Get ready! Li Xin stared at the front of the formation tightly, paying close attention to Yan Jun's movements, and raised his right hand half-up. Behind him, the heralds were watching him closely, watching his every move, ready to convey his orders to every part of the army.

At this time, in Li Xin's eyes, there was only the chain of horses, and in addition, he didn't pay attention to the other ordinary Yan troops who were fighting on the two wings. At this time, the people in charge of the two wings were Hong Yi and Deng Qiang.

Seeing that Murong Ke's chain of horses was getting closer and closer, and finally entered the target range, Li Xin shouted angrily: "Release!" ”

The sound was accompanied by his right hand, which fell like a slasher.

"Boom!" As soon as the herald behind saw this hand fall, the drum hammer in his hand immediately smashed heavily on the war drum.

"Bang bang bang!" The sound instantly sounded in front of the Tang army's formation, but it was not the sound of a hit, but the sound of the bowstring being released.

This is not an ordinary bowstring, but a giant crossbow string, and what is hidden behind the shield wall of the Tang army at this time is a group of assembled siege crossbows. Needless to say, the power of this kind of crossbow is needless to say, its range far exceeds that of ordinary bows and crossbows, and the lethality is amazing.

Siege crossbows are not a new thing, they have been on the battlefield for many years. Because the siege was difficult and the casualties were too great, people always wanted to invent a lot of equipment to help them.

And this siege crossbow is one such thing, and the arrows it uses are almost the thickness of a baby's arm, long and sharp. When attacking a city, this kind of thing is not only used to directly shatter the city gate, but also can be fired directly at the city wall.

Because after this kind of arrow is launched~ out, it will be deeply nailed into the wall, and if it is fired in turn, it can form a ladder on the city wall for soldiers to attack the city.

Of course, whether it was a siege crossbow or a Fuyuan crossbow in the past, they were all large and heavy guys, and it was not easy to carry. But these in Li Zhi's hands are portable and assembled after the improvement of the military department, and if they are disassembled, they can be directly carried by two or three soldiers.

Originally, he didn't bring this kind of thing with him, but because he had to deal with Murong Ke when he went south this time, he specially mobilized a group from Shao Zisong when he returned from Guangzong County.

Mainly because he guessed that he was very likely to encounter the chain horse, so he had to find a way to deal with this huge threat.

Siege crossbows can be used to siege cities, and it is naturally possible to deal with these heavily armored chain horses. Those armors may be able to withstand ordinary swords and bows, but for such large crossbows, they are like tissue paper.

It was not unreasonable for Li Xin to choose to fight in this place, because the name of the military formation he set up was the Qiyue Formation, which was invented by Liu Yu, a bull man in Jiangzuo, more than a hundred years later.

The biggest feature of this formation is that the formation is like a crescent moon lining up the river, using the river to protect its rear and block the other three sides.

But Liu Yu's formation is a little different from Li Xin's, mainly because his moon formation is dominated by large carts, and the soldiers and horses rely on partial box trucks as the formation. The soldiers hid behind the chariot formation, and when the enemy cavalry came in a big way, they released their crossbows and arrows from behind.

This formation was originally invented by Liu Yu in order to deal with the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty, after all, in the era in which he lived, the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty was very powerful and posed a great threat to Jiangzuo.

It is said that when his formation was used, once the enemy army was killed, the soldiers behind the formation would hammer out the long arrows that had been placed between the trunks in advance with sledgehammers.

In this way, those enemy soldiers who had just rushed to the front of the formation and wanted to enter the car formation were directly pierced by this long arrow, and often two or three people were directly strung together.

It is precisely because of the existence of this thing that Liu Yu can almost crush the war against the Northern Wei Dynasty when he is alive.

Even if it was as powerful as the Northern Wei Dynasty, it couldn't do anything with Liu Yu, but let Liu Yu push the territory of Jiangzuo back to the Yellow River in one fell swoop, reaching the largest territory since the founding of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Li Xin admired Liu Yu very much, but unfortunately, Liu Yu died too early in history. Otherwise, maybe he can really let him unify the world! As for the Moon Array of his beneficial work, Li Xin has naturally studied it.

Compared with Liu Yulai, Li Xin has more knowledge, so when he tested this formation, he deliberately improved it.

Originally, the Moon Formation was to use a sledgehammer to hit a spear and other weapons, so as to kill the enemy troops who were already close to the car formation. But this approach is not a small risk, after all, because the distance between the two sides is already too close, if one is not careful, it is very likely that there will be problems.

