Chapter 940: Mighty Desert
The battle report was transmitted back to the Chinese army, and all the soldiers of the forbidden army were shocked, and then envious. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
With military merit, it means that there is military merit to distribute the field, although it is not much, only five acres, and you have to pay taxes, but that is also your own life in exchange. The Chinese's feelings for the land are beyond the imagination of other countries. As long as it is their own land, no matter how barren and unbearable it is, the Han people will regard it as a treasure.
If there is no one at home to cultivate, it can be converted into cash. Died in battle, and there are pensions. What's more, if you make great achievements, promotion is inevitable. Once you become an officer and then enter the Royal Military Academy to study, you will definitely be a young general. Being a general is equivalent to stepping into a career. Is there anything better than being an official? For the Chinese, there really isn't.
As a result, the morale of the forbidden army was boosted, and they were even more eager for a big war.
The army is more silent, but silence is more powerful than the noise.
The Khitans also seem to understand that this army does not seem to be here to show off its might, but to really crusade. Their purpose is to go to Linhuang Mansion in Liao!
Linhuang Mansion is the heart of Liao, how can it be lost?
As a result, these Khitan nobles no longer dared to take it lightly, but took advantage of the Dashun forbidden army to set up camp and began to assemble a large army, preparing to stop them in Raozhou.
During the reign of Liao Taizu, the Liao State set up Yongzhou, and the Kuangyi Army was envoys. The remnants of the Bohai Kingdom were relocated to Raozhou. It has jurisdiction over Changle County and Linhe County.
It is said that it is a state city, but in fact, it is just a low earth city and does not have defense capabilities.
The Dashun forbidden army also had no appetite for this, and they planned to cross the Musk River in Raozhou and take Linhuang Mansion directly.
Yelu Hongji was anxious, and issued five holy decrees in a row, ordering all Khitan nobles to block the forbidden army.
Under pressure, these Khitan princes and nobles could no longer care about preserving their strength and were ready to fight to the death with the Dashun forbidden army.
In front of Raozhou, there is a grassland of Pingchuan, which is most suitable for the cavalry group to charge. This is also the reason why these princes and nobles are willing to fight to the death, after all, it is beneficial to them.
The Khitans were not good at attacking cities, and they were not good at defending cities. Once the Dashun Forbidden Army breaks through to Linhuang Mansion, then Linhuang Mansion is really in danger. Once the Linhuang Mansion falls, the Jurchens, Murowei, Menggu, Enemy Lie Eight Divisions, Sticky Eight Ge Divisions, Meili Urgent Divisions, Chazara Divisions, etc., which were suppressed by them for a while, will be ready to move and want to carve up the Liao Kingdom.
After all, the Liao State is composed of a number of nomadic peoples, and the north, northwest, and northeast are almost all the territories of these tribes. Coupled with the arrival of the Xiaoice River period, these tribes had long been fed up with the bitter cold land, and if it were not for the army of the Liao State, they would have wanted to go south long ago. Once the Linhuang Mansion was breached, it was tantamount to declaring the defeat of the Liao State. After the defeat of the Liao State, these tribes were no longer constrained, and it seemed logical to go south.
The princes and nobles of the Khitan are not stupid, the reason why they have today's status is because their ancestors were strong, expelled other nomads, and established the status of the Khitan. Once the Khitan loses power, they will also become like those tribes, or like the Xiongnu and Turks, and go to the west.
No matter how you look at it, it's a point of no return.
For the rise and fall of the Khitan people, they had to take it seriously, and no longer counted gains and losses, life and death.
So, the two armies met in front of the Musk River, and each set up camp, ready to fight to the death.
As night fell, there was silence on the prairie, except for the neighing of horses and the howling of wolves in the distance.
In the grasslands in spring, the nights are still unusually cold. If it weren't for the forbidden army's cotton clothes, they wouldn't have dared to go on the Northern Expedition in the spring. Weather is always the enemy's enemy.
Even the Khitans, who could withstand the bitter cold, froze to death many soldiers because of their thin clothes, not to mention cattle and sheep.
Both sides did not steal camps, and everyone knew that a sneak attack would not solve the problem at all. At this point, how can the Khitan people not know that the Han people have reduced the grain and grass to zero? The sneak attack has become a stupid trick. It is of no use other than to increase casualties.
Looking at the tough, dense layers of barbed wire, I couldn't help but gasp when I saw the powerful Khitan cavalry.
This is definitely the nemesis of cavalry!
If in the decisive battle, they march step by step and advance slowly, then the Liao State will really have nothing to do.
Once the war horse is hung up by barbed wire, even if it jumps over the obstacle, the war horse will definitely be scratched. Can a scratched war horse still be considered a war horse? They will go crazy, they will be uncontrolled, and even the best cavalry will be dismounted.
They all want it, but the Han people can't think of it?
The Khitan people just want to know who came up with this immoral method, and they can't wait to break him into pieces.
Unfortunately, it was Lu Chengqi who came up with it.
When the real decisive battle came, Lu Chengqi's idea was to add barbed wire to the trenches and completely block the enemy's mobile forces. The trenches are densely packed, and there is absolutely no place for the war horses to stop, let alone charge.
This is why the war horses withdrew from the battlefield during World War II. Under such a dense trench, it is equipped with powerful long-range firepower, not to mention a target the size of a war horse, even if it is wearing full-body armor, it will be strafed into a sieve.
Of course, now there are no repeating machine guns, and the firepower is not powerful enough. But the trenches, with barbed wire, were enough.
If you really don't have time to dig trenches, there are all kinds of iron cars. In a large circle, they were not afraid of cavalry charges at all.
Dawn is approaching, and the decisive battle is about to begin.
In order to conceal this combat intention, the doctor did not dig trenches, but mobilized all the iron wagons that could be mobilized and placed them in the front.
In the back, there are sword, gun and shield soldiers relying on iron wagons, and in the back, there are crossbowmen, musketeers, and in the innermost, there are large killer cannons.
The slow march of the forbidden army was due to the fact that they carried these sub-cannons. Otherwise, they would have no problem marching 180 miles in a day on flat ground.
When the big drums in the Khitan cavalry were erected, the Khitan cavalry began to croak, as if they were accumulating strength and preparing to charge.
"Captain, the sub-mother cannon has been adjusted to Zhuyuan, ready to shoot at any time!"
"Tai Lieutenant, there are already ambushes in the rear, digging trenches, once there are Khitans who want to attack, there will definitely be no return!"
"Captain, the cavalry on the left and right flanks can attack at any time!"
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After listening to the battle reports one by one, a hint of flushing appeared on the resolute face: "Okay, the three armies listen to the order, each guard its position, and meet the army of Liao!" ā
"Order!"
The soldiers were enthusiastic when they heard this, and they were finally going to have a decisive battle.
They know that this battle must not be lost. Defeat is death. If you win, you can continue to go to Linhuang Mansion. They also firmly believed that the forbidden army could not be defeated, and Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: "Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." They know all the means of attack of the Khitans, but do the Khitans know their means of attack? Obviously, the Khitans did not know.
Information asymmetry is always cruel.
In the shopping mall, the information is asymmetrical, and you are the one who is making money; On the battlefield, information is asymmetrical, and you are the losing side.
In the ever-changing battlefield, any negligence is fatal. Not to mention information asymmetry, that's simply sending yourself to death!
"This time, we Han people want to dominate the desert!"
The loud words of the seed doctor made the blood boil among the forbidden troops around them, and they suddenly let out a "Tiger!" Tiger! Tiger! The cheers and cheers were lifted!