Chapter 160 Massacre
.The stagnation of Hu Qi in front quickly caused chaos in Hu Qi in the rear. Mobile Novel Site Chinese website
In the chaos, the King of Aries summoned several confidant servants to the front and ordered sternly: "You guys, hurry up and see what happened?" However, before the King of Aries's trusted servants beat the horse forward, a sudden loud trumpet sounded in the dense forests on both sides of the valley.
"Well, where did this sound of horns come from?" King Aries's face suddenly changed.
The next moment, a tide-like shouting sounded in the dense forests on both sides of the river valley. Hearing this momentum, it seemed that thousands of troops were rushing out from the depths of the dense forest!
Hu Qi, who was crowded in the middle of the valley, suddenly became turbulent.
Time passed quickly in the commotion of the Hu people. In less than a moment, endless "Old Qin people" rushed out from the dense forests on both sides of the river valley. The King of Aries and more than ten thousand Hu cavalry were horrified to find that these old Qin people were all wearing scales and holding strong bows and hard crossbows. The rows in front were strong crossbows, and the rows in the back were long bows.
Of course, this is not an old Qin man, but a Chu army holding a Qin crossbow and a Qin bow!
The next moment, the dense arrows as dense as locusts were shooting towards Hu Qi, who was crowded in the river valley.
In an instant, endless wailing sounds sounded in the river valley, and the Hu people who were caught off guard fell down one by one.
The strong bow and hard crossbow captured by the Chu army from Luoyang and Xianyang arsenal caused a lot of trouble for the Hu people. Especially the crossbows in the hands of the Chu army in the first few rows of Chu soldiers, which caused great damage to the Arieshu Cavalry. The crossbow arrows shot out by these more than 2,000 crossbows were thick and heavy, and even war horses could be shot through. If a person was shot, he would either die or be disabled!
In addition to the two thousand powerful crossbows, the eight thousand longbows also caused a lot of damage to the Hu people.
Although the arrows shot from the longbow and the horn bow do not have the penetration power of the horn bow, they are better because of their fast shooting speed. The time when the horn bow shoots out a crossbow arrow is enough for the longbow. The horn bowman shoots out three to five feather arrows. More than 8,000 archers pour out the dense rain of arrows onto the head of the Hu people. How can this scene be described as cruel?
The Hu people were completely stunned by the shooting. A small number of Hu people were very fierce. Without waiting for the general's order, they screamed and rushed towards the Chu army archers on both sides of the valley, but were quickly shot by the Chu army's crossbow. Many Hu people remained calm, took off short bows from their backs and began to shoot arrows and fight back. However, more Hu people ran back and forth in the valley like headless ropes.
If such a chaotic situation lasts for a few more minutes, the Aries tribe will definitely be finished!
"Don't panic, everyone, don't panic!" King Aries drew out his long sword and roared on the horse's back.
The leaders of various small tribes of the Aries tribe also came to their senses and began to rectify the strong men of their respective tribes.
The Hu people, who had been completely in chaos, finally calmed down gradually, and then formed an orderly group under the scolding of the leaders of their respective tribes, and then launched a tide-like charge towards the Chu archers on both sides of the valley. After surviving the initial panic, the Aries finally came to their senses and showed their hideous fangs again.
The Hu people on the grassland can repeatedly threaten the advanced farming articles of the Central Plains people with their backward nomadic civilization. The biggest reliance is the cavalry that is fearless. These Hu people have lived in extremely harsh environments since childhood. They have to fight repeatedly with the cruel nature for survival since childhood, so they are all fierce and aggressive, brave and good at fighting.
"Aowu, aowu, aowu..."
"Wow, wow, wow..."
"Bar, bar, bar..."
As time went by, more and more Hu people fell under the rain of arrows. Then, at least five thousand Hu cavalry charged towards the Chu army archers on both sides of the river valley. These Hu people desperately activated their war horses, waving the short swords and wooden forks in their hands, while making beast-like howls, rolling towards the Chu army archers on both sides.
Amid the sound of horse hooves like tides, the Hu cavalry rushing forward was less than a hundred steps away from the Chu army archers!
If these five thousand Hu cavalry really rushed to the front, then what was waiting for the Chu army's archers would be the fate of being massacred. In front of the fierce Hu cavalry, the tens of thousands of crossbowmen of the Chu army, the archers were no different from sheep. They could not resist and could never escape. They would only wait like flocks of sheep, waiting to be eaten by the wolves.
However, just as the five thousand Hu cavalry were about to rush to the Chu army archers, a sudden change occurred!
Hundreds of Luzhai stood up from the artemisia in front of the Chu army archers without warning. These Luzhai were all spliced together by two meters of wooden stakes, and the tops were all sharpened. The rows of white and grim fresh stubble were like rows of fangs in the mouth of a giant beast, hideous and extremely cruel.
The fierce attack of the Hu cavalry immediately turned into a tragic suicide!
