Under the vast grassland outside Zhenzhou City, Di Qing is commanding several cavalry to train on the grassland, these cavalry are newly formed a few years ago, half of them are grassland people, the Great Song Dynasty has gone deep into the grassland, naturally to strengthen the rule of these grassland people, in addition to building cities and roads, recruiting soldiers from the grassland people is also one of them. Mobile

With the change of the command flag on the stage, the cavalry training below also moved with the flag, and several cavalry crossed charges, but there was no collision and conflict, which shows that the cooperation between the cavalry is very tacit, and the execution of the order is also very timely and accurate, which makes Di Qing nod with satisfaction.

Although the grassland people are natural cavalry, they are used to being free and casual, and the cooperation between small groups of cavalry is still very good, but when encountering the cavalry of the large corps, it will reveal huge defects, which is also the main reason why the Tang cavalry often wins more with less, or even breaks thousands when the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty against the grassland cavalry.

In order to solve the shortcomings of these steppe people, Di Qing also had to mix the steppe people with the Han cavalry, and strictly drilled them to familiarize themselves with the generals' orders, and now it has finally worked, the mixed cavalry of 30,000 people has finally been successfully trained, and now it depends on their performance on the battlefield.

After reviewing the cavalry, Di Qing ordered the troops to be collected and returned to the camp, but on the way back, he also remembered the situation of seeing off Cao Ma and the others a few days ago, and not only Cao Ma left, but Cao Tong and the others also left Zhenzhou with the other party.

The confrontation between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State has been too long, and after several years of harassment, the Liao State has long been exhausted, and it is time to completely solve this great enemy, so just a few days ago, Cao Ma and others on the Zhenzhou side received an order, ordering them to rush to Gubeikou, where the army has begun to gather, and Cao Tong will serve as the main general of this attack on the Liao State.

The last time he attacked the party, although there was no big battle because of the party's escape, Cao Mata's performance still won Zhao Zhen's trust, and many veterans in the army have retired, Cao Mata, the original young Zhuang faction, has also become the pillar of the army, whether it is in terms of merit or seniority, no one can compete with Cao Mata in this attack on the main generals of the Liao State.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that although Hu Yan Shouxin is not worse than Cao Mata in terms of qualifications, he is worse in terms of credit, so this time he still serves as Cao Mata's deputy, the two have been friends for many years, and they cooperate tacitly, and the two of them jointly command it, which also increases the chances of winning this battle.

Compared with Cao Ma and others, Di Qing did not go to Gubeikou this time, because he had another task, according to the plan of this attack on Liao, the Great Song Dynasty will send troops from Zhenzhou and Gubeikou, of which Cao Ma and others led 100,000 troops from Gubeikou, they are also the main force to attack Liao, after all, Gubeikou is the closest to Zhongjing, if the war goes well, maybe a month or two can kill Zhongjing.

The other army sent troops from Zhenzhou was only auxiliary, this time the army was mainly composed of cavalry, that is, the 30,000 cavalry that Di Qing had trained before, their task was to break through the Liao army's defense line in the northwest as quickly as possible, threaten the Liao State to go to Beijing, and even block the direction of the Liao nobles to flee when necessary, so as to completely eliminate the Khitan nobles of the Liao State.

Thinking of his task, Di Qing couldn't help but let out a long sigh, speaking of which, this was not the first time he had led the troops alone, before he commanded the navy to destroy the Li Dynasty, and it was this military exploit that made the imperial court give him this important task.

However, compared to a small country like the Li Dynasty, the Liao State is a terrible behemoth, which also makes Di Qing a little nervous, even if their side is not the direction of the main effort, or even mainly to contain the forces of the Liao State, but his task is still extremely heavy, if there is anything wrong on his side, it is likely to affect Cao Mata's main army, so he does not dare to be careless in the slightest during this time.

For this attack on Liao, Di Qing also made a feasible plan for himself, that is, to fight fast with fast, so all he chose this time were cavalry, and then he would lead this cavalry to penetrate the heart of Liao with a sharp knife, and try to kill Shangjing or Zhongjing as quickly as possible, and even join Cao Mata's army, and this strategy was also recognized by the imperial court.

Of course, this kind of plan to fight quickly also has many shortcomings, such as because all of them are cavalry, and the speed of the march is fast, the supply will definitely not be able to keep up, and then you can only eat the enemy, and you may also face the encirclement and suppression of the Liao army, and if you are not careful, the whole army may be annihilated.

However, this method of warfare also has great advantages, the first is that it is fast, and the maximum results can be achieved before the Liao army reacts, and it can also attract more Liao troops, so as to reduce the pressure on the main army, as long as Cao Yu They can successfully kill the capital of Zhongjing, then the external Liao army will definitely shrink the defensive line, and the pressure on them will be much lighter.

Thinking of the plan to send troops this time, Di Qing couldn't help but show a cautious expression, and even carefully considered the entire plan again from beginning to end, and after Fuzhong, he also practiced many times on the sand table, trying to take into account all possible situations, after all, this battle is not only related to his personal honor and disgrace, but also related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, as well as the future of the Great Song Dynasty.

Just when Di Qing was training soldiers in Zhenzhou, Cao Yu and others also rushed to Gubeikou day and night, last time they were here to defeat the Liao army, so that the form between the Song and Liao countries reversed, so many years have passed, Gubeikou has also changed greatly, when the small urn city has expanded into a Xiongguan, the Great Wall on both sides has also been repaired, speaking of which is also thanks to the Liao prisoners of war of the year, it is also with this group of free labor, the Great Wall will be restored in just a few years to the brilliance of the year, even more majestic than before.

And when Cao Yu and they arrived, the 100,000 army had already been mobilized, and the generals of the various departments were also practicing day and night, compared to the last attack on Yanyun that needed to be kept secret, this time the Great Song Dynasty attacked the Liao State with great fanfare, and the Liao State had already received the news, and the border was also arrayed with an army.

Now it is no longer the year, when attacking Yanyun, the Liao State was very careless, and never thought that the Great Song Dynasty would take the initiative to send troops, so it was caught off guard by the Great Song Dynasty, but now the Liao State has been keeping an eye on the Great Song Dynasty, and the mobilization of 100,000 troops cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Liao State, so it is better to make it public directly.

In fact, Di Qing's side was also fanfare, and the armies on both sides made an offensive posture, which made the Liao State lose sight of one or the other, and even did not know the direction of the Song army's main attack.

The eldest cousin of the Northern Song Dynasty

The eldest cousin of the Northern Song Dynasty