readx; Normally, if you want to defeat a tribe or country by military force, the tactics should be to fight in the field first, wear down the opponent's military strength as much as possible in the field, and then capture the city when the opponent is unable to defend the city. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info of course, if you run into the other party's city guard is an embroidered pillow, before the fight is run with the tail between the legs, the city is handed over, can only be said to be their own luck. There are only a very small number of generals who retreat without a fight, and most of the generals, regardless of whether they can hold it or not, at least they still have to pass the tricks, even if they are defeated, they have a good excuse to go back, such as 'the enemy is outnumbered, the general has done his best, but God will not bless me'...... to push the responsibility for defeat to God This trick has been tried and tested. Even if it's the other party's lord who has the heart to blame this general, but people have moved God out, you can't punish God together, right? If you provoke God, you will be rewarded with a natural disaster [***], and no one can stand it.

This kind of third-rate player who retreats without a fight, or retreats after a fight, is mainly abundant in the Central Plains. A brave and warlike tribe like the Khitan can't produce such a good product for several generations, and if it does, it can only be regarded as a bad luck for the country. Under the long-term elimination of one another, it is inevitable that the Central Plains will repeatedly take advantage of the northern tribes.

However, in terms of tackling tough battles, the generals of the Central Plains still have two brushes, which may be the experience of learning from failure for a long time, after all, failure is the mother of success, and this is not given in vain. In order to stimulate the soldiers to quickly capture Yingzhou, Wei Hong issued a military order, before the fall, if the army could not set foot in Yingzhou City, the generals above the commander of a thousand commanders would be beheaded! Then the rest of the generals jumped one level each, filled the vacancy, and put the high position to the capable.

'Beheading' is not a joke, plus on the battlefield, the military order is like a mountain, and if you say beheading, then beheading, there is no room for negotiation. Originally, seeing that they couldn't capture the city for a long time, the generals who were in a high mood for battle, in order to keep their heads on their shoulders, all showed their powers, used all their strengths, and rushed up with soldiers wave after wave. What is called ladder tactics, what is called hard encounters, as long as the tactics that can be linked to the battle, they have all been used. Not to mention, this kind of chaotic tactics is quite effective, and Yingzhou City, which could not be stepped into a single step, gradually revealed the cover door under this chaotic and disorganized tactics. First, the guards at the city gate began to have a gap period, and the front ones were dead, and the back ones had not yet been connected; Then the soldiers on the city wall were either killed by arrows and bows, or they were rushed away by the soldiers who climbed the wall sporadically. The city gate and the city wall, the two most important frontier positions in the city, have seen an irreversible decline, and the Tang generals with their heads hanging over their heads saw this, and secretly kept their heads, and ordered the soldiers under their jurisdiction to attack the city gate and the city wall with all their might. Yingzhou City, which was originally impossible to conquer, was rushed away by the Tang soldiers who were not afraid of death before it fell, and the destruction of the city has become an established fact and cannot be reversed.

Seeing that Yingzhou City was finally breached, Wei Hong asked Yin Kaishan to give another order, and the soldiers of the whole army above the commander of a thousand commanders, as long as the defenders in the city were annihilated, they would be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver and 50 horses of silk each. This reward seems to be quite a lot, but in fact, there are only a few generals in the army who are above the commander of a thousand commanders, and even if it is a reward, it will not be much rewarded. This trick is called, slap and then give a sweet date to eat.

Just now, in order to save their lives, the generals did not want to kill the siege; Now, in order to get rewards, the generals are reaping the lives of the enemy soldiers like crazy with their armies. Before the fall of the city, before the second day, the 28,000 living defenders of Yingzhou City were completely annihilated, and none of them were spared! Since then, Yingzhou City has fallen under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan will no longer have a springboard for the Central Plains to use troops, as long as the Tang Dynasty wants to, it can use Yingzhou as a springboard at any time to exterminate the Khitan.

Without the main army, the Khitan is like a vicious dog with broken teeth, which seems to be fierce, but in fact there is no threat. When the Tang Dynasty faced the Tubo Xiangxiong coalition army, with more than one enemy, the Khitan thief took advantage of the fire to rob. Now Yin Kaishan decided to treat him in his own way, and also played a trick to take advantage of his illness and kill him. Leaving 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard the camp state as a follow-up, the remaining 10,000 or less than 20,000 soldiers and horses are marching towards the Khitan's lair. As a result, as soon as the army was organized and had not yet left Yingzhou, the Khitan Khan sent an envoy to deliver a letter, announcing his unconditional surrender, which was attached to the feet of the Tang Dynasty.

This approach of the Khitan is undoubtedly wise, the border of the Tang Dynasty has been repeatedly violated in the past two years, and there is nowhere to hold the fire in the belly**, if the Khitan does not surrender, it will really destroy the Khitan in one fell swoop. The Khitan surrendered, everyone was happy, and Yin Kaishan sent the good news of defeating the Khitan, the Khitan surrender, and the successful rescue of Li Jing back to the capital. About half a month later, the capital came to the decree and ordered Yin Kaishan to withdraw all the main forces to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and there were dozens of officials who came with the holy decree, these officials were all good at politics, and they were distributed in the Khitan territory to supervise the Khitan. To put it bluntly, it has the same function as the 'ambassador of so-and-so embassy' in later generations.

In this battle, Wei Hong was the happiest, and he met the requirements of Comrade Li on time, as long as Li Jing was sent back to the capital, Yan Ruyu would basically be safe. Wei Hong is not afraid that Comrade Lao Li will play a scoundrel, after all, he is also the king of a country no matter what he says, and he can't do such a thing. In addition, if you make another great contribution and offset the credit, you used to be entangled with the son of a traitor, so it should be offset, right?

With an infinitely good mood, Wei Hong returned to Beijing, planning to find Comrade Lao Li immediately, but on the day he returned to Beijing, Wei Hong did not even enter the palace gate, and was blocked by the guards, saying that Comrade Lao Li had an order, and no one was allowed to enter the palace to face the saint. Wei Hong chuckled in his heart, and secretly said Comrade Li, should he really want to change his hexagram? Just when Wei Hong was nervous, Comrade Lao Li had a holy decree conveyed to Wei Hong, asking Wei Hong to go to the early court after three days. With this holy decree, Wei Hong's hanging heart can be regarded as landing. Yes, since you let me wait for three days, let's wait for three days, I have been waiting for three years, and three days is just a flick of my fingers.

In the past three days, Wei Hong has been very busy. On the first day, Li Dejian and Li Jing visited the door and thanked Wei Hong for saving his life. Li Dejian put his arm around Wei Hong's shoulders and said excitedly: "I, Li Dejian, have a brother like you in this life, I don't have to say anything, it's worth it!" If it weren't for you pulling out your sword to help, my Li family really didn't know what to do. (To be continued.) )