Cao Wei only roughly explained the combat strategy to Chong Shiheng and Di Qing, mainly for the outflanking part of the left and right flanks.

In the combat part of the Chinese army, Cao Wei had already been deployed before Chong Shiheng and Di Qing arrived in Youzhou City.

After everything has been explained.

Chong Shiheng and Di Qing each returned to the soldiers and horses battalion led by them to make preliminary preparations.

There are only three people left in the palace: Zhao Zhen, Cao Wei, and Kou Ji.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This battle should be the biggest one since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

In this battle against the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty invested as many as six and a half forbidden armies, and if you count the Zhenbei Army in northern Xinjiang, there are seven and a half armies.

Other local soldiers and horses have not yet been counted.

After the local soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty joined the battlefield, they were more responsible for assisting the war.

Similar to the previous collection of van army and people.

In addition to ensuring the transportation of baggage, they also have a certain combat effectiveness.

When necessary, you can become a formal soldier and enter the battlefield to fight.

It is precisely because of this that after the reform of the military system in the Great Song Dynasty, it was rare to wantonly conquer the people when the war occurred.

This time, the Great Song Dynasty fought on the eastern and western fronts, and the number of people recruited was less than 100,000.

If it were a war of this magnitude, the number of people to be recruited in the Great Song Dynasty would be about 800,000 to 1 million.

After the large-scale reduction of the number of people, the impact of the war on the common people was minimized.

This is also the reason why the Great Song Dynasty has maintained such a war for more than half a year, and there is still not much opposition in China.

Now.

Among the six and a half forbidden armies on the battlefield of Liao, four and a half were in Youzhou City.

The number of the forbidden army was two hundred and thirty thousand.

The number of local soldiers and horses was almost equal to the number of forbidden troops.

Such a number of soldiers and horses has far exceeded the Liao army outside the city, and it has also far exceeded the number of soldiers and horses that the Great Song Dynasty had to deal with any war before.

In the first battle of Yumen Pass, although the number of soldiers and horses invested by the Great Song Dynasty was large.

However, the number of forbidden troops was not large, and basically local soldiers served as field soldiers and horses on the battlefield.

In terms of overall strength, it is more than a star and a half worse than the troops on the battlefield of Youzhou City.

Cao Wei proposed to crush the past with a dignified attitude, and Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen did not object, because the overall number and overall quality of the soldiers and horses here far crushed the Liao army.

If you don't crush the past in a dignified manner, then you are a little sorry for the title of the Great Song Dynasty and the Heavenly Dynasty.

After Zhao Zhen's words landed, Kou Ji stared at Cao Wei and said seriously: "In the forbidden army of Youzhou City, the number of soldiers of the forbidden army equipped with firearms has reached 100,000. Cao Gong should make good use of firearms.

So far, I have not seen a single soldier make effective use of firearms. ”

The time for the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army to be equipped with firearms has not been short, but there are almost no wars that can really effectively use firearms, and there are almost no wars that comprehensively use firearms.

The advantages of firearms have not been fully exploited.

On many battlefields, there is still a relative situation of riding and slashing.

Take the war in the north as an example.

When Yang Wenguang resisted the Liao soldiers, he did not effectively use firearms, but focused more on riding horses and slashing.

If Kou Ji was on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, he would face the invasion of Liao soldiers.

The first thing he did must not have been to recruit people from Xingqing Mansion and other places to replace the guilt.

The first thing he did must have been to requisition the people and dig trenches.

More than a dozen trenches were swept across the battlefield.

Artillery occupies high ground and shells the enemy.

Musketeers lay in wait in the trenches and hit the enemy with muskets and grenades.

When the enemy approaches, quickly retreat to the rear trenches.

The enemy had only two options to rush to their approach, one was to fill the trenches they had dug, or to dismount and cross the trenches on foot.

But whether the enemy filled the trenches or dismounted and crossed them on foot, he had to do so under the fire of the musketeers.

When the enemy can cross all the trenches and appear in front of the Zhenbei Army, it is the time when the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army charges.

And at that time, there were hardly many enemies left.

It is simply impossible to match the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army.

