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The Xiongnu just waited for the Qin army to attack, and the Qin army advanced unhurriedly.

While advancing, continue to receive supplies from Loulan.

Then on the sixth night, the Qin army suddenly turned around and went straight to Jiaohe.

Geyu, the chief ten thousand of the Xiongnu guarding Jiaohe, was the nephew of Xunyun, the right virtuous king.

But he didn't become the head of the ten thousand because of Xun Yun's relationship.

In fact, the more primitive and barbaric the tribe, the more they value the group rather than the relatives, and they don't even know what the meaning of relatives is, so there are fewer such cases of promoting relatives to the top.

Ge Yu was promoted to be the commander of ten thousand by virtue of his military exploits. He was only a centurion when he attacked Donghu. When the army fled, it suddenly broke out.

In that battle, Ge Yu and his subordinates were covered in blood, and both men and horses were stained red. After the battle, the heads cut off by everyone after the battle could not be carried by the horses.

Ge Yu was also promoted to Chief Wanfu because of his meritorious service in this battle.

Some people were dissatisfied because of this, and believed that the main force of the Xiongnu was credited with defeating Donghu, while Ge Yu was just taking the opportunity to make a surprise attack from the rear, and even suspected of stealing credit.

But Mao Dun Shanyu asserted:

"The battlefield only depends on the result, there is no such thing as grabbing credit!"

"Anyone who refuses to accept, go and chop off the heads of those many people and present them to me, and I will also make him my commander-in-chief!"

No one dared to say anything more if Mao Dun Shanyu said this.

At this moment, Ge Yu was warming himself in front of the bonfire while peeling mutton with a knife and feeding it to his mouth.

He was not used to the desert climate in the Western Regions, the daytime was too hot and the nights were very cold, the huge temperature difference made Geyu wake up from freezing again in the early morning.

Staring at the dancing flames, he asked his subordinates:

"Where is Qin Jun?"

The subordinate replied:

"Go back to Mr. Wan, the Qin army has entered the encirclement of our army."

"At the current speed, we will arrive at Gushi in two or three days."

Ge Yu didn't speak.

He just felt that this battle was a little abnormal.

It makes no sense for the Qin army not to know about the arrangement of the Xiongnu... The oases outside Gushi City are too obvious, even if they don't know the strength of the Xiongnu in the oasis, they know it is a trap.

That being the case, how could Qin Jun get into the trap with a number of [-]?

Could it be that Qin Jun has other plans?

But what will it be?

When Ge Yu was puzzled, suddenly there was a screaming sound from the east.

Ge Yu stood up abruptly and shouted:

"Not good! It's Qin Jun! They're coming!"

Then Ge Yu shouted without any hesitation:

"Blow the horn! Prepare to fight!"

The long ox horn sounded over the barracks soon, and the Huns in the tent got out one after another, mounted their horses and assembled as quickly as possible.

It was Qin Jun who came.

To be exact, it was the Pu Lei army who was exploring the way ahead.

The Pu Lei army hated the Xiongnu because they were familiar with the terrain and had a hatred for the subjugation of the country, so they pioneered this war.

It's just that many things are often handled with a normal heart in order to perform better.

Both extremes, overly excited or overly depressed, are prone to error.

Pu Leijun belongs to the former.

Because they hated the Huns so much, they obviously had controlled the Huns sentries and could not make a sound, but they made noise because they were eager to kill them.

So the secret whistle was alarmed and a blazing dysprosium was fired as a warning.

This gave the Huns some time to prepare.

Originally, Shen Bing hoped that he could rush into his barracks and kill them indiscriminately.

Now, only a few "flower bombs" can be used.

As soon as Shen Bing raised his hand, the soldiers behind pushed the five cannons up.

Chapter 429 Cavalry Charge

After a burst of bang and smoke, five shells flew into the Huns' camp four hundred paces away, and they exploded one after another after a while.

In the dark, Shen Bing couldn't see the tragedy of the Huns being bombed in the distance, but from the sound of people shouting and neighing, it could be heard that these shells had dealt a considerable blow to the Huns.

Shen Bing believes that a large part of it is shock.

On the one hand, it was because the Qin army was still four hundred steps away from the Xiongnu at this time, and no weapon in this era could get this distance, including trebuchets.

On the other hand, it is the bang and lethality caused by the explosion of the "blossom bomb"... The lethality of the "blossom bomb" to the cavalry is particularly obvious, because when the shrapnel is blasted, it flies radially from bottom to top.

As a result, riders at high places are easily hit by shrapnel and fell off their horses.

Even if it hits the horse instead of the rider, it will be shot from the bottom up from the horse's weak abdomen... Even a well-trained horse will feel pain and fright at this time, and can't help running around, so it will Knock more riders off their horses.

In fact, the artillery shells themselves did not cause much damage. Even if five shells killed ten enemies per round, they would only kill 50 people.

But the turmoil and fear caused by these shells in the dark would spread like a tide in the Huns army, and soon the whole army lost their confidence and will to fight.

This is what Shen Bing wants.

However, what happened next surprised Shen Bing.

Fear and turmoil did indeed spread in the Huns camp, but Ge Yu, chief ten thousand, was a wise and courageous commander. He immediately made the following judgment:

One: Qin Jun's firearm is good for hitting far.

