Chapter 144 The final decisive battle (please vote for me!)

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As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, Liu Yanqing felt really miserable.

——Liu Yanqing is almost 100% sure that as long as he goes out to fight, he will definitely suffer a big defeat.

According to Liu Yanqing's idea, he would not fight until he was killed. Even Liu Yanqing wanted to withdraw his troops.

But if Liu Yanqing withdrew his troops at this time, it would not be a retreat, but a defeat. Even if he went back and forth, including the civilians and soldiers, the total would be less than 3,000 casualties.

And what does defeat mean?

That means the end of the military and political career of Liu Yanqing, who is only in his fifties. It also means that the Liu family of the Security Army will have to compete with the Linzhou Yang family, Fengzhou Wang family, Suizhou Gao family and other Western armies that were once prominent.

The decline of the general family has gradually become history.

The key is that Liu Yanqing could not accept his departure from the center of power of the Western Army.

Liu Yanqing felt that he could not afford to lose.

Therefore, Liu Yanqing could not withdraw his troops.

There is no doubt that the battle will be lost, and the troops cannot be withdrawn, and if it continues to be used up, they will suffer heavy casualties every day.

Moreover, the morale of the Song army's officers and soldiers has now reached rock bottom, and there is a possibility of a major rout at any time.

how so?

If I had known this, I, Liu Yanqing, would never have gone south to seek a decisive battle and put myself in such a desperate situation!

By the way, why did I lead my troops south for a decisive battle?

Liu Yanqing thought for a long time before he remembered the reason.

Previously, Liu Yanqing, like many Song Army officers, felt that they were just ant thieves. Even though their naval forces were powerful and even if they were entrenched in fortified cities and difficult to attack, in field battles, let alone my more than 30,000 elite cavalry, they were invincible.

, and will definitely be able to easily defeat a group of farmers who have just put down their hoes, so what’s the point of fear?

Who would have thought that Li Cun, that thief, is so powerful, with no loopholes in his defense, and all kinds of attack methods. He takes advantage of me at every turn and uses his huge force to the extreme. People who don't understand the art of war will not know him at all.

How awesome is it?

Liu Yanqing even thought with pride, that is, I, Liu Yanqing, have a calm temperament, and if I change to a slightly more radical commander, I am afraid that I will have already suffered a defeat.

But...what should we do now?

Just when Liu Yanqing was standing on the arrow tower, looking at the roaring banners of the Tiger Army in the distance, and thinking about how to defeat the enemy, a large group of people wearing sackcloth and mourning suddenly appeared in the distance.

The faces of this group of people wearing sackcloth and filial piety were filled with sadness and anger, as if every step they took carried the heart-shaking word "hate".

The leader was dressed in filial piety, in his thirties, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, broad shoulders and a round waist. He gave people the impression of being powerful in just one word.

This man is Qu Duan, the best general of the younger generation of the Zhenrong Qu family. He is astute and knowledgeable, good at writing articles, and rich in military strategies. He has successively served as the general of the Qinfeng Road team, and the Jingyuan Road leads to the custody of soldiers and horses in Anzhai. He is not yet

At the age of thirty, he has become the third general of Jingyuan Road.

There is a saying in the Western Army, Dongyao Xiqu, which refers to Yao Pingzhong and Qu Duan, the two most outstanding young generals in the Western Army.

The coffin behind Qu Duan contained the contemporary patriarch of the Qu family in Zhenrong, together with Wang Yu, the general of the Houjun Army.

I don’t know if it was God’s will or if the cookie was just unlucky.

Just yesterday, Cookie came to the front camp from the rear camp, wanting to talk to Liu Yanqing about the lack of food and grass.

Who would have thought that as soon as Cookie entered the front camp, a cannon stone flew and hit Cookie in the head.

Just as he said, if the earthen pot is not broken outside the well, the general will inevitably die in battle.

Cookie's death brought a huge mental shock to Liu Yanqing's Song Army, making the tense spirits of Liu Yanqing's Song Army officers no longer tenable.

But Liu Yanqing, who was focused on finding ways to defeat the enemy, didn't notice this at all.

That's why there was a scene today where they brought the coffin to see Liu Yanqing.

Qu Duan and his party came to the arrow tower where Liu Yanqing was, and they all knelt down on one knee. Qu Duan loudly called for battle: "The soldiers have heard that clumsiness is fast, but they have not seen luck for a long time. If you insist on not fighting and wait to die, please

I issue a military order and ask the good men of the Zhenrong Qu family to fight for us in the Song Dynasty and destroy this bandit!"

Qu Duan's words were no longer rude, but he was scolding Liu Yanqing outright.

When Liu Yanqing heard this, his veins jumped and he felt like having a seizure.

But what Liu Yanqing never expected was that before he could get angry, the soldiers who were not part of the Qu family knelt on one knee and clasped their fists: "Please order us to fight!"

Seeing this scene, Liu Yanqing secretly thought: "This is a bad thing!"

Liu Yanqing knew that he could no longer suppress the desire of his proud soldiers to fight.

