Guo Shao, surrounded by people, stood on the top of a mountain and gasped, his forehead was soaked with sweat.The chilly spring breeze blew across the top of the mountain, but it made him feel very comfortable at this time.
On the back, you can see the large group of people in the valley slowly moving eastward. It was Yang Biao's infantry on the second left wing of the army.Carriages and horses walked through the valley, and infantry columns were trekking on the undulating mountains on both sides.
At this time, the Second and Third Legions on both wings were moving closer to the center.
After the Pingxia army set out from Wuding Fort, the general direction was to advance along Wuding Hebei.
However, in response to the fact that the terrain is not open, Guo Shao's marching was carried out in parallel in order to increase the horizontal warning range and prevent ambushing.
At this time, the three armies stopped advancing and gathered together again.
On the north hillside, a group of people were climbing up here with their horses.That was Shi Yanchao and others.
Guo Shao stood on the hillside and rested while waiting for Shi Yanchao.
Everyone looked out of breath.Guo Shao smiled and said: My favorite way to exercise is to climb mountains.If you don’t exercise vigorously, you can take it slowly, but it’s very physically tiring.
The thin Wang Pu was almost exhausted and said casually: It's really hard, this mountain is too big.
While chatting and laughing, Shi Yanchao finally climbed up the mountain and said in a rough voice: Your Majesty, the last general will withdraw his vanguard's troops according to the order!
Shi Yanchao hardly disobeyed the military order, but he was happy or not and wrote it all on his face, not concealing it at all, even in the emperor.Guo Shao glanced at him, and it was obvious that Shi Yanchao was not very happy at this time.
Guo Shao said calmly: It was originally a consensual matter, why did General Shi want to make the burden of shaving his head hot?
Shi Yanchao said: Please give me some advice.
Guo Shao said: In this situation, Li Yiyin has gathered too many people and cannot afford to spend it. Our troops want to fight Li Yiyin to decisively, why don’t he think about it?If the other party does not intend to do such a thing, it will not be able to pursue it even if it is hard to find it; if Li Yiyin is interested, we don’t have to be so urgent, he will come by himself.
We acted a little reluctant and wanted to retreat cautiously. Li Yiyin would be more convinced that the decisive battle would be beneficial to him, and instead were anxious to deliver it to his door!
After hearing this, Wang Pu laughed and said: Your Majesty has insight into people's hearts.
Guo Shao said: It’s just human nature.He pondered for a moment and said, but we cannot be too uncooperated, if we rush to withdraw from Wuding Castle.Li Yiyin would hesitate and would most likely be unwilling to attack the fortress, which would only increase the variables.So my movements at this time are called "I want to refuse but I want to welcome you."
Everyone turned red after hearing this, and some people couldn't help laughing, but Guo Shao looked very serious.
Guo Shao didn't think he had a clever idea, but just a very simple logical inference.The situation is clearly placed in front of you, and there are not many ways to choose between both sides.
From the standpoint of the Dangxiang Khitans, according to their previous understanding of the Central Plains Imperial Guards, they had strong combat power, but they were not much different from the elite troops of the Liao army.
Under such judgment, the coalition forces (Dangxiang Khitan) have extremely low chances of winning insurgents, but field battles have an advantage.
So Guo Shao's judgment is: they will be very willing to cooperate with the coalition forces in the field for a chance to fight in the field; and if they are allowed to attack the city, it will be difficult for them to take the bait.
As in one sentence: In a battle where you feel that you have no chance of winning, the wisest choice is not to fight.
If you want others to fight this battle, either the other party has no choice or you have to give others hope!
At this time, Wang Pu praised: Your Majesty’s clever plan. In this way, the king’s army can not only get the decisive battle with the Dangxiang Khitan coalition as he wishes, but also take the initiative to choose the battlefield.
That's exactly that.Guo Shao said.
He glanced at Shi Yanchao and saw that Shi Yanchao had stopped talking, but he looked awe-inspiring, and obviously he still admired the emperor... People inevitably have things that they are not good at, so they always admire those who are good at this.
Wang Pu buried his head in the mountain where he was located and asked tentatively: Where will Your Majesty choose as the battlefield?
