Han De, the Privy Councilor of the South Privy Council of the Liao Kingdom and the famous Liao general who was stationed in Xijin Prefecture, rode his horse on the top of a hill. This time he personally led 80,000 soldiers and horses from the Xijin Prefecture to set up an ambush here.
This was a huge blow to the Zhou army.
The entire ambush plan was drawn up by Han Desui, including all the details. As a Liao general, Han Desui was superb in using troops, and his way of thinking was very similar to the generals of the Zhou Dynasty. Different from other generals of the Liao people, his use of troops was
Not extensive, but paying attention to every detail, thinking deeply and meticulously.
This may be related to Han Desui's origin. Han Desui is not from the Liao Dynasty, he is an out-and-out Han Chinese. The history of Han Desui's family coming to the north can be traced back to the late Tang Dynasty. At that time, Han Haogu, the ancestor of the Han family, was originally a border town in the Tang Dynasty.
General. At that time, the Liao Kingdom had not yet been established and was called the Khitan. After the decline of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan invaded and harassed the border towns. After Han Haogu was captured, he surrendered to the Khitan and took root in the north.
The Han family has produced a number of famous generals over several generations. Han Desui's great-grandfather, Han Yuanzheng, was a founding hero of the Liao Kingdom. He followed the founding emperor to open up territory and made great contributions. After the founding of the Liao Kingdom, he was named the King of Nanyuan.
Han Desui's father, Han Kuangzheng, had been stationed in the Xijin Prefecture for many years. He was a left-behind officer in the Xijin Prefecture and was granted the title of King of Yan. Han Desui himself followed his father to serve in the Xijin Prefecture army from the age of sixteen. More than 40 years later,
Han Desui and Da Zhou fought against each other more than a hundred times in the border town. Although the scale was not large, it was notorious and he succeeded frequently. The people in the border town all knew Han Desui's name. He was called Han Laogui, which meant that he was more terrifying than a ghost.
, at the same time, Laogui also means cunning and cunning in the local context. This also shows one thing from the side, Han Desui is a scheming guy.
When Yelu Zongyuan was still a prince, he formed an alliance of interests with Han Desui. Han Desui now has a woman named Concubine Rou in his harem, and this woman is Yelu Zongyuan's sister Han Rou'er. Han Rou'er had already married Yelu Zongyuan.
She is a twenty-five-year-old widow. Her first husband fell ill and died when she was twenty. No one dared to marry Han Rouer anymore. Because Han Rouer was not only ugly and fat, but also had a bad temper.
.I have no connection at all with her name "Rou'er". Han Desui also had a lot of headaches about his sister.
However, Yelu Zongyuan fell in love with Han Rouer and insisted on marrying her into the palace. This incident was shocking at the time. Yelu Zongyuan was very handsome and talented. As the prince of Liao Dynasty, there was no other woman around him. But he was not.
I want to marry this ugly and fat widow Han Rouer.
This incident was a joke at the time. People thought that even if Yelv Zongyuan wanted to win over Han Desui, he might not need to use such self-contemptuous behavior. Wouldn't marrying Han Rou'er cause trouble for himself? Besides, he is a big brother.
Could the prince of Liao deserve to ruin his friendship with Han Desui like this?
But the facts proved that this was the most correct step taken by Yelv Zongyuan. Han Desui was the Privy Councilor of the Southern Privy Council, and his Han family had great influence in the Liao Kingdom. He wanted military power and connections, and he was an excellent choice.
Allies. When Yelu Zongyuan seized the throne, he largely relied on the power of Han Desui. Later, Han Desui also played a major role in quelling the clamor of crusade from various tribes. To this day, those who were full of hair at that time
Wu Shui, and even those who ridiculed Yelu Zongyuan understood that it turned out that Yelu Zongyuan had made such a clever move, and it turned out that he had long had the intention to seize the throne, so he married Han Desui.
After Yelu Zongyuan succeeded in seizing the throne, Han De was awarded a series of titles such as the King of Nanyuan, the Privy Envoy of the South Privy Council, and the Jiedu Envoy of Zhangde Army. He was still stationed in Xijin Mansion. Emperor Yelu Zongyuan relied heavily on him and trusted him.
The safety of the entire south is evident from the fact that Han Desui gave his position in front and back to Han Desui. Even Yelu Zongyuan gave Han the surname Yelu to show his respect and favor. It was intentional that Han Desui also had a Khitan name called "Yelu Longchang"
, but in fact the Han family is an out-and-out Han Chinese.
This time, Han Desui strongly opposed Yelu Zongyuan's borrowing troops from the Zhou Dynasty in order to quell the rebellion. But Yelu Zongyuan didn't know what he was thinking at the time. He was too worried about the worsening of the situation, so he insisted on it. Han Desui didn't want to go too far.
Opposed. It was not until Yelu Zongyuan woke up and realized that this move might lead to an attack by the Zhou Dynasty that he personally wrote a book to Han Desui, asking him to be more careful and not to be taken advantage of by the Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses. Take precautions
They turned against each other. From then on, Han Desui had actually been thinking about what he would do if Zhou Dynasty turned against him.
The arrangement in Zhuozhou was made by Han Desui. He did not hesitate to place nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses in Zhuozhou, just to give the Zhou soldiers and horses a disincentive. He knew that once the Zhou soldiers and horses were refused entry, the other side would definitely tear them apart immediately.
