Fenghou

"Follow the order!" Tang Qian took the military order and left.

Only then did Chen Qing coldly say to the generals: "We once defeated the world-famous Jurchen iron cavalry. Although we don't know the Xizhou Army, we will definitely defeat them completely."

All the troops raised their arms and shouted, "Kill—"

The shouts went straight into the sky.

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Although the [-] troops of the Song Army came on horseback, they were of different types. First, there were [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, and then there were scout troops, heavy armored cavalry, and chariot troops among the cavalry, but this time [-] heavy armored cavalry Not brought, on the one hand, the training is not enough, and secondly, it is mainly used against infantry, and it is useless on the grassland.

The chariot army is the chariot army, mobile firing positions, gunpowder barrels, fierce oil fire cabinets, bed crossbows, etc. They are generally deployed in large infantry formations.

There are many types of infantry, such as the spear army, short spear army, crossbowmen, heavy shield army, firearms army, flying dragon army, and heavy armored infantry. Among them, the flying dragon army is the most lethal, with a total of 5000 people. There are 1000 people in a large formation throwing fine steel short spears. Once they are targeted by them, they will definitely not survive.

The 1.9 heavy armored infantry is the latest type of arms, converted from Wanyan Nianhan's Hei Jiajun armor. It is also [-] soldiers. A foot-long three-pointed and double-edged knife that can be used for chopping and stabbing.

Ten miles away from the Xizhou Army, the Song Army set up a large formation, which seemed to be densely arranged like a city wall, but was actually five large infantry formations. Once a battle broke out, the formation would change at any time.

The Han army has very high requirements for formation. Practice formation is the most important thing for every Han army. The formation is ever-changing. Five large formations form a super large formation. Once the cavalry enters the formation, they will be interspersed and cut by Song soldiers. Break into small pieces and be eaten one by one.

At this time, the battle drums in the Song army's large formation sounded, slow and dull, "Boom—boom—boom—"

A black line appeared in the distance, [-] enemy cavalry appeared, and the low-pitched shofar sounded on the grassland, "Woo——"

Bi Guian was secretly delighted, the opponent actually had infantry as the majority, so that the initiative of the war was in his hands, he would fight if he could beat it, and leave if he couldn't beat it, what could I do?

Bi Guian didn't find it strange at all. The Song army he knew was like this, with infantry as the main force and a small amount of cavalry as a supplement.

The two armies were getting closer and closer, and finally stopped at a distance of three miles. The westerly wind was hunting on the grassland, and the battle flags were fluttering. It means that the county king Chen Qing is in the army.

Guian understood this truth, he squinted his eyes, and shouted sharply: "The two wings are ready to attack!"

The horns sounded continuously, and the cavalry on both wings were eager to try. The left wing was the yellow-headed Uyghur army, [-] cavalry, commanded by Cao Yuan, and the right wing was also [-] Xizhou cavalry, commanded by Wanfu Changpu Gumi.

The Chinese army is [-] cavalry led by Bi Gui'an himself, consisting of [-] Xizhou Army and [-] Yellow Head Army.

Of course, the yellow-headed Uyghur has already destroyed the country, and they all wear the same armor, leather armor, spears, bows and arrows, small shields, and are skilled in horsemanship.

"Attack with two wings, kill—"

Bi Guian swung his sword and roared, and the horn blew continuously: "Woo! Woo! Woo!"

The 4 two-winged cavalry rushed out at the same time, like two floods breaking the embankment, rushing towards the Song army three miles away.

War broke out.

Chapter 823 Fierce Battle

The first row of the Song Army was not crossbowmen, but heavy shield soldiers. There were about a thousand heavy shield soldiers in each phalanx, and they were all in the first row, protecting the spear soldiers behind them.

This is the experience and lessons learned by the Song army in actual battles. The crossbowman is at the front, and when retreating, it will more or less affect the army behind. Anyway, it is only a few dozen steps away. Affect the formation, not worth it.

If the spearmen in the first row were not protected, they could easily be shot down by the enemy cavalry. It was only later discovered that most of the spearmen in the first row had been shot down by arrows before the enemy hit.

Therefore, placing the heavy shield troops in the first row is of great benefit to reducing the death rate of soldiers.

The soldiers of the heavy shield army stood with their shields. This kind of large shield was made by referring to Xi Ren's heavy shield manufacturing method by the Song Army Military Department, combined with the Han people's oil immersion method. Large shields, each large shield is four feet high and three feet wide.

