() Di Qing pulled Su Jin and jumped off the top of the carriage, saying hurriedly: "Master Su, duck back and remember to hide behind the rocks. This time the Western thieves are coming for real. Look, they all have bows and arrows in their hands. Before they enter the shooting process,
There will definitely be a hail of arrows in your pocket, but don’t hurt you.”
Su Jin burst into laughter. Di Qing thought of himself as a helpless scholar. Little did he know that he had seen many battles and had at least ten lives on hand.
It was not appropriate to talk nonsense at this time, so Su Jin simply said: "Commander Di will take charge of his own business, don't worry about me."
Di Qing turned his face, straightened the bronze mask, and shouted loudly with the energy of his Dantian: "Brothers, I am Di Qing of Yanzhou. Everyone, listen to my orders. The thieves are fierce. Avoid their sharp edges first. The thieves want to use bows and arrows."
If you attack, everyone will hide behind the fortifications first, and then fight back after I give the order, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties."
The soldiers were not very familiar with this accompanying officer who had appeared in recent days. Only people secretly discussed that his identity was Di Qing, the commander of Yanzhou Zhangwu Army, but there was no confirmation. At this time, Di Qing announced his name, which immediately caused a stir.
Everyone cheered; the most important and brave general in the army, even a small pawn would like to be under the command of a strong general, because with these people, the battle will be enjoyable and there will be no frustration. What's more,
, as the brave general's chances of being rewarded for meritorious deeds increase exponentially.
The Yanzhou Zhangwu Army has been winning consecutive battles recently. The morale of the entire Zhangwu Army soldiers is higher than that of the soldiers in other places. They are very confident when they declare their home. The Imperial Army cannot compare with the arrogance of the Changsheng soldiers.
At this moment, when everyone heard that Di Qing, a legendary figure in the army, was personally taking command, their morale immediately rose. With Di Qing here, there is no reason for the Western thieves to run rampant.
Su Jin was secretly envious. Although he was considered a high-ranking figure, in the minds of these soldiers, the name Su Jin was far less confident than Di Qing. But it didn't matter if he didn't have this ambition. The most important thing was the soldiers.
If you have high morale, you will fight with all your might; if you lack courage when the enemy is outnumbered, you will have no choice but to be slaughtered by others.
The distance of two hundred paces was nothing under the hooves of the cavalry. A bow and arrow could kill someone a hundred paces away. However, Li Ningming had to endure it until he was nearly eighty paces before loudly ordering the arrow to be released. For a moment, the arrows were like locusts swooping.
Passing through the air and falling into the Song army's formation, the carriages used as fortifications suddenly burst into loud noises like exploding beans, and dozens of carts instantly turned into monsters covered with spikes.
Some arrows fell directly into the Song army's formation behind the fortifications. Since the fortifications were chosen at the slightly narrow eastern exit, the original intention was that the narrow enemy-facing area would prevent the enemy's formation from deploying, thus preventing one man from overcoming thousands of enemies.
There was no use for it, but in this way, only two to three hundred people could hide under the fortifications, and the remaining more than a thousand Song soldiers could only line up behind. Although precautions were taken, many people were injured by the rain of arrows.
For the Song Army, those in front were unscathed, while those in the back were injured. It can be seen that under the attack of long-range weapons, there is no such thing as front or rear.
The distance of eighty yards is only enough to fire three rounds of arrows, but in fact, after two rounds, no more arrows can be fired, because after two rounds, the distance is within thirty or forty yards. At this time, if you don't throw away the bow and arrows quickly,
When you draw a scimitar and meet the enemy in the blink of an eye, do you use the bow string to strangle the enemy soldiers?
After two rounds of arrow rain, the bows and arrows were abandoned on the ground. The Xixia soldier once again drew the scimitar from his back. With a knife in his hand, his self-confidence suddenly increased. The distance of dozens of steps could be described as being reached in the blink of an eye.
The soldiers of the Xia army could even see the nostrils of the Song army on the opposite side dilated with fear.
"Fire the arrow!" Di Qing roared. He was the first to step forward and shoot out the arrow that was attached to the hard bow in his hand. Others shot one arrow, but Di Qing shot three arrows. His bow was a special multi-shot hard bow with three arrows.
Like a meteor chasing the moon, it directly hit three people, one in the middle of the eyebrow, one in the chin, and one in the forehead. Di Qing aimed at the middle of the eyebrows, and the one in the middle naturally had an arrow that penetrated directly between the eyebrows. The two people around him were tall and short.
There was a slight difference, so they were hit on the chin and forehead respectively; but they were both fatal, so naturally the result was to meet the King of Hell at the same time, so there was not much difference.
At the same time, the Song army's only 500 bows and arrows were thrown at the oncoming Xia soldiers. The first to bear the brunt were the dozens of oncoming horses. Even the men and horses turned into hedgehogs, and they suddenly rolled and wailed.
Because the distance is too close, you can only shoot in a straight line. If it is a little further, it can be divided into straight shot and thrown shot, which can hit both the front and the back. If the distance is too close, the throwing shot will take a long time and wait for the arrow.
After the attack fell, the enemy troops were afraid that they would rush in front of him, so Di Qing chose to ask the Song soldiers to attack him head-on.
The distance was so close that after the enemy troops rolled and fell to the ground, more than a dozen of them rolled directly in front of the fortifications with their men and horses due to their excessive inertia, almost causing a large gap in the fortifications.
