The reason why the Great Song Dynasty can compete with the Liao State and the Western Xia, which has strong cavalry in the war, is that in the final analysis, it is still a strong national strength, and it has enough strength to develop weapons.

Li Jun didn't know how chaotic the city was, he didn't want to, and he didn't want to take advantage of the darkness to enter the city, you must know that fighting in the dark night, in an unfamiliar environment, the only one who suffers is his own side, and once he enters the city, the enemy will soon know how many people are involved in the siege, so it will be a big trouble.

Long-range attack, quick effect, zero casualties, this is obviously the best plan for Li Jun, this guy ordered to keep attacking, and throw out all the stored oil cans and ceramic mines.

The back gate of the entire Shuofang City became a sea of fire, and the defending Western Xia soldiers could not get close at all, so they could only watch as the fire burned here.

The city gate was on fire, it was the enemy's attack, the night attack, but the city was constantly on fire, which made the people in the city feel uneasy, and the people constantly rushed out to fight the fire, and the soldiers of Western Xia collided together, the situation became more and more chaotic, almost to the point of getting out of control.

Arson, this thing seems to be an addictive thing, at least Liu Ruyan thinks so, this big beauty relies on light skills to stand alone in the world, setting fires everywhere, and one fire is bigger than the other.

Three hours before the battle of Shuofang City began, Liu Fa got his cousin Liu Yi's flying pigeon biography, knowing that reinforcements had arrived, but it was not Liu Zhongwu's 50,000 army, but the 3,000 naval army and 300 cavalry led by Liu Zhenglong, the three-way defense envoy. It's too few, and it's obviously impossible to wipe out Richard's team in this case, but it's not bad to be able to protect yourself.

In any case, if the army on Richard's side did not move its nest, Liu Fa would not have rushed out of the city, but he quickly made preparations, this time it was to break through the siege and hurry to the big river to get on the boat, so a lot of baggage and materials were all abandoned, so that the light travel can have a surprise effect.

Liu Fa is preparing to leave the Wa military village, and Brother Richard is now big enough, how can the impregnable Shuofang City be attacked, and the danger of being breached at any time is too mysterious.

When he first received the distress letter, Brother Richard was about to go to the rescue, but he still didn't feel at ease to send scouts to find out the news, but there was no news from three batches of scouts sent out in succession, in this case, Brother Richard couldn't sit still, he felt that the matter seemed to be more serious than he imagined.

The distance of one hundred and fifty miles is not far away, and it is not close to say that it is near. The scouts can fight back and forth in an hour, but if the cavalry passes, it will take at least two hours, or even longer.

Now there are two roads in front of Brother Richard, one is to personally send troops to rescue, and the other is to divide the troops into two places, all the way to continue to block Liu Fa, and all the way to rescue Shuofang City. No matter how he chose, he couldn't afford to lose Shuofang City.

Once Shuofang City is lost, if you want to recapture it, it is obvious that relying on 25,000 cavalry is not enough, so you can't ignore it no matter what. Soon, Richard gave up the second plan, because once the troops were divided into two ways, it was likely that there would be a terrible consequence, that is, to let Liu Fa go and not save Shuofang City.

Liu Fa's generation of famous generals will not fail to see the changes here, so Brother Richard decided to give up attacking the Wa military village, anyway, he is a cavalryman, and he is not afraid that Liu Fa will pursue him from behind.

withdrew, and at dawn the next day, Richard led his army to retreat to rescue Shuofang City. At this moment, Liu Fa did not dare to delay at all, and he led the remaining 25,000 soldiers to reach a thousand-stone ship to Shuofang City.

There were too many soldiers and too few ships, so they could only be divided into two groups, but when the first batch arrived in Shuofang City, the Song army had not been in the city for long, and had already entered the street fighting.

When it was dark, the Western Xia army fell into chaos, and the Song army could not enter the city without killing, but after dawn, if it was not killed, I am afraid that there would be no chance.

