While they were chasing and killing the islanders, a large group of heavy infantry suddenly appeared from inside the city, which obviously surprised the cavalry.

Suddenly rushing out of Wendeng City, the island country is insufficient, obviously beyond the expectations of the pair of cavalry.

After all, this thing is not cabbage!

In the Tang Dynasty, the armor rate of the border army was about 60%, and the armor rate of the forbidden army with the Changying Army as the template reached 80% to 90%, which was unique in the Chinese dynasties.

However, this armor rate refers to various types including leather armor, leather armor, chain mail, and iron armor, and is not simply heavy armor.

Not everyone in the Changying Army, where the armor rate reaches ninety, will wear heavy armor, after all, heavy armor is not only expensive, but the weight of dozens of catties is not something that ordinary people can easily wear in battle.

Sappers, crossbowmen, logisticians, and medics are generally in leather armor, and light infantry will adjust their equipment according to the actual situation of the battlefield, but they will generally wear a layer of chain mail inside the leather armor at most, and archers with melee and ranged weapons will in many cases be used as a supplement to the heavy infantry, but they are at most equipped with half-body iron armor.

Only heavy infantry armed with spears, spears, rifles, and knives that need to resist the front line on the battlefield will put on armor before the battle and become the real core of the entire battle array.

In fact, after the second round of reform of the forbidden army presided over by Guo Rong, there were more than 5,000 people after the full formation, and the number of heavy infantry in the infantry regiment, which was the main force of the Changying army, was only more than 1,000.

Therefore, under the city of Wendeng, after suddenly seeing such a pure heavy infantry with a scale of 1,000 people, the cavalry who attacked was very surprised.

It's just that they are not fools, and they have only two choices to attack the battle formation formed by heavy infantry with simple light cavalry, and they die a miserable death and an ugly death.

However, after a moment of surprise, many veterans in the cavalry company put on a thick smile, and at this moment, they looked at this army formation composed of pure heavy infantry like fools.

Not to mention that the heavy infantry of the Changying Army far surpasses the other party in terms of height, weight, discipline, and tactics, even so, the Changying Army will never let such a team composed of pure heavy infantry fight alone, especially fighting alone with cavalry.

"These stupid birds, monkeys race against donkeys, no longer than their brains than DIAO, isn't this just underdrawn!"

After muttering contemptuously, the commander of the cavalry company who led the attack ordered to slow down and give up the pursuit of the island country's foot soldiers.

Rao is like this, the distance between the two sides is still constantly shortening, and when the cavalry completely stops, it is less than a hundred paces away from the island heavy infantry that has come out of the formation in Wendeng City.

After standing still, the cavalry put away the long soldiers in their hands together, copied out the bows and crossbows hanging on the horses, and then threw a wave of arrows directly onto the heavy infantry battle formation of the island country after a short charge.

I only heard a chaotic clanging sound, and the dense rain of arrows fell directly on the heavy infantry of the island country wearing heavy armor.

It's just that a large number of crossbows and arrows were directly bounced off by the heavy armor on the island country's infantry or stuck in the gaps in the skirt armor, and did not cause direct casualties.

One rain of arrows followed, followed by a second wave, and a rain of hundreds of crossbow arrows and arrows.

It's just that in this wave, except for an unlucky guy who was directly hit in the eye by an arrow, there were still no other direct casualties in the battle formation of the heavy infantry of the entire island country.

A wave of no losses can be considered luck, however, two consecutive waves of arrows have failed to cause substantial damage and cannot be described as luck and chance.

Directly facing the surging Tang cavalry, the heavy infantry of the island country who were fighting for the first time were originally uneasy.

However, after two consecutive rounds of arrow rain, they suddenly found that they were so powerful, even the cavalry of the Tang Army was helpless against themselves.

Almost instantly, the confidence of all the heavy infantry of the entire island nation exploded.

At the same time, above the head of Wendeng City, Sakagami's face showed a satisfied smile, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for, these heavy infantry combat effectiveness that is almost made of the same amount of silver is really extraordinary.

The original anxious Yuansheng and the Wendeng defenders who were unable to give up have their morale risen sharply.

Looking at the changes in the environment and the rise in the morale of the soldiers of the island country, Sakagami, who felt that the morale was available and the military heart was available, no longer waited, and with his order, several war drums rumbled above the Wendeng City Tower.

Along with the drums of war, the defenders of the island country in Wendeng County began to prepare for an attack, and the main forces of the island country that carried out the siege task on the north and south sides also began to assemble, preparing to press the Tang army from both sides.

