"Hmph, what a big breath!" In Tuoyuan Village, Cao Wei slapped a letter in his hand on the table and said angrily, a few days ago he rushed from Gyeongju to Tuoyuan Village to sit in the town, and just yesterday afternoon, 30,000 party cavalry also killed outside Tuoyuan Village, but Li Deming did not rush to attack, but sent a letter to Cao Wei.

"Father, what did Li Deming say in the letter?" Cao Yu asked very curiously at this time.

"Li Deming is threatening us, asking us to hand over the murderer who plotted against Li Yuanhao, otherwise he will send troops to level Gyeongju City." I saw Cao Wei smile coldly at this time, Gyeongju is his place of governance, which is simply not taking him seriously.

Hearing Cao Wei's words, Hu Yan Shouxin next to him couldn't help but glance at Li Zhang, but Li Zhang behaved very naturally, he didn't have any psychological burden on the assassination of Li Yuanhao, and the only regret was that he couldn't kill him.

Cao Wei quickly calmed down, and immediately wrote a reply letter to Li Deming, seeing that he finished it in a few strokes, it is estimated that the reply is also very simple, Li Zhang is a little far away and can't see it clearly, but Cao Mata, who is standing next to Cao Wei, saw it, and then quietly told Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shouxin: "My father is more domineering, limit Li Deming to leave Gyeongju within three days, otherwise he will not come back!" ”

Cao Wei's letter was immediately sent to Li Deming, and the next morning, the party army launched a tentative attack on Tuoyuan Village under the command of Li Deming, and Cao Wei also personally climbed the city and commanded his soldiers to beat the party people back, because this was only the first battle between the two sides, and they both had the intention of probing, so the casualties were not large, but through this contact, both sides had a certain understanding of each other.

Although he repelled the party members, Cao Wei did not let the army go out of the city to pursue the victory, but kept letting the army shrink in the city without moving, this is not that he is cowardly, but in the consumption of the party people's spirit, in addition, the party people are all cavalry, but the Great Song Dynasty is dominated by infantry, even if it is well-equipped, the infantry and cavalry are still at a disadvantage, even if they can win, in the end it can only be a miserable victory.

Therefore, Cao Wei first consumed the morale of the party members, and then went out of the city to defeat the opponent's main force in one fell swoop, not to mention that the advantage of the Song army was that it was good at defending the city, and there was a strong city like Tuoyuan Village to defend, just relying on the city wall could consume the opponent's strength and morale, and there was no need to go out of the city and carry it with the other party.

Li Deming also understood Cao Wei's plan, so after tentatively attacking Tuoyuan Village a few times, he actually stopped and did not fight, but instead sent several teams of rangers to bypass Tuoyuan Village and sneak attack the villages and towns in the rear, which made Cao Wei also furious, and immediately sent cavalry to clear the rangers of the party members, and also decided to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the other party.

On the tenth day of the first month of March, Cao Wei personally led the army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the party members, and Li Deming had been waiting for this day for a long time, and also lined up early, the two sides looked at each other several miles apart, and when the sun just reached mid-air, with the sound of war drums, tens of thousands of troops finally began this bloody battle.

The party members are all cavalry, and the number also has an advantage, but the Great Song Dynasty is not timid at all, which is mainly due to three reasons, the first is that the border army of the Great Song Dynasty is already elite, and it has been fighting with foreign tribes all the year round, and it is very experienced.

Although the strength of the second party grew extremely fast, it was far from reaching the level of the Western Xia cavalry in later generations, and the Song army did not have a major defeat against them, and they were not psychologically timid. And the last one is related to Cao Wei, with Cao Wei's identity and fame, he has guarded the border for decades, as long as he is there, the soldiers below will have confidence in their hearts, which is the incentive effect of famous generals on the army.

With the sound of the horn of "woo woo woo", the party cavalry began to kill the Song army from the left and right, but the strongest cavalry in the center did not move, it seemed that they wanted to tear apart the formation of the Great Song Dynasty with the cavalry on both wings, and then lay the battle with a blow from the elite cavalry in the center.

In fact, this is also the most commonly used tactics of nomads, because the nomads are all soldiers, and the quality is naturally uneven, generally the most elite cavalry is directly under the leader, and the other cavalry is a temporary conscription, not only the quality can not be guaranteed, loyalty is also problematic, so they are generally in the war directly let these temporary conscripted cavalry the first batch to kill, mainly as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's troops, by the way to disrupt the opponent's formation, and then with the elite cavalry to expand the results.

Cao Wei was very familiar with this tactic, and saw that as his orders were issued one after another, the shield bearers and pikemen on both wings were also quickly prepared, and the one-man high shield stood up like a wall, and the spear stretched out from the gap in the shield, like a hedgehog, holding the two wings to the death, which was also the most standard tactic for infantry to deal with cavalry.

