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If it were the previous Qin army, this one thousand infantry plus two thousand cavalry troops went out of the city to face the 10,000 Huns. Not only would they not be able to successfully force the Huns back, but they would also be in danger.

In the beginning, the Qin army might be able to disrupt the rhythm of the Huns attacking the city.

But the Xiongnu would soon turn their target to the three thousand Qin army who came out of the city, and then they would be divided into several teams to surround them and shoot arrows towards the Qin army from several directions.

Although Qin Jun was equipped with shields, most of the shields were round shields with poor protection.

The strongest protective power should be the Roman square shield, which is not only large in size, but also can be spliced ​​into a tortoise shell formation so that the enemy's archer cannot function.

But even this simple use of shield defense against archers cannot gain an advantage.

The Roman Empire thought it could, and Krasu led an expedition to Parthia with tens of thousands of troops.

Parthia’s army is more agile archers. Their strategy to deal with the Roman army armed to the teeth is to lure the enemy deep...

The Romans were mostly infantry, and their supplies were stretched after they penetrated into the enemy territory.

When facing the Parthian archer, although the square shield can perfectly block the arrows, it also makes it unable to maneuver...The tortoise formation becomes loose as soon as it is moved, and there will be casualties as soon as it is loose, and there will be new casualties in the tortoise formation. Loopholes.

As a result, the Roman army was almost completely wiped out in this battle, and Krasu also died in a foreign land because of his arrogance and underestimation of the enemy.

Therefore, a truly effective way of defensive archers should not be one-sided emphasis on defense, but should be both offensive and defensive or even mobile.

Just like the Roman army, one-sided emphasis on defense means giving all the initiative to the enemy...giving yourself an immobile turtle shell. The enemy can easily walk around the periphery, including transporting supplies, but only hiding in the turtle. If you can't do anything in the shell, isn't it just waiting to die?

Therefore, there is always a lot of speculation on the modern Internet. What will happen if the most powerful Rome in the West collides with the Han Dynasty in the heyday of the East?

Two different civilizations, different tactics, and different styles. Who wins and who loses?

This is actually no suspense.

The Roman army may be offensive strategically, but passively defensive tactically, whether it is siege or marching operations.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han army has paid great attention to the cavalry. They even defeated the powerful Xiongnu with the cavalry, making it "there is no royal court in Mobei."

Coupled with the fact that the Han army has been very familiar with the "Sun Tzu Art of War" and so on, if the two armies collide with each other... it is not difficult to imagine that the Roman army will be faced with the situation of "can't fight and run away".

In particular, the heavy equipment of the Roman army, which was molested by the Han army for a few times, was too exhausted.

Shen Bing knew the truth well, so he could have been equipped with a square shield and learn to lay a tortoise shell like a Roman, and could even be supported by a much lighter rattan shield.

But Shen Bing did not do so.

In the Han Dynasty, Li Ling led five thousand foot soldiers and was surrounded by thirty thousand Huns. Why could he still fight and walk hundreds of miles to kill tens of thousands of enemies and finally got captured because of his arrows?

It is because they have the initiative.

How can the tortoise shell formation be formed like the Roman army?

How can you kill tens of thousands of enemies?

Li Lingjun’s initiative was never made by using shields to form a tortoise shell formation, but by using a crossbow and arrow, a crossbow with a much longer range than a bow and arrow.

Because the range of a crossbow is longer than that of a bow and arrow, especially a bow and arrow with a small pull on horseback...

This cannot be avoided.

Although the Xiongnu's riding skills are excellent at riding and shooting, the instability of the upper and lower plates on the horse's back determines that its bow and arrow pull is not as good as the heavy bow on the ground.

However, Qin Nu was propped up with his waist with his feet, and his shooting range would be dozens of steps farther than his bow and arrow.

If it was before, Qin Jun had to sit on the ground and kick the crossbow, which would also make him lose his mobility and give up the initiative, and the reaction would be slower and the bomb surface would really increase...

Especially at the moment when the crossbow was opened, the whole person was almost fully stretched facing the sky.

At this time, if the Xiongnu shoots a row of arrows...that is so sour, he will hit a few arrows at will.

But after Shen Bing improved the crossbow, all these shortcomings disappeared, and he could shoot while walking, so he had the initiative.

The Xiongnu encircled from here, and a rain of arrows shot it back.

The Xiongnu surrounded him again, and another rain of arrows came to teach him how to be a man.

If sometimes you can't react enough to deal with it... This is a common occurrence on the battlefield, especially against the Xiongnu who come and go like wind.

As said before, the Huns will cooperate and fight like a wolf county hunting.

For example, the front attracted the Qin army's firepower, and the left, right and rear suddenly attacked at the same time.

If the Central Plains countries implement this tactic, they need to command under the banner, while the Xiongnu relied entirely on instinct or it could be said that they were "satisfied."

At this time, the Qin Army often couldn't react as much as possible, and at the same time, it was impossible to push back the enemies in four directions at the same time.

But the army led by Wang Ben is a mix of walking and riding, a combination of far and near, and a combination of speed and slowness.

The infantry has a long range but is slow.

The cavalry has a short range but is fast.

In normal times, he would use the strong crossbow of his pawns to confront the enemy, and when he did not respond in time, he would use the cavalry to keep the Huns out of range.

The Shenwu Army is not an ordinary cavalry, especially the cavalry that Yu leads, they are even the horses are equipped with vine armor.

They hardly need to worry about their own safety and rest assured that they can fire arrows at the enemy.

If there is anything to worry about, it is that the riding skills are not good enough to fall off the horse during combat.

This situation is true, and there are many, dozens of people fell from their horses and were injured in a battle.

This was rarely the case when fighting against the Chu army before. The reason was that the Xiongnu's riding skills were so superb. The Shenwu army had to speed up if they wanted to catch up with them and fight with them, so the probability of falling off the horse increased in series. .

But even so, the Shenwu Army let the Huns see the power of cane armor.

The arrow of the Xiongnu hit the Shenwu Army and it bounced off like it was shot on an iron wall. The rider was unscathed, even if it hit the head or face...the vine armor had a mask.

The Qin Army used a new, sharper iron arrow, and the Xiongnu fell silently wherever it went.

In fact, this is just a small point. The main role of the Shenwu Army is not to injure the enemy, but as a moving shield to block the front so that the Xiongnu cannot get close to the Qin Army's pawns.

After the pawns reacted, Wang Benqi's horn was hit, and the Shenwu Army pulled away from the enemy riders. Then the pawns flew again in batches of crossbow arrows, and the crossbow arrows were mixed to scare the Huns The iron crossbow arrows that are smashing...

The Xiongnu had never seen such a style of play. Not only did they fail to retreat the three thousand Qin army, but also killed and injured corpses all over the field.

So of course it was impossible to launch an attack on the walled defense line, let alone rescue Mao Dun.