The fifth update was over, and the sky was already hazy and blue. The woods on both sides of the Tiger Roaring Gorge were still very quiet. Many soldiers seized the time to take a nap. Li Yanqing was not sleepy and paid attention to the movements in the woods from time to time. This was his first time leading his army to fight, which made him extremely cautious, fearing that the dam he had seized was taken back by the enemy.

At this time, Wang Gui smiled and dragged a big pocket over, and the pockets were jingling.

"What is it?" Li Yanqing looked at this strange big pocket.

"There are more than a hundred daggers I specially collected for you!"

‘Crash!’ Wang Gui piled his big pockets in front of Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing glared at him, "You guy, are you asking me for trouble?"

Even though he said that, Li Yanqing spread his pockets and pulled out a few sharp daggers from it. He weighed them in his hand. The daggers of the Xixia people were slender in appearance, neither light nor heavy, and were very suitable for flying knives.

If you fight at close range, these flying knives can come in handy.

"Old Li, it's almost dawn, I'm afraid the Western Xia army will not come again." Wang Gui whispered to Li Yanqing.

"You can't be careless. It's not the style of the Xixia army to give up withdrawing troops so easily, unless they deliberately give up the dam."

"Do you think they gave up the dam on purpose?"

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "It is hard to say, and it is also possible that he gave up on purpose. After our army passed through Guyuan Road, the Xixia army would regain the dam, and we would have no way out."

Li Yanqing was very hesitant. He felt that it was indeed a little easier to seize the dam this time. When their reinforcements arrived, the Xixia army retreated without any resistance. This was not in line with the style of the Xixia army fighting to the death, and he had all kinds of doubts in his heart.

"There is another possibility!"

Wang Gui whispered: "They asked us to seize the dam first. After we send a signal, they will retake the dam and then dig the dam to release water. The Song army who came to pick him up may not be able to escape!"

Li Yanqing looked up at the fire that was about to be extinguished on the top of the mountain. He realized that Wang Gui was probably right. The Xixia people used the tactic of trying to get. At this time, their reinforcements had already entered the canyon, with at least nearly 10,000 people. Once the Xixia people regained the dam and dug the dam and released water, the more than 10,000 people would face a catastrophe.

To avoid this consequence, they can only hold on to the death at any cost.

At this moment, a sharp roar was heard in the woods, and the scout in front shot a whistle. Something happened. Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Everyone gets up!"

The soldiers stood up one after another, took a bow and arrow, and were ready for battle. Although the Song army's bows and arrows were not very effective against Western Xia heavy armored soldiers, they still had a great killing effect on ordinary soldiers. Using sharp armored arrows, they could shoot through the enemy's leather armor within ninety steps, and ordinary bows and arrows could also shoot and kill the enemy within fifty steps.

More than a hundred other soldiers were holding captured spears and preparing to face the attack of the Western Xia army.

But after a long time, there was still no movement in the woods.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the woods, and the scouts hiding in the woods ran out, shouting: "There are three thousand enemies."

Before he finished speaking, a burst of arrows shot in. The scout was hit by seven or eight arrows in the back and threw himself to the ground. Wang Gui was furious and wanted to rush out with his knife, but Li Yanqing held it down and scolded him angrily: "Are you crazy? You are going to go up and die!"

Wang Gui was so angry that his teeth were chuckling, and he punched the soil, shouting: "Prepare to shoot arrows!"

Five hundred soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at the dark woods. One hundred spearmen half-squatted on the ground, ready to attack at any time.

At this time, Li Yanqing clearly heard a low call from the woods, followed by a loud shout of killing, and countless black shadows rushed out of the woods.

Li Yanqing whispered: "Listen to my orders, don't rush to shoot arrows!"

He stared at the Xixia soldiers running sharply, entering the killing range within eighty steps from the woods a hundred steps away, and soon entered another sixty steps. Li Yanqing shouted: "Click!"

Five hundred arrows of the Song army were shot out at the same time. Although the Western Xia soldiers were wearing thick leather armor, within a distance of fifty steps, the leather armor still could not resist the sharp armor-transparent arrows. The Western Xia soldiers who were running in the front were all shot and fell to the ground, screaming.

Li Yanqing was looking for the enemy general who had just given orders, but the woods were too dark and he still couldn't see clearly. He had to shoot more than ten arrows in a row, and each arrow fell down, winning applause from the soldiers around him.

The Song army's arrow rain shot more than a hundred Western Xia soldiers, but did not scare away the enemy. The Western Xia soldiers stopped for a moment, but still charged forward one after another. At the same time, more than a thousand archers appeared next to the woods, and they fired arrows at the Song army together.

The Song soldiers lie behind the sandbags, but more than a dozen soldiers were unfortunately caught in the arrows. The enemy's arrows were slowing down slightly. Seizing this gap, Li Yanqing yelled, "Shoot again!"

