Chapter 0845 Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui released 18,000 wolves to get it done!)
After Yang Wenguang heard Wang Sui's words, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Only 800,000?
This word is used well.
Wang Sui saw that Yang Wenguang's expression was wrong, he frowned and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Yang Wenguang hesitated for a moment and asked: "Have you ever seen those guys who were reformed through labor go into battle to kill the enemy?"
Wang Sui was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "No...what's wrong? They can't be reused?"
After saying this, Wang Sui babbled without waiting for Yang Wenguang to speak: "They are just common people, you can't treat them as soldiers of the Forbidden Army. They performed poorly on the battlefield, but they can also help you contain some enemies.
So they are still very useful.
And I knew they couldn't be reused, so I mobilized 800,000 in one go.
It would take a long time for the Liao soldiers to cut down 800,000 people.
Once a war breaks out, you send them to fight.
You take the opportunity to lead the Zhenbei Army to cut and annihilate the Liao soldiers."
Yang Wenguang suddenly looked at Wang Sui with a complicated expression.
Seeing this, Wang Sui thought that Yang Wenguang felt that he was unkind, so he said in a deep voice: "They are not our common people in the Song Dynasty now, and they still have sins to atone for. So I use them with confidence.
I don't use them in vain either.
If they sacrificed their lives for our great Song Dynasty.
I can petition the imperial court to allow his children to study in Mongolia and return to the Song Dynasty."
Speaking of this, Wang Sui said with some excitement: "They can all be buried here, but the Liao soldiers must be kept out of the country, and they must not be allowed to cross the border.
You should understand what kind of disaster it will bring to the Song Dynasty once the Liao soldiers cross the northern border of the Song Dynasty.
So you must hold this place.
You are a member of the Privy Council, and the soldiers and horses under your command are also members of the Privy Council.
I have no right to interfere with your military affairs.
All I can do is dispatch enough manpower for you to trip up the Liao people."
Speaking of this, Wang Sui gritted his teeth and said: "If eight hundred thousand is not enough, I can still mobilize them. There were three million Xixia people who were classified as criminal prisoners at the beginning.
After so many years, only nearly a million prisoners have escaped from their prisoner bodies and become citizens of the Song Dynasty.
There are millions of people who are still prisoners of crime.
So we don’t have anything else but a large number of people.”
The meaning of Wang Sui's words is very simple.
Even if he asked Yang Wenguang to sacrifice his life, he would still defend this place and keep the Liao soldiers out of the country.
For this reason, he doesn't care how many people are used as cannon fodder.
When Wang Sui saw that Yang Wenguang didn't speak, he gritted his teeth and said, "If there are not enough criminals, I, the Song Dynasty, and I will also be there."
It was obvious that Wang Sui knew the harm the Liao soldiers would do after they crossed the Great Wall, so even if he killed everyone in the north, he still wanted to keep the Liao soldiers out of the country.
Yang Wenguang took a deep breath and said solemnly: "You are serious... The Liao soldiers only have 200,000 soldiers, not millions. So the 800,000 people you brought here are enough."
Wang Sui felt as if a big stone had been put down in his heart, and he nodded and said: "That's good...that's good..."
As he spoke, Wang Sui's eyes darkened and he fell down.
When Yang Wenguang saw this, he was startled. He quickly supported Wang Sui, stretched out his hand and put it under Wang Sui's nose.
Seeing that Wang Sui was still breathing, he slowly felt relieved.
After Wang Sui fainted, the chief attendant beside Wang Sui hurriedly came forward to greet him. While looking at Wang Sui worriedly, he explained to Yang Wenguang with a bitter face: "My master has received your message and knows that there is something wrong."
After 200,000 Liao soldiers invaded the country, they stayed up for several days and nights. They personally rode their horses and whips to Baimaqiang Town Mansion and Wula Mansion, and recruited local prisoners.
Now that I heard you say that I can hold this place, I felt relieved and fell asleep."
Yang Wenguang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
He actually had a lot to say to Wang Sui, but Wang Sui had already fallen asleep and could not hear what he said.
