Chapter 487: Forcing the Xianbei to Retreat
The Sun family army also formed a defensive formation.
Tuoba Yu looked at Prince Gong and Sun Ming, "Prince Gong, General Sun, this is a feud between us Xianbei and Pingzhou. You should just watch from the sidelines. Of course, if you have other ideas, we are not afraid."
Tuoba Yu spoke in an arrogant tone, as if he didn't care about the alliance between the Dali court and Pingzhou. They were confident that they could catch both of them in one fell swoop.
General Sun frowned. He wanted to join forces with Pingzhou. The enemies were divided into internal and external ones. No matter what, the Xianbei were foreigners, and brutal foreigners at that. It would be right to annihilate them if there was a chance.
But Prince Gong refused. Their Dali court had already negotiated terms with the Xianbei. If they started a war now, it would be fine if they won, but if they lost, who knew what the consequences would be?
Moreover, Prince Gong was overjoyed to know that the Xianbei army and the Pingzhou rebels were about to fight.
Under the suppression of Prince Gong, the Sun family army stopped moving, but Tuoba Xun did not send all the Xianbei troops to the battlefield, obviously to prepare for any emergencies.
The Xianbei army and the Pingzhou archery camp deployed their troops.
The archers of the Xianbei army took their positions, ready to attack.
Pingzhou, on the other hand, adopted a defensive stance.
At the beginning of the negotiations, at the reminder of Pingzhou, the court clearly required that the Xianbei side should not bring cavalry. If they brought cavalry, there would be no talks.
The Xianbei royal court agreed. They were also arrogant, thinking that even without cavalry, their Xianbei infantry would still be able to defeat the Dali soldiers.
As the Xianbei attack horn sounded, the Xianbei soldiers holding shields and archers holding bows and arrows slowly advanced forward.
When the distance between the two sides was shortened to a certain extent, the Xianbei soldiers began to shoot arrows in their hands.
Nothing happened in Pingzhou yet, but the generals of the Sun family army who were watching frowned. Is the range of the Xianbei archers so far?
Sun Congyi, who was hiding in the Sun family army, was also worried. He knew too well that the level of the archery battalion of the Dali army was not as good as that of the Xianbei. Now if the Pingzhou archery battalion faced them, wouldn't they be suppressed by the Xianbei army?
At this moment, the Pingzhou Archery Camp also moved.
Surprisingly, not only did the Pingzhou Archery Battalion suffer from the attacks of the Xianbei archers, but the Xianbei's shieldmen and archers also entered the shooting range of the Pingzhou Archery Battalion.
The two sides changed from a one-way shooting by Xianbei archers as others thought, to archers shooting at each other.
This sudden change made Tuoba Xun and others frown.
In the past, because the Xianbei archers had much stronger arm strength and greater accuracy than the Dali archers, their shooting range was much longer than that of the Dali archers.
When the archers of both sides faced off, the Xianbei had an absolute advantage. A hail of arrows dealt an overwhelming blow to the Dali army.
Now Tuoba Xun, Dugu Zhong and others discovered that Pingzhou's archery camp was quite strong and was not inferior to them at all. In other words, their Xianbei archers were not at an advantage.
At this time, there was some unrest in the vanguard of the Xianbei army.
The Xianbei archers discovered that if they were too far away, the arrows they shot would not be able to hit the enemy. If they moved forward, their hit rate would be higher, but they would also be within the enemy's shooting range.
The Pingzhou soldiers were on the defensive, following orders, marching steadily and never firing randomly. They did not panic at all, nor did they waste a single arrow.
The two sides fought back and forth.
The Youzhou soldiers on the side were very excited when they saw the Xianbei soldiers were so fierce and brave. When they encountered the Xianbei army in the wild before, they were completely abused.
Now they finally saw an army that could fight against the Xianbei army!
deadlock!
The strength of both sides is equal, and neither can do anything to the other!
Tuoba Xun discussed with Dugu Zhong and Yuchi Rui and decided to change the tactics!
The Xianbei soldiers were large and strong, giving them an advantage in close combat. As long as their soldiers could rush to the front of the Pingzhou soldiers, dealing with them would be as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.
Under the command of Tuoba Xun, the Xianbei sounded the charge horn.
Woo-woo-ming
General Sun and the others held their breath unconsciously, "The Xianbei army is about to charge!"
A group of burly Xianbei men rushed forward with armor and broadswords, followed by Xianbei archers and finally Xianbei infantry.
Xian Feng was right next to Lü Desheng, protecting him. Seeing the Xianbei strongman rushing over, he curled his lips and said, "It's a pity that our Li tribe's elephant herd is not here, otherwise these people would not be enough for the elephants one by one."
General Sun and other generals looked solemn. If the Xianbei army successfully charged, Pingzhou's archery camp would be dispersed.
The Dali soldiers had no advantage over the Xianbei soldiers.
"Look, General Qin Heng has changed his battle formation!"
When Qin Heng saw the Xianbei army charging, he gave an order to his adjutant beside him. The adjutant waved the battle flag vigorously, and the Pingzhou army beat the drums directly.
On the Pingzhou side, the battle formation also changed accordingly.
Originally, after one group of archers had shot all the arrows in the quiver, they would take over as another group of archers while the quivers were being changed.
Now the Pingzhou soldiers stood in three rows and took turns shooting.
The first row of soldiers shoots an arrow, bows and retreats, and the second row of archers quickly steps forward to shoot. The third row of archers steps forward to wait, and the cycle continues.
The archery camp has strict rules and the shooting rhythm is particularly good.
When the generals of the Sun family army saw this scene, their eyes lit up and asked, "What kind of tactic is this?" Everyone was able to become a general, so they had strategic vision.
The Pingzhou Archery Camp's tactics made up for the shortcoming of low shooting frequency when arrows could not be shot continuously.
If Qin Sheng were here, he would definitely be kind enough to tell them that this was a three-stage shooting method.
To the sound of passionate drums, the archers of the Pingzhou Archery Camp shot a dense rain of arrows directly at the Xianbei soldiers.
The Xianbei soldiers were fearless and advanced under the rain of arrows.
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. Even if the Xianbei soldiers in the lead had shields and swords, they could not stop the dense and ubiquitous arrows from all angles.
The results of the battle were remarkable, and the leading Xianbei soldiers fell one by one.
Once they fell, without the protection of the shield bearers, the archers and soldiers behind them also suffered and fell down in batches.
Looking at this exciting scene, Prince Gong and other civil and military officials of Dali and the Sun family army were all shocked.
Tuoba Xun and others looked very unhappy. It was obvious that their tactics were completely defeated by Pingzhou's special shooting method.
"Keep going. As long as Pingzhou has enough arrows, it will be difficult for our warriors to break through the enemy's defense line." Yuchi Rui said bluntly.
Tuoba Xun's face turned pale. He knew very well that what General Yuchi said was true.
Dugu Zhong also said, "It's a pity that our Xianbei cavalry are not here. For a while, we can't do anything to them."
Tuoba Yu: "Let them retreat. If they continue to charge forward, they will die."
Woohoo—woohoo—
The Xianbei retreat horn sounded, and on the battlefield, the remaining Xianbei soldiers retreated like a tide.
The archery battalion in Pingzhou stopped shooting and stood by without even changing their posture.
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