"Both approaches are good, and both have merits." Chechen Khan was a little tired, he rushed from Liaozhou, galloping all the way, in such a cold weather is a harsh test for anyone, the cold wind can not be taken care of because he is a great khan, after rushing to the front, he has been sitting cross-legged for more than two hours, even so, he still has a straight back, and his speech is not in a hurry, his tone is calm and resolute, which is convincing.

"If you can cut off the Wei army's grain route, you can get twice the result with half the effort." Chechen Khan said: "And the morale of our army is booming, if the Wei army is attacked with the momentum of a tiger fighting a rabbit, the victory or defeat is divided into five or five, and both sides have a chance." ”

With the current unfavorable situation of the Donghu army, Chechen Khan said that there is a five-five chance, which is also based on the victory rate of the Donghu army against the Wei army, and in fact, everyone understands that the victory of the Donghu army mainly comes from the advantage of cavalry, and the Wei army is very difficult to fight with the Hu cavalry even if it is on the mainland, and it will be raided by the superior cavalry if it is not careful, and the grain route and military situation are also difficult, and the Wei army will spend a lot of time gathering and forming a heavy army group before seeking fighters against the Donghu cavalry. And this kind of opportunity is quite difficult, the Wei army will be constantly harassed and weakened in the process of assembly, and even when the scale of tens of thousands of people is assembled, the Wei army is already exhausted, the grain road is worried, and the heavy army group of tens of thousands of people is broken through by the Hu cavalry.

But on the battlefield in front of them, it is quite difficult for the Donghu people to use the maneuver and impact of the war horse, on the large area of Jinzhou and Zhiyushui City, the Wei army dug trenches and set up strong walls, and everywhere you can see the wooden fence camp and arrow tower, as well as the horse rejection antlers and other things placed in pieces, there are three trenches more than ten miles long in the direction of Jinzhou alone, and it is almost impossible to detour. There is a large area of flat land behind the Jinzhou side, reaching the Songta Mountains, where the defense is relatively weak, but the premise is that Jinzhou City is conquered, and the frontal camp is conquered.

"Please make it clear to the Great Khan." The elite of the tribal soldiers led by Wanyan Zongshu is no less than that of the palace tent soldiers, so he has the ability to speak first, and he bowed down and said: "No matter what decision the Great Khan makes, we will obey it." ”

Wanyande, Yelushu, Yeluming, and many thousands of households bowed down, and everyone said: "Everything is done according to the will of the Great Khan, and we will obey it." ”

"Very good." Chechen Khan smiled and said, "In that case, we have to accomplish two things. First, break the camp in Jinzhou and break the enemy's front camp, and second, dig a long trench under the city of Jinzhou, so that there is no need to attack the city, the enemy is hoping that we will attack the city for a long time, so that their Yushui City will be safe and is in its calculations. Jinzhou has just built a good city, there is not much grain and grass in the city, and there will not be too much firewood, even if there is food and water, it can not be raised for cooking, after the success of the long siege, at most one or two months it will be defeated without a fight, and there is no need to attack this city. Third, after breaking the enemy's front army and besieging Jinzhou, there is no need to go to the enemy's main force, if the enemy attacks hard, our army will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and can confront the enemy on the periphery of Yushui City, confront each other with a long trench, and then send the elite to raid Songshan Tashan, cut off the enemy's rear grain road, so that the main force of the enemy army on the side of Yushui City will also be chaotic without a fight, and our army can easily win and preserve its strength. ”

Wanyan Zongshu hugged his fists and said: "Please also ask the Great Khan to make it clear." ”

"The current situation is not conducive to the gallop of cavalry." Chechen Khan said calmly: "The only way to get off the horse and fight with the Wei people is on foot." ”

Everyone did not expect that the Great Khan would actually make such a claim, and for a while, some people were confused, some were shocked, some felt incredulous, and some were even faintly angry.

