Chapter 309: Cavalry Duel
The divine arm crossbow itself was a sharp weapon of Western Xia, and at the beginning, it had a huge impact on the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty, and played an important role in the battle for the founding of the Western Xia and a series of battles in the early days.
However, the role of the divine arm crossbow, that is, the initial display of the role, he is not a suitable for opening on the horse, and the requirements for some environments are also particularly high, in the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, after getting the secret recipe respectively, the role of the crossbow has been greatly reduced, and the Liao State and the Western Xia have no large-scale equipment, but the Northern Song Dynasty has begun to equip more.
Zhou Wenxiu also knew that this set of equipment could withstand the attack of the Divine Arm Crossbow, but it was a hundred steps, or even 150 steps away, and the Divine Arm Crossbow that used iron arrows at close range, his armor could not stop it.
That thing, like a bullet, was much larger than a bullet, and within 20 meters, it could definitely penetrate his defenses, even if it was impossible to block it with several layers of composite armor.
Fortunately, knowing this in advance, with Zhou Wenxiu's cleverness, it is impossible to rush into it alone, he is just an arrow, and even most of the time, someone is guarding next to him, and under the high speed of the horse, he will charge.
Even if the opponent uses the Divine Arm Crossbow, they can gouge through the entire camp before the Divine Arm Crossbow is fired.
The defense power is enough, and the attack power is also the end, which has to say that the heavy long knife held by Zhou Wenxiu is a more terrifying material than a divine weapon.
Instead of choosing the inlay type, the whole body is made of super-hard steel with a hardness of at least 6.3 or more, which has been specially ground and sharpened like clay.
When he got it, Zhou Wenxiu even tried to cut 10 big fat pigs with one knife, which is basically equivalent to the feeling of splitting 10 corpses with one knife.
Such a change, coupled with Zhou Wenxiu's own force, has caused the invincibility on the battlefield now.
The invincibility of the individual cannot replace the whole, even if it is a peerless god of war like Lu Bu, he will have to be defeated in the end, but Zhou Wenxiu is not alone.
As an important team of his subordinates, as a unit that wants to make great contributions, Zhou Wenxiu took 1000 new heavy horses, their weapons are not the level of divine weapons, but also above the ordinary level, ordinary 5.5 hardness steel, in the Northern Song Dynasty may not be nothing, a little famous knife, can completely explode it, but in the Liao State, especially in the current Liao Army, this is almost a general's weapon.
Popularizing this general's equipment to a thousand-person team, I am afraid that Xiao Hui will be surprised when he knows the real situation, not to mention, these people who follow Zhou Wenxiu and act as arrows together are all carefully selected by the Zhou family to ensure that Zhou Wenxiu is an important helper.
The strength of the family is not as good as Zhou Wenxiu, but the equipment is one level higher than the ordinary cavalry, not to mention that they are specially trained, tall and powerful.
Fifteen family members, one Zhou Wenxiu, and four or five, selected from the cavalry troops, were superior in talent and force to ordinary cavalry masters, and the combined force of more than 20 people, like a terrible arrow, immediately leveled through the entire battle line.
Armed to the teeth, the force is still outstanding, and it is not the elite iron harrier that is dealing with, but the slightly weaker foot soldiers, all kinds of advantages and disadvantages, gathered together, forming a terrible joint force, and finally the situation on the battlefield has completely changed.
Yeli Rongxing never thought that the war would develop in this direction, he himself was only aimed at the main front, his goal had always been Xiao Hui's Chinese army, and the high handsome banner had become his desire for meritorious service.
But who would have thought that this arrow on the back side was like a sharp knife, rushing through his side invincestibly, and even after cutting through a thousand-man team, it began to come towards his Chinese army.
Yeli Rongxing, also regarded as a nobleman, his force is about the same, but more, but it is from a background, if there is no Yeli Renrong's existence, he cannot become the commander of the 30,000 army, at the forefront of the heavy responsibility.
Yuan Hao has high hopes for him and hopes that he can get off to a good start, but the current situation is developing in the opposite direction.
Yeli Rongxing didn't dare to think about it, he immediately ordered, and the foot soldiers blocked them.
People, when they are in a panic, they will always make mistakes, and Yeli Rongxing made a mistake that beginners must make at this time, and in the face of threats, the first thing that comes to mind is not-for-tat, cutting off this threat, but thinking of how to save lives, which has become a turning point on the battlefield.
If Zhou Wenxiu led the cavalry, especially the iron harriers under his command, to fight with Zhou Wenxiu, to press the formation with foot soldiers, and to force the Liao army back with bows and arrows, this may be able to barely stabilize the position, even if it fails, the loss will not be too great, and it will not cause the whole army to retreat.
Now, he chose to use the seemingly powerful foot soldiers to resist the new cavalry with high momentum, and in the face of such a new style, armed to the teeth of the Liao State heavy cavalry, it was really a food delivery.
