"Whew-"

The low sound of the horn echoed in the field, and the cavalry of the Black Dang Xiang finally arrived, five thousand cavalry against nine thousand foot cavalry, which was a severe test for the Song army, and it was also a desperate bet on the three tribes of the Black Dang Xiang, and neither side could afford to lose.

Three miles away, the two armies stopped advancing and faced each other in the cold wind, and the Song army waited for the onslaught of the other side.

Nan Liguang did not wait long, they were cavalry, and the advantage of cavalry was the impact, if you waited for the impact of the infantry, the advantage of the cavalry would be lost.

Nan Liguang took a deep breath, raised the sledgehammer high, and shouted: "Life and death are fighting here, kill!" ”

'Woo-'

With the sound of the horn, the Song army ushered in the strong impact of the cavalry, the dust in the wilderness, covering the sky and the sun, the black iron armor appeared and disappeared in the dust, just like a black dragon swallowing clouds and spitting fog in the yellow dust.

The ironclad cavalry of the black party comes from the Western Xia, the Song army and the war for many years, they have long known each other, Han Shizhong also knows the power of the Iron Harrier Army, this is the beginning of the Western Xia It took more than ten years to build a strong army, only 3,000 people, but I don't know how much food was spent, and a piece of armor exceeded the property of a farmer.

However, with the improvement of smelting technology and the discovery of iron ore, iron armor has begun to be widely promoted in the Western Xia army, and the Iron Harrier army has reached 50,000 people, becoming the guard of the Western Xia Emperor.

Although the strength of the ironclad cavalry was expected by Han Shizhong, when they really appeared, it still made Han Shizhong very nervous, at this time, the partial general Zhang Wei stepped forward and said in a low voice: "General, the ironclad cavalry has thick armor, and I am afraid that it will not be able to kill all of them with crossbow arrows, it is better to use earth-shaking thunder!" ”

Han Shizhong didn't know that to deal with the impact of the ironclad cavalry, he could only use the Divine Arm Crossbow, but the Divine Arm Crossbow was relatively slow to wind, and he could only shoot twice within a hundred steps, and they only had two thousand Divine Arm Crossbows, which obviously could only annihilate a small number of the Ironclad Cavalry.

But in the previous tactical drill, the commander did not propose to use the earth-shaking thunder, he had nothing to do for a while, at this moment, Zhang Bao led the five hundred soldiers of the firearms battalion to run over, the five hundred soldiers were all tall and powerful, Li Yanqing specially selected to form a firearms battalion, the firearms battalion was equipped with a strong shield, and a combat knife, but they each carried three iron fire thunders.

Zhang Bao stepped forward and bowed and said, "The commander ordered us to join the battle with iron fire thunder. ”

Han Shizhong slapped his forehead, the commander once said that he could use iron fire and thunder to supplement the lack of crossbow arrows, I don't know if it was because he was too nervous, he actually forgot.

Zhang Bao said again: "The commander suggests that the cavalry should be used to protect the two wings and cover the retreat of the crossbowmen, so as to avoid unnecessary losses of the crossbowmen. ”

Li Yanqing's suggestion and Han Shizhong thought of going together, and Han Shizhong immediately ordered: "Shoot two rounds of crossbow arrows and retreat immediately, and the cavalry will guard the two wings!" ”

Han Shizhong didn't know the lethality of the iron fire thunder, but he believed in Li Yanqing's judgment that he must have considered transferring the firearms battalion to the front line of the battlefield at this time.

Han Shizhong immediately shouted: "Crossbow arrows ready!" ”

Two thousand divine arms and crossbows were raised, and the cold arrows were aimed at the enemy ironclad cavalry who were getting closer and closer, and the ironclad cavalry rolled and killed like a sandstorm, and finally showed a hideous face and appeared three hundred steps away from the Song army.

The ironclad cavalry is getting closer and closer, the sharp spear tip is shining in the sunlight, murderous, Han Shizhong is very aware of the power of the Divine Arm Crossbow, the Divine Arm Crossbow was invented in the time of the Divine Sect, and its advent is because the ordinary bow and crossbow have no lethal power against the Iron Harrier of Western Xia.

When the ironclad cavalry was still one hundred and twenty steps away from the crossbow array, this was the most effective killing distance of the Divine Arm Crossbow against the ironclad, and Han Shizhong gave the order to shoot.

Two thousand crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, and the dense crossbow arrows roared like a storm, and the powerful breath of death was suffocating.

But the first round of the Divine Arm Crossbow did not block the impact of the ironclad cavalry, they continued to rush and assault, and soon killed within seventy paces, at this time the Divine Arm Crossbow had been wound, and the second round of shooting began, this time it was more powerful, more than two hundred cavalry fell from their horses and were caught in the rolling iron hooves, which made the powerful offensive of the ironclad cavalry stagnate, and the speed slowed down significantly.

