The Qi army's cavalry troops were like candied haws on a stick, killing through six Song army camps in the eastern suburbs of Pizhou.
The cavalry rushed into the camp, stabbing with lances and slashing with swords. The soldiers of Song Dynasty scattered in panic.
At this time, the cavalry was charging forward. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty who were being rushed saw the cavalry charging towards the camp in the southern suburbs. They were about to breathe a sigh of relief when they heard a trumpet from the top of Pizhou City. The infantry rushed out from the east gate and rushed towards the camp. They were trampled by the cavalry. Passed the Song camp.
The Song army in the eastern suburbs was heartbroken. The Song army was smashed by the cavalry and had no time to regroup. The officers and soldiers could only rush to escape.
These broken troops escaped from the camp and ran to other camps, and disrupted the camps that were not attacked by cavalry, causing the Song army in the eastern suburbs to fall into chaos.
At this time, Zhao Tai led the Qi army and cavalry. Instead of expanding their victory in the eastern suburbs, they rushed directly to the Song camp in the southern suburbs.
Nearly 10,000 Qi army cavalrymen, with high fighting spirit, urged their horses to gallop. The horses' hooves stepped through the waterlogged depressions, causing splashes of water. The Qi army's heavy cavalrymen had sharp eyes, holding their war spears horizontally, and pounced on the Song camp in the southern suburbs like tigers.
The Qi army's horses did not stop, and six battalions were defeated in an instant. When the Qi army broke through the Song army's camp in the eastern suburbs, the Song army in the southern suburbs barely seized the precious time. After the siege troops retreated into the camp in panic, they quickly took They raised weapons and rushed to the stronghold wall to set up defenses.
The Song Army camp in the southern suburbs, close to the eastern suburbs, first faced the attack of the Qi army. When the Song soldiers saw the heavy armored cavalry rushing towards them, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and they had a look of horror on their faces.
The Southern Song Dynasty had few horses, and the Song army rarely saw cavalry, let alone the charge of thousands of heavy cavalry.
There was fear on the faces of many Song soldiers who saw heavy cavalry for the first time. They looked around and looked at each other, trying to find courage from their comrades, but they found that the faces of the people around them were also full of fear.
On the line of defense that was barely organized at this time, some soldiers of the Song Dynasty saw the armored cavalry advancing like a wall. Driven by fear, their bodies retreated involuntarily.
One person on the Song Army's front line moved, and thousands of people moved, and the surrounding comrades followed suit. Before the cavalry hit the entire front line, it had already become a dangerous wall that could be knocked down with a single kick.
At this critical moment, the Song army used the key method of foot control against cavalry, and the divine arm archer finally shot the arrow and missed it.
The Song army's divine arm bow was behind Chongbu. They did not have to face the Qi army's heavy cavalry directly. With Chongbu blocking the front, they could still shoot arrows calmly.
The heavy step in front gave the god-arm archer protection, and the arrows shot by the god-arm bow missed and whizzed towards the approaching heavy horse, which also gave the heavy step in front courage.
The two axes used by the Song army to control cavalry by foot complement each other and are indispensable.
"Stabilize the formation, don't retreat!" When the arrow missed and whizzed past Zhongbu's head, the officers in the formation took the opportunity to shout loudly. But when Zhongbu saw the arrow missed and hit the charging heavy cavalry, he actually stopped retreating.
However, a scene that horrified Song Jun soon happened.
The arrow fired from the divine arm bow missed and hit the Qi army's heavy cavalry. The arrow missed and hit the cavalry, but no cavalry fell off their horses.
The heavy cavalry of the Qi army absorbed the tactics of the Iron Buddha of the Jin State. Both men and horses wore heavy armor, and the cavalry tied themselves to the horses. Even if the knight died, he would not fall off the horse.
The arrows shot by the divine arm bow had no effect, instantly making the soldiers of Song Dynasty feel terrified!
At this time, the cavalry in the front row directly smashed and knocked down the simple wooden fence, and then the heavy cavalry rushed into the Song army's infantry formation like a mountain.
"The right camp has been destroyed!" Jiang Wanzai shouted loudly under the banner of the Song Army.
Because of the obstruction of Pizhou City, the Song Army's main camp located outside the south gate did not see how the Qi Army's cavalry broke through several camps in the eastern suburbs and fought all the way to the southern suburbs.
At this time, the process of the Qi army breaking through the left camp in the southern suburbs was watched by all the Song generals.
