The sky finally brightened hazy!

Just near the intersection of the Yellow River Dam and the seventh-level canal, on a large area of ​​flat wheat fields three hundred steps away from the Diba City Village, more than 10,000 famous people were in full swing. They were waiting for the "eat him N, drink him N, and divide him N", and there were two large horizontal formations.

These two large horizontal formations are composed of ten battalion-level infantry phalanxes. Each battalion-level phalanx has about five white-famous armors. Half of them are worn with iron armor, some are worn with stairs armor, and some are worn with lighter heart-covering armor. Most of these armors are relatively poor hot-forged armor, and very few are high-quality cold-forged armors.

After all, Zhao Kai reopened the Song Dynasty and was still short, and Luoyang's handicraft industry had just started, so it was impossible to provide cold-forged armor for so many soldiers.

The remaining half were not even iron armor, so they could only find armor to protect their bodies. However, no matter what armor they were wearing, the fighting spirit of these soldiers was a bit scary. They all had a high chest and abdomen. When Zhao Kai's six black flags and two white banners (it was so disturbing this morning, the fool knew that Zhao Kai was here, so he didn't pretend) appeared on the battlefield, the cheers of more than 10,000 people roared out the momentum of a hundred thousand troops!

In addition to being able to yell, the physical strength of these soldiers looked as if they were so strong. They marched all the way from the reward mouth and were still screaming to the battlefield. This physical strength was raised and trained. Even though they were not as good as the Golden Thieves trained in Lao Linzi, they must have surpassed Bu Bazi of the Western Thieves.

In addition, looking at the weapons they equipped, you will know that the battle formation skills of this group are not weak. All the soldiers who appeared under the Lingzhou Diba City today are equipped with spears, crossbows, shields and a blunt strike weapon at the same time. This is the real elite infantry!

As early as the Warring States Period, the famous Wei Wushangs were able to "wear three-element armor, twelve stone crossbows, carry fifty arrows, put on them, and have a crown, helmet and swords." The soldiers of the Sui and Tang Dynasties also had three battles, that is, they were equipped with bows, arrows, spears, and swords and shields at the same time.

Now the government soldiers under Zhao Kai have basically reached the level of government soldiers in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (early Tang Dynasties)!

Of course, relying solely on these palace soldiers and infantry, Zhao Kai's army was not so arrogant. The real main force of the medieval army was still the cavalry!

Although Zhao Kai only brought 25,000 people to the Lingzhou front line, there were as many as 5,000 cavalry among them! It included more than 2,000 Yulin cavalry and more than 2,000 cavalry affiliated to the Tiance Selected Front Army and the Tiance Imperial Tent Army.

Now these cavalry also controlled the coast of Lingzhou River in battalions, and firmly protected the two wings and flanks of the 10,000 Song troops placed under the dam city.

The elite cavalry of the Western Xia Army, Pingxia Tieyaozi, is still in Xingqing Prefecture. So on today's Lingzhou battlefield, the Song army can firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield with the advantages of cavalry!

Between the two palace soldiers, eight 25 kilograms of hot pot cannons were already on the spot. Teams of carriages also brought gunpowder and stone bullets to the artillery positions.

Because he was afraid of knocking down the dam, Zhao Kai did not dare to use iron bullets. Without iron bullets, the stove would of course be useless.

Stones can actually be burned, but the heat is difficult to grasp. There are holes and impurities inside the stones. Some stones are incorrect, and they will explode if they are not burned properly. Moreover, blacksmiths don’t know how to burn stones, as they are like mountains. So Zhao Kai didn’t dare to let them burn stones and fire them out in a cool way!

Although the stove did not come, Zhao Kai's "good student" Wu Meiniang still took action. She was still responsible for inserting flags and shooting at school. Now the only ones who can do this job are Zhao Kai, Huang Wubing and Wu Meiniang. Zhao Kai is an official and it is not convenient to "do it" in person. Huang Wubing took a mortar cannon to climb the Yellow River Dam. So he could only let Wu Meiniang continue to do the job of inserting flags and watching, measuring distance, and calculating shooting angles.

Now, the two armies of Song and Xia are fighting to the decisive battle. Perhaps the battle between Darba, the monk from Dabai Gaoguo, and Wu Meiniang, the demon girl of the Song Dynasty, is about to begin!

"Namo Hennadadanaye Yeye, Namo Ali Yepo Lujie Emperor"

The sound of the monk chanting scriptures also sounded on the Diba City Village at this time! I saw the tall and thin monk Xifan and his disciples sitting cross-legged on the city wall. They pinched the Vajra Seals with their hands and recited the "Subduing the Demons" with their hands, which made them feel relieved!

Li Liangfu and Wei Mingrenzhong are now trying hard to maintain a "I'm very relieved" look, patrolling back and forth on the city tower and walls of the city, and occasionally chanting the monks.

