The Song army in the west of Nanjing City in the Liao Dynasty only did two things when leaving the city every day, patrolling the surrounding area, gathering information, and training in formation not far from the gate of Jijin Prefecture.

The drill was an old-fashioned military formation.

The military formation is not the art of war, the art of war is wisdom, and the military formation is the system.

The system is not afraid of learning, but wisdom cannot be learned.

Speaking of which, the art of war is similar to spending money. Concentrating your efforts to do big things means spending money on important places; spending small amounts of money to do big things is taking advantage; doing big things without spending money is all in vain. The Art of War says: The art of war is like water

, water is impermanent and never changes. Therefore, the methods of war are always unpredictable, otherwise it would not be in vain, right?

There were so many books on the art of war in the Song Dynasty that almost every general had a copy, but it was rare to find someone who could use clever art of war on the battlefield.

The army of the Song Dynasty always used equal push when fighting. When the opponent was superior in strength, it used strength to speak for itself. This was a correct strategy, but lacking tactical deception, good situations were often ruined.

But the military formation is different.

The military formation is a system with very strict rules that cannot be changed easily.

The Yanyue Formation has never changed much since the appearance of the Hexi Battle 1,500 years ago, until now, including infantry interception, crossbow killing, chariot obstruction, and cavalry surprise attack.

Just like a military formation with muskets and artillery, when Napoleon swept across Europe, was the military formation used by Napoleon any different from that of Italy, Britain, Austria and other countries?

They were all in the same military formation, so why did Napoleon win while his opponents lost?

This is the military formation. The military formation cannot make the army invincible, but the military formation can bring out the maximum strength of the arms.

It can be said that what Song Jun did outside Xijin Mansion was to show off his muscles.

On the top of the city, Yelu Yanxi stepped on the newly built city wall on the gap left by the South City Gate that was burned down by the Song Army. However, the city tower that originally stood on the gap was gone. She looked a little uncomfortable: "Can it be reinforced?

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"Don't worry, King Yan. Even the Song army's battering ram can't break through this section of the city wall. It's just that if you want to build a city tower, it will take some time."

"Forget it, don't bother with the city tower. I'm afraid it will be burned down by the Song people then."

For the Song army, the military formation that had been used once was no longer fresh when it was placed in front of the Liao people again. On top of the city, General Sun Liang was filled with resentment: "I told you that it looked familiar. It turned out to be the Yanyue Formation.

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"The Yanyue Formation in "Wu Zi's Art of War" has been around for almost 1,500 years, so why is it still so powerful?" Yelu Yanxi felt a sense of soul in her heart after a brief moment of shame.

He knew clearly what tricks the opponent was using, but he was depressed about why he couldn't break them, which made him very hurt.

Sun Liang thought about it for a while and sighed: "For fifteen hundred years, this formation has caused countless famous generals to fail on the battlefield. There must be something unique about it."

When he said this, he was suspected of putting money on his face.

Yelu Yanxi looked back at the officials from the Ministry of War who followed him, and asked, "Have you copied the formation diagram?"

"Everything is fine."

While talking, he handed the copied formation diagram to Yelu Yanxi. The latter looked at the formation diagram for a while and then gave up. Unlike the Song Dynasty, the emperor was promoted by title and was granted the title of Jiedushi when he was one year old.

You are granted the title of Duke at the age of three, the title of County Prince at the age of ten, and the title of Prince when you reach adulthood. The Liao Kingdom is different. The Liao Kingdom really gives the descendants of the royal family the opportunity to lead troops and fight in wars.

Yelu Yanxi has always had military power since he came of age.

It's not like he doesn't understand anything about military towns.

Instead, he saw Song Jun's deep intention and deliberately made him angry, as if saying to him: "You can't learn even if I show you."

If the military formation really contained a magic weapon to defeat the enemy, the Song army would not have trained so openly in front of the Liao people.

Three days in a row.

Song Jun was like this almost every day.

And as the number of military formation drills increased, Yelu Yanxi, who had watched it for three days, finally saw some tricks.

But he would rather not see it than believe everything he saw. The Song Army's military formation proficiency seemed to have increased a lot, and their cooperation had become more tacit.

There was no harm, but Yelu Yanxi felt resentful about being insulted.

It turned out that the Song army was not very skilled in military formation drills, but just such a Song army broke his knees.

In Zhuozhou, the Liao army rushing back from Yi County passed by in a hurry.

When he saw the burned city from the car window, Yelu Hongji looked gloomy and asked in a deep voice: "Where are Chen Jianu's forwards?"

"Your Majesty, we should be arriving in Nanjing soon."

After saying that, the carriage fell into silence again. Yelu Hongji leaned on the soft couch and didn't know what he was thinking. There had been no messengers from the rear for several days, and no baggage was delivered to the army.

This gave Yelu Hongji a very bad feeling. Seeing the burned Zhuozhou, this bad feeling became even stronger.

The Liao Kingdom was a grassland empire. When marching and fighting, cattle and sheep were generally used as military rations.

