Not long after, Cao Ji's baggage team finally arrived, but before Xia Jun's joy had passed, the heart-racing sound of drums rang out from the iron-walled chariot city in the distance, and then he saw the gates of the two villages on the left and right.

Open, groups of infantry filed out.

The armor of these infantrymen was shabby, and most of them were unarmored. The weapons in their hands were mostly spears, with very few swords and cards, and even no bows and arrows. Although there were many people, they were almost not in formation. They were driven by more than a hundred cavalry.

Next, hula la la rushed towards the Xia army's position.

As soon as the war drums sounded, the officers of the Xia army yelled: "Put down the water bag quickly! You are still drinking...drink your shit! Drink you to death!"

"You, you, you, put away the dry food and eat it later after defeating the enemy."

"Stand still! Stand still! Everyone return to their positions and pick up their weapons."

"The swordsman is in front to protect himself, the crossbowman is ready, and the gun, stick, sword and axeman moves back to create a shooting distance..."

With a series of urgent orders, the Xia army's chaotic formation slowly took shape, and gradually returned to the initial state of the fish scale formation. At this time, the cavalry of the Qisheng Army guarding the outside of the formation came under the flag bearer of the Chinese army.

Under the command of the flag, spread out in two directions.

Since they had only seen the attire of the Tianzhu Army's cavalry and hunters before, Li Liangfu and Ye Lirong were deeply wary of this well-equipped "Song Army", so they did not dare to take action. They wanted the other party to take action first.

After you have a clear picture of the reality, you can strike later.

Unexpectedly, the equipment of the cavalry and infantry of Tianzhu Army was so different... Well, it is not surprising to think about it. The Song army was seriously short of horses, and the development of the cavalry was greatly restricted. A Song army with thousands of people

An army may not have hundreds of cavalry, but there are as many infantry as there are. As a result, the equipment and treatment of the cavalry and infantry are naturally very different.

Li Liangfu and Ye Lirong have been dealing with the Song Army for a long time. They have this preconceived concept, although the Tianzhu Army seems a bit extreme: the cavalry equipment is better than the general Song Army cavalry, while the infantry equipment is worse than the average Song Army cavalry.

.However, considering that this army has so many cavalry, it is no worse than the Zhejia Army, which has the most cavalry in the Western Army. I guess they pay too much attention to the cavalry and underestimate the infantry.

"Commander, this is the first battle. Do you want to give this Song army a dismount and let them experience the power of our Great Xia soldiers?" Ye Lirong took out a big bow from the saddle, held it in his hand covered with veins, and used force.

A shake.

Li Liangfu immediately understood what he meant. He twisted his beard and said: "Good. Strong crossbow team, go out to fight."

The strong crossbow army is a newly formed branch of the Xia Kingdom in the past ten years. It originated from the suggestion of Cha Ge, a contemporary famous general of the Xia Kingdom: "The country uses iron kites to gallop on the plains, and uses footbattles to avoid danger in the valleys. However, once

When encountering Mo's sword technique, it is difficult for the cavalry to use it; when encountering the divine arm bow, the steps will collapse. Gai can remain as usual.

, you can't resist changes. The soldiers are trying to judge the plan, and the Dharma is fickle. The Qiang people have weak bows and short arrows, and their shooting skills are not good. Today it is better to choose the brave Han people and teach them strong crossbows and signs. In ordinary life, they carry bows.

And hoeing, Lin Rong, advance in divisions, using our country's shortcomings to change China's strong points. In this way, we will be invincible in the world."

Cha Ge was the younger brother of Li Qianshun, the leader of the Xia Kingdom. He was a brave man and knew the art of war. He was awarded the title of King of Jin and was highly trusted. He once defeated Liu Fa, the military envoy of Song Xihe, who had repeatedly defeated the Xia army, and was famous in the northwest.

His suggestion received Li Qianshun's approval and strong support. As a result, a powerful force was formed.

Among the thousand-step guard force transferred by Li Liangfu, there were 300 strong crossbowmen. The crossbows they used were close to the horse-huang crossbows of the Song Dynasty, and could penetrate armor and pierce the heart at a distance of 120 steps.

Li Liangfu and Ye Lirong deliberately used a powerful and violent rainstorm of arrows to destroy the fighting will of the Tenchu ​​army on the opposite side. The nearly a thousand enemy infantry coming out of the turtle shell were the best targets to establish their power.

Under the command of the Central Army, the soldiers carrying flags quickly entered the formation and raised their flags to convey orders, and the fish scale formation began to operate.

