When the first stone bomb of the Khitans was thrown, two brothers, Li Shimin and Li Xuanba, were sitting in a carriage chatting.

They were all heavy infantry, and they had more than a hundred pounds in armor and the terrifying Mowan, and when they were marching, it was impossible for them to rush in their own armor like the light infantrymen.

Their armor had a special fleet of horses to transport the march, and they marched in wartime, in order to ensure sufficient physical strength in case of emergency. When Chen Kefu had enough carriages and horses in the army, he specially dispatched a military vehicle for them to ride.

In this way, they are the most relaxed group of people on the march. A group of people along the way, four or five people in a carriage, just enough to brag and fart, and from time to time to snort at the light infantry who are working the side.

However, when the ambush battle was completed, those light infantry and cavalry were quickly engaged in defensive preparations, they were dumbfounded just now. Li Shimin, who came back to his senses, shouted, "Get out of the car, take the armor Mo knife, and form the Mo knife formation"

But the order is simple, only one sentence. But if you really want to form a strange sword formation, it is not something that can be completed in a short period of time. In a hurry, they had to find the carriage loaded with their armor and weapons among the wagons, and then they had to put on the heavy infantry armor weighing dozens of pounds in the midst of the flying stone bullets and fireballs. Normally, other soldiers help them put on armor, but now, they have to work in pairs to help each other put on this armor.

Seeing groups of cavalry rushing out of the dense forest, but they didn't want to say that they were in formation, and even the armor was not fully equipped.

Mao Yi, the commander of the First Division, led the people around him and Chen Kefu's men and horses to converge at the first time he was attacked. At this time, looking at the catapults that kept being fired, as well as the Khitan cavalry that was charging, he said loudly, "General, many recruits will definitely not be able to withstand it if this continues." At the moment, those catapults not only brought heavy casualties to our defensive phalanx, but also caused a lot of demoralization of the army. It's not okay to be beaten passively like this, let me lead a cavalry and destroy those catapults. ”

Looking at the Khitan cavalry getting closer and closer, Chen Kefu gritted his teeth and said, "No, don't move now"

Of course, he knew that those catapults were a great threat to them, and now that they had formed a dense defensive formation, it could be said that they had become a fixed target for passive beating. However, now the morale of the entire army is already a little unstable, and a bad move may cause a chain reaction among those recruits.

Chen Kefu was unwilling to take such a risk, "Wait first, we will first prevent the impact of the first wave of Khitan cavalry, and then go and destroy those catapults." Now that you move, I'm afraid that those recruits will also follow, and it just so happens that those Khitan cavalry are coming again, this is a blow that they have been gathering momentum for a long time, and if it is not good, then we may not be able to stabilize our position and cause chaos. Therefore, now we do not seek merit, but only seek to stabilize our position. Stabilize your position, defend against this first wave of attacks, and then counterattack"

"But the loss will be very large, and every time those catapults throw, they are taking the lives of our soldiers. This is a lot of new recruits and veterans, who are hit and killed, and the casualties are too great. ”

"Ci is not in charge of the troops, if you attack now, in case the entire formation collapses, it will not be these two people who will die at that time. Mao Yi, as a general, can't just focus on one place, but focus on the overall situation, sometimes although we don't want to see those sacrifices, we must bear them. You go and urge Li Shimin to let his heavy infantry brigade complete the equipment quickly, if you want to win this battle well and minimize the losses, they are indispensable. ”…,

"I know" Mao Yi responded a little unwillingly, and walked to Li Shimin in the back formation.

Although the shield array and spear array can also well resist the impact of the Khitan cavalry, these are not as direct and practical as the Modao array of the heavy infantry brigade. In the first place, such a heavy infantry brigade was built to deal with the cavalry, so how could they rest in the back at this time.

The galloping war horses were fast, and the sound of hooves like thunder seemed to come from the sky, and those Khitans were all holding a riding bow one by one. They didn't plan to have a hard-to-arm ride as soon as they came, but planned to directly use the impact of the cavalry to constantly approach the Sui army formation, and then use their skillful cavalry and archery skills to attack the Sui army outside the formation, constantly putting pressure on the Sui army, forcing the Sui army's position to mess up, and then they gave full play to their ability to hunt wolves on the grassland, constantly chasing and driving until the other party completely lost command and lost all formations, and finally surrounded and annihilated the frightened and exhausted Sui army

The officers and men of the Northeast Army of the Chinese army formed eight defensive formations in the vicinity, saying that they formed a dense circle formation like eight fortresses.

Three hundred steps, if the Sui army has a bed crossbow in hand, this distance has already entered the attack range of the Sui army, but unfortunately those things don't think that they will be used in Fuyu City this time, whether it is a Fuyuan crossbow or a winch crossbow, all of them are left in Jinshan City.

