The Gubei Pass has already been fought, and if you really want to talk about the mobilization capacity, there are still places with cities that have stronger mobilization capabilities. Because of the agrarian society, a large number of soldiers can be out of production, and the soldiers who are separated from production and labor will naturally be mobilized more quickly. In contrast, the steppe tribes were actually less efficient than the agricultural cities in terms of temporary military mobilization, because the steppe tribes had almost no soldiers who were really out of production.

Therefore, the Liao army in Dading Mansion, Liaoyang Mansion, Linhuang Mansion and other places mobilized more quickly, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji was also a little anxious, and he had officially begun to send troops to attack the city, although it was still tentative, but the battle situation was still extremely tragic.

While besieging the city, Yelu Hongji also continued to let the craftsmen build various siege equipment. If it was placed a few decades ago, there were many such things in the military treasury, but now, the Liao State has long stopped fighting any tough battles, and the shelf life of wood products is not long, and the siege equipment has to be rebuilt.

Di Qing is naturally still the same Di Qing, step by step, not messy. Divide the troops into several echelons, with new recruits and veterans together, take turns to play, and try to let everyone experience the baptism of the real battlefield in order to meet the real fierce offensive of the enemy.

The Song army has always been good at defending cities, and even Song generals are extremely good at defending cities.

The pass city has always been a moat, and Di Qing is still relatively calm for the time being. However, he also had something to worry about, so he kept letting all the troops take turns to defend the city, just to train the mentality of the soldiers. Because he knew that this was a long and fierce battle, and once the soldiers could not stand it and their mentality changed, danger came.

Di Qing was not only worried about this, he was also worried about the changes in the pawns under his command, and this kind of thing was also fatal. What Di Qing could do was to follow Gan Qi's instructions and continue to give the soldiers better treatment.

This is not enough, we must continue to do ideological work for military generals at all levels, and the key point is that there must be no discrimination or differential treatment in the military, military generals must not discriminate against soldiers, and comrades must not discriminate against soldiers. This is a more important task, and once discrimination in the military becomes commonplace, there will definitely be big problems.

But people are like this, it is impossible without discrimination, the Song people discriminated against the Liao State and the soldiers, and even many people discriminated against the recruited thief army, which will definitely cause chaos.

Di Qing must try his best to avoid giving birth to this kind of chaos, live and die together, be of the same heart, and have to go through several life and death tribulations.

On the Datong side, logging is the eternal theme of war, and one by one the rejection of horses is created.

It is not how high the consciousness of the people in Datong City is, only in Ganqi Ganxiang Gong is willing to spend money, as long as the people make a rejection of horses, one will give ten copper coins, and the wood will be sent directly to the home by the soldiers.

The streets and alleys, the streets and alleys, and the houses and courtyards will not be long before they are filled with rejected horses.

In addition to the frame of the timber in Datong City, everyone is not allowed to enter and exit, even the frame of the timber in and out, will be thoroughly inspected, and the people in and out are mainly in the northwest accent, but anyone who cannot speak fluent northwest language will be strictly investigated.

This is also the method that Gan Qi came up with, the people who cut down and transported the wood, all use the northwesterners in the mighty army, to avoid any form of leakage. Because although there are Han people in Yanyun and Liao, there is also a difference between Han people and Han people, northerners can't speak southern Chinese, and easterners can't speak Western.

Ganch's method is similar to the fact that the U.S. military used Indian as a radio code and Indians as a communicator in World War II. Accent language is often the most effective way to distinguish friend from foe.

These are the real details of the war. The tediousness of a war can also be seen here, but if a detail is not done well, it is bound to lose everything.

Datong City is the old land of the Liao State for a hundred years, how can there be no Liao spies in it? Guarding against leaking news must be the top priority, once Yelu Yixin knows that Datong City is full of rejections, it will definitely make Yelu Yixin pay more attention everywhere.

Time was pressing, more than 10,000 Northwest Army Han felled wood, and the people were all over the place to build horses together. This mobilization capability, that is, the ability to war.

The night slowly fell, and the matter of building a rejection horse in the city was still in full swing, and three pieces of wood were put together, and ten copper coins were in hand.

The night is slowly getting deeper again, and the thing of building a rejection horse continues.

It's already the middle of the night, and it's still going on.

But Ganch went out of the city, and took with him seven thousand knights, horses, and hooves, and quietly went out of the city.

A night attack is not about how many enemies you kill, but how much chaos you create.

Killing people is a time-consuming and laborious affair that is not necessary.

Gan Qi roared away this time, just one thing, set fire. Burning tents, burning grain and grass, burning stables, burning sheepfolds.

