Between the dark long grass, next to the slightly raised wilderness hills, on the seemingly normal grassland, at this moment, there are groups of tigers and wolves lurking.
In a large open space more than ten miles south of the Fukou battlefield, more than a hundred thousand Jurchen cavalry are lurking in the dark night. Although the moon is bright in the sky, the moonlight can deceive people. Under the moonlight,
Everything will become specious and hazy, which will lead to misunderstandings. You think that the moonlight can help you see everything clearly, so you relax your vigilance. In fact, you are deceived by the moonlight and cannot see.
Clear the scenery around you.
The same is true for open grasslands, which can also give people a false sense of illusion. No one would think that a large number of cavalry and horses can hide in the open fields, because that is simply not possible.
In the eyes of many people, the Jurchens are a backward barbarian people, even in the eyes of the Liao people. Their understanding of the Jurchens is that they wear thick leather coats, live in low shacks, eat food that is made of hair and drink blood, and exude
They are low-level barbarians with a bad smell. Because they despise them, they disdain to understand them. Because they do not have the posture to be understood.
However, it is these Jurchens who are despised or even ignored by others, but they possess skills that no one can match. Not to mention others, they are just developed in the mountains and wilderness of Changbai Mountain, in the grassland and desert.
His hidden ability can be called unparalleled in the world.
In order to survive, the Jurchens have developed the ability to leap through the mountains and forests and hide their bodies in the snow in the wilderness. This makes it easier for them to hunt for food. Now this ability is being used to hide the army here.
That is absolutely effective. If there is a night vision device that can capture infrared rays, just take a look into the wilderness and your scalp will be numb with fear. Because there will be countless red figures, blood and beating hearts in front of your eyes.
.Take off the night vision device, and you will find that those are just some long grass and raised turf on the ground.
The Jurchens weaved straw curtains with long grass and covered their bodies with turf to hide under the moonlight. Incredibly, even their mounts were lurking beside them, kneeling on the ground, extremely well-behaved. The Jurchens had already protected their bodies
The horses are trained like their brothers. Every Jurchen has his own pony since he can ride a horse. When they grow up, they and their horses are so close that they are like a pair of souls.
He understands the thoughts of his companions and horses, and has learned to lurk on the ground when hunting. This is unmatched by any cavalry, even the Liao people who are said to have grown up on horseback.
The Jurchen army does not provide horses. Each Jurchen warrior brings his own horse to join the army. People and horses no longer need any running-in, which is one of their advantages in combat.
All the Jurchens smeared their weapons with mud several times to prevent the weapons from reflecting in the moonlight. They lurked quietly in the wilderness, like tigers and wolves in the dark night, waiting for their prey.
arrival.
Wanyan Aguda, like all the Jurchen soldiers, is also crawling on the ground covered with long grass. At first glance, he is just the kind of raised grass that is common on the ground. But at this moment, this Jurchen leader
But it is the most dangerous beast, waiting for its prey to arrive.
As Lin Jue and others analyzed before, Wanyan Aguda had no intention of directly capturing Xingzhong Mansion from the beginning. Wanyan Aguda knew the advantages and disadvantages of his troops. He knew that without
With the help of siege equipment, attacking Xingzhongfu was obviously a stupid decision. The opponent's two cavalry armies had already caught up with him. In this case, unless all of his cavalry were riding winged Pegasus,
You can fly directly into Xingzhong Fuzhong, otherwise, attacking the city is a decision that invites destruction.
Because of this, Wanyan Agu chose to station his army far away at a river bend ten miles away from Xingzhong Mansion. This could not only make the other party feel threatened, but also prevent the other party from seeing his true identity clearly.
They clearly saw whether they had a large number of siege equipment accompanying them, otherwise the opponent would easily judge that their soldiers and horses did not have the ability to siege the city. At the same time, this was also a measure taken to prevent the city from knowing their actions at night.
Since the city cannot be attacked, it seems that we should retreat immediately, otherwise we will fall into the siege of the opponent's army. But such a thing will not happen to Wanyan Aguda. The reason why he knew that he could not directly capture Xingzhong Mansion.
But he still chose to lead his army into the city because of his ambition and extreme self-confidence. Since he chose to fight the Liao people, since the goal was to destroy the Liao country, and since the big event had already begun, how could he retreat. With the Liao people,
It is only a matter of time before the main force fights. Just like hunting wild beasts in the Changbai Mountains, there will always be a time when you have to face the wild beasts. The wild beasts will not be willing to be slaughtered, they will open their fangs and fight hard. In the end, either you will kill them, or they will kill them.
Injure yourself and run away. The consequence of failure is not only injury or even death, but also no prey. Your parents, wife, children, and everyone in the tribe will also starve, or even starve to death. So, there is nothing to say, this is a life and death fight, there is no
compromise.
