Soon after Li Tianhao successfully joined the brigade led by Gurnas, Wei Song also led his team west across the Nanluo River to converge. After Wei Song learned that there was no main force of the Yaji Army on the east bank, he left Horondis and 10,000 Parci soldiers to control these areas, and he rushed to the city of Epsmilton as fast as he could, he knew that a large-scale battle could break out here, and the soldiers in his hands would be Li Tianhao's precious combat strength.

With Wei Song's 30,000 men joining, Li Tianhao's troops have risen to 70,000 people, and the number of Kanno warriors has approached 80,000, which is already comparable to Libera's Yaji army in terms of strength. However, Li Tianhao faced two major difficulties: the first was that the food supply of the 80,000 army was not sufficient, and the food prepared by the Dilc Commander for this war was originally limited to Napatis, but because Li Tianhao's plan had been Wei Song's efforts, the war was shortened by a considerable time, thereby reducing the consumption of grain, which enabled the army to enter the Epsmilton area. However, the food that has come this way is indeed almost exhausted, and the current stocks are really unable to support a protracted war; The second is that Libera, since abandoning the siege of Epsommiton, led his brigade to retreat northward, and finally settled in front of a hill known as Kid Ek.

The Kid Ek Hills are the only area north of Epsmiton that can be defended, although it is not the point where the defense line can be stabilized, but Libera's intention is obvious, that is, to deliberately delay Li Tianhao's advance here, and hold on to the reinforcements, if Li Tianhao turns eastward, he will attack Epsommiton City again, and if he ignores it, he will attack again once the Yaki reinforcements arrive. The whole of Epsommiton is a plain area, and it is not easy to hold on. If the Yaki Army is allowed to harass it, then this rich agricultural area will become an uncultivated wasteland. In this way, the value of the Dils army's conquest of the Epsommiton area would be greatly reduced.

"Looks like we have to fight." Li Tianhao stared at the combat map and muttered.

Wei Song nodded and said, "The ideal way is to repel Libera, and then build a series of fortifications in the Kid Ek Hills to prevent the infiltration of the Yaggee Army, so that Epsmilton can really be controlled by us." ”

Li Tianhao scratched his head and said, "This is not easy to do, Libera is a difficult character to deal with, and our military rations have begun to be shortage." If he stalks, it's not good for us. ”

Wei Song glanced at him and said softly, "Then let's not let him know about our difficulties." ”

Li Tianhao was woken up by a word. "Let Jamo do this?" ”

Wei Song smiled and nodded: "We also have to fully cooperate with this scene, so that Libera thinks that we are fully prepared, unless we win on the frontal battlefield, we have no other way, so he should not be too obsessed with sticking." Originally, he retreated to the Ked Ek Hills to prepare to retreat north in the event of an unfavorable situation. ”

Li Tianhao showed a wicked smile and said, "It sounds interesting, it's worth a try." ”

So Libera's spies soon discovered that a large number of "grain ships" of the Dils army had sailed to the city of Epsommiton, and then Li Tianhao led a large group of men and horses to advance towards the Kid Ek hills. After receiving this message, Libera immediately began to deploy troops and prepare for a decisive battle with Li Tianhao.

Brooks looked at the information sent and frowned: "It's strange." The thief army has so much food, isn't it a bit unreasonable? ”

Libera hesitated for a moment and said, "What you want to say is that it is difficult for the Ethiels Mountains to have so much food to support them to fight here, right?" But don't forget that he is now the son-in-law of the King of Parchi. Palch took the initiative to send troops to help him this time, can't he still support grain and grass? ”

Brooks touched his chin and said slowly, "If that's the case, it makes sense." But if this is a deliberate gesture on their part, it means that they don't have much food left. It's deliberately to give us the illusion. ”

Bius said, "What do you think?" ”

"We're stuck here, and we'll see the clues when we look at it for a while."

Libera paused for a moment. Shaking his head, he said: "It's a pity that our east coast is completely undefended, if the time drags on for too long, if the thief army divides its troops to attack from the east bank, then how should our rear respond?" ”

"But my lord??????"

Brooks wanted to argue, but Liberty stretched his hand to stop him: "I know what you mean, as long as we are staring here, the East Coast Bandit Army will not be able to go deep even if it advances north, right?" What I am worried about is the vacillation of the people caused by the northward advance of the thief army, and the resulting political changes, which we may have to compromise. Moreover, the new tactics we have formulated, even if we can't win the decisive battle, at least we can consume a lot of the living forces of the thief army, and if their strength is exhausted, the rear will naturally be safe, and even if the battle is unfavorable, we still have a backup plan. Anyway, I've made up my mind, let's fight them openly! ”

As if inspired by Libera's words, Bius stood up, pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword, and said with a smile: "Then let's do a good job!" ”

Brooks shook his head helplessly, and although he didn't think Libera's decision was wrong, he thought the most effective thing for a manager to do.

In the early morning of June 12, 803 A.D., the two sides of the Battle of the Chid'Aike Hills entered the battle area.

The strength of both sides was 63,000 for the Yagi army against 76,000 for the Dilc army. In terms of numbers, the Dils army had a slight advantage, and the Yaggi army had no cavalry units. However, the Yaji Army occupies a favorable geographical position, and the wind direction of the day is also in favor of the Yaji Army, so the two sides can be said to be evenly matched.

Li Tianhao, who was riding on a horse, looked at the array of the Yaji Army from a distance, and his brows tightened more and more: Libera adopted a completely different formation from the past. Among the many Yaji generals that Li Tianhao had experienced, he had never seen such a strange way of arranging the formation. The lineup of the Yaki Army is extremely thick, and at the same time, the terrain on both flanks is well protected by the security of the flanks and rear. On the surface, it seems to be unremarkable, but there is no flaw in it. This is indeed the first time for Li Tianhao, who has always been able to see through the weaknesses of the opponent's formation at a glance.

Wei Song observed Li Tianhao's side for a while, then leaned over and whispered in Li Tianhao's ear: "Pay attention to the three thousand-man teams in the middle of that formation. ”

Li Tianhao was suddenly shocked as if he had been empowered, and said, "The array eye is actually there!" That's right, these three thousand-man teams support the operation of the entire formation, as long as they are still there, the Yaji Army in front will not lose contact, and the various units can support each other at any time, then it will be very difficult for our army to break through this formation. However, if we want to defeat these three thousand-man teams at the same time, we will encounter a large number of sub-base troops??????"

Wei Song hid a smile under his beard and said, "It seems that this is true, but it is not completely impossible. (To be continued......)