Chapter 775
The eight-coated crossbows roared angrily, and their tough bowstrings sounded like dragons.
A dense rain of arrows poured into the Jin army camp like a waterfall.
The range of the Baniu Fangzi Crossbow is really terrifying.
The range of those arrows was at least over 500 meters, and when they landed in the Jin Army's camp, they could effectively kill the enemy.
You know, the effective range of a general sniper rifle is 800 meters.
This intensive firepower coverage immediately disrupted the Jin people's rhythm.
Fires began to burn in some areas of the Jin Army's camp, and panicked crowds were running everywhere. No matter how much the officers shouted, no one was willing to stop.
Fear of fire is also one of the instincts of living things.
Wanyan Arubu knew that if he continued like this, the game would be over sooner or later.
The Song army failed to attack, and its own army was in panic, and its morale may have collapsed.
He immediately ordered the entire army to assemble.
The cavalrymen waved flags and trumpets sounded, which was the clarion call for the entire army to assemble.
A part of the Jin army that was already in formation quickly gathered towards the place where they were going to assemble.
Wanyan Arubu then began to regroup the kidnappers.
"How dare the Song dog despise us!" Wanyan Arubu shouted in front of the cavalry regiment, "Today we will crush the Song dog and capture the dog emperor alive!"
It's getting late, but it's not dark yet.
Five thousand Jin Army cavalry rushed toward the Song Army's formation again with a rainbow-like momentum.
"Report! Your Majesty, the Golden Cavalry is here again!"
"You still dare to come now." Zhao Ning looked calm and composed, which reminded him of the scene in history when Napoleon's Marshal Ney used French cavalry to attack the British's hollow square formation.
It is no longer easy to defeat a hollow phalanx, so the British set up a number of hollow phalanxes to take care of each other.
Just like the eight square formations of the Song Army at this time, they were five hundred meters apart from each other.
If the Jin army's cavalry could not overwhelm the phalanx, they would inevitably get between the phalanxes.
At this time, the distance of five hundred meters was simply the favorite of the phalanx crossbowmen on both sides.
"Your Majesty, should our army take the initiative to attack now?" Gao Qiu said enthusiastically.
Seeing that the current situation was very good, he was no longer afraid and even became excited.
Isn't this the time for me, Captain Gao, to offer my advice?
If I win this battle today, I, Gao Qiu, will be able to boast to the sky in front of those people when I return to Tokyo City.
Gao Qiu: You don’t know that it was extremely dangerous at that time. Although His Majesty was not afraid in the face of danger, he had no countermeasures. Fortunately, I had Gao Qiu Gao who kicked Sun Wu and punched Han Xin. Wei Qing and Li Jing had to kneel down and call me grandpa when they saw me.
Taiwei, please don’t praise me for now. Listen to me tell you how I helped your majesty save the day and helped the Song Dynasty defeat the golden thieves...
Zhao Ning glanced at Gao Qiu and said, "You want to attack?"
"Um?"
"If Taiwei Gao wants to take the initiative, I won't stop you. Come here, give Taiwei Gao a knife, and take Taiwei Gao to the front line, so that the gold thief can taste the glory of Taiwei Gao!"
Gao Qiu immediately knelt down and said: "The officials are entertaining me again. I am no war material. I only want to be by your majesty's side and help your majesty solve problems."
Gao Qiu: Listen to me, His Majesty kept asking me what to do. I thought about it for a long time and thought we should defend strategically. Your Majesty accepted my advice. This was the real reason for the defeat of the Golden Thief! Don't rush to praise me.
I……
"Get up." Zhao Ning said with a smile on his face.
"Thank you, official!" Gao Qiu quickly got up and huddled aside, not daring to say anything more.
Zhao Ning still said: "Now that the gold thieves' formation is in a panic and they dare to use cavalry to attack my formation, they should remain unchanged in response to all changes."
"Your Majesty is right!" Gao Qiu said immediately.
Zhao Ning said: "Look, everyone, the Golden Thief Cavalry has approached our front line and will be blocked by the crossbowmen in the front line. They will selectively enter the gaps between the army lines."
Everyone looked over and saw this.
Some of the Jin's kidnapping horses rushed forward and were carried down by the infantry armor, and even sharp spears were pierced into the bellies of the horses.
Some war horses slowed down due to panic and were held by the soldiers. The Jin Army cavalry on them had their necks split open with an axe, and blood poured out.
More cavalry detoured into the phalanx after encountering crossbow fire and spear formations.
Five thousand kidnapper horses came like a torrent, but were quickly diverted by the phalanx.
When they entered the phalanx, the crossbowmen on both sides of the phalanx began to fire crossbows at the incoming horses.
Hard and sharp arrows hit these cavalrymen like a rainstorm.
It hit the cavalry's armor and made a sound of metal collision. It was nailed into the flesh of the horse, causing blood to bloom.
For a time, the horses screamed one after another. They fell to the ground miserably, and the cavalry above also fell down and screamed.
Some cavalry regiments tried to charge towards the Song army's formation. They formed a group and rushed towards them crazily.
In an extremely tragic and majestic manner, they collided with the Song Army's dense gun array, forcing the gun array to be pushed away by a large area, and those behind them followed closely.
The war horse jumped up, raised the iron bone flower, and hit Song Jun's head hard.
Bang bang bang...
The dull sounds sounded densely.
A military formation of the Song Army was forcibly attacked by the Jin Army and part of it collapsed.
The cavalry behind immediately followed up and rushed towards the Song army whose defenses had collapsed.
At that moment, the Jin army was not afraid of death.
A Muke named Tesiha raised a mace covered with iron spikes and struck it at the head (centurion) of the Song Army named Li Xiang.
Tesiha means tiger in Jurchen language.
He is like a tiger.
In an instant, Li Xiang's body tilted, and the mace hit his left shoulder with great force.
The armor on his left shoulder shattered on the spot.
Li Xiang is unconscious. People are unconscious at this time.
Li Xiang thrust his spear into the belly of a Jin Army cavalry horse next to him, piercing the belly of the Jin Army cavalry's horse. The horse let out a mournful cry.
Tesha was once again ready to hit Li Xiang's head with the mace.
He roared angrily and raised his mace like an angry tiger.
Just when he was about to drop the mace, an arrow suddenly pierced his left eye.
After the sharp arrow pierced the eyeball, it penetrated into the head, instantly stirring up a sticky wave in the brain, and finally the arrowhead pierced out from the back of the head.
It only took a moment. Before Tesha fell from his horse, the second and third sticks came one after another. The second stick pierced the left side of his face, and the third hit him right between the eyebrows.
Tesha fell from his horse and was trampled into a pulp in the chaos.
More cavalry rushed over madly.
However, the reinforcements from the military formation next door had already advanced, and the dense rain of iron hit the kidnapping horse frantically, splashing countless waves of blood.
The Song army in front formed a denser spear formation.
Not only that, several rows of Song soldiers appeared holding iron blunderbuss. Bullets ejected from the iron blunderbuss and shot at the cavalry, creating a metal frenzy.
Chapter completed!