"Be careful, King!"

Xiao Zhuobu's personal guard accidentally glanced back behind him, and found a dense group of arrows flying in the sky, and hurriedly threw him under the horse.

When it was too late, a thousand bed crossbows and arrows came in response, and the wails of the Liao army camp also came one after another. Although Xiao Zhuobu escaped with great fortune, he broke his leg when he fell off the horse, and he was also in the wailing procession, and the surviving guards around him hurriedly picked him up and ran into the distance.

With Di Qing's warm farewell, the Liao army retreated a lot faster, and soon escaped from the Song army's attack range.

Xiang Jie saw that Di Qing had put down his clairvoyance, so he asked, "My lord, can the enemy chief be ambushed?" ”

Di Qing shook his head: "No! That old boy is in good luck! ”

Xiang Jie pursed his mouth and sighed: "It's a pity! I heard that in the battle of Lanyuan back then, our bed crossbow killed the general of the Liao State, and my subordinates thought that we would be able to reproduce this scene today! ”

"It's okay!" Di Qing said lightly: "Go and call Wanshou, you two also arrange the change of guards, it's been a hard afternoon, let your soldiers have a good rest!" ”

Xiang Jie: "Yes, my lord! ”

After a while, the commander of the 4th Army of the White Tiger Legion made Wan Shou come to the city tower and saluted Di Qing: "My lord, are you looking for me?" ”

"Hmm" Di Qing bowed his head: "It's getting dark, send some people out to clean up the battlefield, recover all the arrows, and save the Liao soldiers who didn't die, be careful, don't let people be in the dark!" ”

Wan Shou: "My lord, my subordinates have a question, I don't know if to ask?" ”

"Say it!" Di Qing looked down at the sand table, but he didn't raise his head.

Wanshou: "My lord, those Liao people have been bullying for so many years, and now they are finally able to vent their anger, why do you want to save them?" The subordinates think it's good that they're dead! ”

Di Qing: "The official doesn't have a good impression of them!" However, the Holy Saint has taught us many times that as a soldier, we should understand our responsibilities and not simply be a killing machine. Think about it, what is the ultimate purpose of our war with Liao? Will the Liao State be destroyed, or will the Liao people be destroyed? ”

Wan Shou: "My subordinates think it's unrealistic to kill them all, and it would be good to be able to incorporate the territory of Liao into the territory of my Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Di Qing: "So, what we want to dismantle is the regime of Liao, and the people of Liao are the targets of our fighting, maybe one day they will become our compatriots!" What's more, there are also Han Chinese in their infantry! ”

"But these people in the city are not ordinary people, they are soldiers of the Liao Kingdom!" Wanshou was slightly stunned.

Di Qing smiled: "Then let's rescue them back, so that they can no longer be soldiers of the Liao State, and one day, they may be able to become the vanguard of our attack on the Liao State!" ”

Wanshou: "My subordinates still don't understand?" ”

Di Qing: "Just do what the official says!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Although Wan Shou still couldn't figure it out, after all, in the eyes of most soldiers, the battlefield was just a matter of life and death, and he didn't deserve sympathy at all, but he still strictly implemented Di Qing's orders.

As a general who later shined, Di Qing had to do more than just win battles, it was just a soldier's job, and an excellent general had to understand the intention of the war, or the intention of the saint today, so that he could get twice the result with half the effort.

After that, the soldiers of the 4th Army who were arranged to rescue the Liao soldiers reluctantly churned in the sea of corpses, and finally rescued more than 200 people, and most of the others were either killed on the spot or died of excessive blood loss.

After dark, Di Qing gathered the officers of the 3rd and 4th armies above the captain level.

Di Qing: "Today is the first actual battle since the formation of the White Tiger Legion, you all express your opinions, let's summarize it well!" Xiang Jie, today is mainly your 3rd Army fighting, so it's up to you to talk about it first! ”

"Yes, General!" Xiang Jie got up and saluted him, and then turned to the direction of the others and saluted: "General, fellow comrades, today our army and the Liao army fought fiercely for half a day, killing and wounding nearly 5,000 Liao troops. And our army also lost one hundred and fifteen people, and nearly two hundred were wounded, which was basically caused by close combat with the Liao siege soldiers. Overall, the ratio of our army and the Liao army's battle losses in this battle was about 1 to 50, and at the same time, the consumption of arrows was very large, almost 50,000 arrows were consumed, which was worse than the previous drill of the General Staff.

From what I have observed, the main problem is the mood of the soldiers. At the beginning, everyone had not yet adapted to this mode of warfare, and the mood was relatively nervous, and many soldiers only knew how to shoot arrows non-stop, but did not pay attention to aiming. Later, when the melee met the enemy, the shield soldiers did not cooperate well, originally according to the training, in this case, it should be two people defending and one person attacking, but they are fighting separately, so that the enemy has a chance.

In my opinion, we have trained a lot in large-scale team combat formations before, but we have slightly insufficient training in small group battles, and we need to strengthen training in this area so that soldiers can make reasonable choices according to the situation. In addition, this incident has also exposed the lack of adaptability of our army's grassroots commanders. General, the subordinates are finished! ”

Di Qing motioned for him to sit down: "You have also heard it, Xiang Commander will agree with this speech, today the performance on the city wall has been seen, it is said that with the equipment of our army, coupled with the advantages of the city wall, it is not impossible to fight a war with zero casualties." This officer also saw that some soldiers actually stood up and cheered after killing the enemy, and there was no sense of safety at all, which is very undeserved, although the Liao army is very vegetable, but everyone should not take it lightly! ”

"Thank you for your teaching! Humility must be kept in mind! Xiang Jie and Wanshou took the lead in shouting.

