This kind of tactic appeared very early in China, and the famous Battle of Maling, where Sun Bin used the method of 'luring the enemy to set up an ambush' to fight and kill Pang Juan, is a typical pocket array. In the West, the Battle of Salamis in which the Greek coalition defeated the Persian fleet, and the Battle of Calale in which the Parthian general Sulena defeated Karasu, one of the three Roman giants. There are countless examples of related battles, and many names have been derived, such as closing the door to catch thieves, going to the room to draw ladders, closing the door to beat dogs, and catching turtles in urns

Setting up a 'pocket array' is one of the basic tactics, and its standard process can be summed up in 12 words - set up an ambush in advance, lure the enemy deep, gather and annihilate it. The specific use of the pocket array is very simple, first set a trap, send a force forward to lure the enemy into the trap, and then ambush the soldiers to disrupt the enemy's formation, and 'seal' the trap, and surround and annihilate the enemy army at the end.

Military commanders in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, are familiar with this tactic and have tried it repeatedly, and it can be called a universal tactic, and it is a miracle that one tactic can be applied everywhere. But since people are so familiar with how to set up pocket formations, why does one side always fall into the trap?

The key to setting up a 'pocket array' is to 'lure the enemy deeper'. The key to luring the enemy deep is whether the 'bait' can give the enemy enough attraction. In the Battle of Wagram, Napoleon, a figure who would be stunned in front of the 'bait', although he broke his pocket at the least, but it also shows how easy it is to exploit the weaknesses of human nature, such as greed and weakness.

In this way, whether a commander can overcome his own character weaknesses is the key to victory or defeat, but it is also because it is difficult for most people to jump out of the limitations of human nature. Thus defeated by himself ...

Han Li, who was not obviously the majority, learned that Zhaozhou had been attacked. Gaoyi and Baixiang were breached, and all personnel and property were taken away by the Wumashan rebels. Although it was an empty city, it was an empty city, and he was angry and immediately vomited blood and fell to the ground, and after waking up, regardless of his illness, he first beheaded the Zhaozhou guard general Dutong Wanhu Eluguan, and then gathered all the troops to send Wuma Mountain.

When Han Li did not lead the army south, he led more than 60,000 soldiers, which were regular soldiers, and there were miscellaneous soldiers who were basically equal to this number, which was generally not counted. Although there were losses along the way, the vitality was not injured, and the number of troops included in the Song army was no less than 110,000.

In this siege of Wuma Shanhan, in addition to the walled forts that maintained the communication line and several prefectures and counties, all the troops were requisitioned, and all the miscellaneous soldiers were armed, with a total of 80,000 people, almost all the available forces of the Western Route Army were concentrated. This can't be said that Han is crazy, it can only be said that Zhao Ta's 'bait' is big enough to make the flame of his revenge burn...

Zhao Ta climbed the East Mountain to lookout. I saw that the tents of the Jin army camp in front of the mountain and in the mountains were lined up, and I couldn't see the edge, and the Jin army was guarded by the Jin army on the commanding heights and the road leading to the outside of the mountain, not to mention that a person was a bird, and if I wanted to fly over, I had to see if the Jin army was in a good mood.

"Lord Wang. The Jin army gradually advanced into the mountains with the tactics of locking up the city step by step, gradually compressing our depth, trying to trap us in the mountains! Zhao Lian said.

"Hmm. This trick is ruthless enough, and now the way out of the mountain has been blocked? Zhao asked.

"To Zhaozhou. The mountain passes of Xingzhou and Zhending were all blocked by the army, and only the road to Jingcheng was still passable. Jingcheng Road is still under our control! Zhao Lian replied immediately.

"Siege three is missing one, entering Jingcheng has to pass through a hundred miles of plain, Han Li doesn't want to lure us to break through from that side, then his iron cavalry comes in handy, and there are many steep cliffs on the west side, which is not conducive to attacking, it seems that he is not yet confused!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Hehe, I think he is confused, the mountains are not conducive to cavalry combat, they can only dismount to fight, and the weather is getting warmer, the soldiers of the Jin Army are resistant to cold and do not like heat, which will lead to a serious decline in combat effectiveness, if I only fight on the periphery, or lure the enemy out of the mountains and then send troops to the side and back, forcing the enemy to fight a decisive battle in the plain area, and never do such a stupid thing as the army surrounding the mountain, otherwise only I will be dragged down!" Zhao Lian said.

