Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 230 Probing
Yeluyi was first shocked when he received Xia Xingmei's report that "Song people returned to the city".

With the example of the surprise attack on the entrance of the Great Wall and the easy capture of the two fortresses of the Song people, he believed that Xia Xingmei should be able to easily defeat the Song people's army and then surround Baozhou with his superior force.It was a surprise for the Song people to come out of Baozhou. As long as they can win Baozhou, the subsequent battles will be easy.He can leave a team behind, and then attack along the main road leading to Kaifeng, Mancheng, Wangdu, Dingzhou, and Zhenzhou, as long as he captures one or two cities or defeats a few Song armies, the Southern Dynasty It is bound to shake, then Daliao can open his mouth like a lion, and it is no wonder that the Southern Dynasty dared to refuse; in addition, he can also use Baozhou as a base to copy Sanguan from the rear to the east, and attack Nanjing from Xiongzhou and Bazhou. Yelugao The army commanded by Ten joined forces, and then attacked Mozhou and Yingzhou.

Because of the diversion of the Yellow River, a large area of ​​yellow flooding area was formed, which blocked the connection between Mozhou and Yingzhou and other areas.This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as hundreds of thousands of Liao troops join forces in one place, they will not be able to take this area.

This area was called the "Old Land of Guannan" by the Liao State. The excuse used by the Liao State to blackmail the Song Dynasty last time was to return this area to the Song Dynasty.Once the Liao army occupies this area, whether it is long-term occupation or used to bargain with the Southern Dynasty, it will have an absolute advantage over the Southern Dynasty.That's why Yeluyi handed over most of the elite to Xia Xingmei first.

But I didn't expect these [-] Song troops to return to Baozhou under the siege of the Liao army. What should I do?

Siege?Too many casualties, distressed.Don't attack the city?I feel uneasy.

Seeing Yeluyi's hesitation, Xiao Weixin, the Deputy Privy Councilor of the Northern Academy who oversaw the army, said, "I don't know why the deployment is so difficult?"

Yixian said: "If there is such a strong Song army in Baozhou, no matter which direction we go, they will threaten our army's back. But if we continue to attack this Song army, just look at Suicheng and you will know that the Song army Is the city so easy to fight? And once you are dragged under the city by the Song people, you will not have the energy to look for opportunities to defeat the Song people."

Xiao Weixin said: "This matter is not difficult. The Song army in Baozhou went out of the city to the north, and they must rescue Suicheng. Now that our army is strong, we naturally dare not go further. But if we pretend to go south to look at the capital , Dingzhou, the Song people must mobilize troops to rescue, maybe they will also mobilize the Song army in Baozhou. We only sent out suspicious soldiers in Wangdu and Dingzhou, and lured the Song army to a place after the Song army in Baozhou left the city. At a suitable place, mobilize a large army to ambush it. I don’t know how to deploy it?”

Yixian said: "It's a good plan to attack the east and the west. So I will do as you say." Then he sent an order: "All generals follow me to Baozhou immediately!"

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At dawn the next day, Li Buqi and Guo Kui went up the city wall.At this time, the morning mist had not yet dissipated, and the figures of the Liao cavalry could already be seen emerging from the mist from time to time.

Guo Kui said with a sullen face: "The Liao people have blocked too many horses. Our scouts started fighting with them as soon as they went out. Now I don't know where the Liao people are and what they are going to do."

Li Buqi smiled and said: "Don't worry about the deployment. If the Liao people want to come and attack the city, that's what they wish for. But the Liao people want to leave calmly, so we just don't let the Liao people do what they want. We have already delayed tens of thousands of Liao troops for a day, and we still have to wait." In the encirclement of the Liao people, they can come and go freely. From this point of view, the Liao people are nothing more than that. This battle is not about killing or injuring the Liao people, but a political battle. From now on, we just need to fight steadily, not letting the Liao people take advantage of it, and let the court If you have the confidence to reject the blackmail from the Liao people, and let the Liao people know that you can't get anything from us, the Song Dynasty, you will win the battle."

Guo Kui said, "I'm only worried about whether Wang Zinan can stop the Liao people. Although Wang Zinan was born as a general, he has never personally experienced battle. Facing more than [-] Liao troops, I hope there will be no mistakes."

Li Buqi had long heard people say that Guo Kui was talented, and he was also arrogant.When he discussed the strategy with Guo Kui after he came to Baozhou, he could feel Guo Kui's disdain for him at first, but Guo Kui didn't dare to show it because of his high official position.But the deployment of Wang Kechen to Zhen, Ding, Qi, and Zhao Sizhou obviously showed contempt.

Li Buqi just smiled at this.Not to mention that Guo Kui's qualifications are still low, is it safe to let him be the emperor in the town, Ding, Qi, and Zhao four states? In terms of Guo Kui's military general, he is not as suitable as Wang Kechen to be in Zhenzhou.Wang Kechen is a civil servant. If Han Qi and Xia Song have any troubles, Wang Kechen can definitely push back and argue after the war.But a military general like Guo Kui may not have the courage to stand up.

As for Wang Kechen's military talent, Li Buqi did not dare to guarantee it, but he still felt that Wang Kechen was more suitable to command Jingtai and Zhang Kang.

He didn't have many contacts with Wang Kechen, but he could feel that he was very shrewd, he was extremely assertive and tactful like a rich man.What's even more rare is that this person is very good at listening to other people's opinions.

