Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

This means that even if there is no trap in the open space between the two camps, the cavalry of the Xixia Army must face cross-fire from the two military camps.

That gap may be a way of life, or it may be a tiger's mouth opened by the Chu army.

Chapter 37

Since the Ximen Qing army had long been prepared for the possible risk of the Xixia army breaking through, the gap between the south camp and the east camp was obviously impossible to be a thoroughfare.

When the heavy armored cavalry of the Xixia Army rushed into this passage, thousands of arrows were fired from the two camps, shooting and killing many cavalry from the side.

After rushing out tens of feet, various obstacles appeared in front of them, such as horse pits, horse ropes, antlers, barbed wire, and horse rejection, which made the heavy armored cavalry of the Xixia Army turn their backs and mess up.

Yue Fei and others took the opportunity to shoot randomly at the cavalry of the Xixia Army whose speed had dropped sharply, and shot and killed hundreds of heavy armored cavalry of the Xixia Army on the periphery.

At this moment, a general in armor different from ordinary people rushed out of the heavy cavalry of the Xixia Army.

The general wore a visor and exquisite armor, and the horse he stepped down was also fully armored, only two eyes and four long legs were exposed.

The general pointed forward with the long sword in his hand, and another group of more than [-] armored cavalry rushed forward desperately, smashing all kinds of obstacles away.

Taking advantage of the bloody path opened by the three hundred heavy armored cavalry, the Xixia army continued to charge wildly, surrounding the general and rushing towards the southeast.

However, at this time the morning fog gradually dispersed, and a phalanx of heavy armored infantry of the Chu Army appeared in front of the Xixia Army.

Behind the heavy armored infantry phalanx of the Chu Army, there is also a strange formation of spearmen.

These heavy armored cavalry of the Western Xia Army who have lived in Xingqing Mansion for a long time do not know that those strange spearmen are the musket battalion that wiped out the entire army of the [-] captured soldiers.

Commanding the heavy armored infantry phalanx of the Chu army is Jiang Zhong, the "Mentor God", and behind him is the musketeer battalion commanded by Tang Long, the "money leopard".

On both sides of the heavy armored infantry phalanx, there is also a unit of hook and sickle spearmen commanded by Hong Zhen.

Although there is a firearms battalion, Ximen Qing's army is still equipped with hook and sickle spear troops that specialize in restraining heavy cavalry.

This unit was originally trained and built by "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning, but because Xu Ning was entrusted with the important task of guarding the palace in the capital, he handed over this unit to the command of Hong Zhen, who is good at guns and sticks.

When Ximenqing discovered in the camp that the Xixia Army had dispatched heavy armored cavalry to charge the formation, he immediately dispatched Hong Zhen's hook gunners to cooperate with Jiang Zhong and Tang Long to fight.

Jiang Zhong, Tang Long and Hong Zhen are all old brothers from Ximenbao in Yanggu County. They trust each other and cooperate with each other tacitly.

Seeing that the heavy armored cavalry of the Xixia Army broke through the obstacle, Jiang Zhong gave an order, and the heavy armored infantry sat on the ground fearlessly, pointing their spears obliquely forward, forming a forest of spears layer upon layer.

After years of hard training, Jiang Zhong's "turtle shell" troops have really developed the ability to "immobilize as a mountain", no matter how the enemy forces charge, they will remain motionless like a mountain.

When the heavy armored cavalry of the Xixia Army collided with this mountain full of spears, they would surely suffer heavy casualties.

Hong Zhen's hook gunners spread out on both wings, relying on the camp behind him, skillfully hooked the horse's hoof with the hook gun in his hand, knocked the heavy cavalry of the Xixia army half to death, and then made up a fatal shot.

However, the most lethal is still the firearms battalion commanded by Tang Long.

After Jiang Zhongjun sat on the ground with a "boom" and gave way to the shooting range of the musket, Tang Long immediately gave the order to fire.

