"The Han people have begun to set up formations!"

A scout patted his horse at a gallop, ran to the Liao State Central Army, and immediately dismounted and knelt down on one knee and said. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Could it be that the Han people want to set up a 'Pingrong Wanquan Great Array'? Hahaha...... "The princes and nobles were also laughed at by this, and almost fell off their horses without laughing."

The so-called "Pingrong Wanquan Great Array" is actually a joke. During the time of Dashun Renzong, the emperor did not know the soldiers, but he was afraid of defeat, so he instructed the Privy Council to make a battle formation for the forbidden army to drill.

This year is also a year for Shunliao to attack and defend the disposition.

Liao finally discovered that Dashun was a paper tiger since Gaozong, and there was no trace of fearlessness at all except for his teeth and claws. So, in order to survive, the Khitans began to sneak into the grass valley. The Dashun border army could not pursue, and over time they let it go, only restraining the people and not going out of the border of the Great Wall.

After a long time, how could the Liao State not know that Dashun's military strength had declined? In order to test the strength of Dashun's army, he sent a siege force composed of 50,000 cavalry and Han army, which frightened Renzong and hurriedly dispatched the forbidden army to defend.

However, the commander of the general was ambitious and talented, and he thought that he would do his best, but he unexpectedly laid out this "Pingrong Wanquan Great Array" and was vividly taught a lesson by the Khitans.

The "Pingrong Wanquan Array" is composed of the forward, the rear, the middle army, the left wing and the right wing. Its main force is the Chinese army, consisting of three phalanxes side by side, each led by a general; Each formation is five miles on all sides, twenty miles in circumference, and seven thousand two hundred paces; The three formations were separated by one mile, and the total width of the array was seventeen miles; In the three phalanxes of the Chinese army, a chariot is set up every 500 steps, and each chariot is equipped with 22 "ground division soldiers"; Each array of chariots counted 1,440 times, and each array was equipped with 5,000 "landless troops". In total, the three formations of the Chinese army were equipped with a total of 4,320 vehicles and more than 110,000 soldiers.

In addition to chariots, the soldiers of each Chinese army are equipped with weapons and equipment such as horses, spears, bed crossbows (large repeating crossbow machines), infantry crossbows, infantry bows, swords, shields, etc. In addition, there are eight "watchtower cars" (movable watchtowers) in each formation, and there are 80 "watchtower" soldiers on each floor. There were two columns on the left and two on the right flank, and one hundred and twenty-five teams in the front, each with fifty horsemen, for a total of six thousand two hundred and fifty horsemen. One hundred and twenty-five teams of thirty horsemen each, for a total of three thousand seven hundred and fifty horsemen. That is, 10,000 horsemen on the left and right flanks, a total of 20,000 horsemen in the two formations, and 650 horsemen on the other side.

There were also two columns of cavalry in the front and rear formations, and sixty-two teams in the front, each with fifty horsemen, for a total of 3,100 horsemen. There were sixty-two teams of thirty horsemen each, for a total of 1,860 horsemen, and forty horsemen. 5,000 riders in the front and rear, for a total of 10,000 riders. The left, right, front, and rear formations were all composed of cavalry, including light cavalry and cavalry equipped with rifles, bones, and regimental plates.

The "Pingrong Wanquan Array" has invested more than 140,000 troops, and among the five military formations arranged, its main force is undoubtedly a Chinese army formation of more than 110,000 people. It should be pointed out that the chariots owned by the Chinese army array should be completely different from the chariots of the pre-Qin chariot battle, and there is no charge attack. It is to use the hull as a cover to defend against the impact of enemy cavalry on the plain.

The vehicles that are put in, equipped with equipment such as horse rejection, are mainly responsible for defensive functions. Therefore, the Chinese army formation is dominated by infantry. The front, rear, left, and right formations were composed of cavalry, with a total of only 30,000 cavalry, which was obviously an auxiliary force of the Chinese army, mainly responsible for guarding and covering the task.