Guo Shao has been observing on this high place for a long time.
An official from the former camp military official looked like he wanted to speak but stopped. Guo Shao said casually, "You don't know the true face of Mount Lu because you are in this mountain?"
The official hurriedly said: Wonderful!
Unexpectedly, Guo Shao shook his head and pointed at him: I'm here to choose, so I will choose the hillside to the east.
Everyone immediately looked in the direction he pointed, and for a moment, they were wondering what the benefits were.
I saw that it was a large hillside, but the slope was very smooth. In this ravine, there was no place called a mountain, and it was a relatively flat place.
Guo Shao immediately explained: From the perspective of common sense battle formation, it is more beneficial to occupy the high mountain under his feet, and the enemy's attack is large.But it's not great for artillery...
He drew a parabola in the air with the whip folded in his hand. The shells fly so that the cannon can have a negative elevation angle, but the angle cannot be too large.The slope of this hill is too steep and too small, and the shells will hit the mountain directly and fly down, almost vertically on the ground.Our copper cannon relies on small angle bounces and the vertical angle is too large. What can the effect of smashing a hole?
Guo Shao pondered, so the slope should be long, and whether it is steep or not falls second.In addition, the slope is slow and the opponent is more confident in attacking without us attacking first.
Anyway, the emperor was the supreme commander, so he chose the gentle slope.The three armies immediately deployed various camps and camps in that area.
Guo Shao also ordered Shi Yanchao to attack the front and investigate the surrounding situation and monitor the movements of the coalition forces.
……
Thirty miles south of Wuding Henan, it is the location of nearly 30,000 guards of Cao Bin's army, namely the Fourth Legion of the Pingxia Army.
They left more than 3,000 people to defend Wuding Fort and continued to build fortresses with tens of thousands of civilians.
Because Wuding Fort design requires barracks and warehouses stationed with 70,000 to 80,000 troops, the area still occupies a considerable area; the city defense fortifications requires more than 2,000 people to defend, and they dare not keep too few people.
Cao Bin's troops were originally marching twenty miles away from the central army. After receiving the military order, they retreated ten miles to make a gesture, and then stopped to find a high place to set up a battalion.
On the third day, news came from the Central Army's fast horses that the enemy's cavalry was unknown, but more than 10,000 cavalry had approached the back army from the eastern mountainous area.
Cao Bin immediately ordered to be on guard!
The general asked: Mr. Cao, did you order preparations for war?
Cao Bin said calmly: No hurry.This enemy cavalry will not attack us casually.
The general asked in confusion: Then they came...
Cao Bin said: The news is that it is more than 10,000, but not more than 30,000 or 50,000, so it is not coming to attack our troops.Their purpose is to wait until we go to reinforce the central army before looking for fighter jets... You all know that it is best to break the formation when infantry marching is formed.
All the generals worshiped.Cao Bin ordered the scout to touch the direction and find out clearly.
...The guards did not set up formations to prepare for war and continued to set up fortifications on the spot.
Yu Liang was also digging a trenches with his thirty brothers.
He couldn't tell the pain, so he walked far away to Wuding Fort, built the fort, worked in the ice and snow for more than a month, and then continued to walk in the valleys and continue working!
His hand had cracked, and it hurts once he held his head and used force.Although he was wearing linen gloves, he could not stop the lime water from pickling and cracking... When he was in Wuding Castle, the lime water couldn't stand it.
The materials of rammed earth are mixed with lime water, clay and soil. There is no legendary glutinous rice juice, and there is not so much food in the Central Plains.
When lime sees water, it will heat up and bubble for a long time. In addition, mixed soil is piled up in the room with a burning kang, so it will not be frozen and hard before transporting it... but people are not very satisfied.
Yu Liang had done so much coolie and was in a daze.When I was studying at home, I didn’t touch the spring water. How could I have worked so many coolies?Why bother to do this?
At this moment, another voice seemed to be heard in my mind: Zhao Hu is a hero.
Yu Liang kept looking for Xu Erniang at the beginning, and really followed Hongying's advice. Considering that Xu Erniang was close to the female imperial physician Lu Lan, Lu Lan was a noble person!
