Seeing that the Western Army was beating the war drums of attack, the Jiaozhi Army was not to be outdone, and quickly beat its own war drums. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The front army of the Cochin Army began to step on the drum beat and began to charge forward, rushing towards the Western Army opposite.

The 10,000 infantry of the Western Army also formed a tight Yanling formation, with pikemen on the periphery, sword and shield men on the side, and archers in the center. Seeing that the Cochin Army began to attack, the infantry formation of the Western Army also rushed over from the hillside to meet the Cochin Army.

is also a rapid charge forward, when the Western Army rushes forward, the formation is still not chaotic at all, and the cooperation between the robes is still moderate, while the Cochin Army basically has no formation, and it is basically a scattered formation to charge. The first wave of the Jiaozhi army had 20,000 people, and they also wanted to crush the western army with their own numerical superiority, probably thinking that the Jiaozhi army could defeat the western army without using any formation at all. I have to say that although the combat strength of the Cochin Army is not very good, the morale of the Cochin Army is still quite high.

I saw that those Jiaozhi soldiers waved the weapons in their hands one after another, screamed and screamed, and rushed towards the Yanling array of the Western Army.

When they entered the distance of 200 paces, the archers of the Western Army, who were wrapped in the middle of the formation by the Yanling Array, began to draw their bows and shoot arrows, throwing a rain of arrows.

The Jiaozhi army was also prepared for this, and they raised the double-layer rattan shields hanging on their arms, and several people gathered together, gathered the rattan shields in their hands together, formed a well-protected shield array, and hid behind to avoid the rain of arrows.

The shields in the hands of the soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army are made of old rattan common in the south, which is two-layered, one vertical row and one horizontal row, and the defense is still very good.

The Western Army had only 10,000 infantry, and there were not many archers, only three or four thousand. The standard infantry longbow in the Western army is a strong bow with one stone and two fights, and it still consumes physical strength to draw the bow and shoot arrows. Generally, a good Western army archer will be exhausted if he shoots eight or nine feathered arrows in a row. So the archers in the infantry of the Western army stopped firing after only three rounds of feathered arrows. Of course, due to the continuous hedging between the two armies, the distance was quickly shortened, and after three rounds of feathered arrows, this distance was not suitable for projectiles.

The Jiaozhi army had been rushing forward with their shields on their shoulders just now, and when they saw that the archers of the Western Army had stopped shooting, they couldn't help but take off their shields and speed up their charges. Soon the distance between the Cochin Army and the Western Army was reduced to less than eighty paces, which was already within the distance of the Western Army's archers.

The archers in the middle of the Western Army's Yanling Formation rushed to the front of the Western Army's Yanling Formation's formation and began to bend their bows and shoot flat. The power of the flat arrow is much greater than that of the projectile, and the arrows that the archers of the Western Army shoot with their infantry longbows all carry a terrible sound of "woo" breaking through the air.

However, for the bow and arrow shooting of the Western Army, Li De'an also got Nong Zhigao's guidance and was prepared. The soldiers who rushed to the front of the Jiaozhi army were all fierce warriors with large iron-clad rattan shields in their hands and heavy iron armor on their bodies.

Although the feather arrows fired by those Western archers hit the shield with great force, shaking their arms numbly, they did not shoot through the iron-clad rattan shield in their hands, at most there were many arrows inserted into the shield, so the horizontal shooting of the Western archers did not cause much damage to the Cochin army.

The archers of the Western Army only fired two rounds flat, and then did not continue to shoot, first, the distance was already very close, and they were ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat; The second is that they also have to retain some arm strength to prepare for the next hand-to-hand encounter, if the arm strength is used up, I am afraid that it will be the rhythm of slaughter.

Those Western archers put away their bows and arrows, quickly pushed into the middle of the Yanling array, and handed over the front to those strong pikemen. The big gun is a long weapon, and when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, it is quite advantageous.

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Seeing those Western archers retreating into the formation, the soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army knew that they had completely withstood the shots of the Song army, and they all put down the shields they held in their hands and began the final charge.

In the eyes of these Jiaozhi soldiers, these Song troops were shooting teams, and when the bows and arrows were finished, they had no moves. The next thing is the performance moment when their Jiaozhi warriors rushed into the Song army formation and used the long knives in their hands to cut off the heads of those Song soldiers one by one.

