Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 661 The First Battle
Under Tu Xisai's recommendation and demonstration, Liang Xiao spent two days visiting some of the most powerful tribal leaders. After Liang Xiao's patient explanation, these leaders agreed to Liang Xiao's request half-heartedly and sent troops to assist Liang Xiao. To deal with King Youxian and Lie Jiaomi.

They are willing to do this. On the one hand, Liang Xiao drew a big cake for them, promising that a large number of merchants will pass by here in the future, bringing them more good things, and their fur can be sold at a higher price. On the other hand, it was also because Lie Jiaomi scared them to death.Although most of the tribes did not know the specific situation, Lie Jiaomi's practice of using the Cypriots as cannon fodder successfully aroused the common hatred among the Cypriots.

In two days, Liang Xiao recruited three thousand Cypriot cavalry.Originally, he could have more troops, but Liang Xiao refused. He just asked these tribes to retreat to the east as much as possible, until they retreated to a safe area on the hillside.As for the [-] cavalrymen, Liang Xiao asked them to have one man and two horses, prepare as much armor and weapons as possible, and be ready for battle.

Of course, once defeated, they will also be eligible to participate in the distribution of spoils, regardless of whether they participated in the battle or not.

Seeing that Liang Xiao had three thousand Cypriot cavalry, Ashena was very envious.He originally had 3000 riders, but after several battles, his losses reached nearly [-]%, and the number of people who can still fight normally is just over [-] riders.He also wanted to conscript Cypriots like Liang Xiao, but he didn't have the appeal of Liang Xiao, and he didn't have a large number of Han merchants to back them up to lure the Cypriots, so he could only watch these new recruits drooling.

When the three thousand cavalry were in place, King Youxian also arrived.

Because he had to wait for the heavy camp, King Youxian didn't go too fast.He also knew that Liang Xiao had nowhere to go, so he was not in a hurry. He cleaned up the battlefield while walking, not only taking Wusun's rout soldiers into his command, but also taking the horses, weapons, armor and even the belongings on the corpses that he saw along the way. They were all scoured.The most sought-after equipment here is the equipment of the Great Xiajia Cavalry and the Han Army Knights, but the number is relatively small, and there are only more than [-] pieces in total, all of which have been divided up by the middle and high-level generals, followed by those of the Yuezhi people. There are about five or six hundred pieces of equipment.

Standing on the slope and seeing the armor on the Huns, Ashena felt very uncomfortable, and Doros was also very uncomfortable, cursing and swearing all the time, wanting to fight in person and kill those Huns who insulted the remains of the great Hagar knights People, avenge the knights who died in battle.

Liang Xiao held down Doros.No one can survive in a battle, because a few armors will be messed up, which is not the style of a general.The best way to get revenge is to beat them, not to care about someone's life or death.

"Don't be so nervous. Armored cavalry must form a large scale to be effective. One or two people are useless."

"I know, I just look uncomfortable."

"Uncomfortable, just train hard and try to reduce casualties."

Doros nodded, the anger in his eyes still hot.Liang Xiao said again: "Relax, wait for a while to go into battle, it won't be too late for you to be ruthless. The Sai people are here to watch the battle, and the real defeat of the enemy depends on your and Dalu's methods."

Doros froze for a moment. "Look at the array, what array to watch?"

"Look at how you flaunt your prestige." Liang Xiao said with a smile, "I'm using your tiger skin to pull up my flag, so don't fall down and embarrass me."

Doros rolled his eyes, understood, and couldn't help laughing out loud. "Don't worry, I won't embarrass you. Speaking of which, it's thanks to you that the armored cavalry has today's strength. If you hadn't helped me change the horse, equip it with iron armor and spears, and train for so long, the armored cavalry How can riding be so powerful."

Liang Xiao smiled.As long as you know it, cooperate with me well, we are still good friends.If you beat me, then I will cut off your horse and armor sources, and see if you can dance for a few days.It's not easy to control Ashe, and it's not just a matter of one sentence to control you.Among other things, without a Dawan horse as a mount, the power of the armored cavalry would be reduced by at least [-]%.

Although Doros is rude, he still has combat experience and knows the severity.

"You are so polite all of a sudden, what's your idea?"

Doros smiled slyly. "No, no, don't worry, I will absolutely obey your orders. Otherwise, my sister will not let me go."

Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows, and Doros pulled out Mosuyeye as a cover-up. There was no other intention, and it must be for the benefit.However, he didn't pierce Doros's careful thinking, and if he didn't hold Doros firmly in his hands, how could he make Ashana bow to his orders.

"Do you want to add some armor cavalry?"

Doros froze for a moment, then smiled embarrassedly. "I also know it's a little too much, but there's nothing I can do about it. You know, the Parthians are restless now, and we will go to war with them sooner or later. Great Xia has limited troops, so we can only take the route of elite troops. If we can continue With five hundred more cavalry, our chances of winning will be much greater. Not only will we be able to block the invasion of Parthia, but the battle against Tianzhu will also go much smoother.”

