Chapter 229 Ningping City 2
Maybe he also felt that he was a bit of a scoundrel, so Hu Yanxian asked someone to lead a good horse plundered from the Han Dynasty. This horse was more than fifteen hands high at the shoulders, with a strong backbone and even muscles.
Tall and mighty, it was much stronger than the Xiongnu's own war horses.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Central Plains dynasty has consciously cultivated excellent war horses, prohibited the export of good horses, and at the same time tried every means to introduce excellent horse breeds from foreign countries. According to the laws of the Qin and Han Dynasties, horses with a shoulder height of thirteen and a half palms, that is, horses over 135 centimeters cannot be
Going out of the country - of course, with the exception of war, business travelers traveling to and from the border could only ride horses with a shoulder height of less than thirteen and a half hands. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was even more ruthless. In order to get the best horse breeds, he directly found excuses to ask the generals
Wan launched an expedition and robbed all the "Tianma" in the King's City of Dawan. Dawan's "Tianma" is today's Akhalte Golden Horse. Doesn't it sound strange? It has another name for everyone.
It’s definitely not unfamiliar, that is:
Bloody BMW!
Hundreds of years of continuous introduction, mixing, and breeding of horse breeds from foreign countries have made Han horses taller and faster, which directly paved the way for the emergence of heavy cavalry with both men and horses wearing heavy armor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
The foundation has been laid. You must know that heavy cavalry, both men and horses, are covered in thick armor, which is extremely heavy. The burden on the war horses is very heavy, and war horses that are not strong enough cannot bear it. For example, those war horses with a shoulder height of less than thirteen and a half palms,
A pair of horses and a cavalryman wearing heavy armor, coupled with saddles and various weapons and equipment, I am afraid that it will be crushed directly. How about charging into the formation? How about charging with a hammer! A war horse equipped with heavy cavalry.
The shoulder height must be more than fifteen and a half palms, and it must have strong endurance and explosive power. Such a horse...
Well, the Xiongnu couldn't raise them. Their horses had good endurance, but in terms of size and explosive power, they were more than a bit inferior to Han horses. So since Liu Yuan raised his army, the Hu people have been plundering the Central Plains area, and
Excellent horses raised in official horse farms in various places have become the focus of looting. This war horse was snatched from an unknown official horse farm. Its coat is bright and energetic. It is obvious that the horse breeder has worked hard!
Li Rui took the reins of the horse and did not rush to ride. Instead, he made a piece of hemp rope and tied it to the saddle on the side without cloth stirrups. He tied a knot on the other end to create a noose that could be easily put on the sole of the foot. Finished
After all this, he got on his horse and said, "I have to test this horse's temper first!"
This is also a reasonable requirement. Each horse has a different temperament. Some horses have a docile temper and are easy to control, while others have a violent temper and are prone to kicking. If they don’t do a physical flip with the rider, they won’t be able to finish the job.
Riding this kind of horse will bring bad luck to the rider for eight lifetimes. Therefore, in this era, if you want to kill someone, giving him a bad-tempered horse is a very effective way. Riding the horse given by others recklessly
It is a very dangerous thing. Hu Yanxian thought: "You are dead anyway, so it doesn't matter if I let you live a little longer!" So he nodded and agreed to this reasonable request: "Hurry up!"
Li Rui said: "Thank you!" He immediately started the war horse and started running. The war horse was quite tame and did not cause any trouble. Under his command, it jogged at a small pace around the battlefield where seven Hu men had fallen.
He ran until he was only about fifty steps away from the barbarians, and just ran past them in front of them. He had no armor, and he was so close that he was the best target. He rushed here at this time.
There were more than 300 Hu people. With so many people, there was no need to take aim. All he had to do was shoot him into a sea urchin with one arrow at the same time. However, his almost suicidal behavior made the Hu people in awe.
One thought of shooting an arrow while he was testing the horse!
Li Rui just rode the horse carelessly, walking in a circle of about 300 meters at a slow canter. He was very satisfied with the horse, and when he ran back, he said to Hu Yanxian: "This horse is very good.
,Thank you very much!”
Hu Yanxian snorted coldly and said: "We Huns are not as cunning as you Jin people. I said I would give you a horse, and of course I gave you a good horse! Have you finished the trial? After the trial, let's start the competition!"
Li Rui didn't answer, but shouted when he ran to Pei Wei: "Brother Pei, run!"
Pei Wei didn't react for a moment: "Ah?"
Li Rui roared: "Run!" He whipped the war horse fiercely. The horse neighed wildly, spread its hooves, and rushed towards the mountainous area several miles away. Pei Wei reacted suddenly and turned the horse's head in a hurry.
, followed by running wildly. His horse stayed on the spot and did not move. In order to let the war horse recover its strength as soon as possible, he had been standing on the ground before the barbarians sent out seven sharpshooters to attack Li Rui, so now the war horse's strength has been exhausted.
He had almost recovered, and when he whipped down the whip, the war horse bolted out like a cannonball, and was a hundred paces away in the blink of an eye.
