Yelu Dashi led the Liao Xing army to Shangjing and found that everything here was still the same. The ancestral mausoleum and the Taimiao were bathed in the sun, and they were still the same as when they left last time - the years were quiet and silent.
I was fooled! The first thought that came to Yelu Dashi's mind was like a thunderclap, stinging him painfully. In this round, I was still at a disadvantage.
After everyone was settled, Yelu Dashi locked himself in the room and looked at the map for a whole day. Until late in the evening, when Xiao Orila went to deliver food, he was still sitting at the table in a daze.
"Your Highness, let's have something to eat. The Liao army has raised 50,000 people, and the country of Daliao still needs Your Highness." Xiao Weili persuaded.
Yelu Dashi raised his head, his eyes were deathly gray, as if all his life had been sucked away by a black hole.
"Oli La, I have been deceived by the officials of the Song Dynasty from the beginning." Yelu Dashi murmured.
Xiao Orila knew that if he wanted to help Yelu Dashi overcome this problem, he had to face it truthfully, so he continued: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"
"At that time, we searched back and forth for the location of the main force of the Song Army, and received reports that the north and east were full of insurrectionary troops from various ethnic groups, so we abandoned these two directions and stopped paying attention to them. In fact, we were all fooled and thought that there were Where the main force of the Song Army is, there will be no rebels from various tribes, just like jackals who never dare to hunt in front of ferocious tigers. The Song Army is the most disciplined military, and now it wants to plot against our vast Liao Dynasty, it will definitely be a benevolent and righteous king. The teacher's posture appears..."
"Your Highness, this is correct." Xiao Weili replied puzzledly.
"What if these rebels were deliberately connived by the Song Army, or were deliberately hired?" Although Yelu Dashi did not guess the routine of the volunteer militia, he was very close to the truth.
Xiao Weili was stunned.
Yelu Dashi continued: "Today I reflected on it. In fact, the most critical points in the Northeast War situation are two key points. If you grasp these two points, you can move forward and retreat freely. One key point is for hoarding and transporting grain and grass. Liaozhou; another key point is our Liao Xing Army."
"Needless to say, Liaozhou cut off grain roads, burned grain and grass, and its army was in chaos without fighting. There are many examples in the history books. Our Liao Xing Army is the key, because it is the only strategy our Liao Army can fight in the Northeast. Mobile team. Ten years ago, I read this term proposed by the officials of the Song Dynasty in a newspaper in Kaifeng City. At that time, I felt very happy and it made sense. But I never expected that until now, I really Understand the meaning of the word."
"The strategic mobile team is the key force to strive for the initiative in the battle. It is deployed at the most critical place at the most critical moment to win the key victory. I only understand the meaning of this word now, and the Song Dynasty officials have already commanded ten of his subordinates. The Wanxuanwu Cavalry has all become a strategic mobile team, which can be used at will. Perhaps this is the difference..."
Xiao Weili quickly persuaded: "Your Highness, since you have seen through the Song Dynasty official's plan, why not return to the army quickly? Seize the initiative in this battle?"
"Oli La, what should I do if the officials of the Song Dynasty lead the main force to ambush me on my way back to the army?" Yelu Dashi asked with a wry smile.
Xiao Weili was speechless for a moment.
Although the Liao Xing Army was mainly composed of Pishi and Gong troops, they were brave and good at fighting. But the Xuanwu Cavalry of the Song Dynasty was not bad either. After the battle of Huanglong Mansion and other battles, it was vividly demonstrated that "it was as fast as the wind and invaded like fire" .What's more, their bravery, resilience, etc. are not inferior to the Liao Xing Army at all. They are even better than the Liao Xing Army in terms of mutual cooperation and tactics.
When the time comes, 100,000 people ambush 50,000 people, whether they attack intentionally or not, it will be really difficult for the Liao Xing army to parry.
In the silence, Yelu Dashi spoke again.
"Presumably the officials of the Song Dynasty have seen through these two points from the beginning, and all subsequent plans are centered around these two points. The transfer of our Liao Xing Army was just a matter of convenience. Because he knew that if he wanted to win, he would have a chance to win.
, the two key points must be solved one by one. Now that our Liao Xing Army has been transferred to Liao Xing Army, he can wholeheartedly solve Liaozhou. Once Liaozhou is lost, it will be the beginning of our army's defeat in the Northeast."
"Your Highness," Xiao Weili couldn't help but ask, "if Your Highness had not led the Liao Xing army to leave, would the situation of the war have been different?"
Yelu Dashi shook his head, "If I had not led the Liao Xing Army to leave, then the officials of the Song Dynasty would be fighting against my Liao Xing Army with all their strength now. He might have laid siege to Liaozhou, lured the Liao Xing Army out of Tongzhou City, and ambushed it on the road.