This was an opportunity to withdraw the troops, and although the ironclad cavalry was still fifty paces away, Han Shizhong still seized this opportunity and decisively gave the order to withdraw the troops.

"Crossbowmen retreat!"

Two thousand crossbowmen retreated like a tidal wave, and they would soon be transformed into pikemen, and the crossbowmen withdrew, revealing five hundred firearms battalion soldiers, who stood like a reef on the battlefield.

Han Shizhong suddenly understood why Li Yanqing had transferred the firearms battalion, which was a clever deployment against the enemy's formation.

The enemy's cavalry formation is a 'pin' shape, 1,000 ironclad cavalry assault in the front, and 2,000 cavalry on each of the other two wings follow 300 paces away, forming a sharp scissors shape, the tip of the knife is in front, and the two wings are on the side, which is very conducive to the impact breakthrough, and then comprehensively defeated, in the previous time against the 20,000 Xiang army, they used this formation, and finally achieved great success.

And this time they still used this scissor formation, but Li Yanqing saw the weakness of this formation, that is, the assault surface was too narrow, and the width was only more than 20 zhang, so he resolutely decided to use the firearms battalion to block the impact of the ironclad cavalry.

Han Shizhong obviously also saw this, so he had to admire Li Yanqing's vision and determination, yesterday Li Yanqing proposed to himself to use the firearms battalion with the Shenjian crossbow, at that time he did not react to the specific operation, now he understands, it turns out that Li Yanqing has long known the characteristics of the enemy's assault area is narrow, and the use of the firearms battalion according to this characteristic is undoubtedly a stroke of genius.

Obviously, the firearms battalion only has 500 people, and if the opponent's attack is wide, even if the firearms battalion can hit a point, it will be swallowed up by the other cavalry.

Time did not allow Han Shizhong to think too much, and he shouted loudly: "Spear army prepare!" ”

The five thousand spears were divided into five phalanxes, and the five formations formed a large formation, each flanked by a thousand cavalry guards, and even if the enemy cavalry broke down a phalanx, it would not affect the entire battle.

Five thousand spearmen knelt on one knee and pressed the earth with the tail of their spears, as dignified as mountains.

At this moment, the ironclad cavalry had already killed forty paces away from the firearms battalion, and everyone felt the breath of the fierce wind, and many soldiers closed their eyes, not daring to face the scene of ten thousand horses galloping.

Although the throwing distance of the Iron Fire Thunder is thirty paces, some steps cannot be done after thirty paces, and with the furious speed of the Iron Rider, it will be too late at that time.

Zhang Bao roared, "Ignition!" ”

Five hundred soldiers raised their shields at the same time, their bodies were half-squatting, stabilizing the lower plate, and they pulled out the fire fold from their waists, and it was blown on the ground, even if some of them were not lit, there would be help from the people next to them.

The next step did not require the shouting of the main general, he immediately drew an iron fire thunder from his back, bit off the tail cover with his teeth, and lit the hanging fire rope.

The fire rope left outside the handle was so short that it was almost ready to be thrown when it was lit, and the five hundred soldiers threw the iron fire mine almost together, and they quickly hid behind the large shield, and everyone knew that without the shield, they would definitely be injured by the flying pieces of iron.

Five hundred iron fire thunderbolts were thrown into the cavalry group, only a deafening explosion was heard, the horses neighed, the soldiers screamed, and the violent explosion blew up the ironclad cavalry to the ground.

One attack of the Iron Fire and Thunder caused 400 casualties among the Ironclad Cavalry, and with the first two rounds of crossbow attacks, there were less than 300 remaining of the 1,000 Ironclad Cavalry.

"Retreat!" Zhang Bao roared, and the 500 firearms battalion quickly ran back.

The characteristics of cavalry combat are that they can only advance and not retreat, and the strong inertia of thousands of war horses is difficult to turn around, otherwise it will cause a very serious collision tragedy, generally only from the side to go around, but the two wings of the ironclad cavalry are cavalry, they have no choice, although the soldiers are frightened, but they can only continue to charge.

The cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the ironclad cavalry had been swallowed up by ordinary cavalry, and four thousand cavalry were surging like a tidal wave.

"Spear Army!" Han Shizhong gave the order in a hoarse voice.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! "The drums of war sounded.

Five thousand spearmen raised their spears, stepped forward in line, and met the cavalry that was slaughtering like a storm, 'Boom! With a loud bang, the two armies collided violently, and then the blood mist was filled, the limbs flew sideways, and the wails and screams resounded throughout the camp, and with just one blow, more than a hundred Song troops were knocked away by the war horses.

The cavalry was like a heavy and sharp mace, killing through the three-layer Song army formation in a row, slashing and killing more than 200 people, and the unstoppable momentum was finally blocked by the spears of the Song army.

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