In addition to his own generals, most of the generals in the Western Army also agreed to follow Xiao Tang to divert to support Liu Fa's troops, and after the Song Dynasty began to launch a full-scale attack on the Xia State, it had already told the state capitals of the border court that in addition to the grain and grass supplied by the rear support, the local government offices should also try to facilitate it as much as possible. Xuan Wei prepared to set off to find his comrades in the Song army led by Liu Fa.

And Wu Jue also simply agreed to continue to follow him, which made Xiao Tang feel a little surprised. It's just that when he thought about it carefully, Wu Jue is also a character who can best interpret the complexity of human nature, and his egoism and loyalty to the country are reflected in the same person, which makes it difficult to label him and easily determine whether he is good or evil.

In fact, many people are the same.

For Wu Jue, he also admired Xiao Tang's courage and courage. The most important thing is that Wu Jue's ability is also a pearl in the Western Army, and he is a general who has no ability but has not yet been reused, and Wu Jue is also keenly aware that if he obeys orders in front of Xiao Tang's tent, it is the best opportunity for him to be rewarded for his ambition. It was because at the time of the crisis of the war in Linxia City, Wu Jue was in a hurry, and he slashed the prison army Cai Ying, who was about to cause the Song army to rout in the city, and also thought of being able to get rid of the eye-catching anointing child for Xiao Tang, and he would not have to defend the rear all the time without a chance to fight for fame. And Wu Jue did not hesitate to kill Pei Zhong, who had a rough temperament, and this was indeed just for himself.

Since Xiao Tang has removed the obstacles in front of him, and has already handed over his fatal handle to him to show his loyalty, even if Xiao Tang has offended Gao Yu, Tong Guan and even Cai Jing, these powerful ministers of the court... In this game, Wu Jue must also keep fighting.

If anyone threatens Wu Jue's life and future, he can be a ruthless person who is more ruthless than anyone else; But in the event of a war in the country, Wu Jue will also be a national general who can take charge of the situation and kill the enemy's army; And now when it was his turn to make a decision, Wu Jue was also more decisive and straightforward than other generals who were sent far higher than him.

Among the generals of the Western Army, Liu Zhongwu was the only one who led two battalions of soldiers and horses to continue running in the direction of Xining Prefecture on the grounds that he had important matters and had to report to the commander of the East and West Routes. Xiao Tang also understood Liu Zhongwu's thoughts, even if this veteran general of the Western Army who used to take care of Gao Yu was willing to fight with him, but now it is more difficult to provoke Tong Guan than Gao Yu, Liu Zhongwu must also wait and see the situation again, and consider which side he will fall towards. Xiao Tang also knew that he, like many generals in the army, had the concern that he was accustomed to seeing the traitors in the DPRK and China, and that forcing him to stay would tear his face, so he also happily agreed to Liu Zhongwu's proposal.

What's more, although Liu Zhongwu continued to rush to Xining Prefecture, his son Liu Qi, whom he valued very much, still stayed in Xiao Tang's army to obey orders.

"Although my father has important tasks, he is willing to go with Xiao Jieshuai. Although he is not talented, he has also heard that his ancestors praised Zhao Zhongwu (Note 1): Although the nobles have made meritorious contributions and made a name for themselves, although they are outnumbered, men should die to survive, and it is useless to be afraid. I also feel that I can gallop with Xiao Jieshuai to help my western army in Ze robe, so that I can spit out the pride in the hearts of the men in the army. ”

Seeing Liu Qi's resolute expression, and said categorically, Xiao Tangxin said that Liu Zhongwu was willing to let Liu Qi continue to follow him, perhaps because he also had the intention of not putting all his eggs in one basket. But for Liu Qi, he, a man who is a tiger and a man with great ambitions, should also want to do something he feels must do.

Border ministers should be like Liu Qi, the so-called backing the city to fight, survive in the death and resist the enemy... Thinking of the various evaluations of Liu Qi in the official historical records, Xiao Tang can of course also be able to perceive the flame that has ignited in Liu Qi's heart now......

