On July 1st, Wu Lin's scout team sent multiple pieces of intelligence.

Every piece of information told him that a huge army had been called back from the Dali front line.

In the next few days, scouts from both sides worked intensively in the area of ​​Nongdong Mansion and Dongchuan Mansion, and collected a lot of intelligence.

On the fifth day of July, it rained heavily.

Yan Pei hurried in from outside. He hung his raincoat aside, pointed to the improvised simple map on the table and said: "Wu Shuai, the main force of the Dali Army has crossed the Yangtze River from here."

The place he was referring to was Panzhihua in later generations. It was about four hundred miles away from Baozhou, Nongdong Prefecture, via a mountain road.

Wu Lin carefully observed the terrain in this area.

There are rolling mountains here, and it is obviously unrealistic for the Song army to fight like they did there in the past.

Even taking the initiative is a very dangerous thing.

Yan Pei said: "Wu Shuai, do our troops want to come here to wait for work and guard the other side?"

Yan Pei pointed to a place nearly two hundred miles north of Baozhou, which would later become Yongren County.

This is a rare piece of flat land in the mountains.

What the Song Army most hoped for was that the Dali Army could fight them head-on in the field.

"No! We are here to guard them. Now they are more anxious than us!" Wu Lin said calmly, "The northern route of food has been cut off. Let's see who can endure it."

At this time, a voice came from outside: "Report, Commander Wu, there is someone outside who claims to be the envoy of the King of Dali, asking to see you."

"Let him in."

The person coming is Yang Ke, the minister of the Ministry of Rites of Dali.

Yang Ke took off his raincoat, and many parts of his body were already wet, which showed that he came all the way and was quite eager.

"I am Yang Ke, the Minister of Rites of Dali."

"What's the matter with you?"

Yang Ke looked around.

Wu Lin said: "We are all handsome people here. If you have something to say, it doesn't matter."

"I was nominally ordered to come here to ask you why you sent troops to Dali. In fact, your Majesty asked me to tell you that Gao Liangcheng has now assembled an army of hundreds of thousands, and Gao Liangcheng is proficient in the art of war and can only be capable. I hope you will not underestimate the enemy.

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This has been said very nakedly.

"The monarch has also suffered deeply from the Gao family. If the Celestial Empire can help us bring order to the chaos, we will be grateful."

Yan Pei immediately said in a formal way: "This is what the emperor meant when he sent us here."

"It's time to work."

The two sides exchanged a few more polite words before Yang Ke left in a hurry.

Yan Pei said: "Could this person be sent by Dali Kingdom to deliberately paralyze us? In fact, the royal capital has secretly mobilized troops?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Wu Lin nodded, his eyes as sharp as knives, "But now that we have penetrated deeply, whether King Dali wants to secretly increase his troops, or whether the high-volume troops on the front line return, we can

All we have to do is fight! Fight as many as you come! Fight until they completely surrender!"

It rained intermittently, sometimes it was sunny and sometimes it rained heavily.

By mid-July, the intelligence sent back by the scouts became increasingly dense.

Every piece of information tells Wu Lin that Gao Liangcheng's army has arrived and is getting closer.

Early in the morning on July 14th, there were clouds and mist floating between the mountains, and the sunlight after the rain cast into the mountains and forests, dropping large beams of light.

In the jungle and between the mountain roads, you can see countless crowds of people, like rivers, flowing towards Baozhou in front.

Gao Liangcheng's main force has arrived.

After breakfast, Wu Lin received the notice.

After a while, standing on the top of the short city, you could already see a large black mark appearing on the flat ground in front of you.

After a while, the sound of footsteps was heard.

The footsteps of countless people.

Looking around, the flags are floating in the sky like clouds.

The flags of Dali are different from those of the Song Dynasty. Their flags are embroidered with various patterns of strange beasts, and their workmanship is somewhat worse than those of the Song Dynasty.

But this did not affect their momentum at this time.

The army led by Gao Liangcheng is very different from Yang Zhixing's.

Of the 50,000 men, 20,000 were armored.

The armor of Dali is different from the armor of the Central Plains. The material is rigid leather.

The surface is coated with red and black paint layers and held together by leather straps.

Fan Chengda wrote in "Guihai Yu Heng Zhi·Zhi Qi": "The barbarian armor is the best in Dali. The armor is all made of elephant skin. There is a large piece on the chest and back, which is as thick as a tortoise shell, and is as thick as iron. It is also connected with small pieces.

The leather piece is used to cover the shoulders and protect the neck, and is made like Chinese iron armor, with all its leaves covered in red."

Zhou Qufei also wrote this in "Lingwai Daida·Qiyong·Man Armor": "The system of the Dali Kingdom is to cover the front and back with large pieces of elephant skin like a turtle shell, and the middle piece of skin is used to cover the shoulders, and the neck is protected.

It is made of a whole piece of skin rolled into a circle."

The Dali Kingdom itself has its own armor, but after all, its financial resources are limited and it is impossible for the army to generally wear armor like the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty.

There are only thirty thousand troops in the country who can wear armor.

At this time, Gao Liangcheng's main force accounted for 20,000 people.

Gao Liangcheng first sent an envoy to question him.

The envoy stood at the foot of the city and said, "We in Dali have always respected the Celestial Empire and admired our superior country. Why did we raise troops to invade and cause ruin to all living beings?"

Wu Lin said to Yan Pei: "Kill him."

Yan Pei asked doubtfully: "Huh?"

"I said kill him."

"This is not good, this is irritating the other party..."

Wu Lin said: "Force the opponent to fight quickly!"

Yan Pei said to the Song Army crossbow archers on his left and right: "Kill him!"

Everyone immediately strung their crossbows.

The messenger was about to continue talking, when a dozen arrows flew towards him.

Five of them hit him.

The messenger was killed on the spot.

When the people of Dali saw this, they were furious.

Gao Liangcheng did not expect that the Song army would kill his envoy.

Not long after, the horns of the Dali Army sounded.

At this moment, the Song army had already assembled in the city.

The city head was filled with crossbowmen.

The Song army also did not defend the city.

This kind of three-meter city wall makes little difference whether it is defended or not. On the contrary, the military formation cannot be extended.

The Song troops all wore iron armor, walked out of the city, and formed a formation outside the city.

The Song army formed a square formation.

The characteristic of the square formation is that both defense and offense are relatively even.

If a square formation is used to attack, it means pushing horizontally, which places high demands on the army.

There was a wanton noise from the Dali Army's formation, and the soldiers seemed to be angry that one of their own had been killed just now.

In this era, the southwest area was still a barbarian tribe, and their behavior was relatively barbaric, so their personal force value was naturally not bad.

"Report!"

The scouts rode Dali horses and quickly sent information: "Commander Wu, there are cavalry on both wings of the enemy army, and the cavalry are wearing armor."

Wu Lin said: "I know!"

"Wu Shuai, it seems that the elite of the Dali army came this way!" Yan Pei said.

"It's not like we haven't fought cavalry before. I'm not even afraid of the Xixia and Jin cavalry, so why should I be afraid of the Dali cavalry?" Wu Lin said, "The whole army must first strictly defend the military formation. The Dali people have cavalry and have superior strength.

, will definitely attack first!"
Chapter completed!