In the king's tent, Yelu Hongji was leaning forward, pondering over things in boredom.

Once people get older, they tend to talk about the past.

He thought of what his father said to him: Song and Liao were one.

At the beginning, Li Yuanhao stood up for himself, rebelled against the Song Dynasty, and established the Xixia Kingdom.

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

Although the final outcome was a failure, it has to be said that the tacit understanding between Song and Liao really amazed future generations. At that time, Yelu Hongji's father said to him: "As long as the brotherly country of Song and Liao maintains

In this situation, even if the Liao Kingdom encounters difficulties, the Song Dynasty will not stand idly by. It has been stable for a long time, and no one will think about changing it. This is the true meaning of alliance."

At the beginning, Yelu Hongji was not worth his salt and thought his father was too naive.

Yes, when the Liao Kingdom encountered disasters, Emperor Renzong provided relief. From this point of view, the relationship between allies was very strong. When the Song Kingdom encountered disasters, the Liao Kingdom would also lend a hand to help.

Yelu Hongji always believed that this was the hypocrisy of the Song Dynasty. But his father said seriously: "This is the Confucian way of balance and the doctrine of the mean. The mean is not mediocrity, but a relatively stable relationship.

Obtain balance in the game. As long as this relationship is maintained, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty can create a foundation for eternity."

He also told him that small frictions are allowed, but never try to undermine the bottom line of the covenant.

But now, decades have passed, Yelu Hongji has broken the bottom line of the covenant several times. Each time it is more serious. And Yelu Hongji also has his own reasons. He wants to take over the Central Plains. From his continuous support to Xixia

, and even blackmailed Song Shenzong, who was also the emperor, in order to test the bottom line of the Song Dynasty. He brought 200,000 taels of silver to the Liao Dynasty every year.

Emperor Shenzong even swore an oath for this purpose, vowing to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

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

The covenant between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty was no longer binding.

But he was not willing to accept it. A small Yanzhou could become the most prosperous city in Daliao.

It was even several times richer than Zhongjing in the Liao Kingdom.

There were dozens of cities like Yanzhou in the Song Dynasty.

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

Because what they need, even the smallest wish, will cost thousands of lives, or countless wealth that cannot be accumulated in this life.

Until one day, they encountered a desperate situation.

Yelu Hongji is like this now. He has encountered the enemy Li Kui, which is the biggest disaster in his life.

When people are in trouble, they will think about the wrong things they have done, think about their past, and ask themselves: "Am I really wrong?"

Suddenly, Yelu Hongji stood up straight as if he was a fake corpse, and started to cry hysterically like crazy: "No, I'm right, it's you who are wrong, you short-sighted people!"

At this moment, someone reported outside the king's tent, and then brought news that made Yelu Hongji nervous: "Your Majesty, it's bad, the Song Army is coming!"

"What, the Song army attacked!"

While he was talking, the milk tea placed in front of Yelu Hongji was knocked over, which showed how nervous he was.

"Brother Xiao Chang, you take my troops to the right camp to suppress them. You must drive the Song army back!"

"I obey the decree!"

Brother Xiao Chang hesitated to speak, but finally sighed unexpectedly and stepped back.

He knew that Li Kui was difficult to deal with, so he thought that if he lost...

Of course, the most important thing is for the emperor to leave the battlefield. The most ideal thing is to hide in Xijin Mansion. This will give each army a buffer. Once the encirclement and suppression is unfavorable, they can fight without any scruples. There is always a large army.

When it comes to taking action, what worries Xiao Chang the most is the emperor. With Yelu Hongji's presence in the Chinese army, it is like a burden and 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 advice?

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

Relative to the Liao army.

The Song army's attack was much simpler. Li Kui formed a circular formation.

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

But Li Kui doesn't care. What he needs is not the speed to decide the outcome in a battle. In the Song Dynasty today, it is not possible to train rangers. Musketeers can move quickly with war horses. Training alone is much more difficult. They have not learned to run yet.

The Imperial Guards would definitely be in chaos if war horses were added to their training.

