According to the news from Meiyang, these 50,000 people are not all of the Liao Kingdom. They are just sending 50,000 people because winter is coming. And once the New Year is over and the weather gets warmer, the Liao Kingdom will also send 50,000 people.
An army will be sent.
Not only that, the Liao Kingdom has already sent people to Mongolia. It seems that they want to unite with Mongolia again to take action.
This time, the three tribes joined forces and did not take much advantage. This made the Liao Kingdom wary of the Song Dynasty.
The Liao Kingdom was very worried. Once the Western Xia and Mongolian people stopped making trouble to the Song Dynasty, if the Song Dynasty wanted to cause trouble to the Liao Kingdom, could they stop it with their own knowledge?
It had only been so many years since the Song Dynasty had been at war with each other. How come the Song Dynasty was so powerful that they didn't recognize it?
In order to solve this problem, the Liao Kingdom became murderous.
Even if Da Song cannot be destroyed, he must be severely damaged so that he no longer threatens his ability.
After receiving the news, Su Shi also had the intention of severely inflicting heavy damage on the Liao people.
Regardless of whether they are Xixia wolves or barbarians, although their combat power is not weak, in the final analysis, their background is still a bit poor.
They have a small population, little territory, and lack of supplies. If they want to fight a long-term war of attrition with the Song Dynasty, they cannot do it.
In comparison, Liao Dog is different.
Compared with the territory, they are not much different from the Song Dynasty, and after years of development, the population is also growing. If we must talk about threats, Su Shi believes that their threat is the biggest.
As the ancients said, don't let others snore and sleep on the side of the bed.
Just like the Liao people felt that the Song Dynasty was a threat, Su Shi also felt that the Khitan Liao Kingdom was a threat.
Su Shi has only one way to deal with threats, and that is
Eliminate him and make him no longer a threat.
Although Su Shi knew very well that with his current ability and the thoughts of the officials in the Great Song Dynasty, it was impossible to really destroy the Liao Kingdom, but he could always inflict heavy damage on them.
As long as the Liao Kingdom is severely damaged now, they will be unable to cause trouble to the Song Dynasty. Even if they can fight for ten years, His Highness King Jing will have grown up by then.
Once King Jing gained power, he could support himself in destroying the Liao Dynasty, followed by the Xia Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and finally unified the land, which became possible.
After carefully analyzing the situation, we waited for more than twenty days.
Su Shi was waiting for 50,000 Liao troops to enter the northern border of the Song Dynasty before he took action.
Su Shi was not prepared to let these 50,000 people go back.
Su Shi wanted to use this battle to tell the Liao people that if they wanted to cause trouble with the Song Dynasty, they should be prepared to lose troops and generals.
Once the Liao people suffered too much in Song Dynasty, Su Shi wanted to see how many reinforcements they could send without fear of death.
In more than 20 days, 50,000 Liao reinforcements entered the country.
And they have arrived behind the place where Su Shi is, that is, around the Wutai area.
After the arrival of 50,000 reinforcements from the Liao people, they did not launch an attack immediately. They just surrounded the surrounding area. It seemed that they wanted to besiege Su Shi here, and they also wanted to see. Without any support,
Su Shi's army hiding in the mountains eats and drinks whatever they want.
In fact, Su Shi's subordinates naturally had no worries about food and drink.
Not only that, he eats and drinks better than others.
Just when the Liao people were thinking about trapping Su Shi to death, he had already begun to plan how to severely damage these people.
Alien things.
Su Shi first analyzed the distribution of enemy and enemy forces.
Bao Zheng commanded 40,000 infantrymen.
Di Qing had 40,000 cavalry.
Wang Xin commanded 12,000 cavalry. (During the breakout battle, a large number of Liao and Xixia war horses were captured)
There are 5,000 black cavalry and 6,000 vanguard troops, all of whom are cavalry.
The Xixia army had 120,000 troops, including 100,000 cavalry.
The Liao army consisted of 130,000 troops, including 50,000 cavalry.
The 50,000 reinforcements that the Liao Army had just arrived, all of which were infantry, were gathering in the Wutai area at this time.
Su Shi also had an army of 60,000 soldiers, all of whom were cavalry.
The result was that the Liao army numbered 130,000, the Xixia army numbered 120,000, and the Song army numbered 150,000.
Taken alone, the Song army can deal with any clan, but it is unable to deal with both clans at the same time.
It was not the right time for a decisive battle, at least not in terms of military strength, so Su Shi decided to fight a local war.
Can't your Liao army send reinforcements?
Then, what I am attacking is your reinforcements.
Su Shi's eyes fell on the 50,000 Liao army reinforcements that had just arrived in the northern border of the Song Dynasty and were concentrating on the Wutai area, but their foothold was not yet stable.
These 50,000 Liao troops were all infantry and lacked sufficient mobility, making them the most suitable targets to attack.
Once these 50,000 Liao troops are wiped out or severely damaged, it can serve as a good warning to the foreign tribes and let the Liao army know the difficulties and problems they may face if they send reinforcements to the Song Dynasty again.
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The news coming from Meiyang is that the top leaders of the Liao Kingdom are not united.