Di Qing shouted: "The archers retreated and set up their big guns."
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a hundred extra-long "big guns" were erected in the gaps between the carts and fortifications. They were said to be big guns, but they were really barely able to do so. In fact, they were just spruce tree trunks that were about two feet thick and as long as their arms. They just held their heads.
The branches were sharpened, and the branches and spruce needles on the trunk were not even removed.
Three or four soldiers held a "big gun" and pointed it upwards, with its tail against the dug pit, and they all pointed at the Xia army cavalry flying over.
There was no room for maneuver. The sound of popping was heard, and the splattering blood was like flowers blooming all over the sky. The place where the two armies met was instantly dyed into a bloody ground. Some cavalry were alert and stretched out their scimitars to cut them off.
Spruce trunks. Unfortunately, these spruce trunks are too tough and shaky to hold up, so the scimitar only swings away a few inches, and it only penetrates half an inch when it cuts into the trunk. It can't be cut continuously.
;The next moment I can only watch the tip of the tree trunk pass through my chest or the horse's neck.
Under the impact, the 'big gun' hit the enemy and then jumped up in an arc. Some people and horses even bounced it into the air, and then crashed down, hitting the following enemy soldiers.
More than a hundred 'spear guns', if they did not miss the mark, more than a hundred cavalrymen rolled over and fell from their horses. The spears were originally used to deal with the enemy's horses, because only war horses can cause devastating damage to fortifications, and the cavalry on the horses will either fall with the war horses.
If he fell down, he would be trampled to pieces by his companions behind him, or he would be thrown high into the air and fall into the Song army's formation behind the fortifications. The result would naturally be that he was cut into pieces.
Of course, the reality is far from perfect as imagined. At least a dozen Xixia cavalrymen were struck in a wrong position by their spears. As a result, they did not go straight up and down. Instead, they swept across the ground with their horses and men spinning around, crushing Song to death.
Not to mention the soldiers, they also destroyed seven or eight large vehicles to form a fortification line.
As soon as the defense line was opened, the Xia soldiers surged up again like a flood. They tried to block it but could not. The scimitars flashed brightly, and a large number of Xia army cavalry fell on the fortifications into rolling gourds and destroyed the fortifications one after another.
The stage of relying on fortifications to resist has come to an end, and next comes the hand-to-hand combat with real swords and guns.
The Song army relied on geographical advantages, and the Xia army relied on impact. In this situation, it is impossible to say who has the greater advantage, but the role of agile players is undoubtedly decisive. Once the defense line is broken,
Di Qing then raised his long sword. The sword was as curved as a crescent moon and as thin as a cicada's wing. It had a popular name called Shenji Wansheng Water Dragon Sword. He shouted loudly: "Di Qing is here, the Western Thief is crowned."
Before he finished speaking, he jumped up and was met with a knife, cutting the charging enemy soldiers into two pieces of flesh and blood.
Following closely in his footsteps were naturally the four generals of the Su family, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu. Dynasty Mahan Zhang Long and Zhao Hu had already been holding back the discomfort. As soon as the defense line was broken, it was time for them to show off their skills. Several Su family members who came with Su Jin
The No. 10 expert and more than a hundred strong soldiers rushed forward bravely and fought against Xia's army.
The cavalry was supposed to charge with swords and chop people like melons and vegetables. Unfortunately, the terrain was unfavorable. The mess of corpses, carts and various objects lying around had already turned all the cavalry who dared to continue charging into gourds on the ground; they were cramped.
The terrain also forced them to charge only so far. Fortunately, standing on the horse and looking down, the power of the scimitar was able to hit the Song soldiers who were running around on the ground with two legs. After a confrontation, the Song soldiers fell.
There were more than ten people, and Xia Jun also lost more than ten people. The two sides fought evenly.
Su Jin shouted from behind: "Shoot the horse first."
Di Qing suddenly woke up and shouted: "Cut the horseshoe."
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty understood and no longer jumped around to fight with the soldiers on the horses. Instead, they slashed at the horse's legs with their swords. The horses did not know how to avoid and they slashed accurately. Suddenly, the horses all over the ground whined, and dozens of horsemen fell down.
Horse hooves fell to the ground.
Of course, we focused on dealing with the horse's legs, and naturally sold the vests to the Xia army soldiers. More than ten people chopped off the horse's legs, but their backs were split open by scimitars, but the rewards were also huge, and they were beaten to death.
Needless to say, the plain Xia soldiers must have been hacked to death with random knives, and there were a bunch of human corpses on the ground out of thin air, as well as horses with broken legs kicking randomly, which made it more difficult for the cavalry who followed to control their horses and stay high.
The battle situation changed from a stalemate to more favorable to the Song army. The cavalry at the back could not come forward, and those in front became living targets. More than 200 people were annihilated one after another. At the same time, Li Ningming, who realized that the situation was not good, ordered to postpone the attack.
, he could see that he had lost the power of the cavalry's charge. In hand-to-hand combat at a narrow intersection, one's own shortcomings were used to defeat the enemy's strengths, and the charge had to be rearranged.
Di Qing shouted to stop the pursuing soldiers and led his men back. The entrance to the east end of Yingzui Cliff, where there had been a bloody fight just now, was suddenly empty again. There were piles of corpses like a hill, monks were spinning around in circles, and Duan was whining.
The sight of a war horse with legs is too terrible to behold.