Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 282 Capturing the Thief and Capturing the King

Zhao Mu squinted his eyes, smiled, nodded and said, "That's right. Your Majesty and I will invite five hundred elite soldiers to wave the flag and cheer for you to build up momentum for me."

Zhezong used his little finger to pick out his ears to confirm that he heard correctly, then sat down and said: "Looking at the emperor's uncle's appearance, I guess you are not joking with me. But are these five hundred people really enough? That would make Emperor Taizong even The Khitan barbarians who have returned in defeat. In my eyes, fifty thousand people are not many, so why does the emperor only need five hundred?"

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Five hundred soldiers are enough for me. We are not really going to war with the Liao people. Five hundred soldiers are enough."

Zhao Mu dared to say this because he had his own confidence.

Because Zhezong was right about one thing, that is, being timid before fighting is a taboo for military strategists.

At present, the military reform of the Song Dynasty has not yet begun, and the army of the Song Dynasty is as afraid of the Liao soldiers as tigers and wolves.

No matter how many troops are brought out, this kind of army without the will to fight will remain the same.

In Chu Yunfei's words, fifty thousand pigs would be better than them. Zhao Mu feels that this sentence is very suitable to describe the current Song Army. This is because pigs will not flee in an organized manner.

If Zhao Mu leads too many people, once the Liao soldiers launch a large-scale charge and the soldiers on the front line waver and one or two of them run away, a chain reaction will occur in an instant. It will cause the army's organizational structure to collapse.

If the army loses its organization and becomes defeated, then they are not soldiers, but sheep to be slaughtered.

Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhao Mu felt that it was better to bring fewer people.

Zhao Mu's tactics are not a deep confrontation, but "special beheading" and "drawing fuel from the bottom of the cauldron."

Besides, Zhao Mu didn't really plan to take 500 people there. He still had foreign aid he could hire.

If these people in the province cause trouble for themselves and then retreat without a fight, then they will really lose.

These Jianghu knights unite the army to fight, and fighting head-on on the battlefield may not work.

If there were many Liao soldiers, they would assassinate their commander directly at night and burn their camp and food. As long as there is no one to command and no food and grass, no matter how large the Liao army is, they can only retreat in despair.

And this foreign aid is his good brother Qiao Feng and the elders of the Beggar Clan. If Duan Yu wants to go, you can take him there to play.

If the Liao soldiers were small in number, Zhao Mu would be confident of wiping them all out to increase his momentum.

Besides, Zhao Mu had no intention of confronting the Liao soldiers head-on. Just simply touch them.

But they all know martial arts, so they can carry out tasks such as raids, assassinations, and poisoning easily. And this is what the knights really use. These people are suitable for a small team's sneak attack, but it would be a waste to use them to fill the line.

Moreover, the four elders of the Beggar Clan, Song Xi, Chen, and Wu, have been fighting against the Liao and Xixia people for most of their lives since the previous dynasty. They are very familiar with the military situation of Xixia and Liao soldiers. Wu Changfeng even received a gold medal for meritorious service from General Yang. It is much better to let seniors like them with combat experience carry it out than to have a group of new recruits.

Needless to say, their reputation in the world and their personal conduct are not perfect. After all, no one is perfect. But when it comes to the righteousness of their family and country, everyone still shares the same hatred. If he invites beggars to help the formation, the four elders and Qiao Feng will be happy to help.

As long as they burn down the Liao army's camps at night, burn their army's food and fodder, or kill their commander, when the Liao army is in chaos, he will lead five hundred cavalry to follow and pursue them for dozens of miles. Then even five hundred people can accomplish extraordinary feats.

As long as the first battle is successful and a small number is used to defeat a large number, the government and opposition parties in all countries will be shocked. At that time, if the Liao Kingdom is given a step down, this matter can be successfully concluded. In Zhao Mu's expectation, although the will of the Liao Kingdom would not be defeated, at least the annual coins would be waived.

And this battle will be like the arrow that Zheng Zhuanggong shot down the Emperor of Zhou, which is just the beginning of the dispersion of the Liao Kingdom's "mandate of destiny".

Zhao Mu didn't care at all what the civil servants in the court thought.

As long as the people of the Song Dynasty and the soldiers of the army can see that the Liao soldiers are nothing more than this.

The most important thing is to break the myth of the Liao people's invincibility and rebuild their confidence. The Great Song Dynasty now needs a victory to boost the morale of the entire army.

What Zhao Mu has to do is to "shoot that arrow" in a small-scale conflict in the future and break the myth of the Liao army's invincibility.

Although Zhezong always felt that Zhao Mu's request was a bit outrageous. But Zhezong still believed in Zhao Mu, adhering to the principle of "don't use people you doubt and don't doubt people you employ".

Zhezong thought for a while and then said: "Five hundred soldiers are really too few. How about this, I will allocate 30,000 armored soldiers to the emperor's uncle. This is all I can mobilize now. These 30,000 soldiers and horses are at the emperor's discretion, Your Majesty! I don’t expect your Majesty to win, but as long as the entire army is not annihilated, I will give him the credit!"

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "Your Majesty still lacks confidence in our Song Dynasty soldiers. Your Majesty can rest assured that I am not a fool. Since I dare to boast about Haikou, I have my own way to deal with it. Besides, this battle I plan to break the attack by beheading, but bringing too many people will become a burden to me. If your majesty is really worried, then your majesty will give me three thousand soldiers and horses. One thousand elite cavalry and two thousand armored soldiers. . If there are more, I will really be in trouble."

Seeing Zhao Mu's decisive attitude, Zhezong had no choice but to agree: "Okay! Then I will give the emperor three thousand soldiers and horses."

Zhao Mu bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, but I have one condition, that is, these three thousand soldiers and horses must all be absolute elites. Even dead soldiers. Because this battle is related to the destiny of our Song Dynasty. It is related to everyone's future views. Do you have confidence in the Liao War? If we can defeat the Liao Kingdom in this battle, it will not only establish your majesty's prestige, but also help your majesty's subsequent reforms. But if we lose this battle, then not only will I die, but we will talk about it later. To pacify Liao and destroy Xia is just like in vain. If there are not these absolute dead soldiers, then I would rather fight alone."

Although Zhezong couldn't fully understand what Zhao Mu said, he knew the seriousness of the matter by looking at Zhao Mu's expression.

Zhe Zong said: "Uncle, don't worry, the soldiers I will allocate to you will definitely be elite soldiers. Although our Song Dynasty is weak in military and military, it is not a big problem to select 3,000 dead soldiers from 800,000 soldiers."

Zhao Mu heard Zhezong talking about "eight hundred thousand", and he suddenly thought of his old friend Wang Jin. Now Wang Jin is the head coach of the Guns and Sticks. Although this position is already beyond the reach of ordinary people with no background, it does bury Wang Jin's talents.

However, it is worth mentioning that in addition to Wang Jin and Gao Qiu, Zhao Mu also heard about two Water Margin heroes during this period, one was Hu Yanzhuo and the other was Chai Jin. It's just that the two of them are still little babies right now.

And the relationship between these two people and Zhao Mu is not far away, because in terms of seniority, they all have to call Zhao Mu "uncle".

(End of this chapter)