Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 802
1,500 Iron Harriers, 200 Tuopoxi Soldiers, 2,000 Infantrymen...

Their speed gradually increased from slow to fast, gradually forming a steel torrent, rushing forward with great force, and the earth was shaking.

Two thousand infantrymen also rode on horseback.

However, they are not cavalry, they just need the help of horse power to reach the battlefield quickly.

In addition to taking advantage of the terrain and arranging themselves in strategic positions in advance, heavy infantry also need to be transferred by horse.

At this time, the Iron Harriers, the Poxi Soldiers and the Infantry were all wearing heavy armor.

The 1,500 Iron Harriers who rushed in the front were all the sons and confidants of the Dangxiang Qiang nobles and chiefs.

They rode good horses and wore heavy armor that was impervious to piercing or slashing weapons. They used grappling hooks to tie people to the saddles, so that they would not fall to the ground even if they died.

A wave of arrows shot towards him, landing on the Iron Harrier's heavy armor and bouncing to the ground without producing any effect.

The crazy soldiers were no longer crazy, and they fled to the two wings at a risk of their lives.

The oncoming Western Xia cavalry did not stop their horses. Instead, they kept moving forward at the same pace as the others, moving sideways all the way.

Their mission was to attack the Song army camp, disrupt the Song army formation, and create favorable conditions for the intervention of subsequent troops.

Some Song army soldiers who did not have time to escape were kicked and knocked off their horses by the heavy cavalry of the Western Xia.

The Western Xia heavy cavalry didn't even need to use their long-handled spears as thick as chicken eggs to stab. They could trample the Song army soldiers into meat paste with just their horses' hooves.

Following closely behind the Iron Harrier was a Bactrian camel that was obviously much taller.

The archers on the camels used sophisticated small torque catapults to throw fist-sized stones like a rainstorm, and those who were hit would immediately have their heads broken and bleed.

The infantry troops behind had not yet arrived at the designated combat area, but were just following closely behind the camel troops and advancing forward.

Behind them, the cavalry teams of the Western Xia Army, as if attending an opening ceremony, followed the front team after leaving a certain distance, and then followed on their horses.

The cavalry of the various armies in the rear had not yet been integrated and were in a state of disarray.

Tuoba Hou didn't dare wait until all the troops had assembled and formed their battle formations.

Because as more and more troops were withdrawn from the front battlefield, it was impossible for the Song army commander to not notice it.

He could not wait until the Song army came up with a countermeasure strategy before driving the army forward.

The creation of three ace armies has reached the upper limit of Xixia's national strength. Although the temptation to consume the 100,000-strong army of Song is great, he does not want to consume all of Xixia's ace armies in one battle.

The Poxi soldiers launched long-range attacks on the Song army by launching a rain of stone bullets, suppressing them.

The Iron Harriers relied on their fast horses and heavy armor to break the Song army's formation into pieces and destroy their ability to coordinate operations.

The heavy infantry then dismounted and expanded the victory to both wings.

The light cavalry followed up with bows, swords and archery, killing the enemies along the way.

This was Tuoba Hou's strategy for the decisive battle. He didn't know what tactics or weapons the Song army could use to disrupt his plan at this moment.

This is a fair and direct crushing of strength, and the only way to counter it is with stronger strength. There is no way to cheat.

Following the dense rain of stones, wherever the Western Xia cavalry passed, it felt like there was no grass growing.

The bodies of both our own and the enemy's men were trampled into mud, and the ground had turned black and red.

The Song army was simply unable to resist such a torrent of steel. They avoided the Iron Harriers charging head-on and fled to the left and right wings.

But behind the Tie Yaozi and Po Xibing, a group of strong infantrymen as strong as mountains rushed over.

When they slid down from their horses, the armor on their backs made a clanging sound, which made the ground tremble.

Then, they raised iron hammers, maces and other blunt weapons and walked towards the Song army that was fleeing to the two wings to carry out harassment operations at a slow pace.

The impact of the steel torrent is effective.

The Song army that encountered them head-on, even if they were arranged in a dense spear formation, would completely lose their combat capability after being hit by a dense rain of stone bullets and then rammed by the heavy cavalry, and would be easily killed by the light cavalry that followed.

"Okay, let's go in!"

From afar, on the arrow tower, Tuoba Hou excitedly slapped the horizontal railing of the arrow tower.

The Western Xia Iron Harriers were like an extremely sharp knife, while the light cavalry behind them were like a blade that was gradually getting wider.

After tearing a gap in the front, it was like cutting through tough cowhide, and the subsequent breakthrough was unstoppable.

The oncoming enemy soon lost all resemblance to human form amid the shouts of the charge.

Yang Yuan held tightly onto the railing of the arrow tower, clasping his hands tightly as he watched the carnage caused by the sudden intrusion of the Western Xia cavalry.

On the contrary, Liu Qi, who understood his battle plan, had a stern expression and did not even blink.

For him, being kind is not a good way to command an army. This is not a principle, but an instinct.

On the battlefield, what he has to calculate is to choose the result with the greatest benefit while remaining absolutely calm.

He will fill in the chess pieces that need to be "exchanged" without hesitation.

This is the true mercy on the battlefield, otherwise more people will die.

However, in terms of tempering one's mind, character and will, Yang Yuan was obviously much inferior to this veteran warrior.

"Alright, alright, that's enough, they're here!"

