[The first watch, and the second watch will be tomorrow morning.] 】

Pegasus caught up with the last Liao cavalryman and shot the horse in the hind leg with a divine arm bow, and Han Zhongxin used his iron wedge to knock the unfortunate rider off with his helmet and skull.

After a short but fierce battle, Han Zhongxin's department successfully solved the Liao army's horse exploration team.

In the confrontation between the two armies, it is rare that such a side is completely annihilated. If you talk about the reason, in addition to luck, it is more that Han Zhongxin, as the deputy general of the first army, led this team to explore the horses, which was specially selected by Qin Wan from the army. The personnel are elite and the equipment is excellent, which is incomparable to other horse exploration teams.

In addition, using a crossbow on horseback, especially a large crossbow as large as the Divine Arm Bow, requires a bit of skill. Han Zhongxin's squad is all elite soldiers who have been on patrol several times, and Han Zhongxin himself has also deliberately practiced, while the Liao army is a beginner, which is a step worse.

At the end of the battle, except for the two cavalrymen who looked out for the wind, the rest of the soldiers dismounted one after another, some rushed over to rescue the fallen brothers, and the other half went to clean up the Liao people who had not yet lost their breath.

I don't know if it's luck or the strong armor, among the few people who fell off the horse, only two soldiers were unfortunately killed, and the others were minor or serious injuries.

After Han Zhongxin had examined the wounded and treated them with two teams who had learned first aid, the heads of the eighteen Liao cavalry had been unloaded and tied to their horses. Due to Han Gang's regulations, the beheading of a battle was shared by all the officers and soldiers participating in the battle, and there was no conflict over the head. This saved Han Zhongxin a lot of trouble.

Walking on the battlefield, half-green and half-yellow wheat seedlings are desperately squeezing their heads out of the weeds. The barren field did not arouse Han Zhongxin's emotion, on the contrary, his mood was very relaxed, even excited. This battle was very commemorative for him, and being able to lead the army to kill the enemy and win easily was the first step for him to gain a firm foothold in the army.

However, when he picked up the heavy crossbow used by the Liao, his face still changed. Sure enough, it is a divine arm bow, and judging from the inscription engraved on the crossbow frame, it was produced by the Ordnance Supervision Office in the second year of Yuanfeng. The names of the superintendent and the great worker, Han Zhongxin has heard of it.

In the Hedong Army, Daizhou was the first to change its outfit, and Xining used the Divine Arm Bow in three or four years. Therefore, the replenishment of war losses after the Pingxia War was also the earliest and most numerous. You can see it from the inscription.

"Inspection, it's really a divine arm bow." A soldier came back with a bunch of divine arm bows and held them up to Han Zhongxin, "I can't tell which one we lost." ”

"In the second year of Yuanfeng, it was brought by the Liao thief, and it was ours in the Xining year. Daizhou's arsenal is all in the hands of Liao thieves. Han Zhongxin kicked the headless corpse under his feet on tiptoe: "Go and check the armor on their bodies, it must have been obtained from the Daizhou arsenal." ”

The armor was also a trophy, and several soldiers used to take off the armor with a sigh. Weapons and swords are also gathered together.

"Inspection, these thieves have brought a lot of good things!" One of the soldiers cried out, holding a small sheepskin pouch in his hand.

The soldiers who cleaned the battlefield touched the corpses of the Liao people for a while, and without exception they all found a small bag of gold, silver and jewelry, piled on a sheepskin, and the glittering luster dazzled the eyes of a group of poor red men who had never seen the world.

Han Zhongxin glanced at it, and estimated in his heart that it was only two or three hundred at most.

"You're all divided." Han Zhongxin has a lot of family background, and he can't look down on this little money, "Keep one more copy for Cai Jiu and Zhang Gou'er." ”

Cai Jiu and Zhang Gou'er are the two soldiers who died in the battle, and if they give their bereaved families one more, naturally no one will say no. But there is no one who says no, and there is no one who takes it. Everyone was standing, and no one was moving.

For the distribution of spoils of war, the army is not very strict, especially such a fragmentary income, and the generals above also turn a blind eye. There are all old patrolmen here, and they are afraid of military law and dare not divide the account, which makes Han Zhongxin stunned.

But when he thought about it a little more, he understood. If he didn't take it, the soldiers below would not dare to share the spoils. Only if they take it first, this group of soldiers will see themselves as companions, which can be regarded as a vote.

After thinking about it, Han Zhongxin is not generous. It's just that in the pile of yellow and white belongings, he didn't see what he wanted. I was about to pick up a few pieces of silver jewelry at random, but I glanced at it, but I found a waist knife in the pile of weapons.

The probe picked up the waist knife, two feet long, with a slightly curved shape. The scabbard is dark in color, but for some reason it has a faint green glow, and it looks like fish skin from the lines, which is very delicate, and it is also rough but not lost. Exquisite silver jewelry. This style made Han Zhongxin like it at once.

