Amid the sound of drums, the Song army marched forward at a steady pace, without hurrying or slow. Yang Wenguang said to Zhao Zi: "Looking at the Khitan formation, I see that we don't have ironclad cavalry today, and we want to use cavalry to disturb the formation." The valley ahead was open, and when we got there, we went our separate ways. The army used muskets all, according to the usual practice of three rows and a small formation, with drums as the trumpet. You and I will each hold one side, and after shooting the front cavalry of the Khitans, we will continue to attack. ”

Zhao Zi nodded: "That's it." If the Khitans retreated, we would change our formation and surround it from both flanks, and attack in the middle of the cavalry. If the Khitan does not retreat, the cavalry on both wings will outflank us, and we will attack in the middle! ”

The discussion has been decided, and the two of them will go back to the headquarters. Reaching the wide area of the valley, the infantry marched and spread out to form a wide frontage. The cavalry advanced along both sides of the valley to protect the flanks of the infantry. Hundreds of rangers made it to the hillside.

The sun is rising and the weather is getting warmer. Looking at the slowly approaching Song army, Xiao Tong excitedly said to the people around him: "Sure enough, the Song people only have more than a thousand iron armors, but they were frightened by them yesterday." Looking at the Song army coming from front, not to mention the iron armor, even the leather armor looks bleak, not a strong army. Today our opportunity has come, and we will also have a general to capture the flag and avenge yesterday's revenge. ”

As he spoke, the Song army's formation had all unfolded and stopped more than two hundred paces away.

Xiao Tong raised his arms and shouted: "Sons, rush up with me and let the southerners know that our arrows are powerful!" ”

The drums sounded, and the Khitan forwards rushed forward with Xiao Tong and several generals, rushing straight towards the Song formation. There was no cavalry in front of the Song army, and it was obvious that they wanted infantry to resist the cavalry charge, which made the Khitans happy.

Between breaths, the Song army in front of him could already see very clearly. All of them are neatly arranged, holding short guns in their hands, not on the ground, but on their chests, and the blades in front of them are very long, I don't know what kind of play it is.

The cavalry bow was far weaker than the infantry bow, and the range was not far, and the cavalry could not fire the arrow until it was a distance of one or twenty paces. Approaching a distance of 100 paces, the Khitan cavalry bent their bows and arrows one after another, ready to release their arrows. When he arrived in front of the Song army, he shot at the army formation, and at the same time turned his horse sideways. This movement seems very simple, but in fact, it is difficult to practice well if you don't train all year round. The arrow changes direction at the same time, and the horse changes from straight to sideways, which is an occasion for nomads to show their riding skills. The Song army generally responded with bows and arrows, and fought with the rushing Khitan soldiers, while the infantry approached. Today, the Song army has no cavalry protection in front of the formation, and there is no cover, which is the Khitan's favorite tactic.

Fifty paces away, there were bursts of shouts among the Khitan cavalry, and everyone was overjoyed. Shan waited for the blink of an eye to the front of the formation, and the moment the arrow in his hand hit the Song army, he turned his horse to change direction and shoot arrows back and forth, so as to disrupt the Song army's formation.

At a distance of thirty paces, when the Khitan cavalry was in the blood, a drum was suddenly heard. Almost at the same time, a burst of gunpowder smoke rose from the Song army's position, and there was a dense sound like fried beans. Many Khitan cavalry who rushed in front fell headlong to the ground.

Song Jun has been practicing three-stage shooting for a long time, and after a long period of practice, he is very proficient in movements and formation changes. The first row of guns, immediately retreated, and the second row stepped forward. At this time, the third platoon took the position of the second platoon, and when the second platoon finished firing, he immediately stepped forward to take over the retreating first platoon.

The fire was dense and uninterrupted, and the vast majority of the Khitan cavalry could not rush within the range of the cavalry bow. Such tactical moves are practiced all year round, whether it is a person or a horse, it is subconscious. When the knight was shot, the horse did not rush forward, but ran sideways at a distance as he was customary. Occasionally, arrows fell into the Song army's formation, and there were some small casualties, but they did not rush into the formation.

All of a sudden, there were countless corpses abandoned in front of the Song army, and there were also horses that were injured and neighing on the ground. More horses lost the control of the knights and subconsciously swept across in front of the Song army's formation, running to the wings. Only then did the cavalry on both wings of the Song army go out to harvest the few remaining Khitan cavalry.