This point is obvious, if you can shoot into the Huns camp from more than [-] steps away, it is of course good for hitting far.

However, equipment that is good for long-distance combat is usually not good for melee combat, such as bows and crossbows.

Two: If the Xiongnu camp is allowed to continue to turmoil like this, there will only be one result of retreat.

After such an analysis, Ge Yu knew that he had only two choices: close combat or escape.

Ge Yu was not a person who would flee after a fight, he chose the former.

Since the former is chosen, the sooner the better, otherwise the riots in the troops will be uncontrollable.

So Ge Yu made a decisive decision and shouted:

"Get out!"

The general of the Huns also passed on the order:

"Get out!"

"Get out!"

……

Then Ge Yu waved his scimitar towards Qin Jun, and ordered:

"Qin's army is no more than ten thousand, so why be afraid?"

"Warriors of the Huns, follow me to drive them all to death, and then come to drink the water of Jiaohe!"

"Kill!"

The Xiongnu generals were so excited by Ge Yu, their morale was greatly increased, and they rushed towards the Qin army waving machetes and shouting.

Only then did Shen Bing realize that he underestimated the enemy.

Moreover, this tactic of the Huns uncharacteristically did not use their best bows and arrows, but used scimitars for melee combat.

As I said before, cavalry in this era did not have stirrups or saddles, and it was extremely dangerous to use cavalry to charge infantry, especially at this time of night.

But Shen Bing had to admit that this was the correct way to play.

There is no right or wrong tactic on the battlefield, only suitable or not.

It may seem like an absurd tactic in other situations, but it is the most correct tactic in certain circumstances.

For example, at this time, the Huns cavalry can of course charge with cavalry.

Most of the Qin army was equipped with long-range weapons, such as artillery, crossbows, trebuchets and three-bow bed crossbows.

These long-range weapons have advantages over the Huns' bows and arrows, but they are useless when the cavalry directly charge into the battle.

The Qin army had just arrived in front of the Huns' camp at this time, and it was too late to lay down obstacles such as horse-repelling guns and tripping ropes, so facing the cavalry charge, they had to use pikemen to stop them.

However, the pikemen blocked one wave, two waves... at most three waves of horses, and the horses after the Huns would rush into the camp of the Qin army.

At that time, not to mention the advantage of the Xiongnu scimitar over the Qin army's crossbowmen in close combat, just the high speed of the war horse and the trampling of the horse's hoof will not know how many Qin troops will be injured.

What's more, the Qin army and the Xiongnu both numbered [-]. After such a comparison, Shen Bing knew that if the Qin army fought like this, the Qin army would lose, and they would lose badly.

Without hesitation, Shen Bing immediately ordered:

"Gun formation!"

"Reject the carbine!"

The orderly conveyed the order one by one.

The speed of the spear array is very fast. The front row of spearmen walks a few steps forward, and then separates a distance from each other to support the front end of the spear upwards and the rear end on the ground.

But refuse the carb...

Its spear and gun rack are still on the carriage behind, but the Hun cavalry's offensive is close at hand, even if it is taken off at the fastest speed, it cannot be assembled before it is close.

"put!"

Under Li Yan's order, the crossbowmen shot rows of crossbow arrows at the galloping Hun cavalry, and the Hun cavalry rushing ahead fell to the ground with arrows in a crowd of people neighing on their backs.

However, this could not stop the Huns' offensive. The Huns cavalry behind them controlled the horses with extremely superb riding skills, either bypassing the dead bodies or flying across the air, and what's more, they even trampled on the wounded comrades directly... …

This cannot be said to be cruel to the Huns, and the cavalry must do so when they charge into battle.

Because the cavalry is most concerned about speed when charging into the formation, it is impossible for them to slow down and miss the opportunity because there are several wounded in front.

"Fire!"

The artillery fired another round in time.

The artillery shells roared and shot out in a series, knocking down the men and horses on the trajectory, and then exploded in the Huns cavalry.

However, the artillery that was supposed to kill all directions majesticly, at this time, the burst of fire was so insignificant in front of the Hun cavalry rushing in like a sea tide, it was like throwing a few stones into a lake, which only caused a little waves. It disappeared shortly thereafter.

"put!"

Wang Ben commanded the three-bow bed crossbow to fire a few cable arrows obliquely from the flanks.

The cable arrow did work. After it was fired, it tripped several groups of cavalry.

However, the Hun cavalry had long seen the power of the arrows, and as long as the tripped riders were still alive, they would find the ropes and cut them as soon as possible.

Getting closer, getting closer...

The Huns cavalry shouted one after another, and the scimitar held high reflected the moonlight and reflected a little bit of cold light, shooting into Shen Bing's eyes like a sharp edge.

Shen Bing realized that what he was about to face might be his first defeat in this world, and it might also be his last.

because……

No one can escape from this situation.

However, just at this moment, I saw Jing draw out his scimitar with a loud cry, and shouted at the Pu Lei army in the rear:

"The restoration of the country is here, Pulei warriors, follow me to stop the Xiongnu!"

"Come on!"

As he said that, he rode his horse forward desperately.