Cavalry, the killer of the cold weapon era, when the cavalry sprinted, it was like a bolt of lightning, and the impact made it difficult for the infantry to resist.

The veteran of the Seed Master Dao knew that this battle was not easy to fight, he had been fighting with Brother Richard for many years, and he had long been confident about the tactics of the Western Xia cavalry, but this time was different from the past, this battle did not need to be defeated, and he was not afraid of defeat, as long as he held his position for two days.

On the evening of the meeting, Liu Zhenglong found the planter, emphasizing that with the help of equipment, engineering equipment can still be used in defense, and that it is necessary to reduce the casualties of soldiers as much as possible, and catapults, nest cars, and wooden mantle carts can be put to use, as long as they can hold for two days, they will not hesitate to use these equipment.

The heroes have the same opinion, this time Liu Zhenglong and the seed master Dao thought together, and the two of them deliberated for more than an hour, and finally determined the formation of the battle and how to grasp the rhythm of defense.

The seed master Dao is old, and the main person in charge is still in his fifties, as well as his son Chongqi, Chongwei, and nephews Chong Lie, Chongbao, Zhong Ning, Zhong Hai, etc.

This time, the formation is called the Dragon Bird Array, the center is 10,000 dragon troops rushing forward, the forbidden army on the left and right wings retreats slightly, it looks like a dragon with teeth and claws from a distance, and the distance of 50 zhang on the left side of the Chinese army is 10,000 kinds of family army led by the right species, and the distance of 50 zhang on the right side of the Chinese army is 10,000 kinds of family army led by the kind column. The left army drinks the side and the right army is like two sparrows on both sides of the dragon, echoing with the Chinese army, so the big array is named the dragon sparrow array, of course, Liu Zhenglong just put forward the idea, the specific arrangement is still completed by the division of the arrangement of the troops, the changes of various arms in response to the cavalry, the handling of their own sudden events, specifically implemented by the division.

After the 20,000 family troops led by the seed master and the Taoist family were broken, they responded with their backs, and the 30,000 family troops led by the seed master and the Taoist family army were firmly in the middle of the army and dispatched.

The Longxiang Army in front of the sudden attack was formed by Liu Zhenglong himself, and it has always been a tough battle, this time led by Lu Junyi, with Gao Chong on the left, Yang Zaixing on the right, and Yang Zhi on the front of the Chinese army. This dragon bird array, it can be said that the dragon army in the center of the leading position is under great pressure, undertaking the most severe defensive task, hard to catch the sprint of the Western Xia cavalry.

Lu Junyi is known as the first strong stick, in fact, there are not many opportunities to lead troops to fight, but this guy has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and his absorption ability is very strong.

The 3,000 Longxiang army led by Yang Zhi, the vanguard of the Chinese army, was all strong crossbowmen, that is, they used powerful crossbow arrows to cover to suppress the first round of attacks of the Western Xia cavalry.

The Divine Arm is generally rarely seen in the position defense, because it is difficult to dodge once the cavalry rushes over, and it is easy to cause damage or loss of the Divine Arm. You must know that in the Great Song Dynasty, the Divine Arm has always been strictly controlled, and once a soldier is lost, he will be punished. But this time, the Divine Arm is still on the battlefield and at the forefront.

Not only did the Divine Arm appear on the front line of defense, but also the Eight Ox Crossbows used to siege the city also called the bed crossbow) appeared, but there were nest carts, wooden mantle carts, Gang carts, and Linchong Lu buses in front of them as cover, so that at most, the Eight Ox Crossbows were destroyed and would not be plundered by the Western Xia.

One by one catapults pushed to the battlefield, this scene made the king of the Western Xia Jin Dynasty feel incredible, this is the first time to see catapults appear in this kind of encounter, even if the stone can be thrown with great lethality, but how many war horses can be killed?

Before the prologue of the war sounded, there was never an answer, and with the sound of a low bull's horn, the first round of the Western Xia offensive finally began.

The three thousand cavalry in front of the charge were led by Richard's nephew Wei Ming Weihai, this guy was only eighteen years old, and he was also a fierce general, this guy took the lead and fully gave the front, wearing red armor, he rode a red horse, and from a distance it looked like a red lightning bolt went straight into the Song army's array.

