More and more arrows were missing, some were nailed to the armor of the infantrymen, and some were nailed to the shields. Some Song soldiers began to fall.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were also firing arrows at the enemy cavalry, but the enemy's cavalry was fast and it was not easy to be shot at this distance.
"Drag the injured down for treatment! Don't mess around and keep pushing forward!"
Lu Xiaoyou shouted, urging the soldiers to continue moving forward.
To the east of him, there were more and more enemy cavalry.
"Don't be afraid! The arrows will be ineffective when they hit you. The shield hand will block them! The others will follow the heavy armored soldiers in formation!"
It was not too hot in the morning, but Song's soldiers had already begun to sweat.
Li Zeyi walked in this team and felt that everything was going according to plan.
He had to admit that Lu Xiaoyou's troops were... not bad.
…
Lu Xiaoyou usually doesn't look like a general. He is not strong in stature or bold in personality. He looks more like an honest farmer.
He was originally a soldier in Luzhou. In the sixth year of Xingchang's reign, Zhang Shi was defeated by Niulin and Li Xia took over the Luzhou army. At that time, Lu Xiaoyou's commander was Wang Datou, who was promoted by Li Xia.
So Lu Xiaoyou followed Li Xia to fight.
He fought in Chengdu, Jianmenguan, Lizhou, and Hanzhong, was selected to serve in Li Xia's personal guard camp, and went to Lin'an.
He has experience, doesn't panic at all on the battlefield, and knows what to do.
He felt that he was just like that, he had no ability to lead troops, and he didn't understand the art of war at all.
But it was Lu Xiaoyou who quickly led five hundred soldiers and marched two miles south.
Under his command, the shield bearers were in front, the heavy armored soldiers protected the shield bearers, the crossbowmen fired arrows from behind, and the spearmen pushed the resisting horses away, so that the enemy cavalry did not dare to charge immediately.
The enemy cavalry rushed forward to lure them again and again, but Lu Xiaoyou seemed not to notice.
What he kept shouting was "Don't be afraid, leave them alone!"
Gradually, the soldiers' physical strength was lost, especially the heavy armored soldiers.
Lu Xiaoyou's voice also started to become hoarse.
But the Song army's front line has almost stretched to the Qinling Mountains...
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Liu Heima narrowed his old eyes, feeling a little embarrassed.
If the Song army just sticks to its station, he can send cavalry in turns to attack continuously until the Song army runs out of food, is exhausted, and has low morale.
But Li Xia took advantage of the terrain to form a long snake formation... No, it was a wild goose formation. Li Xia was planning to form a wild goose formation.
At that time, the Song army was lined up between the Wei River and the Qinling Mountains, and the cavalry would no longer have the opportunity to detour on both wings.
Right now Liu Heima has two choices.
The first is to concentrate the troops and prepare to charge to break away from the Song army's weak front line. However, if the cavalry attack is like a forest of spears and a line full of resisting horses, it will inevitably cause heavy casualties.
The second is to take advantage of the fact that the Song army has not sealed the plain, and send cavalry around to its rear. The advantage is that it can find flaws in the Song army's front and back, but the disadvantage is that the force is divided into two.
Of course, there is a third way, which is to withdraw eastward across the Wei River without fighting. The cavalry will not fight if they want to.
The chances right now are really not good.
But it’s still the same problem. If we withdraw today in the Guanzhong Plain, we won’t be able to get a chance to fight with the infantry in the future...
"Dalang! You lead two thousand-man troops to go around the rear wing of the Song army and look for flaws."
Liu Yuanzhen was stunned, clasped his fists and accepted the order.
He has been a lot quieter recently, always looking sullen and silent.
Liu Heima added: "Don't rush to charge..."
Halfway through his words, his tone changed and he said again: "You understand how to fight a battle."
"Yes, my child understands."
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Li Xia raised his lookout tube and saw dust flying to the east, and most of the enemy cavalry had finally moved.
