Chapter 270: Ten Thousand Horses Gallop

Since Yeluchun became emperor, the Jurchens and Khitans had completely ceased fire, and everyone was busy dealing with their enemies. The main thing is that the Huanglong Mansion is too tough, and the Khitans who had the opportunity to start a war really have no way to take the Huanglong Mansion. Of course, back then, Ah Guda had no way to take the Huanglong Mansion, and it took a trick to get the Huanglong Mansion in his hands.

At the same time, Ouyang also knew that Yelu Dashi was entangled, maybe he had been entangled, or was about to be entangled.

The fact is that Jerodashi is preparing to tangle, and he is meeting with a guest. Yelu Dashi sat in the hall, looked at the person who had been standing in front of him for a long time, and said, "Please be seated." ”

"Generalissimo Xie." The person who came sat down on the side without being humble or arrogant.

"Yuwen Xuzhong, I know you."

"Generalissimo Xie."

"You Han people are so sour, especially you scholars." Yelu Dashi asked: "We Khitan people like to be direct, just say anything." ”

Yuwen nodded and said: "I have heard that the generalissimo is a cheerful person, although Song Liao has a bad relationship, but the generalissimo's bearing still can't help but be admired by contemptible people." I have heard of the generalissimo's prestige ......"

"Get down to business." Yelu Dashi thought, Ouyang is the champion anyway, and people have never had this set. Either call it a brother, or it's a serious thing, and it's very boring without polite sycophants in advance.

"Okay, Generalissimo Yelu is really refreshing......" Yuwen saw that Yelu Dashi had a tendency to stop talking, and he despised in his heart: an uneducated barbarian. He took out a letter from his bosom and said, "Generalissimo, please see." ”

The soldier took the letter, Yelu Dashi opened it, read it, pondered for a long time before asking, "What good do I have?" ”

Yuwen said in a humble manner: "Then it depends on what benefits the generalissimo wants." ”

"What benefits can you give?"

"How about being the emperor of Liao?"

"Puppet Emperor?" Yelu Dashi smiled disdainfully and said, "If it is to let the Khitan move west, it can be considered." ”

"Well, I'm afraid not. The Emperor was not as valuable as the generalissimo thought. Yuwen said in the middle of the road: "Or can we stop fighting for a certain period of time, so that the generalissimo can calmly move his troops to Tokyo?" ”

"You Song people just have a lot of conspiracies. If our army moves to Tokyo, you will be able to take the checkpoints north of Tongzhou and Linhuang without waste. Yelu Dashi said: "If you chase after you again, won't my Khitan be doomed?" ”

"The contemptible people are appointed as the envoys of the Northwest Military Road, and the contemptible people know that Tokyo is desolate, and if there is a need, they can provide some material support." Yuwen said with a smile: "I heard that the Liao army is now sitting on the empty mountain. ”

"What a Han Shizhong, wishful thinking is very loud."

Yuwen asked rhetorically: "Then I don't know, what does the generalissimo think?" ”

"You withdraw from Linhuang."

"Impossible!" Yuwen said in a false way: "Wouldn't that tell the world that there is a problem." ”

Yelu Dashi smiled and said: "This letter is in the hands of this marshal, do you still want to be innocent?" ”

"Generalissimo, it is written in the letter that the Generalissimo helped kill one person, but who did he kill? Kill Lord Ouyang Ou, or kill me Yuwen Xuzhong? ”

"You're not afraid of death?"

"If you're afraid of death, you won't come." Yuwen said in the middle of the void: "The Great Song Dynasty has always been a civil official who is not afraid of death, and a military general who is not greedy for money. ”

"Haha, that's interesting. You go down and rest first, and I'll give you an answer in a few days. ”

Yelu Dashi was amused when he read the letter, and asked Li Chuwen beside him: "This Ouyang wants to save people, Han Shizhong wants to kill people, and the Song Dynasty is also very interesting." ”

Li Chuwen said with a smile: "Ouyang saved people on the surface, and Han Shizhong killed people secretly. It's really funny that two very strange orders came from their emperor. ”

Yelu Dashi asked, "Then do you think Ouyang wants to save people?" ”

"I think Ouyang must be trying to save it. Otherwise, they will not be redeemed first. It seems that he was also worried that their emperor would make a black hand, so he saved people first to report the news. It's a pity that he couldn't imagine that the people he rescued were detained by Han Shizhong. In the future, these people will surely be destroyed. ”

"Yes, that makes sense." Yelu Dashi thought about it and then asked, "Who do you think is more beneficial to work with?" ”

"I only know that the person who is going to be killed will not give much benefit. Our worst mistake was to let Ouyang save the people around them who were too emperor. Li Chuwen said: "In this way, those people can spread rumors that the Emperor Taishang is dead in the hands of Khitans." The army is pressing, and we can't kill it, and we can't kill it. Now they are sending people to talk to us, hoping to use our hand to show that we killed people, so the benefits are limited. ”

"That Ouyang ......"

