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Chapter 377: Famous General Liu Qi
"Shoot the arrows! Stop the Jin soldiers from approaching!"

When the Song army saw the Jurchen cavalry using firewood and sandbags to pave a path through the swamp, they panicked and used bows and crossbows to shoot.

Arrows rained down from the sky, but were deflected by the Jurchen cavalry with their spears. The sound of clanging and collisions continued, and sparks flew everywhere.

Even if the rain of arrows broke through the defense and hit the Jurchen cavalry, the heavy armor still blocked a lot of arrows.

"shoot with great precision!"

"Kill two birds with one stone!"

"Arrow of the Holy Emperor!"

"Exploding Flame Arrow!"

"Wind and Arrow!"

Li Qian led several brave generals and cooperated with the generals of the Song army to shoot arrows as much as possible in the front to block the Jin army.

We cannot allow the Jin cavalry to charge into the enemy lines recklessly, otherwise the Song army’s camp will be trampled by the Jin cavalry!
The arrows shot by these generals were as powerful as giant crossbows, piercing through the heavy armor of the Jurchen cavalry.

Even though the Jurchen cavalry were equipped with heavy armor, they could not withstand the terrifying penetrating power. Dozens or hundreds of Jurchen cavalry were killed and their horses were thrown to the ground.

But there were as many as 5,000 Jurchen heavy cavalry trying to cross the swamp, and the cavalry were incredibly fast, so it only took them a moment to cross this not-so-spacious swamp.

At the same time, Wanyan Loushi bypassed the swamp from the north, and Jin Wushu bypassed the swamp from the south, cooperating with the Jurchen cavalry who crossed the swamp head-on to attack from three sides!

Perhaps realizing that Li Qian and many Song generals had skilled archers, Wanyan Zongfu ordered the entire army to advance, not giving the Song army a chance to block the vanguard.

The vast majority of the Jin army were cavalry, and their attack was fierce and fast as lightning. They wanted to destroy the Song army in one fell swoop with their thunderous force!
"Hahaha, trample them into pulp!"

Jin Wushu used three thousand Iron Pagodas as the vanguard and launched an attack from the left wing.

The left wing of the Jin army faced the Jingyuan Army led by Liu Qi, the governor of Jingyuan Road.

In Jin Wushu's view, the Iron Buddha could easily massacre the Song army in front of them.

This is neither Jiangdong nor Xishu. As long as it is on a plain, the Iron Pagoda can easily defeat the Song army, which is several times or even dozens of times its number!

"Array up!"

Seeing that Jin Wushu was planning to bypass the swamp from the south, Liu Qi set up a spear formation.

"The Jin people have seized our land and plundered our people. Longchuan is right behind us. If we take a step back, Longchuan will be devastated. Let the Jin people see the spear formation we have practiced for months!"

Liu Qi's eyes were determined. He arranged 15,000 spearmen into a spear formation. Behind the spear formation, bows and crossbows were fired simultaneously. Wave after wave of black rain of arrows covered the Iron Pagoda.

The large number of Divine Arm Bows fired at the same time posed a certain threat to the Iron Pagoda. Although only a few of them were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, the armor of most of the Iron Pagoda and their horses were full of crossbow arrows.

The front row of the Jingyuan Army was composed of heavily armored spearmen equipped with dozens of kilograms of infantry armor.

Heavy armored spearmen forming a spear phalanx can restrain cavalry.

This group of heavily armored spearmen are equipped with infantry armor and are a fifth-tier unit.

Although the combat effectiveness of a single heavy armored spearman was not as good as that of a single iron pagoda, they had the advantage of being numerous. Liu Qi trained 6,000 heavy armored spearmen, supplemented by 12,000 long spearmen.

The spearmen blocked the Iron Pagoda's offensive in the front, and 12000 archers shot arrows in the rear, continuously raining arrows into the Iron Pagoda's formation, trying to shoot the Iron Pagoda and other Jin cavalry into hedgehogs.

Jin Wushu did not expect that the will of this Song army was so firm. They remained as unmoved as a mountain in the face of the massive attack of 3000 Iron Pagodas and 17000 cavalry.

If it were an ordinary Song army, it would have been defeated long ago.