A flag was fluttering. It was Liu Yuanzhen who was leading troops and horses towards the Qinling Mountains in the south, intending to bypass the Song army's blockade of the plains.
In the lookout tube, I saw rows of enemy cavalry running past the Song army's right wing, and the soldiers could not stop them at all.
Arrows have limited damage, while thunderbolts cannot throw very far.
In this battle, no cannons were brought.
Li Xia only had four heavy cannons in total. It was not easy to move them from Qishan Road to Yangping Pass. It was impossible to move them to Guanzhong in such a short time.
What's more, under the siege of cavalry, it was difficult to transport heavy baggage, and it was impossible to transport artillery.
Then there would be no way to block the cavalry from retreating.
But it doesn't matter.
So far, the initiative is still with him. He made the first move and Liu Black Horse cracked it.
Then, Li Xia can calmly give orders according to his own style of play.
It is much easier to command infantry, just slowly spread out the formation...
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"The Mongolian army is coming!"
"What are you shouting for?"
Lu Xiaoyou roared, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and ordered: "The crossbowman fires his own arrows!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
This time, the enemy cavalry did not shoot arrows, but rushed over before the Song army surrounded them.
"Shield bearers, heavy armor soldiers come forward! Cannon throwers follow!" Lu Xiaoyou shouted again.
"Dongdongdong..."
The soldiers wearing infantry armor quickened their steps. They didn't know how hot they were, and their feet were covered with sweat.
Finally, less than half an hour later, they had rushed to the enemy cavalry more than thirty paces away.
At this time, there were only about 300 riders left who had not yet crossed their line.
"Spear protection!"
"Thunderbolts!" Lu Xiaoyou kept shouting, "Remember to throw them out!"
Dozens of gunners lit the fuses and threw them towards the enemy cannon.
"boom!"
Pieces of iron flew everywhere, and people fell on their backs.
The Mongolian cavalry over there also had thunder cannons, although there were not many, they were thrown towards the Song army.
"Shield!"
Lu Xiaoyou didn't need to shout, before the thunderbolt cannon exploded, shields were already on the ground.
The heavily armored soldier lowered his head.
"Peng!"
Although the enemy's thunderbolt cannons were not as powerful as the Song army's, the iron pieces flew randomly, hitting shields and armor with clanging sounds.
This is the great advantage of infantry over cavalry. They have more ordnance and defensive equipment.
Occasionally someone screamed.
"Stop fucking screaming! Pull it down and treat the injury! Can a little bit of iron collapse kill you?!"
Lu Xiaoyou doesn't like to curse, but what he hates most is wounded soldiers screaming on the battlefield, which will damage morale.
"Keep throwing! Block the right wing for me!"
He didn't need to say anything. Thunderbolt cannons were thrown over one after another, blocking the last three hundred enemy cavalry from the east.
Although this Song army was still more than thirty steps away from the Qinling Mountains, it was equivalent to blocking the plain.
The Song army no longer has a left wing and a right wing, but only a forward and a rear army.
The battlefield ahead was cut into two, and the enemy's main force's range of activities was only west of Jiangshui, south of Weihe, and north of the Chencang Road exit...
Seeing the remaining 300 enemy cavalry turning around and running back to the east, Lu Xiaoyou turned around and looked at the nearly 2000 enemy cavalry who had circled to the west, and saw that they were widening the distance.
He wiped his sweat and grinned.
Anyway, I have completed the commander's military orders again.
"Well done, brothers! Take a break and organize your formation..."
Li Zeyi put down the bow in her hand and suddenly thought that Li Xia's fighting style was different from her own.
If you want to get more pay, you really have to learn this rigid yet flexible style of play first.
After all, it was not that no generals in Longxi surrendered to Li Xia, but Li Xia only let them garrison, as if he did not use them seriously.
Thinking like this, Li Zeyi looked at Lu Xiaoyou again, her eyes looked a little different...
