Xia Xingmei, who was squinting at the battle, said to herself: "What are the Song people doing? Why is there no response? Is there a deception in it? ”

Before the words fell, I saw that the momentum of the cavalry charge that had originally launched an attack from the flank suddenly stopped, and the men and horses were crowded together, and at this time, the cavalry formation that was attacking head-on suddenly spread to both sides. As a veteran, he knew immediately that something unexpected must have happened.

Li Buqi watched coldly as the vanguard of the Liao cavalry stepped on the triangular nail and rolled on the snow, becoming an obstacle for the follow-up cavalry and tripping over more horses. The riders behind did not dare to turn at this time, so they had to step hard, but the horses that had not tripped over had suddenly fallen after continuing to run a few steps.

When more and more people and horses rolled in the snow, the Liao people in the back understood that the people in front were on the way, not by the crossbow arrows of the Song people. But as far as the eye could see, there was a flat area ahead, and there was nothing to see except the remnants of snow that had been trampled on.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the cavalry on both flanks hurriedly ran to the sides, trying to avoid the obstruction of something in front of them to continue the attack, but without exception, the horses fell into the snow because of their horses' stumbling hooves.

Unknown dangers are even more frightening. The cavalry on both flanks could change direction, and the riders, who were wrapped in the formation, had no choice but to hurry their horses. However, even if the cavalry who followed the front team charged saw that the situation in front was not right, some of them did not have time to stop, and under a series of collisions, the formation of the Liao army was chaotic, and the men and horses were all crowded together.

When it was discovered that the Liao army had launched a real charge, Li did not give up and ordered to stop retreating. The three rows of crossbowmen narrowed their spacing and fired their crossbow arrows at the swarming cavalry, and the police cavalry on both flanks also dismounted and took off their long lunges to shoot arrows. When the Liao cavalry was crowded together and could not maneuver, it became the best target. The shooter doesn't even need to aim, as long as he shoots an arrow, he will definitely shoot an unlucky egg, either a man or a horse.

The twenty carriages that stopped behind Li Buqi also began to wield. Although the light ballistae loaded on these carriages are not comparable to the ballistas used by the Tamna sailors, the javelins fired weigh more than a kilogram, and the javelins are luxuriously polished into a streamlined shape to ensure that the javelins can fly farther and penetrate more powerfully. Combined with the steel tips, these javelins often penetrate a person's body at a distance of three or four hundred meters, and then penetrate deep into the body of a horse before stopping.

The Liao cavalry, who were crowded in front of the triangular nail formation, were exposed to the rain of arrows for a full five minutes before they evacuated, turned around and ran out of range of crossbow arrows. But it was this chaos of just one or two minutes that cost them dearly, and a nearly semicircular ribbon was filled with dead men and dead horses and dying wounded. Li Buqi estimated that the Liao people in the three directions definitely left no less than a thousand cavalry.

Seeing that the Liao people had run away, Li Buqi ordered to stop shooting. Some of the cavalry scouts began to jump off their horses and enter the triangular nail formation to harvest the heads. The Great Song Dynasty counted military merits based on heads, and only by bringing back the heads could the number of enemies killed be real.

Li Buqi ordered the crossbowmen to retreat in great stride. He believed that the Liao people had suffered this loss, and they would never dare to try it again. Of course, if the Liao people came so recklessly again, he wouldn't mind giving the Liao people a little more color.

He threw down 110,000 triangular nails in this place, and as long as the Liao people dared to ride their horses, they would always step on one. Except for some of the iron triangular nails he brought, most of them were wooden and ceramic triangular nails. These wooden triangular nails are painted with white lacquer on the outside, and the pottery triangular nails are also thinly hung with a layer of white glaze. He didn't believe that the Liao people could easily break through this area full of triangular nails.

