Gao Zunping, who was tall, hard-looking and sturdy, sat on his war horse and looked coldly at the nearly 10,000 Xixia cavalry who were charging towards him, and around him were the only 100 cavalry in the forward battalion, responsible for guarding his safety. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ/qВ5.c0m\\

At this time, Gao Zunping's side, in addition to the cavalry of the 100 forward battalion, the 900 crossbowmen of the forward battalion were closely around the periphery of the 100 cavalry, and the bow and crossbow in their hands were wound, and the sharp bow and crossbow arrows pointed directly at the rushing Western Xia cavalry.

On the periphery of the crossbowmen are a thousand wrestlers armed with spears and knives in the forward battalion, and they hiding behind the shield soldiers will be the main attack force against the Western Xia cavalry.

The outermost part of the forward battalion's circular formation was the first line of defense against the Western Xia cavalry composed of 600 Mo swordsmen and 600 shield soldiers holding large shields.

This kind of circular formation of the forward battalion is the battle formation of the Great Song Dynasty according to the experience of fighting with the Liaoxia cavalry for many years, the round formation is not closely inseparable, and the sword hand, shield hand and wrestler can exchange positions at any time in the circular formation that runs up, all the armies of the Great Song Dynasty have trained this kind of battle formation hard, for the new army, this kind of round formation is even more familiar and can not be more familiar, and it has left an indelible imprint in the heart, with Gao Zunping's order, the new army officers and soldiers of the conditioned reflex lined up this kind of round formation in the shortest possible time.

Gao Zunping calmly waited for the Western Xia cavalry to enter the range of the crossbowmen in the circular formation, and when he saw the Western Xia cavalry rushing like the wind, the long knife in his hand was raised high, and he shouted: "Crossbowman!" Target Western Xia cavalry, three rounds of scattering in turn! ”

Gao Zunping's voice just fell. The crossbowmen in the circle let go of the bows and crossbows in their hands, and the rain of arrows composed of three hundred bows and crossbows covered the nearby sky, drawing traces of death, and shot towards the charging Western Xia cavalry.

Whoosh! Poof!

The sound of flying arrows piercing through the air, the sound of the Western Xia cavalry hitting the ground, and the sound of the Western Xia cavalry falling off their horses converged into a terrifying sound of death in the blink of an eye. Floating over the valley.

The bows and crossbows used by the archers in the round array of the Song army are all from the divine arm bow and armor-piercing crossbow from the military weaponry, the bow and crossbow arrows are short and sharp, and the penetration ability is very strong, even if the Xixia cavalry is heavily armoured, it is still inevitable that the armor will penetrate the consequences of death, but the effort of these bows and crossbows is very amazing, the best crossbowmen of the Song army, without stopping, can only shoot ten rounds of bows and arrows and are no longer able to shoot arrows, so Gao Zunping let the nine hundred crossbowmen in the formation shoot three rounds, in exchange for time for the number of attacks of the crossbowmen.

The first round of arrows from the Song army inflicted great damage on the Western Xia cavalry. Without heavy shields to protect the Western Xia cavalry, nearly 100 cavalry were shot by a rain of arrows, and at least 50 people immediately fell off their horses and were trampled into a pair of mud by the cavalry behind.

The second round of arrow rain of the Song army had just been fired, and the bows and arrows in the hands of the Western Xia cavalry were also raised high. Scattered towards the Song army's circular formation.

"Raise your shield! Crossbowmen take turns shooting, and Mosamurai and wrestlers stay in formation! Gao Zunping saw that the fine shooting of the Western Xia cavalry made the circle formation a little chaotic, and hurriedly commanded loudly on the war horse, and every word he said was repeated loudly by the hundreds of guards around him. In order to accurately convey to every corner of the array.

