"Damn it, I finally know that Mao and the Song Dynasty have been criticized throughout history. It's really not the generals who are incompetent, it's all the fault of the system." Zhao Weiji, who was leading his army north at this time, kept cursing.

Because at this time, the negative consequences of the Song Dynasty's policy of strengthening its branches and weakening its branches, defending the outside world, and tightening the law began to fully erupt.

When integrating the troops, Zhao Weiji almost stopped crying. Until now, Cao Bin and Mi Xin have not figured out who they have until now.

They only know that this group seems to be cavalry and this group is infantry. Due to the loss of a large number of middle-level generals, it is very difficult for the current troops to integrate.

Then there is the extremely uneven distribution of soldiers' combat effectiveness. In addition to his Zhenzhou soldiers and some of the forbidden troops under Cao Bin and Mi Xin, the combat effectiveness of the others in the formation is appallingly low.

"Damn it, have the Khitans been letting off steam before?" Looking at the uneven fighting power, Zhao Weiji had such doubts for the first time.

The last and most serious problem is that most of the soldiers are already very war-weary. This war has been fought for almost half a year. If we keep winning, there will be no problem. The key is that the Northern Expedition has already suffered a huge blow.

frustration.

Due to the garrison law implemented in the Northern Song Dynasty, soldiers could not bring their families to the garrison. This meant that these soldiers had not seen their relatives for at least a year.

Homesickness and missing family members have begun to replace the ambition to make achievements.

Facing many problems, Zhao Weiji still had to urge the army to continue to advance towards the enemy. Now it was no longer him who wanted to advance northward. It was Zhao Guangyi who also decreed that he and Cao Bin led the mixed army, which had to go towards the enemy to contain Yelu.

Brother Hugh.

The memorial from the west has arrived in Bianjing. Zhao Guangyi certainly knows that the West Route Army has begun to migrate people into the pass. Now that the war has started, Zhao Guangyi naturally knows that it has become a luxury to talk about regaining Yanyun. As long as the existing ones can be consolidated

Success is already a blessing.

From the orders given by Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Weiji could naturally see that Zhao Guangyi's current idea was to preserve the fruits of victory, so Zhao Weiji decisively chose to lead his troops back to Weizhou, and then set off from Weizhou to intercept Brother Yelvxiu's troops.

Because the results of the East Route were basically only Xincheng, Zhuozhou won and lost, and then was defeated by Brother Yelvxiu in Zhuozhou.

The results of the battle for the Central Route Army were basically no losses. If they set out from Yuzhou, they could intercept Brother Yelvxiu when they advanced, and when they retreated, they could rely on Yuzhou to defend what they had, and they could also go west for support.

Zhao Weiji had good intentions, but as soon as he brought the troops back to Yuzhou, the soldiers began to feel war-weary. After some hard talk, he brought these soldiers back to the battlefield.

…

"Here it comes again? Who is leading the team this time?" Brother Yelvxiu also learned that the Song Army set out from Yuzhou again.

"It doesn't seem to be Cao Bin. It may be the person who defeated us twice before." The scout replied.

"That's just right. I finally have a chance to meet him." Brother Yelu Xiu got a little excited when he heard that Zhao Weiji seemed to be leading the team.

"Send the order and ask the entire army to change direction and go directly to the decisive battle with the Song army."

Brother Yelvxiu, who was originally going to the west road, suddenly came directly towards Zhao Weiji.

…

"General, the scout reported that the Khitan army suddenly changed direction and came directly towards us." The person who spoke at this time was Hu Yanzan.

It turned out that when reorganizing the team, Zhao Weiji discovered this talent that was being buried in the army, so he decisively brought Hu Yanzan with him.

As for Mi Xin, he was left in Weizhou, and Cao Bin was directly recalled to the capital by Zhao Guangyi to question him.

"How far is it?" Zhao Weiji asked.

"There's still a hundred miles at most."

"Okay, let the rear army set up camp. Then find Zhao Xin and Li Jiguang, take the front army and we will go to the front to form a formation and prepare to meet the enemy."

At this time, the place where Zhao Weiji and Brother Yelu Xiu's army were about to have a decisive battle was the ancient battlefield of Zhuolu. When Zhao Weiji heard the soldiers reporting the place names, he couldn't help but laugh at himself. He didn't expect that he would be able to do so at the place where Xuanyuan Huangdi and Chi You had a decisive battle.

The country is in Yue, Brother Yelvxiu.

…

"It seems that they are already aware of our existence. Send the order and prepare for the decisive battle." Brother Yelvxiu here naturally also found out the location of Zhao Weiji's troops, and the preparations for the decisive battle began.

…

The armies on both sides soon met at Zhuolu.

The Liao army here is dominated by cavalry, and their morale is high.

The Song army is dominated by infantry. Although the morale of other soldiers is a bit low, the Zhenzhou soldiers, who are the main force at this time, still maintain strong morale. After all, they are the only ones who have not lost a battle yet.

The two armies thus formed their formations and began to confront each other.

At first, no one dared to act rashly. Zhao Weiji's reason was that the defense of the Star Formation was stronger than the offense anyway. If you don't understand, I won't understand. Anyway, it will also wear down your morale.

