The black and suppressed brigade of the Song army, from north to south, slowly drove in.

The wide valley outside the Alai Pass has been filled with large groups of infantry troops, forming a phalanx array one after another. The flag fluttered in front of the formation, covering the sky and the sun. The indoctrination group takes the swastika flag as its own flag, and the background color of the flag is white, with a bright red swastika on it, dazzling, and it seems to contain some kind of mysterious power.

As the infantry brigade arrived at the battlefield, the Xiliang cavalry, which had previously driven the Qarakhanid armed refugees, divided into two teams and retreated to both sides of the infantry brigade, forming two dense shock formations. However, the deterrent brought by the nearly 2,000 semi-armored lancers to the armed refugees of the Qarakhanid Dynasty was even greater than the seven ministerial-level phalanx composed of eight or nine thousand infantry troops!

With these 2,000 people, they had actually been fighting for half a morning, and the Xiliang cavalry, which had long been sleepy and lacking horses, pressed the formation, and the infantry of the indoctrination regiment, which was the main force of the attack, put on a formation with crossbowmen in front and spearmen, swords and shields in the rear.

Unlike the Song army, which traditionally used crossbowmen as the main force, the current new army of the indoctrination regiment did not have archers, but each battalion was equipped with a team of crossbowmen, two spearmen and a team of sword and shield soldiers. That is, projected forces account for only a quarter of the total force. Moreover, it is not equipped with a bow with a high rate of fire, but only a crossbow with greater accuracy and lethality, which is the kind of crossbow with a butt and easy to aim. Emphasis is placed on long-range precision kills or medium-range armor-piercing kills, and does not play coverage strikes.

Of course, the reduction of the infantry's projection firepower does not mean that the Sect - the Hexi Coalition Army will suffer in the bow and crossbow fire. Because all the cavalry, including the auxiliary cavalry, were equipped with horn bows, which could dismount and shoot on foot when necessary, acting as archers. And under the cover of so many armored and semi-armored cavalry, where is the opportunity for enemy archers to show their might?

The two indoctrination regiments had a total of six divisions and eighteen battalions, and each battalion drew a team of crossbowmen, a total of eighteen crossbowmen, and formed a temporary ministerial crossbow array, which was placed in front of the remaining six ministerial-level phalanxes with only pikemen and sword and shield soldiers. About 1,500 crossbowmen (the crossbowmen unit was also greatly attrition due to altitude sickness) lined up in a large horizontal formation of three columns, armed with strong crossbows, and slowly pressed towards the crowded Qarakhanid armed refugees.

This scene fell in the eyes of Aslan Khan, and even this lion Khan, who had no experience in war, knew that something was wrong. Sanjar, the god of war in the Celestial Sect world, miscalculated, and the enemy of the Peach Blossom Stone was even more powerful than he imagined. The strict formation of tens of thousands of people alone could not be posed even by the most elite Gulam warriors.

Moreover, the enemy's infantry and cavalry coordination and command and dispatch were also in order, and a series of tactical actions such as yak charging into formation, cavalry driving and infantry assault, and cavalry cover were all like flowing water, without the slightest delay and delay at all. There is no way for a Gulam warrior who relies on his own bravery to compete with such an enemy!

Aslan Khan sat on horseback, his face was blue and white, his eyes were just staring blankly ahead, his lips trembling, and he couldn't say a word.

In the rear of the slowly approaching infantry formation of the Indoctrination Regiment, there were 3 generals and nearly 9,000 Hexi cavalry, all of whom were semi-armored lancers. It was the main cavalry force of the Hexi Army that Xiao Heda took to the Yemili Grassland and Balasagon to make a big circle, and some of them also drew knights from the seven infantry generals of the Hexi Army to supplement the attrition of the troops in the previous plateau march. So these three cavalry generals are now all fully loaded.

Xiao Heda's thin figure was surrounded by his Khitan guards. Dressed in half-body armor, wrapped in a black woollen cloak, and wearing a silver sash that glittered in the sun, he rode a tall Persian horse captured at Barasagon, and looked solemnly ahead.

There was not much joy in sight, only deep worry.

He knew that the infantry generals of the indoctrination regiment were actually a copy of the infantry generals of the new army of the Song army! This new army changed the characteristics of the previous Song army, which was heavily defensive and equipped with more bows and crossbows, greatly reduced the number of crossbowmen, and even abolished lunges, and at the same time greatly increased the number of hand-to-hand soldiers from more than ten percent to three-quarters.

The assault of the captain's spearmen became the main combat method of the infantry of the new army in the Song Dynasty. The role of crossbowmen and sword and shield soldiers is, in the final analysis, to cover the pikemen, who make up half of the battle troops, into the assault position.

Similarly, the cavalry tactics of the Song army also changed from piecemeal cavalry tactics to heavy cavalry group charges. And the heavy cavalry group charged in turn, as a means of decisive victory on the battlefield.

