The north bank of Duliujia River.
"Why is it so troublesome? Let's go straight over and kill all those Liao dogs!"
Qin Ming said impatiently. He didn't like waiting the most, but now that the enemy was right in front of him, he had to wait.
"This river is a bit too shallow. If it weren't for the flood season and the river water surges, it would be impossible to cross the river on horseback!"
Huang Xin looked at He behind him and shook his head.
"This is not a real river, it is just a low tunnel. In winter, when the water dries up, the river ceases to exist."
Pang Wanchun said, due to the siltation of the Yellow River in recent years, the middle and later sections of the Yellow River have flooded during the flood season, and low-lying areas throughout Cangzhou will become rivers for floods to enter the sea.
"Be alert, there's a situation!"
Sun An said in a deep voice, there was smoke and dust rising from the north, someone should be coming.
"It's Hua Rong and Zhang Qing!"
Qin Ming looked from a distance and happened to see a pair of soldiers and horses wearing Liangshan standard armor approaching.
"The Liao people should be lured here, get ready!"
Sun An waved his hand, and the soldiers pushed the newly made antlers to the front of the formation, and then all hid in the trenches dug on the high ground.
In order to deal with the cavalry, Sun Lei had thought of a way a long time ago, but it was not easy to defeat the cavalry. Without machine guns and chariots, it was difficult for the infantry to fight the cavalry. In the end, he had to use a stupid method, an antler fence as an obstacle.
So Sun Lei thought of the "Czech Hedgehog", a steel cross-structured obstacle that could block tanks. Blocking a cavalry was just like playing games.
Unfortunately, iron smelting technology is limited and cannot make so many high-quality angle steels. We can only use some logs. Although they are lighter in weight and not as strong as steel, they are enough to deal with the Liao cavalry.
"The Liao people are thirty miles behind!"
After the rendezvous, Hua Rong pointed to the north and said that they continued to harass the Liao army while they were crossing the river, and finally made the Liao army anxious. Tianshan Yong led the 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 servants who crossed the river first to pursue and kill them. Come.
"Okay, let them know how awesome it is!"
Sun An laughed and said, they are ready for the offensive. There are deer antler fences in front of them, and the trenches are on high slopes. If the enemy dares to attack by force, let them know what a meat grinder is.
It didn't take long for the dark Liao army to appear on the horizon.
"Cowardless bandits, get down and die!"
Tianshan Yong saw those cross antlers and knew that it was not easy to attack by force, so he came to the formation and stepped forward to call the formation.
"Liao Gou, your grandfather Qin Ming is here!"
When Qin Ming saw a Liao man calling for formation, he rode out with a mace.
Sun An and others led the army into formation.
"Liangshan bandits, today I will let you know how powerful I, the deputy commander-in-chief of Jizhou, Tianshan Yong, am!"
Tianshan Yong felt secretly happy when he saw that the enemy had been fooled and came out of the battle. He put one hand on the animal skin around his waist. Under it was an exquisite hand crossbow. He relied on this hand crossbow to kill many enemies in sneak attacks.
"Grandpa is Liang Shanbo, thunderbolt fire Qin Ming!"
When Qin Ming saw the Tibetan general reporting his name, he also reported his own name.
"General Qin, be careful!"
Zhang Qing suddenly thought of Sun Lei's instructions, saying that Liao general Tianshan Yong was good at making sneak attacks with hand crossbows.
Qin Ming couldn't hear it, so he charged forward with his mace and struck Tianshan Yong on the head with the stick.
Tianshan Yong showed his courage and waved his spear to meet him. Qin Ming was so strong that he smashed Tianshan Yong's spear away with a single blow of his mace. The mace continued to hit Tianshan Yong without losing its momentum.
Tianshan Yong's face changed drastically, and his armor was instantly soaked with cold sweat. He pulled back his spear and blocked it sideways, and took Qin Ming's mace.
"go to hell!"
After one move, Qin Ming had already tested Tianshan Yong's strength. Tianshan Yong was no match for him, so he struck down another mace, intending to kill Tianshan Yong with one blow.
Tianshan Yong was so stunned by the blow just now that he dared to take another blow at this time and ran away on horseback.
"Liao Gou, don't run away!"
Qin Ming was willing to let Tianshan Yong leave, so he swung his mace and killed him.
When Tianshan Yong saw Qin Ming chasing him, he took off his crossbow, turned around and shot an arrow straight at Qin Ming.
Qin Ming did not expect that the enemy would fire hidden arrows. It was too late to hide, so he could only block it with a thick mace. The one-foot-long iron feather arrow was blocked by the mace.
Seeing that Tianshan Yong missed a move, he mounted the crossbow and fired another arrow. This time Qin Ming had time to react, turned to one side, and the crossbow only hit his left arm.
"rat!"
Colleagues Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun shot their bows and arrows at Tianshan Yong.
Tianshan Yong was also experienced in combat and knew that the enemy would retaliate if he stabbed someone in the dark. He turned aside and ran toward the formation while lying on the belly of his horse.
Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun couldn't find the target, so they had no choice but to shoot at the war horse. The war horse neighed in pain and beat wildly after eating two arrows.
Tianshan Yong lay sideways on the belly of the war horse. It was not easy to use his strength. The horse's frenzy directly threw him off the horse.
"kill!"
Several lieutenants in the Liao army camp saw Tianshan Yong fall off their horses and immediately stepped forward to rescue him and commanded the army to charge and kill him.
"My lord, let's go!"
Huang Xin stepped forward to persuade Qin Ming, who was still fighting, that the Liao soldiers were outnumbered and they could not fight forcefully.
"Despicable Liao dog!"
Qin Ming looked at the crossbow arrow on his arm and yelled angrily. He originally wanted to make a success in the first battle, but he didn't expect to be attacked by the Tibetan general and lose face.
"General Qin, are you seriously injured?"
Sun An asked when he saw Qin Ming returning to the formation.
"It's a small matter, I was bitten by that Liao dog!"
Qin Ming shook his head. The arrow had been taken out by the military doctor. Fortunately, the arrow was not poisonous and did not damage the bones. Golden sore medicine had been applied on it.
"You still have to be careful in the battle formation. My brother has already warned me. General Qin really shouldn't be like this."
Sun An looked at Qin Ming and said, Qin Ming was a little reckless today, but fortunately his life was safe. If he killed the general in the first battle, he would not be able to explain to Sun Lei.
Qin Ming knew that he was too reckless just now, so he could only smile sarcastically.
Tianshan Yong commanded the servant army to break open the cross antlers. With these things, his cavalry could not get close at all.
"shooting!"
Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun commanded the archers to shoot at the approaching servants.
"Brother Hua Rong, the Liao people are so stupid. How on earth did those officers and soldiers fight the war? How could they be suppressed by such people and fight for more than a hundred years?"
Pang Wanchun asked while looking at Hua Rong while shooting. He knew that Hua Rong was from a military family.
"This cannot be explained clearly in a few words. If everyone is as united as Liangshan, there will be so many things."
Hua Rong shot an enemy to death with one arrow and sighed. The problems of the Song Dynasty were too numerous to describe. They were rotten from top to bottom.
"General, we can't fight like this. The enemy has archers and occupies high ground. If we fight like this, we will all die!"
The general of the servant army looked at Tianshan Yong and said, in just such a short battle, they had nearly a thousand casualties. If the battle continues like this, the seven thousand servant army will be exhausted.
"Retreat first!"
Although Tianshan Yong was unwilling to give in, he still gritted his teeth and ordered. They know the power of the Song Army's crossbows best. Now that the enemy is well-positioned, it is almost impossible for him to attack by force.
(End of chapter)
