Haidu was stunned, he stood up from the stirrup and swung his long knife violently, cutting it down with all his strength! Boom! This time there was a loud bang, the steel armor was slashed, and the long knife slammed into the next layer of armor. "Impossible!" Haidu screamed in surprise and looked up in surprise. A huge black horse, clad in shining armor, carried a knight like a tower, whose hooves were the size of a bowl, trampling the snow on the ground into water, and the knight wielded awkwardly in the air with a heavy hammer. The spears, arrows, men, and horses that were touched by the hammer broke one after another, and nothing could stop the hammer's blow.

The second black horse slowly leaned in to form a pair with the previous knight, its mouth wide open and spewing out an unbearable rancid stench. The horse's teeth are sharp, with inverted hooks and grooves.

The Iron Knight's body finally turned to Haidu, and the heavy hammer rushed towards Haidu's chest with a howling wind. Haidu dodged to the side, and as he dodged, he saw that the cavalry of the Yuan army, which had first engaged him, had retreated one after another, and his own men and horses involuntarily slashed around the iron knights in vain.

You can't fight these people! Haidu turned his horse out of the way of the heavy cavalry and tried to pursue the retreating troops of the Northwest Kings, and his horse stripped two steps out of the stalemate. He looked around, only to find a hundred phalanxes of hoplites scattered in all directions, enclosing the battlefield in the midst of it. The infantrymen wore bright armor and carried iron shields that were nearly a man tall. The soldiers in the front row held short guns, and the further back they went, the longer the guns in their hands. The high iron spear was so long that one person could not control it, and it was placed on the shoulders of the people in the front row. Ten infantry in a column, divided into four facing like four different directions, ten columns of soldiers in a formation, the innermost infantry holding a gun is two feet long, the soldiers in front of them shoulder like a huge hedgehog spread iron wings as terrifying. Haidu panicked and pulled the reins to try to get away from the threat of the hoplites, and in the shaking he saw An Tong with three thousand light horsemen and bows to the sky. What are they going to shoot? Haidu looked around hesitantly, the infantry had all surrendered, and the cavalry were surrounded by 10,000 heavy infantry and 15,000 rangers, entangled with 8,000 steel monsters, wielding scimitars and spears hopelessly against the hard steel armor. There is simply no place for hussars here.

"Hah!" Hearing An Tong's slightly hoarse roar, the remaining guards all shuddered. They watched in despair as the terrifying three thousand light horsemen looked up to the sky and pulled out the Bohai Bow.

"Put!" The rain of arrows rained mercilessly down on the stalemate battlefield.

"Are you crazy?! Your people are here too! Haidu roared angrily, "Are you really An Tong?!" ”

Ping Pong, the falling arrows hit the armor of the heavy armored cavalry of the Yuan army, and were bounced off like hailstones, and fell on the body of the Haidu Guard, but they were dressed through the armor and penetrated through the heart and lungs!

An Tong raised the second round of bows, and the golden mask was coldly aimed at Haidu's eyes. The three thousand cowardly Xue Jingqi behind him followed with bows and arrows, and the sharp tips shimmered silver in the bright sunlight. The guards trapped in the center stared blankly at the open gun net of the Yuan army, An Tong's longbow, and the slow and clumsy heavy cavalry around them, but they could not break through, and they all knew that their end had come.

The rising sun had just climbed over the hill, and in less than an hour, the 80,000 Haidu army was driven to the peak of despair by the well-equipped Yuan army. Haidu slowly let go of his hand, and the heavy long scimitar fell into the snow with a slight humming sound. He felt a tearing pain weigh on his heart, squeezing him so hard that he couldn't breathe. The guards mechanically dropped their weapons and slowly descended from their horses to the ground. An Tong slowly retracted his bow and reached out to take off his golden mask, revealing his white cheeks and dark eyes. Sweat flowed down her round cheeks, pooled on her pointed jaw, and drippedly on her chest. Boyan laughed and stepped forward, hugged his armor and laughed loudly: "What a hard bow!" What a fast horse! ”

Kublai Khan, who was immediately on a high slope, looked at this scene, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"When will the Yuan army also play the spear phalanx?" In the spaceship in the sky, Sun Hui looked at the battle situation on the ground and couldn't help but say in surprise.

"Brother Sun, you forgot, the Vietnamese also played once." Wang Linlin reminded Sun Hui.

"Yes! I thought it was strange last time the Vietnamese did this, but this time the Yuan army also got into this, why is this? Sun Huiqi said.

"I guess I learned it from the West." Ye Chuchu said, "The Mongols went west to Europe and had the opportunity to come into contact with this. The Vietnamese were in a similar situation, probably knowing this formation from the Western knights who came by boat. In other words, there may be more exchanges between the East and the West in this era than we have realized before. ”

"Yes, Brother Sun, didn't you see it just now? Those invulnerable guys in the Yuan army are obviously knights from Western countries. Xiao Tiantian said, "There are more than 8,000 of them, Kublai Khan is really capable." ”

"Those people do wear the plate armor of Western knights, and the style of play is also Western, but not necessarily Westerners." "It is estimated that most of them are Mongols, trained by Western knights. However, to let so many Western knights help him fight, Kublai Khan's ability is indeed big enough. ”

"Why are there so many Western knights helping him fight?" Wang Linlin asked puzzled.

"Maybe it's because of the legend of King John the Elder." Ye Chuchu said.

"Sister Chu Chu, do you also know this legend?" Xiao Tiantian said in surprise.

"Chu Chu, how did you know about this?" Sun Hui was also surprised.

"Once I was bored, I played 'Age of Exploration 5' for a while, and I realized that there was such a thing." Ye Chuchu said with a smile.

As early as the 12th century, there was a story of "Prester John" widely circulated in Europe. Legend in the history of Catholicism says that there was an ancient three holy kings in the East, "King John the Elder" (also known as "Bed John", "King John", "John the Elder", etc.), who worshipped the Holy Child of Jesus. At that time, the Christian countries of Europe were in the midst of a bitter war with the Arabs, and the pope and the monarchs hoped to join forces with the "John of the East" to defeat the powerful forces in the center.

"The specifics are not clear, I also checked in the 'Wanjuan Building', and I didn't find any relevant records on our side." Ye Chuchu said, "However, I deduce that it is more likely that this elder King John's prototype is Yelu Dashi. ”