Chapter 292: Pillar Country
Kui An was also one of the first people to follow Shi Le. He had the courage of thousands of men and was even more intelligent. In fact, among the eighteen cavalry that seemed to have Shi Le, Kui An had the highest achievements and finally became Prime Minister of Later Zhao. This prime minister was not something that everyone could do. He was able to achieve this position, which shows his ability. He was also a white man, and it was no longer possible to test where he could fight. Some people think that he was probably like most Jie people, from Northern India. No one can tell whether it was true.
Kui An led his troops to take the lead and rushed towards the abominable chariot formation. He himself rushed to the front, holding a strong bow in his hand to aim at the chariot camp. However, what made him depressed was that most of the Liangzhou soldiers hid behind the chariots. All he could see was a series of chariots like walls, and crossbows that were slowly pulling out...
The chariot's shot holes were constantly spitting arrows at them, each of which was fierce and had strong penetration. The leather armor that the Jie clan light cavalry liked to wear was no different from that of paper in front of it. Some people were constantly penetrated by arrows and fell backwards from the horse's back with a scream. Kui'an shot sharp arrows at a Liangzhou army soldier who was manipulating a crossbow. The sergeant was caught in an arrow on his forehead and fell to the ground with a scream. But someone immediately dragged him behind the chariot to protect him, and Kui'an also caused a rain of arrows for himself with practical actions. Several of them even penetrated the chain mail on his body and stabbed into his flesh, making his body shudder involuntarily!
After shooting this arrow, Kui An had to turn his horse and turn back, because if he rushed forward, he would hit the Liangzhou Army's chariot. He found that this kind of battle was really a disadvantage. They rushed up to a place thirty or forty meters away from the chariot camp in the rain of the Liangzhou Army. After shooting an arrow, they would immediately turn back, and then rush back again... The Liangzhou Army was protected by the chariots, and the arrows they shot were difficult to hurt the Liangzhou soldiers hiding in the turtle shell, and the arrows shot by the other party might take their lives at any time! They rushed up at such a great risk just to shoot an arrow that was probably futile. This was not worth it!
I don’t know if it’s worth it, but his luck is indeed very good, because just after he turned back, dozens of crossbow chariots from Liangzhou Army roared again, and crossbow arrows as thick as a pound of lead bullets hit the head and face. The Jie cavalry who were shooting arrows or turning back were swept down mercilessly, with split limbs and broken arms flying all over the sky, and plasma splattered everywhere. The scene was as tragic as it would be!
Wang Yang's shoulder was wiped with a crossbow arrow, and his flesh was blurred. He endured the severe pain and rushed to Kui An and shouted: "Ki An, this is not a solution, we are at a disadvantage!"
Kui An asked: "What are you going to do?"
Wang Yang said: "Dropping off the horse and fighting in the field!"
Kui'an looked at the tragic situation after his own team was shot by a crossbow chariot, and then looked at the chariots that kept spitting arrows to devour life. He knew that it was impossible to break through this chariot camp by light cavalry shooting alone. Not only was it impossible, but it would also cause a large number of excellent Jie cavalry to be shot down by the Jin army's powerful crossbow in meaningless shooting, and he lost his life in vain. If he wanted to break through this damn chariot formation, he had no other choice than dismounting the horse and fighting in the field. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, dismounting the horse and fighting in the field!"
The trumpeter blew the trumpet. The Jie cavalry who were speeding up and shooting arrows at the Liangzhou military vehicle formation heard the trumpet sound and jumped directly from the horse's back and fell to the ground and rolled on the ground. When they stood up, there was already a scabbard with a sparkling light, a spear, a hammer, a short-handed axe and other weapons in their hands. They covered their bodies with a small round shield and rushed towards the trumpet with howling!
Seeing this, the Liangzhou army was stunned for a moment. The cavalry dismounted and fought in the battle in front of the formation. These Hu people are really good. OK, let's help you!
Beigong Jing waved the flag, and two archers flashed from behind each chariot, holding continuous bows in hand and shooting fiercely at the Jie cavalry rushing up. Although the number of archers is not large, it cannot resist the archery speed. Although the Jie cavalry hiking and charging on foot has a small round shield, the round shield is too small and the area it can protect is limited. Under the rain of arrows, they are swept down by three clusters and five piles.
Another crossbowman flashed out from behind the crossbow chariot, holding a big yellow crossbow and shooting flat on the Jie cavalry rushing over. As the bowstring trembled, even the small round shield was shot through with an arrow, and the shield holding the shield was nailed together. But even so, they could not stop the fierce Jie cavalry. More and more Jie cavalry picked up weapons and jumped off the horse, and held the chariot formation. The rain of arrows pouring down from the city wall rushed towards the chariot formation. All the weapons were madly towards the chariot, and they slashed and smashed at the iron chains connected to the chariot! Some strong men even grabbed the chariot with their hands to try to overturn it. It was really fierce!
Of course, these guys with developed limbs and simple minds don’t end up well.
