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Chapter 10 Spear and Buckler

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Shouzhong stood on a small hill, gently waving his whip.../Head.

In the distance, the Xia army was approaching slowly, colorful flags dancing wildly in the wind, dense sounds of drums drifting with the wind, and the two armies of horses and stances were lined up in an orderly manner, roaring like rolling waves, roaring in the sky, raising smoke and dust.

Geng Shouzhong narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the sky. The blue sky in late autumn is vast and high, and white clouds dotted on the intoxicating blue sky, like poetry and picturesque.

Such a beautiful scenery is a pity to defile scarlet blood and messy corpses. Geng Shouzhong sighed in a low voice and turned his head to look behind him.

The grassland in late autumn was covered with a layer of brown and yellow desolation, withering green grass, and the Camel River in the distance seemed particularly lonely. The soldiers of the Yisheng Army lined up in a circular array on the grassland, and behind them were camps built along the river, and behind them were several floating bridges across the Camel River. There were no people or cars on the pontoon bridges, and they were all rowed up and down in the water, making a slight collision sound. On the other side of the river, the flags were like forests, blocking their sight. I don’t know how many people were buried behind the flying flags.

"Woo woo..." Suddenly, in the Xia army's battle formation, the sound of horns soared into the sky, and the melodious and majestic sound was like rolling smoke and dust in the air. Then the huge army stopped, and the rumbling footsteps suddenly stopped. The rising dust was unwilling to obey the orders and still danced with the wind. For a moment, the wind and sand were shattering, covering the sky and the sun.

"Dongdong..." The war drum sounded like thunder, tearing the foggy wind and sand, shocking the vast wilderness.

The Xia army is ready to attack.

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Geng Shouzhong turned around and walked to the side of the war horse, flew onto the horse, and continued to observe the Xia army's battle formation.

Under the command of the drum and flag, the Xia army adjusted its formation nervously and orderly. Soon, an attack appeared horizontally.

Geng Shouzhong frowned slightly, his face gradually became solemn.

Fu Xiuguo came from another direction. "Geng Shuai. Dangxiang people are going to attack in full swing."

"The Dangxiang people have an absolute advantage. Of course, they must take advantage of the moment of high morale and succeed in one blow." Geng Shouzhong stroked his long beard with a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth. "It's a pity that the more he fights, the faster he loses." Then he turned his horse's head and waved to Fu Xiuguo one after another. "Let's go. We're going to prepare for the battle."

Fu Xiuguo agreed, but his eyes turned to the Gobi Desert in the East. Today, the battle is weak against the strong. Whether he can win by surprise depends on Gao Baolong's Bohai Army.

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The Xia army began to attack.

The horizontal formation is an attack formation, and the circular formation is a defensive formation. There are many changes in both formations. During battle, the horizontal formation is like a sharp spear, while the circular formation is like a solid shield. If the long spear formation wants to break through the shield formation, it not only requires the advantage of troops, but also requires flexible and changeable formation changes. Otherwise, it will be controlled by the shield formation. If you are not careful, you may be injured by the shield formation.

Geng Shouzhong formed a mixed round formation of cavalry and infantry with three infantry generals and three cavalry generals, which just restrained the joint attack of the Xia army's cavalry and infantry. The soldiers on both sides fought bloody on the battlefield, and the battle was extremely fierce.

The Navy's tall hammer brought two cavalry generals to the east and west wings of the circular formation. The circular formation is a conventional battle formation for the Cavalry and Infantry. The soldiers are very familiar with this kind of battle formation. Generally speaking, there will be no major mistakes in cooperation. However, there are too many enemies today. The Xia army continuously changed the formation and exerted the power of the horizontal formation to the extreme. The Cavalry and Infantry cooperated tacitly and took turns to attack the Cavalry and Infantry junction in the circular formation.

The first place to break through by the Xia army was the fifth general of the Bohai Army.

Fu Xiuguo led the reserve army to provide rapid support. This reserve army was a camel caravan with twenty camels, each camel was equipped with three knights, one of which controlled the camel, one was placed on the bullet, and one was projected. This weapon was called cyclone cannon in the Western Xia Dynasty and camel cannon in the Liao Dynasty. Because it was a small field throwing cart, the shooting distance was limited, and its role on the battlefield was far less than that of a crossbow, so it was not often installed. After Hu Liefu made great progress in the development of firearms, in order to maximize the power of the firearms, each army was equipped with camel cannons to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

The reinforcement team rushed to the front line, and then the burning fireballs rose into the air and shot into the Xia army's attack formation one after another. "Boom boom boom..." The deafening explosion sounded soared into the sky, and the Xia army caught off guard, and the people were overturned, and the attack momentum was immediately contained.

The fifth general of the Navy immediately launched a counterattack. The second and third generals of the Yisheng Army on both sides cooperated in time and quickly stabilized the battle formation.

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Relying on the advantages of many people and places, the Xia army continued to attack and took turns to fight, repeatedly tearing open the round formation of the Tiger Lieutenant Army. However, whenever the critical moment, the Tiger Lieutenant Army would bombard the camel cannons crazily to save the crisis in time, which put the battle in a stalemate.

Ayabu looked at the sun in the sky and was a little anxious. Five thousand people hit more than 10,000 people. After an hour or two, there was no progress at all. This made him angry and yelled at his subordinates.

