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According to the predetermined plan, the most elite team under his command was dispatched, but Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie, who dominated the battle in Hedong, did not wait anxiously for the news from the front, but were playing chess.

Both of them are sitting upright, looking focused, like two great powers vying for the first place in the world. But Xiao 13 just relieved himself here, and Zhang Xiaojie sent a big dragon over there. The chess skills shown are much worse than those of civilians who gamble on chess in the summer when they are enjoying the cool on the streets.

Xiao 13 didn't look at the chessboard either, and casually dropped a son: "Two thousand three hundred armor riding equipment, plus five thousand-person teams with iron armor." Presumably, the flies sent by the privy minister of Xinkou Village should also collect their wings. ”

When mentioning Han Gang, Xiao Shisan's words were sarcastic. But in order to solve the soldiers and horses sent by Han Gang, he took out all the hole cards.

After nearly a month of rest, Xiao 13 was finally able to transfer out the elites under his command who had lost their combat effectiveness due to the fatigue of the previous pommel horse.

More than 2,000 armored cavalry, and 5,000 armored cavalry with a total strength of more than 4,000 troops, were approaching a small town on an official road forty miles southwest of Daizhou under his military order. These more than 6,000 soldiers and horses were used to form the outer defense line of Daizhou and clear the increasingly arrogant rangers and horses of the Song people.

"But the Song people have more iron armor." Zhang Xiaojie fell into the army, but ignored the opportunity to harvest more in the other corner, "Twenty years ago, these five or six thousand ironclad elite soldiers could even allow us to fight directly to the Daimyo's Mansion." Now only flies can be beaten. ”

"The iron armor is worthless now." Xiao 13 raised his head, "Thank you very much to that Han Shumi." ”

Since plate armor and hydraulic forging appeared in this world, the steel manufacturing industry of the Great Song Dynasty has risen to a higher level, but the Liao State has never pulled too far in this regard. Whether it was sending people to steal or bribing spies, a series of inventions related to military affairs would soon be introduced to the Liao realm after they were popularized in the Song Kingdom. The most famous example is the spaceship, which used the life of the Great Liao Emperor to spread the name of the spaceship to the wasteland of the far north. Iron armor is a more practical example.

Although due to the gap in manufacturing technology, craftsman level and management ability, the productivity gap between Song and Liao is still far away, or even farther and farther. However, compared with the past, Liao's military production capacity has increased by nearly ten times. Today's Liao Army will have a wrought iron heart shield at the very least, and most people in the Gongfen Army and the Leather Room Army can have a pair of iron armor.

In the past, in a war, it was almost impossible to see 100,000 armor soldiers fighting. But now, regardless of the degree of difficulty, Song and Liao are both able to pull out 100,000 ironclad elite soldiers.

Yelu Yixin was able to suppress the countless opposition forces in the Liao State, on the one hand, because he was politically skillful, either beating or pulling, so that no one could gather enough strength to rebel forces. But on the other hand, and more importantly, the Nanking Dao, which he controlled most firmly, was the region with the highest concentration of craftsmen in the Liao State, and the large quantities of iron armor produced gave the army under Yelu Yixin's control a stronger fighting force and could easily crush any opponents.

"Although the iron armor is good, it must also be used in the right place." Zhang Xiaojie casually dropped a son, "And you don't see how the Song army uses their divine arm bow." Not to mention the armor-piercing crossbow. ”

"Armor-piercing crossbows aren't a big deal, just be careful. As for the Divine Arm Bow, didn't I let people carry it too? ”

Although the power of the armor-piercing crossbow is still as strong as the divine arm bow, the threat to the warrior in iron armor must also be within thirty steps, otherwise even if it can shoot through the armor leaf, it will not hurt a few flesh and skin. And the divine arm bow made the Liao army feel a headache. The strength of the Song cavalry was not worth a damn, but when they did not hesitate to lose so that the cavalry brought a good string of divine arm bows, the cavalry of the Song people began to gain the upper hand when they immediately clashed.

However, this time, Xiao 13 was also generous, and equipped all the cavalry who went out to fight with a divine arm bow. Anyway, in the arsenals of Daizhou and other places, the number of divine arm bows is also in the thousands. Although a hundred-person team can have a loss of more than a dozen crossbows on a patrol, although it makes Xiao Shisan's heart ache, he can still afford it.

Zhang Xiaojie stopped and sighed loudly: "After all, it's still not as rich as the Song people." As soon as the Song people throw money, we will either throw money together, or we will have to exchange our lives. ”

"But what if you don't?" Xiao Shisan asked rhetorically, and dropped another son, but this one fell beautifully, just cutting off Zhang Xiaojie's step. "The more they retreat, the more arrogant the Song people will be. Only by going up uncompromisingly can Han Gang be forced to recognize the overall situation. ”

"Han Gang is a smart man. His current approach is to push step by step, most likely because he wants to force it under the city of Daizhou, and he doesn't want to take the risk of field war. ”

From the beginning of the war until now, almost two months have passed, and the stage of layout has long passed, and the Song and Liao armies in Hedong still have no record of large-scale confrontation except for the battle in Taigu County. This is due to the fact that Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie collected the team too quickly, but without Han Gang's control, it would not be the current situation, which shows that Han Gang does not have the confidence to fight with Da Liao.

