Seeing that the battlefield was too chaotic, Gu Yi hurriedly gathered the troops that rushed out and confronted the rushing Meng Academy.

Looking at the heavy cavalry slowly gathered by the other party, He Lu felt that his mouth was a little dry, and said: "Master, the other party's heavy cavalry is rushing, how should we deal with it?" But in the blink of an eye, Master Xie's ten thousand people were scattered, which is really powerful! ”

Meng Xue said: "I have sent someone to report to Captain Ma in the city, and there will be reinforcements soon." Heavy cavalry is not better than light cavalry, flowering bullets are difficult to hurt, and the effect of muskets is not very good, so you can only hold first and wait for reinforcements. - Don't be scared when you see them scattering Master Xie's army. The enemy's heavy cavalry of five or six thousand people, if they could not disperse Master Xie, wouldn't the heavy cavalry be useless. We have here plus the remnants of Master Xie's army, there are nearly 20,000 people, and it is not so easy for the Khitan to think about it like just now! ”

He Lu nodded, his teeth chattering, still scared.

The Song army knew that the Khitan had transferred heavy cavalry, but they didn't expect that there were so many. Of the 30,000 heavy cavalry in the Khitan country, 15,000 arrived here, and it was strange that they could not disperse in the face of the Song army. Although the musketeers were sharp, the depth of the army formation was not enough, and the 5,000 heavy cavalry faced 10,000 people, and a single charge scattered the Chinese army. Then a large number of light cavalry followed, and Xie Chi didn't even have time to react.

Seeing the Khitan heavy cavalry in front of him coming slowly, Meng Xuexue decisively ordered the artillery to open fire. The armies of Wu Cheng and Zhang Gan in Xie Chi's division were occupied a few days ago, and most of the artillery was lost. The re-replenishment of artillery in the army has not yet arrived, and its power is far inferior to that of Meng Xuexuan's army.

As the cannonballs rained down, Gu Yin was startled: "This Song army, there are many more artillery than just now!" ”

Pu Gu said: "The general can rest assured for the time being, the artillery of the Song army exploded, and it can't hurt the heavily armored cavalry." As long as they rushed forward, how could the artillery of the Song army be able to stop it? In the battle just now, it was just a charge, and the Song army collapsed. ”

Gu Yi shook his head and didn't speak, but he felt inappropriate in his heart. I only use 5,000 iron horses, is there a little less people? This iron horse is the foundation of the Khitan country, and Gu Yin attaches great importance to it, and he does not dare to press it all at once.

Before the flowering bomb exploded, it smashed into the cavalry, and the power was still huge, and even people and horses could be knocked down. However, the weight is too light, unlike solid bullets, which can injure several people in a row. However, when exploded, the damage to horses and cavalry is less. The cavalry were all heavily armoured, with two layers per person, and the fragments were not smashed into the vital parts, but only injured. The vests all had harnesses, and when they were hit by splinters, they were only injured.

In the artillery fire, from time to time the cavalry fell, but the rhythm of the entire cavalry brigade remained unchanged, rushing straight towards the Song army.

Meng Xueji saw that the Khitan cavalry was approaching, and said to the soldiers around him: "Order all the troops, and the heavy cavalry will rush up, and there is no need to fight them to the death." When he was thirty paces away, he shot as he retreated. Next to the military formation, assist them in shooting. If any of them were charged by the cavalry, they were ordered to retreat to the rear and be replaced by the next formation. Tell all armies that they don't dare to attack the enemy so fiercely, and don't mess up! ”

The herald ordered the soldiers to answer the promise, and quickly went to deliver the order.

He Lu said: "Master, it seems that there are thousands of heavy horses. We have a division of troops, but I'm afraid we can't stop it. ”

Meng Xue said: "As long as you don't mess up, you're not afraid of them." The captain has already sent reinforcements, hold on for a moment, and wait for reinforcements! ”

If the infantry attacked, most of the Song army's musketeers fired from a distance of thirty paces. The heavy cavalry that came could not be like that anymore, and was already firing fifty paces away. At thirty paces, the army slowly retreated and continued to shoot. About thirty steps back, there was a flank army next to it.