With Gao Zunping's calm and steady shouting, the officers and men of the forward battalion of the New Army, who had been a little flustered when they saw nearly 10,000 cavalry rushing towards him, immediately calmed down. Rows of spears stood up to delay the impact of the cavalry, and the soldiers holding shields in both hands held their shields with great strength, blocking the bows and arrows of the Western Xia cavalry at the same time, preparing to resist the impact of the Western Xia cavalry.

The Song army only shot eight rounds of arrow rain, and the Western Xia cavalry finally charged to the front of the circle array, and the fast-charging war horses led the cavalry on the war horses, like a torrent rushing to the front of the circle array.

Ding! Poof!

A crisp and dull voice came to mind. The heavily armored cavalry of Western Xia slammed into the spear array in front of the circle with a thousand catties of force, and immediately blood flew sideways, and the spear broke and the armor was shattered.

At the cost of dozens of cavalry lives, the Western Xia cavalry crashed into the gun array, and then crashed into the shield array of the Song army.

Rumble! A dull voice came, and the shield soldiers at the front of the Song army's circular formation were hit by the Western Xia cavalry and retreated a few steps, and more people were directly knocked into the air, flying directly to the back of the circular formation.

Although the shield soldiers of the Song army's circle suffered a major blow, the impact momentum of the Western Xia cavalry was desperately intercepted by the shield soldiers.

Although the charge of the Western Xia cavalry in front was blocked by the Song army, the forward battalion led by Gao Zunping was in a more dangerous situation, because there were only 3,000 Western Xia cavalry on the front of the circle array, and the other soldiers and horses, one for two, rushed in the direction of the circle formation from the left and right, and these cavalry did not rush into the formation of the Song army, but used their degree and cavalry shooting power, and used a dense rain of arrows to shoot towards the Song army's circle formation from a distance.

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Just when Gao Zunping led the 3,000 soldiers of the forward battalion of the New Army to fight hard to block the Western Xia cavalry, Han Qi and Guo Chengyou were leading 15,000 soldiers and horses, facing the bows and arrows of the Western Xia cavalry, towards the valley east of Haoshui River, striving to conquer the only high ground in Haoshui River as quickly as possible, which was used to defend against the siege of Western Xia cavalry.

"Rocket car! Put on the arrow, put it! "Two meters tall, like the god of war after wearing heavy armor, Zhu Dali, holding Zhao Lei's face, has been promoted from the eight-rank military attache to the commander of the six-rank new army, at this time, he commanded more than 3,000 soldiers of the new army, is storming towards the highlands of the eastern valley, and he is responsible for the main attack, not only the grenades that have recently been gathered in the new army, but also the only forty rocket vehicles on the Yongxing military road, now all under his account.

With Zhu Dali's order, forty rocket vehicles opened fire at the same time, and four thousand gunpowder arrows pierced the sky, carrying the smell of burning sulfur and faint sparks, and shot towards the enemy who was charging towards the valley and high ground.

The 8,000 Western Xia cavalry on the high ground in the valley east of Haoshui River were like a torrent, going down the trend, like a pouring torrent, with a terrifying impact, charging down from the height to the Song soldiers led by Han Qi and Guo Chengyou.

Four thousand rockets without accuracy. For the cavalry torrent composed of 8,000 Xixia cavalry, it was as if a little spark fell into the sea, and disappeared into the torrent without a single ripple.

Han Qi, who was far away in the rear, clearly saw that the round of rockets of Zhu Dali's rocket car only brought less than 100 casualties to the Western Xia cavalry, although the rocket car covered a wide area, had a long range, and was easy to install. However, the accuracy was disappointing, but if the Privy Council concentrated all the thousands of rocket vehicles in the Great Song Dynasty in the hands of the new army, in this way, the eight thousand Western Xia cavalry would probably not be able to withstand a few rounds of blows and completely collapse.

Thinking of the thousands of rocket cars that had been distributed to various places by the Privy Council, Han Qi's heart was even more angry, the object of his anger was not only Er Chen of the Privy Council, but even Fan Zhongyan, who was forced to hand over the new weapon, was also among the targets of his anger at this moment.

