In the art of military use, the whole country is the best, and the breaking of the country is second; the whole army is the best, and the breaking of the army is second; the whole brigade is the best, and the breaking of the brigade is second; the whole army is the best, and the breaking of the soldiers is second; the whole army is the best, and the breaking of the soldiers is the second.
Wu followed.
Therefore, winning a hundred battles is not a good thing; subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is a good thing.
Therefore, the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city.
The method of siege is a last resort.
This is what Sun Tzu said about the art of war. Throughout history, there are not many battles that truly achieve this. But this time, Zhao Xi really made both Song and Liao see what conspiracy is.
From the formulation of the strategy to attack the Liao five years ago, to the implementation of the strategy due to Yelu Yixin's rebellion two years ago, to today's victory over the Dading Mansion held by the king of the Northern Liao Dynasty without combat force.
In the whole process, the Song Dynasty's soldiers lost less than 30%!
When the Song army defeated Dading, they did not attack the city, but entered the city... This was also an official order.
Originally, the generals on the front line thought it would be difficult to implement, but in fact...
When the medical soldiers of the Song Dynasty were treating the collapsed and injured people of the Northern Liao Dynasty, the war supervisor on the top of the Dadingfu city ordered to fire arrows, which completely aroused the anger of the Khitan people, leading to a riot on the top of the Dadingfu city.
Two years of civil war, lack of supplies, and priority on soldiers have put the territory of Northern Liao in dire straits.
During the Song-Liao war, the Northern Liao court once searched for people's wealth and anointing, but the Northern Liao king gathered the people to serve as cannon fodder...
This probably shouldn't arouse the anger of the people who are used to being submissive.
However, after the Song Dynasty's food offensive, the loudspeaker exposed the behavior of the Northern Liao king, as well as the promises made to the people, etc., which made the people on the top of Dadingfu have restless thoughts.
The power of Song's artillery further aggravated the confusion of the people on the top of Dadingfu City.
At this time, appeasement may be useful, but the Northern Liao court adopted suppression...
When I saw that my loved ones had hope of survival, but were forced to shoot arrows to cut off their lives, I couldn't bear it anymore.
Starting from the first person who resisted the soldier supervising the battle, it seemed to be the lead that caused the entire defense of Dading Prefecture in Northern Liao to be blown to pieces.
The Khitan people have always been aggressive.
The cannon fodder people who gathered together to defend the city were all in their fifties and sixties, and they had all fought in battles when they were young.
Therefore, the soldiers supervising the battle were quickly killed on the top of the city.
At this time, all the rebels knew that something big was going on, so they simply provoked the entire city defense population and rushed into the city... Since they had already fought against the imperial court, they might as well completely rebel!
The hundreds of thousands of civilians on top of the city simply gave up defending the city and rushed into the city screaming...~
The Song army climbed onto the city wall along the slope formed by the collapsed city wall...~
When Zhao Xi led the entire Chinese army to arrive outside Dading City, all the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were already on the walls of Dading Mansion.
Not only soldiers were on the city wall, but also some portable firearms were moved to the top of the city, all facing into the city.
At this time, the city gate that was originally blocked had been opened with the joint efforts of artillery and the people of Beiliao...
"Guan family, please don't enter the city for the time being!"
Wang Anshi looked a little strange, this didn't look like a battlefield at all.
The city wall was occupied by the army of the Song Dynasty. There was not a single corpse of a Northern Liao soldier on the entire city wall or at the city gate. This was so abnormal!
"Report~... to the officials, there was a large-scale riot in Dading City. The people of Bei Liao were fighting against the troops of Bei Liao, causing the entire Dading Mansion to be in a state of complete chaos...~"
"The officials and various armies have taken control of the entire city wall defense of Dading Prefecture. However, the chaos in the city is serious and the generals do not dare to leave their posts without authorization. Please report to the imperial court what should be done..."
Zhao Xi has considered that there will be a civil unrest in Dading City, but it is difficult to determine how large it will be.
A chaos that puts armies from all walks of life on guard. What would that be like?
At this time, even the accompanying ministers did not persuade them, and they all followed the path of the army to the city...~
"Official..."
Seeing that the officials were on the city wall, Zhong Jianzhong was about to ask for a report. Zhao Xi waved his hand and said: "This is the battlefield, where you should be!"
There really is no need to report it, everyone can see it clearly...
In the huge city of Dading, there were shouts of killing and screams everywhere...
At this time, in Dading City, there was no distinction between soldiers and civilians, only killing existed.
"Guanjia, that should be where the central army of Bei Liao is located...~"
Indeed. A large number of Northern Liao soldiers are resisting the attacks of countless civilians. Swords and arrows are flying everywhere, and the sound of killing is loud...~
This is the most battlefield-like battlefield in the entire Dading Prefecture. Unlike other places, it is completely impossible to distinguish between soldiers and civilians. They are all robbing and plundering...~
"Let the team closest to the Northern Liao Central Army fire a few shots there..."
"Official..."
Wang Anshi was stunned by such an order from the officials.
"Help the weak...~ Prime Minister, the official order is correct...~ Haha! I will pass the order now..."
Zhang Dun took over the conversation directly. Seeing that the officials had no expression, he directly asked the messenger to summon him.
"Dading is not suitable for us to intervene at this time."
"The people are resentful, the soldiers are also resentful, and the king also thinks his people are wrong. Why should we intervene at this time?"
"The city gate is open, and no one is blocking it. Anyone who wants to escape from this chaos can just leave. Regardless of whether he is a soldier or a civilian, as long as he puts down his weapon, the Song Dynasty will not stop him...~"
"People have the ability to get a lifetime's wealth in this last moment, so there is really no need for us to intervene...~"
"Why are we meddling in the dispute between the Khitan people and the Northern Liao court? We are here to destroy the Northern Liao people. It won't be too late to destroy them after everyone calms down."
To be honest, what the ministers and workers were talking about was really what Zhao Xi was thinking.
At this time, the Song Dynasty's team only needed to watch this chaos until the city was tired of fighting. The Song Dynasty easily took over Dading. Wouldn't it be nice to capture the Northern Liao court? Why bother with other people's cannibalism?
"The official family, that's the royal family..."
Wang Anshi also knew everyone's thoughts. The Song Dynasty could easily destroy the Northern Liao Dynasty without a single soldier, so why bother?
Inside Dading City is a group of Khitan people who have fallen into madness...
Therefore, he lowered his voice and gave advice to the officials. After all, they are the royal family, and the royal family cannot be insulted since ancient times.
"Prime Minister, the royal family is in Bianliang, not Dading!"
At this time, even the Northern Liao court no longer exists. What kind of Northern Liao royal family is there?
"Boom boom..."
With two deafening explosions, the defense of the Northern Liao Emperor's palace in Dading Prefecture was completely disrupted.
However, it was these two explosions that stopped the riot in Dading City.
When the tyrannical people in Dading City stopped, they discovered that the entire Dading City was already occupied by the Song army.
In fact, occupying the entire Dading city wall would never go without a battle. However, facing the Song army, those Northern Liao soldiers who still retained their sense and did not participate in the riots and confrontations could not stop the Song Dynasty's attack.
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Even within a stone's throw of the city wall, the army of the Song Dynasty had cleared it clean. This is why after Zhao Xi arrived at the battlefield, the generals did not gather to greet him... They were leading their troops to build a safe area.
Staying vigilant at all times on the battlefield is a basic quality, not to mention the possibility of facing hundreds of thousands of tyrannical Khitan people~~