When fighting in Hebei Road, at least we have the advantage of having a large number of people. We can go west alone to intercept the new force of the Song Dynasty... That is a new force with chariot troops, including infantry, cavalry, cavalry and chariots.
A large army with mixed soldiers.
The Western Army of the Song State has always been the strongest. Since the war with Daliao, the Song State has been suppressing the Western Army of the Song State. Obviously, the Western Army of the Song State released at this time is definitely the most ferocious state of combat...
Anyone who intercepts them at this time is seeking death.
Besides, fighting in Hebei Road, there is still the possibility of breaking through the defense line of the Song Dynasty's central army. Once it is broken through, the emperor's camp of the Song Dynasty will be directly reached... If you don't get credit for such an achievement, why go to intercept the new army of the Song Dynasty?
Cutting off the fresh force and causing heavy casualties is one thing, and defeating the battle is another thing. The key is that the only thing that can change the situation of the Liao and Song Dynasty is the fire horse formation to break through the Song Dynasty's central army.
The war has been going on for two years, and the royal family and descendants have not done anything except sending 50,000 elite cavalry to go around to the rear of the Song Dynasty to make great achievements... At this time, it is also time to mobilize the elite of the royal descendants.
On the move.
Use a small number of elite troops to go north to intercept the Song Dynasty's Western Army and Yunzhou Army. Only the elite descendants of the royal family can do it!
The ministers in the palace tent all have their own plans, but no one takes the trouble of Yelu Hongji... Whoever you like can go, but I won't go anyway.
"I also know that to intercept the Song Dynasty's Western Army and Yunzhou Army, it is impossible to send more than 100,000 cavalry. In other words, it is difficult to mobilize 50,000 fine cavalry."
"After all, Nanjing Road is the main battlefield. The emperor of the Song Dynasty personally marched here. The entire Song Dynasty's defense line was nearly 400,000 troops. The deployment of troops means that there may be weak links on the Nanjing Road battlefield..."
"However, now that the method of the Fire Horse Formation has initially achieved success, at this time of life and death, we must send elite cavalry to intercept the new force of the Song Kingdom. Only in this way can Daliao be able to reverse the situation and even turn defeat into victory."
"Dear gentlemen, is there no one in the family who takes on this important responsibility?"
Yelu Hongji asked again, but still no one answered.
"If my King's Banner had not left, morale would have been low. So what if I personally led my troops to intercept it? This is a time of life and death for the Liao Dynasty, and you members must not back down..."
Now that things have happened, Yelu Hongji understands that Daliao is so afraid of the enemy and does not really force that force to take orders...
"Your Majesty, in fact, we also have a fresh army in Daliao!"
"Let's take a look, which one is the new force of Daliao?"
"Palace Guard! Your Majesty, the Palace Guard has not been at the forefront in the past two years. Whether it is horses or soldiers, they are all in the best condition. They are not thinking about the soldiers of other departments of Liao."
"If we, the Daliao Palace Guards, go on an expedition, we will definitely intercept the new force of the Song Kingdom and gain time for the main frontal battlefield..."
Maybe His Majesty is not as strong as he was earlier, or maybe he really feels that the royal family should move a little bit...
"Your Majesty, it is indeed true! The palace guards can take on this important task!"
"Your Majesty, only the palace guards can accomplish this unparalleled feat!"
"Your Majesty, the palace guards have mobilized 50,000 elite cavalry, which will not affect the charge on the frontal battlefield, or even affect the Liao's operations after breaking through the defense line..."
Noisily, the ministers in the palace tent unanimously believed that the palace guard could take on this important task... Almost all the ministers except the descendants of the royal family agreed with this proposal.
That’s it!
"Do you think it's better for me to personally lead the army to the expedition? It's not that I can't lead the army to the expedition. It's just that the king's flag has retreated, and how to solve the decadent morale caused by it?"
"Your Majesty, this matter can be easily solved. The King's Flag is just a flag, it is a symbol. Your Majesty's troops are going on an expedition, so what if the King's Flag stays here?"
Really bad! Who said that the king's flag must be with the king? Besides, if the king goes on an expedition without carrying the king's flag, it can also avoid accidents after losing the encounter...
Therefore, Yelu Hongji really left the king's flag and led his troops to the northwest...
At the same time, the frontline headquarters of Beiliao continued to follow the established strategy, using horses with lit tails as the vanguard, followed by cavalry from various units, and continued to charge towards the central army of the Song Dynasty...
After four consecutive days of Crazy Horse's attack, although the defense line was still strong and was not broken by the Crazy Horse of Northern Liao, the Song Dynasty's chariots no longer looked like chariots at this time.
The chariot is indeed strong. However, no matter how strong it is, it cannot withstand the collision of those war horses with their tails lit on fire...
Not to mention that the chariot soldiers on the chariot could not bear it, but the chariot was also close to falling apart.
