Chapter 868 Provocation? Tentative? The purpose of the enemy
"Woo~~~~~" The horn sounded long. Amidst the powerful and long horn and the continuous sound of reed leaves and bamboo sticks, I saw a dark cloud rolling up under the raised fangs of Xia Jun, and the party members and cavalry were filled with murderous intent. Every one of them was filled with murderous intent.
Xia Jun, with braided hair and shoulder-length hair, is riding a horse with an iron bag on his head. He is wearing a leather jacket with the left lapel covered and a chain of iron armor. The cavalry and archer on the galloping horse is using a sheep's horn bow to collect sand willow arrows.
Looking from a distance, you can see countless small black spots densely packed together.
The rolling iron cavalry gathered by the Xia Kingdom's cavalry army surged and rushed towards Xiao Tang's Song army. In the Song army's company camp, Wang Jin squinted his eyes as he looked at the incoming Xia Kingdom's cavalry, and immediately shouted loudly
He ordered: "The generals of the Jingnan Army will listen to the order and teach the crossbowmen to lie behind the antlers of the company's horse. Listen to my order and fire together!"
At this time, Xiao Tang, Liu Zhongwu, Yao Pingzhong and other Song generals also rode their horses and led their troops to the company formation. Seeing the ferocity of the Xia army, Liu Zhongwu also ordered decisively: "The troops of the Western Army have set up Yanyue Formation and are ready to resist the enemy!
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The officers of the Western Army, the Jingnan Army, Guan Sheng, and the Forbidden Army under the jurisdiction of Hu Yanzhuo immediately waved the military flags and beat the war drums. The officers and soldiers of the three armies also immediately took action. The Song Army troops under Xiao Tang were well-trained and deployed quickly.
It was also extremely fast. When the rolling torrent of cavalry formed by the Xia Army's cavalry had just rushed to a distance of five or six hundred meters from the Song Army's camp, layers of spears and shields had been deployed among the infantry units of the Song Army, and the crossbowmen were also on their troops.
They formed a formation under the command of the general, and held the arrows with their fingers on the bow string. As soon as the general gave the order, they would immediately rain down arrows on the incoming Xia army soldiers and horses.
Xiao Tang, Liu Zhongwu, Liu Qi, Yao Pingzhong and other generals of the Western Army were marching in formation to supervise the battle. Suddenly, they heard another sound of rolling horse hooves diagonally behind them, and a group of Biaoxia Cavalry suddenly ran out from the southwest of the Song Army's company camp.
As the tide surged, thousands of strong horses pounded the ground with fierce roars, making the ground seem to tremble and tremble, and they suddenly rushed towards the Song Army company camp!
Xiao Tang snorted coldly when he saw this, but he did not panic at all. The Song army under his command had quickly formed a formation under the command of the generals. Even if the two cavalry teams of nearly 10,000 people roared towards them, but their own troops
In the large formation, there were countless bows and crossbows pointed at each other, and there was a fierce array of spears and swords. All the soldiers of the Song army were not afraid, and layers of defensive horse antlers had been laid out around the camp. They were not affected by the impact of the Xia Kingdom's horse army.
It was as powerful as thunder and violent waves, but it would undoubtedly be a fantasy to think that such a charge could directly overwhelm the layers of formations that our own side had been waiting for.
After a while, the Xia army's cavalry formation, with more than a thousand people in the vanguard, gradually distanced itself from the rear cavalry formation, slowly forming a wedge-shaped arrow impact formation, getting closer and closer to the Song army's camp.
In the military camp, Wang Jin received Xiao Tang's military order and saw that the enemy cavalry rushed into the range of his own crossbowmen. He immediately gave the order and shouted: "Fire arrows!"
A shower of sharp arrows shone with cold light, and struck down the Xia army's cavalry formation at the front!
The galloping Xia army cavalry could naturally raise their round shields to protect their vital points, but many people were still hit by the first round of arrow rain from the Song army. There was a burst of exclamations and howls from the Xia army's cavalry formation.
Yes, more than two hundred knights of the Xia army fell off their bumpy horses. The horses that had been hit by arrows also neighed and fell to the ground heavily, raising a large cloud of smoke and dust.
Before charging into the Song army's formation and engaging the enemy at hand-to-hand combat, the crossbowmen fired another round of arrows at Du Tuan Lian Wang Jin's command, and the buzzing sound of the bowstring tightening sounded again. In an instant, thousands of sharp wolves
Clusters of tooth arrows shot up into the air, and after traveling more than a hundred paces in the air, they formed a waterfall of sharp screams and fell from the sky, and instantly landed on the heads of the Xia army's cavalry formation.