The military order fell like a mountain, even if he knew that he was invincible, this foot soldier still rushed up and blocked in front of the cavalry, Zhou Wenxiu looked at the foot soldier who rushed up, and his face was covered by the mask, showing a sneer, which was exactly what he was looking forward to.
"Rush Rush!" Zhou Wenxiu's long knife was raised high, and he shouted loudly in his mouth, on the battlefield, the sound of horses' hooves and the noise had already blocked his voice, but the signal of the long knife made all the cavalry change their momentum.
The more fearless charge, the horse kept pumping, and the horse began to accelerate more rapidly, without even stopping at all, and rushed away.
The battlefield has undergone a terrible change, a 3,000-man foot soldier, rushed to the heavy cavalry, but was directly chiseled by the heavy cavalry that did not even stop the horse, 1,000 heavy cavalry, after defeating a thousand cavalry, once again tore open the infantry camp like a scalpel, and the strong combat effectiveness was outrageous.
Zhou Wenxiu's horse was already bloody, but after special treatment armor and long knives, it was still bright.
I don't know how many people were slashed with long knives, there was no sluggishness, gaps, enough hardness and sharpness, so that he made a great achievement, 3,000 people, almost like chopping vegetables and melons, lost everything, and some of them didn't even have time to run, and they were cut off by the cavalry chasing behind them.
Continuous combat, not only did not bring fatigue, but stimulated the blood of the soldiers, sophisticated equipment, while ensuring adequate defense, after killing a few people, there was no wear and tear at all.
The first team of 3,000 people was scattered, and the second, still halfway through, was still a few hundred steps away from them, but in terms of the galloping charge of fast horses, it might be a dozen breaths of time.
Under the Chinese army, Xiao Hui watched Zhou Wenxiu's performance with satisfaction, as a general on a horse, Xiao Hui prefers fierce generals, before, Zhou Wenxiu gave him the feeling that he was very good, the military strategy and training are equally outstanding, but the combat effectiveness is not strong, this may be a weakness, how he hopes that Liao can add a young general who is both civil and military.
But now, this is not only strong, it is strong and boundless, no one thought that a reader who looks weak and even has the air of books will be so powerful.
The generals next to them also knew Xiao Hui's thoughts, and took the initiative to praise them playfully, they were also martial artists, and they knew how difficult it was in such a situation.
Western Xia is not weak, they all know this, otherwise, the envoy in charge of the affairs of the party and the clan would not have died like this, and Liao Xingzong would not have sent a large army to suppress it.
"Then we're on!" Xiao Hui paused and gently released the order.
Two 3,000-person foot soldiers did not block Zhou Wenxiu's footsteps, the sharp knives never stopped, a 1,000-person team, almost single-handedly, defeated 7,000 people, which is almost a quarter of the opponent's strength.
Although the Iron Harrier did not move, and most of the cavalry were there, the foot soldiers were already unstable.
The reason why the foot soldier is a foot soldier is that there are some gaps, either from the top of the background, or from the top of the strength, this unit can only fight with the wind, and once the wind is against the wind, it is easy to have problems.
At this point, only by deeply understanding the army, and even having enough experience in leading troops, can he understand and understand all this in the midst of many experiences, for Yeli Rongxing, he still doesn't know, and he doesn't even want to understand why he will lose.
Yeli Rongxing was still a little younger, he only thought about protecting himself and the cavalry, and did not take into account this, and when he ordered the third team to go up, he immediately caused a commotion, and this commotion became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The battle situation itself was not smooth, and these foot soldiers under his command were still afraid to avoid the battle, which made Yeli Rongxing feel angry and began to give a loud order to cut off the head of the main general.
However, the development of the war situation frustrated his idea, and before his request could be promulgated, a general next to him said in horror: "The Liao army has moved!" ”
Before, most of the actions of the Liao army were two wings, namely Zhou Wenxiu, and another side, mainly Zhou Wenxiu, who contained most of the Western Xia army, but now, when the rear army was unstable, it was grasped by the keen Xiao Hui, and the Liao army's Chinese army was almost 7,000 people, and began to charge.
The charge of this most terrifying cavalry force immediately became the key to the situation on the field.
The camp of Western Xia, because of Zhou Wenxiu's efforts and Yeli Rongxing's wrong choice, has changed a little, and there is a bit of disconnection before and after, Xiao Hui carried the most huge force, like a sharp knife, straight into Yeli Rongxing's Chinese army, and it is also the strongest place in the entire Western Xia army.
When he had just engaged in the war, this move would make Yeli Rongxing happy, and he would also send Iron Harriers to fight-for-tat, but now, the battle line is disjointed, the rear is unstable, and the current unfavorable situation is not good, Yeli Rongxing doesn't know what to do, and even missed the best opportunity to order, when he reacted, he was horrified to find that it was impossible to escape.