The neighing of war horses, the sound of horses' hooves on gravel and the low sound of bull's horns mingle together bring great psychological deterrence.

The Western Xia cavalry on horseback waved the weapons in their hands, and rushed forward in the shout, like a torrent of steel, and it didn't take long to rush over.

Seeing it, you can clearly see the hideousness of the Western Xia cavalry, see the sword light and sword shadow, and see the grim reaper smiling. This scene was a severe test for every Dragon Warrior soldier, who fought not for themselves, but for their beliefs.

"The Dragon Warrior Army will win!"

The drums of war beat, the trebuchet finally wielded, and the answer was revealed, the trebuchet projected a huge fireball, a jar filled with fire oil, which was lit and thrown out.

The huge fireball was whistling by, rolling down to the ground and smashing the Western Xia cavalry and horses into pulp, which looked very terrifying, but the lethality was not large, after all, the attack area was limited.

Only at this time, everyone will understand why Liu Zhenglong chose to set up camp here, why he chose the main defense instead of the main attack, the terrain of the position is high, and the fireball will roll far away after being thrown out, although it did not bring much lethality to the Western Xia cavalry, but the burning fireball and the burning oil tank quickly turned the earth into a sea of fire, the wind helped the fire, the fire borrowed the wind might, and for a time the battlefield became a sea of fire, many Western Xia cavalry were ignited, and the smoke filled the land, The speed of the Western Xia cavalry's assault suddenly slowed down a lot.

Just when the speed of the Xixia cavalry charge slowed down, the eight-bull crossbow began to exert its might, and even the people and horses were shot through, and the formation of the Xixia cavalry began to be messy, followed by a sad thing happened, that is, the catapult threw out a lot of packages, which were scattered in the air, and all of them were iron thistles, which were the nemesis of war horses.

The wounded war horses looked very flustered in the sea of fire, more and more frightened war horses, the entire Western Xia cavalry formation was in chaos, the impact speed slowed down a lot, and the speed of the front army slowed down, so that it collided with the cavalry of the high-speed impact behind, the formation was chaotic, and some war horses began to run back after being frightened, and some war horses scattered and fled, and it was difficult to maintain a strong impact force anymore.

The first round of attack failed in this way, but this loss was hardly a loss in this kind of battle, and the Western Xia soon found a way to crack the thistle, and after putting something under the horse's hooves, it attacked again, and this time the impact wasted a whole hour.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, 3,000 cavalry are in the center, and 1,000 cavalry on the left and right are used as two wings, like an iron harrier rushing towards the dragon bird array.

There was no threat from the thistles, and the projectile carts were withdrawn, but when the cavalry rushed to the vicinity of the sea of fire again, greater trouble appeared, and the nest carts, wooden mantle carts, crane carts, and Linchong Lu buses appeared in droves, constantly throwing fire and thunder into the ranks of the Western Xia cavalry.

These fire and thunder explosions are very loud, but the blasting power is very small, and it is difficult to exert power in siege warfare, but this time it is a meritorious service, and the rumbling explosion makes countless war horses frightened.

The frightened horses began to run wildly, and many cavalrymen were thrown off their horses by the horses, and one by one they were trampled to death by the horses.

Seeing that the 3,000 cavalry of the Chinese army was blocked, the 2,000 cavalry on both wings hurriedly came to the rescue, and began to storm the nest car, the wooden curtain car, the chariot, and the Linchong Lu car, and the scene on the battlefield was very funny. It's not like a life-and-death war, it's like an exhibition game.

The Long Xiang army shot arrows in the back to protect the nest chariot, the wooden curtain chariot, the chariot, and the Linchong Lu chariot from being destroyed, and the Western Xia cavalry did not attack anymore, and continued to destroy.

After tossing like this for more than half an hour, the Western Xia cavalry finally charged again.

Boom, boom, with a series of explosions, there was a very long, wide, and deep trap in front of the two armies, and countless war horses fell into it, of course, if they fell, they would be shot by the Long Xiang army.

By the time the Xixia cavalry rushed through the trap pit, it was basically noon, and after the last shot of the bow and arrow of the Long Xiang army, they quickly returned to the car, and the front nest car, wooden curtain car, Yiyi car, and Linchong Lu bus were all destroyed.