The Song soldiers stood up and shot arrows at the same time. The dense arrows shot at the Xixia soldiers who had rushed to more than thirty steps away, and the soldiers fell one by one.

After two rounds of arrows, only more than 200 Xixia soldiers who were charged were left. They yelled and rushed up directly. It was too late to strike the bow and arrow. Li Yanqing turned around and ordered, "Spike soldiers come on!"

Wang Gui's eyes turned red. He roared and led more than a hundred Song army spearmen to kill him.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported to Li Yanqing: "There are no enemy troops on the other side of the dam, General Liu is willing to lead the army to help the battle!"

"no!"

Li Yanqing immediately refused, "Tell General Liu that defending the dam is the key, and never be hit by the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Although the situation is tight, Li Yanqing is very clear-headed. Once Liu Qi leads his army to help, there will be loopholes on the west bank of the dam. Once the Xixia army regains the dam, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The soldiers rushed back to the east coast, and the spearmen of the Song army attacked.

The 120 spearmen were temporarily equipped by the soldiers of the intelligence battalion. They were wearing heavy armor of the Xixia soldiers and holding copper spears in their hands. At first glance, they looked exactly the same as the Xixia soldiers, but they still made a difference from the Xixia soldiers, that is, they were wrapped in white cloth on their left arm, so that the soldiers could recognize them at a glance.

Thirty people lined up in a row, in four rows, intercepting the impact of the Xixia soldiers. The two sides collided with each other, spears thrust, blood gushed, and hundreds of them fought fiercely on the narrow slope.

At this time, another thousand Xixia soldiers appeared from the woods, holding spears and rushing towards them. Five hundred Song soldiers behind them shot arrows together, shooting arrows at the running enemy, and the enemy continued to fall to the ground.

Wang Gui was surrounded by seven or eight Western Xia soldiers. He waved his sword to slash three people in a row, but the Western Xia soldiers saw that he was the leader, and he was greedy for merit and wanted to cut off his head and ask for merit. Seven or eight spears stabbed him together, and Wang Gui blocked him from both sides and left and right, but he was gradually lost.

At this time, a Xixia soldier walked around Wang Gui, raised his spear and stabbed Wang Gui's vest. Seeing that Wang Gui was about to be stabbed by a spear, a cold light flashed by suddenly, and a sharp dagger shot through the forehead of the enemy's sneak attack. The Xixia soldier screamed and fell to the ground with his back. The tip of the spear was less than an inch from Wang Gui's back.

This is when Li Yanqing discovered that Wang Gui was in danger and helped him in time. Seeing that Wang Gui's crisis was not resolved, he shot five flying knives in a row. Five Western Xia soldiers fell to the ground. Wang Gui suddenly got relieved. He roared, swung his sword and slashed three people in a row, and rushed out of the encirclement.

Li Yanqing killed more than 30 people in a row with a flying knife, but more and more enemy troops came. Seeing that the spearmen were struggling, Li Yanqing gradually couldn't resist it, so he ordered: "Put down the bow and arrow and fight!"

Five hundred crossbow soldiers put down their bows and arrows, drew their swords and shields to fight. On the hillside, more than two thousand people fought together.

At this time, fierce battle broke out on the other side of the shore. Seeing that the Song army was not deceived, thousands of Xixia soldiers lying on the east bank simply rushed out of the woods, shooting out several rounds of bows and arrows, killing hundreds of people, but still could not stop the rushing Xixia soldiers. In desperation, Liu Qi led more than 600 people to fight and a fierce battle also broke out on the east bank of the dam.

"Let's see when joining the army!"

A soldier suddenly pointed to the water and shouted, "There is a ship!"

Li Yanqing also saw dozens of rafts appeared on the water surface, and there were black Xixia soldiers standing inside. They were the enemy troops who were preparing to directly attack the dam.

Cold sweat began to appear on Li Yanqing's forehead. At this time, he suddenly found a Xixia general appeared beside the woods, with a bronze helmet and iron armor, holding a battle sword in his hand, and was lined up with dense Xixia soldiers behind him, ready to increase their troops and attack again.

Li Yanqing turned around and pulled out a copper bow and an iron arrow from the skin behind him. He half knelt behind a big rock and drew the arrow, but the main general was extremely cunning and disappeared into the woods. Five hundred Xixia soldiers rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the edge of the lake. They obviously wanted to connect with the raft army on the water.

At this time, the horse's head flashed, and Li Yanqing saw the blurry figure in the forest. He pulled the bowstring without hesitation, and the iron arrow was about to touch the fingers. He shot an arrow based on his feelings, and the iron arrow shot into the woods like lightning.
Chapter completed!