Chapter 522: Thirty-seventh Strategies (Part 1)
The 37th strategy is the hydrophobic plan.
Making moderate use of the situation of the country or army can create some 70% true and three-point false images that can almost be miscalculated, causing the enemy to misjudgment, thus entering the design of our army and ultimately defeating the enemy.
The reason is like dredging river water. The river channel is deep and wide according to the characteristics of water flowing to the lower places. The river water is introduced into the new river channel. The river water quickly enters the sea and will not flood and cause disasters.
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Song Jun was a little careless.
With Qianzhou taking over, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed to the city of Jinzhou first.
But the main force behind had to take one step at a time to attack Laizhou and Xizhou of the Liao Kingdom. There is no doubt that this was an excellent opportunity.
If the main cavalry of the Song Dynasty was eaten up, the Song Dynasty would be seriously short of cavalry. Without the cavalry, what could the Song army do outside the pass?
Moreover, the Song army mobilized a large number of troops, and now the two countries have changed their form, either the Liao army is destroyed or the Song army is defeated. Yelu Longqing quickly gathered all his troops and divided them into three groups and rushed towards Jinzhou.
There are many troops and I have never expected to hide news, so I can only be fast.
More than 100,000 cavalrymen, even mixed with some tribes, almost reaching more than 200,000 people, rushed to Jinzhou with lightning speed from all directions.
The main general is Ma Zhijie, the deputy general is Li Jixuan, the chief supervisor is Qin Han, and the pioneers are Tian Min and Zhang Ning.
The five are all brave generals who are the best in generations.
However, the number of enemies is too large, and when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, the morale of the three armies is motivated together, making up for the lack of combat experience and organizational chaos.
What's so bad is that a large army is rushing towards Anchang City, and they are about to surround the Song army from the south.
Ma Zhijie had a long time to compete with him. Seeing that something was wrong, he ordered to retreat immediately.
Fortunately, these were all cavalrymen. They fled relatively quickly. Just as the Liao army opened the encirclement from the south, the Song army arrived, tore open a gap, and fled to the south. However, under the attack of the two armies, the Song army suffered heavy losses.
Yelu Longqing rode on the horse and shouted: "Chasing!"
This order is not wrong. This Song cavalry was killed in terror and only cares about escaping. The good prospect is that the Liao army chased all the way, which may lead to the cavalry being able to disperse the Song army camp and thus achieve a great victory. The bad prospect is that the Song cavalry escaped in time. The Song cavalry was ready. But that was okay. Stop and prepare for the second decisive battle.
After chasing all the way, tens of thousands of Song cavalry were killed in a terrible way.
Just as the Liao army was about to perform a miracle, countless Song Dynasty infantrymen came out of Wuzhishan and relied on the Liuzhou River to control all the Liao army in half.
This is the hydrophobic meter.
Don’t think that the Song army can easily capture the Liao Kingdom. There are not too many situations of turning the tables on the battlefield. For example, the Battle of Feishui, what kind of weak soldiers were the Eastern Jin Dynasty? In the Battle of Red Cliff, how can Liu Bei’s defeated army and the Jiangnan soldiers of the Eastern Wu be compared with Cao Cao’s army?
It's better to be inside the pass. No matter what, although the Han people are close to the Liao Kingdom, it is difficult for them to be willing to fight for the Liao Kingdom without Han De's leadership. However, outside the pass, the right time, place, people and people are not conducive to the Song army. If they are not done well, the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Feishui will happen again.
So Song Jiu was very careful. The Liao Kingdom sent an envoy.
The ministers of the Song Dynasty made two voices.
There is a premise that compared with the Han and Tang dynasties, the Song Dynasty was indeed becoming restrained. It had nothing to do with Zhao Heng, but a national policy that Zhao Kuangyin had established at the beginning of the founding of the country.
I am unwilling to hurt the interests of the people in the Central Plains and go to do meaningless border openings, so I waved my hand to the west of the Dadu River and south of the Jinsha River.
This policy laid the foundation for the Song Dynasty to become a wealthy dynasty.
Including Zhao Kuangyin reclaiming several countries, he also fought a country for a few years before fighting. In this way, the people would not have much pressure due to the war.
