As soon as the Han Iron Cavalry rushed out of the city gate, Han Xin issued a military order.

In an instant, well-trained sword and shield men burst out from behind the artillery position, forming a steel defensive wall in front of them, mixed with pikemen and heavy sword warriors.

Standing in front of the sword and shield soldiers were two rows of Mo sword soldiers.

As far as the eye can see, the Mo Dao Soldier is tall and big, with an average height of more than 1.8 meters, with bulging muscles all over his body, wearing heavy armor and a full-coverage helmet, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.

When it comes to the Mo sword soldiers, it makes the cavalry troops frightened.

The Mo knife is a long knife held by the Tang infantry, which was developed from the Western Han Dynasty horse sword, and absorbed the shape and smelting technology of the Han Lu Mo knife and the long knife of the Six Dynasties. The Mo knife is extremely sharp, the slashing effect is excellent, and it is mainly used to cut and kill the enemy cavalry in war, and its tactical role is equivalent to the anti-tank weapon in modern warfare.

After Gaia's update, the combat power of individual soldiers soared, and a division of a hundred battles like the Leopard Tao Army, combined together, exuded an awe-inspiring power before it was launched.

The combat power of the soldiers has soared, and the weapons and equipment of the soldiers have also ushered in a round of innovation.

Like the Mo Dao Soldier, although it is an infantry, and it requires a certain amount of flexibility, in the case of holding a heavy weapon such as the Mo Dao, it can still wear heavy armor, and it will not affect the battle at all.

Historically, this has not been possible.

Therefore, as soon as the sixth round of renewal ended, Ouyang Shuo instructed the War Readiness Administration to implement a new round of weapons and equipment renewal plan, and the special funds allocated alone amounted to 10 million gold coins.

After the soaring combat power, the infantry, which could only wear light armor, can now also wear heavy armor; Crossbowmen, who had previously only been able to wear leather armor, could wear light armor such as chain mail.

The protection ability of the soldiers has been greatly improved.

In addition, weapons such as Tang knives, spears, and heavy swords have also ushered in a round of updates, which greatly improves their lethality on the premise of appropriately increasing weight.

It is even said that the War Readiness Administration also provides equipment customization services for officers at the rank of captain and above, and weapons and equipment are no longer limited to knives, guns, swords, heavy hammers, meteor hammers, giant axes and other weapons, which can be tailor-made.

And with the continuous improvement of Daxia's steelmaking technology, the lethality of these weapons, in ancient times, was comparable to divine weapons, and it was the existence that military generals dreamed of.

In the Great Xia Army, it was gradually reduced to standard equipment.

This is the effect of the dynastic economy and industry on the army after the development of the economy, and the effect is remarkable. In the Southeast Asian battlefield, the Great Xia army was invincible, and the superiority of weapons and equipment was one of the reasons.

As the sword and shield men moved forward, the crossbowmen in chain mail followed closely behind, ready to shoot, and were also defended by sword and shield men.

The cavalry units on both flanks were also ready to go.

In the rear of the military formation, there is a larger reserve force, which can be inserted at any time to support the front line; And farther away from the barracks and around the military formation, there were vigilant troops.

The purpose is to guard against a sudden attack.

With the barracks as the center, within a radius of 30 miles, scout squads and bright or dark sentry posts were arranged, and whenever there was a hint of wind and grass on the periphery, it could be transmitted to the headquarters in time.

In this way, the possibility of being raided is minimized.

The temporary granaries set up on both sides of the barracks are the focus of the army's defense, and even the Daxia sergeants are not allowed to approach without a warrant, otherwise they will be killed.

Between the granary and the supply city of the Great Jin Dynasty, there is a winding and undulating grain road, with 16 strongholds set up along the way for the grain transport team and the soldiers who supervise the transportation of grain and grass to rest.

In addition, in the entire Central Plains Province, cavalry units haunted each other, taking brigades as units, to collect grain and grass in various cities, and then requisitioned labor on the spot, and transported the grain and grass to the granaries of the military camps.

The Battle of Luoyang seems to be a simple siege battle, but under Han Xin's operation, it is actually a global war, using all available resources to guard against all possible accidents.

seems to be too cautious, but in fact it is the real demeanor of the gods.

It is necessary to mobilize so many units, and to be busy but not chaotic, and to coordinate in unison, but the command level of the generals is tested, and this will absolutely not be possible without years of experience in the barracks.

Therefore, in the arrangement of troops, Han Xin will not give the enemy the slightest opportunity, the entire formation is spread out around the artillery position, the attack and defense are measured, flexible and changeable,

By the time the Han cavalry crossed the moat, the Great Xia Mo sword soldiers and sword and shield soldiers had already completed the formation, and the crossbowmen were already in place, so they wound the bow and crossbow, and waited for an order.

The cavalry roared on both wings, and the horses scraped the yellow earth restlessly.

"Shoot!"

As soon as the first platoon of the Han cavalry entered the firing range, the commander of the crossbowmen gave the order to shoot, and for a while, the vast rain of arrows was thrown into the air like fireworks, drawing a beautiful arc, and then landing straight.

The rain of arrows fell, and the Han Iron Cavalry immediately turned over on his back.

At the critical moment, the strength of the Han Iron Cavalry was undoubtedly revealed, and in the face of the expected attack, the cavalry did not even blink an eye, and kept moving forward at high speed while blocking the arrows with their shields.

Han Xin on the other side saw it, and a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.

