Out of Wu Haogu, Zhao Zhongge and Ma Zheng's expectations, the large group of cavalry they saw in the wilderness north of Hebei City today was actually led by Yelu Yanxi, the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty!

Of course, Yelu Yanxi did not shoot out the emperor's flag. Instead, she put on a simple-looking armor. Under the escort of hundreds of the most elite soldiers of the Suwei Guards, she and the Right Central Cheng, and led the more than 10,000 cavalry led by Yelu Zhangnu, led by Yelu Zhangnu, went south together and approached Jiehe Shang City.

The reason why he came in contempt was of course to see with his own eyes the city defense of Jiehe Shang City, which was indestructible by Ma Renwang, and also to see with his own eyes what the legendary fierce and warlike Iron Cavalry of the Song Kingdom looks like?

To be honest, he believed Jiehe City Jian. But Song Qi was powerful and skeptical.

The Song people knew that they could build city walls, but how could their cavalry be powerful? The Song people were all farmers who farmed, business-related businessmen or skilled craftsmen, how could they compare cavalry with the nomadic Khitans?

The cavalry placed in them defeated the Iron Harrier in Xixia... It must be that the Iron Harrier itself has rotted! The Iron Harrier in Xixia lived in the city as early as the time of Yuanhao, and did not maintain the custom of nomadic people like the Khitans. Over time, it is not surprising that it becomes as weak as the Song people.

After all, the Song Kingdom has many people and wealthy people, so it is no wonder that it is exhausted from Xixia.

But if we say that the Song Dynasty cavalry who farmed more than the nomadic Daliao cavalry, it would not be believed that Yelu Yanxi would be killed.

So he had to come and see with his own eyes what kind of virtues the cavalry of the Song Dynasty were!

Of course, Yelu Yanxi was still very careful. This was the first battle! If he couldn't beat the Song people, it would be a big blow to morale.

Therefore, he did not intend to let his cavalry fight frontal assaults that he was not good at, but planned to use cavalry to shoot, lure the enemy and ambush against the cavalry of the State of Song.

So he and Yelu Zhangnu brought 10,000 cavalry to test Jiehe Shang City. On the plain near Majiabao in the rear, they also placed another 10,000 cavalry soldiers and 20,000 Caogu soldiers.

Once the confrontation with the Song cavalry failed, Yelu Yanxi would lead the cavalry to retreat to Majiabao. Then the 30,000 ambushed cavalry would attack the pursuing Song cavalry and infantry wings and sideways!

"Your Majesty, that is the North Border River City in the hands of the Song people!"

The person who was talking to Yelu Yanxi was Zhang Jue, a Nanjing Daoguan Police Commander. He was now following Yelu Yanxi and stood on the third floor of an abandoned manor near the North City of Jiehe Shangshi, informing Yelu Yanxi about the surrounding situation one by one.

"It must be red, it looks very strong!" Yelu Yanxi narrowed her eyes and looked at the red walls of Jiehe Market under the hot sunlight in the afternoon.

Tall, bright, round, seemingly indestructible!

He suddenly turned his head and looked at Zhang Jue and asked, "But shouldn't it be my land of the Great Liao Dynasty? Why did the Song people build a castle!?"

As soon as this question arose, there was a white sweat on Zhang Jue's forehead!

"Back, I report to Your Majesty, I don't have many patrol soldiers in my hands and are not the opponent of the Song people. So when the Song army crossed the river and entered the Beicheng of Jiehe Shangshi a few months ago, and began to build the city, I was helpless..."

"A city of such a big one was built within a few months?"

"Yes, yes..." Zhang Jue was talking nonsense, with a cold wind behind his ears. "That Wu Haogu is the best at creating. There is a construction college in his Yuntai Academy, specializing in teaching the science of building architecture."

"There are still such knowledge?" Yelu Yanxi was skeptical.

"Yes, the Song people are good at building cities, and Wu Haogu is one of the best..."

"Have your Majesty heard of 'Yinzhou One Night City'? This Wu Haogu is in Yinzhou. It took one night to turn the dilapidated Yinzhou City into an indestructible city..."

Several ministers of the Liao Kingdom who followed Yelu Yanxi quickly helped Zhang Jue speak, and some people mentioned the "Yinzhou One Night City".

Yelu Yanxi dispelled his doubts now.

Zhang Jue, who was breathing, pointed his arm at the buildings of several surrounding manors, "Your Majesty, please see these houses. They are tall and strong, and they can be used as a support for camping and setting up formations."

"I didn't expect there were so many houses outside Jiehe Shang City." Yelu Yanxi said to himself, "It seems that the prosperity of Jiehe Shang City is greater than that of Xijinfu City."

In his opinion, Xijin Prefecture City was already in a state of prosperity, but it was not as high as the buildings outside the city.

"Zhang Qing, do you know how many people there are in Jiehe Commercial City?"

"Report to Your Majesty," Zhang Jue said, "The population of Jiehe Shang City is about 250,000, and the merchants who come and go vary from time to time. The most season is estimated to be around 200,000. However, Jiehe Shang City does not have many elderly people, and there are very few monks and Taoist priests. Therefore, although the population is limited than that of Xijin Prefecture City, it is too much alive. If you want to compare taxes and wealth, I am afraid that the entire Nanjing Road will not be able to compare!"