For example, today's battle is a very typical tactic of the New Army. The previous yak assaults, light cavalry expulsions, and the imminent start of crossbow firing were all in preparation for a spear assault. The spear assault was to open the way for the subsequent 30 heavy cavalry to take turns to assault...... Compared with the Song Army's previous stupid arrow formation tactics, this kind of multi-arm attack tactics is many times more sophisticated, and the coordination and command are also many times more complicated, and the requirements for soldiers have also been significantly improved.

In short, once this round of reform of the Song army is completed, the current army of the Great Liao Heavenly Army, who eat fasting and recite Buddha, may usher in a catastrophe.

But how to deal with the new army and new tactics of the Song army?

Xiao Heda's brows tightened more and more. Because he knew that the complex tactics now adopted by the new army of the Song army were based on a large number of Yuntai officers. The education received by these officers has, in Xiao Heda's opinion, reached an incredible level. In order to complete the officer course of the Yuntai department, students need to undergo militarized training from elementary school, followed by four years of knight academy education. Adding it up, it adds up to eight or nine long years of study. Some of the courses that need to be learned are even more complicated to the point that Xiao Heda can't understand them.

The same officer education is simply impossible to carry out in Liao! Even if it is greatly simplified, it is unlikely to be implemented in the Liao State. Because who in the Liao country would think that their country's military is not good? The dignified Liao oppressed the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and now he is learning military affairs from the Song Dynasty? It is possible for individual children of aristocratic families to study, but it is simply not possible to study at the national level.

What can be done about the future of the Great Liao Kingdom?

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Victory ......"

The cheers interrupted Xiao Heda's thoughts, and he hurriedly took out a precious telescope wrapped in black satin and stood up on the stirrup to watch.

It turned out that the enemy, who had crowded in front of the Alai Pass, was driven away by crossbow arrows and began to roll and retreat southward again. It seems that it will not be long before the mountain pass falls into the hands of the infantry of the Indoctrination Regiment.

I don't know how many Gulam elites are on the other side of the mountain pass? How is it arranged?

Aslan Khan was already dead at this time, and was carried south by the swarm of armed refugees. Originally, he could have relied on more than 3,000 Lord Iqta to stop the armed refugees from escaping, but when the crossbowmen of the infantry of the Religious Regiment began to cast crossbow arrows in turn, the nearly 100,000 refugee soldiers crowded in the mountain pass finally broke out, rushing towards the Iqtar knights like a tide, instantly drowning the 3,000 old knights in that area, and even Aslan Khan himself was carried by this tide and retreated to the southeast......

While Aslan Khan was being dragged southeast by his people, Sanjar was also retreating. He was retreating to the southwest, that is, moving his position to the open meadows west of the Kara Lake. Leaning on the Kara Lake on one side and the mountains on the other, he put on a defensive posture. 4,000 Persian mercenaries formed an infantry formation. The coalition of Western Tajik Knights, Ghul Knights and Ghazni Knights was on the right, led by the Emir of Western Tajikistan. Ahmad commanded. On the left, with 5,000 Ghulam knights, it was commanded by Sanjar's most trusted general, Kumaji. Sanjar himself, on the other hand, led the most elite 5,000 guram tactics in the rear of the Persian infantry.

In front of the entire battle array, Sanjar also had people connect with accompanying carriages to form a chariot formation to block the enemy's cavalry charge.

In addition, the Persian infantry, the Western Tajik, Ghul and Ghazni knights, as well as the Ghulam warriors under the command of the general Kumaji, were all led by archers. Put on a strict defensive formation!

"Hehe, I'm still a little self-aware!"

Xiao Heda, who entered the Alai Pass surrounded by everyone, saw the deployment of Sanjar's army from a distance.

"Xiao Junji, it seems that the thieves want to fight with us!" Liu Long, the deputy chief military aircraft who was advancing with Xiao Heda, had already guessed Sanjar's intentions.

Sanjar's warriors rested for four days near Lake Kara, while the Song army had been fighting on the march. It's better than the people who are physically fit, of course, Sanjar, so now they're good for the long last.

"The number of them is only 20,000," Xiao Heda swept his eyes, already knowing that the victory was in his hands, "and the formation is light and untidy, and the infantry in the middle looks a little messy." The only support is the car formation! As long as the formation is broken and 9,000 cavalry are used to take turns to assault, it will definitely be destroyed. ”

"You can send thousands more Hexi Army's infantry archers to shoot arrows in turn, and crush the enemy with infantry bows and crossbow arrows...... Then bring up the eight-ox crossbows and bursting arrows from the two engineer battalions. Blowing up a few rounds before the infantry charge will surely disrupt their formation. ”

Liu Long's suggestion is already a bit of a shadow of modern infantry horses, infantry, and artillery coordinated operations. It's just that the lethality of firing bursting arrows with an eight-bull crossbow can't be compared with that of a solid bullet fired by a bronze artillery, but the effect of scaring people is not bad, especially since most enemies don't know about the existence of gunpowder.