"Zhang Xiang, it's good to fight Liao! How to fight? I, Li Kui, have gone out, as long as you give an order, it will be a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and the wind and rain will come and go, all depending on your old man's words! ”

Hearing that he was fighting the Liao State, Li Kui suddenly showed that he wanted to fight the Liao people, not like a fake, but Zhang Dian listened with a chill in his heart.

If he knew how to fight, he still had to ask Li Kui?

It's not that he doesn't know, but he doesn't know if his strategy will work, and that's the fatal problem.

The shadow of the famous tree, Li Kui has sworn with hundreds of thousands of lives in Xixia and Qingtang that he is the first commander of the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention Zhang Di, even if Zhang Qi comes, he has to stand aside. But the problem is, Li Kui doesn't say anything, just listen to Dushitang, and whatever Dushitang says, how will he fight?

Zhang Dian was also the one who commanded the army, and he also assessed the Wuxi Rebellion.

But in fact, Wuxi is a tribe in the mountains of the two lakes, and its strength is not much stronger than that of bandits, as long as it finds the lair of the main force of Wuxi, the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty can crush the barbarian warriors in the past, and it will not even make waves.

But the Western Xia and the Liao State are different, the Western Xia maximizes the mobilization of 500,000 troops, and the Liao State mobilizes a million troops to the maximum.

Can this be compared to the thousands of unruly reckless men who exterminated the barbarians?

"Hmph, you kid slippery. If the old man knew how to face the million-strong army of Liao, I could still use you? Zhang Dian thought in his heart, but he didn't let go of his mouth at all, and then asked his son Zhang Zhu to take out the strategy designated by the Dushitang to Li Kui, and said, "Oh, it's all here, you can take a look first." ”

Zhang Dian seems to be casual, but in fact, he is very nervous, as if the scumbag is sweating in his palms and his legs and stomach are trembling when he is facing the teacher's torture.

Li Kui really looked at it very seriously, but when he saw the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, the Taiyi Array, this kind of formation that he had never even thought of, a pair of big eyes with more white beads and less black, they were about to turn into the sky.

Zhang Dian asked nervously: "Renjie, what do you think?" ”

"How many troops is Zhang Xiang going to use?" Li Kui asked.

Zhang Dian groaned: "To fight the Liao State, you can't do it without an army of 400,000. To be on the safe side, prepare an army of 500,000 troops. This is tantamount to a national war, but I don't know if this war will work. ”

"Prepare 300,000 coffins, it should be enough!"

Li Kui smashed his mouth for a while, but he really didn't give any face at all.

Zhang's beard was about to fly up angrily, but he still held back the anger in his chest and asked, "Can you win?" ”

"It's more than half dead, and it doesn't make sense to talk about anything that can't be won. It's good to lose decently. "Li Kui is not targeting Zhang Dan, but Dushitang has not considered it at all, will they fight? Even the arrangement of the troops for the decisive battle has been specified, what do you want the generals to do, why don't you just go directly to command?

Hundreds of thousands of people, more than a million people and horses on both sides fought for each other, and hundreds of cities on the Song-Liao border competed. Where to attack, how to hide, how to attack, how to fight, how to fight.

If these questions can be figured out by calculation, wouldn't everyone be handsome?

Zhang Dian clutched his chest, and he didn't slow down for a while. However, Zhang Zhu couldn't help but hide his snickering with his clothes, and when he saw it, he was immediately arrested, pointing at his son and scolding: "Stupid, get out of here!" ”

Zhang Dian is so direct, and never hides his emotions. This is one of the reasons why he is judged to be contemptuous. His son Zhang Zhu was defeated and retreated, and Zhang Dian leaned back, and only after a while did he have a little look. It's not that he is tolerant of Li Kui, and he likes it to the limitless. He has mainly been hit, Li Kui is not the first person to see him attack Liao, the first is Zhang Di's brother Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi is older than Zhang Dan, he is the elder brother, and he is also the head of the Changfang family, even the imperial examination, he is the champion, do you say that he is angry? He doesn't look at the official as being no bigger than Zhang Dan, but he doesn't have to give Zhang Dan the slightest face. As soon as he opened his mouth, he told Zhang Dan: "With your strategy, the death of the Great Song Dynasty is not far away." ”

But Zhang Dian was unwilling and asked Zhang Qi: "Then let you have full command of Song Liao's hundreds of thousands of horses, what will be the result?" ”

"At most, 200,000 will die, and the Great Song Dynasty will not lose." Zhang Qi was very cautious, he knew very well that the Liao State was not Western Xia, this was an empire dozens of times larger than the Great Song Dynasty, and the number of troops was not less than that of the Great Song Dynasty. With this bit of the Great Song Dynasty's family background, it is really difficult to predict if it is to the death with the Liao State.

