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Chapter 1541 Head-on confrontation

"Crossbow!"

The Western Liao army on the opposite side was also roaring. Since they had trained this square formation, their charge had never been blocked by anyone.

Grenades and arrows began to be fired at each other, and explosions occurred in both camps.

"There's something wrong with the arrow!"

Bao Xu immediately shouted that those arrows were tied with bamboo tubes containing gunpowder.

The enemies on the opposite side were even more panicked. They thought that the arrows would be effective, as the explosive arrows were comparable to divine power.

But the enemy just threw some black iron balls, and the explosion was far more powerful than their arrows.

The explosion of the grenade caused chaos in the front of the Western Liao phalanx. Although they were protected by armor, the impact of the explosion still hurt them.

"It's this iron ball. This thing is very powerful!"

When Ibrahim saw the grenade explode, he immediately spoke up. He had suffered a loss from this in Xingxing Gorge last time. His army had the advantage in numbers, but was blown back by this thing.

"This is Qi's gunpowder. It looks scary, but in fact its lethality is just that. If you are afraid of it, then you are being intimidated by the enemy!"

Yelu Dashi said that he also had gunpowder. Although its power was not as strong as that of Qi, it could be comparable as long as the quantity was sufficient.

After research, he found that gunpowder only looks powerful, but it is not that scary in reality. It is more of a psychological pressure. The deterrent power of the explosion will make people who don’t understand it avoid it.

Yelu Dashi now wants the army to see everything clearly. As long as they are not afraid of gunpowder, this powerful weapon of Qi will be useless.

Sure enough, seeing that the army formation blocked the explosion, the morale of the Western Liao army was greatly boosted, and they were not weaker than the enemy.

The grenade attack was very close, and almost all the soldiers in the front row were blown up.

The arrows of the Western Liao army had a longer range and attacked the middle and rear parts of the Xianzhen Camp.

"There's an opening, charge!"

Li Kui suddenly felt that the enemy's strength had weakened, and he exerted his strength with all his might.

But the situation on the Western Liao side was not simple either. When the front row was in trouble, the back row immediately stabbed with spears to resist the decline of the front row. Shields were also raised to try to block the flying grenades, which actually had some effect, as many grenades were bounced away.

"Look, it's hard to win if you can't get close!"

Sun Lei looked at the tense battlefield and spoke, this was the first time that the Xianzhen Camp was blocked by the enemy.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to bring people to support you!"

Feng Tai looked at Sun Lei and asked for permission.

"No need, the enemy hasn't mobilized any more troops, let's take a look first!"

Sun Lei shook his head and said that it was time to test the Xianzhen Camp. He had been at the forefront of battles of all sizes over the years and had seen many types of troops, but this was the first time he had encountered the Macedonian Phalanx. He would definitely encounter it again in future Western Expeditions.

  The wrestling between the two sides had little effect.

The Xianzhen Camp changed its tactics first. Xiang Chong and Li Gun led their men to attack from both wings. They wanted to attack the enemy's flank.

The Western Liao army also discovered that the enemy had changed its offensive, and the soldiers on both wings immediately raised their spears for defense, and the entire formation became an absolutely defensive hedgehog.

But Xiang Chong and Li Gun were not afraid. They saw the weakness of the enemy's defense. If it was a head-on attack, they might have to face hundreds of spears, and they would not be able to break through this dense spear formation.

But it was different on the flanks, there were only a hundred or so shots, which gave them hope of getting close.

Relying on the regimental shields in their hands and the heavy armor on their bodies, the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp on both wings began to charge.

The weakness of the Macedonian phalanx began to be exposed, but Yelu Dashi was not in a hurry. As he gave the order, the war drums sounded.

The Macedonian phalanx quickly changed, and the soldiers on both sides began to turn around, and soon it became three small phalanxes, with their spears facing the front and the wings. After the power was dispersed, the Macedonian phalanx lost its momentum, and its frontal impact could no longer suppress the trap camp.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Li Kui roared and chopped the spears in front of him with the axe in his hand, but after he chopped two spears, two more appeared.

"Why are they the only ones fighting?"

Xin Qiji looked at Sun Lei in confusion and asked, "The two sides have a total of more than 400,000 troops, but now there are less than 10,000 people fighting, and the rest are just watching."

"So what do you want to do? Charge in together? Will you know east, west, south, and north by then?"

Sun Lei looked at Xin Qiji and asked.

Xin Qiji looked at the densely packed numbers of people on both sides and realized that being trapped in an army of this magnitude, it was hard to tell east, west, or north.

"The purpose of a war is to kill the enemy, it's not a joke!"

Sun Lei looked at Xin Qiji and smiled.

Yelu Dashi on the opposite side had a gloomy look on his face. He didn't expect that the Macedonian phalanx, which he had trained so hard, could not win, and the enemy with heavy armor was not completely suppressed.

"Jiu Erhan, the enemy doesn't seem to be preparing to send more troops. Why don't we eat up this annoying group of heavily armored soldiers?"

Mahmud looked at Yelu Dashi and said that his army did not have much armor and could not deal with such heavily armored infantry, so he wanted to destroy these enemies first.

"Then you guys will do it?"

This time, Yelu Dashi did not hesitate, but just went along with the words.

"Leader!"

Mahmud did not hesitate at all. According to their custom, they joined forces to fight. Whoever won would get the spoils. He was very jealous of the heavy armor.

Mahmud immediately ordered 10,000 light cavalry to charge out, their target was the rear of the Formation Trap. His light cavalry did not dare to confront the Formation Trap head-on.

"Mahmud!"

The other khans were very annoyed and looked at Mahmud with vicious eyes even though he was smiling. They also wanted those heavy armors. If they could have such a group of heavily armored soldiers, their khanate would be more stable.

"The enemy is attacking! Follow me to kill them!"

When Yang Zhi saw the enemy attacking, he immediately led his cavalry to charge out. Yang Zhi's cavalry were well-trained, and they could even charge in unison. The general's habits had long been ingrained in their bones.

"Yang Zhi's Golden Sword Camp has finally taken shape!"

Sun Lei looked at the Golden Sword Battalion charging in an orderly manner and said with a smile that Yang Zhi's method of training soldiers was a family secret, and Yang Zhi had finally mastered it after so many years of training.

"I didn't expect to see the legendary Yang family cavalry!"

Zhu Wu smiled and said that the Yang family army was good at charging on horseback, using spears and longbows for the most efficient attacks, and could maneuver among the enemies. Their combat mode was that of a pure regular army.

The reason why the Yang family was able to roam the border in the past was not only because the Yang family members were brave and good at fighting, but also because of the great contribution of the Yang family cavalry.

Yang Zhi held a golden sword in his hand, and the soldiers behind him each held a gun, but they did not hold it with both hands, but just held it in the air, while the other hand held the reins of the war horse.

When the Western Karakhanid Khanate army saw the cavalry rushing towards them, whose number was only a few thousand, they immediately shouted and waved their scimitars to kill these enemies first.

"Longbow shooting!"

When there were still three hundred steps away, Yang Zhi roared, and the soldiers behind him took out their longbows and started shooting.

The range of the longbow is two hundred steps, but when the arrow flew, the enemy was just within the range, and the arrow instantly knocked down the rushing enemy.