Song Mingyue

Chapter 285

night.

Yanjing City, South Gate.

The city tower was full of Liao troops, and their knives and guns shone in the cold forest under the moonlight.On the battlements, there are strong bows and crossbows, and rows of arrows are aimed at the city.

In the corridor, there was also a row of catapults, which were used to deal with the well rails at that time.In the Battle of Zhuozhou, the Song army’s Jinglan extended the range of the strong crossbow, so that the Liao people could only become targets and had no choice but to do anything. The range of the catapult could reach [-] steps, and with its huge destructive power, it could deal with the Jinglan.

Even in the middle of the night, the Liao army did not dare to relax a little, and was heavily guarded.

A general of the Liao Army who was in charge of night patrol, surrounded by more than a dozen capable Liao troops, came with his head held high, checked along the corridor, and nodded to express his satisfaction.Just as he was about to walk down the corridor, his eyes froze suddenly, and he looked back to the front of the tower.

An indistinct cry of killing penetrated the night and reached his ears...

Immediately afterwards, the shouts of killing became louder and clearer.

In the south, the Liaojun Water Village, which was faintly exposed with dots of lights, suddenly turned red, and the red fire spread rapidly, forming a large area in a blink of an eye.

General Na Liao's expression changed drastically, and he shouted anxiously: "There has been a change in the army camp in the south, report to Lin Ya and King Xiao immediately."

After all, he took the lead to rush down the tower, and led the crowd to gallop to the city of Yanjing!

After a while, Yelu Dashi, surrounded by a group of generals, ran up the tower at high speed. Looking up, the dry village of the Liao Army, more than ten miles away to the south, was already red all over half the sky, and even the situation under the city of Yanjing was in flames. clearly visible in the light.

Knock da da~
Flying horses galloped several riders away, and shouted to the top of the city tower: "Report~ The Song army sneaked across the Gaoliang River and attacked our army's dry village at night!"

Yelu Dashi's eyes were bloodshot: "Bo Li Kuo and A Gu Zhe are two trash, let me cut them off!"

Before the words were finished, there was only a thunderous sound of horseshoes coming from the city behind.

Xiao Qian led more than [-] big tent troops to kill them!
"Open the city gates!"

With a roar, Yelu Dashi stepped forward and shook the winch wheel of the city gate. There was a rattling sound, and the Qianjin gate slowly rose.

rumbling~
Six thousand cavalry followed behind Xiao Qian, filed out, and went straight to the dry village of the Liao Army in the south.

Under the light of the fire, the smoke and dust from the south gate of Yanjing rolled up all over the sky, and rolled to the south. It seemed that they had rushed five or six miles away, only seven or eight miles away from the dry village of the Liao army. The sound of intersecting gold and iron is also getting closer.

Suddenly, a lieutenant of the Liao Army behind Xiao Qian shouted: "King Xiao, the front seems to be wrong!"

Xiao Qian didn't stop, while beating the horse, he turned his head and asked, "Isn't that right?"

The school lieutenant said urgently: "Since our army has been defeated, there must be a defeated army retreating to the south gate. Why can't there be half a person? Could it be that there is an ambush ahead?"

Xiao Qian said angrily: "There is no obstacle in front of us, how did we come to ambush? Since there is no defeated army, it must be our Daliao soldiers who are fighting to the death, and we must speed up to help!"

After finishing speaking, he urged the war horse under his crotch, and his mount was an eight-foot-tall horse, which immediately raised its hooves angrily, and flew away at a high speed.The soldiers behind him didn't dare to be negligent, they raised their whips one after another, and urged the horses to gallop forward.

Under the light of the fire, the smoke and dust all over the sky rolled like a giant dragon. In a blink of an eye, it was only four or five miles away from the dry village. The dry village in front was already far away, and the fire became more and more intense.

