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Text Chapter 1027 The Battle of the Grassland (3)

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    And people like Tai Shi Ci who were superb in archery did not fall behind.  Gao Yang brought a special metal bow from modern time and space and extremely precise metal arrows pulled out of a CNC lathe.  These professional equipment and the strong horses bred in modern time and space that Gao Yang specially consumed a lot of energy to transport.  Putting these things in the hands of a powerful general like Tai Shici would be even more powerful.  "Open!" Taishi Ci, who was wearing shining moire armor, was riding on a pure Arabian horse. His eyes widened, he shouted with concentration, and he stretched the alloy bow in his hand to the extreme.  His eyes were fixed on a Hun general who had killed five Han cavalry in rapid succession.  The Huns are tall, have long arms, and have a strong body.  The arms are obviously unusually thick.  Holding a strong iron bow in his hand, he shot and killed several Han soldiers while galloping.  When he quickly took out two iron arrows from the quiver again, one was held in his mouth and the other was placed on the bow string.  Suddenly, he sensed a fatal threat with a beast-like intuition. He suddenly turned sideways and burrowed under the horse's belly like an instinctive reaction, trying to use his superb equestrian skills to escape.  The induction was correct, but the physical reaction did not keep up.  This eagle-hand, who was famous among the Southern Xiongnu tribe, had just moved half of his body when a long fine steel arrow, all black and as thick as a thumb, penetrated his chest!  Taishi Ci was extremely powerful, and the bows and arrows he used perfectly embodied body mechanics and more complex science and technology.  A perfect reflection of Tai Shici's superb archery skills and far superior strength and explosive power than ordinary people, this arrow is as powerful as lightning!  The figure of the Condor Shooter was instantly frozen, and his vitality began to drain away rapidly.  However this is not the end.  "Poof! Poof!" In just a blink of an eye, two more long steel arrows shot into the chest of the eagle shooter, forming a perfect triangle with the previous arrow.  One arrow and three arrows, the perfect skill of a marksman.  The nomadic peoples on the grassland are unable to make armors and weapons on a large scale due to the lack of iron all year round.  therefore.  The tactics they use have always been mobile and flexible riding and shooting tactics. If they win, they will harass and attack. If they cannot win, they will run away. This is their best tactic.  But today, they were forced into a face-to-face battle with the elite Han army.  They also have no choice.  The battlefield where the two sides were fighting at this time was only a few dozen miles away from a huge pasture with rich water and grass, which was where the court tent of King Youxian Qubei was located.  There are now more than 100,000 large animals under the command of King Youxian gathered there, as well as an even larger number of old, weak, women and children.  The reason why Qubei gathered the herdsmen under his command was not to fight against the nearly 100,000 Han cavalry.  He was preparing to take his tribe north and escape.  It¡¯s just that the cavalry led by Zhao Yun advanced too fast.  By the time Qubei received the information, it was already right under his nose.  It was common for the Han cavalry, who carried military rations with them and fed on the enemy, to march nearly 200 miles a day.  Before the assembly was completed here, the elite cavalry of the Han army had already pounced on them.  In desperation, Qubei could only lead the men under his command to rush to fight.  Qubei, who had fought for the Han Dynasty for decades, knew the Han army very well.  When he saw the Han army on the opposite side, whose men and horses were all covered in thick armor, he immediately understood that the soft bow on his side was immediately useless.  It is impossible for a soft bow to penetrate heavy armor!  After losing their biggest support for fighting, the best choice for these nomads at this moment is to leave immediately.  ¡°But, they can¡¯t leave now.  Behind him are the animals, women and children of the tribe, which is the court tent of King Youxian.  They men can escape quickly with their horses, but what about their tribe?  No more women and children.  Without livestock, how could they survive on this vast grassland?  Forced into a desperate situation, Qubei had no choice.  When he couldn't get reinforcements, he could only choose to use his numerical advantage to fight against the Han army, which was obviously outnumbered by them, in order to get a chance of survival.  But the cruel reality shattered the extravagant hope of being humble.  He was indeed facing an extremely elite team.  The actual situation is that even if the Huns still use their best mobile riding and shooting, they still have no hope of winning when facing this brand-new Han army.  No matter in terms of power, range, or even firepower density, the serial crossbows in the hands of the Han army occupies an absolute advantage.  The gap in weapons between the two sides is completely the beginning and peak of the cold weapon era.  Once the two sides exchanged fire, it would be the Han army who would take advantage of the range and shoot first, killing the Huns under their horses with a rain of arrows as dense as locusts!  The crushing of technological strength and weapons and equipmentThe huge difference in ? made this battle end very quickly.  The Xiongnu army, which was basically composed of herdsmen, quickly disintegrated under the impact of the iron torrent of the Han army's cavalry.  A large number of herdsmen died in the battle.  The rest soon collapsed psychologically under the brutal killing and fled quickly.  They are just ordinary herdsmen who live in pursuit of water and grass.  