But when he drew his sword, the admiration in his eyes was gone. The waist knife looks like it should be folded and wrought iron, and it has been folded and forged in multiple layers, but it is far inferior to the fine products produced in the ordnance prison in terms of texture and sharpness.

Han Zhongxin has a knife on his waist, which was given by Han Gang after he became an official, and he can cut off the head with a knife and is sharp without damage. And this handle, the scabbard is very good, and the blade is not much stronger than the waist knife mass-produced by the Ordnance Supervisor.

Han Zhongxin shook his head slightly, but unfortunately this scabbard is not worthy of the treasure knife he carried, otherwise he would have lost the knife directly.

It seems that Zhou Dushou is going to owe a favor. Others are scabbards with knives, but Han Zhongxin plans to get a good knife to match this scabbard.

Seeing Han Zhongxin take the knife back into the saddle bag, the soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief and happily began to share the spoils. After a few moments, the small pile of gold, silver, and jewels on the floor was gone, and everyone had a satisfied expression. Looking at Han Zhongxin's eyes, he also saw more affection.

Only those who can fight and kill can be recognized by the soldiers, if they are more generous, it is not only recognition, but also further the loyalty and love of the soldiers.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the scouts began to prepare for a new departure. A little later, a new team of Liao soldiers may arrive.

A group of soldiers stepped on the stirrups and rewound the Divine Arm Bow.

"It's better if it's one-handed." One of the team members raised the bow of the god arm in his hand, "Two hands are too troublesome on the horse." ”

"You haven't been an ordnance superintendent, have you?" Han Zhongxin shook his head and smiled, "The one-handed small crossbow can't even shoot the felt on the horse's back to prevent arrows." After it was made, it was taken to hunt birds. ”

When the bow was rewound, two of them broke immediately, and one of the broken bowarms bounced back and smashed the nose of the soldier who couldn't dodge, leaving his face covered in blood.

There are only two damaged divine arm bows, and there are twenty-six or seven of them recovered from the Liao people - although it is not possible to achieve three divine arm bows for one person, there are several Liao soldiers who carry two of them, and it seems that they should have some status.

"It's earned back." Han Zhongxin said with a smile.

Not only the divine arm bow, but also armor, bow and sword, saddle sheath, and bridle are all trophies that can be exchanged for rich rewards. Forty Khitan horses carried these harvests and returned to Tudao Village in the squad.

Han Zhongxin rode a tall Hexi horse and was surrounded by soldiers in the middle. Looking at today's harvest, my heart is full of joy.

It's just that when he looked back at the barren field behind him, the joy in his heart faded at once, half a year ago it was a happy land for men and women to weave, and now it is a desert without people, and I don't know how many years it will take to recover.

Damn the thief! He clenched his waist knife for a moment.

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The Liao army began to equip the frontier scouts on the front line with the Divine Arm Bow. The news quickly spread to Xinkou Village.

Not every team can have the same configuration and luck as Han Zhongxin, and as a result, it is difficult to have the same result.

It is indeed not easy to pull the bow on the horse. But it wasn't that hard to lift the bow of the Divine Arm that had been opened in advance. The Liao army quickly adapted to the tactic of using crossbows immediately, which led to a sharp increase in casualties among the front-line scouts within a few days.

Han Gang had a casualty report in front of him, and there were two coordinate maps in a prominent position.

This is a diagram drawn by Han Gang, and many people are not used to it at first, but after getting used to it, they feel that this chart is more obvious than numbers and words.

Zhang Qi was also looking at the same report. The first picture shows the date and casualties, while the latter shows the soldiers killed and the results of the battle. The curve changes on the two charts shocked Zhang Kai to see.

"Why are there so many casualties?"

Han Gang smiled bitterly: "The gap between us and the cavalry of the Liao army is so big. Before, it was better with the Divine Arm Bow, but now it is back to normal level. ”

In fact, judging from the latter chart, although the number of Song cavalry killed has increased significantly compared with before, it is basically one to one with the results of the battle - the riding skills of the Daizhou cavalry are not much worse than the cavalry of the Liao army, and the desire to fight is also much higher than that of the Liao army. It's just that the difference in the number of cavalry will quickly consume the blood of the Daizhou cavalry.

Once there are no eyes, ears and guards on the periphery, the movements of the Liao army will become confusing. The army advanced to Laoxian at most. Further to Daizhou, the march will become very dangerous. The nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses that Xiao 13 put on the road was a serious threat.

When the Liao army pinned down and delayed the advance of the army with light cavalry, and when the time came, a group of armored cavalry rushed over, and the western army could say that the Beijing Forbidden Army was definitely going to collapse.

"We need more cavalry." Han Gang said, "The cavalry in the Jingying Forbidden Army is going to be scattered and replenished. But that's not enough! ”

"Do you want to transfer the divination blockers into the pass?" Zhang Qi asked.

"Of course. The families of the divination people should be transferred to Xinzhou or Taiyuan to live temporarily, and the young and strong people who can be sent to the battlefield...... Just let them sell their lives, but you can't raise them for nothing. ”