When the day dawned, Li Jun ordered the siege of the city, led by the 3,000 Western Army, and his 3,000 Navy Army pressed the formation, this Navy is a treasure, and the loss will make Lord Liu feel distressed, which Li Jun knows better than anyone else.

The three thousand Western troops roared like tigers out of the cage, and rushed into Shuofang City frantically, and after entering the city, they collided with the coming Western Xia army, and the brave won when they met on a narrow road. The two armies came up in the most brutal and bloody hand-to-hand combat.

An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of blood, the two warring sides can be said to fight for every inch of land, every inch of land is stained red with blood, the soldiers who charge at the front, one by one are covered with blood, scarred, a group falls, soon a group will be replaced, a group will die, and there will be a batch.

War is cruel and ruthless, even if it is your own brother who has fallen in front, you can't help it, you can only step on the corpse of your brother and continue to move forward.

Cao Zheng is Lin Chong's apprentice, but he doesn't use a gun, but a knife, and he can't see any ability when the knife in his hand is against the master, but in this kind of melee killing, the power is revealed, this fluttering knife flies up and down, and wherever the blade goes, the Western Xia army is either a broken arm or a stump, or the head is cut off, and almost the knife never misses.

The leopard head Lin Chong is strong in kung fu, and he is depressed in the forbidden army, but he is just a small leader, and he is still suppressed everywhere on Liangshan, so it can be said that there is no place for heroes. His disciple Cao Zheng is not like this, he has no backer, no background, just a small capital, it is almost impossible to go further, this battle of Shuofang, this guy is holding back his strength, and he wants to make a name for himself.

Cao Zheng's ruthlessness soon infected the Western army behind him, and one by one, like demons, frantically attacked the Western Xia soldiers, one group fell, and another group followed. The soldiers in the back stepped on the corpses of the robes in front of them and continued to rush forward.

Cao Zheng will kill a bloody road every time he charges, and the Western army behind will follow closely, this guy will kill while shouting to count the number of enemy troops he has killed.

When he was a teenager, the Western Xia soldiers didn't feel anything, but when they were hundreds, Cao Zheng became the incarnation of the murderous demon king in the hearts of this group of guys, and after seeing him one by one, their legs were weak, their legs and stomachs were tendoned, and few people dared to charge ahead.

The courage of the soldiers, the courage of Cao Zheng, led the Western Army, and this team kept rushing forward to kill, although every step forward someone would fall, and every step forward was paved with blood.

At this time, I don't know who shouted, killed 300 people, promoted to the third level, and rewarded 1,000 taels of silver.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. Cao Zheng did not value a thousand taels of silver, but a promotion to the third level, he knew that this was the only chance, so after killing the one hundred and fifty Western Xia soldiers, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, help me Cao Zheng shout." ”

"One hundred and fifty-one, one hundred and fifty-two..."

The shouts became louder and louder, more and more people were killed, and the speed of the impact became faster and faster, and this group of Western soldiers forgot their pain and fatigue, like killing machines, and followed Cao Zheng to rush forward, and then rush forward.

When Cao Zheng shouted two hundred and seventy-one, Liu Fa's army felt it, and entered Shuofang City from behind, and the two armies converged.

Soon Liu Fa knew why everyone kept shouting like this, so this guy shouted loudly: "I am Liu Fa, the envoy of Xihe Road, and I announce that Cao Zheng will be promoted to the third level, which will take effect." If the murder reaches three hundred, I will personally reward three hundred taels of gold. ”

Hearing this, Liu Zhenglong smiled in the distance, it seems that Liu Fa is still very good at winning people's hearts. He didn't think about showing up, so he turned back to look for Liu Ruyan, who was setting fire everywhere.

By the time she found Liu Ruyan, it was already dark, and Liu Ruyan was already exhausted at this moment, and this big beauty threw herself into the arms of the striving, and she said loudly: "Hold me, hold me." ”

"Silly girl, it's okay, the war is coming to an end, we should rest too, let's take a shower together, okay?"

