The movement of the cavalry charge was not small, and almost immediately attracted the attention of people on both sides of the Jingshui. Especially Sang Lun at the head of the city, at this time, he couldn't help but look far away, just to see the result of this battle.

This is a very important thing, after all, although the number of people on both sides is small, the outcome will determine the specific direction of the two sides in the next step.

In the eyes of most people, I am afraid that there is not much doubt about the outcome of this battle. After all, from the perspective of ordinary people's cognition, it should be easy to deal with more than 300 foot soldiers with 200 cavalry, even if the soldiers of the Huashan Army are all very brave.

Those charging cavalrymen naturally thought the same way, and the only people on the entire battlefield who didn't think so were probably the more than 300 infantry who crossed the river and Li Erhei himself.

"It's time for the show to begin!" Li Erhei saw from a distance that the two sides seemed to be colliding together, and couldn't help but smile in his heart.

"Charge me, break their formation!" The cavalry general led the front, shouting orders to the cavalry behind him, and the distance between the two sides was only seventy or eighty meters.

At such a close distance, those cavalrymen seemed to have seen the faces of every Huashan army, and seemed to see the familiar expression of fear! It seems that in the next moment, these soldiers of the Huashan Army will be killed directly by their own swords just like the previous enemies.

But they seemed to have forgotten that at such a close distance, these soldiers of the Huashan Army didn't even mess up the formation. Each of the soldiers seemed to have a mocking expression on their faces, looking at them.

"Put!" Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, the captain in charge of leading the team finally made a move, only to see him slowly raise his right hand, and then suddenly fell heavily, accompanied by a word.

"Whoosh whoosh!" In an instant, I only saw more than 300 soldiers of the Huashan Army, and the front row suddenly bent down and squatted! The rows of soldiers behind him quickly raised their hands and held something in their hands, aiming at the cavalry in front of them. Then, there was a sharp whistling sound, and a dense shadow flew through the sky.

"Plop!" The cavalrymen rushing at high speed were as if they had suddenly been hammered hard! Both men and horses suddenly fell at this moment, and many war horses fell directly to the ground. And when the cavalry was unable to regain the momentum, they immediately stepped on it directly, and the horses and cavalry that fell to the ground could not survive directly.

"Crossbow bolts! The Huashan Army has crossbow arrows! The cavalry general, who had narrowly escaped, was stunned for a moment, and finally understood what had happened, and exclaimed.

Hearing this name, the remaining dozens of horsemen immediately became visibly flustered. As cavalrymen, they are all too clear about the threat of crossbows. If they had known that these Huashan troops had crossbows in their hands, they would not have rushed over directly like this.

But at this time, it was already too late, and as soon as the general's words were finished, more crossbow arrows flew over, directly destroying the remaining dozens of horsemen on the spot. The general had armor on his body, so he finally avoided a catastrophe and didn't dare to stay here anymore, so he turned his horse around and ran away.

When the captain struck a successful blow, he did not immediately order to catch up, but asked everyone to quickly load the bow and crossbow in their hands with arrows for later use. At the same time, they are also waiting for reinforcements from the other side to catch up.

The two hundred cavalry were quickly wiped out, which was a huge shock to both sides, and Li Erhei laughed out loud when he saw this scene. And Du Ping's side, after hearing the news, almost had a crooked nose.

Sang Lun at the head of the city, seeing that the cavalry he had built with great difficulty, had lost more than half of his efforts, and he was even more angry.

"Damn, how can there be a crossbow in the hands of the Huashan Army?" Du Ping said angrily, if he had known the news, he wouldn't have sent someone up so stupidly. At this moment, he suddenly had a feeling of being calculated.

Of course he didn't know that there weren't many crossbows in the Huashan army, and the ones he used just now were all brought by Li Xin from Chang'an this time.

Since occupying Guanzhong, a lot of things have been found in the treasury of various counties, among which there are some old or damaged bows and crossbows.

After Li Xin got this thing, it can be said that he has obtained a treasure, and he immediately asked people to collect it. Then he handed it over to Lao Ma's craftsman camp and asked him to find a way to repair it.

This time, because of the whole plan, the most powerful soldiers and horses in Yiju County are the cavalry. Therefore, Li Xin brought more than 40 of these things.

This is already all the crossbows in the hands of the Huashan army, and Li Erhei quietly handed them all over to the captain's hand before, so that the other party can use them to deal with Duping's cavalry. Otherwise, with more than 200 foot soldiers, how could he send a cavalry to face the opposite side.

