Qin Official

"Lower your head!"

Following the command of the village chief, the civilian husband Guan Ying threw himself to the ground in a hurry, and then there was a dense jingling sound, which was the sound of arrows falling on the big oar of Wugang's chariot. Most of them were blocked, and only a few crossed the car barriers and were sparsely scratched. They were either blocked by the Qin soldiers' shields that were quickly raised, or were pierced into their thick armor, only breaking a layer of skin.

But the civilians who shuttled between the front and rear fronts, transporting supplies, were unlucky. They had no armor or armor. The man in front of Guan Ying was hit by an arrow in the thigh. Seeing that the blood flow would not stop, he screamed.

"Don't scream!"

The small village chief who escorted them cursed, but the man didn't stop and screamed even louder. As a result, his throat was cut with a sword...

"Whoever shouts in front of the formation and disturbs the morale of the army will be punished!"

The small village chief glared at the group of Shandong civilians in front of him, and said to a few people who were so frightened that they wanted to turn around and run away: "Anyone who disobeys orders, runs around randomly, and disrupts our position will die!"

Everyone immediately trembled in fear and did not dare to move. The small village chief spat on the civilian husband whose throat was cut, and asked Guan Ying and the others to carry him away when they returned to the rear. He also ordered:

"Pick up the fallen arrows and send them over quickly!"

Guan Ying was silent, lowering his head to pick up the arrow branches that had fallen when he fell down.

He was originally a small businessman selling bamboo silk in Suiyang, Dang County. He pushed a cart between his home and the market every day. Although his life was tight, it was manageable.

However, after the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Wei Dynasty, the life of merchants became difficult. Not only did the city taxes increase a lot, but their status became even worse. Whenever they were required to do corvee work, they had to be drafted first.

During this imperial conscription, Suiyang City required a thousand men to serve in the garrison for one year in Xianyang. Unfortunately, Guan Ying was selected by the village commander. He traveled all the way west to Guanzhong. When he was gathered in Zheng County, he was assigned again. To Northland County.

In his mind, Beidi County was already the end of the world. Who would have thought that after the summer, they would still be driven together with the Qin army in Guanzhong to the distant outside the Great Wall, to the north of the Great Wall where the water was bitter and dry.

Half of the 5,000 civilians of the Beidi County Army stayed in Huamachi, and most of the remaining people were also placed in Helan Mountain. Only Guan Ying and his two thousand people were unlucky. They were asked to march with the army and carry arrows during the battle. Arrows, throwing iron, wood and caltrops, pushing the WISCO carts...

It is true that Mr. Fusu has a kind heart and treats the people well, but it is also true that the Qin army's laws in front of the battle array are extremely strict. For every trivial matter, they will be beheaded as a warning to others.

There are gaps between the various military formations, but they are reserved for reserves and messengers. The civilians can only move along the edge, ready to give way at any time.

Another burst of arrows fell, and everyone ducked for a while. This time, someone was shot through the palm, and they did not dare to shout.

The arrows of the Huns were mostly made of bones and stones. As long as they missed the vital point, they would not die. Sometimes some people would even take an arrow deliberately. If he doesn't scream, he can still be sent to the rear. Although no doctors will come to treat him for the time being, at least he can stay away from the dangerous front for the time being.

Guan Ying's thoughts were different. Although he was a hawker, he was very courageous. On this chaotic and noisy battlefield, while carrying arrows, he was still interested in watching how the Qin soldiers fought against the enemy.

The Qin soldiers hid behind a chariot called the "Wugang Chariot". This chariot was interlocked two by two. There was a man-high oar shield in front of it to block the Huns' arrows. However, the Qin army's talented crossbowmen were able to aim through the gap between the chariots. Shoot, and shoot the galloping Huns into disgrace...

Even if the Huns were lucky enough to escape the continuous crossbow arrows and get close, facing the eight-foot-long spear in front of the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot, their horses would not be able to leap over it, but would retreat in fear.

It is a pity that there are only 800 Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots, which cannot completely cover the five-mile-long front line. Where there are no Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots, the flesh and blood of Qin soldiers must be relied on. Guan Ying saw that groups of soldiers holding barbarian spears The Qin soldiers were on standby at any time. If any Huns broke through the deer-antler chariot barrier, they would all walk over and tilt their 2-foot-4-foot Yi spears to stop the Huns cavalry from advancing.

The battle has lasted for two moments. Although the Huns are larger in number, because the Qin army is located within the angle between the two rivers to defend the enemy, the Huns can only attack from the front. They rushed and fired several times, but they were unable to break through the Qin formation. On the contrary, He suffered more casualties.

Another Huns attack was repulsed. Guan Ying was watching in rapt attention when the little village chief's voice rang in his ears:

"Soldier of bamboo poles, stop looking and go back quickly. This time I will send you some caltrops!"

"only."

Guan Ying quickly went on another trip with the fellow villagers, each carrying a basket of iron and wood caltrops. These things had thorns on all sides and were extremely sharp. Guan Ying accidentally pricked his finger on one occasion.

This item was also a powerful weapon against cavalry, but due to time constraints, the Qin army failed to scatter all they carried in front of the formation.

But they had other ways to make up for it.

The piles of bulky equipment that had been loaded onto dozens of vehicles along the way and pulled by oxen horses and pushed around by folk like Guan Ying arrived at the site and were assembled by craftsmen, and they finally understood what they were.

"It's a flying stone."

