With the Li Dynasty launching an emergency mobilization, the people who originally lived around the imperial city also felt the atmosphere of the coming war. Some young and middle-aged people from ordinary families were also urgently recruited by the government and assigned to various cities to prepare for war.

The people of the Li Dynasty, who had not felt this kind of atmosphere for a long time, really understood. As their neighbor's Da Song, if they don't move, they can't just move, and they can't bear it casually. Although the government emphasized that the Li Dynasty would win this battle.

But the people were not stupid, and began to stock up on a large number of daily necessities. For a time, including the imperial city of the Li Dynasty, the price of grain and salt in each city was almost a price per hour, and there were even cases where people rushed to shop.

This kind of emergency atmosphere before the coming of the big war made the magnates of the imperial city, who were originally singing and dancing, also began to think about the survival of the family. Although the army sent to the front line by the imperial court now, there has been no specific news.

But everyone knows that once several Heavenly Son armies in the imperial court are also defeated, it is a matter of time before the imperial city is breached. Although the Li Dynasty has become much stronger in recent years. No matter how strong it is, it can't resist the thunderous blow of the Great Song Dynasty!

Coupled with the Great Song Xingbing this time, they were completely caught off guard. The Li Dynasty, which was mastered by the Great Song Dynasty, also felt the crisis of dark clouds for the first time. In the past, no one dared to come out of the lively night market.

For this situation, Li Qiande, as the emperor, could not do anything. Now he is also eagerly looking forward to the early arrival of the battle situation on the front line. As long as his Son of Heaven army can win, then Li Chao can still be saved.

If the five Heavenly Son armies he sent were all defeated in the next battle. Li Qiande didn't dare to resemble what the situation would be like at that time. But right now, he can only hope that his Heavenly Army will not live up to his high hopes.

The Li Dynasty, which also started with military affairs, has always attached great importance to the building of the army. Compared with the Great Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, the military command of the Li Dynasty has always been controlled by the emperor, and the elite of them are collectively called the Son of Heaven Army.

In order to defend the imperial city, the Li Dynasty also gave the Son of Heaven army the title respectively, except for the forbidden army guarding the imperial city. With "Royal Dragon", "Wusheng", "Dragon Wing", "Shendian", "Bangsheng", "Baosheng", "Xionglu", and "Wanjie" eight armies as the foundation and pillar of the army.

Non-wartime. These Heavenly Sons were all listed around the Imperial City to defend the Imperial City. The officers and men in the army are tattooed with the words "Son of Heaven Army" on their foreheads to show their loyalty to the Son of Heaven. The armies were divided into bows, cavalry, elephants, and stone-throwers.

In addition to the Imperial City Forbidden Army and the eight Heavenly Son Army. The Li Dynasty also set up soldiers (i.e., local soldiers) in each city. Distinguish between the classes carefully. It should not be mixed to prevent it from changing. In the event of a mutiny, they can also act as checks and balances. It is convenient for the imperial court to dispatch.

It was this way of centralizing the military that allowed the emperor of the Li Dynasty to have absolute control and mobilization. Once the imperial decree is issued, any general must obey it unconditionally. Otherwise, it is a serious crime of disobeying the emperor's decree.

At present, the Son of Heaven Army, which is going to pursue Zhao Xiaoxi, has a total of nearly 50,000 troops. At this moment, Zhao Xiaoxi's actual strength in his hands is only less than 20,000. But even so, the Li Dynasty army did not dare to be careless at all.

From the news received one after another, the Li Dynasty army already knew that the army led by Zhao Xiaoxi seemed to use a weapon called heavenly thunder. As long as this weapon makes a sound, the soldiers who touch him will either be killed or injured, and it will be a sharp weapon.

Although the army of the Li Dynasty also knew that this kind of firearm had existed before the Great Song Dynasty. Compared with the Great Song firearms they had seen before, this weapon, known as the Heavenly Thunder, is now more and more powerful and terrifying.

Zhao Xiaoxi, who was attacking the city and plundering the land, also knew that the cities he had recovered now had not encountered much resistance. Many of the cities of the Li Dynasty surrendered happily after the infantry tested the artillery.

In this way, the troops under the command of Zhao Xiaoxi spent more time on hurrying things. When he learned that the Li Dynasty had sent three armies of the Son of Heaven with the intention of annihilating the kind of army under his command, Zhao Xiaoxi also felt that it was time to fight.

Ordering Zhao Da to take a map of the Li Dynasty depicted in detail, Zhao Xiaoxi soon saw a place suitable for attacking and engaging the Li Dynasty army. And this battle will also determine whether he can win the final victory in attacking the Li Dynasty this time.

After choosing the location of the decisive battle, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly said: "Zhao Da, send an order to all the troops, each with a team of five hundred people, to receive the nearby county seat. Tell those defenders of the Li Dynasty that if they resist, they will all be killed on the day the city is broken.

In addition, the army changed its route and rushed to the Gaoyang Plain as fast as possible, built fortifications, and prepared to wait for the arrival of the Li Dynasty's three-way army. There, let's compete with the elite of the Li Dynasty! ”

At the same time, the distance between the 10,000 army commanded by Zhao Wu and Wu Ding and the nearly 30,000 army sent by the Li Dynasty was only one day. In order to fight this battle well, Zhao Wu and Wu Ding naturally planned well.

When the Li Dynasty sent a fine work, seeing Zhao Xiaoxi's army, suddenly changed the established attack route and went straight to the plains of Gaoyang Prefecture. General Li Chao, who commanded the battle, also quickly understood Zhao Xiaoxi's intentions.

