"Here, get ready—" Wang Tongdeng said in a long voice.

He itched to remove the lance from the triumphant hook and plunged the handle of the gun into the snow with a "poof".

The Roma Turks suddenly launched a decisive battle on Chinese New Year's Eve, apparently prepared.

Xu Wenhu placed six artillery battalions and more than 150 barrel guns on the central artillery barracks.

Among the infantry troops in front of the central artillery fort, the Hosoyanagi Army was a strong force stationed in the northern Tianshan Mountains. Xia Guo had dozens of troops west of Kunlun Mountain in the Green Mountains, and in addition to the Praetorian Guard, the elite infantry army that was transferred to the river to participate in the battle was the only one. Before the departure of the Xiliu Army, the marching division specially selected the elite soldiers from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains to enrich the Xiliu Army, the fine willow general Liu Yu is in the prime of life, cautious and meticulous, he has served in the Chengying battalion west of the river for many years, and is very familiar with the tactics of the Great Food Turkic Army, although the Xiliu Army does not belong to the jurisdiction of the Anxi Military Division, but Liu Yu is deeply trusted by Xu Wenhu, and appointed him to command the four infantry armies on the defense line of the central artillery fortress.

Although the Xia army lined up to meet the battle in a very short period of time, however, because the Turkic army launched a surprise attack too quickly, the formation of the Xia army was inevitably a little loose, and the Turkic cavalry seemed to be coming from the front, but in fact, they hid a large group of troops on the left flank, trying to bypass the hastily lined infantry formation, one was to copy and defeat the right flank of the Xia army's main array, and the other was to rush to the central artillery base of the Xia army. The Turkic cavalry came so fast that a cavalry of the Flower Hat Army wandering between the two large army camps was almost cut off by the Turks, and the cavalry scouts were embarrassed to turn around and shoot arrows, while beating their horses and fleeing back, and they were about to be caught up by the Turkic cavalry.

"Boom-" "Boom-" The cannon rang out continuously.

More than a dozen artillery pieces on the Xia army's artillery fort also fired a salvo in this direction.

Heavy shells whizzed across the battlefield, and from time to time there were screams among the Turkic horses.

However, because of the haste of the incident, except for these dozen guns, most of the artillery of the Xia Army artillery battalion was not ready to fire shells. After this round of volleys, the Turkic cavalry not only did not retreat, but more cavalry poured up from behind, and they made a big circle, trying to bypass the artillery bombardment, and once again tried to attack the infantry and artillery of the Xia army from the flank. The Turkic cavalry bent their bows and arrows, and whenever they swept in front of the Xia army, they fired arrows at people, and the Xia archers did not show weakness in returning the color, and the arrows in the sky were staggered like a flock of birds returning to their nests, and the cold weather had an impact on both sides, which also made the battle more cruel. The Turkic cavalry kept trying to rush into the Xia army while firing arrows around the Xia army's infantry formation, but the pikemen on the edge of the infantry lined up like a forest stopped them.

The spearmen were heavily armoured, and they were half-crouched on the ground side by side, close to a spear more than a foot long.

Even if the cavalry forcibly drove the war horse to rush in, it would be difficult to knock the spear array away at once, and these Turkic cavalry patrolling outside the infantry formation became the easiest target for the Xia army's archers and gunners. The muddy snow trampled by the horses was covered with arrow feathers, and from time to time the cavalry fell from their horses, some struggling in the snow, and some with one foot still in the stirrups, screaming and being dragged by the frightened horses, making a long mark on the snow. In contrast, the Xia infantry was much quieter, and although from time to time archers or spearmen fell, the sergeants in the back quickly filled the gaps left by the dead and wounded. The surrounding cavalry kept galloping back and forth, but most of the sergeants did not panic at all, and their eyes stared coldly at the figures on the horses through the masks of their helmets, firing arrows, drawing spears, and collecting spears. Some of the sergeants had arrows stuck in their bodies, and even if they were shot by the Turkic cavalry, as long as they were not injured, they endured the pain and fought according to the military orders as usual, and they could not even bother to break the shaft of the arrow, at most they only snorted.

Although the sergeants on the right flank gritted their teeth and fought hard, the Turkic cavalry poured into the camp and the battalion phalanx one after another, and the arrows fired at the Xia army's infantry became more and more dense, and the number of wounded and retreating sergeants also increased. At this time, in other places around the main array, the large Turkic cavalry was only bluffing, fighting with horses and sweeping formations, in contrast to the enemy troops on the left flank, who went forward regardless of casualties.

The Turkic cavalry of the brigade, regardless of the onslaught of dead and wounded, put most of the pressure on the infantry battalion on the left flank of the Xia army.

However, it was difficult to change formation in a hurry, and although the infantry battalions fought hard, they could not stop more and more Turkic cavalry from breaking through the gap between the phalanx of the infantry camp and rushing to the central artillery of the ring artillery. Seeing that the enemy cavalry was about to rush into a range of dozens of paces with a scimitar, the artillery commander shouted "Shotgun, shotgun!" The gunners hurriedly pushed aside the round iron shells that had just been brought up, and reloaded the guns with shotguns. After the firearms boom in the Kwantung battlefield, although the General's Mansion of the Xia Kingdom attached great importance to firearms, and even set up a special firearms department, firearms were not the protagonist on the battlefield in the river. Most of the gunners of these artillery battalions are also from the city fire gunners, and their proficiency in artillery operation and aiming is far inferior to that of the artillery artillerymen under Zhao Xingde. The bombardment of the immovable city walls was already barely enough, and it was inevitable that the bombardment of the fast-moving cavalry would be scrambling by replacing different types of shells.