Guan Ying muttered secretly, many years ago, when Wei Gongzi Jiu was guarding Suiyang, all the people in Suiyang who were fifteen years old or above went to the city to resist the Qin army. The Qin army used tall flying rocks, that is, trebuchets, to attack the city wall. , broke the outer gate of Suiyang.

The trebuchet in front of him was much smaller than the heavy siege weapon that Guan Ying saw at the head of Suiyang City a few years ago. Its range was only slightly farther than that of a bow and arrow. It was just that the Mohist added wheels to make it more flexible.

Under the orders of the Qin soldiers, the civilians put the iron and wooden caltrops they had brought into the wooden basket of the catapult. Dozens of civilians pulled the ropes at the same time, and with a burst of shouting, the iron and wooden caltrops weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown out. …

Like the seeds sown in the hands of farmers during spring plowing, the dense thorns fly out and reflect the light in the sun.

They were not thrown very far, some were dozens of steps away, and some were more than ten steps close, and they landed on the trampled grass. This area was originally free of iron caltrops and was the focus of the Huns' concentrated attack. However, the Huns who came in droves turned upside down one after another...

With this method, the Huns would not be able to break through easily where there are no Wugang vehicles.

But Guan Ying, who was running around transporting supplies from various ministries, also noticed that on the entire five-mile-long front, WISCO vehicles were arranged on the left, right and center. Wherever there were WISCO vehicles, no caltrops were thrown...

Before he could think about the reason why the commander of the Qin army did this, Guan Ying noticed from the gap between the Wuhan Iron and Steel carts a few miles away when he was transporting arrows to the right formation. The Huns were crossing the Dusitu River, which had a gentle flow.

"Have reinforcements from the Hu people arrived?"

He couldn't help but feel nervous. Although the people of Guandong didn't like to be ordered around by the Qin people, they also knew that if the Qin army was defeated in this battle and they fell into the hands of the Xiongnu, even if they didn't die, they would probably become even worse slaves. Take the sheep to a cold place.

Fortunately, when the civilians returned to the rear formation again, Guan Ying looked at the other side of the vast river and found that a group of cavalry had appeared there and was gradually crossing the pontoon bridge built by a thousand civilians.

As the "Li" flag stepped onto the pontoon, and as the white-horse general at the forefront got closer and closer, the Qin soldiers guarding the east bank raised their weapons and let out a burst of cheers!

First it was Longxi dialect, then Beidi dialect, and finally Guanzhong dialect, which merged into one...

"Flying General!" (See Chapter 372)

They were shouting: "Flying General!"

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"If we can break the Qin formation, we must burn all these hateful cars!"

Under the eagle flag, Touman Shanyu was furious.

He seemed to understand the Qin people's fighting methods. Whenever the Huns came to attack, he would move his chariot outside and use the Qin army's strong bows and crossbows to guard key points to prevent the Huns from entering easily.

Faced with this method of warfare, the Xiongnu had basically nothing to do. Compared to the sharp Qin crossbows, even if they galloped close, facing the Wuhan chariots and the Yi spear formation of the Qin soldiers, they hesitated to move forward, and the arrows thrown in , at most they killed some unarmored civilians and archers, and after charging for several battles, the Qin people did not kill hundreds, but they themselves lost more than a thousand soldiers...

The Xiongnu nobles and Wanqi generals were helpless, and Touman Chanyu had no choice but to ask Ju Wu for consultation.

"Taifu Ju, what do you think we should do?"

Ju Wu was opposed to Touman giving up the attack on Baiyang Mountain and attacking the Qin army instead. His original suggestion was to set a fire at the foot of Baiyang Mountain, burn down the Qin people's defensive chariots and fortifications, and then trigger the mountain forest. The fire can be broken by Qin soldiers like this!

As a result, before the fire was lit, there was a light rain yesterday. Although it stopped for a moment, the ground was already wet. It not only extinguished the Huns' desire to light a fire, but also allowed the Qin troops to get rain and survive for a few more days. .

Facing the Qin army's chariot barriers in front of him, Ju Wu had only one suggestion: "I'm afraid there is no other way except fire attack."

But when they are not as good as Baiyang Mountain, it is difficult for the Huns to attack and shoot arrows, let alone set fires calmly. Moreover, the Qin people's front line is five miles long, with rivers on both sides, so it is easy to put out small fires...

"Who knew that the people of Qin could set up chariot formations everywhere."

Facing the hard-to-gnaw bastard shell in front of him, Touman Chanyu was anxious and angry. His patience had been exhausted in these days.

The Huns will advance if they have favorable conditions, and retreat if they are unfavorable. Since it is difficult to succeed at the moment, the best choice is to retreat quickly.

Some time ago, Touman led an army to attack and eliminate 3,000 Shangjun chariots. During the siege of Baiyang Mountain, he shot and killed 2,000 Qin soldiers, while his own side only lost less than 1,000.

Unfortunately, the Qin army's cavalry, which came and went without a trace, also attacked his herd at the rear, killing a thousand cavalry, slaughtering a thousand herdsmen, and driving away or plundering the livestock.

All in all, the Huns have already suffered a small loss. After returning, rumors will definitely spread that Touman is old, has lost his pasture, and is no longer worthy of being a great chanyu.

But just when Touman Shanyu wanted to retreat and asked the Huns to stop attacking and withdraw first, the Qin army's front line, which was originally rock solid, began to become chaotic!

One after another, Wugang vehicles, driven by civilians, began to move forward slowly, behind them were densely packed spears...

The Huns had an illusion: they had been attacking for a long time, but could not shake the mountain. Now it seemed to be alive, staggering, with a jungle of swords and spears all over the mountain, pressing towards them!