Chapter 50: The Iron Harrier
"Despicable Song people, did you design it?"
Cha Heli, the leader of the Western Xia people, glared at Lu Yuanpei on the side and said.
"I ...... I do not know! ”
After being glared at by Cha Heli, Lu Yuanpei felt that his feet were soft, and his voice trembled and said.
"Get out of here!"
Cha Heli kicked Lu Yuanpei in the stomach, and Lu Yuanpei crawled on the ground in pain, his facial features twisted together.
Woo......
The desolate and majestic trumpet sounded!
The footsteps of Qi Brush Brush rang out, and they were getting closer and closer!
The Swinging Army lined up in an extremely neat military formation, slowly advancing towards this side.
In this heaven and earth, except for the footsteps of Qi Shu, no other sound can be heard.
Cha Heli looked at the army advancing like a wall, his face changed several times, just from the military formation, he could see that this army was by no means comparable to those armies of the Song Kingdom.
"Cavalry ready!"
"Flank assault and break through the enemy formation."
Chaheli ordered that he was ready to give full play to the cavalry advantage of Western Xia, and was not prepared to collide head-on with the army formation.
Three hundred Western Xia cavalry mounted their horses one after another, gathered together, and jumped out of their horses, and the war horses slowly picked up speed, and detoured towards the flank of the Dang Captive Army.
The one sent by the Western Xia to accept the Song State New Year's coins this time was the absolute elite heavy cavalry of the Western Xia, the Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry!
After all, accepting the New Year's coin is a matter related to the face of the Western Xia, of course, the king of the Western Xia cannot send an ordinary army, and the king of the Western Xia cannot afford to lose face.
Iron Harrier, a heavy cavalry unit founded by Jingzong of Western Xia. In addition to using it as the escort and honor guard of the supreme ruler of Western Xia, it later developed into the main force of Western Xia, as a "front army" that charged into battle and assaulted the enemy's formation.
It is just used as a guard of honor to accept the Song New Year's coin!
Even if something happens, this team of 300 Iron Harrier heavy cavalry will let the Song people know what fear is!
The Western Xia was established by force, and the army was most famous for its cavalry and mountain heavy infantry, especially the heavy cavalry Pingxia Iron Harrier had the strongest combat effectiveness.
The iron harrier rides a good horse, heavy armor, and stabbing in, and is twisted with a hook and rope, although it does not fall immediately after death. In case of battle, the iron cavalry will break through the formation first, and the chaos will impact it; The infantry marched on horseback.
This heavy cavalry corps of 3,000 people is divided into ten teams, each team has 300 people, and the team has a captain, who serves as the captain of the "fierce general of the moment".
The captain of the ten teams recorded in the Song Rentian's "Confucian Discussion": "One sister Le, two waves are changed, three fine rewards are buried, four are slaves, five miscellaneous are familiar with Qu Ze Gu, six Kuma Cai Langluo, seven fine mother Qu Be, eight Li is false to move the rock name, nine fine mother Wei name, ten is not buried in Luo." ”
It is the trump card in Li Yuanhao's hand, in addition to using it as the escort of the supreme ruler, he also uses it as the "front army" that charges into battle.
This cavalry was well-armed, and could not penetrate on good horses, heavy armor, and stabs, and was twisted with hooks and cables, although it did not fall on a dead horse.
In case of battle, the iron cavalry will break through the formation first, and the chaos will impact it; The infantry marched on horseback".
Before the appearance of the Mongol iron cavalry, this cavalry was the fiercest cavalry in the world, and it was also the nightmare of all party enemies.
Brave in battle and strict in military discipline, it can be described as a sharp sword in the hands of Western Xia!
In order to maintain its absolute combat effectiveness, the selection method is hereditary.
The father's armor was passed on to the son, and the son's armor was passed on to the grandson, and the inheritance of the ancestors from generation to generation created the martial arts that flowed in the blood.
