Huo Wangxi's ghost tricks really couldn't stop Wu Jiemoxi's cavalry, but this did not prevent him from playing against them at the last moment.

Huo Wangxi saw the Liao army stepping into a distance of one hundred meters, and shouted: "Pull the rope!" ”

The soldiers in the front row on the hill at the top immediately pulled the rope in their hands, and rows of tripwire ropes instantly bounced under the hooves of the cavalry of the Liao army. In such a hasty situation, even these people who play with horses every day have no time to react, and the result is naturally needless to say, another bunch of cavalrymen turned on their backs, and they didn't even have time to shoot the first wave of bows and arrows they prepared.

"Shoot!"

Seizing this fighter, the crossbowmen immediately threw a rain of arrows at the fallen cavalry, so that those soldiers who were originally just injured by falling completely ended their mission of cannon fodder. Compared with the previous two times, the casualties this time are undoubtedly much larger, half of the four thousand soldiers arranged on this hill can participate in the attack, counting the crossbowmen There are probably more than a thousand people, and when the Liao army rearranges the formation, they also finish their first arrow box, and the Liao army also pays the price of nearly a thousand people because of these ten thousand arrows.

Although Usue Mosi did not have time to count how many soldiers he had lost, judging from his many years of experience in leading troops, the losses in the process of this charge were definitely more than the previous wars he had experienced.

"No wonder they dare to run here to block my cavalry, dare to rely on their own sharp bows and arrows! But your show is over. Usumemoshi suddenly realized, and then said viciously: "No trick! Let me arrest you and see that I don't break you to pieces!" ”

He was right, Huo Wangxi really had no tricks now, so he could only watch the Liao army approach step by step, and divide and "surround" his troops on the three hills.

Seeing that his tactical goal had been achieved, Wu Jie Moxi had successfully surrounded the Song army, and it was only a matter of time before he could eat them next. Although it cost a lot of warriors' lives for this, the result was good, so a smile of victory unconsciously appeared on his face.

However, he didn't know that the guy standing in the sentry tower at the top of the mountain also showed a weird smile when he saw the Liao army completing the encirclement of him.

Huo Wangxi smiled and said to the staff officer: "Let's beat the drum!" Let the soldiers let go of their hands and feet, the bed crossbow is responsible for the enemy at a distance, and the repeater is responsible for the enemy at a close distance, so shoot hard! ”

The beating drums became the catalyst for the entire battlefield, and the Song army, who was originally shooting well, threw off their arms and shot wildly when they heard the drums.

However, the battlefield situation on the Liao army's side took a sharp turn for the worse, and the smile on Wu Jiemoxi's face froze, looking at the rows of soldiers who fell like leeks being cut, extremely anxious. However, he was unwilling to retreat like this, it was not easy to charge just now, and it was even more difficult for the fat in his mouth to spit it out. After a fierce ideological struggle, he still chose to continue the attack, he thought that the Song army in front of him was just doing the last dying struggle, as long as he could hold on, the end would definitely be the Song army.

So, he seized the time to observe the situation on the battlefield and found that the general of the Song army was indeed a bit of a chicken thief, and although the stairs did not have much obstacle for the soldiers to climb, they restricted the movement of the war horses. Umemosi decisively ordered the soldiers who rushed to the front to dismount and attack on foot, while the soldiers behind were suppressed with bows and arrows.

This order of Usuke Moxi is undoubtedly the best way in this situation, although the cavalry cattle, it also depends on the place, if you can't even go to the place where the war horse can't go, it is not as cost-effective as letting the cavalry become infantry.

However, he didn't know that this was also the result that Huo Wangxi wanted.

It can only be said that the Song and Liao countries attached different importance to intelligence and armaments, which led to the disadvantage of the Liao State from the very beginning of this war. The steady stream of intelligence sources gave the Song army time to lay out targeted defenses, while the Liao army still relied on feeling and accompanying spies to obtain limited information as before.

So much so that Song and Liao have already been at war, and most of the generals of the Liao army do not know that the Song ** team has been renewed in secret. In this regard, the arrogance of the Liao State has made them lose their due vigilance, and no one has even done a good job of Li Yuanhao.

If it is simply compared to archery, the soldiers of the Song army will definitely not be able to compare with the soldiers of the Liao army. It was also based on this idea that Umemosi had the intention of letting his archers cover the melee combat of other soldiers. However, although Huo Wangxi's soldiers used advanced crossbows, they did not have any gentlemanly demeanor, and did not shoot at all with other archers, and picked those Liao troops who climbed ladders to shoot fiercely. And the arrows of the Liao army are all deserved to death by huge shields, even if there are arrows that slip through the net, it will not hurt.

Huo Wangxi also immediately made adjustments: "Order the bed crossbow to cover the Liao archers!" ”

Soon, the bed crossbows on the three hills each began to shoot at their own targets, driving the Liao archers out of their shooting range, and they could only watch their compatriots being shot in front of the Song army one by one.

The soldiers of the Liao army were relatively brave, but even so, no one could endure this one-sided slaughter, and the courage and pride in their hearts quickly disappeared under the continuous rain of arrows.

After half an hour of fighting, the soldiers of the Liao army, who had begun to despair, chose to be passive and slack off, if it weren't for the fact that the overseers behind them were still there, it is estimated that they would have slipped away directly. Speaking of this warlord, that is, the Liao State is composed of soldiers of the Khitan tribe itself, after all, the Liao State is the world of the Khitan people, and it is impossible not to restrain the soldiers of various tribes, so they are not distressed at all when they kill the soldiers of the Uighur tribe who are afraid of war.