The Ordnance Department of the Western Army has absorbed all these advantages, and they also made it out of a dense whole piece of wood. Cover with a layer of armor cloth.

Armor cloth is also made by dipping oil. Each piece of cloth is extremely tough and difficult for swords and arrows. It is specially used to make cloth armor, and finally covered with two layers of cowhide. Each shield weighs [-] catties and requires two hands to operate.

The Ordnance Department spent two years making 45 heavy shields and equipped [-] soldiers. These heavy shield soldiers were in the first row, followed by spear army soldiers. Each spear was two feet long. Made of jujube wood, it is extremely hard. The soldiers of the spear army squatted on the ground, and the spears were angled upward at [-] degrees. Thousands of spears formed a dense spear forest.

Behind the spear army is the short spear army. Simply put, the spear army is a defensive army, but the short spear army is a combat army, which is more flexible and changeable, and pays special attention to cooperation. A cavalry fights.

Behind the short spear army is the three thousand crossbow army, all god-armed crossbows, and further back, in the center of the formation, are the flying dragon army and the chariot army.

The Flying Dragon Army is thrown with fine steel short spears. It is extremely lethal to a small group of hundreds of people at a short distance. It is a new type of army developed during the Xixia War.

The chariots are pulled by horses, and there are about [-] chariots in each square. Its axles are made of iron and are not easily damaged.

There is a small trebuchet installed in the carriage, which can throw five catties of iron fire thunder two hundred steps away, but the iron fire mine has just been developed and has not yet been popularized. At present, it is still mainly barrel gunpowder, but there are also two or three An iron fire thunder.

The Xizhou Army is the Uyghur Army, and their combat habits are the same as those of the Uyghurs back then. The [-]-strong army seems to be overwhelming, but it is not chaotic. They form a team of a hundred people, led by a centurion, and then a thousand people form a large group , led by the commander-in-chief.

At this time, the Xizhou cavalry did not see the crossbow formation of the Song army, which made them even more excited. The cavalry became faster and faster, running and shouting.

The distance gradually shortened, 150 steps, [-] steps, [-] steps. At this moment, the Song Army's god arm crossbow suddenly fired.

Fifteen thousand crossbow arrows were fired from the five army formations at the same time, forming a slightly thinner dark cloud in the sky, shooting towards the galloping cavalry like raindrops.

Feng Di was ruthless, and the tide-like cavalry group suddenly turned on their backs, causing countless casualties.

Tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly rushed to the front of the formation, the sound of horseshoes was like thunder, and the cavalry surged like a stormy sea, as if the raging waves were rushing towards the mountain-like Song Army phalanx.

"Don't be afraid, stand with a spear!"

Xue Jinyong, the commander of the fourth phalanx, shouted at the top of his lungs. He could feel the fear of the soldiers. Every soldier around him was shaking, but they had no choice but to fight to the death.

A huge wave like overwhelming mountains and seas fell, and countless Xizhou cavalry rushed into the Song Army's phalanx in an instant. Like a wave, wave after wave came.

The first round of the most powerful impact was over, and the soldiers with heavy shields quickly retreated, but a small part was too late to retreat and was swallowed by the Xizhou cavalry. It is no longer clear whether it is the Xizhou Army or the Song Army.

The phalanx of the Song Army with tens of thousands of people was knocked down by hundreds of people under continuous repeated impacts, but immediately filled up with soldiers, each spear formed a forest, withstood the impact of the cavalry, and the two sides fought in the wilderness. In the fierce battle, swords flashed, weapons clashed, men and horses screamed, and screams kept coming and going.

Bi Angui didn't press on all of them, he wanted to see how sharp the phalanx army trained by the Song army was, but the impact of the [-] troops on the two wings did not achieve the effect he wanted at all, and they couldn't rush into the phalanx. Also suffered heavy casualties.

Bi Angui could no longer procrastinate, and he immediately issued a second order, "The main force of the Chinese army will attack and attack the enemy's two wings."

The remaining [-] Xizhou Army cavalry also mobilized. The troops were divided into two groups, one on the left and the other on the right like two giant dragons, attacking the two wings of the phalanx. , but the two wings of the Song Army phalanx seemed to be very weakly protected, and the weakness of the two wings was exposed to the attack of the cavalry cavalry of the Western Cavalry Army.

The two cavalry rushed forward fiercely, like two huge knives slashing at the waist of the Song army at the same time.

Unexpectedly, there were hundreds of steps away from the two wings of the Song Army, and two Song Army cavalry went up to fight, intercepting the Xizhou Army cavalry from the side, and the two sides fought fiercely in front of the Song Army's formation.

