The fighting was fierce on the north bank of the Sanggan River.
The offensive and defensive battle on the south bank of the Sanggan River is about to begin.
Chang Side rode his horse at the forefront of the army. Looking at the dust rising not far away, he breathed a sigh of relief.
finally come.
How could Chang Side not know the risks of transporting grain in this way?
Chang Side even knew that he was the bait to lure the Khitan into war.
Therefore, along the way, Chang Side did not know from which direction the enemy would appear, so he was cautious and cautious.
Pay attention to any disturbance.
After discovering the enemy's trace, Chang Side felt relieved.
It is better to fight a battle happily than to be in fear all the way.
Chang Side glanced behind him, at the long line of grain trucks and the soldiers escorting the grain team, and ordered someone to sound the golden gong as a warning.
Li Chuyun, who was in the middle and rear, was refreshed after hearing the news from the front, and had the same idea.
finally come.
"All the soldiers were ready for battle, and all the grain transporters gathered the grain carts and built a camp. Then they lined up by the river to reassure them that we can protect them."
Li Chuyun rode forward and ordered the soldiers and grain servants to move.
Soon the grain transport team had connected the grain trucks front and back to form a simple defense line.
But the strange thing is that the soldiers did not hide behind the grain truck, but on the south left side of the grain truck. The people transporting grain hid on the other side of the grain truck by the river.
Stand ready.
Yeluwansi frowned slightly, looking at the formation not far away, with anger at being slighted in her eyes.
As a veteran who followed Yelu Abaoji on the battlefield, Yeluwansi had never been so despised.
What do you want to do?
Are you going to fight yourself head-on like this?
As an experienced veteran, Yelvwansi was ordered to attack from behind more than once.
He also successfully cut off the enemy's food routes many times and won the victory in the war.
He knew many of the methods of dealing with the enemy's grain transport team by heart, and even knew how to restrain them head-on.
The best way to deal with this is to directly gather grain trucks in one place, build simple fortifications, and use grain trucks to resist.
The group of enemies in front of us has indeed gathered the grain trucks together, but the enemy only regards the grain trucks as the second line of defense.
When soldiers line up in front of grain carts, are they worried that they will burn grain with rockets?
"Pooh!"
Yelvwansi felt the contempt and spat, "Do you really think you can stop me with just a powerful crossbow?"
"Wu Yan, lead your cavalry past the enemy's front, from west to east, and gradually approach. Once within range, shoot immediately."
"Brother Peng, lead your soldiers and horses and follow Wu Yan. Whenever the opponent's powerful crossbow is fired, immediately charge forward."
They have experienced the power of Zhongyuan Jinnu.
It is a common thing to penetrate people's armor.
It is so powerful that it is not uncommon to penetrate several people.
Confronting a crossbow head-on is no different than seeking death.
No matter how many cavalry there are, they have to kneel down obediently when faced with powerful crossbows.
However, as long as the formations are loosely spread out, and instead of attacking head-on, they approach diagonally and directly pass the enemy's head, the lethality of the crossbow arrows will be greatly reduced.
The crossbow arrows have fatal shortcomings, such as slow reloading speed and large shooting interval.
Seize the space they filled and approach quickly. What can you do even if you have sharp weapons such as crossbows?
With the advancement of the times, various tactics and weapon characteristics have become known to the world.
The barbarians suffered losses time and time again and learned how to deal with them.
Before Chang Side and Li Chuyun showed off their crossbows, Yeluwansi had already thought of everything.
As Yelvwansi’s order was issued.
Wu Yan directly led two thousand cavalry to approach the Zhou army's formation bit by bit in an inclined manner.
If they were on the plains, they would run around the entire grain convoy, getting closer and closer, looking for flaws.
Now Chang Side and Li Chuyun were setting up formations along the river, and they could only keep passing the front of the formation back and forth, making camp step by step.
"Damn it!"
Li Chuyun couldn't help but curse. The Holy Guard Army under his command mainly used bows, arrows and powerful crossbows.
I have been training crossbows for these years, and I know the characteristics of crossbows well.
Against such a loose formation on the opposite side and maneuvering at a certain speed, the lethality of the crossbows was limited to at least 60%.
But they couldn't just sit back and watch each other get closer.
Once the opponent enters the cavalry shooting range, you will become a target.
In order to protect the army's food, the troops were not as powerful as the opponent's, and they had to protect the food transporters behind them.
This array must be compact.
Otherwise, if the people run away, the morale of the army will be affected, and subsequent food supplies will be bad luck.
As a famous general in the world, Li Chuyun had various situations flash through his mind, and then decisively issued the order.
"Team A and Team B each aim at the enemy's horses and shoot!"
Following his order, thousands of crossbow bolts roared into flight.
Suddenly, sharp sounds piercing the air were heard from all directions.
However, because the Khitan cavalry had already been prepared, they all rushed to attack from a hundred steps away.
The hit rate of the crossbow arrows was not high. Only a hundred Khitan cavalry were hit by arrows.
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The powerful crossbow arrows penetrated directly into the body of the war horse, and the powerful force caused the war horse to roll sideways and throw the knight out.
Fortunately, the Khitan soldiers fell almost to death and survived.
Those who are unlucky will be trampled to death by the knight behind them.
Brother Peng, who had been on standby for a long time, waited for this moment and shouted: "Crush them for me."
