Daqin Engineers

Chapter 368: Commanding Heights

The Huns' guards approached the Qin army aggressively.

They have the capital to "motivate."

You must know that this is the territory of the Huns. The Huns are everywhere, and the Qin army in front of you is only a few hundred people... Isn't it easy to solve it?

The Xiongnu, including Mouton, thought that these hundreds of Qin troops were just small groups of troops that had entered Yinshan.

Under Mao Dun's heart, he was still secretly rejoicing that these Qin army bombed only gunpowder workshops.

The gunpowder workshop can be opened again, but it is just a few tents and some slaves.

If they bring the "Sky Shaking Thunder" to blow up the mine, it will be troublesome.

However, the following facts soon made Mouton and the Huns' guards feel that something bad happened...

Qin Jun did not fight with the Huns, and after shooting a few arrows, he retreated to the mountain.

Where did the Huns' guards let them go, shouting and demonstrating while chasing them, and occasionally several Huns took down their bows and arrows to shoot at the retreating Qin army.

But Qin Jun was holding a square rattan shield at a high place, and his bow and arrows could not pose a threat to him.

However, the Huns were not eager for a while, they followed in the rear unhurriedly, and even divided them into several directions.

Because they knew that going to a high place was a dead end, and on the other side was an impassable cliff, and these Qin troops could not escape.

But the next second they found out that they were wrong.

Because after they climbed over a mountain, they found a city walled in front of them, and the two Huns were shot down by the Qin Army's crossbow arrows just as soon as they probed.

The Xiongnu who rushed ahead hurriedly reported to the Daigoqieda who followed behind.

Daigo Chieda is a commander of thousands and a collateral relative of Mao Dun Shan Yu.

At this time, the Huns did not understand "family affection" as a whole. This is a characteristic of the uncivilized primitive settlement... Everyone gathers together and lives like a big family, so direct and collateral relatives are not important.

Of course, there are also factors that are not sufficiently civilized. If you read the sages and know etiquette, you will have a stronger sense of family affection.

The Huns did not say that they read books. Their family affection is more primitive and survival of the fittest.

That is to say, it will protect the calf out of instinct, but will also abandon or even eat the weak due to insufficient nutrition for the survival of the fittest.

Therefore, the historical head Mandan wanted to use Yueshi to kill his son Mouton, and then Mouton managed to escape from the headman. In the meantime, Mouton used his wife as a target to train his guards...

The people in the Central Plains seem cruel and rebellious, but in the eyes of the Huns, they are not a big deal.

Mouton often studied the Central Plains Art of War, and knew more, so he also had the habit of using his collateral relatives as his guard.

Qieda climbed the top of the mountain and found it bad.

Because there is not just a walled city above, there are also two walled cities occupying the commanding heights and main roads of the mountain.

However, Cedar did not hesitate, and immediately ordered his subordinates to attack.

Just kidding, I brought a thousand Huns warriors, if I was afraid of these hundreds of Qin army, wouldn't it be a joke on the grassland?

So the Xiongnu broke into several parts and attacked the walled city with a cry:

The two teams contained the front two city walls from the front, and the other two were interspersed from the middle to look for opportunities to outflank the back.

This is a tactic used by the Huns.

It's just that it is more used for cavalry rather than infantry.

The cavalry has no problem with this tactic, but the infantry also uses this method to attack the tough, especially the Sanzhai that forms the "iron triangle"...

The two roads in the middle are actually inserted into the encirclement of the enemy.

You can imagine what will happen next.

The Qin army did not waste too much firepower on the frontal attacking Huns.

This is because the Huns usually wear a buckler, which is made of cowhide... The Huns can't smelt metal, so there are not many bronze shields. The cowhide is light and easy to carry and is more suitable for cavalry.

These cowhide shields can well guard the crossbow arrows in Qin Jun's hands.

In fact, this is also because the ballistic of the crossbow arrow is relatively straight. Unlike the bow and arrow, the crossbow can shoot the arrow up to the sky and attack the target at a high angle.

The shortcoming of the straight ballistic trajectory of the crossbow is that the ballistic trajectory is easier to estimate and is easier to be blocked by the shield, and it is difficult to have the killing effect when attacking the target with the shield frontally.

The Xiongnu also grasped this point before using the main force for frontal assault.

But soon they discovered that a frontal attack was not a good idea, because Qin Jun had "Sky Shaking Thunder" in his hands...

As soon as the Huns approached the walled city, a bunch of "sky-shaking thunders" would be thrown down on their heads.

These "sky-shaking thunders" are not as easy as crossbow arrows to estimate the trajectory and the shield is blocked.

In fact, it's useless to block it with a shield.

After blocking it, it fell underfoot, and then with a "boom" it not only blew the Huns into the air, but also set off a large piece of rubble and shot it down, only to scream from the Huns.

The Huns that interspersed from the middle road were even more terrible. They were hit by 360-degree firepower from the Qin army in three cities.

Crossbow arrows flew like locusts from their flanks and backs, and shot down the Huns one by one.

However, the Huns were unwilling to admit defeat. The centurion gave an order, and they raised their shields in a circle to cover each other and proceeded forward.

They know they are dangerous.

But at the same time they believed that only a frontal attack that contained the enemy's firepower could succeed and the battle could be won.

But soon they discovered that this idea was too far away from the truth...

With a "swish", an iron crossbow shot down quickly.

The iron crossbow arrow is fired by the three-bow bed crossbow. It costs tens of kilograms, and it can be shot down from top to bottom... How can the leather shield in the hands of the Xiongnu be able to stop this.

Hearing a scream, the shot Huns with their shields and shields were severely nailed to the ground. With blood in his mouth, he reflexively held the thick iron crossbow inserted in his abdomen as if he wanted to pull it out of his body.

But soon he discovered another thing that made him even more terrifying: a huge "sky-shaking thunder" was tied to the shaft of the iron crossbow, and it was still blowing smoke...

With a "boom", the "Sky Shaking Thunder" exploded in the Xiongnu shield formation, immediately blasting the Xiongnu into chaos.

And this is just the beginning.

The iron crossbow arrows were shot down one by one, and the Xiongnu shield quickly collapsed with a sound of explosion.

At this time, the dense crossbow arrows flew toward the Xiongnu from three directions.

The Qin Army's tactics were very simple, using a three-bow bed crossbow and a "thunderbolt of fireball" to break the formation, and then using a strong crossbow to kill and wound the enemy's vital forces on a large scale.

The Xiongnu were beaten to a rage, and the offensive lasted only for a cup of tea. Time retreated like a tide.

Only piles of dead bodies and the wounded who were too late to take away were left behind.

The injured screamed and wailed, and many of them tried to climb down the mountain with their injuries...

But Qin Jun did not give them a chance, and soon a few crossbow arrows flew over and ended their sinful life.