The reason why Brother Yelvxiu stood still was that his men had suffered losses twice, and he did not want to attack rashly when he was not sure.

The two armies stared at each other like this for half an hour.

Immediately afterwards, the Khitan army moved.

Brother Yelvxiu also knew that wasting time like this was not an option, so he sent a group of Khitan soldiers to conduct a preliminary test.

After seeing that the Khitan army finally moved, the Song army began to operate the star scattering formation normally.

Then Brother Yelvxiu saw that his troops were like mud cows entering the sea, and all their strength was swallowed up by the star-spreading formation.

Song Jun's Star Spreading Formation is like a Tai Chi master, it will take away all your strength as soon as you fight.

"Why are we dividing our troops?" the general next to Brother Yelvxiu asked in confusion.

"It's not that they want to divide their troops, but the Song Army forces them to divide their troops." As he spoke, Brother Yeluxiu pointed towards the crossbow camp behind the Song Army. "Seeing that there are no strong bows or crossbows in the rear, as long as our cavalry ignores this

If the formation rushes over directly, they will be brutally hit by the Song Dynasty's crossbows. It's not like you haven't seen the power of their new crossbows."

The general glanced at the Song Army's crossbow phalanx, then swallowed and nodded.

"Also, if our cavalry does not consider these skirmishers and directly crosses them, once they gather in the rear of our army, their connection with the main force will be completely cut off. This Zhao Weiji opposite is really a capable person, no wonder

Yelumo attaches great importance to him."

"Then what should we do? The troops that our army went to test have almost been wiped out."

"There is nothing we can do for the time being. I can't see the flaw in this formation for the time being, and the bamboo tube they have seems to be a great threat to our cavalry."

While Brother Yelvxiu was still analyzing the situation, the leading troops of the Khitan army had basically been strangled.

This time Zhao Weiji asked Li Jiguang and Hu Yanzan to each lead a cavalry unit in the formation, forming a "double jungler" situation.

Although it was his first time to participate in the operation of the Star Spreading Formation in actual combat, Hu Yanzan did not show any discomfort. Instead, he had a tacit understanding with Li Jiguang and quickly killed the Khitan cavalry.

"How come Hu Yanzan is so brave and has always been buried?" Zhao Xin couldn't help but admire Hu Yanzan's performance.

"It's all a matter of the system. This kind of brave general should have stood out a long time ago, but the long-term replacement has made him unable to find a suitable position." Zhao Weiji explained to Zhao Xin and also praised Hu Yan for more.

The sergeant felt sorry for not being able to get ahead.

"Has the Khitan sent new troops to the battlefield?" At this moment, Xin Zhao saw new changes on the battlefield in the distance.

"Come on tactics? Brother Yelu Xiu is also a member of the Liao Kingdom and Yu Yue should not make such a mistake." Seeing the new changes on the battlefield, Zhao Weiji was very puzzled.

It turned out that just when this group of Khitan soldiers was about to be completely engulfed, Brother Yelvxiu sent another Khitan cavalry to join the battlefield.

That's right, there is only one. This kind of fueling tactic has always been taboo among soldiers. Zhao Weiji didn't even understand what Brother Yeluxiu wanted to do.

Not only did he not understand, but Brother Yelvxiu’s lieutenants also didn’t understand.

"Yu Yue, why is this?"

"Of course I have my own considerations, so just do it." At this time, Brother Yelvxiu seemed to see something, but he couldn't explain it to his subordinates in detail, so he could only be arbitrary and let his subordinates do it.

This cavalry was naturally "taken care of" by the Song Army as usual when it entered the formation. Although it was a little difficult to deal with the cavalry due to the consumption of the sudden muskets, relying on the diligent wandering of the "double jungler", this cavalry was still taken care of.

He also ate it.

"Now that I'm sending one unit in, I've almost found a way to deal with this formation." Brother Yelvxiu asked his subordinates to continue investing their troops.

The subordinates had no choice but to bite the bullet and throw in more troops.

But at this time, the rate at which the troops who entered the formation were eliminated had been greatly slowed down. Although they were all killed in the formation in the end, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the efficiency of the star scattering formation had dropped.

"Okay, I already know how to deal with this formation. I will withdraw my troops today and come back tomorrow."

The confused subordinates could only withdraw their troops and see what method Yu Yue could come up with to deal with this strange formation tomorrow.

Seeing the Khitans withdrawing their troops, the Song army did not make any pursuit action because they were no longer capable of any pursuit at this time.

The Zhenzhou soldiers and the Forbidden Army were very tired by now, and the other soldiers really couldn't be counted on, so they had no choice but to give up.

At night, the chief generals of the Liao and Song parties held a meeting in the big tent at the same time.

"I already know how to break that strange formation." Brother Yelu Xiu said this in a confused manner at the beginning of the Liao Kingdom meeting.

But the Song Army was in a very similar situation. As soon as the meeting started, Zhao Weiji said: "I guess brother Yelvxiu has figured out how to crack our star scattering formation."

Both sides will be a little surprised, but since the general said that, the situation of the next day's battle will definitely change dramatically.
Chapter completed!