Yue Fei thought for a while and said, "When the Jin Kingdom attacked Bianliang in Tokyo, it chose to pull out the surrounding strongholds first, and then attack the main city. The attack on Taiyuan, Zhending Mansion, and Zhongshan Mansion is also like this. In fact, the effect is not good, we chose to attack Linhuang Mansion directly this time, so that the Jin army can see the majesty of the Han army."

"However, then the surrounding Jin army will come to invade our camp and grain road, after all, the Jin army is all cavalry, coming like the wind, going without a trace, it is difficult to control."

Niu Gao still expressed his worries, starting a war on the territory of the Jin State, and the Jin cavalry who were familiar with the terrain undoubtedly posed a great threat to the Han army.

Yue Fei said with a smile: "The Dragon Wing Army has not participated in the battle, but since they have come to the battlefield, how can they be idle. You must know that Cao Meng has always wanted to fight on the battlefield, and His Majesty did not arrange a task for the Dragon Wing Army, which does not mean that the Dragon Wing Army cannot participate in the war. ”

calculated, this time he actually calculated the Dragon Wing Army, but Niu Gao had to admit that he was also calculating. Anyway, if you want to destroy the Jin Kingdom, the most important thing is to kill and injure the living forces, rather than simply capturing the city. The Jin country is all cavalry, coming without a trace, going without a trace, if they can't be annihilated, then they will be a threat to the Han army sooner or later.

Niu Gao said: "Okay, kill and injure the living forces of the Jin Kingdom, see how the Jin Kingdom responds, as for how to persuade the Dragon Wing Army to send troops, then you should come forward, I am clumsy, but I can't convince Cao Meng." ”

"Needless to say, it's not that troublesome, you just need to tell Cao Meng about the situation of our First Legion, and everything else is not a problem."

This is a very Han thing, unless it is a combat plan set by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, otherwise each of the Han regiments is looking for fighters, fighting separately, and can seek support from each other. This is contrary to the previous Song Dynasty, where the army marched and fought and had to be commanded remotely by the imperial court, and the generals rarely lacked the initiative.

Cao Meng was originally on the battlefield, but when he formed the Dragon Wing Army, he was arranged by His Majesty to take charge of the Dragon Wing Army.

The Dragon Wing Army is the development direction of the Han cavalry in the future, after all, there will be expeditions in the future, and the role of light cavalry will be far stronger than ordinary cavalry, and even stronger than heavy armored cavalry.

When handing over the Dragon Wing Army to Cao Meng, the Great Han Emperor said to him: "The future territory of the empire depends on the Dragon Wing Army to work hard, and what kind of achievements this army will have in the future depends on how you build it." The Han Wangqi will not go out again in the future, it will appear as a Praetorian Guard, and the future of the Han Dynasty is at the feet of the Dragon Wing Army, and there will be no combat mission before the Western Expedition. ”

If there is no combat mission, it does not mean that you cannot participate in the war, Cao Meng thinks so, but the Dragon Wing Army is obviously not suitable for attacking the city, and it is difficult to take the initiative to find fighters.

After seeing Yue Fei's letter, Cao Meng smiled, he knew that this was Yue Fei creating an opportunity for himself to send troops, so he understood.

There are four under the 50,000 Dragon Wing Army, all of which are Cao Long, Cao Hu, Cao Biao, and Cao Bao, who are in charge of the first four armies, and the fifth army is personally led by Cao Meng, this army can be said to be the Cao family army.

The formation of the Dragon Wing Army, the Cao family has indeed made a lot of efforts, the four generals of the Cao family are all from the Cao family, loyal to the Cao family, this time under the command of the little master in charge of the Dragon Wing Army, everyone knows what their mission is. This army can become the Cao family army, but it is a Han cavalry in its bones, which cannot be changed in any way.

Cao Meng opened the map of Linhuang Mansion and said: "There are four military cities around Linhuang Mansion, and as the war progresses, the Jin army of these four military cities may support Linhuang Mansion at any time, of course, it is not excluded to harass the camp of the First Legion, or to raid the grain road." What we have to do is to do a good job of patrolling, and as soon as the Jin army comes to attack, we will annihilate it. For a long time, the Dragon Wing Army has not yet participated in the war, and how strong our combat effectiveness is has always been a mystery to the outside world, and no one in the Han Dynasty is clear. You must know that the most powerful Han king of the Han Dynasty swept the world and was invincible, but in terms of the real configuration, the money consumed was less than half of ours, what does this mean? We need to make the most of our mobility and destroy our enemies like lightning. If you want to play a more majestic record than the Han Wangqi, and let the people of the world know that the Dragon Wing Army is the first in the world, do you have confidence? ”

"Yes, yes, we are the number one in the world."

