The Three Spirit Stones

In the month of You, the five elements belong to gold, and gold represents the aura of killing!

In September of the ninth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Li Lizun threatened that "one day I would go to Qinzhou for a meal," and he led more than 30,000 tribal troops from Ma Yushan, Lanzhou, Kan Gu, Maoshan, Maohe, Hezhou and other places to Qinzhou in a mighty manner.

In Qinzhou City, in addition to strengthening the defense inside and outside the city, the people's lives were still in order. Upon hearing the news that the enemy was about to attack, Cao Wei was unusually calm. Except for occasionally appearing in the military camp, he spent most of his time in the woodworking workshop making catapults.

Only after hearing that the Tibetans had already crossed Bili City did he lead his troops across the Wei River to fight.

On the 24th of that month, the Song army set up its battle formation in Sandu Valley of Fuqiang Village, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

At noon, the sound of horse hooves rumbled in the distance.

As the sound came closer, a dust storm rose up in front of us.

The 30,000-strong Tibetan army, riding on Tuyuhun horses, came galloping fiercely, and the momentum of thousands of horses was like a hurricane, pressing towards the Song army.

When they were still half a mile away from the Song army, the Tubo army blew the horn and ordered the horses to slow down and stop to form a battle array.

The enemy army was divided into three teams, slowly forming an arc-shaped suppression circle for the Song army.

At the same time, the Song army also blew the horn, the flag officer waved the flag in his hand, and the army lined up. As the central army issued an order, the Song army soldiers held spears and formed a spear formation, facing the Tubo army diagonally.

The two armies were on high alert, waiting for the best opportunity to fight.

Li Lizun rode his horse and hid in the rear of the army. He was amazed in his heart.

The Song army did not have the advantage in numbers, with only about 5,000 men, but their movements were uniform, and as the order was given, the entire team formed into a straight line as easily as the movement of one's arms.

What amazed him even more was that every soldier in the Song army wore armor. Everyone knew how valuable a set of armor was. Often, the combat effectiveness of an army was judged by how many pieces of armor it had.

There are more than 5,000 units across the street!

It seems that the Song Dynasty is really rich!

On the other hand, on our side, there were less than one-tenth of the soldiers in armor, and the rest were wearing fur clothing from various tribes. In comparison, they looked like a ragtag army.

But it doesn’t matter. What if every soldier in your Song army is wearing armor?

You have only a few hundred cavalrymen, and the rest are all infantry. Once our tens of thousands of cavalrymen charge, you will be scattered no matter how well-equipped you are!

By then, the armor of your Song army will become that of my Tubo army!

Hahaha!

Just think about it!

Li Lizun had a wishful plan in mind.

In fact, his idea was correct. The Song Dynasty lost more wars than it won in wars with surrounding nomadic states, largely because it had fewer horses and cavalry.

Children of nomadic peoples grow up on horseback from birth. Once they pick up a knife, they become natural cavalrymen. When they have nothing to eat or wear, running to the Song Dynasty to burn, kill and loot is a sure-win business for them. Why not do it?

However, the Northern Song Dynasty was an agricultural society, and most areas were not suitable for horse breeding. The Yanyun area suitable for horse breeding was lost. In addition, horse breeding was very expensive, and the horse management system was unreasonable, resulting in a shortage of cavalry. This was a major weakness of the Northern Song army.

Imagine thousands of horses galloping towards you. This momentum alone is scary enough. This is also the confidence that a small country like Tubo dared to invade the Song Dynasty.

At the same time, Cao Wei in the Song army raised his telescope to look at the Tubo army, and then looked towards the mountain on the right.

At this time, five or six people were hiding in a place halfway up the mountain. Two of them were Tang Youfu and Sun Bin. The other one was Zhang Chao, a trusted general under Cao Wei. The others were deputy generals and flag officers. These people also held another telescope and took turns observing the scene of the confrontation between the two armies.

……

"General Zhang, once the Tibetan army's vanguard enters the area surrounding that red rock, you can notify the adults to ignite and launch the missiles."

Tang Youfu finished speaking to Zhang Chao and handed him the telescope.

"Which piece?"

Zhang Chao took the telescope and looked down, asking, "Is it the big red rock with the two sour pear trees growing next to it?"

"right,"

"Okay, I understand."

This distance was determined by Tang Youfu and Sun Bin after repeated calculations.

The angle and time from the ignition of the explosive to the time it is thrown towards the enemy position must be accurately calculated. If the calculation is wrong, the explosion of the explosive earlier or later will not kill the enemy. At most, it will scare people. Only when the explosive explodes in the middle of the enemy will it exert its greatest power.

