"Get on the horse - the knife is out of the sheath!!"

A group of palace tent cavalry mounted their horses at the sound of the sound, and their scimitars gleamed in the sun. After forming a small formation, the palace tent army bypassed the central terrace, and did not immediately charge, but stopped behind the earthen ramparts, waiting for the order to attack. Compared with ordinary Khitan cavalry, their armor is more fine, and the armor is covered with Khitan robes, and the palace tent cavalry plays the sun and moon flag symbolizing the emperor's personal soldiers, and the armor of men and horses is white, which is extremely conspicuous.

Yelu Yanshan, the capital of the palace tent army, immediately stood up on the central platform, with Yelu Dashi's order, he lifted the reins of the horse, led a group of horsemen to run down from top to bottom, galloped to the front of the palace tent cavalry brigade, Yelu Yanshan suddenly reined in the mount, and the war horse man stood up, at this time, Yelu Yanshan 'drawn' out the scimitar, and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!" "Long live the Khitan!" The knife pointed straight at the Song army's infantry formation, and Yelu Yanshan shouted: "Charge the formation!" "Take the lead and rush towards the Song army's array. Dozens of horsemen will unfurl the Khitan Sun and Moon Banner and follow closely behind Yeluyan Mountain.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Hooray!" "Long live the Khitan!" The palace tent cavalry responded loudly and drove their horses over the low earthen ramparts.

Almost at the same moment, Zhang Xian said to Li Ruoxu: "Champion Gong, let's see how we can break the enemy!" His tone was firm, and he didn't wait for Li Ruoxu to argue, took off the big gun, shook it upwards hard, and said loudly behind him: "Out of the battle!" The flags of various 'colors' shook slowly, and there was no shouting and noise when the Khitan cavalry came out of the battle, and more than 5,000 horsemen on their backs urged their horses in a low voice and slowly moved forward.

"Please let the subordinate go into battle together!" Li Ruoxu 'drawn' his sword, glared at Zhang Xian's back and yelled, "Xia Guan is not a weak person. Zhang Xian ignored it and slowly walked forward surrounded by a group of horsemen. You ......" Li Ruoxu didn't expect Zhang Xian to change his hexagram temporarily, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak. Zhang Xian deliberately left ten soldiers to "protect" him, and under the "sanitation" of such "elite" soldiers, how could Li Ruoxu get out. A group of cavalry from the Beiwei battalion passed by Li Ruoxu.

"Lord Li, don't be impatient," Yue Yun's voice was much kinder than Zhang Xian's, "Let's see us defeat the enemy!" ”

He smiled slightly, lightly lifted the reins of his horse, and led his three hundred 'elite' horsemen to pass by Li Ruoxue's side, and on the robes of these cavalrymen, the blood stains left when they rushed into battle were still there. Some heard Li Ruoxu's voice, turned around and smiled kindly. "This champion is really interesting." This trip was a head-on battle with the cavalry of the Liao army, and before the battle, the five thousand soldiers and horses on their backs were already wearing full heavy armor, and the horses were sonorous when they ran slowly. Li Ruoxu listened to the sound of gold and iron 'crossing' like an iron plate and copper pipe, and his blood boiled in five hearts. However, only the military order was the largest in the army, especially the Zhenguo Army, he knew that shouting was useless, so he could only watch these Great Song soldiers set foot on the battlefield with his eyes wide open.

Each cavalryman stretched out the big spear in his hand, and the war horse ran slowly, and when there were still a hundred steps away from the Khitan cavalry, the cavalry formation of the Beiwei battalion gradually became neat and concentrated, and from Li Ruoxu's point of view, it was almost people next to people, and horses to horses. Each cavalry battalion advanced neatly like an impregnable wall, and from a distance, there was not a single gap between the formations. The soldiers hardly had to control their horses, and the mounts were naturally driven forward by the horses on both sides. However, such a formation also greatly limited the performance of individual cavalry martial arts. This method of warfare was trained by Yue Fei's special 'door' for the Song army. After the Liao army invaded the south, the Song troops of all departments resisted and captured a large number of war horses in Fangzhou, Shuzhou, Jiangzhou and other places. However, it is only the so-called northerners are good at riding, and southerners are good at boats. Although there were war horses, when the Zhenguo army expanded its cavalry, it was difficult to find soldiers who were proficient in horsemanship. Yue Fei tried his best to form cavalry, and it was extremely difficult for the Song army to compete with the Hu people on horseback. Therefore, Yue Fei worked hard and got inspiration from the formation of the Huojiao infantry army, and did not 'want' to compete with the Hu people for personal riding and archery, but trained the whole battalion with iron-like military orders, and even thousands of cavalry collectively rushed into battle, and restrained the Khitan cavalry with an iron-like formation.