The Buba Zijun at the bottom of the inverted "pin" shape strides forward, while the infantry corps on both wings do not move. The Buba Zijun surpasses the two wing corps, protrudes forward, forming a positive "pin" shape, and then under the orders of each team officer

Stop and form the team. Then the first three rows of sword players retreat to the back of the formation to make way for the three hundred strong crossbowmen in the formation.

Most of these three hundred strong crossbowmen were Hengshan Qiang, and they were second to none among the Xia army in terms of endurance and hard work. Even though they were exposed to the sun for nearly an hour, were hungry and thirsty, and their physical strength dropped sharply, they still drew the bow firmly.

A strong crossbow with a weight of one stone, equipped with a wooden feather arrow, squatted half-crouched, and pointed Wangshan at the scattered "Song Army" who were shouting and rushing...

The nearest distance between the Iron Wall Chariot City and the Xia Army's Buzi Army was about 300 steps, but the Song Army was dragging its feet, looking back three times every step, and could not walk more than a few steps for a long time. The Baiqi Supervisory Team behind the team kept using whips, wooden

The stick, the back of the knife hit hard, many

The Song soldiers who fell behind were beaten with blood on their heads and rolled in the yellow dust. One group of about 20 people suddenly broke away from the group and fled to one side... This group of soldiers who escaped from the battle quickly disappeared.

He was overtaken by more than a dozen cavalrymen and shot dead one by one.

This bloody and cruel scene not only frightened the infantry of the Song Army, but also made the Xia soldiers on the opposite side feel numb: He was so cruel to his own people, let alone the enemy, and he was punishing the army this day.

Sure enough, the person who came here is evil!

When nearly a thousand Song troops rushed to the 150th step, the more than a hundred people at the front suddenly made strange movements: they waved their guns and clubs, danced, whined and screamed, and rushed toward the Xia troops like crazy.

The Xia Army trainer who commanded the strong crossbow unit had already been frightened by this strange army. When he saw this posture, he immediately chopped down the flag. In panic, he should have waved the green triangular flag for testing the range.

, which turned out to be an orange command flag that was fired by the entire team.

Behind the fish scale formation, twenty drum carts drove in a row. Each cart had two drum sides and was as big as a millstone. Under the tall drum stand, stood forty majestic men with bare shirts and curly beards, their bodies glowing under the scorching sun.

Oily. They hold drumsticks in both hands, and they are cows

They stared intently at the flag player on the high platform to the side. As soon as they saw the orange flag of the flag player chop down, they immediately shouted loudly, took a long breath, their chests suddenly bulged, and their muscular arms were raised high, with two

The thick drumstick hit the cowhide drum head hard...

Dong dong dong dong! Tsk tsk tsk tsk!

The sound of drums is like thunder on a dry day, and the arrows are like heavy rain in summer.

More than a hundred "Song troops" who were running wildly in front of the team suddenly felt that their eyes were darkened, and the sunlight suddenly disappeared. When they looked up, they saw a dense rain of arrows, covering the sky and the sun. Their pockets were raining down...

Puff puff! The wooden feather arrows carried strong weight and penetrated the heads, faces, chests, abdomens, and limbs of the ten people running at the front... blood spattered and screams continued. The twisted faces that fell on the yellow earth could be

It was clearly seen that each soldier had a thorn in his mouth, and at the same time, his mouth was wrapped by an animal tendon from his mouth to the back of his head, and was strangled tightly...

Due to shooting too early, most of the arrows missed and were all inserted in front of the Song army's infantry. On the bare yellow soil, dense grass oranges seemed to grow suddenly.

Li Liangfu's face was a little dark. The coach of the Qiangnu team made...

Ye Lirong said in a low voice: "This Heavenly Punishment Army is indeed coming from an evil force. The infantry are so brave and fearless of death. Fortunately, the powerful crossbow army resisted."

"Be brave and fearless of death!" Li Liangfu sneered, "I want to see whether the enemy soldiers have strong bones or our arrows are sharp."

In front of them was a dense bush of arrows, with more than a dozen corpses filled with arrows and soaked in blood, which had shocked the group of soldiers who were running crazy. The pace of the soldiers in the front group had slowed down, but the pace of the soldiers behind them had slowed down.

However, the soldiers of the team were driven forward by the supervising cavalry. After two collisions, the whole army became more chaotic. Some were crushed and injured. Some were knocked down... In such a chaos, more than 100 people were trampled to death.

More than twice as many people were shot and killed previously.

Amidst the bustling roars, cries, and curses, the entire army surged forward involuntarily and with inertia. When the vanguard stepped into the arrow "grass", it heralded the impending disaster and the loss of life...

