At the same time as the scale of the Qiang ** retreated, the frequency of the thunderbolt projection on the church's side also began to decrease significantly.

The reason why the offensive slowed down was not that Luan Yi felt compassion for those poor Qiangs, but that after continuous throwing, the main levers of many thunderbolts broke one after another, and the sappers needed to be replaced. And the replacement time requires at least one stick of incense.

Seeing that the timing was good for replacing the parts, Zhuge Liang was in a hurry, so he had to report the situation on the side of the engineer brigade to Luan Yi, telling him that the thunderbolt array was about to suspend the bombardment, and asked Luan Yi to arrange the next combat plan.

After receiving the message from the soldiers, Luan Yi took the telescope from his own soldiers and looked at the Qiang ** army a hundred steps away, looking at the Qiang army formation that was chaotic into a table of mahjong, and the Qiang people with shocked faces, Luan Yi knew that the time was almost up. "Where are the tiger and leopard riders, the white horse followers, and the Templars?"

The so-called Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, White Horse Followers, and Templars are the three elite cavalry groups of the Cult of Our Lady. Among them, the tiger and leopard cavalry originally belonged to Cao Cao, and its personnel composition was mainly Danyang people, that is, the legendary Danyang soldiers, all of whom were brave and good at fighting. Later, after the battle of Luan Yi and Cao Cao, the tiger and leopard cavalry joined the church, and under the leadership of Luan Yi, it was expanded several times, and now there are 12,000 cavalry.

As for the white horse Yicong, it was the elite under Gongsun Chan in the past, and the army was all good at riding and archery, and was named after riding a white horse. Later, Gongsun Zan was defeated, and Baima Yicong was adopted by Yuan Shao. Later, Luan Yi won a big victory in Hebei in the first battle, and he also left the number of Baima Yicong. With 5,000 white horses as the team, he finally raised 3,000 white war horses to make up 8,000 of them, equipped with chain mail, and formed an elite light cavalry.

Needless to say, the Templars were the earliest cavalry of the Church. After years of development from the original 2,000 people, it has now expanded to 12,000 people. The 12,000 cavalrymen, all dressed in bright armor and carrying heavy lances, were the only heavily armored cavalry in the Church Army.

Now Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He, and Zhao Yun are the chief generals of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the White Horse Righteous Servants, and the Templar Army. The three fierce generals heard Luan Yi's call and stepped out of the ranks in unison, "The last general!" ”

"The Templars attacked, and the tigers and leopards flanked and detoured. Bai Ma Yi followed and attacked. ”

"......" Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He, and Zhao Yun hugged their fists and left, each returning to their own formation. The rumbling drums then sounded, and the church army, which had been quiet since the start of the battle, suddenly became lively.

Under the guidance of the servant of the gods, the sound of a subdued prayer sounded in the military formation, accompanied by a "Ah...... Gate of Heaven", the eyes of the tiger and leopard cavalry, the white horse righteous servant, and the 30,000 cavalry of the Templars bloomed with a strong light.

"For the glory of Our Lady!" Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He, and Zhao Yun raised their guns and shouted, "Click! "The tiger and leopard riders, the white horse retinues, and the Templars put down their armor in unison, "kill and kill ......"

"Holy light, shine on the earth! Punish the evil, and be self-honoring. The Templars charged! Zhao Yun pulled the reins in his hand, raised his waist arch, sat down on the war horse and stood up with his feet off the ground, his front legs kicked continuously, and he kept screaming. It's really powerful.

"Holy light, shine on the earth! Punish the evil, and be self-honoring. Templar kill, kill! "The Templar Pegasus is on the line.

12,000 Dawan horses purchased from Dawan by Luan Yihua Daqian, each horse was wearing 30 catties of chain armor, plus the 80 catties of Mingguang armor on the knight's body, as well as a 40-pound lance, and four five-pound hand melons, only the equipment load was 170 catties. Coupled with the weight of the horses and cavalry themselves, the total weight is more than five hundred catties. It is definitely the most powerful heavy cavalry of the day, and the hooves of the horses nailed to the iron palms rumble, and the earth rumbles. The dust was flying, and 10,000 soldiers and horses burst out with a momentum far exceeding 100,000 people.

Of course, the Templars had their own drawbacks, as their heavy equipment greatly reduced their impact and was much worse than the light cavalry. But don't forget, the Church army is at the top of the slope right now, standing on the top of the slope.

The advantage of the Templar slope was that they swooped down from the slope at a much faster speed than on flat ground. The silver armor torrent is like the Lang waves under the silver moon, rolling Lang flowers to kill the Qiang army array.

Fifty steps away from the Qiang soldiers, Zhao Yun's spear was raised, "Burst!" ”

Twelve thousand Templars threw their lances in front of them, resting them on their horses' necks and thighs, then plucked a melon from behind them and pulled out the lighter from their left waist......

That's right, lighters.

Since the advent of gunpowder, the old ignition props such as flints and fire folds have obviously been difficult to cope with the difficult battlefield conditions in the future. Therefore, the search for more portable and durable ignition equipment was put on the research and development agenda of the ordnance manufacturing institute. In this regard, the first thing that came to his mind was matches. After all, the structure of the match is the simplest, and the mixed material of red phosphorus and glass powder at the end of the match is also easy to mix. But when matches were developed, Luan Yi found that matches can be used for civilian use, and it is more convenient to light a fire and make a dry one than a flint. However, he was constrained too much on the battlefield, and the wind and rain greatly affected his ignition efficiency. And on a rapidly changing battlefield, even a minute of delay can cost the lives of thousands of people.