"No, don't try to take advantage of it. I want to be the life of the princess, and I will never be someone else's concubine. ”

Although it is not good to say it, Liu Ruyan has been holding Liu Zhenglong tightly and not letting go, and the two seem to be lovers who have not seen each other for many years.

The war has come to an end, and all that remains is killing. Basically, the overall situation has been decided, the city gate has been occupied by the Western army, and at this moment, Richard has already arrived in the city.

The shouting and killing in the city became smaller and smaller, and Brother Richard knew that the general trend was gone, and he was unwilling to lose, so he ordered the siege of the city, but without siege equipment, what effect could a rash siege have. It was obviously unrealistic to place and debug siege equipment in the dark, and in the end Richard had to withdraw his troops and wait for dawn to find a way to decide.

On the fourth watch, the battle finally ended, and all the 20,000 Yeli soldiers were killed, and none surrendered or fled, which shows how strong this team is.

The Western army also suffered more than 8,000 casualties, and the remaining soldiers were no longer able to fight out of the city to fight Richard, and the only thing they could do now was to hold Shuofang City.

After Liu Fa saw Liu Zhenglong, he knelt on the ground and said: "Xihe Road passes through Liu Fa to see Liu Yuanjun and thank Liu Zhijun for his rescue. ”

"Liu Jingluo, please hurry up." Liu Zhenglong can't stand the other party's kneeling, in terms of age, this Liu Fa is twenty years older than himself, in terms of level, he is a third-grade general Yunlu, Ning Yuanhou, and a slight envoy on the Xihe Road, and he is just a small fifth-grade official. Although he is a civilian official and a three-way defense envoy, he can control the other party, but he is only a direct boss who is not in moderation, and he obviously can't stand this kneeling.

After Liu Fa got up, Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "I can't talk about saving my life, it was the Western Army who saved Liu Jingluo, not me Liu Zhenglong." Now is not the time to be polite, should we get tired of how to deal with Brother Richard outside the city? ”

Although he was not worried that Brother Richard outside the city would conquer Shuofang City, such a jackal at the gate was always a signal of danger, and if Western Xia took the opportunity to send troops to besiege Shuofang City, it would still be inevitable to be annihilated.

Liu Fa pondered for a long time and then said, "Then it depends on how big Liu Yuanjun's appetite is?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"If we say that we leave Shuofang City and retreat to Xihe Road, it is very simple, as long as we abandon Shuofang City, I believe that Brother Richard will not have the courage to catch up." Liu Fa first threw bricks and led the jade to see what level this young and ambitious civil official was, and then talked about countermeasures.

Liu Zhenglong knew what the other party meant, and obviously looked down on himself, he said unhurriedly: "Is this still the legendary General Liu Fa, the first general of my dynasty, how could he let the fat in his mouth fly?" ”

When he heard the other party's tone a little cold, Liu Fa knew that he had thought of this young man simply, and serving as a three-way defense envoy at such a young age was either superior in ability or with an amazing background, no matter which one he had, he should not be offended by himself.

Liu Fa looked at the people around him and didn't speak, Liu Zhenglong immediately understood what he meant, he said with a smile: "Everyone go down first, I will have two drinks with General Liu." ”

China's wine culture has a long history, and many things that are inconvenient to say on weekdays can be said at the wine table.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Facai said: "I can't hide it, if Liu Yuanjun didn't come to the rescue this time, my reputation Liu Fa I would be ruined, and the Liu family would be uprooted by the old thief for a hundred years." Da En is not grateful, all the thanks are in this glass of wine, and the entire Liu family will obey Lord Liu's dispatch in the future. ”

"Wrong, it's to obey the official orders." Liu Zhenglong's words were not leaky, and he would not leave a handle for anyone, and after he drank the wine, he said: "What is going on in the battle of Shuofang, why is it so embarrassing. ”

Liu Fa, who was holding back his resentment in his heart, told the ins and outs of the matter, and also told the grievances between himself and Tong Guan. In the end, he said: "The Western Army only knows how to fight, not politics. If you want to use troops against Western Xia, my Liu family must be a pawn and definitely charge at the front line. It's just that he has been suppressed by Tong Guan for too long, and the military salary has been deducted and can no longer be sustained, and I hope that adults can sympathize with the suffering of the Western Army. ”