They watched helplessly as the Qi army's cavalry crashed through the fence and rushed into the defense line of the Song soldiers. The Qi army knocked away the Song soldiers in front of them, scattering heavy steps like a torrent, while the divine arm archers behind them dispersed in a rush.
When Shi Zhaizhi saw this scene, his face turned pale with horror, his two legs trembled, and he almost wanted to leave first.
At this time, the Qi army's heavy cavalry broke into the Song camp. Zhao Tai led the light cavalry and poured in through the gap. The cavalry continued to rush forward while slashing and killing the fleeing Song army.
Zhao Tai glanced at the battlefield while running and spotted the Song Army's flag in the distance. He immediately pointed his spear and said, "Charge the enemy's central camp!"
The heavy cavalry fought from the eastern suburbs to the southern suburbs, and their horse power was exhausted again. As time went by, the defense of the Song Army camp that was hit later would become tighter.
When Zhao Tai saw the Song Army's large banner, he did not hesitate at all. He wanted to break through the Song Army's main camp before his horse power declined.
The passionate horn sounded, and Wanyan Chenghu heard the horn sound and saw the Song Army's banner in the distance.
The heavy cavalry did not hesitate at all, smashing into the Song army all the way, trampling on the military tents, like huge rocks rolling down from the top of the mountain, unstoppably knocked out of the left camp in the southern suburbs, and then continued to roll towards the main camp of the Song army.
Shi Zhaizhi saw the Qi army's armored troops charging through the left camp, and their cavalry rushing in like a train that couldn't stop. His face was filled with horror, "The enemy is coming, they're coming!"
In panic, Shi Zhaizhi pulled up his horse and wanted to leave, but Jiang Wanzai grabbed the reins of his horse and roared urgently, "My lord, we can't leave! The infantry can still fight if they rely on the camp to form a formation! If they escape from the camp, Once the formation is in chaos, the enemy's cavalry will only cover you up."
"Protect your husband! Protect your husband!" Many Song generals reacted and shouted loudly.
After Shi Zhaizhi arrived in Huainan, he aggressively expanded the army and recruited many new soldiers for the Huai Army. In addition, a large number of war generals were squeezed out of their leadership positions, which caused the diluted Huai Army's combat effectiveness to drop significantly. However, the Huai Army had fought after all. Those fighting are the elites of the Song army. As long as they are commanded properly, they are still capable of fighting.
At this time, amidst the urgent calls of the officers, a large number of Song soldiers ran towards the wall to reinforce the first line of defense. There were also a large number of elites, three layers inside and three layers outside, protecting Shi Zhaizhi and Dahu Banner. Surround them like iron barrels.
Jiang Wanzai shouted orders, and the generals of the Song army also urged the guards to form a formation. Soon, the Song army formed a tight military formation with spears in front and bows and arrows in the middle.
At this time, the heavy cavalry of the Qi army rushed over and crashed into the Song camp again, knocking away the first line of defense of the Song army's main camp.
Wanyan Chenghu was shot by several sharp arrows and stabbed once in his body, but he was still fighting high and full of pride in his heart.
The cavalry of the Qi army broke through the obstruction and saw the soldiers of the Song Dynasty under the banner of the banner in the distance, waiting in full formation.
The heavy cavalry broke through the Song army's camp all the way, suffering considerable losses, and their horse power was gradually declining.
Although the heavy cavalry is used to rush into the formation, if it directly attacks the prepared infantry formation, it will definitely cause heavy casualties.
Wanyan Chenghu looked through the iron mask at the spears crisscrossing in front of him, and immediately roared, "Burst Fire Spear!"
The Qi army's cavalry did not stop, and the heavy cavalry holding the "sudden gun" lit the fuse while running.
They resisted the arrows shot by the Song Army and rushed towards the Song Army's infantry formation, holding the horse's reins with one hand and the muskets tucked under their arms with the other.
The Song Army's divine arm bow can cause extremely heavy losses to light cavalry, but the damage to heavy cavalry is relatively limited. Even if the arrow penetrates heavy armor, it cannot penetrate deeply into the knight's body and cannot cause serious injury.
At this time, the spearmen in the front row of the Song army thrust out their spears, waiting for the heavy cavalry to hit the spear array.
They gripped their spears tightly, only to find that the cavalry in front of them was not holding the horse spear that frightened them, but a smoking musket, and they couldn't help but have doubts on their faces.
