Chapter 923 The strong crossbow pierces the seven sticks, the tragic war
Although they saw the powerful cavalry of the Song Army suddenly charging out of the city fortress, and the momentum of the charge was very frightening, most of the soldiers in the Xia Army's formation had smiles of ridicule and contempt on their faces. It seems that there are only more than a thousand cavalry in total. What can these meager soldiers and horses do?
When Brother Cha saw the Song army suddenly sending cavalry out of the city towards their own formation, with the banner of "The Great Song Dynasty Xin'an Army Jiedu Envoy, signed the Privy Council Minister Xiao Tang", he was also hunting and agitating in the wind among the cavalry formations, with a surprised look on his face. The look of expression passed in a flash, and Brother Cha immediately snorted coldly, thinking to himself that Xiao Tang was really willing to fight for those captured Song army generals. Could it be that I overestimated him?
Brother Cha also knew that the soldiers and horses of Xiao Tang who were defending the city were determined to defend the city. He ordered his subordinates to massacre the captured Song soldiers in front of the formation to pay tribute to the flag and show their authority, trying to make the Song army determined to fight to the death. His arrogance was declining, but he expected that the Song army in the city would not easily go to danger in order to rescue Kang Jiong and others. After all, Xiao Tang was also the commander-in-chief of the Song army. If he was so indifferent, wouldn't it be an overestimation of loyalty? ?
Do you really think that all the generals under your command are invincible? If so, how could Liu Fa almost die in my hands? Weren't you also forced to retreat southward under the siege of our army? Are you facing such a dangerous situation now?
There was also a bit of contempt in Brother Cha's eyes. He waved his hand again with a stern expression. The tooth general beside him immediately blew the horn horn in his hand again. The war drums and horns in the Xia army's formation responded in unison. Amidst the official's orders, the huge military formations began to move slowly. The Xia Army cavalry on the left and right flanks who were skimming in front of the city rampart also turned their horses and headed towards the Song Army cavalry who were urging their horses to charge forward. The formation was slanting to cover them up. Those fierce knights of the Xia army also thought fiercely in their hearts: Since you Song dogs thought you didn't die fast enough and killed them out of the city, no one of you can escape alive!
Kang Jiong, who was originally prepared to die generously, saw Xiao Tang leading a group of powerful cavalry suddenly charging out of the city fortress. It seemed that they were about to rescue him and the captured Song soldiers around him, but he looked unhappy. He was shocked, and immediately shouted anxiously: "How could Xiao Jie Shuai'e be so reckless!? The Xia thieves were already prepared. Although we have been captured, it is okay to die, but how can we teach Brother Paoze to lose his life in vain after being implicated by us? !”
As soon as Kang Jiong finished speaking, the swordsman behind him grabbed the back of his neck and dragged him along with Han Tao, Hao Siwen, Li Yongqi and other three hundred Song army soldiers. Wu Yuanchuo, a fierce general in the military formation, rode out from the side with a machete. He looked at Xiao Tang and other Song Army cavalry who were galloping in front of him, and said loudly: "The person named Xiao is really willing to come. Rescue these birds? He is really a chaotic idiot with a deep sense of loyalty! With just these men, he dares to come and attack. Cha Ge Lingning spared the captured Song army for the time being and did not kill him. , it really comes in handy, so it’s good to teach you guys to go on the road together, Huangquan Road will be lively!"
When Wu Yuan finished speaking, nearly 10,000 infantrymen on the middle road of the Xia army had formed a huge formation. Seeing that they were about to cut off the Song army's momentum to break the formation, most of the infantry in the formation were spearmen. They would Sharp spears pointed slantingly at the sky, intertwining into a cold steel forest. The large shield in the hands of the heavy armored infantry at the front of the array would be firmly inserted into the ground, even if the Song Army's cavalry came with great force. Fiercely, the shield wall formed by the front line of the infantry formation lay across the path that the Song cavalry must pass through to charge. Countless spears poked out from the gaps between the thick shields, and the chain-horse heavy cavalry rushing at the front of the Song army was no more than a few meters away. With hundreds of people, facing the Xia Army's massive formations that had an absolute advantage in terms of strength, how many rows of spears and shields could they break through?
"Archer!"
Another general of the Xia army rode his horse and stood diagonally on the right side of the rear formation. He looked coldly at the Song army galloping in front. He raised his right arm with a steel knife high, and thousands of archers immediately pulled it.
With their bows and arrows nocked, they all raised the bows and arrows in their hands into the air. With a creaking sound of the bow strings being pulled apart, thousands of bows were also pulled into the shape of a full moon. The sharp arrows were ready to be fired, just waiting for the commander to launch them.
