In history, the opponents who fought with the Northern Song Dynasty, except for the Jurchen Gundam, all knew a common sense: the Song army array that set up arrow formations cannot rush hard! The Song army that relied on the dangerous terrain could not provoke, especially the Western Army!

So if Wang Hou hadn't chopped Amon in front of Doroba, Doroba wouldn't have been so angry that his Tubo Lang would have rushed forward.

But Doroba, who witnessed his son's head being chopped off, was dizzy and gave this somewhat brainless order.

So the charge of the Tubo cavalry began!

Since the wild horse slope occupied by the Song army was not very open, it could not accommodate 15,000 Tubo cavalry to rush together. Doroba had to order his subordinates to attack in turn, dispatching 2,000 cavalry each time.

When the shrill sound of trumpets resounded through the valley between the wild horse slope and the wild donkey slope, 2,000 Tubo cavalry with spears and sabers began to launch. These Tubo cavalry did not have any strict formations and were not well equipped. Most of them were not wearing armor, but most of the knights who rushed to the front were covered with thin leather armor. However, the number of 2,000 cavalry was quite considerable. They rushed down the opposite hillside like a tide, accelerated by downhill, and then attacked upward while taking advantage of inertia. While driving the horse forward, they also made a scream.

The Song army was already on the verge of battle. 1,500 knights and auxiliary soldiers were all dressed in leather armor and formed a very dense gun array along the hillside. 1,500 cavalrymen were like a forest, and the tips of the guns were shining coldly. 1,000 knights and 1,000 light cavalrymen from Xihe Road were all off their horses, and everyone was bowing and arrows. Among them, the knights were holding the buffalo horn bows and stood behind the gun array, and 1,000 light cavalrymen from Xihe Road were standing in front of the gun array. Another 1,000 light cavalrymen from Xihe Road were on war horses and stood behind the formation as reserves. There were 500 auxiliary knights and auxiliary soldiers responsible for guarding the baggage and horses, and did not participate in the battle.

"open!"

With a command, all the 1,000 light cavalrymen on Xihe Road dismounted and took arrows.

"put!"

Another command was heard, followed by the sound of the bowstring. The sharp arrow left the string and covered the charge Tubo cavalry, and immediately shot down!

The formation of the Tubo cavalry was a little chaotic (they were already very chaotic, but now they were even more chaotic), and the speed of advance was also paused, but the chaotic cavalry was still moving forward. The distance between them and the Song army's gun formation was getting closer and closer, and the tense atmosphere spread among the auxiliary soldiers of the Song army's knights holding guns.

These knight auxiliary soldiers are a very special existence in the Song army. They are not soldiers with military status, but the knights' private entourage. However, these people's martial arts and riding skills are also good, because those who can choose knights are not ordinary people or grassroots soldiers. They are either young generals of the Western Army, or children of the rich clans in Hebei and Kaifeng. With some financial resources, they can find several entourages who can fight.

However, these people are different from knights and warriors, and they all need to be motivated by copper coins and silk. Wang Hou and Tong Guan were also prepared and rewarded according to the standards of the elite Western Army. Gao Qiu also promised that the 300 knight auxiliary soldiers who made the most meritorious in this battle could be promoted to knights in addition to the reward they deserved, and of course, they were still Wu Haogu Jiehe Maritime Bureau and found a way to buy it!

In addition to rewards, dozens of Wang Hou and Tong Guan's personal soldiers were also scattered and stood behind these auxiliary soldiers, holding straight swords. Who would dare to retreat without orders and kill without mercy!

Just when the atmosphere was extremely tense, the dozens of Tubo warriors who rushed in the front suddenly neighed and raised their front hooves, and then fell to the ground without obedience to the command, throwing the soldiers on the horse's back. It turned out that they had stepped on the caltrops arranged by the Song army!

The charge of the Tubo cavalry was in chaos again, and the pace of the attack was once again disrupted.

At this moment, the light cavalry archers who were originally standing in front of the gun formation quickly retreated, while the auxiliary soldiers holding the guns were squatting, and the knights in front of the temple behind them immediately began to shoot arrows.

The knights did not shoot volleys, but aimed at the Tubo cavalry outside thirty or forty steps to shoot freely. These knights were good at archery shooting, and the buffalo horn bows in their hands were sharper than ordinary step bows and horse bows. These knights opened their bows and slapped arrows, and their movements were completed in one go. However, their archery speed was not fast, even much slower than ordinary archers.

He doesn't shoot fast, but is very accurate, and is even more accurate than those male men who are archery!

Looking at the sparse arrows, they all flew towards the Tubo knights who were not protected by the armor. The screams of the Tubo people suddenly became one after another, and the wails and screams from hundreds of mouths were like a song that shakes people's hearts and makes the Tubo warriors who have not been hurt by the arrows trembled with fear.

The Han people’s crossbows are indeed amazing!

