Early the next morning, the rising sun shone its rays on the already greenish plains, and the brilliant light reflected on the armor and weapons of the soldiers of the two armies, and there was a scorn of slaughter.

Yu Wenming was riding on a horse at this time, walking in the middle of his cavalry ranks.

A faint sneer appeared on his resolute and resolute face, and he stared closely at the Khitan infantry who were slowly advancing in front of the Sui army camp with sharp eyes.

He raised the spear in his hand and shouted, "Brothers, charge!" Use our spears to send these Khitan dog thieves back to the West! ”

With his order, the 1,000 cavalry of the Sui army immediately began to move.

A thousand cavalry were divided into ten rows of horizontal columns, each row of 100 people, they formed a half-moon arc, and in the center of this half-moon was the 5,000 Khitan infantry who had just been arranged in formation and gathered together.

These Sui cavalry, each of them has perseverance and courage on their faces! Not a single soldier had the slightest waver in his eyes! Because they understood that if they were defeated, the Khitan army would be driven outside Blackstone City, bringing huge trouble to the main force of the Sui Army's Northern Route Army, which was attacking Blackstone City. It even led to the defeat of the entire campaign.

There was no escape from them. The enemy army must be routed with all its might to have any hope of completing the three-day siege.

The queue was quickly arranged, and the soldiers stood closely next to their comrades, standing as tightly as possible in formation, not only the knights on the horses, but also each horse was covered with iron armor, although it was not the kind of iron armor that only heavy cavalry had, but it could also withstand ordinary bows and arrows.

The cavalry in the first row is the strongest warrior selected, all of them have good martial arts, and many of them are even masters of the rivers and lakes, but they enlisted as ordinary soldiers.

Their faces were fearless, and the queue was as neat as a crescent moon!

In the barracks behind the cavalry, there was a rapid and deep sound of horns. Soon, there were bursts of frantic shouts among the ranks of the Sui cavalry.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!! ”

Yu Wenming held the spear in his hand, his face was full of fierce battle intent, and he said calmly: "I want to see what these Khitan dog thieves who dare to provoke my Great Sui warriors have!" Brothers! Sortie! ”

As he took the lead in sprinting, the Sui cavalry seemed to be in a state of excitement and frenzy, they frantically whipped their horses' buttocks, raised their spears in their hands, and rushed towards the Khitan infantry who were slowly approaching the camp like a tide! This was a rare battle between the Sui cavalry and the Khitan infantry.

Looking at the dust raised by the 1,000 cavalry of the Sui army, Abaosu, who commanded the Khitan infantry to attack, was also stunned, he never expected that when he led the infantry forward, the Sui army would actually defend and attack the Khitan army with cavalry.

It's just that there is a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Hmph! The commander of this Sui army must be crazy! He actually fiddled with the cavalry battle in front of our Khitans. Did he think he was a Khitan who grew up on horseback? It's really a water in the head......"

"Brother Abaosu, do you want to go back, talk to the leader, and change the cavalry behind to fight them?" One of his lieutenants said cautiously.

"No need! Yesterday, Zamuhe attacked the infantry of the Sui army with cavalry and suffered a big defeat. This shows that the infantry may not necessarily be defeated by the cavalry, we have a full 5,000 men, while the Sui cavalry seems to be only a thousand. Can't we defeat them with five against one? Abaosu said disapplausively.

The deputy general was a little anxious in his heart, secretly thinking that the Sui army's infantry could win yesterday because they were backed by the camp and could get the support of the archers inside, and there was a deep ditch in front of the queue. Not to mention that the equipment of the people is much better than that of the Khitans. How can this be the same?

But although Abaosu is arrogant, he is the younger brother of the Khitan leader Abao Cave, and he usually rejoices in his achievements. If you insist on stopping it, I'm afraid that your fate will be very bad.

Therefore, the lieutenant general had no choice but to order the Khitan infantry to continue to advance to meet the enemy.

After a moment, Abaosu raised his right hand, the scimitar in his hand was raised high, and he swung it in mid-air to draw a circle.

"Everyone, take out your bows and arrows!"

All Khitan soldiers can shoot arrows, so everyone can say that they are both melee and ranged. Unlike the Sui army, there were also pikemen, sword and shield soldiers, and archers. ”

The archer, who was standing at the forefront, drew his arrow from his quiver behind his back in a uniform motion and mounted the longbow.

At this time, Abaosu took the scimitar in his right hand and swung it down vigorously, and said loudly: "Release the arrow!" ”

Just listening to the sound of "buzz", from among the Khitan infantry, about two thousand archers fired a salvo at the same time!

The rain of arrows immediately rose into the sky, and then fell on the crowd of Sui cavalry advancing, bringing a cry of pain.

The Sui cavalry that was running suddenly had nearly 100 people hit arrows. But due to their better armor, only a few dozen people fell, and those who were shot, but did not hit the vital point, still gritted their teeth and supported, and still rushed forward with the large force.

Abaosu was secretly proud, before this attack, he ordered the five thousand Khitans to replace all the short bows originally used for cavalry shooting with long bows, although the longbow shooting speed is slow, but it is extremely lethal and suitable for infantry attacks.

They were able to easily penetrate the armor of ordinary cavalry at a distance of fifty zhang, so the first salvo knocked down nearly a hundred Sui cavalry.

