"Woo"

The low horn sound echoed in the wilderness, and the cavalry of the Black Party Xiang finally arrived. Five thousand cavalry against the nine thousand infantry cavalry was a severe test for the Song army. It was also a desperate bet on the three tribes of the Black Party Xiang, and neither side could afford to lose.

Three miles away, the two armies stopped advancing and confronted each other in the cold wind. The Song army was waiting for the other party's attack.

Nan Liguang did not wait long. They were cavalrymen, and the advantage of cavalry lies in the impact. If they waited for the impact of infantry, the advantage of cavalry would be lost.

Nan Liguang took a deep breath, held the hammer high, and shouted loudly: "Life and Death are here to fight, kill!"

‘Woo’

With the sound of the trumpet, the Song army ushered in a strong impact from the cavalry. The dust in the wilderness was flying, covering the sky and the sun. The black iron armor appeared and disappeared in the dust, like a black dragon swallowing clouds and spitting mist in the yellow dust.

The iron armored cavalry of the Black Party Xiang originated from the Western Xia. The Song army and the Song army had been fighting for many years and had already known each other. Han Shizhong also knew the power of the Iron Harrier Army. It took more than ten years to build a powerful brigade at the beginning of the founding of the Western Xia country. There were only 3,000 people, but I don’t know how much money and grain was spent. A piece of armor exceeded the property of a farmer’s family.

However, with the improvement of smelting technology and the discovery of iron ore, iron armor has begun to be widely promoted in the Western Xia army. The Iron Harrier Scouts have reached 50,000, becoming the guards of the Western Xia emperor.

Although the strength of the iron armored cavalry was as expected by Han Shizhong, when they really appeared, Han Shizhong was very nervous. At this time, the general Zhang Wei stepped forward and whispered: "General, the iron armored cavalry is thick, and they all use crossbow arrows to suppress the formation, so it is better to use the thunder of the sky!"

Han Shizhong also knew that he could only deal with the impact of the armored cavalry, but the magic arm crossbow was slow to roll, and he could only shoot twice within a hundred steps. Moreover, they only had two thousand pairs of magic arm crossbows, which obviously could only annihilate a small number of armored cavalry.

However, in the previous tactical exercises, the commander did not propose to use the thunder of the sky. He had no choice but to do anything at all. At this moment, Zhang Bao led the 500 soldiers from the Firearms Battalion to run over. All the 500 soldiers were tall and strong. Li Yanqing specially selected them to form the Firearms Battalion. The equipment of the Firearms Battalion was a strong shield and a battle knife, but each of them carried three iron fire thunders on their backs.

Zhang Bao stepped forward and bowed and said, "The commander ordered us to join the battle with iron fire thunder."

Han Shizhong slapped his forehead and said that the rule was the shortcomings of using iron fire thunder to supplement the crossbow arrows. I wonder if it was too nervous, but I actually forgot it.

Zhang Bao also said: "The commander recommends using cavalry to protect both wings and cover the crossbows to retreat to avoid unnecessary losses from the crossbows."

Li Yanqing's suggestion and Han Shizhong thought of going together, and Han Shizhong immediately ordered: "Shoot two rounds of crossbow arrows and retreat immediately, and the cavalry guarded the two wings!"

Han Shizhong did not know the lethality of the Iron Fire Thunder, but he believed in Li Yanqing's judgment. At this time, he must have his considerations to transfer the firearm battalion to the front line of the battlefield.

Han Shizhong immediately shouted: "Prepare the crossbow arrow!"

Two thousand divine arms raised the crossbow, and the cold arrow pointed the enemy's iron armored cavalry as they were getting closer and closer. The iron armored cavalry rolled in like a sandstorm, and finally showed a ferocious face and appeared three hundred steps away from the opposite side of the Song army.

The iron-armored cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the sharp spear tips were shining in the sunlight, and they were full of murderous aura. Han Shizhong knew very well the power of the divine arm crossbow. The divine arm crossbow was invented during the Shenzong. Its appearance was because ordinary crossbows had no lethality on the Western Xia iron kites.

When the iron armored cavalry was 120 steps away from the crossbow formation, this was the most effective killing distance for the divine arm crossbow to the iron armor. Han Shizhong issued a shooting order.

Two thousand crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, and dense crossbow arrows roared like a storm. The powerful aura of death was suffocating. The iron-armored cavalry were all over the place, and more than a hundred cavalrymen rushed in front were shot and fell to the ground.

However, the first round of the Divine Arm Crossbow did not block the impact of the armored cavalry. They continued to assault and quickly reached within seventy steps. At this time, the Divine Arm Crossbow had already been stringed and began the second round of shooting. This time, the power was even greater. More than 200 cavalrymen fell from their horses and were dragged into the rolling iron hooves, causing the powerful attack of the Iron Arm Cavalry to stagnate and the speed was significantly slowed down.