At the moment when the first round of crossbow arrows was fired, the prepared Khitan soldiers began to charge towards the Zhou army's food team.
Li Chuyun saw the other party's movements in his eyes.
He has three teams of strong crossbowmen, A, B, and C. He had reserved one hand before, allowing only Team A and Team B to shoot. Now is the time for Team C to show off its power.
"This is the time, Team C, cross fire!"
The sky full of crossbow arrows flew across the sky again!
The same moving target, rushing forward, is completely different from the sweeping array from left to right.
Brother Peng was stunned and at a loss: the range of the crossbow could reach 250 steps. At this time, the distance between the two armies was only a hundred steps and there was no way to dodge.
In an instant, the soul-hunting crossbow bolt pierced through people and horses.
Brother Peng, who rushed at the front, was not spared. Two crossbow arrows pierced his body directly. He didn't even have time to hum, and he was killed on the spot.
The Khitan cavalrymen and horses neighed mournfully, and the battle line suddenly fell into chaos.
A large part of the Khitan military system was inherited from the Central Plains, and Brother Peng was the team commander.
After his death, the deputy commander of the army, Kuang Yima, immediately took his place and took over the command of the army.
"Come on, charge on!"
Kuang Yima knew very well how powerful the crossbows were, and if they tried to retreat at this moment, it would be like receiving another round of fire.
During the time it took for them to turn around and retreat, the opponent's first wave of crossbowmen would have finished loading.
Can't escape maximum range.
It's better to just rush over and fight the opponent hand-to-hand at the loss.
Use distance to restrain the power of the crossbowman.
Seeing Brother Peng being shot dead as soon as he met him, Yeluwansi was shocked and angry. The cunning Central Plains man actually had a hidden agenda.
But he was even more worried that if he lost his command, the charging troops would be unable to withstand the pressure of the powerful crossbows and choose to escape from the terrifying crossbow attack range.
Then all your efforts will be wasted.
But when Kuang Wuma stood up and ordered the soldiers to continue sprinting, he shouted directly, regardless of whether he could hear him or not: "Kuang Wuma, come back alive, I will promote you to the rank of Taoist commander."
After Yeluwansi shouted, he once again ordered Wu Yan to attack the Zhou army's grain formation.
Now that the distance is closing, it's time for the massacre.
Yelvwansi was ready to lead his troops to attack, but the next scene shocked him.
After the Zhou army's crossbowmen fired their crossbow arrows, they retreated one after another.
When I left, I left some iron thorns all over the ground, and exposed a row of shiny "iron fences" behind me.
The iron fence was inserted diagonally into the ground, its sharp tips gleaming, and there seemed to be a simple battalion defense line in front of the Zhou army's formation.
Yeluwansi opened her eyes wide, and the scene from forty years ago reappeared before her eyes.
That year, he was still young and followed their greatest Khitan emperor, Yelu Abaoji, to go south with the whole country. He was known as a million cavalry, with banners covering the sky and the sun, and the sound of horse hooves shaking the heaven and earth.
Yelu Abaoji directly made a bold statement: "Conquer the Central Plains and drink from the Yellow River."
What an lofty and lofty ambition it is.
But at the critical moment, they met Fu Cunshen.
King Fu's father.
He ordered his men to cut down the wood and turn it into antlers. He took a branch and led his troops to capture Youzhou.
Thirty thousand infantry move into an army and stop into a stronghold. The 60,000 Khitan soldiers are unable to do anything.
It was truly an unforgettable massacre. The hundreds of thousands of brothers and comrades who entered the customs were like bereaved dogs, beating each other to pieces and beating them to pieces.
In the end, the Khitan cavalry, which numbered one million, abandoned their chariots, tents, and armor, and filled the fields with sheep and horses. Tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers were killed.
But since then, this trick has never been seen in the Central Plains.
Even Fu Yanqing, the Talisman King who frightened them, had never used it.
The Khitan people all thought that this method of warfare was lost.
Now?
How did Zhou Jun learn this trick?
Or iron antlers?
Yelvwansi suddenly thought of something. The current coach of Zhongyuan seems to be the son-in-law of the Fu family!
The bloody memory was suddenly brought out with the sound. Yeluwansi tensed up her trembling body and shouted with all her strength: "Withdraw, withdraw first!"
But at this point, it can be withdrawn without any hesitation.
The caltrops on the ground caused a little trouble for the Khitan cavalry.
But like iron spears, they pierced into the ground diagonally, forming rows of spikes like fences, causing them huge casualties.
The Khitan horse is too short to avoid jumping over such sharp spikes, so it can only hit it forcefully.
The men and horses were directly hit and killed on the ground thorns.
Some people who reacted quickly jumped off their horses to save their lives, but in this way, they would either be trampled to death by their own people, or stabbed to death by the pikemen behind the spiked fence.
Kuang's horse reacted quickly and rolled off its back, but the thorns on the ground made him wail in pain.
Seeing how miserable he was, an unknown soldier shot him in the chest, ending his pain.
Wu Yan felt something bad when he saw the dark spiked fence, and heard voices calling for retreat behind him.
Decisively turn the horse's head and take a detour to the flank.
At this time, the crossbowmen of Team A and Team B had already loaded their guns and pulled the trigger on the fleeing Wuyan tribe.
The powerful crossbows once again hit the Khitan cavalry.