A sweaty Liao army officer ran back to his team, and before he could speak, Xia Xingmei asked, "What's going on?" ”

The Liao people are not fools, and they have already figured out the trick. The officer's eyes flashed with anger: "It's either a trap or thistles." I think the Song people just followed the carriage to cover and dug a trap in the back or laid an iron thistle. ”

"The Song people are really cunning!" Xia Xingmei was not in a hurry, she just said casually. After thinking about it, he said, "Li Buqi began to retreat, right?" Let people sweep away the thistle terrestris and fill in the pit. I'll have to go through there and rush again. ”

As a veteran, he has seen a lot of wins and losses, and although he will not be indifferent to the loss of one or two thousand people, he will never take it too seriously. The loss is irreparable, and it's useless to be annoyed now, it's the right thing to think about how to eat the Song people cleanly.

This is a field battle, and even if the Song people dig pits and scatter triangular nails, it is impossible to take care of all directions. He now pinned his hopes on the cavalry attacking from both sides to penetrate between the Song convoy and the main formation, and cut the two apart, so that he could first kill the broken troops of the Song people, break the morale of the Song people, and then it would be much easier to attack the Song army's main formation.

Li Buqi retreated quickly, because the Liao cavalry came around from the flanks where there were no triangular nails, and were attacking the convoy. He handed his hat to his attendants, took the helmet and put it on. Gao Zunyu couldn't speak nervously: "Brother, you, do you want to, dear, go into battle in person?" ”

Li Buqi smiled and said, "I don't need it now." It's just that the knife and gun have no eyes, just in case. ”

After saying that, he ordered the trumpet to attack. I saw that the cavalry of Baozhou and Gaoyang Pass rushed towards the Liao army in a neat formation.

Now the convoy moving towards the two wings has become two columns, one column on the left and one on the right, and each car has four Baozhou crossbowmen constantly firing arrows at the Liao cavalry rushing up. Some of the vehicles had ballistas and torsion trebuchets and also smashed javelins and mud balls at the Liao army.

The discipline of the crossbowmen in Baozhou was far worse than that of the Zhenwu army, and the Liao people began to shoot arrows when they were far away, and they were also panicked when shooting arrows, so they gave the Liao people an opportunity. Many Liao cavalry rushed to the side van, but they made a mistake - where to cut?

The high carriage plate blocked the people behind it tightly, and even if the mace smashed it, it was useless; The horses pulling the carts also covered their whole bodies with rattan barriers, exposing only their legs, and they could not even cut their legs unless they jumped off the horse. It's so hard.

What's even more odious is that the Song people's cars are connected from end to end, and it is not known whether they can knock the car away when they ride a horse at full speed, but the people on the horses must be killed or injured when they hit it, and there is a long horse gun stretched out in the gap between the vehicles waiting for them to hit it. Therefore, the Liao cavalry had to hurriedly rein in their horses and slow down. But once you lose your speed, such a tall target is the best target for a crossbowman. As soon as he paused, many people shot off the horse.

The Liao army tried to avoid frontal hard fighting from top to bottom, and the Liao army hurriedly went around to the rear of the convoy as soon as it saw that there was no chance of success in the front. But when I looked around and was dumbfounded, there was no chance to take advantage of it. The quick-witted ones immediately broke away from the attack, only circling around and firing with bows and arrows in an attempt to disrupt the convoy, while others turned to charge the Song infantry.

In fact, as long as the Song army has a verified formation, sufficient arrows, no shortage of food and grass, and no mistakes in command, it is not afraid to defend the cavalry of the Liao army head-on. This has been proven by decades of war. How could such a shrewd person as Guo Kui not understand? When the cavalry of the Liao army broke into the gap between the broken rear team and the main formation, he ordered the formation to stop advancing, and the infantry phalanx in the rear immediately turned back, and a burst of bows and crossbows made the Liao people leave many dead and wounded to escape from the range of the bows and crossbows.

But when the hundreds of cavalry turned around, they saw that the convoys on both sides were moving forward slowly but firmly, and they were about to close with the infantry main formation, and the crossbows and crossbows were fired, and the following cavalry had been cut off. And from the north, the wave-like cavalry had flattened their cavalry and rushed straight over, while the Song infantry in the south also squeezed over with spears - they were surrounded on all sides!