the advantage in the situation and began to launch a counterattack against the Huns.
The morale of the entire army was suddenly increased, and the soldiers rushed out of the gaps in the chariots to attack the Huns who had been a little scared in their hearts. Fusu and Han Xin were relieved to see this scene. It seemed that the Huns' cavalry were not invincible.
However, the situation was not as optimistic as Fusu imagined. At the beginning, because he was not suitable for the attack of the Fusu army's long weapons, the Huns cavalry slowly regained their confidence. On the horse's back, their abilities were still better than those of the Central Plains. Even if they had the assistance of saddles and stirrups, compared with the Xiongnu who grew up on horseback since childhood, the Central Plains people were still inferior to those of the Xiongnu who grew up on horseback.
The Huns knights made various dazzling moves on the horse, easily avoiding the weapons that stabbed them, and then controlled the horse and rushed to the Fusu soldiers quickly. The bone-making knife in their hands stabbed into the enemy's chest or slashed them at the opponent's vital parts. The two sides were in a stalemate, and people were constantly killed by the enemy, and the murderers were immediately killed by other enemies. For a moment, screams and the sound of weapons colliding throughout the world.
"It seems that our army cannot completely suppress these Huns." Fusu said with a worrying face, "If too many people are sacrificed here, our plan will be given up."
Han Xin looked at the agile figure of the Huns on the horse and sighed: "I have always been a Hun and are not very powerful. The cavalry of Shangjun is already considered powerful in my eyes, but today I realized that the cavalry is so sharp." At this time, he suddenly saw the chariot in front of him that had no effect and said suddenly: "Prince, why don't we use chariots to attack them? The chariots on this flat ground should have a greater effect than cavalry."
Fusu issued an order, and chariots were put on war horses. Yushou, Geshou and crossbowmen also boarded the chariots. With the sound of the wheels rubbing against the ground, the chariots rushed out. Because Geshou was standing in the chariots, they were more flexible than being on the horse, and the crossbowmen also had a more stable performance. Wherever the chariots went, they immediately killed a group of Hun cavalry. One chariots plowed the Huns like plows, leaving behind corpses and blood all over the ground.
Seeing that the opponent's chariot was so powerful, Regon began to be scared. He knew that going on would only cause more losses to his belongings, so he decisively sounded the horn of retreat, and the Hun cavalry began to retreat.
The speed of the chariot was indeed the same as the war horses. In a short while, the Hun cavalry were bound to be a long distance away. The knights in the Fusu army did not dare to fight the Huns on horseback now, so they had to watch them retreat.
After withdrawing the troops, Fusu lost more than 3,000 people this time, and nearly 2,000 people had lost their ability to fight, and he lost 5,000 people in just one battle. "Now there are only 25,000 people, so there can be no more mistakes in the future." Fusu warned himself.
The army continued to go to Xianyang, but the atmosphere in the army was different from the previous few days. But unexpected things have not stopped. I think the Huns were dissatisfied with being defeated by themselves, so hundreds of cavalry were always wandering around the army, and they suddenly attacked the Fusu army once they had the chance. When Fusu gathered a large number of troops to find them, they fled far away. Because of their constraints, the Fusu army's march speed was much slower, and now Fusu has the idea of giving up this operation.
"Prince, I think this raid will fail." Han Xin said to Fusu while camping for a break in the evening.
"I feel this way too. Please help me analyze the reasons." Fusu looked into the dark and said, not knowing when a small group of cavalry from the Huns would come out to harass him.
"All the way, our army's spirit was exhausted before it reached Xianyang. This is one of them." Han Xin looked at the soldiers who were cooking around him and continued, "Secondly, it seems that this Xiongnu cavalry has been close to us. If they are still in Xianyang, they will definitely attack me when we attack Xianyang, and we will be attacked from both sides. So I suggest going back."
When he heard the second point, Fusu thought of his failure in Taiyuan County. That time he was defeated because he despised the Qin soldiers in the city. This time he could not repeat the same mistake. Thinking of this, he nodded in agreement and said, "Your analysis makes sense. It seems that we have to give up this raid and rush back to Beidi County."
The army finally decided to return to Beidi County less than three days away from Xianyang. Things are so unpredictable.
At this time, Meng Tian, who was attacking outside Shangdang County, also noticed a strange thing: "Seeing the situation where they only had 50,000 troops and even dared to take the initiative to attack last time, Wang Li, who had 20,000 more troops, should be more active, but why did they stop moving these days? Did they notice our plan?" Thinking of this, Meng Tian's heart jumped suddenly, "If they really noticed our plan and sent troops back, the number of troops here will definitely decrease, and naturally they will not attack us actively, and then there will be danger to the prince."
In order to test the reality of the city, Meng Tian began to send troops to attack Shangdang City. However, the Qin soldiers defended them tightly and did not give him any opportunity to take advantage of them. At the same time, the Qin soldiers did not leave the city to fight back.
This made Meng Tian even more confirm his judgment. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious. If Fusu was attacked by Qin soldiers behind him when he was attacking Xianyang, he would probably be in danger of being wiped out. However, he is now in Shangdang and has no idea about Fusu's actions, so he has to worry.
The day squad led 30,000 people back to Xianyang at night. When he arrived in Xianyang City, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everything had not changed. But then he thought of his great defeat in Chu, and he didn't know what kind of punishment he would be punished.
The next day, he entered the palace. Facing Hu Hai who didn't say a word, he felt even more uneasy.
After hearing that he had blamed all the crimes for the defeat of the battle to Zhao Changke, Zhao Gao couldn't sit still. He hurriedly said, "Emperor, this is all the words of the day team. It's just that because Zhao Changke is dead, he puts the responsibility on him. I hope the emperor will investigate it in depth."
PS: 未分:(I actually broke the keyboard yesterday, so I updated yesterday. I hope everyone will forgive me and continue to support me
Continue PS: I didn't expect that the famous shooting man was the first to shoot the horse, and the shooting horse was actually harmonious, embarrassing (to be continued)
Chapter completed!