MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 951 The War of Extermination (5)

  Chapter 951 The Battle to Destroy the Nation (5)

At night, the city of Xiazhou was very quiet, the streets and alleys were pitch black, the Song army still enforced strict martial law during the day and curfew at night, and only at noon would the people in the city be allowed to go out to receive relief. His subordinates were looted and could only rely on the relief of the Song Army to survive.

The Song army's martial law and curfew were not ineffective. Just yesterday, the patrolling soldiers of the Song army discovered that someone was secretly gathering, so they notified the scout battalion. More than 120 desperadoes from Xixia died.

   Li Yanqing stood at the top of the city and looked at the west. The Xixia reinforcements had already appeared 150 miles away, with 30,000 troops. For Li Yanqing, this was a huge temptation and test.

   "Wen Jin, do you think we should pull the army out and fight the Xixia army?" Li Yanqing asked in a deep voice while looking at the West.

Wen Jin was Liu Qi, and Liu Qi was standing beside Li Yanqing at this moment. He had followed Li Yanqing for many years and knew Li Yanqing's character well. There must be a balance of pros and cons.

  Liu Kai thought for a while and smiled: "How much do you know about this support army?"

"I know that the 20,000 cavalry are the elite of the Xixia Army. They were incorporated into the Iron Harrier Army and are good at riding and shooting. The other 10,000 infantry are also the tribal army of the Tuoba tribe. These 30,000 troops are the housekeeping capital of the Xixia Army."

   "Does everyone think we can beat them?"

  Li Yanqing nodded slowly, "We also have brave soldiers and firearms far superior to the enemy's. Besides, our army is three times larger than that. I think we can fight the enemy."

   After a pause, Li Yanqing said again in a deep voice: "We want to destroy Xixia, we must overcome this hurdle, and we must defeat them in an upright manner."

   "Since the capital has made a decision, let's fight!"

  Li Yanqing's eyes suddenly became deep, and he said slowly: "Let Jing Zhaojun rise completely in this battle!"

  Dark clouds hung low, gusts of wind blew past, and sand and dust covered the sky. In the wilderness west of Xiazhou City, 100,000 Song troops took up positions, waiting patiently for the arrival of the Xixia army.

The 30,000 Xixia army has already been seven miles away, and the Song army's battle line can be seen from a distance. Brother Li Cha never thought that the Song army would line up to fight. This is also the result he hopes for most. He has no siege weapons at all, so he cannot attack the city. He is just here to try his luck. If the Song Army is willing to fight him, that would be the best, but if the Song Army is unwilling to fight, he can only quickly withdraw from the Gobi to Xingqing Mansion, and will not waste time here.

It seems that his luck is good, Li Yanqing is willing to set up an array to fight with him, this is a rare strategic decision of the Song army, generally the Song army uses strategy or surprise soldiers, this kind of head-to-head battle, since Di Qing It was never seen again.

  Brother Li Cha said to the dozen or so generals around him: "The Song Army has 100,000 troops, three times larger than ours. This is their advantage. We must avoid their advantage and cannot fight them one-on-one."

Brother Li Cha pointed at the Song Army with his saber, and continued: "The Jingzhao Song Army has undergone changes since last year. If I guessed correctly, the 100,000 troops should be the two wings of the Longxiang Guard and the Tiger Guard, and Li Yanqing's direct subordinates." Wei is in the middle, and our 30,000 troops can't fight them in three ways. We must concentrate our forces to attack Li Yanqing's central army. As long as Li Yanqing's central army is defeated, the two wings will retreat without a fight, so my tactic is 10,000 infantry stationed at the flag, immediately responded, while 20,000 cavalry stormed the central army, understand what I mean?"

   "Understood!" All the generals shouted in unison.

   "The cavalry is in formation, the army has entered the decisive battle zone!"

The 30,000 Xixia army began to march forward, maintaining the state of attacking at any time, and walked step by step towards the Song army's front line. The so-called decisive battle zone is three miles away from the opponent. This distance is the best distance for the cavalry to launch an offensive, allowing the cavalry to fully attack Pentium up.

