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The decisive battle between the Liangshan army and the coalition forces had already begun.

This is not the pediatric group that directly led the troops to attack in the past—it was a decisive battle of small troops, not a decisive battle of 200,000 horses.

This was a decisive battle that could decide the fortunes of the country, with more than 100,000 people on both sides participating in the battle, and countless baggage loads.

Seven days in advance, Li Yan personally raised the army and left Shuozhou and arrived on the bank of the Qingshui River.

Before leaving Shuozhou, Liu Qi, who had personally gone to the Qingshui River to explore the local terrain, had already set up the battle formation of this battle - the Crescent Moon Formation together with Li Yan, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue and other generals and Li Zhu, Chen Jingtong, Lou Min and other staff officers.

The Crescent Moon was pioneered by the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal in the Battle of Cannae, and defeated the Roman army with fewer victories and more classic formations that have been passed down for thousands of years.

Li Yan knew a little bit about the Crescent Moon Array, so he took it out and discussed it with the generals.

To be honest, what Li Yan took out was actually just a big frame, and how to arrange it was discussed by Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue and other generals and staff officers such as Li Zhu, Chen Jingtong, and Lou Min.

Here's what it looks like:

In the middle are the infantry of the three armies (Tabai Army, Liu Qi Army, Wu Jie Army), arranged in a crescent shape, the protruding side faces the enemy, and the two sides are also infantry (Yue Feijun, Han Shizhong's army); At the ends of the crescent formation, were cavalry.

In addition, Li Yan, who was protected by the Jie Fu Ma Army, attracted the main force of the coalition forces to attack in the middle of this formation, and then gradually retreated, luring the enemy deeper, and then closed his pockets through the centripetal attack of the cavalry on both wings, giving the enemy a decisive blow from the side.

To be honest, with such a formation, Li Yan has to take some risks.

Because of this, many people oppose Liu Qi and others to set up such a formation, and some people want Liu Qi to replace Li Yan.

Later, Li Yanli overrode public opinion and said: "Liu Qi is in the Chinese army, and Emperor Tianzuo may not be able to lead the main force to attack, only if I am in the Chinese army, he can lead the main force to attack regardless of everything...... This battle is related to our future, and we can't do our best because of my safety, and I believe in the soldiers of our Liangshan Army, I believe that you will be able to defeat the rabble that Emperor Tianzuo has put together. ”

Li Yanken's personal risk and his words of believing the officers and men of the Liangshan Army raised the morale of the whole army.

Under such morale, the Liangshan army left Shuozhou and came to the bank of the Qingshui River.

As soon as they arrived, under the command of Liu Qi, the generals set up a crescent moon formation according to the previous formulation, and then set up camp.

The next day, Emperor Tianzuo led the coalition army to the Qingshui River and confronted the Liangshan army across the river.

The formation of the coalition forces presents a large "∧" shape, which is the famous attack formation - the cone formation.

According to the formation of the coalition army, Liu Qi and others guessed that their powerful forces should be concentrated at the apex and two wings, and the more they went to the center, the more empty and weak they became, and if the Liangshan army could go around behind them to attack, it would form an extremely terrifying thousand-year killing effect.

However, the two wings of the coalition army's conical array are very long, and this place is a flat river, and it is almost impossible to go around the back of the coalition army under the surveillance of more than 200,000 eyes.

In the same way, it is impossible for the coalition forces to use any conspiracy and trickery under the surveillance of more than 200,000 eyes on Li Yan's side.

Therefore, this battle must be a dignified Armageddon.

Naturally, it is impossible for such a large-scale war to be commanded by one or two people, and it requires a large command team, otherwise it will have to be chaotic.

And even with this command team, Liu Qi divided the entire army into four parts.

The first part, the former army, was commanded by Han Shizhong.

The second part, the Chinese army (including the rear army), was commanded by Li Zong and Liu Qi.

The third part, the Left Army, was commanded by Yue Fei.

The fourth part, the Right Army, was commanded by Wu Jue.

After carefully observing the formation of the coalition army through the clairvoyant mirror, Liu Qi said: "The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and the combat power of the coalition army put together by the Liao lord is still strong!" ”

Liu Qi's meaning, Li Yan and others understood.