In less than a cup of tea, most of the more than 2,000 Khitan cavalry were wiped out in front of the Song army. The unowned horses roamed in front of the battle, the ground was covered with corpses, the gunfire stopped, and the battlefield suddenly became dead.

This kind of scene, not to mention that the Khitan army has never seen it, even the Song army, which has been practicing for several years, knows for the first time that war is like this.

Shi Quanbin looked at the bottom of the mountain and opened his mouth for a long time before he said to Du Zhongxiao: "To be made, this is what the musket infantry army looks like in battle?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes, that's what it looks like." It's a pity that there is no artillery today, otherwise the main formation of the Khitans would have been smashed now. It is also deserving of the bad luck of the Khitan, and the archers are against the musketeers, which is completely sent to death! The Khitans had never fought such a battle and did not know how to deal with it. ”

Shi Quanbin shook his head: "How can I deal with it?" In my opinion, the Khitans will be defeated today! ”

When observing the army, Shi Quanbin had seen many drills of the battalion and field troops, but there was no such thing as today, when a large number of enemy troops fell in front of the battle, and he could not imagine the combat power of the musketeers in any way. Barely able to react, the musketeers almost wiped out two thousand cavalry, and suffered only negligible casualties themselves. Seeing it with my own eyes, I understood what Du Zhongxiao meant when he said that the appearance of the war was different from before.

How do cold weapons deal with musketeers? What else can I do, it's nothing more than that sentence, the bullet is a bad seed, and the bayonet is a hero. Organize elite soldiers to form a dense formation, regardless of casualties, brave the rain of bullets and bullets to step forward to break through a point, forming a situation of melee. It's a pity that the Khitans are not used to fighting like this at all, and they rarely practice in peacetime, except for the infantry elite guards, where can they organize such an attack.

The Khitan's strength is in cavalry, using cavalry to disrupt the enemy's formation, and after finding a weak point, focus on breaking through. When fighting with the Song, if the Song army lined up, no matter how harassed it was, it would not move, and the Khitan would have no choice. The cavalry is highly mobile and easy to disperse, and when the timing is unfavorable, the Khitan army will retreat and look for fighters again. If the cavalry could not harass the enemy, then it was the only way for the Khitan to deal with the army by looking for fighters in the movement.

Today the habitual methods of warfare are useless. Harassing the Song army with cavalry, the range of the cavalry bow was less than that of the musket, and the density was even worse, and it became a death. Because the practice is to sweep in front of the formation after releasing arrows, and at the same time constantly release arrows, it has become their instinct, and they can't change it for a while. Luckily survived, but also became a live target in the process of rampage, and almost no one survived.

The Khitan general on the opposite side obviously couldn't figure out what was going on, and the two thousand cavalry were sent away in a short time, and they couldn't fight the reason, and they didn't know how to deal with it, so they froze there for a while.

Yang Wenguang saw that no Khitan army came up, and with an order, the Song army began to advance as the drums sounded. In the words of later generations, this means that the whole army marches in unison, commands with the beat of the drum, and advances in a non-chaotic formation. The battalion has been training for several years, and it is only at this time that it becomes useful.

Shi Quanbin saw that the army was pressing forward in the dark, and he couldn't help but boil for a while, and said to Du Zhongxiao: "To be controlled, the Khitan army formation over there has not changed, obviously their main general doesn't know how to deal with it yet." Is it necessary to perform miraculous deeds today? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I'm afraid that the main general on the other side still can't figure out what happened just now." Maybe he thought, let's go forward, it's not the same as just now. I can't blame him, anyone who encounters this kind of thing for the first time will probably be like this. ”

Cold weapons against musketeers are not so terrible as to despair. But the first time I saw it, it was a different story. As long as it entered the firing range, the Song army formation was neat, and it was almost a one-sided massacre. Fortunately, the Khitans did not have many archers, most of them were archers, otherwise the musketeers would inevitably have to suffer a lot of casualties. At this time, it was supposed to be artillery, and the Khitans were frightened for a while to offset the shortcomings of the artillery.

didn't see it with his own eyes, and even Du Zhongxiao himself didn't know how much advantage the musket had over the Khitan. It wasn't until today's battle that I really gained confidence. Before the Khitans found the corresponding tactics, they did not force them into a corner and were desperate, Yelu Chongyuan was a local chicken and a dog.