Of course Liu Yanqing knew why these proud and powerful generals wanted to fight.

Just imagine, for more than half a month every day, you have to suffer the huge psychological pressure of being killed by artillery stones that may fly in at any time and at any time. How many people can't help but think on the verge of collapse: "die on the battlefield."

It’s better than being hit to death by artillery stones without knowing when it is now!”

The key point is that you, Liu Yanqing, will only ask us to brave the overwhelming artillery and wait for death, but you come up with something. For half a month, you have been fighting and not fighting, and you have not withdrawn, and you have just watched us every day.

Being killed bit by bit by ant thieves, who are you as the commander-in-chief? Why should we listen to this waste?!

Liu Guangshi came to Liu Yanqing's side with a nervous look on his face and reminded him in a low voice: "If we don't go out to fight today, we might mutiny."

Mutiny!

That was a terrible thing that might kill the commander in chief.

It was a concentrated outburst of extreme dissatisfaction with the commander-in-chief.

That was even scarier than Liu Yanqing being dismissed from his post by the imperial court and leaving the center of power of the Western Army.

At this moment, Liu Yanqing realized how inappropriate it was that he had been suppressing these arrogant and powerful generals, not allowing them to go into battle, not allowing them to retreat, and just letting them die in vain here.

Thinking that he might be killed on the spot by the rebel army at the next moment, Liu Yanqing broke out in cold sweat.

At this moment, Tong Guan's war urging documents arrived again.

This is not the first war urging document Liu Yanqing has received.

It can be said that Tong Guan's messages came every six or seven times a day, and they were harshly worded. He accused Liu Yanqing of teasing the enemy and even ordered Liu Yanqing to send troops immediately. He must exterminate the ant thieves to atone for his sins.

Squeezing up and down, Liu Yanqing couldn't help but doubt himself: "Am I wrong?"

Liu Guangshi said again: "The soldiers will win if they mourn, and their morale can be used."

Now, no matter which side it is, Liu Yanqing is no longer given the opportunity to continue to fight. The key point is that Liu Yanqing still hasn't thought of a way to break the situation after thinking about it for half a month.

Liu Yanqing sighed silently in his heart: "If things don't work out, God, it's not up to me, Liu Yanqing, if I don't try my best!"

Then Liu Yanqing simply gave the order: "Beat the drums and send out troops."

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Such a big change happened in the Song Army's camp. Of course, Li Cun couldn't help but send ten groups of observation posts to keep an eye on Li Cun's every move in the Song Army's camp day and night.

After Li Cun personally climbed up to the watchtower and used a telescope to see the changes in the Song army's camp, he smiled and ordered: "Call the trebuchets and trebuchets to come back and prepare for a decisive battle."

When the generals and supervisors of the Huben Army heard that they had finally forced the turtles out, they all beamed with joy. Then they went to make preparations for battle, while shouting that they could finally have a good fight this time.

It was not just Liu Yanqing's Song Army who had been holding back for such a long time, the Huben Army was also holding back their strength.

——The soldiers of the Huben Army have been eating big fish and meat every day for more than half a month, so they are ready to fight against these turtles who have been hiding in their shells.

Now, they can finally be rewarded for their achievements, and the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army are of course very excited.

After all the generals and supervisors of the Tiger Army and the Supervisory Army were gearing up and walking away, Li Cun put away his smile and let out a sigh of relief.

According to the news coming back from Wude Si and the pro-army Duwei Mansion, the Song Army on the Western Front and the landlords' armed forces combined now probably have no less than 300,000 soldiers. Counting the Xiang Army and civilians, there must be more than five

One hundred thousand.

And these 500,000 troops are now conducting the final encirclement and suppression campaign against the Fang Layi Army.

It is conceivable that once the Song Army on the Western Front wipes out the Fang La Rebel Army, it will definitely move eastward.

Li Cunzhen didn't know how long the less than 200,000 troops he left at home could hold off the Song Army on the Western Front.

Therefore, Li Cun was also anxious to get rid of Liu Yanqing's Song army so that he could calmly have a final showdown with the Song army on the western front.

——The last thing Li Cun wants to happen is that Liu Yanqing’s troops have been dragging themselves here without fighting or leaving, waiting for the Song Army on the Western Front to come and fight with him, allowing him to fight on two fronts. If

If that were the case, it would be difficult for Li Cun to win this war.

Fortunately——

Harassed by the constant rain of artillery fire day and night, Liu Yanqing couldn't stand it any longer...

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The crescent formation was first created by the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal in the Battle of Cannae. He defeated the Roman army with a small number and a large number, and has been a classic formation that has been passed down for thousands of years.

In fact, the effect of the Crescent Formation is similar to that of my country's Crane Wing Formation.

The reason why Li Cun chose the Crescent Formation instead of the Crane Wing Formation was not because Li Cun thought that the foreign monks could chant sutras, but because Li Cun did not want the enemy to take his actions too seriously.

To put it bluntly, Li Cun was trying to create suspicion and put a certain amount of psychological pressure on the Song army.
To be continued...