Han Chang held the corpse of his cousin Han Liu, returned to the military formation, handed it over to the baggage soldier who was responsible for cleaning up the corpse, and then walked into the fish scale array, knelt on one knee, and said to Yue Fei, "Yue Shuai, the last general is incompetent, and he still can't kill Zongbi Dog Thief."

Yue Fei sighed, "General Han doesn't have to mind. I couldn't kill the Zong Bi dog thief just now, maybe I could cut off his head later. You can't kill Zong Bi today, and there will be tomorrow. We can't kill it this year, there will be next year, and the year after tomorrow, one day, we will enter the Huanglong Mansion and wipe out the Wanyan family. ”

In fact, Yue Fei wanted to reprimand Han Chang, because Han Chang did not go to battle without his permission, and he was considered an unauthorized fighter. However, seeing that Han Chang lost his cousin's life, and he also had a blue nose and swollen face, Yue Fei had no choice but to give up.

comforted Han Chang a few words, kept Han Chang by his side, and turned his gaze to the Jurchen military formation again. Yue Fei felt that the Jurchens might change their tactics today. Because tens of thousands of cavalry were divided into more than a dozen columns, it was not a posture of fighting hard and killing at all.

The bridge of his nose was beaten down, his two eyes were all swollen into buns, his bald head was bitten twice, revealing four rows of tooth marks, the iron armor covering his body, there were fist marks, and there were footprints, and he limped when he walked, this is the glorious image of Wanyan Zongbi who returned to the Jurchen army array.

The Jurchen generals all closed their lips, for fear that they would accidentally laugh. If anyone dares to laugh at this time, the end will definitely be corrected on the spot.

Zong Bi's face was pale, and he looked at the surrounding generals with wolf-like eyes, until he saw that all the generals were hairs standing on end, and then he said fiercely, "Charal, Tielihu, you two dog minions, don't attack me yet!" ”

Seeing the five thousand cavalry slaughtering towards the Protector Army at an unhurried pace, Zong Bi's face softened. He inadvertently stroked his left rib with his hand, and here he had just received three punches from Han Chang. If it weren't for the three-layer iron armor protection, Zong Bi would have been lying down a long time ago.

Zong Bi stared at Han Chang's figure in the fish scale array with swollen eyes, and said secretly, Han Chang, you dog minion, if Lao Tzu catches you, he will have to cut off your hands and feet, pull out your teeth, and turn you into a human stick.

The Jurchens attacked again. Charal led 2,500 cavalry and killed directly on the right flank led by Zhao Hong. Zhao Hong took a look at it and knew that the Jurchen cavalry was only more than 2,000 horsemen.

Zhao Hong sneered, "It seems that the golden dog is still so arrogant." Brethren, strike. ”

Zhao Hong took off the longbow on his back and rushed out on his horse. Three thousand cavalry followed Zhao Hong and rushed out. There were also 3,000 cavalry on standby. But something unexpected happened to Zhao Hong. When the horses of the two sides were less than 200 meters apart, more than 2,000 golden horses suddenly circled and turned to the left.

At the moment of the U-turn, more than 100 riders pulled their bows and shot arrows, using the method of throwing themselves, and more than 100 bows and arrows shot into the sky. An arrow was fired, and the cavalry did not look back, beating their horses and retreating to the left.

The second wave of cavalry again drew their bows and shot arrows. The same arrow was fired, and the horse retreated to the right.

The Protector Army is good at hand-to-hand slashing, and when it comes to riding and archery, it is far inferior to these prairie men. Although each cavalry was equipped with two steel crossbows, the range of the steel crossbows was only one hundred and fifty paces, far inferior to the Jurchen strong bow. After all, the steel crossbow for cavalry must be small and delicate, not as bulky as an infantry crossbow.

Six waves of bows and arrows were fired in a row, and the Protector Army was only more than a hundred paces away from the Jurchen cavalry, but the cavalry acting as the vanguard had also shot down more than 200 people. Even Zhao Hong's left arm was shot with two arrows. Fortunately, the chain mail has good protection and is very lightly injured. Seeing that the steel crossbow could finally be played, the Protector Army took off the steel crossbow one after another, and with a whooshing sound, the steel crossbow with good armor-piercing performance shot down dozens of Jurchen cavalry who were moving to the left in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Hong is the number one marksman of the Protector Army, and even Yue Fei can't compare to his archery skills. Seeing the Jurchen cavalry playing tricks in front of him, Zhao Hong was annoyed, took a bow on the string, and shot twenty arrows in a row, shot two quivers, and shot down twenty Jurchen cavalry.

"Master Zhao's divine shot! Master Zhao is mighty! ”

When the militia guards saw Zhao Hong's miraculous archery, they were even more enthusiastic, shooting steel crossbows in the air, raising their sabers, and pounced on the Jurchen cavalry one by one.

At this moment, the Jurchen cavalry that moved to the two flanks of the Protector Army held their bows in their hands, and iron arrows were like the teeth of death, constantly shooting down the outermost Protector Cavalry.

And the seven or eight hundred cavalry in front of the Protector Army had also turned around and ran violently, and the distance between them and the Protector Army cavalry was always only two hundred paces, which was exactly where the power of the steel crossbow was not enough. And the bows and arrows of the Jurchen soldiers rained down on the heads of the most heroic protector cavalry.

really has the power to fight back, but it is more than 100 personal soldiers who ride Zhao Hong. These are the few magic shooters in the Protector Army, and they do not use steel crossbows, but all large bows. Their counterattack also caused the Jurchen cavalry that fell behind to turn over and fall off their horses one by one.

"How can this be?"

