Dading Prefecture, Jingzhou Army Barracks in the west of the city.
"Your Majesty is welcome to review the Jingzhou Army!
Gao Xun shouted loudly, wore armor and bent down to bow.
Behind Gao Xun, Zhao Kuangyi is also wearing gorgeous bright silver armor.
The bloodline of the old Zhao family is still good. Zhao Kuangyi is not as powerful as his brother Zhao Kuangyin, but he is big and round, with a strong body of fat. Coupled with the years of experience and the wind and frost in the north, he has a majestic air.
At this moment, he was even more energetic, with a bit of arrogance in his eyes.
Gao Xun was the son of Gao Xintao, King of Beiping in the later Jin Dynasty. When he followed Du Chongwei to surrender to the Khitan, he led tens of thousands of troops, and his status was extraordinary. Now he is granted the title of King of Qin, worshiped as Privy Councilor, knows the political affairs, and is in charge of the military affairs of the Han Dynasty.
Although Zhao Kuangyi was highly regarded by Yelu Bishou, his status was far from comparable to that of Gao Xun.
However, he has a low-level position and is responsible for the training of all soldiers of the Jingzhou Army. This time Yelvbishe was able to come to the Jingzhou Army camp in person. It was also because of his invitation that Yelvbishe came to the Jingzhou Army camp in person to review the training results.
Yelv Bishe sat high on his horse and looked at the Han generals in front of him. His eyes swept over everyone, and finally stopped at Zhao Kuangyi, his eyes full of approval.
After promoting Zhao Kuangyi, Yelu Bishe followed his instructions and stabilized the situation in the temple, and the offensive in the Central Plains was also slowed down.
According to the initial estimate, he could hold on to the fortress around Dading Prefecture for at most one and a half months, and now it is nearly four months. It was not until winter came and the sky was covered with heavy snow that the Southern Dynasty truly came to the gates of Dading Prefecture.
It was natural for Yelv Bi to take photos, and he regarded all of this as the credit of Zhao Kuangyi letting the Han generals command.
Zhao Kuangyi has reported on the training results and progress of the Jingzhou Army every half month for more than three months.
Yelu Bishe was also itchy after hearing this. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and came to inspect and inspect in person to see if the Jingzhou Army had really been transformed in just three months.
Yelvbi tightened his tight leather coat and cursed in his heart, "You are a thief, but God jumped off the horse with great strength."
In fact, Yelv Bishe took a chariot at the beginning.
Khitan was heavily influenced by sinicization. In addition to a lot of culture, some enjoyment items also naturally spread among Khitan upper class society, including sedan chairs and carriages.
Especially in the important places of the Khitan capital, Khitan nobles sitting in sedans and riding carriages can be seen everywhere.
The same is true for Yelu Bishe. He feels that the emperor must have the majesty of an emperor.
Everyday travel was carried out in the gorgeous chariot left by Yelujing, with honor guards leading the way, which was very majestic.
It wasn't until the Southern Dynasties that someone said, "I'll wait until I'm older before I sit down. I'm in my prime, and I have good hands and feet, so there's no need for this."
Yelvbishe no longer rides in chariots or sedan chairs, but follows Luo Youdu's example when traveling on horseback. When walking in the palace, he mostly walks or rides on horseback.
Even though Yelu Bishe cursed every one of the thieves of the Southern Dynasty, he regarded him as a role model in his heart. Many of his actions and styles were imitated unconsciously, but the imitation was a little different...
Yelv Bishe smiled kindly and said: "You don't need to be polite. Seeing your spirit, you will know that what the Zhao army envoy said is true. There are no weak soldiers under a strong general. I look forward to seeing a different Liao army."
Powerful team!"
He said to Gao Xun and Zhao Kuangyi: "Let's start!"
Gao Xun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please!" and then ordered Zhao Kuangyi to behave well.
Zhao Kuangyi patted his chest confidently.
Gao Xun led Yelu Bishe, Yelu Xiu, and Yelu Hailimo to the military camp first.
Zhao Kuangyi waved his hand, and all the surrounding Han generals gathered around him.
People like Zhao Kuangyi can do well there because he is so good at winning people's hearts.
The Khitan army is roughly divided into four types: Pishi Army, Tribal Army, and Jingzhou Army. Among them, Pishi Army and Tribal Army are mainly composed of Khitans, supplemented by Xi people. The Jingzhou Army is composed of Han and Bohai people.
Lord, and the tribes belonging to the Khitan originally referred to the grassland tribes such as Mongolia and Shiwei that relied on the Khitan. However, as the influence of the Khitan declined, the Khitan tribes are now dominated by the Jurchens.
The Khitan Xi people are the main fighting force of the Khitan army, and the Jurchens are brave and good at fighting, and they are also the targets of the Khitan. In contrast, the Han people and the Bohai people are mainly engaged in farming in the Khitan, and their average bow and horse skills are not up to standard, so they are inevitably discriminated against.
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Of course, their treatment is also the worst.
