Chapter 31: Stopping the Clouds and Listening to the Song (21)

Li Xin's Daxu was in front of the whole formation, and he himself was standing in front of the formation. The three hundred soldiers behind him were divided into five rows, and the formation was far thinner than that on both sides.

On the flanks of the Song army, the cavalry unwound and dismounted, and the infantry held the divine arm bow as usual.

This is clearly what the trap looks like, but the bait on this trap is fragrant and tempting. It seems that with a single stretch of hand, the fruit can be plucked from the tree.

Where does Li Xin's self-confidence come from? With this elite number of only one thousand and five, can he beat several times the opponent?

The Yizhou Soldiers and Horses Supervisor spoke later: "Li Xinjing is good at flying spears, I heard that he specially selected a group of tall and healthy soldiers in the Guangxin Army, and specially taught flying spears, called the selection of the front. On the opposite side, following Li Xin, it seems to be the Xuan Fengjun. ”

Xiao Di Gu Lie glanced back, this state capital supervisor didn't know what else to do, and this bag of inquiring methods was first-class.

"Isn't that the signer!?" Yelu Bodhisattva Bao had heard that there were also soldiers with javelin shields among the foot soldiers of the Song army.

"There are only javelins, no shields. Only attack, not defend. Xiao Di Gu Lie put down the clairvoyant mirror, he didn't see the shield. I only saw javelins stuck in the ground.

Song Jun, who is known for his good defense, gave up his shield, of course, he had a sense of self-confidence. But in the eyes of the Liao people, it is a provocation.

The drums were heavy, and the Song army that went out to fight was only 1,56, not to mention the antlers, and there was no rejecting the horse pistol. This is a very clear provocation, or challenge.

With an army of nearly 10,000 under his command, in the face of an enemy army far less than his own, Xiao Enemy Gulie and Yelu Bodhisattva did not want to lose their reputation. What's more, the city lord will go to war, as long as he can be killed, this important pass on the border will be at his fingertips, and the credit will not be small.

"I can't stop fighting!" Xiao Di Gu Lie gritted his teeth fiercely, "If you talk about elite soldiers, I also have them in Da Liao!" ”

For the military formation of the Song people, if you don't want to fight, you can go around it directly, anyway, it is impossible for the foot soldiers to line up to chase the cavalry. And if you want to fight, then besiege it with heavy troops. Then they went around like wolves, and through constant harassment and temptation, they consumed the energy and morale of the Song army, surrounded them for a day and a half, and no matter how strong the army was, it would collapse.

Xiao Di Gu Lie raised his hand and summoned three cronies and generals.

"Heli only." He pointed to Li Xin in front of the leading young general: "Have you seen him?" ”

Xiao Heli only nodded and said, "I saw it." ”

"Get his head back!"

"Yes!" There were no grandiose words, Xiao Heli simply saluted and received the order. In his opinion, it was only a little more difficult than eating and drinking.

Immediately, Xiao Enemy Gu Lie pointed up the two generals behind him, "You attack from both sides, let the Song people on both sides be busy!" ”

A battle-hardened general doesn't need to command too much. As soon as Xiao Enemy Gu Lie's order came out, the three soldiers and horses immediately rushed out of the battle.

At the sound of the horn, three thousand-strong teams split up and outflanked the Song army array in front.

"It's all ironclad!"

Many of the Song army's ranks were stunned, and the silver light from the opposite side stung their eyes. A large part of the Song people's psychological advantage over the Liao people comes from better weapons and armor, and seeing the Liao army in the same iron armor, many people's hearts are shaken.

Although the steel industry of Liao is not as good as that of the Great Song Dynasty after all, the hydraulic forging hammer still spread to Liao. It's just that due to the relationship between craftsmen and the level of machinery manufacturing, the output of armor weapons is only one or two percent of that of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is still not a problem to equip some elites. The vast majority of cavalry were also equipped with half-body armor, and the style was basically the most rudimentary. However, iron armor is iron armor, and no matter how simple the iron armor is, the defense of arrows can be increased by several levels.

"It's just iron armor."

Li Xin's detective took a flying spear from the guards beside him and held it in his hand. With his movements, the selectors behind him also set up a posture.

Even if it is a powerful arrow shot by the Divine Arm Bow, it can only bow down in the face of iron armor, and it is impossible to cause serious injury with one blow. But the set of cuirass, which was also a combination of the front and back pieces, could not stop the heavy and sharp flying spear. A three-pound steel flying spear, as long as it hits, whether it is a person or a horse, it can bring half a life.

Although the flying spear technique passed down by the Li family can be used to throw people as long as it is a good soldier, Han Gang's old lady makes a good rolling pin, but the commonly used javelin has its shape and weight also customized.

It was not the thallium that was common in the army, it was just a fine-iron short gun with a foot-length, and it was not the four-foot javelin that Southern signmen were accustomed to. Rather, it was a six-foot-long, four-pound spear, and a single-pointed spear of steel. The tip of the gun is sharp, the center of gravity is just right, it is extremely good when circling left and right, and it can smoothly pour all the strength into it when throwing.

This is the ordnance supervisor to Han Gang face, after Li Xin wrote a letter to apply to the blacksmith to build a flying spear, he directly sent a worker from the prison to the bow and crossbow courtyard of the Guangxin Army, and waited for Li Xin's assignment, the cost of the flying spear made was even comparable to that of a slasher, but the power was not far behind.