But with a large crossbow with a long range, it won't be a problem. In order to achieve the maximum killing effect, Li Xin deliberately gave up part of the range and did not give the order to attack as soon as the chain horse entered the range of the siege crossbow.

Instead, they waited until they were already within range of a normal bow and arrow, and then gave the order to release the arrows. Then, when the sound of a bowstring sounded like a thunderbolt, long arrows were released from between the shields.

Due to the proximity of the distance, and the chain of horses themselves were in the process of charging towards the Tang army. So, basically, in this situation, it is equivalent to a crossbow arrow rushing at them, and they themselves meet it.

In a short distance of more than 100 meters, the two rows of chain horses in front were almost all hit, and each of the five war horses in a row was directly pierced by crossbow arrows and fell down on the spot.

And some of the crossbow arrows that did not hit the chain of horses, after passing directly through the horses, flew all the way into the ranks of foot soldiers behind.

A series of blood splattered, and the person who hit first was left with only a big hole in his body. It wasn't until it had pierced through several soldiers in quick succession that the bolt finally stopped at a certain person's body.

If it is used in a good situation, it is a good means to encircle and destroy the enemy army or to break through the enemy formation.

But it is not without its drawbacks, its disadvantage is that because it is connected in a row, once one of the horses falls, the other horses will be affected. Also, if you suddenly want to change direction when you encounter a situation, it is very difficult.

Obviously, this is the case on the battlefield at this time. Because when the front horses fell, the back horses didn't have time to brake, so they crashed head-on. At such a speed and with such an impact, the impact force can be imagined.

It was simply the scene of a large car accident, and the two thousand serial horses sent by Murong Ke were originally with the high hopes of the Yan army. But at this moment, the soldiers who were about to rush over behind them couldn't help but widen their eyes and slow down.

The smoke and dust splashed in front of the Tang army, and when these chain horses fell and trampled on each other, Li Xin, who was not far away, of course would not let go. At this time, he quickly ordered a few more waves of siege crossbows to be released, completely destroying the remaining chain horses in front of the battle.

"Wyvernhorse Strike!" The entire battlefield seemed to be a little frozen at this time, especially those Yan soldiers, who didn't seem to dare to believe their eyes. After all, the serial horse, which was still so majestic and unparalleled in combat power before, has become like this now. But Li Xin would not give them time, and took advantage of this startled pause, and immediately gave the order to counterattack.

In the battle with Murong Ke, what he was most worried about was this chain of horses.

Therefore, he gave up defending the river, first let the enemy army over, and then lined up the river. Moreover, in Murong Ke's previous two attacks, he only fought back with a bow and arrow, and there was no other action.

Its purpose was to let Murong Ke see that his army formation was strong, and let him see that it was impossible to break through his large array with ordinary means. In this way, in order to break the formation and destroy himself as soon as possible, he will inevitably have to come up with a trump card.

Obviously, if you think about coming and going, only the chain horse in Murong Ke's hands can take on this important task. Especially considering that Li Xin has successfully used it in the past, this time it will definitely be used again.

Basically, it can be said that he set up a special set for the purpose of fishing out this chain of horses. Obviously, he has succeeded. And without the threat of the chain horse, all that remains is his own tough counterattack.

With this order, the five thousand flying dragon riders, who were originally in an absolute defensive state, immediately stepped on their war horses, rushed out from the shield walls with the two wings open, and plunged headlong into the Yan army that was attacking the two wings.

Behind the Yan army's formation, Murong Ke's face suddenly became extremely ugly after seeing the situation in front of the Tang army's formation.

At this time, he finally realized that what he thought was a proud work was actually what others had imagined, and he just jumped into the pit dug by Li Xin.

"Attack with all your troops!" At this time, he had no more options, because the Tang army had already begun to counterattack, and he had no other means than to fight.

It is obviously impossible to withdraw the troops and come back to hold on, like Li Xin, only fighting, there is still a glimmer of life, and it is possible to defeat Li Xin with the absolute superiority of the troops on his side.

"Even if you can't be defeated, this king will make it impossible for you to interfere with Your Majesty's retreat! As long as Your Majesty and they cross the river safely, even if this king dies in battle, it will not be considered a defeat! Murong Ke stared at the pole opposite, and said secretly in his heart.