Chapter 208: Cunning like a fox
"Order the troops to follow closely, and move faster." Shi Tianze rode on the horse and said to the messenger: "You must be light and simple, and throw away all bulky things."
His handling was very correct. His army left the camp and followed Babur to break through, of course, with as light as possible, throwing away things that could not be taken away, so as not to slow down the speed of the march. It can be imagined that once the Song army realized that they were really going to break through the west, a large number of Song army would follow.
For this, we only need a little military knowledge and don’t need too high talent to understand it. The commander also understood this truth and said loudly: “Abide by the order.” The Pegasus ran away.
"Report, unknown troops were found." A spy came and reported, "They blocked our way."
Babur was fighting hard with the Song army and urgently needed Shi Tianze's support. Unexpectedly, there was an army blocking the road. This was a serious problem for Shi Tianze. He hurriedly asked: "How many people?"
"There are not many people, only more than one thousand." The spy knew that Shi Tianze must have something to ask, and he automatically said: "Their poor equipment is not like the regular army of the Southern Dynasty, but like a mob."
During the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains responded and organized many rebels under the promotion of Li Jun. It was unnecessary to think that this must be a rebel army. Shi Tianze waved his hand and the spy walked away.
"Hu Xin, you will lead our team to deal with the mobs." Shi Tianze ordered loudly, saying, "The rest of them rushed west with me."
Shi Tianze had a lifetime of military service and had extremely rich combat experience. As long as he thought about it, he would think of what to do in this situation. These rebel soldiers had poor equipment, were not sound organization, lacked military training, and had little combat effectiveness. They were far from that of the Mongolian army. In addition, their number was small, so it was impossible to stop the Mongolian army from retreating.
Although the rebel army has so many shortcomings, they also have their advantages: they are familiar with the terrain and can use the terrain to fight, which makes people unable to defend themselves. The enthusiasm is high. Since the Song Dynasty moved south, there has been no court in the Central Plains. Now that the court has been in northern expedition, more than a hundred years of depression has finally erupted. Shi Tianze would not have imagined how high its enthusiasm is. Furthermore, under the arrangement of Li Jun, the Southern Song Dynasty sent many officers to help them. Although they cannot improve their strength in a short period of time, they can play an auxiliary role, such as digging pits and using favorable terrain to prevent the sluggish Mongolian army from raiding, making it impossible for them to march normally.
Shi Tianze didn't care about this. He just sent an army to deal with the rebels. What made him most uneasy was that these rebels were the best guides. If they were the guides of the Song army, they would know that there would inevitably be a Song army suddenly. In that case, the problem would be big.
In order not to clean up the Song army with the help of the rebels, the best way is to apply oil on your feet and run away.
Shi Tianze is a veteran and famous general. He has been doubting countless times in his life. Except for things like thinking of being Shi Taigong, the correct things are all accurate. This time, it is no exception. It once again proves that his ability to predict things is as good as a god. Before the order has been conveyed, a shocking sound came from the north.
Shi Tianze, who had been rolling on the battlefield for a lifetime, knew that the sound was a thousand troops marching. From the sound, it could be heard that the army was about to launch an attack. You don’t have to think about it and know that it must be the army of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was the Southern Song Dynasty that began to attack him. Shi Tianze, who understood this, felt that the sky was spinning, and it felt like the sky collapsed.
As soon as Shi Tianze understood, a sound of shaking mountains came from the south, followed by a shout of "Long live the Song Dynasty". The shouts gathered endless enthusiasm, the anger of revenge, and the desire for victory... The essential qualities of a victorious army determined to restore their hometown are all in this shout.
It is unnecessary to think that the Southern Song Dynasty implemented a strategy of advancing between the north and the south, and two sharp sword troops started to attack from the north and the south. In other words, the task of these two armies was to separate Shi Tianze and the others so that they could defeat them one by one, gather and annihilate them. In other words, this was a decisive battle operation, and Shi Tianze's doomsday had arrived.
