While successfully capturing the Song army camp, Xiao Hanlila was a little puzzled. Is it false that the Song army repeatedly defeated the Jurchens and regained countless lost lands? With their current combat effectiveness, no matter what, it is said that the Song army has repeatedly defeated the Jurchens.

It was not the opponent of the Jurchens, but he had to doubt whether there was a fraud, but he couldn't grasp the key points for a while. Now it was getting late, which was not conducive to pursuit, and the Song army's camp had been burned down. Their top priority was to find a camp to prepare.

Camping.

Xiao Hanlila chose the camping site near a small hill called Yisanna, which is narrow and long, with a steep terrain and flat tops. Not far from the south of this mountain is another small hill, Storri Mountain, two

There is a small mountain pass between the mountains, which is the only way to Beiting. On the east side of the two mountains is a wasteland that is more than twenty miles long and more than ten miles wide, which can be used for grazing. This wasteland extends northward to the desert

At the edge of the city, there are tall sand dunes everywhere. To the south, it extends to the foot of the wind-evil mountain in Marata.

In the east is a seasonal river. Now in the dry season, the river channel is dry, revealing a riverbed about two meters deep. But because of this river, it is not necessary to dig very deep to get out of water, which can provide sufficient drinking water for people and animals. The Liao army's camp,

On a high ground in the east of Yisanna Mountain, although it is convenient to graz and fetch water, the views in the north and south are blocked by sand dunes and mountains, which are not wide enough. Only by constantly sending reconnaissance cavalry to patrol the surroundings can the enemy prevent sneak attacks and ensure the camp

Safety.

However, at this moment, Xiao Hanlila's main focus was not here, but where the Song army fled. He led his personal guards to search northeastward to find out where the enemy gathered. Also, due to the lack of wood, the Liao army also

It is impossible to build a camp. This place is relatively closed and easy to defend, and everyone is tired after chasing for another day. The coach did not say anything clearly, so who doesn't want to be lazy? Besides, the Song army will definitely not dare to attack the camp after being defeated. Therefore, they did not dig trenches, and

There was no city building, just a raft was sent to patrol around the camp.

At the moment when night fell, Xiao Hanlila returned to the camp and received a report from the detective cavalry before he could clean up the mess: there were a large number of Song army activities in the southeast, which made Xiao Hanlila even more confused, thinking about the previous Song army

It was manifested as pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger and setting up an ambush, luring himself to this place. The idea of ​​circling him could not sleep all night. The next morning, he sent two teams of thousands to search and advance to the southeast before dawn.

The attempts of the Song army in the Ming Dynasty.

Then Xiao Hanlila, who was uneasy, sent two reconnaissance cavalry to search in different directions to find the escaped Song army. However, the news brought back by these reconnaissance cavalry did not dispel his doubts, but was instead caused by conflicting information.

It was so anxious that the Song army could not be found out at all, let alone their troops deployment and attempts. After spending a day in anxiety, Xiao Hanlila suddenly received two teams of thousands of people searching southeast in the morning of the third day.

The letter of help from reply said that their camp was surrounded by Song troops who had emerged from somewhere last night, and now the offensive is fierce and requesting reinforcements.

After receiving the report, Xiao Hanlila did not dare to neglect it, so he hurriedly ordered the former commander Yelu Hongda to lead 10,000 troops from his headquarters to reinforce. But now he still cannot judge the intention of the Song army. Moreover, his whereabouts are uncertain, and it is possible to use troops rashly.

He was ambushed by them. Therefore, he did not move his camp and chose to station here, waiting to get the exact news from the Song army before deploying the next action. At this time, the number of Liao troops in the camp had been greatly reduced by nearly half!

..............

Compared with the Western Liao army's big-scale attack, the Song army seemed much lower-key and extremely calm, which was actually Zhao Li intentionally. When he received a letter of persuasion from Xiao Hanlila.

He realized that the Liao Kingdom had refused a peaceful solution. Two armies and one war was inevitable. So he ordered the troops to prepare for battle, but they should not attack rashly. He would never fire the 'first shot'. He did this to show that the war was completely

The Song army initiated by the Liao Kingdom was passively responding to the challenge.

But no one seemed to notice that it was Zhao Li's performance in the previous stage that made the Liao army believe that the problem could be solved through war. In fact, Zhao Li's strength was underestimated, and he had two infantry brigades under his command.

Half of the artillery brigade, there are 30,000 troops from all ethnic groups and more than 6,000 baggage units, with a total strength of more than 45,000 people. In terms of force, it is not inferior to the Liao army, but it has a slight advantage.

To outsiders, Zhao Lijun belongs to a standard miscellaneous army. He believes that only two imperial guards infantry brigades and half artillery brigades have combat effectiveness, but the maneuver power is much worse, which is the Western Liao army, which is mainly cavalry.

There is no advantage in fighting on the open grassland. Even if you win, you can't run four legs and cannot seriously damage the enemy's results. The best way is to rely on the city to defend and use the advantages of the firearm to consume the enemy's vitality

But he even made the fat man beat the swollen face and gave up the only stronghold on the grassland of Yanbo City.