"You can't give the Song army a chance to attack the city of Daizhou." Xiao Shisan's expression was serious, and he threw the chess pieces in his hand back to the flag box. "Once the Song army can encircle Daizhou, then the war in Hedong will be transferred to the offensive and defensive battles of the city that the Song people are best at. Under the offensive of the Song army, Daizhou City could not support it for long at all. ”

Daizhou, which retreated all the way from Taiyuan, can no longer retreat. Father's orders must be carried out, and they must be carried out to the letter. Daizhou must be defended, which is the most critical bargaining chip in negotiations with the Song people.

Although there are also people below clamoring to reproduce the glory of Yanjing's victory. But Xiao Shisan didn't expect Han Gang to be as stupid as Taizong of the Southern Dynasty, and only cared about attacking Yanjing City but didn't watch out for Yanshan passes such as Gubeikou.

Judging from Han Gang's current arrangement, it was three points more cunning than the most cunning fox in the forest. He didn't look like a young man in his thirties.

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Han Zhongxin was leading a group of cavalry, slowly moving on the field of Daiju.

He is not like Qin Wan who has a foundation in the Daizhou army, and he does not have the support of past achievements, and he can't win the hearts of the people just by relying on Han Gang's status as a servant. Sitting in the stockade and waiting for news will only make people's hearts more and more alienated. So he had to come out.

Qin Wan and Han Zhongxin successfully stationed in Tuyuan Village, except for three people who fell behind and one person who fell off the horse, they were not disturbed in any way.

The armored cavalry was not coming at them, but at a village on the way. It is forty miles away from Daizhou, and it is more than thirty miles and nearly forty miles away from Tuyuan Village. As this team moved forward, the space for the Song army scouts was compressed again.

However, here in Han Zhongxin, since the Liao army is still far away, there is no need to shrink in the village.

On the border of Daizhou, a village and a town all have high and thick walls, which allows the Song army to retreat to the nearest village and town when the war is unfavorable and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Han Zhongxin persuaded Qin Wan with this, and asked Qin Wan to promise him to lead a team of cavalry out on patrol.

And when he appeared, he was lucky, or unlucky, to meet a team of scouts who were about to return to the team.

The Liao army's expeditionary stoppers are amazingly strong, tall and weight, and they also have enough experience. Han Zhongxin just glanced at it, and forced Han Zhongxin not to think about winning them without taking out the Divine Arm Bow. Han Zhongxin wanted to kneel down and thank Han Gang for his generosity in armaments, such a treasure talisman as the Divine Arm Bow, no matter how much gap there was with the Liao people in equestrianism, it would be leveled with one arrow.

Turning the horse's head and facing him head-on, Han Zhongxin was the first to pick up the bow of the divine arm that had been wound in advance, and put a short arrow in the arrow slot as fast as he could. The cavalry that followed closely behind Han Zhongxin was no slower than him in the slightest speed of taking the arrows.

Armed with a bow, this scout team quickly approached the enemy on the opposite side. It's just that when they finally saw the flat end of the weapon in the enemy's hand, they were all shocked.

"Divine Arm Bow?" Han Zhongxin was almost about to jump up from his horse, and among the oncoming Liao riders, there were all divine arm bows.

The iron ring in the front, the log-colored bow arm, and the width of almost three feet are all characteristics of the divine arm bow.

Riding a tall Hexi horse, the armor on his body was also the most conspicuous, and Han Zhongxin immediately became the target of the arrows. The arrows rained down, and in the blink of an eye, he was pierced into a hedgehog.

One of them pierced Han Zhongxin's waist like a poisonous snake, and there was no time to react at all. However, Han Zhongxin's armor is heavy inside and out, lined with leather armor, unless the arrow cluster is against the armor and buckles the teeth, the crossbow bolt still can't penetrate his armor. But this also made Han Zhongxin break out in a cold sweat.

But before that, he also threw away the Divine Arm Bow that he had just shot in his hand and replaced it with a new crossbow.

The difference between the Song army and the Liao army is that they did not hesitate to kill the war horses at all. Shoot people and horses first, and the Song army who went into battle was almost collectively instilled with this consciousness. Starting from Han Zhongxin, the first arrows fired by all the Song cavalry were aimed at the war horses. And more importantly, when throwing down the Divine Arm Bow, the Song army was far more refreshing than the Liao army.

For the soldiers of the Liao army, a divine arm bow from the Great Song Dynasty Weapons Supervisor could probably be exchanged for a good horse with smooth fur or ten ewes after returning to their hometown. It was difficult for them to let go of their fingers directly like Han Zhongxin and his subordinates, let the divine arm bow that had not stopped the sound of strings fall freely, and then picked up the iron shovel behind the saddle, and then swung the iron shovel at the Liao soldier who was closest to them and couldn't control the mount that had become crazy after being injured. It is only a momentary hesitation that determines the final result.

With a dull sound, there was a violent rebound in his right hand, and in a glimpse of speeding by, Han Zhongxin clearly saw the target's sunken helmet, and the right eyeball erupted from the eye socket like a burning firework.

Both sides were squads of less than twenty people, and they were evenly numbered before the encounter. But after a turn, the number of cavalrymen still on their horses had already become fifteen to ten. And when Han Zhongxin and his soldiers drew out the second and third Divine Arm Bows, only the Song army was left on horseback.