Chapter 90: Saban boldly bypassed the Xiong Pass, Anping carefully set up a crossbow array

The Haidu army opened up and entered the scheduled battle site of the Han army. There are swamps in the south, rivers in the north, and Cangling Pass in the east. This place is a must pass, and you can't come if you don't want to.

Early in the morning, the sky was hazy, and it was late autumn. The air was cold, and the cool breeze seemed to be murderous. Before the great attack of the Chinese army, the generals were about to set out to meet the enemy separately. He Anping sent him with his sword and said, "You should encourage him! The responsibility of leading the army is not to be light, but to rely on the kings to kill the thieves on my behalf. When you come back, you should drink with the gentlemen and rest when you get drunk!"

Xiao Ruoyi turned over his horse, put Qi Yue's broken blade saw in front of him, turned around and arched his hand and said, "The big Situ just sits in the town, and we are waiting for you to fall into the battle!" When you return, you will definitely take the enemy's head and drink with the public!"

When the generals heard this, they were all very heroic. They got on the horse one after another and roared away. When the little general Gongli saw Xiao Ruoying's power, he was envious and secretly said, "A woman is still so proud; how can I be as good as my eyebrows? This battle must be sacrificed to move forward. What are you afraid of!"

On this side, the generals of the Yanhan army acted according to the arrangement of Da Situ; on the other side, Saban, the general of the Haidu army, personally led the army to run. Four generals: I, Amuhai, Yehan Jin, Wanyan Sihu, follow Prince Saban. They are all famous* in the Haidu Khanate. They are usually arrogant and domineering in the country. When they come to the battlefield, they are angry and vicious, and only wait to be killed.

The Han army led 1,000 cavalry each with Xiao Xiansi and Xiao Longyun to test the strength of the navy head-on. The Haidu army immediately attacked and besieged Xiao Xiansi and Xiao Longyun with thousands of troops and overwhelming momentum. Hundreds of horns sounded together after their array.

Xiao Xiansi and Xiao Longyun saw that the Haidu army was full of ambition and rushed back. The Haidu army shot and chased and shouted loudly. The Han army fought back and retreated sharply, and from time to time, someone from both sides was defeated. Even if the Han army was not dead, he was caught up and trampled to death by the Haidu army.

The Haidu army was arrogant and was unconsciously introduced into the ambush position by the Han army. Xiao Xiansi and Xiao Longyun separated from side to side. They only heard a gust of rush. Four rows of crossbowmen appeared on the flat ground, all of which were armed with iron arms, aiming at the enemy chasing in the middle. In an flash, the crossbow arrows rushed to the Haidu army like a storm.

A large number of people and horses suddenly fell down, and the people behind them were still moving forward. They absolutely obeyed the command and continued to rush without the order to retreat!

The Han army's crossbow soldiers have intensified their launch, but the launch interval between the individual heavy crossbow machines in their hands is very long. With two rounds of shooting, the enemy has approached!

At this time, a sound of gongs emerged from the ground, and suddenly four rows of crossbowmen appeared from the pit. They held crossbows, and the continuous rain of crossbows poured on the approaching enemy! It turned out that although the crossbow of the Han army was weak, it could withhold six arrows, firing one by one like a semi-automatic rifle, which was extremely powerful for close use. Four rows of crossbowmen, each with six arrows swept over, and there was not much left of the Haidu army. The knife and shield soldiers of the Han army jumped out of the tunnel and unexpectedly killed the remaining enemy troops who rushed over.

The Haidu army rushed to the front of a thousand-person team and was completely destroyed in an instant. Hundreds of horses rushed up from behind, and before they rushed to the Han army position, they were swept away again, and the commander who led the team was also killed on the spot. The Han army applied a set of tactics to the combination of pits, long-range crossbows and short-range crossbows. The Haidu army had never seen before and did not know how to deal with it.

Saban was surprised to receive the report of heavy losses by the former army and the deaths of two thousands of leaders. He thought for a moment and immediately made a decision: "Get around!"

