Chapter 960: The Battle of Annihilation (13)
The cavalry entered within two hundred paces, which was the killing range of the firecracker, and Li Yanqing coldly ordered: "Firecracker shooting!" ”
The starting officer standing on the far left of the line waved the command flag, and there was a 'bang!' Bang! puffs of white smoke erupted from the long barrel of the gun.
Two hundred paces away, a group of people flipped on their backs, and almost all of the first and second rows were shot down, and they were shot and fell without warning without even raising their shields.
"Hex!"
Tuoba Wei shouted in shock, and not only his eyes widened, but all the soldiers of the Western Xia army widened their eyes, and they felt incredulous, and their army fell by four or five hundred men without seeing a single arrow fired.
This was completely beyond their comprehension, not only did Tuoba Wei think it was witchcraft, but almost all the soldiers had the same idea.
Li Zhizong and several chiefs looked at each other, and there was a look of fear in their eyes, no wonder Brother Richard would be defeated.
Li Zhizong suddenly had an indescribable remorse in his heart, he should not have agreed to Li Qianshun as the commander, he had a strong intuition in his heart, I was afraid that his army would not be the opponent of the Song army.
The Musket Army has been withdrawn, and Li Yanqing is only an actual combat test today, not a real war to put them into the war.
At this time, the sound of dense bangzi sounded, and a thousand Song soldiers were divided into three rows, taking turns to release arrows, and the overwhelming armor-piercing arrows were whistling away.
The cavalry of the Western Xia army finally reacted, they raised their shields together, resisting the rapid death-killing arrows, the arrows were nailed to the shields, and the hands of the Western Xia soldiers were shaken to pain, but the Western Xia army was too dense, and the arrows were pervasive, shooting through the gaps between the shields, shooting on the legs and heads, and the Xixia soldiers kept falling to the ground with arrows, but the giant shield blocked most of the arrows and did not cause much loss to the enemy.
Three rounds of arrows were fired, and the cavalry of the Western Xia army lost more than a thousand soldiers, at this time the main force of the army was already fifty steps away from the Song army, Li Yanqing saw that the opponent's formation was tight, and the crossbowmen could not mess up the corners, and it would be disadvantageous to use the cavalry to fight, he did not hesitate, and gave a low order, "Heavy infantry attack!" ”
Like a dragon's roar, the three thousand heavily armored infantry let out a long roar, and pressed towards the Western Xia army like a mountain, only to see their huge heads like lions, huge and terrifying, the iron armor on their bodies weighed like a thousand catties, and they were wrapped tightly, and there were a pair of eyes shining with terrible light under the helmet.
A long Xueliang slashing sword flew in their hands, the blades on both sides were unusually sharp, with spikes in front, which could be split and stabbed, and the rows of Song army fronts were arranged impermeable, like a cliff of thousands of feet, all wearing heavy armor, with a huge shield on their backs, dancing with a slashing sword, Leng Sensen's eyes shot a terrifying gaze.
Thirty steps..... Twenty Steps..... Ten Steps......
Just like two huge waves, the infantry and cavalry of the two armies collided violently, stirring up a thousand evil waves, hitting the waves and breaking into terrifying waves, and the Song army slashed forward like a sword, rushing and slashing, swords collided, and made a sound of Ke Chang and Ke Chang.
The Song army was tall and long-armed, and their special training made them skilled in swordsmanship and mighty, and they had gradually become the trump card of the Jingzhao army.
The sharp sword of the horse chopping sword split the shield in half, cut it on the iron armor, or the head, or the shoulder, and suddenly the blood arrow rushed to the sky, crying and moaning, and the blade chopped down the dense Xixia army in rows, as if mowing grass, and the violent Song army's three thousand fronts were like a storm, trampling everything, overwhelming everything, and invincible everything.
Although they were at a disadvantage in the battle, the Western Xia army relied on several times the number of the Song army, stubbornly resisted, one row fell, and the other row topped, maintaining the array without chaos, and fighting fiercely with the Song army.
The two Western Xia thousand people in the middle of the camp saw that Guan Sheng, the main general of the heavy armored infantry of the Song army, was arrogant and abnormal, like a fierce god descending into the world, and where he passed, he was chopped into pieces of flesh and blood, and his head was all over the ground.
Guan Sheng caught a glimpse of these two people, his eyes shimmered, he took a step back suddenly, let go of the desperate sword, shouted, the Mo knife in his hand stabbed like lightning, the spike cut the throat of the other party, and the corpse was knocked to the ground, another thousand-long sword had been cut, said that it was too late, it was fast, he backhanded a knife, and slashed away against the opponent's sword, the sword was cut off, the knife was still rapid, and the thousand-person long was split in half, and the Song army suddenly thundered with joy and morale.
At this time, Tuoba Wei, the main general of Western Xia, saw that the heavy infantry of the Song army was powerful, and the 3,000 people were actually defeated by his nearly 9,000 cavalry, which made him feel shocked, not to mention that the other party still had 5,000 cavalry to fight.