Seeing these two guys running away under their noses, the group of barbarians led by Hu Yanxian were stunned at first, and then became furious, especially Hu Yanxian, who was almost going crazy. Although Li Rui was ruthless,
He shot down several of his masters one after another, which made him very angry, but besides being angry, he really admired the courage and skill of this Jin man, so when the other party asked him to change horses and fight again, he did it without even thinking about it.
He sent a good horse over, but he didn't expect it to ride away on the strong horse he sent. This made him feel like he was being fooled and that he was a fool! He let out a wild roar: "Chase."
Go up and chop him into pieces with my knife!"
These hundreds of barbarians roared furiously, and galvanized their horses to pursue them like a whirlwind. They opened their bows and fired arrows from a long distance away, not caring whether they could hit the target or not, just shoot first!
Pei Wei desperately urged the horse to speed up, laughing loudly as he ran: "Brother Li, you are really treating these bastards like monkeys! Pei is convinced by this courage, completely convinced!"
Li Rui said: "Stop laughing now, haven't you seen that those barbarians are going crazy? Save your energy and run away, otherwise we will be caught by them and we won't be able to find anyone to cry to!"
Several loud arrows passed over his head, and Pei Wei's laughter was immediately stifled. He didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, so he could only lean on the saddle to avoid letting those bastards have bad luck.
An arrow shot from far away. The two unlucky guys galloped wildly with the pride of having fooled a barbarian. Behind them, hundreds of barbarians chased like crazy, hitting them on the back of the head with their heels.
How embarrassing it is!
In the blink of an eye, both sides ran out of the land of three arrows. Li Rui and Pei Wei rushed their horses regardless of their life and death, but instead of widening the distance between them and the Hu people, they got closer and closer.
The arrows were also more accurate than the last. Pei Wei complained endlessly: "Are these bastards like dog-skin plasters? They can't be shaken off no matter how hard they are thrown!"
Li Rui said: "They..."
Just as he was about to speak, there was suddenly a huge cloud of smoke and dust in front of him, and the sound of hoofbeats was like rolling thunder, which made his heart tremble. He subconsciously looked up and saw hundreds of cavalry rushing out of the woods in front of them, like a speeding iron wall, facing them.
He slammed into him! He was so horrified that his liver and gallbladder split apart, and he shouted: "Brother Pei, we are finished!"
Pei Wei raised his head and stared at the flag fluttering in the cavalry. A big word "北" stood out in front of his eyes. He grinned, his expression changed from horror to ecstasy in a second, and he laughed wildly: "Yes... it's Beigong."
The general's Xiliang cavalry, we can be saved!"
The sound of hoofbeats was so loud that Li Rui couldn't hear clearly what this guy was howling, but when these cavalrymen on tall horses roared past him, they rushed down the mountain like tigers towards the barbarians who were chasing them.
when he realized...
My life was saved!
Hu Yanxian was injured and could not run fast, so he fell far behind the team. Through the flying dust, he saw the flag with a big word "North" written on it. His expression changed drastically and he shouted: "Beigong Chun"
Here we come, let’s go!” Without hesitation, he turned the horse’s head and raced in the direction from which it came. The speed was more than twice as fast as when chasing Pei Wei and Li Rui!
Hu Yanxian was far behind. It was easy for him to escape, but it was not so easy for the hundreds of barbarians to escape. At this time, these hundreds of cavalry were running at high speed. The faster they went, they wanted to change direction.
This is common sense, and these cavalry are quite dense. Unless they turn collectively, the only result of an individual trying to change direction is to collide with his companions on the left and right, and everyone falls into a ball. Seeing the Jin army's cavalry
Like a wall hitting them, these Hu men, who were bent on turning Li Rui and Pei Wei, who had tricked them, into sea urchins. The Hu men, who had no mental preparation for the iron cavalry hedging, immediately panicked and turned their horses around desperately to try to avoid the impending attack.
The devastating collision came, but before being hit by the Jin army's cavalry, they got together with their companions and rolled into a ball. At that time, hundreds of cavalrymen screamed and neighed, and became a mess!
When two players collide head-on while running at high speed, the one who is most seriously injured will always be the one who subconsciously stops and tries to dodge. This is the same on the ancient battlefield. The Jin army's cavalry slammed into them with huge kinetic energy.
, the chaotic Hu cavalry were immediately knocked over in pieces, and once they were knocked over, there was no chance to stand up again. The one who rushed to the front was a tall, not very burly man.
, but he was able to make a four-meter-long horse-gun look like a gust of wind. He was wearing iron armor and riding a white horse. He rushed into the middle of the barbarians with an indomitable attitude.
Everywhere, the barbarians were thrown around like grass and mustard swept by the strong wind, with bursts of blood raining down. The barbarians could not survive a single round in front of him and had to wait for death. Twenty or thirty of them were wearing black armor.
The cavalry followed closely behind the general, swinging their broad and long heavy swords into balls of light. The balls of light merged into a bloody and terrifying meat grinder, rumbling past, everywhere they came.
Everywhere, blood flew from the head and the screams and cries of the barbarians shook the heaven and the earth!
Chapter completed!