The Jurchens dispatched their heavy-duty heavy cavalry, the Iron Buddha. Previously, the Iron Buddha had lost hundreds of cavalry, but a few days ago, 1,500 Iron Buddha cavalry had arrived at the army camp. Now there are 4,000 Iron Buddha cavalry.
Riding a lot.
The situation in front of us is naturally the best time to dispatch the Iron Buddha. The opponent's crossbowmen are waiting in formation. If our army wants to break through their defense line, it will suffer heavy losses, but with the Iron Buddha here, everything will not be difficult at all.
Four thousand iron pagodas were arranged in a neat square formation several feet apart, and the war horses advanced quickly with neat steps. Although they did not have the majestic momentum of a rapid charge, they were just approaching the enemy formation at a trot, but the entire cavalry had an intimidating aura.
There was a chilling air. A long iron spear stood in the air, like a forest of spikes. The hoofs of the war horse stepped heavily on the ground, and every step splashed up large amounts of mud and snow mist.
The ground seemed to be shaking faintly with each step. The entire cavalry was like a steel chariot, pushing forward regardless of all obstacles. Before the tea time, it entered a hundred steps in front of the opponent's formation, which was already the opponent's company.
The crossbow's attack range has been reduced.
Although he didn't know what kind of monster soldiers and horses appeared, the opponent was already in front of the formation, and he had to fire the arrow when it hit the string. At this moment, Yuan Zhenqian no longer thought about it and gave the order to attack in a deep voice.
The command flag was waved, and 20,000 repeating crossbowmen fired their crossbow boxes into the air in an instant. At that moment, accompanied by the intensive clicking sound of machine springs and the humming sound of wind and thunder when the crossbow arrows were shot, more than ten people
Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows formed a black mist in the air between the two armies within a few breaths, shrouding all four thousand Iron Buddha cavalry with a sharp whistling sound.
The next moment the ping -pong pong dingled dingle, a dense sound sounded, countless crossbow hits on the iron floating slaughter heavy armor, just like raindrops hitting the lotus leaves.
They flew everywhere and formed a mess. More crossbow arrows hit the ground, and a grassland of crossbow arrows instantly grew on the ground mixed with mud and snow.
Under normal circumstances, such a dense rain of arrows is enough to clear out four thousand ordinary cavalry. Those who can survive such a dense rain of arrows are definitely lucky ones blessed by God. However, facing four thousand cavalry on iron pagodas, these can
The powerful crossbow that had taken countless lives was as powerless as a water gun in the hands of a child. The rain of arrows fell and the fog dispersed. Only a few dozen of the four thousand iron pagoda cavalry fell down in the storm. It was just a coincidence that there were crossbow arrows.
The middle cavalrymen had eye holes in their masks, and more than a dozen horses fell down after being hit by flying crossbow arrows because their hips were not armored. But such a small loss is not much different from being unscathed. The entire Iron Buddha Cavalry
He didn't move, his formation was not messed up at all, and he still moved forward with heavy and steady steps, not even slowing down by half a minute.
Yuan Zhengqian and his 20,000 crossbow cavalry were stunned. When a round of crossbow arrows came down, they could kill most of the enemy. However, the entire enemy's troops stood motionless. The crossbow arrows seemed to hit the rock and iron plate, and there was no trace at all.
Effect
, the other party can be said to be unscathed.
Yuan Zhengqian finally realized the seriousness of the problem. This was a heavy armored cavalry that was not afraid of crossbows. It was incredible that the Jurchens actually had such a large number of heavy armored cavalry. At that moment, Yuan Zhengqian seemed to realize
What, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the city head of Bianliang, where figures were swaying on the city wall and flags were fluttering. On a high platform of the city tower, a tall umbrella stood there, and someone below was pointing and seemed to be watching the battle.
.There is no sign of sending troops in the entire capital, and the war has been going on for almost an hour now. This can only mean one thing. Lu Zhongtian has no intention of sending troops at all, and he has been fooled by him.
"Old thief, you are really vicious. If I, Yuan Zhengqian, can get away today, I will definitely be at odds with you." Yuan Zhengqian cursed in his heart, his teeth itching with hatred.
Although it was already known that the crossbow arrows had no lethal effect on the opponent, the second round of crossbow arrows was still shot out like a storm. The result was no doubt that dozens more Iron Buddha Cavalry fell down, and the damage was only a drop in the bucket. At this moment, the Iron Buddha Cavalry It has reached nearly thirty steps away. At this distance, it is no longer necessary for the repeater to change the quiver and fire another round. In that case, when the opponent rushes in front of him, his side will not even have time to draw his weapon and adjust his formation to fight. Besides, crossbow arrows are completely useless, so why bother doing useless work?
"Get ready to fight!" Yuan Zhengqian let out a thunderous roar, and with a sound of waves, he unsheathed his long sword. He held on to his last hope. After all, he had 20,000 cavalry, and the opponent only had thousands of heavy cavalry charging, so maybe he could fight.
