Chapter 466: The Meaning of War

On September 13 of the third year of Xuanhe, on this quiet day, one thing was quietly going on. On the first night, Wang Qing called his general Du Bai to the palace of Chu in Shunyang, and after some explanation, Du Bai hurried back to Xichuan City. As soon as Du Bai returned to Xichuan, he did one thing, he asked all his subordinates to travel lightly and march towards Funiu Mountain at night. On the second day, that is, on the 13th day of September, more than 10,000 Huaixi soldiers appeared in the northwest of Funiu Mountain, when everyone thought that he would send troops to sack the southern Neixiang County, Du Bai suddenly attacked, transferred troops to cross Funiu Mountain, and launched a fierce attack on Yiyang City north of Funiu Mountain at noon on the same day.

The Huaixi soldiers attacked Yiyang, which in a way can be regarded as self-defeating, because at this time, as long as Liu Guangshi, the defense of Xijing, sent a large army to detour to Funiu Mountain, Du Bai's troops could be completely annihilated. However, to everyone's surprise, when the city was not broken, Guo Zhongyuan, the commander of the Luoyang Kit Battalion stationed in Yiyang, actually issued an order to withdraw his troops. Now there are still 4,000 soldiers in Yiyang City, and Guo Zhongyuan's order is to give up Yiyang City. Many soldiers did not accept it, but the military order is the military order, in the shouting and scolding of the people of Yiyang, thousands of Xijing soldiers and horses actually fled out of the city from the north gate, and put the entire Yiyang City under the swords and guns of the Huaixi thieves. The withdrawal of the soldiers and horses in Xijing was too sudden, and many people did not expect this, at this time, they were too late to escape, so the people of the city became prisoners of the Huaixi soldiers.

Yiyang fell into the hands of thieves, and the people near Luoyang were panicked for a while, especially in the five counties of Changshui, Yongning, Fuchang, Shou'an, and Chongxian near Yiyang, where wealthy families had fled. Those big families can escape, but the people have nowhere to escape. If you weren't forced to be helpless. They will never leave the place where they have lived all their lives. People fled to Luoyang. This also made Luoyang City extremely crowded. I don't know if it's a hell, under normal circumstances, the Huaixi soldiers want to occupy the geographical advantage, and they are not allowed to loot everywhere, but this time after they occupied Yiyang, they did not commit any crimes against the surrounding counties. Could it be that Huaixi Bing has changed his temperament? Of course it's impossible, it's not that Du Yan doesn't want to rob, but he can't rob, but he remembers Wang Qing's words. After occupying Yiyang, you must restrain your soldiers and not plunder the vicinity of Luoyang. Moreover, Du Yan did not dare to do this, because not long after occupying Yiyang, Liu Guangshi ordered Mengzhou to command Hu Yanqing to garrison Luoyang, and personally led 20,000 elite soldiers to be stationed in Yingyang County. Liu Guangshi's attitude has been very clear, as long as Du Bai dares to tear up the agreement and loot the vicinity of Luoyang, then this army will enter Funiu Mountain south. Encirclement and suppression of Du Bao.

Although he couldn't loot the vicinity of Luoyang, it was enough to get Yiyang to be happy for a while. Yiyang is worthy of being an important place for business, with all kinds of goods, and more importantly, there is a lot of money and grain in the treasury, with these tens of thousands of stone rice grains, enough for the Huaixi soldiers to support for a month. Du Bao occupied Yiyang, and Duan 2 Duan 5 then led his troops north and approached Funiu Mountain, in fact, this was also to prevent the people of the imperial court from dishonoring. Of course, letting Duan 2 and Duan 5 approach Funiu Mountain also has another purpose. Wang Qing had long wanted to find an opportunity to cut the strength of Duan 2 and Duan 5, and this was a good opportunity.

Because of the strict order not to loot near Luoyang, Liu Guangshi has a heavy army in Yingyang, Duan Er and Duan Wu do not dare to go east into the hinterland of Ruzhou, so they can only go west, I heard that the Dingguo army in that pass is good, and Zhao Yougong is also very powerful in fighting, so let Zhao Yougong's Dingguo army kill the prestige of the Duan brothers.

The capture of Yiyang City by the Huaixi soldiers has reached Zhao Yougong's ears, although he had expected this, but after all, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect the Great Song Dynasty to really do this kind of thing.

