The eldest brother Qiu Youcai nodded and said to the third brother Qiu Youshou: "You are a crossbowman. After shooting the arrows, you will retreat behind us and will not directly participate in the attack. It is safer. If the Liao army is desperate, we

Three, the one with the best chance of surviving

, that’s you. Alas! We three brothers are not married yet, so we cannot all die at once. Then our enemies will be wiped out. So, third brother, you must be smarter. Once a melee breaks out, it is important to save your life. Understand

?”

The third child said oh.

The boss nodded with satisfaction, and when he was about to say something else, suddenly, the smile on his face disappeared, because they felt the earth beneath them trembling!

The soldiers also felt it. It was very slight at first, and soon the tremors became more and more obvious! There was also a rumbling sound in their ears, coming from a distance.

The other soldiers stopped and looked at each other.

The boss Qiu Youcai quickly put down his long ax and lay on the ground. Now, he heard clearly the roar of horse hooves!

How many horses must there be to create such a huge shock!

The boss, Qiu Youcai, suddenly turned pale. He quickly got up, put up an arbor and looked forward with squinted eyes. On the horizon, a black line appeared, and it was slowly getting bigger!

The heavy armored cavalry of the Liao Army?!

The boss, Qiu Youcai, shouted at the top of his lungs: "The enemy is coming! Liao army! Heavy armored cavalry! Report to the general quickly!"

Many soldiers noticed it and started shouting.

Yang Sanlang, who was in the middle of the forward team, heard the shouting and immediately stood on his horse to look out. Sure enough, on the narrow river beach in front, a line connected the two ends, full of black Liao cavalry. The dust raised covered the sky and blocked the sun.

!

Yang Sanlang's face became very ugly. He looked around and saw wide plains. Moreover, the Guishui River beside him became a roadblock, causing them to be trapped on a narrow river beach with a width of only more than ten miles. And they were here

An army, almost all infantry, had to face the impact of the Liao army's heavy armored cavalry. It would be disastrous!

Yang Sanlang hurriedly ordered the messengers around him: "Blow the enemy horn!"

Several messengers immediately blew the horns, and the shrill sound of the horns echoed in the empty valley.

When Yang Dalang of the main force heard the horn sound, he immediately reined in his horse. After listening attentively, his face changed drastically: "Liao Army cavalry!"

The general Guo Jin beside him said in a deep voice: "Commander, what should I do?"

Yang Dalang turned to look at the Taihang Mountains on the right and said in a deep voice: "Enter the forest. Avoid the enemy's charge. Wait for the enemy to come over, and then attack!"

"Okay!" Guo Jin nodded, turned around and was about to give the order to the messenger, but suddenly stopped. Because both of them saw countless Liao troops rushing out from various valleys on Taihang! After leaving the mountain pass, they quickly spread out.

, the darkness quickly turned into a large area, and it rushed towards them like an overwhelming tide!

There was actually an ambush of the Liao army in the Taihang Mountains!

At this moment, the horn sound also sounded from the rear guard Yang Erlang. When Yang Dalang listened carefully, he actually warned that the heavy armored cavalry of the Liao Army appeared behind him!

Why are there enemy troops behind us? It should be the Liao army coming from Guizhou City. They crossed the Guishui River and attacked from behind.

But Yang Dalang didn't know that the Liao army behind him were cutting-edge cavalry drawn from Yuanyang Lake, the base camp of the Liao army further away! And the Liao army killed from the Taihang Mountains were ten soldiers who secretly came from the Youzhou City area to participate in the encirclement.

Fifty thousand elite troops! Including the cavalry drawn from Ruzhou and Juyongguan in the front. The Liao army attacking from three directions has reached 350,000! It is twice their strength!

Although Yang Dalang did not know the exact number of the Liao army, from what he observed, he already knew that the Liao army was well prepared for this battle! And the number of troops exceeded them!

Facing the enemy forces on three sides, especially the charges of heavy armored cavalry from the front and rear directions, with the wide Guishui River behind them, there was no way to retreat.

There is no way to retreat, we can only face the enemy!

Yang Dalang said in a deep voice: "Give me the order to set up spear formations and long ax formations in front and behind. The crossbowmen are ready and wait for the enemy to approach before releasing arrows!"

The sound of war drums was earth-shattering. The forwards and rearguards of the Song Army quickly entered the main camp, while the crossbowmen, spearmen and axemen of the main force quickly moved forward and back, and soon formed two long lines of defense.

On the outermost side are the crossbowmen. Behind are the spearmen with a forest of spears, and behind them are the axemen holding long-handled battle axes. The infantry is located in the middle of the three lines of defense.

Facing the Taihang Mountains, the Liao army rushed forward. The main defenders were archers and crossbowmen.

The Liao army was getting closer and closer, and the deafening hooves of the war horses made the ground tremble. The soldiers of the Song army, with their faces as sinking as water, stared at the Liao army that was getting closer and closer!

Even the Khitan characters on the Liao army's battle flag can be clearly seen!

"Fire the arrow!" Yang Sanlang gave an order, and the war drums sounded in unison. Upon hearing the drum command, the front row of divine crossbowmen tilted their crossbows upwards and fired the crossbow arrows. Suddenly, thousands of arrows flew into the air.

, drew a series of arcs, and fell towards the charging formation of the Liao army's cavalry!

