Zhao Ta came up today to belittle his subordinates, and made them speechless, but this is by no means because he is the emperor bullying people, it is a reasonable and well-founded fact without water. While convincing them, they also understood what it meant to see the essence through the phenomenon, and knew that the boss's discerning eyes couldn't rub the sand, but they didn't know how much effort Zhao Ta had secretly put in.

Zhao Ta still understands the principle of 'no investigation and research, no right to speak', in fact, as soon as he arrived in Fu Hulin, he wanted to see the boundary to see the defense line that Wushu had spent a lot of energy and thought on, but his proposal immediately aroused unanimous opposition from everyone. What was surprising this time was that the emperor did not insist on going his own way, but 'modestly' accepted everyone's opinions, and never mentioned the matter of patrolling the border, and every day he either hunted and feasted with a group of Khitan relics, or reviewed the exercise plan, and went to the army to inspect the combat readiness.

But where can Zhao Ta do what he wants to do, he clearly accepted everyone's proposal, but behind his back, he played with the darkness of Chen Cang. He took advantage of everyone's trust in him, saying that he went hunting but often drove the prey to the border, and the inspection army often went to the border post across the river from the Jin State, and walked all over this 100-mile border line under various pretexts, carefully surveying the terrain.

In those places where he could not see them, Zhao Ta took advantage of his good personal relationship to privately instruct Zhang Kui to lead the 'Night Bat' detachment to infiltrate the other side of the boundary trench to conduct cross-border reconnaissance, so as to understand the internal structure of the castle along the border and the configuration of auxiliary troops and weapons and equipment. Zhang Kui lived up to the trust, not only figured out what Zhao Ta wanted, but also unknowingly got the defense map of a section of the boundary trench in Dading Mansion. Of course, Zhang Kui also 'extorted' from the emperor what he wanted - a batch of new daggers that had just been made by craftsmen from Persia.

Zhao Tatong Guò himself saw with his own eyes and reconnoitred and understood the basic structure and defensive layout of the boundary trench. This time, in the name of surveying the exercise ground, they led a group of generals across the river, and at this time it was too late for them to stop it. I can only 'go crazy' with the emperor. Unexpectedly, the emperor who had been prepared for a long time grabbed the pigtails and made him sneer and not say anything. More importantly, the Emperor's reminder was like an initiation, so that they understood that the enemy had made a change, and that if they continued to stick to their past experience, they would be defeated......

"Look at your battle plan, even if you can blow up the gap with artillery and break the city with cavalry. But have you ever thought that the enemy army has staggered earth barriers in the city to reduce the impact of the cavalry? They can use the infantry hidden behind the earthen barrier to block the cavalry that has lost their speed, use the trebuchet to attack our reinforcements who enter the city later, and the crossbowmen kill and wound our troops who have approached the city. A three-layer firepower network of far, medium and near layers has been formed. But these are only what we can see, there must be many hidden obstacles and traps behind the trenches that we don't know about, and rushing into them will only cause great casualties! Zhao Ta said again.

"Your Majesty means that the Jin army has given up its cavalry superiority and instead used the infantry army to fight and kill our attacking troops!" Zheng Ping said with some surprise that he knew very well that the transformation of an army was very difficult, especially for the Jurchens from the nomadic background.

"Yes, the Jurchens recognized their weaknesses in defeat and had the courage to face them when they realized that they could not win in the attack. It absorbed the experience of our Central Plains in using the Great Wall and the fortified city to deal with the cavalry, and turned to deal with us, which is what we often say, 'use the skills of the other to control the strength of the other'! Zhao Ta said leisurely, he was also in the same way back then, in order to deal with the iron cavalry of the northwestern nomads, he learned their tactics and tactics. An army with cavalry as the main force was formed.

"His Majesty means that we should also focus on changing our tactics to adapt to the changes of the enemy!" Zheng Ping said that he was not stupid. The Emperor's meaning was already clear, but he was still a little hesitant. After all, this is not an easy task, especially if you give up the tactics that you have applied skillfully over the years.

"Now the strategy of the Jin army against us has changed from an all-out offensive to an all-out defense in the past. I think everyone has already thought about the outcome of abandoning the mode of large-scale field battles with us, trying to build a strong fortress to block our offensive, and we are still using our inherent experience and combat mode to deal with the changes of the enemy! Zhao Ta saw that everyone had realized their hard work, and said in a slow tone.

"The lesson of His Majesty is that his subordinates have disappointed His Majesty!" Zheng Ping pleaded guilty, now he is already the envoy of Dading and the head of a war zone, and now that there is such a crisis, he realizes that he has a great responsibility.

"There are too many grievances between the Song and Jin countries, and in the end they need to be understood by a war. Of course, the Jin army will not completely give up its traditional advantages, and will still use field warfare to cooperate with urban warfare, but the intensity and scale will be reduced, and more cavalry will harass and cut off our transportation lines as the main combat purpose. Therefore, while retaining the strong cavalry force, we must improve the combat skills of our urban offensive and defensive warfare, and breaking through the boundary trench is only the first step! Zhao Ta looked at the long boundary trench and said.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates understand, the purpose of your organization of this autumn exercise is to study new tactics and new tactics through the exercise, find out our shortcomings, and sum up the methods to break through the trenches and barriers set up by the Jin Army, so as to lay the foundation for future operations!" Zheng Ping Shili said solemnly.

