More than 100 miles away from the east gate of the central capital of Liao, the battlefield of Shura.

In the area where the infantry formation met, the ice and snow hay had been stained red with blood, and the heat of hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, and the ice that had been basking in the sun for most of the day was faintly showing signs of melting.

The blood on the Jurchen side formed some small pools, but the Liao infantry was at the forefront, and the blood under them had begun to merge into small streams.

At this time, there was no wind, and in several places where the fighting was most intense, the soldiers breathed steaming Han water and warm blood water mixed together, and the air seemed to condense a cloud of mist.

Seeing that something was wrong, Emperor Tianzuo agreed with the commander of the infantry array, the old general Yelu Muzhong, who had defeated the Song army five years earlier. Yelu Muzhong was authorized by Emperor Tianzuo and ordered the infantry phalanx to rush forward and fight hand-to-hand!

Yelumu advised Emperor Tianzuo not to rush into a decisive battle, but the Quick War faction prevailed. The helpless Liao God of War still snatched the command of the infantry phalanx, mainly because he was not at ease with others.

Because of some reasons for the royal feud, Emperor Tianzuo rarely trusted these generals, and this great battle related to the life and death of the Liao State actually had seven commanders! There are too many military orders and sparse cooperation, which is also a major disadvantage of the Liao army.

"Father Khan, you see, the Liao infantry phalanx is moving forward, and it is not as expected by Father Khan!" Wanyan Zongbi couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and Ah Guda finally stopped worrying about defeat and turned to pursue a big victory.

The infantry phalanx of the Liao people, with the Khitan soldiers on both sides and the servant soldiers in the middle. Although this arrangement can restrain the servant army from fighting and prevent it from escaping, it also has the hidden danger of the internal formation being destroyed when the battle is unfavorable.

Yelu Muzhong and some qualified generals are well aware of the disadvantages of the Liao State Great Array, but putting the servant army at both ends of the infantry and adjacent to the Khitan cavalry also has the danger of impacting their own infantry and cavalry, and in the end it can only be the lesser of two evils.

It has been a habit of the Khitan army for a hundred years to coerce the servants and soldiers as cannon fodder, and Yelu Muzhong and others have no good reason to stop it.

After all, in the eyes of most people, this can reduce the death of their own people, similar to political correctness, and basically no one can fight against it.

Ah Guda has been used as cannon fodder by the Liao army since he was a child, and he is very aware of the weaknesses of the Liao State Array. The junction of the Khitan and the servant army is very fragile, it's okay not to move, and if it moves, it is the breakthrough point of the Jurchen coalition army!

The dead soldiers in the Jurchen Great Array began to gather in front of the array, the big shield hand was in front, and the soldiers with outstanding archery skills continued to shoot arrows. Just after a stick of incense, in the heavy breathing and roars of the soldiers on both sides, the front row collided together... After a few minutes of stalemate, the situation immediately turned one-sided!

The armor of the Liao servant army is very old, and there are not many soldiers who dare to fight, and they have long been shot by bows and arrows, and they are all supported by a blood and bravery. The tribal army was no better, but the well-equipped tent army was better, after all, Yelu Muzhong scattered the experienced old army.

The weapons in the hands of both sides are similar in style, mainly spears, broadswords, maces, etc., after all, the weapons of the Jurchens are basically snatched from the Liao army. It's just that the Jurchen coalition army grabbed a lot and had a small number of people, so they could choose good weapons and maintain them more carefully.

The Jurchens used a small number of dead soldiers to hold the line with large shieldmen, and each dead soldier was accompanied by a small squad of tribal soldiers. Whenever there was no place to support it, these humanoid beasts would block it and slaughter it with their heavy weapons.

The elite archers on the Jurchen side continued to bring death to the Liao army, and the ultra-close-range shooting set off a bloody storm, and there was no shortage of stumps and broken arms in the field. Similarly, the elite archers of the Liao side, especially the crossbowmen, also inflicted heavy casualties on the Jurchen side.

The battle situation seemed to be in a stalemate, and the nutrition, equipment, and training of the Liao soldiers could not keep up, and they maintained a low exchange ratio of 1:6 or even 1:10 in hand-to-hand combat. If nothing else, the Liao army, ten times larger than the Jurchen infantry, will finally be victorious!

Just when the Liao Front had just stabilized, the Liao crossbowmen in the back row began to suppress the Jurchen archers, and the cavalry in the Liao tents on both wings were also about to move, the two wings of the Jurchen infantry formation changed dramatically.

Li Ban was a soldier on the left wing of the Liao army, and he had already killed three Jurchen tribe soldiers and one Jurchen native soldier with outstanding combat skills.

Taking advantage of the interval between battles, Li Chao quickly observed the battlefield, and it seemed that the Liao State was going to win. In this way, he can gain status and shepherd slaves......

In the middle of the sexual intercourse, the mixer was surprised to find that the pressure was empty, and there was no one in front of him! Farther ahead, the Jurchen shield-bearers retreated to the wings to reveal a passage.