"It's a good thing you didn't defect to the enemy, otherwise I would have suffered a big loss!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, Zhao Lian has been doing some staff work with him during this time, and he has gradually gotten better, it seems that the battlefield is the best teacher, "How are the departments fighting now?" ”

"Lord Wang, now the various departments have given up their peripheral positions in accordance with the pre-battle deployment and have withdrawn into the mountains!" Zhao Lian replied.

"Well, the next step is to slow down the speed of retreat, the place that should be fought must be hit, the more important places must be held and not given up easily, if you lose it during the day, you can take it back at night, and fight for it repeatedly with the enemy!" Zhao Ta thought for a while and said.

"What does the prince mean to put a long line to catch a big fish?" Zhao Lian's eyes lit up and said.

"Yes, Han Li has not been on the battlefield for a long time, he is not a reckless person, if we retreat too quickly, giving up the danger easily will make him suspicious, as you said, if you catch a big fish, you have to walk more, you can't let him get off the hook!" Zhao said.

"Lord Wang, now everyone, especially the rebels, have a very good opinion of us retreating without a fight, thinking that we are all the way with the forbidden army, and we are afraid when we encounter a strong enemy, and we dare not fight. Then can we take the opportunity to choose the enemy and beat him all the way, which can further anger the enemy army and boost morale! Zhao Lian said on a whim.

"Okay, this battle of Wuma Mountain is handed over to you, I only have one request' to 'severely damage the Han Inseparable Department and destroy its vitality', now what you have to do is to grasp the rhythm and lead the enemy into the mountain!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

Zhao Ta knew that he would be farther and farther away from the battlefield, and there would be fewer and fewer opportunities to go into battle in person, and gradually retreat to the background, and the generals under him must mature as soon as possible and complete the transformation from a general to a commander as soon as possible, and this needs to give them a chance, they can no longer always want to be by their side like an old hen, it is time for them to fly high.

"Lord Wang, this battle is very important, not only related to whether our Zhongxing Army can return to the Central Plains, but also related to the future of the prince, my subordinates are afraid that they will not be able to bear such a heavy responsibility!" Zhao Lian was surprised and delighted when he heard this, but the surprise was still greater than the joy, and he hurriedly excused himself.

"My next step is to focus on rescuing the Emperor, don't think about anything else, concentrate on fighting this battle, you have won all the problems and solved them. Defeated, we will meet again in the northwest to regroup and fight again! Zhao Tan patted Zhao Lian's shoulder and said.

"The subordinates are determined to do their best to fight this battle. Live up to the trust of the prince! "For the general, who does not want to command thousands of troops and horses to fight a decisive battle for thousands of miles, the prince granted himself full power today. Of course, he was very excited.

"The stage has been set up, it's up to you how you sing!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, his plan has been gradually unfolded, he wants to gradually introduce Han Libu into the mountains, and then tighten his pockets, come to the inside and outside, and the center will bloom, I hope Zhao Lian will not let himself be Zhang Lingfu on Meng Lianggu...

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With the return of the Queen Mother to Beijing, coupled with the iron-fisted rectification of Li Gang and Zong Ze. Bianjing gradually returned to peace, and with the arrival of the Qinwang army from all walks of life and the return of the fleeing people, dignitaries and nobles, the city of Kyoto, which had experienced a catastrophe, was rejuvenated like spring.

And the people with different purposes also want to reap some benefits from it, and the merchants want to make a lot of money by taking advantage of the waste to be rebuilt; The small people want to take the opportunity to improve their lives; There are also officials who have fled back to Beijing to ask for a new job or to take advantage of the change of office to get a good job; And more often than not, heroes from all walks of life also want to find opportunities to climb a big tree and hug a thick leg; There are also some generals who support their own troops and sell at a price, choosing to support the Qin Wangfu or the Kang Wangfu.

No matter what the purpose of these people is, they have set up a 'Beijing Office' in Bianjing City, stationed representatives, or personally participated in the battle. jumped up and down to engage in relationships, go through doors, inquire about news, and battles unfolded in the capital without gunpowder smoke in the open and in the dark, although there was no rain of guns and arrows. Blood was splashed everywhere, but the tragedy was no less than the bloody battle on the battlefield filled with gunpowder.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is now said that it is the Queen Mother's hearing. But the two emperors traveled north, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead. Sooner or later, it will have to be returned to the prince. Now all the princes have been rescued, and among them, only the two princes of King Qin and King Kang have the strength to win the throne. They are the most powerful.