During several conversations, Li Buqi could feel that although Wang Kechen took the imperial examination route, he may have been influenced by his family education and knew a lot about military affairs, especially the ancient and modern battle examples. There are also many insights.Although this is just talk on paper, the Jingtai and Zhang Kang he commanded, as well as Di Qing who could accept his command, all had actual combat experience.Especially Di Qing and Zhang Kang, who have been active in the front line of the Song Xia War as military officers in recent years, can be said to have rich experience.

Therefore, Jingtai and Zhang Kang, both of Confucian background, were commanded by Wang Kechen. As long as Wang Kechen did not commit suicide himself and listened to the opinions of Di Qing, Jingtai, and Zhang Kang, it would be no problem to block the Liao people.

But if Guo Kui is asked to command Jingtai and Zhang Kang, not to mention that Guo Kui is not as good at listening to other people's opinions as Wang Kechen, but it is definitely fun to let a warrior command two Confucian scholars.Maybe Zhang Kang will not do well, but it is hard to say whether Jingtai, who was born as a Jinshi, can cooperate with Guo Kui seamlessly.Furthermore, whether the arrogant Guo Kui can cooperate with Di Qing seamlessly, Li Buqi is not sure.

Li Buqi would not speak out about this matter in front of Guo Kui, so he changed the topic: "No matter how Wang Zinan responds, let's help him disperse the enemy's troops as much as possible. After the fog clears, I will lead the cavalry." Go out of the city with some infantry, sweep the surrounding Liao cavalry, and investigate the movement of the Liao people. It will not be too late to make further plans after knowing the movement of the Liao people."

Seeing that Li Buqi seemed to have made up his mind, Guo Kui didn't try to persuade him, but only reminded him: "Be sure and steady when patrolling the border, and don't fall into an ambush by the Liao people."

Li Buqi sighed: Being besieged in the city is giving up the initiative to the Liao people. After going out, he can only be careful, but in order to pave the way for the future plan, he must go out of the city.

When the fog cleared, the drums in the city were beating loudly, and the crossbowmen of the Zhenwu Army went out of the city first.Seeing the Song army marching out of the city in large numbers, the Liao cavaliers ran away, only watching from a distance.

After the crossbowmen established defenses outside the city gate, the cavalry of the Zhenwu Army rushed out in small groups, facing the rangers of the Liao people.

The rangers of the Liao people were used to conceal the Song army's awareness of the battlefield situation and harass them. Seeing the well-formed cavalry rushing forward, they didn't intend to be tough at all, and immediately ran away in a leisurely manner.Most of these cavalry are light cavalry, with only simple weapons such as bows and knives. Neither men nor horses wear armor or only wear leather armor. They must run faster than the fully armed Song army, so they don't care about Zhenwu at all. Chased by the cavalry, they even bent their bows and set arrows to shoot back while jogging.

Seeing this, the cavalry of the Zhenwu Army stopped chasing, but blocked the approaching path of the Liao people from a distance.Under the city, Li Buqi organized his troops, with [-] crossbowmen behind and cavalry in front, and slowly marched northward.A thousand Gaoyangguan cavalry left the city from the other direction, split into two groups and went around to mop up the Liao cavalry who were carrying out the looting mission.

Yeluyi first arranged for the camp to be pulled out before dawn, and not long after he left, the Tanma from Baozhou came back to report that the Song people had left the city and came this way again.

Yeluyi hurriedly asked, "How many Song people are there?"

"The people of Song Dynasty are very well-blocked, and I can't find out if I probe the horse."

Yixian couldn't help talking to himself: "What are the Song people doing? Do they want to attack us?"

Xiao Weixin said: "It doesn't matter what he does. We have a lot of soldiers, and if the Song people dare to stay away from the city, we will eat them and save a lot of money."

Yixian nodded and immediately ordered the mobilization of the camp to be suspended, and sent two troops to go around the city of Baozhou.As long as the Song army leaves Baozhou City, these two troops will cut off the Song people's retreat, and he will personally command the army to overwhelm the Song people and eat them up.This time he will personally lead the battle.

But waiting left and right, the horsemen reported that the Song army was moving slowly, and whenever there was a forest, they had to carefully explore it, but the cavalry of the small team kept rushing forward, piercing through several layers of interceptions.This is also reasonable, Song Dynasty planted trees in Hebei to control Liao cavalry, so there are many forests in Hebei, Yi Xian thought that if he was a general of the Song army, he would have to worry about ambush, so he waited patiently.But when it was three poles high in the sun, Tanma reported that the Song army had stopped and would not take another step.

Song Jun was six miles away from the city, and this distance made Yi Xian very embarrassed.

"What are the Song people doing?" Yixian frowned and immediately ordered: "Let Tanma approach the Song people's brigade to see what's going on!"

His order forced the Liao scouts to approach the Song army, and a series of conflicts occurred between the cavalry of the two sides.Although the cavalry bow of the Liao people has a range of nearly [-] steps, it is not lethal to the armored soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty at this distance. The steel crossbow fired by the cavalry of the Song Dynasty can easily tear the leather armor of the Liao people. , so the Liao Rangers suffered a small loss in the duel.

At noon, Yeluyixian received a report from the scout, saying that the Song army had turned around and retreated to Baozhou.This time, the Liao people also saw clearly that there were less than 5000 Song people who left the city.

Yeluyi couldn't help being angry for a while: "Is this playing tricks on the old man?"

(End of this chapter)