In the early morning, when the eastern sky outside the window was still dark, Zhao Ji was woken up again by the shouting and killing sound outside, and couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "Damn Xixia people, damn Li Liangzuo, you must not fall into my hands in the future, otherwise I will make you unable to sleep for several days and nights in a row!" ”

Cursing the Xixia people and Li Liangzuo, Zhao Ji sat up from the bed with both hands, and looked around at the humble room he was in by the dim light in the room, only to see that the whole room was built of bluestone and bricks, and there was no decoration on the bare walls, which looked extremely rough, but it was very strong, and the layout in the room was simpler, except for a bed and a table and a few stools, there was no other extra furniture.

Zhao Ji stared at his room with eyes that had just woken up, thinking about his experience of coming to Sanchuan Village, he had been coming to Sanchuan Village for nearly a month, and after arriving here, Yang Wenguang and they immediately commanded the army to deploy defense, because the area of Sanchuan Village was too small, it was not enough to station nearly 100,000 Song troops, and there were also defensive methods for defense, and all troops must not be concentrated in one place, which is called trapping, which is a taboo for soldiers.

Therefore, Yang Wenguang divided the army of 100,000 into three parts, of which two generals each led 15,000 people, stationed on the mountain not far from Sanchuan Village, and the three sides became a full force, if the Tangut people concentrated their forces to attack one, the other two places could contain from both sides, and even encircle the enemy, if the Tanguts attacked three places at the same time, it weakened their strength, and it was difficult to make a difference.

The arrangement of Yang Wenguang and others quickly took effect, and when Li Liangzuo led the army to Sanchuan Village, he found that what was waiting for him here was not a small number of defenders, but the main force of the Song army. Li Liangzuo was also angry, but at this time the army had already been opened, and he could not be allowed to retreat at all, so he could only send troops to attack Sanchuan Village, but unfortunately the Song army at this time had already built the three positions like iron cylinders after a period of preparation. The Tangut people had no effect at all except for the loss of their troops and generals, and of course the Great Song army also paid a lot of casualties for this, but these were within the range of the Song army.

Li Liangzuo was defeated by the Liao State before, and the loss of some of the elite troops was still a trivial matter, and the country needed to support his labor expedition, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources. encountered the resistance of the main force of the Great Song Dynasty, if he was a sane person, he would naturally withdraw immediately, so as to avoid consuming more national strength.

However, Li Liangzuo was defeated by Ye Lujun, the emperor of Liao who was younger than him, which made him arrogant and arrogant, and now he was stopped here by the Song army, who had always looked down on him, and what made him even more annoyed was that the commander of the Song army was also Zhao Ji, the quasi-prince of the Song Dynasty who was one year younger than him. This rekindled Li Liangzuo's desire to win, so he not only retreated. Instead, he went crazy and commanded the army to attack, hoping to break through the Song army's defense line, and then loot the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty to supplement his losses.

It's just that Li Liangzuo's blind attack did not achieve any effect, but caused heavy losses to the Western Xia army, which finally made him wake up, although he did not retreat. However, the forcible attack was changed into a harassment war, and the troops were sent to feint against the three positions of the Song army for twelve hours a day, so that the Song army could not be at peace at any time, which was a tired tactic in the art of war, and Yang Wenguang and others also responded immediately. Divide the army into three groups and take turns to fight, and the rest will rest in the back, it can be said that this war has entered the confrontation stage so far, and the rest depends on whether there is a heavy change, if not, then it can only end with the withdrawal of one side.

In fact, although he is in Sanchuan Village, except for the first day of the battle, he climbed the city wall to boost the morale of the Great Song Dynasty soldiers, and for the next period of time, he can almost only stay in the safest place in the village, and there is even a cavalry of 1,000 people guarding him at any time, in case the Great Song Dynasty is defeated, this cavalry will protect him to evacuate first, after all, Zhao Xu's safety is more important than the victory or defeat of this war.

Zhao Ji, who woke up, sat on the bed and was stunned for a while, and then looked out the window and it was still dark, it is estimated that it will be dawn for a while, and the shouting and killing of the Xixia people outside has gradually subsided, and it is estimated that this round of attack will also end, speaking of which, Li Liangzuo is really tenacious, these days in the past few days, he will send troops to feint every other hour, every time he is beating gongs and drums and making noise and noise, Zhao Ji is most afraid of noise when he sleeps, and he has not been able to sleep well in the past few days.

Although it was not yet dawn, Zhao Ji felt sleepy at this time, so he simply put on his clothes and washed up, then pushed open the door and walked out. Zhao Ji lives in a simple courtyard, except for the house is particularly strong, there is nothing special, this is also the standard building of Sanchuan Village, after all, the whole village was originally born for war.

