Chapter 279: Yang Mou
Liu Zhenglong had already prepared the map, this battle was a surprise battle, and Yan Zonghan must be caught off guard. He smiled at Zhe Yanlong, and Zhe Yanhu said: "You are the brother-in-law of King Gu and the uncle of my son, but your Zhe family is relatively special, and you are destined not to be like other generals in the future. However, Master Dao, Liu Fa's tragic death should make you sober up, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and crises are lurking. Every battle is important to you, and without military merit, everything is zero. In the future, there will be no broken army, and there will be no northwest generals. You have to know very well that you have to go on a constant campaign to the west, not far away, and the journey is extremely dangerous, so every battle now is a valuable experience, and you must win, and you must win beautifully. The lone king should not kill 3,000 enemies and lose 800 battles, both defeats are not called victory, and victory must be beautiful. The god of war is white, and the soldier immortal Han Xin, the reason why they are famous in history is because of military exploits. You are different from them, you are relatives of the lonely king, and you will only achieve fame, not high success. Of course, without military merits, everything is empty, and the lone king can only promise you wealth for a lifetime, not for ten thousand years. ”
"Minister, swear allegiance to the king of Han, as the sword of the king of Han, we will kill wherever your sword is pointed."
"Very good, the current Wanyan Zonghan is closed, if we attack their camp, the casualties will be too great, and it will be difficult to defeat them with one blow. You must know that once Wanyan Zonghan is defeated, then Wanyan Xian is likely to give up attacking Yunzhou and come to the rescue directly, and then we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, and the situation will become grim. ”
Now, Zhe Yanlong understood what King Han meant, and he said cautiously: "Lord, do you mean to set up an interception between Taiyuan Mansion and Yunzhou, so that it is like a thorn in the throat of the Jin army, whether it is Wanyan Zonghan in Taiyuan Mansion or Wanyan Xian in Yunzhou, it will also be very uncomfortable, they must react as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be quite serious." ”
"Yes, it seems that you are in love." Liu Zhenglong pointed to the map and said: "You attacked Shenchi County by surprise, and at the same time strangled all the Jin troops in the surrounding counties, forcing Yan Zonghan to go to the rescue, and then the Lone King will cover up from behind." ”
Once Shenchi County is occupied by the Han army, it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Jin army of Taiyuan Prefecture and the Jin army of Yunzhou, so that they can not take care of each other.
When the Jin army sent troops, they would generally drive a large number of sheep and cattle for food. However, the battle of Taiyuan took too long, and the cattle and sheep brought in had already been exhausted. You can only rely on threshing grass to maintain the livelihood of the army, which was okay at the beginning, and later a large number of people of the Song Kingdom chose to leave Hedong Road, in this case, it is necessary to rely on the supply of grain and grass from the Jin State, because the Jin State needs to supply the Jin Army of Taiyuan Prefecture and the Jin Army of Yunzhou at the same time, so it chose Shenchi County as a transit point.
Backed by the ancient Great Wall, Shenchi County can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is an extremely important strategic city, and it has been an important military town since ancient times. Of course, the Jin army knew the importance of Shenchi County, and deployed heavy troops early. If you want to take Shenchi County, it is undoubtedly a tiger's mouth to pull teeth.
Liu Zhenglong pointed to the map of Shenchi County and said: "Shenchi County has 10,000 Jurchen warriors and 10,000 vassal troops, while Ningwu County, which is only a few dozen miles away from Shenchi County, is struggling with 20,000 vassal troops. For you, it is to take Shenchi County and clean up the power of the Jin Army. Completely cut off the supply line of the Jin army and forced Yan Zonghan to withdraw his troops. Specifically, this king won't say so much, you can prepare, just take 40,000 cavalry and set off, take Shuozhou, and station 10,000 cavalry in Shuozhou, so as to prevent Wan Yan Xian from coming up from behind to cause trouble for you. Then your task is to hold on to Shenchi County and Shuozhou. ”
Shuozhou must be taken by Zhe Yanhu, otherwise he will be attacked by Wanyan Xianye, and the whole situation will be difficult to control at that time.
Once Shuozhou is taken, it will be a nightmare for Wanyan Zonghan, and for Wanyan Xianye, this battle will also become important. The Song army was the strongest in defending the city, and once the Han army occupied Shuozhou, it would be an absolute nightmare for the Jin army.
This time is a battle of Zhe Yanhu, Zhe Yanhu's meritorious deeds, the difficulty coefficient of this battle is self-evident, but this battle is very important for the two brothers to become famous.
