The first rain of arrows of the Tangut people did not make a contribution, but it was not a big problem!

Although Li Qianshun opened his mouth to the boss, he did not order the cancellation of the covering, so the Western Xia light cavalry also continued to cover the car formation in accordance with the military order in the morning, you must know that Li Qianshun gave each of them two pots of arrows!

The Song, Liao and Western Xia armies had their own rules for feather arrows, the Song army's "pot" was 36 rounds, the "bag" was 12 rounds, the Liao army's "pot" was 24 rounds, and the "bag" was 16 rounds, while the "pot" of the Xixia people was 12 heavy arrows and the "bag" was 24 ordinary feather arrows. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Generally speaking, the number of arrows prepared by the archers of the Song army is about 300 to 500, the number of arrows is basically more than 500, and the archer is about 200. As for the Xixia people's understanding of bows and arrows, the level of understanding of bows and arrows is higher than that of the Song and Liao countries, so two or three floors higher, in addition to the standard heavy arrows and ordinary feather arrows, Xixia archers often like to prepare some odd-shaped arrows, such as the crescent moon arrows with a crescent-shaped edge, the shovel-shaped shovel-shaped arrows, and the Mingdi arrows used for communication, the armor-piercing arrows used to break heavy armor, etc., so the average number of arrows prepared by the Tangut people is more than five hundred.

But don't worry about the soldiers carrying too many arrows will tire people to death, the Liao and Xixia people have horses, and the Song army also has a large number of auxiliaries and baggage convoys!

Under normal circumstances, the Song soldiers were prepared for two pots of arrows for a war, the Liao army was one pot and one bag, and the Western Xia people were one pot and two bags. However, at the moment, after Li Qianshun was intercepted and ambushed by the seed army of the Seed Master Dao, he finally made a detour and turned into the Rouwolf Pass, and there was not much ammunition left, so the two thousand light horsemen each had two pots of heavy arrows in front of the battle.

Therefore, when Li Qianshun was stunned to see that the light cavalry fired four times in a row without the slightest success, and most of the Xixia heavy arrows that hit the chariot formation were actually bounced off, he had to order to stop covering the shooting.

There is no way, using a riding bow to throw heavy arrows at a distance of eighty paces, it is also because Li Qianshun's original Divine Arm Bow troops were wiped out when they encountered the Seed Army, although he couldn't understand how the external armor on the car formation was a black technology, but he stubbornly thought that it must be because his soldiers were overtired from long-distance running, which caused the bow to be soft and crispy, if there was a divine arm bow, it was a rock that could shoot through, and it could not shoot through these wooden carts with wheels?

Immediately, Li Qianshun was furious, and ordered the only remaining 800-man infantry troops and 1,500 Xixia heavy armored cavalry to dismount and form a formation, ready to rush forward on foot to break the bird car formation.

This step is a relatively elite light infantry in the Western Xia infantry, which can be understood as mountain infantry who are good at mountain combat and hilly running, and can also be understood as elite berserkers with bloodthirsty and berserk skills.

First of all, the soldiers of this type of Bubazi are mostly composed of Ding Zhuang, a mountain tribe in the northwest region of Western Xia, and because most of the Bubazi are from the Hengshan (now Shaanxi) region, they are also called "Hengshan Bubazi". History of the Song Dynasty? The Soldier's Chronicles contains: "Those who walk on foot go up and down the hillside, enter and exit streams, are the most able to go beyond the height and distance, and are good at walking", "When encountering the enemy in the deep and dangerous places of the valley, they use the foot treks to stab and cover the attack."

The Western Xia army often used infantry and cavalry to cooperate, with the Iron Harrier (heavy armored cavalry) as the front army, and assaulted the enemy formation. In battle. The tactics of the Western Xia army were mostly based on: "Iron cavalry is the front army, riding good horses, heavy armor, and stabbing invulnerable; Twisted with a hook and rope, although it will not fall immediately. In case of battle, the iron cavalry will break through the formation first, and the chaos will impact it; The infantry rode in"

Although Li Qianshun had just suffered consecutive defeats, he was undoubtedly a calm and wise commander, although it was the first time he had encountered this strange Song army, but he was keenly aware that even if his Western Xia light cavalry reached a distance of about 80 paces to cover the chariot formation, there were no arrows in the chariot formation to counterattack. Of course, he knows how far the Song army's bow and crossbow can shoot, and it is impossible to say that there will be no archers in the Song army's troops, so the Song army is so shrunken turtle, naturally it has other plans!

Li Qianshun has not much other skills, but he has too much experience in fighting with the Song army, not to mention himself, that is, when he was used as a puppet by the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, he also participated in more than 40 wars against the Song Dynasty in the Western Xia, and in the 13 years from the eleventh year of Da'an (1085) to the second year of Yong'an (1099), Xia launched more than 50 wars against the Song Dynasty, and sometimes more than six or seven times in a year. Moreover, in order to prevent Li Qianshun, who was only a few years old at the time, from being made small moves (Li Qianshun was born in 1083), she had to take him with her to fight with the army every time she went on an expedition.

Therefore, Li Qianshun was also alert to the Song army as a shrunken turtle at the first time, neither did he dare to fight, nor did he have no bow or arrows, but the intention was nothing more than that the suspicious soldiers feint the enemy to deliberately delay time, or wait for the Tangut people to send cavalry troops to deliver food to the door.

Therefore, Li Qianshun immediately changed his strategy: Do you want to wait for my cavalry to come to deliver food? I won't send cavalry!

Immediately, Li Gan asked 1,500 Xixia heavy armored cavalry to dismount and form a shield formation to cover the approaching attack.

The army of the Western Xia, roughly divided into ordinary infantry cavalry, heavy armored infantry cavalry and infantry and iron harriers, such elite troops, in terms of equipment, ordinary soldiers wear more standard leather armor, veterans may add armor pieces in some key parts, and the equipment of the heavy armored troops is naturally better, such as the heavy armored cavalry of the Western Xia is generally equipped with the Western Xia standard cold forging armor, also known as the Qizi armor.

Shen Kuo (1031-1095) of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote in his "Mengxi Bi Tan": "Qingtang Qiang is good at forging armor, iron is blue and black, clear and can be seen hair, and musk is used as a guide, soft and tough. The Zhenrong army has an iron armor, which is hidden and is said to be a treasure. Han Wei Gong Shuai Jing and Yuan once tried it. Fifty paces to go, a strong crossbow shot at it, can not enter. There is a arrow that runs through the tree, but it is in the hollow, scraped by the hollow, and the iron is reversed, and it is so strong. Where the method of forging armor, its beginning is very thick, no fire, cold forging, than the thickness of the yuan three points minus two is completed. At the end of it, the head of the chopstick is not forged, faintly like a carapace, and it wants to test the thickness when it is not forged, such as the bamboo shoots left in the Jun River, and it is called 'the cardiac son'. Today, there are more people than the back of the armor hidden, and they are disguised as madmen. Although it is not made of steel, or forged by fire, it is useless, and it is only for external decoration. ”

Some people will ask, these Xixia heavy armor soldiers are all wearing standard cold forging armor, as for the equipment of the elite Iron Harrier troops? Naturally, it is also the Western Xia standard cold forging armor, but it is obviously more advanced!

All in all, don't underestimate the Tangut people, just in a big place, they dare to fight with the Great Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and most of the time they beat the Song people all kinds of tragedies and all kinds of dads, you are the nickname of "******" for nothing?

Therefore, Li Qianshun keenly saw something, so he quickly changed his strategy: If you want me to use cavalry to hit your car formation, I won't! (To be continued.) )