After two rounds of arrow rain, the big Han iron cavalry had already rushed to the front, like a flood beast, howling, with the spear in his hand and the iron hooves of the war horse, fiercely rushing towards the Mo sword soldiers.

"Slash!"

The Mo knife soldiers in the front row didn't blink their eyes, and with an order, hundreds of long Mo knives slashed down in unison, just like the yamen cutting off the head, without dragging mud and water.

The sword flashed, and the blood shot up, like a slaughterhouse, or the horse's legs were cut off, or the war horse was directly cut in two, and there was the fierce, even the people and horses were cut down together.

The scene was extremely bloody.

There is a saying in the Great Xia army, called "If you are not a bad man, you should not be a sword soldier".

Every Mo sword soldier is not only full of guts, but also experienced in a hundred battles, devouring blood, furious, and likes to kill the enemy in the most direct and bloody way.

The elite is like a big Han iron horseman, and they will also fall under the butcher's knife of the Mo knife soldiers.

In less than ten minutes, there were five or six hundred Han iron cavalry sinking into the sand, and more importantly, this wave of slashing by the Mo Dao soldiers greatly shocked the enemy, boosted their morale, and slowed down the enemy's offensive rhythm.

For cavalry, when the rhythm is disrupted, the effect of the charge is greatly reduced.

With a successful blow, the Mo sword soldiers did not choose to resist hard, and the seemingly bulky but flexible ape-like monkeys shuttled freely among the war horses, retreating to both sides like a tide, and handed over the position to the sword and shield soldiers who couldn't wait for a long time.

They will use the black iron shield in their hands to block the iron hooves of the enemy.

It's the ultimate battle of spear and shield.

The Han Iron Cavalry is worthy of the name of its trump card, after eating a meal of the Mo sword soldiers, the courage is not reduced, and in the face of the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers known as the "Great Xia Iron Wall", they are also fearless, and continue to launch a series of death charges, but in an hour, they broke through the three lines of defense, and they were about to rush to the artillery position.

Once the Han cavalry is brought close to the artillery, it is bad.

When Chengtou Wei Qing saw it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "This group of boys finally didn't disappoint me." ”

Looking at the world, the cavalry that can make moves in the hands of the Mo sword soldiers in Daxia is already very rare, and it is even more pitiful to be able to continuously break through the defense line of the Mo sword soldiers and the sword and shield soldiers.

The Han Iron Rider is worthy of its prestige.

But at this moment, the cavalry on both wings of Great Xia finally moved.

With the heavy cavalry as the vanguard, the light cavalry covered the periphery, and with the cooperation of each other, like two sharp knives, they fiercely pierced the abdomen of the Han cavalry and broke it in two.

The clash between the cavalry, like the wielding of spears, the swords are shining.

This is a duel between the strongest cavalry, and it is the most blood-boiling picture of the cold weapon war.

It's beautiful, but it's also brutal.

The Han cavalry was cut off by the waist, and the forwards who had just broken through the defense line were stopped by the sword and shield soldiers, unable to go further, and the cavalry behind was ruthlessly harvested by the Daxia light cavalry on the periphery.

More than 10,000 Han iron cavalry, under the repeated blows of the Great Xia army, suffered heavy casualties, but with little success.

Even if a few horsemen were lucky enough to break through the line and come to the artillery position, they were easily picked up by the crossbowmen behind the position, and they could not cause damage to the artillery at all.

Wei Qing at the head of the city saw it, although his face was calm, he unconsciously clenched his fists, the Great Han Iron Cavalry was the pride of the Great Han, but he couldn't shake the Great Xia Army in the slightest.

Even in the confrontation of the cavalry, the ace troops of the Han Iron Cavalry were faintly at a disadvantage.

This pride was crushed by the enemy.

"Withdraw!"

Wei Qing knew very well that in the face of such an invulnerable enemy, it was impossible to succeed in a sneak attack, and if it dragged on, it would only increase casualties, and he might even be caught by the enemy.

In terms of decisiveness, Wei Qing is no worse than Han Xin.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The war drums of the withdrawal army sounded, and the remnants of the Han Iron Cavalry did not hesitate, made a big bend, fought their way out of the encirclement, and quickly withdrew from the battlefield like a receding tide.

During the whole process, the roar of the P2 gun did not stop.

The harassment tactics of the Han Dynasty ended in complete defeat, and Wei Qing was also decisive, no longer tempted, and immediately ordered to strengthen the construction of fortifications in the city, preparing to fight a tough battle with the enemy.

In the next two days, outside Luoyang City, the sound of artillery roared and was deafening.

Luoyang City is also a busy scene.

The people in the city were organized by the army, or demolished houses, or blocked the streets, or dug deep trenches, and it was necessary to turn Luoyang City into a super military camp in the shortest possible time.

What is in front of the Great Xia Army is by no means a broad road.

On the evening of July 17, "Boom! ”

With an earth-shattering bang, the impregnable north city wall of Luoyang collapsed violently, rolling up bursts of smoke and dust, enveloping a radius of 100 meters, unable to see.

The smoke and dust are like a huge mushroom, steaming up, roaring in the sky, which is very eye-catching.

Luoyang City, down!

The Great Xia army outside the city cheered, and the people inside the city were terrified.

Wei Qing, who was inspecting the city defense in the city, listened, his footsteps only paused, and he continued to inspect, but he couldn't see anything on his face, but his steps were significantly faster.

"The most brutal war is finally coming!"