After the two brothers left, Liu Zhenglong called Hua Rong, and he said straight to the point: "You lead 8,000 Han kings to ride to Xinzhou Mansion and take 20,000 righteous troops to attack the city, you don't necessarily have to take Xinzhou Mansion, but the momentum of the siege must be taken out, the more shocking the better." ”
The Han King Cavalry is a big killing weapon, which is generally used to deter the enemy, and throwing it on the battlefield will not work, but the reason why Liu Zhenglong did this is to lure the guy Wanyan Zonghan out of the turtle shell, no matter how powerful the Jin army is, as long as it comes out of the camp, then the battle situation will change drastically. After all, the powerful Jin army could not shrink out, and it was difficult for the Han army to defeat it.
Hua Rong didn't seem to understand a little, and he was embarrassed to ask, so he just stood in place stupidly, expecting King Han to explain it to himself, after all, King Han rode to attack the city, which was a bit incredible. This is the most elite heavy cavalry, and the best battlefield is sniper warfare, charging in a tough encounter, not attacking a city like it is now.
Liu Zhenglong, the king of Han, was anxious about Hua Rong's IQ, if it weren't for Hua Rongying, he wouldn't have said that he would be able to let this guy be the commander of the Han king's ride.
The Han Wang, who was a little helpless, explained: "The quality of the Jin army's individual soldiers is still above the Han army, and the small-scale cooperation, large-scale transfer, back and forth intersperse, and detours are still above the Han army. Since the Jin army went south, it has obtained the divine arm bow, firearms and other murderous aura from the hands of those Song troops who surrendered, and the configuration is not necessarily worse than that of the Han army. In this case, if the Jin army wants to be a turtle with a shrunken head and close the camp gate and not come out, we will forcibly attack, and the casualties will be very heavy. Once the Han army suffered a heavy loss, King Kang Zhao Gou would react as soon as possible, and he could no longer be deterred, after all, the Great Song Dynasty was still the world of the Zhao family, and there were troops loyal to the Zhao family everywhere. Even if King Kang doesn't have the courage to make a move, don't forget that there are still 100,000 elites of the Jin Kingdom in Yunzhou, once the army is dispatched, then the Han army is in danger. ”
In fact, speaking of which, Liu Zhenglong still has a layer of concern in his heart that cannot be said to anyone, that is, Lu Junyi, Wang Yin, Li Zhu and others are not 100% loyal to him, once he suffers a heavy blow, the probability of these people being bought by the imperial court will increase greatly, in which case the situation will easily get out of control. As for Hebron, he will not be bought by the imperial court, but after all, he is not a Han Chinese, and many things are difficult to control. Not only that, but the situation in Western Xia will deteriorate rapidly, in a word, the myth of the undefeated Han king must not be broken.
It seems that there are many generals, but in fact, there are not many generals who are really loyal to Liu Zhenglong, that is, Hua Rong, Zhe Yanlong, Zhe Yanhu and the children of the four major families who rely on their in-laws to maintain, but these people do not have the ability to take charge on their own, and they still need to be tempered, which is why in the Battle of Taiyuan, Liu Zhenglong wants to train these people.
There is a secret report from the Dragon Soul Society that Lu Junyi and the imperial court are secretly corresponding, although there is no evidence, but Liu Zhenglong knows that these things do not need evidence. Only after defeating the Jin Army can this matter be dealt with, not only Lu Junyi, but even Li Zhu is unreliable, but Wang Yin is okay, after all, there is a Fang Baihua in the middle.
At this time, Hua Rong could be regarded as reacting, and he said cautiously: "Lord, do you want to scatter all the troops, give the Jin army a false impression of the emptiness of the Chinese army, and lure Yan Zonghan to come to the decisive battle?" ”
"It's kind of interesting in that way."
"However, what if Wanyan Zonghan is not fooled and still closes the door?"
"You finally got to the point, if Wanyan Zonghan doesn't come out, then the Lone King will take back all the Hedong Road and nail the Lone Army of Wanyan Zonghan to Taiyuan City, at that time, he can't leave if he wants to, so he can only let the Lone King trap him to death."
In the end, it was Liu Zhenglong's truest intention, that is, to eat Yan Zonghan's team, force Yan Xian to leave Yunzhou, come to Taiyuan Mansion for a decisive battle, and start a decisive battle with the Jin army in advance.
