Xu Zizhen's heart sank a little. The Deshun Army will not arrive until tomorrow, but now the Xixia Army has arrived in front of the pass. They have even prepared the equipment to attack the city and break through the pass. They are about to fight, and they can rely on thousands of passes to pass the pass.
If the soldiers want to withstand this 100,000-strong army, it is like throwing an egg against a stone.
Jinchengguan is built on the mountain and has a certain degree of steepness, so the cavalry of the Xixia Army cannot play their role. However, Xixia also has a special army called Bubazi, which are all composed of strong men from mountain tribes.
Going up mountains and downhills is as good as walking on flat ground. He is best at climbing high and falling low.
Xu Zizhen frowned and thought hard about countermeasures, but couldn't think of any way to solve it. He subconsciously touched the fire gun at his waist and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Time was too tight, and there was no time to mass-produce firecrackers, otherwise they would have been a powerful weapon against the cavalry army leading the Xixia army.
Just as he was thinking this, the Xixia Army outside the Pass suddenly sounded a dull sound of horns, followed by the beating of war drums.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Xixia army is obviously ready. Catapults have been placed in the distance. The huge carts are pointed at Jincheng Pass in the distance. There are hundreds of Xixia soldiers leading a camel in twos. There is an unknown thing on the camel's back. Look at it.
It is similar to a catapult, with a basket on each side and piles of stone balls inside.
Xu Zizhen pointed at the thing and asked, "Sir, what is that?"
Wen Chengyan's face looked a little ugly: "This thing is called a cyclone cannon. It is very powerful. It is placed between the humps to make it easy to move."
Xu Zizhen suddenly realized, isn't this a simple and original version of the mortar?
Wen Chengyan then said: "The cyclone cannon is a close-range attack weapon. The Xixia people also have a long-range attack weapon called the Divine Arm Bow. When mounted with a heavy crossbow, it can shoot two to three hundred steps away."
Xu Zizhen was immediately startled. Two or three hundred steps? Back then, Li Guanghuarong claimed that he could pierce Yang with a hundred steps. That was already extraordinary. If an arrow shot two hundred steps away, wouldn't that mean it was a heavy machine gun?
The Xixia people had already begun to suppress their voices. The cavalry formed a formation at the front and moved slowly, not in a hurry. The infantry moved with the cavalry in hand and followed closely behind.
Meng Du, the general manager of Jinchengguan's military and horse capital, had already stood upright and looked at the Xixia soldiers who were in front of him. He looked calm and composed. He raised two tokens in his hands and shouted: "Xu Xuan, Xin Chou! I'm looking at you two."
Each man leads five hundred cavalry, and he must disperse the Xixia cavalry, and do not give in and get closer to the outside of the pass. There must be no mistake!"
"yes!"
Two generals flashed out from beside them and ran down the pass quickly. After a while, they heard a creaking sound as the door closed, the suspension bridge slowly lowered, and two columns of people and horses jumped out like arrows, led by those two generals.
This was the first time that Xu Zizhen saw a serious march and battle, and his blood couldn't help but boil. He looked out at the critical moment and saw two columns of troops and horses walking neatly and quickly. The soldiers on the horses all looked solemn.
There was no fear at all, as if he didn't take the 100,000 troops into consideration at all.
It was rumored that the Song army was cowardly and incompetent. Xu Zizhen had always believed this. Otherwise, how could he have been defeated by the Jin Kingdom and become the Southern Song Dynasty? But the current thousand Song cavalry did not look cowardly at all.
They rushed sideways into the Xixia army, each with five hundred cavalry behind them. Like two sharp arrows, they tore open two holes in front of the Xixia cavalry formation.
"kill!"
The roar was like thunder, and the killing intent shook the sky. Although the Xixia army had already seen them rushing out, they did not take them seriously at all. However, they never expected that the Song Dynasty cavalry would be so iron-blooded, facing dozens of times more soldiers.
They still charged forward resolutely in front of their formation.
