Chapter 167: The war in the north is urging
The traditional Xuanmen divides the world into five elements, and in addition to the five elements and five tai, there are also five virtues and five fortunes.
When people live in the world, they are contaminated with karma, and the five elements, five virtues, and five fortunes are often contaminated. The power of virtue in ordinary people is relatively weak, and the more powerful the person, the stronger the power of virtue in his body, which is also the reason why it is difficult for those officials to be invaded by evil spirits.
People like Lu Yuan are often equipped with all five virtues, but the level is different.
But this kind of situation where there is no trace of yin virtue should not be......
If Yin and Virtue are complete, they will be able to hide their vitality in all kinds of disasters.
But Lu Yuan himself lacks a virtue......
Well, it's a bit of a mystery to be true.
Putting aside his doubts, Lu Yuan continued to devote himself to the work of building the Great Song Dynasty.
After the construction of infrastructure facilities was completed and put into use, after a few years, the population and quality of the Great Song Dynasty were greatly improved, in contrast, the power of the northern tribes became more and more unbearable, the friction between the Liao State and the Jurchens became more and more serious, and the internal fighting became more and more fierce. And because of the war, the Liao State became more and more consumed, and began to want the Great Song Dynasty to ask for more tribute.
The annual coin of one million silk has increased to two million silk per year.
After receiving the letter of state delivered by the Liao envoy, Lu Yuan smiled and threw the letter into the furnace.
He said to the scribe beside him: "Go back and tell the envoy of the Liao State to stop working hard, save some effort, and prepare to go back to war." ”
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In the Liao State Embassy, Xiao Luxi, the Liao envoy, smashed the cup and roared angrily: "The Song Dynasty is so bold! Dare to confront my Great Liao Iron Cavalry?!"
Xiao Luxi then issued several strong letters of state, using strong words, in an attempt to intimidate the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
It's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty has long since changed from what it used to be.
In the court, Zhao Ji shook the national letter in his hand in front of the ministers and said with a smile: "This Xiao Luxi is really ridiculous, but until now, he dares to treat me like this, I don't know whether I live or die." ”
"Where is the national teacher?"
"The minister is here. ”
"From now on, a military order will be issued, and the army will be sent to the north to prepare to recover Yanyun's important land!"
"Obey. ”
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After the Great Song Emperor began the main battle, the materials and strategies prepared by the soldiers in the past four years were taken out, and Lu Yuan set up a "Strategic Command for the Recovery of Yanyun" for this purpose.
Among them, those who lost their ability to fight in the war were incorporated into the military academy by Lu Yuan and used to train new soldiers.
In four years, Lu Yuan has already built a real army structure.
This army has a very high cohesion and strong combat effectiveness.
The military spirit of Shang Wushu spread out, fully igniting the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Dynasty.
Four years is enough time to give birth to three waves of new armies with strong combat effectiveness, so when the military order was issued, Lu Yuan mobilized 120,000 troops, divided into six routes, to attack the northern front. Each Song army had a complete command system and combat effectiveness, combined with the Beidi Xiang Army and the Vassal Army, which was enough to form an army offensive of about 500,000.
And the Liao side is also warlike.
Because the time and place are favorable, they are all on their side.
Now...... It's autumn.
As long as it is winter, when the Yellow River freezes, the Da Liao Iron Cavalry can wave its troops south, and at that time, the Great Song Dynasty, which has just completed the autumn harvest, is the best fat pig, and the Great Liao will be able to eat a mouth full of oil.
When the time comes, not only can it appease the lack of people's hearts, but it can also take advantage of this to establish its authority and let the fat pig of Da Song cut off the meat on his body. It can also make the Western Xia, who is gradually fluctuating, surrender again.
Although the Song Dynasty has reformed a lot in recent years, its national strength has increased greatly.
There is news that there is an army that dares to fight, and the Liao State also knows about it.
However, the Liao State is located in the north, and has no personal experience of the changes in the Song Dynasty, plus Lu Yuan's intention to attack the spies of the Liao State, and a lot of information that the Liao State got in the Song Dynasty is actually very vague. They still believed that the Northland cavalry had a strength that the Song people could hardly match.
After all, the impact of the galloping of thousands of horses is almost inexplicable in this era.
Later, Yue Fei was full of courage and spirit, and he was able to rely on his own strength to defeat the cavalry with infantry with his back army, creating a legend through the ages.
The mighty war in the north began at the time of the autumn harvest.
The battlefield of the initial confrontation was launched in the area of Datong Province.
There are many plains in the area of Datongfu, and the Song Dynasty spent a lot of money to build a large number of walled forts in that area in order to resist the Northern Liao, and used the most stupid but most effective method to resist the invasion of the northern iron cavalry.
The northern tribes are skilled in bows and horses, and all the people are soldiers, and when it comes to war, they are cavalry on horseback.
In the past hundred years, the Great Liao, who was supported by the Great Song Dynasty coins, lost the fierceness and ferocity of the year, so that they were defeated and retreated by the Jurchen tribe between the white waters of Montenegro, but compared with the Great Song Dynasty, their military strength is still not to be underestimated.
This is also the source of self-confidence of the Liao people.
In the war with the Song Dynasty, since Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, defeated Nanjing Dao, none of the subsequent emperors could match the Liao State in military strength.
In just four years in the world, what kind of military strength can the Song people develop?
The Liao people were not optimistic about the strategic offensive of the Song people.
At the end of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Liao army and the Song army fought a decisive battle on the Datongfu Plain.
At that time, the Liao army began to attack from 300 paces away, and the Song army launched strange things with huge cannon barrels.
The Liao people know what it's called-
It is said to be called artillery, a coined word that can fire huge iron balls and inflict impacts. However, the Liao people did not arrive, and the Song people really transported this thing to the battlefield.
It's also applied to the Plains Duel!
Originally, the Liao people thought that they would encounter this kind of weapon during the siege of the city, so when the iron cannon roared, the iron cavalry formation of the Liao army collapsed.
The iron cannon is a weapon that Lu Yuan has been secret, and the specific power and data are all secrets.
Therefore, Northern Liao did not know the power of the iron cannon, and all kinds of winds could not be used as real information as a reference for military intelligence, so when the iron cannon exerted its power for the first time in history, the Liao army was stunned.
The neighing horses ran in a panic, and no matter how much the knight controlled them, they could not calm their emotions.
The roar of the iron cannon, like a loud sound that opened the world, brought a shock that was by no means comparable to the killing of the iron ball.
This means that the war has entered another dimension.
And the Great Song Dynasty is ahead of all countries.
After the iron cannon of the vanguard washed the ground, the next step was the infantry attack, wearing refined plate armor and holding all kinds of improved weapons, the Great Song infantry rushed to the charge, killing in the chaotic war horse army array! The thick-ridged long-handled machete was specially slashed towards the lower limbs of the war horse, the sword and shield soldiers were in the front, and the spearmen were in the back to make up the swords to draw cold.
They advanced like bulldozers, relying on swords and shields to divide the enemy, so that the infantry in the rear could calmly assassinate the Liao soldiers......