In the king's tent, Yelu Hongji tilted his body and pondered things boringly.

Once people get older, they will talk about the past.

He thought of what his father, the emperor had said to him, that Song and Liao were one.

At the beginning, Li Yuanhao became self-reliant, rebelled against the Great Song Dynasty, and established the Western Xia Kingdom.

At that time, not only the Great Song Dynasty sent troops to attack, but even the Liao State also sent troops to attack.

Although the final ending was a failure, I have to say that the tacit understanding between Song Liao really amazed future generations. At that time, Yelu Hongji's father said to him: "The country of the Song and Liao brothers, as long as this situation is maintained, even if the Liao country encounters difficulties, the Great Song Dynasty will not stand idly by." After a long period of stability, no one will think about change. That's what allies really mean. ”

At the beginning, Yelu Hongji was not worth a sigh, and he felt that his father was too naïve.

That's right, when the Liao State encountered a famine, Emperor Renzong had relief. From this point of view, the relationship between the allies is very strong. And when the Song State encountered a disaster, the Liao State would also reach out to help.

Yelu Hongji has always believed that this is the hypocrisy of the Song Kingdom. But his father said very seriously: "This is the Confucian way of balance, but also the study of the mean, the mean is not mediocrity, but a relatively stable relationship, in the game to obtain balance." As long as this relationship is maintained, whether it is the Great Song Dynasty or the Great Liao, it will be able to open up a foundation for all generations. ”

and told him that there can be small frictions, and don't try to break the bottom line of the covenant.

And now, decades later, Yelu Hongji has broken the bottom line of the covenant several times. Each time it gets worse than the last. And Yelu Hongji also has his own reasons, he wants to enter the Central Plains. From his continuous support of Western Xia, and even in order to test the bottom line of the Great Song Dynasty, he blackmailed Song Shenzong, who was also the emperor. Every year, it brought 200,000 taels of silver to Daliao.

Emperor Shenzong even made an oath for this reason, vowing to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

When he took this step, Yelu Hongji also understood that he could not go back!

The covenant between the Great Song and the Great Liao is no longer binding.

But he is not reconciled, a small Yanzhou can become the richest city in Daliao.

It is even several times richer than the central Kyoto of the Liao State.

And there are dozens of cities like Yanzhou in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

If he can really enter the Central Plains, he will be the martial arts emperor of Daliao. Don't think that if the emperor has everything, he will become desireless. In fact, the emperor is the most greedy man in the world.

Because what they need, even the smallest wish, will cost thousands of lives, or wealth that countless people cannot accumulate in this lifetime.

Until one day, they encountered a desperate situation.

Yelu Hongji is like this now, he met Li Kui, the opponent, the biggest misfortune in his life.

When people are in a difficult situation, they will think about the wrong things they have done, think about their past, and ask themselves: "I, am I really wrong?" ”

Suddenly, Yelu Hongji was like a corpse, his body straightened, and he was crazy and hysterical: "No, I'm right, it's you who are wrong, you rat-eyed people!" ”

At this moment, someone outside the king's tent made a report, and then brought a piece of news that made Yelu Hongji nervous: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the Song army is coming!" ”

"What, the Song army has attacked!"

As he spoke, the milk tea that Yelu Hongji placed in front of him was knocked over, which showed how nervous he was in his heart.

"Brother Xiao Chang, you take my pro-army to the right camp to suppress it, and you must drive the Song army back!"

"Obey the order!"

Brother Xiao Chang wanted to speak and stopped, but finally sighed unexpectedly and retreated.

He knew that Li Kui was very difficult to deal with, and he thought about it in case he was defeated......

Of course, the most important thing is to let the emperor leave the battlefield, and the ideal is of course to go to Xijin Mansion to hide. In this way, there will be a buffer for the various armies, and once the encirclement and suppression are unfavorable, they can fight without scruples. The army always has to move, and the most worrying thing for Xiao Changge is the emperor. With Yelu Hongji's presence in the Chinese army, it is like a burden, and it is likely to become the target of the Song army's attack.

But Yelu Hongji has been on the throne for more than 40 years, when has he ever listened to persuasion!

Since you can't listen to the persuasion, the persuasion is in vain, so you can only give up.

Relative to the Liao army.

The Song army's attack was much simpler, and Li Kui set up a circle formation.

The biggest point of this formation is that it is average, attack average, and defense average, that is, the movement speed is slower.

But Li Kui didn't care, what he needed was not the speed of a battle. Today's Great Song Dynasty has no possibility of training rangers. Musketeers with horses can be quickly transferred. It's a lot harder in training alone. The Praetorian Guards, who have not yet learned to run, will definitely be chaotic if they add war horses to training.

Especially although this big battle has been prepared for a few days, even Cao Fang feels hasty when it really starts.

From the first day of fighting Yelu Hongji, Li Kui was aware of Emperor Liao's intentions.