"Ouyang is a rich man, and he spends money very well." Li Chuwen said: "General, if you go north in the future, you will need a lot of money to attract all ethnic groups, recruit troops, buy horses, and buy grain. ”

"En......"

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"Impossible!" Ouyang refused: "One and a half million pieces of silver or gold, it's too nonsense." The Yangping Money Village in the original Liao border only has a maximum of more than 100,000 guan inventory, do I still have people to transport it from Yangping? ”

Yelu Dashi said: "I have time. ”

"I don't have time." Ouyang said: "The emperor will give me two months." ”

"Well, if Lord Ou really wants to save the Emperor, there is another way." Yelu Dashi stretched out a finger: "Ten warehouses of grain." ”

"Where to pull?" Ouyang despised it.

"You are a Qincha, from the military ration transfer point, Han Shizhong dare to have an opinion?"

"Then I was unlucky."

"Loyal and patriotic."

"Truth be told, food doesn't work." Ouyang Dao: "The grain is directly managed by Zong Ze, and he won't give me face." ”

"That'...... What can you give? ”

"En......" Ouyang thought for a while and said, "Horses, 10,000 horses." ”

"......" This time I changed Yelu Dashi to think, the Khitan now has a ratio of two to three, and there is still a shortage of horses. There are also horses that are needed for the transfer of supplies. But Yelu Dashi naturally wanted food more than horses. But Jerodashi also knew. Food management is a top priority. It is the officer in charge of logistics directly under the command of the garrison to manage the garrison, and it is really difficult to mobilize it. Horses are different, because horses cannot be stacked and stored, and they have already been distributed below.

The logistics of the Song army was like this, the grain was calculated according to the warehouse, and after the warehouse was built at the designated point, the logistics had to ensure how many days of rations in the warehouse. Each army has a different place to get food. And the army pulls the grain from the warehouse, and it is the army itself that is responsible for sending people. So Ouyang said that he could get the horses that had been sent to the army, and Yelu Dashi still believed it. After all, Ouyang is an upright Qincha and Han Shizhong's mentor.

Ouyang's condition is very sincere, compared to the conspiracy theories of various proposals in Yuwen Xuzhong, Ouyang's proposal is only good for Liao and only bad for Song. Out of prudence, Yelu Dashi did not reply to Ouyang immediately, but made an appointment with Yuwen Xuzhong.

Sure enough, there are always loopholes in Yuwen's words. For example, it is okay to ask for military horses, but the Song people are not familiar with horses, so if they want 10,000 horses, they can only be sent by 10,000 cavalry. It's okay to ask for military rations, but the military rations are all on the Linhuang side, or the Liao people at the checkpoint come to get it, or the Song people send it to the checkpoint. Although Yuwen Xuzhong seemed to be very sincere, Yelu Dashi always felt that it was inappropriate.

Then under Li Chuwen's reminder, Yelu Dashi woke up to the fact that the Song people wanted to attack him with ransom money and make himself suffer a big loss, so he naturally killed Song Huizong in a fit of anger, and then the Song people planted the blame on themselves, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

So Yelu Dashi agreed to Ouyang's proposal. 10,000 horses were exchanged for Song Huizong, and the horses were handed over at the border. The Song army retreated twenty miles, and the Liao people went to the Song army to pick up the horses.

Ouyang is not worried about Yelu Dashi's ghosts, first, Yelu Dashi's credit is still relatively good, and when dealing with such people, Ouyang's credit has always been better. Second, if Yelu Dashi does not let people go, even if Song Huizong smashes it in his hands, it will be useless.