Liu Zhenglong is not so easy to fall for it, he said with a smile: "In this Shuo Fang, if you can completely annihilate Brother Richard's army, this official asks you to ask for credit in the imperial court, all the credit is yours, and the rewards of the imperial court will definitely not be less, and this official guarantees that they will all go to you, and no one will be missing." As for the military salary you deducted, after the official finds out, he will ask the court to reissue it. ”

Liu Fa quickly understood what this little fox meant, and there were many meanings in one sentence, the first meaning was not to compete with the Western Army, and the second meaning was to defeat Brother Richard to be considered meritorious, otherwise the battle of Shuofang would be equivalent to not happening at all, and there would be no merit or fault. The third layer means that he can go up to heaven to listen, as long as Liu Jiajun is willing to work hard, he will not be suppressed in the future, if he is unwilling to work hard, then he will have to accept double suppression.

It seems that this young man does not have any background, but has outstanding ability, representing the official family, and has the meaning of suppressing Tong Guan. Liu Fa knew that the other party was waiting for him to make a statement, but once he took refuge, he could never turn back.

Liu Zhenglong didn't want to force the other party, he said with a smile: "Drinking, drinking, anyway, the duel against Brother Richard is also a matter after dawn, and it's useless to be anxious now." ”

Wealth and danger are sought, Liu Fa knows that Tong Guan will deal with him sooner or later, and now he may have a way out of Liu Zhenglong, after all, he is the son-in-law of the Pan family, and there is a huge meritorious group behind him, and he can help himself at a critical moment, so as not to be suppressed by Tong Guan too badly.

Liu Fa drank the wine in the wine glass and said, "Liu Yuanjun, if you don't dislike it, I want to marry you with Jinlan." ”

How could the ancients have this hobby, Liu Zhenglong knew what the other party was thinking, and he also knew what the consequences of refusal were, he said with a smile: "With a big brother like you, I can't ask for it." ”

Liu Zhenglong and Liu Fa bowed, and the most embarrassing thing was Liu Zhengyan, who wanted to call the guy who was two or three years younger than him uncle, but this was not something he could change.

After the bow, Liu Zhenglong said: "Big brother, to defeat Brother Richard, it still depends on your Liu family's army, not to win completely, but to drive him away, only in this way can he really hold Shuofang City." ”

Liu Fa said: "Actually, as long as we reoccupy the Ah Wa military village and then send an army to harass Brother Richard in the rear, then this guy will be defeated without a fight." After all, there are only 25,000 cavalry left, and it is impossible to take Shuofang City, and it is even more impractical to wait for Western Xia reinforcements. ”

"There's no point in Richard brother defeating himself without a fight, I mean wouldn't it be a pity that twenty-five thousand war horses slipped from under his nose." Liu Zhenglong asked his subordinates to bring the map and said: "The soldiers are from you, the eldest brother, and I will decide the battle plan. ”

"It seems that Brother Xian has a good battle plan, so let's talk about it, the 100,000 elite soldiers on Xihe Road can still be scraped together, but Brother Richard is a cavalry, and it is a bit difficult to annihilate it." Liu Fa didn't expect that this righteous brother's appetite was much bigger than his own, it seemed that he had fought against Xixia for many years, and he was imprisoned by experience, and his courage was too small, and he couldn't keep up with the fast pace of the other party for a while.

Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "Whether it is cavalry or infantry, there is one fact that cannot be avoided, that is, grain and grass are fundamental. Within a radius of 100 miles, except for Shuofang City and the Wa military village, it is impossible to provide food in other places, as long as we hold out for more than ten days, Brother Richard will lose patience, either a decisive battle, or how far can an army without food and grass run. Besides, my navy can block the big river, and see how capable he is of Brother Richard to lead 25,000 cavalry back to the territory of Western Xia. ”