Everyone knows what the King of Qin did, the absolute military god of the Great Song Dynasty, conquered the Western Xia, rejected the Jurchens, and made the Western Xia bow down to the east of the river and the middle of the river, and did not dare to violate the border; relieved the siege of Taiyuan and rejected the Jurchens who went south for the second time to the north of the Yellow River; After this resurrection, save Zhongshan, restore Zhending, and snatch back the queen mother and princes from thousands of horses and thousands of troops, it is said that the strength is the strongest, after the official family was captured, he is the eldest son, the elder and the virtuous are all occupied, and he is the queen mother's son, it is said that the emperor is a matter of holding the handle.

But people are not as good as heaven, but under the good situation, they were besieged in Wuma Mountain by Han Li's army, and the outcome was unpredictable, which made it logical that there were great variables. Some people who wanted to take refuge in the King of Qin fell into a wait-and-see situation.

And if King Kang hadn't pledged the Jin camp, I'm afraid no one would have known that there was such a person among the many princes of Lu Dao, if it weren't for the fact that many princes were taken away by the Jin army at the same time, I'm afraid he wouldn't have gotten this chance to inherit the unification in his life, but God favored him and gave him such an opportunity.

Now King Kang is holding the edict of the Empress Dowager Meng, the persuasion table of the ministers, and the jade seal of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses behind him. At first, some people complained about King Kang's cowardice to avoid the war, fled to Shandong, and refused to rescue Bianjing, but now that King Qin is trapped, they also have to consider establishing a good relationship with the candidate who still has the possibility of inheriting the unification, so as not to bet on the wrong treasure and end up empty.

If these people at both ends of the snake and rat are not in their eyes in the Qing Dynasty, but now that the country is in turmoil, it is the time to employ people, and maybe the next thing may be a battle for the throne of the brotherly wall, and the competition is strength, then it is necessary to unite all the forces that can be united, and at the same time disintegrate the forces of the enemy camp. So both sides sent representatives to liaise with all sides...

Wang Yan had a bold personality when he was young, loved to read military books, and was later ordered by his father to go to Beijing, subordinate to the Gongma Disciples, and was awarded the Qinghe Lieutenant by the Song Huizong test. Later, he entered the Jingyuan Army, and twice followed the division to fight against Western Xia, and made military achievements. During the Jingkang period, the Jin soldiers besieged Bianjing. Wang Yan angrily abandoned his home and went to Hebei, begged the thief to repay the country, threw himself under Zhang's account, and was exceptionally promoted to the capital system.

Wang Yan led an army of 7,000 men to force the Yellow River and attack the Jin soldiers in Xinxiang County, Weizhou. After a day of fierce fighting, the Song army regained Xinxiang and won its first major victory since crossing the river. The Jin army sent tens of thousands of elite soldiers to surround Wang Yan's army, and because the imperial court refused to send reinforcements for peace talks at that time, his troops became a lone army.

Seeing that they were outnumbered and had no foreign aid, Wang Yan broke through. His soldiers were few and poorly equipped, and after breaking through the siege, he crossed the Yellow River and regrouped the scattered soldiers, with only 700 men remaining. The Jin army offered a large reward for capture, and the army was often short of food, and people's hearts were unstable, Wang Yan was worried that something unexpected would happen, and he had to constantly change his sleeping place every night. When his men saw this, they said, "Therefore we have forsaken our wives and children, and have followed you at the risk of death." It is because I am moved by your loyalty and indignation, and I look forward to a snow national shame. Now it's making you sleep. Instead doubt us? Then we're really not human.

So these surviving soldiers tattooed the words 'serve the country with a naked heart and swear to kill the gold thief' on their faces. to show loyalty, and so the Eight-Character Army was born. Wang Yan was even more inspired by this, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, gathered rebels in the Taihang Mountains, the two rivers responded, more than 100,000 people responded, and the golden drums stretched for hundreds of miles to hear each other, and the two rivers were shocked.

After the Jin army went south for the second time, Wang Yan fought more than a hundred battles with the Jin army. The people of Henan who were captured were countless, but because the imperial court at that time advocated peace and demanded the dismissal of the rebels, the supply was cut off, and the grain and grass became a big problem, but he was stronger than Ma Kuo, tightened his belt and persevered, and waited for the Jin army to go south again.

After Wang Yan, who insisted on resisting Jin, learned that Zong Ze was left behind in Tokyo, he stepped up military training on the one hand. At the same time, he sent someone to contact Zongze, who stayed in Tokyo, to make an appointment and prepare for a large-scale gold cut. Zong Ze received Wang Yan's letter and immediately summoned him to Tokyo for discussion. April. Wang Yan led the elite 10,000 people to cross the river to Kaifeng.

