There is always a lot of injustice in this world, and it is undoubtedly the most puzzling one of them for your own guards to beat themselves.

The key is that this guard can't beat it himself, Tang Ning blinked his eyes and thought about it, so he had to mumble and then close his eyes and fall asleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, half an hour after breakfast, Zhi Keshi ordered the camp to be dismantled, the horses were rejected, and the grain and salary were transported.

Since this was a pivotal battle, the success or failure of the Zhenjiang Army on the Middle Route directly affected whether Yan'an Mansion would be breached. Therefore, Lu Huiqing had already taken out the infantry armor in the treasury and equipped it with several troops that he needed to rely on.

Tang Ning's Zhenjiang army was divided into 2,000 sets, and the remaining 5,000 sets were divided into Liu Fa and the 10,000-strong troops brought by Chong Pu.

Two thousand sets is just right for the Zhenjiang Army, the Zhenjiang Army became an army too late, and Zhao Xu only gave support to the ordnance, and the armor is the standard armor of the Song Army, a weakened version of the infantry armor, which cannot protect the legs and arms, as well as the head.

So most of the funds obtained by Tang Ning to suppress bandits were put into the production of armor, and he deliberately opened an iron factory on the outskirts of Zhenjiang, and invited many well-known craftsmen to make arm armor, leg armor and helmets for the Zhenjiang army.

However, even so, the weight of the step armor is far from being comparable to these combined. Hoplites have always been a profession with extremely strict institutional requirements.

At the beginning, Fang Yong transported the infantry armor, and he had 1,200 forbidden army soldiers who were tall and large, and there were only 300 people who could be equipped with the infantry armor.

In the Zhenjiang Army, even if the training in peacetime is very strict, and the daily eating and drinking of eggs and bone broth has laid a good foundation for the soldiers' physique, there are less than 2,000 people who can wear walking armor and move freely.

Among them, 800 people are still elite warriors of the Pingxia Camp, and the other 1,000 people are all Shenqian Wujin Battalion.

This strong guy has raised the training intensity of the Wujin Battalion to the level of going hand in hand with the Pingxia Battalion, which has made the soldiers complain.

The remaining two hundred sets of Tang Ning handed them over to Zhi Keshi, and Zhi Keshi also selected two hundred macho men from his four thousand subordinates to equip them with human armor.

Two thousand majestic hoplites fought forward, all covered in armor leaves except for the two holes in their eyes, and they were truly armed to the teeth.

The infantry armor is very effective for the defense of crossbow arrows, except for the perverted research of the eight-bull crossbow, it is difficult for the general crossbow arrows to penetrate the armor of the infantry armor.

In addition, he was cautious in his soldiers, even if the protection ability of the infantry armor was extremely outstanding, he had to send shield soldiers with large shields in front, so after reaching the firing range of the Tanguts, the first round of long-range firepower strikes received did not cause much damage to the Song army

of attrition.

On the contrary, some infantry with quick hands and feet quickly picked up the crossbow arrows scattered on the ground, selected some of them that could still be used, tied them to gunpowder bags, and handed them to the crossbowmen of the Zhenjiang army.

After reaching the range of the Zhenjiang crossbowmen, the shield soldiers began to form a formation to protect the crossbowmen from attacking.

The oil-soaked lead flew high from the Song army's military formation with Mars, and then planted headlong in the military formation of the Tangut people.

Xia Jun habitually raised his shield to resist, but many of them saw their shields shattered before they died.

A rumbling sound came from the summer army camp, and the eight-bull crossbow with a large gunpowder bag was also pushed out. After aiming, the fuse is lit and the shooter picks up the hammer and hits it on the bracket.

There was a buzzing sound, and a cloud of dust shook under the crossbow of the eight oxen.

The tiger squat cannon also threw gunpowder into the Xia army camp, and for a while, the Xia army camp thundered loudly, and the rumbling sound was endless, and the land under Yan'an Mansion was trembling.

When he saw the true power of gunpowder for the first time, he was dumbfounded. The camp of the summer army was already full of dust and dust. After that, not a single arrow was fired from the summer army camp.

Tang Ning shook his head and said: "At the beginning, I dedicated the secret recipe of gunpowder to the official family, but Zeng Fan, who will be a master craftsman, wanted to compile this thing into the general essentials of the martial arts.