In the words of later generations, Jiehe Market was a young and vibrant city. Although it only had 250,000 permanent population and 10.2 million migrant population, the city was full of vitality and was almost no less than Kaifeng Prefecture.

In addition, since the economic pillars of Jiehe Commercial City are handicrafts and commerce, the city's GDP and citizens' income are also very considerable. If there is also a statistical bureau to calculate GDP, only JD.com will be able to compete with it.

As for the tax revenue that bureaucrats of this era are most concerned about, Jiehe Market is much more than Nanjing Road in Liao Kingdom!

What a great place!

If only it could be taken!

After hearing Zhang Jue's praise for Jiehe Market, Yelu Yanxi had the urge to conquer Jiehe Market's treasure pot at any cost.

Just as the Emperor of the Great Liao squinted his eyes to observe the red walls of Jiehe Shang City North City, the suspension bridge in Jiehe Shang City North City was suddenly creaking and the city gate was already open. Then there was a sob sound of war trumpets, and the cavalry in iron armor formed a strict square formation, and quickly rushed out of the city gate with neat jumping steps.

This is...the cavalry of the Song State!?

Yelu Yanxi looked at the sunshine, shining with metal light, cavalry teams pouring out from the gates of Jiehe Shang City. The scene with almost no size suddenly felt unreal.

Since he became sensible, he knew that there were Khitan Iron Cavalry and the stair formation of the Song State. Why did the Song people play Iron Cavalry now? And it seems that they are very good!

"Tell the order to Yelu Zhangnu," Yelu Yanxi frowned and ordered, "Be careful... and then he would retreat after temptation, and lead the Song people to the vicinity of Majiabao."

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The Right Chief of the Great Liao Dynasty, Yelu Zhangnu, was the leader of the seal and suzhishi. At this time, he also stood up on the kickstand, stretched his neck to watch teams of Song State cavalry, pouring out from the gates of Jiehe Shangshi, crossed the moat, and unfolded formations on the open plain.

Looking at the war armor of the Song cavalry, the tall war horses under their crotch, the terrifying formation queue, and the horse rifle they carried on their shoulders and the cold light that came out of the tip of the horse rifle. Yelu Zhangnu, who had originally despised the Song army, couldn't help but twist it tightly into a ball!

As the saying goes, experts read the tricks, and laymen watch the fun.

Yelu Zhangnu is currently a general among the sluts. Of course, he is an expert in the use of cavalry.

So when he looked from a distance, he knew that the cavalry pouring out of Jiehe Shang City was extraordinary.

I won’t talk about formation or something, as long as I’m not blind, I can see it.

But what shocked Yelu Zhangnu even more was that the cavalry of this team was almost everyone riding a tall horse with a shoulder height of more than four feet and eight inches.

Moreover, behind each team of heavy cavalry carrying rifles and helmets and armor, there are the same number of auxiliary cavalry, one person, one horse, one horse, and one horse. The auxiliary horse they are holding also looks very tall!

Yelu Zhangnu, who is proficient in the use of light cavalry and heavy cavalry, knows one truth well: light cavalry does not defeat heavy cavalry by riding horses and archery, but light cavalry by using horsepower to defeat heavy cavalry by reasonably using horsepower.

Because heavy cavalry bears a lot of weight and consumes a lot of physical strength to horses, it is difficult to charge for a long distance. Therefore, the method of light cavalry against heavy cavalry impacted by guns is to maintain a certain safe distance and lead them to run. When the horsepower of the heavy cavalry is exhausted and cannot speed up and run, use back horse shooting or other archery methods to deal with heavy cavalry that cannot run.

Of course, such tactics are not a surprise.

Because no one stipulates that heavy cavalry cannot be equipped with bows and arrows, and no one stipulates that heavy cavalry's cavalry's cavalry must not be as good as light cavalry. Therefore, after the light cavalry successfully exhausts the horsepower of heavy cavalry, facing enemies wearing heavy armor, they may not necessarily have the advantage when fighting with bows and arrows.

However, meeting heavy cavalry who is good at shooting is not the most worrying thing. What scares the light cavalry the most is meeting heavy cavalry riding a large horse! The tall horse often means strong explosive power and can rush quickly. If the light cavalry's horse is not as fast as the opponent, then what is the consequence of being caught up? You can even think of it with your butt.

As for running and shooting arrows while disturbing the enemy's pursuit, it is just psychological comfort. Light cavalry can run and shoot while shooting, and the enemy's heavy cavalry must not have such skills? Compared with heavy cavalry in armor, light cavalry is more likely to be injured! Moreover, if the running party is injured and slows down, it often means death. The pursuit party can still seek medical treatment calmly after being injured. The lethality of bows and arrows is limited, and killing with one arrow is rare on the battlefield. So this kind of horse shooting is simply a death!

In addition, Yelu Zhangnu also knew the great value of the "light and strong" war armor in cavalry combat! Because war armor is lighter in providing sufficient defense, the burden on horses is also reduced a lot. It is conducive to preserving the horse's physical strength.

The Song Qi who appeared in front of Yelu Zhangnu now not only had a tall horse, but also had a shiny wart armor!
Chapter completed!