Chapter 323: Goodbye, Western Xia Kingdom (II)

When the Weizhou Iron Cavalry came up, more than 10,000 Patriotic Army immediately felt that their parents had given them two legs, and the roaring Weizhou Iron Cavalry, holding a small bow/crossbow, shot at their own camp indiscriminately, and died one after another in the sound of "whoosh, whoosh" breaking through the air.

After they gained a firm foothold, they immediately picked up the bows and arrows and swords and spears in their hands, intending to inflict damage on the pursuing Weizhou Iron Cavalry.

However, the armor of the Weizhou army is very strong, and the Weizhou army is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Xiahou Haoyue noticed the small-scale resistance early, and he shouted and ordered: "Don't chase and kill those who escape, first eliminate those who resist for grandpa." ”

The cavalrymen of the Weizhou Cavalry Brigade, who had received the order, were very vicious, and they turned to the small groups that were huddled together to attack.

In addition to the cavalry with bows/crossbows, there was also a group of cavalry with torches, and from time to time they carried some swarthy crockpot-like things, which would be thrown into the small camp of recalcitrant resistance.

The igniting clay pot made a rumbling explosion, and the broken porcelain pieces and the iron nails hidden in them raged in the ranks of the Patriotic Army.

In the process of retreating, the Patriotic Army fully understood the power of this crockpot mine, its lethality is not very large, and the damage after hitting the human body is not a fatal injury, but its power lies in the fact that no one knows where those fragments will fall before every explosion, because the chaotic crowd does not know how to protect against this kind of injury. This psychological deterrence has added to the psychological burden of the Patriotic Army.

Under the impact of wave after wave, the patriotic army crying for dad and mother no longer has the will to resist, they learned the simplest battlefield philosophy in the interval of escape, I may not be the fastest, but as long as I am faster than my teammates. As long as they can run in front of their comrades, then there is no reason for the Weizhou army chasing them to rush to chase and kill themselves in front, and the backward comrades-in-arms are their targets.

Xiahou Haoyue, as the commander of the Third Army in Weizhou, led his sons to pursue the Patriotic Army and pay attention to the changes on the battlefield, while his mind was still recalling the knowledge he had learned in Wu Anzheng's class in the past.

First, when chasing the fleeing enemy, it is important not to allow the enemy to stabilize their foothold and build a defensive posture, and second, to pay attention to killing and wounding the officers in the defeated army, because these people often make unexpected moves, such as relying on personal charm to reverse the situation.

So the high-spirited Xiahou Haoyue once again issued an order to pay attention to sniping officers in the Patriotic Army. In the process of transmitting the order, there was a disagreement about the order, and the junior officers at the level of fire commander and captain of the cavalry brigade received feedback from the cavalry under them, how to determine that those people were officers.

The fire commander and the army commander would definitely not give feedback to their superiors in the process of pursuit, so those grassroots officers used their brains and pointed: "Wearing Mingguang armor is naturally a big official, and a small officer is not easy to identify, and those who act abnormally may be officers." ”

The Weizhou Iron Cavalry, who received an ambiguous order, did not doubt their superiors, and they began to carry out the order to snipe the enemy officer according to their own understanding.

As a result, the deserters who acted abnormally in the Patriotic Army were immediately dealt a devastating blow, and once the Weizhou Iron Cavalry found that they were looking around during the run, they immediately gathered fire and sniped them, or bombarded them with crockpot grenades.

The abnormality of the Weizhou Iron Cavalry is even more terrifying among the fleeing patriotic troops, and they don't know why these killing gods suddenly set fire to a person like a demon. But they don't have time to think, it's better to run for their lives.

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Li Siji stared blankly at the defeated Patriotic Army in front of him, how long has it been? Why did they suddenly fail? The magical weapons in the Weizhou army are just those smoking iron buckets and clay pots, and no matter how weak the patriotic army is, it is impossible for them to be defeated so quickly.

In the process of Li Siji's thinking, Cao Ruting never stopped jumping and scolding, but no matter how high he jumped, it was useless, the defeat of the Patriotic Army had been revealed, and it was impossible to recover the disadvantage.

Li Sijian thought for a while and didn't figure it out, he simply didn't think about it anymore, originally he wanted to take this opportunity to observe the combat strength of the Weizhou Army at close range, who knew that he would have to go on his own so early, and since the Patriotic Army was useless, let himself verify it himself.