It's easy to talk about troops on paper, but with more than 100,000 troops, how can it be possible to use one arm?

In that battle, the Chinese army of more than 40,000 cavalry broke through, the two wings were pinned, and the rear was disturbed, vividly interpreting what it means to be overwhelmed by the Dashun army. The Dashun army was also full of mistakes, and in less than an hour, the mobility of the Khitan cavalry was completely overwhelmed.

40,000 people defeated more than 100,000 people, and the First World War made the Liao State famous, and Dashun was discredited.

If it weren't for the quick rescue of the border army, I am afraid that it would really be a mountain of defeat. Since then, no Dashun army has dared to gallop across the Great Wall one step, all of them are afraid of the Khitans.

Therefore, the so-called "Pingrong Wanquan Great Array" is completely a joke in the eyes of the Khitans.

Think about how the two generations of monarchs of Dashun were wise and martial, and they were invincible everywhere they went, why did they wilt like this only in the Renzong Dynasty?

The reason for this is that Taizu and Gaozong have complete trust in the army, and are well versed in the principle of "the one who can do it but the king does not win", and gave the commander the right to use troops and deploy the formation on the spot, and did not interfere with the actions of the front-line generals, let alone give the formation and the formation map to fight remotely.

Although Dashun Taizu gave instructions before the generals set out on the expedition, they generally did not intervene in the actual process of employing troops. Looking at the war activities of the Taizu Dynasty, there is no record of the imperial formation and formation map. For example, when Cao Bin led the army to the Southern Tang Dynasty, Taizu not only gave the command power, but also gave Shang Fang the sword, "below the deputy general, those who do not need to die will be killed". In the battle of Jinghu, Taizu's henchman Li Chuyun served as the capital eunuch as a privy deputy envoy, and later had a conflict with the commander Murong Yanzhao due to the implementation of military discipline, and Taizu had to demote Li Chuyun in order to maintain the authority of the commander. The generals who led the troops on the Hebei and Hedong fronts had great autonomy, and "everything in the army was cheaper."

It can be seen that Taizu roughly followed the principle of "the one who can win but the king does not win", and is not keen on giving formations and formations. The first volume of the seventh volume of the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is dedicated to recording the formations made by the Song Dynasty, but there is no formation of the Taizu and Gaozong dynasties, and the book explains as follows: "Emperor Gongwei Yizu appeased the world with martial virtues, and the ancient art of war should not be passed." This proves that the use of the formation is single-minded and cannot be rigid in form.

Now that the Han people have set up a formation again, the Khitans are even more at ease. Although there are more than 400,000 Han troops, there are more than 300,000 Khitan aristocratic troops!

"I think it's better to be cautious, these Han troops are a little ......weird," the king of Chu on the side suddenly opened his mouth.

When the King of Jin next to him heard this, he was happy: "King Chu, were you scared of the Han army before?" The implication is to laugh at the uselessness of the King of Chu, 100,000 people beat 30,000 grain trucks, but they have never been beaten.

"That is the Han army in the old place, now who doesn't know, the Han army's grain and grass are distributed to the soldiers?" The king of Chu blushed and tried his best to justify, "Can I trade the life of my clansmen for a little food!" ”

"Alright, alright, don't make any noise." The king of Liu, who was on the side, persuaded, "It's better to do this, the king of Chu is feint head-on, and the king of Jin and I are flanked by both wings, and the direction of the real attack is in the rear of the Han army." King Wu and King Wu, how are you going? ”

"This is good!" Everyone supported it, but the king of Chu frowned and did not say a word.

"It's decided, let's go and prepare!" King Liuliu said lightly, in fact, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart for a long time. If you want to gain prestige in this war, it will not be a problem to recruit some scattered Khitan tribes. The clan was large, and the Khitan nobles could even despise the Liao court. If it is bigger, it can rebel and replace it. Who can resist the temptation of the throne? As long as there is a man with a desire for power, he can't escape, right?

The big war is about to break out.