Especially since this battle had been prepared for several days, even Cao Fang felt rushed when it actually started.

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

In the following days, the Song army was ostensibly building a camp, but in fact it was testing the Liao army's desire for a decisive battle and a quick battle.

In the end, Li Kui came to the conclusion that Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji probably wanted to trap him to death with superior troops.

The reason for this is unknown to Li Kui, but it is not difficult to guess. The reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom may be arriving soon. The reinforcements from the Song Army put too little pressure on the Liao Army. At the critical moment, An Dun may have become timid again.

.The combination of many reasons gave the Liao army the confidence to trap Li Kui to death on Qingheyuan.

All of this was very unfriendly to Li Kui.

The Qinghe River between Yanzhou and Zhuozhou was originally under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom. Here, the Liao Kingdom could come for reinforcements at any time and at any time, but for the Song Dynasty, reinforcements from the Song Dynasty could hardly wait.

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

Even the hard-hearted Zhang Dun and the hard-hearted Zhao Xu cannot possibly watch the Hebei Third Route and ignore the 100,000 troops.

But if we talk about reinforcements, I'm afraid they won't be of much use.

Scraping together an army of 30,000 to 50,000 troops was the limit of the Song Dynasty, but these 30,000 to 50,000 troops were simply not enough on the battlefields of Zhuozhou and Yizhou.

The Liao Kingdom could increase its troops by 100,000 or more at any time and at any time.

When the battle ended unfavorably, Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom was shaken by the possibility of a quick victory or even capturing Li Kui. Because the strong combat effectiveness displayed by the Song army had already made him understand that it was not easy to win, and even more so

Stop thinking about other good things.

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

But this was not a result Li Kui was willing to accept.

Unless Li Kui received news from the court that Xixia was destroyed by Zhang Kai. But this may not be possible within a year or two.

Zhang Kai was full of strategies in using his troops, but after all, he was still a solid one.

Taking invincibility as the basis, small victories as progress, and then advancing across the board is the way to win step by step.

This strategy is a step-by-step encroachment operation. By slowly advancing from city to city, Li Kui wanted to wait until the 200,000 Western troops were free to reinforce him. He ate up all the food stolen from the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom.

I'm afraid not even.

Therefore, after much deliberation, he could only launch the attack first.

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

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

Li Kui brought food, all the baggage and ammunition, not even the newly repaired camp. This move meant that Li Kui was desperate, and he used all his ancient strength.

"Commander, the enemy camp is ahead!"

Cao Fang has never regarded himself as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, because he knew that Li Kui was the soul of this army. Even Li Kui needed to learn tactics through trial and error, not to mention his own level, which could improve Li Kui's skills.

The shoes don't even match.

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

He did not dare to stand on the powder barrel to supervise the battle, for fear that he would rise to the sky if he was not careful, but the grain truck was very good: "Run it over!"

It is normal for the camps of 60,000 to 70,000 troops to be spread out and 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 the area was very large. As long as he stood still, he could turn the entire Liao army camp around.

Li Kui set up a circular formation. Not to mention other advantages of this formation, there is one thing that is very suitable for musketeers, that is, it is easy to change formations.

Once the formation changes, the musketeers will advance with drums. At that time, Li Kui can ensure that there is no ambush behind the Song army in a short period of time. Moreover, although the right camp of the Liao army occupies a large territory, it does not have many troops, about seven to eight thousand.

Unless the Liao army committed fraud, there would not be a big mistake in this number.

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

If the enemy is evenly matched, maybe the Liao army will cheat to see if there is a chance to win over the Song army.

However, the Liao army's current strength is several times that of the Song army, and they disdain to engage in conspiracy in this regard.

"Kill!"

"Kill Song Dog!"

When the Liao army discovered that the Song army was attacking, the large formation rushed into the camp in the blink of an eye and became a mess. Several thousand household heads immediately commanded the army to start a counterattack.

"Raise the gun!"

"volley!"

Bang bang bang——

After the burst of gunfire, countless Liao troops fell to the ground. The Liao army was caught off guard.
To be continued...