The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 1940: Whoever kills the general and seizes the flag will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu
The Song army's central camp struck bronze bells continuously, and the sound of the bells was low and long!
The Luoyang Tigers on the left immediately changed their expressions. At this time, the commander actually issued an order to retreat! When the bronze gong sounded, the army must immediately stop fighting and retreat to the central army according to the organization!

The military order is like a mountain!

Everyone looked at each other and decided to retreat after withstanding this wave of Khitan cavalry attacks! After completing this wave of attacks, the Khitan cavalry would rush out of the Song army formation, then turn their horses around and start from a standstill, jog, run fast, gradually accelerate, and finally make a fatal charge!
As long as everyone seizes the moment when the Khitan cavalry rushes out of the formation, they will have twenty breaths of time to evacuate! After twenty breaths, the Khitan cavalry will surely rush behind them. By then, everyone will be in a state of fleeing. Facing the peak charge of the cavalry, there is no way to survive!
The Khitan cavalry naturally also heard the Song army's signal to retreat. At this time, they were tearing apart the Song army's formation and trying their best to kill the Song soldiers, trying to take some lives before these Song people escape!

One of their centurions roared, "These Song pigs are trying to run away. It will be more fun if we chase them and kill them!"

Another centurion shouted, "They only have twenty breaths to escape! Twenty breaths, kill them all!"

All the cavalrymen began to howl like a pack of wolves!

The bloody massacre just now aroused the perverted desires in their hearts!

Reaping more lives can make them feel an indescribable pleasure!

"kill!"

"kill!"

The sound of killing shook the sky!
The iron hooves flew like thunder, and countless Song army members fell!

A deputy captain in the Song army shouted: "They are coming to attack us, let's retreat!"

"withdraw!"

"withdraw!"

Although the Luoyang tigers were covered in blood, their fighting spirit was not weakened, and even their retreat was in an orderly manner!
A captain shouted, "Brothers, speed up! Make way for the brothers in the center army!"

The Song army was suddenly shocked!
Sure enough, they saw that the army in the middle began to advance in their direction, and the longbow archers, divine arm archers and triple-bow crossbow archers of the crossbow battalion all formed their battle formations, clearly aiming at the direction behind everyone!

The five-colored flags kept waving, and everyone finally understood what the Marshal meant!
They started running like crazy!
The Khitan cavalry formation did not stop until the last horse rushed out of the battle circle for thirty feet. Yelu Xizhen shouted: "Everyone turn your horses back, the rear army will become the front army, and the front army will become the rear army!"

Then he pointed his horse spear at the fleeing Song army and said, "Chase!"

He saw that the direction in which the Song army was fleeing was exactly where the Song army's central camp was, and thought: This is a good opportunity to kill the Song army's main general in one fell swoop!
His eyes flashed, and he found that Pan Mei under the commander's chariot was also looking at him!

Their eyes met. Although the distance was too far to see each other clearly, both of them could clearly feel the other's strong murderous intent!
Liu Yu said: "General, how many experts did the emperor bring this time?"

Pan Mei kept his eyes fixed on Yelu Xizhen, his expression unchanged, "Why are you asking this?"

Liu Yu said: "Look at that Liu Miezhou, he is standing on the top of the city wall without any hesitation, let the experts shoot him with arrows, what do you think?"

Pan Mei said: "No!"

"All is fair in war! Why not take decapitation action?"

"You'd better not have such an idea! If the person standing on the top of the city wall is Liu Jiyuan, even if you don't mention it, I will send someone to shoot him with an arrow!"

"Why not shoot Liu and destroy Zhou?"

"Do you know how powerful Liu Miezhou's martial arts are?"

"I know he is very famous in the martial arts world and his martial arts skills must be quite good, so I thought of letting our experts shoot him!"

"Among all the masters in the Song Dynasty, I think Feng Jiuxiao is the only one who can shoot and injure him!"

"Deputy Envoy Feng?"

"That's right! No one can hurt him except him! Also, pass the order down that no one is allowed to shoot arrows at Liu Miezhou!"

