On the flanks, the Song Army's cavalry mobilized repeatedly. As soon as the flag was lit, hundreds of thousands of cavalry rushed in like thunder. The moving momentum completely attracted the attention of the audience.
Fan's army relied solely on tall chariots for their city. These tall chariots resembled Tile chariots. The wheels were made of birch and were about 1.56 meters high. They had a large number of spokes and could be used for daily riding and shelter during war.
The Song Army's cavalry fired a round of arrows from their horses and then swept out. Each round caused casualties to the Fan Army's flanking soldiers and horses.
The Song army's Fanqi, led by Bao Shun, had a lively fight with Mu Zheng Guizhang's flank, and they seemed to have the upper hand.
However, everyone could see that the Fan army had no intention of fighting on the flanks and only wanted to attack the center.
The Song army built two trenches in front of the formation, and one of them had been filled in. When they came to seize the second trench, Zhang Shouyue immediately mobilized his troops and horses to repel the enemy.
Zhang Yue, who had been sitting motionless, nodded when he saw this.
Qingyi, the general of the Qingtang tribe, wears a ghost badge, a lion's head and a ghost mask on his head, a war horse painted with gold under his crotch, and the saddle is decorated with pearls and feathers.
On the left and right of Guizhang were hundreds of Fan cavalry dressed like him. They all stood with ghost masks on their heads and leading their horses.
At this moment, Guizhang called out: "Yima, lead your troops and attack the right wing of the Song army!"
A Fanbu general on the left stood up, and then the front line of the Fan army suddenly thickened, and they were about to overwhelm him again.
Zhang Shouyue, who was sitting in the central army, was shocked and immediately shouted: "The soldiers and horses outside should withdraw to the camp!"
The camp gate was wide open, and the Song army fired more than ten rounds of arrows at the thousands of soldiers and horses outside the camp. Just when they were tired, they saw several camp gates behind them had been opened, and the Fan army was about to press again, so they immediately entered the camp gate.
Retreat.
When the second trench was filled, the Song army retreated into the camp.
Zhang Yue looked at the corona of the sun at the observatory. It was now past Chen hour and turned into Si hour. The spring sun was shining brightly, neither cold nor hot, which was perfect for a large army to fight.
The Fan army that attacked head-on had already paid the price of hundreds of people, while the Song army only had a dozen people.
Of course, such a price is negligible for a decisive battle involving tens of thousands of people, but it further increased the Song Army's confidence.
Xu Xi said: "Commander, as soon as Guizhang's offensive is exhausted, we can counterattack, and we will win by then."
Please don't open the champagne at halftime, okay?
Zhang Yue said cautiously: "Gui Zhang must have a trump card, let's block it first..."
"What the commander-in-chief said is absolutely true." Said You Shixiong at the side.
Xu Xi nodded, and then felt that the ghost chapter was indeed nothing to worry about.
It is obvious to use the advantage to defeat the weak. The Song army is full of confidence from top to bottom, and they are determined to capture Mu Zheng alive, Guizhang Hou's governor and Shi Wan Guan.
In the eyes of many Song army generals, the biggest enemies were not even Gui Zhang and Mu Zheng, but their own people who were competing with them for credit.
"Tear down the wall of the Song Army camp!" Guizhang gave the order.
After the two trenches were filled, the infantry pushed away the high carts, and Guizhang's cavalry moved. Thousands of army cavalry moved like thunder. These cavalry were heavily armored, and many of them were defeated in the Battle of Tabaicheng.
It was later captured by the Song Army.
Zhang Shouyue, who was on the observation deck, stared at this scene and shouted: "Hello with the divine arm bow!"
The divine arm archers of the Song Army who had been climbing on the camp wall immediately filled up their arrows and shot them out. Suddenly, the Song Army's camp sounded a series of powerful bows breaking the wind.
The galloping Fan cavalry were suddenly stabbed one by one by arrows that were barely visible to the naked eye.