Seeing the cavalry on his side fall off his horse one by one, the snow bright saber did not even touch the enemy's hair, and fell to the ground. Zhao Hong was extremely anxious. He had already shot five of his quivers and shot down more than thirty Jurchen cavalrymen. Now his fingers couldn't pull the bow. "What tactics are these golden dogs playing?"

Zhao Hong was just impatient, and Jiao Wentong was already about to go crazy. Although the bull under his crotch is a different breed of cattle, when running, it can catch up with ordinary war horses. The Jurchen cavalry on the opposite side were all good war horses, far from being able to catch up with this mad bull.

In the past, the Jurchen cavalry always fought hard and killed, which was in line with Jiao Wentong's character. But today, the Jurchen cavalry turned into rabbits, and Jiao Wentong suddenly found depressed that the mad cow couldn't catch up with the rabbit's speed.

Zhao Hong looked at the left flank, but found that Luo Yanqing and Xiaoshan's cavalry were also like himself, surrounded by the Jurchen cavalry on three sides. However, there were many Khitans in that cavalry, who were good at riding and shooting, and they were obviously chasing and shooting at the same time, which was much better than the shape of the shì here.

Just when Zhao Hong was anxious and Jiao Wentong was on fire, the horn of the retreating army suddenly sounded in the people's protector army. The rear of the Protectors became the front team, retreating as they fought, and soon retreated to the range of the infantry's crossbows.

The Jurchen soldiers changed very quickly, and as soon as the Protectors retreated, they chased after them. As a result, dozens of horses were overturned by a burst of strong crossbow fire from the infantry, and then they retreated far away, crisscrossing in front of the Protectors, shouting and scolding.

Between the positions of the two armies, hundreds of corpses of soldiers were upside down, and some of the war horses that had lost their masters fled far away, while others lowered their heads and sniffed their masters' bodies with their noses.

Zhao Hong counted the number of people, but was surprised to find that in just a quarter of an hour, the three thousand cavalry guards who attacked had lost more than five hundred horses. Luo Yanqing's side was similar, folding more than 400 rides.

Zhao Hong immediately hit his horse and ran towards the Chinese army. He had to sue Yue Fei and couldn't fight like this anymore. If the Protector cavalry still charged in this way, they would all fall under the arrows of the Jurchen soldiers.

Luo Yanqing on the left flank obviously had the same idea, and also ran towards Yue Fei's army.

However, Zhao Hong's worries are obviously unnecessary. He walked up to Yue Fei, and before he could speak, Yue Fei said, "Zhao Hong, Luo Yanqing, restrain the cavalry, and don't attack today." The Jurchens used the archery method of the Sabbatarians, which was the most vicious and could inadvertently bring down a strong army. Our cavalry archery skills are too poor to compare with the Jurchen soldiers. ”

Zhao Hong, Luo Yanqing, and all breathed a sigh of relief. Although Yue Fei's words were a bit weak, they were the truth. Since the Protector Cavalry stepped on horseback, they practiced the art of hand-to-hand slashing. As for the method of mounted archery, most of them only use steel crossbows. It's true that I can't play these Jurchen barbarians who have been holding bows since childhood.

Zhao Hong asked suspiciously, "Yue Shuai, what is the archery method of resting people?" ”

Yue Fei said without thinking, "This is the ancient Roman saying. When the powerful Roman army attacked the Sabbatians who were entrenched in the valley of the two rivers, they were repelled by the Sabbats using this method of shooting arrows while retreating. ”

When Yue Fei said this, the people around him were all confused. What ancient Rome, what the rest people, what two river basins, the Song people have never heard of these things at all. The Song people collectively referred to the various Hu merchants in the territory as the Semu people. In the hearts of the Song people, outside the Song Dynasty, there are all barbarian tribal races, where there will be any country!

Yue Fei looked at the confused eyes of the generals around him, hesitated for a moment, and decided to popularize the geographical knowledge obtained from Yue Xiaofei to everyone first, so that the generals of the Protector Army could know how big this world was, and by the way, he had to think about how to deal with this tactic of the Jurchens. Immediately said slowly, "I have listened to my father-in-law about all this knowledge. He said that in the far west, across the sea, there was a continent called Europa, on which there was a kingdom of many Semu. In addition to Europa, there are other continents, each of which is more than ten times larger than our Great Song Dynasty, and of course, there are people living on each land. Of course, on the other continents, most of them are inhabited by savages. Speaking of Europa, although the people of Semu are all white-skinned, they also have their own kingdoms. Their civilization now lags behind that of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Roman Empire, which was at the same time as the pre-Qin period, has now fallen under the attack of the barbarians. The ancient Roman Empire was like our Great Song Dynasty, although it had an advanced civilization, it could not resist the cavalry of the barbarians. So do we. If our Protectors cannot stop the golden dogs, our children and grandchildren will forget our civilization, our clothing, our glory and pride, and become barbaric and rude, and worship the barbarians' martial arts. ”

"Oh."

The generals all sighed simply. Yue Fei's words made these generals who were accustomed to the Song Dynasty as the Heavenly Empire at a loss. It turns out that this land is so big, it turns out that beyond the sea, there is no realm of immortals, but there are many tribes of barbarians. It turns out that the civilization of the Central Plains is not always ahead of the world. Of course, after the confusion, something that belongs to ambition also sprouted in the hearts of the generals.

As for whether Yue Fei was telling the truth, the generals did not have the slightest doubt. Yue Shuai has always said something, and he will never talk about it. However, everyone was also a little puzzled, Yue Fei knew that the archery method of the rest people was excusable, because there was a master Yue who sailed to the sea. But where did the barbaric Jurchens learn about this method of warfare?

Xiao Shan hesitated for a moment before he said in an uncertain tone, "In our Great Desert North, there are still many Mongol tribes. I heard that the Mongols were very good at this kind of warfare. However, they call this method of archery mangua. ”