When he heard the scout's report, Yang Yanzhao's heart was like more than 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping by, not to mention how weird it was.

I'm really afraid of whatever you want, this rainy weather, you Khitan people are not good to take in the city, why did you run so far out.

Yang Yanzhao didn't know that the reason why he met the Khitan people on a rainy day was completely intentional by the Khitans. After the last war, Yelumo studied the new weapons of the Song Dynasty.

Although he did not find out how to make them, one thing he was able to investigate was that these new weapons were related to gunpowder.

Knowing this, when arranging the strategy, Yelumo deliberately hoped that it could be delayed until the rainy season, so that it was possible that the cannon would not be able to play out.

It can be said that when the Song army won the battle in less than twenty days, it really made Yelu Mo panic, because if it continued at this rate, it was estimated that most of Yanyun would be gone before entering the rainy season.

But fortunately, God blessed, after the Song army conquered Xijing again, it actually temporarily stopped its progress and circled in Xijing for more than ten days.

In addition, today's rainy season is also a few days earlier than in previous years, and the combination of positive and dual factors made the Song army finally blocked by the heavy rain before reaching Nanjing.

And the Liao Iron Cavalry was able to take this opportunity to take advantage of the rain to give the Song army a head-on blow, for this day, Yelu Mo not only abnormally let the army brave the rain to go out, but also took out a secret weapon specially developed in the five years after the Battle of Lanyuan.

In order to develop this secret weapon, Yelumo can be said to have endured humiliation in the past five years, because he has endured tremendous pressure from inside and outside the court.

But the good thing. Today this secret weapon can finally come in handy.

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"Are the Khitans coming?" Yang Zongbao, who had just returned from checking the gunpowder, saw the sad faces of his father and Zhao Ling'er. Think of it this way.

Zhao Ling'er glanced up at Yang Zongbao. Then he sighed and said: "That's right, it's the Khitans who came, and the Khitans not only came, but they were also very different from the usual Khitans." ”

"Different?" Yang Zongbao is a little strange, the Khitan people are not the Khitans, what difference can there be.

"This time, the Khitans made a bunch of heavily armored cavalry, and from the intelligence observed by the scouts, this Khitan army consisted of two parts. One part was cavalry that was no different from the previous one, but the other part was a group of heavily armored cavalry. After Yang Yanzhao took the conversation, he told his son like this.

"Heavy cavalry?" Yang Zongbao didn't understand it even more.

In fact, this is also to blame him, in the history of the confrontation between the Central Plains and the ethnic minorities, there has never been a heavy armored cavalry, because the smelting and casting level of the ethnic minorities is very poor, it is difficult for them to cast decent iron tools, let alone the kind of heavy armor that can completely wrap people and horses.

Seeing that Yang Zongbao didn't understand what heavy armored cavalry was at all, Zhao Ling'er had no choice but to explain to him: "Actually, I don't know what heavy armored cavalry is, because I haven't seen it either. But I've heard my father say that it's a class created at the speed of sacrificing cavalry.

They were heavily armoured on both cavalry and mounts. This makes the defense of cavalry and mounts reach a very high level, and ordinary bows and arrows do not even want to shoot through the armor of riders and mounts.

Moreover, such a cavalry is superimposed on the weight of the armor plus the weight of the rider and the mount. The impact of the infantry is even stronger, and there is no chance of survival once trampled. ”

"Then there are no shortcomings in this kind of cavalry?" After hearing Zhao Ling'er's terrifying description, Yang Zongbao was a little panicked.

"Yes, yes, didn't I say it before, the heavy cavalry will sacrifice the speed of ordinary cavalry, which means that they are not as fast as they run, and they are not flexible in turning."

Hearing Zhao Ling'er say that, Yang Zongbao let out a sigh of relief: "I'm scared to death, in this case, we can't just use the cannon to bombard." ”

Hearing his son's stupid speech, Yang Yanzhao almost didn't want to dig a hole and bury him in it, saving him from being embarrassed outside.

"You're a girl, huh? If we could use shelling, would we be so worried? You look at the sky outside. ”

At this time, Yang Zongbao slapped his head and reacted, yes, it was raining heavily outside, and the cannon could not be used, and the people of Liao came at this time as if it was a good calculation.

"What now?" Faced with this situation, Yang Zongbao could only put on an expression of helplessness.

The three of them thought for a long time, and finally Zhao Ling'er proposed a solution that was not a solution: "I think this is the only way to do it now, first send some people to test the power of the heavy armored cavalry of the Khitans, if the rifle can move, maybe it can still fight, if the rifle can't move, then we can only retreat for the time being." ”

Yang Yanzhao, who really couldn't think of any other way, could only act according to Zhao Ling'er's proposal, he asked Yang Zongbao to take 10,000 people to the front line to fight with this group of Khitans, if it was found that the rifle could penetrate the heavy armor of the Khitans, it would not be too late to ask for reinforcements for a decisive battle, if not, everyone should withdraw first, and wait for the rain to stop before making plans.