Nowadays, the martial scriptures that detail the manufacturing process, usage, and parts drawings of our Holy Dynasty are all over the world. The Xixia people also had the Shenarm crossbow assembled, and the Liao people who had suffered losses on the Eight Bull Crossbows were even more so.

General Zhe, you have seen the power of gunpowder today, are you willing to give it to others? Are you willing to let the thieves turn this against us? ”

Zhi Keshi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Never." ”

Then he took another sip and added: "Those who live in temples will only sell their fame and reputation, and whether they are people or ghosts, they must write books and speak." Such a clown, who knows that we are suffering! ”

Tang Ning felt the same way and nodded approvingly.

Take advantage of his illness and ask for his life. In a short period of time, Xia Jun seems to have lost the ability to resist. Therefore, he ordered the cavalry to go to reconnoitre, and the infantry to speed up.

It's pitiful to say, for a war group of more than 20,000 people, only 500 cavalry can be put together. The most embarrassing thing is that these 500 cavalry are still under the command of Zhe Keshi, Tang Ning thought of this, so he decided to wait for this matter, and he will definitely allocate a cavalry to the Zhenjiang army.

After the cavalry raid, there was still a certain degree of resistance. Although they were not very close, the occasional cold arrow shot out in the smoke and dust still prevented them from dodging.

After retreating in a hurry, he came back to report that the infantry unit was only three or five miles away from the Xia army's camp

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Zhi Keshi thought about it, and then formed a formation again to carry out a round of fire suppression. The rumbling sound was heard again, and he ordered the infantry to charge.

The Xixia people had just built a walled fort in this place, and it was declared lost, but there were still stragglers in the walled area who resisted stubbornly, although it was not a climate, but it also took a lot of effort.

However, more were killed and injured directly by the gunpowder, and some were frightened. It didn't cost anything to break the middle of the Xia army, and after cleaning up the battlefield, it was found that the Western Xia people would not have less than 30,000 troops here.

More than 8,000 people were directly killed in battle, and more than 10,000 people were captured, and according to the captives, after Lei Gong sent down the divine punishment, they scattered directly and fled more than 10,000 people.

When he learned that some Western Xia soldiers had fled, he ordered to collect materials and build another walled fort. He expected that the Tanguts would definitely not give up such a good position in the middle lane by virtue of their superiority in strength, and they would definitely come back to fight for it.

While the walled fort is repaired now, and then faced with the Xia army's offensive, it is better to delay a little longer to reduce some pressure on the other attacking allies.

However, it was only half repaired, and the reinforcements of the Xia army had arrived. The 10,000 Xia troops who fled before also went and returned, and this time Wei Ming Ah Wu personally led 50,000 troops here, bound to recapture Zhongzhai.

As soon as the two sides met, there was no politeness or persuasion, and the name Ah Wu directly ordered to start attacking.

Ignoring the warnings of the leader of the army that had fled earlier, he adopted the usual dense formation, advancing layer by layer, encroaching step by step.

The Eight Ox Crossbows appeared, and the nine Eight Ox Crossbows that helped the huge powder pack fired a salvo, and the humming sound almost stopped the heartbeat.

The soldiers of the Song army covered their ears very experienced, listened to the muffled sound in their ears, and watched the stumps and broken arms of the Tangut people fly high into the sky.

Wei Ming Ah Wu was shocked, what the is going on?

It can be said that it is a coincidence that this kind of thing happened once, and it was good luck. But as soon as the fight started, it happened, where the hell is this good luck, this is Lei Gong's descendation.

The Xia army's war horses were startled uncontrollably by the loud sound of gunpowder explosions, and there was a stampede in the middle of the military formation.

Nine huge blank spaces appeared in the infantry battle regiment of the Xia army, and there was already a blur of flesh and blood near that place, and many infantry were frightened and stupid.

It was also the first time that Wei Ming Ah Wu had encountered this kind of battle, and he didn't know how to deal with it. hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the army, but was shot and killed by the crossbowmen of the Song army.

The use of gunpowder in military affairs is destined to bring only a bloody storm. Fragile human beings have little ability to resist the power of nature.

The Song army cleaned up the stumps of the Xia army in the village, intending to burn them all, but in the end, Zhi Keshi ordered them to be buried......

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