The general of the army gave the order to throw the weapon in the direction of the Song Army's cavalry formation.
"Fire arrows!!!"
General Xia Jun immediately slashed forward fiercely, and all the archers immediately released their fingers from holding the bow strings. "Buzz!" A heart-stopping sound of bow string vibrations suddenly sounded, and thousands of sharp arrows immediately flew across the bow strings.
It rose into the air, forming a dense rain of arrows in the air, and then the Song Army's powerful cavalry, which was rushing towards them, roared down.
The chain-horse heavy cavalry, who urged their armored cavalry to rush forward, were the first to bear the brunt of the attack, bearing most of the arrow clusters that rained down like a waterfall. Fortunately, the sharp arrows hit the iron armor covering the men and horses, sending out a continuous chain of arrows.
The crisp sound almost did not cause any casualties to the heavy armored cavalry. However, because the arrow rain from the Xia army was very dense, hundreds of sharp arrows hit Xiao Tang and other knights behind the chain horse.
Go down!
When Xiao Tang and his subordinates saw this, they immediately waved their weapons and shot down the sharp arrows that fell on their heads. During this period, there were still sixty or seventy cavalry officers who could not block them and were shot through by several sharp arrows, along with the
The war horse under his crotch also neighed in pain and suddenly fell forward to the ground!
Although there were casualties among the cavalry formation galloping towards the Xia army, the momentum of Xiao Tang's charge did not slow down at all. The hundreds of heavy armored cavalry at the forefront of the chain of horses had already raised their spears.
, pointed the sharp and dark spear tip at the Xia Army infantry arrayed in front. When looking from the Xia Army formation, the figures of the Song Army's powerful cavalry became more and more clear!
But in the Xia Army's formation, Wu Yuan and several Xia Army generals still had a calm and ferocious smile on their faces, and then one of the Xia Army generals let out another cry that sounded like a wolf howl.
, and a large number of military warriors rushed past the spearmen who were arrayed in front. The infantry arranged their formations, and immediately raised the crossbows with iron as the crossbow and copper as the mechanism in their hands towards the distance.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Army were already within a hundred paces of the Song Army's chain of horses, and the crossbows held by these powerful crossbowmen were all first-class bows that were no less powerful than the Song Army's Divine Arm Bow!
Originally, during the Xining period of the Song Dynasty, Li Hongjin, a native of the Song Dynasty, presented the divine arm bow he invented, which was slightly improved by skilled craftsmen and mass-produced. It was issued to the crossbow soldiers of the Song Dynasty and became a powerful weapon for the Song army to defeat the enemy.
In view of the continuous war between the Song and Xia countries, and many of his troops suffered heavy losses due to the Song Army's Divine Arm Bow, he advised his imperial brother that the power of the Song Kingdom's Divine Arm Bow was overshadowed, and he should choose Fan instead.
Zhuangyong of the Han Dynasty taught strong crossbows and formed a strong crossbow army based on the shortcomings of Xia and the strengths of Yi and Song.
This army created by Yincha Ge also followed the tactics of the Song Army. When encountering an enemy battle, the crossbowmen formed a formation first. When the enemy was within 150 steps of the formation, they ordered the crossbowmen to prepare first.
Defeat the enemy with crossbows. The Xia Kingdom is rich in iron ore, and its cold-forged iron technology is also very advanced. A powerful crossbow fired from a first-grade bow has also been recorded as hitting an iron crane without any feathers. It can also be shot at a distance of a hundred steps.
Wearing the enemy's heavy armor, even if the Song army had heavy armored cavalry who were not afraid of longbows, they were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, and the powerful crossbowmen on their own side had already been prepared. Although the Song army was coming with a fierce force, what could they do?
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The sound of howling wind was so intense that it seemed to shatter people's eardrums. The crossbow arrows, as dense as locusts, drew straight trajectories in the air, and they were densely fired towards the galloping horses! Metal cut into metal.
The piercing sound, the muffled sound of sharp blades penetrating flesh and blood, and the wails and hisses of warriors and horses intertwined to form an extremely weird and terrifying sound, and there were countless loud sounds that were extremely powerful.
The fierce crossbow arrows fiercely penetrated the iron armor and body of the chain horse, and easily penetrated the iron armor and flesh of the soldiers on the horse. Even though the heavy cavalry rushing at the front tried their best to block with their sabers and spears, they could not block it at all.
It was not enough to shoot down those deadly arrows with extremely fast firing speed and stronger penetrating power! In an instant, the rushing horses were turned upside down, and nearly two hundred heavy cavalry soldiers were shot alive, including their horses and men.
If you become a sieve, you will be killed on the battlefield!
