The talents brought out from Qingyuan Academy were all appointed as Jiyi Writing, and there were always two or three people in front to watch the battle. They took turns to come back and report to Li Buqi about the situation ahead. "Report, the cavalry of the Liao army kept a distance in front of our army and slowly retreated in the direction of Baozhou. It's just that small groups of cavalry are constantly sent to disrupt our army with bows and arrows. ”

"Report, the Liao army attacked my left flank and was repulsed, but the following officials only saw that this was a temptation of the Liao people."

With the reports one by one, combined with the observation posts on the lookout car reporting that the Liao army on both flanks was increasing, Li Buqi understood that the Liao people hoped that the Song army would show flaws in the movement and create opportunities for them. However, Guo Kui has been suppressing the speed of the army's advance, and it should not leave this opportunity for the Liao.

According to the plan, Guo Kui will always suppress the speed of the forward, keep the military formation tight, and only deliberately leave a gap between the infantry army formation and the broken troops, so that the Liao people can get in and taste the power of the arrow formation.

Half an hour later, Xia Xingmei asked Tanma, who had just returned, suspiciously: "Hasn't Li Buqi's banner moved yet?" ”

"Yes. The banner of Li Bu did not move. It's just that the wings of the Song people's convoy began to shrink back. Speaking of this, Tanma specially reported: "There is a gap of about two miles between the Song convoy and the rear of the infantry army, and there seems to be a cavalry formation in between. ”

"Ah, it's been two miles now." Xia Xingmei said to herself. His generals all waited for his orders with burning eyes.

Xia Xingmei said: "The sorcerer suffered a loss in the Song convoy, which seems to be a little weird. Moreover, Li Buqi is there, so he should not be taken lightly, and must attack from three sides at the same time to ......"

Two people interrupted him and reported to him in a hurry: "The convoy of the Song people has moved!" ”

Xia Xingmei hurriedly looked over and saw that the convoy was separated from the middle, and both sides were moving in all directions, revealing a sparse infantry phalanx and cavalry on both wings from behind the car wall. At this time, the cavalry retreated with the convoy to the flanks and rear, but the infantry phalanx stood still.

Those who have good eyesight say: "It turns out that the Song people hid crossbowmen behind the car." Fortunately, I didn't rush the team just now. ”

Xia Xingmei smiled and said, "The Song people's tricks are nothing more than that. The Song people's convoy and the front team can't be reconciled. It's now, immediately press it up and eat the convoy of the Song people. Let's see if the Song people save or not. ”

He simply assigned the task, and immediately the drums in the Liao army were beating loudly, and the horns were blowing loudly. The generals who received the general's order flew back to their own team and led their subordinates to the Song army.

Li Buqi's banner was still standing motionless at this time behind the Zhenwu Army's crossbowman phalanx behind the palace, and Li Buqi was sitting on a big green horse bred by Chunze Jian and standing under the banner. Gao Zunyu, the nominal commander of the Zhenwu Army, also had to ride a horse behind Li Buqi's side, but at this time, his eyes had begun to scatter, and he kept glancing at Li Buqi and the Liao cavalry shuttling back and forth in the distance, swallowing saliva from time to time.

Although he knew that a large number of triangular nails had been scattered in front of the crossbowman's array, his teeth chattered. Li Buqi arranged a thin three-row crossbowmen at the front, not even pikemen and shield players, in case the Liao people broke through the triangular nail formation regardless of casualties and rushed over, then these two thousand crossbowmen could not stop the cavalry of the Liao army at all, and the Liao people would definitely rush to Li Buqi's banner in a few breaths, could he, a noble son, still have to personally slash with the vicious Liao people?

He repeatedly wanted to plead Li Buqi to move the command position backwards, but seeing Li Buqi's calm expression, and looking at Chong Yu's calm and waveless eyes, he really couldn't open his mouth. They are all young people of the same age, and he was born in the famous Jiangmen of the Great Song Dynasty, he really didn't dare to lose this face, so he could only grit his teeth and insist.

From time to time, soldiers in the crossbowman phalanx looked back at Li Buqi's banner, and the officers immediately shouted loudly.

Song Jun's military law reviewed that he would be punished for no reason, but Li Buqi privately instructed Yang Shiqing not to enforce the law too strictly. These soldiers must have panicked a little after being left behind for the first time in such a big battle. Letting them see that the manager is always with them can stabilize the morale of the army.

Finally, Li did not give up the herald and ordered to retreat. The shrill whistle began to sound, and the crossbowmen of the second and third rows did not move, and the crossbowmen of the first row turned back, walked five steps behind them through the gap between the second and third rows of crossbowmen, and stopped, turning again to face forward. Then the second row of crossbowmen turned and retreated to the rhythm of the whistle. At this time, the 500 cavalry that followed Li Buqi also began to slowly retreat.