But it also needs the supplement of arrows and other weapons, as well as a small amount of food. Of course, fodder and the like are also needed.

After all, in the middle of winter, cattle and sheep cannot forage in the wild.

However, no baggage had been delivered from Nanjing for several days, which made Yelu Hongji very worried. As an emperor, he was inherently suspicious. He was worried that his grandson Yelu Yanxi could not wait any longer and would use such means to become emperor.

position. Another worry is that Xijin Mansion may be under attack.

It was even breached.

Only this reason can explain why there has been no food, grass and equipment sent from Xijin Mansion.

Five thousand troops were left behind to block the Song army heading north.

Yelu Hongji could only take the main force of more than 70,000 troops and rush back non-stop.

Zhuozhou has been lost. If even Nanjing Xijin Prefecture is lost, the Liao Kingdom will completely lose control of Youzhou. Without this fertile land, the Liao Kingdom's national strength will be reduced by half.

And Yelu Chen's slaves, with 20,000 vanguard troops, have almost arrived at Xijin Mansion.

At the same time, he discovered traces of scouts.

It was very likely that it was the Song Army, because he didn't even see a caravan on the road. This was unimaginable in the past.

"King!"

"What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, there is the emperor's grandson in the city of Nanjing, as well as tens of thousands of troops transferred from Beijing. Their military strength is no less than 60,000, but even the emperor's grandson is standing still. It can be seen that..."

"Shi Da, what exactly do you want to say?"

The person who spoke was his confidant, Shi Da.

Usually he is somewhat resourceful and can come up with some ideas.

"Are you saying that His Majesty may no longer trust the Crown Prince?"

"Your Majesty, don't you know yet? The emperor's grandson has the same military strength as your majesty. Although your majesty is old, his energy is not diminished, and he will inevitably worry about his status as prince. Now is a great opportunity. As long as the crown is successful, your majesty will

If you want to depose the emperor’s grandson, I’m afraid it’s impossible.”

The slave of the Yelv Chen family was stunned. He was just being ordered to attack. The order he received was to lead troops to Xijin Mansion, then gather the military power and control the city.

This is understandable, after all, he is the new king of Nanyuan after Yelu Wuye died of illness, and the entire Nanjing Road is under his jurisdiction.

But this order made the slaves of the Yelu Chen family feel cold. Sure enough, there was no family affection in the emperor's family. This was probably because he was suspected of being the emperor's grandson. The king of the South Courtyard and the King of the North Courtyard of Liao Kingdom had the same title, and they were both worth less than ten thousand.

A prince above the human body. Because the emperor of Liao often lived in Nanjing, the power of the Nanyuan King was greatly reduced. The main reason was that the emperor often lived in Xijin Mansion, especially throughout the winter, he would stay in Xijin Mansion to avoid the cold.

"No, don't mention it again at this time. Order the entire army to rush to Xijin Mansion immediately."

Yelv Chen's slave thought for a while and said suspiciously: "I'm worried that the Song army that attacked Zhuozhou has appeared. If the capital is lost, you and I will become the sinners of Daliao. What's more, if we encounter the Song army,

, be sure to deal with it carefully, this Song army is not simple."

"I will finally retire."

Shi Da had no choice but to lead his troops to speed up and arrive at Xijin Mansion before dark. As for Yelv Chen's slave's reminder to him, he didn't pay attention at all.

It's not like he has never participated in the battle in Yixian County. As his opponent, the Song Army was not very good.

But what he didn't expect was that when they were marching into the afternoon, a Song army intercepted him. Shi Da hesitated and looked at the strange equipment of the Song army, and he saw that they were infantry.

He looked back at the cavalry under his command and turned to the herald: "Tell the king that the Song army has appeared, numbering between ten and twenty thousand."

"The whole army is ready to attack. I, the general, want to test the strength of the Song army."

In his opinion, the Song army was infantry and of course had cavalry, but less than fifty miles behind him, more than 10,000 reinforcements led by the king were on the road. What was he afraid of?

Can't you run away?

impossible.

The Liao army's vanguard had long been discovered by Song army scouts, and the news spread to the camp.

Li Kui immediately ordered troops to be sent out, and finally intercepted the Liao army on the plain less than thirty miles away from Xijin Mansion. However, when the military formation was set up and waiting for the Liao army, not to mention Li Kui, even Cao Fang showed his performance.

He looked very disappointed and muttered: "Only so many people?"

A maximum of five thousand men and horses seemed to be too much to see on the endless plain. Using the Yanyue Formation was a bit bullying, so Li Kui immediately ordered: "While the musketeers are marching, prepare to shoot."

A strange drum beat sounded, and just when Shi Da was riding on his horse and mocking the Song army for being weird, the soldiers and horses from both sides collided.

The battle did not last long at all. Except for a few Liao troops who escaped, all other Liao troops were annihilated. Walking on the battlefield, Li Kui looked at the armor of the Liao soldiers who died in the battle and said with disappointment: "This is not the Pishi Army.
To be continued...