Chapter 493

The next day, after a breakfast, the Hou Jin army officially launched an attack on the stronghold of the Second Corps.

Huang Taiji did not choose to siege in an all-round way, but decided to attack one point. 20000 Han soldiers took the lead, 10000 Mongolian soldiers dismounted and put arrows in the back for cover, and the elite of the eight banners were ready to support at any time.

With Haug's order, 20000 Han soldiers rushed up with shields and swords, followed by Mongolian archers. Not to mention ladders, they didn't even carry a piece of wood.

The fifteen strongholds outside Qin Huan did not dig ditches or erect wooden fences, but a dozen rows of horse stakes were placed in front of the camp. They were also placed in an arc. Although the density was not large, the war horses could not go around.

No matter jumping or sharp turning, no matter how high the riding skill is, you can't avoid being hit.

At the moment, a sword and shield soldier and Spearman of the Qin army are waiting behind the horse resistance pile, and the archers are in the middle. Although they are nervous one by one, they are very excited.

"Shoot an arrow!"

"Whew, whew, whew..."

"Ah!"

"Oh..."

The archers of the Qin army did not shoot the Han soldiers in front, but threw arrow rain at the Mongols in the rear. Although they were only more than 500 archers, they still shot down a large area.

The Mongols all rode bows, which had a shorter range than the long bows of the Qin army. As a result, they suffered three or four waves of arrow rain before they began to draw bows to fight back.

Nearly ten thousand people shot arrows at the same time. The arrows almost covered the sky and blocked the sun. The roar of sharp arrows made people's scalp numb, but the Qin army was obviously prepared.

The shield men raised their shields one after another, half squatted down, protected the spearmen beside them, and blocked all the arrow rain with the wide cane helmets on their heads.

Only a dozen people fell to the ground and screamed when they were shot by arrows coming in through the gap.

Although the 500 archers behind had no shields, there was a young and strong man standing beside each of them, carrying a large wide and long board. They protected themselves and the archers, and none of them got caught.

Ten thousand Mongolian archers threw four waves of arrows before the rain stopped, because the Han soldiers had rushed to the anti horse pile and were about to start hand to hand combat.

But nearly 40000 arrows, killing only a little more than 100 people in the Qin army. Instead, he was shot to death three or four hundred times before. The reason for the huge contrast is that the Qin army has shields, helmets and cotton armor, while the Mongols only have leather armor, not even helmets.

The horse resisting stake is half a person high and consists of three pieces of wood. No matter how it is lifted, the shape is the same.

Although the horse can't go around, people can easily go around. Therefore, after pushing a few times, the Han soldiers no longer care about the anti horse stakes. They went around one after another and shouted.

"Kill!"

The swordsmen and spearmen of the Qin army also stood up one after another. They just cleaned up the arrows nailed to the shields and helmets and met them.

The two sides immediately launched a bloody hand to hand fight in the horse resistance pile. Most of the Qin army were recruits, but they were well-trained and had high morale. Although the Han soldiers were veteran soldiers, their fighting will was not high. At one time, the two sides were inseparable.

At this time, 500 archers also stood up again and threw arrow rain towards the front.

Mongolian archers are afraid to shoot their arrows because of their low terrain and short range.

The archers of the Qin army did not have such concerns. They just pulled the bowstring to the full moon and threw it out. Either the Han soldiers in front of them or the Mongols behind them hit.

Because the swordsmen of the Qin army did not rush far forward, but fought in the horse resistance pile.

The 12th town defended the stronghold. Except for the long soldiers, there were only 6000 people, while there were 20000 Han soldiers, of which 10000 rushed to the horse resistance stake.

The other 10000 people chose to rush forward from the gap on both sides. The gap between the two camps was about 100 meters wide.

Within the range of 100 meters, because there were no anti horse stakes and any obstacles, the Han soldiers charged very fast, but only half of them, and a row of long soldiers came up.

A long Ge is almost airtight, forming a Golin. The dense Ge head is like a huge hedgehog, and its length is different.

If the soldiers on both sides of the horse resisting stake were fighting, then the open space between the two sides was a one-sided massacre. Countless Han soldiers were stabbed to the ground and retreated desperately. However, because the number of people was too dense and the place was too narrow, it was too late. If they were a little slower, they would be stabbed by a long spear.

The three thousand soldiers shouted neat slogans and stabbed them step by step. Although everyone turned pale, they all clenched their teeth and stepped on the corpse until they drove the Han soldiers out of the gap.

At this time, the reinforcements of the Qin army finally arrived. There were a thousand archers, two thousand heavy infantry and a thousand Musketeers.

There's no way to come here now. After all, the defense area is too wide. The archer camp, firearm camp and heavy infantry camp must be used intensively. The Tartars will be reinforced wherever they attack.

Otherwise, these people and horses will be scattered to 15 camps. When the other party chooses to attack a little, it will be in a hurry. It will not only tear down east walls to make up for west walls, but also delay time.

Like this mixed rescue force, the red warbler has compiled five, each responsible for supporting three camps at any time, with a distance of only five or six miles.

In addition to the five rescue troops, there is a general reserve composed of engineers and logistics soldiers, and finally the young and strong.

Although the five support troops can be killed in a quarter of an hour, the attacked camp must block the first wave anyway.

After all, the reinforcements can't move until the other party officially launches an attack. Otherwise, if the other party makes a diversion, it will only consume the soldiers' physical strength and delay time. Therefore, the red warbler and Lu Xiangsheng who just watched the battle in the rear were sweating.

I was afraid that the twelfth town could not stop the first wave of attack of the other party. After all, no matter how well they were trained at ordinary times, no one could guarantee whether those soldiers were soft or not before they went to the battlefield. Until the long soldiers defeated the Han soldiers on both sides, they were relieved.

With the arrival of reinforcements, especially 2000 heavy infantry and 1000 archers, the Han soldiers fighting in the horse resistance pile finally collapsed and ran back.

More than 10000 people collapsed together and rushed down the slope, and the Mongols behind had to turn around and run.

Although 20000 Han soldiers were killed or injured at least three or four thousand, Huang Taiji, who had been watching the war in the rear, didn't blink. He just frowned and stared at the fighting area, thinking about something.

Just now, a group of tartar generals saw that the attacking troops attacked easily. They were all overjoyed and disdained. But who thought that it was easy to attack, but it was so difficult to attack, and they lost so quickly that they didn't react.