I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 945 The Accident of Breaking Through the Line of Defense

Just before Beiliao launched its charge, Beiliao symbolically led a large team to the palace tent of the Song Dynasty led by Yeluqi, the great king of the North.

Moreover, he pretended to be arguing with Da Song how many miles north of Yanshan Mountain.

"It doesn't matter if you pretend to be a snake, and it doesn't matter if you talk about it. I'm afraid that such behavior will affect the morale of the army. When the court negotiates, how can the soldiers still have the heart to fight?"

"That's what Beiliao thinks! When did such a powerful negotiating team ever exist? It's just trying to tell the soldiers that the war is impossible..."

"It's very difficult to get together in the midst of the war. Both of you are veterans who have experienced many battles, so you don't know this, right? If Beiliao launches an attack at this time, the old man is worried that there will be a real defeat. , repeating the old story of the Gaoliang River!"

Wen Yanbo, Di Qing and the others didn't get involved in the negotiation, so they chatted in the back camp.Wen Yanbo was very worried.

Since there is already information that confirms that Beiliao is about to attack, why bother playing this game with Beiliao?

Besides, based on the current comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty can completely ignore the sending of envoys from the Northern Liao Dynasty, and there is no need to respond to the negotiations of the Northern Liao Dynasty.

As long as the fight continues, the recovery of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures will naturally be a matter of spending more time.

The current Song Dynasty court has sufficient finances, and it is not worried about insufficient supply at all.As for Beiliao, let alone a year or two of war, it would be difficult for them to survive even half a year.

At that time, even if Song Dynasty does not attack, Beiliao will be defeated, and Yan Yun will naturally come back.

"Wenxiang, in fact, Wenxiang's judgment is correct. Negotiation or negotiation will not affect Da Song's recovery of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. However, it will affect the strategic purpose of Da Song's battle this time."

"Judging from the strategy drawn up by the officials and the cabinet, it seems that the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are not the ultimate goal, but killing people is!"

"Officials keep land and lose people, and everyone loses land; people who save land lose land, and everyone gets land. It means that the land is preserved, but the people die, and it is all over! The land is lost, but the people are still there, that is Nothing was lost."

Di Qing didn't answer Wen Yanbo's fault, but Zhong Er did.After all, the current situation is quite interesting and worth discussing.

"As for the morale mentioned by Prime Minister Wen, according to the common practice, the current situation will indeed affect morale. But what if all the soldiers know the truth?"

"In the past, when we led troops to fight, we basically did what the commander told us to do. The soldiers had to obey, so we couldn't play that...~"

"Subjective initiative...~"

Di Qing added a noun.Di Qing spent a longer time in the martial arts lecture hall than Zhong Er, and was more familiar with official theories.

"That's right...it's this subjective initiative. It means that the soldiers are no longer passively obeying, but actively fighting."

"Now that the truce negotiations between the two sides are so powerful, Beiliao really wants to demoralize our morale by doing this. But what they didn't expect, the battle plan of Song Dynasty has basically been uploaded to the team leader level."

"They are all new troops, they are all trained by the old guard battalion and guards, not only for loyalty, but also for strategic and tactical training for them."

"The Great Song Dynasty is different from the early years, but the Northern Liao Dynasty still regards the Great Song Dynasty as it was in the early years. This comparison determines the direction of the war."

I still feel proud to have the opportunity to give lectures to Wen Yanbo, a veteran minister who despises generals.He is not Di Qing, he has never been abused by civil servants in court, and he doesn't have much fear of civil servants.

Wen Yanbo said that he led troops, but in fact, the so-called leading troops was the time to quell Wang Ze's rebellion.

Although he was considered in charge of the army in the cabinet later, in fact, he focused on the deployment of generals, the appointment and dismissal of generals, and some general direction issues.

It is impossible for Wen Yanbo to understand the soldiers as well as veterans like Di Qingzhong and Guo Kui, nor did he read through the various quotations left by the officials in the lecture hall like them.

Therefore, I don't know much about the current soldiers.

But when it comes to intrigue and deception, Wen Yanbo is by no means an easy-going lamp.

After Zhong Er said this, Wen Yanbo immediately understood...

"This kind of strategy means that it is now determined that a big war will be fought? Even the general strategy has been communicated? The old man remembers that the official's communication of the general strategy should be conveyed in an orderly manner."

"As far as the current situation is concerned, I don't think that the imperial court has been able to determine the time for the Northern Liao's attack. That is to say, the imperial court's strategy can at most be conveyed to the commander level..."

The real combat depends on the soldiers, and the soldiers are the core of the war.Generals and soldiers are two different things. The so-called military spirit does not refer to generals, but soldiers.

