Chapter 34: Yongxi's Northern Expedition (8)
"Your sister, I finally know that Mao and Song have been criticized in history, it's really not that these generals are incompetent, it's all the fault of the system." At this time, Zhao Weiji, who was waving his army north, kept cursing.
Because at this time, the Song Dynasty was strong and weak, and the evil consequences brought about by the policy of guarding the outside and guarding the interior began to break out in an all-round way.
When integrating the troops, Zhao Weiji almost stopped crying, and until now, Cao Bin and Mi Xin have not figured out who they are.
All they know is that this group seems to be cavalry, and this group is infantry. Due to the loss of a large number of mid-level generals, it is very difficult to integrate the current troops.
Then the distribution of the soldiers' combat effectiveness is extremely uneven, and now in addition to the Zhenzhou soldiers under him, there are also some forbidden troops under Cao Bin and Mi Xin, and the combat effectiveness of the others is outrageously low.
"His sister, isn't it that the Khitans have been releasing water before?" Looking at this uneven combat effectiveness, Zhao Weiji had such doubts for the first time.
The last and most serious problem is that most of the soldiers are now extremely war-weary. This battle has been fought for almost half a year, and if it continues to win, there is no problem, the key is that the Northern Expedition has suffered a great setback.
Due to the change of military regulations implemented by the Northern Song Dynasty, soldiers could not bring their families to the station. This means that the soldiers have not seen their relatives for at least a year.
Homesickness, the emotion of missing loved ones has begun to replace the ambition to make a career.
Zhao Weiji, who was facing many problems, still had to urge the army to continue to advance towards the army. It is no longer that he personally wants to go north, it is Zhao Guangyi who also decrees that he and Cao Bin will lead this mixed army, and they must be used to contain Yelu Hugo.
The twists and turns in the west had already reached Bianjing, and Zhao Guangyi certainly knew that the Western Route Army had begun to migrate people to Guannai. Now that the battle has been fought, Zhao Guangyi naturally knows what to talk about now, and recovering Yanyun has become an extravagant hope. As long as the existing success can be consolidated, it is already thankful.
From the order given by Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Weiji naturally saw that Zhao Guangyi's current idea was to keep the fruits of victory, so Zhao Weiji decisively chose to lead his troops back to Ulzhou, and then set off from Ulzhou to intercept Yelu Huge's troops.
Because the results of the East Road were basically only Xincheng, Zhuozhou took and lost, and then was defeated by Yelu Hugo in Zhuozhou.
The results of the Middle Route Army were basically no losses, if they set out from Ulzhou, they could intercept Yelu Hugo, and if they retreated, they could rely on Ulzhou to hold what they had now, and they could also support from the west.
Zhao Weiji thought it was good, but when he brought the troops back to Ulzhou, the soldiers began to burst out of war-weariness. It was only after saying that this group of soldiers was brought back to the battlefield.
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"Again? Who is leading the team this time? Yelu Hugo also learned the news that the Song army had set off from Ulzhou again.
"It doesn't seem to be Cao Bin. It is possible that it was the one who defeated us the first two times. The scout replied.
"That's just right. I finally had a chance to meet him. Hearing that it seemed that it was Zhao Weiji who was leading the team, Yelu Hugo was a little excited.
"Pass the order down, let the whole army change direction and go directly to the decisive battle with the Song army."
Yelu Huge, who was going to the West Road, suddenly came directly towards Zhao Weiji.
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"General, the scout reported that the Khitan army suddenly changed direction and came directly towards us." The person who spoke at this time was none other than Hu Yanzan.
It turned out that when the team was being reorganized, Zhao Weiji found this talent who was buried at this time in the army, so he decisively brought Huyanzan to his side.
As for Mi Xin, he was left in Ulzhou, and Cao Bin was directly recalled by Zhao Guangyi to Jingshi to ask for the guilt.
"How far is it?" Zhao Weiji asked.
"A hundred miles at most."
"Okay, let the rear army go and camp. Then find Zhao Xin, Li Jiguang, and take the front army and we will go to the front to prepare to meet the enemy. ”
At this time, the place where Zhao Weiji and Yelu Huge's army was about to fight was the Zhuolu Ancient Battlefield, and when he heard the soldiers report the place name, Zhao Weiji couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, he didn't expect to be in the place where Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought for a while.
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"It seems that they already know about our existence, so let's give the order and prepare for a decisive battle." Brother Yelu Hugh here naturally also found out the location of Zhao Weiji's troops, and this side also began to prepare for a decisive battle.
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The armies of the two sides soon met at Zhuolu.
The Liao army was dominated by cavalry, and its morale was booming.
The Song army was dominated by infantry, and although the morale of the other soldiers was a little low, the Zhenzhou soldiers who were the main force at this time still maintained strong morale, after all, they were the only ones who had not lost a battle.
In this way, the two armies lined up and began to confront each other.
At the beginning, who didn't dare to act rashly, Zhao Weiji is because the defense of the Star Formation is stronger than the offense anyway, if you don't understand, I won't understand, anyway, it will wear down your morale.
