"That's right," Zheng Yunming said, "our army is far away in the north, separated from the protection of the tall city walls and the support of the Xiangyang army, and came here alone, in order to pull out this vanguard of the enemy with lightning speed. It is a dangerous trick to pull out the teeth of the tiger, and the most intolerable thing at this time is hesitation, once there is a slight delay, the large force of the Mongol cavalry swept from the north, and it will not be so easy to escape. ”

He shouted loudly: "Order the three armies, and launch the first wave of attacks immediately after the half-pillar incense!" ”

The time of the half-pillar incense faded quickly, and Zheng Yunming had not had time to explain the details of the offensive deployment to the generals, seeing that the incense was about to burn to the mark that had been carved.

Suddenly, the sound of a beard sounded on the hillside, and someone shouted: "The Mongols have moved!" ”

I saw that the chain of carts on the top of the hill was pushed away to make way for a road, and the bald flower cavalry rushed out, spreading out into two rows on the western slope.

Sure enough, the west was chosen, and the northern Shanyin was not to mention the jungle area, which was not conducive to the cavalry galloping at all, and Qin Wu led the soldiers of the loyal army and the Zhenwu army who retreated the night before to hide in the woods, waiting behind the side van.

To the east is the surging White River, and even if it is assaulted, it can only be blocked by the big river.

To the south is the main formation of the Song army personally pressed by Zheng Yunming, with dense sergeants of all sizes, strong bows and crossbows neatly arranged, and it seems that there are a lot of firearms and bamboo cannons.

The only place where there is a slight gap is to the west.

Zheng Yunming shouted and ordered: "Transfer 1,000 people from the Tulong Left Wing Army to the west for reinforcements!" The flag was waved on the flag car, and the left flank army lined up in front of the formation marched quickly under the guidance of the Tianwang Banner and drove westward.

The speed of the Vulture's formation was much faster than that of the Mongol cavalry encountered by the Tulong Army before, and it quickly spread out its formation, accompanied by a sharp whistle, and began to slowly trot towards the bottom of the mountain.

Different from the previous night dark assault, this time you can see the mystery of the Mongol attack formation, in the front two rows are the companions of the bald flowers, one to the lower trot and the other side of the mountain to shoot feather arrows, their target is naturally not the heavy and sturdy side van, but to point to the busy soldiers behind the side van, the purpose of the arrow rain is to threaten the infantry behind the chariot, so that they can not freely give support to the chariot that cannot move, otherwise these infantry and chariots work together, it will be much more difficult to break through the line.

The Mongol brigade rushed closer and closer, and the arrows shot faster and faster, and some of the accompanying cavalry began to shoot at the window of the side van, hoping to kill and injure the Song army hiding inside, but this kind of archery is afraid that few people in the Mongol army can do it, riding on the back of a bumpy horse, and successfully shooting the arrow into the small window at such a distance.

Just as the Mongol cavalry was rapidly approaching the van line, they did not notice that they had entered the range of the Song army's guns. With a crisp command from the commander in the rear, the musketeers hiding in the side van began to shoot at the swarming enemy troops.

This is the first large-scale salvo of the firebolt born in this world, although the momentum is far less shocking than the first shot of the bamboo general, but the bullet is like a rain is better, these firecrackers probably need to be erected on a wooden shelf, first from the front to load the projectile, gunpowder, and then stretch out of the window, one person shoulders the body of the firegun, one person with the body against the tail for ignition. But such firearms, which are inconvenient to handle, have begun to make new noises on the battlefield that are completely different from those of the previous thousands of years of war.

The first wave of shooting knocked dozens of cavalry rushing in front to the ground, but at this time the calculation of the Mongol army gradually revealed, and the cavalry in front suffered all the blows of the Song army's iron guns and bows and arrows, they were like a solid shield, covering the eight hundred bald cavalry as the master, and when they rushed to the antlers, it was also the companion army who dismounted first and pushed the antlers away one by one, opening up space for the attack of the bald flower.

After crossing the antlers, the first to open the bow was the Qianhu Qidu who led the troops in the front, he opened the black horn bow in his hand, and shot a batch of needle arrows into the window of a side van car quickly and urgently, and a miserable scream was immediately heard from the car. A part of the bald soldiers immediately dispersed, shooting into the window along the perimeter of the van formation.

Firing heavy arrows at close range to hit the target with extreme accuracy on the horse was the best skill of the Mongol cavalry, and they galloped in front of the car like a whirlwind to shoot, and one after another feathered arrows accurately shot into the side van.

But this strategy was useless for the whole battle, and for every shot in the Song army's vehicle, one person was almost immediately replaced from outside the vehicle.

What's more, there are more powerful weapons waiting for the Bald Flower Army.

In addition to a part of the cavalry scattered and fired, the rest of the Bald Flower Army dismounted in unison, drew out the infantry weapons on their waists, and began to attack the Song army's defense line on foot with a loud shout.

A horse was placed between the two vans, which was originally intended to prevent the cavalry from galloping, but if the enemy attacked with infantry, this arrangement was completely meaningless. The bald flowers bypassed the rejection of the horses and rushed to the back of the van defense line and fought with the Song infantry.