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When Xiao Tang's army collected some grain and grass in the nearby state capital, began to expedite the march, and sent light cavalry to track the whereabouts of the Song army led by Liu Fatong, a hundred miles away from the soldiers and horses under Xiao Tang's command, the roars of one after another on a mountain flat north of the Kaluo River had begun to resound in the sky.

"Summer dog! Lao Tzu fought with you!! ”

A soldier of the Western Army struggled to get up from the pool of blood, although his abdominal cavity had already been cut open by a sharp knife, and the bloody intestines had also hung out, but he still roared hoarsely, and tightened the steel knife in his hand to kill the group of Xia soldiers opposite......

"Great Song!"

Another soldier of the Western Army raised his head, his eyes were red, and he struggled to wave the steel knife in his hand, but at this time, dozens of cold spears had already pierced his body, and blood was flowing down the blade of the spear, and the roar of the Western Army soldier became smaller and smaller, and his red eyes gradually turned into dead ashes at this time......

"Prisoner! Kill! ”

There was also a Western Army soldier roaring, one of his arms had been cut off, but he let Xiang Xiang pounce on the nearest Xia soldier in front of him like a raging wolf. The soldier of the Western Army opened his mouth, revealing his white teeth and viciously biting the throat of the Xia army under him. However, he was soon cut into a blur of flesh and blood by the enemy troops rushing around him, and he was not human......

Similar tragic scenes were staged one after another on the battlefield, suppressed by the enemy army, although the Western Army was still able to burst out of the fiery fighting spirit, but the shield array erected in the front below was like an indestructible iron wall, and spears poked out from the gaps in the iron shield and knocked over the Song army that rushed forward one after another. The group of Xia soldiers and soldiers were still slowly approaching the direction of the main formation of the Song army with the large formation of the infantry army.

In the rear, there are sharp arrows like a torrential rain to shoot head and face, the archers in the Xia army with an absolute advantage in the army take turns to release the strings, the arrow rain is not only dense and there is almost no moment, the Song army wants to fight out of the encirclement, can only use the flesh and blood to the front of the enemy's large array, but many soldiers have not waited to rush to the left of the enemy army has been shot into a thorn, even those who can fight with the Xia army in a white-edged battle have to face a group of enemies to crush over, not by the iron wall of the spear overturned, It was surrounded by the Xia saber and axe men in the rear and grinded them into meat paste!

In the Song army, Liu Fa watched the soldiers under his command go forward to fill in the battle one after another, his face was angry, and his heart was extremely sad and indignant. The march was only more than ten days, and after repelling several attacks by the Xia army, Liu Fa finally collided with the fully prepared Western Xia army, and the enemy army lined up layers of formations in the front, but Liu Fa immediately ordered his subordinates to fight with heavy casualties to make a breakthrough from the front. Because the veteran general of the Western Army, who has been fighting with the Xia army for a long time, also knows very well that the enemy has set up such a position here, and he is afraid that he has already laid out layers of ambushes to trap his own soldiers and horses.

Everything was just as Liu Fa expected, and the left and right flanks soon had Xia soldiers and horses killed. Liu Fa could only order the generals who were attacking head-on to continue the battle to the death at the cost of casualties. Here, if you line up the defensive formation and only defend to the death, the longer it wears out, the more it will fulfill the wishes of the enemy's commander. In the territory of the Xia Kingdom, he was surrounded by a large army on all sides, so that even the opportunity for his troops and horses to flee would be completely ruined, and he could only wait to be killed, so that the enemy's army would slaughter all the sons and daughters under his command.

But the most ironic thing is that Liu Fa could obviously expect that such a dangerous situation in front of him was very likely to happen, but he could only drill into the enemy's ambush.

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Note 1: Liu Qi said that Liu Zhongwu is a loyal minister in the late Tang Dynasty Zhao Li, tired of officials and loyal military envoys, to lead a lone army to repeatedly fight against Huangchao and Qin Zongquan, a rebel general known for his cannibalism and ferocity, when the people were in turmoil in the Central Plains, Zhao Li recruited the exiled people, restored the old business and was grateful by the Li people, died in office, and was posthumously awarded the Tai Lieutenant. He was a famous general who was born in the Ganlong realm with Liu Qi, and one of the two was posthumously named Wuzhong after his death, and the other was named Zhongwu after his death......