"Wen Xiang, in fact, the most important thing is the military discipline of the new army! For the strict implementation of military orders, you must demand yourself by the standards of war at all times. This is the basic purpose of the new army of the Great Song Dynasty."

"Even camping training in peacetime is required by war standards, let alone in a real wartime state?"

"The purpose of Beiliao's actions is to confuse people. Whether it's the frontline headquarters or the soldiers below, they don't take them seriously at all."

"To put it bluntly, in the army, the biggest thing is that there are some discussions. If you don't resent the court's compromise, as long as the war comes, or when it comes to daily training, the soldiers will not be affected by these external factors."

"These problems have been tested by several veterans like me. From the beginning of planning the battle against the Northern Liao Dynasty, the officials asked me to go to the garrison troops in various places in batches to verify them in various ways. .”

"Whether the local garrison army can make the soldiers concentrate is one of the contents of the general evaluation."

The kind of eloquent talk made Wen Yanbo skeptical, he was not sure that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty could really do this.

In fact, it is impossible to do this at all...
"Let's convey the tactical strategy one level down!"

Zhao Xi also didn't dare to believe in the so-called heart like a rock.

"Judging from the progress of the so-called negotiations, it seems that today's negotiations have revealed the bottom line. That is to say, Beiliao should think that the court really believed it."

"In the past two days, it's clear that the number of soldiers retreating from the two wings of the Northern Liao Dynasty has decreased, basically reaching the limit of the defense of the two wings of the Northern Liao Dynasty."

"It is impossible for Beiliao not to consider the situation where they will be surrounded after deploying too many troops on the two wings. There must be a limit. Now that the speed has reached, it is time for Beiliao to launch a general offensive."

It is indeed time...~Beiliao has really launched a general attack in the way the Song court expected~~

On the last day of the agreed negotiations, Da Song was supposed to welcome the missions from Beiliao, but what was waiting was that hundreds of thousands of troops from Beiliao launched an attack on the palace tent of the middle army of Song Dynasty...

Just when the hundreds of thousands of troops from the Northern Liao Dynasty rushed to the palace tent of the Great Song Dynasty, all the soldiers on the entire Great Song defense line knew...~This is what the Great Song Dynasty has been waiting for.

At the moment when the army of the Northern Liao Dynasty marched towards the central army, the two wings of the Song Dynasty, the West Route Army and Zhou Tong's East Route Army also began to abandon the earlier strategy of advancing steadily, and used the coordinated combat method of chariot soldiers and fan cavalry troops. , rapid advance...

Originally, the Northern Liao and the Great Song were evenly matched, or at a disadvantage... because there was really no way to fight against the chariot.

At this time, Beiliao's deployment of troops completely emptied the two wings of defense.

Although it can't be said that they are invincible, the speed of the two-winged army's advance to the north is obviously much faster.

And Beiliao also launched the first charge to the Chinese army...

"Report... the impact of the Northern Liao war horses caused six chariots on our side to roll over, and nearly [-] soldiers were injured..."

"Report... the gap has been closed, and the Beiliao cavalry who broke through the line of defense will be wiped out!"

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The battle reports kept coming, and all the ministers and workers accompanying the army are in a state of tension at this time.

Especially when they knew that the first line of defense was directly breached by the Northern Liao cavalry, they were even more terrified.

It's just that the old god's presence on the official's face made everyone feel a little bit at ease.

"Officials, it's really impossible to retreat ten miles back from the Chinese army's palace tent!"

"Officials, according to the current situation, it is obvious that the court of the Northern Liao Dynasty has gone crazy, and it is basically a way of fighting together."

"Officials, Beiliao is now putting all its eggs in one basket. It doesn't even consider whether it might be encircled, so it uses the number of cavalry to gain an advantage in the middle. If it keeps going like this, it is really possible to break through the defense line."

"Officials, retreating does not mean that the battle has been defeated. It is also common to adjust the palace accounts of the Chinese army on the battlefield, and it will not affect the morale of the army."

"Officials, although the progress of the two wings is going smoothly, it is not enough to penetrate the defense of Beiliao in a short time. What's more, even if it breaks through the defense of Beiliao, surrounds the central army, and finally forms a siege of Beiliao, it will take Time, we are chariot soldiers, not cavalry, and we don't have an advantage in speed."

"The Chinese army's palace tents retreated and the defensive line was set up continuously. As long as they can withstand the impact of the Northern Liaozhong Army before the encirclement of the two wings is formed, it is basically a foregone conclusion."

"Officials, you must not be arrogant at this time! The soldiers will understand..."

Ever since Wang Anshi tentatively asked if he wanted to retreat, the civil servants accompanying the army began to discourage him with every word.