"If you can't kill him by shooting him, why can't you even shoot him?"

"If you shoot him, he will shoot our emperor! I heard that he has a Lingbao bow, one of the ten great divine bows, and his arrows are invincible. If he is used against our emperor, how can you and I deal with him?"

"Lingbao bow? Li Guang's Lingbao bow from the past?"

"That's right! Pingming is looking for Baiyu, but he is not in the stone edge! Among the ten great bows, it ranks seventh!"

"Then..." Liu Yu's forehead was already sweating, "If that's the case, if Liu Miezhou shoots our emperor with the Lingbao bow, I'm afraid..."

"Okay, that's good to know!"

Tens of thousands of Shaoyang Tigers on the left rushed over like a torrent!
The Khitan cavalry behind had already started to accelerate!
A centurion at the front shouted, "Crush these infantry ants to death! Kill!"

Countless Khitan cavalrymen screamed like wolves howling at night! They felt that victory was waving to them!
Yelu Xizhen was at the rear of the cavalry formation. He had noticed the unusual movements of the Song army. Although the central army was charging towards him aggressively, what could the infantry ants do to me? I could easily crush them with my iron wall push!

Those archers are not a threat. Their bows and crossbows have low tension and poor penetration. The arrows shot at their bodies are no more than a tickle!

The three-bow crossbows are gathering over there too? Are they trying to fight me head-on?
He sneered in his heart!
The Song army's left wing had already understood General Pan's intention at this time, so they automatically formed countless straight lines when retreating, never causing visual obstructions to their comrades, and just shot arrows as they should!

The central army was about to meet the left army at this time, and they also formed a straight line to move forward! They knew that their mission was to cover the retreat of the left army and delay the speed of the Khitan cavalry's pursuit! Let them use their flesh and blood to repel the Khitan cavalry, that would definitely be a legend!
All branches of the Crossbow Battalion have been deployed, with two hundred crossbowmen arranged in two rows at the front, followed by 15,000 longbowmen in a square formation in the center, and finally ten triple-bow crossbows as the finale. Everything is ready!
Li Hanqiong, the commander of the Archery Battalion, raised the command flag and counted the rhythm secretly!

At this time, the speed of the Khitan cavalry had reached half of its peak speed, and the distance from the arrow formation had reached exactly one hundred feet!

The left army was about thirty feet away from the arrow formation, and the central army rushed forward and was already twenty feet away from the arrow formation!
Li Hanqiong roared: "Shoot!" and waved the command flag downwards fiercely!
Thousands of arrows were fired at once, covering the sky and the sun!
The longbowmen's arrows arced through the air and shot towards the cavalry army!
The Khitan cavalry showed no fear at all. They had experienced the Song army's crossbows many times, and they were no different from mosquito bites!

At this time, a Khitan cavalryman who was charging in the front suddenly found an unusually thick feather arrow coming towards him, which was much faster than ordinary feather arrows. He felt something was wrong and wanted to dodge sideways, but unfortunately his body was fixed on the horse's back and he couldn't move. In addition, when the arrow passed through his chest, he also realized that even if he could move, he couldn't dodge this arrow! Even if it was an ordinary feather arrow, he still couldn't dodge it! How could he avoid the feather arrows when he was wearing heavy armor and charging towards the arrow array?

After piercing through the first Khitan cavalryman, the big arrow hit another cavalryman behind him, with the arrowhead penetrating half a foot into his chest!

Two lives with one arrow!
puff!puff!puff!
Two hundred arrows from the divine arm bows were fired at the same time, killing at least two hundred cavalrymen!

Some arrows still had enough power to injure one person behind; some arrows did not have enough power to penetrate the armor of the cavalry behind!
A large arrow pierced through the first armor and, by coincidence, passed over countless cavalrymen and shot in front of Yelu Xizhen! Yelu Xizhen saw that the arrow had run out of power, so he stretched out his left hand and caught it!

This was the first time he saw a big arrow shot from the Divine Arm Bow!
With just one glance, he could see the many differences between this arrow and ordinary feather arrows!

