Li Liangzuo, the party emperor in the charging cluster, although he found out that something was wrong before, he didn't really expect the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't understand the seriousness of the matter until he personally faced the Jurchen heavy cavalry that came from the harvest.

Li Liangzuo had already pulled the horse to slow down, not that he didn't want to charge, but he was helpless, he was the emperor of the party, and it was impossible to really hit the horse headlong and hit the chain horse in front of him, only to pull the horse to slow down, and his mind kept thinking about how to stop the hooves of the horses in front of him who were clad in heavy armor.

The huge weapons in the hands of the Jurchens smashed Li Liangzuo to hide again and again, and Li Liangzuo also counterattacked frequently, but it didn't work, and every time he counterattacked, he immediately had to collect his blade to block and hide. These Song soldiers in front of them, like crazy people, played completely as if they were dead, regardless of it, and didn't even care that they would be injured, just go forward to attack the enemy.

How could Li Liangzuo ever see such a fierce soldier? I have never seen such a crazy and ferocious Song pawn.

Li Liangzuo pulled the horse and turned, took twenty or thirty steps back and then turned his head, he didn't want to run, nor did he think about running, retreating was a helpless move, after retreating, Li Liangzuo was extremely anxious, in the face of these cavalry, he was a little helpless at this time, so he could only stand up on horseback frequently, look into the distance, and see if the cavalry attacking from the left and right flanks had broken the enemy's middle army and rear formation.

The situation made him very disappointed, and there was also a scuffle ahead, and there was no scene that Li Liangzuo wanted.

Li Liangzuo opened his mouth and shouted: "Rush, rush up!" ”

The reason why he shouted so loudly was because at this time the cavalry charging by the party had stopped, and they were patrolling left and right like him, but they just couldn't rush up.

The cavalry of the Song people, not fast, or even slow and leisurely, just rushed forward. The reason why the cavalry of the Song people is not fast is because those armored cavalry are too heavy, and this kind of chain heavy cavalry is actually not fast, but it can also maintain a running posture.

It was a little unrealistic to rush up, and only the twenty-year-old Western Xia Prime Minister Liang Yiburi understood this truth, and he shouted: "Your Majesty, the situation is already unfavorable, why don't you retreat into the city?" ”

Li Liangzuo was furious when he heard this: "Retreat? Do you want to retreat to Longzhou? Can you retreat? Rush forward! ”

Liang Yi couldn't bury it, so he could only signal left and right a few times, and led the troops to gallop away, bringing the emperor's order to those cavalrymen who were not moving forward.

The party cavalry once again struck their horses and went forward, facing the black scythe, and went up to kill a few people, and also went up to send a bunch of lives.

But no matter how much he resisted, the horse's hooves still couldn't move forward, and could only be slowly squeezed backwards.

The battle was a bit dull, and since the Song and Liao dynasties, the cavalry tactics have become more and more dull and no longer so flexible, and the reason for this is the reason for the development of social productive forces. Since the Song Dynasty, dozens of pounds of iron armor have become more and more popular, which has also led to the Liaoxia Jin's troops also attaching more and more importance to heavy armor, so that even the history books record that many people are often hit by dozens of arrows and dozens of swords and guns, but they are not dead.

After Genghis Khan, the Mongolian cavalry that really fought on the front line was not a light cavalry, and its most elite was also heavy cavalry.

It's the same when it comes to Deming, the elite troops are all heavily armored troops. However, in all dynasties, Song Jia is already the peak, and it is the peak in terms of heaviness.

Before the Song Dynasty, the armor of the Tang Dynasty was also excellent, but not so heavy, if it went further, most of the soldiers of the elite troops were body torsos with armor, limbs were generally not armored, and even their heads did not have iron helmets.

The more the times develop, the more dull the war becomes, and both sides are in the shell of a turtle.

Li Liangzuo looked at the Song people in the turtle shell, and there were words of suffering, so he could only keep roaring and ordering the troops to charge forward.

He never imagined that the Song people would be so fierce, he had never encountered such a Song army.

No matter how Li Liangzuo roared, the horse's hooves that should retreat were still retreating, which was no longer something that could be organized by manpower, nor could it be surpassed by the heart of courage alone.

Li Liangzuo himself is also regretting, regretting that he shouldn't have fought like this, next time, next time he will definitely not fight against the Song people like this.

Liang Yibury said again: "Your Majesty, let's enter the city." ”

The reins in Li Liangzuo's hand, pulled on the left, pulled on the right, pulled back and forth, but only let the horse's hooves take two steps left and right, and the horse unconsciously took two steps back.

Li Liangzuo finally spoke: "Longzhou City can't be entered. ”

"Your Majesty, let's go to Youzhou, just wait for the reinforcements to arrive, we can eat them, at this time let them win a battle first, it should be a suspicious strategy, they must be arrogant and ignorant, just wait for the army to come, you can fight back." Liang Yi buried and persuaded the young and brave emperor in front of him.

