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At noon on the 18th, outside Tokyo's Nanxun Gate, after the Jinxia Army's southern camp was broken, except for a few small groups who resisted stubbornly, the rest ran like wolves and rats.

The Western Army Liu Shuping's horse troops, who were on alert on the periphery, were responsible for chasing and killing.

The main force of the Jinxia Army was located in Beicheng, just one city away. Therefore, the Qi Army always remained vigilant to guard against enemy reinforcements.

At 2:00 p.m., it was learned that about a thousand iron kites were coming from the north of the city. Chen Chu led two battalions of the 1st Guards Regiment and the 16th Qin Shengwu Regiment to turn east from the Chinese Army and be responsible for intercepting them.

Three miles south of the Xixia Army camp outside Xincao Gate in the east of the city, they encountered Tie Yaozi, the commander of the capital, Ximu Weiming, leading a thousand cavalry.

The name of Ximuwei is already known about the changes in the south of the city.

However, since Tie Yaozi formed an army, he has gone through dozens of battles with the Western armies of Zhou and Qi dynasties, and has never been defeated in field battles.

Moreover, two months ago, it was the Ximuwei Ming Division who cooperated with the Jin Army's Tiefutu to defeat the Zhejia Army in the Lege River outside Baoan Prefecture.
At this time, Tie Yaozi is at the peak of his confidence. He will be a strong general and his soldiers will be proud soldiers.

Seeing that the Qi army in front was actually facing the enemy head-on, Ximu Weiming was surprised, took out a copper pipe from her arms and put it in front of her eyes. This thing is called a telescope. It was exactly what happened during the Battle of Elegy River. The trophies collected from Zhe Keqiu's body.

In the telescope, the distance suddenly narrowed, and a king's flag with the word "Chu" was clearly visible.

Under the banner, there was also a young general looking towards him with a telescope.

Xi Muwei's name couldn't help but feel happy!
As a general, the greatest achievement is to kill the general and capture the flag. To some extent, it is even greater than the achievement of conquering the city first!

Especially after the King of Chu of Qi State arrived in Tokyo, the various Qi armies that were previously disorganized and even constrained each other quickly merged into a huge force.

Not only did they harass everywhere, preventing the Jinxia army from attacking the city with all their strength, but they also refused to fight a decisive battle with the main force of Jinxia.

This gave Wanyan Mouyan and Ren Dejing a headache.

It's so good now that he took the initiative to deliver it to your door!

Moreover, most of the opponent's army was infantry, with only a few hundred light cavalry.
This is simply a great gift from God.

If we can kill the King of Chu today, the Qi army outside the city will collapse without a fight. When we talk about the merits later, the first achievement will definitely be in Xi Muwei's pocket!
Thinking of this, Ximu Weiming couldn't even wait for the city's east camp to send out light cavalry and infantry to coordinate the attack, so he issued an order. Qian Tiejiao immediately pulled out the iron chain from his waist and hooked it to the hook fixed on the saddle. superior.

This is the secret of the iron kite knight not falling off his horse until he dies in battle, and it is also the iron kite's final preparation before charging.

At three quarters of noon, Ximu Weiming took the lead and slowly advanced from the front towards the Qi army three miles away who dared to form an array in the wilderness.
On the side of the Qi army, the Guards Regiment stood in a concave arc in the cold wind.

The place where the two armies met was only four miles away from the Tokyo city wall. On top of the city, not only the divine guards and the martial guards of the Ten Towns' Xiang Army were nervous, their hearts jumped to their throats.

Lu Qinzai, who was in charge of supervising the army in Dongcheng, was not even excited about the destruction of the Jinxia military camp in the south of the city for a while. He was stunned by the sight in front of him. He dragged a Huaibei captain beside him and asked in a harsh voice: "What does the King of Chu want? Why do you want to fight the heavy cavalry of Xixia in the wilderness! What exactly does the King of Chu want to do!"

The captain didn't know why either.
Standing high and looking far, the situation below is clear.