So seven thousand horsemen, with many things that ignited fire. In order to be able to carry more things, and in order to run faster when retreating, all cavalry did not wear heavy armor. The iron circumference above the neck, the iron swarm under the waist and abdomen, and the armor of the limbs were all removed, leaving only the chest armor and iron helmets, and the horses did not wear armor.

can't outrun others, if it's still wearing heavy armor, it really becomes a mallet.

It can be seen that the heavy cavalry equipped with armored cavalry is not an invincible type of troops, and it is also like a foot soldier, which is more suitable for positional warfare between the two sides, and is not suitable for sports warfare, which is still the world of light cavalry.

Later, the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry were the culmination of cavalry tactics. But heavy cavalry must also be an indispensable type of troops, because even the Mongolian cavalry, which is the best at sports warfare, has a large number of heavy cavalry.

Cooperation is king.

It was already late at night, and it was already the second half of the night.

The rejection of horses in full swing is still going on.

When Gan Qi set off, the city gate in the north of Datong was opened, and the rejection horses began to be placed.

The city is still in full swing to continue to build the rejection of the horse, as if until the last moment of the war, the rejection of the horse will not stop, the more the merrier.

Countless soldiers have long been heavily armoured, and a fierce battle is coming.

There are also countless Liao State spies, and finally found an opportunity, and took the opportunity to find a gap to go out of the city in the chaos of moving and placing the rejected horses. The news is very important, and it must be sent to Jeruyisin in the north as soon as possible.

However, it was too late, Gan Qi's fast horse had already galloped out of dozens of miles, and no matter how hard the spy was, it was impossible to reach the place where the Liao army was assembled two hundred miles away before Gan Qi.

The endless gray-and-white tents, the embers of the campfires, and the patrolling horses were all visible in the distance.

The already resin grease was stained on the linen cloth, which was tightly wrapped in front of the sticks, and the torches looked like this.

When the torch is lit, the pine resin grease will continue to drip with the flames.

Seven thousand people held torches, and from a distance it looked like a fiery dragon winding its way in.

The dragon moved fast, from far to near, and quickly appeared behind a small hill.

When the steppe people who were patrolling the night saw this scene, their faces immediately showed horror, and they ran backwards with their hands and feet, shouting as they ran: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, enemy attack!" ”

At this time, in the tent, there were some dream words: "Don't make noise, disturb Lao Tzu's sleep, and your head will be screwed off." ”

"Enemy Attack, Enemy Attack, Enemy Attack......"

The dreamer suddenly woke up and asked, "What?" What to shout? ”

Outside the tent, there was still a panicked shout: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" ”

The dreamer finally woke up completely, raised his foot and kicked the people in the camp from his dream: "Pierce the armor, take the knife, the enemy has attacked the camp." ”

"What about Lao Tzu's armor?"

"Lamp, light the ......"

"A is here, A is here...... Wear it quickly. ”

Cowhide armor is also armor, although the protection is far less than that of iron armor, but it also has a great protective effect on chopping.

"Don't wear it, take a knife and go out and have a look first."

Bomb the camp.

Everywhere there was panicked footsteps, everywhere there were panicked shouts.

A large battalion of more than 100,000 people, can there be a majority? Stretching for several miles, the large camp is also a troublesome thing, not only to live people, but also to set aside roads, but also to set up a fire prevention open space isolation zone to avoid the fire of the camp can not be stopped, the fire is not necessarily done by the enemy, cooking and boiling water for heating is also possible to set the camp tent on fire. There is also the need to consider drainage, the disposal of excrement, and even the reservation of some school yards.

Therefore, such a large camp, the south side has already bombed the camp, but the soldiers in the north are still unconscious, still sleeping soundly, and have not heard anything.

The big tent of the Chinese army sat in the north and faced south, and Yelu Yixin in his sleep heard the shouts from the south, which was just the volume of insects and birds, and he was still asleep.

It wasn't until someone came on a fast horse, and it wasn't until finally a drum sounded that Yelu Yixin woke up slowly, but he was not in the slightest hurry, and while piercing his armor, he asked the person who came to report: "How many enemies are there?" ”

"More than 10,000 or so." This is an estimate and is not accurate.

Yelu Yixin was calm: "Don't hurry, go to the north quickly to reorganize the army and get on the horse, follow me to chase and kill the enemy, and when they come, they don't have to go." ”

This is Yelu Yixin's self-confidence, he was a little surprised, surprised that the Song army really dared to attack the camp, if he was the commander of the Song army, he would definitely not do such a stupid thing. Therefore, Yelu Yixin still had some surprises about the night attack of the Song army, but he was more happy.

