On a hill more than 30 miles outside Jincheng Pass, Xu Zizhen and the other three were watching from the top of the mountain, and in the distance was the dense Western Xia army, which could clearly include the whole army in their eyes from this angle.

Liu Feng said in a snort casually: "This Qian Size really can't hold his breath, look at this momentum, do you have to break Jincheng Pass today?" ”

Xu Zizhen said with a smile: "How can it be so easy, the prince of the small race sent people to harass their army, in order to make them unable to hold their breath, how can they be unprepared?" Don't think that 30,000 Deshun troops will definitely not be able to defeat 100,000 Western Xia iron cavalry, and a small Xianggong can top 80,000 troops alone. ”

Liu Feng was slightly moved, his eyes looked yearning in the direction of Jincheng Pass, and said with emotion: "If my Great Song can have more such talents, why should I be afraid of his little Jin Kingdom?" ”

Xu Zizhen patted him on the shoulder: "I still admire him when you look like this, why don't you go back and enter the city, I'll introduce you to you, and let him accept you as a general or something?" ”

Liu Feng smiled and said: "Excuse me, the little brother has self-knowledge, how can the general be so good?" However, if the eldest brother becomes a general, the younger brother is willing to serve under your account, for fear that the eldest brother will dislike the younger brother. ”

Xu Zizhen sneered: "Don't be so arrogant, is it so difficult to be a general?" A while ago, the little breed wanted me to be here, but I didn't bird him. ”

Liu Feng was surprised: "Why is this? ”

Xu Zizhen pretended to be disdainful and said: "How can Lao Tzu's ambition be as simple as being a junior general under the public account of a small species?" Don't look at me for a while, I was chased like a dog by the Xiao family and the Three Peerless Hall, and Lao Tzu will definitely destroy them another day! ”

Bu Fen clapped his hands and smiled beside him: "Well said! Brother Xu is meticulous in thinking and has excellent skills, and he will definitely be a talent in commanding the army in the future, how can this little kind of prince compare with you? ”

No matter how thick-skinned Xu Zizhen was, he couldn't help blushing a little at this time, and said with a smile: "Brother Bu, don't hurt me, I'm just bragging, if you really want to fight, I'm not as good as one thousandth of a small race." ”

Bu Fen smiled: "You boasted that little kind of prince like a god, but in my opinion, it is nothing more than that, even if the strategy to disturb the enemy is really as you guessed, but how can Ji Size be an incompetent person, how can he not see through his intentions?" ”

Xu Zizhen was stunned: "What do you mean?" Brother Bu, do you mean...... Qian Size deliberately pretended to be a plan to fight Jincheng Pass? ”

Bu Fen pointed to the Western Xia army in the distance and said: "You see for yourself, if you are in the middle of the plan, you will be furious at this time, or you will rush through the pass with crowd tactics at all costs, what is the terrain of Jincheng Pass, you also know the way, how can you rush forward with cavalry?" ”

Xu Zizhen looked carefully, Bu Fen didn't say that he hadn't paid attention to it, and sure enough, the front of the Western Xia army was full of cavalry, and the dense footsteps followed closely behind, which was completely different from the previous formation of the Western Xia army attacking the city.

At this moment, Xu Zizhen suddenly clearly saw a flag waved a few times in the camp of the Chinese army, and then the formation of the army changed violently, and the cavalry retreated in unison, and the footsteps behind the cavalry were like locusts in transit, rushing out of the gap in the cavalry queue, surging towards the pass.

From this small hill, it was no longer possible to see the specific situation of Jincheng Pass, but Xu Zizhen and the other three still heard a series of cannon sounds very clearly.

Xu Zizhen's heart was suddenly relieved again, and he smiled: "Look, I said that the little race is prepared, right?" ”

But before he finished speaking, he saw dozens of strange-shaped carts suddenly rushing out of the rear of the Western Xia army, with two rows of huge straight wheels at the bottom, a frame made of rough wood mixed with steel bars in the middle, a long arm at the top, and a bowl-shaped stone pocket at the end.

Each cart was dragged by a dozen horses, and the procession was uniform, and everywhere the army quickly avoided it, making way for them to pass through a wide passage, and in the blink of an eye the carts reached the center of the formation and came to a steady stop.

The cannonballs on the closed flew down like rain, but the cannonballs used in the artillery in the Northern Song Dynasty were only stone bullets and iron bullets, and the range was not far, and the momentum was very loud, but only when the cannonballs fell into the dense team of people would cause damage, as now, the footmen rushed up quickly, the formation was extremely loose, and they were completely random to run, so that the damage of the artillery was reduced to the lowest point.