Speaking of Sanchuan Village destroyed in the war several times, for example, Li Yuanhao defeated the Song army here twenty years ago, and as a result, the entire Sanchuan Village was pushed to the ground, but because this is the only place for the Western Xia to invade the Great Song Dynasty, so every time it is destroyed, the Great Song Dynasty will be rebuilt, and there is an army of 2,000 people stationed here all the year round, and the whole village is actually a military fortress.

It is already the middle of winter, with a bleak autumn wind blowing, Zhao Ji couldn't help but shiver, and then wrapped the fur on his body tightly, the weather here in Sanchuan Village is colder than Tokyo, although it is not yet winter, but it is already frozen at night, but Zhao Ji now hopes that the weather will be cold faster, with the national strength of the Xixia people, it will definitely be impossible to support them to fight in winter, and then Li Liangzuo can only retreat.

"Your Highness, it's not dawn yet, why did you get up?" As soon as Zhao Ji went out, Chen Ding, the head of his personal guard, immediately ran to the front road, when Zhao Ji was injured and had a high fever when he was patrolling the river in the rain, he was unconscious, and it was this bearded Chen Ding who personally carried him to Zhao Yan for help, so Chen Ding also saved Zhao Ji's life, and it was by virtue of this credit that Chen Ding became Zhao Ji's personal guard leader, and he was usually deeply respected and trusted by Zhao Ji, and he was responsible for his own safety wherever he went.

"The Xixia people are so noisy, I can't sleep anyway, you can take a few people to walk on the street with me!" Zhao Ji smiled and commanded, as the commander of the army, although he is not very in charge of things, but he usually walks around among the soldiers a little, which can also inspire people, which is also Zhao Ji's main work recently.

Hearing Zhao Ji's order, Chen Ding also immediately agreed, and called a few capable guards to follow, in fact, in a large military camp like Sanchuan Village, Zhao Ji would not be in danger even if he did not bring guards, but he was afraid of anything in case, plus Zhao Yan was kidnapped before, so Chen Ding's guards did not dare to have any carelessness.

At that moment, Zhao Ji took Chen Ding and others to the street, although it was already early in the morning, but because the Xixia people had just launched an attack just now, although it was a feint, but it was also a real sword, it still caused some casualties, plus the army that participated in the previous battle also had to retreat and recuperate, so there were teams of soldiers running hurriedly everywhere on the street.

The light on the street is very dark, because the supplies are a little tight, so only the patrol soldiers will have torches for lighting, and other soldiers can only move forward with the help of the stars in the sky, but it provides convenience for Zhao Ji, during this time he frequently appears in the army to boost morale, and the sergeants know him, and they usually stop saluting when they see him, Zhao Ji also has to smile in order to maintain his demeanor, and he feels that his face is about to stiffen after a long time, but now that others can't see him, he naturally doesn't have to salute him, It made him feel more relaxed than he had ever felt before.

When Zhao Ji was walking forward easily, he suddenly saw a group of people running in front of him, and a tall soldier at the front shouted while running forward: "Hurry up~, all the ones in front are out of the way of Lao Tzu!" ”

Zhao Ji just stood in front of this group of people, and when he heard the tall soldier speak disrespectfully, Chen Ding, who was the leader of the guard, immediately had an angry face, and just wanted to step forward to scold, but Zhao Ji suddenly stopped him and said: "Chen Ding, let's step aside, people's lives are at stake, and he hasn't seen this king!" ”

Chen Ding heard Zhao Ji's words, and then he also found that the tall soldier on the opposite side was carrying a blood-covered person on his back, and the soldier behind him was carrying one wounded person after another, although he couldn't see the injuries of these wounded under the dim torches, but when they ran over, there were bloody footprints left on the ground one after another, so it can be seen that the injuries of these wounded are not optimistic, and even Zhao Ji can judge from such a large amount of blood that there are not many of these wounded who can be saved.

Looking at the wounded who went away, the nose was also full of blood, Zhao Ji couldn't help sighing at this, he had read a lot of war reports before, and the casualties on it were just a group of dull numbers, but it wasn't until he came to Sanchuan Village and experienced the cruelty of the war that he found that behind the original casualty figures, there were actually countless fresh lives, they also had wives and children, and they would also talk and laugh, but for some reason, they had to go to the battlefield to fight with the enemy, and finally fell on the battlefield and never got up.

Thinking of the casualties during this time, Zhao Ji's mood couldn't help but be a little low, but he also knew that casualties were inevitable in the war, so he finally shook his head and continued to move forward, but just when he just walked a turn, he suddenly saw a team of soldiers who had just retreated from the battlefield resting around the fire, this was a very common scene, but when Zhao Ji saw one of the soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh in surprise, and said: "Why is he here?" (To be continued......)