It has been more than a hundred years since the entire Southern Xiongnu tribe went south to join the Han Empire. These past grassland overlords have long lost their former glory.  A war of this scale and cruel killings of this scale are unacceptable to them who have been peaceful for a long time.  Especially when they are at a disadvantage.  ¡°Alas~~~¡± Youxian Wang Qubei looked at the herdsmen running away and let out a long sigh.  Those herdsmen who were frightened out of their courage could run away.  But as the Righteous King of the Huns, he could not leave no matter what.  ¡° Moreover, the basis for his foothold on the grassland lies in the tent behind him.  After today's defeat, everything there will become the spoils of the Han army.  Having lost everything and being still young, King Youxian no longer had the idea of ????escape.  At this time, almost all the Huns herdsmen still alive on the entire battlefield were running around in panic.  The Han troops were divided into small groups and followed behind, driving away the fleeing herdsmen and constantly harvesting lives.  Even in this situation of complete victory, the Han army is still trying its best to maintain its military formation.  There was no wanton grabbing of loot.  The organizational strength on the battlefield alone was enough to make Qubei completely despair.  He knew that what he encountered was the most elite force in the Han Empire!  With no way to retreat, Qubei took the last few hundred elites from the cavalry tent around him upstream, and huddled together among the disintegrating Huns army to attack the pressing Han army in the center.  At the same time, it naturally attracted the attention of the Han army.  With the flag waving.  Bugles sounded continuously.  The Han army fired a dense cloud of crossbow arrows at Qubei and the hundreds of cavalry under his command!  When the huge rain of arrows rose into the sky, the dim sunlight was almost blocked.  The heavy horse iron imprinted on the spring mud.  But it can't stand up to a continuous spring rain.  The brave warriors finally returned to their ashes after the brutal fighting.  The powerful Han army finally won a great victory.  Over 10,000 of the herdsmen under his command were killed and captured alive.  The rest of the crowd scattered in all directions.  The casualties of the Han army were almost negligible.  After defeating the organized resistance of the Huns, the only thing left is to receive the spoils of war.  This is a privilege that has always been reserved for the victors.  "Mom, where are we going?" A young Hun girl in ragged clothes and face covered with dust held her mother's hand and looked around at the dense crowds and large numbers of livestock that could not be seen at a glance.  He asked with curiosity on his face.  "We are going to the Central Plains." The mother, whose face was full of weather, held her daughter's hand tightly and said softly with a difficult expression.  The rule on the grassland is that the winner owns everything.  After the elite Han army defeated Qubei's desperate resistance, they took over a large number of livestock, women and children near the court of King Youxian.  Out of military honor, the Han troops did not carry out large-scale massacres.  However, according to Gao Yang's order, these women and children cannot be easily let go.  Because once you let them go, they will come back like locusts in a few years.  Finally, when the main force of the Han army from the rear arrived under the leadership of Gao Yang.  These captured women and children will be sent to the far south, where they will be diluted and assimilated.  For the Han Empire, which had a population of tens of millions, the assimilation of such a small population was nothing.  What's more, the Xiongnu men either died in battle or were sent to the mines.  After defeating Qubei, the military power of the Han army quickly rose to its peak.  The entire grassland was shaken by the powerful momentum of the Han army.  Countless people recalled the legends passed down from ancient times.  The powerful and brutal southern Han people poured into the prairie like a crazy tide.  As long as you see anything alive, whether it is animals or people, kill them all!  Countless Huns were frightened and began to flee with their families and animals.  Anyway, the grassland is so big, the Han army will not go after them, poor herdsmen who don't even have an iron pot, right?  Gao Yang would indeed not divide his troops to pursue those ordinary herdsmen.  Without being able to gather into a large-scale tribe, there is almost no way to survive by migrating as a single family.  No mention of diseases or natural disasters.  Just the tens of thousands of wild wolves in each group on the grassland are enough to wipe out most of the scattered herdsmen.  Gao Yang has already set his sights on another important person at this time.  Liu Bao, the wise king of Zuo of the Southern Xiongnu.   This man with a bald head and braids, rough and dark skin, huge gold earrings and a nose ring, and a tall and muscular body like a tiger and leopard was the man who led troops south to plunder the Central Plains in history, and robbed tens of thousands of Han people including Cai Wenji.  The leader of the daughter of the family.  Gao Yang will never let go of such a person.  The same goes for the herdsmen under King Zuoxian.  King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu has always guarded the east, and is responsible for going south to attack the Han Dynasty's power.  Over the past hundreds of years, their hands have been stained with the blood of many Han children, how many Han cities have been burned, and how many Han wealth and women have been robbed!  They made Gao Yang grit his teeth far more than King Youxian who was responsible for conquering the Western Regions.  Before sending troops, Gao Yang had already made up his mind to wipe out all the troops of King Zuo Xian!  (To be continued)
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