The mixed mixed did not rush forward, patiently observed, and the armored soldiers next to the mixed were also nervous. didn't let the gang wait long, and a group of Jurchen dead soldiers wearing bright white iron armor appeared in the passage, all of them were real Jurchens!

There have been a few unfavorable battles before, but Ah Gu suppressed the warriors who were responsible for supervising the battle. These Jurchen warriors have outstanding combat skills, are well-equipped, and have been recuperating for a long time. ，

Holding a broadsword, tomahawk, mace, and mace, in the frightened looks of the people in the mix, the Jurchen armor soldiers slammed into it!

Shocked to the point of collapse, the mixer fell to the ground almost instinctively, dodging an iron gun. Then he turned around and slashed at the opponent with a single knife, but was dodged.

Relying on experience and intuition, he used a small round shield to block a throwing spear, and the small shield became fragments under the huge impact. Immediately throwing away the small shield, the mixed hands were armed with knives and three armor soldiers to fight. It was too late for him to run away like the others, because he was relatively far forward and had rushed too hard before......

The Jurchen dead soldier opposite the gang was very surprised, this Liao man was so hard! The three of them surrounded the gangster and attacked, and after more than a dozen moves, Heilig successfully attacked and hit the gangster in the abdomen with a mace.

The dead soldiers of the Jurchen clan only had a long strip on the iron helmet, revealing their eyes, and there were iron skirts and iron boots on their lower bodies. Without even looking at it, the three Jurchen heavy armor soldiers, including Hei Lige, continued to rush forward.

The chain mail and leather armor were deeply penetrated into his body, and when he looked at the exposed ribcage, he could still see a crimson beating heart, and a mouthful of blood was dripping from his mouth. Where did these armor soldiers come from, and do the Jurchens still have any strength left......

The Jurchen heavily armored dead soldiers have been preparing for a long time, and as soon as they make a move, they are like two sharp knives, separating the servant army and the Khitan soldiers in the Liao infantry formation, and the Jurchen infantry formation is fully advanced. The battle stalled briefly after the Jurchens launched a heavy armor assault, and then the Liao servant army and tribal army collapsed at the same time.

Watching the Liao army begin to roll backwards, Yelu Muzhong closed his eyes in pain. It's actually taking advantage of people's hearts, and a bone beats a real person! Emperor Tianzuo looked at the Liao army that had collapsed again, and for the first time the idea of running away rose.

Yerum informed Yeluming and Xiao Zhen on both flanks that these two had taken over the command of the left and right cavalry, and ordered the two of them to drive the servant army out of the battlefield and kill those who ran away.

At the same time, Yelu Muzhong ordered the old army to gather the Khitan infantry and reorganize the array according to the rank of the army. The elite infantry and crossbowmen relined themselves in front of the tent cavalry, and informed His Majesty the Emperor that they were ready to send the last 30,000 tent cavalry at any time.

It was no longer feasible to defeat the Jurchens, and Yelu Muzhong could only try his best to fight for a lose-lose ending.

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The newly established workshop in Mingyuezhai is more or less deficient in production standardization, the establishment of assembly lines and the use of new weights and measures.

In order to let the workshop stewards and core craftsmen become literate as soon as possible and take charge of themselves, Li Xiang decided to open the primary classes of Mengxue and the Youth Camp.

Since then, Mingyue Village has had night schools and suppers. Every time it gets dark, craftsmen, workshop stewards and villagers who are interested in literacy gather here to learn from Mengxue. From teens to forty or fifty years old, all in one place.

In order to save expensive candles, Li Xiang only lit two candles in front of the big blackboard, and he and Liu Susu took cultural lessons.

Li Xiang, Liu Susu and Li Mengkong, etc., explained the rules of Mingyue Village to the villagers while being literate, introduced some practical organization and management methods, and added some knowledge of standardization, assembly line, and weights and measures.

Sometimes Li Xiang was full of interest, and also said some "high" knowledge such as physics, which Li Xiang used to explore the limits of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty to accept new knowledge.

The villagers who came to study had a bench in their hands and a small wooden stick. On the ground is a sand table made of wooden planks, which is used to write and draw to increase the impression.

The paper and pen of Mingyuezhai can be produced by itself, but it is still too expensive, and it has to be used to copy books. In addition, spelling is not required for the time being, Li Xiang only requires these people to understand pinyin.

Time and energy are limited, so it is a bit difficult for these middle-aged people to learn square characters, so they simply focus on learning 26 letters and 10 Arabic numerals, anyway, the books after the village will be marked with pinyin.

So Mengxue taught the children during the day and the literacy class for the villagers at night. Every night, there are bear children who come to make trouble, pointing at their father and brother and saying that they are not as smart as themselves, and they can't even learn ah, oh ah, and then they are kicked away by the annoyed parents.

Liu Chengdong heard that there was a night snack, no, there was a night school. Ordered all the leaders of the village soldiers and above to come over every night to read. So in the evening literacy class, a group of unruly old men were added.

Liu Chengdong wanted the officers at the lowest level to be able to read and write military newspapers in pinyin, so as to facilitate command, and at the same time learn some knowledge of battle formations. This inspired Li Xiang, thinking that ginger was still old and spicy.