At this time, in a guest room in Tongzhou, there was a man in his forties, the man's face was calm and extremely stable, even if he was wearing a coarse coat, he still couldn't hide his graceful bearing. This person is Yelu Yujian, the hero of the Great Liao Sect, in fact, Yelu Yujian has already arrived in Guanzhong, but he is not in a hurry to show up. Although he came to negotiate an alliance with Zhao Yougong, if he didn't need it, it was better not to form an alliance, Zhao Yougong was extremely difficult, and he couldn't get any cheap on him.

For a month, Yelu Yu Jian was watching the changes in Guanzhong, if Zhao Yougong was defeated and killed, then this new Dingguo army would inevitably collapse, and when Han Shizhong returned to help Guanzhong, Wuzhou would not be guaranteed, and it would not be difficult to recapture Wuzhou with Yelu Dashi's talents, and even further devour the land of Linfu. If Zhao Yougong can survive it, it proves that he is indeed very powerful, and it is not a loss for Da Liao to form an alliance with such a male lord.

Yelu Yu saw the good calculation, and what surprised him was that in the chaos, it seemed that everywhere was unfavorable, and Zhao Yougong actually took Yinzhou City by thunderous means. Is it difficult for Zhao Yougong to conquer Yinzhou City? It's not difficult at all, the question is that someone else dares to think like this? The answer is no, no one dares to think so, Yinzhou City is not much worse than Wuzhou, if you want to build such a strong city, there is no force several times that of the enemy, who dares to think?

No wonder scheming people like Yelu Dashi and Li Bingzuo were defeated in the hands of this young man, it was really too cruel for this son, and the use of soldiers was strange and dangerous. If anyone could have expected that Zhao Yougong would dare to attack Yinzhou, then Hengshan would have tens of thousands of troops near Longzhou who would be buried under the iron hooves of the Western Xia people. But things are so wonderful, seemingly dangerous tricks, in situations that others can't imagine, have achieved unprecedented miraculous results. occupied Yinzhou, and threatened the lives of the soldiers and civilians in Yinzhou, forcing Li Bingzuo to withdraw his troops. After several days of wait-and-see, Yelu Yujian has a preliminary view of Zhao Yougong, for this young man, can not be pushed by common sense, let alone with him, and he is hard to come hard, it seems that none of them have a good end, under the city of Wuzhou, Yelu Dashi lost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Daliao warriors, and Li Bingzuo, who has been running through the Hetao corridor for more than 60 years under Hengshan Mountain, was also fainted.

Of course, there is also that Xiao Zhiyun, who transferred the B room army to the Dingguo Army, and wholeheartedly helped Zhao Yougong control Chang'an City and maintain stability in the rear. In today's situation, Yelu Yu saw that he was very unhappy in his heart, it was the pearl of the Yaolin clan, no less than the princess of Daliao of the Empress Dowager Xiao, if she stayed in Daliao. may be able to lead the B room army to help Da Liao exterminate the Jurchens. Expand your territory. It's a pity. His Majesty didn't know how to use her, and he was deeply jealous of her, and forcibly pushed this Khitanqi woman into Zhao Yougong's arms.

If others don't know Xiao Zhiyun's influence, but Yelu Yujian must know, one hundred and fifty years ago, the Empress Dowager Xiao of Daliao raised her arms and shouted, and the soldiers from afar echoed. Now that the years are flying, perhaps the Yao Ran clan no longer has the majesty of the past. But there are still a lot of athletes, because the foundation of the Yao Yuan clan is there, so Xiao Zhiyun entered the tribe as a woman back then, and quickly pulled up the B Army. This is Xiao Zhiyun's ability, and her talent is not inferior to that of Empress Dowager Xiao.

In the palace of the same state, Zhao Yougong gathered everyone to discuss the Huaixi soldiers who might pour into the pass at any time, and now Han Shizhong is in Wuzhou, Liu Jian is stationed in Fengzhou, and Wu Jue, Yang Zaixing and Lin Chong are stationed in Yinzhou. The only ones who can be used under his command are Xiao Zhiyun, Gao Chong and Niu Gao.