Li Sijian ignored the noisy Cao Ruting, he turned over his horse and shouted to the cavalry of the Dingyan Army behind him: "Warriors, since we have arrived at the city of Yanzhou, this battle is inevitable, anyway, this battle will be fought sooner or later, let's start it now." ”

The iron cavalry of the Dangxiang clan heard the shouts of the leader, and they howled and echoed, and some blew their whistles.

Li Sijian was very satisfied when he saw that his soldiers were all active, and then he continued to shout: "The Patriotic Army's misbreeds will rush over later, let's make way for them, so as not to block our iron cavalry." When the waste is over, the sons and daughters must remember to rush over with a certain to finish those new recruits from Weizhou. ”

After Li Sijian finished speaking, he immediately slapped the armor on his body with the scimitar in his hand, and the bright armor reflected a blazing light in the light of the morning sun.

The soldiers of the Dangxiang clan also followed the rhythm of the leader, slapping the armor on their chests with the scimitars in their hands.

The Xiazhou Dingyan Army was the predecessor of the later Western Xia Kingdom, and the elite "Iron Harrier" troops of the Western Xia Kingdom were famous in later generations, and now it is the beginning of the Iron Harrier tactics.

The Tuoba brothers in Xiazhou have already groped for the formation of this legendary army, so the soldiers in the Dingyan army are basically wearing iron armor, and their horses are also equipped with armor.

As the noisy noise and the surging tide of rout were about to reach the cavalry phalanx of the Dingyan Army, Li Sijian stood on the horse and waved his hand in a dashing manner, and the cavalry team behind him immediately quickly gave way to a wide passage, allowing the chaotic soldiers of the Patriotic Army to pass quickly.

Xiahou Haoyue saw the scene of the arrival of the Patriotic Army in front of the military formation of the Dingyan Army, and immediately praised it, the Dingyan Army is really a strong army in the northwest, just look at this, you know that the discipline of the Xiazhou Army and the riding skills of the soldiers are quite extraordinary.

Since the Dingyan army was about to be dispatched, Xiahou Haoyue immediately waved his hand to stop the attack of the Weizhou Iron Cavalry, and he issued a retreat order. With the issuance of the military order, the cavalry of the Weizhou Cavalry Brigade immediately gave up the military exploits that were close at hand and retreated decisively.

Li Sijian looked at the Weizhou army that was forbidden, and he also applauded in his heart. This Weizhou army is not simple, their discipline will not be weaker than the Xiazhou army under their own command, this time it is really an opponent.

However, the mobility and discipline that cavalry values in battle, no matter how good the discipline, it is all for nothing if it has no combat effectiveness. So Li Sijian whistled and rushed out first, and then the more than 8,000 ironclad troops behind him followed the pace of the leader and began to accelerate the attack.

Xiahou Haoyue's retreat was extremely wise, and the military horses of the Xiazhou Dingyan Army accelerated extremely quickly, if Xiahou Haoyue saw the opportunity late, the Weizhou cavalry brigade that had not been formed long ago would definitely suffer heavy losses in this battle.

So when Li Sijian led his men to catch up with the cavalry in Weizhou, he found that he and the front army had already faced the infantry army in Weizhou.

Seeing the Weizhou military formation, a smile appeared on his young bearded face. The Iron Cavalry of Xiazhou is about to set up a new feat. So he didn't hesitate and rushed straight forward.

Xu Shisan was happy again now, and his military exploits and money came again. He saw that several of his soldiers were much calmer at this time, and he calmed down.

This time he did not remind his soldiers again, and he issued the order as was customary. "The first row of the Divine Arm Bow is ready, wound, aimed, and prepared. Three hundred steps, two hundred and ninety steps, two hundred and eighty steps, two hundred and seventy steps, two hundred and sixty steps, two hundred and fifty steps, launch! The second row is ready to ......"

The powerful bow and arrow pierced the air, the oncoming roar, and the sharp sound of rubbing the air played a welcome death overture for the arriving Xiazhou Dingyan Army.

Li Sijian saw the soldiers around him and behind him who were constantly being hit by arrows, his heart was dripping blood, what kind of bow/crossbow is this, how can it shoot so far?

The three salvos of the fire prescribed by Xu 13 had been completed, and he immediately issued an order: "Pack up your equipment and start retreating, make room for the choppers/horses/axemen, and move quickly." Fast! ”

Li Sijian was galloping at a rapid pace, and he actually saw that the Weizhou infantry phalanx two hundred steps away actually began to change formation at this time, and the bow/crossbowmen in front of the formation began to retreat, and the one who broke forward was actually a long formation with a strange big sword.