"Well, it's not in vain! I have already ordered the Baggage Brigade to rebuild the Zhenwei Abandoned Fort on the banks of the Huangshui River in imitation of the Jin Army's boundary trenches, and I will personally lead 5,000 state troops and the 1st Guards Brigade to defend this place. You will be the commander-in-chief of the attacking side and lead the army to attack, and if you can't take it, prepare to show me the gate! Zhao said with a smile.

"This ...... His subordinates will definitely capture His Majesty's defense! The emperor's evil smile aroused Zheng Ping's surging battle intent, and he hesitated and gritted his back molars and said.

"Okay, now let's arch forward and see how Jin Jun reacts, do you dare?" Zhao Ta said, his toes slammed the horse's belly, and the war horse rushed forward in pain and rushed down the earthen beam, and ran straight to Hutunbao. Zheng Ping shook his head and smiled bitterly, where was this to ask for his own opinion, it was obvious that he had pulled everyone onto the thief ship, and in desperation, he also urged the horse to chase after him......

The 'breakthrough' autumn performance lasted for ten days, and the entire Huangshui was shrouded in gunsmoke. The state army led by the emperor used cold weapons as the main weapon, with only 8,000 troops, and resisted the 50,000 forbidden army with the Kryu army as the main force under the condition that the overall strength was at an absolute disadvantage, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations.

The forbidden army commanded by Zheng Ping was strong and well-armed, although he knew that the emperor was good at using troops, and that his eyes were a ghost idea, and he had received a hint from the emperor earlier, and he had fully estimated the difficulties he might encounter, and also made careful arrangements, and he opened the way to storm the castle with artillery fire. But the emperor gave him a dismount in the first battle, and when the army crossed the river and lost artillery cover, he sent the 'Tiefutu' to launch a surprise attack.

The forbidden army immediately sent hussars to meet the battle, and according to past experience, hussars could easily break through the resistance of Tiefutu with their long cavalry spears. However, this time it was difficult to work, and the hussars in the front row were destroyed after defeating the first column of Tiefutu, and they could only continue the attack with pistols and long knives. The Tiefutu who followed up was wearing heavy armor and holding long soldiers, and the power of the pistol was limited, if it didn't hit the vital point, even if it hit, it would not make it lose its combat effectiveness, but their sabers couldn't fight spears and axes.

Due to the narrow area of the battlefield, the first column of hussars that failed to attack blocked the way of the rear column, and it was difficult for the cavalry spears that lost their rapid impact to penetrate the opponent's armor, but the formation was chaotic under the opponent's chopping and impact, and they were gradually defeated. However, the artillery that crossed the river was suddenly hit by the heavy stone throwers of the defenders, and the heavy artillery could not be hit hard by the advance and retreat on the pontoon bridge.

After fierce fighting, the forbidden army gradually stabilized its position and cut and annihilated the invading 'Tiefutu', but the defenders almost destroyed the attacking artillery at the expense of Tiefutu, and also caused them a lot of losses. The attackers, who lost their artillery, became lame generals and their combat strength was greatly reduced. The battlefield became a stage for the emperor to put on a show, and he used strong fortifications and flexible tactics to maneuver with the attackers, and the battle went on, and the three angels attackers were still unable to break through the outermost layer of the entrenchment.

At this point in the battle, the generals who watched the battle and the officers and soldiers participating in the exercise understood that the attacking side had been defeated, and three days was enough time for the defenders to get reinforcements. The defenders, who are replenished with their forces and equipment, can not only continue to maintain their combat effectiveness, but even have the opportunity and ability to launch a counterattack, and the possibility of turning the tide of the battle is slim to the attacking side without artillery. Everyone even believed that if the emperor would never be passive in defense after receiving reinforcements, he would look for an opportunity to counterattack, and it was unknown whether the attackers would be able to withdraw from the battlefield safely.

But I don't know if the emperor deliberately embarrassed the forbidden army, or if he wanted them to learn a profound lesson, and did not order the end of the exercises. Later, in the case of damaged troops, they took the initiative to withdraw from the outer defense line and retreated into the castle to defend it, and the forbidden army units that had lost face were ruthless, using wheel tactics and ordering all the dragoons to dismount and participate in the siege, wanting to consume the defender's limited strength with the advantage of troops. And after paying several times the price of the enemy, the attackers finally filled in the boundary trench, blew open the fortress gate and broke into the city, and two more days passed.

The armies, who thought they could fight quickly, found that a nightmare awaited them, and the defenders used the various fortifications and traps that had already been built to fight them for five days. The battle was fought to this point, everyone showed their abilities and tried their best, and finally the defenders finally ended the battle when their forces were exhausted, and the attackers paid the price of more than half of the casualties, and there was no strength to fight again...... (To be continued......)