Yang Wenguang carried Wang Sui into his residence, laid Wang Sui on the couch, and then ordered the army doctor to examine and treat Wang Sui. After confirming that Wang Sui was not in danger, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"You should guard Wang Xunchang carefully. When Wang Xunchang wakes up, tell him that as long as I, Yang Wenguang, are here, the Liao soldiers will never be able to cross Weifu Mansion in Heishan."
Yang Wenguang gave instructions to Wang Sui's attendants.
Wang Sui's eldest son quickly agreed.
After Wang Sui was settled, Yang Wenguang left the house and found Wang Yi.
When Yang Wenguang found Wang Yi, Wang Yi was deploying troops.
Yang Wenguang waved to Wang Yi.
Wang Yi appeared next to Yang Wenguang.
"What are your orders, General?"
Yang Wenguang stared at Wang Yi and said, "There is no need to deploy troops."
Wang Yi was stunned and stared in astonishment: "You want to give up the city of Weifufu in Montenegro?!"
Yang Wenguang shook his head, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "No...it was Inspector Wang who brought 800,000 people here."
"Eighty...eight hundred thousand?!"
Wang Yi didn't care at first, but after he realized what he was doing, he looked shocked.
Yang Wenguang nodded and said: "Yes! Eight hundred thousand! They are all people who are undergoing reform through labor! Now, I need you to take the people who have made meritorious deeds during the day and have left the reform through labor status, wear official uniforms, and give them weapons
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Wang Yi took a deep breath, stared at Yang Wenguang and said, "You want to use all 800,000 people?!"
Yang Wenguang nodded.
Wang Yi said with a look of astonishment: "Would this be too cruel to the Liao soldiers?"
Yang Wenguang was stunned and asked: "Is it cruel?"
Wang Yi nodded solemnly, "Cruel!"
Yang Wenguang nodded and said: "Then be more cruel! When you go to distribute weapons, in addition to telling them that they have meritorious service in killing the enemy, they can be expelled from the country, divided into territories, and given official titles. They can also be given titles.
For those who win the heads of Zhang Jian or Wu Shuda, I will personally take credit for them, and I will ask Privy Councilor Kou to fight for a title for them!"
Wang Yi opened his mouth in shock and was speechless.
Although it is no longer new for the Song Dynasty to be awarded titles on the battlefield, if you look closely, you will find that there is no non-Song person who has been awarded titles for their military exploits on the battlefield.
I don’t know that it was negotiated between the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
Or the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty reached some kind of tacit understanding.
In short, when the imperial court used troops, it rarely used soldiers and horses that were not from the Song Dynasty.
People who were not from the Song Dynasty had almost no chance of being granted a title by the imperial court.
Those vassal states other than the Song Dynasty were not among them.
Therefore, it is very difficult to help those criminals win the title.
Anyone who sets this precedent must bear certain risks.
If in the future those criminals who take advantage of this to seize titles reach the pinnacle of their lives, hold great power, usurp a throne in a certain dynasty, or bring chaos to the Han Dynasty, then those who set this precedent will be scolded to pieces and will be infamy for thousands of years.
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Yang Wenguang saw Wang Yi open his mouth and said nothing, and seemed to see through Wang Yi's thoughts. He said solemnly: "As long as they can make achievements on the battlefield, they are from the Song Dynasty.
If we, the people of Song Dynasty, have made great achievements, we are qualified to be awarded the title."
Wang Yi heard this and nodded slowly.
As long as those prisoners were recognized as Song people, it didn't matter what tribe they were from.
Because they have a unified identity, that is, people from the Song Dynasty.
Song people refer to the people of the Song Dynasty, not people from a certain tribe.
In the Song Dynasty, as long as you are from the Song Dynasty and you have made contributions to the Song Dynasty, you can get a title.
"I understand the humble position..."
Wang Yi said solemnly.
Yang Wenguang waved his hand and said: "Go down and prepare. If my prediction is correct, the Liao soldiers will come over after they reorganize their formations tomorrow. So we don't have much time to waste."
Wang Yi agreed and quickly followed Yang Wenguang's instructions.
A night of silence.
The next day.
As Yang Wenguang guessed, the Liao soldiers rearranged their formation and attacked Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain.
In order to deal with those people who are not afraid of death.
