MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 952 The War of Extermination (6)

  Chapter 952 The Battle to Destroy the Nation (6)

  The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the cavalry of the Xixia Army rushed closer and closer, one thousand steps, eight hundred steps, six hundred steps, five hundred steps, three hundred steps. ． ． ． ． ． It has gradually approached the range of the **** arm crossbow.

  The effective killing range of the God Arm Crossbow is 150 steps, but the total shooting range can reach 250 steps.

"Shoot!" Li Yanqing gave an order, and as the red flag was waved, the sound of clappers suddenly sounded, and the 10,000 god-arm crossbows of the Song Army were launched at the same time. It formed a dense rain of arrows, making strange noises, as if a plague of locusts was coming, and shot at the cavalry of the Xixia Army two hundred steps away.

  The Xixia Army cavalry raised their shields one after another, and the rain of arrows roared and hit the shields, but before the cavalry could react, the crossbow arrows exploded.

There was crackling explosions in the team, the shields were exploded one after another, the horses were frightened, lost order, and began to rampage in the team, constantly making the cavalry in the team turn their backs, and were trampled by the horses, suddenly **** and bloody, a rain of arrows It directly caused the tragic death of more than 500 cavalrymen who fell off their horses.

   But this is by no means the real effect of the bursting arrow. The real effect is that the shields of more than 4,000 Xixia cavalry were exploded.

The cavalry of the Xixia Army rushed to 150 steps, and the second round of arrows of the Song Army was launched. A drum beat, and 4,000 god-armed crossbows were fired first. A dense rain of arrows rose into the sky, forming a cloud of The long cloud of black arrows turned into black dots in an instant, overwhelming the Xixia army soldiers, and the Xixia cavalry raised their shields to meet them.

  The god-armed crossbows of the Song army dominate the world. They not only have a long range, but also are powerful, especially when thrown from the air.

The powerful and heavy armor-piercing crossbow arrows pierced the shields of the cavalrymen and shot through the iron armor. The cavalrymen fell off their horses one after another, and the sound of mourning was everywhere. Then the second wave and the third wave of crossbow arrows roared like raindrops, and the density was so dense that it was breath-taking. However, the long arrow chichi fell, piercing the shield, and piercing the enemy's face and chest.

The Xixia cavalry seemed like crops devastated by the storm. They fell one by one, blood splattered, and died tragically one by one. The morale of the enemy army disappeared sharply. Their confidence began to waver, and the murderousness subsided. When it came to a heavy blow, the Song army only fired two rounds of arrows, and the 20,000 cavalry was reduced by half, and more than 3,000 people died under the crossbow arrows.

Brother Li Cha, who was watching the battle behind, took a deep breath. When he saw the flames of the explosion, he realized that something was wrong. When pieces of cavalrymen fell down with arrows, his heart ached like a knife, which had never happened before. It's miserable, if it's an ordinary cavalry, he doesn't feel bad, the 20,000 cavalry are the elite of the elite!

   But now he has no choice, he can only grit his teeth: "Blow the horn, charge!"

   ‘Woo-woo-’

  The horn sounded continuously. This was the horn of a charge. The Xixia cavalry were worthy of being elite. Inspired by the sound of the horn, they quickly adjusted their slightly weak formation and launched an attack on the 10,000 crossbowmen of the Song Army from 60 paces away.

The God Arm Crossbow Army still showed no sign of weakness. Ten thousand people fired the last round of crossbow arrows at the same time. They used armor-penetrating iron arrows two feet four inches long. Made of fine iron, it is extremely sharp and can shoot through any armor. With the sound of clappers, 10,000 crossbow arrows shot at the cavalry who had rushed to sixty paces like a black cloud.

The Xixia cavalry also seemed to feel the strength of this round of arrows. They raised their shields at the same time, only to hear a click, and the shields were pierced by the crossbow arrows and shattered one after another. The iron arrow did not cause too much damage to the people, but the horses could not bear the strong penetrating power of the crossbow arrows. More than a thousand horses in the first row were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, screaming, and many cavalry behind were tripped. There was once again a slight confusion among the cavalry.

  At this time, Li Yanqing ordered, "The crossbowmen retreat, and the heavy armored infantry go up!"

   Ten thousand crossbowmen retreated quickly, and behind them appeared three thousand heavy armored infantry.

