In Li Kui's opinion, this battle will be difficult.

The reason for the difficulty is the determination of the party members, as well as the psychological advantage of the battlefield, which will make the party people tirelessly continue to attack until the Song army collapses, or because the casualties are too great, they finally collapse themselves. And how could the party's army, which has more than 40,000 troops, collapse?

In this situation, the commanders of both sides did not think too much about it.

Li Kui didn't think about it, because the Song army's troops caused the Song army to be tactically only passively defensive. As soon as the party members feel that something is wrong, the cavalry can immediately withdraw from the battlefield. The Song army couldn't catch up with other people's war horses.

And Liang Yishu didn't think that the party's army would fail, it was because of the party's victories over the Great Song Dynasty in the past fifty years, so that the party's people would not think too much about whether the combat effectiveness of the two sides was not as he expected, and the gap was obvious.

The confidence of the party members in the Song people stemmed from the battle for the founding of the country, and they won easily.

After the Battle of Haoshuichuan, the psychological advantage over the Song army has been continued, and it has even become stronger and stronger. At least before experiencing a major defeat that shook the country's foundation, this kind of self-confidence of the party members will continue. Even two years ago, the party suffered an unprecedented defeat on Huanqing Road, and the Empress Dowager Liang of the Chinese army was almost trapped in Huanzhou because of the muddy road and almost couldn't go back.

But this defeat did not hurt the muscles and bones for Western Xia. Not even a small injury. It's just that the situation at that time was very dangerous, and it almost turned into a national disgrace. But when it comes to casualties and losses, there are three or four thousand casualties. In a battle, more than 100,000 troops were dispatched and three or four thousand people were lost, which is too normal. The party members are not worried about greater setbacks at all. What's more, Zhang Qi, who made Western Xia suffer a big loss in the Song Realm, had already gone to Hedong, and then served as the Yin of the Daimyo Mansion, and he was not in the northwest at all, which increased the arrogance of the party members.

In the eyes of all the party members who sent troops to the Song Kingdom, in the northwest of the Song State today, no one can stop the iron hooves of the Western Xia army.

Because of their self-confidence, the party members will not bear the battle of the river valley that happened half a month ago, the rise of the Song army.

In the judgment of the party members, the small-scale battle must have been the commander of the Wugutai, who fell into the tricks of the Song people. This is in line with the weak military strength of the Song people.

"End the gun, raise it flat!"

"Shieldman, come on a shieldman!"

"Bastard, stupid what, kick the dead out of the car!"

……

From the beginning of the battle to the stalemate, the Song army was like a light boat fighting on the sea in a storm, thrown high by the all-encompassing attack, and fell heavily. It seems that at every moment, there is a risk of being annihilated under the iron blood.

Fortunately, he gritted his teeth again and again and persevered and resisted these attacks.

But the casualty rose sharply, which made the Song army begin to feel dignified and depressed. In particular, the party members fought tirelessly, and each time they invested three or five thousand cavalry, but for the Song army, it was undoubtedly under all the pressure every time. Because, there were too many party members, so many that they could not put all the troops into the battlefield and fight against the Song army.

But Song Jun was not so lucky at all.

The Song army had five thousand men, which seemed like a lot.

But eight hundred of them were artillerymen. It was an artillery soldier who was protected by Li Kui as a lifeline. Even when these people were using Cheng Zhijie's personal guards, Li Kui didn't think about using them. There are also some who were temporarily requisitioned by Li Kui to repair fortifications, whether it was the Glaive Array, but the Moon Array, Li Kui had to face the dilemma of a serious shortage of troops. And the opponent is still a cavalry that reacts extremely quickly on the battlefield, and has to be guarded. And the cavalry is likely to become another target after the unsuccessful attack of the party cavalry. Therefore, to build temporary walls, dig ditches, and trap horse pits, it is necessary to prepare in advance. This part, the number of people in five hundred, a commanding force.

