Chapter 927: Driving away wolf and tiger (fifteen)
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Empress Dowager Yeli did not dare to delay at all. After returning to the capital, she quickly reported Su Jin's coercion and the current situation to several confidants. Everyone was filled with indignation and cursed the Song people for their wolfish ambitions, because the Song people's intentions were obvious. To put it bluntly, The Song people paid for Daxia to send troops, so that the Xia army would fight to the death with the Liao army, and both sides would suffer losses in a life-and-death fight.
The scolding continued, but when Empress Dowager Yeli asked them what clever plan they had to solve the crisis, they said the same thing again; it was itchy. Even if the people of the Song Dynasty had the intention, they could only let them reap the benefits, otherwise they would By marching without mercy, many state capitals in the south, including Xingqing Prefecture, will soon be captured; and the cities of Daxia are concentrated in the south. If these cities are occupied, is it possible that everyone will return to the pastures and Gobi in the north? Are you going to live in the nomadic days? Moreover, the Song people are famous for their ability to defend the city. As long as the city is captured by them, even if the army goes south to capture it, they may not be able to do it.
In view of this, the ministers could only acquiesce to the deal between the Queen Mother and Su Jin. They could only sacrifice the Daxia army in exchange for the integrity of the country and the country. Death of a person can encourage births and increase the population. If the country is destroyed, there will be nothing. .
Queen Mother Yeli knew that the ministers would not object. Even she herself could not resist Su Jin's coercion, let alone these ministers. To her surprise, the new emperor Li Ning was furious and threw several precious things in the palace. Empress Dowager Yeli chose to ignore her, and Li Ningling finally had no choice but to angrily control the three former emperor's beloved concubines to vent his frustration, and the puppet emperor's life was not easy.[
After Zhang Yuan and other leading ministers in the north learned the news, they could only accept their fate. Now that they were controlled by others, they could only suppress the anger in their hearts and act according to the Queen Mother's will. Zhang Yuan quickly assembled his troops, and more than 300,000 troops quickly marched towards Helan Mountain. Advancing, the Liao army was just about to break camp and withdraw, but they had to cancel the order quickly because the enemy troops were coming so fast. The retreat at this moment was suspected of leaving the backbone to the Xia army. Once attacked, they would be defeated like a mountain. That would be It was a big taboo for military strategists, so the two sides squared off and faced off at the foot of Helan Mountain, but no one dared to make the first move.
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Su Jin did not delay, and gave the court a brief explanation of the current situation. Then he set off with more than a thousand guards without waiting for a reply from the court. The generals in the army tried their best to dissuade Su Jin from taking such a risk. But Su Jin knew very well that at this moment, even if he gave Xia Ren a hundred courages, he would not dare to do anything to him.
Su Jin only asked them to always pay attention to the trends of the two countries and be vigilant, and told Li Zhong to quickly assemble and transport the materials promised to assist the Xia people, because if the materials were shortage and logistics could not be guaranteed, he would not be able to escape the fate of failure even if he was Sun Wu and Zhuge was reincarnated. There was no guarantee of victory in the first place, so we could only rely on the human wave tactics and God's favor.
When passing by Xingqing Mansion, Queen Mother Yeli sent an imperial envoy to accompany Su Jin with the Queen Mother Yi Zhi. Everyone in the Xia Kingdom did not understand why the Queen Mother insisted on letting this Su Jin command a battle involving the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. This Su Jin He was still the culprit who coerced Daxia; but Queen Mother Yeli felt like a mirror in her heart. Su Jin's ability was far superior to that of Xia Guo. If he couldn't defeat others, he would never expect to win this battle; let alone this battle. The desire for victory was not under the control of the Xia monarchs. The Song people were afraid of the Liao people's revenge, so Su Jin would definitely try his best to inflict heavy losses on the Liao people in order to achieve his goal. Therefore, Queen Mother Yeli did not worry about Su Jin playing tricks at all. Play tricks.
In the Gobi desert with a radius of 20 miles below Helan Mountain, the armies of Xia and Liao faced each other from a distance. The originally desolate and barren land was suddenly filled with smoke and silence by hundreds of thousands of people.
The Xia Kingdom has more than 300,000 troops in the country, while the Liao people have an army of 170,000, and the total strength has reached 470,000. Once the war starts, it will be a super war; not only that, the numbers of both sides are still increasing, Xia
With the help of armor and weapons from the Song State, 80,000 new recruits arrived in a short period of time. However, the Liao people had to retreat and had to add another 100,000 troops from the country. By the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the total strength reached 600,000.
Public.
Such a huge army gathered here, and the entire southern foothills of Helan Mountain were densely covered with military tents. The densely packed tomb-like tents stretched for dozens of miles. The shrubs and stones on the Gobi Desert were swept away by both sides and used to build camps and light fires for warmth.
, even the lizards, snow rabbits, wild wolves and gophers that lived in the entire Gobi were all killed and used as food.
Neither side had any intention of taking action first. In addition to strengthening their defenses, they only carried out small-scale probing attacks. With one exception, the small teams that launched the probing attacks became cannon fodder. The cavalry of 5,000 people was used in peacetime.
It can be regarded as a powerful army, but the entire army was wiped out within thirty steps of the enemy line. Under the obstruction of dense clouds of arrows, five thousand people were easily crushed to death like a group of ants.
, without causing any harm.
From the middle to the end of the twelfth lunar month, the two sides faced off for more than ten days. Neither side was sure of victory, so they could only continue the standoff until the last heavy snowfall of the year fell, and the extremely cold weather began to weaken both sides.
