People are very strange, extending to the battlefield, most of the strength of the soldiers is not physical strength, not personal martial arts, but indescribable confidence.

Of course, in the army it should be said - morale.

Morale is a very fantasy concept, in the Great Song Dynasty, a lieutenant colonel and general with a physique like Li Kui, even if there are no three thousand, there is absolutely no big problem in finding one thousand eight hundred. Even if the martial arts are not as good as Li Kui, they will not be too bad. But can such a strong general in the army really boost the morale of the soldiers?

Two words: hehe.

Han Deqin sells better than Li Kui, and he has a high position, but if Han Deqin is in the army at this time, he will definitely not be better than Li Kui. The existence of a lone army to maintain morale is absolutely incredible. Li Kui did it, which is enough to show that Li Kui is amazing.

It's not that the Great Song Dynasty didn't have generals who could fight and didn't want to die when they started fighting, but the problem was that these generals didn't necessarily make the soldiers have strong morale. In terms of individual soldiers, the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, at least in the Beijing camp and the Western army, was no worse than the soldiers of Western Xia and Khitan. Even in terms of physical strength and martial arts training, it is better than the other party, especially the equipment, which is a luxury that the envy of the soldiers of different races cannot envy.

But in fact, the Great Song Dynasty fought against foreign countries and suffered a lot.

To say that the lack of cavalry is the reason, it is also true and incorrect.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty trained cavalry and went out to conquer the desert, using cavalry as a strategic offensive force. The purpose of using cavalry against cavalry was to annihilate the living forces of the Huns. The Huns, with a population of 3 million, will definitely not be able to consume the Han with a population of tens of millions. than consumption, the Xiongnu can't afford to consume, but the Han Dynasty will definitely not care. And in the two Han Dynasty, the use of cavalry is naturally mainly offensive.

But the Great Song Dynasty was different, and the foreign wars of the Great Song Dynasty were basically based on defense.

The gap between the defense-based combat troops, cavalry and infantry is really not too big. To take the simplest example, Li Ling of the Western Han Dynasty, 5,000 infantry against 80,000 cavalry, at least 30,000 Xiongnu were killed and wounded. Such a record was fought by the infantry, and the reason was the bow and crossbow. The weapons of the Central Plains Dynasty were more powerful than those of the steppe tribes.

However, for the Great Song Dynasty, it was obvious that the weapon was superior, or the situation was defensive, but he was repeatedly bullied by the Western Xia, and the reason was morale.

The morale of the Song army rose up quickly and drained faster. As a result, the army is fighting abroad, and once it encounters a difficult situation, there is a risk of rout.

The Lord will be able to give the soldiers enough faith, but it will not be enough.

Li Kui had already let the soldiers see his powerful force on the battlefield, but his role was even inferior to the existence of the ten firearms. Li Kui also saw the problem, the appearance of the secret weapon, the moment it showed powerful killing, the soldiers had the courage to fight.

Of course, Li Kui can also forge the myth of his undefeated god of war through victory after victory, as long as he appears in the barracks, he can make the soldiers imposing. But it will take a long time to make the soldiers have such a sense of belonging. Moreover, it is not possible to change the army, and once the army is replaced, the morale will have to be re-cultivated.

And the army where the commander does not change the commander, only low-level generals can do it.

Once a senior general is reached, there is simply no such opportunity to command the same army on the battlefield all the time, and the Privy Council will not agree.

"Brothers, sweat more in peacetime, and shed less blood in battle."

Li Kui shouted in the training army, and seemed to be answered by the soldiers.

The soldiers shouted, "Victory." ”

"Victory!"

It's time to show a hint of satisfaction, Li Kui is like a blind bear patrolling the crop field, looking at the crops that are growing well, there is a kind of happy satisfaction.

They waited for two days in the river bay, but they did not wait for the party reinforcements. The Western Xia scouts in the direction of Jinmingzhai caught a few, but fortunately, there were no party members who escaped. However, before that, Ren Duoyan's men had fled in the direction of Western Xia.

A cavalry battle of several hundred people, it is normal to run away from a few people. In addition, it was almost dark at that time, and it was already an unexpected surprise to be able to catch Ren Duoyan, a party nobleman.

The delay in the arrival of party reinforcements made Li Kui a little worried. He is also afraid that the party will hold back their big moves.

If tens of thousands of people come, he must run?

His army is more than a thousand when it is full. If 10,000 people came, he would have to kneel.

