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The decisive battle between the Liangshan Army and the coalition forces has actually begun.

This is not the decisive battle between small troops, not the decisive battle of 200,000 troops.

This is a decisive battle that may determine the fate of the country. The number of people participating in the war exceeded 100,000, and there were countless baggages.

Seven days in advance, Li Yan personally set up a large army and left Shuozhou and went straight to the banks of Qingshui River.

Before leaving Shuozhou, Liu Qi, who had personally explored the local terrain on the Qingshui River, had already decided on the battle formation of the new moon formation for this battle with Li Yan, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie and other generals, along with Li Zhu, Chen Zuotong, Lou Minzhong and other staff members.

The Crescent Formation was first created by Carthage's famous Carthage general Hannibal in the Battle of Canny, defeating the Roman army with fewer victory and more, thus circulating for thousands of years.

Li Yan knew a little about the Crescent Moon Formation, so he took it out and discussed it with the generals.

To be honest, what Li Yan brought out was actually just a big frame. The specific arrangement was discussed by Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie and other generals with Li Zhu, Chen Zuotong, Lou Minzhong and other staff members.

It's basically like this:

In the middle are the three armies infantry, lined up in a crescent shape, with the protruding one facing the enemy, and both sides are infantry; at both ends of the crescent formation, there are cavalry.

In addition, Li Yan, protected by the Jiefan Horse Army, attracted the main force of the coalition forces in the middle of this formation, then gradually retreated to lure the enemy into depth, and then closed his pockets through the centripetal attack of the cavalry on both wings, giving the enemy a decisive blow from the side.

To be honest, Li Yan has to take some risks in setting up such a formation.

Many people opposed Liu Qi and others' arrangements, and some people wanted Liu Qi to replace Li Yan.

Later, Li Yan disagreed with the opposition and said: "Liu Qi is in the central army, and Emperor Tianzuo may not be able to lead the main force to attack. Only when I am in the central army can he lead the main force to attack regardless of everything... This battle is related to our future, and we cannot do our best because of my own safety. Moreover, I believe that the soldiers of our Liangshan Army, I believe that you will definitely defeat the mobs that Emperor Tianzuo pieced together."

Li Yan was willing to take risks and believe the soldiers of Liangshan Army, which made the whole army highly motivated.

Under such morale, the Liangshan Army left Shuozhou and came to the bank of Qingshui River.

As soon as they arrived, under Liu Qi's command, the generals formed a crescent formation according to the previous plan, and then set up camp.

The next day, Emperor Tianzuo led the coalition forces to the bank of Qingshui River and confronted the Liangshan Army across the river.

The coalition's formation is a big "∧" shape, which is the famous attack formation cone formation.

According to the formation of the coalition forces, Liu Qi and others speculated that their powerful forces should be concentrated on the two wings, and the more they went, the more empty and weak they became. If the Liangshan Army could go around them and attack, it would form an extremely terrible thousand-year killing effect.

However, the cone formation of the coalition forces is very long and there is a flat horse here. It is almost impossible to get around the back of the coalition forces under the surveillance of more than 200,000 eyes.

Similarly, the coalition forces could not use any conspiracy under the surveillance of more than 200,000 eyes from Li Yan.

Therefore, this battle must be a dignified decisive battle.

Such a large-scale war is naturally impossible to be commanded by one or two people. It requires a huge command team, otherwise it will be in chaos.

Even with this command team, Liu Qi divided the entire army into four parts.

The first part is the former army, commanded by Han Shizhong.

The second part is the Central Army, commanded by Li Zong and Liu Qi.

The third part is the left army, commanded by Yue Fei.

The fourth part is the Right Army, commanded by Wu Jie.

After carefully observing the formation of the coalition forces through the Qianli Miles, Liu Qi said: "The century-legged insect died without being stiff. The coalition forces that the Liao Lord pieced together in the east are still strong!"

Li Yan and others understood what Liu Qi meant.

