Chapter 0549 storm Yumen Pass (Happy Lantern Festival
"Going south..."
"Go to Yangguan to intercept the food and fodder of Li Zhaoliang's troops, or in other words, capture Yangguan and cut off the connection between Li Zhaoliang's troops and us, and then join forces with the reinforcements led by Yeli Wangrong to attack from both sides and swallow up Li Zhaoliang's troops..."
Kou Ji frowned and speculated.
Zhu Neng nodded heavily and said: "We have been worried about changes in Li Yuanhao's arrangement, but we didn't expect that there was a change. He gave up the strategy of breaking into Guazhou and Shazhou.
Are you going to unite the Xixia cavalry led by Ye Li Wangrong, swallow up Li Zhaoliang first, and then turn around to deal with us?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Li Yuanhao is prepared with both hands. It is reasonable and expected."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng, "What I'm more concerned about is how you plan to deal with the current situation. Split your troops at Yang Pass, or storm Yumen Pass to help Li Zhaoliang's troops open another back door."
The baggage of the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses in the Western Regions were all hoarded in Shazhou.
Li Zhaoliang has now broken into Suzhou.
If the baggage wanted to be delivered to Li Zhaoliang, it could only pass through Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
Before Li Zhaoliang captured Ganzhou and Xiliang, it was difficult to get any form of support from the Song Dynasty.
"hey-hey……"
Zhu Neng was silent for a while and smiled gloomily, "Li Yuanhao had a good plan. By abandoning Yangguan, he lured Li Zhaoliang into the game and us into the game, making us mistakenly think that he was going to attack Guazhou and Shazhou and disrupt our rear.
Now seeing that we have entered the game, we are planning to take back Yangguan, block Li Zhaoliang's escape, attack from both sides, and kill Li Zhaoliang.
But he is too disrespectful to me, Zhu Neng.
He also overestimated himself.
He can throw it away at Yangguan and take it whenever he wants. It's not that easy."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and asked hesitantly: "You have already divided your troops and stationed in Yangguan?"
"good……"
Zhu Neng said with burning eyes: "In order to help Li Zhaoliang defend his retreat, I have spent a lot of money. Invincible mine cannons, artillery, and hundreds of tigers running together, I have placed them all in Yangguan."
Kou Ji wanted to curse.
Zhu Neng, this lunatic, started going crazy again.
Invincible mine cannons, artillery, and hundreds of tigers running together, with a limited number, are the key to dealing with Li Yuanhao's Iron Kites.
According to Kou Ji's idea, if the iron kite is not released, the invincible mine cannon, artillery and other items should not be moved out.
Before seeing the iron kite, Zhu Neng placed all these things in Yangguan.
What if the cavalry sent by Li Yuanhao to Yangguan were not Iron Kites?
What if Li Yuanhao still leaves the iron kite in Yumen Pass?
"You didn't leave any for here?"
Kou Ji asked helplessly.
Zhu Neng shook his head very bachelorly.
Kou Ji sighed and said, "What if the people Li Yuanhao sent to Yangguan weren't Iron Kites?"
Zhu Neng pondered: "Even if it's not all iron kites, there are still some iron kites."
When Kou Ji heard this, he nodded thoughtfully.
He never thought about annihilating the Iron Harriers.
If the Iron Kites could be wiped out so easily, they wouldn't be Iron Kites.
Previously, outside Shazhou City, Kou Ji had spent a lot of money to allow Tie Yaozi to lose his troops.
Even though Tie Yaozi was beaten to a half-mutilation, he did not order the horse guards to pursue him in pursuit of the victory.
It's not that he has the intention to let go of Tie Yaozi, but that he knows in his heart that it is easy to cripple Tie Yaozi but difficult to destroy him.
If the iron kite really embarks on the road of escape, few people will be able to catch up.
There is a possibility that you will not be able to catch up with the iron kite, and you will have to catch yourself.
The way to deal with the iron kite is to lure the iron kite to take the initiative to attack, and then set up an ambush to severely damage the iron kite.
Now Zhu Neng has set up an ambush at Yangguan and can severely damage some of the Iron Kites, which is not bad.
Kou Ji understood what Zhu Neng was doing, stared at Zhu Neng and asked, "Then why did you look so heavy just now?"
Zhu Neng sighed: "Li Yuanhao's layout has changed, and our layout must also change. Before, we were unwilling to take Yumen Pass because we wanted to plot against Li Yuanhao based on Li Yuanhao's calculations.
Now in order to ensure the safety of Li Zhaoliang's back, we have to fight with Li Yuanhao at Yumen Pass.
I just don’t know how many iron kites Li Yuanhao left behind in Yumen Pass.
During the previous battle in Guazhou, Li Yuanhao often used the iron kite to show off his power on the battlefield.
