Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 231 Bold Plan

In the commander's tent of the military camp outside Zhaozhou City, Di Qing asked someone to call Sun Yong, who broke out from Baozhou, and said softly: "Xu Jiu fights and travels day after day. You should be allowed to rest more, but now the military situation is urgent. Shuai can only fight against the Liao people if he first patrols Li's side, oh, and understands his experience clearly. So today I have gathered all the generals, and I have to trouble Xu Jiu to tell everyone about the battle between the chariots and the Liao people."

Sun Yong hurriedly said: "Li Xun wants to break out of the encirclement, just to tell the original combat experience to the friendly army. You don't have to be polite to Shuai Di."

Today Di Qing made preparations and ordered his soldiers to prepare a lot of wooden blocks, small flags and other things for war chess.He asked Sun Yong to go to the table, surrounded by his generals, and used these props to demonstrate the battle of the day before yesterday.

With these props, the narration is more intuitive this time, and Sun Yong's eloquence is good, so he speaks vividly.

After talking about the battle, Sun Yong emphasized: "Judging from this battle, the Liao people are actually very afraid of facing our army's strong formation. Therefore, the Liao people will generally patiently harass and mobilize troops, and Dragging bundles of faggots in the wind and galloping, thinking of a suspicious soldier, our army will confuse itself in order to find an opening. As long as our army does not confuse itself, the Liao people will have no gaps. In fact, the Liao people are not strong in attacking fortifications. When confronted head-on, the officers and troops occupy it. Advantages. What is worrying is that the Liao people will cut off our grain roads, but now that the officers and soldiers have partial vans to transport grain and fodder, the Liao people have nothing to do."

Speaking of this, someone sighed and said: "I didn't expect the van to be such a powerful weapon. Alas, it's a pity. It would be great if we could build more earlier."

Di Qing didn't want to say more useless words, so he diverted the conversation: "From the experience of the battle between the Baozhou official army and the Liao people, the Liao people's fighting methods are no different from 40 years ago. With a van, a magic-arm bow, a ballista, and a trebuchet, the present is not what it used to be, how can the Hulu be allowed to gallop across Hebei?"

"The army of chariots is a sharp weapon against the Liao army. Our army should not rely on the city to defend itself, and missed the opportunity of the battle. It was urgently reported yesterday that the Liao people besieged the city in a large scale. The forwards have arrived at the capital, and it seems that they intend to go south. - Xia Xianggong stayed behind in Beijing to ask for orders, and the whole army marched to Qizhou to join forces with Zhang Gongshou to prevent the Liao people from entering. I think the general order will arrive sooner or later, and you will go back and prepare separately. When you have nothing to do, think about how to fight well. One battle."

All the generals coaxed the promise, and some people were gearing up because they heard that Guo Kui and Li Buqi in Baozhou beheaded more than 2 people with more than [-] people. Yinzi.

They hadn't dispersed yet, but the Chinese military officer rushed over with a messenger: "Report, the order from the Hebei Economic and Strategy Department has arrived."

Di Qing immediately ordered it to be presented, and after seeing that the wax was correct, he opened it to watch, but it was an order to allow his army to go out of Qizhou.Di Qing immediately issued an order: "The military order has arrived. We will have breakfast and dinner tomorrow, and the camp will be pulled out at dawn. Whoever delays, the military law will handle it."

For three days, Baozhou has been besieged by the Liao army with rangers. As long as the Song army leaves the city, they will monitor them from a distance. When the Song army leaves the city, they will continue to harass them. If they find that the Song army's cavalry is trying to contact other places, they will Gather a large group of people and rush forward to bite.

Liao cavalry each has three horses, even compared with the police cavalry, they have a greater mobility advantage, so it is impossible to break the blockade of the Liao army without using a considerable number of cavalry.

But in the past five days, the news inside and outside Baozhou has not stopped.Every day, bloody cavalry broke through the siege to send in news.

The information sent in from Qizhou said that the main force of the Liao people besieged Wangdu and Mancheng on a large scale, and the two cities were in danger.On the other side of Sanguan, there were only a small number of harassing Liao people, and it seemed to be calm. Although Xiongzhou and Bazhou were still under siege, the Liao people sent troops to the city and could only send rangers to plunder everywhere, but they were attacked by a large number of fortresses. Due to the restrictions, Mozhou, Yingzhou and other places began to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness again, and the Liao people had limited gains.

It seems that there is not much danger in the east for the time being, and what the Hebei Economic and Strategy Department and the Privy Council are most worried about is that the Liao people will go south from Mancheng, Wangdu, Ding, and Zhenzhou and go straight to Kaifeng, so when they find that the eastern front can still be held He ordered Baozhou to send troops to participate in the battle in Wangdu area.

Guo Kui was a little embarrassed when he received this order, so after thinking about it, he consulted with Li Buqi.As a result, his subordinates told him that Li Buqi led his army out of the city again.

