Chapter 954 The accident of breaking through the defense line
Just before Bei Liao launched its charge, Bei Liao symbolically led a large team led by King Yeluqi of the North to arrive at the palace tent of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, he pretended to argue with the Song Dynasty about how many miles north of Yanshan Mountain he was and became red-faced.
"It doesn't matter if you make excuses or argue with others. I'm just afraid that such behavior will affect the morale of the army. Are the soldiers still willing to fight when the imperial court is negotiating?"
"That's what Beiliao thinks! When has there ever been such a powerful negotiating team? It's still so arrogant. It's just to tell the soldiers that the war can't be fought..."
"It's very difficult to loosen up the energy during the war. Both of you are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. You don't know this, right? If Beiliao launches an attack at this time, I'm worried that there will really be a defeat.
, the old story of Gaoliang River is happening again!"
Wen Yanbo, Di Qing and others did not interfere with the negotiations and just chatted in the back camp. Wen Yanbo was very worried.
Since there is already information that confirms that Beiliao is going to attack, why bother playing this game with Beiliao?
Besides, based on the current comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty, the Song Dynasty could not care less about the Northern Liao sending envoys, let alone respond to the negotiations of the Northern Liao.
As long as we continue to fight and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun naturally, it is just a matter of spending more time.
The current Song Dynasty court has sufficient finances and is not worried about insufficient supplies at all. As for the Northern Liao Dynasty, let alone one or two years of war, it would be difficult for them to sustain it even for half a year.
By then, even if the Song Dynasty does not attack, the Northern Liao Dynasty will be defeated, and Yan Yun will naturally come back.
"Xiang Wen, in fact, Xiang Wen's judgment is correct. Negotiation or not, it will not affect the Song Dynasty's recovery of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. However, it will affect the strategic purpose of the Song Dynasty's war this time."
"Judging from the strategy drawn up by the officials and the cabinet, it seems that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are not the ultimate goal, but killing is!"
"If the government saves land and loses people, everyone will lose it; if it saves people and loses land, everyone will gain it. This means that if the land is saved, but the people die, then everything is over! The land is lost, but the people are still there, that is
Nothing was lost.”
Di Qing did not pick up Wen Yanbo's criticism, but Zhonge did. After all, the current situation is quite interesting and worth discussing.
"As for the morale that Xiang Wen mentioned, according to the past experience, the current situation will indeed affect morale. But what if all the soldiers know the truth?"
"In the past, when we led troops to fight, we basically did whatever the commander asked us to do. The soldiers had no choice but to obey, so we couldn't give full play to that...~"
"Subjective initiative...~"
Di Qing added a term. Compared to Zhonge, Di Qing had stayed in the martial arts hall longer and was more familiar with the theories of the official family.
"That's right, that's right...it's this subjective initiative. It means that the soldiers no longer passively obey, but take the initiative to fight."
"Now that the armistice negotiations between the two sides are so vigorous, Beiliao really wanted to demoralize our side by doing this. But what they didn't expect was that the Song Dynasty's combat plan was basically communicated to the team leader level."
"They are all new troops. They are all trained by the old guard battalions and guards. They are not only loyal, but also trained in strategies and tactics."
"The Song Dynasty was different from the early years, but the Northern Liao Dynasty still regarded the Song Dynasty as what it was in the early years. This comparison determined the direction of the war."
Zhonge still feels proud to have the opportunity to lecture to Wen Yanbo, an old minister who particularly despises military commanders. He is not Di Qing, he has not been abused by civil servants in the court, and he does not have much fear of civil servants.
Wen Yanbo said that he had led troops, but in fact, the so-called leading troops was the time when Wang Ze's rebellion was quelled.
Although he was later considered to be in charge of the military in the cabinet, he actually focused on the deployment of generals, the appointment and dismissal of generals, and some general issues.
It was impossible for Wen Yanbo to know the soldiers as well as veteran generals such as Di Qingzhong and Guo Kui, nor did he read through the various quotations left by officials in the martial arts hall like them.
Therefore, I don’t know much about the current soldiers.
But when it comes to intrigues and intrigues, Wen Yanbo is by no means an economical person.
When Jing Zhonge said this, Wen Yanbo immediately understood...
"Zhong Jinglue means that a war has been determined now? Even the strategy has been conveyed? I remember that the official communication of the strategy should be orderly and level by level."
"Based on the current situation, I don't think that the imperial court has been able to determine the time for the Northern Liao attack. In other words, the imperial court's strategy has been conveyed to the Xiang commander level at most..."
The real battle depends on soldiers, and soldiers are the core of war. Generals and soldiers are two different things. The so-called military morale does not refer to generals, but to soldiers.