If 30,000 people come, Li Kui may have to slip away first.

It seems quite embarrassing to escape, but there is no pressure on Li Kui. If you can't beat or run, what are you waiting for? At most, he brought a few who could fight and ran with those who were outstanding in martial arts and shooting, and as for the others, he didn't care about them. Anyway, he is a civil official, and it is understandable that the military general's business cannot be done well.

But the strange thing is that although Li Kui has such thoughts, he is calm and comfortable on the surface, and his contempt for the party is very popular with the soldiers. They didn't even know that if there were more party members, Li Kui would probably abandon them.

On the contrary, Gao Yu, who was worried all day, was different, and he didn't see the party members for two days or two days. Gao Yu's mouth was blistering in a hurry, and Gao Yu, who was anxious, obviously had no confidence. When the soldiers saw him, they still had the heart to explain him: "General Gao, don't worry, with Li Zhimi, we will win." ”

Gao Yu was panting like a cow, obviously angry a lot, but he couldn't say anything. He was sure that the party members would come with a thousand, and Li Kui would definitely have the strength to clean up the party members like cutting melons and chopping vegetables; There are three thousand party members, and a small half of the unlucky ones don't live for a day; If there are 10,000 party members, Li Kui will definitely slip away.

But can he say that?

The war is imminent, and shaking the morale of the army is a capital crime to be killed.

Gao Yu can only go to Li Kui, but if he can't do it, this party member will not fight, and it is important to save his life. Anyway, Hao Sui also left two days in advance, Hao Sui brought few people, but drove a lot of cattle and horses, I am afraid that the journey will be delayed, at most one day, it should be to Sanchuankou. They left at this time, Hao Sui thanked him, and the soldiers saved their lives, so why not?

With this worry, Gao Yu found Li Kui, and the two stayed away from the soldiers and argued.

"The party hasn't come yet, and you're cowardly? Gao Yu, you don't want to fight anymore? Li Kui said disdainfully.

Gao Yu opened his mouth, rubbed his knees and said helplessly: "The party members are cavalry, most of us are infantry, and it is a luxury to be able to survive at that time, what are you talking about?" ”

"People should always have some dreams, right?" Li Kui deliberately lengthened his tone and said bewildermently: "What if only a thousand people come from the party?" The fleeing Dangxiang cavalry must have gone to the direction of Western Xia, and the Dangxiang army in the direction of Jinmingzhai had no news at all. What does this mean? It shows that we have a great opportunity, once we defeat the party reinforcements behind the party army, the party army in Jinmingzhai will definitely not be able to sit still. You should also know that the Dang Xiang Military Division near Yan Yan Road is the Left Wing Military Division, but Ren Duoyan is the son of the Chief General of the Right Wing Military Division, Ren Duo Baozhong, this is the opportunity? ”

"What chance, I don't see it so much?" Gao Yu worried: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, I won't be able to run if I want to." ”

"It's impossible, the military divisions of the right wing of Western Xia have been transferred, and it can be seen that there are not many soldiers in the party army opposite Yan'an Mansion. And the elite should be emptied, and what we have to deal with is the temporary recruitment of the Western Xia servant army, and there is a great chance. ”

Li Kui said heartlessly: "Besides, the division of a hundred battles always has to kill some people." If we are lucky, we don't have to die too many people at all, we can get the results of killing a thousand people, and when the time comes, the court will reward you with a commander, and you can't afford to lose this person. At least the deputy commander of the capital, if you return to the capital, ten years, as long as ten years, you will have the hope of becoming a lieutenant. I don't want to take a little risk, how can I get such a high position. Do you understand whether the work is not matched? ”

Gao Yu wanted to refute several times, but finally held back. Finally, he said angrily, "I believe you again." ”

Luck!

Luck!

Gao Yu listened to Li Kui's explanation in his heart, and his heart became even more empty, fighting does not rely on strength, but on luck, which feels very bad. Gao Yu appreciated and lamented in his heart: The master is going to die in a foreign country!

Li Kui looked at Gao Yu's stiff back, and couldn't help muttering: "Wait another day, if the party members don't come again, they will retreat." ”

Of course, it is impossible to tell Gao Yu this sentence, in Li Kui's opinion, Gao Yu's ability to bear it is really worrying. There is anxiety about going to the battlefield for the first time, and more often than not, the character has not turned a corner. Although Gao Yu has been in the army for half a year, he had a military position before, but he actually taught the emperor to play football in the palace.