Shi Tianze, the veteran who had fought for a lifetime, certainly understood the danger and shouted loudly: "Come on, follow closely, and rush westward! Don't stop for a moment!"
The two Song troops had such a great momentum that the Mongolian army had already alarmed. Even if he didn't say it, the Mongolian soldiers knew that they were going to be unlucky. They shouted, spread their legs and ran westward, wishing that their parents would have two more legs.
The Song army in the north appeared clearly in sight. All of them were black armor and swords like snow in their hands, emitting eye-catching light in the sunlight. They were the long-standing Xuanjia Cavalry. If elite troops like Xuanjia Cavalry were not used at this time, when could they invest? Even if Li Jun did not agree to their investment, Zhao Qian, a guy who was idle without a war, would have to ask Li Jun for some war.
This iron army, which was founded from the Lin'an Defense War, had only a few thousand people at first, but later expanded to tens of thousands, and now it has expanded to 40,000 people. These 40,000 people were selected from the entire army, especially under the leadership of Du Dayong, the Southern Song Dynasty began to train and equip cavalry on a large scale. Du Dayong was an excellent strategist. He knew very well the benefits of expanding the elite scale of the Xuan Armored Cavalry, because he spared no effort to expand the Xuan Armored Cavalry.
Xuanjia Cavalry is an elite cavalry that has been famous for a long time. Since its establishment, it has never been defeated. I don’t know how many Mongolian troops died at their hands. In the battle of most people, Kublai Khan almost became their spoils, and his reputation spread far and wide, which made the Mongolians a headache when they mentioned it. Many Mongolian soldiers couldn’t help but exclaim: “Xuanjia Cavalry!”
Zhao Qian held the sword high above his head and yelled: "Kill all the Tartars!" He slapped the horse's back and rushed out first.
"Kill all the Tartars!" The Xuanjia Cavalry roared, held up their swords, and rushed out from behind. If they looked out from the air, the Xuanjia Cavalry took Zhao Qian as the center, in an inverted triangle, and ruthlessly wedged into Shi Tianze's army.
Just as the Xuanjia cavalry shouted for death, a shout came from the south to stop the clouds, "Kill all the Tartars!" This was the cavalry led by the European army to start the death charge. Their combat team seemed to be in an inverted triangle, and wedged into Shi Tianze's military formation.
If you look from the air, you will see that the Xuanjia cavalry and the European cavalry drowned towards the Mongolian army like a tide. The rolling flags and the surging crowds are the real tide, but the color of the tide is red.
When these two armies merged, Shi Tianze's army had been divided into two parts, the two parts were like isolated islands in the sea, and could be swallowed by the tide at any time.
Li Jun, wearing a golden helmet and a golden armor, rode on the white horse, stationed in Gaogang, and was very satisfied with the actions of Zhao Ou and his two people, saying, "Zhao Qian, the European army is moving, their movements are very fierce, faster than I expected."
"This is all the contribution of the emperor. If the emperor hadn't built these two excellent armies, no matter how powerful they were, they would not have completed the task in such a short time." Zhao Liangchun said with emotion: "If it were in the past, it was impossible to use cavalry on a large scale like this. If the Tartars did not harass them, they would have burned high incense. In order to get the Tartars to retreat, how many children of gold and silk were sent to the north?" The tiger's eyes shone brightly and said: "It's different now. We still have to export things to the saddle, no longer children of gold and silk, but iron and blood!"
His words were the truth. Think about what Li Jun was like when he first came to this world. The period of his country was destroyed was right in front of him. Now, millions of troops were scattered in the Central Plains, fighting for the restoration. All of this was Li Jun's contribution.
Li Jun is a humble person and dare not accept his praise, saying, "General Zhao has been too rewarded. This is all the credit of the soldiers, and it was shot out by the soldiers with real swords and guns. You must know that no matter how powerful I am, even if I have three heads and six arms, it would be useless if I don't have you, the soldiers who sacrificed their lives."
An excellent strategic concept must also have excellent executives to play a role. With a good concept, failure caused by lack of talents who can turn the concept into reality, such things are uncommon in history. The famous "Sliffen Plan" is one of them.