Buzz——

The second round of arrow rain was much more orderly than the first round. The sound of bowstrings stretching, arrows leaving the strings, and sharp arrowheads piercing the air all converged to form a huge buzzing sound.

The flying arrows were like locusts, and the arrows rained like rain. All the foot soldiers who set foot on the "grass" were not spared, and they were all shot into hedgehogs. Some of those who were hit by the arrows died on the spot, and some rolled and screamed, and large amounts of them spurted out.

The blood was quickly sucked clean by the dry land greedily...

However, as the third, fourth, and fifth rounds of arrow rain struck, the volume of blood fountain-like irrigation greatly exceeded the absorption speed of this dark red area. As a result, blood-colored depressions gradually formed, and those who fell

The sign next to the gun stick slowly floated...

The so-called "blood flow drifting oars" is actually true...

The sixth round... there are no more arrows in the sixth round. The strength of the soldiers of the Xia Army's strong crossbow team has been greatly depleted. After holding on for five consecutive rounds, they themselves also ran out of gas and became the end of the strong crossbow. They no longer had the strength to move.

Crossbow string. And it’s not necessary. Pass

Five rounds of arrows struck like a storm, and nearly half of the nearly 1,000 Song soldiers were killed. On the battlefield, corpses were lying on pillows, and the smell was soaring into the sky, attracting countless flies and mosquitoes, covering the pools of blood and corpses, and the dense squirming and

The buzzing sound makes people want to vomit...

This Shura field-like scene had completely defeated the will of the Song army's infantry. The remaining three or four hundred infantry dispersed in a flurry and fled in all directions.

Those who retreated were killed by the Tianzhu Army's cavalry supervising the battle; those who fled left and right were chased by the Xia Army's light cavalry and were either shot dead or captured by lasso; there were even dozens of infantrymen who were stimulated by the bloody scene in front of them.

They collapsed and rushed towards the Xia Army's Buba Zijun formation ahead.

The infantry of the Arbalest Corps, which had lost their combat effectiveness, exited the fish scale formation exhausted under the command of the trainer. The spear, club and ax soldiers behind the formation immediately took over their positions, and together with the sword players in front of the formation, they formed a fish scale melee of 700 people.

Formation. And that group of half-mad "Song Army" infantry, under such circumstances, ran over head first.

The Buba Zijun, known as the strongest of the Xia Army, still showed strong combat effectiveness even though their physical strength was greatly damaged. The sword players in front of the formation formed a shield formation with side cards to withstand the crazy charging enemy soldiers.

, the spear, stick, knife and axe-hands behind the formation use the long soldiers in their hands to stab from the gaps or above the side cards.

Swords and spears pierced the abdomen, clubs and axes shattered the brains, and the dozens of enemy soldiers who were looking for death were killed in front of the formation.

Bloody, more intense...

"Ho! Ho! Ho!"

In the first battle, thousands of enemy troops were defeated, and prisoners were killed and captured, with almost no one spared. This was a rare scene in the history of the war between the Xia Army and the Song Army in the past ten years. Such a great victory excited the Hengshan Qiang Buba Army.

Shouting, thousands of Xia army's cavalry and infantry also shouted in unison, the sound shook the whole country. The biggest hero, the soldiers of the strong crossbow team, were lifted up by numerous auxiliary soldiers, held high, and cheered.

Li Liangfu and Ye Lirong looked at each other and smiled: "The strong crossbow army is indeed the most powerful soldier in the army and a sharp weapon for killing enemies. The King of Jin is also a divine general."

At this time, in the cheering camp, several riders came galloping from a distance. The first few riders were captured soldiers, while the rear few riders were Song soldiers in tattered clothes...

This strange scene made the two leaders and deputy generals of the Yinzhou Expeditionary Army feel a sense of foreboding... After the cavalry and captured soldiers reported to the guards under the Huanhu Commander, the guard captain also looked shocked.

The horse was galloping towards him, but before he could open his mouth, he heard a loud voice coming from the distance from the Tianzhu Army on the opposite side:

"My military leader has a message for Marshal Li - dog bites dog, kill well!"

Li Liangfu's face suddenly turned pale, and he stared at the guard captain with burning eyes. The latter looked like he was constipated, and his throat felt like there was a lump of sand in his throat: "My subordinates are about to report to the commander that all the prisoners captured by the Capture Army are all dead."

It’s…all of it…”

"What is it all about? Tell me!" Li Liangfu thought of a terrible answer for no reason. On a hot day, his hands and feet were actually cold.

"They are all prisoners of war from our left prime minister Shenyong Army Division and Yinzhou City..."

"ah--"

Li Liangfu is like an angry lion, with his beard and hair spread out.
Chapter completed!