All the civil and military officers sat on the left and right, and everyone showed anxiety on their faces. Only Xiao Zhiyun, who was sitting next to Zhao Yougong, was the calmest, because Xiao Zhiyun knew very well in her heart that she couldn't get involved in this war. Moreover, in her capacity, it is not appropriate to do this.

Zhao Yougong really didn't think about Xiao Zhiyun, most of Xiao Zhiyun's command are Khitan B Army, if the B Army is used to deal with the Huaixi soldiers, I don't know what rumors will come out. Between Gao Pet and Niu Gao, it was really entangled, and finally decided to let Gao Pet lead the troops to meet the Huaixi soldiers. The reason why I chose Gao Pet is not without reason.

In the Dingguo army, if you talk about cavalry confrontation, it should be Wu Jue, if you talk about the dispatch in the army, the army confrontation, it should be Han Shizhong, if you talk about the plot and decision, it should be Niu Gao. But when it comes to charging into battle and intimidating the enemy soldiers, it should be a high favorite.

In a way, Niu Gao and Gao Chong are very similar to Li Ji and Hou Junji in the Tang Dynasty. Li Ji is good at fighting and using tricks, and always wins at the lowest cost, but his tactics are often gentle and unremarkable. Hou Junji, on the other hand, likes to fight head-on, confront with strong troops, and defeat the enemy army with thunder means, this method of warfare often has great casualties, but it is full of blood, and the enemy soldiers who can fight are afraid.

Because of the difference in combat methods, many people say that Li Ji can win battles, and the losses are very few, sometimes even Wei Gong Li Jing sighs to himself, but General Li has won so many battles, there is a shortcoming, that is, although the enemy has repeatedly defeated him, he is not afraid of him. And Hou Junji is very different, Hou Junji wins heartily every time, he has more people who have died, and the enemy has died more, and the tragic image of the corpses and blood and the stumps all over the ground is the most intuitive, so the Turks and the Uighurs will be deeply afraid of the defeat against Hou Junji last time. It is precisely because of this that when he conquered Gaochang Kingdom, Li Shimin was Hou Junji, not Li Jing and Li Ji, and in that battle, Hou Junji's army marched all the way, killing corpses all over the field, and the Khan Futu City was killed in a battle, and the blood stained the Yining steppe red, and that battle scared the Turks for ten years and did not dare to confront each other head-on. But if Li Ji or Li Jing are used, maybe the loss will be very small, but it will be far from the effect of deterring the heroes.

This time, with high favor, it is also the intention of deterring others, against the Huaixi thieves, not only to win, but also to win quickly, win beautifully, the court and other thieves who fought in the first war did not dare to get involved in Guanzhong again.

The art of war clouds, good fighters have no outstanding achievements, because the real generals and talents often calculate all aspects, the advantages and disadvantages of the other party, so they often either force others not to fight, or win very easily, it doesn't look vigorous at all, and the blood is excited, which is why people who are good at fighting often have no prestige. Li Jing conquered the Turks twice in his life, and won countless battles, but how many are known? What about Hou Junji or Su Dingfang and Wang Xuance? In terms of commanding operations and winning a decisive victory for thousands of miles, these people are much worse than Li Jing, but the famous battles that have been passed down to future generations are not Li Jing's. Li Jing is too good at fighting, he has calculated all aspects, turned victory into a habit, and even takes it for granted, in front of him, it seems that any battle is easy, naturally no one remembers.

In the face of Huaixi soldiers, if you use Niu Gao or Han Shizhong, you can win, and it is very easy to win, but this is not what Zhao Yougong wants, sometimes the war itself is to prevent more wars, and if you want to do this, you have to take into account things other than war, that is, deterrence. Sometimes, deterrence is far greater than victory itself.

After ordering Gao Chong as a general, General Gao glared excitedly, and couldn't wait for the military order, Niu Gao was naturally a little dissatisfied, no matter how he said that he was also the chief general of Hangu Pass, why did this war fall on Gao Chong? However, Niu Gao didn't dare to come out, and His Royal Highness would do whatever he could arrange.

Waiting for Gao Chong to set up a military order, Zhao Yougong had to give Gao Chong a preventive shot, and instructed with a stern face, "General Gao, this king and you have a word first, this battle must be won beautifully, and the thieves who will be killed in the first battle dare not worry about Guanzhong." (To be continued......)