Li Liangzuo finally pulled the reins, the horse's head turned away, Li Liangzuo didn't say a word, and left with his head bored, only feeling aggrieved in his heart.

Liang Yibury immediately ordered: "Mingjin collects the troops, orders all departments, and go to Youzhou to assemble!" ”

The soldiers and horses continued to gallop, and the sound of gold also rose, and the party cavalry began to turn.

Gan Qi heard the sound of Mingjin, and immediately stood up and shouted: "Duba, lead the cavalry to cover the kill, go and chase!" Until you run out of energy! ”

Gan Ba got the order, beat his horse and galloped to the left, and thousands of cavalry followed.

In Longzhou City, the party members can't enter, and once they enter Longzhou, they will inevitably be followed by Gan Qi, but they will become a turtle in an urn.

Gan Qi entered Longzhou City, a small border city, where thousands of party members, thousands of Han people, and some Tubo and Hui people lived.

Gan Ba was covering up, the party troops were routed all over the mountains, the horses were neighing everywhere, and it didn't take long to be out of sight. Di Yong and Chong Yi began to clean the battlefield to treat the wounded, and Gan Qi stood on top of the city of Longzhou, and also ordered the soldiers to start counting the materials and population in the city.

There were stumps and broken arms, and there were wounded people wailing incessantly.

Di Yong and many other generals also came to the city after arranging big and small things, standing beside Gan Qi and waiting for orders.

Gan Qi suddenly didn't have a head or an end: "Go back to Bianliang again, and start casting iron cannons." ”

Di Yong, who was on the side, replied when he heard this: "Xianggong, the iron cannon is not easy to use, and it is cumbersome. ”

Song had iron cannons, but they were too small, and there were many other firearms, but as Di Yong said, they were not easy to use. Even Song has something like a grenade, but he can only listen to the sound and scare the horse. The main reason is that the quality of gunpowder is not up to par, and the admiration of gunpowder is not so scientific.

Gan Qi shook his head and said, "Cast a two-thousand-pound iron cannon." ”

Di Yong was stunned, and then said: "Big brother, the two-thousand-pound iron cannon is even more cumbersome, and it can't be moved." There are 2,000 catties of iron, it is better to use it to make armor, and you can make thirty or forty sets of heavy armor. ”

Gan Qi smiled: "Don't worry, as long as it can be cast, it will naturally be moved, and hundreds of doors will be cast, I hope Shen Kuo can help me do this." ”

"That thing doesn't work." Di Yong probably wanted to persuade Gan Qi that if he really went to cast hundreds of 2,000-pound iron cannons, it would be better to produce thousands of sets of heavy armor, and if there were thousands of more sets of heavy armor, there would be thousands more elite soldiers.

Gan Qi smiled without saying a word, changed the topic, raised his hand and pointed to the city, and said, "This place is called Longzhou, and the name is not good." Change the name, call it Poqiang, and belong to the boundary of Suizhou. ”

Di Yong nodded: "The name given by the eldest brother, that is the blessing of this small city, and this place will be called Poqiang City in the future." ”

During the night, Ganba returned exhausted, thousands of horsemen led their horses, and the horses' footsteps were also vain, obviously exhausted.

In the palace, many generals sat around, and there was a banquet, but there was not much wine, only a drink, and not too much in wartime.

Even if it's a drink, the crowd is in great interest.

He was the most excited, and said in his mouth: "The last general is forty, and he is the happiest in today's battle. ”

Everyone echoed the stunned words, and they were all sincere, it was really these Northwest Army generals who were too aggrieved.

Ganchi smiled and motioned for the group to continue drinking. asked Gan Ba again: "How many miles did you chase?" How many people did you kill? ”

"Big brother, after chasing fifty or sixty miles, I killed about four or five thousand party members."

Gan Qi nodded, and raised his hand again to beckon to the Seed Master who was sitting at the end.

The seed master Dao quickly stepped forward to pay respects.

Gan Qi asked, "I heard that you fought very bravely today?" ”

The seed master smiled, and was so praised by the privy minister of the current court, in addition to being excited, he also maintained the style of a scholar, and said: "The villain is just trying his best, there are many brave warriors in the army, and the villain is nothing." ”

Gan Qi laughed and said, "Oh? Who else is as brave as you? ”

Seed Master Dao didn't expect Gan Qi to ask like this, thought about it, and said, "Liu Fa." ”

"Liu Fa?" Gan Qi heard it a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he said, "Call this person." ”

The seed master was overjoyed, rushed out, and summoned Liu Fa into the middle hall of the mansion.

Liu Fa bowed: "Villain Liu Fa, knock on the privy minister." ”

Gan Qi nodded: "Well, you will also walk around with me in the future." ”

"Thank you for your great kindness." Liu Fa said goodbye.

