The March wind did not have a hint of chill, blowing on the face, and there was a bit of an itchy feeling. The flowers on the roadside are a little grateful, the willow leaves are sprouting buds, and the catkins are flying in the sky. The weather was nice, there was not a single dark cloud, and the sun was shining on the body, making it feel lazy.

Jia Kui stood on the watchtower, looking at the military array that stretched for miles below, quietly, without a sound. Not far away, the Khitan camp intercepted the road from Datong Mansion, the flags fluttered, and people and horses came and went frequently.

The day before yesterday, the Khitan strikers had arrived, and Jia Kui did not move, watching them set up camp. Since yesterday morning, the Khitan army has arrived one after another and began to camp in the north. Looking at the increasingly complex flags, Jia Kui guessed that Yelu Hongji was likely to have arrived.

Today, the Khitan should attack. They came from Datong Mansion and couldn't stay here for long, so it would be good to finish a day earlier. Directing the war now is very different from before. When destroying Nong Zhigao, due to the accidental death of the striker Sun Jie, Jia Kui ignored Di Qing's military orders and immediately led his troops to attack, stabilized the situation, and was the greatest hero of that battle. At that time, all the armies were concentrated on the battlefield, and everything could be seen clearly. And now, due to the limitations of the artillery range, the two armies are farther apart, and everything is completely different.

I don't know how long I watched it, but Jia Kui saw the Khitans in the north start to form a formation, and knew that they would come soon.

Yelu was riding on his horse, watching the generals around him gallop left and right, and began to line up, his face was heavy. Knowing that the Song army was good at using artillery, the place where the Khitan army camped was several miles away from the Song army. The arrangement of the Song army in the distance, where can you see it clearly if it is too far away? When he first arrived here the day before yesterday, Yelu still wanted to take his cronies to see the Song army's formation, but where he thought of it, he met the Song army's scouts. The two sides fought for a short time, and the Khitan lost several generals before retreating safely. After that, whenever a small group of Khitan troops stepped forward, there were always Song troops chasing and harassing, and they could not get their wishes. Until now, when it was time to go to war, Yelu couldn't figure out the deployment of the Song army.

After the formation was completed, the general stepped forward and reported with his crossed hands.

Yelu let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said loudly, "Let's go!" The Song army stopped a mile in front of the formation and waited for the military order! ”

The general answered the promise, and the Pegasus galloped in front of the battle, conveying the military orders of Yelu.

Due to the restrictions of artillery fire, the enemy could only stop one mile in front of the Song army's formation when attacking, and then organize an attack. Although when fighting with Chongyuan, Chongyuan's artillery basically did not have the ability to fight in the field, and the Khitan army did not have this habit. But fighting against the Song army, they still knew that they had to avoid the artillery fire of the Song army. Before the war, Yeluhonki emphasized this point.

With 10,000 soldiers and horses, Yelu Xuanli slowly pressed towards the Song army. When they were a mile away, they stopped.

Jia Kui watched through the telescope in his hand as the Khitan army got closer and closer. Involuntarily, I felt a little nervous and my lips were dry.

This 10,000 Khitan army, when it reached a mile in front of the Song army, thousands of people began to assemble. None of them were riding horses, they were heavily armoured, armed with knives and guns, and they looked very strong. This is the experience summed up by the Khitan and the party after Hue Du Zhongxiao annihilated the White Horse Military Division. Since you will definitely encounter a flowering bullet when attacking, you will be chaotic when riding a horse, and you will not get off the horse. Flowering shells rely on fragments to kill, and heavy armor can effectively protect them.

Yelu Huali looked up at the Song army formation in front of him, his eyes were cold, and he shouted: "Attack it!" ”

A horn sounded, and with the sound of drums, the first batch of three thousand heavy armor began to slowly move towards the Song army. They are not fast, step by step, extremely determined. The Khitans had carefully studied Du Zhongxiao's battle on Hequ Road and made what they thought was the most advantageous choice.

After advancing more than 100 steps, the Song army remained motionless, neither firing artillery nor sending troops up to meet the attack. The attacking Khitan soldiers only felt that their hearts were beating faster and their mouths were dry. The initial nervousness, after this period of walking, slowly no longer felt it.

After advancing a few dozen steps, he suddenly heard three stabbing sounds from the Song army's position. Three fireworks burst into the air and exploded. With these three explosions, in a few breaths, the Song army's position sounded with a rumbling sound, and gunpowder smoke came out.

As the shells were overwhelming, the Khitan army was bloody for a while, and I don't know how many people fell.

