Volume 1, Chapter 25: Horrible battle losses, the shock of the Xiongnu Khan

. The 30,000 Xiongnu cavalry charged madly.

The war horses trampled the ground, causing the earth to tremble.

"Shoot!"

When the Hun cavalry came into shooting range, Yang Paifeng waved his spear and gave the order.

"Puff puff puff!"

Arrows shot wildly like meteors.

The Hun cavalry fell to the ground one after another like cutting leeks.

"Shoot them to death!" The Hun general was not willing to be outdone.

Thirty thousand Hun cavalrymen all drew their bows and drew their arrows, and arrows rained down madly on Bai Qi and others like a torrential rain.

"Defend, raise shields!"

Yang Paifeng gave the order, and the flag officer waved the flag to issue the order.

In an instant, the shield soldiers raised their shields and surrounded the entire phalanx with iron.

If you look down from the sky, you will see that the army at this moment is like a square iron box, upside down on the ground.

"Ding ding ding!"

No matter how dense the rain of arrows was, they could not penetrate the shield.

Even if some arrows were lucky enough to penetrate the shield wall, they were easily blocked by the armor worn by the soldiers.

After several rounds of arrow rain, the Great Zhou's phalanx was unscathed.

"Bai Qi is mighty, the general is mighty!"

The morale of the soldiers who originally thought they were doomed to die was instantly boosted!

They can withstand even the enemy's most terrifying rain of arrows without any harm, so what else are they afraid of?

This is a perfect way to deal with the Hun cavalry!

The Hun cavalry were dumbfounded.

The Hun general was dumbfounded.

Even the first Khan of the Xiongnu opened his mouth wide.

The Huns were best at riding and shooting. If bows and arrows were useless, it would be equivalent to wasting half of the Huns' combat power.

"Is this the horror of military tactics?"

the First Khan muttered to himself.

Now he finally understood why battle formations were recorded in military strategies.

I used to think it was useless, but now I’m slapped in the face.

This is great.

"Charge! Charge!"

The Hun general found that archery on horseback was completely useless, so he immediately ordered the cavalry to put away their bows and arrows, draw their scimitars, and prepare to launch a terrifying cavalry charge.

The horns were blown more violently, and the Huns let out ghost-like howling sounds from their throats.

Launch a death charge towards Bai Qi's phalanx.

But what greeted them were terrifying arrows.

The crossbowman strung the arrow, poked it out from the gap in the shield, pulled the trigger frantically, and accurately sniped the enemies one by one.

This was a one-sided massacre.

Hun cavalrymen were constantly shot off their horses.

After paying a heavy price, the Hun's vanguard finally charged to the front of the shield wall, but what greeted them were spears shot from deep in the gaps between the shields.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty didn't even need to stab, the Hun cavalry in front of them would crash into their spears and die, both men and horses.

Blood spurted, instantly dyeing the entire shield wall red.

"Put away the spears and stab again!"

The generals commanded in an orderly manner.

The soldiers drew out their spears and then stabbed them hard through the gaps in their shields.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Killing the enemy like this was like killing a bastard in a trap. The soldiers felt extremely refreshed, and blood was drawn with every spear.

The Huns' vanguard suffered heavy casualties!

"This is an iron hedgehog!"

The Hun general was so angry that he stamped his feet and beat his chest. He now realized how terrifying this phalanx was.

It's like a meat grinder on the battlefield.

"Stop the attack!"

The First Khan found something wrong and immediately called a halt.

"Count the casualties!"

He had a bad feeling.

The Hun army that charged forward would die even faster if they wanted to retreat!

Bai Qi completely treated them as sitting ducks.

After the close combat, corpses were scattered all over the battlefield, but none of them were the bodies of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, all of them were the bodies of the Huns.

Horrible, so terrible!

The Huns felt a pang of annoyance when they looked at the phalanx that looked like an iron hedgehog.

On the battlefield, the Huns who were counting the casualties were even more terrified and could not speak clearly.

"Khan, we lost a total of 1,143 warriors in this charge."

The reason why they didn't say how many were injured was because there were basically no injuries. If an injured person fell off his horse, he would be trampled to death by the horses behind him.

This is the brutality of the cavalry. Whether they are killing the enemy or their own people, they are equally sharp.

"Where are the enemies?"

asked the First Khan coldly.

"Enemy, zero casualties."

The Huns who were counting the casualties lowered their heads, not daring to look at their king.

"What!"