Among the Tiefutu cavalry, there was a tall red horse wearing heavy armor. The leader of the Tiefutu cavalry, Li Guoqiu, who was sitting on the horse, raised the spear in his hand and gave the order in a dull voice from his mask.
"Pick up the gun, charge, and crush them!"
All the iron pagoda cavalry put down their erect spears in unison and pointed forward diagonally. The one-foot-eight-foot fine iron spear was heavy, and its tail end was pressed against the iron buckle on the cavalry's waist. It was to offset the force of the impact. The entire Iron Buddha Cavalry was like a steel chariot, crashing into the opponent's formation.
Since the establishment of the Iron Buddha, this is the first time that they have rushed into the enemy formation in a group charge. Before, they were just fighting in a small way, and they could not bring out the power of the Iron Buddha's heavy cavalry at all. But at this moment, the power of the Iron Buddha's Iron Legion is only Really came into play.
It was such a terrifying crushing force. The cavalry of the Northwestern Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was several times more numerous, was not unheroic. They rushed forward in a swarm, slashing and stabbing at the Tiefutu cavalry with their long knives and spears. But all this It seemed to be all in vain, as ineffective as a worm shaking a big tree. The thick fine iron armor ignored the attacks of swords and guns. On the contrary, the iron pagoda cavalry's spears fatally penetrated the armor of the Northwest Army, with the help of the impact of the war horses. With such force, the spears knocked all the cavalry in front off their horses and penetrated their chests. The Iron Buddha cavalry rolled forward, leaving behind traces of their trampling and impact.
A trace of bright red flesh and blood underneath.
Like an iron hammer hitting the paper doors and windows, the formation of 20,000 Northwestern Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was broken with one blow. A torrent of iron and steel rushed into the formation, trampling and crushing them mercilessly, making those who were invincible invincible. The momentum is like breaking bamboo.
Yuan Zhenqian's eyes were cracked, and he shouted loudly at the soldiers to resist the impact of the Iron Buddha Tu, but everything was in vain. The more cavalry blocking the front, the more people the Iron Buddha cavalry killed. However, his own side did not have much power against them. Injury, some cavalrymen were willing to risk their lives not to pounce on the opponent's saddle. A few people forcefully pulled the Iron Buddha cavalry off their horses, but that was all. They pulled the opponent off his horse, but the opponent could only fall and could not climb. They stood up, but they couldn't hurt them at all. And they themselves were quickly pinned to the ground by the spears, and they couldn't even think of taking the next step.
Some cavalry came up with a way to attack the horse's legs. They saw that the armor of the opponent's horse only reached the top of the tibia. Maybe they could stop the opponent by cutting off the horse's legs. This idea was good, but they did not have infantry specifically designed to attack the horse's legs. They had equipment such as hooks and sickles, and they had not practiced the movements and battle formations specifically to deal with the cavalry's legs. They couldn't even break into the opponent's formation, so they were stabbed through by the head of the spear. They could succeed. There were only a few, less than fifty or sixty iron pagoda cavalry were attacked by them and fell to the ground. But they paid ten times the death of their opponents, which was completely outweighed the gains. However, this gave the soldiers a way to attack their opponents. ideas.
"General Yuan, I can't hold it anymore, I can't hold it anymore. Let's retreat quickly. They move slowly and can't catch up with us. We can leave the battlefield quickly." A general of the Northwest Army loudly suggested to Yuan Zhengqian.
Yuan Zhengqian roared angrily: "If we don't succeed, we will be defeated if we retreat. We will fight to the death, even if we trade ten for one, we will stop all these cavalry here. Once we win the battlefield in the west, the victory will still be ours."
"But..." The general still needed to be persuaded.
"Shut up and keep talking about military law." Yuan Zhengqian interrupted him with an angry roar. Yuan Zhengqian knew that he could not lose this battle. If he lost, there would be no way to retreat. Lu Zhongtian deceived himself into sending troops, but his actual sending of troops It was already an act of his own initiative. If he won, it would be fine. If he lost, he would be killed. And even if he retreated, where could he go? The gates of the capital were closed, and Lu Zhongtian sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. He will only be hunted down by the Jurchens everywhere, and the army will still be unable to escape the fate of destruction. How is that any different from fighting to the death? He cannot back down, both in public and private matters.
However, Yuan Zhengqian's persistence missed the last opportunity. In the rear, nearly 60,000 Jurchen cavalry had divided into two groups and began to outflank them from both sides. This is the classic Jurchen "kidnapping horse" tactic. In conjunction with the front of the Iron Buddha Tu In a forceful attack, the Kaizi Ma rushed in from both wings to complete the encirclement. If Yuan Zhenqian had made a decisive decision to leave the battlefield earlier, there would still be a glimmer of hope. After the Kaizi Ma completed the charge from both wings, everything was a foregone conclusion.