"The Khitan cavalry has always been known for its swiftness and fierceness," Cao Di frowned, "but the cavalry battalion of the Zhenguo Army is so dull, how can it 'engage' it?" This was the first time he had seen the cavalry of the Zhenguo Army come out of the battle, and after thinking for a while, Cao Di guessed Yue Fei's intentions, and his heart was dark, "If you are a general, it is difficult for a clever 'woman' to cook without rice." Most of the 'elite' cavalry of our dynasty, such as the Yang cavalry and the Zhejia cavalry, are the 'elite' cavalry accumulated for decades or even hundreds of years. Yue Fei was able to gather so many cavalry in a short period of time, and he thought of this tactic again, which is commendable. He turned his head and whispered, "The cavalry army is on the horse and will lead the troops out of battle loyally!" ”

"Okay!" Ma Qianzhong said excitedly.

After the banner was played, the Xiao cavalry got on their horses one after another, waiting for the military order to go out of the battle. The war horses in the Song army were 'fine' and expensive, and when they didn't usually go into battle, the cavalry were all leading the horses, and they only rode on wooden horses and earthen horses in the camp to practice martial arts. However, the Xijing battalion relied on the convenience of trade with the Xia Kingdom, although the war horses were expensive, but there was no shortage, and the cavalry were respectively Xiao Cai, Wei Lu, Yun Cai, Xiao Sheng, etc., ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 per soldier and horse. When Cao Di escorted south, Xijing's 'elite' elite poured out, and there were more than 20,000 cavalry accompanying him. Most of these cavalrymen have been in the army for several generations, and the children and old subordinates of the Cao family are all over them, and there are brothers, fathers and sons, and uncles in the camp.

"Great Marshal," Ma Duzhong said loudly, "the cavalry is waiting to come out!" ”

"Wait a minute," Cao Di frowned, staring straight at the battlefield ahead, and muttered, "Strange...... Odd. ”

Ma Duzhong followed his gaze, and his eyes widened in surprise, only to see that the cavalry of the Zhenguo Army and the Khitan cavalry had fought together. The two armies 'clashed', the strength and weakness were separated, and unexpectedly, the Zhenguo army was invincible, and the Khitan cavalry actually dodged on both sides. "This ,......," Ma Duzhong said in surprise, "what's going on?" Just these southerner cavalry? ”

However, the scene in front of him was not deceiving, Ma Duzhong looked at it again, and found that although the movements of the cavalry of the Zhenguo Army on the horse were very stiff, the formation of the charging formation was maintained very well, and the cavalry was extremely close to each other. When the two armies 'clashed', almost every cavalry of the Liao army armed with a scimitar had to face three or four Song troops with big guns in their hands, and no matter how strong their martial arts were, they could not resist at all. The Khitan cavalry was not cowardly, on the contrary, they rushed to the Song cavalry formation from all directions, however, they obviously occupied a huge numerical advantage, and when they rushed in front of the Song cavalry, they still faced the disadvantage of being outnumbered. Even if the palace tent cavalry who was also wearing heavy armor and had far more horsemanship than the Song people rushed to the front of the cavalry array, it was the same situation, one or two scimitar spears, when facing several times the big guns, or even the entire cavalry array, there was no power to resist at all.

