Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

When facing a large enemy country that cannot be completely wiped out in a short period of time, launching an attack rashly without preparing for defense will definitely have disastrous consequences.

Fortunately, the generals are basically calm.

Shi Congyun thought that in history, after the officials won the three passes, they wanted to continue to advance northward, and took Youzhou in one go, and all the generals opposed it.

The reason for the generals is that they fought smoothly, but the main force of the Liao Kingdom did not come at all. If they rushed north and bumped into the main force of the Liao Kingdom, and the strong city of Youzhou in front of them could not be taken in a short time, the army would be very passive and dangerous.

It seems that the thoughts of the generals may be similar to those in history.

Shi Congyun sighed with emotion, after all, these generals are experienced in many battles, have gone through the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and have rich military experience, which is different from the generals in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

Although they won successive victories, they fought all the way with local soldiers from the Southern Academy of the Liao Kingdom. To put it bluntly, the soldiers recruited from all over the country were all ethnic groups except the Khitan, mainly Han people, and Bohai people. Shatuo people, Xi people and so on.

The only more formal one is the Qianning Army.

These are not the core combat power of the Liao Kingdom. Over the years, the main force of the Liao Kingdom’s southern and northern wars to expand its territory is the Khitan elite army in the North Academy. On the northern grassland, they were the ones who entered Daliang 13 years ago.

So far, the Zhou army has progressed very smoothly, but there has been no confrontation with the main force of the Liao state, and the pressure is still there.

That night, Shi Congyun stationed at Waqiaoguan, and then summoned all the generals to a banquet in the hall of the government office in the city to discuss matters.

Shi Congyun asked people to go to the village next to Waqiaoguan to buy a sheep from his fellow villagers, and slaughtered the sheep to entertain the generals. There were also a batch of live sheep in the army's rations and supplies, but as a commander, he must distinguish between public and private.

Daddy Shi Yanchao, Xiang Xun, Murong Yanzhao, Luo Yanhuan, Shen Zhiyi, Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, Zhang Zhengtao, Fu Zhaoyuan, Pan Mei, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Quanbin and others were all present.Wang Shenqi, Dong Zunhui, Si Chao and Wang Huan also came to the banquet from the north on horseback.

This is not just about the banquet, it is mainly about how to fight next.

Everyone was a soldier in the army, and after sitting down, they all barked their teeth and claws and began to eat and drink. When the meal was almost finished, Shi Congyun, who was sitting in the seat, asked, "What's your opinion on how to fight next?"

Speaking of this, everyone put down the bowls and chopsticks in their hands, wiped their mouths full of grease, and got serious.

In Shi Congyun, it is not the first time that everyone has fought with him. Due to his long-term habit, everyone is not afraid of the scene, and they speak enthusiastically. That's enough, going further north is not good for the army.

We haven't seen the main force of the Liao Kingdom until now. If we go north to Youzhou without any support, Youzhou's strong city will be unable to attack for a long time, the food road will be long, and morale will be depressed. If it happens that the Liao army goes south to Youzhou to fight us , will put us in the unfavorable situation of being attacked on both sides, and it is very likely to lead to a big defeat.

The final general felt that we should guard Yijin Pass, Waqiao Pass, and Yukou Pass, and be prepared to deal with the counterattack of the Liao army, so that we can completely occupy and control the land south of the three passes. On the [-]st, the troops were sent to Youzhou again, only [-] miles ([-] kilometers) away from the front line, and they were supplied directly from the Guannan. "

After Xiang Xun finished speaking, many people expressed their agreement, and then Wang Shenqi also spoke: "Commander, you must either win Youzhou, or don't fight at all, and don't defend if you don't take the land north of the Three Passes of Youzhou.

The last general also felt that it was too dangerous to attack Youzhou. It would be best if the Liao army went south to fight them, but now I don't know where the main force of the Liao army is and what plans they have, but it is very dangerous. "

After Wang Shenqi finished speaking, Shi Congyun nodded. Shi Congyun nodded. In fact, this is what he is most afraid of. In war, he is not afraid of having many enemies, or how powerful the enemy is, but he is afraid of not knowing the enemy's movements at all.

Shi Congyun saw that his father looked a little anxious. It seemed that he was the only one among the crowd who was looking forward to continuing to fight north, but his father didn't say anything.