Just like in the court of the Song Dynasty, some high-level officials in the Liao Kingdom did not support the current war with the Song Dynasty.
The 50,000 reinforcements sent this time are just a test. Once they gain a firm foothold, they can see what is possible.
With the opportunity to severely damage the Song Army, the main war faction will gain the upper hand. In the spring after the Chinese New Year, the Liao Army may send more reinforcements to the battlefield.
On the other hand, if the Liao army was severely damaged at this stage, it would be a question of whether the main war faction could still gain the upper hand.
"Haha, it's not just the Song people who have feelings. You Liao people will also fight among themselves. Very good, very good." Su Shi had a smile on his face, and he already had a plan in mind for the next battle strategy.
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Chitang Pass.
After waiting for nearly a month, Ji Zhu finally received Su Shixin's combat order.
The excited Ji Zhu found Bao Zheng, and then came to discuss the matter. In front of several generals, Ji Zhu presented Su Shi's plan.
"General Zhongwu means that we will send out troops tonight and divide them into three groups."
"The first route is to go straight to the west, pretending to march towards Jingle City in Xianzhou, in order to mobilize the enemy's troops."
"The second route is to look for opportunities and go straight to Xincheng to relieve its siege."
"The third route, use the night to sneak out, target Xinkou Village, and appear behind the Liao army, so that the head and tail cannot see each other, creating enough time and opportunity for General Zhongwu to send troops to annihilate the 50,000 Liao army in the Wutai area."
"The first and second routes are both virtual, intended to mobilize foreign troops and provide cover for the third army's attack."
After saying this, Ji Zhu took the initiative to express his position: "As the main force, our Black Cavalry is a member of the third army."
"Our vanguard army will also join the third army." Yang Wenguang said closely.
Finally I can meet up with Su Shi, delicious food, here I come.
Yang Wen at this moment
Guang was a little excited.
"How about I go to the third army as well?" Di Qing looked at the others and asked tentatively.
"Then I'll go to the second army." Wang Xin didn't fight with everyone. He originally wanted to rescue Xincheng, but now that he has the opportunity, he really wants to give it a try.
"Okay, then my people will go to the first army." Bao Zheng saw that everyone had their own choices, and when only the first army was left, he made a decision after thinking about it.
Of the three armies, it seems that the first army is safer.
It is just to mobilize the enemy and contain the enemy, rather than fighting the enemy. This is also more suitable for the 40,000 infantry in Bao Zheng's hands.
Everyone had a choice, and Ji Zhu stood up and emphasized three points.
"First, in order to better mobilize the foreign races outside the pass, Bao Zheng's 40,000 infantrymen can be turned into cavalry, so that they can speed up. Of course, there are not so many war horses now, but it doesn't matter, there are some redundant ones in each army.
Yes, you can contribute some, and there are some old horses in the pass that can also be used. Although the speed is not that fast, it is just for escaping, not fighting, so it is not a big problem."
"Second, after Su Shihui destroyed the 50,000 Liao reinforcements, he returned to the battlefield and put pressure on the foreign tribes. The first 40,000 reinforcements must seize the opportunity, turn around and retreat, and return to Chitang.
Guan. This opportunity must be grasped and must not be delayed."
"When the time comes, if someone is blocked outside Chitang Pass because of being too slow and is overtaken by a foreign race, then don't blame others."
"The third and most important point is to obey orders on the battlefield. Especially when two teams are pretending to be enemies.
The road army must not act in a fake and real way, nor can it really get entangled with the enemy."
Regarding this third point, although Ji Zhu did not name him by name, he was talking about Wang Xin.
Wang Xin succeeded in breaking through, but left Wang Deyong in Xincheng, which made him feel a deep sense of guilt.
Whenever there is a chance, he always tries to make up for it.
But in Su Shi's opinion, all this was completely unnecessary.
First, the reason for this result is that Wang Deyong made the mistake first and made the mistake first.
Second, when he first broke out of the siege, Wang Xin called Wang Deyong, but it didn't happen.
Third, during the breakout battle that night, if Wang Deyong dared to fight with all his strength, as there were still 20,000 Song troops in the city, plus Wang Miao's 4,000 dragon guards, he might not be able to break out of the siege and regain the victory.
newborn.
But all the opportunities were presented in front of him, and Wang Deyong did not fight for them.
He was like a fattened dead pig, just waiting inside Xincheng, waiting for others to rescue him, and waiting for others to drive away all the aliens outside the city.
For being so passive, Wang Deyong deserved to be surrounded.
It can be said that Wang Deyong brought his own fault for everything. No one can blame him for his current results.
It is said that Su Shi's analysis is the most correct. It can be said that most people think this way. But now Wang Xin has got into trouble, and there is no way.
This time Wang Deyong took over the task of the Second Route Army again. Ji Zhu was worried that he would ignore the order and really go to relieve the siege of Xincheng, so he gave some instructions intentionally.
After finishing what he should say, Ji Zhu stepped aside. He knew very well that the people here were higher than him in terms of official rank. He was just relying on the fact that he was now
Su Shi's spokesperson only has the right to speak.