The crossbow is very lethal, and the key is that it fires quickly and doesn't have to take a long time to train like an archer. If you use a crossbow against the infantry who are scattered and charged, the effect may not be very great, but when used against cavalry, it is very effective.

During the Qin Dynasty, Meng Tian attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and was able to win a hundred battles against the Huns, but the Xiongnu were more than 700 miles, so that the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses, because the crossbow of the Qin State had reached a peak point.

If these cavalry under Du Ping were prepared and dispersed the attack, it would be nothing, the casualties would not be so large, and they would not be wiped out by the Huashan army so quickly.

The problem was that they despised the foot soldiers too much, and at the same time, the Huashan army was in a relatively narrow place by the river, and it was impossible for the cavalry to spread out too wide a formation to charge.

In this way, the loss of these cavalry can be said to be deserved.

Although he knew that the Huashan Army had already landed on the west bank, for Duping, he did not dare to send cavalry over at this time. After all, there are only 300 horsemen left under his command now, and if he sends them over, Li Erhei on the front may not be able to stop him.

The most important thing is that he doesn't know how many crossbows and bows there are in the Huashan army, and if he sends them over again, he will only be sent to death in vain, then he will be miserable. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but cross his heart and said, "Cut the bridge!" They must not be let over! ”

Since you can't defend in two places, you can only defend one. Under his order, the soldiers guarding the bridge immediately ping-pong and chopping. The bridge was made of wood, and it didn't take much effort to cut it down.

When Li Erhei saw this scene, he immediately knew the other party's thoughts, so he no longer entangled with the other party, and directly ordered the army to rush to the upstream place to quickly cross the river and join the troops who crossed the river in advance.

"My lord, the Huashan army crossed the river from upstream, and I am afraid that it will not be able to resist it with these three hundred cavalry alone! If General Du is defeated, Li Erhei can go straight to the city and kill him! Seeing that the battlefield would be transferred to the west bank of Jingshui, a staff member standing beside Sang Lun hurriedly said.

"Yes! My lord, at this time, if you hurry up and send troops to support General Du, as long as you hold this place, the Huashan Army will not be able to threaten the county seat! Several strategists next to him also echoed at this time.

Sang Lun naturally saw this scene, there is Jingshui protection in the south of Yiju County, which is a barrier. There is also mud and water protection in the west of the city, which is generally relatively safe.

But as these strategists said, once Duping was defeated and his place was occupied by Li Erhei, half of the salt pond outside the city would be lost.

The most important thing is that Li Erhei can cross the river from other places at any time and attack Yiju County. But as long as Du Ping can hold on to this place, if Li Erhei doesn't solve him, he can't divide his troops to attack other places. After all, he still has to worry about copying him all the time.

After thinking of these circumstances, Sang Lun quickly made a decision in his heart that in order to protect his county, it was time to send troops.

"Pass the order, send another 2,000 soldiers and horses to Duping, and wipe out Li Erhei as soon as possible!" Sang Lun also made a lot of efforts, thinking about getting rid of the Huashan army outside the city as soon as possible. Therefore, he sent most of his soldiers and horses at one time.

After Li Erhei crossed the river, he joined up with the vanguard and unhurriedly moved north towards Duping's army.

"General, you see that the other party seems to have increased its troops, and it seems that there are more people than us!" As he was advancing, a lieutenant pointed ahead and said to Li Erhei.

"At this time, unless Sang Lun wants to see his hundreds of cavalry completely wiped out, how can he not increase his troops. But isn't that what we're hoping for? No matter what the other party does, let's just fight steadily, step by step! I don't know what the situation is on the Hantang side! Li Erhei smiled and said lightly.

Soon, Li Erhei's army was arrayed in the west of Jingshui, facing off against Duping's army five or six hundred meters apart. Because this area is relatively small, if these thousands of troops are placed here, it will naturally be relatively crowded.

Under such circumstances, the military formations of both sides were narrow in front and large in depth, and Li Erhei and Du were equally separated from each other and looked at each other.

Li Erhei didn't have the idea of charging first, after all, the other party still had three hundred cavalry there, and if he rushed over, it might not be very advantageous. The most important thing is that he has now attracted most of the enemy's troops outside the city, and even if he does not fight, he has already achieved part of the plan.

In this case, if the other party does not fight, it is just time to buy time, so that Li Xin can arrive before the war. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.