Zhao Kuangyin stood up, "Commander, to fight Youzhou, the whole army needs to go north. Once the tens of thousands of troops go north, it will not be so easy to retreat. The general thinks that the Khitan army has come and can fight against it, but it cannot fight under the city of Youzhou. Otherwise it will be very bad for us.”

Shi Congyun nodded, Zhao Kuangyin got to the point.

Zhou Jun is not afraid of the Liao army, but he can't fight like this.

He thought of Du Yuming's deployment in the early stage of the Huaihai Campaign was to stick to the fortified city in front with part of the troops and arrange the mobile corps in the rear.

It is intended that when the People's Liberation Army goes south to attack a certain strong city and fails, it will dispatch the rear mobile corps to carry out a decisive battle.

This kind of deployment is very clever, but Du Yuming's ideas have not been implemented. The national army quickly set up a legendary funny long snake formation, forming a situation where they are beaten everywhere. There are similarities but the same results.

Did the Song Dynasty have 80 forbidden troops? Of course not. Many generals and officials were paid for nothing, but the frontier troops of the Song Dynasty may have been close to 80 at their peak.

Shi Congyun only thought that such a deployment was funny, just like the national army's long snake formation, he handed over the initiative of the war to his opponent.

He is not learned enough, not knowledgeable enough, but he is very savvy. After so many years of fighting, combined with Li Desheng's art of war that he has seen before, he already has his own understanding of war.

The competition for the initiative is very important!

Shi Congyun raised his hand to stop everyone from arguing, got up and was about to speak, and the big tent fell silent instantly. In fact, he already had a plan in his mind for how to fight this battle.

"You're right, and I understand that too.

Our soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not afraid of the Khitans, they couldn't fight them, they couldn't go to Youzhou to fight them. It's a big taboo to garrison troops under the fortified city and stretch the supply line.

Doing so would also hand over the initiative to the Khitans.

We are in the south of Youzhou, and the Khitan people have many places to defend. If they want to rescue them, they must divide their troops. They don't know where the main force of our army is, so they dare not act rashly.

And once we got to the city of Youzhou, we had to gather in one place, so that the Khitan people had no worries at all, and just concentrated their forces to attack us in one place, which was tantamount to being beaten passively.If the strong city of Youzhou in front cannot be taken quickly at that time, then there will be defenders in the front and reinforcements in the back will make the situation even worse.

This is the difficulty of this battle!

So what I am most afraid of is that the Liao army will stand still. It would be best if they went south for a decisive battle. "

This is the difficulty of fighting Youzhou at the moment. The battlefield is in the fog of war. They don't know where the main force of the Liao army is, where the main force of the Liao army is, and what plans they have.

Conversely, the people of the Liao Kingdom didn't know much about it, so they were also guilty before discovering the main force of their army.

But the problem is that a strong city like Youzhou is like Taiyuan and Shouzhou.

Once they do that and their main force is exposed, then the Liao army will have no worries. They will not be afraid of being ambushed by them, and they will not be afraid of accidentally bumping into their main force and the whole army will be wiped out, etc.

When the army stationed at the city of Youzhou, the Liao Kingdom fully understood their intentions and movements, and only needed to mobilize all troops from all directions to rush to help and fight around them.

This was the situation that Shi Congyun was most afraid of.

So what he was afraid of was not that the Liao army would go south in a big way, but that the Liao army would stand still and wait for them to attack Youzhou.

This is similar to the strategy Du Yuming envisioned. Put the mobile corps in the rear and let the opponent attack the strong city, so that the troops will gather.

This is a battle for the initiative on the battlefield.

The generals did not speak, but watched him pace.

"The battle is up to me, not to the thieves!

We must not be led by the nose by the Liao State, nor can we hand over the initiative.

So we have to fight this battle, we have to fight against the Liao Kingdom, but we can't fight it under the city of Youzhou. "Shi Congyun set the tone with one sentence: "I will do three-tier deployment. "

"The main force of the Chinese army controls the Crane Army with 2 people, and 2000 people from Shenhuo are stationed at Waqiaoguan. I will lead it personally, and Wang Quanbin and Wang Zhong will follow me as my deputy.