The heavy infantry of the island country, which was full of confidence, continued to march forward in formation with the encouragement of war drums, and pressed against the Tang cavalry, which was only about fifty paces away from them.

Seeing the short island country's heavy infantry carrying heavy armor against him, the cavalry who led the team had a smile on his face, and he originally thought that he had met an opponent, but the other party turned out to be a real rookie.

As a cavalry, the light crossbow and light bow are used, and neither the impact nor the lethality can be compared with the strong bow and crossbow used by the infantry.

However, the other party thought that they would be invincible if they could resist the attack of the cavalry, and they actually fought the cavalry alone without the cover of the crossbowmen and the cavalry or light infantry to protect the flanks, which was no different from sending them to death.

Since the other party has sent it to the door by himself, then he will teach this group of rookies who don't know anything a good lesson, but for the sake of safety, the cavalry company commander still sent the two cavalrymen back to the direction of the camp.

While the island's heavy infantry advanced, the cavalry of the Changying Army began to retreat in an orderly manner under the command of the military academy.

It's just that with a single heavy infantry, how easy is it to catch up with the agile and highly mobile cavalry?

After chasing more than 100 paces with dozens of pounds of heavy armor, the heavy infantry of the island country found that the distance between the cavalry of the Tang Army and them was no more or less, or about 50 paces.

If you move by yourself, the cavalry of the Tang Army will also move, and if you don't move, the cavalry of the Tang Army will not move, and the islanders who commanded this heavy infantry will find a problem, and then the islanders will stop the pace of pursuit.

However, no sooner had they stopped, and before the commanders of the island nation could figure out what to do, a hail of arrows came at them.

With the bows and arrows and crossbows carried by the cavalry of the Changying Army, it is impossible to inflict substantial damage on these heavily armored heavy infantry, but it is indeed a great provocation for these heavy infantry of the island country who have high morale and think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

In a word, it is not very hurtful, and it is extremely insulting.

Annoyed and angry, the island country's heavy infantry formation began to change, the speed of pursuit began to increase, and the originally tight battle formation also became loose.

However, in the face of the actions of the heavy infantry of the island nation, whether it was changing formations or speeding up, the cavalry company always maintained an unhurried posture, maintaining a distance of about fifty to sixty paces.

From time to time, many skilled riders also turned around and fired at the islanders who were angrily chasing behind them, so that from time to time there would be a "poof" sound in the queue of the islanders' heavy infantry in the rear, as if one hundred and eighty turns accurately shot the islanders in the head and face.

As the so-called tolerable or unbearable, the little reason of the island people was gradually lost under the teasing of the cavalry of the Changying Army.

Soon, under the lure of the cavalry, the heavy infantry of the island country was unconsciously getting farther and farther away from the county town of Wendeng in the rear, and the distance from the soldiers and horses of other island countries in the rear was also getting bigger and bigger.

After the pursuit distance exceeded two miles, because of the increase in the pursuit distance, the height was not high enough, the weight was not large enough, and the strength was not strong enough, and the island heavy infantry, which was already congenitally insufficient, gradually felt tired.

Looking at the cavalry of the Tang Army who stopped in front of them and began to collectively fire arrows again, and then looked back at Wendeng County, which was getting farther and farther away, the commander of the island country finally came to his senses and was fooled.

What's even worse is that with the decline in physical strength and the loosening of the formation, the Tang army's non-stop arrows and crossbows have begun to cause certain casualties.

It's not fatal, but if it continues to be consumed like this, the situation is not good.

There is no need to even consume, Tang Jun only needs to drag himself here for a maximum of an hour or two, and these elites under his command are afraid of themselves

It would have been overwhelmed by the heavy armor on his body, and if it hadn't been for the order given by the great shogun Sakagami from the beginning, the commander would have had the urge to lead the team to flee back.

Above the head of Wendeng County, Sakagami has been carefully watching the changes in the battle situation, in fact, he not only saw that his precious heavy infantry had fallen into a slightly embarrassing situation, but also saw that the soldiers and horses of the Tang army had begun to leave the Tang camp one after another and head for the center of the battlefield.

The current situation on the battlefield was actually within Sakagami's expectations, but the process and speed far exceeded Sakagami's expectations, after all, only a quarter of an hour had passed.

It was only a quarter of an hour from the beginning of the battle to the present, and as their killer heavy infantry, the elite was directly lured by hundreds of Tang cavalry to the middle of Wendeng County and the Tang army camp.