The Liao army was waiting for this kind of moment, and when they saw the Song army moving, they immediately made a move, and the cavalry, which had been wandering uncertainly, immediately screamed and approached. Some of the Liao cavalry repeated their old tricks again, and Pegasus rushed straight into the crossbowman army, throwing feathered arrows from afar. Most of the feathered arrows that fell from the sky were stuck in the ground, but some of them also hit the officers and soldiers.

At first, the officers and soldiers were nervous, but it soon became clear that the Liao people's feathered arrows could not cause any damage when they hit their armor.

When Li Buqi designed the armor of the Zhenwu Army, the main thing was to target the feather arrows. Therefore, most of the nail pieces are made of old rattans produced in Shudi, Guangnan and Dali after repeated oil immersion. This rattan armor has a certain elasticity, and its ability to defend against arrows is better than that of iron armor, and it has the advantage of being lighter than iron armor and can protect a larger area. Therefore, the armor of the Zhenwu Army has a mask on its face and iron plates on its feet, covering the whole person tightly.

However, rattan armor is inferior to iron armor in terms of resistance to blunt force blows, so Li Buqi still added iron plate protection in key parts such as the chest, back and shoulders. The helmet is also a hat-shaped helmet made of stainless steel that is forged in the shape of an omelette egg, then carburized and lined with a layer of thin rattan weaving. Such layers of fortified armor can only be shot through with a strong crossbow to a certain distance, and the cavalry bow of the Liao people's seven bucket forces cannot cause serious damage even if they shoot face-to-face, let alone throw at a long distance.

Seeing that the bows and arrows of the Liao people could not cause any damage, the mood of the officers and soldiers of Zhenwu relaxed a lot, and the team still retreated slowly and neatly according to the rhythm of Li Buqi.

Seeing that the Song army had no response, the Liao cavalry galloped towards the Song army, and when they crossed the land of an arrow and saw that they could not lure the Song army to release their arrows, they immediately turned their horses and quickly broke away. They rely on this method to constantly create pressure on their opponents, and then drag them down. And if the opponent can't stand the pressure and fires early, or misjudges them to get too close, they will decide whether to pounce on it or not, depending on the situation.

In this era, there were no continuous firing weapons, and even the rate of fire of bows and arrows was limited, so there was a saying that "there were only three arrows in battle", once the first arrow of the Song army was issued, and no damage was caused to the cavalry of the Liao army, there was only a chance to shoot two more arrows at most. And if an arrow misses, the anger will be taken, and at this time, in the face of the galloping cavalry, how many archers can still seriously aim at the target is only God knows. As for the slower rate of fire, the crossbow arrows will definitely not be able to shoot even three arrows.

This is also an important advantage of the cavalry in the face of infantry, and the Liao army still uses this advantage almost instinctively.

Li Buqi reined in his horse, and when he turned around, he saw that the Liao people were getting bolder and bolder, rushing closer and closer, and he was worried that the Liao people would detect the existence of the triangular nail, so he waved his hand and ordered: "Release the arrows to block the enemy's cavalry from approaching." ”

The trumpeter immediately blew a set of trumpet notes according to the pre-agreed score, and immediately there was a bang, and the crossbowmen who were now in the front row immediately fired, and a row of crossbow arrows flew out of the air. Then the crossbowmen in this row did not look at the effect of the shot, turned around and left.

The Song army has already released its arrows! A few Liao cavalry officers who were wandering just a stone's throw away immediately raised their banners or flags, and rushed over with their cavalry against Li Buqi's banner.

Li doesn't give up! If anyone catches him, he will definitely have more credit than catching the supreme governor of Hebei in the Southern Dynasty. Therefore, Li Bu's banner is like a magnet that attracts all the nobles of the Liao Kingdom. As for the crossbow array of the Song people, in their opinion, it was vulnerable.

The rate of fire of the crossbow was too slow, and the Song people's military formation was too thin, even if they used three stage strikes, they could not stop the cavalry's unhesitating impact, not to mention that the crossbowmen were still in retreat, so they were even more vulnerable. Of course, the strong crossbows of the Song people have a long range and strong penetrating power, and the Liao cavalry will definitely have to pay a certain price, but it will never be large. As long as you rush to the crossbowman, the crossbowman is powerless.

Now these Liao nobles have turned their noses up on Li Buqi's command ability - they don't even need heavily armored pikemen to protect crossbowmen, and it seems that Li Buqi is also in vain. In order to compete for merit, several Liao nobles even relied on their horses and rushed to the front of the team.

Just when they were dreaming of how to dedicate Li Buqi to the Liao Emperor's steps and receive a reward, they suddenly felt the horses under their crotches sink suddenly, and they threw them out.