What really went into the battle and fought desperately with the party members was the infantry, excluding the artillery and building fortifications, and the total number was less than 4,000. Among these people, only three commanders were used in the gun formation that blocked the party's cavalry head-on, and the number was far from enough. However, these people needed to intercept the approach of the party cavalry with their heavy spears.

Kill and wound the seemingly weak party knight with a crossbow and bow, again and again.

Even though Li Kui had already prepared the reserve team before, after the three attacks of the party members, the reserve team was also dispatched. There is no way not to send them, and the foot soldiers in armor, holding heavy spears, will soon exhaust the physical strength stored in the body in the high-intensity battle.

Once the physical strength of the soldiers is exhausted, they are still on the front line to resist the cavalry, not only will it not help, but it will become a burden.

After resisting the third wave of attacks, Hu Yanzhuo also admired Li Kui in his heart. He also wondered how Li Kui, a civilian official, could command on the battlefield on the spot.

Hu Yanzhuo even estimated that the party members who died in front of the Chinese army, even if there were not seven or eight thousand, five or six thousand should be there.

When the battle came to this point, the Song army could only fight hard.

But even so, Hu Yanzhuo also felt a sense of powerlessness that could not be supported by himself.

Taking advantage of the gap between the attacks of the party members, Hu Yanzhuo ran to Li Kui and spit out bitterness to Li Kui: "My lord, my people are dead, injured, and out of strength are still gritting their teeth and persevering." However, as you know, my lord, it is more and more difficult for us to stop the attacks of the party members, and the casualties are greater and greater every time. The party people can put in the soldiers with full physical strength every time, but we can only grit our teeth and hold on, if it really comes to the time when it can't stand it, you should know that once the Chinese army is broken, my 5,000 soldiers will be the knife of the party people! ”

"Luda, go up with the foot soldiers who are repairing the camp, Ruan Xiaoer, go to General Cheng's personal guards under the command of Shuai to ask for it!"

"My lord, you finally thought of me!" Luda has always been by Li Kui's side, just watching others fight lively, but he can only watch the play, and he can't bear it anymore.

If it weren't for Li Kui's appearance that he was very difficult to mess with, he would have made a fuss even on the battlefield.

As for Ruan Xiaoer, he was not in a hurry, he followed Li Kui to fight two small battles, he was already a quite experienced old Jianghu, and even the younger Ruan Xiaoer looked down on Luda's recklessness.

The corners of Hu Yanzhuo's mouth twitched a few times, what he hoped for was not that Li Kui would send him troops, but that Li Kui's secret weapon.

It's been in my hands for a long time, and I don't need it, if Zhongjin is broken through by the iron horse of the party people, I won't have a chance to use it. But Hu Yanzhuo saw that Li Kui didn't agree, so he could only frown and continue to guard the cart formation.

After all calculations, there was still an accident.

The general inevitably died in battle, Gao Yu on the left flank was lying on a stretcher, his face was pale, Lu Qian escorted him to Li Kui, and cried as soon as he opened his mouth: "My lord, it's not good, my general is not a general." ”

"Gao Yu is dead?"

Li Kui was so frightened that it was not yet noon, so he folded into it. Although the level of this cargo leading troops to fight is really not very good. But after all, he is a lieutenant general in the army, and this instant death must be a huge blow to morale.

Cheng Zhijie, who rushed to hear the news, and the doctors in the army, all gathered around Gao Yu's stretcher, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy and depressed, and the people who were blocked were panicked and uncomfortable, and wanted to yell a few times to vent their anger.

"How are people?"

The doctor was surrounded by a group of five big and three thick generals, and he couldn't help but get nervous, and when he was nervous, he couldn't check his pulse accurately, and it took a long time to stand up and shake his head.

Didn't wait for the doctor to speak. The scrawny doctor was thrown out of the crowd like a duck grabbed by the neck. In the blink of an eye, it was a foot away from Gao Yu's stretcher.