"Take a seat and drink together." Gan Qi heard Liu Fa's name familiarly, but he really couldn't remember who Liu Fa was in history. Gan Qi didn't know that this Liu Fa was also a rare fierce general, and in a few decades, Liu Fa would also be a giant predator in the Northwest Army.

Wine glasses came and went, many generals were very happy, and some party ladies were also arranged, which was a trophy. Gan Qi didn't say much, just let them have fun, the times are like this.

Seeing this, Gan Qi raised his hand again and beckoned Zhang Qi to his side, and asked, "How is the battle formation?" ”

"Xianggong, the battle array is scary." Zhang Qi is honest.

"If you are asked to lead the troops in the future, will you dare?" Ganchi asked again.

"The students dare, but although the students have read a few military books, they don't know the way of battle formation." Zhang Ji replied and bowed to his side.

"If you dare, it's okay if you're not good at it, just follow me in a few battles, and I'll slowly understand." Gan Qi obviously wants to train Zhang Qi, he has many students and disciples, but there are really no students who can really lead the troops alone, and even none of the students are really interested in leading the troops to fight, they are all orthodox scholars, and they are all materials for civilian officials.

Only Zhang Qi, who is a rare famous general in history, is a person who is a scholar and a person who is different from ordinary scholars, so he has naturally become the key training object of Ganqi.

"Mr. Xie's cultivation, the students will definitely live up to the expectations of the public." Zhang Qi is a real scholar with courage in his heart, which is probably the reason why Gan Qi likes him.

After talking to Zhang Qi, Gan Qi invited someone to come to his side from time to time to chat a few words, firstly, to recognize all the generals under his command, secondly, to encourage and encourage everyone, and thirdly, to establish a personal relationship with the generals.

At the end of the feast, when he was full of food and drink, Gan Qi spoke again: "The enemy has gone to Youzhou, and he will continue to open tomorrow, and the troops will surround Youzhou, pressing step by step." ”

Shocked when he heard this, he replied: "The strategy of the Xianggong to advance is good, but it also has to guard against reinforcements from all over the party." ”

The stunned words were said tactfully, but in fact, they reminded Gan Qi that the party should not be underestimated.

Gan Qi nodded and said with a smile: "Just wait for their reinforcements, without reinforcements, Li Liangzuo will definitely not fight again, it is too difficult to attack the city, only let Li Liangzuo fight again and defeat him completely." ”

He was stunned and said: "Xianggong, if you wait for the party's reinforcements to come, I am afraid that the number will be 80,000, and it should not be underestimated." ”

This time, he said it more directly, he is a general in the northwest, and he is forty years old, so he is naturally calm and cautious, even if he planned Suizhou last time, he also planned to move later, and he also used money to buy Wei Mingshan's younger brother and the officials around him before he started.

He was stunned to know that Gan Qi still had 50,000 horses and horses, and he would arrive within a few days, but he was still worried, because he knew the combat effectiveness of the party members, but he didn't know what the combat effectiveness of the 50,000 mighty troops was. He seemed to think that the seven thousand people around Gan Qi were Gan Qi's most elite supporters. He didn't know how much Gan Qi had invested in the construction of the army in recent years.

Gan Qi also saw the stunned thoughts, and said with a smile: "When the mighty army comes, the general will see it." ”

He was stunned and was a little embarrassed, and said with a red face: "Xianggong, the last general has no thoughts of contempt. ”

Ganchi smiled but didn't say a word.

Early the next morning, the army marched to Youzhou, Youzhou is the party Jianing military division of the administrative place, the military division is probably the meaning of the military region, but also the administrative unit, can be equivalent to the province of Western Xia, Xixia divided the whole country into a number of military divisions, from east to west, respectively, the left chamber Shenyong military division, Xiangyou military division, Jianing military division, Jingsai military division, Xishou Baotai military division, Zhuo Luo and the southern military division, Gansu military division, Xiping military division, as well as the right wing of the central Chaoshun military division and Baimaqiang town military division, the northern Black Mountain Weifu military division, Heishui town Yan military division.

Youzhou is the seat of the Jianing Military Division, and it is also a big city, which is relatively large, and the entire Western Xia has a total population of only about two million, and the big city is not much bigger.

Encamped and continued to scold, this time even if he scolded Li Liangzuo's ancestors for eighteen generations, Youzhou City did not react at all, but the soldiers were very happy, scolded happily, and scolded to relieve their anger. The scolding war is actually very effective, and it will make the soldiers more and more confident.

Gan Qi is waiting, and Li Liangzuo is also waiting.

Gan Qi is waiting for Li Liangzuo's reinforcements to arrive, waiting for Li Liangzuo to fight again, and also waiting for his mighty army to arrive, Gan Qi is going to fight a decisive battle.