"Are you still planning to go south to Tianzhu?"

"There is no way. The Yuezhi people are too strong. Even if we become allies, we have to open up Tianzhu's battlefield, otherwise we won't be able to survive."

Liang Xiao didn't say anything, just nodded.Everyone deserves a chance at a better life.In this era, no one talks about humanitarianism and pacifism. The law of the jungle preys on the strong, and the big fist is the truth.The Daxia people couldn't beat the Yuezhi, so they had to go to Tianzhu.

Then again, Tianzhu, an ancient civilization, seems to have been raped constantly in history.How about I go get him too?After occupying the subcontinent, it will be very convenient for ships to travel by sea in the future, and they can go all the way to the south to occupy the whole area, so as not to have some monkeys to make trouble.

At this moment, the horn sounded in front, and Ashina issued a warning that the Huns were about to attack.Doros bowed his hands to Liang Xiao, and galloped away with a few personal guards, ready to fight.

Liang Xiao quickly raised his clairvoyance and looked at the battlefield down the hillside.He just glanced at it and smiled.The smile flickered, and he sighed: "When Lie Jiaomi drove the Cypriots into battle, he certainly never imagined that this day would come."

Tu Xisai was very curious, and quickly leaned forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

Liang Xiao didn't say anything, just handed the clairvoyance to Tu Xisai.Tu Xisai has long heard of such a magic weapon as clairvoyance, and at this moment, he was lucky enough to touch it with his own hands, and he immediately glowed with glory.He put the clairvoyance in front of his eyes, and exclaimed exaggeratedly, which aroused the itch in the hearts of the other Cypriot leaders, wishing to rush over to take a look, but he was too embarrassed to be too childish and be laughed at.

"Wusun people?" Tu Xisai frowned slightly, and then slapped his thigh. "What retribution, retribution!"

"What's the matter, what's the matter?" The Cypriot leaders couldn't hold back their curiosity, and surrounded them one after another.

"The Huns thought about the Wusun people as the **** Xisai, and finally remembered the word Liang Xiao said." Cannon fodder, yes, cannon fodder.Now it is the Wusun people who are ready to attack. "

"Really? You deserve it!"

"Heaven has eyes, retribution, retribution."

The Cypriots patted their foreheads to express their gratitude to God.The Wusun people who killed thousands of swords finally received retribution, and were treated as cannon fodder by the Huns, and they deserved it.It can be seen from this that it is more reliable to follow Liang Xiao.Although Liang Xiao recruited [-] Cypriots as soldiers, he did not let the Cypriots be cannon fodder. He kept them at the end and used them in pursuit instead of letting them die in vain.

This is the difference, the kindness of the Han people and the cruelty of the Wusun people are clear at a glance.

Seeing this scene, those Cypriots who were originally reluctant felt a lot more relaxed, a little more complacent out of thin air, and their rejection of Liang Xiao also eased a little.

Liang Xiao saw it in his eyes and was secretly happy in his heart.He shook his head. "My Han sages have a saying that fighting without teaching is killing. These Wusun people have just lost a battle and their minds are undecided. How can they go to battle immediately. It is too inhuman for King Youxian to do so."

"Yeah, it's really inhumane."

"Hey, the Wusun people did their own crimes, and now they have received retribution, the general should not pity them."

"Yes, yes, General, Wusun people are all heartless wolf cubs. We give them so many people, cattle, sheep, and property every year, and he still treats us like this. He really deserves to die."

Liang Xiao nodded. "The people of Wusun did deserve to die. I hope they can learn a lesson and stop being so cruel. Soldiers died fighting to protect their homes. They deserved to die. It is wrong to force people to fight."

"The general is right." The Cypriots nodded in agreement.

While Liang Xiao was calmly instilling ideas into the Cypriots, the battle had already started down the hillside, and five hundred Wusun people stepped onto the battlefield under the urging of the sound of horns.They rushed to Arjana's position and started shooting from a distance of more than 100 paces.

For the first time as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, Ajina faced the enemy head-on.According to the characteristics of the terrain, he set up a formation of double arrows, ordered a thousand knights to dismount and hold bows, and lined up on the hillsides on both sides of the valley, leaving a passage of about twenty steps in the middle.A thousand knights lined up in a hundred paces behind the arrow formation, and 200 people formed a column, divided into five columns from left to right, ready to jump on horseback at any time.

The remaining [-] cavalry were led by Ajina himself as a mobile force, supplementing archers or going down the mountain to attack the enemy according to the actual situation.

The defending Yuezhi people are condescending, they can use the hillside to speed up, and they are only a hundred steps away from the arrow array.The attacking Wusun people went against the trend, whether charging on horseback or on foot, they were all in a very uncomfortable state.In the end, they chose to fight on foot.Although they are not good at foot combat, but in this terrain, cavalry combat is even more unfavorable to them.Without speed, the war horse would not be able to exert its due combat power at all, which would only increase casualties.