I'm glad that Song Jun really did something stupid, more than 10,000 people, and they dared to attack at night, so don't go.

The fire was already on fire in the south, and Gan Qi swept in with seven thousand cavalry like the wind, and the torches kept throwing around, lighting a camp tent with one of them, to say that the camp tent of the steppe people was really flammable, and it was mostly made of animal furs, and it was just a little bit. Speaking of turning back, in fact, the camp tent of someone's house is the same, and the linen cloth is also made of a little bit, even if it is a wooden house in the city, it is not too much for a while.

Killing the enemy is secondary, and Ganch's order is never to fight, just fight and gallop.

The burning of stables and grain and grass is the main thing, and the burning of camp tents is secondary, and it is necessary to constantly cross the fire barrier to bring out the ignition, so as to make the fire as wide as possible.

None of the soldiers had at least two or three torches with them, and Gan Qi carried two more on his back, and he lit one of the torches and threw them out.

From time to time, the grease dripped down, even on Ganqi's own thighs, burning Ganqi to grin his teeth.

When the fire had risen, Jeruyisin wore his armor and mounted his horse, but instead of going south, he went to the camp on the north side, and gathered a group of light horsemen.

Gan Qi looked at the fire that had been lit, and already felt that it was almost there, and when he turned his head, he shouted, "Go, go!" ”

Many knights began to beat their horses and turn around, wielding swords and spears to slash and slash the few enemies who stood in their way, and galloped outside the camp, it was time to run away.

Seven thousand horsemen, came and went quickly, did not kill a few people, leaving only a continuous fire.

Everywhere there were shouts for firefighting, water was fetched, spears were smashed, and more people hurried to dismantle the tents that had not yet caught fire to avoid being implicated. As for the horses in the stables, there are a lot of runners, but it's not too anxious, and when the sky is dawned, I will go all over the mountains and wilderness to find it, but the grain and grass have been burned a lot, which is a little distressing.

Gan Qi ran out of more than ten miles, and Yelu Yixin finally led people to chase him out, more than 50,000 light horses, hundreds of thousands of horses, no formation, just a swarm of swarms rushed out, and there were people along the road who saw the army chasing and killing the enemy, so they themselves beat horses and swords and followed.

After he had run a few miles away, the number of people was even greater, and there were seventy or eighty thousand. There are also people chasing after them with horses, and the grassland people are fighting, but they have a conscious mentality.

A swarm of swarms of bees, swarms of swarms, you don't have to receive any orders, just follow the big army, absolutely yes.

Yelu Yixin chased after him, and asked left and right: "What direction is this?" South? ”

"Privy envoy, this is the direction to Datong."

"Datong? Ha ha...... These Song people, I'm afraid that they have long forgotten what cavalry is, and they still run to Datong, isn't this self-defeating? Yelu Yixin smiled, but he also thought it was funny, at this time he was still going to the city, did these Song Jun really think that one person and one horse could outrun one person and several horses?

"Privy envoy, it seems that General Song is not familiar with military affairs, read some military books, and think that he will really fight."

Yelu Yixin also smiled: "The Song people are just stupid to read, in such a situation, they really dare to attack at night, and after the night attack, they even dare to flee to the city, it's okay." This time I will enter the city with them, brothers, follow me, and then speed up, cover up, and bite them. ”

"Yes!"

"Privy envoy, I didn't think that this battle would be so easy, I still thought that the city was difficult to attack, but I didn't want Song Gou to kill himself, Datong was broken, haha!"

Yelu Yixin also smiled: "It's also beyond my expectations, Gan Qi is this person, but that's it!" I know some ways of infantry warfare, but I don't understand what kind of power cavalry is. ”

The generals on the left and right were also excited, and while galloping, they kept turning their heads and shouting: "Keep up, you will change horses in twenty miles, run quickly, the enemy only has one horse, and after a journey, it will inevitably be overwhelmed." ”

When hundreds of thousands of horses ran, it was like thunder on the earth, roaring incessantly, startling mountain birds flying in flocks at night, and startling beasts everywhere.

It was the first time Gan Qi had seen such a majestic sound, and the rumbling sound did not sound like it was coming from the north, but from all directions, in fact, as long as it came from the ground.

Gan Qi also said in his heart: "Damn, it's really a little scary!" ”

Gan Qi was also impatient, turned his head and shouted: "Speed up, speed up!" ”

But no matter how to speed up, after seventy or eighty miles, Ganqi's rear team had already begun to be attacked by feather arrows, and the enemy really caught up, only seventy or eighty miles, and the distance of more than ten miles was pulled to a stone's throw away.

The steppe people are really fast, and they imagine Ganchi even faster.