Thousands of Musketeers in the Firearms Battalion skillfully performed the "three-stage strike" tactic of queuing up and shooting, and opened fire violently at the oncoming heavy cavalry of the Xixia Army.

Amidst the loud gunfire, gunpowder smoke filled the air, mixing with the remaining mist.

Although the heavy armored cavalry of the Xixia Army were well-equipped, they were after all the [-] trusted guards of Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, and they seldom went to battle in person on weekdays.

This time, in order to protect Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, three thousand heavy armored cavalry launched a charge that was close to suicide, showing the courage of the elite warriors of the Dangxiang clan to the Chu army.

However, facing the overwhelming force of the Ximen Qing army, the charge of the three thousand Xixia cronies and guards was nothing more than smashing a pebble into a stone.

After breaking out of the city, passing through the rain of arrows from Yue Fei and other troops and the traps on the ground, the heavy cavalry of the Xixia Army had already lost thousands of people.

When they reached Jiang Zhongjun's front, this heavy cavalry unit had less than 2000 people.

With musket salvos in front and sickle guns and divine arm bows on both sides, the Xixia Army's heavy cavalry was almost wiped out, leaving only dozens of core cavalry to protect the noble general and kill Jiang Zhong. in front of you.

What greeted them was thousands of spears.

In an instant, the last dozen or so riders of the Xixia Army were stabbed under their horses by random guns, turning them into strings of blood gourds.

The noble general who was protected by everyone also got off his horse and was surrounded by Jiang Zhong's army.

"Wu Naxia Dog! Who are you? Hurry up and surrender!"

The burly Jiang Zhongyue came out and shouted.

The people of Xixia have a deep Sinicization, Jiang Zhong is not worried that this guy can't understand his own words.

"Hahahaha~"

The Xixia noble general laughed wildly, took off his visor and helmet, revealing his true colors.

This is a bald-haired Dangxiang nobleman, handsome, tall and straight, with an extraordinary bearing, and looks about 40 to [-] years old.

"Heaven is dead to me, Daxia, I, Li Qianshun, the emperor of the generation, how could I surrender to you and other Chu dogs!"

After the nobleman of the Dangxiang clan cursed angrily, he slayed himself with a horizontal sword and fell on the pile of corpses of the Xixia army.

"This bird man is the dog emperor of Xia Kingdom? Come on! Enter the camp quickly and report to Dongping County King!"

When Jiang Zhong saw that he had killed a big fish, he was skeptical and immediately sent someone into the camp to report.

Afterwards, Jiang Zhongjun and Tang Longjun continued to line up, ready to fight, and left the battlefield to Hong Zhenjun to clean up.

This is Ximen Qing's military order arrangement, and it is also the tacit understanding of the three on the battlefield.

Although the enemies in front of us were all wiped out, how could we know that the Xixia Army did not have a second wave of cavalry to break through and escape?

In the big camp of Ximen Qing's army, Ximen Qing and Wang Jin stood side by side, looking at the battlefield outside the camp.

"It's a pity for these good horses! Their owners fought to the death, and these horses were also implicated."

Wang Jin sighed.

"Hahaha~ Why is Brother Wang Jin the same as Huangfu Duan, who loves horses like his life?"

Ximen Qing laughed.

"As a general in the army, how can you not cherish good horses? These horses are one in a hundred, so the more the better! Brother Ximenqing, why don't you force these heavy cavalry to surrender, and definitely wipe them out?"

Wang Jin asked Ximen Qing.

"Without it, the weeds must be cut to get rid of the roots! Li Ganshun, the leader of the Western Xia Kingdom, is desperately trying to break through in this desperate situation. It can be seen that he is a rebellious person who is deeply hostile to our Chu Kingdom.

And these heavy cavalry were able to desperately cover Li Qianshun's escape today, and they must all be Li Qianshun's diehard loyalists.

Keeping these people is a big worry for our country's future rule of Xia.