The King of Chu's troops were almost all infantry, and they did not carry heavy thunder cannons to fight heavy cavalry in open areas. Isn't this looking for death?
Under the city, in the formation of the First Guards Regiment, Han Shizhong, who had been summoned by the King of Chu a few days ago, stood side by side with the two fierce generals of the First Guards Regiment, Yao Changzi and Jiao Tu.

Compared with the calm expressions of Yao and Jiao, Han Shizhong looked around and asked doubtfully: "Brothers, do we have to fight against the Iron Kites with infantry?"

The eldest son heard that Han Shizhong seemed to be questioning Brother Chu's decision, and he couldn't help but said: "What's wrong? Are you afraid? If you are afraid, just go and hide behind!"

"Hey! You little baby! You were still sucking milk when you were in the army! I never know how to write the word "fear"! I'm just worried that my brothers will lose their lives in vain."

Han Shizhong said angrily, while Jiao Tu on the other side hurriedly advised: "Brother Han, don't be anxious. Your Majesty will not let our brothers die in vain! Since we have taken on this job, we shouldn't think too much about it. At worst, we will lose this passion." I wish you could repay the prince for your kindness!"

There was no pretense in what Jiao Tu said. He was originally a marginalized lower-level officer on Hebei Road. After the First World War in Cangzhou Prefecture, he joined the Huaibei system.

In just two years, he received military positions, rewards, and the title of wife and son. He was even reported several times as a fighting hero in Qiyao, the official Daqi newspaper.

What he gained from the Huaibei Clan was not only a good life for his parents, wife and children, but most importantly, he gained respect and honor.

Han Shizhong, who had a similar experience to Jiao Tu, agreed very much with the former's words. He couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at his eldest son, and then looked back at King Chu who was riding a horse behind him, and then said: "Brother Jiao is right. Reason! Hehe, Huaibei people are not the only ones in this world! Let those who look down on others see the majesty of the heroes of the Western Army!"

Even though the eldest son was more honest, he could still hear Han Shizhong criticizing Sang and Huai, so he couldn't help but said with a cold face: "Don't brag. Let's compete later to see who can behead more people!"

Han Shizhong was about to answer, but his attention was attracted by the scene in front of the formation.

I saw more than a hundred Huaibei soldiers and civilians carrying bundles of heavy objects and quickly running to a distance of ten feet in front of the infantry line.

Immediately afterwards, the peasants tore apart the bundles of objects.
Han Shizhong took a closer look and saw that the bundles of heavy objects were actually barbed wires.
The civilian husbands moved quickly and swiftly, and it seemed that they practiced a lot on a daily basis.

In the blink of an eye, two curved U-shaped barbed wire fences were laid in front of the formation.

Then, the peasants turned to both sides and began to arrange the flanks.

Han Shizhong was stunned and blurted out: "Grandma, you guys in Huaibei are really rich!"

How much iron does it take to make two barbed wire fences?

You must know that in the cold weapon era, 'iron' has always been a top strategic material.

In an ordinary farmer's family, when brothers divide up their property, they would smash an iron pot into two halves and each take half.

In Huaibei, good iron is actually made into wire!
If Han Shizhong knew that the explosive bag that showed off his power just now was mixed with frosting sugar powder that was more expensive than silver, he would be scolded.

This is the crushing of productivity.

Directly ahead, Ximu Weiming led a thousand iron kites to slowly walk across a distance of two miles. Finally, when the distance between the two sides was more than 400 steps, they began to slowly increase their speed.

A line of black tide wrapped in steel became increasingly clear in sight.

Even old pawns will still experience huge psychological pressure when facing cavalry charges.

From time to time in the front line of the Guards Regiment, company platoon commanders shouted to Pao Ze, "Stay steady, don't panic, hold still, take a deep breath, relax."

Three hundred steps away, they have entered the coverage range of bow and arrow throws.

However, no arrows were fired from the Guards Regiment. Bows and arrows were useful for unarmored and light-armored horse troops, but for heavy armor, they were almost like scratching an itch.