It is precisely because the coalition forces still have strong field capabilities that they dare to set up the attack formation of a cone formation.

In addition, the coalition forces also sent a elite cavalry to patrol along the river bank to prevent the Liangshan Army from sending a partial division to sneak across the river and go around to the back to face the coalition forces to use the thousand-year-old killing.

It can be seen that the coalition forces not only have combat power, but also command by experts.

Qingshui River, two or three meters deep and about a foot shallow.

There is almost no need to think about the depths.

Even if you use a fly bridge, it is probably difficult to cross the Qingshui River dozens of feet wide under the noses of more than 100,000 people.

Therefore, only those shallow places are the passages across the river.

As soon as the coalition forces arrived at the Qingshui River, they occupied all the shallow areas and sent cavalry to cross the river from those places to build a fortress on the banks of the Liangshan Army.

In other words, the coalition forces started with the idea of ​​taking the initiative to attack.

This is also in line with the characteristics of nomadic peoples, who have always taken the initiative to attack one side.

On the Liangshan Army, the army is mainly based on infantry, and naturally the guard is mainly based on it, which is also in line with the characteristics of the farming nation.

After both sides formed a formation, they began to attack tentatively.

During this process, the layout of both parties is basically completely formed.

The coalition forces defended their cone formation and Qingshui River, blocking the Liangshan army east of Qingshui River, and in the hundreds of square miles east of Qingshui River, there were figures of Liangshan soldiers everywhere.

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In front of the central tent of the coalition army.

Seeing that the Liangshan army opposite was orderly, Emperor Tianzuo said, "These thieves are quite capable."

Li Liangfu said: "It's not just a little skill, it's as fast as the wind, its sprint is as slow as the forest, its invasion is as fire, its movement is as unmoved as a mountain, it's hard to know as the yin and its movement is as thunder. This is a first-class strong army."

Emperor Tianzuo's face looked a little bad, and said, "Even if they are elite, they only have 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry. In this empty and unpredictable land, they will never be the opponent of our horse-sing nation. The reason why we lost one after another was mainly because they could not hide. Now they are under my plan. How can they still have a chance to win when they fight us in this flat land?"

At the same time, Emperor Tianzuo added in his heart: "If you take a step back, you can still escape even if you can't win. With such a big decisive battle, it is absolutely impossible to wipe out one side."

In fact, this is the confidence that Emperor Tianzuo dared to fight Li Yan to the decisive battle, so he could still run away. Moreover, as an escape expert, he was very accurate in seeing that it was impossible for him to wipe out any side in this battle.

As for why Emperor Tianzuo wanted to fight this battle, it was not as he advocated, that he wanted to recover lost territory and kill the rebels. In fact, he had already thought of establishing a country in western Liaoning in the future, where there was a fertile pasture for him to hunt and play, so why bother provoking those Jurchens who he could not defeat at all?

The reason why Emperor Tianzuo fought this battle was because he couldn't swallow the king's breath. When he thought of his beloved Yuan Concubine and other concubines in Li Yan's body, he wanted to kill Li Yan's whole family and cut Li Yan into pieces!

Therefore, Emperor Tianzuo paid a huge price to borrow a large army from the Western Xia and Mongolian Khans to seek revenge on Li Yan.

Li Liangfu actually agreed with what Emperor Tianzuo said that cavalry against infantry at least one to three, and may even reach one to five or ten, especially on this plain. Therefore, in terms of military strength, they have an absolute advantage, and there is no reason why they cannot win the Liangshan Army that can protect natural dangers, Great Wall, and passes.

Li Liangfu reminded Emperor Tianzuo: "I hope Your Majesty will be trusted and don't forget to promise our country's land."

Emperor Tianzuo said: "Don't worry, I keep my word. As long as I win this battle or capture Li Yan, I will let my endless anger be. The large area of ​​land north of Xiazhai, south of Yinshan, and west of Yishii Latululu will belong to you Xixia!"

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