Chapter 366: Liaophobia is gone
Wang Ningan felt that anyone was qualified to accept reverence and cheers, but he was not qualified, and the three stockades and nearly 5,000 Song troops were all sent into the tiger's mouth by him...... These people are very rubbish, very miscellaneous, but they faced the Liao soldiers, did not surrender, maybe the Liao soldiers did not allow them to surrender, no matter what, they all died in battle, and died very miserably and heroically, not far from the city of Bazhou, were thrown by the Liao soldiers in a valley at will, there was hardly a single intact corpse, wild wolves and wild dogs, and crows hovering in the sky, all pounced on the corpse, feasting......
Wang Ningan didn't have the courage to see it, so he could only order Wu Shicheng to collect all the corpses, and then register the deceased and give bereavement benefits according to the highest standards of the imperial court. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
He thought that everything that should be given was given, maybe his conscience would be better, but Wang Ning'an was wrong, how could that pitiful money make up for a human life, especially those kind people, when they got ten or twenty yuan of bereavement benefits, they were grateful to the court, and even kowtowed, after all, the court had never given it all in the past.
But the more this happened, the more ashamed and uneasy Wang Ningan became, so much so that for several days when he came back, he locked himself in his room, nominally to deal with military affairs and plan for future battles, but in fact to calm his conscience...... Whether it is self-deception or self-deception, whether it is hard-hearted or hard-hearted, Wang Ningan needs to truly transform from an ordinary person to an iron-blooded commander.
It took him five days to walk out of the house, his smile was still very kind, no different from before, but it always made people feel cold, a look, as if it could penetrate the heart, unconsciously gave birth to fear...... "When the ancient sword maker came out of the divine weapon, he had to sacrifice with blood, and the weapon had spirituality. ”
Wang De came in an old voice, Wang Ningan's face turned red, and he hurriedly walked over.
"Old general, are you okay?"
Wang Deyong waved his hand, "A handful of old bones, it's quite tough, in the past few days of defending the city, I slaughtered 8 Liao Kou with my own hands!" Lord Yama thinks the old man is hard, and he doesn't dare to ask for it!! ”
Wang Ning'an accompanied the old man to the study and sent the others away, there were only two people left in the room, relatively speechless for a long time, Wang Deyong smiled and said: "What, the hurdle in my heart has passed?" ”
"I can't hide anything from your old man...... Human life is at stake, how can it be so easy to let go, but it will not interfere with my judgment anymore. ”
Wang De nodded with satisfaction, "That's good, just now His Majesty issued an edict to ask about the next step, what do you think?" ”
"What about Your Majesty? What's the idea? ”
Wang Deyong said with a smile: "Of course, our majesty is looking forward to the greater the victory, the better, and the more Liao Kou you kill, the better." It's just that he also knows that everything can't be forced, it mainly depends on what we mean. ”
Wang Ningan said with a smile: "Your Majesty can trust us, not be greedy for merit, and be willing to delegate power, things will be much easier for us." ”
At present, Song Liao's situation is very clear...... Yelu Hongji mobilized almost 70,000 horses, first in Bazhou, and then divided his troops to attack the Baoding army, and was killed by the Wang family, and the army was defeated.
According to statistics, Wang Jiajun killed more than 8,000 Liao soldiers, lost more than 3,000 people under the city of Bazhou, and drowned 2,000 people in the Juma River, plus those who ran away and were injured...... The Liao soldiers lost between 15,000 and 18,000...... This is not a small number, take the leather room army as an example, there are a total of 60,000 people, this time the loss of 10,000, and one-sixth of the combat strength has been defeated.
The Tielin Army also lost about the same number, and also lost more than 20,000 war horses, as well as a lot of military rations, grass, weapons and tents...... The foundation of the Liao State is not as thick as that of the Great Song Dynasty, and these losses are enough to hurt the muscles and bones.
What's even worse is that these losses are all Yelu Hongji's, and Yelu Chongyuan's father and son have no losses, except for the new city that was looted and burned by the Wang family's army, the rest are unharmed.
In the past few years, Yelu Chongyuan's father and son have gained a lot of benefits in trade, relying on geographical advantages, and now Yelu Hongji has been weakened, and the gap in strength between them is getting smaller and smaller, and this is the biggest crisis in Liao!
The true life of the Liao lord Yelu Zong is on the verge of dying, and the prestige of the prince has been hit hard, with the ambitious Yelu Chongyuan inside, and the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia eyeing outside.
Liao has reached a life-and-death juncture!
If at this time, the Great Song Dynasty can raise an army of 100,000 and calmly respond to the battle, it may not be impossible to recover Yanyun and destroy the Liao State...... However, Da Song himself was also riddled with diseases, and he won very reluctantly.
Wang De used 500 of his subordinates to follow, and now there are less than 100 people left who can continue to fight, and the rest are either dead or wounded. There are 3,000 defenders in Bazhou, and less than 1,000 remain.
The Wang army had 3,000 cavalry, of which 1,000 heavy cavalry lost half, light cavalry lost 700, infantry lost 2,000, in addition, the Xin'an army, Xiongzhou, and Guangxin army all had losses, and the total added up to more than 10,000 people.
The most terrible thing is this general mobilization, the entire Hebei army is completely rotten, if it weren't for the extraordinary performance of the Wang army, the Liao soldiers would have been beaten to pieces, and the Song soldiers would have to be ashamed!