The examples in Chinese history are Wang Anshi's reform. To be fair, Wang Anshi's reform was good in its original intention, and many of the laws were also good, but the final result was that his reform ended in failure. There were many reasons. I think he did not find a large number of talents who could implement the new laws, which is a very serious reason.
We can give an example to illustrate how great is Wang Anshi's military achievements in the reform? It is really funny to say that he won the victory in the Western Xia army. How great is his victory? It was just a small victory. He was very happy, and Song Shenzong was also very happy.
Li Jun was telling the truth, but Liao Shenggong, who is famous for seeking truth from facts, disagreed. He said: "Emperor, General Zhao is right. If it weren't for the emperor, he would definitely not have the feat of today. A good plan requires good talents to achieve it. He has no objection to this. However, if the emperor had not promoted the wise and promoted a large number of good generals and wise ministers, it would be useless. I dare not say anything else, but I have personally felt it. When I first met the emperor, I was planning the strategy of the Lin'an defense battle. General Gao thought that I was talking nonsense and scolded me. If the emperor had not been wise and promoted me to the times of danger, I would have already died in the battle." Thinking of the past, I couldn't help but cry with tears in my eyes and said: "The emperor is wise!"
Liao Shenggong and Zhao Liangchun had personal experience of the changes in the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty went from decline to prosperity, and eventually launched a northern expedition to restore its hometown. For those of them, the passionate patriots, how could they not feel unhappy when they were full of feelings?
In terms of appointing talents, compared with Li Jun's command to fight, it is inferior at all. It is precisely with his efforts that a large number of capable ministers and generals discovered and entrusted important tasks. Zhao Liangchun deeply agreed with Liao Shenggong's words. Just as he was about to say further, Li Jun waved his hand and interrupted, saying, "Don't say it all nicely. General Zhao, go and tell General Zhu that Zhao Qian and the European Army are fighting very lively, and he should join in the fun and give the salute to Shi Tianze."
Zhao Liangchun responded and rode his horse away. After a while, thousands of cannons fired together, shaking the earth and the mountains, and the Mongolian positions quickly swallowed the flames.
Before Baibar could breathe, he rushed over. Baibar looked at him and saw that there was only one person in Song army uniform. He thought that Li Jun might have something to convey to him, so he sent this person to come and said hurriedly: "Please come here."
His speculation was proved to be correct. The person who came was Chai Shaoliang, who was sent by Li Jun. Chai Shaoliang clasped his fists and said, "I have seen the respected Sultan in the end."
"General Chai, please give up the gift." Baibaer hurriedly replied and asked, "General Chai, are you sent by the Great Emperor?"
Chai Shaoliang replied: "Yes, your respected Sultan. The emperor has a message to you."
"What does His Majesty the Great Emperor say?" Baibar vaguely felt unusual and blurted out.
Chai Shaoliang dictated Li Jun's oral letter: "Dear Sultan: You are in a foreign country and are in danger, I am really sympathetic! Hulagu came to eliminate you, and his intentions were sinister, and he was determined to win you. If there is any wrong situation, please retreat immediately and leave seeds for the restoration of the country in the future. Please rest assured that I will send troops to clean up the situation."
Li Jun's message was very polite, full of care and love, and it was definitely a love between friends, but Baibar was shocked in his ears. Of course, he understood that his intention had been for Li Jundong. Especially the phrase "Leave seeds for the restoration of the country in the future" almost made Baibar almost jump. This sentence had made him feel more clear about his motivation for retreating, and he couldn't help but be frightened.
Fortunately, Baibar was scheming and calm, and asked, "General Chai, how long have you been here?"
Chai Shaoliang's answer was even better, but Baibar was even more surprised. He said: "Dear Sultan, I have been waiting for you here."
To put it bluntly, our emperor had already decided that you would withdraw from the middle of the way, so he asked me to wait for you here and pass on the message to you. Even the pig head knew what this meant. Baibar understood that Li Jun was sending Chai Shaoliang to wait for him here and beat him with words. Li Jun's true meaning was either you fight a good battle or you go aside.