At the 250th step, Han Shizhong had a premonition that life and death today would be unpredictable. He laughed and pulled his shirt back to his waist. He shouted to his eldest son and Jiao Tu: "If you die today, please give me the pension given by the prince." Give it to me at Lushizijie, Jingxing Town, Fengxiang."

"Haha, Brother Han, you can't die!"

Jiao Tu stared at Tie Yaozi who was getting closer and smiled, but the eldest son glanced at Han Shizhong and said coolly: "Aren't you afraid of the cold?"

Two hundred steps.
The sound of horse hooves hitting the ground was like a heavy drum beat, beating in the hearts of all the soldiers.

On the city, some Tokyo residents who came to help defend the city had closed their eyes, as if they couldn't bear to watch the tragic collision.

Even they also know the outcome of infantry versus heavy cavalry.

One hundred and fifty steps
The iron kite horse has already picked up speed, and the tall war horse, which is also armored, is supporting the dark iron knight.

Han Shizhong spat into the palm of his hand and tightened his grip on the long-handled saber.

'Bang bang bang bang.'

Amidst the loud noise of Qianqi running wildly, Han Shizhong seemed to hear a burst of popping sounds as dense as fried beans, but not ear-splitting.

I still don’t know what happened, but I saw that the iron kite rushing on the front line suddenly hit an invisible wall.

Suddenly dozens of people, including men and horses, hit the ground heavily.

The two sets of armor of these iron kites, men and horses, weighed more than a hundred kilograms. They fell while running at high speed. Not only humans, but also horses could not withstand the huge impact.

Falling down means death.

There was an obvious gap in the iron kite's front line. Some of the knights following behind were unable to avoid it, and more than ten more people were tripped.

However, the Xixia knights' equestrian skills were indeed excellent. After a brief period of confusion, they re-adjusted their charging formation while galloping. However, they were confused at the moment and did not understand how dozens of Paoze, who were skilled in horse riding, could fall down innocently.
Han Shizhong didn't understand either.
However, the next moment, the sound of popping beans started again.

Perhaps because the distance was so close this time, there were more people 'hitting the wall', more than a hundred people.

The Iron Kites, like the Iron Futu of the Jin Kingdom, were strategic armed forces that could only be formed with the efforts of the whole country!

They are the decisive weapon when the battle situation is in a stalemate, and they are also the source of Jin Xia's confidence for the southern invasion. Each of them consumes a hundred times as much money as an ordinary sergeant.

Therefore, there are only three thousand iron kites in Xixia.

But now, during the last few hundred steps of the charge, more than 200 people were inexplicably lost.

Ximu Weiming was shocked, but she could only continue to charge bravely. The heavy cavalry was not as nimble as the light cavalry. At this moment, she was only a hundred steps away from the Qi army's formation, and it was too late to turn.

To stop would be to seek death.

Han Shizhong, who stood side by side with Yao and Jiao on the front line of the Guards Regiment, finally heard where the sound of popping beans came from this time.

He couldn't help but turn his head suddenly, only to see a cloud of smoke on the small hillock behind the infantry.

Qin Shengwu, brother-in-law of the King of Chu and commander of the 16th Regiment, was waving the command flag to command.
In the first row, there were about three hundred sergeants, holding a three-foot-long "fire stick" horizontally. Qin Shengwu waved his hand fiercely, and there was another burst of dense beans.
Then, the row of sergeants retreated sideways to the third row in unison, and used a thin stick to fiddle with the fire sticks.

Han Shizhong couldn't understand, but the sergeant who had changed from the second row to the first row had picked up the fire stick again.
When he looked back at Tie Yaozi, more than a thousand heavy cavalrymen finally rushed to the front of the formation more than ten feet after enduring four rounds of volleys, but only half of them were left.

"Brother Yao! What kind of thing is this fire stick? It's so ferocious that it can break through heavy armor a hundred steps away!"