From the stadium to the battlefield all of a sudden, who will come and who will be confused.

At this time, Li Kui can't instill more ideas into Gao Yu, unlike Gao Yu, Li Kui's psychological quality is absolutely tough. He faced the cottage of hundreds of people alone, and said that he would rush up without pause, this fierce momentum, Gao Yu definitely did not have it. Not only did he not, but he often suffered from gains and losses, Li Kui could only tell Gao Yu the most difficult side, and then let him die.

When he returned to the army, Li Kui called Lu Qian: "Tell the brothers, rest early today, and cancel the morning exercise tomorrow." ”

"Order."

After saying that, Li Kui turned over and got on the horse, and he was about to inform Li Yun to recharge his energy and prepare to leave. Ruan Xiaoer hurriedly jumped on a river meandering horse and chased after him. Although Ruan Xiaoer is not very old, he is not afraid of falling or hurting at this age, it is the age when chickens fly and dogs jump, except for reading and reading, he can learn everything quickly. It's only been a few days, and the horseback ride is already in shape.

After a while, he had already caught up with Li Kui, and even rushed in front of Li Kui. Li Kui didn't care, so he let Ruan Xiaoer run happily.

Ruan Xiaoer was galloping on a horse, and a group of cavalry came over, and the leader was Li Yun in armor: "Xiao Er, go and report to the second brother, the party is here." ”

Ruan Xiaoer hurriedly grabbed the reins and controlled the horses.

At this time, Li Kui had already caught up, stopped the war horse, and asked, "How many are coming?" ”

"It is estimated that there are only 1,000 cavalry at the beginning, but there is a team of cavalry behind, the number is not clear...... Li Yun also knows the importance of intelligence, at that time, the party people were all cavalry, and the scout's horse was still the war horse of the Great Song Dynasty, which was obviously inferior to the party war horse. Although his horse army was also cavalry, he did not dare to change all the horses of the party members. After all, cavalry and war horses need years of training and cultivating deep feelings, otherwise they will kill people if they are moths on the battlefield.

Li Yun said helplessly: "Second brother, you also know that the war horses of my Ma army are not as good as the horses of the party people, and I don't dare to get too close, once I am caught by the party people, I will definitely not be able to escape." ”

Li Kui agreed with this explanation and ordered Li Yun: "According to the original plan, you will lead people to ambush and start the war for two hours, and your people will only do one thing to recuperate. Two hours later, if our army does not move, it will be the time for you to make a meritorious deed. ”

"Second brother, can you do it in two hours?"

Different from bullying the green forest cottage, this time it was the cavalry of the party people, it was impossible for the iron harrier to come, the three thousand heavy cavalry built by the Western Xia with the power of the whole country, and the iron harrier was dispatched after the death of two hundred cavalry, and these treasures were too taken seriously.

As long as it is an ordinary cavalryman, Li Kui is confident that he will be undefeated for two hours, and he should be able to withstand it.

Although Li Yun's cavalry was not large in number, it was a new force and the last bargaining chip to lay the foundation for victory.

Li Yun knew that his responsibility was heavy, and he hugged his fists and said, "Take care of the second brother." ”

Li Kuixin said: "What are you doing with such sensationalism? But he still clenched his fists and said to Li Yun: "After the war, we will eat meat and drink wine together." ”

Li Yun smiled, facing the big war, Li Yun couldn't help but be a little nervous, but after hearing Li Kui's words, his mood relaxed a lot, and he said with a smile: "After the war, we will eat meat and drink wine together." ”

After returning to the main formation, Gao Yu greeted him and asked Li Kui: "The party members are here." ”

"That's right, it's coming, it's coming to die." Li Kui's overconfident, almost arrogant tone made Gao Yu unable to react for a while, and after a while, Gao Yu understood what he was going through. Suddenly exclaimed: "Set up the formation, the party members are here!" ”

Don't look at the soldiers, they are full of confidence and morale is also very strong. But when they heard that the party reinforcements were coming, there was chaos in the camp, and the soldiers were holding their weapons and roaring around, and some of the soldiers could not even find their own commanders and commanders.