This is a tactic of showing weakness, deliberately exposing weaknesses or loopholes to the opponent, luring the opponent to come and swallow the bait.

The cavalry of the Xizhou Army really swallowed the bait, and used the main cavalry to attack the two wings of the Song Army's large formation.

The consequence of being fooled is that when they were intercepted by the Song Army cavalry, their backs were exposed in front of the Song Army's large formation.

The Song army's formation turned to deal with the main force of the enemy army. The crossbow arrows were like raindrops, and gunpowder barrels were thrown from twenty carts.

With dense arrows, continuous explosions, and poisonous nails, the Xizhou army was killed and injured, and there was a scream. The Song Army cavalry held down the enemy troops who were about to leave the formation several times. The tragic killing caused more and more casualties of the cavalry of the Xizhou Army.

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Chen Qing was commanding the battle on a cart in the third army formation, surrounded by [-] heavy armored infantry guards. He watched the situation changes on the battlefield. As the Song army's super-large formation split into five large formations, the battlefield The situation also began to become clear.

Eighty thousand against eighty thousand, or one-on-one, fifty thousand cavalry against five large formations, thirty thousand cavalry against thirty thousand cavalry of the Song Army.

"Change formation!"

Chen Qing gave an order, and the flags were waved on the high podium, and the various formations began to change. They opened wide openings, and the enemy cavalry who had been looking for a breakthrough rushed in one after another.

The Song army began to encircle and cut, and small killing formations were formed in the ten thousand square formation.

At this moment, the Flying Dragon Army displayed its bravery. Thousands of fine steel short spears were thrown together, piercing with cold light, unstoppable, and with a scream, hundreds of enemy soldiers fell off their horses one after another. nailed to the ground.

These are small waves, but for the big winds and waves where 10,000+ people are fighting fiercely, these small waves are nothing?

It's just that the balance of victory was slightly in favor of Song Jun, and Song Jun began to gain the upper hand slowly.

Bi Gui'an was so anxious that he led [-] cavalry to look for the location of the enemy's commander. Suddenly, a soldier pointed to a square in front of him and shouted: "There!"

Chapter 824 Fierce Battle

Bi Angui also saw that the command flag above the third formation was constantly changing, and the enemy general must be inside the formation.

He shouted, "Boys, follow me to capture the leader of the enemy!"

With a cry of five thousand cavalry, they followed Bi Angui and charged into the third formation.

The leader of the third formation was Wang Jinqiu, the deputy commander. When he saw a cavalry team of thousands of people coming towards him from a slanting stab, he also shouted: "Concentrate your strength and don't allow the enemy to break through the outer formation." !"

Not every cavalry has to be put into the inner formation for extermination, it also depends on the specific situation, if it is a small team of hundreds of people, it is no problem to put it into the inner formation, but if it is a cavalry of several thousand people, then no matter what If you can't enter the formation, it will cause the inner formation to be defeated.

In particular, the third formation is the command formation, and the county king commands in the formation, let alone allowing any army to enter.

Thousands of spear soldiers gathered quickly, and a forest of spears aimed at the oncoming enemy troops. The 5000 men led by Bi Angui were also the elite of the elite. They did not charge directly, but flowed from the forest of spears The two sides dispersed, and not a single cavalryman crashed on the spear.

They bypassed the spears and charged into the formation from behind the spear team.

At this moment, there was a muffled 'bang—' from the city, as if the heart was about to burst.

Everyone looked back towards the direction of the city, and they saw a scene that horrified them. They saw the city wall ten miles away crashing down and dust flying.

The sudden collapse of the Zhangye city wall made the momentum of the Xizhou army stagnate, and the murderous aura of the soldiers began to fade quickly. You must know that every soldier's property and personal belongings are in the city. If the Song army enters the city, who will protect them? property.

Bi Guian knew that there would be no more results at this time, and the morale and morale of the army had completely collapsed. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Get into the formation!"

Suddenly, the formation of the third army was rolling like a wave, and they moved away to both sides one after another. A sharp army came out, about 3000 people, all of them were tall and tall, wearing black armor and black helmet, and holding a three-pointed two-edged knife .

The leading general, about 30 years old, is also tall and burly, with a red horse under his crotch, a slightly elongated face, a tuft of short beard under his jaw, eyebrows like swords, and a pair of eyes that are as sharp as knives, as if piercing through people's hearts.