The reason why Jeruxiugo did not move was that his men had already suffered two losses, and he did not want to attack rashly when he was not sure.
The two armies looked at each other like this for half an hour.
Immediately after, the Khitan army moved.
Yelu Hugo also knew that this was not a solution, so he sent a part of the Khitan soldiers to test first.
After seeing that the Khitan army finally moved, the Song army's side began to operate normally.
Then Jeruhuko saw that his troops were like mud oxen entering the sea, and all their strength was swallowed up by this star array.
Song Jun's Star Scattering Array is like a Tai Chi master, and as soon as you fight, your entire strength will be unloaded.
"Why divide the troops?" The general beside Jeruxiu asked puzzled.
"It's not that they want to divide their troops, it's that the Song army forced them to divide their troops." As he spoke, Yelu Hugo pointed towards the bow and crossbow camp behind the Song army. "Seeing that there are no strong bows and crossbows in the rear, as long as our cavalry ignores this formation and rushes directly over, they will be directly brutally attacked by the bows and crossbows of the Song Dynasty, and the power of their new bows and crossbows is not something you haven't seen."
The general glanced at the Song army's crossbow phalanx, then swallowed and nodded.
"Also, if our cavalry crosses them directly without considering these stragglers, once they assemble in the rear of our army, then their connection with the large army will be completely severed. This Zhao Weiji on the other side is really a capable person, no wonder Yelu Mo attaches so much importance to him. ”
"Then what should I do, the troops of our army who went to test have almost been wiped out."
"There's no way for the time being, I can't see the flaws in this formation for the time being, and the bamboo tube in their hands seems to be a great threat to our cavalry."
While Yelu Hugo was still analyzing the situation, the vanguard of the Khitan army had basically been strangled.
This time, Zhao Weiji asked Li Jiguang and Hu Yanzan to each lead a cavalry unit to form a "double field" situation in the formation.
Although it was the first time to participate in the operation of the Star Scattering Array in actual combat, Hu Yanzan did not show any discomfort, but had a considerable tacit understanding with Li Jiguang, and quickly killed the Khitan cavalry.
"Why is this Huyanzan so brave, why has it been buried?" Zhao Xin couldn't help but admire Hu Yanzan's performance when he saw it.
"It's all a problem of the system, this kind of brave general should have stood out a long time ago, but the long-term change made him not find a suitable position." While explaining to Zhao Xin, Zhao Weiji also felt sorry for more sergeants who generally did not get out of the way to Hu Yanzan.
"The Khitan has new troops on the battlefield?" It was at this time that Zhao Xin saw a new change on the battlefield in the distance.
"Fueling tactics? Brother Yelu Hugh is also Liaoguo Yu Yue should not make such a mistake. Seeing the new changes on the battlefield, Zhao Weiji was very puzzled.
It turned out that just when this group of Khitan soldiers was about to be completely engulfed, Yelu Xiuge sent another Khitan cavalry to join the battlefield.
That's right, there is only one, this kind of refueling tactic has always been taboo in the soldiers' family, and Zhao Weiji didn't understand what Yelu Xiuge wanted to do.
Not only did he not understand, but neither did the lieutenant generals under Jeruxiugo.
"Yu Yue, why is this?"
"I naturally have my own considerations, and I just do it." At this time, Brother Yelu seemed to see something, but he couldn't explain it to his subordinates in detail, so he could only be arbitrary and let his subordinates do it.
This cavalry entered the formation, and naturally was "taken care of" by the Song army as usual, although it was a little difficult to deal with the cavalry because of the consumption of the assault rifle, but relying on the "double field" diligent wandering or this part of the men and horses were also eaten.
"I'm sending one in, I'm almost finding a way to deal with this formation." Jeruxiugo asked his subordinates to continue to invest in the troops.
The subordinates who had no choice but to put another group of people into it.
But at this time, the speed of the destruction of the centaurs who entered the formation had been greatly slowed down, and although they were all killed in the formation in the end, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the efficiency of this star-scattering array had decreased.
"Okay, I already know how to deal with this formation, collect the troops today, and come back tomorrow."
The confused subordinates could only withdraw their troops and see what way Yu Yue could come up with to deal with this strange formation tomorrow.
Seeing that the Khitan had withdrawn their troops, the Song army did not make any pursuit moves, because they were no longer capable of any pursuit at this time.
The Zhenzhou soldiers and the forbidden army were already tired enough at this time, and the other soldiers really couldn't count on it, so they could only stop there.
At night, the main generals of the Liao and Song dynasties held a meeting in the big tent at the same time.
"I already know how to break that weird formation." As soon as the Liao State Conference began, Yelu Hugo came to such a sentence without a head.
And Song Jun's side was actually in a similar situation, and Zhao Weiji came to the beginning of the meeting: "It is estimated that Brother Yelu Xiu has already found how to crack our Star Scattering Array." ”
Both sides will be a little surprised, but since the main general said so, the situation of the next day will definitely change dramatically.
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