The Song army advanced towards the Xixia army in neat formation.

Tens of thousands of people moved at the same time, and the sound of countless footsteps shook the ground.

Gusts of wind and waves rolled in from the north bank of the Yellow River, making the flags flutter.

The soldiers drew their swords, held shields, wore light armor, and moved quickly.

The Qin army was aggressive, tough and endured hard battles, and it had been like this since ancient times.

In the past, during the Song Dynasty, the most powerful force was the Northwest Forbidden Army.

They fight without fear of hardship, fatigue, or bloodshed.

Many places are famous as widow villages, and men do not live past their thirties.

Otherwise, how could Xixia, which fought so hard that all the people were at war, that it almost destroyed the country?

Although the Song army with tens of thousands of people cannot achieve unified dispatch and coordination, don't forget that the army also has a valuable quality: bravery!

At this time, the morale of the Song army was slowly rising.

Subsequently, the distance between them and the Xixia army at Atuhan quickly narrowed.

"These damn Song dogs dare to play tricks on me!" Atuhan cursed, and then gave the order, "Attack!"

The horn sound of the Xixia army's attack also sounded.

Li Liangfu suddenly became furious and said: "Who told that idiot to attack! Quick! The whole army moves forward, and the cavalry on the left and right wings spread out!"

In the morning, Atuhan was sent to recruit and surrender and gave him 10,000 people. In other words, the 30,000 people brought by Li Liangfu were divided into two parts.

While the main force did not move, the leading troops sent to recruit surrender acted without permission, and a feeling of loss of control swept over Li Liangfu.

The confrontation between the two armies is very tactical.

For example, the vanguard troops usually send the bravest group of people.

Morale is very important in the era of cold weapons, which means that the results of the vanguard are very important to the entire battle situation.

If the forward is suppressed, or even the battle damage rate rises rapidly, it will easily lead to a situation where the morale of the army is shaken and the army collapses.

Once the forward army collapses, the entire military formation will be disrupted by the defeated people.

The military formation is the product of group cooperation, and fighting is based on cohesion.

Therefore, when the two armies are fighting, the military formation is particularly important.

Once this thing is destroyed, it will easily have flaws, giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.

For example, when the Jin army fought against the Liao army, a very classic tactic was to use the kidnapping horse to charge back and forth continuously to break up the Liao army's formation.

In the age of cold weapons, the scattered army had almost no combat effectiveness.

Then the elite infantry pressed forward and began to crush, completely annihilating the enemy's effective strength, and preventing the defeated enemy from escaping and regrouping.

Back then, Li Liangfu was supporting the Liao Kingdom. When facing the Jin army, he was charged back and forth by Wanyan Loushi's cavalry.

He cast an indelible shadow on the defeat of the army.

At this time, Atuhan acted without authorization and undoubtedly stabbed him directly in the heart.

Atuhan's Xixia front army was not elite, but he was eager to show off.

The distance between the two sides quickly shortened, shrinking to several hundred meters.

The crossbow archers of the Song Army began to fire crossbow arrows.

The crossbow arrows in the sky were like a large black cloud rising from the ground, drawing an arc and pressing towards the Xixia forward army.

The Xixia people's armor coverage rate is not as high as that of the Jin people.

The crossbow arrows were pressed down, and the Xixia vanguard in front immediately collapsed.

A shout came from the direction of the Song army: "Long live the Song Dynasty! Long live the Song Dynasty!"

The sound was as loud as thunder, echoing between heaven and earth together with the charging horn.

Even Lanzhou City, which is twenty miles away, can still vaguely hear it.

"It's reinforcements!" He Yu, who was counting the soldiers, shouted out after hearing this.

Thousands of defenders in Lanzhou City have all heard the sound coming from the south.

The whole city was shocked!

At this time, the 40,000 Xixia army who continued to besiege Lanzhou outside Lanzhou City also heard the news.

The generals of Xixia unanimously turned their eyes to the south.

After coming out of the foothills, Li Yanxian's tribe quickly detoured and heard the sound.

Liu He felt the blood in his body boiling hot, and the wind blew the red tassels on his helmet flying. He said excitedly and anxiously: "Li Zhizhou, the war has begun!"

The war has begun.

The Song army had 35,000 men, plus the 8,000 in Lanzhou City, for a total of 43,000.

The total military strength of Xixia is 65,000.

The two sides started a head-on confrontation outside Lanzhou City.

After one wave of Song army's crossbow arrows, the second wave started immediately.

This is the most common method used by the Northwest Forbidden Army to deal with the Xixia people.

In the past, 70% of the Western Army were crossbow archers, specializing in attacking the Xixia people in the mountains.

Therefore, the Western Army is also called the elite mountain warfare force.

However, since the Chang'an Battle, Northwest began to change some tactics.

Why was it that in the first year of Jingkang's reign, the Western Army was transferred to Hebei and Hedong for support, but collapsed after being beaten by the Jin Army?

It is very important for high-level officials to give blind orders.

However, the configuration of the Western Army was not suitable for fighting the Jin Army.

The Jin Army's armor coverage rate is too high and its mobility is too strong. Ordinary crossbows cannot deal with it at all.

Unless it is a divine arm crossbow, the divine arm crossbow must be opened with the foot, which greatly slows down the soldier's firing speed and places extremely high demands on the soldier's arms.

The crossbow tactic proved to be effective against the Xixia people in mountainous areas, but it was useless against the Jin people in the plains.

Therefore, after the Chang'an Battle, the Song Army reduced the proportion of crossbow archers and began to vigorously train armored elite infantry and highly mobile cavalry.

Of course, a considerable number of crossbow archers were also retained just to deal with the Xixia people.

With each wave of crossbow arrows falling, dozens of Xixia soldiers fell to the ground.

Some were even shot through and nailed to the ground.

In the wave of the Xixia army, there was a partial collapse.

However, the Xixia people were also extremely tough in combat. The stormtroopers did not collapse because of this, but instead went crazy one by one as if they had been beaten to death.

When the forward army of the Song Army approached the Xixia army, the crossbow archers stopped shooting. They quickly formed a formation to form a self-defense fortress. Even if the forward army was penetrated by the Xixia army, they could defend themselves and continue to destroy the enemy.

However, due to the lack of a large-scale specialized headquarters, the overall coordination between the Song armies seemed very rigid, and there were even instances of pushback from the left and right wings.

The forward troops held shields, drew their swords, and met the Xixia people head-on.

A Xixia soldier slashed a Song soldier on the shoulder, and the blade slipped on his armor.

After a short pause, the Song soldier quickly stabbed forward, and the knife went directly into the left eye of the Xixia soldier and came out from the back of the head.

At the same time, another Xixia soldier held a mace and slashed at the Song soldier's arm.

The Song soldier had no time to pull back, and his arm was broken like a dead branch. His screams were drowned in the sound of fighting.

The two sides collided head-on in an extremely brutal and rough manner.

Everyone's blood was so hot that they even lost consciousness after being hit with a knife.

However, the situation quickly changed. The armor-clad Song army's field strength clearly surpassed that of the Xixia army.

The vanguard began to push forward like a torrent.

Soon, the situation of the previous battle was reported to Li Liangfu.

Li Liangfu was furious and beat Atuhan for being stupid.
Chapter completed!