The battle ahead was the fiercest, and the Liao infantry formed a glaive formation in an attempt to stop the Song army. This battlefield is almost full of heavily armored foot soldiers, and ordinary swords can't help the thick iron armor. The Liao infantry army was mostly Xi soldiers and Jurchen soldiers, and the formation was extremely close, and the arrows of the Song army were shot from a very close distance, and the armor soldiers in the Liao army could not dodge, but with the thick shields and armor, most of the arrows were blocked. Similarly, the arrows of the Liao army could not penetrate the iron armor of the Song army, and the soldiers had to fight with heavy blades such as short axes, maces, and hammers.

The advance of the army was blocked, and Bai Anmin, the commander of the former army, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The fire battalion is out of battle!" ”

The Song army was divided to the left and right, and the ten commanders of the musketeers stepped forward as a whole and handed over the flanks to the friendly troops. Since Zhao Xingde left, Wang Yan dispersed the fire gun army to each infantry army, each army had a fire gun battalion, in the southern expedition to Fangla, the fire gun camp made many meritorious achievements, won Wang Yan's attention. After he returned to take charge of Hebei, he transferred a group of officers from the Musket Battalion, and the Musket Battalion, which was dismissed by Liu Yanqing, was rebuilt one after another. It can be said that the fire gun battalion bears the mark of Wang Yan. This time, the army returned to Bianliang and concentrated 5,000 musketeers in the front army for the purpose of urging the enemy to fall into battle. "Ready—" The leaders shouted the command, and the gunners stopped. The commander of the first row had already been stabbed and pointed at the Liao army foot soldiers opposite. The Liao army was only in the infantry formation to block the advance of the Song army, and when they saw that the Song army had suspended the attack, they only kept shooting arrows and ping pong on the thick armor of the front row of firecrackers.

"Brush the gun - load the ammunition - step forward" accompanied by the stereotypical military order, the rear row of gunners completed these actions in an orderly manner, holding the loaded guns with both hands and stepped forward, "Hand the guns - support guns - ignition!" The firebolt was handed to the deputy chief of the ten-man team, who placed it on the pole and shook the firecracker very calmly, igniting the fuse. Whether it is a battle-hardened, every move seems to be on the drill field, and the lead is burning.

"Not good, firecracker!" Xiao Anguo, the general of the North Courtyard, changed his face suddenly, and shouted loudly, "The shield cart stepped forward and lifted the heavy shield!" Fast! Fast! At this time, ten years have passed since the Battle of Hejian, and the Xi army and the Liao army infantry almost do not know the power of the firecracker, but Xiao Anguo, the general of the Northern Courtyard, is the original commander of the iron wall battalion. The iron armor of the Liao soldiers in front of them was sufficient to withstand most arrows, and they used heavy blunt weapons, so most of them abandoned the shields that got in the way.

The Song army's actions in operating the firecrackers were unhurried and unhurried, and because of this, there was no delay, which was far better than the Liao army's impatient and chaotic dispatch. The shield carts and heavy shields were still crowded in the chaotic ranks, "Bang-" "Bang-bang-" The Song army's firearms had already sounded one after another, and in the bursts of green smoke, heavy iron bullets roared towards the face. In an instant, countless "ping-pong" and "bell-bell" sounds sounded in the front row of the Liao army's formation, and many Liao soldiers fell to the ground before they realized what was going on, and most of the chain mail and scale armor that were enough to defend against arrows were pierced by the fire hammers, and only blood gurgled from the hole. Eyes flowing.

"-Forward--Hand--Gun-Ignition!"

"-Forward--Hand--Gun-Ignition!"