At the same time as the Chinese army led by Yang Zhi retreated, the left and right armies of Gao Pet and Yang Zaixing began to move closer to the middle, with huge shields blocking the front, spears stabbing the Western Xia cavalry outward from the gaps in the shields, while the crossbowmen of the Chinese army continued to shoot in the back.

After paying a price of more than 4,000, the Western Xia cavalry finally collided with the shield and spear of the Longxiang army, although the spears stabbed the war horses in rows, but there were still war horses that broke the shields, rushed in, trampled the soldiers of the Longxiang army to death, and the cavalry and infantry were mixed together.

When the Western Xia cavalry rushed into the big array, the cavalry behind did not wait any longer, and rushed over in groups. The entire battlefield suddenly became a meat grinder, an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, it can be said that the impact of the Western Xia cavalry put a huge pressure on the defense of the Longxiang army, but despite the heavy casualties, the formation of the Longxiang army was still very neat, and every inch of land was stained with blood.

The biggest advantage of cavalry is mobility, impact power, once the impact is over, if you can't break up the opponent's large array, then the advantage will be exhausted, and the next thing is a hard-fought encounter. The cavalry has become an infantry on a war horse, and the combat effectiveness is not much different from the infantry that maintains a complete formation. The infantry, in particular, would be defeated and killed by the cavalry once they broke out of formation.

The formation of the Long Xiang army has never moved, since the two armies began to fight, it has been torn apart for more than an hour, and more than half of the 10,000 Long Xiang army has been killed and wounded, but the formation is still intact. Although the Western Xia cavalry entered the dragon bird array, it was difficult to advance anymore, and the two sides fell into a fierce bloody battle. To retreat is to be defeated, especially as long as the Longxiang army retreats, it is destined to be completely annihilated, and it will; Even the middle army, the rear army, and even the large battalion may be impacted by the Western Xia cavalry.

Liu Zhenglong, who was watching the battle from behind, was expressionless, as if it was not Long Xiangjun who was killed, he was not in a hurry, he was waiting, waiting for the last opportunity to appear. Today is not destined to be the moment of decisive battle, there is no need for the Western Xia cavalry to be pressed by the whole army, and the Long Xiang army may not be wiped out.

In the precarious situation of the situation, Yang Zaixing was like a black lightning bolt leading more than a hundred cavalry to rush in the opposite direction, directly towards the Western Xia cavalry, this guy's overlord gun flew up and down, and wherever the gun went, the Western Xia cavalry was all defeated, and it couldn't be stopped at all.

These more than 100 cavalry are Yang family soldiers, who grew up with Yang Zaixing since childhood, this time following the young master to rush and kill, one is braver than the other, and one is more desperate than the other, this group of guys is like a chicken blood, crazy impact, killing the Western Xia cavalry for a while can not be stopped, and they retreat one after another.

Not to lose to the Yang general, many people gave Yang Zaixing a thumbs up, even Liu Zhenglong, who was watching the battle in the back, was eager to rush forward to tear it up, and the seed master who saw this scene said with a smile, "My lord, don't take credit with young people, look, more people will rush forward soon, today's battle is basically like this, the Western Xia cavalry is absolutely powerless to break through the big array, at most half an hour later, the Western Xia cavalry will withdraw." ”

Sure enough, the first thing that couldn't be held back was the silver spear Gao Pet who had never been convinced, this guy saw Yang Zaixing rushing over, and he couldn't hold back anymore, so he led his Gao family soldiers to rush over.

Obviously, the combat power of the Gao family soldiers is much stronger than that of the Yang family soldiers, which is inseparable from the Gao family's heavy investment. In the eyes of the Gao family, the future of the Gao family needs a general like Gao Chong, so he invested heavily to build the Gao family soldiers, although they were not put into the battlefield at one time, at least the three hundred Gao family soldiers this time are absolutely first-class, and there is no problem in pulling them out to be the head.

Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong's recoil on the left and right changed the direction of the entire battle situation, Yang Zhi couldn't bear it anymore, this guy led the army to start recoiling, and the three forwards under him were all recoiling, Lu Junyi immediately decided to let Long Xiang's army recoil. The two forbidden armies led by Xu Ning and Li Yun began to join the battle group, and since then, the Chinese army has become a mess of porridge, and it can be said that it has fallen into chaos that is difficult to suppress.

