Fisherman's Song Dynasty

Xu Zizhen's heart sank a little. The Deshun army will arrive tomorrow, but now the Xixia army has already arrived in front of the pass. Even the equipment for attacking the city and breaking the pass has been prepared. They are about to call. If the soldiers want to withstand the [-] troops, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Jinchengguan is built on the mountain, which has a certain degree of precipitousness, so the cavalry of the Xixia Army cannot play their role. However, there is also a special army in Xixia called Bubazi, which is composed of Ding Zhuang from mountain tribes. Uphill and downhill are like walking on flat ground, and they are best at climbing high and falling.

Xu Zizhen frowned and thought hard about the countermeasures, but he couldn't think of any way to solve it all at once. He subconsciously touched the firecracker on his waist, and couldn't help sighing secretly.

The time was too tight, and there was no time to mass-produce the firecrackers, otherwise it would be a sharp weapon against the horse army that took the lead in the Xixia army.

Just thinking about this, the Xixia army outside the pass suddenly blew a dull horn, followed by the beating of war drums.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Xixia army has obviously finished preparations. The catapults have been placed in the distance, and the huge carts are pointing to the Jincheng Pass. Hundreds of Xixia soldiers are leading a camel in twos. There is an unknown thing on the back of the camel. It is similar to a catapult, with a basket on each side, and piles of stone balls are placed inside.

Xu Zizhen pointed to that thing and asked, "My lord, what is that?"

Wen Chengyan's face was a little ugly: "This thing is called the whirlwind cannon, and it's quite powerful. It's easy to move when it's placed between the humps."

Xu Zizhen suddenly realized, isn’t this the simple and original version of the mortar?

Only to hear Wen Chengyan say again: "The whirlwind cannon is a short-range weapon. The Xixia people also have a long-range heavy weapon called the God Arm Bow. It can shoot two to three hundred steps away with a heavy crossbow."

Xu Zizhen was startled, two or three hundred steps?Back then Li Guanghuarong claimed to be able to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, and that was already a big deal. Isn't that a heavy machine gun when an arrow shoots two hundred steps away?

The Xixia people had already started to suppress their voices. The cavalry moved slowly in front of the formation, and did not rush to relax. The infantry moved with the cavalry and followed closely behind.

Meng Du, the general manager of Jinchengguan's army and horse capital, had already stood up and closed the gate. Looking at the number of Xixia soldiers outnumbering his own, he looked calm and composed. He raised two tokens in his hand and shouted: "Xu Xuan, Xin Chou! Look at you two!" Everyone should lead five hundred cavalry, and they must disperse the Xixia cavalry, and don't allow Ba Zi to approach the outside of the pass, there must be no mistakes!"

"Yes!"

Two generals flashed out next to them, and they ran down the gate quickly. After a while, only the door creaked, the suspension bridge was lowered slowly, and two trains of people rushed out like arrows. The two generals were the leaders.

This was the first time for Xu Zizhen to see a serious army marching and fighting, and the blood in his body couldn't help boiling. He climbed the juncture and looked out, only to see two rows of army horses walking in order and quickly, and all the soldiers immediately looked solemn, no With the slightest fear, it seemed that he didn't pay attention to the [-] troops at all.

It was rumored that the Song army was weak and incompetent. Originally, Xu Zizhen had always believed in this. Otherwise, how could he be beaten into the Southern Song Dynasty by Jin Guo?However, the thousand Song cavalry at present don't look a bit cowardly. The two generals Xu Xuan and Xin Chou rushed into the Xixia army on both sides, and each led five hundred cavalry behind them. There were two openings in the front.

"kill!"

The roar was like thunder, and the killing intent shook the sky. Although the Xixia army had seen them rushing out, they didn't pay them any attention at all. It's just that they never thought that the Song cavalry would be so iron-blooded. In front of their formation, they charged forward resolutely.

There was a commotion in the Xixia army, but the mere 1000 troops did not have much impact on them. The cavalry was originally formed in a horizontal formation. When Xu Xuan and Xin Chou rushed in, the leader of the team changed his formation with a raised sword. A circle immediately surrounded the 1000 troops into two battle circles.

Xu Zizhen could see clearly from the gate. Although he had expected such a result, he still shouted: "No! I'm afraid they won't be able to come back."

Mengdu looked out of the pass expressionlessly. He didn't know that they would not come back, but what could he do? The sudden attack of the Xixia army left him completely unprepared. Even if the Deshun army arrived immediately, then this A thousand soldiers may not be spared.

Xu Xuan is a young general with a silver helmet and a silver spear. He knows the strength of the armor of the Xixia Army, so when he charged into the battle, he went straight to the enemy general's face, throat and other soft points. His marksmanship is obvious. From the hands of famous experts, it took the lives of several enemy generals in just a few ups and downs.

It’s just that young people have good and bad characteristics. He is physically strong and high-spirited, but he also lacks experience. , unexpectedly broke into the depths of the Xixia army alone.

Xin Chou's leopard's head and eyes are full of beards, and he wields a big ax in his hand. He doesn't care whether it's soft or not. When he rushes into the Xixia cavalry, he chops and smashes. The ax is as big as a millstone. No matter how hard the Xixia armor is, those All the cavalrymen who were hit by him immediately spurted blood and knocked off their horses.

But Xin Chou saw that although he was a rough man, he was actually rough and fine. He never got too far away from the soldiers behind him. Based on the belief that he could kill one by one, he just gritted his teeth and fought fiercely.

Xu Xuan's five hundred iron cavalry immediately fell into an obvious disadvantage after losing the figure of the general, but they still did not have the slightest timidity, and kept hacking and killing until they were cut off by the Xixia iron cavalry's long sword.

The Jincheng Pass was completely silent, and even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly. Everyone was staring at the battle situation outside the pass, holding their hearts tightly.

Gradually, there were obvious changes in the two battle circles. Although Xin Chou's team was in a tough fight, they were able to huddle together and barely resist, which slowed down Bu Bazi's advancing speed, while Xu Xuan's five hundred soldiers did not. With such good luck, people in the battle circle continued to fall off their horses, and even if they were not hacked to death, they were trampled to death by Xixia war horses. When Xu Xuan recovered from his shock, the five hundred soldiers were far away from him. And at this time, only [-]% was left.

Xu Xuan was furious, turned his horse's head and wanted to return to help, but his impatience made him make a mistake again, and it was a fatal mistake. back.

"Huh!" Xu Xuan was extremely tough, he turned his head with a muffled grunt, shot back and killed the enemy general who attacked him, but at this time, two long knives came at him again, no matter how skilled he was, it was difficult for him to attack him. Dodge, and suddenly fell into this desolate wilderness.

Xin Chou could see clearly in the distance, and roared angrily, "Xia Gou! I will fight with you!"

With a cry, Xin Chou split a man and a horse beside him into two pieces. Xu Xuan's death meant that the battle circle was about to close, and his five hundred riders were about to be annihilated. They fought with all their might.

He closed Mengdu's teeth and gritted his teeth. He knew that this delay was unsuccessful, and the only thing he could do now was to continue to send troops out of the pass until all [-] soldiers died heroically. Can't lose!

He took out two more tokens, and was about to speak to send troops to condemn the generals, when Xu Zizhen rushed over and snatched them away, and said with a livid face, "This battle is mine!"