Cheng Zhijie punched his skirt and squatted on the ground in annoyance: "Hurt me as a general!" ”

As he spoke, tears and snot came down, and he shouted: "Brother Gao Xian, you can go with peace of mind." Ben General is clothed and commands your footmen. ”

"Lao Gao, you and I have known each other for many years, and it is the most comfortable time to be in front of the ancestor, and now that yin and yang are separated, I, Li Kui, made an oath today that I will not kill the main general of the party and will never withdraw the army."

Gao Yu is Li Kui's first friend in the world, and he is also a celebrity friend. Unexpectedly, he only went to the battlefield twice, and the star fell to Yan'an Mansion, and the sky was jealous...... Mediocre person. The sadness in his heart made Li Kui extremely calm, calm like a piece of ice that would not melt for thousands of years, making people feel a little chill when they got close.

At this time, Li Kui was a tiger before he got angry, and he seemed to be careless, but in the next moment, he might be a five-step blood-spattered Shura.

"Lu Qian, what's the matter, why don't you protect Gao Yu effectively?"

After the sadness, Lu Qian, as the leader of Gao Yu's personal guards, was about to die, but he was alive and well, and people couldn't help but think about the worst. Lu Qian suddenly became the target of everyone, and he was so frightened that his mouth stumbled: "I...... My general, the war horse that was rushed in...... bumped into it, and by the time I reacted, the general had fallen to the ground unconscious! ”

"Bastard, is this your excuse?"

Facing Li Kui, Lu Qian's palms were sweaty, and he even felt a kind of horror that he was being targeted by Xiong Zhen, as if his body was about to be torn apart.

Ruan Xiaoer secretly put a hidden chicken leg on Gao Yu's chest and didn't speak, but everyone understands this action, and when you send a friend on the road, you need to give some sacrifices. At this time, silence is better than sound: "Brother Gao, eat on the road!" ”

The level of chickens as a sacrifice is very low, so Gao Yu's current status can be used as a sheep.

But the battlefield is rudimentary, where are these preparations? Li Kui was also secretly sad, staring at Gao Yu's face a little strangely, and then his eyes fell on Gao Yu's chest, which seemed to be still undulating. At this time, the doctor finally squeezed to Gao Yu's side, turned back to Cheng Zhijie and said, "General, is the person not dead?" ”

"Bastard, people aren't dead, what are you shaking your head?"

Cheng Zhijie scolded angrily and was about to draw a knife, and it was useless for this doctor to keep it. God is pitiful, the doctor stayed well in the capital, but he was sent to the northwest by Cheng Zhijie's order, and now he has to die in the hands of Cheng Zhijie, thinking about it. The doctor was terrified, but hurriedly explained: "General, my lord, the villain just shook his head to say: Don't get in the way. The person just fainted temporarily, two ribs were broken, and he needed to be reset in time, I am afraid that General Gao would not be able to command the battle in the future. ”

"What are you doing? Why don't you save someone? ”

Li Kui hurriedly urged, and Li Kui was also greatly relieved to hear that Gao Yu was not dead, and Lu Qian was probably the happiest person to hear that Gao Yu was fine.

The doctor didn't let him get closer, and said with a serious expression: "Although there are no internal injuries, but the bones must be reset as soon as possible, General Gao may not be able to hold on to the next battle." ”

"This ......"

Cheng Zhijie looked at Gao Yu hesitantly, just now he was full of confidence and said that he wanted to replace Gao Yu, but that was just because of a moment of will, and now that he heard that Gao Yu was fine, the thought of fighting before the battle faded.

Fortunately, Li Kui didn't take Cheng Zhijie's words seriously before, and he swore just now. People in this era take oaths very seriously, but Li Kui can forget them in a blink of an eye. Who will replace Gao Yu in command of the left wing?

has become the biggest problem that bothers Li Kui.