"Xiang Wen, in fact, the most critical thing is the military discipline of the new army today! For the uncompromising execution of military orders, we must demand ourselves according to war standards at all times. This is the basic purpose of the new army of the Song Dynasty."
"Even peacetime camp training is required by war standards, let alone a real wartime situation?"
"The purpose of Beiliao's approach is to confuse people. Whether it is the frontline headquarters or the soldiers below, they don't take them seriously at all."
"To put it bluntly, there are some opinions among the troops. They are not angry at the court's compromise. As long as the war comes, or when it comes to daily training, the soldiers will not be affected by these external factors."
"These questions have been tested by several veterans such as myself. From the time when the battle against Bei Liao was planned, the officials asked me to go to the garrison troops in various places in batches and use various methods to verify
.”
"Whether the local garrison troops can keep the soldiers focused is one of the contents of the military generals' evaluation."
Zhong E's eloquent talk made Wen Yanbo doubtful. He was not sure that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty could really do this.
In fact, it’s impossible to really do this...~
“Let’s convey the tactical strategy to the next level!”
Zhao Xi also dared not believe the so-called heart as solid as a rock.
"Judging from the progress of the so-called negotiations, it seems that today's negotiations have revealed the bottom line. In other words, Beiliao should think that the court truly believes it."
"In the past two days, it is obvious from the intelligence that the number of troops retreating from the two wings of Bei Liao has decreased, and it has basically reached the limit of the defense of the two wings of Bei Liao."
"It is impossible for Beiliao not to consider that after deploying too many troops from both wings, they will eventually be surrounded. There must be a limit. Now that this limit has been reached, it is time for Beiliao to launch a general offensive."
The time has indeed come...~Bei Liao really launched a general offensive in the way the Song Dynasty court expected~~
On the last day of the agreed negotiations, the Song Dynasty was supposed to welcome the delegation from the Northern Liao Dynasty, but instead, hundreds of thousands of troops from the Northern Liao Dynasty launched an attack on the palace tent of the Central Army of the Song Dynasty...
Just when hundreds of thousands of troops from the Northern Liao Dynasty rushed towards the palace tent of the Central Army of the Song Dynasty, all the soldiers on the entire defense line of the Song Dynasty knew...~This was what the Song Dynasty had been waiting for.
At the moment when the Northern Liao army marched towards the Chinese army, the two wings of the Song Dynasty, Zhe Keke's West Route Army and Zhou Tong's East Route Army also began to give up their earlier strategy of steady advancement and resorted to coordinated combat methods of chariots and cavalry.
, a rapid advance...
Originally, the Northern Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were evenly matched, or at a disadvantage... because they really had no way of attacking tanks.
At this time, Beiliao's move to mobilize troops completely left the defense lines on both wings empty.
Although it cannot be said to be invincible, the speed of the armies advancing northward on both wings was obviously much faster.
And Beiliao also launched its first charge against the Chinese army...
"Report... The impact of the Northern Liao war horses caused six of our chariots to roll over, and nearly 200 soldiers were injured..."
"Report...the gap has been closed and the Bei Liao cavalry that broke through the defense line will be annihilated!"
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The battle reports kept coming, and all the ministers and workers accompanying the army were in a state of tension at this time.
Especially after knowing that the first line of defense was directly broken through by the Northern Liao cavalry, I was even more frightened.
However, the official's unmoving expression made everyone feel a little at ease.
"Officials, if it's not possible, the Chinese army's palace tent should retreat ten miles!"
"Officials, based on the current situation, it is obvious that the Northern Liao court has gone crazy, and is basically planning to perish together."
"Guan Jia, Bei Liao is making all-out moves now. They don't even consider whether they might be surrounded. They just rely on the number of cavalry to gain an advantage in the middle. If they continue to attack like this, it is really possible to break through the defense line."
"Guan family, retreating does not mean that the battle has been lost. It is also common to adjust the palace tents of the Chinese army on the battlefield, and it will not affect the morale of the army."
"Guan Jia, although the progress of the two wings is going smoothly now, it is still not possible to penetrate the defense of Beiliao in a short time. What's more, even if it is to penetrate the defense of Beiliao, surround the Chinese army, and finally form an encirclement of Beiliao, it will still take a long time.
Time, we are chariot soldiers, not cavalry, so we do not have an advantage in speed."
"The Chinese army retreated from the palace tents and set up continuous defense lines. As long as we can withstand the impact of the Northern Liao army before the two-wing encirclement is formed, the outcome is basically a foregone conclusion."
"Officials, please don't act on impulse at this time! The soldiers will understand..."
From the moment Wang Anshi tentatively asked if he wanted to retreat, the civil servants accompanying the army began to dissuade him with every word.