They were greeted first by a dense raindrop of lead and a huge burst of fire.

Every two soldiers waited by the edge of the bowl, having been waiting for the enemy who had rushed into the line for a long time. The lead bullets fired from the bowl shot out like a swarm of bees out of the nest, knocking down all the vanguard of the bald flower soldiers who swooped down.

Attacked by such a powerful firearm of the enemy, the Bald Flower Army had no intention of retreating, they stepped over the corpses of their comrades, and rushed forward to engage the Song army in close hand-to-hand combat.

Even if the number is so small, even if the Song army waits for work, but when it really comes to the confrontation, the combat effectiveness of the bald flower soldiers still makes the Song army feel incredible, although there are such and such drawbacks. However, the Song Dynasty army started with foot soldiers, and the former Emperor Taizu beat 400 military states with a black dragon wrapped around a silk stick, although it was just a big talk in the rivers and lakes, but the Song army gathered scoundrels and was good at fighting in battle formations is a fact that even enemy countries like Liaojin have admitted.

But such a superior combat power in front of the Xue Guards accounted for less than half of the peak, the Vulture Flower Army, which was dressed in excellent iron armor, was almost not dragged down by the heavy armor, and moved swiftly like a lightly armed soldier, waving the weapon in his hand and slashing towards the opponent.

The blades of the Song army could not take advantage, and the short soldiers built by the craftsmen of Xiangyang Mansion were more sophisticated in the face of the works of the craftsmen of the Ten Roads in the north, for example, just yesterday, when Liu Cheng and the Han infantry guarding the shipyard were engaged, a knife slashed at the other party, and the opponent held it with a breaking formation knife, and as a result, the two edges struck each other, and Liu Quan's waist knife cut into the breaking formation knife by more than an inch, directly making the weapon in the opponent's hand invalid.

But the blades in the hands of the bald soldiers were better than the swords and spears forged by craftsmen from the north and south.

The Western Regions have always been known for their abundance of famous swords, and countless swords and swords entered the Central Plains along the silk trade routes, which also brought the reputation of the Western Regions as sharp and invincible. This is due to the unparalleled quality iron ore buried underground in the Western Regions, but also to the casting skills of the Vultures and Turkic craftsmen. All in all, in terms of swords alone, the weapons produced in the Western Regions are worthy of being the best soldiers in the world.

During Genghis Khan's Western Expedition, he defeated hundreds of thousands of Western Regions armies armed with such sharp weapons, and naturally captured the Western Regions sword. At present, the cowardly guards stationed in the Mongol headquarters almost all have a short sword in the Western Regions, and as for the Great Khan himself, he mostly carries a more sophisticated scimitar from the Damas Valley.

Relying on these artifacts, combined with the powerful Mongol iron chisel spear, short axe, and iron regiment card, it is the melee equipment that the Vultures are proud of. Under the close combat of such a strong army, even the brave and resolute Tulong Army array under Zheng Yunming's subordinates will inevitably begin to collapse.

But Qi Du immediately discovered that his raid had no chance of winning at all. The left flank of the Tulong Army, which had arrived from the south, was rapidly reinforcing it.

There are two ways to win more with less: to find a way to make the enemy's combat power unplayable, and to cause the opponent's morale to collapse in a short period of time. This kind of hand-to-hand combat is a war of attrition in exchange for flesh and blood, and the only hope is to make the enemy run away first in a bloody and fierce fight, but Zheng Yunming's subordinates are Zheng Yunming's subordinates after all, although the situation is unfavorable, the soldiers in the front row fall one by one, and still tremble and maintain the formation.

And when the Song army reinforces on a large scale and forms a complete numerical superiority. These bald flower armies, which have consumed a lot of physical strength, will no longer be able to escape.

Now that the purpose has been achieved, there is no need to stay in the dangerous place for long.

He shouted, "Go!" With a swing of his sword, he cut off the head of a spear that the Song army was struggling to stab, and led the Bald Flower Army to slowly retreat. Dozens of companions stepped forward and formed a human wall in front of the retreating bald flowers.

They were originally slaves of the master's family, and when the master's family was in danger, it was their duty to sacrifice in place of their master.

This is the heavenly principle of this era, and even the Southern Dynasties agree with it. Therefore, when the companions formed a formation, while stretching their bows and shooting arrows, they raised their swords and spears to engage the Song army that forced forward, the Song army also resounded with the sound of praise and praise, and the momentum of the attack was less, so that the bald flower army could smoothly withdraw from the defense line of the side van, and retreat on the war horse towards the hillside.

Except for the dozens of companions who surrendered at the last time, the Song army had little to gain in this victory.

The enemy on the hill still retains a strong fighting force.

"Then what are they going to do with all the trouble coming down the mountain to make this trip?" Xu Yuanjie, who was standing beside Zheng Yunming, was puzzled.

"That's to stall for time and disrupt our deployment to attack the mountain." Yang Luo said lightly: "The other party's master general can expect this move, and he is not an ordinary fool. ”