The time goes back to the scene of the siege of Xijin Mansion six days ago.
Under the guidance of Ma Qingshan's strategy of using virtuality to make reality stronger than reality, the siege troops and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty broke through the south city gate in the evening. The cavalry rushed into the city gate after suffering huge casualties. Yang Jun
He Chuanzong, the commander of the cavalry guard battalion, led thousands of cavalry in a desperate fight and successfully attracted Han Desui and more than 20,000 Liao troops defending the city to the city, scattering the Liao army's troops on the city wall.
Ma Qingshan decisively asked Yang Jun to issue an order for a full-scale attack on the city. After Yang Jun understood Ma Qingshan's intention, without any hesitation, he pressed forward the entire 80,000-strong Chinese army and broke through the southern city wall in one fell swoop before dark.
When a steady stream of Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses rushed up the city wall, occupied seven or eight steps of the lower city, and swarmed into the city, even Han Desui realized that the Xijin Mansion was about to be lost. The city was broken.
The biggest advantage that could be relied upon has been lost. With the total military strength and hand-to-hand fighting ability inferior to the opponent's, the Xijin Mansion seems to be unable to make a comeback.
But Han Desui had made up his mind to fight to the end from the very beginning of the siege, because he clearly understood that once the Xijin Mansion was captured, the Liao Dynasty would be in turmoil, and time would be running out. As the father-in-law of Yelv Zongyuan, as the
As an ally in the same boat as Yelu Zongyuan, Han Desui certainly understood that this was the end of the status and achievements that his Han family had worked hard for for generations. Of course Han Desui was not willing to give in, so he had to fight to the end, because he had no chance.
There is no retreat or room for maneuver.
Han Desui was worthy of being a famous Liao general. At such times, he could still command calmly and in an orderly manner. Thanks to the worst possible situation that had been considered before, Han Desui set up several roads on the main streets of the city early.
Fortifications. Although these fortifications made of sandbags and stones cannot be compared with the city wall, they can still be used as a means of street fighting. A large number of wooden tables and chairs piled up on the long street were all set on fire to block the advancement of Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses.
At the same time, Han Desui quickly assembled the remaining nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses defending the city, and launched a blockade against the Zhou soldiers and horses in every street and alley. The street fighting was extremely fierce, with hundreds of thousands of Zhou soldiers and horses.
Horses and 60,000 to 70,000 Liao troops fought for and fought bloody battles at every fortification and street. Every street intersection and alleyway was soaked in blood.
The advantage of the Liao people lies in their familiarity with the terrain and precise sniping with longbows, while the Zhou soldiers and horses seek to use their superior force to break through the streets and advance the encirclement and suppression. Once the Liao army is surrounded somewhere, they will enter real hand-to-hand combat.
, the Liao people had no resistance at all. However, although the number of Zhou soldiers and horses was twice as large, they continued to attack the city and were exhausted. In addition, the Liao people built fortifications all over the city, which greatly hindered the Zhou Dynasty.
Zhou's soldiers and horses advanced. Therefore, the progress of the street fighting was extremely slow.
Finally, at midnight, the Zhou soldiers and horses occupied most of the city. Nearly 40,000 Liao troops, under the command of Han Desui, retreated into the palace in the north city of Jin Prefecture, and relied on the high walls of the palace to fight in the final battle.
This was already a dead end. Although the palace walls were tall, they could not withstand the attack of Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses. However, in order to reduce casualties, Yang Jun ordered the mobilization of siege equipment from outside the city into the city, hoping to use the siege equipment to attack the city.
The city's weapons and equipment captured the palace in one fell swoop, completing the final siege.
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened suddenly. Stay in Nancheng
Outside the Zhou Dynasty, thousands of logistics troops and horses and more than ten thousand wounded soldiers were suddenly attacked by countless Liao cavalry who appeared from nowhere. All the main forces of the Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses were fighting bloody battles in the city, and the Liao army
The main defenders of the city were all under control, and their numbers and distribution were clear. Who could have expected that another Liao army would arrive.
In a hurry, the Zhou soldiers and horses outside the city warned and stopped resistance. However, the number of soldiers and horses attacked by the opponent was beyond imagination. The dark Liao army cavalry spread all over the open space under the mountain chariot city. A rough estimate is that the number of them may exceed 150,000.
.Such a large number of soldiers and horses suddenly attacked without any warning, which is simply incredible. And there was no information about this soldier and horse before, which was even more unprepared.
The number of soldiers and horses was completely overwhelmed, and the soldiers and horses outside the city were not the main force of the Zhou Dynasty, and were mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. When Yang Junbai, Qima Qingshan and others who had invaded the city received the report, the situation outside the city was already one-sided.
Tens of thousands of Zhou's old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers and horses were wiped out in a very short period of time. Most of the opponent's troops had already rushed into the south city and entered the city, directly attacking the belly and back of the Zhou soldiers and horses who were besieging the palace.
The strength of the two sides reversed. There were still 130,000 to 40,000 troops in the Great Zhou city, but the total strength of the Liao army surged to about 200,000. The balance of strength was suddenly reversed. What was more troublesome was the formation, the reinforcements of the Liao army and the imperial palace.
The Liao army led by Han Desui was attacking from the north and the south, trapping the Zhou soldiers and horses.
