When Li Xuanqing led the guard battalion to fight with Li Cunjin in the hinterland of Bingzhou, the battle between the Tiance army and the Jin army in the direction of Hezhong also officially broke out at the end of August 889.

Li Ke's forward 50,000 elite cavalry under the leadership of Li Siyuan and Li Sixun rushed towards the Tiance army array, because of the distance of the cavalry charge, Li Ke's military formation was actually several miles away from the Tiance army, which was also convenient for the cavalry to accelerate. It's just that no one knows how many Shatuo cavalry were buried in an inexplicable explosion because of these few miles in between.

Almost just when the Shatuo people were preparing to charge, the two infantry battalions at the forefront of the Tiance Army had already prepared everything under the command of Li Tianyi, and when the other party rushed out of the formation and came to the Tiance Army, Li Tianyi also gave a sudden order, and the soldiers holding torches in front of them began to light the fuse, and suddenly countless lines of fire with sparks suddenly appeared in the open space in front of the two armies.

These lines of fire spread towards the march, and no one, including the soldiers of the Tiance Army, knew what it was, only a few technicians sent by the logistics department to guide rubbed their hands together, and excitedly stared at the enemy cavalry that was getting closer and closer in front of them.

The speed of the spread of the sparks was very fast, almost when the Jin cavalry rushed up, these sparks were basically burned, but there was nothing unusual, in fact, these Martian Jin soldiers also saw it, and they originally rushed up hard, but seeing that the fire was extinguished and nothing expected happened, these vanguards suddenly put their hearts at ease, howled and rushed towards the Tiance army, and many people also picked up bows and arrows and prepared to release arrows.

"Boom" Just when Li Tianyi was about to turn around and grab the technicians and ask what was going on, the place that had been trampled by the Jin cavalry suddenly burst into a huge burst of smoke and dust on the spot, and the accompanying earth-shattering explosion made everyone unable to close their mouths, and the black and red fireballs rose into the sky, and everyone around the explosion was instantly lifted into the sky, scattering like flying flotsam.

And after the explosion at the beginning, it was like the fireworks that the Tiance Army had just come out, and the black-red fireballs were as weird as mushrooms planted all over the area, and in an instant it felt like the world was overturned, and the forward troops of Li Siyuan and others were blown up in an instant, in the face of this inexplicable violent weapon, the traditional cavalry had no way to deal with it, and even had no time to react.

"Haha, it's really a weapon invented by the lord, light all the remaining leads, the archers give me the arrows to play with life, and we can't let the ballista troops steal our limelight." This scene made Li Tianyi laugh and gave the order when everyone was sluggish. Suddenly, in addition to the crossbow arrows that the ballista brigade in the rear kept grazing, thousands of archers from the two infantry battalions also quickly picked up their bows and arrows to join the shooting carnival.

However, to Li Tianyi's surprise, although the follow-up leads were lit, the effect was not very good, and many of the leads did not explode as expected after they burned out, which was also one of the weaknesses of the first generation of "mines". But Li Tianyi didn't care about these at this time, as the archers under his command began to bend their bows and arrows, a dense array of arrows instantly covered the sky, and the rain of arrows instantly covered the light in the sky. Following the explosion just now, these Jin soldiers who had not yet recovered were dealt a devastating blow again.

And what happened to the Jin army's strikers was also seen by Li Keyong and others in the Chinese army, but no one could explain why all this was done. Looking at the pale faces of the generals around him, Li Keyong didn't bother to ask anything, he didn't even understand it, and if he asked, it was in vain. So just let the herald quickly give the order, and ordered Li Siyuan to quickly lead the follow-up men and horses to rush over, and now the explosion has gradually subsided, although the battlefield has been in a mess, and even these thick smoke have obscured the sight of both sides, but it does not hinder the cavalry charge. As long as they rushed over, relying on the cavalry and archery skills of the Shatuo people and the impact of the cavalry, the infantry could not cope at all.

The sound of the horn of the Jin army also made Li Siyuan and Li Sixun, who were still pacifying and urging the cavalry running all over the ground, understand that this kind of scene must be ended, otherwise the opponent's arrows alone would be enough for themselves. The two exchanged glances with each other, and Li Siyuan instantly rushed forward with the remaining centaurs who had gradually quieted down, while Li Sixun was responsible for continuing to intercept the cavalry that was aimlessly spinning around because of the frightened horses.