Finally, there was a commander who couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled Wujie Moxi and said: "Captain Wan, you have seen yesterday's siege battle and today's field battle, look at this situation, the combat strength of the Song army is indeed different from the past!" If the Song army has such combat effectiveness now, they are even worried about whether our southern expedition will be successful! Why do you bother to let our Uighur sons work for the Khitans? Let's retreat! ”

Ujie Moxi said slightly angrily: "What are you talking about? If you want to disturb the morale of the army again, don't blame me for not being merciful! ”

The commander pleaded: "Commander, see for yourself, the people who are rushing to the front are our Uighur sons, and those Khitans are hiding behind!" They're sending our people to their deaths, you have to think about it, brothers! ”

"Humph! They were originally warlords, and they would definitely hide behind. Although Umemoxi's tone was still angry, it was clear that the target was not on the commander.

The commander continued: "Commander Wan, think about it again, although we are also from Liao, but if there are any good things in Liao, they will think of us, and they will only think of us every time they fight. If there is a benefit to fighting, we naturally have nothing to say, but now we are obviously suffering! If you hesitate a little longer, one more of our brothers will die! ”

"However, if we retreat like this, we won't be able to explain to King Xiao when we go back! With his temper, none of us have good fruit to eat. And I heard that Empress Dowager Xiao is also a small-bellied person, and many ministers in the court have been belittled by her, if the time comes, if the defeat of the war is blamed on us, not only will our people suffer, but our tribe may also be implicated, isn't this too risky? Although Ujie Moxi was a little tempted, he still had a lot of concerns.

Commander: "Why don't you go and find out the tone of that Khitan commander first?" If he agrees, there will naturally be many people to speak for us at that time, and if he doesn't agree......"

Usuke Moxi: "How about disagreeing?" ”

The commander said helplessly: "I can only take one step at a time!" ”

Wujie Moxi nodded silently, personally rode a horse to find the Khitan commander, and euphemistically expressed that the Song army in front of him was not easy to gnaw, so it was better to withdraw first and make a detour to join the other cavalry, so as not to affect the overall combat deployment of the king of the North Courtyard.

However, this Khitan commander did not buy his face very much, and his words were even mixed with the meaning of ridiculing their Uighur soldiers for being useless, and they could not even take down a few thousand Song troops.

Usue Moxi came back with a snort, shook his head at the commander who went first, and the two looked at each other and sighed.

Facing the Song army that was huddled in the turtle shell and kept shooting, the attacking Liao soldiers really had a feeling that a dog biting a hedgehog couldn't eat. They finally rushed to the front of the Song army under the rain of arrows, and they gathered enough strength to break through the shield, and finally loosened a little, but they didn't expect the second row of shield soldiers to come up, and replace the injured and tired front row soldiers to continue to carry them to death.

Once or twice, everyone endured it, but after a long time, the morale of the army naturally weakened. Although the Khitan commander who supervised the war was able to use all kinds of coercion and inducement to pacify the officers, he didn't know that the military heart was sometimes not under the control of the main general.

At first, when some people were timid, the Warlords killed them, which also had some deterrent effect. However, after a long period of failure to attack and heavy casualties, more and more Uighur soldiers recorded their grievances on the warlords. When this resentment reached a critical point, the resistance of a "deserter" who was about to be corrected on the spot escalated the incident, causing more and more people to turn their guns on the Khitans, and the whole situation suddenly got out of the control of Wu Jie Moxi and other generals.

The sudden change not only stunned Wu Jie Moxi and others, but also made Huo Wangxi and others, who had been paying attention to the battlefield, confused.

Huo Wangxi pointed to the Liao army at the foot of the mountain and fell into an internal melee, and asked puzzledly: "What kind of play do you say the Liao army is going to play?" ”

The staff officer also shook his head: "The subordinates don't know, there is no such trick in the military book, cannibalism, what kind of tactic is this?" Is it to confuse us? ”

"No matter!" Huo Wangxi waved his hand: "If they like to fight, let them fight well, order our soldiers to stop attacking the enemy in the distance, as long as the enemy does not attack, everyone should seize the time to rest, and by the way, watch the actual combat performance of the soldiers of the Liao State." ”

"Yes!" The staff officer answered, and went down to deliver the order.

Soon, the situation on the battlefield became even more bizarre, and those Liao troops who were still continuing to attack lost their supervision, and they also began to crawl and grind foreign workers there. The Song army, on the other hand, simply stopped the attack and took the opportunity to move their muscles and bones and replenish some water.

As a result, the Song army and the Liao army were harmonious, but the Liao army was in harmony.

Seeing that the Song army did not continue to attack, Wujie Moxi immediately summoned his remaining cronies and commanders, and said to them: "The army mutiny has happened, and it is too late for us to control it now, once the Khitan people go back to report, we will all be killed, and even affect our families, do you want such a thing to happen?" ”

Of course, no one would think about such a thing!

So everyone expressed their willingness to obey the boss's orders.

Usuke Moxi nodded in satisfaction, and after whispering to everyone, he let everyone disperse. It didn't take long for the commanders to organize their own soldiers to surround the 1,000 Khitans.

After another battle, until the last Khitan fell, Wujie Moxi fled from the battlefield with a force of less than 3,000 people, leaving Huo Wangxi, who had lost his eyeballs, in a daze.

Are they monkeys inviting you to make a joke?

If Huo Wangxi had watched "Journey to the West", it is estimated that he would have said the same.

However, no one expected that this remnant army, which disappeared from the battle sequence of the Liao army soon after the war, led a major event soon after. (To be continued.) )