Yao Si, who was supervising the battle in front of the formation, shouted loudly at his men holding bows: "Shoot the horses!"
"Shoot the horse!"
"Shoot their horses for me!"
Yao Si's men stood behind the camp wall with bows and crossbows in hand. After shooting at the Tibetan army, they immediately retreated. Another row of crossbowmen climbed up the camp wall and fired repeatedly.
The Fan army cavalry who passed through heavy arrow screens came to the front and rear of the camp wall, shouted and threw their spears at the Song army on the camp wall.
Immediately, Song Jun, whose chest was pierced, looked up to the sky and fell heavily backward, throwing blood.
"Fight! Fight!"
"Hit me!"
Many cavalrymen of the Fan army screamed strangely and fought with the Song army across the wooden fence with their rifles. Soldiers on both sides kept falling on the left and right of the wooden fence.
Cai Jing and Cai Bian saw this scene when they were on the battlefield for the first time. Their faces were pale and their legs were trembling.
At this time, the first camp wall of the Song Army was broken through, and the Fan Army cavalry rushed in to kill them. However, they were blocked in front of the second camp wall of the Song Army. In a moment, they were pushed back by hundreds of Song Army soldiers holding large shields and heavy axes.
Got out.
The breached camp wall was only seven or eight hundred steps away from Zhang Yue. However, these seven or eight hundred steps were like a natural chasm for the Fan army.
"Gui Zhang's troops are really elite among the Fan army! But it's nothing more than that." After Xu Xi went to the side to vomit, he returned to Zhang Yue and said brazenly.
Zhang Yue thought that if he hadn't been unable to move, he would have wanted to hit him on the head.
Zhang Yue said: "Gui Zhang led his troops to destroy the elite of our Song army. This is a sudden victory. They know our Song army's tactics well. With this spirit, they are not afraid of us at all."
History tells us that the most fearful thing in a war is the army that has been waiting for victory.
Once that kind of confidence builds up, it's incredible. In the two rises of the Jurchens in history, they won all the way and were almost undefeated.
You are so arrogant, dozens of people dare to fight thousands of people, and you are completely ignored.
Gui Zhang had just defeated a famous general of the Song Army like Jing Sili. It was also a moment of first victory, and he had a certain degree of confidence in the Song Army.
Such troops must be exterminated immediately, otherwise they will become stronger and stronger like a snowball after winning again and again. Therefore, there is no saying that failure is the mother of success. It means accumulating small victories into big victories.
Therefore, Zhang Yue not only wanted to attack Mu Zheng this time, but also wanted to keep Guizhang's troops and horses here. Therefore, he spent more than three months preparing for it, even though the entire Qinfeng Road finance was almost destroyed.
The Tibetan army broke through the first camp wall of the Song army seven or eight times, and broke through several times to rush to the second camp wall. Zhang Shouyue, who had been commanding for half a day, was already sweating profusely.
Beads of sweat rolled down under the helmet, and Zhang Shouyue, who was wearing heavy armor, was panting now.
Such a battle made a veteran like Zhang Shouyue think hard every moment, and his physical strength became somewhat unsustainable.
"Wang Hou takes my place for a moment!"
"Yes..." Wang Hou lacked confidence. In a battle with tens of thousands of troops, victory or defeat often depends on this breath.
After Zhang Shouyue gave his instructions, he walked down to the observation deck, and Wang Hou took over the command. Even after only a moment, he was already sweating all over his body.
Zhang Yue decided to do something and said to the side: "Bring the old general a bowl of wine."
Zhang Shouyue raised his head and drank it all. His face finally became rosy and he clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander. Although Guizhang's strength is beyond my expectation, the battle situation is still under control."
Zhang Yue said: "Zhang entrusted everything to the old general."
Zhang Shouyue lowered his head and said: "The emperor is so kind to me, and the commander-in-chief treats me so sincerely, the general has no choice but to die in return!"