But at this time, the situation has changed, the Queen Mother is still in power, and Zong Ze is serving in the Privy Council. Zhao Gou returned to Beijing. Zhao Gou immediately appeased Wang Yan in the name of the Marshal's Mansion and appointed him as the envoy of Hebei West Road. Wang Yan thought about it well, everyone is for anti-gold. It doesn't matter who is in charge, at least everyone can be regarded as having eaten official food, and there is no need to worry about food and salary. Zhao Gou successfully took it under his command, and also used the method of sealing officials and making wishes, and King Kang's Mansion incorporated several rebel armies to enrich his strength.

Zhao Gou is now in the court, and he has a strong army, several times that of King Qin, but he ignores a problem, he needs money to do things, and he needs military supplies. Now the mountains and rivers are broken, the treasury is empty, and there are so many soldiers raised, and people eat horses and feed them with money! But what the Marshal's Mansion lacked was money, and the territory under their control had already been requisitioned several times, and the same was true of Bianjing City, so it was powerless to send some money and food to the armies.

Wang Yan's more than 10,000 people only received 50,000 yuan of military salary, which was just enough to pay severance pay, and he originally hoped to be supported by the imperial court and get some weapons, but this money was really a drop in the bucket, and even eating could not last for a few days. So Wang Yan asked the Marshal's Mansion for money and food, but he was politely refused, and let him figure out his own way, so he had no choice but to go to the old leader Zong Ze to make a fate.

Zong Ze didn't have overnight food, so he asked Wang Yan to go to the Qin Wangfu to try it. He also knew that the Qin Wangfu and the Kang Wangfu were now in the same situation, but the people were poor, the horses were thin and the hair was long, and they couldn't eat, and what was there to talk about, Wang Yan could only try his luck hard. Unexpectedly, when he found the door, he didn't say a word when he asked about the situation, and immediately allocated him 50,000 stone of grain and 100,000 yuan of military salary.

There are more than 50,000 people under Fan Ne who garrisoned Yongqiu, and he is stationed near the capital, which is a force that should not be underestimated, and he occupies one-third of the troops of King Kang's mansion, so Zhao Gou has always taken good care of him, but Fan Na actually claimed that 'Tokyo has become a border today', and he didn't want to flee south all the time, and in front of the public, he declared that 'there is no pawn in war, and there is no food in the code.'" If you don't drop or go', these words even spread to Bianjing.

Zong Ze and Zhao Ren discussed whether to send troops to exterminate Fan Ne, this kind of person staying by his side is always a hidden danger, and getting rid of him can not only eradicate this cancer, but also justifiably weaken the strength of King Kang's Mansion. Zhao Ren also felt reasonable, when they were about to transfer troops, Li Jun hurriedly arrived and conveyed the order of the prince, since the prince had already made arrangements, the two had to stop and hand over the task to him to carry out.

When Li Jun arrived in Yongqiu, he did not go directly to see Fan Ne, but got in touch with his subordinates through various connections. Zhao Ta knew that this kind of thing would cost money without bloodshed, and an edict had already been conveyed to all the cabinets in the mansion, and the envoys he sent could withdraw the funds for the activities at will.

With the financial backing, Li Jun is naturally decisive, and he uses various names to feast Fan Ne's subordinates to eat and drink, send money, and give things, and this generous God of Wealth is naturally known by Fan Ne soon and takes the initiative to make friends with him. Li Jun beat the snake with the stick, very face-saving, knowing that he was good at gambling, so he opened a gambling game in his house, invited everyone to go, he gambled almost every day to talk and chat with Fan Ne, not only deliberately lost money to him, but also gave each person 2,000 yuan before leaving.

Intentionally or unintentionally, Li Jun revealed his identity as the King of Qin's Mansion, and the generals under Fan Ne 'comprehended' to repay the favor, not only deliberately revealing the secrets of King Kang's Mansion, but also singing praises for King Qin in front of Fan Ne. Li Jun finally succeeded in wedging in the soldiers of King Kang's Mansion and seized the opportunity.

Fan Ne is also an understanding person, and after some careful consideration, he finally opened his mouth and reached an agreement with Li Jun, and after the king of Qin escaped, he would join the command of the king of Qin and help the king of Qin win the throne. Li Jun immediately passed the news to the prince, and Zhao Ta ordered him to send 500,000 yuan to Fan Ne for the rectification of soldiers and horses, the payment of military salaries, and the promise that he could be allowed to enter the court as an official afterwards.

Compared with the generosity of the Qin Palace, the Kang Wangfu was too petty, and the people sent only carried 1,000 yuan, and they had almost nothing left except for food and drink, just promising the title of deputy marshal. Zhao Ta took the opportunity to wield a money string in one hand and a musket in the other, and put these people in his pocket one by one... (To be continued......)