The Song army, which was in the west of Nanjing in the Liao State, only did two things every day when they went out of the city, patrolling the surroundings, asking for intelligence, and training in a formation not far from the gate of Xijin Mansion.

The drill was an old-fashioned military formation.

The military formation is not the art of war, the art of war is wisdom, and the military formation is the system.

The system is not afraid to learn, and wisdom cannot be learned.

Speaking of which, the art of war is similar to the principle of spending money, concentrating on big things means spending money in important places; Spending a small amount of money to do big things is to take advantage; Don't spend money to do big things, it's all for nothing. The Art of War: The Art of War is like water, water is impermanent, and everything is inseparable. Therefore, the means of the art of war are always beyond people's reach, otherwise they can't be prostituted in vain, right?

The art of war books of the Great Song Dynasty were flooded, and almost every military general had one, but it was almost rare to use the art of war on the battlefield.

The Great Song army has always used flat pushes to fight, and when the opponent is stronger in strength, it speaks with strength. This is the right strategy, but without tactical deception, good things are often ruined.

But the military formation is different.

The military formation is a system, and it has very strict rules, and it will not change easily.

From the appearance of the Hexi War 1,500 years ago, to the present, infantry interception, bow and crossbow killing, chariot obstacles, and cavalry raids, this set of methods has never changed much.

Just like a military formation with muskets and artillery, when Napoleon swept through Europe, was there any difference between the military formations used and Italy, Britain, Austria and other countries?

It's all the same military formation, why did Napoleon win and his opponents lose?

This is the military formation, the military formation cannot make the army invincible, but the military formation can give full play to the maximum strength of the troops.

It can be said that what Song Jun did outside Xijin Mansion was to show off his muscles.

At the head of the city, Yelu Yanxi stepped on the newly built city wall left by the gap left by the south gate burned by the Song army, but the city tower that originally stood on the gap was gone, and it looked a little unaccustomed: "Can it be reinforced?" ”

"King Yan rest assured, even if the Song army uses a hammer to rush the city, it will not be able to break this section of the city wall. It's just that if you want to build a tower, it will take some time. ”

"Forget it, don't do this too much in the city tower, I'm afraid that it will be burned by the Song people at that time."

For the Song army, the military formation, which had already been used once, was once again placed in front of the Liao people, and there was no novelty. At the head of the city, the general Sun Liang was resentful: "I said it was so familiar, it turned out to be the Glaive Array." ”

"It's been almost 1,500 years since the Glaive Array of the Art of War of Wu Zi came out, why can it still be so powerful?" After a short period of shame, Yelu Yanxi's heart emitted a sense of soul.

Knowing what tricks the other party used, why was it that he couldn't break the depression, which made him very hurt.

Sun Liang pondered for a while and sighed: "For 1,500 years, this formation has made countless famous generals fall on the battlefield, and it must be unique. ”

When he said this, he was suspected of putting gold on his face.

Yelu Yanxi looked back at the few officials who came with him from the military department and asked, "Has the formation map been copied?" ”

"It's all right."

As he spoke, he handed over the copied formation diagram to Yelu Yanxi, who looked at the formation diagram for a while, and then gave up in a state of weakness. Different from the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor was promoted by title, and when he was one year old, he was named a festival envoy, at the age of three, he was named a duke, when he was a teenager, he was named a prince, and when he was an adult, he was named a prince. And the Liao State is different, the Liao State really gives the royal family a chance to lead troops to fight.

Yelu Yanxi has always had military power since he became an adult.

It's not that he doesn't understand the military town at all.

Instead, he saw Song Jun's deep meaning, and deliberately angered him, as if to say to him: "Show you, you can't learn it." ”

If the military formation really hid the magic weapon of defeating the enemy, the Song army would not have trained in front of the Liao people so grandiosely.

For three days.

Song Jun was like this almost every day.

And with the increasing number of military drills, Yelu Yanxi, who had watched it for three days, finally saw a little fame.

But he would rather not see it than believe what he saw. The proficiency of the Song army's military formation seems to have increased a lot, and the tacit understanding has been a lot.

There was no harm, but Yelu Yanxi felt a kind of resentment that he was insulted.

It turned out that the Song army's military formation drill was not too proficient, but it was such a Song army that broke his knees.

In Zhuozhou, the Liao army that rushed back from Yi County hurriedly passed by.

When he saw the burned city in the car window, Yelu Hongji's face was gloomy, and he asked in a deep voice: "Where has Chen Jianu's forward gone?" ”

"Tell Your Majesty, you should be in Nanjing soon."

After saying that, there was silence in the carriage again. Yelu Hongji leaned on the soft couch, not knowing what he was thinking. There had been no messengers in the rear for several days, and there had been no baggage to transport to the army.

This made Yelu Hongji have a very bad premonition, and when he saw the burned Zhuozhou, this bad feeling became even stronger.

The Liao State was a grassland empire, marching and fighting, and generally used cattle and sheep as military food.

