After the Hexi army gathered in Linfen, thousands of people were left to defend Linfen, and the 40,000-strong army continued to march towards Luzhou.

The Hexi army has a wealth of war horses, which can ensure that each soldier has a war horse, even if it is not a cavalry, it can also be guaranteed to be used as a foot force.

Of the 40,000 Hexi army, 30,000 were cavalry, 2,000 heavy infantry, 2,000 sword and shield soldiers, and 6,000 crossbow troops.

Although they came from Linfen County, their heavy grain and grass were provided by Huoyi County.

Three days later, the 40,000-strong army arrived at the west bank of the turbid water, and Shangdang County was located on the east bank of the turbid water, and the outline of the city could be seen in the distance.

The Hexi army built a pontoon bridge in only one night, and the army crossed the turbid Zhangshui and set up a large camp in the northern part of Shangdang County.

Shangdang County is located in a huge basin, surrounded by high mountains, and the basin is interlaced with farmland, and the terrain is flat, and there is just a wilderness where the battlefield can be placed.

As soon as the Hexi army was stationed, a cavalryman galloped forward and shot an arrow letter into the Hexi army camp, and some soldiers presented the letter to Guo Song.

Guo Song's unfolding letter was Li Huaiguang's handwritten letter, and there was only one sentence on it, 'Three days later, a decisive battle will be fought in the wilderness north of the city'.

Guo Song shook his head and handed the letter to Yao Jin, "It's very interesting, Li Huaiguang is actually going to fight us in the field?" ”

Yao Jin smiled slightly: "Humble guess, the other party is likely to know about our iron fire and thunder, and knows that he can't hold the city, so he simply fights to the death." ”

Guo Song asked Jia Qinglong, the marching soldier next to him, "What do you think of Jia Sima?" ”

Jia Sima pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think it's very likely that they know about the Iron Fire Thunder, we only used the large Iron Fire Thunder on the Hui people, and they have no reason to know." ”

Yao Jin said coldly: "Have you forgotten how to capture Jinyang Palace?" ”

Guo Song suddenly woke up to the fact that when they attacked Jinyang Palace, they did use a large iron fire thunder, and Li Huaiguang most likely knew about it, otherwise there was really no reason to explain that there was a tall and strong city that was not defended, but that he had to fight a positional battle with the Hexi army with cavalry.

Guo Song nodded, "No matter what, we still have to be fully prepared to fight this battle with the enemy army." ”

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Yao Jin's guess is not wrong, Li Huaiguang did know that the Hexi army has a very powerful siege weapon, which can easily blow up the city gate and blow up the city wall, once the other party blows up the city gate at night, his army is not good at night fighting, nor is it good at street fighting, the result is bound to be a fiasco, and although the other party has cavalry in the field battle, his army is well-trained, and it will not suffer if it really fights fiercely.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Huaiguang finally decided to compete with the Hexi army in the field, and the time was set for three days later, if the army was defeated, he could still withdraw to Zezhou, but if the defending army was defeated, he would be wiped out.

Li Huaiguang invited Han Yu to his official room, put a package on the table, and said to Han Yu: "Here are five hundred taels of gold, thank you for your assistance for more than ten years, this is a little bit of my heart, Mr. go back to his hometown!" ”

Han Yu knelt down and cried, "Doesn't the prince have any confidence in himself at all? ”

Li Huaiguang sighed and said: "The key is that I don't know, I can only plan for the worst, if I can make a comeback, it will not be too late for my husband to come to me again." ”

Han Yu was helpless, so he had to kowtow three times and said, "Take care, I hope we will have a day to meet again!" ”

"Take care, go!"

Han Yu accepted the gold and went back to pack his bags, he was from Guanzhongzhou, so he took his wife and children to leave Shangdang County in a carriage and headed south.

Li Huaiguang immediately brought in the second son, the second son is called Li Cheng, he is a scholar, twenty-five, six or seven years old, Li Huaiguang's eldest son died early, and the second son is the eldest son.

He said to his son: "I don't know if I lose this big victory, if I lose, I will retreat directly south, and I can't take care of you, so you take your mother and two younger brothers and little sister to go first!" ”

In addition to the second son, Li Huaiguang also had two young sons and three young daughters, all of whom were born to several concubines.

Li Cheng said in panic: "Where can the child go?" ”

Li Huaiguang pondered for a moment and said: "The three caves of the cunning rabbit, I bought a manor in Changzhou in the south of the Yangtze River back then, Steward Wu knows where it is, he will take you there, if I die in battle, you will change your name and surname, and live incognito from now on, understand?" ”

"Remember, child!"

Li Huaiguang was also a little sad, and said to his son: "In the future, my younger siblings and several mothers will be entrusted to you, I will prepare enough money for you, don't want to enter the office, and be a rich man in peace." ”

Li Cheng kowtowed to his father a few times, and Li Huaiguang asked his soldiers to take him down.