The army could no longer remain calm; for the Liao people, the supply line was too far away, and the supply of materials and food would become more difficult with the heavy snow. For the Xia army, life was equally difficult.
Fighting in the Xia Kingdom, but this is the Gobi wasteland where birds do not lay eggs, supply is equally difficult, and more importantly, the Xia Kingdom cannot afford it, and they have no stock of food, grass, and fuel to replenish their supplies.
The patience and momentum had reached its limit, and both sides had no choice but to plan an attack.
The battle plan has been discussed dozens of times, and dozens of plans have been rejected one by one. Although Su Jin has not been awarded any position like generalissimo, he has full rights to Zhang Yuan, Ren Jingde, Li Jiqian and others.
Su Jin unceremoniously marked all the proposed battle plans with a cross. In Su Jin's view, such a war could not be effective just by their lame plans. What's more, the Xia army seemed to have a large number of people, but from the beginning
In terms of combat power, they are no match at all.
On the morning of this day, the battle meeting in the big tent was held again. Zhang Yuanduan sat in charge of the case and presided over the meeting, while Su Jin could only sit cross-legged on a futon nearby. The air-conditioning in the tent was so cold that everyone was freezing.
Runny nose.
"Everyone, the weather is getting colder. I don't know when this wind and snow will stop. It's not an option to endure it like this. In the end, our Daxia army will eventually run out of food, and soldiers on horseback will also begin to freeze to death. We can't continue
If we continue to wait, I suggest that we make a battle plan today and launch an attack on the Liao people today." Zhang Yuan said slowly.
"Xiang Zhang is right. The soldiers are wearing thin clothes and have run out of fire starters. They have begun to burn grass to keep warm. How can we fight if this continues? Some people always veto battle plans, but they can't come up with a good solution. Is it possible?
We don’t want to fight at all, we just want God to consume the armies of the two countries. Whoever freezes to death and starves to death first will be defeated?" Li Jiqian said harshly.
Someone let out a low laugh, Li Jiqian was referring to Sang and Huai for relegating Su Jin.
Zhang Yuan glanced at Su Jin, whose eyes were confused, and turned around and said, "Can you tell me how to fight?"
Everyone was silent for a while, and then Ren Jingde said: "I still stick to the method proposed in the previous chapter. Use 80,000 new troops as death squads to charge the enemy's front. General Ximu and General Li will lead 50,000 troops to attack the enemy's flanks, while the Chinese army will
Two hundred thousand troops, with the Iron Kites Army as the front row, attacked the enemy's center. By the time the Iron Kites Army attacked, the 80,000 new troops had already consumed the enemy's arrows for two or three rounds, and would no longer be attacked by feathered arrows. The strength of the troops
With an absolute advantage, why worry about not being defeated by the enemy?"
Everyone was silent, Ren Jingde was evil-minded, and 80,000 new recruits were leading the charge. This was to completely use these 80,000 recruits as cannon fodder. It is conceivable that these 80,000 recruits would be repaid in their lifetime. However, although his heart was hard-hearted, there was a way to take the initiative.
The attacking party will naturally suffer greater losses. This is the consensus of both parties, otherwise they would not have been staring at each other for more than 20 days.[
"Well, I agree with General Ren's plan. It can be slightly modified. The enemy's left wing is backed by the slope of Helan Mountain. The terrain is condescending and it is difficult to attack. We can use 20,000 cavalry to contain it, and the right wing can increase the force to attack in order to achieve better results.
"Xi Muwei's name is both rough and subtle, but she really thinks about her lover, the Queen Mother, with all her heart and soul.
Everyone nodded. There was not much room for thinking in the current situation. Some people even thought about winning or losing and just wanted to fight. They quickly finished the idea of leaving this devil's land.
"Master Su, what do you think?" Out of courtesy and the Queen Mother's instructions, Zhang Yuan still wanted to ask Su Jin for his opinion.
Su Jin rolled his eyelids, took his hands out of his folded cuffs, rubbed them, and said, "That's not appropriate!"
"Tch!" Someone whispered with disdain. This guy was showing off in an old-fashioned way. He always said something inappropriate when everyone proposed a plan, and I didn't see him having any good ideas. He was just here to disrupt the situation.
"Master Su, no matter what someone suggests, you should leave this place quickly. You are a distinguished guest of Great Xia. No one will have time to protect you in a war. You don't have to watch here. Now there is room for maneuver for the army to confront each other. You don't have to worry.
We can't win this battle." Ren Jingde mocked Su Jin unceremoniously.
Zhang Yuan waved his hand to stop Ren Jingde's words, turned to Su Jin and said: "Master Su, what's wrong?"
Su Jin said: "It is inappropriate to fight head-on. The outcome is not certain at all. Since I have been entrusted to command this war, I cannot be sure of it. We are not betting on luck. This is hundreds of thousands of lives. And
Once the battle is defeated, none of the adults and generals here will survive. Maybe you are not afraid of death, but how can I put my life in your hands?"
"Bah, what the hell!"
"If you are a timid person, why should you use strong words to make excuses?"
Everyone shouted angrily.
Su Jin put his hands behind his back and said, "Am I a coward? Ask your Zhang Xiangguo if I am a coward?"
Zhang Yuanxin said, "You are so cowardly. You dared to go to Huizhou to burn grain with more than a dozen people and planned a coup to assassinate Li Yuanhao. If such a person is a coward, are there any bold people in the world?"