In fact, on the real battlefield, there are not many interlocking and exhaustive strategies.
The key to the success of such a simple strategy is that the Xixia people's city defense has not yet become tense; a few people from Zhong Jianzhong detected patrol blind spots where soldiers could lurk; and, the officials equipped them with clothing for camouflage.
It seems like a simple strategy, but in fact it requires many conditions to be established.
If the cavalry at the foot of Dangjin Mountain had not been completely wiped out, if the Xixia cavalry on guard against Dangjinshan had seen chariots, if the Xixia cavalry had been vigilant and notified the Shazhou City Defense, any of these things would have happened, and this strategy would not have succeeded.
On one side of the sandbank is the Dangjin Mountain covered with thick snow, on both sides is the Gobi Desert where the snow has not yet melted, and on the other side is the passage to their own territory in Xixia.
Who would have thought that the Song Army actually crossed Dangjin Mountain!
An accident, which led to many inevitable consequences, led to the first siege battle of the partial division.
The number of soldiers who could lurk in the blind spots of the sentinels was limited. After many discussions and calculations, the headquarters of the partial division selected 3,000 soldiers to undertake the task of ambushing and launching an siege in advance.
From nearly 50,000 soldiers, more than 300 soldiers with excellent riding skills were selected...
At the same time, the headquarters agreed that except for the necessary soldiers to guard the chariots, all others should move forward. After the street fighting started in Shazhou City, the whole group should advance in infantry formation...
"Everyone, we are attacking the city from the west. It will be too difficult to completely wipe out the Shazhou garrison. The east gate is towards Suzhou, so it will be difficult to send troops to ambush."
"This requires us to establish a defense line as soon as possible after laying down the sandbank to meet the reinforcements from Suzhou."
"Commander, the distance from Suzhou to Shazhou is enough for us to requisition Shazhou's livestock and make full use of our chariots."
"As for Suzhou reinforcements... Commander, do you remember how the Guan family fought against Annan during their southern expedition?"
The battle examples that Zhang Dun studied the most were the ones in which the officials played tricks on Annan's army during the Southern Expedition. In his opinion, that kind of imaginative use of troops is the true ability of a general.
"You mean to surround the spot and call for reinforcements?"
"Exactly!"
Zhao Xi's battles between several cities in Annan, including the troops used in the Wanyinshan exercise, were all unfamiliar to the generals of the country.
When they heard Zhang Dun say this, they all nodded in agreement.
"This requires us to quickly requisition pack horses, camels and other livestock after we capture the sandbar."
"This shouldn't be difficult. If there is a war in Shazhou City, there will be heavy artillery fire. Whether it is a pack horse or a camel, it will definitely be frightened..."
"We just need to arrange for the drivers to tidy up the frightened animals..."
This suggestion...~Wang Shao doesn't know how to evaluate it.
He remembered the official view: there is discipline in the army, but there is no reason in the battlefield.
Those who came out of the martial arts hall are probably deeply influenced by this view.
To say that Zhao Xi borrowed the military training methods of later generations, as for which aspect of the current soldiers has the most obvious improvement, it should be lurking, raiding and street fighting. In this era, when talking about war, it basically refers to a battle between two armies.
.The training of soldiers also focuses on this aspect.
As for the emergence of captains and generals, they are basically based on force and bravery.
However, Zhao Xi's explanation of the war and the requirements for the tactical literacy of the soldiers are in another direction. The battle between the two armies focuses on courage and courage, but fighting requires more than just these.
Zhao Xi's war theory, based on the courage and courage of soldiers, adds special operations thinking, and focuses on the cultivation of individual combat capabilities. Because there are too many uncertainties in war, many times, the personal tactical literacy of individual soldiers , is likely to change the entire situation of the war.
For example, now we are attacking Shazhou City with a partial force...
Shazhou, the state seat was Dunhuang. The former dynasty established Shazhou in the second year of Wude, and changed it to Xisha Prefecture in the fifth year. In the seventh year of Zhenguan, it was changed to Shazhou. In the second year of Emperor Dezong's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Shazhou fell into Tubo. In the second year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yi The Chao Uprising returned to the Tang Dynasty, and in the fifth year of Dazhong Period, the Jiangui Rebel Army gathered in Shazhou.
Later, there was civil strife in the Zhang family. His grandson Zhang Cheng, who served as the heir to Jiedushi, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and established the "Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty" and called himself the "Emperor in White Clothes of Jinshan". At this time, the Uighurs also controlled the central area of the Hexi Corridor. In order to open up the east-west traffic, the "Jinshan Kingdom" They fought against the Uighurs and were completely defeated. Later, when the Uighurs attacked Shazhou, Zhang Chengfeng was unable to resist and had to surrender.
In the third year of Qianhua in the Later Liang Dynasty, the Jinshan Kingdom was destroyed and the Zhang family was extinct. Cao Yijin, the governor of Shazhou, replaced the Jiedushi and commanded Gua and Shazhou. During the Jingyou period of this dynasty, Shazhou was occupied by Xixia.
Due to its geographical location, Shazhou is very important in the Hexi Corridor. It has always been a place of war, which can be regarded as ill-fated.
However, after the Dangxiang people occupied Shazhou, considering that Shazhou was connected to Western Fan and the Uighurs, Shazhou entered a period of stability. As a result, Shazhou became prosperous again.
For this reason, Xixia specially repaired the city. Unfortunately, the geographical location of Shazhou determined that even if it was to repair the city, the only materials used were yellow pictures and gravel. Therefore, the city walls of Shazhou were all made of rammed earth.
The original meaning of Shazhou is desert oasis. It is a pearl on this thousand-mile Gobi Desert. There are many trees surrounding the city and outside the city. This makes it very convenient for partial divisions to lurk the new army...
The Dangxiang people are not good at governance and are recognized for their ferocity. The Dangxiang people also focus on cavalry, and they only do a good job in city defense. Even the task of guarding the city gates is basically undertaken by the local Han, Uighur, and Tubo people. .
Therefore, when he saw more than 300 cavalrymen in Xixia uniforms galloping towards them, the city gate officials did not quickly close the city gates to warn them, but quickly opened the city gates and fled into the city...
Wang Shunchen was about to shout and rush into the city gate, but the situation in front of him made him a little stunned. The horses continued to gallop, and before he had time to think clearly what was going on, more than 300 cavalrymen had already rushed into the city gate... ··
The dust raised by the war horses was very large. When the city gate officer returned to his duty position again, he saw the dense crowd of soldiers outside the city gate. He couldn't tell which part of the force this was. He only knew that there were too many, there must be thousands. . With a roar, he turned around and disappeared.
It was at this time that the defenders on the city wall noticed something unusual. Just as they were waiting to react, soldiers already threw gunpowder bombs at the city wall... At the same time, continuous explosions began to be heard in the city.
The city gate was not big and could not accommodate the charge of three thousand soldiers. The city wall was not high, so the soldiers started to climb the city wall while throwing gunpowder bombs. For a time, the entire Shazhou City fell into chaos... ·
And looking further away, tens of thousands of Song troops and infantry were arrayed in formation, slowly marching towards Shazhou...
When Wang Shao led the Chinese army to arrive outside Shazhou City, what he saw was the empty west gate of Shazhou, and the sound of killing in Shazhou City was loud. Shazhou was captured...
"Go forward with all your strength, use the capital as a unit, and fight freely after entering the city. We must fully occupy Shazhou today!"