Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

But this time it was Zhang Jai who took the lead, and Liu Ye caught the heavy-loss Jiang Dongbing in the middle.

The sound of horseshoes behind him kept running, and Hu Qi, who had suffered a lot of casualties, followed Liu Yejun in chasing after him. Bei Gong Boyu was very dissatisfied with Liu Ye's rescue of Sun Jian from the army, and the flesh was robbed.

Although the number of Hu Qi was basically four times that of his own army, Liu Ye didn't panic at all. Instead, he looked calm, as if he was confident.

After running for a few miles, I saw an army of nearly five thousand pawns standing in the wilderness in front of him, and the flag with a single stroke was very conspicuous.

Sun Jian couldn't help but stunned when he saw this scene in front of him: Is this Liu Ye's support? Relying on five thousand foot soldiers to resist twenty thousand iron knights?

Yu Jin, who was in the **** formation, saw Liu Ye's ministry rushing from far away, Hu Qi chased after him, and immediately ordered.

"The crossbowman flexes his bow!"

"Prepare with a crossbow."

Among the five thousand army, two thousand were Tianshui County infantrymen, and the remaining three thousand were urgently transferred from Zhou Shen's army by Yu Jin, and all were archers in the army. In addition, Yu Jin also specially recruited nearly a thousand Zhangs from Zhou Shen's army.

Now these five thousand people are all archers.

The obscure twisting of strings slowly sounded, 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.

Thousands of Han military crossbowmen sat on the ground, stepped on the huge crossbow with their feet, and grasped the bowstrings with both hands. Then the whole body suddenly lay down on the ground, and the two-fingered arrows slowly wound up, making People have no doubt that even if this arrow is not shot into the vital point, it can still shoot people to death.

As Hu Qi galloped closer and closer, the scout standing on the mound immediately shouted downwards.

"The enemy reaches one hundred and fifty steps!"

"shooting!"

Following Yu Jin's order, the Han archers with their tensed arms immediately let go, and a dense rain of arrows suddenly fell from the sky, immediately enshrouding the thousands of Hu Qi charging ahead.

People in the Huqi formation shouted horses, and some people fell to the ground from time to time, especially the crossbow arrows fired from nearly a thousand crossbows, which were **** thick and surprisingly powerful.

Why was the Qin army able to drive all the people out of the Hetao Plain? You must know that the cavalry force of the Qin Army is far less than that of the Xiongnu. Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the most cavalry force is Zhao Guo. Since Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu shot his horse, the Zhao Guo cavalry has remained high.

However, neither the State of Zhao, who was riding on a horse by Hu Fu, nor the Huns on horseback were opponents of the Qin army. The big reason was the crossbow.

The Qin army confronted the enemy, first attacking with a dense crossbow, and then attacking on foot.

To put it bluntly, the style of play is actually very simple, rude but effective. In fact, it is the same as the methods used by later Japanese troops to invade China, artillery bombardment and infantry impact.

Two-fingered crossbow bolts whizzed down and pierced through the chest of a Hu Qi. The powerful force pushed the crossbow bolt forward. After piercing the chest, it shot into the neck of a war horse with great strength. Tao directly shot the horse to the ground, convulsing.

Hu Qi rolled forward, the front row of Hu Qi was shot to the ground, and he was immediately trampled into flesh by the iron horse rushing up from behind, but Hu Qi in the back was miserable, and the horse and fellow robes in front were completely stumbling blocks. . Many Hu Qis were directly tripped to the ground by the horses and corpses that fell to the ground, and fell to the ground.

"Wind up!"

The first few rows of archers just fired the arrows on the strings and immediately withdrew to the back, while the latter rows of crossbowmen immediately made up, and the crossbow arrows in their hands were ready to go.

The five thousand crossbowmen fired in batches under the command of the ban, and left immediately after a row of shots, without being entangled, while the archers who had already opened their bows and set strings in the back immediately filled them up.

After such a cycle, the crossbow arrows were launched endlessly, with endless firepower. In just one hundred and fifty steps, Hu Qi had been killed or injured as many as three or four thousand, and the corpses of the horses were piled on the road. It is difficult to travel.

"The front row of swordsmen and shields prepare, and the spearmen prepare, continue shooting."

The Han army in the first row was holding a large shield and listed a shield wall. The spearmen stood in battle, while the crossbowmen behind them were constantly shooting arrows.

But unexpectedly, after Hu Qi dropped more than 3,000 corpses, he retreated without fighting and fled directly.

In fact, although there are many Huqi rebels, the technology tree of the Han Dynasty far exceeds that of the Hu people. Sometimes it is not surprising that one becomes ten. Just as Geng Gong mentioned in the previous article, when he faced the Huns in the Western Regions, there were only a few hundred around him. The Han army persisted for a whole year under the siege of tens of thousands of Huns.

Puffed crossbows, rhubarb crossbows, iron armor...These are all the crystallization of ancient Central Plains civilization. If it weren't for the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, it would be impossible for a husband to wrestle the Central Plains.

Yu ban ordered the soldiers to step forward to harvest the spoils, draw crossbow arrows and reuse them, and bring back the intact war horses.

Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief and jumped out of Malay to express his gratitude to Liu Ye.

"Liu Junshou, there is no retribution for saving my life, please accept me!"

Sun Jian bowed to Liu Ye, but his arms were firmly supported by Liu Ye.

"Wentai doesn't have to be like this, you and I are both Hanchens, and it is your duty to send troops to save you."

Liu Ye smiled slightly, this Jiangdong Tiger is indeed a well-deserved reputation, with more than a thousand soldiers and horses resisting the siege of tens of thousands of Hu Qi, it is a rare warrior.

"Let's go, Zhou Dangkou is still waiting for us."

Liu Ye got on the horse and returned to Zhou Shen with Sun Jian, Zhang Jai Yujin and others.

In the First Battle of Yuzhong, Zhou Shenjun was cut off by Han Sui’s garrison at Kuiyuan Gorge. The Han army was short of food, and Zhou Shen refused to listen to Sun Jianzhi’s proposal to retreat.

Beigong Boyu, who was relieved in Yuzhong City, sent troops in a big way and defeated Zhou Shenjun in the first battle. However, Tianshui County guard Liu Ye led troops to help in time, so it did not turn into a big defeat.

Liu Ye led his army to turn the tide, shot Li Wenhou away, and sent troops to rescue Sun Jian. Hu Qi chased after him, and was repelled by Yu Ban's crossbow formation, which had been prepared, and the battle came to an end.

In this battle, Hu Qi died and wounded about 8,000 people, while the Han army suffered from a lack of food, and its combat strength was greatly reduced. More than 7,000 people were killed in the battle, more than 3,000 people were seriously injured, and more than 2,000 people were fled. Nearly half of Zhou Shen's 30,000 army casualties were almost completely maimed.

However, Liu Ye's troops injured hundreds of people on their foot and horses, and the organizational system was still more than 6,500, and the combat power was basically intact.

And not long after, General Dong Zhuo also fell into trouble.