"Hmph, what a big tone!" In the Tuoyuan Village, Cao Wei slapped a letter from his hand on the table and said angrily. A few days ago, he rushed from Qingzhou to Tuoyuan Village to take charge. Just yesterday afternoon, 30,000 Dangxiang cavalry also rushed outside the Tuoyuan Village. However, Li Deming did not rush to attack, but sent a letter to Cao Wei.

"Father, what did Li Deming say in the letter?" Cao Ma asked curiously at this time.

"Li Deming is threatening us, asking us to hand over the murderer who plotted against Li Yuanhao, otherwise he would send troops to siege Qingzhou City." Cao Wei smiled coldly at this time, saying that Qingzhou was his capital, and this simply did not take him seriously.

Hearing Cao Wei's words, Hu Yan Shouxin next to him couldn't help but look at Li Zhang, but Li Zhang was very natural. He had no psychological burden on the assassination of Li Yuanhao, and the only regret was that he was unable to kill him.

Cao Wei quickly calmed down and immediately wrote a reply to Li Deming. He finished it in just a few strokes. It was probably very simple to reply. Li Zhang was a little far away and couldn't see it clearly. However, Cao Mata, who was standing next to Cao Wei, saw it, and then quietly told Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shouxin that they said: "My father is more domineering. Li Deming will leave Qingzhou within three days, otherwise he will never come back!"

Cao Wei's letter was immediately sent to Li Deming. As a result, the next morning, the Dangxiang army launched a tentative attack on Tuoyuanzhai under the command of Li Deming. Cao Wei also personally climbed the top of the city and directed his soldiers to beat the Dangxiang people back. Because this was only the first battle between the two sides, they had a tentative intention, so there was not much casualties. It was just through this contact that both sides had a certain understanding of each other.

Although he defeated the Dangxiang people, Cao Wei did not let the army go out of the city to pursue the victory, but kept letting the army huddle in the city. This was not because he was afraid of fighting, but was consuming the Dangxiang people's spirit. In addition, the Dangxiang people were all cavalry, while the Song Dynasty was mainly infantry. Even if the infantry and cavalry were well-equipped, they were still at a disadvantage in the battle between infantry and cavalry. Even if they could win, they would have to win in the end.

That's why Cao Wei first consumed the morale of the Dangxiang people. When the opponent was trapped and was exhausted, he would go out of the city to defeat the opponent's main force in one fell swoop. What's more, the advantage of the Song army is that he is good at defending the city, and there is also a strong city like Tuoyuanzhai to defend. Just relying on the city wall can consume the opponent's strength and morale. There is no need to go out of the city to resist the opponent.

Li Deming also understood Cao Wei's plan, so after tentatively attacking Tuoyuan Village several times, he stopped and stopped fighting. Instead, he sent several teams of cavalry to bypass Tuoyuan Village and sneaked into the villages and towns behind him. This made Cao Wei furious. He immediately sent cavalry to eliminate the Dangxiang people's cavalry, and at the same time decided to go out of the city to fight the opponent.

On the tenth day of March, Cao Wei personally led the army out of the city to fight the Dangxiang people. Li Deming had been waiting for this day and arranged the formation early. The two sides looked at each other for several miles apart. When the sun just reached mid-air, with the sound of war drums, tens of thousands of troops finally began this bloody battle.

All the Dangxiang people were cavalrymen, and their numbers were also advantageous, but the Song Dynasty was not afraid at all. There are three main reasons. The first is that the border troops of the Song Dynasty were originally elite, and they fought with tribes abroad all year round, and had rich experience.

Although the second party's strength grew very fast, it was far from the level of the Western Xia cavalry in later generations. The Song army did not have great defeats and was not psychologically timid. The last one was related to Cao Wei. With Cao Wei's identity and fame, he has been guarding the border for decades. As long as he is there, the soldiers below will have confidence in their hearts. This is the inspirational effect of famous generals on the army.

With the sound of "Wuwuwu", the Dangxiang cavalry began to come to the Song army from the left and right routes, but the strongest cavalry in the central government remained unmoved. It seemed that they wanted to use cavalry on both wings to tear open the formation of the Song Dynasty, and then use the elite cavalry of the central government to lay the battle situation.

In fact, this is also the most commonly used tactic for nomadic peoples. Because the entire nomadic people are soldiers, their quality is naturally uneven. Generally, the most elite cavalry are directly under the leader, while other cavalry are temporarily recruited. Not only are the quality unavailable, but loyalty is also problematic. Therefore, they usually directly let these temporarily recruited cavalry go forward when they start a war, mainly to consume the enemy's strength as cannon fodder, storm the opponent's formation, and then use elite cavalry to expand the results of the battle.

Cao Wei was very familiar with this tactic. As his orders were issued one after another, the shield hands and spearmen on both wings were quickly prepared. A shield that was one-man high stood up like a wall, and the spear stretched out from the gap of the shield, like a hedgehog, holding the two wings tightly. This is also the most standard tactic for infantry to deal with cavalry.

