However, Yang Yan also noticed on the earth mountain that from the last attack to the current time, although the Western Xia army has suffered a heavy blow from the Song army, no one dares to take a step back, and still stubbornly attacks forward. It seems that since being defeated by the Song army two years ago, Xixia Zhi has also spent a lot of effort to rectify the army, although because the rectification time is too short, and there are too many new recruits, the combat effectiveness has not been significantly improved compared with before, but there is a great offensive view in military appearance and military discipline, as long as the main formation does not give the order to scatter the army, no one dares to retreat.

Therefore, Yang Yan couldn't help but sigh a little, the Dangxiang clan really still has a fierce and warlike tradition, and it is rich in good horses, so as long as the Western Xia court attaches importance to military affairs, there will be another three or five years, even if the strength of the Western Xia army is not as strong as that of Li Yuanhao's era, it should not be underestimated. It's a pity that now it seems that the Western Xia Yijing has no chance to make a comeback.

However, although the advance of the infantry army is not as good as that of the cavalry, it is definitely not slow. Although the bed crossbow hit the Western Xia army more vigorously than the last time, in general, the impact on the Western Xia army was not great. In a short time, the Western Xia army advanced within two hundred paces of the Song army's front and entered the range of ordinary bows and arrows.

At this time, the divine arm bow, even the crossbow, and the bow and arrow in the Song army's array began to shoot one after another, and the arrows were shaped like flying locusts, dense like raindrops, and shot towards the Western Xia army. Immediately, it inflicted a large number of casualties on the Western Xia army. But the Western Xia army remained unmoved and moved forward. Seeing that it was getting closer and closer to the defense line of the Song army, a hundred steps, eighty steps, fifty steps......

The Song army once again put it on the wooden fence wall, showing the rejection of horses, the divine arm archers, the crossbowmen, and the archers also retreated, and the infantry stepped forward and occupied the defensive position. The Western Xia army finally approached the Song army's defensive line, and the two sides fought fiercely in close quarters.

Although the war in Western Xia lasted for more than two months, the Song army was also like a bamboo, basically winning many battles. But all the wars were carefully arranged and skillfully arranged by Yang Yan, and it can be said that before the war, the Song army basically won the battle, and the two sides rarely fought bloody battles. Therefore, it was the first time that he really had a short encounter with the Western Xia army and fought head-on.

For the Western Xia Army, this is also the opportunity to resist the bow and arrow of the Song Army, and get the opportunity to fight with the Song Army, naturally it cannot be easily let go, not to mention that in the eyes of the Western Xia Army, the Song Army is an enemy who invaded its own country and invaded its own homeland, and defeating the Song Army means protecting its homeland, so it is even more indignant, everyone is full of fighting spirit, fighting to the death, each raising a knife and gun, and attacking the Song Army.

Although the wooden fence and the rejection of the horse can play a role in blocking the advance of the Western Xia army, it also correspondingly reduces the activity space of the Song army, so that the Song army can stay in the first line of defense There are not many troops, and the effect of the rejection of the horse on the infantry is far less than that of the cavalry, so in the face of the fierce attack of the Western Xia army, the Song army is gradually exhausted. The rejection of horses was also overthrown one by one, and the entire defense line was also killed by the Western Xia army and retreated.

And on the other side of the Yellow River, Temujin, who was watching the battle, also nodded repeatedly, although this method of the Western Xia army also caused a large number of casualties, but it was also the best way, let the infantry army clear the obstacles for the cavalry, sweep the road, and then let the cavalry charge. It seems that the fighting method in the Central Plains is far more complicated than on the grassland, and even if the cavalry is strong, it needs the cooperation of the infantry in order to fully wield its combat effectiveness on the battlefield. But is this the extent of Song Jun's defensive strength? Next, let's see what else Yang Yan has to deal with.

The current battle situation, Yang Yan saw very clearly on the dirt mountain, but he had already expected such a situation, so he immediately ordered the Song army to withdraw across the trench. With the order, the Song army fought and retreated, retreated through the trench, and quickly formed a second line of defense. The trench was only twenty or thirty paces away from the earth mountain, and there were no wooden fences or horses to prevent horses, but it allowed the Song army to gather enough troops to garrison it.

Moreover, after the Song army retreated from the trench, they immediately removed the pedals from the trench. This trench is more than one zhang wide and eight feet deep, and it can be jumped over without strength with manpower, so many red-eyed Xixia soldiers immediately jumped to the opposite side of the ditch in desperation.

However, the over-exuberant fighting spirit made many people hot-headed, and they also misjudged their jumping ability, and many people did not jump to the other side because of their strength, but fell into the trench, but in comparison, their luck was good, as long as they fell into the trench and did not fall and were injured, they could still be pulled out of the trench. And those Western Xia troops who jumped over the trench still had to face the swords and guns of the Song army, because there were only a few who could jump over, and the Song army had already been in strict formation, and under the outnumbered, they could only return to the sky with their lives.