The arrow shaft is made of composite wood, probably mulberry wood, mixed with some bamboo. It is reinforced with multiple layers of glue and paint, which can obviously improve the bending strength and ensure stability in long-distance flight!
Just as he was thinking about how to build a powerful crossbow team of the Khitan, a huge arrow actually brushed past his ribs at an extremely fast speed! The arrow was so huge and so fast that he broke out in a cold sweat!
He suddenly looked back and saw that the arrow was huge. The shaft was actually the same as a spear shaft. The arrow head looked like a sword tip, and the arrow feathers looked like two daggers embedded in the spear shaft. Could this be the "one spear, three swords" arrow mentioned in the secret report? The huge arrow disappeared in an instant!

A shadow suddenly fell over his heart!
The Song army actually had such a powerful and terrifying weapon!
It is said that the range of this arrow can reach more than one thousand steps, while the highest record created by the strongest warrior of our Great Liao is only five hundred steps!

He looked forward with an eagle-like gaze. He saw a mass of infantry charging towards his cavalry formation! Not far behind the soldiers was a formation of archers numbering 10,000! At the end of the formation were ten huge monsters!
The overall structure is a trapezoidal structure with a rectangular base made of hardwood, about ten feet long. Due to the obstruction of vision by the Song army archers, some of the ground below could not be seen in its entirety. However, based on experience, the four corners should be equipped with iron stabilizing claws, otherwise it would be difficult to fix!
Two main supporting columns are erected in the center, with scales engraved on the columns, which should be used to adjust the shooting elevation angle.

The three compound bows are arranged vertically in the shape of "two in front and one in the back". The two recurve bows in the front are eight feet long and connected in parallel with iron hoops, and the single bow in the back is about six feet long and connected by a pulley block.
Judging from its color, the bowstring is made of oil-soaked beef tendons and is as thick as a child's arm. No wonder it has such terrifying tension!
The winch was located behind the base, with a wooden shaft with a ratchet structure, and four soldiers stood beside it. It turned out that it took four people to operate it! Yelu Xizhen was secretly shocked!

There is also an arrow groove, which is obviously a slide rail forged from fine iron. It can accommodate giant arrows four to six feet long. There must be a mechanical locking device in the groove!

You must get the production drawings of the three-bow crossbow!
one two three four……

Damn, there are actually ten crossbow carts!
At this time, dozens of soldiers around each crossbow cart were busy installing the second giant arrow!

When they pulled the winch, two hundred arrows from the divine arm bows were shot out!

This time, the two hundred arrows were shot at the war horses!
Whizzing--

whoosh-

The moment the arrow was shot out, it tore through the void, made a dull whistling sound, and instantly shot into the Khitan cavalry formation!

puff--

puff--

puff--

Some of the big arrows pierced the iron curtain that protected the horse's head, some pierced the chicken neck that protected the horse's neck, and some pierced the chest guard that protected the horse's chest!
The arrow is extremely powerful!

It actually shot through several war horses before the remaining force disappeared!
The arrow was so fast that the horse, pierced by the arrow, continued to run forward!
But the cavalryman on the horse already knew that his mount's internal organs had been pierced, and the horse would fall in ten breaths at most, so he desperately pulled the reins to pull the horse to both sides! The cavalrymen around them naturally saw the injuries of their comrades' mounts, and they automatically filled in, and the entire formation was surprisingly not affected!
Pan Mei saw this scene!
He suddenly had a bad feeling!

He is absolutely confident about today's battle! His ominous premonition is a worry about the future! The tactical coordination of the cavalry has reached its peak! If the Song army does not have powerful cavalry or some kind of existence that can completely suppress the Khitan Tielin Army in the future, it will be difficult for the Song Dynasty to coexist with this nomadic people!
With the current level of the Song army, even if they can annihilate all the Khitan cavalry in front of them, what will happen? If they want to conquer the entire Khitan in the future, it will probably be harder than ascending to heaven!