The Han King rode in the Han Dynasty is an invincible existence, almost a myth of the battlefield, the same heavy cavalry, crushing the iron harriers that have been rampant in the northwest for more than a hundred years, defeating the Tielin Army, and hitting the proudest Tiefutu of the Jin country several times. The title of the first in the world is not an exaggeration at all, throughout the world, the heavy armored cavalry is the most money-consuming, and it can be said that it is built with a lot of money.

However, the money consumed by the world's No. 1 Han Wangqi is far from catching up with the Dragon Wing Army, which shows the importance that the Han Emperor attaches to the Dragon Wing Army, of course, these must be confirmed on the battlefield in the end, after all, winning is the only criterion.

The eldest Cao Long said: "The Dragon Wing Army is the most powerful light cavalry in the world, and we can't charge into battle like the Han Dynasty Cavalry, and fight the enemy in positional battles, but our speed, mobility, and long-range attack power are the most powerful." Our configuration is also the most advanced, not only with a hard bow, but also with a strong crossbow, as well as a three-eyed fire gun, and even a fire and thunder are configured, as long as they encounter the Jin Army on the battlefield, we must let them know that the Dragon Wing Army is the first in the world, and it is the nightmare of the Jin Army. ”

Combat effectiveness is fought, not shouted slogans, but sometimes slogans can indeed inspire people, at least Cao Meng thinks so, he pointed to the map and said: "We defend from all sides, no matter where the Jin army appears from, we will deal a heavy blow, let them see how fierce the fighting power of the Dragon Wing Army that is destined to sweep the world is, once the Dragon Wing Army makes a move, they must see their corpse being trampled underfoot." We want to fortify on all sides, so let your troops be divided into four routes, respectively in Dongguo Town, Nanxiaoji, Xibaiyu Town, and Cangshan four places to ambush, no matter how many people the Jin army comes, they must be annihilated, and whoever has a problem with the defense area will go to His Majesty to ask for guilt. ”

After the 40,000 Dragon Wing Army separated, they were stationed in their own defense areas, waiting for the Jin army to send them to the door, while Cao Meng made sure that they did not have a fixed defense area and could support either side at any time.

Cavalry cannot be used to siege cities, but it is far more mobile than infantry, and this battle will be fully revealed. This is a key battle for the name of the Dragon Wing Army, and Cao Meng attaches great importance to it and firmly believes that it can fight a beautiful battle.

Yue Fei is not in the mood to care so much, for him, the siege is the first task, when attacking the city, the cavalry is useless, and the infantry is needed to attack and attack the city.

The soldiers of the Han Dynasty are obviously different from the Jin State, almost all the cavalry are cavalry on the horse, and the infantry is on the horse, due to the natural insufficiency, the riding time is short, so the training in foot combat is very hard, and the combat effectiveness of the infantry combat is improved to make up for the lack of combat power in cavalry.

Among the 100,000 troops brought by Yue Fei, half of the cavalry and half of the infantry, the main siege task of this battle fell on the infantry.

On the first day of the siege, Shenwei artillery was not sent to the battlefield, mainly because Yue Fei considered that the number of shells was limited, and in addition, the situation in Linhuang Mansion was obviously more complicated than that of Huludao, and it was not a simple burst of artillery bombardment that could break the city.

In addition, Yue Fei regarded the attack on Linhuang Mansion as an evolution of the attack on Huining Mansion in the future, to practice offensive routines and offensive tactics, so the first day was still the most traditional siege method, to see how the defense system of the Jin army was, and after finding the flaws, he would find a way to blast open the city gate.

Linhuangfu is a big city, with a radius of twenty miles, not much smaller than Huiningfu, the city wall is three feet and five feet high, and the moat is wider than that of Huiningfu, but there is a common problem of French cities, that is, because there are few rivers here, it is not like the city in the south of the Yangtze River The moat and the river are connected.

There was not much water in the wide moat, which gave Yue Fei a chance, and he handed over the task of besieging the city to Deputy Marshal Niu Gao, and ended the problem of the moat himself.

Five thousand soldiers went out to cut the moat and draw the water out of it. Obviously, this action could not hide the eyes and ears of the Jin army, and the general who defended the city, Pucha Ahudie, directly sent 3,000 cavalry to kill them, wanting to drive these soldiers away with cavalry shooting.

What you want is for the Jin army to go out of the city, and since you have come out, don't think about going back. Yue Fei had long expected that the Jin army would leave the city, so the five thousand soldiers who had dug the moat had already equipped their muskets and were ready to shoot these Jin troops.