To achieve the goal of finally destroying the Liao Kingdom, there is no other shortcut. The only way is to win in battle, destroy its troops and horses, and make the Liao people lose the ability to resist. In addition, no matter how many cities they occupy,
and territory are useless, the other side will take it back at any time. Moreover, Wanyan Agu also needs an earth-shattering victory to declare to the Liao people the invincibility of the Jurchen warriors, to shock the entire Liao army and civilians, and to destroy them.
A glimmer of hope.
What Wanyan Agu wanted to do was to seek a decisive battle and use the wilderness east of Xingzhong Prefecture and south of the Daling River to launch a devastating battle against the Liao army. This was his true purpose.
Of course, Wanyan Aguda is by no means a hot-blooded young man. Even in his mind, the Jurchen cavalry is invincible. In the past three years, he has led his army to fight against the Liao people countless times, proving this. However, the opponent
Once the two cavalry armies merge, their number will reach more than 350,000, which is more than twice our own. Even so, they may not be defeated, but even if they win, their own troops and horses will be exhausted. Jurchen warriors
But it is extremely precious, so how can you die in battle at will? These 160,000 soldiers and horses are the capital for the destruction of the Liao Kingdom. After they are exhausted, what is the meaning of victory? For manpower, my small Jurchen tribe cannot afford it.
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Wanyan Aguda's target was the 120,000 cavalry led by Yelucai in the southeast. Even facing this Liao cavalry, which was smaller in number than himself, Wanyan Aguda refused to make peace.
They fought hard, and he wanted to reduce his own casualties as much as possible. He wanted to take advantage of the gap between the opponent's forces and the time difference between the two Liao cavalry arriving on the battlefield to make a move and a trap, so that Yelucai's troops could fall into the trap.
, launch a surprise attack. This will greatly reduce the casualties in frontal combat.
Wanyan Aguda is such a person. Don't look at his rough appearance, but he is actually as careful as his hair. Don't look at him as rough, but in fact he has a good heart. In the past few years, he often asked his sister Wanyan Mingyue to read for him.
Wanyan Mingyue asked Wanyan Mingyue to explain to him the books he brought back from the Zhou Dynasty, word by word, sentence by sentence. The more he understood these things, the more Wanyan Agu defiantly admired the wisdom of the Zhou people.
, admire all the military tactics summed up by their ancestors. Wanyan Aguda also deeply understood that recklessness will not achieve success, and strategies are often more effective.
Therefore, Wanyan Agu came up with a plan to join forces with Zhou Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, and he was so cunning and cunning in the battle against the Liao people that he won every victory. To a certain extent, he was using what he learned from Zhou Dynasty.
He has mastered the art of war and strategies. It can be said that he learns and sells them now. The reason why Wanyan Aguda can rise is probably closely related to his character of not being complacent and rejecting the strengths of others.
General Wanyan Agu targeted Yelucai's army arriving from the southeast. There were 120,000 cavalrymen, which was 40,000 fewer than his own troops. More importantly, Wanyan Agu knew that they were
What to do next.
Under the current situation, Yelvcai should be cautious and wait for Yelvchun's men and horses to cross the river. By then, the two cavalrymen will join together and the total strength will be more than double that of the Jurchens, and they can launch an attack. Before that,
He should not take the initiative to attack him, but choose to avoid warnings from a distance. He only needs to wait until tomorrow afternoon, and all Yelvchun's army can cross the Daling River. By then, even if he wants to leave, he is afraid that he will not be able to leave.
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All in all, the intention of the two opposing armies must be to join forces as soon as possible. For Yelucai's 120,000 troops, they may even move closer to the ferry to cover the crossing of the river by Yelvchun's cavalry. Of course, Yelucai's army
Cai Cai might also stand still. In that case, he must have wanted to block his retreat and prevent the Jurchen army from escaping through the open space exposed in the southeast.
After dark, Wanyan Agu received the exact news. Yelucai's army did not get too close. They stopped near several raised mounds thirty miles away and began to set up camp to take precautions.
After learning the news, Wanyan Agu threw his head up and laughed loudly and cursed loudly. The other party was really afraid that he would run away. This was simply an insult to him. They also wanted to devour him here. It was simply an insult.
wishful thinking.
However, the action of Yelucai's troops standing still made Wanyan Aguda a little troublesome. He could not lead his army to attack Yelucai's cavalry directly. The opponent would obviously be on guard. It would be unwise and reckless to attack like this.
Wanyan Aguda would not do such a move. Fortunately, these did not trouble Wanyan Aguda. He had already had a backup plan. The original plan was to hope that the other party could move closer to the ferry overnight, so that he could reach the ferry halfway.
Ambush attack. Now that the other party is disobedient, then force them to act according to their own ideas.