Originally, he was worried that Zhao Xiaoxi, who had a sharp weapon like Tianlei, would use the city of the Li Dynasty to defend it. But Zhao Xiaoxi thought that with nearly 50,000 troops of the Li Dynasty, he would conduct offensive and defensive battles on the plains, which would undoubtedly be more beneficial to the Li Dynasty, which was overwhelmed.

In view of this situation, the three-way army of the Li Dynasty also adjusted its marching route and came straight to the Gaoyang Plain. As far as they are concerned, as long as Zhao Xiaoxi's army of nearly 20,000 people is solved, it is only a matter of time before they recover the captured cities.

Although the two sides were about the same distance from the Gaoyang Plain, in the end, it was Zhao Xiaoxi who took the first step of the Li Dynasty army and seized the most advantageous defensive high ground. The first thing he did when he arrived on the plain was to order the troops to set up camp.

Secondly, the royal cavalry guards who accompanied him on the expedition also began to go out to inquire about the movements of the Li Dynasty's army. The infantry and baggage troops who stayed in the camp also accelerated the construction of the camp and waited for the arrival of the Li Dynasty army.

Compared with the wooden barracks commonly used by many armies, Zhao Xiaoxi's troops mostly used the tents that the northern nomads were good at. And the large number of earthen fortifications outside the barracks looks very strange.

At the same time, a group of soldiers who arranged the defense carried a circle of iron rings with a certain weight. Begin to unfold it, simply using wooden stakes to fasten a circle of barbed wire to the perimeter of the camp.

Behind the barbed wire, there are teams of musketeers and shieldmen, responsible for regular patrols. Except for the two camp exits in front and rear, the rest of the camp is surrounded by barbed wire.

As for the cavalry guards of the royal palace, they hardly paid attention to the affairs inside the camp outside of the camp completely arranged. On the high ground next to the camp, the artillery team is also stepping up the construction of firing positions in order to better help in wartime.

In front of the artillery camp, there was also a barbed wire fence. Behind the barbed wire, there was the arrangement of musketeers and shield-bearers. Each unit thinks about its own duties, and the speed of building the camp is beyond imagination.

Zhao Xiaoxi, who had already set up the tent, did not stay in the tent, but came to the place where the soldiers were building fortifications. Carefully inspect the structure of their camp, and if there is anything wrong, he will immediately ask the soldiers to correct it.

After everything was ready, the baggage soldiers who set up camp and began to make hot meals also carried buckets of steaming meals to the position. The soldiers, who were a little hungry, also enjoyed their first meal before the war.

In Cho Hyo-seok's words, only by having a full stomach can you fight a good battle. And as long as this battle is fought well, even if there is a big battle in the future, it will be impossible for them to be stubbornly resisted by the Li Dynasty when their troops are approaching Shenglong City.

Before the war began, the scouts sent by Zhao Xiaoxi were already on the Gaoyang Plain, fighting with the scouts of the Li Dynasty. In the face of these guard cavalry who had fought with the northern nomadic cavalry, Li Chao's scout cavalry was naturally not an opponent.

But even so, the Li Dynasty three-way army, which came straight to this place, also knew about Zhao Xiaoxi, and they arrived in one step. How could they not know about the situation there!

The scout cavalry sent out was withdrawn, and the three-way army was united and surrounded by Zhao Xiaoxi, who was located on the Gaoyang Plain. When their vanguard finally appeared in the Gaoyang Plain, they also saw the Great Song army ready to face the battle.

As a guerrilla force, the cavalry of the palace is now divided into teams of 100 people, constantly attacking and harassing the logistics supply lines of the three-way army. In the face of this harassment, the Li Dynasty army also had to be dispatched, and the corresponding forces were used for defense.

Wait until the three-way army succeeds and surround Zhao Xiaoxi's army located on the Gaoyang Plain. They were also confused by the strange camp that appeared in front of them, and they didn't understand why this kind of camp was so weird.

I don't know where to go, I saw the Great Song Army with a well-groomed army. Many veterans of the Li Dynasty who had fought with the Great Song Dynasty army also felt that this army was not easy to deal with. In the next battle, it is really unknown who will lose and who will win.

In the face of the refusal of the Great Song army to leave the camp, the Li Dynasty army, which had been hurrying for the past few days, also made a decision to rest for the time being. Arrange for their baggage soldiers to prepare a hot meal for some hungry officers and soldiers.

As the Son of Heaven Army, their logistical supply conditions are naturally much stronger than those of the soldiers in various cities. Judging from the situation of their camp, Zhao Xiaoxi, who was standing on the artillery position, could already see clearly through the monoculars.

Compared with his control of a corner of the Gaoyang Plain, the three armies of the Son of Heaven of the Li Dynasty will each control the other triangle. Unexpectedly, the two armies met, and they couldn't help but say that there was an immediate battle.

On the contrary, both sides sent a number of reconnaissance sentries to each other to constantly provoke in the formed combat area. It's a pity that for this kind of duel of scattered cavalry, the cavalry in the army of the Emperor of the Li Dynasty is not the opponent of the cavalry of Zhao Xiaoxi's guards at all.

Looking at their own cavalry, constantly falling off their horses, the generals of the Li Dynasty also felt that the strength of these cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty was really beyond their imagination. Such cavalry, wandering around their camp, is really a big threat! (To be continued......)