Although these muskets can't catch up with Zhang Heng's musket team, this kind of flint musket still has great lethality for cavalry, especially in the case of being caught off guard, it is difficult for cavalry to dodge, after all, even the target of people and horses is too big, to put it bluntly, it is a passive target, and there is no room for counterattack.

When the guns rang out, these Jin cavalry realized that they had been fooled and wanted to return the same way, but the Han army, which was still in ambush, came out from the flank, and the dense flying arrows were overwhelming, and these Jin troops were shot without obstacles, and they didn't need to aim at all, as long as the general direction was good, they would definitely hit the target.

In the first round of the encounter, most of the 3,000 cavalry were hunted, and less than 1,000 escaped back, which could be said to be defeated, which greatly annoyed Puchaa Hudie.

Pucha Ahudie guarded the important town of Linhuang Mansion, not because he married Wan Yanliang's sister, but because this guy is the leader of the younger generation of generals, and he is a brave and good general.

The loss of 2,000 soldiers in the first battle greatly dampened the morale of the Jin army, but it also gave Pucha Ahudie a sufficient understanding of the Han army's combat ideas. Obviously, the Han army attacked the city according to the most traditional method, the first step was to fill the moat, the second step was to bombard the city head with stones with large trebuchets, the third step was to push the large siege equipment slowly close to the city head, and the fourth step was to attack the city endlessly.

Pucha Ahudie is not afraid of the Han army attacking the city at all, this Linhuangfu city is tall, it is a rare big city, there are 100,000 troops in the city, and it is definitely not a 100,000 Han army that can be easily captured.

Although he guarded the Linhuang Mansion, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the arrogant Pucha Ahudie did not intend to sit back and let the Han army attack the city, he still wanted to kill it, and the powerful cavalry broke the Han army, and finally drove the Han army strongly.

Jin is not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 are invincible.

Although Pucha Ahudie is a fierce general, but after all, he has not been torn apart with the Han army on the battlefield, and his understanding of the Han army is quite limited.

This time, the Han army was 50,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry, and there was no advantage in a literal duel against 100,000 Jin cavalry. At least that's what Pucha Ahudie thought, so he was full of curiosity and decided to take the initiative to kill the Han army by surprise.

The next day, before the prelude to the siege of the Han army began, the south gate of Linhuang Mansion was opened, and 20,000 cavalry rushed out.

Stupid, when he saw the Jin army rushing out, the first word that popped up in Niu Gao's mind was stupid, exactly the same as last night's scrutiny, it seems that the generals of the Jin State are all brainless, and they always think that the Jin State cavalry is invincible and can sweep the world.

Since the Jin army thinks that the Jin army is invincible, then it is good to be invincible, and the first battle will give the Jin army a chance to show invincibility.

Niu Gao was responsible for the siege of the city, of course, he was also responsible for the defense of the first station, showing weakness, this guy took the initiative to show weakness, and the powerful Han army did not send cavalry to fight, but the infantry strictly guarded the position, quietly waiting for the attack of the Jin cavalry.

The distance from the city gate to the Han army camp is less than three miles, such a short distance, the Jin cavalry sprint is enough, and once defeated, the time to retreat is also allowed, and the cavalry in the city can come out to help.

Once the Jin army in the city goes out of the city to help, then it will be a big melee, which is obviously not in line with Yue Fei's combat ideas, so he told Niu Gao the night before yesterday that this battle must be fought skillfully, not only to defeat the Jin army, but also not to give the Jin army a chance to fight.

Under the big melee at this moment, it is obvious that the Han army has suffered a loss, before the expedition, why the Han army is fighting separately, several corps do not interfere with each other, and do not cooperate in the war, the purpose is to exercise the ability of each corps to fight tough battles, but also to test the strategy of the marshal.

The four major cities of the Jin State, Linhuang Mansion, Liaoyang Mansion, Huining Mansion, and Huanglong Mansion are all heavily guarded, and once they are conquered, then the Jin Kingdom will basically exist in name only. Among them, the most difficult to fight is Huining Mansion, after all, it is the capital. But there are 100,000 gold troops in the city, and there are 100,000 vassal troops outside the city, and Linhuang Mansion is also a difficult bone to gnaw.

On weekdays, there were only 30,000 garrisons in Linhuang Mansion, and now they encountered the battle of the Han army to destroy the country, so they gathered the surrounding armies, and only then did there appear a scene of 100,000 troops in the city.

Shrinking the front and fighting a decisive battle with the Han army in a strategic place This is the overall idea of the Jin State, but the biggest problem arises, once the Han army besieges the city, the Jin army in the city will be trapped alive.