Su Wenyu, the capital supervisor of the Fire Gun Battalion, stared ahead, and after ten years of fighting horses, he seemed much calmer. The heavy casualties made the Liao army even more chaotic, more and more panicked, the front was chaotic, and the formation was loosened. After two rounds of firecrackers, the panic of the Liao army had reached its peak. At this time, the shield cart was about to be pushed up, and Su Wenyu ordered in a deep voice: "All of you are stabbed -"

"All of them have—stabbed —"

"Get on the guns—"

"Get on the guns—"

The long trumpets sounded one after another, and many of them breathed a sigh of relief. The Musket Battalion will not fire more than three rounds at a time when it engages the enemy, and the more times it is fired, the more likely it is that the Musket will explode. More than 5,000 musketeers quickly loaded their guns, and the soldiers held their breath as they formed a squad for the last time under the command of the capital. Even if the next moment is death, there is no military order to disband, and the queue must be kept neat at all times, this is the rule that the first commander Zhao Xingde forcibly implemented with beheading and military sticks, which was regarded as a model by Su Wenyu, Ouyang Shan and other confidants, and has now become a tradition of the fire battalion. The long-range shooting of the firecracker is not as good as the crossbowman, and the melee combat is not as good as the gun, stick, knife and axe, the reason why the enemy can defeat the enemy is only the word military discipline, and the most powerful military discipline is the queue. Therefore, the Fire Gun Battalion is extremely demanding on the queue. The commanders, the chiefs, and the chiefs gave back to the fucked soldiers with the sticks and reproaches they had endured.

On the hill in the distance, Yelu Dashi looked at the queue of the fire gun camp with a clairvoyant mirror, his face was gloomy, and then he gave a few orders to his own soldiers, and soon, the banner that passed the order waved, and the five thousand palace tent cavalry moved slowly, galloping towards the front army of the Song army, ready to rampage the flank of the front army. For the Khitan cavalry, the flank of the rampaging infantry was a tried and tested tactic, especially for the infantry army caught in the melee, because it could not adjust the formation in time and effectively, and its flank was easily torn apart by the cavalry.

"Yelu Baoyi, how far is the Han artillery battalion?" Yelu Dashi asked with some dissatisfaction.

"General Baoyi has gone to urge him personally." Yelu Tiege replied, he squinted his eyes and looked down on the entire battlefield, the fireworks fired by the firecrackers were particularly dazzling in the wilderness, and the Song army's marching array was slowly but firmly advancing to the southwest, towards the Liyangjin pontoon bridge. Around the Song army, countless Khitan cavalry, like packs of wild wolves, pounced on and bitten, were repelled by the Song army, repaired slightly, and continued to fight. The battle has been fought so far, and the courage and physical strength of both sides have been greatly consumed, and now it is up to who can hold out until the last moment. In the chaotic battlefield, the neat queue of the fire gun battalion was particularly outstanding. The iron armor of the Song army in the Huojiao camp was a red military robe, and the red hat tassel on the helmet was unmoving. Looking from afar, under the blue sky and white clouds, in the vast wilderness, the armor of the army camping in Hebei was dazzling, like a giant dragon struggling to crawl. The dragon fights in the wilderness, and the fire camp is like a dragon about to gather flames. Yelu Tiege looked back at the northwest direction, and his heart was unconsciously anxious.

"Forward-charge," Su Wenyu ordered in a loud voice.

"Forward-" "Charge-"

"Rush forward—"

Only ten steps away from the Liao army, the Musket Battalion launched a charge, and at this moment, countless of the bravest Musketeers rushed out of the neat front, like a long-suppressed volcano suddenly erupting, scorching magma spewing out, rushing forward unstoppably, swallowing and melting all obstacles in the way of progress. The forefront of the Liao State infantry army, which bore the brunt of the attack, was crushed almost instantly. Under the fire of the firearms, the morale had been overdrawn to the extreme, and a small number of Xi soldiers and Jurchen soldiers turned around in a panic, causing even greater chaos. The barrels and spikes of the musket are made of fine iron, and with the power of the forward dash, the scale armor can be easily pierced. A small number of tall and strong musketeers also have axes on their spears, and their arms are even more powerful weapons for armor piercing. After defeating the Liao army's front formation, the Huojun battalion chased the rout army and rushed into the second heavy formation. When the fire gun camp came out, the Song troops on both flanks also charged forward.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, a cloud of smoke and dust rolled up in the north, more than 5,000 cavalry tent troops rushed from the flanks, the armor reflected white light, the cavalry did not make a strange cry, only silently lowered their bodies, accelerated the speed of the war horse to the extreme, the scimitar in the hand was dazzling in the sun, like a line of beating waves, sparkling is beautiful, but the cold light on the blade that continues to shine will only bring people cold death.