Di Qing: "Just now I told the commander about the basic commander, and this officer will definitely report to the saint, and if there is a chance, let all the captains, squadron leaders and even squad leaders go to the Royal Army Academy to study and study." However, the time is not yet ripe, let's focus on the war, so let them read more military books for themselves! ”

……

At the same time, Xiao Zhuobu's side was also discussing the battle during the day, they didn't have the habit of summarizing the battlefield, but this time they suffered a little loss, so he naturally summoned a few of his right-hand men to discuss with the dog-headed military division.

Xiao Zhuobu sat on the main seat, one leg resting on the low stool in front of him, and there were planks on both sides of his thighs.

Xiao Xunbu: "Let's talk about it, how should this battle be fought?" ”

The five captains pretended to be buried in hard thinking, and inadvertently kicked out a guy who looked like a Han man.

Xiao Xunbu saw his military advisor Qian Fuyu stand up, and his mood was a little better: "Mr. Qian, come and talk about it!" ”

Qian Fuyu blushed, peeked at the guys who kicked him in the back, thinking that he couldn't do anything to them, so he had to deal with it head-on: "Back to the king's words, according to the humble opinion, the Song people are nothing more than relying on the sharpness of bows and arrows, and the frontal battle is not the opponent of my Daliao warriors." However, our siege was at a disadvantage, and the city wall increased the power of the Song army's bow and arrows, and the humble thought that the hard fight outweighed the loss......"

Xiao Xunbu waved his hand and said impatiently: "Don't talk about those useless things, just say directly, how are we going to fight tomorrow?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qian Fuyu hurriedly responded: "King, there are two sets of plans, one is to make a ladder overnight, and make a large number of wooden giant shields, and let the soldiers carry the giant shield forward tomorrow, or climb the wall, or break the door, the king can pinch it as much as he wants." However, with this plan, it is best to wait until the baggage arrives and use catapults to suppress the archers and bed crossbows of the Song army, which can reduce the casualties of our army's siege. ”

Xiao Xunbu nodded, he has seen the power of the bow and arrow of the Song army this time, although the number is huge, but the ability to break the armor is still limited, as long as he can rush up to melee with a wooden shield, he must be like chopping melons and vegetables with his own warriors of the Great Liao Kingdom.

"Where's your second plan?" Xiao Xunbu continued to ask.

Qian Fuyu: "Back to the king, the villain's second plan is a serial plan, and there are thirty-six plans in the book "The Art of War". ”

Xiao Xunbu: "Don't put aside this king's show off your Han people's set of crepe things, listen to it!" ”

Qian Fuyu nodded: "The king, the little one is down to business, the king only needs to send the infantry to make a feint in the front tomorrow, let the cavalry take the first step to detour through the silt pass, cut off their back road, cut off their grain, grass and water sources, and let them defeat themselves without a fight!" ”

Xiao Zhuobu: "You say so, have you considered the Song army in Yijin Pass, it is only fifty or sixty miles away, and the cavalry of the Song State will be able to come to support in less than two hours, and then the cavalry of our army will fall into their encirclement." ”

Qian Fuyu: "King, you said that this humble position has also been thought of, not to mention that the Song army does not have many cavalry, even if their cavalry rushes to reinforcements, with my 20,000 elites of Daliao, do you still need to be afraid of them!" ”

Xiao Xunbu nodded: "You have a point!" How can the elite cavalry of my Da Liao be able to resist those Song people who can only dodge archery, if it were not for the protection of that city wall, they would not be a fart! This king will do as you say, let's just give him a two-pronged attack, and don't play any feints on the front, just give this king a direct attack! ”

Qian Fuyu hurriedly patted his ass: "The king is wise!" ”

Xiao Xunbu smiled proudly: "Pass on the order of the king, immediately send someone to urge the baggage team to speed up, and you must rush to the mouth of the pass at noon tomorrow, otherwise you will come to see you!" ”

"Yes, King!" The soldiers rushed out in response.

Xiao Zhuobu instructed the two cavalry commanders again: "Early tomorrow morning, according to Mr. Qian's wishes, the two of you will bypass the paths on the left and right sides of the Sikou Pass respectively, cut off their retreat, and intercept their reinforcements. This king wants to let these Song people who don't know life and death taste the taste of disobedience! ”

The two of them responded: "Obey the order!" ”

Then, Xiao Zhuobu said to the remaining three infantry commanders: "Take your people to make ladders and wooden shields for this king overnight, and other siege weapons, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Yes!"

The Liao soldiers were also busy according to the order, cutting trees and sawing wood, and they were busy in full swing. And Xiao Zhuobu, with the support of his guards, climbed onto the bed with difficulty, moved his injured leg to a comfortable position, and happily conceived of tomorrow's feat before falling asleep, killing some people by the way to avenge today's broken leg.

The place where the Liao army camped was ten miles away from Sikou Pass, and at night, the clairvoyance of the Song army scouts also lost its effect, and it was impossible for them to approach the reconnaissance on the territory of tens of thousands of people, and they were not wood, so you could be scared there, right?

Therefore, Di Qing only knew that the old boy on the other side was making a fuss, but he didn't know what was bad for others, but he didn't think too much, no matter what the Liao people did, he still had hole cards on his side.

As for the trick of attacking the enemy camp at night, Di Qing didn't think about it, it was his best tactic. However, Zhao Zhen said first, and for the time being, he would not let them play too risky things, and he could only give up this tempting fantasy. (To be continued.) )