This was an opportunity to withdraw troops. Although the armored cavalry was still fifty steps away, Han Shizhong seized this opportunity and decisively issued an order to withdraw troops.

"The crossbowmen retreat!"

Two thousand crossbowmen retreated back like a tide, and they would soon transform into spear soldiers. The crossbowmen retreated, revealing five hundred firearm battalions soldiers, who stood on the battlefield like reefs.

Han Shizhong suddenly understood why Li Yanqing transferred the firearm battalion, which was a clever deployment for the enemy formation.

The enemy cavalry formation is a 'element' shape, with one thousand iron armored cavalry assaulting in the front, and two thousand cavalry on the other two wings followed three hundred steps away, forming a sharp scissor shape with the tip of the knife in front and the two wings on the side, which is very conducive to impact breakthrough and then complete defeat. When they faced the 20,000-box army the previous time, they used this formation and finally achieved great success.

This time they still used this scissor formation, but Li Yanqing saw the weakness of this formation, that is, the assault surface is too narrow and the width is only more than twenty feet. He resolutely decided to use the firearm battalion to block the impact of the iron-armored cavalry.

Han Shizhong obviously saw this, which made him admire Li Yanqing's vision and decision. Yesterday, Li Yanqing proposed to himself to use the firearm battalion to cooperate with the divine arm crossbow. At that time, he did not react to the specific operation. Now he realized that Li Yanqing had known the characteristics of the enemy's narrow assault surface. Using the firearm battalion based on this characteristic is undoubtedly a stroke of magic.

Obviously, there are only 500 people in the Firearm Battalion. If the opponent's attack range is very wide, even if the Firearm Battalion can hit a point, it will be swallowed up by other cavalry. Only when the needle is pointed at the wheat ray can the firearm play its greatest advantage.

Time no longer allows Han Shizhong to think too much, he shouted sternly: "Pulley Army is ready!"

Five thousand spears are divided into five square formations, and the five formations form a large formation, with one thousand cavalry guards on each wing. Even if the enemy cavalry breaks down one square formation, it will not affect the entire battle situation.

The five thousand spearmen knelt on one knee on the ground, holding the earth with their spears, as solemn as a mountain.

At this moment, the iron-armored cavalry had already reached forty steps away from the firearm battalion. Everyone felt the scent of the strong wind. Many soldiers closed their eyes and did not dare to face the scene of thousands of horses galloping.

Although the throwing distance of the Iron Fire Thunder is thirty steps, some steps cannot be done after thirty steps. At that time, it will be too late to use the Iron Cavalry's rapid speed.

Zhang Bao roared, "Light!"

Five hundred soldiers raised their shields at the same time, squatted halfway, stabilized their lower plate, pulled out the fire snatch from their waists, and blew it on the ground. Even if some of them were not lit, there would be help from others next to them.

The next step was to avoid the shouting of the main general. He immediately pulled out an iron fire thunder from his back, bit off the lid at the tail with his teeth, and ignited the hanging fuse.

The fuse left outside the handle was very short and almost lit and was about to be thrown. Five hundred soldiers almost threw the iron fire thunder together. They hid behind the big shield quickly. Everyone knew that without the shield, they would definitely be injured by the splashed iron sheets.

Five hundred iron fire thunders happened to be thrown into the cavalry group, and only a deafening explosion was heard, war horses neighed, soldiers screamed, and the violent explosion blew the iron armored cavalry to death everywhere. In particular, the highly toxic iron sheets were even more lethal, and no one was spared within thirty steps.

One attack of the Iron Fire Thunder was that the armored cavalry suffered 400 casualties. In addition to the attacks of the first two rounds of crossbow arrows, only less than 300 were left of the thousand armored cavalry.

"Retreat!" Zhang Bao roared, and the Five Hundred Firearms Battalion quickly ran back.

The characteristic of cavalry combat is that they can only advance but not retreat. The powerful inertia of thousands of war horses is difficult to turn around, otherwise it will lead to extremely serious collision disasters. Generally, they can only walk around from the side. However, both wings of the iron-armored cavalry are cavalry, and they have no choice. Although the soldiers were scared to death, they could only continue to charge.

The cavalry is getting closer and closer, and the armored cavalry has been swallowed up by ordinary cavalry, and the four thousand cavalry are surging like a sea tide.

"The Spear Army is fighting!" Han Shizhong gave the order in a hoarse voice.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The sound of war drums sounded.

The five thousand spear troops raised their spears suddenly, lined up, and fought against the cavalry that was coming like a strong wind. With a loud bang, the two armies collided violently, and then blood mist filled the body, limbs flew across the camp, howlings and screams resounded throughout the camp. With just one blow, more than a hundred Song troops were knocked away by war horses.
Chapter completed!