However, in this way, the number of cavalry used for the charge dropped by more than half in an instant, and Li Siyuan's hastily assembled troops were less than 20,000 troops, and on the huge battlefield of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides, the cavalry of 20,000 people was really unbearable. Yang Tiancheng, who originally wanted to use the heavy cavalry battalion, put down the order flag in his hand after thinking about it, and let Li Tianyi deal with it on his own.

"The archers keep firing, the pikemen come forward, form phalanxes, erect tower shields." Li Tianyi instantly understood Yang Tiancheng's thoughts, and immediately ordered his two infantry battalions to start arranging the formation, and the archers quickly assembled into two meniscus-shaped positions in the back row and continued to attack each other. The remaining more than 10,000 people formed two phalanxes, and thousands of tower shields were erected to enclose the phalanx tightly, and at the same time, the pikemen were ready to stand out at any time under the cover of the sword and shield hands.

This kind of turtle shell-like phalanx is also one of the ways for the Lingwu Army to deal with the cavalry, for most of the past six months, the military academy has basically popularized the previous tactics to all the middle and high-level generals of the Tiance Army, and the infantry and cavalry have always been the pride of the Han nation, and it is also one of the helpless methods.

Although Li Siyuan's cavalry was shot down by a rain of arrows from time to time along the way, after all, the speed of the cavalry charge had been pulled up, and it was not something that the archers could deal with, so they quickly passed through the front of the two armies and crashed into Li Tianyi's phalanx at once. In an instant, the tower shields in front of the two phalanxes were broken by this brute force one after another, and the cavalry who rushed in were quickly pierced and fell to the ground by the pikemen in the rear after hitting the first row of tower shields, and the reserve men also quickly raised the tower shields around the partners in front of them to defend on the spot. The sword and shield man desperately raised his shield to cover the spearman as he stabbed through the gap in the tower shield.

At this time, the ballista units in the rear of the army also began to adjust their firing range, focusing their main energy on the middle of the opponent's troops, trying to reduce the continuous strength of the opponent's impact. This adjustment is the opposite of the archers of the infantry battalion, Li Tianyi's archers are desperately throwing arrows towards the place where the opponent breaks through, assisting the infantry brigade to strike at the opponent and reducing the pressure and casualties caused by the defense. I saw that the archers of the two half-moon-shaped positions shot out dense arrows in an instant, shooting the Jin soldiers who had already squeezed in into hedgehogs.

Li Tianyi had also concentrated the most elite 4,000 men under his command at this moment, and began to divide the troops into two capitals, diagonally inserting the charging formation of the Jin army from the left and right flanks, and completely cutting the Jin army on the front line into two sections.

In this way, the power of Li Siyuan's cavalry was greatly reduced in an instant, although the casualties of the soldiers of the Tiance Army also increased, but it effectively blocked the impact of the other party. And after the phalanx blocked the momentum of the opponent's charge, the pikemen and sword and shield men also began to cross the formation and began to counterattack the opponent's formation.

At this time, Li Siyuan also discovered the mistake he had made, and forcibly charged when the troops were not all assembled, not expecting that the other side had arranged an infantry brigade of 20,000 people in front of the large array, plus a shooting brigade supported from a distance in the rear, his cavalry advantage could not be brought into play at all, and he could not use the cavalry and the opponent's infantry to consume it one by one.

However, Li Siyuan suddenly relieved himself when he saw the smoke and dust raised in the rear, Li Sixun had already assembled the remaining troops, so that he still had at least 40,000 people, and this first wave of charge could still be beaten, as for the reinforcements after he broke in, Li Siyuan did not think about it at all, in the case of Zhou Dewei in the rear, as long as the battle situation changed slightly, he would definitely be able to perceive it.

However, Li Sixun's arrival was also discovered early on the side of the Tiance Army. Seeing that the flags and war drums of the front army were also changing frequently, Tie Liang, who had been waiting, smiled heartily, beckoned his soldiers to turn over and start preparing to charge.

And Li Tianyi, who was on the front line, also gradually gathered his forces at this time, led the personal guards to personally break off, called all the men and horses that had already stood out back to the phalanx, and ordered the archer troops to cover the retreat of the main force and hand over the battlefield to the rear troops.

Li Tianyi's retreat and Li Sixun's arrival happened almost instantly, and the former commanders of the two armies quickly stepped in and began to complete their second phase of deployment. Compared with Li Siyuan and Li Sixun's morale, the morale of the troops was greatly increased, and when Li Tianyi's side retreated, it was not so good-looking, and after the archers forcibly blocked the opponent's close entanglement, all the infantry began to retreat while fighting, retreating towards the left flank of the army. No matter when you retreat, there is no way to be simply beautiful, but fortunately, the people in the infantry battalion have long known the result, and they don't have too many regrets for a while, just looking at the heavy cavalry battalion in the middle with a complicated face, hoping that their teammates will help them find the field, and thinking that they can still go to the battlefield later.