Just when Han Qi was indignant in his heart, the torrent of eight thousand Western Xia cavalry rushed through the short distance between him and the Song army with overwhelming momentum. It was less than fifty zhang away from the Song army.

Zhu Dali looked calm, like a stone statue, coldly looking at the Xixia cavalry rushing to the ground, when he saw the Xixia cavalry rushing to the front of the Song army more than ten zhang, he suddenly waved the long knife in his hand, and shouted in his mouth: "Thunder thrower!" The goal is directly ahead. Throw it all out! ”

As Zhu Dali's words landed, in the middle of the Song army arrayed in a triangle, the wrestler with amazing arm strength picked up the grenade beside him, pulled the lead, and threw it towards the charging Western Xia cavalry with all his strength.

On the battlefield of the valley east of the Kosui River. The spectacular scene of the first large-scale use of grenades, a new type of weapon, by the Great Song Army finally appeared.

In the middle of the valley, three hundred iron bumps slipped through the smoke. Flipped and fell into the ranks of the charging Western Xia cavalry.

Thundered!

The earth-shattering roar shook the entire valley, with the roar, the dust and sand and stones were lifted by the grenade, and the short distance of ten zhang between the Song army and the Xixia cavalry was actually covered by dust, and the thousands of cavalry of the Xixia cavalry in front of the Xixia cavalry completely disappeared into the dust, and the Xixia cavalry horses behind were startled by the earth-shaking roar, and actually stopped and jumped up on the spot.

The valley was dusty. Both the Song army and the Western Xia army could not see each other's situation clearly, and the Western Xia army's war horses were even more frightened and could not gallop, and the helpless Western Xia army could only slowly retreat, waiting for the war horses to be appeased before attacking.

The dust in the valley slowly dissipated, but the situation exposed inside surprised both the Song army and the Western Xia army at the same time.

On the gentle slope of the entire valley, corpses were everywhere, and nearly a thousand elite cavalry of Western Xia had become a bloody corpse at this time, and more Western Xia cavalry were even more incomplete corpses, and they were torn apart by the power of the grenade explosion.

The tragic situation in the valley shocked and frightened the Western Xia army, they already knew that the Song army had a new weapon grenade that could explode, and the Western Xia court also got a few tests, although the power was amazing, it was definitely not as terrifying as it is today, why is this happening?

The confusion and fear began to spread among the Western Xia cavalry, and these Western Xia iron cavalry, who were known for their killing and fearlessness, began to have an imitating look in their eyes, which was already a precursor to the collapse of the Western Xia army.

"Stand back! Outflank from both sides, do not come closer, and use bows and arrows against them! Behind the Western Xia cavalry, Yang Shousu, the general of the Western Xia Han, spoke in a familiar party language, and said loudly to the Western Xia cavalry who had secretly retreated in front of him, he knew that if these brave Western Xia cavalry were allowed to attack the enemy formation at this time, he was afraid that there would only be a collapse at that time, so he immediately thought of this way to eliminate the fear in the hearts of his cavalry.

Yang Shousu's words shocked the spirit of the Western Xia cavalry, and they all knew that the grenade could not compare to the bow and arrow by throwing the attack range, since it couldn't be close, then let the Song army see the unparalleled cavalry kung fu in the world of the Western Xia cavalry!

Thinking of this, the remaining about 7,000 Western Xia cavalry in the valley, divided into two, outflanked the Song army's formation left and right, and began to have a long-range confrontation with the Song army while galloping, while shooting arrows with bows.

But! The Western Xia cavalry, who did not dare to fight hand-to-hand with the foot soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty and relied on bows and arrows to attack, could they still make the Great Song army afraid! Don't forget, the Great Song Dynasty is famous for its good guards, not to mention anything else, compared to the long-range attack means and power, even the strongest Mongolian cavalry in later generations is also willing to bow to the wind, with the strength of the Western Xia army, is it possible to defeat the Great Song army that can't get close?

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