Secondly, the one with combat effectiveness is the 30,000 military service. They were drawn from the nomadic peoples who were called Fan in the Song Dynasty. They had combat effectiveness, but the problem is that they came from a variety of sources and were difficult to coordinate. Although there were many people, they were difficult to form a joint force.

, even in battle, there will be chaos. Compared with the Tuque people in the Western Liao army, which also used cold weapons to fight, they are inferior to their opponents in individual combat capabilities, and do not have the advantage in melee and cannot become

A force that determines the outcome.

As for the baggage troops, in the eyes of ordinary people, they cannot be regarded as military forces at all. Not only do they have combat effectiveness equal to zero, but they are also the most vulnerable to attack. They need to use a large number of troops to protect them, which involves the great energy of the commander of the troops.

It is the most troublesome among the ** teams, but it is also an indispensable burden. Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, there is only the possibility of deducting points, but no extra points.

After the division of troops, Zhao Li was very clear about his troops' situation - he had enough defense and insufficient attack. He could not do anything to defend the enemy by relying on the city, but the same passive defense could not achieve the emperor's intentions, and it was difficult to force the Western Liao to give up.

The purpose of armed interference in Gaochang cannot be severely damaged and the two sides have formed a deadly enemy, thus blocking the road to future cooperation. After some thought, Zhao Li thought that as long as any army is properly dispatched, it can be used to make the best use of everything.

Exert its greatest combat power, otherwise there would be so many battle examples in the world where there are many battles that win with less.

From a comprehensive perspective, the strongest combat effectiveness of the Song army should be the two infantry brigades of the imperial guard system. They can attack and defend, and the disadvantages of poor maneuverability can be compensated by pre-setting ambush and using terrain and landform to restrict the enemy; secondly, in the eyes of outsiders, it is in the eyes of others.

Although they are logistics brigades with no combat power, they can be equipped with the same equipment as combat troops and have received the same training. They are fully qualified for garrison and defense tasks, and can also serve as reserve teams. As for the state army, they come from the border defense forces.

,Because they are stationed in hot spots on the border for many years, they are always guarding against enemy raids, with the highest degree of combat readiness, the strictest training, and the same combat power is also good.

On the contrary, the combat effectiveness of those tribal troops and both people and soldiers is at the end of the Western Expedition Army. Because they are scattered and difficult to restrain their natural behavior for the people, and there is a problem of poor communication in command from different tribes. However, Zhao Li thought these were still

All are small problems and cannot be solved. What is important is that the tribal army, as the only cavalry force under its jurisdiction, assumes the important task of breaking through the enemy's defense line.

When the cavalry broke through the formation, they could only fight with the enemy in person after sprinting. However, compared with the main Turkic army in the Western Liao army, the Turkic people were better at fighting alone, and the Mongolian soldiers.

The physical strength and the height disadvantage of Mongolian horses are simply a nightmare for cavalry in this situation, and they are easily surrounded by enemies and eliminated them all. Of course, this is not what Zhao Li wants to see, so it must be solved...

After Gao Chong led the main force to leave, Zhao Li went out to hunt every day. In fact, he didn't have that leisure. He used this rare time to turn around a hundred miles around Yanbo City, where there was a ditch and where there was a seat.

The mountains are all aware of where to set up ambush and where to camp. And the indulgence of soldiers to act recklessly in the city and not cultivate military preparations is also to show the spies of the Western Liao Dynasty. After that, they took the initiative to negotiate with the Western Liao Dynasty and withdraw salt.

Bocheng not only means not wanting to be an enemy of Western Liao, but also means deliberately showing weakness and paralyzing the enemy.

After the war started, Zhao Li used the Mongolians to block the Western Liao army not only to give them a warning, but also to practice the new tactics he had figured out. In his opinion, the only advantage that the Mongolians and Tuque people could have is that

The bows and arrows in their hands were replaced by the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty over the years, and the ones they chose were left for the state army to use. However, in addition, the large number of them were seized in the battle were piled up in the warehouse, which was used by the emperor to aid friendly forces.

As the main force of the rebellion against the Jurchens, the Mongols also became the target of aid. The armor on their bodies and the bows in their hands were made by the Song Dynasty. The cavalry bows and stair bows of the Song army were universal, and the range was higher than that of the cavalry used by the Western Liao army.

The bow is powerful, so that the enemy can fire first and gain the advantage. The formation protruding from the front of the two wings is the Yanyue Formation of the Song army. When the charge is like this, the enemy will be attacked from three sides and will inevitably suffer heavy losses under the dense rain of arrows.

Most of the soldiers in the front row will fall down, which will cause obstacles to the soldiers in the back row.

When the Mongolian cavalry rushed in front of him, the enemy failed to organize the formation, it was equivalent to whether the infantry or the cavalry were almost stationary. The Mongolian cavalry used the huge impact force of the horse to force the enemy, whether it was an individual soldier or the formation.

They all tore them apart and took the opportunity to break the formation. However, in today's battle, the Western Liao army was too powerful, and the Mongolians were not skilled in the use of new tactics, so they did not achieve the expected effect, but achieved the purpose of seducing the enemy... (Unfinished
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