But it also needs to be replenished with weapons such as arrows, as well as a small amount of food, and of course, forage and the like.

After all, in the winter, cattle and sheep cannot forage in the wild.

However, no baggage was sent from Nanking for several days, which made Yelu Hongji very worried. A worry, as an emperor, his suspicion is already serious, and he is worried that his grandson Yelu Yanxi can't wait to ascend the throne by such means. Another concern is that the province may be under attack.

It was even breached.

Only this reason can explain why there has been no grain and equipment sent from Sijin Province for a long time.

Left 5,000 men and horses to block the Song army going north.

Yelu Hongji could only take the main force of more than 70,000 soldiers and horses and rush back non-stop.

Zhuozhou has been lost, and if even Nanjing Xijin Mansion is gone, the Liao State will completely lose control of Youzhou. Without this fertile land, Liao's national strength would drop by half.

And Yelu Chen Jianu, with 20,000 vanguard troops, has almost arrived in Xijin Mansion.

At the same time, he found traces of scouts.

It is very likely that it was the Song army, because he did not even see a caravan on the road. This would have been unthinkable in the past.

"King!"

"What's wrong?"

"Great King, there are imperial grandsons in Nanjing, as well as tens of thousands of horses transferred from Zhongjing, and their troops are no less than 60,000, but even the imperial grandsons are not moving, it can be seen that ......"

"Shi Da, what do you want to say?"

The one who spoke was his cronie, Shi Da.

On weekdays, he can be regarded as a little resourceful and can come up with some ideas.

"Are you saying that Your Majesty may not be able to trust the imperial grandson now?"

"Isn't it clear to you, King? The crown prince has the same strength as His Majesty. Although His Majesty is old, his energy is not reduced, and it is inevitable that he will worry about his status as a prince. Now is a great opportunity, as long as the support is successful, even if His Majesty wants to abolish the imperial grandson, I am afraid he will not be able to do it. ”

Yelu Chen's slave was stunned, he was just ordered to recruit, and the order he received was to lead the troops to Xijin Mansion, and then gather the military power and control the city.

This is understandable, after all, he is the new king of the Southern Courtyard after Yeluwu's death, and the entire Nanjing Road is his jurisdiction.

But this order made the Yelu Chen family slave feel cold, and sure enough, there was no family affection in the emperor's family, which was probably suspected of being the emperor's grandson. The kings of the Southern Court and the King of the Northern Courts of the Liao Kingdom have the same titles, and they are both princes of one party above ten thousand people. Because the emperor of the Liao State often lived in Nanjing, the power of the king of the southern courtyard was much less, mainly because the emperor often lived in Xijin Mansion, especially throughout the winter, he would take refuge in Xijin Mansion.

"No, Hugh has to mention it again at this time. Ordered the whole army to rush to Xijin Province at once. ”

Yelu Chen Jianu thought for a while and said suspiciously: "I'm worried that the Song army that attacked Zhuozhou has appeared, and if the capital is lost, you and I will become sinners in Daliao." And in case you encounter the Song army, you must be careful to deal with it, this Song army is not simple. ”

"The last will be retired."

Shi Da had no choice but to lead his troops to speed up and arrive at Xijin Mansion before dark. As for Yelu Chen's reminder to him, he didn't pay attention to it at all.

It's not that he hasn't participated in the war in Yi County, and the Song army as an opponent is not very good.

But what he didn't expect was that in the afternoon, a Song army intercepted in front of him. Shi Da hesitated to look at Song Jun's strange equipment, and he could see that it was Bu Jun.

Looking back at the cavalry under his command, he turned his head to the herald and said, "Report to the king, the Song army has appeared, and the number is between one or two thousand." ”

"The whole army is preparing to attack, and General Ben wants to try the quality of the Song army."

In his opinion, the Song army was infantry, of course there were cavalry, but less than fifty miles behind him, more than 10,000 reinforcements led by the prince were on the way. What is he afraid of?

Can't you run away?

Impossible.

The vanguard of the Liao army had long been discovered by the scouts of the Song army, and the news reached the camp.

Li Kui immediately ordered troops to be dispatched, and finally intercepted the Liao army on the plain less than thirty miles away from Xijin Mansion, but when the military formation was set up and the Liao army was waited, not to mention Li Kui, even Cao Fang showed a very disappointed look, and muttered: "Only so many people?" ”

At most, five thousand people and horses seem to be not enough to see in the endless plains. It was a bit of a bully to use the glaive array, and Li Kui immediately ordered: "The musketeers are marching, ready to shoot." ”

A strange drum beat sounded, and just as Shi Da rode on his horse to mock the strangeness of the Song army, the soldiers and horses of both sides collided together.

