Kuoduan's intention of sending infantry was indeed as Zhao Fan expected, which was to use the infantry to disrupt the Song army's formation, and then the cavalry would rush in and take away 100,000 Song troops in one wave.

At this time, the Mongolian infantry was very fast, and they quickly launched an attack formation as they advanced.

The heavy infantrymen of the Song Army who went out in battle were all wearing infantry armor weighing fifty or sixty kilograms, an iron helmet on their head, and a collar to protect their neck and half of their face. They were almost armed to the teeth.

These heavy infantrymen stepped forward in unison. Although their movements were slow, they maintained a dense formation and advanced like tanks.

The Mongolian infantry moved at full speed, with sword and shield soldiers rushing in front and spear soldiers rushing behind. More than ten thousand soldiers and horses ran wildly with ferocious faces.

At this time, Zhao Fan, who was riding in the middle of the Song army, suddenly waved his hand, the flag of the middle army waved, and the war drums beat three times.

The advancing heavy infantry of the Song Army immediately stopped when they heard the sound of drums, and stopped about 400 steps in advance of the military formation.

"Pick up the shield!" The officer in heavy armor roared loudly.

Then I saw the heavy infantry troops of the Song Army in the front row, all taking forward lunges, lifting the shield with one hand, using their arms and body to hold the shield, and holding a knife in the other hand to draw back so that they could stab out at any time.

The spearmen of the Song Army behind the shield bearers held guns in both hands and stared fixedly at the Mongolian infantry swarming on the opposite side.

With loud "bang" sounds, the Jin soldiers who rushed at the front slammed their shields and bodies against the shield wall of the Song army's heavy infantry with an overwhelming momentum.

The sword and shield wielders in the front row of the Song army used their bodies to hold up the shield, like a rock, standing motionless under the crash of the waves. On the contrary, the attacking Mongolian army was bounced back due to the lack of equipment and light weight.

However, the ferocious Mongolian infantry immediately used their shields to push forward. At this moment, the Song Army's Heavy Steps used a shield to resist with one hand and stabbed out with a knife in the other.

At the same time, the spearmen in the rear row also poked their spears through the gap and thrust the spear heads into the bodies of the Mongolian soldiers.

For a moment, blood spattered in front of the formation, and the Mongolian troops screamed again and again.

The long gunners of the Song Army used their shields to cover themselves, and kept thrusting out their spears, then pulling them back and stabbing again, and each thrust brought up clouds of blood mist.

In a moment, rows of corpses fell in front of the shield wall. Seeing this, the Mongolian infantry could only resist like the Song army, with swords and shields in front and spears in the back.

Kuo Duan had returned to the center of the army. He sat on his horse and looked out. He saw that after the heavy infantry of the Song army came out, the gap left by the heavy infantry was immediately filled by pikemen, preventing the cavalry from attacking.

At this time, he saw the dispatched infantry. Facing the Song infantry, they had no advantage at all. The Song heavy infantry had swords and shields in front and spears in the back, constantly assassinating the Mongolian infantry. However, the Mongolian infantry was not equipped as well as the Song infantry.

The army was obviously at a disadvantage against the assassin.

This surprised Kuo Duan. The infantry of the Southern Song Dynasty was indeed very capable. No wonder they could withstand the attacks of Liao, Jin and Xixia.

At this time, Kuo Duan saw that there was still no flaw in the main formation of the Song army, so he immediately raised his right hand and waved forward, "Instruct the right-wing cavalry to outflank the Song army who came out of the formation."

Since there is no flaw in the main formation, I will first overwhelm your infantry and see if your main formation sends troops to rescue you. I don’t believe that you will not reveal any flaw.

Kuo Duan asked the right-wing cavalry to outflank the heavy infantry of the Song army. If the Song army sent troops to rescue, the main formation would inevitably loosen, so he asked the left-wing cavalry to attack.

If the Song army does not send troops to rescue, then he will eat the heavy infantry of the Song army that comes forward.