He walked to the window with his hands down, looked at the sky in the distance and said to himself: "I am the king of Jin, you are also the king of Jin, only one of the two kings of Jin can be left, let's have a good fight!" I, Li Huaiguang, would rather have the jade shattered than the whole. ”

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Three days later, the two armies finally met in the wilderness north of Shangdang City, the dark clouds were low, the cold wind swept across the field, the two armies were two miles apart, the armor was bright, and the murderous spirit was vigorous.

The Jin army is dominated by spear infantry, and more than half of the infantry wear leather armor, but 10,000 of them are dressed in iron scale armor, which is the core army of Li Huaiguang, the elite of the elite, and is very strong in battle, which is also the confidence of Li Huaiguang to dare to fight a decisive battle with the Hexi army in the field.

The other 5,000 troops were slightly weaker in equipment, but their combat effectiveness was not weak, and even the 8,000 militia regiments were highly motivated, showing a kind of momentum that newborn calves were not afraid of tigers.

The 23,000 troops were arrayed on one main and two wings, and the Chinese army was the most elite of 5,000 soldiers, including 3,000 cavalry, closely guarding Li Huaiguang, and there were 9,000 troops on each wing, who were the main force in this battle.

The Hexi army pressed all 40,000 troops at the same time, with 15,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks, led by Zhonglang generals Pei Xin and An Taixuan, and the Chinese army was 10,000 infantry, including 2,000 heavy infantry, 3,000 spear troops and 5,000 sword and shield troops, led by the commander Yao Jin.

The original crossbow army was transformed into a sword and shield army, and the opponent had no cavalry, so there was no need to prepare a large number of crossbow troops like the nomadic cavalry.

As the commander of the whole army, Guo Song was responsible for judging the situation and dispatching troops.

At this time, Yao Jin whispered to Guo Song: "Envoy, the enemy army in the east should be their militia army!" ”

When Guo Song and the generals analyzed the enemy's situation last night, they all agreed that the weakness of the enemy army this time was that his militia soldiers were all newly recruited peasants, who had not experienced the cruelty of war, and were easily frightened, and attacking the militia soldiers became the key to their victory.

Guo Song smiled slightly: "How can you see it? ”

"According to the feeling of despicability, the murderous spirit of the enemy army in the east is obviously weaker."

Guo Song nodded and said: "I have the same opinion as you, but I am observing the details, although their team is neat, they are slightly restrained, motionless, and even the posture of holding weapons has not changed, this is the characteristic of recruits, and secondly, the equipment is relatively weak, almost all of them are leather armor, unlike the army in the west, half leather armor and half scale armor." ”

"You're right, it's really a sign of a recruit."

Guo Song immediately said to his soldiers: "Go and inform General Pei and ask him to use the division tactics to attack the enemy army on the eastern road!" ”

"Obey!"

The soldiers galloped away.

The division tactics in cavalry tactics are more suitable for enemy soldiers whose morale is not stable enough and lack of experience, especially for dealing with new recruits, who mostly rely on collective strength to fight.

At this time, the horn sounded in the opposing camp, and Guo Song also ordered loudly: "Blow the horn, attack on both wings!" ”

'Woo-'

The Hexi army sounded the horn, and Pei Xin waved his knife and shouted: "Kill!" ”

"Kill—"

15,000 cavalry on the left took the lead, followed by 15,000 cavalry on the right.

In the sound of war drums, the 10,000 Chinese troops were unhurried and slaughtered the enemy army step by step.

Li Huaiguang pulled out his sword and shouted: "Victory or defeat is here, the spear phalanx resists the enemy!" ”

"Kill—"

The 23,000 Jin troops also broke out with earth-shattering shouts, and they quickly lined up, and the left and right flanks formed a large array of spears to meet the opposing cavalry.

The cavalry of the Hexi Army had been specially trained in the tactics of dealing with the enemy's spear array, and they did not collide hard, but quickly divided into fifteen teams, each team of 1,000 people, and some of the cavalry concentrated arrows at the opposing soldiers in the gallop.

This is why it is necessary to use heavy infantry against cavalry, strong cavalry will make the infantry formation easily torn apart, there are loopholes, only heavy infantry is not afraid of cavalry shooting, can always maintain a piece of discus.

The soldiers in the arrow screamed and fell to the ground, and the soldier was injured by the arrow, so that the gap in the spear array quickly appeared, and there was no time to fill the gap, and the other part of the cavalry seized the opportunity like a wolf and directly urged the horse to kill into the gap.

The Jin army's spear array was cut through countless openings by the sharp knives of the Hexi army, and the originally monolithic spear array became shattered.