It is precisely because the coalition forces still have strong field combat capabilities that they dare to put on the attack formation of a cone formation.

In addition, the coalition army also sent a group of elite cavalry to patrol along the river bank to prevent the Liangshan army from sending a division to secretly cross the river and go around to the rear to face the coalition army with a thousand years of killing.

It can be seen that the coalition forces not only have combat power, but also master command.

Qingshui River, two or three meters deep, shallow feet.

The depths are almost unthinkable.

Even if you use the flying bridge, I am afraid it will be difficult to cross the Qingshui River, which is dozens of feet wide, under the noses of more than 100,000 people.

Therefore, only those shallow places are the passage to cross the river.

As soon as the coalition army reached the bank of the Qingshui River, they occupied all those shallow places, and sent rangers to cross the river from those places, and built a fortress on the bank of the river belonging to the Liangshan army.

In other words, the coalition forces started with the idea of taking the initiative to attack.

This is also in line with the characteristics of nomads, who have always taken the initiative to attack the side.

On the side of the Liangshan Army, the infantry army is the mainstay, which is naturally mainly defensive, which is also in line with the characteristics of the farming nation.

After the two sides set up their formations, they began to attack tentatively.

In this process, the layout of the two sides is basically completely formed.

The coalition forces held their cone formation and the Qingshui River, blocking the Liangshan army to the east of the Qingshui River, and in the hundreds of square miles east of the Qingshui River, there were Liangshan soldiers and horses everywhere.

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In front of the big tent of the Chinese army of the coalition army.

Seeing that the Liangshan army on the opposite side was orderly, Emperor Tianzuo said: "This group of thieves has some ability. ”

Li Liangfu said: "It's not just a little ability, it's as fast as the wind, it's as slow as a forest, it's like fire, it's immobile like a mountain, it's hard to know like a yin, it's like a thunderbolt, this is a first-class strong army." ”

Emperor Tianzuo's face was a little unsightly, and said: "No matter how elite they are, they only have twenty or thirty thousand cavalry, in this open and dangerous place, they can't be the opponent of our horse nation anyway, the reason why we lost again and again before, mainly because they couldn't shrink, and now they are planning to fight with us in this land of Ma Pingchuan, how can they still have a chance to win?" ”

At the same time, Emperor Tianzuo added in his heart: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if we can't fight, we can still escape, such a big decisive battle, it is absolutely impossible to completely annihilate one side." ”

In fact, this is the confidence of Emperor Tianzuo to dare to fight a decisive battle with Li Yan - if he can't fight, he can still run, and as this escape expert, he can see it very accurately, it is impossible to completely annihilate any side in this battle.

As for why Emperor Tianzuo wanted to fight this battle, in fact, it was not as he preached, he wanted to recover the lost land, he wanted to kill the rebels, in fact, he had already thought about building a country in Liaoxi in the future, there were fertile pastures, which could be hunted and played by him, so why provoke those Jurchens who he couldn't beat at all?

The reason why Emperor Tianzuo fought this battle was only because he couldn't swallow this mouthful of Wang Qi, and when he thought of his beloved concubine Yuan and other concubines under Li Yan, he couldn't wait to behead Li Yan all over the door and cut Li Yan with a thousand knives!

Therefore, Emperor Tianzuo did not hesitate to pay a huge price to borrow a large army from the Western Xia and the Mongol Khans to seek revenge on Li Yan.

Li Liangfu actually agreed with what Emperor Tianzuo said, cavalry against infantry, at least one to three, and even possible to reach one to five, one to ten, especially on this plain, so, in terms of troops, their side has an absolute advantage, and there is no reason why they can't win the Liangshan army that leaves the protection of Tianwei, the Great Wall, and the pass.

Li Liangfu reminded Emperor Tianzuo: "I hope Your Majesty will keep his word, and don't forget to promise my country's land." ”

Emperor Tianzuo said: "Don't worry, what I say counts, as long as I win this battle or capture Li Yan, let me get out of this endless evil breath, the large area of land north of Xiazhai, south of Yinshan, and west of Yishi Yila Tululuo will belong to your Western Xia!" ”

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