The death of 200,000 troops has no hope of winning the war, and Zhang Dian is definitely not reconciled. So he asked: "Who else in the Great Song Dynasty can take on this responsibility?" ”

"Li Kui!" Zhang Ji didn't think about it, and naturally talked about a person. He recalled: "Li Kui's attack was imaginative, and he never had a discipline, but he made many contributions; But the defense was even-footed and very cautious. If he were to command a large army, he would probably only need to die 100,000 people. ”

Is this looking down on people?

Zhang Dian didn't think so, if Li Kui killed 100,000 horses, he could draw with Liao, what if he killed another 100,000 people? Won't you win? Zhang Dian didn't ask for much, as long as Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures would do.

And Zhang Kai is still a poisonous tongue, he really didn't say anything about getting better to people, he is closer than his own brother. But for his relatives, not only did he not give any face, but he punished him every word. Before leaving, he also mentioned the nickname of Tizhangdun when he was a child: "Big eyes, the battle of Song and Liao is related to the fortune of the country, and it is not as simple as you think." ”

Zhang Dian, Zhang Damu, that is, the eyes are big, but there is no light.

Zhang Dian did not believe in evil, so he invited Li Kui to ask again.

Of course, it is definitely not possible to ask directly, and he has to test Li Kui's attitude. If Li Kui really follows the conservatives, even if he has the ability, Zhang Dian will not use it. This is why I asked Li Kui about his ambition before, but what about Li Kui?

A lot of nonsense is simply an answer to the question.

It's not the first time that Zhang Dun has been a big man, there are more people who have taken refuge, and they have seen all kinds of things, and there are many who are slippery. Li Kui's idea that he didn't want to bet at both ends was immediately seen through by him.

This was the only way to ask him later about his strategy for attacking Liao.

It's just that Li Kui's guy also has a poisonous tongue, which is not worse than Zhang Qi at all. asked Zhang Dian to prepare 300,000 coffins, and directly said that Zhang Dian lost his temper. On the contrary, Li Kui began to examine his own ability, and listened to Zhang Dian tell him that Zhang Qi said that as long as 100,000 horses died, he could fight with the Liao State without losing the national prestige of the Great Song Dynasty. That is, five or five open. The Great Song Dynasty died 100,000, and the Liao State did not necessarily die 80,000.

Zhang Qi can say this, anyway, there is no shadow, he can say whatever he wants.

But Li Kui didn't dare to think so. His ability is very clear to himself, the cavalry commands 30,000 people, and if the opponent is not strong, he can win. This is the result of being confirmed in Western Xia, and there is no need to explain it. However, at that time, the situation in Western Xia was that the soldiers and horses supporting the Liang family were demoralized, and they lost a big battle on the border. What is the difference between winning in such a situation and fighting a good fight? It is impossible to judge Li Kui's true strength at all.

The real hard-fought battle was Li Kui's cavalry battle outside Lanzhou. Three thousand against fifteen thousand, the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty armed to the teeth, against the light cavalry of Qingtang with almost no protection. With the result of crushing, I won the victory. In this battle, it can only be said that Li Kui's tactical literacy has reached the level of a first-class general.

But this kind of talent is of no use at all for commanding hundreds of thousands of horses.

But when Li Kui was asked to command hundreds of thousands of people, he asked himself that he didn't have this ability at all.

As the number of troops increases, not only the tactics will change, but also the strategic focus will change. The Song-Liao border stretches for more than 1,000 miles, involving a population of 20 million and more than 100 cities. Such a war cannot be solved by rushing and killing at all. In the rear, we need to constantly mobilize resources, prepare and plan, give bait, test each other, and finally fight a decisive battle. In particular, the preparations for the big war, the temptation, the stalemate, and the war of hundreds of thousands of horses and horses are not fought in a day or two, nor can they be ended in a month or two.

One year, two years is possible. During the long period of operational testing, any mistake may be magnified, and finally become an anthill of the rout of the embankment, turning into a human tragedy. The defeat of Yongle City in the matter of the Divine Sect was such a situation. At the beginning, the Song army won one victory after another, and the Western Xia retreated, but it was captured by the Western Xia once, and the war lasted for nearly a year, but finally ended with more than 200,000 casualties. After this battle, Emperor Shenzong changed color when he heard about the battle, and even died of illness soon after, most of which was related to the fiasco of this battle.

And the final battle may also be dominated by cavalry.

Cavalry combat, Li Kui understands that sincerity is not too much.

Especially in large-scale operations, it is the courage of the commander-in-chief. But if it was a big battle of 100,000 or 200,000 people, the courage of the main general would not work. At best, Li Kui can command cavalry battles of less than 30,000, and the victory rate can be maintained at six or seven percent. The reason why he didn't break the gold body was due to luck.

But in a war of hundreds of thousands of people, is luck still useful?