Zhao Kuangyi relied on Yelv Bishe's trust to improve the treatment of the Jingzhou Army. Because of his contribution to stabilizing the court situation, Yelv Bishe gave Zhao Kuangyi many rewards.
Zhao Kuangyi took it out to make friends with the generals of the Jingzhou Army and received unanimous praise.
Zhao Kuangyi followed his elder brother's example and became brothers with them, but within three months they had become close friends, and some of their relationships even surpassed those of his old boss Gao Xun.
Zhao Kuangyi asked the generals to perform well according to the daily drills, and encouraged: "Brothers, today is when we are developed. This is a rare opportunity to show your face in front of His Majesty. No Pishi army or tribal army has ever had it.
.Brothers, I have won this opportunity for you. Whether you can win His Majesty's favor and whether you can go further depends on your performance. Only if you perform well can I give you a good word in front of His Majesty. If your performance is poor, then I will give you a good word.
No wonder I, a brother, don't give you a chance.
He took all the credit for himself.
Who doesn’t want to make further progress?
Someone immediately echoed: "Brother, don't worry, I, Du Zhenghong, have recorded your kindness.
He was much older than Zhao Kuangyi, but he felt no sense of disobedience when he was called an elder brother. The same was true for others. They thanked him one after another and expressed their attitudes.
Yelv Bisho walked all the way to the military camp and saw that the surrounding forts were stacked one on top like a maze. They were a hundred times more sophisticated than their happy-go-lucky station. He said, "Xun Ning, what do you think of this fort?"
Brother Yelvxiu had to praise this and said: "The ministers of this camp have seen it in Li Weigong's "Li Weigong's Art of War". I remember that it is the method of setting up a camp in the "Buwu Camp Formation" in the middle volume, which can be used both offensively and defensively. Supervisor Zhao
The military envoy is indeed knowledgeable and puts his knowledge to good use."
Yelu Bishe smiled and said: "Xun Ning can see the origin of this camp at a glance, and it is no less impressive. But why don't you use it?"
Brother Yelvxiu was a humble man. He said solemnly at this moment: "Li Weigong uses his troops like a god, and I dare not use them indiscriminately."
In fact, Li Jing's military command level is far superior to ordinary people. When he fights, he subdivides his soldiers into light infantry, Mo Dao soldiers, jumping soldiers, surprise soldiers, archers, crossbowmen, horse troops and many other types of troops. Jumping soldiers
It is the main assault force used to deal with the enemy. As a reserve infantry, the Qi soldiers are usually mixed with the cavalry, and serve as a reserve force for the jump soldiers to launch counterattacks, etc. They maximize the strengths of the arms and at the same time make up for it by supporting each other.
The lack of arms forms a complete combat team.
In addition, he also set up different formations and tactics for each army, such as horizontal formation, six-flower formation, six-flower circle formation, etc., turning command into an art.
There is simply no way for normal people to use this system rationally, not even Li Jing's apprentice, the famous Su Dingfang.
Apart from Li Jing, there is probably only one Han Xin in Chinese history who can do this. The other generals at the same level as the two have completely different styles.
Before this, the Khitan had only cavalry.
Now, although Luo Youdu has suffered a loss and has specially trained infantry, there are not so many tricks.
Many things passed down by Li Jingliu are not for normal people to play. Without the cooperation of the military units, it is even more useless. Of course, even if everything is copied and given the same conditions and environment, it may not be possible.
If there really is the same thing, and one person can play it well, then everyone will be a military god and a soldier.
Brother Yelvxiu is self-aware. He has read all of Li Jing's military books that have been circulated in the world and is familiar with them. There are many things that he only dares to admire and does not dare to engage in actual combat.
However, a person with his personality would not speak ill of others in front of or behind others. Although he did not feel that Zhao Kuangyi had the leadership ability of Li Jing, he would not say it out loud.
Yelv Bishe thought that Brother Yelvxiu thought he was inferior to Zhao Kuangyi, so he said with some comfort: "Xun Ning, don't belittle yourself. Lian knows your abilities best."
Arriving at the school platform,
Accompanied by the deafening sound of war drums.
Zhao Kuangyi came out of the crowd and bowed to Yelvbi: "Jingzhou Tiger Leap Army, please review by your majesty."
As he waved his flag, five thousand soldiers marched in in a neat formation. They all held long spears and practiced gun position attack and killing tactics.
With Zhao Kuangyi's command flag waving, the Tiger Leap Army began to change formations, sometimes in a six-flower formation, sometimes in a wild goose formation, sometimes in a horizontal formation, and sometimes in a vertical formation. These were all formation routines in Li Jing's Art of War.
Compared with the poor formations used in military books such as "Six Tao", "Wu Zi" and "Sun Bin's Art of War" thousands of years ago, the formation created by Li Jing, who was closest to their era, was the most suitable for their era.
In the past three hundred years, who has used troops more skillfully than Li Jing?
Zhao Kuangyi's heart was full of pride, as if Li Weigong was still alive.
The formations recorded in Li Jing's Bingshu are certainly not bad. The Tiger Leap Army has practiced for three months and has already formed muscle memory. With the sound of war drums, it really feels like being on the battlefield.
