In the flat hinterland of eastern Liaodong, the limit of human vision is not limited to visible objects (i.e., 5,000 meters), but also to see objects that can be imaged as far away as possible (i.e., moving objects between 10,000 and 20,000 meters). Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The so-called climbing height and looking far away does not mean that the higher you stand, the stronger your eyesight, but because after your own height increases, the refraction of visible light emitted by the farther scenery can be more effectively accepted by your retina, so you feel as if you can see farther, which is of course an illusion.

I didn't mention it, but after saying that, Yan Zongwang led the generals to stand in front of the Jin army camp, and it was natural to see the specific appearance of the bluestone castle from a distance, but the wolf smoke rising from the bluestone castle could naturally be seen clearly.

In addition, as time passed, I could slowly see that on the horizon in the direction of the bluestone fort, a figure was slowly moving towards the direction of Tangchi Fort, although it was definitely impossible to see the flag or clothing at this distance, but I could also see something from the speed of the other party.

While Zong Wang and the others were waiting for the news, Tie Wulu led a thousand cavalry to quickly run over a distance of more than ten miles, crossed Tangchi Fort and came to the front, and when he was close to five miles or so, he immediately had the idea of leading the army to charge into battle.

It can be seen with the naked eye that when the Song army marched along the road, it was not a normal march of soldiers walking in columns, but three rows of shield-wielding foot soldiers guarding a row of crossbowmen with divine arms and bows, walking in anger, while walking in the middle of the road were groups of double-wheeled carriages, the carriages of the carriages were still in the style of flat plates, and the carriages were all piled with a large number of materials, but they were tightly covered with cloth curtains, and they couldn't see what they were.

At this time, even when Tie Wulu led nearly a thousand cavalry approaching, the Song army did not stop, but the Song army, which was in the lead, began to tap the shield while adjusting the stride, still slowly marching on both sides of the road.

Tie Ulu should be in his thirties, and when he calculates the time, he will follow Zong Wang and others to fight against Liao at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and he naturally has rich combat experience, so he is not afraid to look at the Song army, neither stopping to form a formation, nor adding money. And the thousand horsemen and horses he brought were naturally familiar with each other on weekdays, and when they heard the roar of Tie Ulu, they also understood his intentions, so they hurriedly followed closely and rushed towards the Song army formation.

On the Song army's side, when the 1,000 men of Tie Ulu roared from the direction of Tangchi Fort, they naturally saw it, but they were still advancing at a uniform speed without fear, and when Tie Ulu stopped at a distance of about five miles, they began to react, and in the next sounding order, they also heard slogans such as "Prepare for the enemy", "Maintain the formation", "Shield bearers assemble spears" and so on.

When they saw Tie Wulu and the others riding off again and running in their own direction, they also saw that the flag soldiers in the Song army also quickly raised a Song-character battle flag with red characters on a black background, and there was a red, white and blue triangular flag hanging next to the battle flag. Set up a horse rejection pile! ”

With the shouting, I also saw that the three rows of Song army infantry shields going straight along the road responded loudly, and the people in the first row thrust the half-human-high square beast-faced shield in their hands into the ground, and they also stood firmly on the ground, and then they also saw that they reached out and took the spears that were at least one zhang long from the hands of the people in the back row, and then stepped forward to measure ten steps, and after inserting the spears outward at an angle of forty-five degrees, they took out an iron component with a concave and convex structure from the bag they carried. The spear in hand and the crossbar for stability are fastened with components, and a group of five spears is used to form a fence-type horse-repelling pile that can be quickly disassembled and assembled.

Then, the third row of foot soldiers retreated a little in small steps, and formed a shield formation against the shoulder of the road, while the people in the third row quickly took out one after another iron rods about four feet long and two feet long in front of the leather pouches on their backs, and quickly assembled a super-long spear with a length of one foot and eight feet (4X4+2) and handed it to the people in the second row, and then the people in the second row pushed these spears forward and threw the tail forward, and put the front part of the gun on the shoulders of the first row of foot shieldmen.

In the end, I saw that the infantry of the third row took out two iron rods from their bags and assembled the gun heads, and put the guns on the shoulders of the second row, so that the rifle formation of the Song army was formed, and it took fifteen breaths before and after.

Of course, the crossbowmen in the last row (the fourth row) were not idle, but when they saw that they were also shouting from the general, they quickly took out the bowstring from their pouches and hung them, and took out six feathered arrows from their quivers, and stuck them on the ground in front of them one by one, so they knelt on the ground one by one and began to wait for orders.

The distance of five miles is not a long road for the cavalry who launched the charge, almost when they just started, the Song army raised the flag at the same time, and when they reached four and a half miles, the Song army began to insert shields and erect horse rejection piles, and when the horse rejection piles were laid in three and a half miles, the Song army began to slowly retreat in a tight formation.

When the Jin cavalry was ready to charge with all their might, the Song army also began to raise their spears on their shoulders. And the distance of Erli is also the critical point for a cavalry to charge the infantry, to determine the start of the charge, once the cavalry runs to this position, they must beat the horses with all their strength to increase the speed to the highest, otherwise it is necessary to control the horses in this position to slow down, otherwise it will be extremely difficult for the whole team to turn in front of the Song army.

You must know that Erli is the usual 1,000 small steps, 700 big steps in wartime, and the Song army even if it is an ordinary divine arm bow, it can casually throw a distance of 300 steps, if you don't charge and don't slow down in this position, then it is possible to turn after rushing into a distance of 300 steps, and at that time I am afraid that I will eat the rain of arrows of the Song army in vain.

As Zongwang's trusted general, Tie Wulu naturally did not rely on mixed eating and drinking to get to today's status, so at the same time as rushing to the critical area of Erli, after discovering that the Song army had made all the preparations for infantry fighting against the cavalry, he naturally would not really let his subordinates die in vain, so he also roared and began to slowly control the speed of his horse, and turned away after breaking through to an area of one and a half miles.

When Tie Ulu led a thousand horsemen and horses back to the place where he had stopped five miles away and looked back, he couldn't help but be very stunned, according to past experience, it was difficult for the Liao army to react as quickly and calmly as the Song army in the case of such a surprise attack by the Jin army, and as long as the Song army's reaction was a little slower, for example, in the area where Tie Ulu broke through to Erli, the Song army had not yet set up a horse rejection stake, maybe he would really charge.

Therefore, Tie Wulu was stunned, because he didn't expect that after seeing the Jin cavalry attacking, this Song army not only did not panic, but also made all the preparations for the battle in an orderly manner, and did not give a chance at all.