The connection between the chariot and the chariot has almost been completely broken. What is connected at this time is not the parts, but the twisted form of the chariot after being hit. It is no longer a connection, but the abnormal entanglement of the shafts.
Fortunately, it has never been broken through.
There were a lot of crazy horses in Beiliao, but not too many actually rushed to the front of the chariot formation. They were covered with gunpowder bombs from a long distance, and all the way to the front of the formation were musket fire. There were very few who could rush to the front of the formation.
Twenty-three.
That is to say, Crazy Horse of this proportion made Da Song a little at a loss.
Think about it, or dare not imagine it, if Bei Liao had used this method from the beginning, maybe the Song Dynasty would not have been able to advance in such depth and kill nearly 100,000 Bei Liao cavalry.
Although the officials thought of a solution, which was to place the chariots side by side, the chariots could no longer play their original role.
In official terms: Today's tanks are obstacles and materials for building a defense line.
Indeed, there is no material on the chariot now, it is all rocks and soil... Officials say that this can increase the weight of the chariot and strengthen the tank's defense against Crazy Horse...
In fact, this is indeed the case. Since the soldiers got off the chariot and filled the chariot with rocks and soil, they found that after the Crazy Horse hit the chariot, the shaking was much smaller.
Some musketeers even climbed onto the roof of a chariot filled with dirt and rocks, and stood on the roof to shoot. Even grenade hands followed the same example, climbing up and throwing...
Originally, the Song Dynasty was on the offensive side, but now it was on the defensive side. At this time, the chariot wheels had been removed.
The body of the chariot carriage was ruined, but the chariot wheels were not. The imperial court had transported all the chariot chariots and wheels to Bianliang. As long as the tactics of the Northern Liao Crazy Horse were guarded against, new chariots would arrive on the battlefield in a short time.
Get ready and continue heading north...
No one thinks this battle will be lost...Didn't you see that the officials are still patrolling the camp?
From the attack to defense in the Song Dynasty, the Northern Liao Dynasty failed to advance further, and the defense line still clung to the line before the Crazy Horse hit.
The morale of the entire Song Dynasty is still high!
In fact, the people who were under the greatest pressure at this time were Zhe Keke and Zhou Dong. Zhong Jianzhong and Wang Shunchen were better off, after all, they both belonged to the Chinese army, and the intensity of the Northern Liao attack they withstood was the same as that of the official camp defense line.
In other words, they were already mixed together and all belonged to the Chinese army.
Of course, this was done deliberately by Zhong Jianzhong and Wang Shunchen... The safety of the official family was more important than the outcome of this war.
Zhe Keke and Zhou Tong couldn't. Originally, they wanted to mobilize troops to support the Chinese army, but were strictly rejected by the officials.
Understandable, the officials said that the combat tasks of the two wings are more important than the defense of the Chinese army, and we need to move closer to the Chinese army with all our strength... This move is not from within our defense line, but to attack the two wings of Beiliao.
The army placed in the center of Bei Liao formed a situation of being surrounded by three and one missing.
It’s not easy! How can it be that easy?
Since Beiliao was determined to break through the Chinese army, it would naturally deploy heavy troops to defend against encirclement and suppression on both wings.
The same method, the same intensity, the folding of the two wings is feasible and Zhou Tong, but in the case of the collision of the crazy horse, the offensive combat mission must be completed... This is much more difficult than the defense.
Fortunately, the Northern Liao had fewer crazy horses on the two wings than the Central Army. The Northern Liao's role in targeting the two wings was to contain and block them, preventing the two wings from collapsing. This allowed the Zhou and Dong tribes to surround the Central Army of the Song Dynasty.
Even so, in four or five days, the two wings still had difficulty advancing, and in five days they only advanced less than fifty miles.
Another day the war ended...
"What's going on with Zhe Keke and Zhou Tong? The Chinese army is in such a crisis, and the two wings are still advancing so slowly? This is ignoring the safety of the officials and their families!"
Wen Yanbo is getting old, and he didn't expect to have to worry about being on the front line. Not to mention other things, just wearing armor every day is torture for the old man.
So I still feel a little resentful.
I thought that this expedition with the official family would be a battlefield show, but I didn't expect that the battle would turn out like this.
The leisurely feeling at the beginning of the war was completely gone, and I was on tenterhooks every day.
"Mr. Wenge, it's not that the two wings are not advancing well, but it's a strategic need. Besides, since Bei Liao has concentrated its forces to attack the central army, how can it not consider the possibility of being surrounded by both wings?"
"In fact, the intensity of the fighting on both wings is no worse than that of the Chinese army, in fact, it is even stronger. Although the Chinese army faces a strong impact, the Chinese army only needs to defend. Zhe Keke and Zhou Dong's troops not only defend, but also
We must advance as far as possible toward the Chinese army."
