Han De, the privy envoy of the Privy Council of the Southern Liao State and the famous general of the Liao State who sat in the Xijin Mansion, rode his horse and stood on the top of a hill. This time, he personally led 80,000 soldiers and horses from the Xijin Mansion to set up an ambush here, which was to give a huge blow to the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou here.

The entire ambush plan was drawn up by Han Desui. All the details are included. As a general of the Liao army, Han Desui used the means of soldiers to be superb, and his way of thinking was very similar to that of the generals of the Great Zhou. Different from other generals of the Liao people, his use of troops was not extensive, but paid attention to every detail, and thought extremely deeply and meticulously.

This may have something to do with Han Desui's background. Han Desui is not a Liao, he is an authentic Han Chinese. The history of Han Desui's family's arrival in the north can be traced back to the end of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Han Haogu, the ancestor of the Han family, was a general in the border town of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Liao State had not yet been established and was known as the Khitans. The Tang Dynasty declined, the Khitan attacked and disturbed the border towns, and after Han Haogu was captured, he surrendered to the Khitan and took root in the north.

The Han family has produced a number of famous generals in several generations. Han Desui's great-grandfather Han Yuanzheng was the founder of the Liao State, and followed the founding saint emperor to open up the territory and make great contributions. After the founding of the Liao State, he was named the king of the Southern Courtyard. Han Desui's father, Han Kuangzheng, had been stationed in Xijin Mansion for many years, and was the left-behind official of Xijin Mansion and the king of Yan. Han Desui himself followed his father to serve in the army of Xijin Prefecture from the age of sixteen. More than 40 years have passed, Han Desui and Da Zhou have fought more than 100 times in border towns, although the scale is not large, but it is also notorious and has won many times. The people of the border town all know Han Desui's name, he is called Han Lao Ghost, which means that he is more terrible than a ghost, and at the same time, the old ghost also has a meaning in the local context is treacherous and cunning. This also illustrates one thing from the side, Han Desui is a scheming guy.

Yelu Zongyuan formed an alliance of interests with Han Desui when he was still the prince. Han Desui now has a woman named Concubine Rou in his harem, and this woman is Han Rou'er, the sister of Yelu Zongyuan. Han Rou'er was already a twenty-five-year-old widow when she married Yelu Zongyuan, and her first husband fell ill and died when she was twenty years old, and no one dared to marry Han Rou'er as his wife. Because this Han Rouer is not only ugly and fat, but also very short-tempered. I have nothing to do with her name, 'Rou'er'. Han Desui also had a headache with his sister.

However, Yelu Zongyuan fell in love with Han Rouer and insisted on marrying her into the palace. This matter was a big surprise at the time, Yelu Zongyuan looked dignified and talented, as the prince of Daliao, what kind of woman did he have around him. But he had to marry this ugly and fat widow Han Rou'er.

This incident made people laugh at the time, and people thought that even if Yelu Zongyuan wanted to win over Han Desui, he might not need to use this kind of self-contemptuous move, wouldn't marrying this Han Rouer add to his own blockage? Besides, he is the prince of Da Liao, can he afford to make friends with Han Desui so badly?

But it turned out that this was the most correct step that Yelu Zongyuan had taken. Han Desui is the privy envoy of the Southern Privy Council, and his Han family has a great influence in the Liao State. When Yelu Zongyuan seized the throne, he relied largely on the power in the hands of Han Desui. Afterwards, when the crusade of the tribes was quelled, Han Desui also

played a significant role. Until now, those who were confused at the time, and even ridiculed Yelu Zongyuan, understood that Yelu Zongyuan had taken such a wonderful move, and it turned out that he had already had the intention of seizing the throne, so he married Han Desui.

After Yelu Zongyuan succeeded in seizing the throne, Han De was awarded a series of titles such as the King of the Southern Yuan, the Privy Envoy of the Southern Privy Council, and the Envoy of the Zhangde Army, and was still stationed in Xijin Mansion. Emperor Yelu Zongyuan relied on and trusted him very much. The safety of the entire south and the position of his abdomen and back were handed over to Han Desui, which can be seen from this. Even Yelu Zongyuan gave the surname of Yelu to the Han family as a sign of respect. It is intentional that Han Desui also has a Khitan name called 'Yelu Longchang', but in fact, Han is an authentic Han person.

This time, Yelu Zongyuan borrowed troops from the Great Zhou in order to quell the rebellion, and Han De strongly opposed it. But at that time, Yelu Zongyuan didn't know what to think, and was too worried about the deterioration of the situation, so he insisted on doing it. Han Desui didn't want to be too opposed. It wasn't until Yelu Zongyuan came to his senses and realized that this move might cause the Great Zhou to take advantage of the situation to attack, so he personally repaired the book to Han Desui, so that he could have more eyes, and not be exploited by the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou, so as to prevent them from turning back. Since then, Han Desui has actually been thinking about what he should do if Da Zhou turns his back.

The arrangement in Zhuozhou was made by Han Desui, and he did not hesitate to put nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses in Zhuozhou, just to give the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou a dismount. He knew that once he refused to allow the Great Zhou soldiers and horses to enter, the other party would definitely immediately tear his face and attack. The first battle of the siege in Zhuozhou was to take the Great Zhou soldiers and horses by surprise. In that battle, not a single soldier was lost, and nearly 8,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou were annihilated, which can be described as extremely brilliant.