The chief general is Chen Qing. He holds a Fangtian painted halberd in his hand, wears armor with a pattern of Shunshui mountains, and wears a phoenix-winged hood on his head. He is majestic and majestic.

Chen Qing waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, went straight to Bi Gui'an, and shouted, "The enemy will die!"

As soon as the halberd fell, the blade struck Bi Guian in an instant, and a gust of cold wind rushed towards his face, causing his skin to tingle faintly.

It was so fast that Bi Guian's heart almost stopped beating. Without hesitation, he tilted his body and hung his whole body outside the horse, avoiding the beheading blow, but saw a cold light flashing in an arc again, "Pfft !” The horse’s head was chopped off in half.

Blood spurted out, the war horse didn't even scream, fell to the ground with a thud, and Bi Guian also fell more than a foot away. Just as he was about to get up, his neck hurt, and the sharp halberd pointed against the back of his neck, and his skin was pierced Now, Chen Qing said coldly: "Dare to move, and pierce your neck!"

Bi Gui'an was too frightened to move, several soldiers rushed up and tied up Bi Gui'an.

Bi Gui'an's cavalry wanted to step forward to help, but three thousand heavy armored infantry rushed forward, and thousands of three-pointed two-edged knives shone coldly, killing the enemy army retreating steadily.

"Bi Gui'an was captured alive, Shuai Qi fell!"

Dozens of cavalry soldiers of the Song Army ran wildly and shouted all the way holding the wolf-headed banner. At this moment, the morale of the Xizhou Army completely collapsed. Cao Yuan led the Yellow-headed Uyghur Army to retreat northward first. Their escape led to the fleeing of the entire army. The enemy's offensive Suddenly collapsed, the Uyghur army was completely defeated, and they didn't care about entering Zhangye City, and fled desperately to the west.

The Song army chased after them, and the Uighur army was either killed or surrendered on their knees, but they didn't know that there were [-] Song army cavalry waiting for them in the north!

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At noon, in front of the gate of Jingzhaofu VIP Garden, two middle-aged men walked back and forth, constantly looking inside the gate.

Their suspicious behavior aroused the suspicion of the gatekeepers.

"What do you want to do?" A soldier stepped forward and asked sharply.

"We came from Sichuan and want to find Mr. Zhao!"

Another added: "It's business!"

"Wait!" The soldier saw that the two were well-mannered and older, not like assassins.

They went in to report, and after a while, one of them came out and asked, "Who are you, and what do you want to do with Mr. Zhao?"

The two came forward and whispered a few words, took out another name sticker, nodded, and went in with the name sticker.

Soon, he came out again, said a few words to the soldiers guarding the gate, registered at the gate, and brought the two of them into the VIP Court.

At the same time, the gatekeepers also reported upwards. This was their duty. Although they could not stop visitors, they had to report upwards.

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Lu Qingshan had just had lunch, and was taking a lunch break as usual, he has the habit of taking a short nap at noon.

But not long after he fell asleep, he was woken up by someone, and no one would disturb him at this time.

Lu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes, and saw that it was Lu Xiaowu, the family general. The family general is different from the mansion. The so-called family generals follow the Lu family from generation to generation. They are loyal to their masters.

Lu Qingshan knew that Lu Xiaowu would not wake up at this time, so something must have happened?

Just as he was about to ask, Lu Xiaowu'shh! With a sound, he waved his hand to tell Lu Qingshan not to speak. He said in a low voice, "There were two people who visited Mr. Zhao just now. I heard that they reported themselves in the courtyard as the governors of two prefectures in Sichuan. Xianggong led them into the study and closed the door."

Lu Qingshan turned over and sat up, it's a bit strange that Zhizhou from Sichuan came to Jingzhaolai!

Lu Xiaowu pointed to the neighbor and pointed to his own ear, meaning that he could eavesdrop, but only with Lu Qingshan's consent.

Lu Qingshan and Zhao Ding each lived in a small courtyard, but they were right next door, Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Be careful!"

There are also two powerful guards around Zhao Ding, so they cannot be found.

Lu Xiaowu nodded, opened the back window, looked at it for a while, and then stepped out, as light as a swallow.

After about an incense stick, Lu Xiaowu came back and said to Lu Qingshan in a low voice: "Two guards were guarding the study one in front of the other. I listened to it through the cracks in the roof tiles. When Zhao Xianggong said something, weapons can help you solve it, but is it possible to gather more troops?"

Lu Qingshan's face changed, and he guessed that the two officials were not friendly.