Han Shizhong had been in the army for half his life, and he immediately saw the ferociousness of this thing. Just now, Tie Yaozi rushed to 150 steps, and heard the sound of popping beans for the first time.

It seems that the range of this thing is not as good as that of a bow and arrow!
But it can break heavy armor!

The eldest son, who was engrossed in the battlefield, had no time to answer Han Shizhong's questions. He stared straight at Tie Yaozi and shouted: "Be careful to meet the enemy!"

After saying that, the remaining five hundred riders came to the barbed wire fence.

The two barbed wire fences were arranged very carefully, with a gap of two feet and five feet in between. Even with the speed of the horse, the iron kite could not cross the two barbed wire fences at once.

But only one barbed wire fence was crossed, and the distance between the two fences was not enough for the heavily armored war horse to speed up again and surpass the second fence.
As a result, most of the horses that crossed the first barbed wire fence plunged into the second barbed wire fence.

The barbed wire fence is not high and not fixed, but the curly, loose and barbed wire fence immediately entangled the legs of the war horses.
In the rear, the first muzzleloading musketry regiment of the Suppression Huai Army, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Qin Shengwu's 16th Regiment, were still loading, firing, clearing, firing, and repeating the above actions in an orderly manner.

The second barbed wire fence has turned into a meat skewer.
Countless heavy cavalry were entangled here, unable to advance or retreat.

Lu Qinzai and the defenders on the east city were dumbfounded and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Not to mention them, even most of the soldiers of the Guards Regiment were fighting this kind of battle for the first time.

For a moment, all that was left on the battlefield was the continuous sound of beans exploding and the neighing of the horses whose legs were wrapped in iron wire.

Seeing that the opponent was completely out of formation, Qin Shengwu made a quick decision and changed the volley to free fire, which was equivalent to calling names one by one.
Even if a few iron kites broke free from the entanglement of the barbed wire, there was no distance left to pick up speed again.

With great difficulty, an iron kite rushed to the front of the formation, but was overtaken by the eldest son.

I saw this big, strong black man kneeling nimbly, his long-handled saber avoiding the place protected by the armor of the war horse, and heading straight for the front hooves.

There was a flash of cold light, a splash of blood, and a pair of front hooves broke off.

The war horse whined and fell down, and the knight on the horse also fell heavily to the ground.

This time, because of his slow speed, the knight was not dead, but the hooks locked between his waist and the saddle, as well as the dozens of kilograms of iron armor on his body, prevented him from moving at all.
He watched helplessly as Jiao Tu chopped off his own head with a knife.

Chen Chu, who was sitting on horseback behind him, saw this and quickly ordered Erlang to come forward and deliver the order, "Keep the officer alive!"

It wasn't that he had any sympathy, it was just that after Zhe Yanwen and Zhang Shuye attacked Luoyang Beicang a few days ago, they captured Sun Bang alive. From the latter's mouth, they learned that Han Fang, an academician of the Caizhou Academy of Literature, and his old wife were still being detained in the prison. In Luoyang Prison.

Chen Chu wanted to exchange Lao Han back by exchanging prisoners.

After receiving the order, the eldest son led people into the area between the two barbed wire fences.

Most of the last five hundred riders died here.

After getting closer, we could clearly see the miserable condition of these people. Some of them were shot in the chest. There was only a small hole as thick as a finger on the armor, but on the back, there was a blood hole as big as a bowl.

Someone was shot in the head and half of his head was shattered. When he opened the tightly wrapped helmet, the flesh, blood, scalp, and brain inside flowed out like a leaking watermelon.
Some people did not die, but fell to the ground because their horses were shot, but the heavy armor on their bodies made them unable to get up.

When encountering such a person, Jiao Tu would kick him and break his right hand holding the weapon, and then let his own soldiers tie them up.

Han Shizhong, who was cleaning the battlefield behind Yao and Jiao, was a little confused.
After this short battle, he saw too many tricks!

