Zhao Si glanced at the generals who were full of curiosity for knowledge, coughed slightly, and felt high-spirited.
"Since the main force of the Xia Army is stuck in Pingxia City, we should resolutely split up the attack and encircle the main force of the Xia Army besieging Pingxia City. On the other hand, we will send some troops to defend and block the reinforcements of the Xia Army.
.Then we will cut through the Xia troops surrounding Pingxia City and eliminate them one by one."
After hearing Zhao Si's words, Liu Fa's eyes lit up.
"Your Majesty, what you said about annihilating them one by one is the same as the one you just mentioned about encircling a point for reinforcements. It is also about concentrating superior forces?"
"Yes. This is the key point. It doesn't matter if the troops are equal or even slightly weaker than the opponent. We can use space to divide the enemy's forces. On the other hand, we can concentrate our own forces to form a local advantage."
Having said this, Zhao Si's hand swung down fiercely, "So what if the enemy has more troops than we do. We can combine reality with reality, attack in the east and attack in the west, and mobilize the enemy in motion to disperse their forces."
"Then we use the terrain to separate them. And in each area, we can concentrate our superior forces, use more to defeat fewer, accumulate small victories into big victories, and eat up the superior enemies in pieces."
The more people listened, the more moved they became, and they were fascinated by it. Is there such a kind of military art in the world?
Liu Fa, Zhong Jian and other few talented generals felt that the previous military art books and battle records all showed similar tactics, but they were not as clear and simple as His Highness King Jian's.
However, after careful consideration, I found that although the idea was good, it was difficult to implement in reality.
After hearing Liu Fa's question, Zhao Si laughed.
It's not that I look down on your Western Army, which is said to be the best in the Song Dynasty. Your military discipline, military morale, and military training are really far from enough. Encirclement of reinforcements, mobile warfare... a series of tactics, I can only think about it. Really
If I ask you to implement it, it will probably become a big joke.
After a complete defeat, I will still have to bear the title of Zhao Kuo in the Song Dynasty.
That's why I hesitated when considering Wang Fan's suggestion of "making atonement for one's sins".
For example, if the Western Army had half the military discipline and tactical level of the Qi Family Army, I could come up with more than a dozen strategies to take advantage of the civil unrest in Xisiluo to beat the Xia Army into a dead dog.
Unfortunately, the current Western Army is completely unable to do so.
They must undergo a major purge and reorganization before they can gradually become the "Qi Family Army" of the Song Dynasty.
But if he didn't have the power of accumulated military achievements, how could the Western Army, which had many aristocratic families and accumulated many shortcomings, willingly obey his commands and arrangements, and then scrape off the bones and flesh, and reborn?
What a contradiction!
Therefore, I need to wear shackles, dance on a few sharp knives, use the most appropriate method, and take advantage of the civil strife in Xisiluo to maximize the advantages of the Western Army, suppress the strengths of the Xia Army, and fight a war that will impress the world.
Looking sideways, it was a great victory that convinced the Western Army.
Zhao Si suppressed his thoughts and continued to explain patiently.
"Surrounding a point for reinforcements and forming a local advantage... can be called mobile warfare. It has extremely high requirements on the discipline, morale, training, etc. of the army. Using arms and fingers is just the basics for entry. It can gather energy and disperse it, and attack and defend freely.
That’s the standard...”
Can gather energy and disperse it, attack and defend with ease? Throughout the ages, which army in the world can do this?
After scanning the circle and remembering everyone's reactions one by one, Zhao Si said meaningfully.
"So, it is not easy for you to achieve this result in the battle of Pingxia City."
All the generals heard the profound meaning in Zhao Si's words and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
After paying homage to the martyred soldiers in Pingxia City, Zhao Si and his party went north in the early morning of the 26th, stayed in Tiandu Mountain for half a day, and continued north along the Huluchuan River.
On the evening of the 27th, Xiaoguan and Zhao Si, together with four generals Wang Zhen, Gao Shixuan, Yang Keshi, Wang Shunchen, and two hundred red cavalry followers, quietly sneaked in to observe the key passes of the Xixia city under the moonlight.
"Your Majesty, ahead is the Dabao Village in Duoling. It belongs to the Hexi family, the intersection of the Xishou Baotai Supervisory Army Division and the Weizhou Jingsai Supervision Military Division. It is the most critical place."
Wang Shunchen pointed to the walled city ahead that was silent in the night and swaying in the moonlight.
"It's a high place and you can monitor Huluchuan."
Wang Shunchen pointed to the hills and rivers at his feet.
"If we go north along the Huluchuan River, we can point directly to the bank of the Yellow River and go deep into the heart of Xia Kingdom's Henan Province. They have built a walled city and a lookout post in front, which can monitor the movements dozens of miles away. Once a police situation is discovered, they will immediately light up the fire
Beacon tower, report to the main force of the two supervisory military divisions behind."
"In the past, we closely monitored the Xia army's movements to prevent them from invading the border areas." Zhao Si couldn't help but sigh.