50,000 Tianxiong troops, after the reduction, only 15,000 remained, whether these horses can go to the battlefield is still a question mark...... Not to mention a hundred thousand troops right now, you can't even take out 30,000 people!
Among them, grain, grass, ordnance, intelligence, and all aspects are all loopholes...... Even if he wins, Wang Ningan thinks back on it, he is in a cold sweat, and now it is a worse time, but fortunately, the Liao Kingdom is even worse! Yelu Chongyuan's father and son joked about national affairs, if they really worked wholeheartedly with Yelu Hongji and fully cooperated, Da Song really couldn't stop it this time......
After a little analysis, Wang Ningan and Wang Deyong have the same opinion, the Liao army is newly defeated, and it is absolutely incapable of attacking the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty has no ability to expand the results of the war, and the two sides still have to negotiate peace...... It's just that this time the initiative fell into the hands of Da Song!
"Old general, I propose that we use war to promote peace, strengthen the army with war, actively strive for it, and get rich war dividends!"
Wang Deyong probed his body and couldn't wait to say: "What are you going to do?" ”
"It's very simple, we have to order all armies to attack in turn, enter the territory of Liao, and carry out killing and destruction...... In order to achieve the goal of military training, all generals who are unworthy of use should be dismissed and replaced, and personnel should be promoted in an exceptional way, and all those who dare to fight, can fight, and are not limited to victory or defeat, as long as they are worthy of training, they should be promoted without exception...... Don't be afraid to make mistakes, don't dare to fight! ”
"This is external, internal, we must take the opportunity to publicize the results of the war, boost the morale of the people, and also take the opportunity to recruit athletes to make up for the gap in the various armies. I would suggest to Your Majesty that the treatment of the Hebei armies be compared with that of the forbidden army, and that the forbidden army be stationed in various parts of Hebei for rotational training to increase actual combat experience. ”
Wang Deyong grabbed his snow-white beard and shook his head, "Erlang, I'm afraid you won't be able to do this!" ”
"What does the old general think is wrong?" Wang Ningan is still willing to listen to the wisdom of the old-timers.
"Since Emperor Taizu, my Great Song Dynasty has implemented a change of military law, that is, to let the forbidden army be stationed in various places, rotate once every three years, and remote areas for half a year, and the imperial court will temporarily send generals to command...... As a result, the soldiers do not know the generals, and the soldiers do not know the soldiers, which makes the disadvantages numerous and the disasters are endless. Jiro, how can you do the opposite? ”
Wang Ningan listened carefully and smiled slightly, "Old general, what you said is right, but I thought that the military system of all dynasties and dynasties had a fatal drawback. ”
"What does Erlang have to say?"
"Since ancient times, we only focus on the selection of generals, but ignore the training of soldiers, the result is a famous general, bring up a strong army, the famous general died, the soldiers were abolished, and the soldiers returned to the generals, and caused local division, the disaster of the feudal town at the end of the Tang Dynasty originated from this. I think this situation needs to change. ”
"How?"
"Training is more important than training generals!" Wang Ningan said categorically: "Take this defeat of the Liao soldiers as an example, there is no fancy, wall-style cavalry, anyone can learn, as long as you follow the training manual, be honest, and work hard in less than a year or two, you are guaranteed to succeed, as long as the general is a middle-aged person, his head is not feverish, he does not make faint moves, he is honest, and he fights in a proper manner, he can defeat the enemy!" The imperial court used its kung fu to train troops, so naturally it did not have to worry about the division of the feudal towns, nor did it have to worry about the decline of combat effectiveness...... "Wang Ningan kept gushing and told Wang Deyong his idea.
The old man was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Erlang, you just said that your cavalry is nothing unusual?" Can anyone do it? ”
"That's natural, I have a training manual here, and I'm about to present it to Your Majesty!" Wang Ningan said, really took out a booklet, and put it in front of Wang Deyong.
The old general's mouth opened wide in shock, and he could stuff a goose egg into it.
What are you kidding, the method of military training, that's a supreme treasure!
Jianghu artists are not easy to teach the ability to watch the family, the Jiangmen in Beijing, many families have family martial arts, there are wonderful methods of practicing family Ding, all of them are self-cherished, not to mention the emperor, even their own girls can't learn, can only be passed on to boys, such a precious thing, Wang Ningan actually took it out generously, it seems that it will be fully promoted, in case everyone learns, what kind of work does Wang Jiajun refer to?
Seeing Wang Deyong's horror, Wang Ningan smiled very easily, "Old general, many things are not difficult, let alone mysterious, but if you want to do it well, you need to work hard, you have to exchange sweat and blood, and many people are unwilling to endure hardship, so they make up myths and deceive themselves." ”
Wang De took a breath and thought deeply, "Erlang, the old man will go to the table immediately, this booklet of yours will be given to Your Majesty, and it will be implemented in various places, and it must be reorganized and armed, so that my people and horses of the Great Song Dynasty can fight and win!" ”
From this day on, the Song army swept away the decadence, from the Baigou River to the Damao Mountain, the 600-mile-long battle line, the Song army was everywhere, and the men and horses went deep into the Liao border for dozens of miles, attacking the villages, towns and tribes of the Liao State, burning the grasslands, and robbing the population...... Even if you can't meet the enemy, you can take the opportunity to train your troops, and the "Liaophobia" has disappeared, and it has been replaced by a group of young men who are eager to try and make meritorious contributions to the enemy immediately!