Xi Yuyu~
Suddenly, a row of dark shadows in front came into Xiao Qian's eyes, and Xiao Qian was so startled that he pulled the rein hastily and stopped the galloping horse abruptly.

The cavalry behind them also reined in their horses one after another, and with the neighing of the horses one after another, thousands of cavalry slowly stopped.

Only six or seven hundred paces ahead, the Song army was densely packed, about tens of thousands of people.

A shield array was arranged at the front, a row of shield soldiers inserted the tip of the shield into the ground, squatted behind the shield wall, and another row of shield soldiers stood next to it, and put the shield on top of the shield below, making the shield wall as high as eight or nine Ruler, forming an iron wall like a tortoise shell.And from the gaps in the shield protruded sharp spears, like a forest of death, the blades of the spears shone dazzlingly under the light of the fire.

There are really ambushes!
snort~
Xiao Qian sneered, slowly raised the saber in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "The southerners are like chariots with their arms outstretched, let's line up!"

Following a thunderous response, thousands of cavalry also slowly raised their swords in their hands, and began to straighten out their formation, ready to charge.

The shield array plus crossbow array is good for dealing with light cavalry, but it is tantamount to seeking death when used to resist heavy cavalry like the Dazhangpishi army, which is equipped with men and horses and is covered in iron armor.

Xiao Qian glanced contemptuously at Song Jun in the distance, and raised his long saber again: "Kill!"

rumbling~
The sound of horseshoes sounded again, rolling forward like a stream of iron.Tens of thousands of iron hooves hit the ground heavily, as if the whole ground shook.

The west wind is strong, and the horseshoe is sick!
Six thousand cavalry in iron armor, plus one man and two horses, is more than 1 horses in iron armor, like thousands of black ghosts, crushing the Song army ahead.

A thousand steps!

Eight hundred steps!
Five hundred steps!
Seeing that the big tent leather room army was getting closer and closer, the Song army in front remained unmoved and did not panic at all.

Three hundred steps!
A cruel smile appeared in Xiao Qian's eyes, and the sword in his hand was raised above his head, the sharp blade shining brightly under the firelight.

150 steps!

Xiao Qian's murderous aura became more and more intense, and he was about to swing his saber down when suddenly two rows of black things in front of the Song Army's formation caught his eyes.

what is that?
A ray of inexplicable fear welled up in his heart, he fixed his eyes and looked, and was instantly frightened out of his wits!

In front of the shield formation, the two rows of black and dense are all iron knife carts weighing seven to eight hundred kilograms. On the heavy knife carts, sharp blades protrude forward, even if it is a full-armored horse. , I'm afraid it's either death or injury.And even if it doesn't hurt anything, it is impossible for a war cavalry weighing more than 1000 catties with a man and a horse to cross the three swords and carts, and it can only become a living target for the Song army.

At this moment, Xiao Qian finally understood why the Song army had placed such a high shield array, because the fire was shining from behind the Song army, and the shadow of the high shield wall just covered the three rows of sword carts, so that the Liao army cavalry reached 100. Discovered within a few steps.

At this moment, the previous shield array of the Song Army suddenly retreated with a clatter, and the shield soldiers in the front row retreated to both sides, revealing a black crossbow array, with tens of thousands of arrowheads aimed at the Liao army cavalry.

"Stop!" Xiao Qian shouted suddenly.

However, it was too late, and the iron cavalry in front had already rushed within a hundred steps of the Song army.

In the Song Army formation, Zhong Shi Dao Ling flag waved: "Let the arrow!"

咻咻 咻 ~
Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows tore through the air, making a continuous sound of piercing the air, and shot towards the Liao army.

The Pishi Army in front finally stopped slowly, only fifty or sixty steps away from the Song Army's crossbow formation, and barely bumped into the knife cart formation.Pi Shijun's whole body was covered in iron armor, seeing the arrow rain coming, although he was flustered, he didn't feel too much fear.

Soon, they realized something was wrong...