Not only the fire stick that can break through heavy armor, but also the eldest son and others are skilled in the action of cutting off a horse's leg. If only the eldest son can do this move, it can be said to be his personal bravery, but the soldiers of the Guards seem to be like this. trick.

This shows that this set of tactical actions has long existed in daily training.

Apart from these, Han Shizhong was still a little confused. He was thinking of fighting to the death just now. Is this battle over?
I took off all my clothes!
Just when he thought of this, Han Shizhong, who hadn't even broken a sweat, suddenly felt a little cold and hurriedly put on his coat again.

Three miles north, the guard of Jinxia Army City's east camp, Reward Burian, had just organized his sergeants to run out of the camp, preparing to get some military merit from Ximu Weiming. Suddenly, he learned that the entire army of Thousand Iron Kites had been wiped out, and the commander, Ximu Weiming, did not know whether he was alive or dead. news.

In shock, he quickly withdrew from the camp.

At the same time, he quickly sent people to the north city to deliver a message to Wanyan Mouyan, requesting his troops to move closer to the main force in the north of the city to avoid being defeated by the Qi army one by one.

The news that the Qi army had broken through the South Camp within a quarter of an hour this morning only shocked and confused the Jinxia generals, but the battle report of annihilating a thousand iron kites in an instant was a bit scary.

First of all, this is the elite of the whole country.

Secondly, this is a wild battle!
If the elite can't defeat the Qi army in a field battle, then our southern invasion this time is a fool's errand!
Two victories in one day, the defenders in the south of the city were addicted to it.

This time, it was the defenders in the east of the city who were having fun. From the initial panic and nervousness when they saw King Chu about to fight the heavy cavalry in the wild, to the ecstasy when a thousand heavy cavalry were wiped out in an instant, some people on the city wall forgot Take shape.

Niu Dewang, the commander of the Xiang Army from Huaibei, saw the King of Chu showing off his power under the city. He was so excited that he shouted: "Long live the prince!"

Several Pao Ze who were also from Huaibei beside him actually tried to shout with him. Fortunately, Commander Li, who also came from Huaibei, was beside him and kicked Niu Dewang in the thigh. He looked around nervously, did he see him? People pay attention to what Niu Dewang shouts, and then he breathes a sigh of relief.

"You idiot! Is it okay to shout "Banzai!"

Commander Li reprimanded in a low voice. Only then did Niu Dewang realize that what he just said was a huge transgression, but he still muttered in a low voice: "Our prince will get into trouble sooner or later anyway!"

"That's not possible! Now the entire Qi Dynasty is working together to defend Tokyo. You shouting like this is not conducive to unity!"

Commander Li was indeed politically astute. Niu Dewang chuckled and bargained, "Instead of shouting 'Long live the king', shouting 'Thousand years of live the king' will do, right?"

Indeed, half an hour ago, thousands of people in Beicheng shouted "Da Qi Wan Sheng, His Highness a Thousand Years Old", which made many Huaibei soldiers feel a little disgusted. The battle was won by our King of Chu, but you only called His Highness a Thousand Years Old. Can we, the Huaibei soldiers and the King of Chu, survive?

Naturally, Niu Dewang didn't know that the relationship between King Chu and His Highness had already gone beyond worrying about such trivial matters.

However, Niu Dewang's proposal really convinced Commander Li. For a prince to shout a thousand years old, isn't that considered transgression?

Ok.

Not long after, the defenders in the east of the city shouted, "Great Qi will be victorious, King Chu will be a thousand years old".

It was transmitted directly to Beicheng.
After visiting the soldiers for a while, Jiarou had not yet left. Hearing the roar of the tsunami from Dongcheng Mountain, he couldn't help but be startled.

Not long ago, Beicheng had just called His Highness "Thousands of Years Old", and now, the King of Chu was called "Thousands of Years Old" in East City.

Cai Yuan and Fan Gongzhi looked at each other and looked at Jia Rou almost at the same time. Although the latter was briefly absent-minded, he quickly showed a decent smile and said gently: "It seems that King Chu has won another battle." (End of this chapter)