Dali Kingdom does not yet know that in the nearly ten years of confrontation between the Central Plains Dynasty and the forces in Liaodong, both the army, armaments, and tactics have changed from what they used to be.

After Dali's right-wing cavalry closed the distance, they quickly cut towards the Song army's left-wing.

The spearmen of the Song Army squatted on the ground, and the crossbowmen behind them started shooting, and arrows flew everywhere.

Although the high mobility of the Dali cavalry reduced the hit rate of the crossbows, some horses were still shot, whining miserably, falling to the ground, and the cavalry above also fell off their horses.

Others shot directly at the cavalry, piercing the leather armor.

The Dali cavalry quickly made a detour, preparing to go behind the Song army, but found that the same defense had been deployed behind the Song army.

Moreover, as the distance gets closer, the relative power of the Song army's crossbows becomes greater.

The sharp arrowheads even penetrated the horse's belly, mincing the horse's internal organs.

Amid the wails of war horses, more and more cavalrymen fell off their horses.

There were about 800 people on the left wing of the Song army, and they could shoot more than 100 arrows at a time.

The hit rate increases as the distance gets closer.

From the time the Dali cavalry entered the shooting range to the moment when the distance between the two sides was only thirty meters, the Song army had already fired four waves, probably close to 600 arrows.

The average hit rate has increased from one-tenth at the beginning to nearly one-half by this time.

About a hundred or so Dali cavalrymen died in this charge.

When the impact reached a distance of thirty meters, the Dali cavalry seemed to have been suppressed for a long time, and they bent their bows and shot arrows.

It can be seen from their skillful movements that they are usually excellent archers.

Suddenly, arrows flew towards the Song Army like clouds, falling on the Song Army's armor, making a sound of metal impact, and falling powerlessly.

This is an unequal war.

The bows and arrows of the Dali soldiers were unable to cause effective damage to the Song army.

However, the Song army's crossbows harvested the lives of the Dali army like a sickle harvesting wheat.

This picture is despairing.

Soon, uneasiness and anxiety began to spread among the Dali army.

Some cavalry gave up riding and shooting and angrily rushed towards the Song army's formation.

Where there is the first, there is the second, the third, the fourth...

They come in groups.

Indeed, when the long-range weapons of the two sides are not equivalent, a frontal attack is better than continuing to mount fire unless you choose to withdraw your troops.

The Dali cavalry did not withdraw. They quickly followed the front, intending to attack the Song army's formation head-on with their numerical advantage.

The distance is getting closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye it is only ten meters.

The crossbowmen of the Song Army stopped shooting, and the pikemen in front immediately stood up, with their bodies slightly bowed, and focused on the front.

Those densely packed and sharp spearheads gleamed with dazzling cold light in the sunshine after the rain.

When the horses came overwhelmingly, the momentum began to decrease sharply.

The difference between war horses and tanks is that they are also carbon-based creatures.

It also has emotions.

Like humans, it will instinctively fear bright and sharp things.

Some people can overcome this fear through high-intensity training, but it is very difficult for war horses.

Unless the cavalry forces them to charge forward.

For example, Guaizima failed to harass the Song army many times during the battle, and the battle situation forced him to charge forward forcefully.

That kind of forced charge is when the cavalry uses special means to force the horses to charge.

As for how to do it, the principle is not difficult. Fear is an emotion. Use another emotion to defeat fear.

For example, whipping the war horse continuously can make the painful emotions overcome the fear.

After the Dali cavalry approached the Song army's formation, they were attacked by many war horses.

Some war horses were forced to rush forward, and finally struck the Song army's spears. The horses' belly was pierced, and blood poured out like a gush of blood.

The horses further behind seemed to hear the whining of the horses in front and began to whine too.

One by one, the cavalrymen fell down from above, screaming in pain, and the scene was in chaos.

Some war horses began to swerve uncontrollably.

Obviously, this cavalry attack on the flank of the Song army was a failure.

Not only is there no way to harass, but it's also a mess to forcefully attack.

The cavalry on Dali's left wing was not much better.

In this way, Dali's right-wing cavalry lost nearly 500 men, the battle loss rate reached a quarter, and the morale of the entire cavalry was close to collapse.

The left cavalry also lost nearly 400 soldiers.

This result was sent back to Gao Liangcheng, who then realized the seriousness of the problem.

This Song army was completely different from the Thirty-seven Eastern Yunnan troops he fought.

Whether it is a frontal attack or a side attack, the opponent's defense capabilities are impregnable.

He did not hesitate to withdraw all the cavalry on both wings.

The first battle was unfavorable, but Gao Qianzheng did not fight hard.

The Dali army began to withdraw.

In the open space in front of the Song army, there were dead horses and dead Dali people, and the ground was stained red with blood.

The scouts observed the situation several times, and after confirming the results, they reported the news of Dali's withdrawal to Wu Lin.

Wu Lin can actually be seen from the top of the city.

"Wu Shuai, the Dali people have withdrawn their troops." Yan Pei ran over.

"I saw."

Yan Pei said: "Will the Dali people be beaten away by us? If they run away, we will be in trouble if we cannot effectively defeat their main force."

What he meant was that once the Dali people did not fight head-on, but fought a protracted war, the situation faced by the Song army would be very painful.

Wu Lin said: "They can't give up so easily. We occupy an important food route from the royal capital to the front line. If they dare to withdraw, I can guarantee that they will never get food from the royal capital in the future."

"Wu Shuai, we captured two hundred war horses." Yan Pei said, "There were originally more, but unfortunately the other horses were either seriously injured or dead."

"Bring back the dead horses as well, and let me know that after today's victory, we will cook the horse meat and eat it!"

"Now what?"

Wu Lin looked over. He looked at the Dali cavalry who were returning and said, "The Dali army has just suffered a setback, and the morale of the army must have been affected to a certain extent. I will give you a forward force of 2,000 men. How about you go and fight as the forward force?"

"Okay!" Yan Pei immediately became energetic, "I haven't played forward for a long time, and my hammer is already thirsty!"

"You just go to the center of the Dali Army and fight. I will lead people to go around from the side and block the Dali Army's retreat." Wu Lin pointed to the woods on the left, meaning that he would go around there, "Our goal is

Defeated the main force of Dali."

Just do it.

Yan Pei ran to put on his armor.

As a senior general, his armor weighed more than sixty kilograms, and he also wore crossbows, hammers and knives.

For generals who are on the battlefield all year round, these configurations are quite normal.

"My sons, after finishing the killing tonight, come back to eat horse meat and drink good wine!" Yan Pei ran to the front of the army and shouted loudly.

Immediately the crowd became excited.
Chapter completed!