In the face of the iron cavalry of the nomads, what did the Song army who lacked cavalry rely on to defend the enemy?

since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty gradually lost important war horse producing areas such as Ganliang, Longyou, and Jibei, and the strategic area of Youyun Sixteen Prefecture was easy for Liao to hold hands in the five dynasties, which led to the lack of war horses and geographical lines of defense in the two Song dynasties, which had to fight against the fierce iron horses of the Liao, Jin, Xixia and other regimes.

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"one horse should be used as a pawn for eight, ten riders to chaos for a hundred, and a hundred to defeat a thousand."  it can be seen that on the battlefield, the cavalry has an absolute advantage over infantry. If the infantry wants to beat the strong with the weak, it is undoubtedly a good way to use long-range weapons such as crossbows to delay and kill the opponent as far as possible before the enemy rushes to his position, thereby weakening its impact.

 "in every battle, he was in front of him with a long gun, and he couldn't sit up. The second strongest bow, the second strong crossbow, kneels as soon as possible; the second divine arm bow. If the thieves fight each other within a hundred steps, the magic arm will start first; seventy steps will lead to a strong bow, and the second array will be like this. Every array, limited to rejecting horses, is connected with iron hooks, and when it is injured, it will be replaced. In the event of a shift, the drum is used as a festival. Riding, the two wings in order to hide in front, the formation and ride back, called 'stacked array'. "  (