Holding their shields, the Wusun people approached about a hundred paces, when they were blocked by the Yuezhi people's arrows.With the help of the slope, the Yuezhi people could easily shoot the arrows to the Wusun people's heads. The Wusun people drew their bows fully, but they still couldn't shoot the Yuezhi people. Huhu, no lethality.In order to be able to really fight, they had to brave the arrows of the Yuezhi people and go up.

From the very beginning, the Wusun people fell into a very unfavorable situation.

King You Xian stood on the hillside, raised his hand, and blocked the glare of the sun, watching the battlefield situation intently.As soon as he got here and saw the terrain, he knew that this was a difficult positional battle, so knowing that it would make the Wusun people resist, he still sent these newly surrendered Wusun people into battle to try first. Liang Xiao's deployment.

Now it seems that it is right to arrange the Wusun people to fight, otherwise the casualties will be the Huns.

King Youxian frowned, held back for a long time, but still couldn't hold back, let out a long breath.

Although the battle had just started, he already felt hopeless to win.This battle seemed like he was chasing Liang Xiao here, but it would not be an exaggeration to say that Liang Xiao wanted to lure him here for a decisive battle.This terrain is very suitable for defense. It is prepared for Liang Xiao who is good at defense. For him, this is a very unfavorable terrain. Not only can the strength of the Huns' cavalry and archery be unleashed, but even their superiority in military strength cannot be brought into play. come out.

King Youxian gave up watching the battle.The situation on the battlefield is already clear at a glance. It is impossible for these five hundred Wusun people to break through Ashina's position. It will be a matter of time before they are defeated.He turned his gaze to the further hillside, where Liang Xiao's battle flag stood.

Liang Xiao was not alone. Behind him were densely packed sheepskin battle flags, which were Cypriot cavalry.

Liang Xiao joined forces with the Sai people, and his strength became stronger.Thinking of this, King Youxian couldn't help but sighed again.He has a feeling that this expedition may stop here, and it will be very difficult to take a step forward.

Of course, it's not bad to be able to do this, occupying more than half of the Yili River Valley, as long as he can solve the problem of luggage, he can spend it with Liang Xiao.As winter was approaching, the best pastures were under his control. Liang Xiao controlled only a limited number of pastures. If he wanted to survive, he had to slaughter a large number of Cypriot cattle and sheep to eat meat.

Will the Cypriots agree?This is probably a problem.

While thinking about it, King Youxian secretly cursed Lie Jiaomi.If it wasn't for Lie Jiaomi who forced the Sai people to die, how could the Sai people easily attach themselves to Liang Xiao.If there were no Cypriots attached, how would Liang Xiao dare to abandon the position at the mouth of the gorge and rush all the way here.

Amid King Youxian's complaints, the five hundred Wusun men had been attacking for a long time without success, dropping more than 100 corpses, and retreating slowly, preparing to give up the attack.

But they miscalculated.They planned to give up the attack, but Ashina did not intend to let them go.With an order, two hundred knights galloped out and galloped past the two arrow formations.Taking advantage of the slope, the war horse accelerated rapidly, and when it got in front of the Wusun people, the hooves were already rumbling.

There was hardly any suspense, one charge, and more than a hundred Yuezhi people beheaded.They didn't chase far away, and after passing the Wusun people, they rushed to the hillsides on both sides, slowed down by taking advantage of the slope, turned around on the hillside, and charged again.

The Wusun people's formation was rushed to pieces, more than half of them were killed or injured, countless people lay on the hillside moaning and wailing, and the rest were trembling and pale.

King Youxian sighed again and sent cavalry to support him.Seeing the Xiongnu cavalry marching out, the Yuezhi people did not bother to fight, and quickly withdrew to the slope.

The Huns rushed down the slope, but they did not dare to attack by force, so they had to meet Wusun's remnant soldiers and returned disgruntled.

The Yuezhi people rejoiced, the horns whistled, the knights raised their weapons and cheered loudly, and the archers raised their bows and strummed the strings to celebrate.Azhena was also very happy, and immediately ordered people to pick up the arrows and bring back two wounded knights who fell down because of his horse's stumble.The return of the two knights caused bursts of laughter, and I felt bored, so I hid aside embarrassedly.

Liang Xiao smiled and said, "Can you rest assured now?"

Tu Xisai and others nodded repeatedly. "Master Arrow God is right, the Huns are nothing to be afraid of."

"This is the end? Oh, I haven't watched it enough yet."

"That's right, too few Wusun people died, and they should all be killed before the battle."

"Yeah, the Yuezhi people just can't do it. If we Sai people go into battle, none of these Wusun people will be able to escape."

Liang Xiao smiled without saying a word.
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(End of this chapter)