If we fight immediately, we will always be weak."
Kou Ji frowned slightly. The battle was about to begin. Why could Zhu Neng gain other people's ambition and destroy his own prestige?
Zhu Neng saw Kou Ji's expression, and probably anticipated Kou Ji's thoughts, and said with emotion: "In this battle in Hexi, too many soldiers were lost in my hands, Zhu Neng."
Kou Ji frowned even more tightly.
The right way is to be kind and not to control soldiers.
Now that Zhu Neng suddenly has a bodhisattva-like heart, can he really command his soldiers in battle?
Zhu Neng saw that Kou Ji's brows were frowning more tightly, so he smiled bitterly and said: "I understand the truth... There is no way to avoid death in a war..."
"That's all..."
"No more to say..."
Zhu Neng shook his head, straightened his face, and shouted: "All officers and men obey the order!"
"exist!"
"Follow my general's previous subordinates and attack Yumen Pass!"
"Here!"
"..."
The more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the camp began to move quickly following Zhu Neng's order.
The soldiers, wearing armor and holding swords, quickly gathered under the general stand set by Zhu Neng.
Zhu Neng took Kou Ji to the general platform.
"Today we storm Yumen Pass, capture Li Yuanhao alive, and reward him with horses, fields, gold, silver, and officials!"
"roar!"
"..."
When Zhu Neng was in the Chinese army's tent, he had the heart of a Bodhisattva.
Once on the general stage, he is a majestic general.
A brief sentence aroused the morale of the soldiers.
He has a strong attitude of vowing not to return the Yumen until he breaks it.
"attack!"
Zhu Neng's declaration of pledge of allegiance was only a brief sentence.
The shortness made Kou Ji feel unbelievable.
Kou Ji just made a little guess and roughly guessed the reason for Zhu Neng's brief declaration.
No matter how many fancy words you say, they are not as practical as a brief declaration of rewards.
The soldiers risked their lives to fight on the battlefield. What were they fighting for?
It's wealth.
After being a soldier became a profession.
Eating noise has become the most important thing for them.
Rewards are what they care about most.
They don't care about the rest.
At least most people don't care.
After Zhu Neng issued the order to attack Yumen Pass, more than 40,000 soldiers formed battle formations, left the military camp, and marched towards Yumen Pass step by step.
The battle formation formed by more than 40,000 soldiers is very unique.
The shield soldiers cleared the way, forming two square formations of a thousand people in front.
Behind them were two phalanxes of thousands of spearmen.
The two wings were spread out in a figure of eight, and soldiers with swords and spears were mixed together, forming a square formation of two thousand people.
The soldiers pushing siege engines, trebuchets and other large ordnance formed four square formations in the center.
The cavalry army formed a battle formation of ten thousand people in the rear and sealed the entrance to the formation.
The military formation was slowly formed the moment they left the camp.
By the time the cavalry army left the camp, it was completely formed.
Slowly pushed towards Yumen Pass.
It was only at this moment that Kou Ji understood why no one else refuted his self-effacing claim that he did not understand military matters.
He couldn't quite understand such a formation and couldn't arrange it.
Although he has experienced many wars, large and small.
This was the first time he had seen such a formation.
Viewed from a high position, the formation looks like a trapezoid.
It looks simple, but it is not easy to arrange.
The order must be accurately conveyed to the ears of every soldier, so that there will be no panic in the formation.
Once a soldier makes a mistake, a large number of people will be affected.
The entire formation will be in panic because of this.
Such a formation has certain requirements for the leading generals, generals at all levels, and soldiers at all levels.
Not only do you have to follow the rules and prohibitions, but you also have to practice regularly to do it.
Kou Ji vaguely remembered that when he was in later generations, many people in later generations highly praised the military formations of later generations.
I feel that the military formation methods of later generations are far stronger than those of ancient times.
In later generations, Kou Ji also strongly agreed with this view.
But it wasn't until he witnessed the ancient military formations with his own eyes that he realized that the ancient military formations were not at all different from those of later generations.
Not only that, but also better than the military methods of later generations.
In an era when communication facilities were scarce, maintaining a military formation with a large number of soldiers and horses was countless times more difficult than in later generations.
Kou Ji followed Zhu Neng and stayed in the formation, so he could see how Zhu Neng ran this large formation composed of more than 40,000 people.
From the moment they entered the battle, to when the whole group appeared in front of Yumen Pass.
Zhu Neng only issued three orders.
You must know that at this moment, Zhu Neng is not commanding the Yongning Army he personally trained, nor is he the Dragon God Second Guards he personally trained.
But he had little interest in socializing with Zhu Neng.
Xing** can easily complete such a military formation under Zhu Neng's command.
This shows that they often train down there.
Kou Ji used to look down on the Forbidden Army soldiers a little, thinking that the Forbidden Army soldiers were just average.