The front row of cavalry was unsurprisingly penetrated by sharp wooden stakes and spurs. Only a small number of cavalry jumped high with their superb riding skills to escape. However, before they could land again, rows of long halberds had already stabbed from behind the Luzhai, and instantly nailed them to death in the air.
At some point, the eight thousand Chu soldiers had quietly arrived in front of the archers' formation under the cover of wild grasses, and promptly pulled up the Luzhai that had been prepared long ago. In front of the rows of Luzhai, the Hu cavalry who were yelling and preparing to kill were immediately hit and bloody, and a large number of Hu cavalry died on the spot.
Witnessing such a sudden and tragic scene, the grin on the corner of King Aries' mouth suddenly froze.
No matter how slow the Aries King reacted, he realized that he had fallen into the trap of the old Qin people.
The cunning damn old Qin people, they were afraid they had set up traps here long ago and waited for them to get in?
The next moment, the Aries King wailed like a wounded beast: "Ambushes, we were ambushed by the old Qin people, retreat, retreat quickly..."
However, the Aries King just turned his horse's head and regenerated!
The Aries had just entered the low ridge where the river valley, and there were several rows of armored soldiers in front and back, all of which were heavy armored soldiers wearing heavy armored iron helmets and holding large shields and heavy swords. In front of these rows of heavy armored soldiers, a raging fire suddenly ignited on the originally deserted ridge.
The heart of the Aries King suddenly sank infinitely, with a blazing fire, and rows of heavy armored soldiers. The Aries' retreat has been cut off by the old Qin people.
"Swish swish swish swish..."
A large number of arrows were still falling from the sky, densely filled with rain.
The Aries King was just a little stunned. A feathered arrow shot through his leather armor and immediately penetrated into his left chest. A severe pain suddenly came violently from his left chest. The Aries King then screamed and fell from the horse's back. Hundreds of Huqiu nearby suddenly became riots when they saw this.
"The king is dead, the king is dead!"
"The king was shot to death by the old Qin people!"
"It's over, it's over, it's over!"
The news of the death of the Aries King suddenly spread throughout the valley like a wind. The Aries people who had no fighting spirit had finally lost their last courage and scattered in panic and ran around in a row. However, whether it was the way to enter the valley, the way to escape from the valley, or the dense forests on both sides, they were all blocked and there was no way to escape!
When the bright moon rises from the eastern sky, this planned and premeditated ambush finally ends.
The 20,000 Chu army against 10,000 Hu cavalry should have been a tough battle, or at least a fierce battle that was evenly matched. However, the final result was the Chu army's one-sided massacre of Hu cavalry! Due to the absolute advantage in intelligence and tactics, the Chu army fought an appropriate ambush at the right time and at the right place, and the result was self-evident.
After two hours of cleaning the battlefield, the results of the battle came out. In this battle, more than 12,000 heads were beheaded and more than 15,000 horses were seized. More than 6,000 of them were only slightly injured. They could recover after a little raising them for a while. However, the remaining more than 9,000 war horses could only be killed and eaten meat.
It seems that there is no need to worry about Chu Jun's meat in the future.
Looking at the bodies of Hu people scattered all over the river valley, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Tian Heng, Xiao Kai and other Chu generals were all excited, and they all felt that Hu people were just like this. Xiang Zhuang was abnormally heavy in his heart. Although the Chu army won a complete victory in this ambush today, this does not mean that Hu people are vulnerable, nor does it mean that the Chu army has the strength to sweep the entire Hetao!
In fact, if the Chu army had not selected extremely favorable terrain in advance and set up careful traps, the Chu army would never have achieved such brilliant results. If the Chu army was allowed to fight a field battle with the Aries in an open land, the results would be completely different. Even if the Chu army could win in the end, it would have to pay a heavy price.
Moreover, even just now, the Aries were not without the power to fight.
If the Aries King was calm enough, gave up the idea of breaking through rashly from the beginning, and then took the initiative to give up the advantage of cavalry, ordered more than 10,000 Hu people to dismount, and then placed all war horses around to form flesh shields to resist the Chu army's arrow rain, then most of the Hu people could survive the attack of the Chu army's arrow rain!
In this way, if the Chu army wants to win, it must launch a strong attack on the Aries people of the Hedgehog Group. Even though the Aries people are still unable to escape the end of destruction, they can at least cause a considerable degree of damage to the Chu army. Unlike now, the Aries people are almost completely destroyed, while the Chu army has only suffered hundreds of casualties.
Therefore, the Chu army's complete victory in this game really cannot explain anything.
If it weren't for the Aries people who were unprepared, if it weren't for the Aries king being too weak, would it still be the case if it were the Huns of Maodun? The answer is obviously no!
At this moment, an unprecedented sense of urgency surged in Xiang Zhuang's heart.
If nothing unexpected happens, Maodun's Hun army will soon go south. Before Maodun goes south, the Chu army must raise enough war horses and build the Chu army into a cavalry in the shortest time, and then leave Hetao as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Maodun's army enters Hetao in large numbers, it will be too late to leave again...
Chapter completed!