Zhang Jian broke the Liao soldiers into pieces and divided them into sharp formations one after another.
Its purpose is to rush into the people when they are rushing to kill, and plunder the lives of the people like a sharp knife.
Until the people were killed in fear and retreated.
Only by killing the people head-on and fearing the people can the Liao soldiers cross this place and rush to the next place.
When the Liao soldiers appeared in great numbers at Weifu Mansion in Montenegro.
Yang Wenguang has already led the Zhenbei Army on horseback out of Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain.
Zhang Jian sneered slightly when he saw that Yang Wenguang only led the Zhenbei Army and did not lead the people who were not afraid of death.
"Although we were driven back by the people of the Song Dynasty yesterday, it is obvious that the people of the Song Dynasty suffered serious losses. Today Yang Wenguang does not dare to bring us out."
Wu Shuda said from the side: "Then defeat Yang Wenguang quickly and rush to the Wula Mansion of Song Dynasty as soon as possible. Your Majesty has been delayed on the Yanyun battlefield for too long. If you delay any longer, there will definitely be changes."
Zhang Jian nodded slowly.
"kill!"
Zhang Jian gave the order.
The Liao soldiers rushed towards the Zhenbei Army like a tide.
The Zhenbei Army went out today, and everyone is here.
They gave up their artillery and muskets, which had the most advantage in killing the enemy, and all of them rode into battle with swords in hand.
Their mission today is not to annihilate the enemy, but to entangle the enemy through close combat and buy time for the people to fight out.
The reason why Yang Wenguang did not directly send the people out was because he was afraid of scaring away Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda.
So he chose to lead the Zhenbei Army to entangle the enemy first, making it impossible for them to escape, and then let the common people come out to kill them.
"kill!"
When the Liao soldiers rushed towards Yang Wenguang, Yang Wenguang also shouted and led the Zhenbei Army towards the Liao soldiers.
The Liao soldiers deployed a sharp front formation, and the Zhenbei army did the same.
The two sides met at hand-to-hand combat, like two sharp arrows colliding together, creating countless sparks.
The cry of killing instantly filled the entire battlefield after they collided.
After the Zhenbei Army led by Yang Wenguang collided with the Liao soldiers, they did not fight with the Liao soldiers. Instead, they continued to charge into the middle of the Liao soldiers like a sharp blade, with the purpose of piercing the Liao soldiers' formation.
After Yang Wenguang rushed all the way to the Liao soldiers' formation, he made a very stupid move in the eyes of Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda.
He ordered the Zhenbei Army to be broken into pieces and began to fight with the Liao soldiers.
In the eyes of Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda, this move could not be more stupid.
When the enemy is outnumbered, the most important thing is to gather together and target the enemy with one attack, so that it is possible to turn defeat into victory.
When you are outnumbered, breaking into pieces is no different than seeking death.
There is nothing you can do except contain the enemy.
"Has Yang Wenguang lost his head?!"
Zhang Jian hesitated for a moment and murmured in a low voice.
Wu Shuda pondered for a moment and said: "He should be trying to entangle my Daliao soldiers and horses..."
Zhang Jian was stunned, "Do they have reinforcements?"
Wu Shuda nodded and said: "There must be reinforcements, and Yang Wenguang must not be able to do this. Yang Wenguang is also a famous general. Even if he is not as good as his ancestors, he is more capable than ordinary generals.
Therefore, his move must be to contain our Daliao soldiers and horses and buy time for reinforcements."
Zhang Jian pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that the Japanese troops from the Song Kingdom have arrived?"
Wu Shuda hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "Probably not... At present, only the Japanese army is left in the Song Dynasty. If the Song Emperor sends the Japanese army to attack again, there will be no soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty.
The lives of the dignitaries in Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and the royal family of the Song Dynasty could not be protected.
If someone wants to imitate Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and stage a Chenqiao mutiny, he can easily seize the throne of Song Dynasty.
Therefore, at any time, the Song State will leave heavy troops to guard Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to spare all the troops in Bianjing."
Zhang Jian asked: "Are there any soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty who can rush to help here?"
Wu Shuda thought about it: "Except for some soldiers and horses guarding the Great Wall pass, there should be no other soldiers and horses that can rush to Yang Wenguang's aid."