Baibar had not spoken yet, but Chai Shaoliang continued: "Your Majesty Sultan, the emperor also said, please let Your Majesty Sultan leave the range of the artillery to avoid accidental injury!"
After hearing this, Baibar felt chill all over, because he saw countless muzzles facing them. With a command, he and his Mamulik army would be crushed to pieces and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Please tell the Emperor that Baibar will never insult Mamulik's reputation."
"Your Majesty Sultan, say goodbye!" He clasped his fists and slapped his horse away.
Looking at Chai Shaoliang's back, Baibar's face turned blue and white. After a while, he said, "Retreat, lure Xulagu over and deal with him." He was not stupid either, and knew that as long as he got the support of the Southern Song artillery, it would be much easier to deal with Xulagu.
"Khan, please give orders quickly." The generals urged in unison.
The battle in the encirclement was very hot. As long as Hulagu and his team took action and fought well, the troops in the encirclement would be rescued, and many troops would be rescued if they were not killed. The generals naturally understood the benefits of this, so they asked Hulagu to order.
However, Hulagu made an unexpected decision and said, "Retreat, withdraw immediately."
Their mission was to come to rescue the siege, but they had to retreat when they were successful. No one could understand the truth. The generals were so surprised that they didn't even know why. They looked at Xu Lie straight, completely forgot that it was impolite to see Xu Lie in this way, and they might be punished if they were not careful.
Hulagu looked around the generals and asked, "How are you fighting inside?"
It's still necessary to ask, and naturally the fight is in full swing. Luo Sige blurted out: "The fight is very fierce. The last general thought that the Southern Dynasties army had been held back by Babur and the others. As long as we go, the situation will be reversed."
His words fell into the hearts of the generals, and they all agreed.
"You only know one thing, not the other." Xulagu said unconsciously, "Listen to the sound of cannons, he told me that the Southern Dynasties began to encircle and annihilate the troops in the encirclement. Even if we attacked, we would only rescue the remnants, but instead dragged us down and exhausted."
The generals looked confused, and Hulagu explained to them: "If it weren't for the final encirclement and annihilation battle, the Southern Dynasties wouldn't have used so many artillery. Also, listen, there are more sounds of artillery in the distance than those in the near. Have you ever thought about why this is?"
Hutu thought for a moment and said, "The Southern Dynasty was encircling and annihilation of the army in the middle."
"That's right." Xulagu confirmed his judgment and said, "According to common sense, this kind of encirclement and annihilation war is to first attack the periphery and then the central army. Why did the Southern Dynasty fight the central army first and leave the periphery not to attack?"
Regarding this question, everyone thought that no one could answer it.
"How can we hide the trick from my eyes?" Xulagu sneered and said, "We won't care about this here. Instead of saving a remnant army, it's better to have all the army!"
"Long live the emperor!" After the victory, the Song army cheered at Li Jun who was surrounded by Liao Shenggong and others.
Li Jun couldn't help but waved to the soldiers and said, "Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!"
"Give me back the mountains and rivers!" The soldiers shouted in unison.
Zhao Liangchun rushed over and whispered in Li Jun's ear. While waving his hand to pay tribute to the soldiers, Li Jun whispered: "General Liao, Xulagu is too cunning. He is not fooled and slipped away."
Li Jun left the periphery and did not fight. It was used as bait to lure Hulagu into being deceived. Unexpectedly, he ignored Babul and the others and withdrew. In order to deal with Hulagu, Li Jun deployed a lot of artillery, and as long as he attacked, he would be hit with a devastating blow. Unexpectedly, he saw the opportunity so quickly that he was not fooled. Li Jun used tricks and rarely miscalculated, but this time he was one of the few. In this case, in addition to Xu Lie's extremely talented, he was also his ruthlessness. If someone changed, he would definitely save Babul, but he gave up, which showed his coldness.
"This Tartar is really cruel." Liao Shenggong said in one sentence that Hulagu's heart.
Chapter completed!