Most of the sergeants of the Tiger Wing Army use mounted shields with a round lower tip, which is just enough to cover most of the body, and it is difficult for a small number of arrows to penetrate the cold-wrought iron armor, Wu Yuanqing carefully looked out from the upper edge of the shield, estimating the distance of the Liao soldiers, and he still doesn't know if this batch of regimental training soldiers can maintain in front of the enemy cavalry charging formation. "Spear!" ordered the hussar sergeant behind him.

The regimental training did not disappoint Wu Yuanqing, facing the arrows that were still flying in front of him, he straightened his body, although a few people were hit by arrows in an instant, but the others did not move at all. The eyes of the sergeant of the hussar army were very poisonous, the Liao cavalry was not a feint, but rushed straight into the chariot formation, as in the past countless attacks, the front disturbed the position of the Han soldiers, and the back took the opportunity to infiltrate the spearmen, wielding the saber, bringing up pieces of blood splashed, the shape of the Khitan Hu knife is most suitable for the cavalry to sit on the horse and swing downward, specifically slashing the shoulders and necks of the foot soldiers. The regimental trainers clumsily counterattacked the Khitan elite cavalry with their spears, and their sacrifice neutralized the speed and momentum of the cavalry.

"Kill!" Wu Yuanqing shouted violently, jumped out from behind the shield, held a heavy axe in both hands, unloaded the front legs of a war horse with the first swing, and lifted up and cut the belly of another war horse next to him, beside him, the horse was disemboweled, and his internal organs were covered with blood, and he fell to the ground softly, and the Khitan cavalry who was in a hurry was stabbed by two or three spears at once. Beside Wu Yuanqing, An Chongxiao, Shi Chang, and Cao Huaide, who were covered in heavy armor, were like him, waving their blades like crazy tigers, and the Khitan cavalry sat on their horses, losing speed, and it was difficult to hurt these heavily armored sergeants with arm strength and scimitars alone.

For both sides, the two armies met in just a few tens of breaths, and an hour was as long as an hour, and finally, under the counterattack of the crossbow team that Cai Lang transferred in time, the Liao people paid several times more casualties than before, and the Khitan cavalry behind finally retreated like a tide. Wu Yuanqing, who was trying his best, leaned on the carriage and gasped loudly, he felt a foreign object in his mouth and spit it out, it turned out to be a piece of meat. Sweat soaked the close-fitting silk armor, Wu Yuanqing looked left and right, An Chongxiao, Shi Chang, and Cao Huaide were still alive, and everyone was a little relieved in their eyes, and even a little smile. The surrounding regimental training soldiers looked at this group of almost invulnerable killing gods with fear, but when they looked at the Liao cavalry, they were much more determined.

More than 3,000 heavy armored sergeants led the regimental training to boost the morale of the soldiers, coupled with the fact that Cai Lang and Shang Zhongxin took turns to lead more than 100 cavalry to counterattack from time to time, which made the Liao soldiers' attack on the Xia Guocha array much more difficult. The elite of the Khitan North Courtyard was quite resistant to hard fighting, and at this time they were also a little tired and complaining, and Yelu's eyes showed doubts about the battle situation for the first time. Below the Hangu Pass, the Xia army tightly guarded the camp in front of the last pass, and Wu Yingying supervised the battle on the pass. He had been sleepless all night, and just yesterday, he put on his armor and personally led the Modao Battalion of the Dragon's Tooth Army to counterattack the onslaught of the Crane Control Army, and retreated with the broken sergeant.

The entire Hangu Valley Road was filled with smoke made by the Song army, and Cao Han seemed to have brought firearms, sulfur, and cow and horse dung from the entire Central Plains, and Wu Yingying sniffled in disgust, who would have thought that the firearms that would change the world would initially be on the battlefield in such a way. The strength advantage of the Song army was too obvious, and under the cover of smoke, they attacked day and night at almost no expense of casualties, and Hangu Valley Road became a cemetery covered with the corpses of soldiers on both sides.

In the evening, as long as there was no shouting of the two armies, the battlefield was filled with thousands of vultures and crows, quacking and circling greedily.

Feeling a cool breeze blowing, Zhou Yun, the centurion of the Jinfan Army, breathed a sigh of relief. This Hangu Valley Road is east-west, the north-south wind is blocked by the high mountains on both sides, many of the Song army are veteran oil, these days of fighting, in order to reduce damage, often in the use of poisonous smoke is strong, the Xia army crossbowmen can not aim when rushing up to fight. Once the wind increases, or when the wind blows in the east-west direction, the poisonous smoke will soon be blown away, and the soldiers of the Hujie and Crane Controlling Army on the opposite side will tacitly rest at the same time as the Xia army, waiting for the wind to slow down before releasing smoke and attacking. Zhou Yun's side of the ten masters Kang Shan looked up at the sky, only to see a piece of thick clouds, not long after, the strong wind through the valley, the thick smoke in the Hangu Valley Road swept away, the crossbowman who caught up with the crossbow raised the divine arm crossbow, the horn was fired, a slower retreat of the crane control sergeant was shot in the neck, muffled and fell to the ground.