"The magical power of the monk is boundless, and the witch in the Central Plains is no match for it at all!"

"How can demonic magic be compared with Buddhism?"

"Hahaha, that little demon girl is over and will soon reveal her true form. I don't know what kind of demon it is?"

"Looking at it, it's either a vixen or a white snake spirit."

Most of the defenders on the city walls were under the Xiangqing Army Division, which is the local soldiers in Xiping Prefecture (Lingzhou), most of them were Han people. Their ancestors were also from Song people. However, as early as the fifth year of Xianping (1002), Lingzhou was captured by Li Jiqian, and it has been more than 120 years since then. Except for the fifth year of Yuanfeng (1081), when the five-way attacked Xia, the Song army briefly arrived at the city of Lingzhou, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty never arrived here again until now!

Therefore, the Han people in Lingzhou who were guarding the city walls and dikes of Xipingfu at this moment could not raise much spirit for the Han Dynasty, which could not be excited by the Song Dynasty. They did not know that the Emperor of Luoyang of the Song Dynasty was now riding a black Qingtang dragon horse, surrounded by a group of Yulin knights, Hanlin knights and female squads, waiting for the shelling to begin.

Even if someone tells them, they won’t believe how could the Song Dynasty official family be so talented?

But what was happening now still shocked these Han soldiers from Xixia. Just a little bit of the Song army actually arrived outside Lingzhou City, and forced the Dangxiang people's Jin king, the commander of the Dangxiang people to stay away from home and shocked them even more that the Dangxiang people actually sent people to dig the Yellow River dam!

There are only a few people, so is that? The good wheat fields are flooded like this. By this winter and next spring, many people will starve to death in Xiping Prefecture, right?

In addition, why did the two nobles Li Liangfu and Wei Ming Renzhong, Dangxiang, bring a group of monks to the top of the city and keep telling myths?

At this time, Zhao Kai had already turned over from his mount and strode to the rear of the artillery position. Wherever he saw the high city wall.

There are many pieces of things on the top of the city wall, including slats, forks, braised boards, and various utensils that cover arrows.

There are also many defenders, at least three to four thousand!

On the embankment south and west of the city wall, two three or four hundred people were arranged, and the road leading from the embankment to the city wall was sealed with large shields and spears. Behind one of the rectangles, there were many soldiers from the Western thieves digging the embankment! Judging from this, the Western thieves wanted to repeat the same trick and use the Yellow River water to flood the Song army!

But this time they probably won't succeed, because the two generals led by Yue Fei and Dong Jingang have also climbed the embankment and are now preparing to use carriages to cover the soldiers to launch an attack!

Wang Gui led the main force of the Front-Selecting Army to cross the Yellow River embankment, and now he doesn’t know where he has advanced?

In addition, why are there a group of monks on the city tower?

Zhao Kai raised his telescope and looked carefully. It was indeed the monk wearing a cassock and his head was lit, as if he was still chanting scriptures. Could it be that he was rescuing the Western thief who was about to be killed by the Great Song Dynasty soldiers?

Thinking of this, Zhao Kai was a little unhappy. He strode to Wu Meiniang, took the purple flag from her hand, held it high in the air, paused for a moment, and waved it violently: "Let's fire! Aim at the bald donkey on the city tower and beat me hard!"

The eight twenty-five pound cannons shook at the same time. First, the fire light burst out, followed by the thunderous sound of cannons. Smoke filled. In a blink of an eye, several stone bullets fell on the city and dam three hundred steps away in front, and then they smashed into pieces, and the flowers turned into countless tiny stones, flying everywhere!

The sound was quite loud, but it did not cause much casualties. Because no stone bullet hit the city tower or the city wall, only one stone bullet fell near the Yellow River embankment. The broken stone hit several Western thieves infantry who were digging the embankment. One of them had his head shattered and he died before he could even scream. Three other people were hit by the stone and were traumatized and screamed in pain.

Li Liangfu and Wei Ming Renzhong on the city tower both breathed a little relieved, and the monks' spells seemed to be useful!

However, the shelling of the Song army has just begun!

The sound from the first round of artillery fire was actually an order for the attack!

When the cannon sounded, the 4,000 soldiers of the 4,000 soldiers of the Selected Front Army led by Wang Gui had crossed the Yellow River embankment and detoured along the river beach to the other side of the hamlet. They were approaching a bridgehead with most of the demolished floating bridges. On both sides of the bridgehead, two rows of fences were erected, and behind the fence were thousands of Xixia soldiers holding bows and arrows.

Wang Gui waved his hand suddenly: "The second general is in line! The divine arm bow is in front!"

The soldiers of the Selected Front Army who followed him all walked forward over him and quickly formed a square formation. Many of the soldiers stood in the Yellow River water that was not over their knees, but ignored them and continued to shout slogans while moving forward!

Those who walked in the front were all warriors wearing iron armor and holding the bow of the divine arm!
Chapter completed!