In order to further improve the details of the ignition, Luan Yi thought hard for a long time, and had an epiphany when he happened to see the alcohol lamp in the study.

So, within a few days, the Notre Dame Church came out with a military lighter.

Speaking of the specific structure of the Notre Dame lighter, it is similar to the principle of the ZIPPO lighter for the US military in later generations, the main body is made of metal, and the metal compartment below is filled with velvet impregnated with alcohol. Directly above the alcohol chamber is equipped with flint, which is ignited by rubbing the flint with human hands, and with the help of alcohol, the flame is ensured to burn for a long time. The fire machine made in this way is not only windproof, but also waterproof, and the structure is simple, the technical content is not high, and it is easy to manufacture.

As soon as the equipment was manufactured, mass production began. The first batch of 30,000 firearms was given priority to the sappers of the Holy Order, and the Templars, as the elite units of the Central Army of the Holy Church, were also given a ration of 3,000. In the future, Luan Yi will continue to increase the mass production of lighters, so that together with the compass, it will become the standard equipment of the whole army, at least one for each captain.

The presence of lighters made it easy for cavalry to light the fuse during high-speed runs. The 3,000 people in the front row pushed open the fire engine cover in unison, making a series of crisp sounds of "crackling", like thousands of pianos emitting crisp sounds. The "poof" fuse was lit, and at the same time, they carried the net that bound the hand melon and held it high above the top of their heads.

With Zhao Yun's "throw", three thousand hand melons took off at the same time.

This throwing gourd is actually not very technical, as long as it falls in the crowd of enemy soldiers, it can be killed, and there are almost no requirements for accuracy. If you want to say that the only difficulty is not to throw it into your own battle and kill your own people.

The Templars were trained to make such a low-level mistake. The handmelons that were recognized were accurate and very, and the landing points were all in the places where the Qiang people gathered the most.

The Qiang soldiers had not yet recovered from the indiscriminate bombardment of the thunderbolts. At this moment, I had just taken a breather from the work of replacing the main pole with the thunderbolt, but I saw the handmelons falling all over them.

"Boom, boom, boom, ......boom" explosions came and went. On the ground that had been stripped of a layer of turf, it was blown up by the handmelon into deep pits one after another, splashing dirt and dust all over the sky.

The dust and mist diluted with the wind, gradually fading, and then fading again, revealing the ironclad cavalry of the Han Chinese—the Templars.

What kind of army is this!

Seeing the Templars armed to the teeth, the Qiang people were stunned and stupid.

If the sheer power of the handmelon shocked and frightened them, the moment they saw the Templars, they were in utter despair.

They originally thought that the Han people would only use small tricks, and they would not be the opponents of the Qiang warriors when they did it with real swords and guns. But the guys in front of me are wearing ...... They didn't even know where to cut to hurt these Han people.

At this time, the Han people came to kill! Death followed.

……

"For the glory of Our Lady!" The mighty Templars, led by Zhao Yun, rushed into the Qiang ** formation like a flock of sheep.

Originally, there were less than 90,000 Qiang people, and after several rounds of hand-melon bombardment, more than 30,000 people were killed and wounded, but there were still more than 60,000 people.

In the face of 12,000 Templars, 60,000 Qiang people were powerless to resist, and they were killed like dogs.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan led the tiger and leopard cavalry to roar through the flanks and smoothly detour back to the rear of the Qiang people, echoing the Templars from afar, achieving an east-west flank attack.

White Horse Yi followed the shortcomings and made up for the shortcomings, and responded from the side.

As a result, a scene shocked Boyu of the Qiang King's Beigong appeared, and more than 30,000 Han cavalry actually surrounded more than 60,000 Qiang people, slowly dividing and encroaching.

"This bunch of garbage!" Beigong Boyu was furious, "Order Wuwu, Zhong Cun, Gong Tang, and Fu Yan to go out and eat all those Han people for me." ”

The five leaders of Wuwu, Zhong Cun, Gong Tang, and Fu Nan were all over and down in their hearts, they were afraid! They all saw the battle just now, and this battle was aggrieved. At first, he didn't touch the shadow of the Han people, and he was blown up by a bunch of thunder. I finally touched someone...... The thick armor of the Han people can't be cut.

How to fight this battle!

However, they are afraid of the Han people, and they are even more afraid of Beigong Boyu. The Han ** could not kill more of their clansmen and slaves, and lose some "private property". and offended Beigong Boyu, Beigong Boyu killed them in the next second, and lost his own life.

They know better than anyone who is more important, so after listening to Beigong Boyu's military order, they can only go out with their heads in battle.

The horn sounded. Wu Wu, Zhong Cun, Gong Tang, Ji Leng, and Fu Nan rushed out screaming, and rushed straight to Bai Ma Yi from the rear.

This scene was reflected in Luan Yi's eyes through the telescope. He smiled and said to Guo Jia behind him: "As Feng Xiao said, this Beigong Boyu is really conceited." Passed on my military order, the trapped army, the Shentong army, and the Shenpan army immediately went out of battle, and ordered Ma Teng and the Xiliang army to follow and coordinate. ”