Gao Qiu went south along the Qi River, but he did not advance completely against the river bank. After all, it was more convenient to walk on the official road, and when building the official road, the issue of covering up the army was not considered. Therefore, the more than 10,000 people under Gao Qiu had to set up a four-sided formation first, and then move towards the Qi River. Use the Qi River to protect its east side, then dig trenches, and build fortifications with sandbags...

Well, this is a tactic in textbooks. However, in actual combat, it is more difficult to complete this series of tactical actions.

After all, the enemy is not a fool!

The four-sided formation of the Song army had just been completed, and the rangers on the front line had retreated. After all, they had more than 200 cavalry to more than 1,000 horses. Unless they gave birth to Jurchen Gundam, they could only fight and leave.

Following these more than 200 cavalrymen on the battlefield were the Liao people's far-blocking horses. They soon discovered the Song army that had formed a large formation and was slowly moving. Then several cavalry ran to report the news like crazy, while the rest wandered around the Song army's phalanx. They didn't dare to get too close, because the Song army's formation was so harsh that it made people feel scared!

This is not comparable to that of Zhong Fu's weak soldiers and Hebei's regiment training! The Khitan veterans who have been through battle can smell danger with their noses!

But soon, the Khitans' large squadrons appeared on the open plain south of the Song army's phalanx. With the last bit of light at dusk, the Song army could finally see the scale of the coming Liao army.

The troops dispatched by the Liao people were no less than ten thousand cavalry just in front of them! Not to mention that the subsequent troops were coming in a steady stream. It seems that there are always about 30,000!

Before the Liao cavalry approached, the crossbowmen of the Song army rushed out of the spear formation with Tianjin crossbows and half-squatted in the snow. Behind the spear formation that formed the array, the sword and shield soldiers of the Lingzhou army took out the long bows. The preparations for archery were different from those of the new troops under Wu Haogu. The new infantry of the Lingzhou army had much more skill. After all, they were Shaanxi or Xixia people who grew up in the war, and everyone could play bows and arrows well.

Therefore, in the new Lingzhou army, all swords, shields and hands are equipped with two battles, which can both shoot arrows and fight hand in hand.

The Liao cavalry they encountered this time were also very fierce. They rushed in front of them with armored cavalry, with a total of more than 2,000 people, holding long spears, and roaring up!

The Song army, who led the crossbowmen, raised their hand and blew the whistle in their mouths. He heard a loud bang in the air with a metal tremolo sound, and countless arrows shot out and rushed straight towards the rushing Liao cavalry.

After the arrow was shot, they no longer shot the crossbow and shot the arrow, but turned around and ran into the array of spears. The archers behind the spearmen also began to shoot feather arrows, and all the arrows were shot out were heavy arrows with armor-breaking, and they didn't shoot far away, just thirty steps away. It was not that they could not shoot far away, but that the bowstring was full of water because of the rain and snow weather, and they were a little weak, and they were not able to shoot the heavy arrows to too far away.

Although the bows and arrows and crossbows were not shot far, their lethality was amazing! I saw the Liao cavalry rushing in the front almost knocked down at the same time!

Within thirty steps, even armored cavalry is difficult to withstand the shooting of Tianjin crossbows! Because the target of these crossbow arrows is not the armored soldiers with better protection, but the war horses under their crotch. Although they also have protective equipment, due to the physique of the Khitan horse, the weight-bearing ability is weak, and if they are already carrying an armored soldier, it is impossible to put on heavy equipment.

So most of the Liao soldiers who fell on the snow were slightly injured and struggled to get up and run towards their own positions.

They can also change horses and fight again!

After the armored cavalry in the front row fell down, the armored cavalry in the rear row did not slow down at all, but instead increased their speed wildly, and put the spear flat in his hand, and rushed towards the spear of the Song army, who was also flat!

...

Puffed tent...

A dull collision sounded.

The spear pierced into the human body and the horse's body. The war horse hit the warrior holding the gun, knocked the human body into the air, and then fell heavily on the snow!

The smell of blood suddenly spread across the southern line of the Song army's four formations. Screams, shouts of killing, neighing of war horses, and collision of weapons were heard.

The Liao cavalry's collision was fierce, but it could not break the Song army's gun formation. The vacant position of the gunmen who were knocked away was soon filled by their comrades.

The failed Liao cavalry roared away, leaving only corpses and dying war horses all over the ground. However, their second wave of offensives also quickly launched...

"Stop it!"

"The Liao people rushed very hard!"

When Gao Qiu breathed a sigh of relief in the central army of the Song army, Li Yongqi spoke solemnly.

Today's enemy is undoubtedly a powerful enemy he has never encountered before. Although these armored cavalry did not form a strict formation, their impact was already fierce, causing certain casualties to the spearmen of the Lingzhou Army.

"Can you win?" Gao Qiu asked.

"Hold on!" Li Yongqi said, and said to the messenger beside him, "Go and tell Brother Wu to pile sandbags behind the southern array!"