But Han Desui was also sober, he knew that Zhuozhou could not be defended, and 300,000 Great Zhou soldiers and horses would destroy and capture Zhuozhou. But he did not choose to reinforce Zhuozhou, nor did he withdraw the Zhuozhou soldiers and horses.

It is of little significance to reinforce Zhuozhou, that city can only accommodate fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses at most, and it is useless to have more. Here, this is also contrary to the plan in Han Desui's heart to resist the enemy. It was impossible to withdraw the troops and horses, and Han Desui also pinned his hopes on Zhuozhou to hold out for three or five days, so as to buy time for him to arrange troops in the rear.

Han Desui's plan was only eight words: lure the enemy deep and set up an ambush to annihilate him. As a scheming old fox who had fought with the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty for many years, Han Desui knew that it was unwise to stick to the Xijin Mansion. Zhuozhou and the Sanggan River crossing are both chess pieces that can be discarded, and only in this way can Yang Jun be given the illusion that his army is like a broken bamboo, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Liao cannot resist it.

Once he had crossed the Sanggan River, Han De would cut off his logistical roads and block the crossing. And choose the best ambush position in the mountains and wilderness, set up ambushes to eat away at the opponent one by one, so that the opponent is always in a panic, so that the opponent's strength is weakened step by step but cannot be replenished.

I have to say that Han Desui knows Yang Jun's temperament and Yang Jun's weaknesses. He wants to let Yang Jun advance lightly, and he wants to make Yang Jun angry in the constant attacks, because he knows that Yang Jun can't stand defeat. That's when he'll make more mistakes.

In line with this combat idea, Han Desui did not defend the ferry after the fall of Zhuozhou, but only symbolically resisted. Its purpose also

Just to annihilate part of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses.

It's just that the two things that surprised Han Desui in the whole plan were that Zhuozhou was lost too quickly, and the ferry was broken through too quickly. Han Desui originally expected that Zhuozhou and the ferry would have to hold on for at least five or six days. In this case, the 50,000 reinforcements mobilized from the Datong Mansion in Xijing will also arrive. The manpower of the tribes in the various states and counties will also be gathered, although not much, at least 20,000. With these manpower, you can make a big fuss on the official road leading to Xijin Province.

In fact, Han De chose three ambush sites, and he wanted to use these three ambush sites to bite off the three pieces of meat of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses. Han Desui's prediction was to annihilate at least 50,000 to 100,000 soldiers and horses of the other side, and at that time, the balance of combat power between the two sides would be reversed. At that time, it is not a question of whether Yang Jun will attack or not, but how many people will be left under the all-out counteroffensive organized by themselves.

However, it was precisely because Zhuozhou and Dukou fell too quickly that Han Desui had to give up the ambush warfare in the other two places that were far away from Xijin Mansion. Because the soldiers and horses reinforced by Datong and the soldiers and horses reinforced by the tribal prefectures and counties had not arrived, the troops of Xijin Prefecture had to be dispatched to set up an ambush, which was not in line with Han Desui's combat strategy. The distance is too far for it is inappropriate to transfer troops from the city. The Xijin Mansion must not be lost, otherwise the strategy of luring the enemy deep into trapping the enemy will be ineffective, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty will not worry about the supply problem after capturing the Xijin Mansion, so the Xijin Mansion must ensure safety, which is also the most important part of the whole plan.

Eventually, this place, fifty miles south of Xijin Province, became the only ambush battlefield. For this reason, Han De ordered all the assembled stragglers to gather here and dig traps overnight. At the same time, 30,000 archers and nearly 60,000 cavalry were mobilized from the nearest Xijin Province. The archers lay in ambush among the long grassy woods of the hills, while the cavalry hid among the mountains miles away. Han Desui designed it exquisitely. He believes that once the other party is ambushed, because he cannot retreat in time, he will choose to fight desperately. Then the pit is the best fortification to protect the archers, and it is also a means of killing the enemy. In the end, the other party can only choose one way, which is to rush north. Because there's only one way to go.

In fact, as Han Desui expected, all the actions of the Great Zhou cavalry were also in accordance with the steps designed by Han Desui in advance. However, what annoyed Han Desui was that there was something unexpected in this. Originally, Han Desui wanted to annihilate as many Great Zhou cavalry as possible, and this cavalry advance team of more than 20,000 people could perfectly fill the pockets of the ambush. However, when someone sounded the alarm in the middle of the journey, only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were trapped in the big net. The Liao army was forced to launch an ambush, because if they did not launch it, it would be convenient for the front team to change to the rear team. Although it is a pity that all the opponent's soldiers and horses were not able to be annihilated, there are already a lot of fish in this net.

Everything went according to plan, half of the 10,000 Great Zhou cavalry were annihilated, and the remaining more than 4,000 people rushed out. Problems that the archers failed to solve, naturally came to the cavalry in the rear. They set up an ambush here, which was the last link in the plan, to fill in the official road that had to be opened to prevent the enemy's advance cavalry from probing, and to plug the only loophole in this encirclement.