Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

It is easy to guess what the Yuezhi people think.

If the northern barbarians and the foreign races are evenly matched and consume each other, and it is difficult to tell the winner in a short time, the Yuezhi people will keep watching.Until the armies of both sides were killed and wounded due to the war, and the northern barbarians became weak due to the shortage of food and grass, the Yue clan would rush to help the aliens beat the dogs in the water, hoping to get the maximum reward from the aliens with the least loss, and by the way, the northern barbarians The treasure was looted.

It's a good way to do one job and get double pay.At that time, the Yuezhi people will be a new force, but the foreign race will consume too much, so they will not be able to argue with the Yuezhi people about the benefits after the war. Promised something.

If the foreign race had gained the upper hand from the very beginning and could defeat the northern barbarians, then the Yuezhi people would not even appear on the frontal battlefield.These thugs would definitely attack the camp of the northern barbarians directly. Before the aliens and the northern barbarians came back to their senses, they would loot all the treasures of the northern barbarians and leave nothing behind.

Because treasures are small in size but of great value, they are easier to carry than cattle and sheep.If the Yuezhi people take the treasure, it is equivalent to getting the reward for the battle. If they choose to get the cattle and sheep from the intact foreign race after the war, what if the foreign race refuses to pay because of their own numbers?Didn't they send troops in vain?

The third case.If the northern barbarians had gained the upper hand from the beginning, the Yuezhi people would try to join forces with foreign troops to deal with the northern barbarians.If the combination works well and the northern barbarians are suppressed by them, then the Yuezhi people will continue to stay on the battlefield to deal with the enemy.If they are still defeated by the Northern Barbarians together, then the Yuezhi will definitely be the first to run away, and they will not care what happens to the Northern Barbarians.

It happened that the northern barbarians cared about the livestock of a foreign race, so they didn't have to worry about being chased and killed by the feuding northern barbarians.

Why wouldn't the Yuezhi people stand on the side of the northern barbarians?

Because in the northern barbarian country, only the northern barbarian is the main ethnic group with the largest population and the strongest reproductive ability.Once the Yuezhi people helped the northern barbarians defeat the aliens, would the more powerful northern barbarians let the feuding Yuezhi go just because of their temporary help?Not at all!This group of ungrateful and shameless northern barbarians would only take advantage of their victories and destroy their allies Yueshi when they were at their most powerful.

To unite with the northern barbarians is to seek skin from a tiger, and the foreign races have been their allies, so the fate of the foreign races is so bleak, will the Yuezhi continue to jump into the pit?

Northern barbarians, they drove themselves to a dead end by themselves!In this way, there is no way to make people believe that a nation that can never be unified internally will only decline step by step.

No matter what, the Yuezhi people can become allies of other races, and there is no need to worry about them suddenly turning their faces and refusing to recognize them in a short period of time.So these alien leaders are still very satisfied with the Di clan's contact.But the reliability of the Yuezhi people is too low after all, and it is better to ask for others than to ask for oneself. Instead of trusting this unreliable ally, it is better to figure out a countermeasure by oneself.

In the early morning of the next day, no matter whether it was the foreign tribe or the northern barbarian tribe, the two sides did not make an appointment to fight, but they reached a plain by the Qingli Lake with a tacit understanding, and each set up a battle formation, preparing for a life-and-death battle.

With the forces of the two sides evenly matched, both the alien race and the northern barbarian race thought of a way to hit the morale of the other side - fighting generals!

A warrior of the northern barbarians clapped his horse forward. The weapon in his hand was not a gun or a lance like the generals in the Central Plains, but an eight-foot-long bronze wolf with a head full of thorns. Tooth stick.

The alien side was also unambiguous. The warriors sent out carried a large bronze ax in their hands. The handle of the ax alone was more than seven feet long, and there was a sharp spike at the end of the handle that looked like a spear head, shining coldly. It seemed that this big The ax can not only chop and chop, but also pick and stab.Looking at the shape, this weapon looks like a battle-axe that people in the Central Plains basically don't use anymore, but the patterns on it are far less refined than the axes and battle-axes of the Central Plains in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and it looks much rougher.