A hundred years after Empress Dowager Xiao, if the Khitan had replaced its emperor with a conservative one, the Song and Liao sides could have still maintained peace for a while!

If the new emperor who ascends the throne is a diligent and hardworking emperor, the Song Dynasty will be in danger!

If the Khitan continues to develop in the current situation, they will not only maintain the field combat power of the nomadic people, but also absorb the rich and advanced farming technology, iron smelting technology, silk weaving technology, and porcelain making technology of the Central Plains farming civilization by taking advantage of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyan. By then, they will have food, iron tools, and war horses. What else can the Song Dynasty use to resist them?
There was a sound of metal clashing, and the Khitan cavalry collided with the Song army's infantry with a loud bang. People roared and horses neighed, and the battle was fought in a mess!
Most of the Song infantry were veteran soldiers of Luoyang Tiger, and each of them had experienced hundreds of battles. Although they were at a disadvantage, their rich experience in facing the enemy was absolutely the best in the world! When the cavalry was about to attack, every eight infantrymen quickly formed a group freely, and all of them crouched down and huddled together tightly, four in front and four in the back! Eight shields were stacked into four double-layer shields, held up by the first four infantrymen, and the back four infantrymen pressed against their waists to increase stability, and raised their long swords with the blades facing forward, and an eight-man "flesh stumbling block" was immediately formed!
Tens of thousands of "stumbling blocks" appeared on the entire battlefield in an instant!
The army in the middle suddenly lowered its body and pretended to be a "stumbling block". The archers of the Song Dynasty's Crossbow Battalion immediately seized the opportunity, and the commander of the Crossbow Battalion, Li Hanqiong, immediately ordered to shoot!

whoosh-

whoosh-

whoosh-

Two hundred arrows from the divine arm bows came in a line, piercing through the two hundred Khitan cavalrymen in the first row in an instant! Although the Khitan cavalrymen were shot through, they were not killed for the time being. Blood gushed out of their bodies, and their wildness was instantly ignited. They roared like trapped beasts at the moment of death: "Kill!" As soon as the word "kill" came out, blood spurted out of their mouths, their eyes went black, and they could no longer hold their horse lances, which fell instantly!
Zhao Guangyi, who was watching the battle from a distance, said: "If I hadn't seen with my own eyes that they were indeed shot through, I would have thought that these cavalrymen were not dead!"

Eunuch Li said: "This is the strength of the Khitan cavalry. They will not fall off their horses even if they die! They are quite intimidating!"

Zhao Guangyi said: "We will do the same with our cavalry in the future!"

Eunuch Li said, "Your Majesty, I think the Marshal is in danger!"

Zhao Guangyi saw that the Khitan army was chasing the army on the left wing like a steel torrent. Although the army in the middle had already rushed up to block the cavalry, it looked like they could not be stopped at all!

The Khitan war horses were indeed well-trained. Faced with countless "human stumbling blocks" in front of them, they actually jumped over them easily!

Some horses failed to find it in time and could only step heavily on the stumbling blocks, hindering their bodies and slowing down their speed! Under the shields that were stepped on, the Song soldiers carrying the shields on their shoulders were suddenly hit by heavy hammers, their bodies were shaken, and their internal organs hurt! Fortunately, the rattan armor was double-layered, and although some of the first layer of shields were broken, the second layer was fine!

Due to the appearance of dense human stumbling blocks, the cavalry army's charge speed was indeed slowed down, and the momentum of the impact was greatly reduced!
The torrent of cavalry crossed countless "human stumbling blocks" and kept following the army on the left!
The ultimate destination of the left army is the central army’s chariot!
Looking at the momentum of the Khitan cavalry's charge, they seemed to be going with the flow and heading straight for Pan Mei!
Yelu Xizhen shouted: "Crush the ants and capture the Song Emperor alive!"

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen roared in unison: "Crush the ants and capture the Song Emperor alive!"