In the following days, the Song army was ostensibly building a camp, but in fact it was a test of whether the Liao army wanted a decisive battle and a desire for a quick battle.

In the end, Li Kui came to the conclusion that the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji was afraid that he wanted to trap him with superior forces.

The reason for this is unknown to Li Kui, but it is not difficult to guess, and the reinforcements of the Liao State may be coming soon. The army reinforced by the Song army put too little pressure on the Liao army, and it was possible that the army would be cowardly at a critical time. Many reasons will give the Liao army the confidence to trap Li Kui to death on the Qinghe Plain.

And all this is very unfriendly to Li Kui.

Qingheyuan between Yanzhou and Zhuozhou was the jurisdiction of Nanjing Province of the Liao State, where the Liao State could come to reinforcements anytime and anywhere, and for the Great Song Dynasty, the reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty could hardly wait.

It's not that any reinforcements don't come back.

Even if it is the hard-hearted Zhang Xuan or the ruthless Zhao Xu, it is impossible for them to look at the three roads of Hebei and ignore the 100,000 troops.

But if you talk about reinforcements, I'm afraid it's really not very useful.

Scraping together an army of 350,000 is already the limit of the Great Song Dynasty, but these 350,000 horses are not enough at all on the battlefields of Zhuozhou and Yizhou.

The Liao State may increase its troops by 100,000 or even more at any time and anywhere.

In the case of unfavorable battles, the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji was shaken in his heart and won quickly, and even captured Li Kui. Because of the strong combat effectiveness shown by the Song army, he has already understood a truth, it is not easy to win, let alone think about other good things.

Trapping the Song army is the best choice for the Liao army.

But this is not the result that Li Kui is willing to accept.

Unless, Li Kui received news from the imperial court that Western Xia was destroyed by Zhang Qi. But I am afraid that this will not be possible in a year or two.

Zhang Kai is full of tactics with soldiers, but it can be said that it is still stable.

Based on undefeated, small victories are advances, so as to advance across the board, which is the number of steps for the camp.

This kind of strategy belongs to the operation of encroachment step by step. Slowly advancing city by city, Li Kui wanted to wait for the 200,000 Western Army to free up his hands to reinforce him, and he ate all the grain looted from Nanjing Road in Liao, I am afraid it will not be enough.

So, thinking about it, he could only be the first to attack.

The army is moving, and the grain trucks near the Chinese army -

That's right, it's the grain truck.

Li Kui brought food, all the baggage and ammunition, and even the camp that had just been repaired. This move means that Li Kui is going to work hard, and he has used all the power of the wilderness.

"Marshal, the enemy camp ahead!"

Cao Fang never regarded himself as the chief general of the Praetorian Guard, because he knew that Li Kui was the soul of this army. Even Li Kui needs to learn tactics in the process of exploration, not to mention that his own level is not worthy of lifting Li Kui's shoes.

Li Kui stood on the cart with grain under his feet.

He didn't dare to stand on the powder keg to supervise the battle, for fear that he would ascend to heaven if he was not careful, but the grain cart was very good: "Run over!" ”

The tents of the 60,000 or 70,000 troops were set up, and it was normal for them to stretch for more than ten miles.

The reason why Li Kui raided the right camp of the Liao army was not because of anything else, but because this area was very large, and as long as it stood up, it could turn the entire camp of the Liao army around.

Li Kui put out a circular formation, not to mention the other advantages of this formation, but there is one that is a bit very suitable for musketeers, that is, it is easy to change formations.

And once the formation is changed, the musketeers will advance with the drum, and when the time comes, Li Kui can ensure that there are no ambushes behind the Song army in a short time. And don't look at the territory occupied by the right battalion of the Liao army, but the number of troops is not much, about seven or eight thousand.

Unless the Liao army cheats, otherwise this figure will not be a big mistake.

On the battlefield, any experienced general can use the opponent's tent and smoke stove to distinguish the enemy's strength.

If it is evenly matched, perhaps the Liao army will cheat and see if there is a chance to earn a wave of Song troops.

However, the strength of the Liao army is now several times that of the Song army, and the conspiracy and intrigue in this regard are disdainful.

"Kill!"

"Kill Song Dog!"

When the Liao army found out that the Song army was attacking, a large array rushed into the camp in the blink of an eye, and it was a mess. Several chiefs of thousands of households immediately commanded the army and began to counterattack.

"Raise your gun!"

"Volley!"

Bang Bang Bang –

After the gunshots like bursting beans, the Liao army that was impacting suddenly fell to the ground countless times. The Liao army was suddenly taken by surprise.

Li Kui immediately ordered: "Give Li Yun a banner and open the middle door." ”

After the Liao army's counterattack was suppressed, the Song army immediately separated the Chinese army, and the heavy cavalry of the Feilian army just behind the big array immediately urged the war horses, da-da-da, iron hooves trampled the earth, rolled up countless dust, and rushed towards the defenseless Liao army camp. An elaborate massacre has officially begun.