Under this situation, Bai Qi and Ma Qingshan immediately suggested to Yang Jun to stop the attack immediately and focus on breaking out. However, Yang Jun made a fatal empiricist mistake at this time. He would fight the main force of Xixia head-on.
The situation of defeating them in one fell swoop was regarded as the same situation as before him. He believed that he could still replicate the original battle. If he could defeat the Liao army head-on here, the situation would be completely under his control. Otherwise, the situation would be completely under his control.
When we capture Xijin Prefecture and continue to march north, we still have to fight the decisive battle with the main force of the Liao army. Rather than doing this, it is better to fight the decisive battle here.
Of course, it’s not that Yang Jun didn’t weigh the comparison of combat power at all. The opponent’s number exceeds his own by tens of thousands. This is an indisputable fact. Yang Jun’s decision cannot but consider the factor of strength comparison. But when he saw the opponent’s reinforcements, he
After getting the equipment, it was discovered that the reinforcements from the other side were not the regular soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom. They had no armor on their bodies, and their weapons were patchwork. The horses were not carefully selected, and were obviously improvised soldiers and horses.
This is a miscellaneous army that appears from nowhere. Yang Jun believes that their combat effectiveness will not be strong. Moreover, Yang Jun believes that in the cramped terrain of the city, the opponent's mainly cavalry troops cannot exert their power.
.On the other hand, the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty were mainly infantry, so they could move with ease, weave in and out, and move freely.
In view of the above judgments, Yang Jun not only did not feel anything wrong at all, but instead believed that this was another opportunity to make himself famous in the world. He decided to start a decisive battle with an army of 130,000 and the opponent's army of nearly 200,000.
Although Bai Qi, Ma Changqing and some generals tried hard to stop him, they couldn't utter a single word of objection when Yang Jun said, "You guys are afraid of dying because of fear of war." Since the marshal had made up his mind, he had no choice but to fight to the death.
Fighting.
Yang Jun took back command and personally arranged the war. At dawn, after learning about the arrival of his reinforcements, Han De led 40,000
The Liao army rushed out of the palace. At the same time, Liao army reinforcements from the south also poured into the battlefield from more than a dozen main streets. The two sides had obviously communicated, although it was not known how this communication was achieved.
But it was obvious that they launched a pincer attack from the north and the south at the same time.
The war started at dawn. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from both sides gathered in the circular square around the Xijin Palace and the streets with a radius of four to five miles, and engaged in a bloody firefight. This was the first time in history that the war had begun.
The largest number of battles concentrated in a small area in a city. The streets and squares were full of people, fighting, blood and screams everywhere. It was like a hell on earth.
Yang Jun firmly believed that he would win this battle, because his soldiers were all elite, well-trained and well-equipped elites. And since he, the military god of the Great Zhou Dynasty, personally commanded him, there should be no mistakes. It might be a tragic victory.
, maybe it will last longer, maybe it will have to fight from dawn to night, but he will definitely win. But what he never expected was that the battle did not even last for an hour. When the rays of the morning sun shone on the battlefield in the city,
At this time, the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty began to collapse across the board.
The reason is very simple. Yang Jun's previous analyzes are not incorrect, but he ignored two important factors that affect the outcome of the battle. The first is fatigue. Yang Jun completely forgot that before tonight, the army was no longer there.
After three days of intermittent siege, all the soldiers and horses were exhausted. Although the strategy of rotating siege was adopted, when the siege was tight, the withdrawn soldiers and horses would be driven to charge again. The whole army was actually
The only time you can really rest in the last three days is only a few hours. The army is attacking the city, and everyone is tense and ready to attack at any time. There is no time for you to rest. Moreover, before that, the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty
They have been marching continuously for more than a month. Since entering the territory of the Liao Kingdom, they have almost spent time attacking cities, crossing rivers, and marching in a hurry. Sometimes they have to worry about the opponent's ambush. The whole army is actually exhausted from the bones. And the soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom
Except for the 40,000 remaining defenders who were exhausted, the hundreds of thousands of reinforcements were all fresh troops.
The second factor is the psychology of the soldiers. After losing so many soldiers and horses in the siege battle that had been unable to be conquered for a long time, the soldiers were already tired of war. When Ma Qingshan's strategy worked, what they thought was a purgatory
When the siege battle was about to come to an end, we were suddenly faced with a large number of reinforcements from the other side. The psychological impact can be imagined. I thought I could survive this siege battle alive, but now I feel fear.
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It is a taboo in the art of war to attack far away with exhausted troops. In a battle between tired troops and fresh troops, the numbers are not superior, and the psychological weariness of war is born. The consequences can be imagined. Even well-trained soldiers will find it difficult to win.
Yang Jun may be an excellent leader, but he is sometimes too confident and too willful. His desire for victory is too strong and he is unwilling to accept the fact of failure. This is a double-edged sword that sometimes brings him glory.
Victory, but sometimes it makes him completely defeated.
On the long street due south, after a large number of Zhou soldiers threw away their weapons and raised their hands and surrendered, unwilling to fight anymore, the negative emotions of war weariness and pessimism grew like a plague. The tired and unmotivated Zhou soldiers soon fell into
In the midst of a bitter fight, the more this happens, the greater the opponent's pressure will be, creating a vicious cycle. Once the tight string is broken, it will lead to a complete collapse.