.I said just now that the Liao Xing Army is the only strategic mobile unit of our army that can fight in the Northeast..."
"The strategic mobile team has strong deterrence and combat effectiveness when it takes the initiative in the battle situation. But if it loses the initiative in the battle situation, it will be reduced to a firefighting team-it will go there to provide support wherever there is difficulty. It is very difficult to transfer it back and forth like this.
It’s easy to fall into a trap.”
Xiao Weili persuaded: "Your Highness, there are more than 200,000 troops in Tokyo and other prefectures. Xiao Gong and others are good generals and counselors and command them well. Reinforcements from Nanjing and Zhongjing are coming in a steady stream. How can they sit back and watch the Song army attack with all their strength?
Liaozhou. Once the four parties respond, the Song army will definitely be unable to resist."
Yelv Dashi shook his head, "Oulila, you are wrong. The officials of the Song Dynasty will first cut off the connection between Nanjing, Zhongjing and Tokyo, and cut off the reinforcements and food there. Then they will seize the opportunity and fight one or two ambush battles.
This severely dampened the morale of our army. The Liao Xing army took away most of the war horses of the Tokyo Prefecture Army, and there were not many cavalry left, making it difficult to fight the Song army in the wild."
"Moreover, the infantry of our army are mostly composed of Han and young men from the Bohai Sea. They have been exploited in extreme poverty over the years, so how can they be willing to sacrifice their lives for the Liao Dynasty? As long as we lose two games, our army will understand that as long as they leave the city,
They may be ambushed by the Song army and die without a burial place. If it is deterred, the Song army can calmly besiege Liaozhou City. Even if someone dares to risk going out of the city to help, how effective do you think it will be?"
Xiao Weili stopped making any sound, and after a while he asked hesitantly: "Your Highness, where should we go? Are we going to sit back and watch the entire Tokyo Road collapse?"
"Ouli La, this is really where my pain lies. If we lead the Liao Xing Army to return for reinforcements, we may be ambushed by the Song Army. If we lose the Tokyo Road, we can still recapture it; if the Liao Xing Army fails, we will lose the court.
If I have the right to speak, everything will be lost by then. But just sit back and watch Tokyo Road...where I have many relatives and friends, how can I watch them die and ignore them!"
Having said this, Yelu Dashi couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears.
I saw the giant trebuchet pouring flame bombs into Liaozhou City one after another, setting off fire after fire, and finally ignited half of Liaozhou City.
Yue Zhuoqun was shocked and surprised.
It was shocking that the Song people actually had such advanced siege weapons. Although they could not directly break the city wall and let the army rush in. But if it was burned like this every day, who in the city could bear it? Sooner or later it would collapse.
The surprise is that the Song Army is not only extremely capable in field operations, but also has such a strong ability to conquer fortified cities. Once they conquer the west, won't they have a greater chance of winning against the Turks?
Turning his head and looking at Zhao Si, who was sitting behind him, Yue Zhuoqun felt that he had gained a lot these days, especially in the military field. He paid attention to the strategic level and carried out strategic layout from the beginning; his flexible and changeable tactical methods seemed to be diverse. In fact, it is essentially to achieve strategic goals...
Yue Zhuoqun now carries two books with him, one is "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and the other is "The Horse and Infantry Combat Code of the Great Song Dynasty - Apocalypse 2nd Year Edition" jointly compiled by the War Office of the Military Counselor and Wansheng Military Academy.
Read it all the time and review it every day.
After watching it for a while, Liaozhou City looked like a smoky pine cone in the black smoke and fire, about to burst. It is much smaller than Liangzhou and Xiping City, and is about the same as a medium-sized county in the Central Plains. .Ten giant counterweight trebuchets circled around and covered it easily.
The next process is to wait for the fire to burn down a little, rush up to the tower, take over the city gate, then wait for the fire to go out, and then slowly take over the whole city.
Zhao Si felt very bored and turned his horse's head to leave. Yue Zhuoqun quickly followed.
"Your Majesty, what will happen to that Yelu Dashi? Will it be thrown into a basket?"
Yue Zhuoqun, who learned Chinese, fell madly in love with using idioms and felt that it was a sign of knowledge. However, his idioms were really unsatisfactory when used.
"Yelü Dashi...who knows? It doesn't matter if he comes or not. If he comes, we have a way of fighting. If he doesn't come, we have a way of fighting if he doesn't come."
Zhao seemed to say disapprovingly, and after finishing speaking, he galloped away on horseback. This chapter has been completed!