Sure enough, as long as the Han army's crossbow positions are useless in the wilderness. The tunnels on the position are dug in advance, and there is no time to dig in other places.

The Han army saw that the Haidu army bypassed the crossbow position from the north, but did not panic. This is something that can be thought of in advance. Da Situ has already explained to the situation and how to deal with it to the generals. The crossbowmen in the crossbow position quickly gathered north and took the initiative to attack.

The strong crossbow is very heavy. Even the crossbow is lighter, but a large number of arrows should be added, and the total weight is not light. The physical ability of the crossbowman is worse than that of ordinary soldiers, and he is not good at weight-bearing movement. However, the Han army actually pulled out a horse in the tunnel, and the infantry rode forward and intercepted the enemy's bypassed cavalry to the north. Yan Shizhong commanded the bow and crossbowmen to move forward neatly, and Dai Degong commanded the melee infantry to follow the protection. When the melee infantry came out of the pit, they exchanged their weapons with knives and shields for spears to resist cavalry attacks in the wilderness.

The Han army's crossbow formation moved north and met the second wave of cavalry of the Haidu Army. After the previous wave rushed over under the leadership of me, the general of this wave was Amuhai, who was about to rush over behind the previous wave. Unexpectedly, the Han crossbow soldiers had arrived on horseback. Four rows of strong crossbows dissed their horses and inserted the tied piles into the ground, and 2,000 horsemen stopped steadily. The crossbowman lined up forward with weapons. The first team squatted and the second team stood up. In an instant, a thousand conical arrows flew far away and fell into the cavalry group of the Haidu army. Then, the first two teams retreated, the third and fourth teams fired, and another thousand crossbows flew away.

More than a thousand years ago, Li Ling, a general of the Western Han Dynasty, led 5,000 crossbows and killed tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry. Only because there were no reinforcements, he ran out of food and failed. There was also Geng Gong, a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who led the remaining hundreds of subordinates, was besieged by more than 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry in Shule City in the Western Regions. He actually persisted with loyalty, courage, landliness and crossbow machines. After a year, the Huns were unable to attack. In the end, 30 people were rescued by the imperial reinforcements, traveled thousands of miles, and returned to Yumen Pass alive. The role of Chinese crossbows in the era of cold weapons can be seen. As long as you use it properly and give full play to the power of the crossbow, it is a sharp weapon to restrain the cavalry.

The Haidu army was galloping, and it was hit by the rain. People turned their horses upside down and were in chaos. Amuhai was furious and shouted harshly, and the Haidu army turned his horse's head and rushed to the Han army. Amuhai is very brave and usually used to being arrogant. He can't stand it and can't stand it. But with such a rush, the loss is even greater. Amuhai himself was also shot and had to retreat with an injury.

The Han crossbow soldiers killed hundreds of Haidu troops and forced their second wave of cavalry to retreat and reorganize, and the first wave of cavalry fell into a situation of no successor.

When the crossbow soldiers blocked the vanguard elite of the Haidu Army, a cavalry of the Han army quietly rushed to the Haidu Army from the south of the tunnel position. This is He Anping's deployment: since the enemy circled north with elites and attacked us, I can also send troops to attack this battle.

This cavalry is about 4,000 people, half of whom are from the governor's mansion in the east of the town, led by Gong Li'ao and Gong Liji's father and son; and half are from the Khitan tribe, led by Xiao Yueliduo and Xiao Yuelin sisters. Zhendong people and horses are mainly responsible for melee assaults, and Khitan people and horses are mainly responsible for long-range attacks.

Saban is eager to win, and the elite knows that there are almost only lustful soldiers left in this array of the Haidu army. Saban and Yehan's Jin and Wanyan Sihu climbed a mound to look out. They didn't see the former army return the good news, but saw a large number of Han cavalry rushing to kill!

(To be continued 91: the two armies attacked in the battle, and Xiaofan became famous in the first battle)