The cavalry galloped over the fields outside the city, stepping on the frozen soil like pig iron, and on the ground without vegetation, a piece of loess was flying. The earth trembled under the iron hoof, like thunder from the ground.

The soldiers and horses are divided into five or six hundred points, with multiple columns in front and back, and they take turns to rush into battle, which is the old trick of the Liao people to defeat the enemy. However, Li Xin did not send many troops and stood closely, and if the cavalry attacking the Song army was spread out, it would be a waste of manpower. The three thousand-man teams of the Liao army were each divided into 100-man teams, twenty or thirty paces apart. In the run, it naturally separated, surging towards the Song army like a wave.

The Liao army, which attacked the two wings, took a step ahead and went straight to the target.

Within 100 steps, fast horses are within reach. After the Divine Arm Bow is shot, there is no chance to shoot again. Once the wings are cut off, no matter how strong the Chinese army of the Song people is, they can only be awarded.

In the face of the surging momentum of the Liao army, Li Xin arranged for the infantry on both flanks to turn separately and face the enemy troops outflanking from the outside. The dismounted cavalry all fixed the reins of their horses to the ground with their halberds, and opened the bow of the divine arm that they carried with them. But other than that, the Song people in the formation didn't react, they were stunned, and they were so calm that it was chilling.

100 steps do not send arrows, 80 steps do not send arrows, to 60 steps, the Liao cavalry running in the front, suddenly turned outward, in front of the formation to fight sideways, the rear of the cavalry followed in rows, the fragile side was exposed to the range of arrows, but still did not attract the Song army to send arrows.

Li Xin trained his troops day by day in the Guangxin Army, with a whip in one hand and silver money in the other, and it took him more than a year to train only five or six elite soldiers who could command a battle. They don't have much ability, they are just obedient, and they don't dare to make a move if they don't listen to orders.

The target was Li Xin's Xiao Heli, who also took his cavalry around fifty or sixty paces away, but he didn't see the slightest cowardice in the Song army.

Turning back to the starting place, Xiao Heli only raised the spear in his hand, and the flank soldiers and horses that turned around first started one step earlier.

Sixty steps can't be rushed, then forty steps, step by step, I don't believe that the Song people can still bear it. As long as the divine arm bow is used, there is no rejection of horses and no antlers, such a military formation can only be used by mermaids.

The last team of the Liao army had just crossed in front of the formation, and this first team came up again. It's louder and faster.

The civil and military generals who watched the battle at the head of the city, the soldiers and the people, their hearts were raised, the previous time the Liao people seemed to be just a temptation, this time it was menacing, once the response was lost, the officers and soldiers who lost their bows and crossbows would face the impact of the Liao cavalry.

In the face of the Liao cavalry that rushed closer, the arrays on both wings were still motionless, although it looked closely, there were already many people's hands trembling, but the whipping and rewards that had alternated over the years made them develop the habit of daring to do it only after receiving orders.

At forty paces, the first wave of Liao soldiers turned around in front of the formation, and the cavalry on horseback also took the opportunity to open their bows and shoot arrows when they turned, drawing a high arc, and falling towards the Song army's array. The small commotion did not hurt the overall situation, the people at the head of the city in the rear breathed a sigh of relief, the impact of the war horse was limited, the two rounds were ineffective, and the third round would inevitably rush straight in, and it was easy to deal with the enemy's coming.

But the next moment, their faces turned pale. There were more than 1,000 enemy cavalry attacking the Chinese army, but they did not make a detour, but went straight to the Chinese army.

"Liao Dog!!" Song Xian in the city shouted.

The first two waves of cavalry on both flanks went back, which gave people the illusion that the Chinese army would also go around, but here they rushed straight over. A little illusion can mess up the timing of the javelin projection, and Kyushu's mistake has no room for recovery.

A sharp horn sound came from afar at the same time, and the Liao army, which was rushing in front of the array on both wings, suddenly stopped turning, and stepped on the most fierce steps, cooperating with the Chinese army to roll up like a wave.

The Chinese army was under the army, but there were only 300 people to deal with it.

Fear clung to the hearts of all the people in the city for a moment.

Xiao Heli only stared at Li Xin, who was standing in front of the formation, and approached quickly with his mount. The man and the horse seemed to merge together, and the restless blood transmitted the force to the tip of the spear. But he didn't see a trace of wavering in the enemy's face, only saw the main general of the Song army raise the spear in his hand high, and then waved down with the sound of the wind, pointing straight ahead, pointing straight at himself.

Daxu shook violently, the drum sound changed, and the loud shouts sounded in the formation at the same time, and the two winged foot soldiers and the horse army shot out the long-winding arrows, and behind Li Xin, the first row of Xuan Feng stepped forward heavily, and a cluster of javelins rose in the air in an instant.

What is a striker?

'The art of war says: There is no choice for the soldier to say the north. Xi Qi is strong with tricks, Wei is fighting with martial arts, Qin is winning with sharp soldiers, Han has Sanhe chivalrous swordsman and wizard, Wu is called to relieve trouble, Qi is called decisive fate, and Tang is called jumping, which is another name for all Fengfeng. ’

'Those who are outstanding in martial arts and skilled in martial arts will be selected by another team, about one out of ten, and one thousand out of ten thousand. Choose to be a widow, and you must do it! ’

Of the more than 6,000 soldiers in the Suicheng army, Li Xin only selected 300. The 20 steps of the signers in the army are qualified, and the selection of the fronts under Li Xin is 30 steps to the top.

Although the number of people is only 300, they can make a difference.