The battle did not last long at all, and all but a few fleeing Liao troops were annihilated. Walking on the battlefield, Li Kui looked at the armor of the Liao soldiers who died in battle, and said in disappointment: "This is not the leather room army. ”

The Pi Room Army was the Liao Emperor's pro-army, and the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty to and from the Liao State brought back the portraits of the Liao Army, among which the portraits of the Pi Room Army were the most. The armor of the leather room army is thicker, and everyone wears armor. And the protection of the Liao army in front of him is very poor. Many soldiers don't even have broken armor, only regular soldiers who are equivalent to team generals have armor, but it is also very different from the portrait that Li Kui found in the Privy Council.

"Dashuai, do you mean that Yelu Hongji, the emperor of Liao, ran away?"

Cao Fang followed behind Li Kui, and he gradually got used to the bloodiness of the battlefield, and he was not as pale as he was when he first walked on the battlefield.

Li Kui called Liang Shijie and instructed: "If you take someone to interrogate Huokou, you must ask about Yelu Hongji's movements." ”

"My subordinates will do it immediately." Liang Shijie took the order and left, and Cao Fang saw that there was nothing to do, so he also followed.

After a while, Cao Fang's boots were covered with blood, which brought the results of the interrogation: "Dashuai, it is the rout of the Chongyi Army, commanded by Yelu Chen Jianu, the king of the Southern Courtyard. Liu Fa, the old boy, did a good job, and broke the Liao army in Yishui. And the two teams of Hedong Road also rushed to the battlefield, and Yixian was still in our hands. Now that the Liao army is heading north, it is followed by the army of Hebei and Hebei of the Great Song Dynasty, with about 60,000 or 70,000 horses. Intercepted by our army was the vanguard of the Liao army, with 20,000 horses, as well as some of the Hu servants of the king of the Southern Courtyard. ”

Hearing that reinforcements were coming, Cao Fang was in a very good mood.

"This is a strategic and face-to-face teaching opportunity. Liu Fa is just acting on orders, and it is right to win the war. ”

Liang Shijie did not forget to praise Li Kui, but Li Kui didn't care at this time.

Li Kui said: "Yutu." ”

After Hua Rong unfolded the map, Li Kui's realization fell on the map.

He pointed to a small river and said to Cao Fang: "Order the soldiers to march immediately, arrive at Qingheyuan before dark, and set up camp in front of the riverbed." ”

"Li Yun!"

"The end will be."

"You take 5,000 cavalry to attack the Liao army's forward from the flank, don't fall in love with the war, your task is to delay the Liao army's marching speed and buy half a day's time for the foot soldiers."

"The Last General's Order!" Li Yun and Li Kui had a very tacit understanding, and immediately rushed out with five thousand cavalry towards the wild.

The Qing River is just a small river on the Qing River Plain.

In winter, the river is barely a foot wide and almost cut off. The riverbed is exposed, but it is about two feet above the flat ground, and it is only in spring that the river swells.

This washed out ditch was a natural barrier for the Song army.

As long as this barrier is erected, the Song army can rely on the terrain and have no worries.

This is cheap, Li Kui must take advantage of it.

And it had to be before the arrival of the Liao army.

The fleeing Liao army immediately reported to Yelu Chen, the king of the Southern Courtyard, the moment they encountered the large army of the Liao army.

When Chen Jianu heard the news, he didn't think about it and ordered the whole army to march quickly.

But to his surprise, the Song army, which had not appeared for a long time, finally appeared, not infantry, but cavalry. This made him feel like a great enemy. In terms of troops, he has an advantage, but compared to cavalry equipment, in addition to the 5,000 troops of the King of the Southern Courtyard under his command, the 20,000 defeated troops of the Chongyi Army really can't leave this elite Song army.

Looking at the brightly armored Song army, Yelu Chen Jianu had to cheer up and deal with it carefully. By the time he felt that something was wrong, he sent thousands of men and horses to attack Xijin Mansion, it was already getting late.

When he finally felt the Qinghe Plain, he saw the camp of the Song army. He finally understood why he was attacked by the Song cavalry. The Song army in order to create time for the construction of the camp.

Night fighting is not a combat method that the Liao army is good at.

In addition, the loss of 5,000 men and horses was too inexplicable, and he only heard the defeated soldiers who fled back say unexpectedly: "The Song army knows how to demons." ”

"Boom boom thunder, people will die in pieces!"

Anyway, he didn't want to believe this kind of nonsense, but he didn't dare not believe it. The main thing is that the combat effectiveness shown by this Song army shocked him. After the attack of 5,000 men and horses was blocked, the Song army dared to let the infantry protrude forward, and the cavalry cut it, and in an extreme time, they ate their own 5,000 men and horses.

This kind of combat power, Yelu Chen's slaves have never heard of, he remembered in his heart that he had listened to Han Zirang's oral account of the loss of Zhuozhou in Xijin Mansion, and he had laughed at Han Zirang for being timid in the court, maybe all this was true.

had to be cautious, Yelu Chen Jianu immediately sent a messenger, after writing the military situation, handed it to the other party, and instructed before leaving: "Tell Your Majesty that Li Kui from Pozhuo Prefecture has appeared." ”