In this case, Richard immediately ordered the left and right armies to attack, and all the 50,000 cavalry except those who were killed were put into battle.

The melee finally fought, and 40,000 family troops on the left and right flanks entered the battle and killed from the left and right flanks.

"My lord, do you want the Chinese army and the rear army to press up?" Seeing that the time for a decisive battle had come, the master Dao prepared for a decisive battle with the Western Xia cavalry.

"No, at this time, the Western Xia cavalry is in full swing, and the casualties in the decisive battle are too great." Liu Zhenglong didn't want to fight so early, really a decisive battle at this time, the casualties were too great, and the final outcome was unpredictable, even if he won, Brother Richard would take away at least 40,000 cavalry, and then it would be difficult to annihilate again.

Liu Zhenglong said, "Today is only the first day, just let Brother Richard know that we are a difficult bone to gnaw, and there is no need for too many casualties." Tomorrow is the time to see the real chapter, this battle does not care how many Western Xia cavalry are killed, the key is to solve Brother Richard, which is the only condition for victory. ”

Seed Master Dao was a little dissatisfied in his heart, in his opinion, this was a good opportunity for a decisive battle, and he would definitely be able to defeat Brother Richard. This Liu Zhenglong only wanted to take down Brother Richard out of political considerations, but he lost this decisive opportunity, and he didn't know how many soldiers would die later.

These civilian officials knew their black hats and didn't care about the lives of their soldiers. Although the master Dao was dissatisfied in his heart, he also knew with many years of experience in leading troops that at this time, even if he won the decisive battle, it would be a miserable victory, and the casualties were very large.

The battlefield became a meat grinder, and the cavalry and infantry were mixed into a group, at this time, the good military cultivation of the Longxiang army was reflected, no matter how fierce the battle was, the formation was always complete, so that the Western Xia cavalry seemed to have a great advantage on the surface, but in fact, the casualties were still huge, and it was definitely a loss for both sides to fight like this.

It was getting dark, and Richard knew that there was no way to tell whether he would win or lose this battle, so he ordered the troops to be withdrawn. The soldiers of the Song army were exhausted after a day of tearing and killing, and finally chose to give up the pursuit.

Counting the battlefield, the Song army lost more than 20,000 on the first day, and the Western Xia cavalry lost nearly 20,000, and the two sides were tied. However, as the defending side, 20,000 people died on the first day, and although the casualties were huge, they basically completed the goal, which can be regarded as a small victory. However, as the attacking side, if you lose 20,000 cavalry, it is a strategic failure, and it is a huge loss.

At the post-war summary meeting, Richard was under great pressure, but he didn't know how many people there were in the Song army, because he withdrew from his side, he couldn't count how many soldiers were killed on the other side, but according to the previous inference, it was basically one to three, that is, 20,000 cavalry were killed, that is, the Song army died more than 60,000.

The Song army only has 80,000, and 60,000 dead and wounded seems unrealistic, so the 30,000 naval army has also entered the battle, so to speak, the Song army has more than 50,000 points left at most, and it seems that if there is a decisive battle tomorrow, it will definitely be able to take the Song army in one go.

I don't know why, after a series of setbacks, Brother Richard lost the most basic judgment, since the 30,000 sailors are strange soldiers, how can they rashly enter the battle? If it weren't for the navy into battle, then where would the other armies come from?

This is the reason why Liu Zhenglong strictly blocked the news, because behind it is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, so the army will be replenished later, and the Western Xia will not be able to see it.

The asymmetry of the news caused the defeat of the Western Xia cavalry on the first day, but Brother Richard didn't realize it, he was full of the big battle on the second day, to see how to rush to the past in one go, whether to press the last more than 10,000 cavalry in his hands.

The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny. Brother Richard's idea is very good, but there are too few cards in his hand to play, especially if he doesn't figure out where the 30,000 water army of the Song army is, which is the most deadly.

Where are the 30,000 sailors of the Song army? I have already laid an ambush and prepared for battle, that is, on the second day of the big war, it will start at the same time as the big battle here.

Fighting on two fronts, the soldiers are taboo, but Brother Richard never dreamed that the 30,000 sailors would launch an attack on the Golden Wolf Military City, but unfortunately, this Western Xia God of War didn't know at all, and it was impossible to know, just like that, there was only one night left for peace, and the second day of the fierce battle began.