A shameless attack. The first battle of the siege of Zhuozhou caught the Zhou soldiers and horses by surprise. In that battle, not a single soldier was lost, and nearly 8,000 Zhou soldiers and horses were annihilated. It was extremely brilliant.
But Han Desui was also sober. He knew that Zhuozhou could not be defended. The 300,000 Zhou soldiers and horses would conquer Zhuozhou with overwhelming force. However, he did not choose to reinforce Zhuozhou, nor did he withdraw Zhuozhou soldiers and horses.
Reinforcing Zhuozhou is of little significance. The city can only accommodate 50,000 to 60,000 troops and horses at most, and more is useless. Here, this also goes against Han Desui's plan to defend the enemy. It is impossible to withdraw the troops, and Han Desui also sent
It is hoped that Yu Zhuozhou can hold on for three to five days, which will buy him time to arrange his troops in the rear.
Han Desui's plan had only eight words: lure the enemy deep, set up an ambush and annihilate him. As a scheming old fox who had fought against the Zhou Dynasty's troops for many years, Han Desui knew that it was unwise to defend Xijin Prefecture. Both Zhuozhou and the Sanggan River crossing could be abandoned.
Chess pieces, only in this way can Yang Jun have the illusion that his army is overwhelming and that the Liao soldiers and horses cannot resist it.
After he crosses the Sanggan River, Han Desui will cut off his logistics road and block the ferry. He will also choose the best ambush position in the mountains and fields, and set up ambushes to eat away at the opponent one by one, keeping the opponent in panic at all times.
Let the opponent's strength be weakened step by step without being replenished.
It has to be said that Han Desui knew Yang Jun's temper very well and also knew Yang Jun's weaknesses. He wanted Yang Jun to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, and he wanted Yang Jun to become furious when he was constantly attacked, because he knew that Yang Jun could not stand failure.
.He will make more mistakes then.
Based on this combat idea, Han Desui did not defend the ferry after the fall of Zhuozhou, but only made some symbolic resistance. The purpose was only to annihilate some of the Zhou soldiers and horses.
But the two things that surprised Han Desui about the whole plan were that Zhuozhou was lost too quickly, and the ferry was breached too quickly. Han Desui originally expected that Zhuozhou and the ferry combined would have to hold on for at least five or six days. In this case, from Xijing,
Fifty thousand reinforcements mobilized by Datong Prefecture will also arrive. Manpower from various prefectures, counties and tribes will also be gathered. Although there are not many, there will be at least 20,000. With these manpower, we can reach the Xijin Prefecture.
Making a fuss in official circles.
In fact, Han Desui chose three ambush locations. He wanted to use these three ambush locations to bite off three pieces of meat from the Zhou soldiers and horses. Han Desui expected to annihilate at least 50,000 to 100,000 soldiers and horses of the opponent.
At that time, the comparison of combat power between the two sides will be reversed. At that time, it will not be a question of whether Yang Jun can attack Jinfu, but a question of how many people they can have left under a comprehensive counterattack organized by themselves.
However, it was precisely because Zhuozhou and Dukou fell too quickly that Han Desui had to give up the other two ambush battles far away from Xijin Prefecture. This was because the reinforcements from Datong and the reinforcements from tribal prefectures and counties had not yet arrived.
Upon arrival, the troops of the Xijin Mansion must be dispatched to set up an ambush, which is not in line with Han Desui's combat strategy. The distance is too far, and it is inappropriate to mobilize troops from the city. The Xijin Mansion must not be lost, otherwise it will lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory and trap them.
The strategy will be ineffective. After capturing Xijin Mansion, the Zhou soldiers and horses will not worry about supply problems. Therefore, Xijin Mansion must ensure safety, which is also the most important part of the entire plan.
In the end, this area fifty miles south of Xijin Mansion became the only ambush battlefield. To this end, Han De ordered all the stragglers to gather here and dig traps overnight. At the same time, he mobilized three soldiers nearby from Xijin Mansion.
Ten thousand archers and nearly 60,000 cavalry. The archers were ambushing in the long grass and woods on the hills, while the cavalry was hiding in the mountains and fields several miles away. Han Desui's design was very clever. He believed that once the opponent was ambushed, because
If you are unable to retreat in time, you will choose to fight desperately. Then the trap is the best fortification to protect the archers, and it is also a means to kill the enemy. In the end, the opponent can only choose one way, which is to rush north. Because they have only this way to go
.
The fact was just as Han Desui expected, all the actions of the Zhou cavalry were carried out step by step as planned by Han Desui. However, what annoyed Han Desui was that something unexpected happened. Originally, Han Desui was
In order to annihilate as many Zhou cavalry as possible, this cavalry advance team of more than 20,000 people could perfectly fill the ambush pocket. However, someone sounded the alarm halfway through the journey, resulting in only one person being trapped in the net.
With more than 10,000 soldiers and horses living there, the Liao army was forced to launch an ambush, because if they did not launch, the opponent would have the front team turn into the rear team and flee. Although it was a pity that they could not capture all the opponent's soldiers and horses and annihilate them, it was a pity.
There are already a lot of fish in the net.
Everything went according to plan. Half of the ten thousand Zhou cavalry were wiped out, and the remaining four thousand people rushed out. The problems that the archers could not solve naturally fell to the cavalry in the rear. They set up an ambush here,
This was the last part of the plan, to make up for the official intersection that had to be opened to prevent the opponent's advance cavalry from exploring, and to close the only loophole in the encirclement.