Building fortifications on the field battlefield was a tactic of the "academic school". In fact, as early as the Warring States Period, this kind of tactic of repairing fortifications while fighting was not uncommon, but it was rare in the Song Dynasty.

After Wu Haogu "invented" the sandbag tactic, it became easier to repair fortifications in the field. The auxiliary soldiers of the Lingzhou Army brought shovels and sacks. After receiving the order, they immediately started construction, digging snow soil, filling sacks, and then piled up behind the battle line of the Song army on the southern front.

At the same time, the Liao army also began to attack on the left and right wings of the Song army. However, it was not an attack with armored cavalry, but dismounted and shot arrows with a stubborn sheep horn bow. Only in the rear of the Song army, there was no Liao army.

However, Gao Qiu and Li Yongqi both knew that the Liao people were using the tactic of surrounding three que 1 and there was no way out unless they could defeat the enemy in front of them!

...

"Your Majesty! Xiao Temo's troops encountered more than 10,000 elite Song troops on the east bank of the Qi River. The other party formed a four-sided formation. The prince-consort attacked three times, but nothing was found."

On the east bank of the Qi River, Yelu Yanxi heard the report about the Hexi battlefield and narrowed his eyes, obviously hesitating.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Xiao has met the new elite of the Song people!"

Xiao Fengxian suggested from the side: "Mr. Xiao is probably no match!"

"I'll go and meet the Song army in person for a while!"

Yelu Yanxi said in a gloomy voice: "Fengxian, continue to attack the camps of the Song army, and be sure to drive them across the Qi River."

"I will receive the order!"

After finishing his order, Yelu Yanxi did not stop and immediately led his imperial tent and his thousands of palace-segregated cavalry to a shoal of Qi River that could be crossed.

The Liao lord, who was angry by the treason of the Song people, actually showed his "extraordinary" military talent, and seemed to be able to surpass the number one general of the Song Dynasty, Gao Qiu and Taiwei Gao!

Taiwei Gao did not feel the danger coming. At least before Yelu Yanxi arrived at the battlefield, his more than 10,000 elite troops steadily defended the front.

The tactic of piled sandbags in the battle was effective after several charges by the Liao army. The Song army spearmen who retreated behind a waist-high sandbag wall was no longer afraid of the impact of the Liao army armored cavalry. Because the sandbag wall can absorb most of the impact of the armored cavalry, thereby reducing the casualties of the spearmen.

After discovering that he could not break through from the front, Xiao Temo immediately changed his tactics and began to use armored cavalry to attack the two wings of the Song army. At the same time, he also asked some of the Liao army's light cavalry and auxiliary soldiers to dismount, bring swords and shields to follow the armored cavalry and launch an attack.

That is, after the armored cavalry completed an assault, they took advantage of the uneven front line of the Song army's spearmen and immediately threw their swords and shields and killed the spearmen.

However, the Liao people's sword and shield hands were soon counterattacked by Song Jun's sword and shield hands!

The bloody battle was repeated on both sides of the Song army's phalanx.

At the same time, Li Yongqi once again ordered the auxiliary soldiers to build sandbag fortifications after the battle formation formed by spearmen and swords and shields in the west.

A wild battle seems to be about to become a positional battle.

"Your Majesty, why did you come up in person?"

Xiao Temo, who was commanding the troops to fight hard, heard that Yelu Yanxi was approaching the frontier and hurried to pay homage. In the dark sky, under the light of torches, he saw Yelu Yanxi with a blue face.

"How is it? Can you fight?"

"Report to Your Majesty," Xiao Te said, "The enemy is leading the troops, probably Gao Qiu. Before dark, many people saw Gao Qiu's general flag. The light cavalry of the Song army captured also said that Gao Qiu was leading the troops. The soldiers were also elite, extremely brave, and they also piled sandbags while fighting, and repaired two chest walls, which was difficult to fight!"

"Gao Qiu!?" Yelu Yanxi snorted, "It's coming! I'm going to kill this guy!"

Xiao Temo was stunned and thought to himself: What kind of deep hatred does Your Majesty and Gao Qiu have?

"Your Majesty," he shook his head, "It's hard to fight! They have many spearmen and swords and shields, and they are good at fighting in formations and hand-to-hand combat. The Khitan warriors suffered heavy casualties."

In the era of cold weapons, even in the early days of hot weapons, the generals knew that enemies who were good at fighting in formations were the hardest to fight, and were much harder to fight than those who were good at shooting archery!

The Song army used to "shot nine bows" and lived by relying on bows, arrows, crossbows and arrows. Even if they win, it would be difficult to cause major damage to their opponents. It would be difficult to shoot a soldier with a bow and arrow to death. If you stab a long spear, you will die!

There are two effects in total!

"What should I do?" Yelu Yanxi asked in a deep voice, "Do I just let this thief Gao Qiu go?"

Gao Qiuke deceived Yelu Yanxi so much, how could he let it go!?

"This... I have a plan!" Xiao Temo came up with a quick idea and actually had a plan.

"explain!"
Chapter completed!