The iron hooves flew, the earth trembled, the sound was like muffled thunder, and smoke and dust were stirred up!
Thousands of troops rushed forward like a raging sea!

puff! puff! puff! puff!
A huge arrow hit a cavalryman and lifted him off his horse's back and sent him flying backwards, taking four cavalrymen with him in a row!
The four cavalrymen were strung together like a candied haws stick and finally nailed to the ground at an angle!

Kill four with one arrow!

Yelu Xizhen knew that if he didn't speak at this time, the morale of the army would definitely be affected!
"Everyone, don't pay any attention to it. It's very troublesome to wind up these giant arrows. It takes at least fifteen breaths to wind up each time! As long as we are fast enough and rush over there within fifteen breaths, they will be dead for sure! Kill!"

puff!puff!puff!
Three more cavalrymen were shot through!

But the Khitan cavalry were not afraid at all!

Because they were less than thirty feet away from the Song army commander and the three-bow crossbow!

Thirty feet away, only five breaths!

They were able to kill the Song army commander within five breaths, behead the general and seize the flag, which was an unprecedented achievement. The Khitan cavalry had gone crazy!

Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but frown!
"What is General Pan doing?"

Liu Yu drew his sword at this time, "Marshal, you retreat first, I'll cover you!"

Pan Mei said: "Don't panic!"

When the Song army's left wing was about to approach the chariot, they all suddenly lay down!
Yelu Xizhen suddenly felt something was wrong!

I saw that the catapult had launched ten flaming fireballs which hit the cavalry formation!

The other party had already calculated the timing and was just waiting for the cavalry to fall into their trap!
boom!
boom!
boom!
Ten fireballs hit the cavalry almost at the same time and exploded instantly!
The pine oil in the fireball flew all over the sky with flames, and sprinkled on the entire cavalry formation! The burning hot oil dripped onto the cavalry armor and spread like a stream of fire to their bodies! The cavalry were immediately shocked!
Although the burning hot oil could not burn the heavy armor for a while, the scorching heat was enough to burn the skin and flesh, and soon the flesh on the body would be cooked! Some of the kerosene poured directly onto the mask, blocking the vision, and the key was that it was still burning!

The cavalrymen in front of them panicked and instinctively wanted to put out the flames on their bodies. At the same time, they were afraid that the enemy might launch a second wave of kerosene attacks, so they moved to the sides! The army was like a torrent, and it actually split in front of Pan Mei!
The cavalry behind naturally also saw the flying fire in the sky in front and the diverted cavalry, so they followed the cavalry in front and turned the corner!

Yelu Xizhen shouted, "It will take them time to change their fire bombs. Let's kill them in one go! Use the rattan shield to block the fireballs!"

The cavalry returned from both sides and re-formed their formation when they were sixty feet away from the Song army!

Yelu Xizhen stood at the front of the team, a little angry: "Where is your courage? Are you still men of the Great Liao? There are only ten catapults! How many of us can you kill at a time? It takes them twenty breaths to reload, but it won't take us more than twenty breaths to rush over! Even if they can fire a wave in the middle, we will sacrifice a small number of people, but we will take the opportunity to attack them in one go and not give them a second chance to reload! Including the magic arm bow and the three-bow crossbow, it's all the same! As long as we are not afraid of death, they are all ants! Cheer up and kill them! Whoever kills the general and seizes the flag will be rewarded with a thousand gold and be made a marquis!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

A pack of wolves began howling again!
……

Pan Mei said: "General Liu, prepare the horses and prepare to retreat!"

Liu Yu said: "Ah?"

"What?! This time they have seen through our strengths and weaknesses, and they will surely charge forward with all their might! If we don't retreat, we will be completely wiped out!"

"What about these crossbowmen?"

Pan Mei said disapprovingly: "Of course we will fight to the death! Are we going to let them surrender?"

Liu Yu was stunned!
I thought to myself: One general’s success is built on the bones of thousands of soldiers, you are so ruthless!
Pan Mei thought to herself: With your intelligence, how could you know my brilliant plan!

Seeing a Kongming lantern rising in the distance, a smile appeared on his face.

The long-awaited Firearms Battalion has finally arrived!

Thank you Yudong for your strong support and encouragement!