But later I found out that Xu Erniang was very special... I can't say it, I was not the same as Hongying anyway.
Xu Erniang was almost illiterate, but obviously not stupid. She seemed to feel that Yu Liang had interacted with her, not only because she was grateful for the care of Lingnan... Yu Liang saw her before going to war and expressed his feelings to her; Xu Erniang refused, but also mentioned: When there was a chance, she would talk about him to Lady Lu.
Yu Liang was rejected and heard that meaning again. He felt very humiliated and angry at that time.Am I just so ungrateful and wanting to rely on women?!
However, after two months of going out to fight, Yu Liang gradually became less angry.Thinking about memories, I felt that Xu Erniang was kind-hearted and had no intention of humiliation... If she was deliberately humiliating, why would she still help him?
While recalling the beauty of Tokyo, Yu Liang buried his head in this ravine to dig soil.
What kind of hero is Zhao Hu?He is a small pawn, how much does it have to do with his victory or loss in the battle formation?What's more, Zhao Hu didn't win that time, but was killed by the Khitans!
Yu Liang was in a complicated mood. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain of the crack in his hand. He waved his head again. In the past year of joining the army, his patience has been getting better and better.
At this moment, the shouts of a military general shocked Yu Liang.
When Yu Liang looked up, he saw the guy riding on the horse, arrogantly taking samples, and pointed at the brothers who were digging the trench with a horse whip: Whoever can repair the trench wall will squat!I am optimistic about the back, and there are also ditch walls. I think I can't stand it here and can stare at the rain of lead balls and arrows back and climb over the ditch walls behind. So just run away?
The military general was obviously much higher than the ten generals Yu Liang. Yu Liang cursed in his heart, but he couldn't say anything and just focused on working.
No matter what, Yu Liang was even looking forward to a happy battle at this time. He had already had enough of it in this valley.
People in the world just need to lose money, so how can Dangxiang people spend so much time?
Why don’t you make it a happy game? Anyway, you will score a total of points in the end!
The brothers seemed to have similar feelings to him, and some people shouted: Damn it, come early, grandpas can't wait, kill them happily!
On the back, you can see the large group of people in the valley slowly moving eastward. It was Yang Biao's infantry on the second left wing of the army.Carriages and horses walked through the valley, and infantry columns were trekking on the undulating mountains on both sides.
At this time, the Second and Third Legions on both wings were moving closer to the center.
After the Pingxia army set out from Wuding Fort, the general direction was to advance along Wuding Hebei.
However, in response to the fact that the terrain is not open, Guo Shao's marching was carried out in parallel in order to increase the horizontal warning range and prevent ambushing.
At this time, the three armies stopped advancing and gathered together again.
On the north hillside, a group of people were climbing up here with their horses.That was Shi Yanchao and others.
Guo Shao stood on the hillside and rested while waiting for Shi Yanchao.
Everyone looked out of breath.Guo Shao smiled and said: My favorite way to exercise is to climb mountains.If you don’t exercise vigorously, you can take it slowly, but it’s very physically tiring.
The thin Wang Pu was almost exhausted and said casually: It's really hard, this mountain is too big.
While chatting and laughing, Shi Yanchao finally climbed up the mountain and said in a rough voice: Your Majesty, the last general will withdraw his vanguard's troops according to the order!
Shi Yanchao hardly disobeyed the military order, but he was happy or not and wrote it all on his face, not concealing it at all, even in the emperor.Guo Shao glanced at him, and it was obvious that Shi Yanchao was not very happy at this time.
Guo Shao said calmly: It was originally a consensual matter, why did General Shi want to make the burden of shaving his head hot?
Shi Yanchao said: Please give me some advice.
Guo Shao said: In this situation, Li Yiyin has gathered too many people and cannot afford to spend it. Our troops want to fight Li Yiyin to decisively, why don’t he think about it?If the other party does not intend to do such a thing, it will not be able to pursue it even if it is hard to find it; if Li Yiyin is interested, we don’t have to be so urgent, he will come by himself.
