The wind and rain can blur the vision of the Zhou generals and interfere with the hearing of the Zhou generals, but the vibration of more than 10,000 iron horsemen trampling on the earth will not be hindered by the wind and rain at all, and it will quickly spread in all directions. The first to feel the earth shake were the horses and pack horses in the Zhou army, and their senses, which were far more acute than those of humans, made them aware that a large number of their kind were approaching them, and the resulting nervousness or excitement made them restless. This unusual reaction of the horses naturally attracted the attention of the riders and drivers, and while they did their best to reassure the mounts and pack horses, some experienced Zhou soldiers began to carefully observe the movements around them, trying to find out the cause of the horses' sudden restlessness.

At this time, although Liu Guangyi, as the chief general of the rear army, had been in an extremely relaxed and leisurely state before, he was a long-time general and had considerable battlefield experience. The unusual reaction of the mount under his crotch immediately alerted him, and his already relaxed nerves tightened. While ordering the team to pause its advance, he boarded a tall baggage cart of the "Divine Machine Army", took out a monocular from his bosom, and looked forward, backward, left, and right in all directions. Although the rain blurred the telescope's lens, Liu Guangyi soon noticed that black dots were emerging from the distant horizon on the left and right sides and behind his team, moving rapidly towards him.

"Enemy attack!" This was Liu Guangyi's first thought when he found out that a large group of cavalry was rushing towards him, and it was also the first sentence he shouted.

"The battalions quickly lined up and prepared to defend themselves against the enemy!" As Liu Guangyi gave the order loudly, the heralds around him quickly blew the horn and beat the war drums, spreading Liu Guangyi's order to the entire Zhou army.

It's a pity that although Liu Guangyi's reaction and orders were very fast, the soldiers of the Zhou army, who had been listless and had been in a state of relaxation and slackness, could not adjust their state in an instant like their main general, and immediately put themselves into battle preparations. As a result, when the Liao army's iron cavalry rushed to the front of the Zhou army, in addition to being trained by Xu Shao'an, the most well-trained "Shenji Army" in the Zhou army completed the battle preparations, and used various transport vehicles and artillery carriages to connect end to end to form three imperfect, but relatively tight circular defensive positions, only a few Zhou army's infantry battalions completed the phalanx queue to resist the cavalry onslaught, and the other Zhou soldiers were still in a state of chaos and failed to form any formed formation at all. The men and laborers who accompanied the soldiers were even more panicked and scattered, adding to the chaos of the already somewhat out of control situation. At this time, after shooting a rain of arrows, the Liao army's iron cavalry had already rushed into the Zhou army column with sharp or heavy weapons, and began to slash and slaughter.

Thousands of Liao cavalry rushed into the chaotic Zhou army column, like a tiger descending from the mountain, and the result can be imagined - the Liao army's iron cavalry roared and interspersed through, and the Zhou army was immediately scattered, and it was almost impossible to organize to resist the Liao army. The cavalry of the Liao army rushed back and forth for a while, and after completely breaking up the Zhou army columns, they took the initiative to disperse very tacitly, and hundreds of people were in a team, just like hunting in the hunting ground, and drove the Zhou soldiers and military servants who fled everywhere like headless flies in groups, and surrounded them in groups. Then, these Liao cavalry neither stepped forward to surrender nor directly charged to kill, but rode their horses around each other, and shot the Zhou soldiers and military servants in the circle one by one with bows and arrows in their hands. Although there were also brave men among the soldiers of the Zhou army who were surrounded in the circle who tried to highlight the encirclement, because the crossbowmen of the Zhou army were the most concerned troops of the Liao army in addition to the "Shenji Army", the battle was "special care" by the Liao cavalry at the beginning, and there was nothing left at this time, and it could not pose much real threat to the Liao cavalry, so almost all attempts to break through by the besieged Zhou army ended in failure.