Zhang Jian said in astonishment: "Yang Wenguang dares to dispatch soldiers and horses from the Great Wall Pass here?"
Wu Shuda shook his head.
"Probably not. Once we defeat the Zhenbei Army, the only thing that can hinder us in the entire Northern Song Dynasty is the soldiers and horses at the Great Wall Pass.
It can be said that the soldiers and horses at the Great Wall pass are the second line of defense against us.
But their number is limited, and they can only become our resistance if they stay at the Great Wall pass.
Once they got off the Great Wall pass, they couldn't stop the cavalry from charging."
Zhang Jian nodded slowly and said: "So, Yang Wenguang is just trying to be mysterious?"
Wu Shuda remained silent.
Zhang Jian pondered and said: "He should have dispatched people from other places in Weifu Mansion in Montenegro to come to our aid. He should have felt that the people gave us a head-on blow yesterday, and if he dispatched some more people to join us today, he would be able to deal with me
pose a huge threat.
That’s why he did it.”
Wu Shuda nodded and said: "That should be the case..."
Zhang Jian sneered, "But he doesn't know that we have found the weaknesses of the people. Once the people appear, don't think about defeating us like yesterday."
Wu Shuda stared at Yang Wenguang who was fighting on the battlefield, and whispered: "The Zhenbei Army of the Song Dynasty has now reached the limit of containing our Liao soldiers and horses. It should be this time for those common people to come out."
"Rumble..."
The sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded from the south of Weifu Mansion in Heishan, where Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda could not see.
When the first commoner bypassed the southern city wall and appeared in the sight of Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda, the two looked at each other and smiled together.
Zhang Jian said with a smile: "What I expected is true. The other party has certainly mobilized some common people in an attempt to defeat us through the common people.
It's just that this method has been seen through by me.
How could it pose a threat to our Daliao soldiers and horses?"
Wu Shuda hesitated for a moment and reminded: "It's better to be cautious."
Zhang Jian smiled and said nothing.
The common people continued to fight out from behind Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain and poured into the battlefield.
They sat astride the horses and rushed forward with all their strength. The whips hit the horses' buttocks, making a crackling sound.
They were impatient and did not want to rush into the military formation to kill the enemy.
It's like a group of money lovers rushing towards a treasure house full of gold and silver.
They were poorly dressed, and the only thing about them that could be seen was the knife in their hands that shone with cold light.
As they approached, the Liao soldiers quickly separated out a group of people.
They formed one small arrow formation after another and attacked them.
When the Liao soldiers approached them, the first thing they saw was the dark eye sockets and bloodshot eyes.
When the Liao soldiers saw their red eyes, their hearts trembled.
They thought they had met a dead man again.
In fact, the Liao soldiers thought wrong.
The reason why the people's eyes were red was simply because they had not slept all night.
Yang Wenguang was too ruthless and promised them too much, more than they imagined. Their hearts had long been on the battlefield and on the necks of the Liao soldiers, so they could not think of sleeping.
They are really not afraid of death.
Because they are people cultivated according to the laws of the grassland.
At that time, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu personally led 500,000 troops to invade Xixia. Xixia King Li Deming relied on all the people to join the army and forcibly drove Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu out of Xixia.
At the beginning, King Li Deming of Xixia promised them that if they drove away the Liao soldiers, they would be exempted from heavy taxes for one year. Soldiers of all ethnic groups who lost their horses in the war would not have to pay compensation according to the rules of longevity horses.
Just such a simple promise and gift is enough to make them work hard.
The Song Dynasty gave them so much, it was enough to drive them crazy.
The two sides rushed forward and fought hand to hand, fighting into a mass.
Relying on the Yafeng Formation, the Liao soldiers rushed into the people and harvested their lives wantonly.
At first they were killing very happily and smoothly.
But the more they killed, the more they felt something was wrong.
Because there seems to be no end in sight for the people to kill.
Relying on the advantages of military formation and armor, they easily defeated one against two.
But after encountering four, five, or even ten common people, he was instantly at a disadvantage.
It was easy for them to kill one or two civilians, but after more than five, they immediately felt heavy pressure.