The Hun general's eyes almost popped out.

"You're talking nonsense! How is it possible that there are zero casualties?"

He raised his fist, ready to hammer the lying bastard to death on the spot.

"Sir, our arrows can't penetrate the enemy's shields and armor, and the warriors who charged forward were basically killed by arrows and spears. It is impossible to cause effective damage to the enemy." "

Maybe, there are one or two unlucky guys who were shot to death by arrows?"

He felt that he still needed to give the general a way out.

In an instant, the whole place was silent.

The Hun generals simply could not believe such an outcome.

But I have to believe it.

Because that’s what they saw with their own eyes.

Their cavalry could not break through the enemy's defense at all.

They lost more than a thousand people, while they suffered zero casualties!

This completely overturned their understanding of war.

The most shocked person at this moment was the First Khan. His hawk-like eyes burst into sharp light and he praised:

"What a great Sun Tzu's Art of War, what a great Wei Wuzu square formation!"

"To be able to come up with this method to deal with cavalry, he is simply a genius!"

"I underestimated the people of the Central Plains."

"Come, pass on my royal order, and have someone shout out that if the person who commands this battle is willing to submit to me, I will appoint him as the first marshal of the Huns!"

The First Khan finished speaking.

Immediately, a Hun who was fluent in Chinese shouted to Bai Qi.

Upon hearing this, the generals from the Great Zhou looked at Bai Qi in horror.

"Bai Qi, you are so awesome that you were able to recruit us on the battlefield of the Xiongnu king."

"The most important thing is that the trick you came up with was so sharp that less than five people died on our side."

"You are definitely a talented general!"

"In the future, you will surely be able to defeat ten thousand enemies."

These generals with thousands of men gave Bai Qi a thumbs up.

They can kill enemies in battle, but they don't have the ability to make things happen with a wave of their hands and defeat the strong with the weak.

This is all the work of the Marshal.

Yang Paifeng excitedly nudged Bai Qi with his arm and raised his eyebrows, saying: "Not bad, I knew I made the right choice! Next, you will be in command, what should we do?"

Bai Qi said confidently: "The entire army will slowly retreat and withdraw to Honghua City!"

"Pay attention, the formation must not be messed up, as long as the Huns can't break our formation, we can't lose."

"I will definitely bring you back alive!"

Bai Qi looked at Erniu, Heiwa and others next to him. This sentence is for them and for everyone.

"I believe in Brother Bai Qi. With 200,000 cavalrymen, they can't do anything to us."

"If anyone tells others about this, he'll be able to brag about it for the rest of his life!"

Erniu and the others were full of fighting spirit.

Yang Paifeng showed a refreshing smile, like a beautiful rose, and ordered:

"All troops listen up: maintain formation and retreat slowly!"

"You can see that our formation perfectly restrains the charge of the Xiongnu cavalry. We just need to go back to Honghua City and we will be safe."

"Victory will belong to us!"

"After returning, all soldiers will be rewarded with one year's military pay and promoted to one level of military rank!"

"Fight!"

Yang Paifeng's words instantly ignited the soldiers' fighting spirit.

Especially after seeing the results of the battle just now, their confidence increased greatly.

"Fight, fight, fight!"

"We must win, we must win, we must win!"

The soldiers roared and retreated in an orderly manner. The army was like a moving city wall on the grassland.

"Bastards! They still want to run away?"

The Hun general was furious.

If these 10,000 soldiers were allowed to run back, they would be disgraced far beyond their reach.

The other Hun tribes would surely think they were fools.

"Kill them all!" roared the First Khan.

"We can't let them bring this tactic back with them. It will be a disaster for our Xiongnu court!"

As the first Khan of the Xiongnu, he saw even more terrible consequences.

It doesn’t matter whether these 10,000 Great Zhou troops die or not. What is important is how the Great Zhou can restrain the tactics and strategies of the Xiongnu cavalry on the grassland.

"Kill!"

"All cavalry, charge together!"

"Kill them all, leaving no one alive!"

The First Khan drew out his golden scimitar and gave the order.

In an instant, all the cavalry moved, and 200,000 cavalry ran as if a magnitude 5 earthquake had occurred locally.

"What should we do?" On the side of the Great Zhou, the faces of the soldiers turned pale.

It was just a test just now, but now the entire army is mobilized.

They were unsure.

Yang Paifeng and others turned their eyes to Bai Qi.

Bai Qi smiled.

This is a piece of cake.