Li Yanqing stared at the Xixia Army in the distance, and he said to Wang Gui and Liu Kai, the deputy governors on the left and right: "The enemy's forces are effective, and they will definitely not fight us in an all-round way. They will definitely concentrate their forces to attack the Chinese army. After the enemy's cavalry and the Chinese army's short-handed soldiers meet, the pikemen on the left and right flanks gather to trap the Xixia cavalry, and the cavalry will attack the opponent's infantry.

   "Follow the order!"

  Wang Gui and Liu Kai saluted each other and rushed to their respective teams.

  The 100,000-strong army fought decisively with the Xixia Army with the Eagle Formation. On the surface, the central army was not many, only 20,000, and the left and right wings each had 40,000. In fact, Li Yanqing had thoroughly studied Li Cha's tactics.

Brother Li Cha's tactics are also the usual tactics of the Xixia Army and the Liaojin Army. Using the advantages of cavalry to attack the enemy's central army, directly defeat the opponent's central army, causing the entire army to collapse. The countless failures of the Song Army were all defeated by the enemy. on this tactic.

  But today Li Yanqing's Chinese army is different. They are not ordinary infantry. There are heavy armored infantry, firearm battalions, scout battalions, and crossbow battalions.

  Li Yanqing's musketeers are mainly used to deal with heavy armored cavalry. Today they don't need to fight, and the **** arm crossbow can shoot through the enemy's armor.

  At this time, the enemy army had entered the battle zone, Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "God arm crossbow ready!"

  The blue flag was waved on the flag platform, and Zhang Wei, the commander of the God Arm Crossbow Army, immediately shouted, "Set up the formation!"

  The 10,000 Armed Forces have actually prepared for a big battle. They are divided into three rows, each row has 3,000 people, of which the first row has 4,000 people, and they use three-stage shooting to attack the enemy.

  In the distance, Brother Li Cha could see very clearly that the Song Army's arrow array was within his expectation. This is also the traditional tactics of the Song Army. Although the Xixia cavalry will suffer losses, the Song Army must be defeated.

Brother Li Cha is well aware of the power of the Song army's **** arm crossbow. Generally, leather armor can be pierced at a distance of 150 steps, and armor can be shot at a distance of 100 steps. It is possible to shoot through shields and leather armor within ten steps. If it is armor, it takes forty steps to double-pierce. However, for cavalry, the distance of forty steps is a one-shot pass. In fact, Song Army crossbowmen only have one chance to shoot.

   This is the main reason why the Song army lost more than it won in the Hundred Years War against Xixia. The Song army is also constantly pursuing advanced weapons. The invention of the **** arm crossbow is to replace the weakness of the original army crossbow that cannot penetrate the enemy's armor.

If it is an ordinary Xixia cavalry, they mainly use leather armor and have relatively few shields. The **** arm crossbow can indeed exert great power, but today is different. Today, they are Xixia cavalry wearing armor and strong shields. Your **** No matter how powerful the arm crossbow is, what's the use?

  Brother Li Cha sneered, and ordered sharply: "Attack!"

   "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The fierce battle drum sounded.

  The 20,000 Xixia cavalry shouted and started to mobilize suddenly. The horses galloped and rushed towards the Song Army's central army three miles away like an overwhelming mountain. The dust covered the sky and the ground was trembling.

  Zhang Wei shouted sharply, "Raise the crossbow!"

The drums sounded, and ten thousand crossbowmen raised their god-armed crossbows. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and it was covered by dust. Brother Li Cha couldn't see the details. If he came close, he would definitely be surprised. A group of four thousand crossbowmen used different crossbow bolts, and each crossbow bolt was actually tied with a two-inch long thin tube. This was the bursting arrow that the Jingzhao Song Army had only put into war for the first time this year.

This kind of arrow bound with gunpowder existed in the Song Dynasty a hundred years ago, but the gunpowder at that time was not explosive enough, so it could only be used to set fire, and its power was not great. Now, the gunpowder arrow is renamed as the bursting arrow, which has a strong explosive power. The lethality is powerful, and it can shatter shields and shatter iron armor.

The armor of the Xixia army is not made of a whole piece of pig iron. Xixia does not have so many strategic resources. Instead, it is made of pig iron into thin slices like fish scales, which are then strung together with ropes and hung on the shoulders, chest, back and abdomen. A light armor.

  The iron sand in the gunpowder tube is a threat to horses and people, and the violent explosion can startle the horses, which is completely different from the previous **** arm crossbow.

  (end of this chapter)