Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

The light cavalry commanded by Hua Rong did not pursue more of Zhao Wuji's remnant army. He only sent a team of troops to pretend to pursue.

On the other hand, the light cavalry commanded spread out along the road to intercept the Song army!

Following the direction ahead, the Forbidden Army commander who had arrived here long ago, the forward officer Ma Linzhi finally understood what his fate as a "forward" was.

Just yesterday, the Song army led by Malingzhi thought that they could go straight to the front line, occupy Guangzhou City first, and be promoted to commander of troops and horses due to their military exploits. However, they never thought that everything was a big trap.

He never dreamed that before he came to Guangzhou City, he would be facing the heavy armored cavalry army led by Liu Guangshi.

It was a bit dazzling under the sun, but Liu Guangshi's armored Western Army used black armor, which was not very reflective under the sun, but gave people a very scary feeling.

In particular, the leader of the black armor turned out to be a general with bright silver armor.

Malinzhi suddenly thought that this seemed to be the Western Army that someone had talked to him about at the wine table a few years ago!

I have long heard that there is an armored army in the Western Army, headed by Liu Guangshi, a young general in the Western Army.

In the later period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the army was divided into two types. The first was the imperial army formally maintained by the imperial court.

The other is the Western Army that is fighting Xixia. The Western Army is a rising star. Guangchang is good at field battles, and its combat effectiveness has continued to rise due to long-term fighting. At the beginning of Zhenghe, Song Huizong Zhao Ji once used the Western Army as the main force, under the command of Gao Qiu. Next, I tried to clear out the Su Xia army.

But what was heard from the court was that Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi and his son rebelled, Bi Sheng, the flying tiger general in front of the emperor, was killed, Gao Qiu was defeated, and more than [-] troops were wiped out.

But right now, this is clearly Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi's Western Army uniform.

Thinking of this, Malinzhi became strong and calm, and said in front of the two armies: "Is it Liu Guangshi of the Western Army on the other side?"

Liu Guangshi stood in front of the team, did not answer, waved his hand and said: "Every team obeys the command, attacks according to the team, and defeats the enemy!"

The armored army ordered to forbid it, quickly changed their formation, and attacked in a diamond-shaped square formation.

"My lord, they don't seem to be responding."

A somewhat panicked Malingzhi hurriedly ordered: ‘Fire the arrow! ’

However, the heavily armored war horses and men ignored ordinary arrows.

Only a few arrows hit the arms, etc., and the armored troops immediately replaced the wounded and made up for them.

The arrow did almost no damage, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

Malingzhi made a second wrong order: "The whole team attacks."

But how do soldiers with ordinary armor face heavy armor? Seeing that the distance between them is getting closer and closer.

Liu Guangshi's armored army was pressing forward step by step.

50 meters, 30 meters, Malinzhi shouted: "Go, go!"

But these Forbidden Soldiers saw that the arrows they shot had no effect on the enemy, and no one dared to step forward.

Liu Guangshi, who was behind the queue, shouted: "Fire the arrows and change the formation."

Liu Guangshi's front cavalry of the Iron Armored Army did not fire arrows until they were very close.

But you can knock someone down in one go.

Thousands of crossbowmen are thrown into the air

A shower of arrows came, and the armored soldiers, who had been approaching slowly and leisurely, accelerated their speed, urging their horses to charge.

This is the brilliance of the Iron Armored Army.

Wearing heavy armor, cavalry horses cannot maintain a high-speed impact for a long time, so they only attack at close range. At the same time, they use the advantage of heavy equipment to press against the enemy's forward position, give the enemy a strong sense of oppression, and then suddenly release arrows. Take advantage of the chaos to attack.

This move was obviously effective against Malinzhi's imperial army.

Soon, Malingzhi's troops successfully demonstrated that they were on the verge of collapse. Malingzhi, who had no time to react, was about to turn back and leave.

Liu Guangshi rushed forward, raised his gun and made a feint stab, directly stabbing Malingzhi in the face. Malingzhi hurriedly dodged and lost his balance. When he turned his head again, Liu Guangshi suddenly slapped him with the barrel of his gun. , hit him on the shoulder and knocked him off his horse.

The Song army was already defeated. At this moment, the main general Malingzhi was defeated, but no one came to save him.

Behind him, Liu Yanqing's soldiers swarmed up and captured Malinzhi alive!

The journey from outside Guangzhou City to Xiaolianzi Village has turned into a pursuit battle. The more than 3 imperial troops coming to reinforce Guangnan West Road, Guangnan East Road, and Jinghu South Road instantly turned from an offensive to a retreat.

At the outer position of Xiaolianzi Village, Wu Song led the National Guard Army to come for reinforcements and started a decisive battle with the Song Army here. Wu Song, who took the lead, chopped down more than ten people and then shouted: "Whoever stands in my way will die, and whoever surrenders to me will die." born!"

There is an old saying - a sad soldier will win!

Wu Song and other generals had experienced several "defeats" in the past and had lost troops and generals. Naturally, they all fought bravely and rushed to attack first.

Seizing the Song army's continuous attacks, the entire Song army was in chaos, and directly cooperated with Liu Guangshi's armored army to sweep from the side.

The entire tens of thousands of imperial troops on Guangnan West Road, Guangnan East Road, and Jinghu South Road were wiped out in this battle!

On the city wall outside Guangzhou, Su Xia was already in battle, followed by more than 100 soldiers from the guard brigade.

Li Dong on the side stepped forward and said, "Sir, why haven't you reported the battle situation yet?"

"Li Dong, what do you think of the combat effectiveness of the Iron Armored Army?"

"If the Iron Armored Army fights against the Western Army, it will definitely win. I just don't know if Zhao Wuji escaped."

"Zhao Wuji is not afraid if he runs away. Our army has won many battles since its inception. If Zhao Wuji escapes from our encirclement in this battle, he will be training our troops. It is good to have such an opponent."

"Sir, do you really think so?"

"You can't be fat with just one bite. There are more than 3 people in the various forbidden armies along the north direction of Guangzhou City. Among them, Zhao Wuji's army is the most elite, with the most powerful combat effectiveness and the strongest will to fight. However, he only has more than 3000 people. We are only participating in the war with the corps led by Wu Song, Liu Guangshi, and Hua Rong, with only 5000 troops, one to two! I want to completely eliminate Zhao Wuji in this battle, and the casualties will naturally be considerable."

Li Dong nodded and said in agreement: "Our military strength is indeed not superior, but our equipment and training are completely superior, especially in terms of firearms. Didn't you arrange in advance for Jin Ming to ambush the enemy on a large scale in Xiaolianzi Village?"

"Yes, using firearms in combat will be the general trend in the future."

The two generals were talking when they saw a dozen war horses galloping towards them in the distance. Their uniforms were all made of black fabric and their armors were also black. They galloped closer and looked at the horses again. Su Xia said: "It's the armored army who has come to report. .”

Li Dong took a closer look and saw that one of them was wearing maroon clothes of the Forbidden Army.

Su Xia couldn't help but smile and said: "This should be the enemy being captured."

The two men immediately got off the city wall, and sure enough, a junior officer of the Iron Armored Army quickly stepped forward, approached Su Xia, knelt down on one knee and said: "In return for your lord, I marked the rank of the Iron Armored Army Counselor. By the order of General Liu Guangshi of the Corps, Bring the captured Song Army Commander Malinzhi to your Excellency."

After the officer finished speaking, he pulled the prisoner in front of Su Xia.