Seeing this, Li Kui took a deep breath and yelled with the power of his dantian: "Whatever you panic, sit down for Lao Tzu, and those who stand will be killed." ”

As he spoke, he kicked a soldier who passed by him to the ground, and said angrily: "If you run around again, you will be killed!" ”

As he spoke, Li Kui took off the longbow on his horse, grabbed a feather arrow in his hand, and began to aim at people. He closed his left eye for a while, closed his right eye for a while, he was worried that he couldn't aim at someone, so he stuffed the longbow into Lu Qian's hand and ordered: "Your archery skills are accurate, if you see someone standing, pull the bow and shoot arrows, it doesn't matter if you live or die." ”

Lu Qian's face turned blue with fright, if he really dared to do this, he would be hit by black arrows if he fought later!

But Li Kui glared at him and monitored him, Lu Qian couldn't do nothing, compared to offending the soldiers, he was afraid of offending Li Kui. With a buzz, the bow was shot out, and the helmet of an unlucky man was hit by the arrow, almost scaring the soul away.

More and more soldiers began to sit on the ground under the whip of Li Kui's personal guards, but fear was evident in their eyes. The party members are coming, and they are still sitting on the ground, isn't this waiting for death?

However, the black-faced god Li Kui was more fatal than the party members, and no one dared to disobey Li Kui's orders.

The Song army sat on the ground one by one, and Li Kui rode to the army on horseback and began to reprimand: "What's the panic, the party people have been on the road for more than a day, if they want to attack, the people can stand it, and the horses can stand it?" I was given a restful place to sit on the ground, and after an hour, the whole army was ready to fight hard with the party members. ”

"Things on the battlefield are more ruthless, as long as you are more ruthless than the party members, you can survive, not only survive, but also get military merits, be promoted to be a captain, and it is easy to eat meat as an official."

Seeing that the army was beginning to calm down, Li Kui ordered: "The commanders of each army gather their soldiers and soldiers, come one by one, don't mess up." ”

The commander of the pawn is a hundred generals, and in the Song army, he is already enough to be the lowest-ranking officer.

Compared to the soldiers, they have more battlefield experience and are more stable.

Sure enough, as Li Kui said, the party members came, but instead of attacking, they began to rest. It's just that thirty horsemen were sent to monitor the Song army from afar.

An hour later, Li Kui glanced up at the sky.

Li Kuiyou ordered: "Reorganize the army and set up the formation." ”

The dull beat of the snare drums sounded, and the soldiers were well rested. began to organize the ranks under the angry scolding of their respective commanders, and at the same time, the party army had begun to prepare for the attack. The big man led by him looked at the Song army and thoughtfully said: "General, the Song army is extraordinary. ”

No matter how extraordinary it is, it is also the Song army, ordering the sons and daughters to get on their horses and prepare to charge. If we let the marshal know that we have lost the young marshal, you and I will not survive. ”

After the party cavalry formed a team, they began to move closer.

It required a strong tacit understanding, but the army was apparently put together on an improvised basis, and the pace was a bit slow. On the contrary, Li Kui sat on the horse and sneered: "No! This party member doesn't look elite at all, it's too buried. The whole team has taken so long, and they can't play? ”

Gao Yu also wanted to learn from Li Kui's relaxed appearance, but unfortunately, his trembling hands couldn't deceive people. swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked Li Kui hoarsely: "Renjie, do you say that the party is a person?" ”

"They want to run, but the official still doesn't agree?" Li Kui's eyes stared at the party cavalry, there were not many people and horses, only less than 3,000, this point of people and horses was not worth it when he threw his face on the ground and fled in front of the battle. At the same time, he was sure that it would be absolutely impossible for the party to delay, the cavalry fought at night, and they didn't dare to say so in mythology, a ditch could kill the entire army, believe it or not?

Li Kui chuckled: "If you wait for dark, you can only fight again tomorrow." We can withdraw our ability to fight, but the party members have no choice. They did not dare to drag it until dark. ”

As he spoke, the party's cavalry was also sorted out, and the cavalry put their horses and galled.

The situation suddenly became solemn, and Li Kui didn't look at the party cavalry, turned back to the drummer and ordered: "Beat the drum." ”

The formation began to change, but it was the simplest one. After Li Kui eliminated the cumbersome weapons such as the crossbow, the military formation drill became simpler.

The spearmen crouched on the ground, clutching their spears, waiting for orders.

And the musketeers appeared in front of the spearmen with lit torches and pushed the muskets, and the party members did not know what these soldiers with torches were doing.

On the contrary, the Song army was very excited, especially when the cavalry of the party entered the distance of less than two miles, and after the war horses began to run, all the back of their heads were transparent and comfortable, and their hearts were like the devil roaring: "Come on, come to Dad's gun-"