"The Tiger and Lieutenant Army also has whirlwind cannons, which we didn't expect at all." Deputy General Gao Jintang was very helpless, "The whirlwind cannon".

Very limited. Now, except for the Northwest Right-Entertainment Army, ordinary troops rarely know that such things that are not useful are in the hands of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army, and they actually exert such great power."

"That's because they were shooting fireballs, which were the most powerful firearms in the Song Dynasty." Ayabu turned out that in the Song Dynasty, he led foreign soldiers to participate in the battle against Xia many times. He knew that the firearms of the imperial guards were powerful, but this kind of fireball was generally used to guard the fortresses and cities. This was the first time he saw it in field battles. Is the Tiger and Lieutenant Army's firearms more skillful than Bianjing? The reason why the Song Dynasty did not shoot fireballs in field battles was because it was difficult to create fireballs, and it was more difficult to preserve and transport. To be honest, the lethality was really limited. Compared with the Divine Arm Bow, the gap was too big. If it spent a lot of money to create fireballs, it would be better to use the same amount of money to create more Divine Arm Bows.

On the battlefield ahead, there was another earth-shaking explosion. Ayabu and Gao Jintang frowned at the same time. Although the camel cannons of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army were limited in their lethality, their power was too great. Whether it was soldiers or war horses, they would escape in front of such a terrible explosion.

"In my opinion, stop the attack." Gao Jintang sighed helplessly, "If you continue to fight like this, there may not be any progress."

"No, continue to attack, continue to attack, don't stop." Ayabu shook his hand decisively, "How many things like fireballs can the tiger lieutenant army create? They keep shooting like them and will be used up soon."

Gao Jintang hesitated for a moment and whispered: "If the Song Dynasty provided fireballs to the Tiger Lie Army, the number might be very amazing."

"How is this possible? The people of the Song Dynasty dared to give such things to the Hu Lie Army? Isn't that digging their own graves?" Ayabu scoffed and shook his hands repeatedly, "This is absolutely impossible."

Gao Jintang was willing to persuade him again, but seeing that Ayabu was determined, he had to give up the idea of ​​stopping the attack.

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Red Cliff Battlefield.

The Xia army and the Tiger Lie Army launched a fierce attack on the grassland.

Yelu Mage stayed at the high place of horses, and the sound of killing sounds were like thunder. The blood and flesh of the battlefield ahead were flying. The high fighting spirit and indomitable momentum of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army made him feel like he was back to more than ten years ago. At that time, he was in his prime and led his army to quell the rebellion of the Bubu people. The Bubu people were very tenacious, but the Khitan army was as strong as rainbows and won many battles. Finally, he finally killed the Bubu people to surrender. That was his most glorious time, with high spirits and confidence. However, since the Jurchen rebellion, he had many misfortunes. He was first defeated by the Jurchens at Huanglong Mansion, then defeated by the Bohai Sea in Tokyo, and soon defeated by the Han people at the Bison Yuan. He never won a battle again. Every time the decisive battle was at the moment, he was full of fear and no confidence.

Today's decisive battle is related to the fate of Hulie Mansion and cannot tolerate any mistakes. Li Hu is full of confidence, but he has no confidence. When he arrived at the Hongqi battlefield, he first set up a defensive formation. Wang Yao, the head coach of the Jinglei Army, firmly opposed it. The enemy did not have a clear advantage in terms of military strength. This battle should be attacking, not defense.

Yelu Ma Ge was hesitant, but his subordinates Yelu Deguang, Yelu Bude, Xiao Yun and other generals unanimously supported Wang Yao and tried their best to launch an attack.

From the beginning of this battle, the Tiger and Lie Army, whose troops were at a disadvantage, gained the upper hand.

The Hu Lie Army firmly followed Li Hu's orders and attacked at all costs, so both the Jinglei Army and the Khitan Army were in a desperate posture and attacked wildly.

The commander of the Helan Mountain army was Mo Ning Pingyan. He was a powerful and loyal to Li Qianshun. However, he had a close relationship with the Liang family, so the order he received was to preserve his strength and never fight the entire army. Liang Qishen spoke out in a secret letter that even if he won this battle, he would have to deal with hundreds of thousands of Song troops later. After the decisive battle, the Xia army was exhausted and suffered serious losses. He was no match for the Song army at all, so the final result was very serious, and it was very likely that the country would be extinct. On the contrary, preserve its strength, even if the decisive battle was lost, the army was still there and the strength to guard Kyoto. Even if the emperor retreated to Hexi in the future, he would still have the capital to make a comeback.

Ming Ning Pingyan learned very well about Xingqing Prefecture's strategy, so when he saw the Tiger Lie Army attacking actively, he immediately took the defensive position. However, what he did not expect was that the Tiger Lie Army's attack was not a bluff, but was moving forward. The high fighting spirit of no one else but me made the Xia army suffer. After a fight, the Xia army, which had the advantage of military strength, not only failed to repel the Tiger Lie Army, but instead tore up the battle formations for the Tiger Lie Army several times, which was a little unsustainable.

"King, we can attack." Xiao Yun, who had been anxious, rushed to Yelu Ma Ge, pointed to the coach who was moving backward on the battlefield ahead, and shouted excitedly, "If we fight out now, we will surely disrupt the enemy's position and give Dangxiang a heavy blow."
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