The difficulty is that you can think slowly, but the party members will not give Song Jun time to consider. Seeing that the next wave of attacks was coming, Li Kui immediately made a decision and said to Hu Yanzhuo: "Hu Yanzhuo, you go and command the left flank." ”

Hu Yanzhuo was stunned, isn't he the chief general of the Chinese army?

How did you command the left wing in the blink of an eye?

Could it be that Li Kui wants to go into battle in person?

What made Hu Yanzhuo dumbfounded was that Li Kui did not plan to go into battle in person, but his eyes swept over everyone, and finally fell on Pang Wanchun's body. For him, there are many talents at the moment, Hu Yanzhuo, Luda, and Lu Qian are all good foot generals, but there is one person who is much stronger than them, at least this person is a lot higher than others in Li Kui's mind.

This person is Pang Wanchun.

Li Kui is not a procrastinator, so he immediately decided: "Pang Wanchun, you will be the chief general of the Chinese army." ”

"Me!"

Pang Wanchun pointed to his nose in astonishment, he said that he never thought that Li Kui would take a fancy to him and let him be the chief general of the Chinese army. His identity is Cheng Zhijie's personal guard, and he can't be regarded as an officer in the forbidden army at all. came to the northwest to protect Cheng Zhijie's safety. Let him command the Chinese army, which was an accident for Pang Wanchun, and it was also an accident for others.

But Li Kui stubbornly thought that Pang Wanchun was the most suitable person. Even if Pang Wanchun can't be like Hu Yanzhuo, where there is danger, he will run to it. His kung fu is not outstanding, and his fighting skills are comparable to those of ordinary junior colonels, and he must not be used as a general in front of the battle like Hu Yanzhuo. But Hu Yanzhuo went to the left wing, and Li Kui had already found a replacement, and asked himself how much worse than Hu Yanzhuo. Ruda is also a brave general, and he is also a foot general.

"That's right, it's you!"

"No, no. Uncle, the villain is just a martial artist, how dare he take over the military affairs of General Huyan? didn't wait for others to raise objections, but Pang Wanchun retreated: "The villain is just good at bows and arrows, and he has no ability to stand on the cart with a big gun to block the party members." ”

Pang Wanchun's command ability may not have been exercised yet, but a famous general naturally has the killer weapon of a famous general. Li Kui doesn't like Pang Wanchun, who commands the army, what he likes is Pang Wanchun's superb archery skills, pointing wherever he is, as long as he is given a chance, let him stand on a high platform, he doesn't dare to say that the whole front, there is no problem at all to resolve the danger on the defense line that appears anytime and anywhere.

Li Kui said in a deep voice: "Pang Wanchun, your task is to stand on a high place, use a bow and arrow to eliminate the danger that threatens the Chinese army, and shoot to death the party cavalry close to the cart!" ”

"It's easy." When Pang Wanchun heard this, he was immediately relieved. With the help of a bow and arrow, his self-confidence suddenly rose.

Gao Yu, who was lying on the ground, found that the people who were originally revolving around him left all of a sudden, but Gao Yu broke out in a cold sweat and said secretly: "This is too unsympathetic, right?" For a while, I didn't know where I was injured, so I felt pain all over my body, and I felt a hot heart that hurt everywhere, and I suddenly panicked, and pulled the doctor's coat and asked secretly: "I won't die, right?" ”

"My lord, you just broke your ribs, and you can rest for a few days after taking it up." The doctor replied patiently.

Gao Yu's face was slightly relaxed, but he still asked secretly: "Will it be the root of the disease?" ”

The doctor asked himself, what will be the root of the disease after the rib is broken?

He hadn't heard of it!

Gao Yu secretly reminded: "For example, will it delay the birth of a son?" ”

The doctor looked at Gao Yu's head strangely, covered his head in distress, and said in his heart: "General Gao not only broke two ribs, but even his brain was knocked out, what should I do?" ”