The distance of dozens of paces was instantaneous, and soon the two armies with billowing smoke and dust collided together, and the time for hand-to-hand combat came.

The fierce ironclad warriors in the front of the Jiaozhi Army used the iron-clad rattan shield in their hands to protect their bodies and crashed into the pikemen of the Western Army.

This was their other task in addition to defending against the arrows fired by the Western Army: there was to break through the dense gun formation of the Western Army, so that the Cochin soldiers behind them could rush into the Western Army's formation. This was a common method they used when they fought with the Song army in Lingnan in the past. Once they rushed into the formation of the Song army, their wolf-like Jiaozhi warriors would soon be able to defeat those weak Song troops.

Those fierce Jiaozhi soldiers wearing iron armor are all good men in the Jiaozhi army, and their treatment in the camp is very high, whether it is food or salary, they are twice as high as ordinary Jiaozhi soldiers. Like the jumping soldiers in the Great Song Army, they are all used to charge into battle, and they are the most fierce soldiers in the army.

In the past, when fighting with the Song army, these soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army wearing iron armor often rushed to the front and rear of the Song army's formation, protected their bodies with iron-clad rattan shields, and bravely rushed over, so that they could easily break through the Song army's formation, and those Song army's pikemen could not deal with their iron-clad rattan shields at all. Although the Song army's big guns were very sharp, most of the Lingnan Song troops were weak and neglected to train, and it was difficult to pierce the solid iron-clad rattan shield in the hands of the ironclad soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army with the big guns in their hands.

Those ironclad soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army felt that this time they would be able to easily break through the formation of the Song Army and rush into their formation to slaughter them.

But when they rushed forward with the iron-clad rattan shield in their hands, they found that this time it was very different from usual.

This different consequence is naturally very heavy for the Jiaozhi army.

When those ironclad soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army raised the iron-clad rattan shield in their hands and rushed towards the spear array of the Western Army, the soldiers in the front line of the Western Army raised their spears and stabbed at the iron-clad rattan shield in their hands.

These pikemen in the front line of the Western Army are veterans of a hundred battles who have endured the battlefield. On the battlefield in the northwest, their spear formation had resisted the impact of those party cavalry countless times, and the soldiers of the western army felt that there was no pressure on these cross-toe ironclad soldiers who wanted to break through the Western army's gun formation by relying on a broken iron rattan shield and a not very sophisticated iron armor.

The pikemen in the front of the Western Army were all strong Northwest Men with great strength, and many of the spears in their hands easily pierced the iron-clad rattan shields in the hands of the ironclad soldiers of the opposite Jiaozhi Army, and even many Western Army pikemen with great strength directly pierced the iron-clad rattan shields in the hands of those Jiaozhi Army ironclad soldiers, and even pierced the iron armor on their bodies. Well, of course, it pierced the iron armor on the cross-toed warriors, and the head of the spear naturally pierced into their bodies.

The reason why the pikemen of the Western Army can be so powerful has a lot to do with the fact that the iron-clad rattan shields of the Jiaozhi people are not as good as the iron shields of the Western Army, and the iron armor on their bodies is far inferior to the iron armor of the Western Army. Of course, those Cochin Ironclad Warriors rushed up against the Western Army's pikemen, which was also on the one hand, which was equivalent to superimposing the Western Army's pikemen with the Cochin Army's own momentum. Those pikemen of the Western Army were already very strong, coupled with the momentum of the Jiaozhi Army itself, so they ...... As a result, many of them were directly pierced with shields, armor, and people.

After the spears of those pikemen of the Western Army pierced through the iron-clad rattan shield or iron armor of the ironclad soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army, it was a little difficult to pull back, so they directly shouted and picked hard. The rattan shields in the hands of those ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army suddenly couldn't bear their strength and flew away. As for the ironclad soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army who were pierced by the spears of the pikemen of the Western Army, they were also picked up by the pikemen of the Western Army and the armor together, and the strength of the pikemen in the front of the Western Army was vividly displayed at this time.

The pikemen of the Western Army are strong, and just now their first shot was stabbed, those who did not penetrate the ironclad rattan shield of the Cochin Army's ironclad soldiers, and those who were also mostly shocked by the Cochin Army's ironclad soldiers staggered back, and at this time, after this short period of time, the second shot of those Western Army pikemen had been stabbed out. This time, they already knew it in their hearts, and they used enough strength in their hands, and with a "bang", the second shot of these pikemen of the Western Army mostly broke through the ironclad rattan shields of those Jiaozhi Army ironclad soldiers. Of course, there were also many who pierced the iron armor on the ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army this time. These pikemen of the Western Army also concocted the same method, and they picked up the shields worn on the spears or the ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army.

