Chapter 437: The Rewu Era

A hundred paces, the archers fired, and some of the party members fell off their horses, and the screams were drowned in the iron hooves like rolling thunder.

Eighty paces, the crossbow began to shoot across, and the unlucky party cavalry in the crossbow fell off their horses, but unfortunately, there were too few crossbowmen under Li Kui, and the number of people added up was less than one command.

Fifty paces, the party members began to ride and shoot, but more party members gave up this ineffective means of attack, shouting the brave howl of their own people, and the scimitar in their hands circled with their wrists in mid-air.

Thirty steps......

Gun Shot!

Boom, boom, boom

After the flames, there was a sound like thunder, and the stones in the sky, and the iron pills rushed towards the attack formation of the party members with the scorching heat of the flames like a fashion.

Herod.

When the smoke passed, the foot soldiers who acted as pikemen were pleasantly surprised to find that the party members in front of them were much thinner.

Kill!

The whole army roared, and the cold iron spear stabbed at the war horses of the party members. The horses fell one by one, and the cavalry of the party was restrained by the dense array of guns, and the two sides entered a close fight in an instant.

The dense formation of infantry against the dense formation of cavalry, the effect of a three-zhang long spear piercing the cavalry is not beautiful, because it is too close, even if the cavalry is stabbed to death and falls off the horse, but the high-speed galloping war horse can still cause huge trouble to the infantry formation. Even if there will be a low wall made of shields, but can people withstand the impact of war horses?

But the spear is different, the special spear shaft is split into thin strips with long bamboo, and after being polished by craftsmen, dozens or hundreds of thin strips are soaked and then tied up to become the prototype of a spear shaft. Then it is wrapped in flannel, soaked in tung oil, and made for a year or even longer, which maintains the toughness of the bamboo and increases the strength of the gun barrel.

This kind of production of long-handled weapons has been popularized in the Central Plains since the pre-Qin period. The Qin State during the period of the Six Kingdoms did the best in this regard.

It's not that you can't use ready-made trees as guns, but this kind of gun can't resist the impact of the war horse at all, and it will break before it even pierces the warhorse.

However, through the concocted gun barrel, it has elasticity, toughness, and higher strength, and when the gun handle is against the ground, it can easily use the sprint of the war horse to pierce the body of the war horse, and the gun barrel will not be deformed and damaged. The truth is that a pair of chopsticks is like a pair of chopsticks.

Riding on his horse, General Dang Xiang saw his men rushing towards the Song army, closer, closer, closer, and closer, and just when he thought he was going to reap a victory and slaughter, he was startled by the loud sound of firecrackers.

And the next scene, the runaway war horses, and the screams of the party cavalry, made his heart twist like a knife, these are his tribes!

Every adult warrior is the cornerstone of his Western Xia. Death will make his heart ache.

However, to his surprise, the new weapons that the Song army took out seemed to have established a huge role in close combat from the beginning. Then the cavalry charge was easily killed by the Song army. More and more party cavalry approached the line where the two sides were engaged, waiting for the front cavalry to completely break through the Song army's defensive line.

Once the infantry's defense line is broken open, facing the onslaught of two or three thousand cavalry, it can only become cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and there is no other possibility at all.

However, what they didn't expect was that they didn't wait for the cavalry to storm the loosening of the battle line, but waited for the arrows of the Song army.

Li Kui stood on a high place with a serious matter, holding his six-stone heavy bow, mounted a hammer arrow, and shot it out. Then yelled: "Rapid fire." ”

A row of arrows inserted in the ground in front of the archers of the Song army were quickly scooped up, and then shot out, as long as the speed was fast enough, even if there was only a bow and a pot of arrows, it could shoot out the momentum of the Heavenly Maiden scattering flowers. is like Shi Wengong's seven-star arrow, which is his mastery. And Pang Wanchun's ten-star alignment is a talisman that most fierce generals can't dodge.

Of course, the forbidden army in Jingying is not as good as these two.

But the training of archers also started in three years and was completed in six years.

Training an archer requires much more resources than training a crossbow archer, don't look at the god arm bow is very powerful, but the biggest advantage of a god arm archer is that he has enough strength, and he is already a qualified god arm bow crossbowman. Even, the value of the Divine Arm Bow is higher than that of a crossbowman.

It takes at least three years and hundreds of processes to make the Divine Arm Bow, and it can't be done at all without a few hundred runs, which is why the Song Army can afford to play the Divine Arm Bow, and even if the Western Xia and Khitan have the production drawings of the Divine Arm Bow, they can't afford to play it at all.

Don't think that the Divine Arm Bow drawings are protected by the Song Army like the root of life, but on the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, is it normal to lose a few handfuls?

Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty fought for decades, and it was not uncommon to seize a few handfuls.

It was precisely because they knew the cost of the Divine Arm Bow that the party was desperate.

The archers held their breath and shot out half of the pots of arrows stuck in the ground in one go, and when they were finished, they gasped one by one, sweat seeped out of their foreheads, and they felt as if they had been hollowed out, and sat on the ground with their eyes blank.

When one or two thousand arrows fall, only 100, or even 50 party members may be injured.

But this was enough, and under the stalemate between the two sides, the party members lost again. This gave the infantry enough time to straighten out the formation. On the contrary, after the war horse of the party item people stopped, it was absolutely impossible to attack again.

The party soldier sitting on the horse roared and waved the scimitar in his hand.

On the contrary, Song Jun easily used the long-handled weapon in his hand, like stabbing a ripe peach, one by one.

As long as the party members who were stabbed off their war horses did not have a chance to shout at all, they would be hacked to death by the Song saber hand holding the shield.

In a battle of cavalry against infantry, after the party people lost the initiative on the battlefield, the balance of victory tilted in the direction of the Song army.

Li Kui felt that the blood in his body was about to boil, and shouted to the drummer with red eyes: "Beat the drums, counterattack." ”

As he spoke, he stealthily plucked the Oni King's Axe from his spare horse.

Out of the position of command.

Passed the bow array, then snuck close to the spearmen.

At this time, it happened that the war horse of a party cavalry broke through the infantry covered in blood, Li Kui saw this, glared and roared: "Look for death!" ”

The party soldier was wounded, and the stinging pain in his body stimulated him to yell and rush towards Li Kui. Li Kui dodged and dodged the slashing of the party cavalry, swinging the tail of the dragon with a move, and smashing the people and horses to the ground with an axe, like a god descending from heaven. After the surrounding Song Jun was stunned, he patted his ass loudly: "Straight secret and mighty!" ”

Li Kui didn't care about this, and rushed to the small gap that was torn by the party cavalry, one person, two axes, but everywhere he went, it was like a hurricane sweeping.

Li Kui killed more and more fiercely, completely immersed in the short-handed killing.

Ruan Xiaoer brought Li Kui's war horse over in time, this guy can be tricky, I don't know when he touched a red tassel gun, squinted his eyes and stabbed, easily attacked and killed a party member, and he was very happy to kill.

Li Kui dropped his double axe, jumped on his war horse, and shouted: "If the party is not successful, kill me with me!" ”

General Dang Xiang had never seen infantry chasing and killing cavalry in his life, but this time, he was fortunate to meet it. Faced with the embarrassing escape of his subordinates, he simply said in a deep voice: "Mingjin withdraws his troops!" ”

Bell, bell, bell.

Bell, bell, bell.

The party members Mingjin withdrew troops, and the Song army also Mingjin withdrew troops. After all, even if he is inexperienced on the battlefield, he knows that the infantry chasing the cavalry, fifty or a hundred steps may be possible, but if it is a mile or two, the infantry wearing armor does not want the enemy to rush and kill, and he can exhaust people half to death.

Although he made the right order, Gao Yu, who gave the order for Li Kui, couldn't help but be afraid, in case he made a mistake and delayed the fighter, it would be a small beating, but the good situation of the Song army would be over.

Fortunately, Li Kui seemed to be very happy, and said to Gao Yu with a smile: "Gao Yu, you kid already looks like a general." ”

"I didn't do anything wrong?"

"Infantry chasing cavalry, you think I'm stupid!"

Gao Yu made it clear that he didn't believe Li Kui, and he couldn't deceive himself with a blurred look in his eyes. He saw with his own eyes that Li Kui rushed out silently, and rushed into the crowd of party members, this can't deceive people, right?

But does he dare to say it?

Gao Yu secretly glanced around, no matter which country's soldiers he was, when he met a general who could lead them to kill without his life, he didn't dare to say that he would reap everyone's loyalty, but at least almost everyone regarded Li Kui as a beacon-like existence, pointing to where and rushing towards. When Gao Yu saw this scene, his heart was sour: "These rabbit cubs, the master is your superior!" Li Kui is a civil official, this guy is a civil official, even if you want to take refuge in Li Kui, you have no chance. ”

Gao Yu only dared to say this secretly in his heart, if he wanted to say it, he would definitely not dare. If he didn't want the soldiers to mutiny, he also needed to prepare Li Kui as his deputy.

At least in the northwest, in Gao Yu's army, I am afraid that it will never be able to be reversed.

"Renjie, take off your armor and see if you are injured?"

"What, Naomi-sama is injured?"

"Doctor, where did you die?"