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After discussing the details and setting a date. Yelu Dashi ordered someone to send Ouyang and his party away. When Ouyang arrived in Jinzhou, he asked Han Shizhong to prepare military horses. Han Shizhong hurriedly said: "My lord, military horses can't be given lightly." ”

"Marshal Han, you are too indifferent to current affairs. Now a horse sells for fifteen in China. Ouyang said: "Give them the ones who pull the grain, these horses are now sold at a wholesale price of thirteen yuan." If you want, I'll resell you 100,000 horses in 20 times. Besides, if you don't give it, I'll let Li Si transfer the horse to what to do. ”

After the war against the Western Xia, the number of horses on the Northwest Military Road increased dramatically, but later due to tactics, cost, and the role of horses, military horses began to decrease. You must know that if you raise one less horse, you can use one-third less of the van army. At present, the tactics are relatively advanced, and the defensive position is a shovel in each person's hand. Trenches are dug on the spot, horses can't step in, and you can hide from arrows and stones. The attack is in formation, and the hand-throwing artillery and heavy artillery are like raining down to ensure the intensity, lethality and continuity of firepower. There is also the Liao State, because the Liao people will lay mines, the horse team will charge more losses. So the Forbidden Army formed units that were fully equipped with horses, and units that were not equipped with horses at all. The army also began to divide its functions, and the rudiments of heavy artillery, grenadiers, cavalry, and engineers appeared.

Because the Great Song Dynasty occupied two large pieces of horse breeding land for merchants to manage, and the border trade continued to buy horses, at the same time, the domestic economy was weak, and the enthusiasm of the people to buy horses declined, and many people pawned horses to sell, so the inventory of horses was still relatively large. Of course, what Ouyang said about fifteen guan is rather nonsense, the businessman is black, and the reserve price of twenty guan is set to death, which is also a price monopoly formed by the businessman to form an alliance.

No matter how shameless Zhao Yu is, he is embarrassed to let Ouyang pay this money. Besides, Zhao Yu has never been shameless. Ouyang indirectly stimulated the domestic economy, which may have boosted the price of horses and increased the enthusiasm of merchants for animal husbandry.

Ten thousand horses were put together in two days, and it was time to trade. The Song army retreated. Yelu Dashi also admired Han Shizhong's advance and retreat when he heard the scout's report. The battle line is spread out on such a large scale, but it is still offensive and defensible. There is not a single flaw revealed. Two thousand Liao soldiers walked to the Song border and left with these 10,000 horses. On the way back, Yelu Dashi also released Song Huizong, and a group of Song troops who had been waiting for them took over, avoided Wanma, and walked from the left. Both sides were cautious, and both proved to be very creditworthy.

What should I do when I have credit? Of course, it's to make a bargain. There was a burst of cannons, and the left and right cavalry of the Song army rushed away. Yelu Dashi smiled, and the charge of twenty miles of land ...... But unexpectedly, there was a sudden explosion in the ransom ten thousand horses, and the ten thousand horses were frightened and fled in all directions.

Yelu Dashi was furious, damn, Song Ma had never been on the battlefield, and he hadn't even experienced the most basic training. War horses, even pack horses, had to be trained in general explosion and fire, otherwise the explosion of a hand-throwing cannon could break a squad of cavalry. And the horses, which have exploded several times, are like people, have psychological preparation and immunity.

But in a few days, how could Ouyang make up so many horses that didn't go into battle? The answer is that people must be cheating, and they will prepare early in the morning. But Ouyang did not cheat, the transaction between the two sides had been completed, and the Song army did retreat twenty miles. However, this chaotic horse attacked the defense line on his side, and the enemy cavalry took the opportunity to follow it, and it was not good to say, the first defense line of Tongzhou was taken down like this.

Yelu Dashi reacted very quickly, and immediately ordered: "Shake the hand cannon!" "Explosives are used to fight explosions, and a row of explosions that are not powerful and loud can make the horses turn around or things flee. Yelu Dashi gave another order to consolidate the defense line, and when the defense line was consolidated, Yelu Dashi found himself in a tragedy, and the cavalry on the left and right did not come to attack his own defense line, but to lead the horse. It's a pity that Han Shizhong's army has begun to press for reinforcements and missed a chance to win the battle. Of course, I also missed the opportunity to collect the horse.

Why did the center of the horse explode? Yelu Dashi also has the answer, there is a Song army dressed as Liao people and mixed in with 2,000 people. 2,000 is a lot, and it's not surprising that people don't know each other. It's someone else's territory again, and I'm naturally nervous. In addition, the horses are to be scattered, so it is normal to be shaded.

But don't get me wrong, it wasn't Ouyang who came up with this idea, but Han Shizhong. He didn't want the enemy to have 10,000 more horses, so he thought of this method after thinking about it again. There are no losses left and right, so if you are great, you can fight. The Song army now has a strong desire to fight a decisive battle.