Chen Kefu's defensive array was the largest, with more than 3,000 people, not including the 6,000 people of the heavy infantry brigade that was still hurriedly armoring behind. The entire large array of nearly 10,000 people is exactly in the center of the eight defensive arrays of the Chinese army, and at this time, in the center of the circle array, a big battle has been set up as high as three zhang, and on a small platform above, there are four herald banner soldiers. They stood on it and watched the flags of the flag soldiers around Chen Kefu, and then the four of them each took one side and conveyed Chen Kefu's orders to the other formations.

As high as the high platform of more than three feet, all the flag soldiers in the nearby defensive formations can see their flags, so as to accurately convey them to the various commanders.

"Drums, Horns"

As soon as the order sounded, the military band beside Chen Kefu in the Chinese army formation hurriedly began to beat the drum horn, and the twelve drummers and twelve horn players began to beat rhythmically and blow the battle order. The sound of a drum horn made the soldiers gradually calm down some of their fears. I was stirred up by the sound of killing in the drum horn.

"Raise the Shield"

As soon as the enemy soldiers rushed close to the distance of two hundred paces, Chen Kefu roared.

The herald flag soldier beside him was busy waving blue and red flags to give orders to the herald soldiers on the platform, and the four flag soldiers quickly understood Chen Kefu's order, and each raised the red and blue flags to issue an order to raise their shields behind the other seven defensive formations in the distance.

Although in the face of the onslaught of the Khitan cavalry, the officers of other formations will definitely be able to give the order to raise their shields, but Chen Kefu hopes that this kind of concerted action of the entire Chinese army on the battlefield will deal with the Khitan cavalry and not leave the other party a chance.

One hundred and eighty steps

"Tree Spear Array"

One hundred and sixty steps

The crossbowmen are ready for one hundred and fifty free fire

The red and blue flags continued to wave, and the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Chinese army in the eight defensive formations received orders, and even the shield soldiers and spearmen in front temporarily put down their spears and shields and picked up their crossbow arrows.

One hundred and fifty steps, this is the best shooting distance for the Sui army's crossbow arrows

"Put"

"Put"

"Put"

"Put"

"Put"

"Put"

"Put"

"Put"

With the roars of each phalanx, the entire order to shoot was heard. One by one, the soldiers pulled the trigger, and the arrows in the crossbow arrows left the string one after another, more than 10,000 crossbows, and they were all crossbows in three consecutive rounds, and in a short moment, the first crossbow arrows formed an arrow curtain, and poured out to the bald Khitan cavalry. …,

The four defensive formations attacked the 2,000 cavalry of the Oga clan, and the rest of the four defensive positions close to the rear army fired crossbow arrows attacked the 5,000 cavalry of the Yaoran clan. The bolts fired from the crossbow are not only faster, but also more accurate and powerful. The difference between the crossbow arrows shot by new recruits and veterans is not as great as that that fired with a bow, and this is the power of technology in this era.

The cavalrymen, who had been carrying the sharp spirit that had been cultivated for more than a day, were suddenly stunned by this formation. Like all enemies who had never fought with the Sui army, they were still holding their bows and calculating the best shooting distance, but the Sui army's arrows were already shooting at them one step ahead. The arrows did not fall in mid-air, but actually hit the cavalry in front of them.

Like a knife into defeat, the sound of porphyry is constantly coming. One after another the Khitan cavalry fell off their horses with incredulous eyes and were trampled into mud by the knights behind. Maybe they didn't believe it until they died, but all the people in the Sui army could shoot arrows so far.

"Put"

There was another roar, and there was no need to reload at all, and the crossbow bolts fired in three bursts could be fired in a row or in a single shot. Just one single shot was made, and there were two crossbow arrows in the magazine.

"Boom, boom, boom" was like the sound of a swarm of locusts passing through, and another round of dense crossbow arrows was fired, and the small and dark crossbow arrows flew again like this. Once again, he shot off the horse with a large number of cavalry in front of him.

Continuous shooting, this is also something that the Khitan people do not know, even the best archers in the Khitan tribe cannot have such a fast continuous shooting technique. Although they knew that the crossbow bed defending the city could shoot five or six arrows in a single arrow, it was a large crossbow bolt, and even the smallest one could be operated by several people. The cavalry in the front line all fell under the crossbow arrows, but the cavalry that was originally in the middle suddenly became the front.

Before these cavalrymen who had just become the forefront could understand how the arrows of the Sui army could shoot so far and so fast, they only faintly heard a loud 'release' again, and then in front of them was a rain of arrows, accompanied by bursts of pain in the flesh of the arrows, and the Khitan cavalry who had just turned from the middle formation to the front also fell again. I haven't even figured out how to die......