The Liao Kingdom also knew that even Song Jiu could not change it. For example, in Beihetao, the Song Dynasty could actually send officers and soldiers to garrison, but it has continued to be detained until now, with no officials coming and no soldiers stationed.
But the Liao Kingdom could understand the four prefectures of Pingluan Jingying. If the Song Dynasty did not obtain this place, the portal would not be closed.
Therefore, the envoy went back to report that everyone believed that Wang Qinruo's words were the bottom line of the Song Dynasty. As for the Yingzhou of the Tang Dynasty mentioned by Song Jiu, no one took it seriously. After obtaining Pingzhou, Yuguan repaired it, and then he could form a defensive line and get Xingzhong Prefecture. Where to build it? The lonely city was hanging overseas, which was to give snacks to the Liao Kingdom. This principle is like the Zhuozhou City in the past. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were very brave and guarded for more than a year, but they were finally lost. Just like Dong Yizhou, because the terrain was flat and hung north of the Yishui River, the Song Dynasty finally gave up voluntarily.
So the two voices confused the Liao Kingdom.
Some people also reminded Yelu Longqing not to be careless, including Xiao Xiaoyou, but it was soon drowned in other messy sounds.
The most important opinions are: to fight to the death with the Song Dynasty and take back Yan Yun.
Secondly, the first line of defense was built since Yuguan, and the second line of defense was built in the prefecture, so that the Song army would not go north.
However, the biggest opinion is to ask for help.
He agreed to ced the four states to the Song Dynasty, but he could not surrender. Once he surrendered, he could not rule over all ethnic groups. The Liao Kingdom suddenly collapsed and split, avoided the sharpness of the Song army, and then worked diligently and loved the people, prepared for war and trained the army, learned Ju Jian to lie on firewood and taste gall, and then waited for the Liao Kingdom to recover its vitality and regain Yanyun in one fell swoop.
So there are so many sentences?
This is what I cedes Yan Yun to borrow from the steps for myself.
Therefore, opinions cannot be unified.
At this moment, Shi Pu and his troops landed from the sea, and the Song army also launched an attack on the four prefectures.
Some people wake up and know that they can't be good anymore, but more people are obsessed with it and continue to discuss the need to send envoys to discuss peace. This invisibly wastes a lot of precious time.
Actually, there is another chance.
Generally, troops with more than tens of thousands of troops will often be divided into different forces and respond to each other. The reason is simple. If the troops are not divided, they will be dull. Once they are frustrated, they will often suffer great defeats, such as Fu Jian's Former Qin army in the Battle of Feishui, Cao Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi, Song Dynasty's army in the Battle of Gaoliang River, and Xiao Yanyan's Liao team when he went south to Chanzhou. Let's compare it in history. If it were not for various reasons, Zhao Heng discussed peace. Xiao Yanyan might not have good results. If it were not for the Gaoliang River, Pan Mei and others would have stabilized the defeated army. The Liao team was not strong enough, and the Song army might be destroyed.
However, division of troops also has the disadvantage of division of troops. Generally speaking, if the scope is too narrow and the meaning of division of troops is lost, it actually means that there is no division of troops. If the scope is large and cannot cooperate with each other, it will often be defeated by the enemy one by one.
A successful example is the Battle of Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty. In the early stage, several Tang Dynasty troops marched between Jishi Mountains of all sizes. When the decisive battle was reached, they had already crossed the Sun and Moon Mountain and started a major battle on both sides of Qinghai Lake.
The most successful one was the later Huaihai Battle. The People's Liberation Army always interspersed, moved, encircled, maintained its superior forces, either surrounded and attacked, or forced surrendered, or attacked with superior forces. This is the most typical successful example of a large-scale battle.
An example of failure is like the Northern Expedition of Yongxi of the Song Dynasty.
Of course, it may not be able to adapt to all battles. For example, during the Battle of Dafeichuan, Xue Rengui and Guo Zhifeng also divided their troops. They were not far away. However, the two generals were in disagreement and would eventually fail.
However, Chang Yuchun and Xu Da went north, and the two armies were far apart. However, they were each responsible for the war zone and the requirements for cooperation were not so nervous. Therefore, although they were far apart, they finally won a great victory. Therefore, water has no constant shape and soldiers have no constant momentum.