Yelu Bishe was not good at military affairs, so he was stunned for a while. Yelu Hailimo was also a little dumbfounded.
Brother Yelu Xiu was also quite shocked. If he could maintain this change of formation when faced with the impact of the Southern Dynasty Army on the battlefield, then this Tiger Leap Army would really be a powerful force.
In addition to the leaping tiger, the Jingzhou army also has four armies: the bear rushing, the wolf roaring, the eagle rushing, and the leopard running. The number of each army ranges from four to five thousand.
Although Zhao Kuangyi is jokingly called the God of Chariots, he is still very capable. He is more than capable of commanding three to five thousand people. When faced with the review of the emperor Yelu Bishe, all the generals and officers worked hard and performed extremely well.
Yelv Bishe was very satisfied and praised: "The good generals in my court are those who are Kuang Yi and Xun Ning."
He was worried that Brother Yelvxiu would be a little moody, so he added him.
A military parade greatly shocked and satisfied Yelu Bishe, who thought to himself: "If all our Khitan Pishi soldiers learned such formations, why should we be afraid of the Southern Dynasty?"
At this time, he completely believed in Zhao Kuangyi's ability and had the idea of letting Zhao Kuangyi train the Pishi Army.
However, Yelu Bishe also knew that this matter was not easy. No matter how powerful Zhao Kuangyi was, he was also a Han. There would be no problem if he was allowed to train the Jingzhou Army.
It’s a situation.
Yelvbishe did not dare to act hastily, so he could only build momentum for Zhao Kuangyi little by little, so that he could first gain recognition within the Khitan.
After half a month, Yelu Bishe and Zhao Kuangyi felt like Liu Bei had conquered Kong Ming.
Just then, the bad news came.
Lin Renzhao captured the city of Pyongyang, beheaded the general who defended the city, Xiao Hezhuo, swept across the old land of Goryeo, and was leading his troops north to the Bohai Sea.
When Yelu Bishe heard the bad news, his face turned pale and bloodless.
Faced with the pressure from the Central Plains, they focused their army deployment on Dadingfu and Liaodong. Facing Goryeo, they were in an offensive state. They did not repair defenses or arrange heavy military garrison. It was not until Lin Renzhao and Chen Decheng made a surprise attack on Goryeo that the Japanese invaded.
, they just began to deploy the eastern defense line.
They no longer have the time, let alone the financial resources, to build a new line of defense, so they can only use the original defenses in Goryeo.
The whole thing is arranged around Pyongyang...
Once Pyongyang is lost, it means that the Eastern Portal has been breached by Lin Renzhao. He can drive straight in to the north and attack the hinterland of the Bohai Kingdom, and he can kill their Tokyo Liaoyang Prefecture in the west.
Regardless of whether they capture the Bohai Homeland or Liaoyang Mansion, their next step is to go to Beijing.
After hearing the news, Yelv Xianshi, who was resisting Pan Mei in Liaodong City, decisively abandoned Liaodong City and withdrew to Liaoyang Prefecture to prevent Liaoyang Prefecture from being captured by Lin Renzhao.
Yelu Bishe staggered and sat down on the stool, his eyes blank. Almost at the same time, Luo Youdu also received the news that Lin Renzhao had conquered Pyongyang.
Previously, it was difficult to transmit messages due to the Khitan blockade along the route.
But as Lin Renzhao conquered the old land of Goryeo, Pan Mei took the Liaodong City that Yelv Xianshi had abandoned and advanced towards Liaoyang Prefecture.
The two armies have been able to transmit messages through Liaodong Bay, so there is no difficulty in transmitting messages.
"Lin Renzhao should be one step ahead of us!"
Luo Youdu looked at the letter and laughed and said to the generals.
Their three-pronged army attacked Dadingfu, Liaodong City, and Pyongyang City respectively. They were all discussing the competition to see who could come out on top first.
It was obvious that Lin Renzhao completed the breakthrough first.
All the generals in the account were helpless, and the Khitan's main defense lines were located in Dadingfu and Liaodong.
Pyongyang's city defenses had been destroyed by Brother Yelvxiu a long time ago, and a new defense line was built on the ruins.
The difficulty level is self-evident.
Han Lingkun waved his hand and said: "Captain Lin has captured Pyongyang, now we can attack the Bohai Sea. The Bohai Sea is the granary of the Khitan, and there is no solid city. We can easily descend and then attack the Linhuang Mansion in Beijing. In this way, this big
There is no need to fight in Dingfu. I don’t believe it. This hometown is going to be gone. How can the Khitan chief still stay in Dadingfu?”
Luo Youdu pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "What the Commander-in-Chief said makes sense, but I feel that the more it is at this time, the more steady it is to have a steady hand and there is no need to be too hasty. Let Bohai go first, it is winter now, and the Khitan has already taken away the autumn harvest grain.
There is no point in taking Bohai at this time. It is better to wait until spring comes, they plant the seedlings, and we will receive them."