"Quick, quick!" "Ready—fire!"

"Boom-" "Boom" Several cannons rang out, and flying bullets poured out.

The Turkic cavalry that rushed in front suddenly fell several horses, and the two war horses fled to both sides of the fort with the corpses in mourning, however, because the artillery fire was not concentrated enough, the density and power of the shotguns were not enough to prevent the Turkic cavalry behind from continuing to rush towards the fort. "Damn it!" "Shoot, shoot!" "Shoot, shoot!" After the rainstorm of shotguns, Zhou Qi, the commander of the crossbow battalion, seemed to be insulted, and while chanting words, he quickly pulled out the arrows that had been inserted around him and shot them at the rushing cavalry like lightning. In Zhou Qi's view, bending the bow and archery is a lifelong art, even if the scholar is respected as one of the six arts, where is like these perennial turtle in the city gunners rely on the power of medicine stones to fire indiscriminately, the imperial court attaches too much importance to firearms, and some people even say that firearms must replace bows and crossbows, which is simply ridiculous.

"How many journeys the army has delayed in order to advance with artillery, and in the end, it is not for the protection of crossbowmen."

"Draw your sword!" "Draw your sword!"

The Turkic cavalry, which rushed through the large formation of infantry troops to the central artillery fortress, became more and more numerous, and the captain who protected the artillery gave the order to draw his sword.

The crossbowmen unleashed their arrows as they drew their horizontal swords and stuck them beside them, preparing for hand-to-hand combat with the onrushing cavalry.

The spearmen of the Hosoyanagi army stood in line behind the archers, and the marching Sima looked nervously at the cavalry who would rush to the fort, and looked back at the general from time to time, waiting for his military orders. The infantry relied on formation to resist the cavalry, however, in order to protect the fort, the crossbowmen and spearmen of the Hosoyanagi army were scattered around the fort, and in a hurry, whether to continue to defend the fort or let the enemy army up, the infantry formed a phalanx to protect themselves, and protected the gunners in the phalanx, it was necessary for the general's battlefield decision.

"Damn," Liu Yu, the general of the fine willow, raised the Mo knife and shouted loudly, "The Mo knife battalion is ready to break through with white blades!" ”

With a small "ding" sound, the five hundred Mo swordsmen who were resting cross-legged in the artillery fortress stood up and put down their iron masks, their momentum was as awe-inspiring as a mountain. The Modao battalion is the elite of the Xia State Infantry Army, and it is not afraid of even the cavalry rushing into battle. In the decisive battle of the army, the commander of the Xia army has always liked to concentrate the Modao battalions of various armies as elite use, and the battle is the vanguard, and the retreat is broken. The same is true for Xu Wenhu, after the cavalry army from all walks of life gathered, he gathered three thousand Mo knife men, commanded by Yu Boyan, a horizontal general known as the Mo sword general, and only left his Mo knife battalion to another Mo sword general, that is, Liu Yu, the fine willow general who was responsible for protecting the central artillery base.

In the direction of the large formation of the infantry army, a horse galloped quickly, and the flag officer waved the order flag in the direction of the second army of the flower hat from a distance.

"Pass my military order, get on the horse, and charge into battle!"

Wang Tongdeng shouted proudly, as a cavalry general, Wang Tongdeng has been fighting with the two Modao generals in the infantry army, he has long seen that the Turkic cavalry is planning to raid the central fortification, and at the last moment, Xu Wenhu still held down Liu Yu on the central fort, and asked him Wang Tongdeng's general. "Whether General Xu is his own family and solves the barbarian cavalry, or does he have to rely on our cavalry." Wang Tongdeng proudly said to Yu Decheng beside him.

The marching commander Shi Yu Decheng smiled bitterly and nodded, at this time, of course, it was impossible for him to brush General Wang's head.

"It's also to boost morale." Yu Decheng thought about it, took a long breath, and pulled out the horse lance and put it in his hand.

"The Turks are consumed by profit, they don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they forcibly pass through the infantry formation of our army, which is already a half-way attack, just waiting for our army to cut it, and rushing over these barbarian cavalry can be regarded as an explanation." Yu Decheng said in a deep voice. "Cut it," Wang Tongdeng laughed, "Well said!" At this time, the cavalry of the second army of the flower hat had all mounted their horses, Wang Tong pointed forward with a long lance, and rushed out first, "Rush with me!" Let these barbarians see the power of my Great Xia cavalry! ”

The cavalry followed closely behind him, and ten, hundred, and thousand teams rushed towards the Turkic cavalry like a whirlwind of clouds. The cavalry of the Xia army respected hand-to-hand combat in close combat, and the kung fu of cavalry and archery was not as good as that of the cavalry of the nomadic tribes, but both the strength of the war horses and the armor of the cavalry far exceeded that of the Turkic cavalry. Although there are 20,000 Turkic cavalry on the left flank battlefield that rushed to attack the Xia army's fortification, but the front and rear teams have been separated by the Xia army's large array, and the formation is even more scattered.