But in general, this distance is extremely critical.
Therefore, Song Jiu paid attention to this distance when he launched several battles. Although the Nanlaifeng Campaign was far away, it was a war initiated in time periods, one stage after another, and the requirements for mutual cooperation were not strict.
However, it is very dangerous to have an army split into troops this time.
That is Shi Pu's 20,000 Song troops.
Seeing the large-scale operation of the Song army, the Liao Kingdom was talking nonsense, and some people suggested that it was better to dispatch heavy troops and attack Shi Pu's lonely army in two directions.
After the war, Song Jiu felt very grateful.
If the Liao army did that, it might not be able to wipe out Shi Pu's army, but Shi Pu's army would inevitably suffer heavy losses. On the contrary, the Liao army would exude morale and trust. If the losses reached a certain level, unimaginable consequences would occur.
First of all, it is June. This battle with the Liao army in this season is more beneficial to the Song army, but the time has become very short until late autumn.
Secondly, the Liao army cannot be isolated from Liaodong. The two routes are connected to the front line. The Liao army can get more reinforcements and have a larger range of activities. It may not be victorious, but it will inevitably delay its resistance, and then it will be late autumn!
When the casualties reach a certain point, remember that the Song Dynasty had obtained all the territory within the pass, including the future Shanhaiguan. Under the introverted system of the Song Dynasty, more people would definitely ask for the withdrawal of troops. Under their leadership, the three armies would not want to fight. At that time, they would have to retreat. Once they retreat, they might retreat forever.
Fortunately, Yelu Longqing, a miserable ghost, has no such long-term vision.
The Song Dynasty also did something that angered him. Zhao Heng issued an edict to use Yelu Longxu as the marshal of the world's military and horses and the chief marching officer of Youzhou Road.
Don't take it seriously, this is the value of a living Liao emperor, but he cannot enter military power. He only has a false reputation, just like his Liao king.
This is not important. What is serious is that the Song Dynasty obtained the jade seal of the Liao Kingdom from Yelu Longxu, and asked Yelu Longxu to personally write an edict, which issued an edict to promulgate the prefectures and the Liao people to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Although this could not be recognized by the Liao people and even despised by some, some people would still be shaken.
Just as Ma Zhijie was alone in the army, Yelu Longqing sent troops to Jinzhou despite the opposition of many people.
This also came to the Song army's plan.
This lonely army was not trying to achieve success quickly. Song Jiu's steady use of troops made Li Jilong and other generals feel a little disappointed. How could he arrange such a light advancement plan? However, the Liao Kingdom didn't know.
Then there is the mountain. Why is Kunlun Mountain repeatedly mythized by China? That is the importance of Kunlun Mountain. Its importance is not Qinghai, not as tall as the Himalayas, nor as magnificent as the Tianshan Mountains. You can see the areas where it extends downwards, Qinling Mountains, Funiu Mountains, and Dabie Mountains, divide China into north and south, and then look upwards, Longshan (Liupan Mountains), Loess Plateau, Luliang Mountains, Taihang Mountains, Yanshan Mountains, Nuruerhu Mountains, and Daxingan Mountains.
Yanshan is the sea in the past, but it continues to walk upwards, Nuruerhu Mountain, Heishan Mountain, Songling, Lushan Mountain, and Daxingan Mountain.
Now Yanshan is still called Yanshan, Songling is also called Songling, but the bottom of Yanshan is renamed Lulong Mountain, and the Daxingan Mountain is called Jinshan. As for the two major mountains of Nuluerhu Mountain and Heishan, it is divided into many mountain names, such as Mayu Mountain, Dushan, and Qingshan Mountain is divided into green mountains above Lushan.
In addition to a narrow plain area by the sea, after leaving Qianzhou, we go west to the hilly areas and mountainous areas.
Ma Zhijie seemed to be alone in the army, but before that, he swept through several Liao outposts outside the lonely city together. The Liao people lost their eyes and ears here, and at least they could not obtain detailed information.
Then the Song army sent Gao Qiong as the main general to sneak into the mountainous areas of Wuzhishan.