"Formation—formation—"

Bai Anmin, the former commander of the army, shouted loudly. Hebei infantry formed a formation to resist the cavalry, known as the first in the world. However, the infantry is the most vulnerable when changing formations, easy to take advantage of by cavalry, and the flanks are the weakest point. In the fifth dynasty, Li Siyuan, a general, even established the "Rampage Capital" cavalry, which specialized in ramming the enemy's flanks. Cavalry appeared on the flanks, and the Song army on the side may be insensitive and insensitive, or desperate and chaotic, but the Hebei army quickly gave up the Liao army opponent in front of them, even if they paid heavy casualties for this, they also strode back into the queue, spearmen, axe hands, brand players, regardless of the original subordinates, just to gather together as soon as possible, with the fastest speed, in the north of the battlefield to form a strong formation, dense layers of long shields are placed, the soldiers hold the spears, panting loudly, large beads of sweat down the backbone of the back, looking up, The iron cavalry of the Liao army has been killed in front of him. "Knock-" With a loud bang, a Liao army war horse couldn't hold back the castration and crashed into the Song army's formation, with a huge momentum, the three spears were broken, and the head of the spear completely pierced through the iron armor on the front chest of the war horse. The horses screamed, and their hooves went limp. The Song army, which was injured by the collision, broke its tendons and fractured its tendons, and saw that it was not alive, and the Liao cavalry was stabbed to death in the air by several spears before they could fall off their horses.

After dozens of cavalry Liao troops crashed into the Song army's formation, the other Liao troops saw that there was no gap, and they reined in their horses, and the war horses circled very close to the Song army, and the splashed earth almost hit the Song army's face, and the Liao army bent bows and arrows on their horses and shot the Song army.

"Whoosh" "Whoosh" "Whoosh" "Whoosh"

From a very close distance, ride and shoot arrows. The archery skills of the palace tent army are extremely sophisticated, and the targets taken are the head and face of the Song army, neck and other vital points, because the Song army formed a formation in a hurry, and the pikemen and brand players supported the formation, and the crossbowmen in the formation had not yet had time to take position. Therefore, without the counterattack of the crossbowmen in the infantry formation, the cavalry of the Liao army was a one-sided slaughter, and countless of the bravest Song troops fell under this tricky and vicious arrow.

"Hold on-" "Don't move-" "Don't mess around-"

"Hold on to death!" The officer of the Hebei army shouted loudly, "Hold on—" and at this moment an arrow shot into the front door, and his shout stopped abruptly, and the spear fell with a "snap", and he fell face down on the field. The deputy capital strode forward to take over the command, and shouted loudly: "Don't move, everyone is going to die!" ”

The north wind hunted, under the attack of the arrows fired by the Liao army, the flanks of the Song army's front, black iron armor, red military robes, this red and black defense line, as if made of iron and blood, stood still. Many fell silently in the mud, and many more cried out in the face of death. After holding out for about half an hour, the crossbowmen strode up, loaded the strings, raised the crossbows, and shot, and countless crossbow arrows shot out like flying locusts. The Song army's own shield cart and King Kong cart were also pushed up, and the front was consolidated again. The Hebei army broke through the two infantry formations of the Liao army and made another difficult advance towards the Liyangjin pontoon bridge.