No matter how Li Zhu, Lu Junyi and others pulled with the imperial court, as long as the Han army continued to win victories, it would eventually shake the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty. This is where Liu Zhenglong is the most powerful, he has incomparably strong financial resources, and he can constantly recruit new troops, and the four major families have begun to recruit new troops in various places since the Jin army invaded the Song Dynasty, and then sent them to training from afar. The infantry is still trained by Liu Rumei, Mu Hong, and Mu Chun, and the cavalry is trained by Zheke. The formed new army was finally sent to Yinshan, and Lin Chong finally completed the final drills before surrendering to the battlefield.
There are no generals, the four major families provide grassroots officers to train and promote on the battlefield, but it all takes time, therefore, as long as the war continues, the official family has no way to do anything to the Han army, and can only watch the Han King shake the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty and finally break the Zhao dynasty.
Liu Zhenglong finally said to Hua Rong: "The Han army has no problem with the supply of grain and grass, so the war can be delayed indefinitely, but the Jin army can't, once Hedong Road is occupied by us, this lone army can't go if they want to." If Wanyan Zonghan had a bit of military acumen, he would not be so stupid as to go out behind closed doors, and he would definitely take the initiative to attack. ”
Hua Rong was really convinced at this time, and he said: "King Han used a yang strategy, so that Wanyan Zonghan had to jump down when he saw that it was a pit, in this way, the initiative is in our hands, and we can attack and retreat." No matter what choice Yan Zonghan makes, the final victory belongs to us. ”
"Theoretically, this is the case, in fact, it depends on whether the Western Liao army can contain Yan Xianye's 100,000 army, if the battle in Yunzhou is over, Wan Yan Xian will also bring troops to Taiyuan City, at that time, we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, and the situation on the battlefield will be reversed."
Wanyan Xian also sent troops, but it was theoretically possible, after all, the Jin army was not ready for a full-scale decisive battle, otherwise Wanyan Zongwang would not have withdrawn. Really got to that point, that hormone Armageddon, Wang Yin, Hebron. Lu Junyi, Xu Ning and others will break through the taboo of the imperial court and kill them, and the battlefield of the decisive battle between Song and Jin will be placed in Taiyuan. With the existence of the Dragon Soul Society, it can't help but make those generals not send troops, and the particularity of the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, the connection between the generals and the army is not close, unlike the Tang Dynasty, where the army became the general's private soldiers. In the army of the Great Song Dynasty, the general only had the right to command, but did not have the right to command. In a word, with a paper order, the army can be taken away from the general, this is the reason why Yue Fei was killed and the 100,000 Yue family army was indifferent, to put it bluntly, the so-called Yue family army is just a statement, in fact, the army is in the hands of the imperial court.
The Han army existed on the basis of the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, and there was a Dragon Soul Society in the army, and it was even more difficult for the generals to have autonomy, and in peacetime, the generals could still think crookedly, but once the war started, as long as the generals refused to carry out the military order, they would be secretly executed immediately, you must know that the Dragon Soul Society is a dual-track system in the army. One is the supervision of the army's discipline on the surface, and the other is the shadow that the general cannot see or feel, and is specifically responsible for monitoring the general, and can have the right to cut first and then play, and there is no need for evidence.
Liu Zhenglong knew that Hua Rong had listened, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go, the battle is a little bigger." The rebel army was responsible for besieging the city, and the Han Wangqi was responsible for strangulation, and all those Jin troops were to be strangled. ”
The biggest and most fatal weakness of the Jin army is that it has fewer people and fewer soldiers, and the more towns it occupies, the more scattered the troops, and the easiest it is to break through individually. The shortcomings of the Jin army are well known, and the military commander has always relied on the mobility of the Jin cavalry to make up for this shortcoming, once the town is violated, the Jin cavalry will attack as soon as possible, defeat the invading enemy, and ensure that the city is not lost. This trick has been tried and tested, and it is almost incomprehensible, after all, the mobility of the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom is unique in the world.
In the face of absolute strength, no stratagem is invulnerable. The Jin army's strategy of using the mobility of cavalry to annihilate the invading enemy could not be played after encountering the Han army on the Hedong Road. Once the cavalry goes into battle, if the whole army is dispatched, it will be a decisive battle, and the Han army has an advantage in numbers, and the Jin army will not be able to bargain. But if you divide your troops into battle, you will be broken by each one.
The tactics that the Jin army relied on to survive were completely unplayable on Hedong Road, and they couldn't get a bargain on the front, they couldn't hide, and they couldn't take advantage of mobile warfare.
Liu Zhenglong has finished Yan Zonghan this time, in his opinion, Wan Yan Zonghan's military cultivation is far inferior to Wan Yan Zongwang, in the face of his own conspiracy, this guy will definitely make a wrong judgment.