Only now do I realize that I have a certain prejudice against the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty due to the influence of much knowledge from later generations.
The elite imperial guards of the Song Dynasty were still very strong.
Just the fact that they were able to form a complete formation under the command of an unfamiliar general is enough to explain everything.
"Bang bang bang..."
The sound of war drums sounded on the battlefield.
Just like the beating of human heart, it stimulates people's emotions and rises and falls with them.
When Zhu Neng led the army to the Yumen Pass.
A dull horn sounded from above Yumenguan City.
The sound of the horn does not alert the Xixia soldiers and horses in Yumen Pass that there is an enemy invasion.
It's about conveying orders.
As early as there was movement in the Song Army's military camp, Li Yuanhao climbed to the top of the Yumen Pass.
As early as when Li Yuanhao sent troops and horses to rush out of Yumen Pass, he was ready for a big battle.
The Xixia soldiers on the top of the city, with their bows and arrows bent, pointed at the Song army below the city.
The Xixia cavalry in the city were sitting on their horses with swords and guns in their hands, waiting to rush out of the city at any time.
Substituting merit for defense is a style used by Xixia, Liao and other forces during their battles.
Rolling wood, stone, gold juice and other objects.
Xixia soldiers and horses are also prepared.
But they never pinned the success or failure of the war on these external objects.
They believe more in the knife in their hands and themselves.
Every time there is a battle to defend the city.
It has become a habit to lead the army to kill.
Only the Song army would like to hide in the city and use the convenience of the city to consume the enemy's troops.
But I have to admit it.
The Song army was ranked number one in the world in defending the city.
As long as there are enough troops and enough food and grass.
The Song army could stay in a city until the end of time.
The soldiers and horses of Xixia and Liao could not do it.
Even if there are countless grain and grass and countless troops in the city, as long as someone provokes outside the city, the soldiers and horses of the two major forces of Xixia and Liao will definitely rush out of the city to fight for a while.
Even though it was as strong as the Liao State, it had to learn from the Song State in terms of defending the city.
"Woooooooo..."
The dull sound of the horn fell to the ground.
The Song army had arrived at the city and was within the firing range of Xixia bows and crossbows.
The flag in Li Yuanhao's hand slowly fell.
String vibration.
Arrow after arrow shot at the Song army overwhelmingly.
The Song army under the city immediately opened their shields and stood them on the ground to resist the arrows on the top of the city.
When they reached the top of the city, the arrows fell for a while.
Zhu Neng ordered.
"put!"
In the middle of the formation, the trebuchet launched one big fireball after another, flying into the Yumen Pass and onto the top of the city.
The large fireball thrown by the trebuchet suppressed the arrow offensive of the Xixia troops on the top of the city.
The shield soldiers carried huge shields and advanced quickly.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty in the center of the formation, pushing siege vehicles and setting up ladders, quickly caught up with the shield soldiers and spearmen.
When the trebuchet offensive stopped, the shield soldiers had already advanced to the Yumen Pass.
The arrows on the city head fell again.
The shield soldiers opened the giant shield and opened a path.
The auxiliary soldiers set up ladders and built a road in the trench.
The jumpers held up their round shields, flew across the ditch on the ladder, and rushed to the suspended rope bridge.
The iron rope broke under the chops of the jumping soldiers.
"Bang..."
The rope bridge made of giant trees fell heavily to the ground.
A deep hole was made in the ground.
"kill!"
"retreat!"
Li Yuanhao snorted coldly.
The city gate of Yumen Pass was slowly opened, and the eager Xixia cavalry guarding the gate rushed out of Yumen Pass like a tide.
Zhu Neng immediately ordered the Tiaodang soldiers and auxiliary soldiers to retreat.
The shield soldiers quickly gathered and built a line of defense under Yumen Pass.
The pikemen advanced quickly, holding their spears and thrusting out from the gaps in the shield array.
"Bang bang bang..."
The war horses impacted the shield array, making a dull sound.
The whine of horses and the sound of spears piercing flesh could be heard on the battlefield one after another.
Under several attacks from Xixia cavalry.
A gap was opened in the shield array.
Xixia soldiers and horses rushed into the formation and slashed with all their strength with their swords.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty who formed the first shield formation began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Xixia soldiers and horses, fighting for their lives.
The second way.
The third way.
The fourth way.
Three shield arrays were formed in a row.
Preventing the Xixia soldiers and horses from continuing to charge forward.
Human lives melt away like grass on the battlefield.
The war horses were neighing and howling was everywhere.
The corpses lay on the ground in an instant.
There are soldiers and horses from the Song Dynasty, and there are soldiers and horses from the Xixia.
The arrows on the top of the city were like rain.
The exploding fireball flew to the top of the city, making holes one after another.