Chapter 176: Breaking the Formation

Seeing that more than 2,000 cavalry on both wings of the Liangshan Army rushed towards him, the 5,000 Great Song Forbidden Army not only did not have the slightest fear, but under the influence of the army commander and officers at all levels, the two excited eyes almost burst into light.

I heard Gao Lian excitedly and ordered loudly: "The four battalions of cavalry are not moving, the infantry is in formation, everyone is in their own positions, and the arrow array meets the enemy. Inform the generals, this general's order, if you take a step back, the whole team will be killed! ”

The generals will lead the order loudly, shouting loudly and giving orders, Rao is that no matter how poor the quality of these forbidden troops in Hebei Province is, before they really engage the enemy, the reaction speed is also okay.

I saw the Song army in the front row squatting down quickly, the shield erected a spear on it, and the tail end supported the ground, and the Song army in the second row just stepped on it with his feet, and the spear was raised obliquely, and under the illumination of the rising sun, a cold light of steel suddenly flashed!

The Song army in the second row quickly placed the spear flat on the ground along the gap in the shield, and then straightened up and together with the Song army behind him, he pulled out a strong bow and a hard crossbow from his body.

Without waiting for the Liangshan cavalry to rush into the firing range, these Song army crossbowmen who wielded various shooting weapons such as divine arm bows, stirrup crossbows, yellow birch step bows, black lacquer step bows, and riding bows shot rows of brightly colored crossbow arrows and feather arrows in turn, and they were clearly inserted diagonally on the ground.

This is the maximum range of all kinds of bows and crossbows, and the officers at all levels who lead the team at this time are all staring intently at the front, their right hands raised high, and they can only enter the range of the Liangshan cavalry, and then they swing down heavily, and then ten thousand arrows are fired in unison.

Just when the Liangshan cavalry was about to rush through the outermost row of short red arrow-body crossbow arrows, a rapid swan sound was heard, and the Liangshan cavalry, which had almost covered the front of the Song army's array, and was overwhelmed like a tide, suddenly split into two, turned 90 degrees horizontally, pulled out two almost 90-degree turns of smoke and dust on the battlefield, and ran towards the left and right sides of the Song army respectively.

And a little earlier, in the large formation of the Liangshan Army's infantry army, Lin Chong's right hand pointed forward again, the personal guard flag behind him waved, the horn sounded, and Wang Yin, Fan Rui, He Ji, and Shan Tingjue's four battalions of infantry A total of 4,000 immediately began to push forward in formation.

At this time, Li Tianyan, Bian Xiang, Zhang Qing, and Tang Bin four battalions of field cavalry had already swept over both sides of the Song army at a rapid pace, and the knights equipped with the divine arm bow in the cavalry team raised the divine arm bow in their hands, and listened to the sound of horse hooves roaring in the air, and a buzzing sound like wasp wings sounded, and countless short crossbow arrows burst out, rushing straight to the cavalry brigade in the Song army's array.

Crossbow arrows whistling and shooting like locusts! I saw the outermost rows of the Song cavalry, almost at the same time screaming and turning over and falling off the horse, just in this short photo, at least two hundred Song army knights were swept away, and people turned over on their backs!

The heart of Gao Lian, who was staring at the back of the infantry and trying to watch the battle, seemed to stop beating at this moment.

Nima! This Liangshan cavalry is not to attack the Song army's infantry formation, but to attack the Song army's two wings and the cavalry in the rear, and this Liangshan cavalry is also equipped with so many divine arm bows, otherwise they would not be able to shoot so far!

What frightened him even more was that this gang of Liangshan thieves and Kou charged the whole army without saying a word, especially the overwhelming Liangshan infantry army in front of them, in the process of rapid charge, the array was still as tight as a wall, and there was no chaos at all.

The Liangshan cavalry has already given a "surprise" to its own side, and God knows what unexpected things will appear in this gang of people rushing over with a fierce momentum?

Seeing that the Liangshan infantry army was divided into a row of about five hundred people, the foot soldiers in the first row all raised large square shields about five or six feet high, and advanced like a wall, the speed became faster and faster, and they would soon step over the outermost row of red divine arm bows and crossbow arrows.

Gao Lian, as well as Yu Zhi, Wen Wenbao, Xue Yuanhui, Zhang Xiucen, Zhu Min and others were simply stunned, and their faces were full of disbelief.

Straight sissy thief! Running so fast, and still being able to maintain such a dense and neat array, how did this group of Liangshan thieves do it?

Straight sissy thief! Is this still a Liangshan thief? As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was any, and this Liangshan thief was much more well-trained than the most elite Great Song Forbidden Army!

But now is not the time to marvel, it is the commanders of the Western Army Zhang Xiucen and Zhu Min who are the first to react, and the two of them are staring at the fast-moving shield wall, their palms full of cold sweat.

Two hundred and forty steps...... One hundred and eighty steps...... One hundred and fifty steps......

Seeing that the shield wall of the Liang Shan Army had rushed through the line of red divine arm bows and crossbow arrows, the speed was getting faster and faster, and it had already rushed within the range of the Huanghua Step Bow, so the two of them waved their raised right hand down hard, and loudly ordered the arrows to be released.

I heard the sound of crossbow strings trembling violently in the air, and countless short crossbows crashed into the Liangshan army formation like flying locusts.

Only a few bolts grazed the edge of the shield and flew into the Liangshan military formation or deflected downwards to hit the shin or shoes of the shield-wielding soldier, causing only a small amount of damage.

Zhang Xiucen and Zhu Min, Gao Lian and the others behind the two of them, opened their eyes to the maximum, and looked at all this with disbelief on their faces.

Straight sissy thief! This gang of Liangshan thieves reacted so quickly! When he was running quickly before, the big square shield only protected the shoulder position of the body, and the next moment when the crossbow arrow was fired, it instantly lifted upward, protecting the vital point of the whole body, leaving only the calf position.

What's even more incredible is that the five hundred large square shields of the Liang Mountain Army are not wooden shields, lacquered wooden shields, nor iron-clad wooden shields, but all-iron shields, otherwise it is impossible to make the farthest range of two hundred and forty steps, and the divine arm bow that can penetrate heavy armor within one hundred and fifty steps is also futile.

But how is this possible? Are these Liangshan thieves all powerful gods? How can you run so fast with such a heavy iron shield, and still run so neatly?

Straight lady thief, how did this gang of Liangshan thieves train?!

At this time, I heard a loud swan sound in the Liangshan army, and the shield array in the first row of the Liangshan army suddenly fell down slightly obliquely, and countless crossbows with divine arms and bows stretched out on the shield wall, and the arrows of the cold forest flashed endless cold light in the sun!

Zhang Xiucen and Zhu Min suddenly widened their eyes, their faces were distorted, and the entire Song Army array also stirred, and some people screamed loudly.

"Ahhhhh......h

"Watch out for the rain of arrows!"

The two shouted almost at the same time, but it was too late at this time, and they heard the scream of locusts flapping their wings, and more than a thousand crossbow arrows roared into the dense military formation of the Song army, penetrating the sturdy shield and tearing the armor of the officers and soldiers.