The Liao army fought desperately, after all, it had only passed Xizhou and was still some distance away from the Song army camp. Why didn't the results be expanded? In fact, in order to achieve the strategic goal this time, thousands of cavalry were killed by the Liao army.
This pursuit even though Li Jing was alive, it would cause disconnection between the army, and it was the current Liao army.
Gao Qiong led the Song army out.
There is a river here called Liuzhou River.
The war was very tragic. Seeing an ambush coming, the Liao army turned around and wanted to attack the Song army in two directions. Gao Qiong ordered people to quickly destroy the bridge of the Liuzhou River. Then he fought desperately to defend the line of defense.
The Song army came from all directions, with artillery, and the number of artillery now reaches 2,000. Except for Shi Pu, the rest is used.
In addition, many earth mines and gunpowder packs were buried underground, and countless ships rose up from the sea. On the ship, Song Jun used a trencher to smash the turbulent oil onto the shore, and then launched rockets with the help of the southeast wind.
Moreover, there are countless Fulu crossbows in the army with long range and high firing power.
Seeing nearly half of the army struggling across the river, Yelu Longqing was as heartbroken as a knife and ordered the three armies to build a floating bridge and rush to the other side.
However, regardless of what he did, the Liao army on the south bank quickly ate one big bite after another by the Song army.
In this battle, more than 40,000 Liao troops were killed and more than 30,000 prisoners of war were captured alive.
However, the Song army did not cross the Liuzhou River, but sent Cao Yong as an envoy to the Liao army camp and put forward the conditions for the Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty came to Youzhou in person and destroyed your Liao Kingdom only in a short time. Your country sent envoys to discuss peace. Your Majesty took into account the happiness of the people of both countries, so he also wanted to discuss peace with your country and return the coffin of the Queen Mother to your country. However, you still think that China was at the time of the split of the Five Dynasties, and the desires were unfulfilled. You did not want to be sincere in your heart and return the land within my pass."
"Then let's fight, this is the result of the war. You will almost destroy 100,000 troops in one battle. I don't know how many troops your country can draw to fight with our army."
"As an envoy, I have entered your country's camp many times, in Daming Prefecture and Chanzhou, and made peace with your Empress Dowager. At that time, my troops came from all directions. Not only did your Empress Dowager not return Yanyun, but on the contrary, he continued to blackmail the ten counties in the south of our Guannan, Feihu Pass and Zijing Pass."
"I didn't expect that you would not punish the destruction of great defeat and would not know how to live or die. I would give you a chance. Our dynasty wants peace and friendship, but once and forth, we do not want your territory in Liao, at least to restore the territory to the time of Cao Wei."
A unified dynasty is indeed not too much compared to Cao Wei. But where was the northern territory during the Cao Wei period? If Yunzhong is not included, of course, even if not included, the Liao Kingdom cannot ask for it back. This refers to the northeastern territory, Changli County (Xingping Prefecture of Liao Kingdom, Chaoyang City), Xuantu County (Shenyang, Shenzhou of Liao Kingdom), Liaodong County (Liaoyang, Tokyo of Liao Kingdom), Lelang County (Pingyang), and Dafang County (Nanban area of the Datong River, North Korea).
The reason was explained, but Cao Yong was so rude that he mentioned it again before that the Song Dynasty only wanted to get inside the pass.
Therefore, this gave the Liao monarch and ministers hope that peace talks are the best.
This situation is very similar to the late Northern Song Dynasty in history. The Jin Dynasty fought and extorted one after another, which made the Northern Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers unsure, and even gave five million gold and fifty taels of silver to the Jin Dynasty. At that time, one tael of gold floated up and down to thirty or forty coins, and one tael of silver floated up and down to three coins, which means that thirty or forty dollars were extorted at once! If this money was used to reward soldiers, consolidate city defense, and build weapons, what would happen?
There are too many similar examples in history. For example, after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Qing government signed a treaty between Shimonoseki and Japan, which compensated Japan with 200 million taels of silver. If these silver were used to prepare for war, what kind of benign effect would it have?
Not to mention history, a dynasty that has fallen into the past cannot see history.
Chapter completed!