The Song soldiers were all holding crossbows and squatting down to shoot. The tens of thousands of powerful crossbow arrows were not aimed at their armor, but at the horse's legs!

Although there is a big gap between the horse's legs, there are more than 1 war horses, and the horse's legs are densely covered like a forest. Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows are continuously drilled between the forest-like horse's legs.

咴咴咴~
I could only hear the tragic cries of horses one after another, and the horses fell down whining, and the iron armored cavalry on the horses fell down violently. , Thousands of tents and tents were in chaos.

Although the hit rate of more than 1 crossbow arrows between the horse's legs was extremely low, they also brought down more than 1000 horses. In addition, they trampled and fell to each other, and a round of arrow rain brought down seven or eight hundred cavalrymen.

At this moment, Xiao Qian couldn't care less, and shouted anxiously: "Get out, get out quickly!"

All the iron cavalry of the Liao army tightened their reins in a panic, urging their horses to turn around.At this time, the Song army on the opposite side also took the opportunity to load the crossbow arrows and continued to aim.

咻咻 咻 ~
Just when the Liao army turned around and was about to retreat, another crossbow arrow struck. Because the horses and cavalry lying on the ground in front blocked the horse legs of the cavalry behind, this time the Song army no longer squatted and shot, but Get up and shoot.

The Song army was short of horses, so it spared no effort to develop a powerful crossbow for more than a hundred years. The Song crossbow can be said to be unparalleled in the world.In addition to the god arm crossbow, other crossbows also have the power to penetrate armor, especially within a hundred steps, the chance of piercing armor is higher.

Another rain of arrows passed, and tens of thousands of crossbow arrows knocked down three or four hundred men of the big tent. Xiao Qian knew that there was no need to rescue the Liao army's army camp, so he didn't dare to stay any longer, and damaged more than a thousand cavalry After that, head north in a hurry.

The battle flag of the big tent leather room was rolled upside down, and it came towards the south gate of Yanjing at high speed.

At this moment, a black shadow blocked their way.Looking carefully, one can only see that there is also a cavalry of thousands of people waiting in front of them, and a large flag with the word "Song" fluttering in the light of the fire with the night wind.

Three thousand white pole soldiers!
Not one soldier of the Song army was injured, but more than a thousand cavalry were damaged in vain. Xiao Qian was furious in his heart.

Even if the soldiers were lost, the Dazhangpishi Army still had more than [-] cavalry, and a mere [-] white battalion soldiers dared to block the way. They really regarded the Dazhangpishi Army, the former No. [-] cavalry in the Northland, as a vegetarian!
Xiao Qian blushed furiously, and raised his saber high: "Kill, those who retreat will be cut!"

The big tent leather army behind him was sluggish in vain, and each of them was full of anger and high fighting spirit. They responded like thunder, raised their knives and rushed towards the white battalion soldiers viciously.

huh~
Yang Keshi, who was at the forefront of the battle, shot the crossbow in his hand at the commander of the Liao Army who was at the forefront.

The arrow was like a shooting star, making a strong sound of piercing through the air, piercing through the iron armor, and slammed into the chest of the commander of the Liao army. The commander let out a miserable cry, and fell off his horse with a bang.

God arm strong crossbow, invincible!
Three thousand crossbow arrows, under the strong thrust of the god arm crossbow, formed a net of death, covering the big tent leather army in front.The iron armor of the Liao army can defend against ordinary crossbow arrows, but it cannot block the terrifying penetration of the god arm crossbow.

Only the screams and the cries of horses could be heard loudly, and the soldiers in the leather room in front turned their backs on their horses, fell down a large area, and blocked the way of the cavalry of the Liao army behind.

At this moment, Xiao Qian discovered to his horror that there was also a long formation of saber carts in front of the white battalion soldiers!

"Quick, run to the west gate!" Xiao Qian hissed.

PS: I want to say something, but I don't know what to say... Let's try to update another chapter tonight...

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