Seeing that the three Ulu brothers came to invite the battle so recklessly, Huang Jie did not translate their words to the public, but replied with a smile in Jurchen words: "Hurry up, we are still thinking of a way to break your dragon array, you just wait!" ”

Later, he waited with Zhi Keshi, who was listening eagerly: "The Jin people are urging the battle, but they are not in a hurry, just think of a strategy to break the enemy that can reduce the casualties of our army, and then it is not too late to break the formation." ”

Hearing that Huang Jie was not anxiously asking for an immediate break, but asking to come up with a way to reduce casualties, everyone was relieved. Originally, this kind of military duel was the most afraid of impetuousness, and even more afraid that the generals would not be considerate of the casualties of the soldiers, and forced the soldiers to step forward to break the formation, and finally ended up dying in vain, so now Huang Jie's statement is equivalent to reassuring the hearts of the generals.

Speaking of which, in fact, the Song Dynasty was also a very funny era, this Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was born recklessly, but he also knew that the military was difficult, so in the early days of the founding of the country, the generals were allowed to fight freely, and they were given a high right to make decisions on the spot.

But in the Taizong period, Zhao Guangyi, who was uneducated and ignorant, liked to study some messy formation maps to issue generals, and required the generals to march and fight according to the formation map, which was actually the embodiment of Song Taizong's policy of restricting military generals.

Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, once had such a sentence, which is very revealing: "I select the generals and schools, and first take those who can control the subordinates, followed by martial arts." ”

This passage is from "The Biography of Li Chuyun in the History of the Song Dynasty", and the standard for Song Taizong to appoint military generals is not to dare to fight bravely, but to be obedient. However, it is really ironic that these words are recorded in the biography of Li Chuyun, Li Chuyun is a famous general in the early Song Dynasty, and as for his son, that is, Li Jilong, who beat the Liao State to gnash his teeth, is Li Chuyun's son.

As for the history of the Battle of Song Liao Mancheng, Li Jilong did not act according to the Son of Heaven and finally won a complete victory, so I won't say much here.

It is also said that in the history of the Song Dynasty, the record of the famous work of the Song Taizong formation map, the Pingrong Wanquan formation map, first appeared in May of the fourth year of Yongxi (987) of Song Taizong. This year was the year of the failure of Song Taizong's second expedition to Liao, and the Song court's strategy towards Liao gradually changed from strategic offensive to strategic defense. It was from this time that in the Song-Liao War, the Song people had been in a passive situation.

In addition to Song Taizong's consideration of the general's strategy of "going from the middle", there was also the compulsion of the Song court to take a defensive position in the face of the Liao State on the attacking side. This set of formations was recorded in the martial arts book "Wujing General Essentials" of the Northern Song Dynasty. The Pingrong Wanquan Formation is the most important formation in the military formation of the Taizong Dynasty.

It's just that, judging from the current historical records, this set of formations basically cannot be used in actual combat. Let's not talk about how this formation operates, given that its number is as high as 140,000 and it is distributed in five large formations, it is difficult to realistically use it in the battle between the two armies. Unless the battlefield is preset, the two sides will meet with troops as in the early Zhou era. And the Song people must also select a large open space suitable for 140,000 people in advance before the battle. This is obviously impossible. In addition, in this set of formations, the cavalry of the Song people only belongs to the supporting forces, and the combat strength of the cavalry of the Liao army is completely incomparable. The Song people even appeared in the chariots in the large array. Of course, this chariot was not used for offensive purposes at all, but only for sudden encounters with the enemy in the wilderness to defend against the gallop of the enemy's cavalry.

Obviously, this large number of people exploded in the Pingrong Wanquan Array, and its function was only one: at the pre-agreed time and on the pre-selected large open space, the Song people arranged a large array of 140,000 people in an orderly manner, waiting for the Liao army to attack.