We acted a little reluctant and wanted to retreat cautiously. Li Yiyin would be more convinced that the decisive battle would be beneficial to him, and instead were anxious to deliver it to his door!
After hearing this, Wang Pu laughed and said: Your Majesty has insight into people's hearts.
Guo Shao said: It’s just human nature.He pondered for a moment and said, but we cannot be too uncooperated, if we rush to withdraw from Wuding Castle.Li Yiyin would hesitate and would most likely be unwilling to attack the fortress, which would only increase the variables.So my movements at this time are called "I want to refuse but I want to welcome you."
Everyone turned red after hearing this, and some people couldn't help laughing, but Guo Shao looked very serious.
Guo Shao didn't think he had a clever idea, but just a very simple logical inference.The situation is clearly placed in front of you, and there are not many ways to choose between both sides.
From the standpoint of the Dangxiang Khitans, according to their previous understanding of the Central Plains Imperial Guards, they had strong combat power, but they were not much different from the elite troops of the Liao army.
Under such judgment, the coalition forces (Dangxiang Khitan) have extremely low chances of winning insurgents, but field battles have an advantage.
So Guo Shao's judgment is: they will be very willing to cooperate with the coalition forces in the field for a chance to fight in the field; and if they are allowed to attack the city, it will be difficult for them to take the bait.
As in one sentence: In a battle where you feel that you have no chance of winning, the wisest choice is not to fight.
If you want others to fight this battle, either the other party has no choice or you have to give others hope!
At this time, Wang Pu praised: Your Majesty’s clever plan. In this way, the king’s army can not only get the decisive battle with the Dangxiang Khitan coalition as he wishes, but also take the initiative to choose the battlefield.
That's exactly that.Guo Shao said.
He glanced at Shi Yanchao and saw that Shi Yanchao had stopped talking, but he looked awe-inspiring, and obviously he still admired the emperor... People inevitably have things that they are not good at, so they always admire those who are good at this.
Wang Pu buried his head in the mountain where he was located and asked tentatively: Where will Your Majesty choose as the battlefield?
Guo Shao has been observing on this high place for a long time.
An official from the former camp military official looked like he wanted to speak but stopped. Guo Shao said casually, "You don't know the true face of Mount Lu because you are in this mountain?"
The official hurriedly said: Wonderful!
Unexpectedly, Guo Shao shook his head and pointed at him: I'm here to choose, so I will choose the hillside to the east.
Everyone immediately looked in the direction he pointed, and for a moment, they were wondering what the benefits were.
I saw that it was a large hillside, but the slope was very smooth. In this ravine, there was no place called a mountain, and it was a relatively flat place.
Guo Shao immediately explained: From the perspective of common sense battle formation, it is more beneficial to occupy the high mountain under his feet, and the enemy's attack is large.But it's not great for artillery...
He drew a parabola in the air with the whip folded in his hand. The shells fly so that the cannon can have a negative elevation angle, but the angle cannot be too large.The slope of this hill is too steep and too small, and the shells will hit the mountain directly and fly down, almost vertically on the ground.Our copper cannon relies on small angle bounces and the vertical angle is too large. What can the effect of smashing a hole?
Guo Shao pondered, so the slope should be long, and whether it is steep or not falls second.In addition, the slope is slow and the opponent is more confident in attacking without us attacking first.
Anyway, the emperor was the supreme commander, so he chose the gentle slope.The three armies immediately deployed various camps and camps in that area.
Guo Shao also ordered Shi Yanchao to attack the front and investigate the surrounding situation and monitor the movements of the coalition forces.
……
Thirty miles south of Wuding Henan, it is the location of nearly 30,000 guards of Cao Bin's army, namely the Fourth Legion of the Pingxia Army.
They left more than 3,000 people to defend Wuding Fort and continued to build fortresses with tens of thousands of civilians.
Because Wuding Fort design requires barracks and warehouses stationed with 70,000 to 80,000 troops, the area still occupies a considerable area; the city defense fortifications requires more than 2,000 people to defend, and they dare not keep too few people.
Cao Bin's troops were originally marching twenty miles away from the central army. After receiving the military order, they retreated ten miles to make a gesture, and then stopped to find a high place to set up a battalion.