In this way, the war in northern Xinjiang will be easily resolved.

However, it was precisely because Yang Wenguang did not make effective use of firearms that he finally had to recruit people who were substituted for the crime to go into battle, which eventually led to great changes in the Liao State.

Therefore, it is necessary for Kou Ji to remind Cao Wei that he should make good use of firearms.

After hearing Kou Ji's reminder, Cao Wei nodded and said, "Your thoughts are similar to mine, when I was teaching students in Wenchang Academy, I discussed this issue with students a lot.

There is also no shortage of students watching firearms combat on the battlefield.

The result is exactly what you say.

So far, none of our soldiers and horses in the Great Song Dynasty can effectively use firearms to fight.

After watching a lot of battles, I finally figured out some of the art of firearms warfare. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Wei stared at Kou Ji and said seriously: "In the later war, I will use the art of war with firearms." Firearms are made by you, how to effectively use firearms, you should have some ideas in your heart, when I command the soldiers and horses to fight, you can watch from the sidelines, what ideas you have, you can talk about it together, and discuss it. ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji nodded slowly.

The Great Song Dynasty was now in dire need of a set of military techniques that used firearms to fight.

Cao Wei should have seen this, so he wanted to hone the art of firearms combat as soon as possible through the battlefield.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to consult a layman.

In Cao Wei's eyes, Kou Ji is a layman.

Koji also admits to being a layman.

Although Kou Ji has participated in many battles since his debut, he has never felt that he is a natural general, nor has he ever thought that he is proficient in the art of war.

In many of the battles he commanded, he provided only some strategic and tactical guidance.

Almost all of the people who really dispatched troops and arranged them were others.

Kou Ji positioned himself on the battlefield as a staff officer, not a commander or general.

Zhao Zhen was also very interested in what Cao Wei and Kou Ji were doing, so after Kou Ji and Cao Wei finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Count me as a ......."

Cao Wei and Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen unexpectedly.

Zhao Zhen continued: "I will not interfere in the war, I just want to discuss the art of war strategy with you. After all, there are some things that the authorities are obsessed with, but the onlookers see very clearly. ”

Kou Ji and Cao Wei thought about it for a moment and nodded slowly.

Zhao Zhen promised not to meddle in the war, so he must not meddle in the war.

It can be seen from Zhao Zhen's performance before.

In this regard, Zhao Zhen is still very reputable and self-aware.

Even if Zhao Zhen opened his mouth to intervene in the war, the two would not agree.

Emperors have always been touted by some courtiers who have been sloppy, and they feel that they are extraordinary and omnipotent.

So I want to meddle in everything, and I want to guide everything.

But the end result was actually very unsatisfactory.

One of the most famous is a certain perfect old man.

Zhao Zhen bluntly said that 'the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear', and Kou Ji and Cao Wei both felt that it made sense.

Because tomorrow will officially kick off the prelude to the war.

So the three of them could barely sleep.

They gathered in the palace, chatting with the tender lamb meat.

It's a night.

Following.

Early morning.

Blue skies.

Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, and Cao Wei, each wearing a suit of armor, appeared on the head of Youzhou City.

Outside the city of Youzhou, there is a large camp of Liao soldiers.

In Youzhou City, there are soldiers who are waiting for battle.

The three men stood at the head of the city and saw it very clearly.

Kou Ji was wearing a simple suit of armor and sat on Zhao Zhen's right side.

Cao Wei was wearing a loose ink-colored armor, sitting on the left side of Zhao Zhen, in front of him, there was a flag tube full of Ling Qi and a quiver full of Ling arrows, and behind him, a big Cao flag with red characters on a black background was waving in the wind.

Zhao Zhen is in the center, wearing a golden armor inlaid with various colored gemstones, which looks very extraordinary and dazzling.

In front of him lay a large, collapsible table.

Foldable furniture is not exclusive to future generations.

There were ancient times.

Furniture made with traditional rivets and other techniques also has the function of folding.

It's just that the requirements for skills are a bit high, and non-masters can't make it, and ordinary people can't afford it, so it's rarely seen on the market.