Li Buqi's behavior made him very incomprehensible.In the past few days, Li Buqi only took the infantry and cavalry of the headquarters out of the city every morning or evening for five or ten miles, and once they went out of the city for twenty miles, but they always came back after a stroll.When he suggested to Li Buqi not to do these useless efforts any more, so as not to torture morale, Li Buqi just responded casually, but still went his own way.

When Guo Kui was about to send someone to invite Li Buqi to return to the city, someone sent by Li Buqi came over and said that Li Buqi invited him to the tower in Beicheng.Guo Kui came to the city tower, but his entourage was blocked by Li Buqi's personal soldiers.When he saw that there were only Li Buqi, Gao Zunyu, Yang Shiqing, and Chong Er in the room, Gao Zunyu's face was as yellow as gold paper, and when he thought of the soldiers outside the door standing ten steps away with their hands on the handles, he felt that Li Buqi Abandoning this is a major matter, so he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with calling the next officer to come?"

Li Buqi chuckled and said, "Guo Deployment, didn't you ask me why I lead troops out of the city every day? The answer can be revealed today."

Guo Kui hurriedly asked: "I don't know what is the meaning of patrolling the border?"

Li Buqi said, "I'm going to rob the people of Liao Dynasty!"

"Ah?" Guo Kui was really taken aback.

Although the Liao people claim to have come to Hebei to hunt grass and valleys, don't say that the Hebei border has planted trees and drained ponds for decades to prevent the Liao Dynasty. Even if there is land, they have not cultivated it. Even if they enter the rich hinterland of Hebei, more than 20 Liao people will need a special team to transport grain and grass, so it is not a lie to rob the Liao people of grain.

However, the Liao people's powerful cavalry robbed the slow-moving Song army's food road, but it was a bit courting death to use a small group of cavalry to rob the Liao people's food road with powerful cavalry.Once he is entangled by the Liao cavalry or blocks his way back, he will be surrounded by the Liao army in a short time. If Li Buqi goes, he may never return.

So Guo Kui thought that Li Buqi was a whim, and quickly persuaded him: "Patrolling the border is absolutely impossible. Not to mention that the Liao people's luggage is often tens of miles behind the brigade, but the Liao people's cavalry advances and retreats like the wind, and they are the enemy's masses. I am a widow, once my whereabouts are exposed, I will be doomed. Please think twice when patrolling the border."

Then he took out the order from the Hebei Economic Strategy Department and said: "Besides, the Hebei Economic Strategy Department ordered us to join forces and attack the Liao army who besieged Wangdu together."

Li Buqi just smiled, but he didn't look at the order, but said: "Guo Tuan, you are also an old army. You see that the Liao people's cavalry is so powerful, but our messengers can still communicate every day. Is there any reason for this?" fraud?"

Guo Kui naturally also thought of this, and immediately said: "The lower officials also think it is possible, but as long as we choose our marching route carefully, don't get caught in an ambush, and make sure the formation is strict so that the Liao people can't take advantage of it. If the Liao people want to seize the opportunity to attack Baozhou, then they should have the ability."

Li Buqi shook his head and said, "It's too difficult for the infantry to play tricks in front of the cavalry. I think the Liao people set up a trap by sending messengers. We can't get into it. But the Liao people definitely didn't think that we would dare to rob their food. Dao. Even if we can't destroy the Liao people's luggage, we will certainly be able to contain a large part of the Liao people's strength."

Guo Kui said, "But this order..."

Li Buqi said: "Your Majesty grants me the right to arbitrarily decide this battle."

Guo Kui advised again: "But this matter is too dangerous."

Li Buqi said: "How dare a man spare his life for the country? I have made up my mind, so there is no need to persuade Guo Tuan. As for how to advance and retreat, I have already planned it. Guo Tuan just rest assured. It's just that some plans may be sensational, Guo Tuan is still the same." Don't ask, just do me two favors."

When Li Buqi said that, Guo Kui knew that Li Buqi had made up his mind, so he had to ask, "Please tell me when you patrol the border."

Li Buqi said: "Today's deployment, we will send messengers to Gaoyangguan to transfer troops. As soon as these troops leave, they will definitely distract the attention of the Liao people. Then tomorrow I will go out of the city as usual, and you only let your cavalry cover the Liao people's cavalry. Wait for us Go far away and let your cavalry go back to the city. One more thing, don’t mention my whereabouts in the report to the Economic and Strategy Department.”

When he said this, he took a letter from a marching soldier and handed it to Guo Kui.Guo Kui took it and looked at it, but it was an order, which said that Guo Kui was not allowed to disclose Li Buqi's whereabouts.This is for Guo Kui's exoneration.

Seeing that Li Buqi had already thought of this matter, Guo Kui could only say: "I will obey the order."

(End of this chapter)