It is said that the spring rain in the north is as expensive as oil, but today's rain is a bit exceptional. When the first raindrops hit the ground, the raindrops in the sky were already connected into a line, turning into a rare heavy rain, crackling and falling, washing away the blood that had accumulated on the ground, as if even God could not bear to see this bloody scene, and wanted to stop this battle between the two countries.

But at this time, the two armies were already ready to fly, so how could they stop fighting because of a sudden heavy rain? What's more, the horn in the Liao military camp has risen again, and the battle has resumed.

In the front army, the banner was rolling, pointing directly at the Western Army, and the Liao Army had already launched an attack first. However, it was not the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry that could break through the enemy formation as imagined, but thousands of light horsemen, who rushed forward quickly, roaring and killing, and did not delay in the slightest against the wind and rain.

The two armies were only three or four miles apart at this time, and seeing that the enemy was moving first, the western army did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

A head-to-head duel in Shicai has undoubtedly exposed the gap between the cavalry between Song and Liao, and at this time, it is naturally impossible for the seed division to make the same mistake again, and it is decided to focus on stable defense first. Even if he asked for war again, wanted to make meritorious service and lead the army to meet the enemy, he was sternly retired: "What you have to do now is to recharge the old man, there will always be a time for you to make meritorious deeds!" ”

Chongjing has already learned a lesson at this time, and if he dares to make noise again, he can only retreat to the side, and then watch with worry as the enemy cavalry kills in front of the army, and in the case of losing the city wall and the military fortress as a cover, with only flesh and blood, can the soldiers of the Western Army really be able to block the fierce attack and rush of the Liao cavalry?

The same question also arose from Sun Tu's heart. After seeing the ferocity of the Liao cavalry just now, he really didn't realize that the Western Army could withstand the continuous impact only by defending the battle formation, especially since there were sharp weapons like heavy armored cavalry in the rear of the enemy, and once the flaws were exposed, the Western Army on the empty plain would not even have a chance to retreat.

This made his heart move, and his eyes fell on Tong Guan again, and he really wanted to persuade him to send troops to rescue him quickly. But Tong Guan was just silent at this time, and he couldn't see the slightest intention on his calm face, but obviously he didn't mean to send troops immediately.

At this time, the two armies had met again.

But this time the offensive of the Liao army was very different from what everyone thought, no longer as fierce and domineering as before, directly taking the middle palace, and breaking the strong with strength, but when approaching the Song army's military array, those cavalry suddenly scattered to attack both sides of the battle formation, and the cavalry battle formation that was originally spread out turned into two long lines in the blink of an eye, like two sharp blades, piercing the weak point on the side of the Song army.

Seeing this change of formation, the two gray eyebrows of the Seed Master Dao trembled suddenly: "It's here!" The Liao army's angle-cutting tactics! ”

As a veteran with decades of experience in warfare, Seed Master Dao saw at a glance the power of the opponent's move, which was a ruthless attack on the Song army's current defensive phalanx.

The square battle formations of the Song army were often dominated by large shields in front to resist the onslaught of the enemy cavalry, and the spearmen saw the opportunity in the rear, attacking the blocked cavalry with special spears of more than one zhang and a half. And in the middle of these two groups of soldiers, there is also a platoon of axemen ready to be ready to harvest and kill the enemy if the enemy is shot by the spear.

Coupled with the crossbowmen at the rear, they formed a battle formation that was enough to compete with a considerable number of cavalry. This is also the self-protection battle array that the Great Song army has continuously developed and perfected over the years when fighting the cavalry-based Liao army, even if it is in the field, they can rely on this formation to keep their own vitality, or wait for reinforcements to arrive.

But with years of confrontation and losses in this formation, the Liao army has also learned to be obedient and has come up with the same targeted tactics, that is, the angle-cutting tactics that are being displayed now.

As the name suggests, this tactic was to attack the weak points of the Song army's formation, because the defenses were the weakest, and as long as the Liao cavalry rushed to the enemy's flank, their attacks could not be blocked by the large shields directly ahead. Under its repeated impacts, the two corners will inevitably collapse, which will completely affect the defense of the entire phalanx, and even be completely pierced and torn.

"Command the two horns to shrink inward, and the crossbowmen will attack with all their might!" The planter immediately drank the order.

At this time, the corner in front has been attacked by the enemy, and the two teams of men and horses in the corner have fallen together, if it were not for the strict discipline of the soldiers of the Western Army, who are not afraid of death, I am afraid that this round of attacks will be carried out, and the corner of the large array will be broken, revealing the unobstructed comrades in the rear.

Of course, the Liao army also paid some price during this period, those cavalry who rushed too fast and too close were wounded by the spearmen who turned sharply, and fell dozens of horses, while the cavalry behind made an emergency turn, almost grazing the corners of the Song army and running to the side and rear.