Whether it is a mace or an axe, such weapons are rarely used in the Central Plains.The reason is simple, this weapon consumes too much energy, and its movements are not very flexible. It is not as convenient as weapons such as lances, spears, and spears to change moves immediately.

The lances commonly used by people in the Central Plains are already very heavy, and a good lance weighs more than ten or twenty kilograms.Weapons such as Modao are only heavier, and the lightest ones weigh more than 20 catties, while large axes and maces of this size weigh at least thirty or forty catties, even fifty or sixty catties. possible.

Jingren's heavy cavalry had to wear iron armor, and the full armor would weigh more than half a stone, that is, it would weigh fifty or sixty catties, and the horses of the heavy cavalry also had to wear heavy armor, which was too heavy a burden. .If the cavalry used such heavy weapons again, they would not be able to support the consumption they needed for the entire war. Even if the people could bear it, the horses could not bear it, and they would be exhausted before the war was over.It would be fine if the person holding the weapon was a powerful man like Jiang Yuan, but ordinary people would not be able to wield it even if they held it, and they would not be able to achieve the effect of killing the enemy at all.

Moreover, compared with weapons such as mace and axes, spike-shaped weapons such as lances and spears can borrow more horsepower and have better lethality.Whether it is a simple puncture by an ordinary soldier or a general who is good at martial arts, it can have a very good effect. Compared with the heavy axe and mace, it is more flexible to use, and it consumes less metal. It can be distributed as a standard weapon.

The northern barbarians are different.

They seldom wear iron armor, but generally wear leather armor, which is very light.Even leaders or generals who have iron armor to wear will not wear full-body heavy armor, at most they will wear a fish scale armor that protects the vital parts of the torso like a waistcoat.

In this way, they can use this heavy weapon without worrying about physical exertion when their burdens are greatly reduced.The advantage of this kind of weapon is that it doesn't even need to borrow the horse's momentum to use it. You can use the inertia of the weapon itself to injure the enemy with just a swoop. Even if the enemy is wearing heavy armor, it is useless, and he will be seriously injured.

Of course, the fundamental reason for the appearance of such weapons in the Northern Mansion Congress is that the Northern Mansion Kingdom is not good at iron smelting, and iron weapons are very scarce.If they used their miserable bronze casting technology, which was not as good as that of the Shang Dynasty in the Central Plains, to make weapons such as spears, lances, or swords, they might break if they touched Jingren's weapons casually.Then why fight, just surrender...

The iron scimitars used by the northern barbarians were snatched from the Western Regions. Although the quality is not as good as the weapons of the Jing Dynasty, they can still be used barely, but there is no way to make long weapons.

The long weapons used by countries in the Western Regions were all imported from Central Asia or even Europe. They were either too long or too heavy. The short northern barbarians were not used to them at all, and the shorter northern barbarian horses were not suitable for using them. weapons.Therefore, the northern barbarians can only make do with heavy weapons such as maces and large axes cast in bronze.

This type of weapon was originally designed to win with its heavy weight. It is not afraid of being cut behind the back, and you don’t have to worry about breaking if it is touched by Suan Jingren’s weapon. It can finally survive the entire battle, and you don’t have to worry about changing weapons as soon as you fight...

The generals of both sides have met each other at the Muzhe Conference, and they don't even need to give their first and last names.The warriors on both sides leaned forward on their horses, swung the heavy weapons in their hands, and swung them sideways towards the opponent's body.I only heard a heavy sound of "dang", like the sound of iron striking in a blacksmith's shop, but much louder than the sound of iron striking.The weapons of the two sides collided together, and this time there was no winner!

Using this kind of heavy weapon can't do tricks at all. Once you do tricks, your movements will be slow, and you will lose the battle.Therefore, the process of the contest between the two sides is basically waving weapons in their hands and colliding non-stop, and the sound of "Dangdangdang" can be heard endlessly.