The first line of defense of the Chinese army's palace tent is only ten miles away from the palace tent. For the cavalry, it is only a matter of charging.

Once Beiliao opened the gap, a large number of cavalry rushed into the line of defense, which meant that the palace tents of the Chinese army would be in danger...

Chariots have always been a weapon against cavalry.At least judging from the battles in these years, cavalry has nothing to do with chariots.

What's more, Da Song also has the advantage of firearms and armaments.

Who knows, this time the war horses of the Northern Liao Dynasty not only adapted to the explosion of the gunpowder bombs, but the covering blow of the gunpowder bombs could no longer completely suppress the charge of the Northern Liao cavalry.

More importantly, I didn't expect that Beiliao would use fire horses... ~ Tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of horses, ignite their tails... ~
The frightened war horse didn't care about anything at all, and simply ran forward.

But Song Dynasty still placed the chariots horizontally and linked them together as before. The soldiers on the chariots used the baffles of the chariots as a shield to guard against the arrows of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and then used various launchers , firing gunpowder shells.

From long-range, to medium-range, to short-range human-powered launches.Finally, the volley of muskets began.

This is the prescribed tutorial for new armaments that have been virtually invincible over the years.

However, this time, Beiliao used those scrapped war horses as vanguards to charge with fire horses...

Crazy horses charge, fearless charge, even if Da Song's side has been hit by firearms continuously and almost seamlessly, there will always be horses rushing in front of the defensive chariots.

And those charging horses had such a brutal impact that they didn't care about the chariot at all...

Therefore, there was a situation where the chariot was knocked over.

And then the Northern Liao cannon fodder cavalry who rushed over, also rushed into the Song Dynasty's defense line under the cannon fire...

With such a situation, it is no wonder that the civil servants who accompanied the army wanted to dissuade the officials from withdrawing from the palace tents of the Chinese army.

The bravery of the Northern Liao cavalry is recognized. Once a large number of cavalry rush into the line of defense, it will inevitably lead to chaos within the line of defense...

Inside the Song Dynasty's line of defense, gunpowder ammunition and volleying guns cannot be used...~that is the world of cavalry.

"Di Shuai, what do you think?"

Zhao Xi didn't expect such an accident. Faced with the passionate dissuasion...he didn't even think about retreating.

It's just that this requires someone who can persuade the followers of the army.

Compared to himself, Zhao Xi felt that Di Qing's suggestion should be more convincing.

"Officials and veterans think that there may not be many such fire horse formations in Beiliao, or if there are, there will not be such a number as the first time."

"The veteran believes that in the face of confrontation between the two armies, the retreat of the Chinese army's palace tents is not conducive to the morale of the army. To prevent the first wave of Northern Liao's charge and take corresponding measures, it should be able to prevent it from being broken through the defense line again. "

"Di Hanchen! If the officials make mistakes because of your wild words, you can't bear the responsibility!"

"You said that it is impossible for Beiliao to charge again, or that the next time will not be as big as this one. What if Beiliao's first attack was just a tentative attack? Will it work if you just try this method?"

"It worked for the first time, and the possibility of increasing the number of war horses in the second attack of the Northern Liao Dynasty is not impossible, or even greater! Don't talk nonsense to influence the decision of the officials..."

As soon as Di Qing finished speaking, Wen Yanbo picked up.

It is also a perennial habit, Wen Yanbo always likes to confront Di Qing tit for tat.

"What Wen Xiang said is not impossible. The veteran only analyzed it based on various reports. As we all know, during the two years of civil strife in the Northern Liao Dynasty, a large proportion of war horses were scrapped, and there should be a large number of scrap war horses."

"However, according to Di Qing's analysis of all the information, Beiliao has been unable to maintain the standard configuration of elite cavalry with one man and three cavalry as early as a year ago."

"What does this mean? This means that after Beiliao recruited a large number of Dingkou to the front line, the number of horses in Beiliao was insufficient. Now Beiliao should not be able to satisfy one man and two riders."

While speaking, Di Qing also presented the records of his excerpted information to Zhao Xi.

I have to say that a veteran is a veteran, and some issues are well considered.

Seeing that Wen Yanbo wanted to refute, Zhao Xi waved his hand directly and said: "Fill all the spare chariots to the first line of defense, and at the same time, send all the carriages of the ministers and other various carriages in the camp to First line of defense."

"Park these non-chariot carriages side by side with the chariot, as close as possible, and even let the artisans accompanying the army connect and tie the side-by-side carriages."

The problem of the Beiliao fire horse array crashing into the chariot defense line should be solved in this way.

In fact, Zhao Xi needs Di Qing to have this sentence, and then he will tell everyone the method, which will naturally make everyone feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)