The Liangzhou army was not vague, and they put down their crossbows, picked up spears and sticks to form a square formation, and stabbed them with the Jie cavalry through the iron chain. Some Liangzhou army soldiers stayed on the chariots, poked their spears out of the shot holes and stabbed them fiercely according to the Jie cavalry trying to destroy the chariots. Many strong men who tried to overturn the chariots with brute force were stabbed to death, which was so depressing!
Hu Yanyan raised his eyebrows and said to Shi Le: "Dropping off the horse and fighting against the chariot camp? Shi Shilong, your troops are really brave!"
Shi Le frowned and couldn't help feeling a little distressed as his troops were stabbed down by the spears of Liangzhou Army.
At this time, Shi Le was not the later emperor of the Later Zhao who had brought the entire Youyan, Shandong and even Jianghan into his rule. With one order, he could mobilize more than 10,200,000 soldiers. At this time, he had only 40,000 soldiers. These 40,000 horses were his direct lineage, most of whom were from the Jie tribe, with accurate archery skills and superb riding skills. He was a rare and excellent cavalry archer. Now these excellent cavalry archers took the initiative to dismount as infantry, rushed towards the Jin army's chariot formation, and were then stabbed by the Jin army's spears of more than four meters long. How could the commander of the Shi Tong see it? How could he not feel sad? However, he felt sorry for his heart, because he knew that taking the initiative to dismount the horse and the fact that the troops were already red-eyed. It was very harmful to let them retreat at this time.
He said lightly: "The Jin people's chariot formation is very strong, and the cavalry's shooting is basically useless. Are there any other choices besides dismounting and stomping battles?"
Hu Yanyan said: "Infantry battle... is not a choice. I will send an order to transfer the Qiang and Di infantry to this general!"
When Shi Le heard this, his face turned dark. Torch Qiang and Di infantry came over. What do you mean? What do you mean? So many of my cavalry can't even get a chariot formation that only two or three thousand Liangzhou infantry guarded?
OK, I really don't have much to get...
The nomadic cavalry of this era basically had scimitars, fast horses, soft bows, long arrows, short-handled iron hammers, iron axes and other weapons. Very few of them used long spears and spears. It was not that they didn't know the principle of "one inch long, one inch strong", but that there were no stirrups, and such long weapons were not very good. A considerable number of scimitars equipped by the Jie cavalry were the Uzi swords imported from Central Asia. They cut iron so that they could blow their hair. They didn't have to swing their swords hard when fighting. They just needed to aim the blade at the enemy's body while the horse was running. With this stroke, they could create a long hole in the enemy's body, causing the opponent to die from excessive blood loss. However, this scimitar was very useful when riding a horse, and did not mean that it was easy to use during infantry battles. It was too short and the total length was less than one meter...
The spear of the Liangzhou Army was more than four meters long. Before their scimitar was handed to the Liangzhou Army, the spear of the Liangzhou Army pierced their bodies!
These Jie clan cavalry were undoubtedly brave, rushing up in batches, attacking the chariots frantically, and attacking the Liangzhou army behind the chariots frantically. Some people saw that their weapons were too short and they could not hurt the Liangzhou army at all, so they simply threw away all the weapons and grabbed the spears of the Liangzhou army with bare hands to try to break them. But it was useless. The Liangzhou army was like a cold killing machine, with spears constantly stabbing out and harvesting lives. Jie clan cavalry rushed up in batches, hitting the spears to death in batches before the wall of spears.
What's even more terrifying is that those crossbows are still firing.
These crossbows were arranged behind the chariot array, and were protected by infantry when loading. When loading, the shield wall spreads, and the sergeants blocking the front of the chariot hide behind the chariot, and the chariot began to fire. Now the Hu people in front of the chariot are crowded, and there is no need to aim at it. They can shoot with their eyes closed, and a crossbow arrow can penetrate the bodies of three or four Hu people! The craftsmen and soldiers who operate the crossbow car were almost laughing, completely ignoring the sharp arrows and javelins flying towards them, winding the strings at the fastest speed, loading, and then launching... Each crossbow arrow shot must roll up a blood rain among the Hu people!
According to this method of fighting, even if all tens of thousands of Jie clan cavalry were killed in front of the chariot formation, I was afraid that I would not be able to take the damn chariot formation. Shi Le might not admit this, but Hu Yanyan could see it clearly. Under his order, a large number of Qiang and Di infantry who had originally surrounded the three city gates of the east, south and north were all transferred to the Ximen side, causing the already high enough military density on the Ximen battlefield to surge again. In fact, he also knew that the best way to win at this time was to take advantage of the main force of the Liangzhou Army to fight against the Jie cavalry at the Ximen Gate, and let the Qiang and Di infantry launch an attack from the other three gates. Even if they could not break the city in one fell swoop, they could catch the Liangzhou Army off guard. But neither he nor Shi Le did this. They all made the Liangzhou Army's arrogance of opening the city gate and marching outside the city, and challenged them with less than one-tenth of their troops!
Today they were going to annihilate the main force of the Liangzhou Army outside the West Gate. It was not easy for the Jade Emperor to come, they said!
Chapter completed!