The grassland in April is the most eye-catching, as far as the eye can see is an endless green carpet. Facing a glimmer of light from the east, Yun Zheng walked forward on the soft grass, ignoring the dew that wet his shoes.
The coldness extends from the instep to the heart.
If you have never been to the grassland, you cannot understand the vastness and depth of "the sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the wind blows the grass, and you can see the cattle and sheep."
That boldness and freedom.
Standing under the sky with your feet on the green grass carpet makes you want to sing loudly.
The unknown river split open the green eyes and meandered into the distance. Only in this way can the thick and almost indestructible green be divided into the north and south banks.
It would be a pity not to drink when you arrive on the grassland, especially when surrounded by a large army, the sky and the earth seem to have become your own tent. Not only did Yun Zheng drink, he also sang a song.
"White clouds are floating in the blue sky, horses are running under the white clouds, whips are being waved, and hundreds of birds are flying..."
Before the song was finished, Wen Yanbo followed Yun Zheng's example and clapped randomly. The shots were not neat and beautiful at all.
"The music is melodious and pleasant, but the words are a bit more straightforward. It is the pleasure of lower-class people, not the elegance of my Yangchun Baixue."
If it were in future generations, such a person would have been drowned in saliva by everyone here, but today everyone here nodded in approval. Yun Zheng really wanted to kick to death the guy named Duan Yanxiu who was promoted by Wang Anshi.
Even though he didn't know a word of Chinese characters, he was still nodding.
It was nothing for the general to kick a stray general to death, and his farts were too smelly to kill him, but Yun Zheng did not intend to argue with him.
A long time ago, Wang Anshi had set his sights on Wang Shao, a strong man from Longxi, thinking that this guy would have a great future. However, after the Qinzhou War, Wang Shao decisively joined Fu Bi's sect, which made Wang Anshi very
of depression.
Military generals need the support of civil servants. In contrast, civil servants also need the support of military commanders. This phenomenon generally only occurs after the official becomes a political advisor. Although Wang Anshi is not a political advisor now, he was once the deputy to the political advisor, so he naturally knows
That little bit of trouble between civil servants and military attachés.
One of his purposes when he came to the northwest this time was to find a spokesperson for himself in the army. Wang Anshi didn't like people who were too smart. Smart people generally have many thoughts, so there are many mistakes. Only those generals who are more honest can do it.
It's his perfect choice.
Wang Anshi, the general in the Yunzheng Jingxi Army system, was not considered. Wang Anshi, the cavalry group under Zhao Jun, could not be moved, so Duan Yanxiu, who was born in the Volcano Army, was a good choice. His official position was neither big nor small, and he was neither smart nor smart.
Silly, the only thing that can be used is a good spear throwing skill. It is said that anyone can hit the mark within a hundred steps.
Wang Anshi will take this guy with him wherever he goes now. Even Lang Tan is not qualified to join a high-level gathering like today, but Wang Anshi brought Duan Yanxiu. Both Chen Lin and Wen Yanbo were a little unhappy.
The status of the four of them is almost the same. Whether they are talking about serious matters or joking around, it is always inconvenient to have a low-level military attaché in the middle.
I don’t know why such a shrewd person as Wang Anshi would make such a foolish move.
The result of this will only prompt Yun Zheng to find an opportunity to make this annoying guy a death squad, or to be hacked to death by Chen Lin for a trivial matter. Even if Yun Zheng and Chen Lin don't care, Wen Yanbo is born to do this.
How could you, who is causing trouble for others, watch Wang Anshi cultivate party members?
Today is a good day to celebrate. The left wing led by Jiang Zhe defeated the Dazhou Liao army led by Liao general Xiao Chaogui at Mohu Mountain, and successfully pulled the battle line into a straight line. Now the army is facing Yelu Yixin in Heiyun.
The eight-door golden lock array is placed under the Tongtou Pass at the foot of the mountain.
In fact, Yun Zheng knew almost nothing about this eight-door golden lock formation. In his opinion, the so-called formation was just a matter of borrowing the geographical location, coupled with the reasonable deployment of troops, to complete the strange legends one after another.
This is some metaphysical stuff!
This is what Yunzheng thinks. On the grassland, the most fierce army is the Mongolian cavalry and archery army. I have never heard that Genghis Khan ever set up any large formations. Even if there were formations, Temujin, who did not know how to read, would not be able to put them into action.
Make those complicated explanations clear.
Wen Yanbo has been extremely excited these days, because among the four of them, he is the only one who has read the most miscellaneous books, and he is the only one who can clearly explain the so-called Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation.
Yun Zheng felt dizzy just by taking one look at the formation diagram drawn by Wen Yanbo. There were so many numbers on it that Yun Zheng looked at it for a long time without seeing any of it.
Finally, I finally found some clues, and then I discovered that the so-called Eight-door Golden Lock Formation is a pure product of the cold weapon era.
Making use of the terrain and using troops rationally can always form a situation of attacking with more and less in a certain area, because the formation is constantly changing. Use oars, shields or stones to separate the incoming enemy troops, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing casualties and annihilating the enemy.