The fourth record of "Soldiers" records: "There are Pingxia cavalry, called 'iron harriers', who go for hundreds of miles, thousands of miles and periods, and are the most able to come and go suddenly, if the electric shock is flying." Whenever they encounter an enemy in the place where they gallop on the plains, they often use iron harriers to think that they are rushing soldiers. ”
Chen Yan, who was in the formation of the Dang Capture Army, also saw the Iron Harrier Heavy Rider who was moving rapidly towards his flank, and a solemn look flashed in his eyes.
He didn't expect that he would encounter a team of Iron Harrier heavy cavalry!
Encountering heavy cavalry on the plains is definitely a catastrophic war!
However, Chen Yan is not without the ability to deal with them, even if he doesn't use the earth-shaking thunder, Chen Yan has a way to kill these seemingly ferocious heavy horses.
"Array, prepare to meet the enemy, meet the onslaught of the Iron Harrier!"
"Don't be afraid, everyone, now that we are in the mud, the iron harrier can't rush up, it's not so scary! As long as we hold the line, the victory will be ours. ”
Chen Yan yelled, and when he saw the Iron Harrier Heavy Rider, his somewhat flustered formation quickly stabilized.
"The army retreats, throws the thistle terrestris, and the earth-shaking thunder prepares!"
As Chen Yan's orders were issued one after another, the Dang Capture Army was ready to face the battle, and the neat military formation slowly moved back, and the ground was sprinkled with thistles.
One by one, the earth-shattering thunderbolts were taken out, ready to ignite the fuses at any time and throw them out!
"Fish Scale Formation, prepare to storm the enemy formation!"
As the captain of the Iron Harrier, Chaheli took the lead and shouted loudly.
This is in the mud, the speed of the iron harrier cannot be raised, once the speed is too fast, the war horse can not maintain its balance in the mud, and may fall to the ground with people and horses.
Once the heavy cavalry charge starts, it cannot be stopped, and once it lands, it will definitely die, and even if it is lucky not to fall to death, it will die tragically under the trampling of the horses of its companions.
Because heavy riding can't turn!
And the heavy cavalry, which lost its speed, was not as powerful as imagined.
But he was still ready to storm the enemy's formation, because there were no retreating iron harriers!
Although the speed of the Iron Harrier cannot be mentioned as the highest, it can still impact the enemy phalanx, anyway, there are more than 1,000 enemy troops on the opposite side, facing the impact of three hundred heavy horses, even if it is not at full speed.
It is impossible for more than 1,000 people to stop it!
The Iron Harrier galloped across the snowfield and began to prepare for a charge.
In fact, to put it mildly, their formation is called the fish scale array, and to put it mildly, it is basically simplified, one by one, the formation of small teams gathered, like fish scales, and then rushed towards the opponent's defensive formation.
Form a wave of shocks, form a continuous blow, and break through the enemy's military formation!
"Kill!"
"Kill Song Dog!"
"The Iron Harrier is invincible."
“……”
One by one, the Iron Harriers roared feverishly and rushed towards the Swinging Army.
What awaits them is the dense iron thistle terrestris on the ground, as well as the earth-shattering thunder that is ready to be launched.
Even if they break through these, they will be greeted next by a forest of spears and a number of heavy infantry of the Swinging Army wearing hard plate armor.
In the face of the roaring heavy cavalry, the Dang Capture Army quickly changed its formation and became three platoons!
In the first row are the captive sergeants wearing full-body plate armor, holding shields and ring-headed swords!
In the second row are the captive sergeants in half-body armor and holding spears!
And in the third row behind them, there were the sergeants who were not equipped with plate armor, only ring-headed swords and shields.
"Sigh the law ......"
Suddenly, a group of iron harriers rushing to the front came to an abrupt halt, and the front hooves of the war horses were raised high, letting out a painful neigh.
Immediately, the knight could not control his horse, and fell off his horse with a scream, crushed to death by the heavy armor on his body.
The Western Xia Iron Harrier fell more than a dozen horses at once!