"Now they want to monitor our movements and the changes in offensive and defensive momentum. All of this is due to Zhang Gong's strategizing, and it also depends on the bloody battles of all the soldiers. Thank you for your hard work!"
Zhao Si's words made everyone feel warm in their hearts.
After looking around, Zhao Si waved his hand and everyone began to retreat.
After turning around a valley, they met a group of Xia troops, about two to three hundred riders.
The crescent moon hung high, like an oil lamp, illuminating the earth in half light and half darkness.
The two teams were several feet apart in the valley, staring at each other. Both sides were caught off guard and at a loss. After more than ten seconds, Zhao Si, who reacted very quickly, whistled, took the lead, turned around and galloped away.
Wang Zhen, Gao Shixuan, Yang Keshi and two hundred cavalrymen, as if they had a clear understanding of each other, quickly turned around and ran away.
Wang Shunchen hesitated for a moment, then ran with a dozen of his own soldiers.
Xia Jun was surprised when he was ahead, and then overjoyed. He danced, shouted, and chased after him with his men.
It’s really the Buddha’s appearance, and a military merit has fallen from the world. I’m going to take my boys to hunt rabbits tonight!
One group of people is running in front, and another group of people is chasing behind.
In the darkness, the only sounds heard were the sound of horse hooves, like the drums of a general's orders, dense and rapid.
Running to an open area, Zhao Si made a gesture to Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen understood the idea and blew the bronze whistle.
With the sound of chirping and under the moonlight, the formation gradually dispersed. Wang Zhen led dozens of cavalry on the left. They seemed to be running out of power or wanted to find another way to escape. They slowly dispersed to the left, getting further and further away from the main team.
Soon disappeared into the night wilderness.
Then Gao Shixuan blew a sharp whistle, and hundreds of cavalry from the main team suddenly turned around with bows and arrows on the galloping horses and fired rapidly.
The arrows looked like a swarm of cunning wasps under the moonlight, flying over a dozen feet in an instant and knocking off the Xia troops who were pursuing them.
After four rounds of returning arrows were fired, the pursuing Xia army lost dozens of people, and the formation became disorganized.
Gao Shixuan whistled again, quietly walked away from the right with dozens of riders, and quickly disappeared into the night.
The moon hanging in the sky is cold and translucent, but the crescent moon is missing a large piece and loses most of its brightness. It is also blocked by clouds from time to time, making the light it shines dim and dim.
This area is a typical Longyou dry land, with ravines and hills everywhere. There are more than a hundred riders scattered among them, shadowy and swaying, making it difficult to see their traces clearly.
Chirp - chirp - chirp, three copper whistles were heard from the left and right, and then the rapid sound of horse hooves sounded from the left and right sides of the pursuing Xia army, approaching diagonally towards the Xia army in the middle.
The leader of the Xia army was hesitating in anger.
He originally thought he would be lucky tonight and ran into a cowardly Song army. He thought about chasing after them and cutting off some heads to claim credit. He never expected that these guys would actually turn around and shoot back.
A heavy rain of arrows caused the loss of forty or fifty knights.
The leader was an experienced general and knew that he had fallen into a trap, so he was hesitating. Should he give up the pursuit, return to the walled city, and accept the punishment of being whipped by his superiors? Or should he continue the pursuit and finally get a few heads so that he could go back and make business?
Hearing the sound of horse hooves coming from both wings, the leader was startled and knew something was wrong. It seemed that the Song army they encountered tonight were not the timid rabbits they had encountered before, but an unprecedented group of wild wolves.
Wang Zhen and Gao Shixuan each led fifty horses in a long line, approaching the Xia army from the left and right. When they saw that they were about to collide with the Xia army, their horses turned around and the two teams walked parallel to the Xia army in opposite directions. They staggered.
At the same time, the Song army stretched out their bowstrings and fired arrows rapidly.
As soon as they passed by, Wang Zhen and Gao Shixuan, who were in the lead, turned their horses and took the cavalry behind them and ran away to the two wings.
Standing at a high altitude, you can see that the two teams of cavalry led by Wang Zhen and Gao Shixuan are like two centipedes, passing by the Xia army on both sides. The continuous arrows are fired quickly, just like the dense and sharp feet of the centipedes.
Xia Jun was stabbed to pieces.
I saw that the formation of the Xia army's pursuers had completely dispersed.
Yang Keshi took off a metal mask from the saddle, put it on his face, and then took off his special iron mace.
More than a hundred other cavalrymen also took off their masks, put them on their faces, and then each held a sword and a gun.
Yang Keshi raised his mace and shouted in unison with more than a hundred cavalrymen: "Where justice comes, life and death follow! The sky can tell you, and the red flag is the proof!"
One rider unfurled a red flag, and another blew a horn.
The bright red fluttering red flag is like fire, and the powerful and low sound of the trumpet is the wind. The fire uses the wind to burn the dark night and boil everyone's blood.
Yang Keshi yelled: "If you are a straight woman and a thief, kill the Hexi dog thief!" This chapter has been completed!