Li Zhang is a civilian official, so he did not follow Cao Wei out of the city, in fact, Cao Wei will not let him go to the army, because the reason why Liu E transferred him to Gyeongju is to take care of Li Zhang, in case something happens to Li Zhang in the army, he can't afford to be guilty, so Li Zhang can only stay at the head of the city and look out, fortunately, the head of the city is high enough, and it can also let him see the changes on the battlefield.

"Whoosh~" The cavalry of the party item did not say, and a rain of arrows rose into the air, flying into the Song army like locusts, but because there were shields in front of them, the casualties caused by these arrow rains were very limited, but the shields were soon filled with dense arrows.

The archers on the side of the Song army also quickly began to counterattack, compared to the well-protected Song army, the party people can only rely on the leather armor on their bodies, and the protection of the leather armor is limited, and soon many party members fell off their horses with arrows, and were trampled into meat by the horses behind them with the screams, but even if the casualties were large, the party people still kept rushing forward, because they knew that as long as they rushed into the formation of the Song army, the opponent's bow and arrow would stop, and it was time for their cavalry to play a role.

The party cavalry charged desperately, and the cavalry in front finally rushed to the front of the shield and spear array, with a loud bang of "boom~", the party cavalry in front of it hit the shield array like a huge wave, although there were spears and shields to obstruct it, it still made the Song army's position chaotic, and some places were also broken through a gap, and the party cavalry in the rear also pounced like a tide, wave after wave hit the Song army's formation, hoping to completely break through the blockade in front.

However, the defense of the Song army is very tight, and Cao Wei brought the elite of the border army, even if the position was disrupted, and even a small number of party cavalry killed inside, but they still held the formation, and the party cavalry that entered was also pounced on by the surrounding Song army, as long as the footsteps of the cavalry were blocked, without the power of the charge, the cavalry was not much stronger than the infantry.

Seeing that the cavalry on both wings of the party continued to attack the Song army, but the Song army was immovable, which made Li Deming, who was sitting in the back also show an anxious expression, as a nomad, after the party finally survived the winter, it was the season for livestock to give birth, but in order to avenge his son, he forcibly conscripted the party departments to send troops to the Great Song Dynasty, if he could not take Gyeongju this time to grab enough benefits, I am afraid that the prestige he had established in the party would also be in vain.

"Father, the two wings of the Song army are extremely tightly defended, and they can't rush out at all, or let's order the withdrawal of troops!" When Li Deming was anxious, he suddenly saw a teenage boy next to him suggesting that this teenager was his second son Li Chengyu, Li Deming had a total of three sons, in addition to Li Yuanhao and Li Chengyu, there was also a younger son Li Chengwei, and the mothers of these three sons were different, Li Chengyu was only one year younger than Li Yuanhao, this time Li Yuanhao was injured and disabled, so he took the second son with him.

"No, the casualties of the cavalry on the left and right have already been quite large, if they retreat without any results, I'm afraid these tribes will never listen to my orders in the future!" Li Deming shook his head very resolutely at this time.

Although he also knew that Cao Wei's garrison in Gyeongju was not easy to fight, but his son was assassinated here, although he did not die, he became a cripple, if he couldn't avenge his son, I was afraid that others would call him a coward, and he was indeed very annoyed, so he sent troops to the Great Song Dynasty desperately, if he went back so disgraced, I am afraid that his position would not be stable.

"But it's too much of a loss to fight like this, and you can't let so many people die because of the eldest brother alone......"

"Shut up!" didn't wait for Li Chengyu to finish speaking, he was angrily scolded by Li Deming, which made him have to keep his mouth shut, but at this time Li Deming didn't find out that Li Chengyu's low eyes flashed a little bit of hatred and anger, Li Deming liked Li Yuanhao before, after all, he was the eldest son, and he was not qualified to fight with him, but now Li Yuanhao has become a waste, but in Li Deming's heart, he is still not as good as him, how can he not hate?

At the same time, Cao Wei in the rear of the Song army also observed the changes on the battlefield very calmly, and when he saw that the two wings were stable, he finally showed a somewhat relaxed smile, and then looked up at the elite of the party who was standing still and smiled: "Come on, the musket army has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

Cao Wei would definitely not retreat easily even if he had reached Li Deming, so as long as he held the two wings, the other party would sooner or later kill the whole army in a desperate way, and he also arranged the musketeer army in the Chinese army, although it was a bit risky to use the newly trained musketeer army in this kind of war, but he had already arranged a few back hands, even if there was a problem with the musketeer army, he could remedy it in time, not to mention that this was a rare opportunity for actual combat, if he missed this time, he didn't know when he would be able to let the musketeer army learn from the actual combat in the future.

Sure enough, as soon as Cao Wei's words fell, Li Deming on the opposite side finally couldn't bear it, and with a long horn sound, the elite cavalry of the party in the Chinese army finally began to move, and with the speed of the horses, this elite cavalry of tens of thousands of people also pressed towards the Song army like a city wall, and the moment to decide the outcome of this war has finally come.