To this end, the two of them took math classes with Acai for a period of time.

Zhang Chao continued to hold up the telescope and carefully observe the Tubo army. Through the lens, he could see who were the tribal leaders and who were the ordinary soldiers, and even their expressions and movements were clearly visible.

He was secretly amazed in his heart!

This clairvoyance is truly amazing. No wonder Lord Cao sometimes knows even the smallest of our moves. It turns out he can see so clearly from such a far distance. When I return to Bian Jing, I will ask Marquis Zhongyong to get me a pair.

After a while, the Tibetan army organized their formation and prepared to launch a charge.

The tribal leaders drew their weapons and shouted loudly, and then the foreign soldiers took out their bows and arrows and prepared to attack the Song army.

The greatest advantage of cavalry is not speed but mobility. They are afraid of infantry's spear phalanx.

To deal with infantry, you usually rush up and shoot arrows or projectiles, then run away, turn around and come back to shoot again.

The infantry could not catch up with them. They had to block the arrows and maintain the spear formation. After a long time, they would be exhausted. At this time, the cavalry would seize the opportunity to launch a charge. Thousands of horses would rush over, and it would be difficult for the infantry formation to remain dispersed.

Although they knew that the cavalry was accustomed to this tactic, the Song army had no effective way to deal with it in the face of their strength.

Therefore, cavalry has been the king in war for a long time.

Woo~woo~

The horn blew and the charge began. The middle tribe team took the lead.

Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen were seen charging at the Song army with bows and arrows raised, approaching rapidly with the sound of deafening horse hooves and a cloud of dust.

In an instant, the air was filled with murderous aura!

Soon, the Tubo army entered the red rock area, and the flag officer of the Song army on the mountain waved the red flag in his hand.

Upon seeing this, Cao Wei immediately issued an order.

Ignite and launch the explosives!

The catapult troops hidden in the Song army were already ready, lighting the fire, cutting the ropes and launching the explosives in one go.

They practiced this simple set of movements for two months. After the explosive test was successful, Cao Wei had people cast hundreds of iron balls of the same weight for them to practice.

The explosives are extremely powerful. If they accidentally explode in his own position, it would be a disaster, so he had to deal with it carefully.

Now, this batch of explosives finally appeared on the battlefield, flying over the Song army and flying towards the Tubo army.

The Tibetan soldiers were a little surprised when they saw the Song army suddenly throw out balls, but they were only fist-sized iron balls. Some of the soldiers were indeed hit and had blood on their heads, but they only accounted for a small number.

I was laughing in my heart at these Song soldiers who were getting worse and worse. To throw stones, you must use big stones. Are they using such small balls to tickle us?

At this time, the fuse of the explosives that fell into the enemy's army had just burned out, and then,

“Boom boom boom…,”

Suddenly, there were series of violent explosions that shook the earth!

A total of one hundred explosives were launched this time, and the scene was so spectacular when all the one hundred explosives exploded at the same time!

The dust raised by the explosion covered the sky and soared into the sky!

It seemed as if half a century had passed before the explosions finally stopped, the dust slowly fell to the ground, and the enemy scene ahead gradually appeared before my eyes.

Everyone, including the Tibetan and Song armies, were terrified!

All I saw was a hellish scene in front of me. As far as the eye could see, the broken limbs and remains of countless horse soldiers were scattered all over the battlefield. Human blood and horse blood mixed together and flowed all over the ground. Those who were lucky enough to survive didn't even groan, and stared at the sky with empty eyes.

so horrible!

Even though the Song army was mentally prepared, they still found it hard to accept when it actually happened, and some Song soldiers even vomited on the spot.

Whistle, whistle, whistle~

Suddenly, there were bursts of wild barking of horses from the Tubo army, and then all the horses began to flee in all directions.

The soldiers on horseback tried to rein in the mad horses but found that they could not do so. Some who were unable to react in time fell off their horses, were dragged by the horses, and were trampled by the horses that followed them, dying tragically.

In an instant, this army of 30,000 collapsed!

Although the Song army's horses had their ears plugged early on, the noise of the explosion was too loud and they were still a little agitated. Their owners quickly tried to calm them down before they calmed down.

Seeing the enemy defeated, the Song army finally reacted and blew the horn to order a pursuit.

Suddenly, shouts shook the sky, and the Song army, with weapons raised, chased after the defeated enemy army!