There was a commotion in the Xixia army, but a mere thousand men and horses could not have much impact on them. The cavalry was originally in a horizontal formation. When Xu Xuan and Xin Chou rushed in, the leader of the team changed their formation immediately with a sword raised.
Xiang Yiwei immediately surrounded the thousand men and horses into two battle circles.
Xu Zizhen could see clearly from behind the gate. Although he had expected such a result, he still shouted out loud: "No! I'm afraid they won't be able to come back."
Meng Du looked expressionlessly outside the pass. He didn't know that they couldn't come back, but what could he do? The sudden attack of the Xixia Army left him no room to prepare. Even if the Deshun Army arrived soon, what would happen if the Deshun Army arrived soon?
Even a thousand soldiers may not be spared.
Xu Xuan was a young general with a silver helmet and a silver spear. He knew very well how strong the Xixia army's armor was, so when he charged into the battle, he made moves and went straight to the enemy general's face, throat, and other soft points. His marksmanship was obvious.
Crafted by a master, it took the lives of several enemy generals in just a few ups and downs.
It's just that young people have good and bad characteristics. He is full of physical strength and high-spirited, but he also lacks experience. In the dangerous environment where the army is surrounded, he actually commits impulsive mistakes. The more he kills, the more excited he becomes, and he gradually becomes separated from the soldiers behind him.
, unexpectedly broke into the depths of the Xixia army alone.
Xin Chou Leopard had a ring of eyes and a beard on his face. He wielded a big ax in his hand. He didn't care whether it was soft or not. He rushed into the Xixia cavalry and just chopped and smashed them randomly. The ax was as big as a millstone. No matter how hard the Xixia armor was, those
All the cavalrymen hit by him immediately spurted blood and fell off their horses.
However, Xin Chou looked at him as a rough man, but in fact he was rough and delicate. He never strayed too far away from the soldiers behind him. Based on the belief that he could kill one by one, he just gritted his teeth and fought fiercely.
Xu Xuan's 500 cavalrymen immediately fell into an obvious disadvantage after losing their general, but they still showed no signs of cowardice and kept slashing and killing until they were cut off from their horses by the long sword of the Xixia cavalrymen.
There was silence in Jinchengguan, and even the breathing could be clearly heard. Everyone was staring closely at the battle situation outside the pass, with their hearts tugged.
The two battle circles gradually changed significantly. Although Xin Chou's team was in a hard fight, they were still able to hold together and barely resist, which also slowed down Bu Ba Zi's advancement, while Xu Xuan's five hundred soldiers did not.
With such good luck, people kept falling off their horses in the battle circle. Even those who were not hacked to death were trampled to death by Xixia war horses. When Xu Xuan came to his senses with a shock, the five hundred soldiers were already far away from him.
At this time, only 10% was left.
Xu Xuan was furious and turned his horse's head to come back for help, but his impatience once again made him make a mistake, and it was a fatal mistake. A sharp long knife struck him hard in the face when he turned around.
back.
"Humph!" Xu Xuan was extremely tough. He just grunted and turned around. He shot back and killed the enemy general who sneaked up on him. But at this time, two more long knives came at him. No matter how skilled he was, he couldn't.
He escaped and suddenly fell into this desolate wilderness.
Xin Chou could see clearly in the distance and roared: "Xia Gou! I will fight with you!"
With a shout, Xin Chou split the men and horses around him into two pieces. Xu Xuan died, which meant that the battle circle was about to close, and his five hundred horses were about to be annihilated. He was determined to die, and he didn't care about anything anymore.
They started fighting with all their strength.
Meng Du gritted his teeth as he closed the pass. He knew that this delay was unsuccessful. The only thing he could do now was to continue sending troops out of the pass to rush into battle until all the eight thousand soldiers in the pass died heroically. There was nothing he could do, because behind the Jincheng Pass was Lanzhou City. He
Can't lose!
He took out two more tokens, and just as he was about to send troops to punish the generals, Xu Zizhen rushed over and snatched them away. He said with a livid face: "This battle belongs to me!"