But if you participate in the spring outing of the powerful people, or the poetry appreciation party of the powerful people, you will have the opportunity to see it.

On the long table in front of Zhao Zhen, the things placed are a little rich.

Eat and drink.

But Zhao Zhen never moved from beginning to end.

The three of them just stared silently at the battlefield outside the city.

Beside Cao Wei, there was a sundial, and when the shadow of the hands reached a scale.

Cao Wei ordered unceremoniously.

"Drums! Enter! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The wrestlers carried the drumsticks and slowly struck them three times, followed by a very dense drum sound, bringing everything inside and outside Youzhou City into the battlefield of the Jin Ge Iron Horse.

As if in response to the drumming of the wrestlers, a wind suddenly rolled up outside Youzhou City.

The wind blows and the flag whirring.

The gate of Youzhou City was slowly opened when the wind was at its strongest.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers rushed out of Youzhou City along the northern, eastern, and western gates of Youzhou City.

Not long after rushing out of Youzhou City, the Great Song soldiers had all pressed to the south of the Liao State barracks.

The first drum beat slowly fell.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty laid out the carriages and horses, and stood motionless in place.

Wait for the second drum beat.

The Liao soldiers outside the city reacted as early as when the drums in Youzhou City sounded.

Trumpets sounded throughout the Liao camp.

The Liao soldiers rushed out of the Liao camp on horseback and formed one army formation after another outside the Liao camp.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu sat on a very wide dragon chair, with a gloomy face, closed his eyes, and let thirty-eight wrestlers carry him forward slowly, and beside him, sat Yelu Zongzhen, the crown prince of Liao.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu's dragon robe is a little big, blocking half of Yelu Zongzhen.

Yelu Zongzhen was tense, and his body leaned forward slightly, as if he was carrying something.

After Liao Emperor Yelu Longzhen appeared in the Liao army formation on a dragon chair, a very strong cheer broke out among the Liao soldiers.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu opened his eyes slightly in the cheers of the Liao soldiers, took a deep breath, and shouted a word loudly.

"Fight!"

With this word coming out, the cheers that erupted among the Liao soldiers became even stronger.

After the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu finished shouting the word 'war', his cheeks bulged slightly, and then they were concave.

"Father's ......"

Yelu Zongzhen cried out softly in worry.

Yelu Longxu slowly closed his eyes, and said to Yelu Zongzhen in a low voice: "Emperor, you have to remember that no matter when and where, when you face a strong enemy, you must fight.

Surrendering without a fight is called cowardice.

If you fight and lose, you are not as good as others.

If a person is cowardly, there is no cure, and he can only be bullied for the rest of his life.

Skills are not as good as people but different, realize that their skills are not as good as others, and strive to catch up with others, only in this way can there be a chance to make a comeback. ”

Yelu Zong really pondered Yelu Longxu's words, gritted his teeth and whispered, "What does Father mean...... Will this battle be lost? ”

Jerodron's eyes were closed, and he was speechless.

Obviously, he acquiesced in Yelu Zongzhen's statement.

Yelu Zongzhen's face turned slightly pale, and then he asked, "Even so, why does my father still fight?" ”

Yelu Longxu opened his eyes and looked at Yelu Zongzhen fiercely.

"Didn't I tell you that? I Liao people can be inferior in skills, but I can't be cowardly. ”

Yelu Zong really hesitated: "Ke Erchen can't see the meaning of this battle. ”

Yelu Longxu stared at Yelu Zongzhen, and said in a heavy voice: "To what extent you have been defeated in this battle, how many rivers and mountains can you defend." ”

Yelu Zongzhen's face turned pale by the way.

When Jerodonsu closed his eyes again, he should have not seen the pity of his son.

If it weren't for the fact that he had no chance of winning this battle, he wouldn't have said this to his son.

After the results of the war in Hexi and the results of the war in the north of the Song Kingdom reached Yelu Longxu's ears, Yelu Longxu already realized that this southern expedition might be a failure.

Three battlefields, two defeats, one half defeat.

The Great Song Chinese Army in Youzhou City has not yet exerted its strength.

Rebellions broke out in almost half of the territory north of the Great Liao.