No special skills were used, the two generals were just competing with each other in terms of strength and speed.Of course, with such a heavy weapon, even if you want to achieve extreme speed, it is difficult. In the end, it is just a sound...

The strength of the generals on both sides is not much different, and there is no difference in speed.Seeing that they couldn't tell which was better, the leaders simply waved their hands again, and the two sides rushed forward with two warriors.In the middle of the battlefield, three-on-three fights started.

In addition to the big ax and mace just now, four weapons appeared in the center of the field: gourd hammer, octagonal hammer, caltrop bone (some resemble mace, that is, gourd hammer with long thorns) and broad axe.These weapons are less common in the Central Plains, and some people have never seen them at all, but they are the most common weapons in the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and everyone holds similar ones.

After a while of hard fighting, the knights didn't do anything, but the horses under them couldn't stand such a violent shock.The horse of the alien general carrying a pair of octagonal hammers couldn't bear it any longer, and he even knelt on the ground with his front legs. The opponent seized this opportunity, took the ax in his hand, and chopped off his head.Seeing that the warriors on their side had won the competition, the northern barbarian's morale was greatly shaken, and the whole army immediately mobilized and charged towards the alien race.

You will lose the battle, and you can't lose again in the battle.The leader of the Hu tribe charged forward and led the alien army to kill the cavalry of the opponent. Using the momentum of the horse, a round of arrows was shot at the northern barbarians fiercely.

In terms of riding and archery skills, the level of the two sides is almost the same. After a round of arrow rain, hundreds of knights fell off their horses, but the speed of the horses on both sides was amazing, but they rushed forward in an instant, and they had to compete in close combat up.

According to the thinking of the northern barbarians, they didn't want to compete with the alien race in any melee combat at all. They wanted to bypass the alien army from the side and attack the opponent with bows and arrows from the side or even the rear.This method is their usual routine, and it can avoid being massacred by the enemy due to the low armor protection.However, this move is useful against infantry and weaker troops, but it has no way to deal with foreign races that also only have cavalry and are also fast.

The foreign race didn't want to cater to the devious tactics of the northern barbarians at all. They were all nomads and the army of the northern barbarian country. They didn't cooperate in battle once or twice. The foreign race had long been familiar with the tactics of the northern barbarians.Giving up the flanks can only increase your own casualties, and the aliens will never allow this to happen.Both sides are cavalry, and the level of horses is similar. How could they successfully let the northern barbarians rush to the flank?

As soon as the northern barbarian turned the direction of the horse's head, the foreign race on the opposite side also changed direction. In this way, if the northern barbarian planned to continue rushing to the flank of the foreign army, they would only give up their flanks to the foreign shooters to attack.Seeing that avoidance was inevitable, the soldiers of the northern barbarians had no choice but to give up their original ideas and ruthlessly collided with the alien army, competing for the melee combat they least wanted.

This is a solution that the leader of the Hu tribe came up with.

If you have to compete in riding and shooting, although the level of the aliens is very good, it is in the case of one arrow and two arrows. If they shoot more arrows, they will still be less stable than the northern barbarians.And some time ago, in order to defend against the attacks of the northern barbarians, they spent a lot of arrows on the protection of the camp. If they continue to compete in riding and archery, their skills are not good enough, and the arrows are not enough. It is very likely that they will be consumed by the northern barbarians. die.It's better to compete in melee combat with almost the same difference, maybe there is a way to win!

If it is a one-on-one melee combat, then what the two sides need to compete is skill, strength, and various factors that will affect the battle situation.But in the melee battle between the two armies in the chaotic army, if there is not much difference in equipment, for ordinary soldiers, I am afraid that the competition is luck and courage.

The northern barbarians have already lost their food at this time, and they have already said that when the wise king gathered his army to boost their morale in the early morning, their food can only last for three days now, and they will be starved to death after three days .

The belief of not wanting to die supported the northern barbarians to fight with their backs and fight desperately.Anyway, they are going to die. It is better to die on the battlefield than to starve to death in the camp. If they win, they will be able to enjoy food while stepping on the bones of other races. Therefore, the soldiers of the northern barbarians can be said to be fearless at this time. , rushing up desperately!