The Song army, which had a very high military quality, immediately scattered after separating the main formation, becoming five small circular formations, also known as plum blossom needles. This array is good at stirring and killing.

Like the heavy cavalry in the realm of no man's land, wreaking havoc in the right camp of the Liao army.

By the time Xiao Changge arrived with his troops, the battle was almost coming to an end.

In the camp, countless soldiers escaped, leaving the wounded and not dead Liao soldiers wailing on the ground. Brother Xiao Chang was also unexpectedly faced with such a situation, he knew that the Song army was very powerful, but with such firepower, he was still caught off guard.

Not only that, but the Song army immediately changed formations after the Liao army reinforcements arrived.

This has to say the benefits of the circle array, changing the formation is like changing the face, and it is easy to be a thief.

And the formation literacy of the Praetorian Guards also made Li Kui very satisfied: "Yes, it seems that the soldiers from the Fourth Army are worthy of trust." ”

"That's, it's our tradition!"

Cao Fang was praised by Li Kui for the first time, and suddenly became proud.

But who made him unlucky, he met a subordinate who was depressed for a long time and didn't listen to him. Seeing Yang Zhi let out a breath, he said disdainfully: "What a tradition, I have practiced more than a dozen formations for more than a hundred years, and the pigs are all neatly walked." ”

Cao Fang glared at Yang Zhi angrily, and the latter realized that he had said the wrong thing again, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Of course, this tradition is also very good, so I have to not fight, and at a glance, I feel that the Fourth Army is neat and tidy, and the military discipline is strict, and it is a first-class strong army in the world." ”

"Get out of your command position, don't be an eyesore in front of General Ben."

……

When the cavalry was fighting, Li Kui had the heart to talk to a few of his subordinates. Of course, the battlefield is almost one-sided. But Cao Fang still felt that there was something wrong with the place where the army launched the attack, just like when he was boxing, he only greeted the opponent's arm, and went directly to the chest, isn't it good to have a black tiger to dig out his heart?

"Marshal, even if we conquer the right battalion of the Liao Army, there are still two battalions in the middle. There are more troops than one another, and if this continues, I am afraid that it will be more and more difficult for the brothers to fight. ”

Yang Zhi also wanted to ask, but he didn't dare.

Cao Fang is willing to ask, naturally it couldn't be better.

Li Kui pointed at the Liao army with a smile and said to Cao Fang: "Don't look at attacking from the flank, it seems to be thankless." But in fact, this is the most ideal offensive entry point for our army. What you can see is that our army needs to cross one camp after another in order to reach the Chinese army of the Liao army. It seems that the attack distance is long, and it is aimed at the area with the largest number of troops in Liao. ”

"But you see one of them, and you don't see the benefits for our army. Think about it, have the reinforcements from the Liao State arrived? ”

"It's a bit slow, it should come."

Cao Fang seemed to see something strange in the fog, and then seemed to think of something; "Marshal, what do you mean is that the Liao army camp in the middle will affect the reinforcements of the Liao army."

"Not only that, if the Liao army wants to encircle our army, their battalions will have to send troops separately and rotate the entire army formation in one direction. This is easy for people, but an army of sixty or seventy thousand people, this is forcing the ox to dance, it can't jump! ”

Just when the enemy soldiers were almost cleared, the reinforcements of the Liao army were late.

When Brother Xiao Chang saw the hellish camp, his heart was also empty. Especially the reinforcements that crossed the two camps made him already anxious. The moment he saw the Song army, Li Kui also found reinforcements from the Liao army, about 20,000 horses.

Li Kui felt that Xiao Changge should be taken seriously.

Immediately ordered: "Change formation!" ”

The Praetorian Guard and the Feilian Army are both soldiers from the Fourth Army and the Beijing Battalion, and in the eyes of the Western Army, these are old soldiers who can only drill the military formation. After all, what combat effectiveness can an army that never fights have?

But in the hands of Li Kui, these two armies broke out with unexpected combat effectiveness.

Thanks to Li Kui's strictness.

Knock knock

At the moment when the drum beat sounded, the musketeers were assembled and began to follow the drum beat towards the Liao cavalry.

It's just that the tempo is a bit slow, and the drum beat is a bit funny.

Brother Xiao Chang was pondering, this should be Li Kui's routine. But he just couldn't see what threat he could be posed to by such a drum beat and march.

When the Song army was getting closer and closer to the Liao army, Xiao Changge looked at the previous camp in amazement, the smoke was billowing out, obviously the Song army wanted to burn all the supplies and logistics of the Liao army one camp after another.

That's too poisonous, isn't it?

Ordinary people, simply make it.

But Li Kui smiled proudly at his subordinates: "This is called changing homes!" We don't lose this wave. ”