This way of fighting basically did not exist in the Song-Liao War. As for the Song people, there is no need to aspire to the Liao army to be as stupid as Song Xianggong. Therefore, in the history of the Song Dynasty, we have no record of the Song people fighting with this Pingrong Wanquan Array. Perhaps, this is really not that the Song people are unwilling to record, but in real battles, it is completely impossible for such a suitable scene for the Song army to set the formation map.

The Song people's "Pingrong Wanquan Array" is highly classified and is not recorded in ordinary books. This set of array diagrams is not something that ordinary people can see. After all, the formation map is a military secret, and it can't be circulated casually, in case it is known to the northern Hulu, what secrets are there in the war?

Song Renzong, the great-grandson of Song Taizong, is even more fond of the matchup. Military general Zhao Zhen doesn't fight well, but he just likes to create formations. Then, Emperor Renzong rewarded! In his later years, Zhao Zhen entered the climax period of creating the array, and Renzong continued to reward him; As for Zhao Zhen's son, Zhao Xun is also a master of the art of array diagrams, and he has "five array diagrams" recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty.

As for Wenchen, Yang Kai, the governor of Bingzhou during the reign of Renzong Qingli, recommended his subordinate Yang Zheng to the imperial court, and this Yang Zheng has a formation diagram "Dragon and Tiger Eight Arrays" handed down. Even, this Brother Yang also designed his own weapon to be used with the formation diagram, and Renzong was very happy when he saw it, and personally summoned and rewarded him.

After all, Zhe Keshi is the leader of the Zhejia army today, guarding the valley of Shaanxi for many years, and has many battles with the Liao State and Western Xia, and has rich experience in the battle array, but also quickly came up with a way to deal with it, and suddenly the official horse came to Huang Jie, hugged his fists and saluted with a military salute: "Marshal, and General Rong Mo personally led the army out and broke this formation!" ”

Huang Jie shook his head when he heard this: "I can't help it!" General Zhe's duty is to lead the remaining 10,000 cavalry troops of our Northern Expeditionary Army, how can he be in danger! Cannot! Never! If you want to kick the formation, you can send someone else! ”

Also, Zhe Keshi, the commander, has to take care of the only cavalry unit in Huang Jie's hands now, let him personally kick the formation, not to mention that this old gentleman in his early fifties can still kill a few golden soldiers, in case he has a good deal, who will Huang Jie find to reason?

Seeing that Huang Jie's attitude was resolute and did not allow him to fight, Zhi Keshi had no choice, so he could only give orders: "Where are Zhi Yanbin, Zhi Yanwu, and Zhi Yanye?" ”

The three of them hurriedly went out of the column after hearing the order, and listened to Zhi Keshi's instructions: "Zhi Yanbin and Zhi Yanye each lead 300 cavalry for the left and right armies, and Zhe Yanwu leads 400 for the Chinese army, try to use the moon array to resist it!" ”

Hearing the three of them shouting and giving the order, they took the flag for temporary command and got up and left, and quickly ordered the troops they led to and began to set up the "moon array."

The so-called "moon array" is actually a huge circle array, and you can also see that Zheyan Wu led 400 cavalry in the array, and the hedgehogs formed a circle, and the soldiers put away their long and short weapons and took the riding bow in their hands. However, the 600 or so troops led by Zhi Yanbin and Zhi Yanye formed a cavalry flow from right to left and from left to right, slowly moving around the 400 cavalry in the middle, each holding a cavalry shield, spear, and spear, bowing their heads and making full preparations for defense.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the specific appearance of this "moon array", which is compared to the full moon by the Chinese army, and the two cavalry around the moon are the companion stars of the moon.

However, it is said that at this time, the battle formations of the enemy and us are about 3,000 steps apart (one step is about 1.5 meters, about 4,500 meters), and the so-called Panlong Great Array composed of thousands of cavalry of the Jin Army is located in an area of about 2,000 to 2,500 steps away from the city, while the Song Army's thousand cavalry is formed a moon formation in the interval of 150 to 500 steps from the city, and then the two battle formations began to slowly approach the center line of the battlefield in the center of 1,500 meters, and a fierce cavalry battle is also about to break out!