Just when Li Yue attacked Sichuan and Shu, the battle between Li Wu, the Crown Prince of Xia in Dengzhou and Wang Kai, the commander of the Jianghan Army, was about to begin. At this time, Wang Kai had already led his army to successfully occupy Dengzhou City. Dengzhou City is located between Tuanshui and Tideshui, and is the seat of Dengzhou. However, since the Xia army occupied most of Dengzhou, it moved the capital of Dengzhou to Nanyang, but Dengzhou has become the strategic frontier for the Xia army to attack Xiangyang.

The Xia army once released weapons and food in the city. However, before the Song army occupied Dengzhou, the Xia army had already transported most of the food and food and weapons away. Dengzhou City was just a bait that Li Wu threw to Wang Kai. The Xia army set up camp fifty miles north of Tuanshui. At this time, Li Yue had only 100,000 imperial guards in his hand. As for Li Huer's 100,000 imperial guards, he had detoured to capture Wang Kai's retreat. Li Wu planned to eat all the main forces of the entire Jianghan army in one breath.

Late at night in the Xia army camp, Li Yanze came to Li Wu and said, "Your Highness, the prince, the whistle cavalry prosecutor reported that the Song army was still huddling in Dengzhou City."

Li Wu put down the official document in his hand and stood up to the map and said, "If the Song army does not leave the city again, we can only take the initiative to attack."

"If His Highness the Crown Prince takes the initiative to attack, it will inevitably cause great unnecessary losses. Should I wait and wait until the little prince leads his army to cut off the Song army's retreat." Li Yanze said to Li Wu.

"If the Song army does not take the initiative to attack, we will not be able to seize their retreat." Li Wu said to Li Yanze: "I will order the army to set sail to the north bank of the turbulent water tomorrow and prepare to cross the river."

"Yes, the last general will take the order." Li Yanze took over the military order.

"By the way, is there any news about King Liang?" Li Wu suddenly asked Li Yanze.

"Report to Your Highness, King Liang came to report that the 100,000 Yuzhou troops have arrived on the north bank of the Huai River and are crossing the river. It is estimated that they have entered Guangzhou at this time." Li Yanze said to Li Wu.

"In this way, the war is going very smoothly." Li Wu said with a smile.

On the other side, in Dengzhou City, Wang Kai's headquarters.

A Song general reported to Wang Kai: "The Grand Marshal, the whistle cavalry detective, the Xia army's imperial guards were still stationed fifty miles north of Tuoshui without any movement."

Wang Kai frowned and said, "If there is no movement in the Xia army tomorrow, there will be a big problem here."

"The commander-in-chief means that the Xia army wants to lead our army across the river?" General Song said to Wang Kai.

"This possibility is not ruled out." Wang Kai said to General Song: "The Imperial Guard is the elite of the Xia army, and its strength cannot be underestimated!"

"Master General, the last general thought there was no need to worry so much." General Song said to Wang Kai: "Our army has 200,000 elite troops, and there are 100,000 troops to protect our food and grass. There are even continuous reinforcements from behind. Even if our army fights to consume, it can kill the Xia army."

"You! I'm so idealistic." Wang Kai said with a smile: "The battle cannot be solved by the number of people alone. We need strategy. The reason why our army has been defeated repeatedly is because of the lack of strategy for the generals."

"Yes, the last general understands." General Song said to Wang Kai: "Then General, what should our army take next? If the Xia army does not attack, will we stay here?"

"Don't worry, the Xia army will take the initiative to attack. The Xia army is more anxious than us." Wang Kai said with a sneer.

The next morning, Wang Kai was still sleeping, so General Song hurriedly ran in to report: "Report, report, report... Report to the general, the Xia army has arrived at the north bank of the turbulent water and is preparing to cross the river."

"It's coming so quickly." Wang Kai frowned and said, "I'll order all troops to prepare and attack immediately after the Xia army crosses the river halfway."

"Yes, the last general will take the order."

On the other side, the Xia army was preparing to cross the river on the north bank. Li Yanze said to Li Wu: "Your Highness, if our army crosses the river like this, the Song army will definitely attack halfway."

Li Wu looked at Nan'an and said, "Since it is impossible to lure the Song army northward! Then there is only a decisive battle between the river. After you lead the first echelon across the river, you must strictly guard against the beachhead. The prince will order the artillery troops to assist you in providing artillery support."

The Imperial Guard Corps has an independent artillery battalion, with 300 standard artillery pieces. Since the war started, Li Wu has also drawn 200 artillery pieces from Li Hu'er. Now there are 500 artillery pieces in Li Wu's hands, and they are all large caliber heavy artillery very powerful.

Under the leadership of Li Yanze, the first group of 30,000 Xia troops began to cross the river. On the other side of the turbulent water, the 200,000 Song troops were already on high alert. Wang Kai planned to use his superior forces to launch a heavy assault on the Xia army when the Xia army crossed the river and eliminated all the troops that crossed the Xia army, so as to achieve the goal of weakening the combat effectiveness of the Xia army.

Wang Kai, watching the Xia army crossing the river in batches, ordered: "Send the order, the entire army will launch an attack immediately after the Xia army lands, and eat up all the Song army crossing the river at all costs."

"Yes, the last general takes the order..."

The Xia army crossed the river very quickly. As soon as Li Yanze led the Xia army to land, the Song army launched a crazy attack on the Xia army. On the other side of the river, Li Wu saw the Song army attacking the Xia army through a telescope, and immediately ordered: "Send the artillery attack."

"As for orders..."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has an order to attack the artillery..."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Five hundred artillery fired one after another, and the sound was deafening. This was the beginning of the first large-scale use of artillery by the Xia army in history. Although the Xia army's artillery was not very accurate, it could not stand the number! Five hundred artillery continued to pour ammunition into the Song army's attack. The Song army, who didn't know how to defend, was caught off guard in an instant and suffered heavy losses. However, even so, the Song army continued to attack.

Seeing the explosions keep ringing in his attacking troops, Wang Kai frowned and said, "What's going on?"

"Master General, the Song army seems to have used the so-called new weapon cannon." A Song general reported to Wang Kai.

Wang Kai said with a pale face: "I didn't expect that the Xia army's artillery was so powerful."

"Do you want to stop the attack?" Song General said.

"No, the more this happens, the less we can stop the attack." Wang Kai said to General Song: "The order is to launch an attack on the Xia army at all costs, and the entire army will be suppressed. If anyone dares to retreat privately, he will be killed without mercy."

"Yes, the last general takes the order..."

The 200,000 Song army rushed towards the landing troops that had just crossed the river in the Xia army. The 500 Xia army cannons were indeed quite powerful, but they could not resist the siege of the 200,000 Song army from three sides! Besides, after Li Yanze crossed the river, he immediately set up a formation. The Xia army formed a square formation, and formed three sections of attacks to form a continuous blow to the Song army, causing great casualties to the Song army.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Gunshots kept ringing, and the Song army soldiers kept falling down. Some Song army soldiers even used their companions' bodies as shields to advance towards the Xia army's positions step by step.

Looking at the Song army approaching step by step, Li Yanze ordered: "Prepare for thunder in the sky..."

The second update is presented...

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