~~
Liu Heima watched Li Xia adjusting the wild goose formation little by little, his eyes gradually became serious, but he also gradually calmed down.
This battle has almost been carried out according to Li Xia's intentions so far.
Fortunately, Liu Heima also saw Li Xia's intentions clearly.
It's nothing more than forcing the cavalry to fight hand to hand.
Fight head-on, eliminate the advantage of the cavalry as much as possible, and determine the outcome based on bravery.
Li Xia has the potential to win, with higher morale, more concentrated troops, and perhaps reinforcements from Dasanguan.
Of course, Liu Heima can also mobilize garrison troops from Fengxiang Mansion for support.
As for morale?
Can the men from the North be no match for the weak Song soldiers?
~~
Li Xia also laid out military orders one after another and adjusted his wild goose formation.
Seven thousand people dispersed, barely lying between the Wei River and the Qinling Mountains, and the front line was very thin.
The soldiers on both sides are positioned further forward, preparing to surround the enemy cavalry and prevent the enemy cavalry from running...
Then I looked back and saw Liu Yuanzhen's nearly 2,000 men preparing for preparations. After that, the rangers dispersed.
In this battle, if Li Xia defeats Liu Heima's troops in the east first, Li Xia will win.
And if Liu Heima holds on, or allows Liu Yuanzhen to find a loophole from the rear, cut off the Song army's line, and form a counter-encirclement, then Liu Jia will win.
"Drumroll! Go forward with all your might!"
"Winter! Winter! Winter..."
This time the drum beat was particularly loud and the rhythm was long.
With the sound of the drum, Li Xia stepped off the stage.
He no longer needs to command the formation. The battlefield is so big and the troops on both sides are so small. The next step is to defeat the enemy head-on.
"Winter! Winter! Winter..."
"Commander!"
"Commander!"
Li Xia mounted his horse, pulled out his long sword, and pointed it forward.
~~
Lu Xiaoyou stood on tiptoe and tried his best to look at the Chinese army's banner to the north.
Afterwards, he heard the shouts of the Chinese army.
"Get ready to kill the enemy! The commander-in-chief will personally lead us to kill the enemy!"
Finally, he saw the signal on the battlefield pointing forward.
"Go forward!" Lu Xiaoyou shouted.
He picked up his spear and strode forward, still wanting to hear if the commander had anything to say to encourage morale.
After taking two steps, the shouts from the Chinese army came over.
There are only four words.
"Recover Guanzhong!"
~~
"Change horses!"
"Array up!"
"Get ready to charge into battle..."
On the west bank of Jiangshui River, Liu Heima was ready to charge into the battle.
Of course he knew that the cavalry charge would cause great losses. Moreover, his cavalry was loosely formed and better at outflanking, and was not good at tactics like Wei Wu's tiger and leopard cavalry.
But the battlefield is so big, and the Song army has already forced it.
The Mongolian and Han armies arranged a hanging formation, like a large circle.
They did not intend to go straight into the Song army's formation and bump into their horses and spears.
They would kill them diagonally, run in an arc, shoot as many arrows as possible, and then run back in a circle.
The astonishing horse speed could scare away the Song army's formation. After that, they looked for flaws, rushed up, cut through, and divided the Song army.
The knights strung their bows and arrows, and their horses' hooves scratched the ground.
The scimitar is raised...
Liu Heima mounted his horse and began to encourage morale.
"My sons! I have been in Shaanxi for nearly twenty years, and this place has become our home! Now, the enemy invaders are coming to our home..."
"Recover Guanzhong!"
The loud shouts of Song Jun were heard.
"Recover Guanzhong!"
"Recover Guanzhong!"
There are only these four words in the sky.
Liu Heima's face grew colder, he picked up his sword and shouted: "Defend your hometown!"
"Defend your hometown!"
"..."
At this time, after the troops were divided, there were more than 3,000 people left on Liu Heima's side, less than half of the Song army, and the cry was obviously not as loud as the one on the opposite side.