The soldiers in the Liao army are all fluctuating, if he hadn't pressed him, I'm afraid that the Liao soldiers in the military camp here would have run clean a long time ago.

Don't look at the Liao soldiers shouting on the battlefield now, I feel that they are like a rainbow and have the courage to fight all the time.

The reason why they shouted so loudly was because they knew that no matter whether they won or lost this battle, they would return to the hinterland of Daliao.

They were in a hurry to go back, so they shouted, not like a rainbow.

Yelu Longxu really didn't see any hope of winning.

The reason why he stopped here and fought with the Song State after the chaos in the hinterland of Da Liao was to see if with the strength of Da Liao now, he could block some of the offensive of the Song soldiers.

If he could block them all, then after his death, Da Liao would lose at most some of the sixteen states of Yanyun.

If he can block seven points, then after his death, Da Liao is afraid that he will lose the entire sixteen states of Yanyun.

If he can block five points, then after his death, the territory west and south of the capital of the Great Liao Dynasty will probably become Song soil.

If it is less than five points, then after his death, Da Liao should consider moving the capital.

If the whole line is defeated, then it is necessary for him to leave some people behind to escort Yelu Zongzhen back to the white mountain and black water, in order to make a comeback.

"Fight!"

When the Liao soldiers shouted.

Cao Wei, who was at the head of Youzhou City, shouted unceremoniously.

At the sound of an order, a thousand drums rang out in unison, resounding throughout the battlefield.

Chong Shiheng and Di Qing led the cavalry and rushed out from both wings in an instant.

Gao Zuo Gong led the musketeers and artillery soldiers, and approached the Liao soldiers step by step.

The Liao State pressed the battle with Yelu Longxu and Yelu Zongzhen's father and son, and it was indeed Xiao Xunbu, the prime minister of the Northern Mansion of the Liao State, who commanded the battle.

Don't think that if he is a prime minister, he will not lead troops to war.

He is different from the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty who only read books and do not lead troops.

He is a scroll in one hand, a long knife in the other, and his literary and military achievements are gathered, and he is in the position of prime minister.

When the Song soldiers rushed over, Xiao Xunbu decisively divided the soldiers and horses under his command into three parts.

Two cavalry teams went to fight against Di Qing and Chong Shiheng, and the rest against the musketeers led by Gao Zu Gong.

Not long after Chong Shiheng and Di Qing led the soldiers and horses to rush out, they fought with the cavalry of the Liao State.

In order to prevent the Liao soldiers from sending light cavalry to harass the Chinese army led by Gao Chu Gong when they were fighting, they did not dare to break away from the army too far.

So he only pulled with the Liao soldiers on the battlefield, and did not kill from beginning to end.

The Chinese armies of both sides arrived at the battlefield while the two sides were fighting.

From above, he ordered the artillery to press the formation, and the musketeers to shoot the enemy.

The musketeers were fired in four rounds.

More than 100,000 musketeers lined up in twelve columns.

Three rounds are one round, a total of four rounds.

Gave the musketeers enough time to reload their ammunition.

After arriving at the designated battlefield, Gao Zuo Gong raised the command flag high.

The musketeers of the first row decisively knelt on the ground, the musketeers of the second row were half-lying on their stomachs, and the musketeers of the third row stood upright.

"Kill!"

The Liao soldiers shouted the trumpet and rushed over.

Gao Di Gong didn't say a word, and waved the command flag.

"Bang ......"

The roar of artillery instantly covered the entire battlefield.

At the moment when the cannon fired, the musketeer in his hand also fired.

The Liao soldiers who rushed to the forefront fell down like wheat in an instant, or were blown up by artillery.

The Liao soldiers waited for a while.

The musketeers of the first round stood in place and began to reload quickly.

The musketeers of the second round followed the gap between them quickly, forming a second round of musket volleys, still in three rows, and firing in exactly the same way.

Then came the third and fourth rounds......

The time for the intermediate change is only a brief four seconds.

The front line continues to advance with their turnover.

After the four-round musket salvo, the artillery also fired two volleys.

The four salvos of muskets were still changing.