At this time, Tuoba Wen stepped forward and said urgently: "Young chief, either increase the troops or withdraw the army, we can't fight any more, otherwise we will be wiped out." ”
Tuoba Wei smiled hideously, "Why can I admit defeat and withdraw the army?" I was ready for it. ”
He sharply ordered, "Blow the trumpet, and the whole army of the Tuoba Department will be dispatched!" ”
"Whew-"
Hundreds of trumpets sounded together, and the low sound of trumpets echoed across the land.
The 40,000 Tuoba troops arrayed in the distance suddenly launched, and 10,000 horses galloped and slaughtered the Song army overwhelmingly.
Li Zhizong's face changed greatly, he never expected that Tuoba Wei would kill the whole army, didn't this completely disrupt his deployment?
He had no preparation for a big battle with the whole army, and Tuoba Liduo was also anxious, and ran to Li Zhizong and shouted: "Du Shuai, order them to withdraw immediately, they will be annihilated!" ”
Li Zhizong suddenly came to his senses and shouted: "Order the withdrawal from the army!" ”
'When! While! While! The bell for the withdrawal rang urgently.
The Tuoba Wen of the former army also felt bad, if the Song army increased its troops in a big way, and the other party tribes refused to increase their troops, their Tuoba Department would be in danger.
"Young Chief, we must withdraw our troops immediately!"
Tuoba Wei gritted his teeth, would he let the fine seal be ashamed of himself?
He ignored Tuobawen's persuasion and urged his horse to run towards the army, but Tuoba Wen hated and was angry, so he had to reluctantly follow behind the young chief.
Li Yanqing sneered in the distance, of course he couldn't only lead 10,000 people to fight, all kinds of preparations, he did much more than the other party.
He then ordered: "Blow the rallying call!" ”
"Woo-" Song Jun's horn also sounded, and at the same time, several bursting arrows flew into the sky and exploded in the sky continuously.
The 80,000 Song troops in ambush in the distance came from the east and west at the same time, on one side was the Longxiang army led by Wang Gui, and on the other side was the Huben army led by Liu Qian, especially Cao Meng led 20,000 cavalry from the rear of the Tuoba army, cutting off their retreat.
Two armies fought in the wilderness.
Tuoba Wen's heart became more and more anxious, he carefully searched for the loopholes of the Song army, and suddenly he found that the Song army's 1,000 bow and crossbow army was behind the heavy infantry, constantly shooting arrows at the Tuoba army, and there was no protection army around.
Discovering this loophole, Tuoba Wen immediately informed Tuoba Wei, who immediately perked up his spirits, and he personally led five thousand cavalry to gallop out and rushed behind the heavy infantry of the Song army in a roundabout way, cutting off the connection between the crossbow army and the cavalry behind, which also cut off the connection between the cavalry and the heavy infantry.
At this time, Tuoba Wen deduced Li Yanqing's location, and immediately led 2,000 cavalry to quietly attack the direction of the Song army's banner from the side.
Li Yanqing, the commander of the Song army here, had already seen the conspiracy of the cavalry of the Western Xia Army, trying to attack the position of the heavy infantry from the side, and he immediately ordered: "Gao Pet Department supports the bow and crossbow army!" ”
As soon as he gave the order, the 6,000 cavalry behind him immediately divided into two columns, and under the leadership of the general Gao Chong, they went to meet the Western Xia cavalry.
Suddenly, one of the soldiers shouted, "Look over there!" ”
When Li Yanqing heard the sound, he saw a Western Xia cavalry quietly approaching him along the edge of the battlefield, but because the speed was very slow, he didn't even notice it.
Li Yanqing would not give the other party any chance, and he immediately led his army to retreat eastward.
Tuoba Wen had already seen the chief general of the Song army wearing a golden helmet, and he knew that it must be the chief general of the Song army at this time, most likely Li Yanqing, he was in a hurry, and led the army to rush over desperately.
At this moment, a crossbow army of more than 4,000 people rushed out from a hundred paces away on the opposite side, blocking their way, and the 4,000 crossbow army raised their crossbows together, aiming at Tuoba Wen and his 2,000 cavalry.
Under the order of Zhang Wei, the commander of the Song army, the powerful crossbow array was launched, and four thousand crossbow bows with divine arms were launched at the same time, and a dense rain of arrows rose into the air, forming a long black arrow cloud in the air, which instantly turned into black dots, overwhelmingly shooting towards the two thousand Western Xia cavalry, and the Western Xia cavalry raised their shields to meet each other.
The divine arm crossbow is worthy of dominating the world, not only the range is long, but also the strength is strong, ordinary shields and leather armor can not resist at all, especially when thrown from the air, the arrow descends with its own gravity, so that the wooden shield of the Western Xia cavalry has become an ornament.
The powerful and heavy crossbow arrows pierced the cavalry's shields and pierced the leather armor, and the cavalrymen fell from their horses one after another, wailing all over the field, and then the second and third waves of crossbow arrows roared like raindrops, so dense that people could not breathe, and the long arrows sneered down, pierced through the shields, and shot through the faces and chests of the enemy.
Tuoba Wen couldn't retreat, was hit by dozens of arrows in his body, and died tragically on the spot.