That's right, this army was the Destroying Army under Han Shizhong. The nominal number of soldiers was 2,000, but the actual quota was 1,200, which was slightly less. Almost all of them used hard bows and crossbows. The leading general was called Jie Yuan, who was from the same hometown as Han Shizhong and was also the most senior general under Han Shizhong. This person was like Wang Gui under Yue Fei under Han Shizhong. Therefore, it goes without saying that this army was elite and brave enough to fight, and was rewarded and treated well, and equipped with weapons.
When Jie Yuan saw that Wang Sheng had sacrificed countless lives to complete the mission of luring the enemy, he did not hesitate at all. He raised the bow in his hand and asked the guards beside him to wave their flags and directly ordered to shoot.
All of a sudden, the troops that were lined up in a staggered manner launched their weapons together, with waist crossbows, double flying crossbows, divine arm bows, and the enemy-killing bow that Han Shizhong developed himself based on the divine arm bow, and even a bed crossbow, almost all shooting at the same time, but thousands of arrows were fired in an instant!
Saying that a thousand arrows were fired at once may not sound as impressive as saying that ten thousand arrows were fired at once, but how staggering would the damage be if a volley of arrows was fired at the unsuspecting cavalry flank at close range?
Not to mention, at this time, the Jin army had not yet had time to digest the armor technology of the Song army's craftsmen. Although everyone was wearing armor, the horses were rarely equipped with armor. If the armored cavalryman's horse was hit by an arrow and fell down while galloping, how could the knight survive? Therefore, with this round of more than a thousand arrows that were actually aimed at the horses, the Jin cavalrymen who were exposed in front of the Chui Pian Army formation immediately fell off their horses and fell into a pool of blood!
It can only be said that the amount of blood loss and the suffering of the war horses after being injured were much more exciting than the struggle of the Jin army knights themselves.
At this time, the war horses in the front were neighing and the wounded were wailing, but the Jin cavalry in the rear were simply unable to stop their horses. Some people even continued to scream and charge forward, which caused a certain amount of trampling.
In this way, the Cui Pian army hid here and accumulated strength for an attack. Just one round of volleys caused the loss of at least two to three hundred Jin cavalrymen in one encounter!
However, in a panic, the Jin army suffered heavy casualties due to the sudden attack, but Puluhun remained calm despite his anger. He was the first to rein in his horse, and after determining the battlefield situation at a glance, he personally seized the large black magpie flag, and lowered the glittering spear head of the flag slightly to the east. Then he personally held the flag to the east and led the cavalry... as if he wanted to destroy this daring Song army!
After all, in his opinion, although the arrangement of the Song army was brilliant, the problem was that the general surnamed Wang pretended to be defeated while luring the enemy and turned it into a real defeat... Without the support and encirclement of the infantry, this elite crossbow army lost their lives in vain!
At the same time, according to the plan, the Cui Pian army could have left, but Jie Shanchang (Jie Yuan's name), who had just witnessed the Jin cavalry wantonly killing Han Shizhong's central army in front, had no intention of leaving.
After Han Shizhong's most trusted confidant shot an arrow with his enemy-killing bow, he saw that the Jin army remained unshakable and immediately adjusted its position and marched towards his own position without any intention of wavering.
On the contrary, at this moment, Jie Yuan glanced and saw the red flag waving on the high ground of the river bank in the distance, but he actually lowered his head, and regardless of the approaching Jin army, he calmly stepped on the ground and loaded the second crossbow arrow into the Ke Di bow (both the Ke Di bow and the Shen Bi bow were crossbows), then raised it again and nodded to the guard holding the flag beside him.
By this time, many Jin army knights had already rushed to a distance of only a few dozen steps from the Cuipian army's position as ordered, and were preparing to shoot arrows. Seeing this situation, some of them gritted their teeth and bravely moved forward, successfully stepping on the Song army's position while shooting arrows. Some others were almost frightened to death, and turned around and tried to flee without even using their bows and arrows!
No matter what, as the military flag with the words "Cui Pian" was waved and fell forward, the Song army's second round of volleys was finally successfully fired... Although the effect was far inferior to the first round, it still brought huge battlefield casualties to the Jin army, which originally had a total of only 1,500 cavalry, and finally stopped the momentum of the Jin cavalry for the second time!
Speaking of which, when they broke out of the stronghold, they charged and were hit by crossbows twice. The Jin cavalry were not gods, and their combat strength had been reduced to barely a thousand. If it were the Song cavalry, they would have been defeated long ago... However, the Jin army was good at hard battles and emphasized strict military law. They continued to move forward under the command of Puluhun, who had to change his horse because his horse was shot by an arrow... The officers commanded with confidence and killed those who retreated recklessly. The ordinary knights stepped on the blood of their comrades and their mounts, trying to force forward and trample this elite crossbow force that they hated so much into mud.
On the crossbow position, some of the Cui Pian Army began to waver even though they knew there would be no third round of cavalry archery. However, Jie Yuan, the commander of the Cui Pian Army, who was the only general under the flag of the second army on the battlefield, remained calm. Under the watchful eyes of thousands of people, he threw away his bow and arrows, drew his sword, jumped out of the position, and led his personal guards forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Naturally, the Cui Pian Army flag followed suit... Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers were greatly encouraged and followed suit!
Not only that, further north, Wang Sheng's military flag was also turning around for some unknown reason.
A mere general, without saying a word, just drew his sword and stepped forward, and he actually made an army of archers and crossbows stand their ground in front of the cavalry!
When Puluhun saw this general, he recalled what he had seen in the river that day. He was so angry that he laughed instead. He then personally rode his horse, held the flag like a gun, and prepared to go there in person to get this man!
Not to mention how the two generals cheered up, don't forget that, in fact, as early as when the Jin army was hit by the first round of arrow rain, Yang Yi Zhong and Yang Dalang, who saw from afar that the Jin army's momentum had stopped, could not wait to wave the red flag in his hand!
The reason why Xie Yuan was so calm and brave was that he knew very well that once the red flag was waved, his brother Han Shizhong would arrive immediately. And since Han Shizhong was coming soon, given that the enemy army was only a thousand people, according to Xie Yuan's twenty years of military experience, there would be no battle in the world that could not be won!
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