After the Western Xia army that jumped over the trench was killed by the Song army again and again, the Western Xia army behind also calmed down when they saw this scene and stopped at the edge of the trench. This trench, which was not too wide, actually became a moat that blocked the advance of the Western Xia army. At this time, the Song army's divine arm archers, crossbowmen, and archers all retreated to the dirt mountain, occupied a favorable terrain, and fired bows and arrows at the Western Xia army left in front of the trench. Because the distance was too close, and the Western Xia army was not only chaotic, but also very dense, so the Song army was almost empty, and the Western Xia army was suddenly shot down by arrows in rows.

The two armies have been fighting until now, and although the 30,000 Western Xia troops have broken through the first line of defense of the Song army, they have been damaged by nearly half, and they have been blocked in Haogou and have fallen into a stalemate. The Song army mostly attacked with long-range weapons, so the losses were far smaller than those of the Western Xia army, and only more than 4,000 people have been killed or wounded so far.

The high mountains can be seen clearly in the rear, although the casualties of the Western Xia army are large, but after all, they have destroyed the Song army's square horses and wooden fences, so it is a gain. And Gao Shan also understood that on the opposite side of the trench, the Song army did not set up a wooden fence and reject horses, so now it was the turn of the cavalry of the Western Xia army. A trench more than a foot wide is a huge obstacle for people, but for war horses, it is not a problem, and a trained war horse can basically jump over easily. And as long as you break through this line of defense of the Song army, you can break through the encirclement of the Song army and get in touch with the Western Xia army in the city.

Therefore, Gao Shandu immediately ordered the infantry army to withdraw temporarily, and then mobilized 30,000 cavalry to storm the Song army's defensive line. And this time, five hundred "Iron Harriers" were also sent to participate in this round of attack. It is hoped that the powerful impact of the "Iron Harrier" can be used to break through the defense line of the Song army.

But the current battle situation saw that Tie Zhen shook his head again and again, and it was not until now that he thought of changing the cavalry, and the chief general of the Western Xia Army was too late to react.

Because after the obstacle to the advance was cleared, the role of the infantry army was basically over, and the Western Xia army should immediately replace the cavalry at this time, and when the Song army had just retreated to the second line of defense and had an unstable foothold, use the impact of the cavalry to attack the rear position of the Song army. At the same time, it also gave the Song army time to calmly arrange the defensive formation.

But he finally understood and made changes, so let's see what Yang Yan did, this time the Song army did not have a wooden fence and a horse rejection, how to resist the cavalry impact of the Western Xia army?

In fact, the current battle situation was all expected by Yang Yan, so he was also confident. As soon as he saw that the Western Xia army had remobilized its cavalry to attack, he immediately ordered the Song army to change formations, and the rest of the Song army immediately retreated to the vicinity of Tushan and waited. Led by six thousand heavily armored Ma Za Dao Hands Qi Dazhu, Lei Tonggang and Zhao Cao, they jumped out, gave up a distance of about ten steps in front of the trench, and formed a Ma Za knife formation, waiting for the cavalry of the Western Xia army to attack.

Although the infantry of the Western Xia army stopped attacking, they did not withdraw completely, because once the cavalry broke through the Song army's defensive line, they would also follow through the trenches to attack the Song army. Therefore, the infantry only separated on both sides, leaving a distance of nearly 100 paces wide in the middle, so that the cavalry could pass through. And there are still many people who are actively looking for something that can be used as a bridge outside the four sides, so as to cross the ditch.

The charging momentum of the 30,000 cavalry was naturally earth-shattering, and the hooves of more than 100,000 horses rose and fell sharply, making a sound like muffled thunder and rolling, shaking the earth as if it were shaking.

Seeing the cavalry of the Western Xia army rushing closer and closer, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground kept knocking on the eardrums. The soldiers of the first and second rows of the Song army's heavily armored hemp sword formation all clenched the big knives in their hands, pointing diagonally forward, and a sharp blade shining with a fierce cold light formed an indestructible sword wall. Prepare to rush up against the enemy. And the bed crossbow, the divine arm bow, and the continuous shooting crossbow behind the Song army, the bow and arrow began to shoot again, and the dense rain of arrows once again poured into the head of the Western Xia army.

The distance of three or four hundred steps for the cavalry, it passed in an instant, at this time, there were more than a dozen "iron harriers" rushed to the edge of the trench, the war horse suddenly raised its front hooves, and the hind hooves kicked the ground fiercely, and jumped over the trench with a graceful and full of strength posture, and the spear pointed out horizontally forward, and rushed to the knife formation laid by the Song army.

Zhao Cao roared violently, only shocking the eardrums of more than ten Song soldiers around, and among the six thousand heavily armored hemp sword soldiers, he was the only one who made a pitch-black iron crescent cane, and it was in the first column, which was very prominent. At this moment, the crescent cane suddenly swung out, bringing out a black light, which hit one of the "Iron Harriers" who rushed in front of him.

Because the "Iron Harrier" is a combination of men and horses, it is impossible for the knight to be shot down from the war horse, but Zhao Cao's staff is full of strength, and this "Iron Harrier" even hit the man and the horse and flew out, and then collided with the two cavalrymen who jumped over the trench behind and attacked them, and then tripped several cavalrymen. The power of this rod is also eye-catching. I saw that the Song soldiers cheered in unison.