Li Kui yelled: "Who doesn't open your eyes and shouts, who said that I was injured, it's okay." As he spoke, he tore off his cloak, which was an eyesore on the battlefield and cumbersome, but found a knife cut in the cloak. Li Kui twisted his shoulders and waist, and then said with a smile: "The party manpower is too small, and I don't even feel it when it is cut on the armor." ”

"Straight secret mighty!"

"Da Song will win!"

The cheers resounded in the Song army's military formation, and instantly echoed in the camp.

And in the party and the army, there is a sad face. General Dang Xiang asked the officers who had returned from the army: "What is that smoking thing in the Song people?" ”

The subordinates had already prepared, took out the iron pill from a fallen war horse, and put it in the hands of General Dang Xiang, who stared at the iron pill in his hand, and hesitated for some reason: "What is this?" ”

"Tetsumaru, General. This is the projectile ejected by the Song Army monster, part of it is an iron pellet, and part of it is a stone. ”

General Dang Xiang was a little stunned and repeated: "Stones, what stones?" ”

"It's a stone on the ground."

The area where they are located is a re-washed river valley, in the rainy flood season, the river water will overflow the river beach, and the stones washed down the upstream will be spread along the river water on the river beach, and the stones can be used as weapons, making it difficult for the general to accept, isn't this thing a sheep circle when herding sheep, can it be used to kill people?

The answer is definitely yes.

The subordinates didn't seem to feel the strangeness of their general, and said to themselves: "From the description of the surviving sons, this weapon is a bit like the assault rifle used by the Song army when defending the city a few years ago, but after the assault rifle is made bigger, it is not a spark that is sprayed, but this kind of stone." The son who wants to wear armor can be completely ignored, but the war horse can't stand it. But the iron pill is different, it can penetrate deep into the body, and the armor is difficult to resist. ”

"But the Song army seems to be underprepared, this kind of big assault gun, the number is insufficient, and the lethality is just that. The most injured warriors were assassinated by Song Jun's spear, and if they were injured, they had no chance of survival. ”

Hearing his subordinates say that the secret weapon of the Song army was also like that, General Dang Xiang was relieved.

On the battlefield, I am most afraid of encountering a secret weapon that I have never seen before, and no one knows whether this new weapon is like a divine arm bow, which even an iron harrier can't stand it, or something like a assault rifle that can scare people and burn people with a big scar. The Song people played with gunpowder, and they were all joking before. The sky is full of stars, the enlarged version of the second kick, all kinds of things are moved to the battlefield, and it is unreliable like the New Year. Only during the siege of the city, gunpowder was placed in a jar and thrown from the city, which could cause casualties, and other weapons, the Tangut people were not the same thing.

Don't look at the attack, the party casualties were nearly 300 people, but this is not a very exaggerated number for nearly 3,000 horsemen.

The courage of the Dang Xiang people was not lost, the next attack was already being prepared, and even the Dang Xiang generals were desperate, preparing three echelons of thousand-man troops, not giving the Song army time to rest, and determined to take down the Song army that was blocking them in one go. According to the party soldiers who fled back, the Song army had cavalry, and the number was not much, about two or three hundred cavalry.

And this cavalry has not appeared, which makes the generals of the party also faintly jealous in their hearts. Continue to consume with the Song army, they can't afford to wait.

The Song army's military formation resumed again, but Li Kui also frowned slightly when he heard the statistics brought by Gao Yu. The spear was damaged by nearly fifty shots, and they only had a total of three hundred spears that could be used to block and kill war horses, this kind of weapon was useless in normal times, and the soldiers of the Song army couldn't get up at all, it was too heavy, but at a critical time, it was a life-saving thing.

The main gun formation is there, and Li Kui can use firearms and crossbows to continuously kill and injure party members.

But once the gun array lost its effect, the shield soldiers could not stop the attack of the party's cavalry at all, and then there were crossbowmen who could only send people in close combat. And he also learned from Gao Yu's mouth that the lethality of the fire gun was insufficient. At most, there were only a few dozen party members who died under the firecracker, which made Li Kui a little disappointed.

He also knew that the stones were used as ammunition for the firecrackers, and the attack power was worrying, staring at the cavalry of the party members, Li Kui ordered: "Throw away all the stones, and change all the firecrackers into iron pellets." ”

Gao Yu said worriedly: "Renjie, we don't have many iron pills, if we really run out, the fire gun will be a copper bump, and it will be useless." ”

Li Kui felt the urgency of the crisis, and waved his fist and said: "No matter, let's talk about it when it runs out." ”

Whether it was the Song army or the party cavalry, they didn't know that they had opened a big curtain, a curtain that belonged to thermal weapons. In the era of Rewu, it descended on the Eastern Continent in advance.