Wan Yande bowed down and said: "The Great Khan, my Khitan, Jurchen, Jin, Suoren, Oroqen and other warriors of all ethnic groups are all good at riding and shooting. ”

"Not really." Chechen Khan said: "The various divisions of my army are good at horse archery, aren't they good at foot shooting? There are only a small number of palace tent warriors who can open a bow on a horse, and when fighting on horseback, most of them can only use a riding bow, not a foot bow, so riding and shooting on a horse is mostly used

Raid and harass, really fight with the Wei army, ride a bow and shoot on the flank, chaotic enemy positions. The infantry bow was covered in front, and when the enemy was in disarray, heavy cavalry galloped in from the flanks, and light cavalry followed them, shooting them with their bows, or chasing and stabbing the enemy with long iron spears and long knives. Today, the Wei people are in front of me to line up and hold troops, and they are not allowed to enter unless they are in front of the enemy, and they are facing the enemy with a foot formation, filling in the trenches and breaking the fence, only this method can break this stalemate! ”

As soon as Chechen Khan arrived on the battlefield, he actually made up his mind to fight on foot.

Whether it is Li Guorui or Yue Zhi, or even Mai Jitong and Li Youde and others, all of them are the most outstanding generals of the Great Wei, their formation, defense, and attack are at least decent, even if they are Li Enmao and Li Jian and others who have just arrived near Ningyuan, they are said to be mediocre, but in terms of the system of the Great Wei, or the family of military generals, or from Wuju to Wujinshi, golden drums, marches, military rations, equipment, and formations, these are the most basic skills.

With the system of Great Wei, although Huo Qu's illness cannot be released, it is absolutely impossible for Zhao Kuo to lead the troops.

The Wei army array, along the Chongqing water, the mouth of the bag is small, the more inward the extension of the mouth of the bag is the bigger, and there is Jinzhou City, the two cities of Yushui City as the base, if the Donghu cavalry according to the previous method of warfare to fight and rush, it will rush more and more to feel that the enemy formation is wide, there is a strong city on the side, the front is a dense military village and long trench defense, the more inward the attack is the more difficult, and the terrain is limited, the strength of the cavalry can not be played, although it can break through the front of the Wei army with sharp spirit, and after breaking into the Chinese army, it will definitely fall into a bitter fight, at that time the Wei army is not entangled, Or release tens of thousands of cavalry as the winner, the Donghu cavalry will inevitably fall into the embarrassing situation of being unbalanced and being hit in the waist. Even if the Donghu cavalry is fierce and brave, fierce on the battlefield, and archery, technical attack, and cooperation, are at the peak of the warriors, will not be dumplings by the Wei army, more than 200,000 people are all explained on the side of this Yushui, but if the battle is like this, it can be said that it is in the arms of the Wei army, after the fight, the Donghu people are unable to continue to advance, Yushui City, Jinzhou City can all be defended, and then establish a grain road, with a small number of elite soldiers with the cavalry garrison, for Donghu, it is equivalent to sitting in Liaodong waiting for death.

Of course, Chechen Khan would not accept such a result, and the way to break the game was to put a bigger pocket on his backhand.

"I just said that for the sake of the future of my children and grandchildren, I will give up this flesh and blood." Wan Yande already understood what the Great Khan thought, so he immediately bowed his head and said, "Then let's fight." ”

"Breaking the enemy on foot, isn't my Donghu Erlang the best warrior in the world when he gets off the horse?"

"The Wei people have always been unconvinced, saying that we relied on war horses to win them, and let them see the martial arts of my Jurchen sons and daughters once, what are they afraid of?"

"Then fight!" Chechen Khan stood up, his tall and fat figure had a convincing momentum in the tent, he looked around, and said in a deep voice: "This battle will determine the luck of our country for a hundred years, there is no need to choose the time, tomorrow is a good day, and the first moment of the hour is an auspicious time!" ”

The battlefield within a radius of dozens of miles is not dull, even after nightfall, there will be the sound of horses' hooves from time to time, and there will be a loud sound of artillery firing, and around the fourth watch, there is a clear sound of army movement in the camp of the Donghu army, and there is a huge sound of a large group of men and horses marching forward.

More than 10,000 military dispatch, it is almost impossible to use a surprise attack to get the first opportunity, there are many people, and it is impossible to hide the movement caused by it, and the kind of surprise attack, stealing camps, ambushes and other strange battles are mostly in the romance, in the official history, when the battle is combined, most of them are the generals' control of their own army, the understanding of the enemy, and the use of the terrain.

