Looking at the solemn expressions of everyone around him, Yang Huairen also unconsciously became nervous, he knew in his heart that the war he had been looking forward to for a long time was really coming soon. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xia Jun's horn sounded again, this time a high-spirited and sharp trumpet, like a sharp sword cutting through the sky.

Then the drum beat again, but it was different from the marching drum in front of it. When the Xia army formed a phalanx and marched, it was a neat and rhythmic drum, which just allowed the soldiers to walk out of the neat steps according to the drum.

Now the drum beats are faster, but the pattern is "Knock knock knock!" Knock knock! ”

Xia Jun, who had formed a horizontal queue, heard the strange rhythm of the drum and began to move forward with his shield, and every time he took three small steps forward, he paused to adjust the position of the shield wall, and then shouted "Ho!" ”

Including Yang Huairen, everyone was in their hearts when they saw this, and the Western Xia Jingsai army trained in Yelitu was really well-trained.

Although there has been no large-scale battle between Song and Xia for more than ten years, Ye Lituli has been able to rigorously train his subordinate soldiers in siege formations, which shows that he has always had a heart to invade the Great Song Dynasty in his heart.

No wonder as soon as Liang Yitan was assassinated in Huanzhou, his Jingsai army reacted immediately without waiting for Liang Yiti's order, it turned out that this attack on the Great Song Dynasty was not a temporary idea, but something he had been brewing for a long time.

"Knock knock knock! Ho! ”

"Knock knock knock! Ho! ”

“……”

The Xia army's shield wall queue marched rhythmically, and the sound of drums and thousands of soldiers shouted in unison throughout the valley, and the soldiers of the Song army all showed fear when they saw this.

They usually fought with the Tanguts, and they were all small-scale hand-to-hand encounters, but they had never seen such a huge offensive formation of the Tangut army.

Huang Dayin's heart was a little hairy, and he asked the other Dutou next door, "Deng Dutou, it has only been the case that the Xixia people have attacked the city twice?" How did you resist? ”

The round-eyed and square-nosed Deng Dutou shook his head and said, "Brother Huang, it's really time for you to come, the Xixia people attacked twice, both of which were tentative, but this time, it seems that the old boy in Yelitu is really moving." ”

And another gray-haired old fire chief followed Deng Dutou's words and said, "Yes, the two groups of Xia troops who attacked the city just now, from their shouts, I can hear that they are also our Han people.

But this time, the old devil of Yelituri personally went into battle to oversee the army, and it should be the elite of his Jingsai army. ”

As he spoke, he poked his head out slightly, and pointed to the marching Xia army's shield wall queue, "Where did the two groups of Xia troops who besieged the city just now have such a neat formation?"

And those people just now are holding a riveted wooden shield, if you look at these people now, it is an iron shield an inch back, take three steps and take a breath, that's because the shield is too heavy! ”

The expression on Huang Dayin's face immediately became more serious, he glanced back at Yang Huairen, and shook his head slightly.

What he thought in his heart was that he didn't expect that the first time Hou Ye and the guards he brought participated in the battle, they encountered a hard stubble, whether Qingping Pass could be defended, it is really hard to say now, even if it can barely be held, the brothers of the Song army will pay a heavy price.

Seeing Huang Dayin's expression, the people on Yang Huairen's side also realized something, and their hearts became heavy, and they also looked at Yang Huairen together.

At this time, Yang Huairen also understood that the third attack of the Western Xia people should have used elite troops, and the next battle would definitely be very tragic, and he couldn't say what the result would be.

But looking at everyone's heavy mood, it seems that they have lost three points of morale before the fight starts.

Yang Huairen knew in his heart that the more times like this, the more the Song soldiers beat the drums in their hearts, and the more confidence was lost.

If this continues, it is very likely that as soon as the two sides start fighting, there will be loopholes in the wall, and the Xia army will easily tear through the defense line that looks very strong.

What to do? What to do?!

Yang Huairen watched the offensive formation of the Xia army in the distance pressing towards the pass step by step, and his head spun quickly, hoping to get along with a way that could boost the morale of the Song army.

Suddenly, Yang Huairen realized something, he walked up to Brother Hei Niu, pointed to the bottom of the wall and asked, "Brother, the commander of the Western Xia Army who rode a horse to give orders, can you shoot him with an arrow?" ”

Li Heiniu was stunned for a moment, thinking of the Song Army archers standing still behind him, and then raised his head to visually measure the distance between the Xia Army and the wall, and immediately understood what Yang Huairen meant.

The archers of the Song army used the standard mulberry bow with one stone to five stones, and the range was only a little more than 100 paces, counting the advantage of shooting down from a high place, it could shoot at most a distance of 150 steps, and if it was farther, even if the feather arrow could be shot, it was the end of the strong crossbow and lost its lethality.

The reason why they didn't move was because they waited for orders any longer. Only when the Xia army marched a little more than a hundred steps away from the Qingping Pass wall would they start a volley to suppress the Xia army's attack.

When the Xia army was two hundred steps away from the wall, he set up a shield wall and slowly pressed towards the wall step by step, which effectively weakened the lethality of the archers.

The commander of the Xia army riding a horse and waving the banner behind the shield wall formation was about 200 steps away from the wall, and the command flag in their hands was also waving regularly with the rhythm of the drums of the attack.

Yang Huairen discovered a key problem, the Xia army holding high the pig iron heavy shield to attack the forward, in order to ensure that the shield wall is tightly fitted without leaks, it seems that there is a lack of grasp of the direction of travel.

The horizontal queue they formed can ensure that they have been advancing in a straight line, and have been maintaining a parallel posture with the Qingping Pass Wall, without revealing the weakness of the side, in addition to the usual training is relatively strict, it is precisely because of the flag of the commander that they can master the direction of travel, so that they can always keep the same pace.

If the dozen or so commanders standing behind the shield wall queue were shot down, would they be able to continue to move forward in this stance? Perhaps, this is the weakness of the Xia Army's shield wall offensive formation?

The position of the commander on horseback, the current bow and arrow of the border army are not capable of killing him, but Yang Huairen realized one thing, can the three-stone Zhemu longbow in the hand of Brother Hei Niu be able to do it?

Brother Hei Niu suddenly realized, suddenly overjoyed, took off the Zhemu bow, pulled out a three-toothed wolf tooth arrow with his backhand, and put it on the bow.

Seeing Li Heiniu's posture like this, everyone hurriedly gave him a notch on the women's wall.

Li Heiniu closed his eyes, raised his head and quietly felt the wind direction and speed, and when he opened his eyes, the look in his eyes made Yang Huairen feel that Brother Heiniu was confident.