At this time, countless arrows had already been shot from the rear, and they fell densely towards the Liao cavalry who were still rushing and rushing. However, they were also prepared, and in addition to wielding knives in one hand, many of them also raised small leather shields, hiding most of their bodies behind the shields, thus greatly reducing casualties.

Although these leather shields were not too large, they could completely cover the head and torso of the cavalry, so that the Song army's random arrows failed to make a difference. However, the speed of their forward rush was only slightly affected, and they still galloped towards the flawed corners repeatedly.

Dozens or hundreds of repeated impacts in a short period of time have already caused many casualties to the soldiers in these corners, and there are not many shield hands left, which also exposed the knife hands in the rear.

Obviously, the Liao army was going to break through the Song army's defensive position through such an impact, and they were now left with only two options, either to add troops and horses to this corner, or to send cavalry to meet the enemy.

"What choice will you make?" Yelu Xiongge, who was standing on the high platform in the camp and watching the battle in front of him in the rain, turned up the corners of his mouth and muttered in a low voice. This is all an arrangement made by him, it seems that the Western Army is powerful, but compared with the elite Liao Army under his command, it is still a lot worse.

"Give me arrows to support them and push them back. And the rear, don't give them another chance to rush and kill! The planters shouted again and issued orders. He knew very well what the enemy's intentions were, and he knew that the Liao troops who rushed to the flank and rear were still a great threat to his own house - when they turned their horses back and formed an offensive again, their own rear roads would also be attacked, and if they cut the corners, this defensive position might really collapse. The whizzing arrows kept flying out, but after a few rounds like this, an exclamation sounded, and some soldiers ran over in horror: "Two ministers, it's not good, half of our bows and crossbows have failed, and the others won't be used a few times!" ”

"What ......" The face of the planter changed greatly, and after wiping a handful of rain on his face, he looked up at the sky where the torrential rain was constantly pouring down: "Didn't you even help me today but help the thief without helping me today?" He quickly realized that the continuous washing of the heavy rain had softened the bowstring, and the strength was no longer as good as before......

This was a huge and unexpected nuisance. You must know that the Song army dared to confront the Liao army head-on, and the biggest reliance was that it was far more and sharper than the enemy. And now, this sudden heavy rain has defeated this advantage, just rely on these foot soldiers, how to fight against the enemy when the formation may be broken at any time?

"First dispatch the Chinese army to make up for the damage at the four corners, and be sure to survive this round of onslaught!" At this time, the calm voice of the seed master Dao quickly sounded. And with his words, the seed master didn't say much, just looked at the main force of the Liao army in front of him worriedly, guessing what they would do next.

Under this order, the Western Army changed again, and more troops poured into the corners, filling the vacancies, and at the same time, they also launched a counterattack against the Liao cavalry that was constantly attacking.

Suddenly, the swords and swords were shadowed, the sound of killing continued, both sides were damaged, and this round of extremely targeted corner cutting tactics was finally resolved.

Sun Tu, who saw this scene from afar, breathed a sigh of relief. The sight of the corner about to be broken through just now scared him a lot, and he even thought about it, if he led the Shandong army to meet the enemy like this, I am afraid it would be difficult to do better than the western army. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Western Army is the strongest army in the Great Song Dynasty.

However, he was still faintly uneasy in his heart, although the Liao army's angle-cutting tactics were powerful, they were not strong enough to break through the Western Army's formation with this move alone, so did he have any tricks behind him? What's next? Also, why hasn't that ironclad heavy cavalry come out again until now? Are they gathering strength, or are they planning deeper?

In fact, this is also related to Sun Tu's inability to take a full view of the specific arrangements of the Western Army from a distance of several miles. If he found that the Western Army had sent a lot of troops and horses to supplement the four corners, he was afraid that he would be even more nervous.

At this time, with the sound of the horn in the Liao army's array, their battle formation suddenly separated on both sides, and then the 10,000 iron cavalry had galloped out again, like countless steel chariots, rumbling towards the Song army's large array.

At the same time as they rushed out, the infantry of the Liao army, which was less than thirty percent left, also followed, and slaughtered directly towards the western army with great momentum. At the same time, the light horsemen also turned around, raised their long knives sideways, galloped, and cut the four corners.

The real killer weapon of the Liao army has finally been shown, and this time, they want to crush and defeat the entire western army in one fell swoop. No matter how strong the Western Army is, it is impossible to prevent this round of ferocious attacks.

"This Song army is really powerful, it's a pity......" Yelu Xiongge sighed lightly, and then showed a smug smile that the victory was in hand.

In his opinion, the battle is over. But is that really the case?