Li Zhun was puzzled: "Big brother means that we are just waiting for their reinforcements to arrive now?"

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, since there is no way to avoid it, we will simply open the formation and fight to the death with the other party. ”

"The reason why Shiziling's coalition army can achieve the current advantage is nothing more than the word 'surprise', but after all, the struggle for hegemony in the world still depends on the life of the three armies, I don't believe that his 15,000-strong army can turn the clouds and rain. ”

All the generals felt that it made sense, now there is indeed no secret between the enemy and us, although Shi Ziling's special attack division is extremely brave, but after all, there are only more than 10,000 people, and it is impossible to fight against the entire Li Yuan army. If someone can hold back Shiziling's special attack division, then the remaining forces of Li Yuan's army may not be able to win when they are used to deal with the reinforcements of Nangong Xia and Songhu Legion.

Li Zhun clapped his hands heavily and said: "Then according to what the eldest brother said, let's set up a position and fight to the death with their coalition forces! Anyway, it has already reached this point, and it is really unwilling to go back like this." ”

"Although we are suffering from the enemy on our backs, there is nothing to fear if our troops are divided into two formations to meet us. If we can repel the allied forces of Shiziling in a head-on decisive battle, then the entire northwest will be invincible. Later, as long as you take a few years off to recruit troops and expand the team, you can still go south to achieve great things......"

After careful analysis and discussion, many generals of Li Yuan's army finally reached an agreement, and everyone agreed that instead of withdrawing their troops and being pursued and killed by Shiziling all the way, it was better to settle down and set up a position to face the battle head-on. Now there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, maybe Li Yuan's army still has a slight advantage, if the army is divided into two to face the battle head-on, it is completely up to the ability of both sides, and whoever has the stronger combat power will laugh the least.

Li Yuan's two armies, the Blue Wolf and the Grizzly Bear, have experienced many battles and have always been very confident in their combat power. Although they could not find a battalion that stood out as particularly as a special attack division, they won in terms of average overall strength and had no obvious weaknesses. In addition to the special attack division, the combined forces of Shiziling and Nangong Xia may not be as strong as Li Yuan's army, and on the whole, both sides have opportunities.

Li Yuan saw this point and made the decision to face the battle head-on. As he said, the struggle for world dominance cannot always rely on surprise to win, but ultimately it is necessary to rely on the three armed forces to confront each other head-on. Li Yuan firmly believed that his men and horses had been in great battles for a long time, and they were the best legions in the Bright Moon Continent today, and they still had a chance to win this battle by relying on their overall strength.

After determining the coping strategy, Li Yuan instructed all the generals to immediately pass on their intentions, so that all the officers and men of the regiment could understand the current situation and muster the courage to fight to the death. As long as the combined forces of the Songhu Legion and the Narcissus Legion can be successfully defeated this time, then the future will be bright, and Li Yuan's Legion will still be the ultimate overlord of the Bright Moon Continent.

Subsequently, Li Yuan once again made a new deployment of his 80,000 horses.

Given that the ambush in Longmadao was likely to have been perceived by Shiziling's reinforcements, Li Yuan withdrew 10,000 horses from Xue Zhengyang and handed them over to Li Zhun to command. Xue Zhengyang continued to lead the remaining 20,000 horses to set up an ambush on Longma Road, but he had to pay attention to the Songhu Army and Nangong Xia's Narcissus Army detouring to attack the rear camp of Li Yuan's army, so that he could retreat in time to help Li Zhun.

Li Zhun led 30,000 elite soldiers in the rear camp, ready to meet the reinforcements of the Songhu Army and the Narcissus Army at any time.

As for Li Yuan himself, he personally led 30,000 guards to set up a position in front of Black Dragon City, but this time he did not lead the team to attack the city, but mainly defended, in order to drag the special attack division of Shiziling.

The rescheduling of Li Yuan's army soon attracted the attention of the special attack division on the Black Dragon City, and Shi Ziling and Xiahou Yuan's father and son immediately climbed the lookout to observe it in person after receiving the report, and after seeing Li Yuan's deployment clearly, everyone started to discuss again.

Xiahou Feiyang was a little puzzled and said: "Li Yuan has now divided all the men and horses into two parts, and he himself personally led 30,000 elite soldiers to garrison the city, but he no longer attacked the city, I don't know what Lu Dao means." Could it be that he is waiting for our reinforcements to flank him?"

After thinking about it, Shi Ziling nodded and said, "It should be like this." Li Yuan knew that it would be difficult to succeed in attacking the city now, and it would only consume a large number of troops, so he simply stopped the attack and set up a position, thinking that he really planned to wait for our reinforcements to arrive and have a head-on decisive battle. ”

Xiahou Yuan said: "Li Yuan is really old and spicy, he made the right decision so quickly, we originally planned to lead the team to cover up the killing as soon as he retreated, so that he could also taste the pain of being chased and killed all the way." Unexpectedly, he didn't mess up at all, and made up his mind to face us head-on, so it really depends on the strength of both sides. ”

"Fortunately, Ziling's special attack division has attracted Li Yuan's 30,000 horses, and his remaining 50,000 horses have to deal with the 35,000 reinforcements of the Songhu Army plus the 30,000 reinforcements of the Narcissus Legion, and they are at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and our reinforcements should still have a good chance to win. ”