Many more corpses were left behind in the cavalry formation of the Xia army, but their thunderous momentum continued unabated. At this time, the cavalry in the front formation had already rushed to a forest of horse and spear trees standing in front of the camp. The Song army in the front formation
The infantry could almost see the ferocious faces of the Xia Army knights rushing at the front, but at this moment, the galloping Xia Army cavalry array turned around in unison. They barely brushed past the edge of the camp, and drew a line.
The arc curved around the left wing of the Song army's camp, and the deer-antlered horses pounced in a direction with fewer frontal arrangements.
It seems that the generals who commanded these Xia army cavalry also knew that most of their troops were light cavalry with simpler armor than the armored heavy cavalry. They were about to give full play to their advantages of strong mobility and flexible combat, and would not compete with the early cavalry.
Just like that, the Song Army's infantry formation was facing a head-on collision.
Xiao Tang had also long expected that the enemy might use the momentum of the horses to attack the east and west, thus disrupting the deployment of his own military formation. However, his generals Liu Zhongwu, Liu Qi, Yao Pingzhong, Wu Jie and other Western Army generals were all good at attacking and defending.
, Niu Gao, Dang Shiying, Dang Shixiong, Wang Wenbin, Li Yongqi and other Jingnan Army generals who are very good at commanding troops now also have rich experience in battle. The three armies are united, how can they fail because of the few cavalry of the Xia Army?
Are you panicking in the first round of charge?
The dense formations of the soldiers on the front and rear wings of the Song Army's camp were still intact. Although the Xia Army's powerful cavalry swept towards the left wing, the dense spear formation in the front row stood like a mountain, and dense arrows were also fired from the rear formation. The knights of the Xia Army held up
The raised horn bow also suddenly shot towards the formation of the Song army. One after another, the wolf-tooth arrows pierced the bodies of many Song army infantry. Sharp arrow clusters sprang out from behind the soldiers, and bright blood bloomed.
Hua, the soldiers of the Song Army who were hit by arrows fell straight to the ground one after another. The Xia Army cavalry who were riding arrows also fell off their horses one after another, and the cavalry behind them still came like a torrent, knocking those fallen
The horse's colleagues were trampled under the horse's hooves and soon became silent.
The thousands of Xia Army cavalry charging in front were just a cover... Xiao Tang just thought to himself, when another group of Xia Army cavalry rode their horses over the antlers on the flanks to resist the horses.
The hurried horses advanced, and when they rubbed against the infantry formation on the flanks of the Song army, their sabers were also dragged towards the Song soldiers by the momentum of the horses! The bodies of some Song army spearmen in the front line were scratched by sharp blades, but
More Song Army gunners stretched out their spears and stabbed the Xia soldiers who were running close to them. However, any Xia Army knight who was stabbed and dismounted immediately saw countless spears approaching, and in an instant they
He was stabbed to death with random gunshots.
Although this roundabout attack by the Xia army's cavalry prevented large-scale casualties of its own soldiers and horses, the dense formation of the Song army remained motionless. Although the surrounding enemy cavalry turned into a torrent and urged the horses to gallop, the sound of horse hooves was also heard. It was like rolling thunder, but it still couldn't break into the enemy camp directly.
What is the plan of this group of enemy troops?
Xiao Tang frowned and was puzzled for a moment. Through several battles with the enemy in these days, Xiao Tang could also deeply understand the fighting style of the Xia army. The enemy often used tactics to lure the Song army into encirclement. When the attack failed, they would also choose to retreat immediately instead of fighting to the last man. Although many Western generals ridiculed the Xia people for being "shameless" "Escape". However, those Xia army soldiers and horses can not only fight fiercely, but also flexibly use escape strategies, and will hardly insist on making unnecessary sacrifices.
However, at present, the Xia army mostly consists of light cavalry and horses, and they are unable to use the momentum of the war horses to break up the phalanx of soldiers and horses arranged by their own side. Several strong cavalry can only use their bows and horses to shoot around the Song army's camp, and from time to time they rub and collide with each other. The infantry phalanx that our side was waiting for did not look like they were going to fight to the death with their own troops. It seemed like a test, but also a provocation.
No matter what the enemy's purpose is, now that they are fighting in front of him, they must make this group of Xia army cavalry hurt their muscles and bones and seriously weaken their vitality. Xiao Tang thought in his heart, and then shouted loudly: "Niugao, Guan Sheng , Wu Jie listened to the order and commanded the cavalry army to be ready. When I give the order, he will immediately lead the cavalry into battle to intercept the Xia thieves!"