The morale of the foreign races was lower than that of the northern barbarians, and now they are even a little weaker in courage. Although on the surface it seems that the two warring parties are still fighting each other, but people with a discerning eye can see it immediately. If the growth rate increases, the northern barbarians will definitely gain the upper hand.Although the authorities were confused, the leaders of the foreign races could already see the problem when the melee battle was fought until noon.

The leader of the Di tribe quickly ordered his subordinates to contact the Yuezhi people and let them attack the northern barbarians with his side.He knew very well that the northern barbarians hadn't gained the upper hand at this time. If the Yuezhi people were willing to attack immediately, they would definitely be able to defeat the northern barbarians and defeat them smoothly. This was also in the interests of the Yuezhi people.And once the time is extended, even if they join forces, the outcome will be unpredictable.

But what he didn't expect was that the Yuezhi people would release their pigeons at such an important moment.He waited for half an hour, but the Yuezhi people hadn't appeared yet!Could it be that the Yuezhi people formed an alliance with the northern barbarians?How can this be? !Are they so short-sighted?

"Where are those damned Yuezhi people?" The leader of the Yi tribe rushed over covered in blood, and asked loudly the leader of the Di tribe who was stunned there, "Have you contacted them? Why haven't they shown up yet?"

"They haven't come yet..." The leader of the Di tribe cut off a northern barbarian from his horse with a face full of resentment, and then said fiercely: "This group of **** bastards! They continue to want to see us consume each other! I want to eat both of us and become the overlord of this grassland again!"

That's what they said, but if the Yuezhi people didn't show up, there was nothing they could do.The northern barbarians refused to let them go, and the aliens could only continue to fight and fight, trying their best to support themselves without showing their defeat, to preserve their strength as much as possible, and wait for the rescue of the Yuezhi people.

Seeing that the Yuezhi people hadn't appeared yet, the leader of the Hu tribe was so angry that his teeth were itchy with hatred. He had no choice but to order someone to raise a special blue flag and wave it vigorously on the battlefield.The leaders of the foreign races present all saw the special flag. Although they didn't know whether they should fight desperately at this time, but they couldn't think of a better way, they could only choose to follow the instructions of the Hu tribe.

"I'm dead! Fight!" The leader of the Di tribe wiped the blood on his face, and led the tribe to charge towards the left side of the northern barbarian with a ferocious face, shouting "Left, left! "Called the nearby alien soldiers to follow him to the left.

Following the movements of the Di people, the remaining troops of the other races also rushed towards the left side of the northern barbarian army like crazy.Except for a few people who stayed behind to block the enemy army rushing from the right, the other aliens gathered their forces to kill the enemy army on the left, encircling and annihilating this part of the northern barbarian soldiers with almost twice the number of enemies there.

At the beginning, no one could see what was wrong, but after a while, the northern barbarian soldiers on the left suffered heavy casualties, while the right side was safe and sound, which immediately made the northern barbarian King You Xian very angry.

The rule of the northern barbarians is to respect the left, so the status of the wise king of Zuo who uses the word "Zuo" in his title is higher than that of the wise king of the right.In the formation of the army, the army of Zuo Xianwang was arranged on the left, and the army of Youxian King was arranged on the right.

If food is sufficient for this kind of trivial matter, King Youxian may still argue, but now that the overall situation is more important, King Youxian is too lazy to fight with King Zuoxian, so the battle formation is like this.They fought against the foreign race, and the left side of the foreign race was the right side of the northern barbarians, so the army that had just been killed in large numbers was the army of King Youxian!

These aliens would rather be killed and injured by King Zuoxian's army, and have to gather their hands to kill his subordinates first. King Youxian suffered heavy losses for a while, so how could they not hate him!

The battle between him and Zuo Xianwang for the position of Khan has not yet come to a conclusion, and it is time to preserve his strength.Originally, he was inferior to Zuo Xianwang in terms of position, and even Zuo Xianwang got the seal belonging to the Great Khan first. If the army under his command suffered heavy losses, what else would he use to compete for the position of Khan?Do you want to give up the position of Great Khan to the stupid Zuo Xianwang?