The Donghu people did not plan to hide the traces of the raid, and the Wei army also obviously had a correct response, and the officers and men of the former army and the Chinese army successively went to the front of the trench camp, from the city of Jinzhou to the side of Yushui, nearly ten

Nearly 100,000 people in the front army and the Chinese army in the square area, the battle line is not only wide in front, but also quite deep, the Chinese army and the garrison are also all mobilized, Li Guorui's plan is to wait for work, after the whole army is mobilized, one after another along the Yushui and the barracks, with the width of the battlefield, and the Jinzhou city behind the Donghu people are all threats to the Donghu cavalry, Li Guorui will put some elite soldiers and horses, especially a small number of cavalry are placed in Jinzhou City, once the Donghu cavalry can open the opening in the front army array, and the fish penetrates, then the two wings and the rear team of soldiers and horses will continue to move forward, Jinzhou City attacked from the flank and harassed the enemy, and if this battle was fought well, it was very likely to inflict heavy damage on the Donghu people.

Zhang Bangwen wore a red robe on his body, and led more than 40,000 people to prepare for food in the front camp and the Chinese army. The cold air before the early morning is simply more uncomfortable than the winter wind, everyone is shivering in the cold wind, the hands of the soldiers are frozen cold, they are simply cold to the bone, but under the strict military order, they are not allowed to move around without authorization, and do not dare to stomp their feet to keep warm, and then the people in each battalion have lit bonfires to cook, and then the soldiers go to the bonfire in batches to drink hot soup, eat freshly baked cakes, the food of the army from Beijing to Jizhou, Pingzhou, Yuguan, Ningyuan, through the Songta Forts, to the camp on the side of Yushui, The transportation line along the way is more than 1,000 miles, and the number of losses is quite amazing, and such material losses are what the Great Wei can bear so far, and the national strength of Donghu is afraid that it has already been crossed.

Prior to this, Wang Zhi's fleet also transported grain from Jinhai and Dengzhou to the islands of western Liaoning, but the grain reserves everywhere were exhausted, and Wang Zhi's fleet also needed to anchor and rest, so the shipping also stopped.

There is a large soup pot in front of each campfire, and most of the pots are some kelp and other things to enhance the flavor and freshness, and each soldier has a small salt bag, and they receive the pancakes, or sprinkle some salt in the soup, and soak the cakes in the soup to eat, or directly dry the salt on the cakes, so it tastes very sweet.

Only the officers and above have some pickles and other accompaniments, and above the capital, there is meat and soup, and the whole camp is filled with the aroma of food.

When the sky was twilight, the Donghu army began to move.

Tens of thousands of Han slaves poured up like ant colonies, and the crowd was too densely arranged, and when the Wei outposts fired arrows and bed crossbows one after another, groups of people fell on the opposite side, and the screams were endless.

However, the Wei army was not soft-hearted, and the Divine Arm Bow and Bed Crossbow were fired non-stop, with only occasional intermissions. When the Eastern Hu army invaded the territory of the Great Wei, it was not once or twice that the people were driven to fill the trenches. If the heart is soft-hearted, not only may the Wei army be defeated, but it may also affect more people.

After many times, the Wei army had become accustomed to carrying out intensive long-range strikes on the people of their own clan, and in order to protect themselves and the lives of more people, they could only shoot the people in front of them like cattle and sheep.

This is the way of heaven, under the way of heaven, human life is inferior to ants.

As long as they stagnate, or hesitate slightly, not only will they be beheaded, but their families who remain behind Donghu will also be beheaded, and they can only fight forward, not only for themselves, but also for their wives and children, and friends. If one of the members of the team escapes from the battlefield, not only will their family be beheaded, but if there is no family, if one of the members of the team will flee, the Hannu and their families will also be killed.

Under such harsh punishments, the plundered Wei people have long been destroyed and bloodless, and even if they are not afraid of death, they must take care of their families and the families of their teammates.

Even if they knew that they were fighting for the tiger at this time, these Han military slaves could only continue to move forward, and some people kept falling under the rain of arrows, but there were still more people rushing forward.