According to common sense, when the Sui cavalry rushed in front of their own infantry formation, they had to endure three volleys. In this way, at least about 30% of the opponent's troops can be reduced.

After the melee combat between the two sides, the archers in the rear of the team can also shoot in coverage. And the cavalry is good at sprinting, which is not conducive to melee. When they really rush into their infantry camp, then they can rely on the superiority of their forces to win.

"Hehe, see how can the Sui army fight us without cavalry?" Abaosu said proudly.

Zamuhe, who had been riding on his head, led the cavalry to attack the Sui infantry yesterday and suffered a heavy defeat, if he could defeat the Sui cavalry with infantry, it would be a big face. You can take a good look at Zamuhe.

However, the sudden change in the rear quickly made Zamuhe's smile freeze.

I saw that where those archers stood, in the shallow grass covered with a thin stretch, countless Sui infantry suddenly came out, all of whom held swords in one hand and shields in the other. It's all melee combat infantry. They had apparently been lurking underground for a long time, waiting for the Khitan archers to appear in formation, and then slaughtered from the rear of the Khitan infantry.

The archers are a sharp blade against long-distance enemies, but their melee attack and defense are very poor, and the equipment of the Khitans is relatively poor, most of the Khitans wear leather armor, and some even do not wear leather armor for the convenience of archery. But they never expected that the enemy would suddenly emerge from the ground and be killed by surprise at once. There is no time to change swords to meet them.

"Kill! Kill all these Khitan archers! Guo Ziyi, who led these infantrymen, raised his broadsword and shouted loudly.

Last night, they quietly dug a pit more than 200 zhang in front of the camp. And then lurked in. Just waiting to kill from the enemy's rear today, so as to catch the Khitans by surprise, and now it really works.

After the Khitan archers were attached, they completely became the slaughter targets of the Sui infantry. The ranks of Khitan archers were suddenly chaotic, and in order to avoid the sudden attack of the Sui infantry, they went to the front of their ranks, and those Khitan soldiers with guns and shields crowded over, trying to seek the protection of these spear and shield soldiers.

However, they didn't expect that they would run over in such a mess, squeezing the originally neatly arranged formation of the soldiers standing in front of them all at once. Moreover, if the pikemen want to deal with the enemy in the rear, they have to draw back the spears placed on the shields, so that the shield soldiers who were originally impermeable and prepared to meet the Sui cavalry will naturally be greatly affected.

"! The Sui people actually hid soldiers underground, so I said how could he be so bold that only a thousand cavalry dared to fight a field battle with five thousand of us. Abaosu immediately knew that he had been fooled.

But now he knew that he couldn't turn the situation around if he was fooled, and without archers shooting, the Sui cavalry quickly rushed to the front of the Khitan formation. Like a tide, it slammed into the forefront of the Khitan spear and shield phalanx, and this torrent seemed to hit the rocks, and it suddenly sparked!!

There was a dense rush of ping-pong, and the powerful Sui cavalry rushed into the array of Khitan infantry at once.

It should be said that what Abao Grottoes brought this time are the Khitan elites who are brave and not afraid of death.

The shield wall in the front row was slightly untidy at the first time, although their shields were mostly simple wooden shields, but they immediately used their bodies to resist the shields with all their strength to prevent the Sui cavalry from rushing over.

Originally, at this time, the pikemen in the second and third rows behind them should also press forward with all their might, trying their best to use their spears to assassinate the Sui cavalry that rushed up. The place that was rushed out of the gap was also filled by the substitute shield soldiers in the rear, so that they could resist the fierce impact of the Sui cavalry!

However, now the pikemen in the second and third rows were taking care of themselves, and they were fighting hard against the Sui infantry who were killing from behind. Although pikemen are not completely incomprehensible to melee combat like archers, pikes are also suitable for mid-range impact assassination, not suitable for melee combat, not to mention that their formation has long been rushed by their own defeated archers, and they are even more inferior, and can only struggle to support.

Finally, the Khitan shield soldiers in the first row completely collapsed after fighting a meal effort. The cavalry of the Sui army took advantage of the situation and slaughtered to the rear under the leadership of Yu Wenming, using their sabers and spears to harvest the lives of the Khitans who had become a mess.

Abaosu was already sweating at this time, and although the Sui army suddenly appeared with 2,000 infantry, the total number was still less than that of the Khitans. It's just that the formation of the Khitan army has completely collapsed and is currently in chaos. If you continue to be entangled like this, I am afraid that it will be a fiasco.

"Withdraw!" Abaosu saw that the defeat had been achieved, and if he didn't run, he might be a prisoner. Immediately the order was given to retreat. Although this attack failed, he could be regarded as testing the determination of the chief general of the Sui army.

The Khitans, who were still barely resisting, saw that the main generals had run away, and their morale suddenly collapsed, and they realized that the Sui army was not so easy to deal with, no wonder the Goryeo envoys only hoped that they could entangle the Sui army, rather than asking them to defeat the Sui army.

Now that the Khitan infantry had been routed backwards, they were scrambling to run away, just trying to escape back to their camp.

Yu Wenming knew that the poor should not chase this truth, and the Khitans still had a large number of cavalry on the periphery, and they couldn't get cheap if they really caught up, so they also ordered Wu Jin to withdraw his troops.