King Youxian is a smart man, but the smarter he is, the more selfish he is, and he doesn't have any thinking about the overall situation.Especially the northern barbarians didn't have any beliefs of righteousness and selflessness at all. King Youxian wanted to get livestock and food immediately, but he didn't want to exchange these with the sweat he was about to get.

He hesitated like this, and when he was unbalanced, he naturally refused to work hard in the fight, and even ordered the army to shrink the battle formation to strengthen his own defense.But with such a reduction in troops, his own defense has increased, but he has given up the flanks of King Zuoxian's army, allowing foreigners to attack at will.This approach caused the flanks of Zuo Xianwang's army to be crushed and beaten by aliens, which almost drove Zuo Xianwang to death!

When did you become selfish, and you shrink your troops at such a time!As a northern barbarian, King Youxian doesn't consider the overall situation at all?

But what else could he say?If he was violently attacked, he would do the same. This kind of selfishness is the nature of the northern barbarians, and it cannot be changed with a sentence or two...

King Youxian ordered to shrink his troops and retreated completely. The flanks of King Zuoxian's army lost their protection and were repeatedly attacked by aliens, causing heavy losses for a while.In the balance of war, the weights on both sides have changed, and the aliens who were about to retreat once again gained the upper hand, killing the northern barbarian army and retreating steadily, regaining control of the situation of the war!

At this time, there was a heavy sound of horseshoes hitting the ground from the nearby hillside. The sound of rolling hoofs was like thunder, heavy and powerful, and it came towards the rear of the northern barbarians. Formed the trend of attacking the northern barbarians.

"It's the Yuezhi people! It should be the Yuezhi people!" The leader of the Di clan almost cheered.Although he also hates the Yuezhi people for letting him go, and he has been stretching and refusing to make a move, insisting on showing up when he can take advantage, but his army suffered heavy losses in this battle, although the number of northern barbarians killed was more than his The loss is more, but it is certainly better if the subordinate clansmen die less.Without the army, what will he do to maintain the right to speak on the grassland in the future?

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said the words, the leader of the Yi tribe who stayed next to him said "Hey", "That's not right, is this the costume of the Yuezhi people? Why are they dressed like this?"

Hearing the words of the leader of the Yi tribe, the leader of the Di tribe stretched his neck and looked behind the northern barbarian army.I saw that the smoke and dust rolled up by the horseshoes on the hillside was so thick that I couldn't see the clothes of the reinforcements clearly for a while.He looked carefully again, and only then did he notice some differences. The Yuezhi people were nomads, and they should be wearing special leather hats, but those who came... were wearing iron helmets!

Well, the Yuezhi people can also wear iron helmets, and there is no rule that nomads cannot wear iron helmets. After all, the Yuezhi people have been equipped with a lot of equipment in recent years, and maybe there is a way to get enough iron helmets.But the iron helmet is good, so is the iron armor easy to make?How could they wear full body armor?This kind of iron armor consumes a lot of iron and requires very complicated craftsmanship to make. Do the Yuezhi people still have such craftsmanship?

Moreover, the horses that those knights were riding were not the right height, they seemed to be a head taller than the Northern barbarian horses they were riding on. The horses that looked like this were clearly the BMWs of the Western Regions or the BMWs of the Far West. How could the Yuezhi people Maybe it's possible to get so many good horses quietly?

The leader of the Di Clan also saw that something was wrong at this time, these people are definitely not Yuezhi people!Who are they? !

At this time, the leading knight had rushed down the hillside, and the smoke and dust gradually dispersed, revealing the face of the leading knight.People from other races can't see their faces clearly, but the northern barbarians who are close can see clearly. These knights have yellow skin, black hair and black eyes. The bridge of their noses is not as high as those of the Western Regions. The standard has already stated that its name is the Mingguang armor of the Jing Dynasty.

These people are Jing people!Jingjun is here!