But it doesn't matter, the formation on his side is still bigger because there are horses.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and it would be impossible to increase the speed of the horse without charging, Liu Heima finally gave the order.
"Charge!"
"Kill them through! Divide and surround them!"
The trumpet sounded, and thousands of horses marched together...
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"coming!"
"Reject the horse and come forward! The shield hand raises the shield! The arrow is cocked!"
The forward of the Song Army was none other than Liu Jinsuo.
But he didn't give an order, instead the orderlies beside him were shouting, as smoothly as singing.
"Heavy armored soldiers raise their spears!"
"Grenadier ready!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
This time, it was a rain of arrows from the sky.
Liu Jinsuo hid under his shield, staring at the enemy cavalry charging ahead, holding the spear tightly in his hand.
He was wearing armor, but no military uniform underneath. A little tattoo was visible where the helmet was connected to the stomach, and it was covered with sweat.
Because he is really afraid of heat.
At this time, he didn't care about that, he was muttering to himself in his heart.
"Wait a little longer, wait until all the troublesome arrows and cannons are fired, and then you can kill the enemy..."
The arrows that were thrown fell like rain and hit the shield above his head.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Throwing thunderbolts..."
"boom……"
Liu Jinsuo became more and more impatient with this kind of long-range weapon at the beginning of the battle. He saw an enemy cavalry running past the formation, but from right to left, going around in a circle and then returning.
"Run your mother, come and kill me, run..."
The two sides are getting closer.
“Eh???!”
Some enemy riders who failed to stop their horses collided with the resisting horses, and the routes of several enemy riders were disrupted.
"Kill!" Liu Jinsuo roared and charged forward with his gun.
Finally, let go of everything that should be done.
His big feet kicked on the ground, and the strong man moved forward, stabbing with his spear, piercing the horse in front, and the knight on the horse fell to the ground.
With a "pop" sound, the soldier Song who followed him slashed with his sword.
At the same time, rows of heavily armored soldiers also advanced with guns drawn.
"Kill the prisoners!"
"Kill!"
The knight on the horse also began to swing his sword.
The two military formations seemed to be squeezed together and quickly squeezed out a bloody path in the center line...
~~
The right wing of the Song Army.
"Come at me! Kill the prisoners!"
Lu Xiaoyou suddenly roared and rushed forward in the lead.
Li Zeyi felt a huge shock in her ears and was startled. Someone pushed her behind her and she quickly followed.
The formation cannot be messed up. The general steps forward. This row of infantry charges faster and stabs with spears.
Li Zeyi was simply following the movements of others. He hadn't even figured it out yet. A good general, who usually seemed honest and calm when giving orders, suddenly turned into a madman.
"Kill the prisoners! Kill the prisoners!!"
"puff!"
The war horse was hit hard, Li Zeyi was still sheathing her gun, her face felt hot.
His eyes were bright red, and he saw that an enemy knight had been split into two pieces by the combined efforts of his comrades, while Lu Xiaoyou was still moving forward, his back looking so fanatical.
There was an inexplicable momentum that made Li Zeyi have no time to think and could only follow him.
The smell of blood was everywhere, and the loess under his feet had turned into red soil, making it a mess.
~~
"Their lines are thin, kill them!"
On the battlefield, the Mongol and Han generals shouted.
"Surround them!" Song Military Academy generals also shouted.
The wild goose formation is indeed thinner, but it allows more soldiers to be wounded and kill the enemy at the beginning.
Although the Mongolian cavalry had fewer people, they were more concentrated and desperately wanted to kill through the Song army's line.
Afterwards, Liu Yuanzhen in the west also ordered a charge, trying to flank the Song army from the rear.
Who wins and who loses depends on whose will is stronger.
The soldiers on the battlefield could not think so much. They could only see their companions beside them and the enemy in front of them...
Exactly, "Thousands of miles are so fishy, but the eternal heroes are still there, when will the majesty be cleared?"
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