War is not a movie for everyone, two groups of people fight together, and whoever dies loses. For example, Han Shizhong has to consider whether the terrain can spread the team, whether it is possible that the enemy has an ambush, and it may be impossible for him to ambush. Pursuit of enemy routes, defense of retreat routes. And so on, only warriors on both sides will be entangled with each other, Han Shizhong and Yelu Dashi will use various means to destroy the enemy's attacking generals. A group of people rushed out, the people retreated and divided into two ways, divided the troops to pursue, and the people had ambushes to cut off your rear road to attack the heavy artillery group, and they didn't know the situation before and after, even if they knew the situation in the front, they had to turn to the back to help. To use the strength of the local area that is greater than the opponent's strength to attack the local weak enemy, it is also necessary to consider the focus of the attack. It's not a charge, and the logistics soldiers rush up with bayonets regardless of the supplies.

So Han Shizhong did not continue to attack. To continue the offensive, it is necessary to occupy a number of important positions, important towns, and communication arteries. This ensures that the enemy does not detour behind him and does not let the enemy triangle echo. The two sides continued to fight each other until one of them began to attack locally or retreated.

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The pressure of the wine must be wanted, and the seven thousand that ten thousand horses got back is also a victory. Although Song Huizong's affairs are very troublesome to everyone, his temper is still a cow. However, he was more polite to Han Shizhong. It's not that he's afraid of Han Shizhong, he isn't afraid, but he really appreciates Han Shizhong. After three rounds of drinking, he wrote an obscene poem, and then wrote it on a fan and gave it to Han Shizhong. In the poem, there is a tragedy of a horse leather shroud, and there is also a harvest of fame.

Han Shizhong introduced his generals to Ouyang and Song Huizong one by one, these *** parts did not participate in the imperial examination, a small part of them were promoted among the soldiers, a small part of them were Xiangyong to take refuge, and the main part was the original pro-army around Han Shizhong. This seems to be a common practice, but Ouyang knows that this is not good, because it is because of this pattern that Yue Fei was killed in history. Yue Jiajun, to put it mildly, he is a warlord, Yue Fei is not using the people sent by the central court of the imperial court, but promoting the deployment and cronies to become the main generals. Although this enhanced the cohesion of the Yue family's army, it was also because of Yue Fei's talent that a large number of talented generals were promoted.

But this goes against the system of a normal country, a normal army, which is assigned to you by the imperial court, and you choose the positions they are more familiar with. Instead of promoting cronies to fill in the gaps when there are vacancies, one level leads to the next, resulting in the erroneous thinking that soldiers do not know the court and the country, but only know to follow the boss. It's not that Han Shizhong can't be promoted, but before he is promoted, he must report to the imperial court and send the generals back to the imperial court for the record, saying that this is a talent or something. As for whether the court will give it to you or send it to other places, it is the court that has the final say. Instead of Han Shizhong, he used the power of the marshal to be promoted first, and then sent the official document to the court after taking the post. Of course, the imperial court will not be dissatisfied for the time being, but after the scale is formed, it is quite likely to be dissatisfied.

Song Huizong played *** veteran, and asked very unceremoniously with the strength of wine: "General Han, more than ten generals here are very capable, I believe this." But I want to ask, how many of them are from the Northwest Military Road, and how many are promoted from the Yongxing Military Road? ”

"This ...... Back to the emperor, the last general was ashamed to lead the generalissimo, although he commanded the four roads. But ......" Han Shizhong didn't know what to say.

"You feel that they have been with you for a long time, suffering and suffering, born and dead, and indeed talented. So promotion should also be done. Besides, you have that right, too. You wait! Song Huizong shouted: "Someone! ”

"In!" Outside the house, a soldier came in and clenched his fist.

"I ask you!" Song Huizong said: "Let you choose now, don't go home as a soldier, okay?" ”

After a while, the soldiers said: "The generalissimo treats me like a brother, so naturally I will do my best to protect the generalissimo." ”

"Let's go down!" Song Huizong looked at a few tables and asked, "What about you?" Are you grateful for the promotion of Generalissimo Han? From a small soldier to a general, from a small general to the generalissimo under the command of the army. Are you grateful to Generalissimo Han? ”

"Naturally, it's gratitude." A cadre of generals couldn't touch their heads.

Only one young man stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The last general only knows how to obey the military order to kill the enemy and serve the country, and he doesn't know how to be grateful." ”

"You ......"

"The last general, Wu Lan."

Ouyang interjected and asked, "Is your brother Wu Jue, the deputy general of the Hebei Military Road?" ”

"Exactly."

"Sit down!" Song Huizong said: "Han Shizhong, so many generals only have one military order, not Han Shizhong's general order, are you happy?" ”