"The official strategy of pushing the two wings towards the Chinese army is not to relieve the danger of the Chinese army, but to realize that when the final general offensive is launched, the loopholes between the various armies will be reduced as much as possible, and the Northern Liao operation will be annihilated as much as possible.
strength."
Zhang Dun also knew what the former cabinet minister was like. When he saw Wen Yanbo complaining, he had a few more words to explain to him.
How should I put it? He can ignore Wen Yanbo's nonsense, and even the officials won't mind. The key is that what Wen Yanbo said is quite heartbreaking.
Regardless of the safety of the official family, this is not a small crime for a minister or a general.
Di Qing's face turned livid...
Although the strategy was drawn up by the officials, if the Chinese army was really defeated, Wen Yanbo's words would be the basis for accountability.
They all came from the martial arts hall, and Zhang Dun, Zhe Keke and others still have a close relationship.
"Minister Wen, please don't make such remarks again! The pressure from both wings is already great, and I have requested several times to reinforce the Chinese army. The reason why I refused several times is to prepare for the next step."
"If such remarks affect the actions of the two wings and lead to a large gap in the final encirclement, I will definitely hold you accountable!"
"The Chinese army's defense line cannot be broken. After five days of attack, the battle damage was less than 10%. And how many war horses can Beiliao have? For five consecutive days, as Di Shuai said, Beiliao's crazy horses have become less and less intense day by day.
It gets weaker every day."
"Mr. Wen, if you feel tired wearing armor, I suggest that you don't need to wear armor... If Beiliao really breaks through the defense line, even if Mr. Wen wears armor, it will be useless."
Zhao Xi hates this kind of behavior of finding trouble with each other in battle, and has been trying to change this trend. Now the cabinet has changed, but this old man Wen Yanbo... is really too lazy to argue with him.
To be honest, the palace tent has been quite depressing these past two days. After many years, the Song Dynasty has rarely been suppressed and beaten by the Northern Liao Dynasty like this.
The current war situation is indeed frustrating.
The so-called casualties in this battle were not many, but in fact they did not participate in the battle.
The crazy horses from the Northern Liao Dynasty rushed over and fired a volley of gunpowder bullets and muskets... However, the accuracy of the musketeers and chariot soldiers of the Song Dynasty was really unsatisfactory for the speed of the horses after their tails were lit.
Killing Crazy Horse is purely based on luck...
After Crazy Horse passed by, the Northern Liao cavalry swarmed over. At this time, Crazy Horse was in front of the chariot formation, and the chariots were in a mess. Even if the defense line was not broken, it was also in chaos.
In this situation, the Song Dynasty lost the advantage of long-range strikes and eliminating the enemy on the way forward.
Moreover, the appearance of the Fan cavalry was mixed with the Northern Liao cavalry, and the entire Song Dynasty's armament advantage was completely lost.
An attempt was made to have the cavalry not form a formation. However, the result was that the Northern Liao cavalry would connect with the chariots knocked away by the crazy horse and quickly insert into the Song Dynasty's defense line... The cavalry
Entering the battle, for the firearms arm of the Song Dynasty, was a unilateral killing...
Fortunately, it was just an attempt, and there were not many cavalry who broke into the defense line. Otherwise, just that one time would have led to the defeat of the entire battle... This is the palace tent of the official family.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty could only respond to the symptoms...it was very frustrating.
Two more days, tomorrow is the day when Zhao Xi decides to launch a counterattack...
The delay in the summons at this time is only an estimate as to whether the Northwest, Yunzhou, and Yuzhou armies can reach the main battlefield.
"Guan Jia, if the Northwest, Yunzhou, and Yuzhou armies cannot reach the main battlefield tomorrow, and the Chinese army and the two wings take the initiative, the risk is very high~! Do we need to postpone the general offensive?"
"After all, the Chinese army is not in a big crisis now, and it can still ensure that the defense line is not lost."
There has been no feedback from the northwest, Yunzhou and Yuzhou armies so far. Wang Anshi is worried that the Chinese army and the two wings will launch a general offensive, which means letting go of the defense line and attacking. The risk is too great.
"Prime Minister, let's not mention that those who are overdue in the army will be dealt with according to the military law. In other words, military orders, how can they be changed at will?"
"I believe in my generals, and I also believe in the soldiers of the Song Dynasty! Once the military order has been issued, it will never be changed."
"Prime Minister, regardless of whether the northwest, Yunzhou and Yuzhou armies have arrived at the main battlefield, the attack by the central army and the two wings will be a surprise."
"Looking at the number of crazy horses in Bei Liao today, there are less than five thousand. None of them can rush within twenty steps of the defense line. In other words, Bei Liao is at the end of its strength."
"Our attack must be at this time, when Beiliao is changing tactics, in order to achieve unexpected results."