Outside the Dangxiang camp on the west bank of the Yellow River, Li Yuanhao rode a high slope in a special carriage, and then took out the telescope in his arms and looked at the Song army camp on the other side of the river. The telescope was seized by someone from the Song army general who died in battle some time ago. Dangxiang people have heard of this kind of magical artifact, but it is rare to see it. Even if a Song army general died in battle, he would destroy the telescope before his death, resulting in a few Dangxiang in total.

The Yellow River is very wide and can even reach several miles in summer. However, the river water decreases in winter, and the current river surface is only about two miles. However, the Song army's barracks are still a distance from the river bank, so Li Yuanhao can only roughly see the layout of the Song army's barracks through a telescope, but the situation in the camp is completely unsightly.

However, even if he couldn't see clearly, Li Yuanhao still held up his telescope and looked for a long time. Because he was observing the situation outside the Song army camp, he saw one Song army after another entering and exiting the camp. On the ice surface of the Yellow River and the river beach, countless small groups of Song army fought with his elite soldiers to the death. Although not many people died every day, it was a battle of morale between the two sides. When it reached this point, no one would give in, otherwise it would only weaken the morale of his own side.

Finally, Li Yuanhao slowly put down the telescope in his hand, and then carefully placed it in a skin bag he carried with him. Although this was just a simple action, Li Yuanhao spent half a cup of tea because he had four fingers missing on both hands and the back of his hands were full of burn marks.

However, compared to the burns on Li Yuanhao's hand, the scars on his face were even more scary, especially the right half was completely disfigured, half a piece of his lips on the upper part was exposed, and the brown teeth were exposed, and the cheeks on the right were covered with red and purple scars. There was a scar from his ears to the corners of his eyes, almost blinding his eyes.

After putting on the telescope, Li Yuanhao also stroked the scars on his hands intentionally or unintentionally. All of these scars were given by Li Zhang. He also knew that the telescope was also made by Li Zhang. He once hated Li Zhang so crazy that he wanted to tear the other party to pieces with his own hands. But now he also figured it out that no matter how much he hated him, he could not hurt Li Zhang's hair. Only when he led the rise of Dangxiang and was even stronger than the Song Dynasty could he force the Song Dynasty to hand over Li Zhang, otherwise he would never have a day of revenge.

There have been countless times when Li Yuanhao dreamed that he had stepped onto Tokyo, captured Li Zhang alive and tortured him little by little, but every time he woke up, he felt extremely disappointed, and he also clearly felt that even though Li Zhang was not in the northwest, he was still targeting him everywhere. He even guessed that the other party might be like him, and he wanted to stop each other from dying.

Thinking of the above, Li Yuanhao couldn't help but clench his fists. He was almost certain that the sudden outgoing of troops in the Song Dynasty without any warning must have been related to Li Zhang. I heard that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was not the son of the queen mother Liu E, but Li Zhang was the cousin of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. With such a relationship, he had a greater influence on the Song Dynasty.

"Return to the camp!" After a long silence, Li Yuanhao finally ordered, and immediately two tall slaves came forward to pull his car and returned to Dangxiang Camp step by step.

Li Yuanhao was indeed not prepared for this sudden attack in the Song Dynasty. It was not that he was too careless, but that the Song Dynasty had changed too quickly. In addition, Liu E had just passed away. Li Yuanhao thought that the Song Dynasty would only have to focus on its energy at least three or four years, and the time for the other party to send troops was extremely subtle. He actually sent troops before the beginning of winter, which made them unprepared at all. In the end, they threw all the land south of the Yellow River to the Song Dynasty.

Originally, Li Yuanhao thought that after the Song Dynasty captured Xiping Prefecture, he would cross the river and attack Xingzhou without stopping, so he immediately gathered a large army to station on the bank of the Yellow River in order to launch a blockade when the other party crossed the river.

But unexpectedly, the opponent's main general was very calm. Not only did he not cross the river immediately, but he patiently waited until the river surface freezes. This made Li Yuanhao's previous plans vain and even put him in a dilemma.

If Li Yuanhao was still stationed on the shore and waited, the Song army opposite might attack at any time. Moreover, after the river freezes, the natural danger of the Yellow River becomes a smooth road. The other party can cross the river from any location, or even divide it into two routes, leaving the army that restrains him, and the other route sneaks into Xingzhou City behind it.

So rationally speaking, now Li Yuanhao retreated to Xingzhou City and defended himself according to the city was the best choice. After all, their troops were not as strong as the Song army. Even if the cavalry had the advantage in field battles, the other side had musket troops and strong camps. If the Song army did not fight them in decisively, the cavalry's advantage would not be able to be wielded.

However, if the troops retreated, it would shake the morale of the Dangxiang. Because the Song army came too quickly before, the Dangxiang divisions on the south bank of the Yellow River did not have time to retreat, and most of them were wiped out by the Song army, and even Xiping Prefecture was lost. This made people inside the Dangxiang panic. This time, Li Yuanhao finally suppressed the internal dissent and sent troops. If he retreated without even fighting, he would not only lose morale, but also cause more doubts about him inside.

It can be said that Li Yuanhao is under extremely tremendous pressure. After all, Dangxiang is not a monolithic part, especially since his failure to attack Li Chengyu before, he failed to completely eliminate Li Chengyu. In addition, he is disabled and cannot even walk on the road, let alone ride a horse to fight. The Dangxiang people have always been martial, which has many Dangxiang people questioned Li Yuanhao, the leader.

Just as Li Yuanhao returned to the camp, Zhao Zhen, the chief general of the Song Dynasty, also conveyed a series of orders. The generals who summoned him left excitedly after receiving tasks from various places. After a while, the entire Song army camp suddenly became a little quieter, and the noise in the past was reduced by most of the time, but this silence seemed even more dangerous, just like a beast that had rushed out to hunt prey, exuding a dangerous aura all over his body.

After ordering the generals, Zhao Zhen also walked out of the camp and looked up at the other side of the Yellow River. He knew that Li Yuanhao was under tremendous pressure, which he deliberately created. However, he could no longer wait. As the weather became colder, if he did not send troops now, he would probably have to wait until next year.

However, Li Yuanhao on the opposite side still withstood the pressure and refused to withdraw. In other words, this decisive battle between the two sides should be inevitable. This is both beneficial and disadvantageous for both sides. It depends on who can perform better now.
Chapter completed!