Guizhang raised his head and looked at the sky. It was already past noon. His men charged at the Song army seven or eight times, but they were repelled when they reached the second camp wall at most. As for his left and right wings, they were also beaten by the Song army's cavalry.
After five or six clashes, the front line gradually became unable to withstand it.
Guizhang knew that he could not wait any longer. He spotted where the Song army's banner was, pointed forward and said: "Everyone, fight here!"
After Gui Zhang finished speaking, his subordinates all mounted their horses.
Guizhang immediately drove his horse forward, his flag following him. Hundreds of ownerless horses that were wandering aimlessly fled in panic wherever he passed.
Gui Zhang galloped past the Song army camp and saw horses shot to death by random arrows and his subordinates lying on the ground groaning.
Seeing this scene, Gui Zhang was heartbroken and struck at the Song army's densely packed and weak camp wall. In a blink of an eye, the first camp wall was broken, and soon the second camp wall was also broken.
Wang Hou ordered less than a cup of tea before he panicked.
The second camp wall was broken, which immediately caused a shock in the Song army. Zhang Yue also felt big drops of sweat dripping down. The second camp wall that Gui Zhang broke was less than 500 steps away from him.
Already.
However, Guizhang was blocked by the third and final camp wall.
Zhang Shouyue ascended the watchtower to replace Wang Hou. As Gui Zhang broke into the second camp wall, the morale of the Tibetan army was low and they all turned to counterattack.
Zhang Shouyue pointed at the Ghost Chapter flag and shouted: "The Ghost Chapter is here!"
Han Cunbao, the Song army stationed here, shouted: "Whoever kills the ghost chapter will be rewarded by the governor with a hundred thousand dollars!"
Hearing Zhang Shouyue, Han Cunbao shouted, and all the divine arm archers of the Song army in front of the camp wall drew their bows and pointed at the ghost flag.
Immediately after the words fell, hundreds of crossbows fired at Guizhang's banner.
Bei Wei, who followed Gui Zhang to his left and right, all threw their lives at Gui Zhang's body and flag. The five or six people closest to Gui Zhang were hit by more than a dozen arrows in an instant, and even Gui Zhang himself was hit by two arrows...
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Zhang Shouyue took advantage of the moment when the Guizhang flag was waving, and mobilized more than 500 Song troops from Zhang Yue's base camp, holding long guns and surrounding them in front of the camp. These were all forbidden troops who supported the Japanese army!
"kill!"
Countless spears were fired at Chaos, and more than thirty cavalrymen were trying to pierce him head-on.
Although the Fan cavalry were brave and desperate, the leading general was even more courageous. He picked up a pair of hammers and smashed them on the heads of the Song troops, so that the iron helmets of several of them were deformed.
But under the thrust of dozens of spears, the general was penetrated by seven or eight spears on the spot.
rise!
As the Song army shouted loudly, the famous general was picked up from the saddle with his mouth full of blood. With the spears thrown, he flew into the air and a rain of blood rushed out.
Guizhang was forced out of the second camp wall by the left and right. He gasped and asked: "Where is Mu Zheng? He and I will defeat the Song army in one fight."
The Tibetan army that had invaded the camp wall at this moment was also blasted out by the Song army and retreated like a tide.
Guizhang asked Zuo and Zuo several questions, and Zuo and Zuo shook their heads.
At this moment, Gui Zhang was startled and said: "No need to ask, Mu Zheng definitely surrendered to the Song Dynasty."
As Guizhang said, after Guizhang personally attacked the Song army camp, Mu Zheng stopped the offensive, raised the white flag and retreated to the side.
Seeing this scene, Yao Si and Yao Lin looked at each other, and Yao Si couldn't help laughing.
"The governor and the 100,000 Guan are mine!"
"Will Zhang Jinglue give it to me?"
"When has he ever told lies!"
"In this way, our Yao family is the number one general in the northwest!"
The two brothers laughed in unison, and countless Song troops rushed towards Guizhang's flag!