Guan Sheng yelled, and Huo Di, three thousand heavy armored infantrymen, drew up the formation. They were divided into two rows, about five feet apart. Pierce straight into the air.

At this time, fifteen thousand cavalry came in lined up against the dense rain of arrows. Their speed was getting faster and faster. The soldiers of the Song Army who were defending intensively rushed forward.

  The three thousand heavy armored infantry are like a needle that stabilizes the sea. No matter how rough and roaring the waves are, they still remain motionless.

The cavalry rushed ten paces away in an instant, and the cavalry in the front row had already seen the two rows of gleaming long thorns clearly. They were all terrified, but the cavalry in front had nowhere to escape, let alone retreat, and were surrounded by the cavalry behind. , They had to raise their spears, close their eyes, and screamed in despair.

   "Boom!"

The horses rushed into the bayonet group, and immediately blood spattered and neighed all over the ground. The cavalry in the first row were pierced by the horse-chopping sword, and the cavalry behind continued to charge up. The cavalry flew out, even flew over the heads of the heavy armored infantry, and fell into the Song army formation. The cavalry had a huge inertia and it was difficult to stop, and quickly formed a meat wall more than ten feet wide in front of the Song army formation.

  Li Yanqing could see clearly, he sneered and ordered: "Throw thunder!"

The drums were loud, and more than a hundred small trebuchets appeared behind the heavy armored infantry. They fired together, and hundreds of throwing thunderbolts flew over the heavy armored infantry, and exploded one after another in the cavalry group a hundred steps away. The horses screamed, the soldiers screamed, and pieces of cavalry were blown down. The Xixia cavalry was in a dilemma, and there was a sudden chaos.

The explosion of Zhentianlei was the signal. Three thousand heavy armored infantry changed their formation. They stood up and raised their horse swords high to face the cavalry that was about to kill. The cavalry rushed forward and surrounded the cavalry from both sides, while the 20,000 Song Army cavalry quickly killed the 10,000 Xixia infantry three miles away from both sides.

This is a series of tactics, from launching the crossbow with the **** arm, attacking the heavy armored infantry to throwing thunder, encircling on both sides, and then attacking by 20,000 cavalry. Once launched, there is no pause in the middle, almost in one go. Xixia cavalry Not even time to retreat.

It was too late when Brother Li Cha realized that something was wrong. The 60,000 troops gathered from both sides, and the 10,000 cavalry were the fastest. Like the seal of a bag, they cut off the retreat of the Xixia cavalry. The remaining 50,000 troops quickly shrank. Compress more than 10,000 Xixia cavalry into a small space with a radius of only one mile.

This is the biggest weakness of the attacking Chinese army. Once the Chinese army's formation fails to break through quickly, it is very likely that they will be surrounded by the opponent. This trick has become a disaster.

  Brother Li Cha was flustered and shouted: "Blow the horn, retreat!"

   "Woo! Woo!"

  The hurried retreat horn sounded, and the surrounded Xixia cavalry wanted to turn around and break through, but it was impossible. The 80,000 army surrounded the 15,000 cavalry densely, so densely that even a fly could not fly out.

  At the same time, 20,000 cavalry, one left and one right, outflanked and killed 10,000 Xixia infantry from the north and south.

   This is the most powerful tactical coordination of the Song Army so far. The 100,000 troops were launched at the same time, interlocking.

  Brother Li Cha was almost desperate. He had no choice but to divide the 10,000 infantry into two groups to face the Song Army cavalry who had killed them from both sides. The two sides fought fiercely together in an instant.

  The biggest advantage of the cavalry lies in their maneuverability. They can run at high speed, making it impossible for the infantry to catch up, and they can kill them quickly, which catches the infantry by surprise.

   But if the cavalry loses its maneuverability, it is like a bound elephant, but its huge body is dragged down by it. In a small space, the cavalry is not necessarily the opponent of the infantry.

The densely packed infantry held long spears, forming a sea of ​​spears. The long spears stabbed the cavalry from all directions, and there were 10,000 god-armed crossbows shooting arrows in the middle. The Xixia cavalry continued to reduce their numbers. The 15,000 cavalry has dropped sharply to 6,000, but this trend of downsizing has not stopped. Song Jun Ren Jiu is constantly compressing the enemy's space.

   At this moment, the attack horns of the Song cavalry continued to sound, and the Xixia infantry finally collapsed.

  (end of this chapter)