He was hit by precise arrow clusters, and was in chaos because he stepped on the caltrops. The first wave of attacks by the Tubo knights was already disintegrated before they even rushed to the front of the Song army's gun formation.

Seeing the Tubo people starting to retreat in chaos, Wang Hou, who was commanding the battle, decisively ordered the knight auxiliary soldiers holding spears and the knights who were still shooting archery just now.

As the attack drums sounded, the Song army shouted and began to counterattack. However, the impact was not good this time, and they almost rushed forward. But the counterattack effect was actually good! Because the Tubo people were even more chaotic, they were knocked down by the Song army's bow and arrow. Almost all the warriors who rushed to the front were shot to the ground. This broke through the limit of casualties they could bear. Who had the courage to fight with the hand-to-hand combat? So without waiting for Doroba's order, it retreated like a tide, leaving dozens of corpses, and the same number of wounded men waiting for the ruthless killing!

"Damn it! They're all wastes! A bunch of wastes..."

Seeing that the first wave of attack in his organization was easily disintegrated by his opponent, Doroba was so angry that he screamed.

Qiao Abi, who followed him to watch the battle, seemed to see some tricks and said loudly: "Big leader, this group of Song troops is not very strict, so they should not be elite!"

Doroba turned around and glanced at Qiao A: He was not elite and easily repelled the soldiers of Miaochuan City. Could it be that the warriors of Miaochuan City are really wasteful?

However, no matter how angry he was, Doroba did not dare to turn against Qiao Abang. Among the 15,000 people dispatched today, 5,000 were brought by Qiao Abang from Zongge City and Lijing City!

"Second team, come on!" Doroba gritted his teeth and ordered, "Tell the boys that they must show the majesty of the Fan family!"

The majesty of the vassal family no longer existed when the Tubo Empire collapsed! The second, third, fourth and fifth waves of offensives organized by Doroba were almost a replica of the first wave of attack! In front of the Song army's bows and arrows and spears, in addition to being a crushing defeat, they were also defeated. By the afternoon of that day, the bodies of the vassal people had piled up layer by layer in front of the Song army's formation, with a thousand of them. In addition, many wounded people ran back to their camps and were wailing and screaming.

Such losses were really unbearable for the Tubo people. Moreover, they had been fighting for most of the day, and they had not eaten much food since they left the camp in the early morning. They were trapped and could not fight.

However, Doroba still refused to give up and refused to withdraw his troops and return to Gongzangling. Instead, he asked his subordinates to rest for a while and use some food and wine.

In fact, he can no longer leave! His opponent is not the infantry of the Song army, but the same cavalry! And there are 1,000 knights who can act as heavy cavalry! Where can he allow him to retreat calmly under his nose?

Just as the Tubo people who had been defeated for a long time began to eat in a mess, Wang Hou on the other side gave Yang Keshi and Yang Kebi the order to rush to the formation.

After 992 (8 knights were injured or killed in the previous battle) After eating some salt-cured yak jerky, the knights rode their respective war horses under the command of Yang Keshi and Yang Kebi brothers, they unfolded a square formation of thousands of riders on the wild horse slope. Everyone was in their hands and posed for a stance to charge.

"Big leader! The cavalry of the Song army seems to be rushing!"

Doropa, who received the report from his subordinates, put down his wine and meat, hurriedly climbed onto the war horse, stretched his neck and saw that he was shocked! Although the other party had only more than a thousand riders, everyone was wearing armor, each holding a snail, and the formation was strict, which was obvious that he had been strictly trained.

This is the armored horse that looks like Tie Harrier! When did the Song people have such armored horses?

"Big leader! Let the men get on the horse! You have to hedge against the armored cavalry of the Song people..."

Qiao A-Bai also saw the movement on the opposite hill! The Song people were about to rush. But everyone on their own was about to start dinner... Although someone was responsible for the alert, it was still a bit messy!

"Yes, yes!" Doroba quickly ordered, "Get on the horse, prepare for battle, and prepare for the battle!"

Although most of the Hehuang Tubo were farmers, they were not good at fighting in the field, but were mainly light cavalry. If they were asked to dismount, they would not be able to fight. So even though they knew that the armored cavalry on the opposite side had been stalked, Doroba still asked his soldiers to get on the horse and prepare for hedging.

But as soon as his order was issued, the war drums for the attack on the Song army had already sounded.

The terrain of the Wild Horse Slope is not large for cavalry rushing forward, but there are only ten rows of armored cavalry. However, these rows of armored cavalry holding horses swept down the gentle wild horse slope, and rows of horses were flattened. When the horse speed became faster and faster, the whole world still trembled.

The sound of horse hooves has covered everything in the world. Rows of cold tips reflect the bright summer sunshine, like rows of speeding meteors. The roar of horse hooves and the shouts of knights rushing into a loud noise like a tide, and with an unstoppable momentum, he rushed towards the enemy in front!
Chapter completed!