"Fortunately, the Hangu Valley Road is narrow, and even if the Song army has 100,000 troops, it can't spread out in such a narrow front," said Zhang Zhongyao, who had just returned from the front to boost morale.

The Dragon Tooth Army, the Flower Hat Army, the Jinfan Army, the Horizontal Formation Army, the Same Enemy Army, and the Zhige Army took turns to fight with the Song Army, and there were a lot of injuries, Wu Yingying frowned tightly, and now the situation is like two bulls wrestling and cannot be retreated, and Hangu must be defended, otherwise, the 100,000 troops of the Song State will drive straight in, and the newly harvested Guanzhong will change hands in an instant.

"Reinforcements from the Dasanguan side are coming. Longya Military Academy Captain Ma Jingyu reported. "Hmm. Wu Yingying nodded indifferently, he didn't have any hope for Xiao Jiu's side, and there were still tens of thousands of forbidden troops in the Song Kingdom trapped in Shu like caged tigers. If there are too many troops drawn from the Dasanguan side, it will be a big trouble to let these Song troops who have entered Shu counterattack. Ma Jing added: "Your Majesty supervised the battle in front two days ago, and General Xiao sent a battalion of Lian Ruijun to bring tens of thousands of strong men from Shu over. ”

"What?" Zhang Zhongyao had a look of surprise on his face, "Didn't the Shu army confront Yin Yuan in Langzhong?"

In the camp behind Hangu Pass, more than 10,000 strong men in Shu are sitting on the ground, every ten people sit in a circle, five hundred people are a piece, each piece is carried by five sergeants of the original Jincheng battalion, see Wu Yingying with the officers of the marching division come to inspect, with the sound of the military order of "stand up", more than 10,000 strong men stand up together. Although these strong men are not tall, their faces are very honest and honest, and they are especially obedient to military orders.

Wu Yingying smiled on his face, nodded, and said to the officer beside him: "It is worthy of being a soldier brought out by the Jincheng battalion." ”

"Fighting with the people of the Song Dynasty, the strong men in Shu will never be in battle against the water. "Responsible for leading the team. Under the attack of the forbidden army of the Song people, in order to boost morale, the rebel armies in Shu decided to support Cai Shun as the king of Shu. Cai Shun knew that Shuzhong and Xia were interdependent, so he not only transferred 10,000 Shu troops to reinforce Hangu Pass, but also transferred 10,000 troops to cooperate with Lian Rui's army to block the main roads from Shu to Guanzhong.

"The Song people's forbidden army is attacking in a hurry, and Cai Shun will send out tens of thousands of strong men, there will be no problem, right?" Wu Yingying asked, and he had not officially approved Cai Shun's move to claim the throne in Shu.

"Langzhong is dangerous, the king of Shu is guarding the pass with his soldiers, and at the same time stepping up the training of his soldiers, just waiting for His Majesty to settle the pass, send a partial division into Shu, the Shu army is willing to fight side by side with the Xia army, and destroy the Song army into Shu. Le Yangfu explained, "The strong men brought out this time are all the soldiers of the Jincheng Battalion who have been trained in the initial training, and have seen blood in battles with the Song army. ”

"Okay!" Cai Shun knew the general situation, Wu Yingying sighed secretly, and after praising him, he said to Le Yang Fu, "You can return to Cai Shun, Xia and Shu, treat each other with all sincerity, and always be a state of brothers." He walked into the Shu army and inspected it, and saw that the Shu army's armor was thin and the blades were unfavorable, so he turned his head to the baggage officer beside him and said: "The armor and blades obtained from the Guanzhong arsenal are sufficiently distributed to them." ”

Le Yang Fu showed a look of surprise on his face, Zhang Zhongyao also smiled and nodded at him, Wu Yingying did what he said, since he had recognized the Shu State, even if Guanzhong was consolidated in the future, the Xia State would not have the heart to win the Longwang Shu.

The next day, the baggage division will send a large number of blades, armor, military robes into the camp, but also with a large amount of meat reward, the Shu military camp thundered with joy, more than 10,000 Ding Zhuang after the change of clothes, the armor is distinct, holding a sharp blade, confidence doubled. The sergeants of the Jincheng Battalion and the Lianrui Army acted as officers, leading the Shu army to take the battalion as a unit and take turns to fight in the camp in front of Hangu Pass.

This year, the climate was warmer, the Yellow River thawed early, and the Song army could not cross the river to attack, so Yu Furen immediately ordered the same enemy army to rush to Hangu Pass to reinforce Wu Yingying. Along with the same enemy's army, there were also 5,000 archers requisitioned from the four prefectures of Huanqing and Yanjing, but not long ago, they were still the strong men of Guanzhong of the people of the Song Kingdom, and the Xia army did not dare to use them too much. The Xia State's garrison forces to the west of Hangu Pass were enriched, and more and more land was not ceded.