The Liao soldiers and horses felt great pressure.
Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda felt even greater pressure.
When more than 100,000 people poured out from behind the south wall of Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain, they already frowned.
When the number of people pouring out from behind the south wall of Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain exceeded 150,000, their faces became very ugly.
Afterwards, there was not much time for them to reflect.
The people behind the south wall of Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain rushed out.
It's not that the people don't come in order, it's that the people behind them really can't wait.
The total number of Liao soldiers was only 200,000.
But there are 800,000 of them.
If you go out early, you will naturally be strong enough to get people out of the country; if you go out late, you won't be able to grab the hair.
Many of them were converted from Xixia soldiers to criminal prisoners.
So when they learned that they could exchange their military exploits for everything they wanted, they not only wanted to quit their citizenship, but more of them wanted to use it to reach the top of their lives.
So, they can't wait any longer.
Because they are afraid that if they wait any longer, they will get nothing.
The Song Dynasty now has sharp military forces, and there are not many enemies who dare to challenge the Song Dynasty.
If they miss this time, they may never have the chance to gain merit from the battlefield and exonerate themselves.
Therefore, they may only have this opportunity once in their lifetime.
So they can't miss it.
Therefore, even if they rush out together and make a long circle, they must rush to the Liao soldiers as quickly as possible and chop off their heads.
Eight hundred thousand people rushed out from both wings at once, directly covering nearly ten miles of grassland on both sides of Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain.
The people rushed forward desperately, like a torrent formed during a flood, surging and powerful as a rainbow.
In a trance.
Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda seemed to have seen the Yellow River burst its banks and the stormy waves crashing on the shore.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
After Zhang Jian was in a brief trance, he immediately came to his senses and shouted in horror.
It's just that his shouts don't seem to need to be conveyed to the army.
Because when the Liao soldiers who were fighting against the Zhenbei Army and the people heard the deafening sound of horse hooves, they decisively abandoned the battlefield and fled.
They are men who grew up on horses and can judge the number by the sound of horse hooves.
When the sound of hoofbeats exceeds the number they can clearly hear, it proves that the number of enemy troops exceeds the number they can clearly count.
So they decisively chose to escape.
Because if you don't escape, you will die.
The people of the Song Dynasty told the Liao soldiers with their scarlet eyes.
This battle.
The Song Dynasty did not accept any prisoners.
If some people run away, others will follow suit.
The Liao soldiers showed their decline in an instant.
The people of the Song Dynasty were like a wave rushing onto the shore, drowning them instantly.
Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda also fled decisively after giving the order to retreat.
"Chase!"
Yang Wenguang had almost no hesitation and chose to pursue the victory.
Yang Wenguang led his troops and chased him ten miles away.
Nearly 100,000 Liao soldiers were left in the Song Dynasty forever.
After riding his horse and chasing him to Liaodi, Yang Wenguang suddenly stopped and ordered: "Stop the pursuit!"
The Zhenbei Army stopped.
Orders and prohibitions.
But the people didn't stop.
They rushed out violently.
Even though Yang Wenguang sent hundreds of scouts to convey orders, they could not stop the people.
Because the common people only had the heads of the Liao soldiers in their minds, and they only thought about the heads of the Liao soldiers.
They will not retreat unless they get the heads of the Liao soldiers.
I don't want to retreat either.
The heads of the Liao soldiers are their lives, and they must get them.
The 800,000 people brought by the king, plus more than 40,000 people from Weifu Mansion in Montenegro who participated in the war twice but failed to get killed.
A total of 840,000 people formed a wave of charge.
Yang Wenguang couldn't stop him.
Even if he sent the entire Zhenbei Army to attack, he couldn't stop it.
840,000 people pursued desperately, but it only took two sticks of incense to disappear before Yang Wenguang's eyes.
Yang Wenguang and Wang Yi led the Zhenbei Army and stood blankly on the border, not knowing what to say.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty sent an army of 200,000 to invade the Song Dynasty. Not only did he not get any advantage, but he also attracted a group of wolves back to the Liao Kingdom.
A group of 840,000 wolves.
After 840,000 wolves rushed into the Liao region, there was no news for four days.