As for whether his trump card took the initiative to come to the center of the battlefield or was lured to the center of the battlefield by the opponent's cavalry, it didn't matter to Sakagami.

The important thing is that the heavy infantry seizes the center of the battlefield, forms a de facto suppression of the Tang army by the army of the island nation, and then with the help of the momentum brought by this suppression, the whole army attacks and completely defeats the Tang army with a thunderous force.

At this moment, seeing that his heavy infantry had already stood in the predetermined position in the center of the battlefield, ignoring the soldiers and horses of the Changying Army who had already left the camp, Sakagami continued to give orders, and the rumbling war drums came from the castle tower again.

On the north and south sides, plus due east of Wendeng County, more than 60,000 soldiers and horses of the island nation began to accelerate towards the center of the battlefield where cavalry and heavy infantry were fighting.

In fact, the sudden protrusion of the island heavy infantry from Wendeng County not only surprised the expectations of the cavalry, but also exceeded the expectations of Lu Xiaobing, and when the sentry said that there were heavy infantry from Wendeng County, which was controlled by the island country, Lu Xiaobing even thought that there was a direct defection of the Tang army.

Until the two cavalrymen who were sent back reported the situation in front of them, Lu Xiaobing no longer hesitated.

The gate of the camp of the Changying army was opened again, and a group of soldiers with eight-oxen crossbows and catapults, under the protection of foot soldiers and cavalry, slowly drove out of the main camp, and walked from west to east in the direction of the middle of the battlefield.

In fact, whether it is Sakaue Tamura Maro, who commands the soldiers and horses of the island country, or Lu Takabing, who commands the Nagaying army, they can clearly see the behavior and actions of the other party.

In a sense, they can also guess each other's plans and intentions, but neither of them has changed their plans.

Obviously, the two managers were confident in their plans and arrangements, and the battle kicked off in this strange and eerie atmosphere.

In the center of the battlefield, the battle between the cavalry of the Changying Army and the heavy infantry of the island country continued, but it remained in an anxious state when no one could help anyone.

The team of the Changying Army, which was composed of equipment, chariots, foot soldiers, and cavalry, first stopped its advance after about one and a half miles out of the camp according to Lu Xiaobing's plan.

After the stop, in the order of archers, heavy infantry, and crossbowmen, the front army of the Changying Army, under the direct command of Meng Gan, formed a perimeter defense system, with cavalry cruising in the rear, and equipment battalions, logistics battalions, and engineer battalions under the protection of the soldiers.

With the formation of the battle formation, the newly formed equipment battalion quickly deployed all the eight-bull crossbows and catapults with the assistance of engineers and logistics, while Xiao Junpeng and others were conducting the final inspection and completing the preparations for the loading of all the equipment.

The cavalry battalion, which was engaged in a struggle with the heavy infantry of the island nation, saw that the main direction had completed the formation, and completed a salvo at the heavy infantry of the island country, and then quickly returned to the battle formation and guarded the rear with other cavalry.

The changes in the Changying Army can be seen clearly by Ban who sits on the top of the city, but at this moment, looking at the 60,000 Japanese soldiers who are pressing towards the Tang Army's battle formation from three directions, Sakagami's eyes are full of smiles.

The Tang army shrank up, which showed that the Tang army was the first to show its timidity, and the entire 60,000 troops under his command were spreading out from the south, north, and east directions according to their own arrangements, heading towards the Tang army's battle formation and forbidden army.

"Sakagami-kun, do you want to add an additional order?"

"Huh?"

Sakagami, who was observing the battlefield, immediately turned his gaze to Genmori beside him.

"Your Royal Highness

The war will start immediately, and I am afraid that it will not ......be good to adjust the deployment temporarily."

"Sakagami-kun misunderstood, what I'm talking about is not a change in deployment, I want to add an extra one to the soldiers, anyone who can kill more than two Tang Army armor soldiers in this battle can be awarded the title of samurai!"

As soon as this sentence came out, Sakagami's eyes lit up.

Sakagami knew that the samurai that Genmori was talking about must be low-level samurai!

To be honest, although the status of low-level samurai in the island country is not high, and only Rokumi has no fiefdom, but for the vast majority of civilians, even Ashigaru who was born as a pariah, even the low-level samurai who only had Romi represented a drastic change in their identity and status, and there was definitely a new gravitational force that could not be resisted for all civilians and untouchable-born Ashigaru.

"His Royal Highness the Prince has a good idea, immediately inform the whole army of His Royal Highness's words......