The cavalry of the Liao army naturally knew very well that if they could not quickly break through and get rid of it, so as to win more battlefield space, when Luo Hongxin's cavalry came back, they would be devastated.

In a frenzied counterattack, the horse fell, and the knight jumped off his horse and rushed forward, but the man fell, but the horse was still driven forward and collided.

They completely smashed the Tang Army's infantry phalanx blocking in front of them with half a pillar of incense, but before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the scene that appeared in front of them made the Liao cavalry who rushed out of the obstacle gasp.

Three new formations of the Don army appeared in front of them.

The formation of the inverted zigzag distribution happened to sandwich the prominent Liao cavalry in the middle. Rows of spears diagonally upward, blades sticking through shields, and, of course, countless crossbow arrows that swooped down with a whistling sound.

The arm of the Tang army stretched the crossbow.

The arm-open crossbow with a range of up to one hundred and fifty steps was fired flat at such a close distance, not to mention the leather armor on the cavalry of the Liao army, even the iron armor, which could not be stopped.

Crossbow arrows came from three directions, and the Liao cavalry, who had just gotten rid of the Tang army's infantry phalanx in front, fell down like wheat in an instant.

The distance between the two sides was too close, and even the speed of the horses could not be lifted, and the corpses of the fallen cavalry and the wounded horses became obstacles, and the cavalry could not accelerate, but the three foot soldiers of the Tang Army slowly pressed towards the middle in the sharp whistle, and each step was pressed, and the pressure on the cavalry of the Liao army was several points greater.

The crossbow bolts stopped firing, but countless spears stabbed in unison. In every Liao country on the periphery, as long as they raised their eyes, there were several bright spears poking at them in front of them.

By this time, the cavalry of the Liao army had completely lost their speed and became a group of foot soldiers on horses.

Although sitting on the war horse can look down on the enemy, this does not bring them an increase in combat effectiveness, on the contrary, they need to bend down to cut, lean over to stab, the war horse under the crotch, unable to move, unable to get up, the huge body has become the key target of the Tang army's attack.

Horses neighed to the ground, and knights were poked off their horses.

The Tang army paid the price of almost completely crushing the two advance formations, completely blocking the Liao cavalry and trapping some of them.

The luck of the Liao cavalry, who had not yet been trapped, was not much better than that of being trapped, because at this moment, behind them, the cavalry led by Luo Hongxin had already turned around and killed.

In desperation, these Liao cavalry could only turn around on the spot and ride their horses to meet the Tang cavalry.

If the first battle, the battle loss ratio of the two sides is almost the same, but the second cavalry confrontation has become a one-sided situation, one side charges strongly, the other side barely meets the attack, speed, strength, momentum are all dominant Tang Army, crushing the counterattack of the Liao cavalry.

The cavalry of the Liao army that passed through the Tang cavalry did not turn back this time, but ran in the direction of the Liao army's main formation from a distance.

When he came, there were 5,000 cavalry, but when he returned, there were less than 2,000 left.

Hearing that the Liao cavalry left behind in the Tang Army's infantry battle formation did not struggle for long before all of them were wiped out, only a few people with excellent riding skills and outstanding personal strength escaped from their lives, beating their horses and running towards both sides of the battlefield.

The drums rumbled above the city, the military trumpets were loud, and under the city, the Tang military began to reorganize the formation and merge the ranks.

The originally scattered phalanxes were gathered together to form a complete phalanx, with the shield bearers in the front, the pikemen in the back, the sword and shield bearers scattered in between, and the crossbowmen in the back. At the forefront of them were Luo Hongxin's cavalry.

On the opposite side, the infantry of the Liao army was approaching. And their cavalry, by this time, had been dispersed to both flanks.

Luo Hongxin once again raised the horse lance in his hand, and with a long roar, he smashed the horse forward.

Now, it was their turn to take the initiative to break through the infantry phalanx of the Liao army. Unlike the Liao army, behind them, the foot soldiers followed closely.

Indomitable.

When the cavalry of the Tang Army launched a charge, they did not think that they could come back.

Forward, forward, until you can't move forward.

Fight, fight, and fight until death comes.

Above the city, Han Qi was as motionless as a mountain, Xue Ping's face was as usual, but Qu Zhong, who was standing beside them, was full of red face and excitement, holding his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, pulling it out from time to time and closing it.

Qu Zhong and Luo Hongxin were both the first martial arts test after the imperial court's northern hunting, Luo Hongxin was the champion of martial arts, and Qu Zhong was the eye. However, after that, the two took different paths, Qu Zhong stayed in Wuyi as an official, while Luo Hongxin was sent to Zuojin Wuwei to serve as a general with the qualifications of Zhuang Yuan.