Li Zhang was a civil servant, so he did not follow Cao Wei out of the city. In fact, Cao Wei would not let him go to the army, because the reason why Liu E transferred him to Qingzhou was to take care of Li Zhang. If something happened to Li Zhang in the army, he would not be able to afford to be guilty, so Li Zhang could only stay on the top of the city and look out. Fortunately, the top of the city was high enough and he could see the changes on the battlefield.

"Swoosh swish swish swish~" Before the Dangxiang people's cavalry could tell, waves of arrow rain rose into the air and flew into the Song army like locusts. However, because there were shields in front of them, the casualties caused by these arrow rains were very limited, and the shields were soon filled with dense arrows.

The archers on the Song army quickly began to counterattack. Compared with the Song army with strict protection, the Dangxiang people could only rely on the leather armor on their bodies. The protection of the leather armor was limited. Soon, many Dangxiang people were caught and fell off the horses. With the screams, they were trampled into meat paste by the horses behind. However, even though the casualties were very large, the Dangxiang people still rushed forward for a moment because they knew that as long as they rushed into the formation of the Song army, the other party's bows and arrows would stop, and that was the time for their cavalry to take effect.

The Dangxiang cavalry charged desperately, and the cavalry in front finally rushed to the shield and spear formation. With a loud "boom~", the Dangxiang cavalry in front hit the shield formation like a huge wave. Although there was a barrier between the spear and the shield, the Song army's formation still caused chaos. Some places were also broken through a gap, and the Dangxiang cavalry in the rear also rushed forward like a tide, hitting the Song army's formation one after another, hoping to completely break through the front blockade.

However, the Song army's defense was very tight, and Cao Wei brought all the elite troops in the border army. Even though the line was scrambled and a small number of Dangxiang cavalry even broke into the inside, they still held the formation tightly, and the Dangxiang cavalry that rushed in was also pounced on by the surrounding Song army. As long as they blocked the footsteps of the cavalry and had no charge power, the cavalry was not much stronger than the infantry.

Seeing the Dangxiang cavalry on both wings constantly attacking the Song army, the Song army remained unmoved, which made Li Deming, who was in charge behind, show an anxious expression. As a nomadic people, Dangxiang finally survived the winter, it was the time for livestock to have children. However, in order to avenge his son, he forced the Dangxiang troops to send troops to the Song Dynasty. If he could not conquer Qingzhou this time, he would probably have the prestige he had established in Dangxiang before would be wasted.

"Father, the two wings of the Song army are extremely strict and cannot escape. Otherwise, let's order the withdrawal of troops!" Just as Li Deming was anxious, a teenager next to him suddenly suggested that this young man was his second son Li Chengyu. Li Deming has three sons in total. In addition to Li Yuanhao and Li Chengyu, there is also a young son Li Chengwei. Moreover, the mothers of these three sons are different. Li Chengyu is only one year younger than Li Yuanhao. This time Li Yuanhao was injured and disabled, so he brought the second son with him.

"No, the cavalry on both sides of the left and right have already suffered a lot of casualties. If they retreat without any results, I am afraid that these tribes will never listen to my orders again after the sun!" Li Deming shook his head resolutely at this time.

Although he knew before that Qingzhou where Cao Wei was stationed, his son was assassinated here, and even though he was not dead, he became disabled. If he could not avenge his son, others would probably call him a coward. In addition, he was indeed very annoyed, so he sent troops to the Song Dynasty desperately. If he went back so badly, he would probably not be able to sit steadily.

"But it's a big loss to continue fighting like this. You can't let so many people die just because of the elder brother..."

"Shut up!" Before Li Chengyu finished speaking, he was scolded by Li Deming, which made him shut up. However, Li Deming did not notice that a little hatred flashed in Li Chengyu's lowered eyes. It would be fine if Li Deming liked Li Yuanhao before, after all, he was the eldest son and he was not qualified to compete with him. But now Li Yuanhao has become a useless person, but in Li Deming's heart, he is still not as good as him. How can he not hate him?

At the same time, Cao Wei, who was behind the Song army, was also very calmly observing the changes on the battlefield. When he saw the two wings were stable, he finally showed a relaxed smile. Then he looked up at the distance and looked at the elite Dangxiang who was still holding the troops and smiled: "Come on, the Musketeers have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Even if Cao Wei arrived at Li Deming, he would definitely not retreat easily, so as long as he guarded both wings, the opponent would sooner or later fight to the whole army. He also arranged the musket army in the central army. Although it was a bit risky to use the newly trained musket army in this kind of war, he had already arranged a few backhands. Even if there was a problem with the musket army, he could make timely remedies, not to mention that this was a rare practical opportunity. If you miss this, you don’t know when you will have to wait for the musket army to learn from actual combat.
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