Meng Xuexue's military formation was much denser and deeper than Xie Chi's military formation just now. And in the back, Shao Hai collected Xie Chi's stragglers and slowly replenished them. More importantly, the discipline of the non-commissioned officers in Meng Xue's army was better and not easy to disperse.

The heavy armor rushed forward, and the army in front of it retreated. Thirty paces later, as soon as they caught up, the military formation next to them had already appeared, harassing the flanks. In this way, the scattered military formations of the Song army quickly assembled and entered the battle again. has been fighting hard for a long time, and Meng Xuexue's military formation is still not chaotic.

Seeing that the casualties of the heavy cavalry were not small, Gu Yi hurriedly ordered to retreat quickly. Musketeers, unlike archers, are much more difficult. The crossbow shooters shot twenty or thirty arrows, most of them exhausted. These musketeers are different, as long as they are entangled, the longer they go, the more they will prevail. And unlike the crossbowmen, the musketeers were point-fired, battle-oriented, and more akin to the swordsman. After pulling away from the distance, there is almost no way to step forward in turns.

The heavy cavalry retreated, and Gu Yi hurriedly asked the general who led the team, Wugu: "How many men and horses did you lose in a suitable battle?" ”

After inspecting the Wugu faction's own soldiers, he crossed his hands and said: "These Song troops are extremely cunning and have lost a lot of manpower. According to a rough estimate, this man lost nearly 800 people. General, if there is no other way, such a strong attack will not work. ”

Gu Yi said: "Besides, what else can you do? The general also saw that the artillery of the Song army was extremely sharp, and it was difficult to rush in front of them without heavy armor. If the heavy armor can break through their artillery, the battle will be easy to fight. ”

Wugu looked at the Song army's military formation, shook his head and said, "This is a little difficult. We rushed forward, and the Song army retreated. It wasn't too far to chase it, and there was a military formation next to it, which was too difficult. We are all heavily armoured, and we are not fast enough to break through at one time. ”

Gu Yi looked up at the sun in the sky, then at the Song army, and after a while, gritted his teeth and said: "The Holy Lord rode over in order to defeat the Song army!" At this point, why care about casualties! ”

After speaking, he said to Wugu: "The Song army in front of you only has about 10,000 people. You take 10,000 heavy armor and break through their formation! Even if you lose some manpower and destroy more than 10,000 Song troops, it's still worth it! ”

Wugu's heart jumped, and he crossed his hands and said, "But listen to the general's orders!" ”

Looking at the heavy cavalry that the Khitan was assembling in front of him, Meng Xuexue only felt his eyes jump. There are more than 10,000 people on their own, and the remnants of Xie Chi's army over there have not yet been reorganized, how can they stop 10,000 iron horses? But if it can't be stopped, where can it retreat?

He Lu said: "Master, why don't we retreat under the city wall?" With the city wall, the Khitans can't go around the flank. ”

Meng Xuexue shook his head: "Under the city wall, although the side is safe, our whole army can't move." The Khitan rode heavily to charge, if the army could not retreat and fought to the death with them, wouldn't it be a dead end! ”

After thinking for a while, Meng Xueyu said to his own soldiers: "Go to the city again to urge, and let the captain send reinforcements quickly!" The enemy is outnumbered, and they ride multiple times, it is really difficult to resist! If I don't come to the reinforcements, I can only retreat! ”

The soldiers promised to go. Meng Xuezhu looked at the sergeant in front of him, and said after a while: "This time, the cavalry of the Khitan brigade came over, but I am afraid that all the military formations in front will face the enemy!" The order goes down, and the whole army shrinks to me and shortens the front! To deal with the Khitans, it is not possible to have enough depth! It is better to have a shorter front than to ensure depth! Also, it is impossible for the Khitan to attack my flanks with heavy cavalry, so that they can defend against light cavalry! ”

The soldiers responded and hurriedly went to order. The current Song army relies on the commanders at the grassroots level to command their respective military formations. Although there is a fight, the role is much smaller than before. Meng Xuexue ordered the formation to change, as long as he ordered the grassroots officers. It is no longer the same as before, and the whole army is arrayed with flags.