Shi Ziling nodded and said: "Now that the situation is clear, it is difficult for both sides to calculate each other, and they can only rely on their own men and horses to win or lose." Although my special attack division is brave, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Li Yuan to crush it for a while if he is prepared, after all, his strength is doubled. ”

"As for our reinforcements, although they are superior in terms of total numbers, the combat strength of the five thousand troops of Wei Song and the Duanmu brothers is relatively weak, and it is difficult to say whether they can form a joint force with the Narcissus Legion of Nangong Xia. Overall, there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and it is indeed a battle based on their own ability, and Li Yuan's response is really leaky. ”

Yu Wei asked, "In other words, it is very difficult for Wei Song and them to make a detour to sneak attack the rear camp of Li Yuan's army?"

Shi Ziling said: "That's true. Since Li Yuan knew that I had left Black Dragon City, he would definitely think that I would inform the reinforcements to make a detour to avoid the ambush. Although he may still leave some ambush just in case, he should have a plan in place to deal with it. Now it seems that there is no other way but to decide the winner by strength. ”

"Fortunately, when I went this time, I had carefully discussed the possible situation with Nangong Xia and them, and now this situation is also in our expectation, and everyone will still launch a general attack according to the established plan. ”

"I led the army to attack thousands of miles this time, and I discussed the process of the entire battle with Ma Yu early in the morning, and the current situation is actually much better than we originally expected. Now it's time for us to fight to the death with Li Yuan's army. ”

Yu Wei continued to ask, "So what should we do now?"

Shi Ziling said confidently: "Of course, it is to recharge your energy and wait for the time of the general attack." It's going to be a tough battle, but I'm sure we're going to win!"

In the early morning three days later, 15,000 members of the Songhu Army led by Wei Song and 30,000 horses of the Nangong Xia Narcissus Army attacked the rear camp of Li Yuan's army at the same time.

Previously, they had already rested for a day after bypassing the Dragon Horse Road, and they were fully prepared for the situations they might encounter. Although he saw that Li Zhun had set up a position early to face the battle, he did not panic at all, and immediately launched a frontal attack on Li Zhun's 30,000 elite soldiers by virtue of his superiority in strength.

Li Zhun's 30,000 elite soldiers have also been gathering momentum for a long time, and they have already been ready for battle, facing the combined forces of the Narcissus Legion and the Songhu Legion in a hurry. Both sides came prepared, in terms of the strength of the coalition army, but in terms of the overall combat strength, Li Zhun's men and horses had a slight advantage over the coalition forces of Wei Song and Nangong Xia, and the two sides were inextricably separated for a while.

Xue Zhengyang, who was ambushed on the Longma Road, had already prepared, and immediately led the army to retreat and rescue after learning that the reinforcements of the Songhu Army had indeed made a detour, while the 20,000 horses of the Duanmu brothers had been waiting for a long time, and the two sides were equal in strength, and they immediately started a bitter battle.

Shi Ziling saw the battle situation in the rear camp of Li Yuan's army early on the Black Dragon City, and knew that his men and horses had started the general attack on time, and immediately handed over the defense task of the Black Dragon City to Xiahou Yuan and his son, and he himself ordered all the men and horses of the special attack division to go out of the city to fight against Li Yuan's 30,000 guards.

Li Yuan had already prepared, he knew that the impact of the special attack division was extremely strong, and he sent the archers and the defensive combination of the hook team to block the front of the formation early, intending to prevent the special attack division from taking advantage of the strong impact power.

Shi Ziling still used 500 martial arts masters to form an attack arrow to rush to the front, Yu Wei Yinqi led 10,000 infantry battalions to follow closely, and the 5,000 special attack cavalry team of Wei Hu and Leng Long and Leng Hu brothers was ready to charge at any time.

However, Li Yuan's army was fortified with hook teams and archers, and although the special attack team was brave, it was difficult to quickly open the situation for a while. Especially the hook team, if it is not dealt with properly, it will be extremely harmful to the special attack cavalry team that charges behind.

Shiziling knew that Xiahou's flying Yanyun Iron Cavalry was injured in the hands of these hook scratching teams, so he specially took care of the special attack arrow team and infantry battalion in front of him to completely eliminate these hook scratchers. However, these hook teams have the double cover of archers and shield players, and the Tongtian Sect has arranged a large number of martial arts masters to cooperate, and it is also very difficult for the special attack team to fight for a while.

Fortunately, under the prior care of Shi Ziling, the special attack division had long expected that the other party would come prepared this time, and it would never be able to be overwhelmed as soon as the last time the battalion was rushed, so it was not in a hurry, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner according to the established deployment.

Shi Ziling and Li Yuan both sat on their horses and concentrated on command and dispatch, although both of them knew that there would be a duel between each other sooner or later, but they seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding, and they both wanted to show their command and dispatch strengths in this big battle in front of them, and see whose men and horses could have the upper hand.

As expected by both sides, this battle was extremely difficult, whether it was between Li Yuan and Shi Ziling in the front camp or between Li Zhun, Xue Zhengyang and Wei Song, Nangong Xia and Duanmu brothers in the back camp, it was inseparable for a while, and it was difficult for either side to quickly establish an advantage.