Some of the Liao cavalry shouted loudly while charging into battle, trying to use frightening methods to break up the Song army's cavalry formation, while other Liao cavalry simply fought around the Song army's cavalry formation and released arrows, and the arrows rained down towards the Song army. Zhang Xian, Yue Yun and other cavalry generals fully carried out Yue Fei's military orders during training, tried their best to restrain their subordinates to maintain the formation, and did not pay any attention to the 'commotion' of the Khitan cavalry next to them.

"How so?" Yelu Yanshan's face was 'pale', and he was angry, "The Song people are obviously not 'fine' in riding!" He looked at the 'elite' palace tent cavalry who rushed up to invite the battle one by one, and then the 'elite' palace tent cavalry that retreated, this kind of scene that can only happen in a nightmare simply made Yelu Yanshan's eyes split. Several generals of the Northern Courtyard surrounded Yeluyan Mountain, and one of them had a slightly higher eyesight, and said in a low voice: "General, I'm afraid these are not the Song army, but the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom." ”

"That's right," someone next to him suddenly realized, "This is a damn Xia Guoren!" The Liao generals next to him scolded one after another, and while Pegasus returned this speculation to His Majesty, he regrouped his men and horses and waited for them. The Liao army and the Xia army have been fighting for power in Mobei for a long time, and the generals of the two countries also know a thing or two about each other's riding routines. The Xia State occupies the northwest horse farm, and there is still a 'exchange' of horse breeds between the Xia State and the Liao State, however, the tactics of the Xia State cavalry are very different from the Liao State. The Xia and Liao kingdoms competed for grassland in the northern grasslands, and gradually forced the tribes attached to the Liao army to migrate eastward, which had a great relationship with their strong cavalry. Compared with the Khitan cavalry that came and went like the wind and did not fight, the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom liked to ride good horses, used strong armor and sharp soldiers, and when they rushed into battle in a dense formation, they even tied the waist and legs of the cavalry with leather ropes and mounts, although they did not fall. Although the cavalry of the Xia State was powerful, and there were also some people of insight in the Liao Dynasty who suggested that the cavalry should be trained according to the tactics of the Xia Kingdom, the Khitans had their own customs and pride, although the tactics of the Xia Kingdom were powerful, but they consumed great horsepower and were not conducive to long-term battles, so this military system has not been implemented. However, the threat posed by the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom was not comparable to that of the cavalry of the Song army.

"This ,...... This kind of tactics in the Kanto region is quite similar to our dynasty. ”

Su Yan crouched in the dense grass, carefully hiding his figure, observing the battlefield with a small blackened clairvoyant mirror. The Liao army patrolled the west very tightly, and he could not slip away, so he returned to the center of the battlefield, hoping to escape from the battlefield from other directions, and unexpectedly bumped into the battle between the Liao and Song armies. He thought to himself that he would die for a lifetime, and he saw the 'sex' in his heart, and spied on the reality of his Liao and Song armies with peace of mind. After the rear cavalry of the Song army swept the two wings, the pressure on the large array of infantry in the center was sharply reduced. A moment later, under the bombardment of the iron barrel cannon, the Song army's foot soldiers approached the Liao army's defense line, and the front line did not ignite the fire, but stabbed the guns, shouting and rushed directly to start a 'hand-to-hand' fight with the Xi army defending the camp. At the same time, the Liao cavalry moved again, apparently, to take advantage of the Song army's large array to rush up and trample and slash the foot soldiers. At this time, after the cavalry of the Zhenguo Army rushed and killed several times, the horsepower gradually declined, and it was difficult to stop the cavalry of the Liao Army that rushed up like a 'tide'.

"Ma Duzhong - out of battle!" Cao Di ordered.

"Yes, Dashuai!" Ma Qianzhong agreed loudly, almost without the slightest pause, raised his hand and ordered, and his own soldiers raised Ma Duzhong's general flag high and waved it towards the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Army who had been waiting behind for a long time. In a short time, more than 5,000 cavalry troops rushed to the battlefield like a red cloud. "Charge!" Ma Duzhong raised the big gun with both hands, controlled the horse with only two 'legs', and shouted, "Kill the Liao dog!" Now it's up to us! ”

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