Wanyan Zongwang watched the soldiers who had accompanied him for many years constantly fall in the rain of bullets, but his eyes were clear, as if anyone's death could not shake his obsession with victory, compared to him, Li Nan, who was standing on the dirt slope thousands of kilometers away, was not so calm.

Every time the Imperial Army was shot by a flying arrow, Li Nan's face was gloomy.

These 30,000 soldiers from Jiaozhi, Champa and Dali followed Li Nan to the Great Song Dynasty to resist the Jin people, not because they liked the country or because of how deep their affection was for the Han people.

These people are willing to go to foreign countries, all because they trust Li Nan, so they are willing to fight to the death. And every time someone died, Li Nan felt a tingling in his heart.

The fierce battle continued, and two walls appeared in front of the Imperial army's line, one consisting of the corpses of the dead knights and horses of the Jin Kingdom, and the other of the musketeers killed by arrows.

Juno, the mayor of the Second Division of the Expeditionary Force, quickly ran up the dirt slope and came to Li Nan, he had many wounds on his body that were still bleeding, but every gladiator from the Roman world had been severely trained, and it had become their instinct to avoid key points.

Juno didn't bring any good news, and wiped the sweat on his face casually and reported: "Your Majesty, we don't have much ammunition!" ”

The Imperial Army came from afar to the Song Kingdom, and the soldiers had to consider the speed of the march, so everyone had a limited amount of ammunition to carry with them.

Although Li Nan had long thought that the soldiers would run out of ammunition, no one expected that they would meet Jin Bing in such an unfavorable place for defense, nor did they expect that the ammunition would be consumed so quickly.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Nan said to Juno: "Go find Hu Sanniang and let the cavalry be evenly ammunition by you." ”

Juno took the order and left, but although this move temporarily solved the ammunition problem, Li Nan knew that according to the current situation of the two armies, it would not last long.

The battle began at their own time and continued fiercely until the afternoon, with both sides giving full strength, and no one retreated from the battle.

Seeing that the sun was in the west, Li Nan and Wanyan Zongwang both called their own soldiers with ugly faces to count the battle loss ratio of the two sides.

After less than a day of fighting, but there were dead people every moment, and after some calculations, both commanders got an approximate casualty ratio.

The Jin Guodong Route Army led by Wanyan Zongwang had 70,000 when it came, and after Yanjing surrendered Guo Yaoshi's 30,000 Changsheng army, the strength increased to 100,000.

Hearing the news of the attack of the Jin soldiers, the officials and soldiers of the Hebei state capitals of the Great Song Dynasty fled like He Guan, the deputy envoy of the Hebei Hedong Road system, and the Yellow River guard, so the Jin Guodong Road Army came here unharmed.

Li Nan's imperial expeditionary force totaled 30,000, of which 10,000 cavalry stayed behind the slope from the beginning of the battle, and the more than 10,000 musketeers and 5,000 bull roaring barbarian hoplites fought desperately with the Jin soldiers.

At this point in the battle, the Jin soldiers had suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, while the Imperial Army, despite its sharp firearms and range advantage, had also suffered more than 5,000 casualties. The Jin Kingdom lost nearly half of its soldiers, and the Imperial Army also lost one-sixth of its soldiers.

According to the standards of later generations, when the battle losses of a unit exceed 10 percent, it must be properly repaired, and if it exceeds 30 percent, the troops must be withdrawn to replenish and readjust, and if it exceeds 60 percent, it must be forcibly withdrawn to avoid a major rout of the army.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Wanyan Zongwang pondered for a long time, and then ordered: "Stop the attack, and set up camp here." ”

Although many generals of the Jin Kingdom took turns to fight, they were already physically and mentally exhausted after experiencing this kind of high-intensity battle, and when they heard that the second prince finally ordered to rest, they hurriedly conveyed the news downward.

The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom began to retreat, and the imperial army was also relieved to see this situation, and many soldiers picked up the kettle and drank some water, and then poured directly into the pile of corpses to rest.

The two armies stopped fighting and rested separately, Wan Yan Zongwang looked at the opposite hillside and said to Guo Yaoshi, who had an ugly face beside him: "You go and send a message to the army commander of the Chinese Empire, just say that I want to talk to him." ”

Although he knew that going to the enemy camp was a matter of life and death, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and Guo Yaoshi could only lead people to the position of the imperial army.

When Li Nan saw Pharmacist Guo, it was already half an hour later.

Looking at the three-surnamed slave in front of him, Li Nan asked noncommittally, "Pharmacist Guo, what is the matter with you here?" ”

Guo Yaoshi traveled along the way, and when he saw all the imperial soldiers looking at him with murderous intent, his heart was already full of fear.

Therefore, after seeing Li Nanhou, he bowed very respectfully, knelt down on one knee and said: "General Yu, the last general is here on the order of the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, the commander of the East Road Crusade Army, Wanyan Zongwang. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I want to talk to the general. ”

"Talk?" Li Nan sneered and said, "Wanyan Zongwang has nothing to talk to me about, I want to retire?" ”

Pharmacist Guo replied in fear: "This... I don't know what this doom is. ”

Li Nan looked at the people around him, a sharp light shot out of his eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Okay, then let's meet." ”

Finally got Li Nan's definite reply, Guo Yaoshi was secretly happy, and hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, then I will go back and report this matter to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

After a day of desperate fighting, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, and except for some soldiers who each sent back to transport the bodies of their dead soldiers, the others began to bury the pot and cook.

The Imperial Army surpasses all countries in terms of logistics and equipment because it has talents from other worlds and a lot of knowledge and technology that is ahead of this world.

The food that the Jin people carried when marching was very simple, that is, dried beef and mutton, at most boiled water, eating and drinking.

The food of the imperial army was much better, and the bagged dried vegetables and canned pork were poured into the pot and added with water, which turned into a fragrant hot soup, and the rice grown in large quantities in Lingnan naturally became the staple food of the army.

Indochina has a hot climate and abundant water sources, so it is very suitable for growing rice, and with the rice seeds of Champa, it can even reach three to four crops a year.

In order to study the method of preserving secrecy, Li Nan and the people around him worked hard to finally develop a method of crushing secrecy into powder and remaking it into food that is easy to preserve.

Nowadays, the main military food of the Imperial Army is rice noodles adulterated with sugar, vegetables, fruits, eggs, meat and other ingredients, this food is very nutritious, can quickly replenish energy, and also contains calcium, iron, phosphorus, and a variety of vitamins.

Just when most of the soldiers on both sides were eating and resting, Li Nan and Wanyan Zongwang each brought a hundred personal soldiers, stepped on the ground that had been dyed red with blood, and rode to the front of the two armies.