Kuo Duan gave an order, the horns of the Mongolian army sounded loudly, and the Mongolian cavalry on the right wing received the order. General Dotanabo immediately slapped the horse on the hip with his sword, and the war horse made a long squawk and shot out like lightning.

The five thousand cavalry troops on the right flank of the Mongolian army could not hold back for a long time. He followed the general and galloped out of the formation, with thousands of cavalry following them.

The five thousand cavalry troops roared out, and at full speed after entering the formation, the cavalrymen drew their bows and arrows, trying to avoid the front of the Song and Mongolian infantry, inserting into the gap between the Song Army's main infantry formations from the side, and shooting from behind.

Song army infantry.

At this time, facing the Mongolian cavalry galloping over, Zhao Fan did not panic in the Song army's formation. Instead, he looked happy. He immediately raised his right hand and shouted: "Step on the crossbow, God's arm bow!"

Kuo Duan sent out the cavalry without consulting anyone. Li Fen observed the battlefield, but suddenly his expression changed, "No! Your Majesty, please send the cavalry back!"

Kuoduan frowned and looked at Li Fen coldly, "Why?"

Li Fen said anxiously: "The Song army can only move forward about 400 steps. If the cavalry moves around and attacks, they will be shot by the main formation of the Song army's divine arm bows and crossbows."

Kuo Duan was shocked, "Can the Song Army's crossbows shoot three to four hundred steps?"

In order to deal with cavalry, the Song Dynasty not only created infantry armor, which had the strongest defensive power for soldiers in history, but the crossbow also reached its peak in the Song Dynasty.

There are many types of divine arm bows in the Song Dynasty. An ordinary one can shoot more than 240 steps and penetrate half an elm tree.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Hong invented the crossbow, with a body length of 3 feet 2 inches, a string length of 2 feet 5 inches, and arrow feathers several inches long. It could shoot 340 steps and half an arrow into the elm wood.

Li Fen said anxiously: "The Jin Kingdom's crossbows can't shoot so far, but the Song Army's crossbows can!"

Kuoduan's heart trembled. When he was about to give the order, the Mongolian cavalry had already galloped around and fired a wave of arrows at the back of the Song army's infantry.

Almost at the same time, the crossbowmen in the Song Army's main formation heard the order and raised their crossbows and divine arm bows. All the spearmen in the front row squatted down, allowing the crossbowmen to aim at the Mongolian cavalry galloping past the formation.

"Let go!" In the military formation, the general roared, brandishing his sword.

Thousands of large crossbows were fired at once, and countless crossbow arrows roared out, causing a shocking wave in the sky.

About three hundred steps in front of the formation, the Mongolian cavalry who were galloping and shooting arrows fell off their horses like leaves blown by the strong wind.

After the Song Army crossbowman finished shooting an arrow, he immediately stepped on the stirrup, pulled the string, loaded the crossbow with arrows, and raised the crossbow again in a uniform movement.

In the Mongolian formation, Kuoduan looked over the heads of the infantry fighting in the middle and saw the running Mongolian cavalry falling off their horses one after another. Hearing the neighing of the horses, he was instantly frightened and hurriedly ordered, "Pull back the cavalry!"

When the military order was issued urgently, the Mongolian cavalry who had not yet entered the formation quickly pulled their reins, changed the direction of their gallop, turned in front of the Song army's flank formation, and ran back to their right flank.

The Mongolian cavalry that had already rushed into the gap to outflank them took several arrows and suffered most of their casualties before they rushed out and circled back to the right wing.

In this outflank, the Mongolian army lost at least six to seven hundred cavalry, which made Kuo Duan look livid.

At this time, in the Song army's formation, Zhao Fan smiled proudly, waved his hand, and shouted in a deep voice, "Advance the infantry again."

The main formation of the Song army immediately divided into two armies, outflanking them on the left and right, intending to eat up the infantry of the Mongolian army.

Seeing this, Kuo Duan couldn't help but became furious and gnashed his teeth. He didn't expect that Song Jun would dare to take the initiative to provoke.
Chapter completed!