Chapter 945: The Liao Army's Last Move
The fathers of Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi and Yelu Dashi were cousins. In terms of seniority, Yelu Dashi wants to call Emperor Tianzuo an uncle. It stands to reason that the relationship between the uncle and nephew should be very good, but this is not the case.
Yelu Dashi is not only the first master of the Khitan, he is also a jinshi of the Great Liao State, and he is a figure with both civil and military skills.
After winning the Jinshi, he has to enter the official career and devote himself to politics, which is a matter of course in the Song and Liao countries, so Yelu Dashi is not only a military official, but also has a lot of say in government affairs.
At the beginning, Wanyan Aguda quietly established the Jin State, and then sounded the horn of counterattacking the Liao State, Emperor Tianzuo immediately recalled Yelu Dashi, who was the envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, and entrusted him with the important task of letting him lead the troops to quell the rebellion of the Jurchens, but how could the decay of the Liao State have reached the point of being terminally ill, even the army has been corrupted, where is there any combat effectiveness at all?
What's more, the Liao army is also dominated by cavalry, and the Jurchens, who have always been responsible for providing horses to the Liao State, have fully opposed the Liao, and directly pinched the source of the Liao war horses.
So as soon as Yelu Dashi came up, he fought several defeats in succession.
After the defeat, Yelu Dashi summed up the lessons and lessons and gave Emperor Tianzuo a letter to the Emperor of Tianzuo, which counted the shortcomings of the Liao army, and pointed the responsibility to the Manchu Dynasty ministers headed by Emperor Tianzuo in his words, and proposed reform measures at the end of the book.
Emperor Tianzuo was furious when he saw this, what? You Yelu Dashi lost the battle, but the reason for the summary is that I, the emperor, am incompetent, how can this be reasonable?
Just as the Chinese men's football team lost the game in later generations, the Football Association immediately changed the coach, Emperor Tianzuo directly ordered Yelu Dashi's military power, well, it's not that the men's football team can't play, but the coach can't do it, it's not that the Liao soldiers can't fight, but the commander can't!
The one who replaced Yelu Dashi was Wu Yanguang. Wu Yanguang is also a well-known handsome talent in the military circles of the Liao State, although he is not as famous as Yelu Dashi when it comes to martial arts, but his real skills are not weak, especially there are two major strengths that Yelu Dashi does not have, one is the horse riding and archery kung fu, and the other is the method of battle formation.
Martial arts masters and people, whether it is a one-on-one heads-up or a one-to-many group fight, and the scene of thousands of troops rushing to kill each other is different. The scene is different, and the playing skills are also different.
For example, maybe Wu Yanguang and Yelu Dashi will lose if they go head-to-head, or maybe they will each lead 180 warriors to fight against each other, and Yelu Dashi will have the upper hand, but if they each lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight against the enemy's 100,000 soldiers and horses, then Wu Yanguang's victory rate should be higher than that of Yelu Dashi.
Therefore, Emperor Tianzuo asked Wu Yanguang to be the generalissimo of the Liao State, and he did not blindly suppress the unobstructed Yelu Dashi, Wu Yanguang did have the strength to be qualified for this position.
However, it is always a fact that the Liao army has been corrupted for a long time and it is difficult to return, even if Wu Yanguang comes to be the commander, he will not be able to defeat the Jin army, and he will be defeated and retreated, which is worse and worse than Yelu Dashi. This slapped Emperor Tianzuo in the face.
No matter how defeated Yelu Dashi was in those battles, the capital of the Liao State was still in the hands of the Liao people, but Wu Yanguang took it over, and even the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing was lost, and the holy mountain Muye Mountain was occupied by the people of the Jin Kingdom.
Directly didn't have the face to see Yelu Dashi.
Fortunately, there are also the staff members under Emperor Tianzuo, including Xiao Long and others, who do not see it that way, in the eyes of the staff, Wu Yanguang has certainly lost badly, but didn't Yelu Dashi not win a game at the beginning? In comparison, the two of them are at most half a catty and eight taels, and neither of them is stronger than the other, since this is the case, it cannot be considered that the emperor is not using people properly.
It's just that no matter what you think, or how you say it, it is always an indisputable fact that the Jin army has been victorious, and the soldiers have directly broken through the Great Wall and besieged Yanjing. In the face of this fact, the Liao State has fallen into a situation of fighting against the water, and can no longer be defeated, if it loses again, it will be the country ruined, and at that time, it is useless to think or say anything.
Therefore, Emperor Tianzuo was furious and reprimanded Wu Yanguang for his ineffective command of the army, of course, he reprimanded Wu Yanguang for always avoiding Yelu Dashi, otherwise it would be equivalent to hitting him in the face on the spot.
On this morning, Wu Yanguang took He Chongbao to the court together, and came half an hour earlier than other military officials, taking advantage of the fact that no one else came, Emperor Tianzuo couldn't bear it anymore, and finally launched a fire on Wu Yanguang.
However, what Emperor Tianzuo didn't expect was that Yelu Dashi also came in advance, and listened to his words of scolding Wu Yanguang without leaking.
Although Yelu Dashi lost his military power, he still belonged to a high-ranking and powerful person, and he didn't need to be notified when he entered the main hall, so Emperor Zuo found out that Yelu Dashi was coming and hurriedly shut up, it was already too late.
The atmosphere was extremely awkward.
Wu Yanguang could understand the emperor's worries. At the same time, he was also ashamed because his record was too poor, and he was disappointed by the emperor's grace!
Therefore, he was scolded and did not have a rebellious mentality, and he did not shy away from the arrival of Yelu Dashi, so he reported the proposed tactics, and the reason why he came to the palace early was originally to report his plan.
"Your Majesty is angry, the reason why the criminal minister has lost several games in a row is only because the Taiyi Mixed Heavenly Elephant Array was not practiced until yesterday, and the criminal minister is about to ask His Majesty to move to the city today and witness the victory of our army with his own eyes. ”
Taiyi Mixed Sky Elephant Array, is the unique skill of Wuyan Light Pressing the bottom of the box, this formation is powerful, but there is a difficulty, that is, it requires 200,000 horses to practice at the same time, just imagine, how can a large array made of 200,000 people be practiced in three days and two days?
It took months of practice for the 30,000 students who flopped to change patterns at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in the future, and it took months to skillfully turn several pieces of cardboard of different colors, not to mention such an esoteric and complex killing array at this time?
From the day Wu Yanguang took over the Liao army, he began to practice this formation. It's just that this training is several months long, and in these months, as long as the Jin soldiers attack, the Liao army will definitely fail.
There's no way, the Jin army didn't wait for you to rehearse before coming to the opening ceremony, they would attack at any time.
But then again, Wu Yanguang's defeat was a bit deliberate, preserving his strength in the defeat and retreating, and a bit of a taste of exchanging space for time, and when he retreated to Yanjing City, the 200,000 soldiers who practiced the formation were almost trained.
Hearing Wu Yanguang say this, Emperor Tianzuo immediately turned his anger into joy, "Really? I really want to go and see, come here, prepare for it!"