He was still thinking about what kind of knife this kind of knife was, and the phalanx of the Weizhou army, the roaring cannon body sounded again. That kind of terrifying sound and power, the Dingyan army has been prepared for a long time.

Li Sijian took out a white cloth towel on the horse's back, and he shouted: "Mengma/Eye! "When Xiazhou followed Zheng Zheng to encircle and suppress Shang Rang's army in Longweipi, he noticed the mysterious artillery of the Weizhou army. Later, after they returned, they also explored the mysterious weapons of Weizhou, but such a confidential matter in Weizhou would never be easily stolen by the opponent, so they did not find any clues.

However, they did not find artillery, but it does not mean that they have not thought of countermeasures, they think that although the power of artillery is great, there are not many Weizhou troops, and for Xiazhou, a fast mobile army dominated by cavalry, the deterrent power is not great.

But the deterrence of people is not great, but the deterrence of horses is great, because horses have not experienced such large decibel noise, so after they studied it, they felt that they could basically cope with this mysterious artillery battle by blindfolding horses and eyes.

Compared with the caution of the shock iron cavalry, the response of the Weizhou army was relatively rigid, and they did not have any flexibility, but just began the bombardment process of artillery and palm mines in accordance with the fixed procedure.

As for the lethality of this method of warfare, low-level soldiers will not consider this kind of thing, they are only taught to do it in accordance with the process and training regulations, and as for the advantages and disadvantages of this tactic, someone will observe and sort it out.

Li Sijian saw that his own horse/eye strategy still had a significant effect on the horse's ass under the crotch, and in the rumbling explosion, their knight losses were not very large, which made Li Sijian very happy. As the distance approached, he once again called out to the Commander and began to suppress the bow and arrow.

The bows and arrows of the Dingyan army are also light bows and small arrows, which cannot be shot far, and can only cause lethality at close range, but they found that after their feather arrows were shot, the damage to the Weizhou army was very limited, because the Weizhou army was also fully armored.

After a few rounds of feathered arrows, the engagement was just around the corner. Li Sijian can also observe those weird knife formations up close. When the distance was closer, he saw clearly the big knife in the other party's hand, which was more than three feet long, more than a foot long, and a large ring at the head of the knife.

The soldiers in the front row of the Weizhou Army faced the Dingyan Army who were about to take over, and they gradually lowered their bodies according to the military orders of the non-commissioned officers, but their hands holding the knives became tighter.

"Pick up!"

With this warning order, the two armies began to fight. The cavalry tactics focus on the rapid and high-speed impact, and the tactics of the difficult army are mostly the tactics of the steppe nomads that have been handed down by the Dangxiang clan for thousands of years. This method of warfare has a nice name called the Fish Scale Array, and if it is more popular, it is called the wolf pack tactic.

This tactic was really brought into full play, and it was not ideal for the Mongolian army of Genghis Khan in later generations, but the effect of the party Dingyan army, which was the ancestor of the party, was not ideal when facing the Weizhou army at this time.

Because the big knives in the hands of the Weizhou army in the front row are all specially made, although the appearance is weird, but the lethality is very strong, and the people and horses that hit almost have thousands of catties of inertia, but the other party's strange big knives used the impact of the horses to cut all the armor on the horses, and then killed and injured the horses under them.

The legs of many of the Iron Cavalry Knights of the Dingyan Army were cut and cut off by the strange long knives and horses, and the neighing of men and horses on the battlefield of indirect warfare filled the heavens and the earth, and the bloody atmosphere of human blood and horse blood mixed with people was disgusting.

The Iron Cavalry Sergeant lost his horse, but became a tin lamb to be slaughtered, and it was only a matter of time before he was killed. How could the lethality of such a knife be so amazing?

Li Si was puzzled, but they didn't have time to think, he had to attack back and forth according to the fixed tactics, but as their impact and time passed, but as their impact became more and more, the dead and wounded Iron Cavalry of the Dingyan Army also increased, and the space occupied by the wounded men and horses on the battlefield became larger and larger, and they had more and more time to dodge on their horses.

Then the speed of the action of the Dingyan Army became slower and slower, and then the terrifying roaring cannon sound once again became the reaper of the Dingyan Army. Li Sijian looked at the scene in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel sad, what's wrong, is the seed of a certain Xiazhou going to die under this Yanzhou city this time?

Li Bao, who had been paying close attention to the situation outside the battlefield, couldn't help but laugh, haha, it will be difficult for the army, but so, Xixia Kingdom, goodbye.