When Xiao Jixian led the second echelon of 2,000 Liao troops to slowly arrive, what caught his eye was his own Khitan iron cavalry as if they had entered a no-man's land, and they were scattered or concentrated in a one-sided killing of groups of Zhou soldiers and military servants. At this time, the only ones that can still maintain the formation is not chaotic and scattered, and are still competing and maneuvering with the attacking Liao army's iron cavalry, and the "Shenji Army" divided into three car formations and the four Zhou military battalion-level spear phalanxes that have been declining but are still struggling to support. While this result made Xiao Jixian a little proud, it also made him feel that some of the previous rumors about Zhou Jun were untrue or exaggerated. …,

According to Xiao Siwen's usual saying and Cao Jiyun's secret letter, since the Zhou army failed to fight the Northern Expedition to the Han State five years ago and was forced to withdraw its troops and return to the court, Chai Rong built a new forbidden army in front of the palace in addition to the original guards and pro-army, and sent his favorite general Zhao Kuangyin to enrich the brave men in the army, making it the most elite part of the Zhou army. In the various wars that followed, especially the battle of Huainan in the south, the forbidden army performed very well and became a first-class strong army recognized by the world.

Therefore, looking at the Zhou army in front of him, who was being chased by his own son-in-law and running around, Xiao Jixian's first reaction was that those who said that the Zhou army was a first-class strong army in the world were simply spreading rumors. And his second reaction was that these Han people in the Southern Dynasty had been attacking each other and killing each other, and all they heard and saw were similar Han armies, and they had never seen what a real strong army looked like, so they were shocked when they encountered the Zhou army, which was slightly stronger than them. In addition, the Zhou army has such a special and mysterious existence as the "Divine Machine Army", which makes the small courts of the Han people regard it as the first-class strong army in the world.

"What a bunch of guys who sit and watch." Xiao Jixian muttered a sentence with disdain, and then turned his gaze from the ordinary soldiers of the Zhou army who were chased and hunted by the iron cavalry under his command to the "divine army" that was called the so-called "first army in the world" by the people of the Zhou State.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield had undergone some changes compared with the beginning of the war, and the four Zhou army battalions were alone and suffered heavy losses under the impact of the superior Liao army, and in order to avoid the annihilation of the whole army, the commanders of these four battalions invariably made the same decision -- to move closer to the vehicle formation of the "Shenji Army" and continue to maneuver with the Liao army under the cover of the "Shenji Army." And for the "Divine Machine Army" in the car formation, this move of the infantry barracks outside the formation is exactly what he wants.

Despite the cover of the car formation, the "Shenji Army" could shoot at the Liao cavalry outside the formation relatively calmly. However, due to the influence of rainy weather, the success rate of flintlock musketeers dropped greatly, from more than 80 percent to less than 25 percent. As for the artillery, except for a few "Tiger Squat Cannons" that are still functional, the other artillery pieces have not even had time to be erected, and all of them are used as cover for the vehicle formation. In this way, the "Shenji Army" in the car formation could not maintain enough firepower density to suppress the continuous approach outside the formation, and intended to use the flying grappling to hook the vehicle and pull it down, so as to eliminate the barrier on which the "Shenji Army" depended, and rush into the car formation to engage in a hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers of the "Shenji Army" in close combat, so as to offset the Liao Army, which had the opponent's advantage in weapon range. Although under the desperate resistance of the officers and men of the "Shenji Army", several groups of Liao cavalry that pulled down the vehicles and rushed into the car formation were either completely wiped out or successfully driven out of the car formation, because both the flintlock muskemen and the gunners of the "Shenji Army" only had a single knife on their waists in addition to firearms, and basically did not have long weapons, but could only fight to the death with the condescending Liao army with short weapons, so after several attacks and defenses, the "Shenji Army" soldiers in the car formation also suffered many casualties, and urgently needed the support of the infantry spearmen.

Therefore, after discovering that the spearmen of the self-owned army showed signs of moving to their side, the flintlock muskemen of the "Shenji Army" in the car formation also concentrated a certain amount of troops under the command of their respective generals and carried out several rounds of relatively intensive firepower strikes on the Liao army on the movement route of the infantry spearmen, clearing a way for their comrades. In the end, with the joint efforts of the "Divine Machine Army" and the infantry spearmen, three of the four infantry spear battalions managed to approach the chariot formation and penetrate the chariot formation as fast as possible - the other spear battalion had suffered heavy losses in the previous battle and had been wiped out before it could retreat to the left of the chariot formation.

Although there were only six or seven hundred spearmen who successfully retreated into the three car formations, they still played a major role in blocking and repelling the Liao troops who rushed into the car formation, making the three ring defensive car formations more and more stable, and it was difficult for the Liao troops outside the formation to completely break through for a while.