Chapter 111: Xia Bing's Night Sister and Silver Hu Hu (3)
After half an hour of fighting and thousands of casualties, the Song Army's test of the Xia Army was finally completed. As the former enemy commander-in-chief Bai Chonghu issued a new order, the Song Army quickly made adjustments. The heavy infantry regiments on the left and middle began to
go ahead.
After the brass trumpet sounded, the drum sound started again after a pause.
The spearmen on the left and center let out a huge roar, and then the forest-like formation of spears suddenly came to life from the silence of the mountain forest and began to move forward slowly.
In front of the unstoppable spear, Xia Jun tried every means to stop it.
The shields formed a wall and resisted, and could temporarily block it for a while. However, under the intensive and powerful impact of the spears, the shields that were tightly together were still pushed away.
The power gathered by dozens or hundreds of long and hard spears cannot be blocked by dozens of shields. No matter how dense the knots are, there are still gaps. Once the spears get into the gaps, they can penetrate through them.
Once a seam was opened, there were two seams and three seams, and then it was full of holes.
What's even more frightening is that the wall cannot be formed. The shield that defends alone can block the spears directly in front, but cannot block the spears piercing from the left and right.
The spears of the Song Army were specially made. The spear tip was one foot long, made of iron, thick and wide. The front was sharp, and there were long blades on both sides, like a double-edged broad sword. Swing it left and right with force, and cut with the sword.
The same thing, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, arms and limbs broken off.
The Xia army gathered their archers again and fired rapidly at the spearmen. But as soon as they stood still, the arrows from the crossbowmen behind the Song army's spearmen were poured out like water.
In particular, the Song Army's Divine Arm Crossbow used an improved armor-piercing arrow with a heavy head. It was thrown at a 45-degree angle and the penetrating power when it fell was unstoppable by ordinary armor.
Arrows kill people.
The Xia army's archers were also fearless, braving the rain of arrows and bravely shooting at the Song army's spearmen. Unfortunately, the effect was little.
The spearmen of the Song Army have been upgraded and put on suppressive breastplates. The hard plate armor firmly protects the chest and abdomen and other places that are easy to be hit by arrows.
The round face-protecting iron helmet also protected the head and face.
This kind of plate armor and helmet have a high defense against arrows, and it is difficult for ordinary arrows to penetrate. Unless it is directly given an ax or hammer, it is better to use the Song Army's divine arm crossbow and armor-piercing arrows to shoot directly at close range.
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A few unlucky Song Army spearmen were hit by arrows in non-vital parts such as their hands, feet, arms, etc., and were injured and left the formation, but this had little impact on the impact and lethality of the spear phalanx.
The Song army's phalanx continued to move forward steadily, and the spear points slowly approached the Xia archers, forcing them to retreat hastily.
The clever Xia army pushed a dozen carriages from nowhere and piled them on the road, finally blocking the Song army's spear phalanx.
But it can only block it for a while.
The spear phalanx stopped, then squeezed to both sides to make way for several passages.
Dozens or hundreds of leaders and archers walked along the passage and got to the front. The archers took cover and took the lead in fighting in hand-to-hand combat to drive away the Xia army behind the carriage. Then they swung their axes and machetes and banged them several times to dismantle all the carriages.
All spread out on the ground.
With the obstacles cleared, the spear phalanx can move forward again.
The series of actions just now were very skillful. I must have prepared for such emergencies in my daily training.
It seems that nothing can stop the spear phalanx anymore.
The left and middle phalanxes slowly formed a diagonal line as they advanced, and together with the three light infantry regiments, they were like a long broom, slowly squeezing the right wing of the Xixia army toward the center.
Brother Richard, who was standing on the south gate tower, saw all this.
His eyebrows were twisted together tightly. What is Song Jun doing?
This time, he released the main force of Lingzhou City. There were 20,000 at the east gate and 30,000 at the south gate. They were all loyal and brave elites selected by the Qiang Army, Hengshan Qiang, and the six parties.
In previous years, Brother Richard, with this army, would have dared to fight against 200,000 Song troops without falling behind.
It is a pity that although the Xia army tried their best to retain the elite, the Song army on the opposite side was changing with each passing day, and finally transformed into a powerful opponent that was extremely difficult to deal with.
Soldiers fight bravely and with high morale, especially their tactical coordination, which is skillful and effective. Coupled with well-trained officers and accompanying non-commissioned officers, no matter how many people are gathered together, they can exert incredible lethality.