The general at the front raised the long knife in his hand and shouted: "Rush!" I have to step forward, if there is a reviewer, I will make a decision! ”

After speaking, he took the soldiers behind him, regardless of it, and rushed towards the Song army's position in front.

The artillery of the Song army did not stop, although there were Khitan soldiers who continued to fall, the formation was not chaotic, and they rushed forward.

The artillery of the Song army had a special commander, and unless Jia Kui had an emergency military order, it was under the command of the commander. Seeing that the fragments of the flowering bullet did little damage to the heavily armored Khitan soldiers, he decisively ordered most of them to replace the solid bullets.

Seeing that the soldiers had rushed across the middle line, Yelu said in a deep voice: "The second team is out!" I have to move forward, not review, and the reviewer is killed! If any of the soldiers in front of the battle dare to retreat, they will all be killed! ”

The generals on one side sang a promise, and the second team of 2,000 people began to line up. In a short time, with the sound of a trumpet, the army rushed forward.

Jia Kui saw it in the telescope, his face was heavy, and the hand holding the telescope trembled slightly. Behind these 10,000 people, there are tens of thousands of Khitan troops lined up. Obviously, he wanted to rely on these 10,000 people to break up the Song army's military formation, and then rush up.

Faced with the artillery of the Song army, the Khitans chose the simplest and most direct method. Not afraid of losses, he rushed directly over and fought hand-to-hand with the Song army. Artillery is inferior, what if there is no musket, as long as the two armies face each other, in the end it will depend on whose knife is sharper.

Jia Kui estimated the number of Khitan soldiers and horses lost. They had already crossed the middle line, three thousand men and horses, lost five or six hundred, and the remaining number was still quite a few. Although the remaining half of the distance is more difficult, it is estimated that there will still be 1,000 to 2,000 people who will finally rush in front of the Song army. These soldiers who crawled out of the ghost gate cannot be compared with ordinary soldiers, and they must be more ferocious.

The last musketeers, how many people can be killed and wounded again? Jia Kui's heart has no bottom. Once the military formation is dispersed, it will have very serious consequences. Although the Song army had been prepared, it would still suffer great losses.

Putting down the binoculars, Jia Kui said to the herald's soldiers: "Order a thousand iron armor to prepare in the direction where the Khitans are rushing." If the Khitans fight with the musketeers, the iron armor immediately stepped forward! Ordered them to clean up the Khitan soldiers who rushed over in the shortest possible time! The Khitans must not be allowed to rush up from one place in a steady stream! Knock out one or two hundred thousand people, I don't believe how many Khitan people are coming! ”

The pro-soldiers led the order to sing the promise and quickly waved the flag to the side. The flag language of the Song army is very simple, it is a series of military orders.

When the Khitan forward rushed through the middle line, the second team behind had already set off. Although the artillery of the Song army continued to fall to the ground, the situation was still much better than in the first formation. At a distance of one mile, the artillery of the Song army could not cover it, and could only give priority to attacking the troops that were close.

When the Khitan army entered within fifty paces of the Song army, the Song musketeers opened fire. The Khitan soldiers who passed through the artillery blockade line fell in rows and columns. They were not chaotic at all, holding swords and guns, and under the leadership of the generals, they resolutely rushed towards the Song army. This is the most elite army of the Khitan, and everyone is determined to die and kills them without hesitation.

The Song army slowly retreated, and slowly a gap appeared in the position. At this time, there were only more than 1,000 people left in the Khitan army, and at the end of the crossbow, seeing the Song army retreating, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the strength of the whole body was exerted, and an earth-shattering shout of killing sounded.

At this moment, behind the Song army's musketeers, an iron-armored figure appeared. Like a moving mountain, it rushed forward. The long knife in his hand flashed with a cold light. The entire military formation was like a blood-devouring beast.

The Khitan army formation was blocked by the ironclad army, and it could no longer move forward. The Song army musketeers next to him kept shooting at them. One by one, people fell, and the ground was littered with corpses.

Jia Kui saw it through the binoculars, turned his head slightly, and looked at the second group of Khitan soldiers who came up. These are the real elites, rushing up completely in flesh and blood, and the musketeers cannot be completely wiped out. Fighting with them with bayonets is not that they can't fight, but they can't be drawn. Today is the first day, although the Khitans attacked fiercely, there should still be a sense of temptation, and the large army formation behind did not rush up.

Like a ruthless grinding plate, the ironclad army quickly closed the gap of the musketeers with the cooperation of the musketeers.

The second group of Khitan soldiers came up and faced the cold muzzles of the musketeers. The gap opened by the previous army formation has been plugged. And behind these musketeers, a thousand ironclad were waiting there.

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