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"I knew that good things usually didn't come to me." As soon as he fought with the heavy armored cavalry of the Khitans, Yang Zongbao was about to cry.

Indeed, as Zhao Ling'er said, because of the heavy armor, the advance speed of those cavalry is a little faster than that of ordinary cavalry. But the defense is a hundred times stronger than ordinary cavalry.

At the beginning, when he had the mentality of giving it a try, Yang Zongbao also asked the soldiers to attack those heavily armored cavalry with crossbows, but it could be clearly seen from the telescope that those arrows were basically bounced away after touching those cavalry.

Seeing that the crossbow could not work, Yang Zongbao decisively changed into a rifle and continued to attack. Not to mention that a rifle that is much more powerful than a repeater can do a little damage to those infantry, but only a little.

The bullets basically hit the armor of the cavalry and horses, but they did not penetrate it, and although those who were shot would have a painful expression, they were still able to continue the fight.

With the exception of a few soldiers who were killed by bullets hitting unprotected areas of the front door, the other soldiers who were hit basically did not receive much damage.

This made Yang Zongbao know that this battle could not be fought for the time being, so he decisively ordered a retreat.

It was only not long after he gave the order to retreat that the battlefield changed dramatically. Two light cavalry units fought out from behind the heavy cavalry and outflanked the Song army's position from both flanks.

"Shoot at the wings, hurry." Unexpectedly, Yang Zongbao, who actually killed two teams of light cavalry in the oblique stab, made the fastest response.

But no matter how fast his reaction was, the retreating Song army had no way to react immediately, and by the time they aimed their guns at those light cavalry, the other party had basically killed in front of them.

Although some of the light cavalry units were shot and killed by the Song army, the remaining people still broke up the Song army's formation, and the Song army had to fight separately after the formation was dispersed.

And at this time, the ultimate cavalry took advantage of this gap to also kill the battlefield, and they rushed over like a terrible torrent to the Song army soldiers is a ruthless crush.

The Song army, which was dominated by infantry, could not withstand such a crushing at all, and most of the soldiers died tragically under the hooves of the Khitans, and even the rifles in their hands were trampled into two sections.

Seeing that things had become like this, Yang Zongbao had to give up the entire army and quickly evacuate the battlefield with his personal guards.

If the city of Datong was the first defeat of the Song army, this encounter was the first defeat of the Song army since its expedition.

Unfortunately, Yang Zongbao became the direct commander of these two defeats, which caused him to suffer great reproach when he later returned to the capital.

But these are all later words, Yang Zongbao, who fled back to the barracks in embarrassment, has only one belief, that is, to inform his father to withdraw the troops as soon as possible. The Song army, without artillery, had no way to confront the Khitans at all.

"Wait, you say that the heavy cavalry not only wore heavy armor, but also connected each row of cavalry with iron chains?" Zhao Ling'er's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing Yang Zongbao's description.

"yes, that's right." Yang Zongbao nodded.

"Is that the heavy armor cavalry wearing heavy armor, but the legs of the horses are not wrapped in armor?" Zhao Ling'er then asked.

Yang Zongbao couldn't remember such details very clearly, he tried to recall it, it seemed to be the case, although the other party's heavy cavalry was wearing heavy armor all over his body, but the horse's legs were not wrapped in armor.

"It seems like this, how do you know?"

Yang Zongbao was still waiting for Zhao Ling'er to give an answer, but he didn't expect to wait for a burst of laughter like a silver bell. I saw that Zhao Ling'er suddenly laughed, the flowers and branches of laughter trembled, and her usual reserve basically disappeared.

Zhao Ling'er's performance made even Yang Yanzhao a little confused, why Her Royal Highness the princess suddenly lost her temper when life and death were at stake.

Seeing the two of them looking at themselves like monsters, Zhao Ling'er finally realized that she had lost her temper, and after quickly retracting her smile, she said to the father and son: "I'm sorry, it's a little out of shape." But I already know what to do with the heavy cavalry. ”

Zhao Ling'er actually said that she knew how to deal with those heavy cavalry, which couldn't help but make Yang Zongbao a little unconvinced: "Deal with them? Can't we use our cannons? Can you predict how the weather will change? When will this rain stop? ”

"If I had been able to predict when the rain would stop, you wouldn't have suffered this fiasco. I don't know when the rain will stop, but I've got a way to get rid of the heavy cavalry when the cannon can't be used, and I'm right. (To be continued......)