The battle that was certain to come would come anyway, and tension had no effect.
The veterans knocked on the bowls and chopsticks with a smile and yelled, "I'm sorry for not having enough to eat, Your Majesty, hahahaha..."
The new recruits were a little nervous but they still followed suit. After several battles, they gradually gained the composure of the veterans, but they would occasionally touch the handle of the knife at their waist unintentionally...
Tian Luming and Li Zhi ran over: "What are we two doing?"
Li Ke just remembered that these two guys had lost their bowls, chopsticks and iron pot and were unable to eat. He had to scratch his head and pointed at the two large buckets that they had kicked over in a tense moment and said: "You two get a rope and go to the stream." Carry water and fill all the buckets."
Hurry up and get more water while you can still get it. Now we are under siege. Maybe one day you will have to drink your own blood because there is no water...
Li Zhi had no complaints. He knew that water was an essential resource for the military, so he took Tian Luming and went to do it immediately.
Fang Rou watched the two of them walk away, chewed slowly and said calmly: "Can't you let them eat first?"
"Water is more important." Li Ke argued.
Water is of course important. The heavy railway team brought more than thirty buckets, and most of them are full now.
Fang Rou said not to talk too much about military affairs, so she glared at Li Ke and stopped saying a word.
Mo Shaocheng hurriedly got under the car and reported: "The Imperial Guard, the enemy has more than a hundred people, each of them has a horse, and carries a lot of weapons, and..."
Li Ke was stunned and looked at Mo Shaocheng who suddenly stopped speaking for some reason: "And what?"
It's not a big deal if there are more than a hundred enemies. The heavy iron team has never fought it before.
Mo Shaocheng sighed and asked Li Ke to see for himself.
It was incredible to see... Holy shit, outside the large vehicle formation, Li Tai was actually cutting wood to make an anti-arrow vehicle. It looked like he was preparing to fight a serious positional battle with the heavy iron team.
Moreover...his grandmother's Li Tai actually has a heavy armored infantry team of twenty people, who are wearing layers of armor with high spirits...
After Li Zhi and Tian Luming finished getting the water, they panted heavily and crawled to Li Ke's side to look outside.
These two guys even filled all the utensils that could hold water. Even Li Zhi even filled the marching iron pot he had just used with clean water.
Based on his irritable behavior during the march, it can be seen that Li Zhi was obviously holding something back in his heart.
Li Ke looked at Tian Luming, who was sitting cross-legged and speechless next to him, and then said to the back of Li Zhi's head: "Please tell me what is pressing on your heart after the war."
Li Zhi heard it but did not look back. He simply responded: "There are some things I can't tell you."
Li Ke sighed. He didn't want any disharmony among his colleagues in the same battle formation, so he could only tell Tian Luming: "Take good care of him."
Li Zhi's official rank has long been higher than that of a small captain. Not everything can be told to Li Ke, and even many details of his activities in Quanzhou have not been told to Fang Rou.
At this time, Fang Rou didn't say much, she just watched Li Ke walking towards Mo Shaocheng.
Li Tai's army outside will launch an attack soon.
Mo Shaocheng pointed to the outside of the gap in the cart: "The Vietnamese soldiers have set up gray flags."
The gray flag was floating slowly, and it was the fierce flag color that Li Ke had seen in Lingbei Military Camp and Jishadi.
Reminding me of the "bows and arrows on all sides" attack method at the post station a few days ago, Li Ke even felt that the enemy commander at Lingbei Military Camp and Jishadi was Li Tai. Maybe the gray flag was the symbol of Li Tai's identity.
But the enemy is the enemy, and there is no need to tell Li Ke many things.
Lao Yuan came over and reported in a low voice: "The Vietnamese soldiers burned wet smoke in the upwind direction. Fortunately, the terrain is favorable for us and the smoke is not thick."
Li Ke smelled the faint smell of firewood smoke and knew that Li Tai would use all means to eliminate the heavy iron team, even if it could only weakly reduce the heavy iron team.
On the battlefield, either you die or I die!
Regardless of whether the heavy iron team was an arrogant lone advance, Li Tai did not intend to treat this battle casually.
Li Ke also prepared for this battle for a long time, regardless of whether he was the prey in Li Tai's eyes.
The night wind picked up, violently blowing the piles of burning bonfires.
Suddenly a long roar came from Li Tai's camp: "Attack."
Then the gray flag waved wildly and the war broke out!
The Vietnamese soldiers roared back and forth, pushing the newly built large shield vehicles forward rapidly, and pushed directly to the edge of the antlers array in a crazy and reckless manner.
To launch an attack on a small earth slope position, people didn't hesitate at all.
As soon as the shield car stopped, it immediately threw out densely packed torches, like a meteor shower caused by the wind.
While the crowd was shouting, torches were smashed all over the ground with a banging sound, and countless stars were splashed, and the antlers array was immediately filled with light.
The soldiers of the Vietnamese army quickly threw out long rope loops, and the baskets caught the antlers of the deer that were pointing towards the sky.
Immediately afterwards, the Vietnamese soldiers began to chant loudly, and long ropes dragged the deer antlers that were gradually loosened amidst the chants of the large group of people.
Seeing that the enemy had successfully destroyed the antlers formation, Li Ke immediately shouted at his crossbowman and ordered: "Fire the arrow."
The ferocious crossbows of the heavy iron team immediately flew towards the faintly flickering enemy shadow in the shield workshop, instantly arousing blood-red screams.
Li Tai, who was on the other side of the battlefield, was well prepared and immediately ordered: "Suppress." He urged his archers to fight tit for tat.
Bang Bang Weng Weng's bow and arrow immediately hit the top of Li Ke's large car formation, smashing away a lot of soil piled on the roof of the car.
Roaring, bows and arrows from both sides came and went, and the colliding arrows made tinkling sparks in the air from time to time.
At this time, the heavily armored Vietnamese soldiers stood up one by one with large shields, quickly blocking all the leaks between the shield vehicles, and blocking the fierce arrows for their companions dragging the antlers.
With this move, the Vietnamese troops had the advantage. Seeing that the heavy iron team no longer had any chance to hit the enemy, they had no choice but to stop their ferocious shooting.
Li Ke punched the beam of the chariot, lamenting that at this distance he could not defeat the heavy armor of the soldiers crossing through the soldiers, and by the way, he could not destroy the offensive of the Yue soldiers shield chariots.
Obviously, the Vietnamese soldiers' anti-arrow strategy was very successful. Li Tai was so excited that he shouted from a distance: "What, your Majesty, haven't you ever learned a bow and arrow? Go ahead and fire arrows, hahahaha."
As an excellent warrior, no one will miss any opportunity to undermine the enemy's momentum.
But this time, Li Tai succeeded, and the morale of his soldiers was greatly boosted. With an even more majestic roar, they pulled out the antlers and sharp wood between the two armies.
Li Ke quietly watched the antlers being dragged away one by one without making any counterattack. At this moment, it was more important to build up strength for the upcoming fight.