After two rounds of fire, the musket moved forward quickly, catching up with the musketeers.

Then stop in place and fire two volleys.

Almost eight rounds of muskets and two rounds of artillery.

It's so never-ending in rotation, step by step.

Under the cover of dense firepower networks, the Liao soldiers had no way to get close to the musketeers and artillerymen.

A quarter of an hour passed, and Gao Zhigong led the soldiers and horses to kill dozens of zhang.

The Liao soldiers not only did not rush over, but were also pressed back dozens of zhang.

"Poof!"

Cao Wei instantly stood up, stared at the battlefield, and muttered to himself, "This is the true power of firearms?!" ”

Although many people in the Great Song Dynasty know that firearms are the weapons of great destruction on the battlefield.

But firearms have never been fully applied to the battlefield, so they only see firearms in a specific battlefield, and rarely see firearms in a frontal battlefield to fight the enemy.

Today, the enemy was overwhelmed by firearms, and the enemy's battle losses had exceeded 10,000 in just a quarter of an hour.

Only a few hundred of their own men were wounded by enemy arrows, and dozens more were wounded by musket breezes.

No more than a few dozen soldiers died.

But compared to the enemy's battle damage, it really can't be worth mentioning.

I can beat you, but you don't even have the qualifications to touch me.

Cao Wei has never seen such a battle situation on the battlefield of a frontal decisive battle since he joined the army, how can he not be surprised.

Cao Wei didn't know the word hanging, otherwise he would have shouted.

Made, this must be a hanging.

"It's like cheating, leaving the enemy hardly any chance to fight back. The enemy's armaments were almost useless except for catapults and crossbows. ”

Zhao Zhen didn't know when he stood up, stood beside Cao Wei, and said with a shocked expression.

The two stared at the battlefield in shock, and saw that Kou Ji was speechless from beginning to end.

Cao Wei couldn't help but look sideways at Kou Ji and asked, "What does Kou Shumi want to say?" ”

Kou Ji scratched his head and said helplessly: "It's a little different from the firearms combat I imagined. ”

In Kou Ji's impression, firearms combat is to dig a trench and wait for others to rush, or others dig a trench and wait for their own people to rush.

But the current combat method is completely different from the firearms combat in Kou Ji's impression.

Cao Wei stared at Kou Ji tightly and asked in a deep voice, "What does Kou Shumi mean is that firearms combat still needs to be improved?!" ”

Kou Ji knew that Cao Wei had misunderstood his attitude, but since Cao Wei had asked, he told him about the few drawbacks he saw.

"If it can be equipped with armored vehicles, or if a shield wall or trench is set up on the battlefield in advance, it should be able to effectively reduce the damage of my Great Song soldiers and horses. Maybe it can destroy more than 10,000 enemies with zero casualties. ”

Armored vehicles can't be made for the time being, but if you get an iron plate car, or an iron car, let the soldiers live in it, and push it forward, it can barely be used as an armored car on the battlefield.

Shields and ditches are bunkers.

After the firepower network formed by firearms covers the battlefield, the enemy who can really fight will not be able to rise to the top.

However, if the opponent has a catapult and a crossbow, it can still inflict some damage on its own side.

If there is cover, the opponent's bow and crossbow are basically useless.

Only in front of some heavy crossbows such as bed crossbows will have a little effect on the battlefield.

But with the financial resources of the Great Song Dynasty, it was not possible to make an army with a full bed crossbow, let alone other states.

Therefore, as long as the bunker problem is solved, your casualties will be greatly reduced.

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei heard Kou Ji's words, and immediately set their eyes on the battlefield, they wanted to deduce the feasibility of armor carts, shield walls, and trenches to join the battlefield through the situation on the battlefield.

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei were shocked.

Yelu Longxu and Yelu Zongzhen's father and son have fallen into despair.

A large number of soldiers and horses poured out, and they could not get close to the enemy at all, and they were defeated and retreated.

It can almost be said that the Liao soldiers on the frontal battlefield are being pressed and beaten, and the little Song soldiers who are wounded and shot by catapults and crossbows are almost negligible.

There is no power to fight back at all.

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