Tie Liang of the Chinese army understood Li Tianyi's grievances very well, but this guy shook his long cloak in a very chic manner, ignored Li Tianyi's gritted eyes, leveled the special iron spear in his hand, and his face gradually became extremely solemn. And with his movements, a full 50,000 soldiers of the heavy cavalry battalion behind him lined up in five rows, with the same look as him.

And with the withdrawal of all the infantry battalions from the battlefield, the true colors of the heavy cavalry battalions were all exposed to the other side. These Jin cavalry who were chasing Li Tianyi were suddenly startled by a strange vibration, neat and crisp, and even came from the earth with an indescribable heavy and desperate vibration. As they looked ahead, a dense row of cavalry dressed in black armor suddenly appeared in front of them, slowly rushing towards them. These sounds were made by these strange cavalrymen.

"Damn, this is the heavy armored cavalry of the Tiance Army, and Si Yuan immediately asked Dewei to send troops to support. Let's quickly withdraw from the opposing position. Li Sixun immediately discovered the true face of the heavy cavalry battalion and hurriedly yelled at Li Siyuan beside him.

What does the heavy cavalry mean to his kind of light cavalry Li Siyuan did not understand it less than Li Sixun, and he did not hesitate to urge the horn to report the abnormality here to the rear. But at this moment, it is too late, although the speed of the heavy cavalry battalion is much slower than that of the light cavalry, but after such a long time of acceleration, this speed has gradually increased, and the fatal thing is that Li Siyuan and Li Sixun have already rushed into the large array of the Tiance army, and they cannot retreat immediately at this moment.

"Retreat immediately, and if you can run, one counts as one. Sixun, after I come to break off, you will withdraw immediately. Li Siyuan didn't even have time to say anything, and directly rushed towards the heavy cavalry camp with more than 10,000 people around him, hoping that he could buy Li Sixun a little time.

"It's not necessarily that easy to run now." Yang Tiancheng still didn't understand Li Siyuan's plan, but since the appearance of the heavy cavalry battalion, the Tiance Army has practiced hundreds of times about the advantages and disadvantages of this type of troops, how can it be that there is no backhand? At that moment, the flag changed again, and the military formation in front also changed again, Li Tianyi led his infantry battalion to rush out from the left flank again, and a group of infantry appeared on the right flank at this time, and the leader was Chen Yu.

Two infantry divisions totaling 40,000 men appeared on the battlefield and completely blocked the retreat path of the advancing troops, and the two joined forces, one retracted inward to prepare to encircle and annihilate the opponent with the heavy cavalry battalion, and the other defended outward, preparing to confront the reinforcements.

The heavy cavalry battalion, which was hidden by Yang Tiancheng until now, instantly changed the battlefield balance of the enemy and us as soon as it entered the battlefield, all this changed too quickly, and Li Ke's wrong layout also cast a strange color on this war. However, at this time, Li Siyuan's report for help was still received by the opponent's follow-up men, and the Tiance Army infantry suddenly rushed to the battlefield, which also gave Zhou Dewei of the Chinese army a warning, and almost at the moment of receiving the signal for help, he began to mobilize the Chinese army's brigade to prepare to drive out of the battlefield and enter the decisive battle.

And Li Siyuan's signal for help was also known to Li Keyong, and he really didn't understand Li Siyuan's request for help so quickly, in his opinion, the 50,000 cavalry of Li Siyuan's vanguard could basically sweep the other party with the infantry alone, how could he ask for help.

"Lord, the other party is likely to send heavy cavalry to the battlefield, otherwise it is impossible for Heiyuan to be unable to resist." Seeing that Li Keyong was still hesitating, Zhou Dewei hurriedly said his guess, and at the same time said in a loud voice: "Lord, the purpose of the other party's Xuezang Heavy Cavalry Battalion is to eat my forward troops in one bite. ”

Li Keyong's face also changed when he heard the heavy cavalry, for him, who had played cavalry charging all his life, the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry troops could not be more familiar. So he hurriedly nodded and asked Zhou Dewei to go to the front to transfer troops to support.

It's just that at this moment, the heavy cavalry battalion has already connected with Li Siyuan, how can this kind of killing weapon be easily stopped once it starts?