When Han Qi left Wuyi, he took Qu Zhong with him. Because he and Qu Zhong both know very well that if they stay in Wuyi any longer, Qu Zhong will never have any future, and if he wants to make a comeback, Qu Zhong can only go to the battlefield to seek credit.

This is also Han Qi's return to Qu Zhong.

Li Ze is willing to be a corporal of courtesy and grace to Han Qi, but for a small role like Qu Zhong, he won't look at it at all. And those people down there, it was originally difficult to deal with Qu Zhong because of Han Qi's protection, but now that Han Qi is gone, isn't it holding Qu Zhong in his hands?

"Qu Zhong, what do you think of the current battle situation, what should we do next?" Wanting to mention this loyal subordinate, Han Qi asked with a smile.

Qu Zhong was stunned, he didn't expect Han Qi to ask him this question at this time, but he immediately reacted again, this was an investigation of him, not to mention that there was also a Xue Chong standing beside him at this moment, and after hearing this question, he also turned his head sideways to look at him with interest.

After thinking for a moment, Qu Zhong said: "My subordinates feel that at this moment, although our army has been mired in the Liao army's infantry array, like a quagmire, and it is difficult, it is still assembled into a battle formation that echoes each other. If you can get the opponent to mobilize your forces first, then look for an opportunity to attack. ”

"That's it?" Han Qi smiled slightly, "You have been following me these days, you should also know what the strength of our army is, right?" ”

Qu Zhong took a deep breath and said, "This is the greatest reliance of our army. It's exposed now, didn't it give Zhang Zhongwu a reminder? ”

Han Qi and Xue Chong glanced at each other, and they both laughed.

"Qu Zhong, Deng Jingshan and Zhang Zhongwu, although one is a Shangguan and the other is a general, but in terms of strength, Deng Jingshan is not much weaker. Therefore, it is also extremely important for us to hit Deng Jingshan hard. Therefore, the battle of Jianchang is not imaginary, this battle will make Zhang Zhongwu re-examine our troops, and it will also make him pay more attention to us, but in the end? ”

Xue Chong continued: "He will find that no matter how much he attaches importance to it and how he adjusts it, there is still no way to fully grasp our strength. ”

"So when Deng Jingshan dispatches more troops to try to encircle and suppress the 8,000 soldiers and horses led by General Luo, our cavalry will directly attack his headquarters!" Qu Zhong suddenly realized.

"Deng Jingshan won't be so easily encapsulated here by us, but well, the Liao army that is now entangled with Luo Hongxin on the battlefield, don't think about Luo!" Xue Ping said with a smile.

"Force him to break his arm to survive!" Looking at the battle scene in the distance, Qu Zhong finally understood completely. Now Luo Hongxin's hard battle is just to attract more Liao countries to join, and the more Liao troops who join the battlefield now, the fewer people who can withdraw after a while.

When Deng Jingshan found out about this, it was already too late.

The Tang Army's strength in Jianyuan and Suizhong was not the main force of Zuo Jin Wuwei at all, but a temporarily recruited retired soldier, and the serious mistake of the Tang Army's strength in the estimation made Deng Jingshan suffer a big loss in the next battle.

When he received the news that two Tang army teams of up to 10,000 people appeared on the battlefield on the left and right, he was directly stunned. Subconsciously thought that it was the Tang Army of Jianyuan and Suizhong who came over, but immediately reacted that it was impossible.

The form of the battlefield has changed dramatically.

The Tang army in the city rushed out to the battlefield to support Luo Hongxin, who was fighting hard, and at the same time, it was also entangled with the Liao army on the battlefield. Wanting to let the Liao army withdraw in the fierce battle has directly become a luxury.

Deng Jingshan had to give the order to retreat painfully. He wanted to withdraw from this pocket before the two outflanking forces of the Tang Army had not yet closed, and the price to pay for this was to abandon the troops that were currently fighting.

He ran fast.

And the Tang army had no intention of pursuing him at all, and the two Tang armies on the left and right arrived at the battlefield on schedule, leaving the abandoned more than 10,000 Liao troops behind.

In the first Battle of Jianchang, the Tang army won a great victory.

Zuo Jin Wuwei paid the price of 600 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers, while Deng Jingshan lost almost 3,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 foot soldiers, most of whom were abandoned on the battlefield in the final stage and became prisoners of the Tang army.

Han Qi and Xue Chong achieved their original goal, even if Deng Jingshan lost the ability to storm Jianchang, thus forcing Zhang Zhongwu to gather the main force in advance to support Deng Jingshan, otherwise Zuo Jin Wuwei would launch a strong attack on Deng Jingshan.

After this battle, the Liao army also had a general understanding and estimate of the Tang army's local strength, which was by no means between 30,000 and 40,000 as expected before the war, and this number was only afraid to double.

If Zhang Zhongwu wants to win, he has to come out of the nest.

And this plan was also to open the door to victory for the right leading guards led by Munbok from Goryeo.