On the third day, news came from the Central Army's fast horses that the enemy's cavalry was unknown, but more than 10,000 cavalry had approached the back army from the eastern mountainous area.
Cao Bin immediately ordered to be on guard!
The general asked: Mr. Cao, did you order preparations for war?
Cao Bin said calmly: No hurry.This enemy cavalry will not attack us casually.
The general asked in confusion: Then they came...
Cao Bin said: The news is that it is more than 10,000, but not more than 30,000 or 50,000, so it is not coming to attack our troops.Their purpose is to wait until we go to reinforce the central army before looking for fighter jets... You all know that it is best to break the formation when infantry marching is formed.
All the generals worshiped.Cao Bin ordered the scout to touch the direction and find out clearly.
...The guards did not set up formations to prepare for war and continued to set up fortifications on the spot.
Yu Liang was also digging a trenches with his thirty brothers.
He couldn't tell the pain, so he walked far away to Wuding Fort, built the fort, worked in the ice and snow for more than a month, and then continued to walk in the valleys and continue working!
His hand had cracked, and it hurts once he held his head and used force.Although he was wearing linen gloves, he could not stop the lime water from pickling and cracking... When he was in Wuding Castle, the lime water couldn't stand it.
The materials of rammed earth are mixed with lime water, clay and soil. There is no legendary glutinous rice juice, and there is not so much food in the Central Plains.
When lime sees water, it will heat up and bubble for a long time. In addition, mixed soil is piled up in the room with a burning kang, so it will not be frozen and hard before transporting it... but people are not very satisfied.
Yu Liang had done so much coolie and was in a daze.When I was studying at home, I didn’t touch the spring water. How could I have worked so many coolies?Why bother to do this?
At this moment, another voice seemed to be heard in my mind: Zhao Hu is a hero.
Yu Liang kept looking for Xu Erniang at the beginning, and really followed Hongying's advice. Considering that Xu Erniang was close to the female imperial physician Lu Lan, Lu Lan was a noble person!
But later I found out that Xu Erniang was very special... I can't say it, I was not the same as Hongying anyway.
Xu Erniang was almost illiterate, but obviously not stupid. She seemed to feel that Yu Liang had interacted with her, not only because she was grateful for the care of Lingnan... Yu Liang saw her before going to war and expressed his feelings to her; Xu Erniang refused, but also mentioned: When there was a chance, she would talk about him to Lady Lu.
Yu Liang was rejected and heard that meaning again. He felt very humiliated and angry at that time.Am I just so ungrateful and wanting to rely on women?!
However, after two months of going out to fight, Yu Liang gradually became less angry.Thinking about memories, I felt that Xu Erniang was kind-hearted and had no intention of humiliation... If she was deliberately humiliating, why would she still help him?
While recalling the beauty of Tokyo, Yu Liang buried his head in this ravine to dig soil.
What kind of hero is Zhao Hu?He is a small pawn, how much does it have to do with his victory or loss in the battle formation?What's more, Zhao Hu didn't win that time, but was killed by the Khitans!
Yu Liang was in a complicated mood. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain of the crack in his hand. He waved his head again. In the past year of joining the army, his patience has been getting better and better.
At this moment, the shouts of a military general shocked Yu Liang.
When Yu Liang looked up, he saw the guy riding on the horse, arrogantly taking samples, and pointed at the brothers who were digging the trench with a horse whip: Whoever can repair the trench wall will squat!I am optimistic about the back, and there are also ditch walls. I think I can't stand it here and can stare at the rain of lead balls and arrows back and climb over the ditch walls behind. So just run away?
The military general was obviously much higher than the ten generals Yu Liang. Yu Liang cursed in his heart, but he couldn't say anything and just focused on working.
No matter what, Yu Liang was even looking forward to a happy battle at this time. He had already had enough of it in this valley.
People in the world just need to lose money, so how can Dangxiang people spend so much time?
Why don’t you make it a happy game? Anyway, you will score a total of points in the end!
The brothers seemed to have similar feelings to him, and some people shouted: Damn it, come early, grandpas can't wait, kill them happily!