But what is even more troublesome for Brother Richard and other Xia army generals is that the Song army generals no longer have the same problems that they used to have under the constraints of civilian officials and military supervisors: they are inflexible in combat and do not seek victory but only seek self-preservation...
Now their fighting style is flexible, simple and effective. At the beginning, they quietly test, but once they find the enemy's weakness, they burn it like fire, fierce and rapid.
It's very difficult to deal with a situation like this.
According to Brother Richard's experience in fighting against the Song Army, what they like most is to stretch the battle line in a test, disperse the forces of both sides, and then find the opponent's weaknesses or gaps, gather their reserves, and strike hard.
Why did the Song Army go in the opposite direction today, squeezing together the 30,000 troops outside the South Gate through a phalanx of spears? The more concentrated its troops are, the stronger the gathered force will be. Isn’t it true that the Song Army will become more powerful?
Is it hard to chew?
Could it be that the Song army had fought a series of victorious battles and had become arrogant in underestimating the enemy, and was preparing to gather its own troops together to determine victory or defeat in one battle?
If this were the case, Brother Richard would be relieved. But he knew that it was best not to have such illusions.
Since the beginning of the war in April, the Song army has always been in a hurry and rarely showed any flaws. It also made itself invulnerable and could only sit back and watch the war situation become more and more serious.
The Song army had been fighting calmly for four months, but suddenly it became arrogant and impatient?
Brother Richard tried hard not to believe this easily.
He was already on the verge of despair, but he longed for such an opportunity, a great opportunity for a comeback given by God. This desire tempted him to think desperately in that direction.
The Song army has underestimated the enemy. I must quickly find the enemy's loopholes and strike with all my strength. I will surely come back!
No! Impossible!
While Brother Richard was struggling in his heart, he suddenly saw the Song Army gathering and moving in the distance.
There were cavalry gathering, there were catapults, and crossbows were slowly pushing forward. This scene was like a lump of ice stuffed into his clothes in the twelfth lunar month of winter.
Brother Richard suddenly woke up and understood Song Jun's intention.
The Song army dared to do this because they had many offensive methods.
For example, if 30,000 troops were squeezed into a small area, the Song army could use catapults and crossbows to kill them from a distance.
After several improvements, the Song Army's behemoth and extremely lethal catapult was extremely accurate. There was also a bed crossbow, which had a long range and could shoot eight long iron arrows in one go.
Once your own army is squeezed into a dense area by the Song army, the lethality of these weapons can be doubled.
The huge flame bomb, dragging a long tail of black smoke, flew across the sky and exploded in the center of the huddled army...
Thinking of this, Brother Richard got goosebumps all over his body and couldn't help but shudder a few times. This scene is really unbelievable!
After several rounds of flaming bombs, plus the covering fire of the bed crossbow and the divine arm crossbow, our own troops huddled together, no matter how loyal and brave they are, will be defeated.
By the time they collapse, to the west and south are the spear phalanxes of the Song army. These panicked and defeated troops on our side will definitely flee eastward, smashing into pieces the 20,000 troops outside the east gate.
At this time, the Song Army's cavalry took advantage of the opportunity and chased them...
No! This must not be the case! These 50,000 elites are the last remaining force of the Xia Kingdom on the southern front. They must not be allowed to be killed by the Song Army like field mice.
Brother Richard called the retinue officer and explained: "Please tell His Highness the King of Wei that the life and death of Dabai Gao Kingdom has come now, and please Sir Shangfu rise up and attack!"
"yes!"
After passing the order, Brother Richard seemed to have lost all his strength.
He held his hands firmly on the wall and stomped on the wall, his legs trembling slightly, looking at the brutal fighting outside the city, tens of thousands of people looming in the dust. The human figures, like the murals in the Mogao Grottoes, became ethereal.
Brother Richard suddenly remembered that when he was a child, his father took him to Mogao Grottoes and other temples to worship Buddha. Countless Buddha statues looked at him with compassionate eyes.
Brother Richard raised his head and saw the dust from the fighting rising as high as the city tower, forming a cloud of yellow mist, floating in the air, and stained with a dazzling and sad red in the sunlight.
A group of white clouds was above this group of clouds and mist. Brother Richard took a quick look and found that this group of white clouds and clouds and mist were stacked together, which looked very much like the Buddha sitting on a lotus throne.
The Buddha statue has a majestic appearance and looks at everything in the world with compassion for heaven and earth.
At this moment, Brother Richard stretched out his hands in the air, trying to grab something tightly, and said loudly: "Buddha, save us, your most devout believers!" This chapter has been completed!