The first line of defense of the Chinese army's palace tent was only ten miles away from the palace tent. For the cavalry, it was just a charge.
Once Bei Liao opens a gap and a large number of cavalry rushes into the defense line, it means that the Chinese palace tent will be in danger...
Chariots have always been a powerful weapon against cavalry. At least judging from the battles over the years, cavalry has nothing to do against chariots.
What's more, the Song Dynasty also had the advantage of firearms and armaments.
Who would have known that this time Bei Liao's war horses not only adapted to the explosion of gunpowder bombs, but the covering blow of gun powder bombs could no longer completely suppress the charge of Bei Liao's cavalry.
More importantly, I didn't expect that Bei Liao would use a fire horse formation... tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of war horses, lighting their tails on fire...
The frightened war horse didn't care about anything at all and simply ran in the direction.
The Song Dynasty still placed the chariots horizontally and linked them together as before. The soldiers on the chariots used the baffles of the chariots as shields to guard against the arrows of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and then used various launchers to
, launch gunpowder bombs.
From long-range to medium-range, then to close-range manpower firing. Finally, the volley of muskets began.
This is the prescribed tutorial for new weapons, and has been virtually unbeatable over the years.
However, this time, Beiliao used those scrapped war horses as the vanguard and charged with fire horses...
Crazy war horses charged, fearless charges, even if the Song Dynasty's side was hit by almost seamless firearms, there were still war horses rushing to the front of the defensive tanks.
And the impact of those charging horses was so brutal that they didn't care about the chariots at all...
Therefore, there was a situation where the chariot was knocked over.
And then the cannon fodder cavalry from Bei Liao who rushed over also rushed into the Song Dynasty's defense line under continuous artillery fire...
When such a situation occurred, it was no wonder that the civil servants accompanying the army wanted to dissuade the officials from retreating from the Chinese army's palace tents.
The bravery of the Northern Liao cavalry is recognized. Once a large number of cavalry rushes into the defense line, it will inevitably lead to chaos within the defense line...
Within the defense lines of the Song Dynasty, gunpowder bombs and volleys could not be used...~That was the world of cavalry.
"Di Shuai, what do you think?"
Zhao Xi did not expect such an accident. Faced with the passionate dissuasion... he never thought of retreating.
However, this requires someone who can convince the army and ministers.
Compared to himself, Zhao Xi felt that Di Qing's suggestion should be more convincing.
"Officials and veterans believe that there may not be many more fire horse formations like this in Bei Liao, or if there are, there won't be such a number as the first time."
"The old minister believes that in the situation of confrontation between the two armies, the retreat of the Chinese army's palace tent is not good for the morale of the army. If we can prevent the first wave of Bei Liao's charge and take corresponding measures, we should be able to prevent it and prevent the defense line from being breached again.
"
"Di Hanchen! If your arrogance causes mistakes in the officialdom, you cannot bear such responsibility!"
"You said that Beiliao is unlikely to have another charge, or that the next one won't be as big as this one. What if Beiliao just made a tentative attack for the first time? Will just trying this method work?"
"It worked the first time. The possibility of increasing the number of war horses in Beiliao's second attack is not impossible, or even greater! Don't talk nonsense to influence the official's decision..."
As soon as Di Qing finished speaking, Wen Yanbo took over.
It is also a perennial inertia. Wen Yanbo always likes to confront Di Qing.
"What Xiang Wen said is not impossible. The veteran only analyzed it based on various reports. As we all know, during the two years of civil strife in the Northern Liao Dynasty, a large proportion of war horses were scrapped. There should be a large number of scrapped war horses."
"However, according to Di Qing's analysis of all the intelligence, Beiliao was no longer able to maintain the standard configuration of three elite cavalrymen per person as early as a year ago."
"What does this mean? This shows that Beiliao recruited a large number of Dingkou to the front line, which led to a shortage of horses in Beiliao. Now Beiliao should not be able to satisfy one person and two riders."
While talking, Di Qing also laid out his record of excerpting intelligence and presented it to Zhao Xi.
I have to say that a veteran is a veteran and has considered some issues well.
Seeing that Wen Yanbo still wanted to refute, Zhao Xi waved his hand and said: "Send all the spare chariots to fill the first line of defense. At the same time, send all the carriages of the ministers and various other carriages in the camp to
The first line of defense.”
"Place these non-chariot carriages side by side with the chariots, as close as possible, and even let the craftsmen accompanying the army connect and tie the side-by-side carriages."
The problem of the Northern Liao fire horse formation knocking open the chariot defense line should be solved in this way.
In fact, Zhao Xi just needs Di Qing to say this, and then he will explain the method, which will naturally make everyone feel at ease.