The frontmost cavalrymen of the Liao Army were all shield swordsmen and axemen, holding up their shields to block the rain of arrows. However, many of them failed to block and were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. However, this did not stop the Liao Army at all.

charge.

After the first row of crossbowmen finished shooting, they immediately retreated behind the archers. Because loading the crossbows was very troublesome, and facing a cavalry charge, they only had one chance to fire arrows. Therefore, they could only switch to the second row of crossbowmen.

The divine crossbowman who has already loaded the string.

The angle of the crossbowman in the second shot is almost parallel because the Liao cavalry is too fast.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!

A volley of arrows were fired. The Song Army's divine crossbow was very powerful. Within the effective range, it could completely penetrate the heavy armor of the heavy armored cavalry!

Therefore, this time, the number of Liao soldiers who were hit by arrows suddenly increased. Less than half of the cavalry in the front row stumbled and fell. However, the Liao army's charge continued as before, rolling towards the Song army like a huge wave.

!

When the third group of divine crossbowmen fired arrows, the Liao cavalry was already close at hand!

The third enemy of the enemy family, Qiu Youshou, was among them. His hands were trembling a little, and his eyes were a little dazzled when he looked at the shining cold sword of the Liao army. However, he still aimed the divine crossbow at a Liao army cavalry who was charging towards him.

belly!

The cavalryman held a round shield in one hand, blocking most of his body. Only half of his head and belly were outside. During the rapid charge, Qiu Youshou was not sure of shooting half of the opponent's head, but he was sure

Confidence shoots the opponent in the belly!

Whoosh!

The divine crossbow shook in his hand, and the sharp arrow flew out, accurately hitting the Liao army's belly!

The soldiers of the Liao Army fell backwards and fell off their horses as if they had been hit with a stick in the waist. In an instant, they were trampled into a pulp by the cavalry rushing up from behind!

Qiu Youshou was overjoyed. This was the first time since he joined the army that he had shot an enemy face to face. He was so excited that he wanted to cheer. At this moment, his elder brother came from behind and shouted: "Lao San, come back quickly!"

Qiu Youshou finally reacted, threw down the divine crossbow, turned around and ran, rushing past the second spearman brother who was squatting on the ground, and ran behind the elder axeman brother.

He turned around suddenly and saw that his second brother's spear had pierced the abdomen of the Liao army's iron cavalry soldier who was approaching, lifting the opponent completely into the air!

However, before he could cheer, the front iron hooves of the heavily armored war horse had already stepped hard on the second brother's head! The second brother's head shattered like a watermelon falling on the ground!

"Second brother!"

Qiu Youshou screamed. Just as the fighting started, his second brother died under the Liao army's cavalry!

He couldn't go up to check, because the Liao army's cavalry had already rushed into the Song army's position!

At this time, I heard the elder brother roaring again, and the long ax in his hand struck hard at the feet of a Liao Army cavalry horse that rushed over. The horse was covered with heavy armor, but its four legs were unprotected. With one strike of the ax,

He was immediately cut off and fell off his horse. However, the Liao soldiers did not panic and slashed at the eldest brother Qiu Youcai with a knife in the air.

The long ax in Qiu Youcai's hand was only designed to deal with the Liao cavalry, and was not suitable for such close combat. He could only lower his head to avoid the opponent's long sword.

The Liao Army soldier fell into the hand of the long axe, and with a flash of the long sword, he chopped off the head of a Song Army chief axe-hand!

The dead axe-hand was right next to the third son, Qiu Youshou, and hot blood spurted out, covering his head and face.

The Liao soldiers swung their swords again and struck Qiu Youshou!

Qiu Youshou was so frightened that he stood there in a daze, not knowing how to dodge.

At this moment, two spears rushed out towards him, one pierced the chest and abdomen of the Liao soldier, and the other pierced the soldier's neck!

The Liao soldier's shield and sword fell to the ground, and the shield rolled to Qiu Youshou's feet. But he was so frightened that he didn't even know how to bend down to pick it up.

The eldest brother Qiu Youcai slashed at the charging Liao cavalry with a long ax. He was still paying attention to the third brother from the corner of his eyes. Seeing his frightened look, he screamed anxiously: "Third brother! Pick up the shield and knife! Quick!"

!”

The elder brother's voice awakened the third child far more than the danger in front of him. He had been under the care of his elder brother since he was a child. He immediately agreed subconsciously and bent down to pick up the shield, but when he was about to pick up the long knife

, the long sword of a Liao Army cavalry had already drawn a cold light, and struck his head again!

This time, he didn't need his elder brother to wake him up before he reacted and raised his shield to block. With a clang, the long knife hit the buckler in his hand hard. The huge impact knocked him back several steps.

.However, he was immediately knocked forward by the soldiers behind him.

Looking back, it turned out that the Liao Army cavalry behind him had rushed into the Song Army's position and was fighting with the Song Army's spearmen and sword and axemen. The Song Army kept retreating in order to keep the distance, so they bumped into him.

on the body.

Qiu Youshou looked around and found that the Liao army's cavalry had completely disrupted the Song army's formation, and the two sides were fighting together. There were shouts of death and screams everywhere, as well as the groans and calls for help of injured soldiers. He panicked

Holding a round shield, he looked for his brother in the melee.

.Finally, I saw my eldest brother Qiu Youcai from a distance wielding a long ax and resisting the attack of two Liao army cavalry. He looked around in panic from time to time. His body was stained with blood and tears, and he didn't know that he was injured.

Still stained by other people's blood. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!