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Yun Zheng didn't understand that in the situation of hand-to-hand combat, the Liao people gave up the advantage of their cavalry to engage in positional warfare with themselves. Are they stupid or confused?
The Song army, which had gunpowder bombs and incendiary bombs, was almost invincible in infantry combat with the cooperation of strong crossbows. Yun Zheng did not believe that the Liao army under Yelu Yixin would be more elite than the murderous king Yelu Huata.
The violent infantry of barbarian origin were no match for the Song army. Where did Yelu Yixin's confidence come from?
Nuo Da's military formation arranged all the Liao troops in groups. What a good artillery target is this? If a large number of incendiary bombs are thrown in, and white phosphorus bombs are also thrown in, the eight-door golden lock formation will be
It became a real purgatory on earth.
The Song Army now has no shortage of long-range attack capabilities. In fact, about 70% of the Song Army's current lethality comes from long-range attacks. No matter how exquisite the formation laid by Yelu Yixin is, as long as the Song Army does not enter, there is nothing he can do to me.
what?
"The eight gates are: Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Death, Jing, Kai. For example, if you open the door from Sheng gate or Jing gate, you will be lucky; from the Shang gate, Jing gate, if you close the door, you will be injured; from
Dumen, the door of death and the death of the people... The formations are ever-changing, the door of surprise is connected to the door, the door of Dumen is the door of birth, the door of death is connected to the door of scenery, the door of rest is connected to the door of injury, the eight doors are switching between each other, life and death are endless, it is really powerful!
Now, Yelu Yixin has set up this formation under Tongtou Pass. We must not underestimate it. The formation consists of 200,000 Liao troops. The formation stretches for more than 30 miles. If you want to break the formation, you can only use all your powerful generals.
, if you attack from the Shangsheng Gate at the southeast corner and exit from the Jingmen Gate due west, the formation will be in chaos..."
Seeing General Wen Yan foaming at the mouth, Chen Lin, Wang Anshi and others were fascinated by what they heard. Yun Zheng held his wine glass and looked at the floating clouds in the sky with worry.
In order to prove that his talent is real, Wen Yanbo has been constantly bewitching Wang Anshi and Chen Lin these days. Yun Zheng himself is as unchangeable as a stone, so he wants to persuade these two people to put pressure on Yun Zheng to prevent him from acting.
One wrong move ruined the current hard-won good situation.
Yun Zheng now knows why Emperor Taizong's three Northern Expeditions failed. Each time the beginning was excellent, but at the end there would be a large group of flies called civil servants flying in front of him, forcing a wise commander to
I was deceived and turned into a fool. It seems that the current situation is good, but unfortunately there are always loopholes that the Liao people find, and they will inevitably be defeated in the end.
The strategy planned by the literati was not bad, but too subtle. Out of caution, they could not help but imagine that all the aliens were at the same level of intelligence as themselves. Therefore, too much smoke covered everyone's eyes, making it difficult to see clearly.
initial situation.
As long as the attack was thwarted, those astute civil servants would reflect on their strategies and then devise a more subtle plan. Then, Emperor Taizong was shot with an arrow, and more than 400,000 troops dispersed overnight and returned to the Song Dynasty.
He has less than 80,000 subordinates.
"To avoid the elites of the Liao people, we cut in from the southwest and then protruded from the due west. In this way, we can cut the enemy's Eight-door Golden Lock Formation in half from south to north, preventing him from taking care of both the east and the west.
Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the infantry we select must be the most elite, and they must attack and advance eighteen miles within three hours, which is a huge test for their physical strength."
When Wen Yanbo said this, he stroked his beard and said with emotion: "Even if it requires a huge sacrifice, I think it is worth it. After this battle, there will be no more wars on Xijing Road!"
Yun Zheng was about to burst into tears. An army needed to cross the Liao people's military formations and attack for eighteen miles. What kind of strong general has such ability?
According to the standard equipment of the Jingxi Army, armor weighing twenty kilograms, a long sword weighing six kilograms, gunpowder shells weighing four kilograms, a short sword weighing one and a half kilograms, a strong crossbow weighing four kilograms and five taels, plus eight kilograms.
Thirty heavy crossbow arrows, with such a basic configuration, already weigh a full 42 kilograms. Coupled with the necessary rations and water, with a load of nearly 50 kilograms, the most capable soldiers of the Western Beijing Army can do this
By the time of a rapid march of fifteen miles, at least the young army as a whole could do it, but after arriving at the destination, most of them were already too tired to fight.
Wen Yanbo is not a shallow person, and what he said is well-founded. Most people in the Song Dynasty now believe that the elite of the Jingxi Army under Yun Zheng is no less elite than the original Wei Wu soldiers, and "Xunzi, Military Discussion Chapter"
"There is a saying: "The military soldiers of Wei took it with a measure, wore armor with three attributes, wielded a crossbow with twelve stones, carried fifty arrows, placed it on a gun, wore a crown and sword, won three days' food, and headed for a hundred miles at noon.
.In the middle test, his household will be restored and his land and house will benefit.
This means that Wei Wuzu could walk a hundred miles in half a day carrying something weighing a hundred kilograms... (To be continued)