Seeing that the Western Xia's Iron Harrier heavy cavalry had already rushed to the mine-laying area, one-third of the Western Xia soldiers behind them were cutting off the Song army and charging in with a penetrating offensive, and were still rolling forward.

Yang Yuan clenched his fists and punched the fence hard.

"Boom! Boom!"

One mine after another exploded.

At the moment of the explosion, sand and stones flew and smoke filled the air.

This mine is more powerful than a hand grenade and has a better explosion effect.

I watched as a fully armored Iron Harrier flew up from a cloud of gunpowder, and flew into the sky with his horse. Then came the second, and the third...

The approximately 400 Iron Harriers who were in the front were blown to pieces in an instant.

More than a thousand Iron Harriers behind were frightened by the violent explosion and thick smoke in front.

The knights on horseback could no longer control the horses under them. The horses neighed in fear, turned around instinctively, and pounced to the wings.

"Boom! Boom, boom, boom..."

The Song army on both wings suddenly crawled on the ground, and a number of tiger-crouching cannons were exposed, roaring and spitting flames.

The fan-shaped projectiles shot over his head and pierced through his armor and flesh. People and horses were thrown to the ground, and when they fell heavily, it looked like a mountain of flesh.

The remaining Iron Harriers turned around again in fear and rushed to the rear to meet the light cavalry rushing towards them.

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As the Western Xia light cavalry poured in like a flood, the Song army's infantry was forced to retreat to both wings again and again.

The situation was like a river embankment that was breached by floods, and the gap kept widening.

However, the Western Xia light cavalry did not stop to fight with them, and they continued to send in a steady stream of cavalry.

They cannot stop. Once they block the advance of this torrent, their advantage will turn into a disadvantage.

However, at the moment the landmine exploded, the deafening sound was like an order.

Some Song troops were retreating rapidly, while some were advancing rapidly.

In the interlaced situation, those retreating were soldiers holding melee weapons, while those advancing were firearms soldiers and crossbowmen who had been protected behind.

The musket fired at the rifle that was as big as a tin can.

Those tin cans that cannot be cut by knives or penetrated by arrows will, after a dull clanging sound, a bullet hole as thick as a finger will appear on the iron armor, and then blood will spurt out from the bullet hole.

The tin can would slowly fall down and hit the snow with a clang. Even if the person inside was not dead yet, he would not be able to get up.

The Poxi soldiers were like tanks, they moved forward, and the Bactrian camels moved with their long legs.

The torque catapult on the horse and the Xixia warrior sitting on it were shaking and bumping, as if they were about to fall down at any moment.

The tanks were charging forward without any hesitation, and they did not have sufficient self-protection capabilities on the left and right flanks.

Then, the scene of infantry bombing tanks appeared.

The Song soldiers holding slingshot bags ran close enough and threw the ignited grenades, which landed among the camels.

Then, it exploded violently.

Although the lethal force generated by the grenade explosion is difficult to kill these camels.

But the camels, which were covered with wounds from the iron nails and iron sheets, became crazy when they were frightened by the explosion.

They roared, ran, jumped, bit the warriors on other camels, or rammed their own kind and became entangled in a ball.

The following light cavalry were therefore unable to continue charging forward.

The front army was forced to stop advancing, but the following cavalry was still galloping forward at the same speed.

As a result, a rare "highway traffic jam" appeared in the wilderness.

The cavalrymen were crowded together, unable to move forward or backward, and were crisscrossed and crowded together. For many Xixia soldiers, even dismounting became a luxury.

Amid the sounds of explosions, shouts, horse neighs and roars, the Song army that was "pushed to the two banks" was hit back hard.

They raised their spears and launched a massacre at living targets.

A cavalry of several thousand men was hastily assembled using captured war horses, and a central army hidden in Yang Yuan remained silent.

At this time, it cut towards the entrance of the Xixia cavalry torrent like a scimitar.

The Shi Han Corps and the Guo Di Corps, which had already received the news, shot towards the central camp of the Western Xia Army from both wings like two sharp arrows.

On the vast snowfield, after a fierce battle, the central camp of the Western Xia army began to retreat in a panic under the fierce attack of the Song army on both wings. The explosion of firearms frightened the horses, and they retreated in a panic.

Once the central army’s flag moves, people’s hearts will be broken.

The soldiers recruited from pastoralist families in various military divisions were extremely fierce in fighting favorable battles.

However, when faced with such a situation, each military commander had its own ideas, each tribe under the military commander had its own ideas, and each tent within each tribe had its own ideas, so a mass rout was inevitable.

"Beat the drums, blow the trumpets, and charge!"

Liu Qi shouted!

On the arrow tower, the command flags changed continuously, and the 100,000 Song soldiers, along with the Western Xia soldiers from five or six military divisions, rushed forward like a river flowing backwards.

When Tuoba Heiyi was protecting Babahou while they were escaping, he still felt like he was dreaming.

Just half an hour ago, they were still maintaining a crushing offensive, so how come they suddenly suffered a crushing defeat?

The large trade fair within a radius of five miles was not affected by the war at all.

It's just that because of the war, there are fewer guests today.

However, the merchants and prostitutes were all very happy.

Because after today's battle, the soldiers will be able to come to the market and trade generously with the money they looted from the corpses of the Song army.

Some merchants are already planning to light a bonfire tonight, even at the cost of wasting firewood, and set up a grassland night market like the cities in Song State.

At this time, some sharp-eyed merchants saw that their generous guests had returned.

Those customers were spurring their horses and chasing after each other, and they were simply impatient.

(End of this chapter)