Of course, these pikemen of the Western Army did not all use brute force, and there were also many who directly looked at the unprotected feet of the ironclad soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army.

Although those ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army were holding iron-clad rattan shields, that is, the kind of infantry shields, it was impossible to cover all their figures. If you want to charge quickly, at least there must be no obstacles or stumbles under your feet, so that you have to expose your feet so that you can walk without hindrance.

And the armor skirts of the ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army are also protected to the knees at most, and the calves and feet are exposed. Of course, not only the ironclad soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army, but basically the armor of all armies in the world is also mainly to protect the upper body. After all, below the legs is not a critical point, and if all of them are protected, the legs and feet will be more fetters, which will greatly affect the ability to move. In addition, if the area of protection is large, the weight of this armor will also increase, adding a lot of unnecessary burdens.

So those pikemen of the Western Army could look at the feet of those ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army. Although the upper body of the Cochin soldiers was protected, their feet were not protected, so after being stabbed in both feet, they all fell to the ground.

The head of the big gun of the Western Army is really not small, and it is quite exciting to be pierced through the soles of the feet by the sharp big gun, even if those Jiaozhi Army ironclad soldiers are strong, his seriously injured feet can no longer support the weight of his body. After the ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army who were shot in the soles of their feet fell to the ground, the pikemen of the Western Army naturally took the opportunity to step forward to replenish their guns.

As soon as the two armies came into contact, nearly half of the ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army had fallen under the attack of the pikemen of the Western Army.

The rest of the ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army are afraid of the power of the pikemen of the Western Army! Obviously, these Western armies were very different from the Lingnan Song army, which they had often fought before.

But despite this, they knew they had to keep charging forward. As long as the pikemen in front of the Western Army's Yanling Array are broken, they should be able to defeat these Western troops. Only by breaking through the pikemen in front of the Yanling formation of the Western Army can they defeat these Western troops, otherwise with the protection of these pikemen, the Jiaozhi Army will not have any impact on the formation of the Western Army at all.

If these ironclad soldiers retreated, it would be even more difficult for the Cochin soldiers behind them to deal with these pikemen of the Western Army. These Yanling formations of the Western Army are strictly organized and very lawful, and they want to rely on those comrades wearing leather armor behind them to break through the spear formation of the Western Army, I am afraid that it will have to rely on the lives of countless comrades to fill in the formation in order to break through the spear formation of the Western Army.

At that moment, those ironclad soldiers of the Cochin Army gritted their teeth and rushed forward again, but their results this time were still in vain. In the face of the spears stabbed by the pikemen of the Western Army, the iron-clad rattan shield in their hands could not resist at all, and they were easily pierced by the big spears in the hands of the pikemen of the Western Army.

Soon, the ironclad soldiers at the forefront of the Jiaozhi Army were basically wiped out by the pikemen of the Western Army. The actual actions of the Western army have taught the Jiaozhi people how effective the tight formation is in the field, and of course, the excellent weapons and equipment are also crucial.

The war drums of the Jiaozhi Army's attack were still beating loudly, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army behind those ironclad soldiers were also a little frightened when they saw those ironclad soldiers being cleared. These Song troops in front of them are really the same as those Song troops on the West Guangnan Road they encountered in the past!

In the past, the Song troops on the Guangnan West Road that the Jiaozhi people encountered often only relied on those bows and crossbows, which could cause a little damage to the Jiaozhi army, and when the Jiaozhi army rushed in front of them, they basically collapsed. Sometimes, before they could even reach their positions, they had already turned and fled.

And the western army in front of him actually stood still in the face of the impact of the ironclad soldiers that the Jiaozhi army was proud of, but instead strangled those ironclad soldiers. You must know that these ironclad soldiers are all good men in the Jiaozhi army, and they are the toughest soldiers in the Jiaozhi military camp.

The soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army had some fear in their hearts at this time, but their prince, that is, their commander, did not give the order to retreat at this time, and was still beating the war drums to order them to charge, so they could only rush forward with their heads.

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