"In that case, let them see the horror of the Iron Pagoda!"

Jin Wushu was at the peak of his powers, and the Iron Pagoda at this time was still the Iron Pagoda that swept across the world and searched the mountains and seas!
Jin Wushu came with a fierce momentum, holding a phoenix-head axe with a dragon tail and riding a dragon horse with four hooves streaking with snow and fire.

The Iron Pagoda in difficult mode is more powerful and more terrifying.

"die!"

Jin Wushu, wearing an iron helmet, smiled ferociously, and swung his dragon-tail and phoenix-head axe. With one axe, he cut off a heavily armored spearman and his spear!
Bang!
The armored warhorse knocked down three armored spearmen in succession!

The collision between three thousand Iron Pagodas and six thousand armored spearmen was like the collision of two steel torrents. The long spears of the first row of Iron Pagodas pierced the armor of the heavy armored spearmen and lifted them up.

The Iron Pagodas took the initiative to crash into the spear array, causing huge casualties to themselves. Many Iron Pagodas were pierced by spears, and the Jin Dynasty's strongest defensive heavy cavalry was not spared.

The spear phalanx consisting of 6,000 heavily armored spearmen and 12,000 long spearmen blocked Jin Wushu's attack from the south. With the bonus of the military characteristics of the famous general Liu Qi, the defense and toughness of the spear phalanx were extremely amazing.

Rows of heavily armored spearmen and iron pagodas fell, but the heavily armored spearmen, like the iron pagodas, fought to the death and refused to retreat.

The road chosen by the Song army was narrow, and the offensive of 3000 Iron Pagodas was blocked by layers of spear phalanxes, slowing down their speed. The subsequent 17000 Jin cavalry were blocked by the Iron Pagodas and could not fully deploy their forces. They could only huddle together, and some of the cavalry were stuck in the mud.

There was a reason why Song army commander Zhang Jun and other Song army generals chose to have a decisive battle with the Jin army in Fuping.

The swamp in front of the Song army could indeed restrict the movements of the Jin cavalry.

Along the way, the Jin army encountered an obstruction by the famous general Liu Qi, and the progress was not smooth. Jin Wushu rushed into the Song army. Several Jin army generals guarded Jin Wushu on both sides. He killed hundreds of Song soldiers, and his armor was stained with blood, forming a blood cocoon.

Jin Wushu looked at the Iron Pagoda and other troops in the rear and found that the Iron Pagoda had slowed down and might not be able to continue to break through Liu Qi's spear formation. The cavalry led by his general Chi Zhanhui was stuck in the mud and moved slowly.

The 12000 archers and crossbowmen of Liu Qi's army launched wave after wave of arrows, causing heavy casualties to the Jin cavalry.

Jin Wushu led 17000 cavalrymen to attack from the south. Not all of the Jin cavalrymen were equipped with as sophisticated equipment as the Iron Pagoda. More of them only had light armor or leather armor. They were hit by rain of arrows from Liu Qi's Jingyuan Army, and the number of casualties was rising rapidly.

Liu Qi had 35000 men, 15000 more than Jin Wushu. He had the advantage in military strength and used the terrain to block Jin Wushu. He successfully trapped part of the Jin army in the swamp, causing them to lose their combat effectiveness and become sitting ducks for archers and crossbowmen.

If the number and combat effectiveness of the Jin army had not increased by about 25% in the difficult mode, Jin Wushu's situation would have been even more dangerous.

On the other side, Wanyan Loushi led 20000 cavalrymen to attack the Huanqing Army led by Zhao Zhe, the Huanqing Governor. Several strong and sturdy generals of the Jin army served as vanguard generals and were invincible. The weapons of the Song army were knocked away one by one. The Jin army generals raised their swords and slashed, and the heads of the Song army fell to the ground!

Wanyan Loushi also sent out a cavalry unit to attack the camp of villagers who were transporting grain outside the Song army camp. The villagers fled into the Song army camp, causing the Song army to become even more panicked.

The Song army in the north originally planned to rely on the camp to defend and delay Wanyan Loushi, but Wanyan Loushi drove the villagers to attack the Song army camp and took the opportunity to kill them.

(End of this chapter)