Yes, not much.

In particular, the Song army has a fatal problem, one-on-one, the Song army is well equipped, and he really dares to say that he is invincible in the world. At least that's the case with the first-class Praetorian Army.

In a battle of less than 500 people, the victory rate of the Song army can even reach eighty or ninety.

1,000 people, basically it becomes 64 open.

Three thousand, four six.

If it is more than 10,000, it is possible to have 37, 28, and 19.

Why!

It's hard to say. The army commanded by the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the soldiers and captains of 500 people, are all long-trained robes and have a strong tacit understanding. The battalion level, that is, an army of three thousand people, may be a temporarily formed command, a cobbled battalion. There will be a big problem in operational command, but after all, there are not many troops, and when you count the command level, there are only six, and if the main general is more capable and handy.

An army of more than 10,000 people.

Twenty commanders, battalion generals are already directly dispatched in front of the palace, and the main generals have no combat rights, only training rights. Or a civilian official who only has the right to fight, but has never been in the army for a day. It's hard to win such a battle. The reason why the Western Army's combat effectiveness was the strongest in the Great Song Dynasty was mainly because it broke the system of employing troops in the Great Song Dynasty. He was able to command 80,000 horses and horses back then, and he won several great victories, all of which were real.

However, the soldiers and horses of Hedong Road, Hebei East Road, and Hebei West Road did not break the original command system like the Western Army. If you don't fight them, you don't know that the situation still exists.

The hundreds of thousands of troops put together in this way are still facing cavalry battles, or they are still attacking strategies for the purpose of subduing the sixteen states of Yanyun, and they are sure to lose.

But Zhang Dun still didn't want to give up, he wanted to surpass Wang Anshi, subdue Qingtang, and attack Western Xia, all of which could not be surpassed. The change is a complete inheritance of Wang Anshi's change of ideas, only by attacking the Liao State and recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun is the opportunity for him to surpass Wang Anshi in an all-round way. has already become the prime minister, if he still has some ideals, what is the difference between him and salted fish?

"Renjie, tell me the truth, if Song Liao fights, what will my Song Song prepare?"

Zhangdun is colorful.

Li Kuixin said: The head is really iron. But this is also Zhangduan, if the head is not iron, can it still be Zhangduan? Li Kui was not a showman, pointing to the Song-Liao border and said: "The northern line of Hedong Road is mostly mountainous, and it is more advantageous to defend the pass than to attack. An army of 100,000 entrenched itself in the east of the river, which was enough. On the two roads of Hebei, if there is a decisive battle, unless the cavalry of the Liao State going south is blocked in Zhuozhou, a large number of cavalry will definitely be needed. It needs 150,000 cavalry troops and 100,000 infantry that are not weaker than those of Liao. With the addition of the naval army, the total strength of 400,000 may be enough. ”

Zhang Dan's eyes lit up, since he solved the Western Xia and Qingtang, the financial health of the Great Song Dynasty was so healthy that Zhang Duan wanted to toss it.

What's more expensive than starting a war?

What could burn more money than waging a war with Liao?

Hearing Li Kui's opening of the 400,000 army, Zhang Ji immediately decided to give it. He gritted his teeth and nodded, "You commander?" ”

Li Kui was taken aback, can he not know what level he is?

Li Kui's face suddenly fell, and he lowered his eyebrows and said, "Zhang Xiang, my talent is at most the level of commanding 30,000 people." At most, at most, it is 50,000 horses, and if you ask me to command 400,000 horses, the kid can't carry it even if he is covered in iron! ”

"Why don't you go to Uncle Zhang to discuss, the Great Song Dynasty can command such a strong army, Li Kui promises, he is the only old man in the world."

Zhang Dian looked at Li Kui in a daze, he thought that his eldest brother and Li Kui were in cahoots, and he had already passed the anger in private. He had already discussed with Zhang Qi, his own brother, he didn't give face, and he didn't even have a routine to refuse, so he almost pointed at Zhang Di's nose and scolded: "Big-eyed thief, you even framed your eldest brother!" ”

Otherwise, how could it be that you admired him and he recommended you?

Zhang Tun's face immediately darkened, and according to Li Kui's understanding of Zhang Tun, this thing is going crazy.

Zhang Dian seemed to be a little unwilling, thought about it, and seemed to have thought of a way to increase the unlimited military strength of the Great Song Dynasty, pointed at Li Kui and said: "The Great Song Dynasty has a cannon you invented, you shouldn't say that it's useless, right?" ”

The cannon that fires a solid projectile can be regarded as a real cannon, Li Kui pursed his lips indifferently and said disdainfully: "Zhang Xiang, you don't know anything about cannons!" Seeing the surprise in Zhang Dan's eyes, Li Kui immediately realized that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly changed his words: "I mean, cannons are not omnipotent. ”

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