The [-] elite cavalry of the Crane Control Army were stationed in Wen'an County in the east, led by Shi Yanchao, with Gao Huaide as his deputy.

Luo Yanhuan led 4000 troops from the two armies controlling cranes to garrison Yukou Pass.

The 5000 Yulangshui Army is still led by Si Chao and Wang Huan, guarding Duliukou.

Wang Shenqi, Dong Zunjiao, your 8000 people are still standing firm at Yijin Pass. "

Everyone listened carefully, and when it came to this, Shi Congyun looked at the three people who had not assigned tasks, Xiang Xun, Murong Yanzhao and Zhao Kuangyin.

These are the three people who he thinks are the most thoughtful, and they are very stable and mature in their use of troops.

"Zhao Kuangyin!"

"The last general is here!" Old Zhao stood up excitedly and cupped his hands. He hadn't participated in the previous wars and was eager to make meritorious service.

"You lead the Longjie Army with three thousand elite cavalry to station in Duliukou."

"promise!"

"Murong Yanzhao, Xiang Xun."

"The end is here!" Murong Yanzhao and Xiang Xun got up and cupped their hands.

"Each of you leads two thousand infantry and cavalry of the Crane Army. Murong Yanzhao goes out of Yijin Pass to attack Zhuozhou to the north, and Xiang Xun to attack Gu'an to the north. After defeating them, you can continue to go north and reach the city of Youzhou."

"No!" The two clapped their hands together.

After the deployment was finished, Shi Congyun immediately stated the combat plan.

"We can't fight in Youzhou, we will fight in the south of Youzhou.

The two armies of Murong Yanzhao and Xiangxun don't have to aim at conquering the city. Your purpose is to lure the Liao army to go south. If you encounter the main force of the Liao army, save your strength and go south through Yijin Pass.

At that time, if the army of the Liao Kingdom wants to regain the lost ground in the south, there are only two ways to go, Yijin Pass or Yukou Pass. Yijin Pass has a wide road, and they are more likely to go there, but Yukou Pass cannot be relaxed.

Once the main force of the Liao army reaches Yijin Pass, Wang Shenqi and Dong Zunhui, you must defend it with all your strength. "

"No!" The two clasped their hands together.

"When the Liao army gathered at Yijin Pass and the siege was frustrated, I personally led the army to go north from Waqiao Pass, my father went north from Wen'an County, Si Chao and Wang Huan went west from Duliukou, and went to Yijin Pass together. Attack the Liao army.

Zhao Kuangyin led his fine riders through Yukouguan to the north, and raided Guzhen to cut off the Liao army's retreat.

In the same way, if the enemy troops pass Yukou Pass, we will join forces at Yukou Pass. "

"No!" Everyone agreed in unison.

"If the battle goes well and the Liao army is defeated, we will take advantage of the victory and march northward.

If the battle is unfavorable, the whole army will retreat to the three passes to keep the land in the south of the pass. "Shi Congyun said seriously:

"Of course, there is the last situation. If the Liao army is very smart and doesn't go south at all, just waiting for us to attack Youzhou, then we don't march, it depends on who is more patient!"

This is his strategic deployment, which is similar to Du Yuming's strategy.

The deployment is a little more complicated. To put it bluntly, it is to give up a strong city on the only way to fight for the enemy.

In order to open the passage and capture the strong city with a large number of defenders, the Liao army must concentrate the scattered cavalry and troops in the direction of Yijin Pass.

In this way, the advantage of the Liao army completely disappeared, and their main force position was fully exposed.

At that time, Shi Congyun will dispatch the various legions that have been waiting in the rear, go north to meet the Liao army, and have a decisive battle with them!

If we talk about a decisive battle head-on, the Zhou army has never been afraid of the Khitans, so the initiative is in their hands, and the battle has changed from the division of troops that the Khitans are good at to the decisive battle of the large army that the Zhou army is good at!

Of course, the worst case scenario is that there are also brilliant people in Liao Kingdom who have the same idea as him.

If you want them to fight against Youzhou, and wait for the army to set up troops under the city to attack the strong city and then dispatch the mobile corps in the north of Youzhou for a decisive battle, then they will fall into an embarrassing situation where neither side dares to send out the large corps.

At that time, it will only be a competition of patience, who can afford it, and it will become a competition of national strength, which is the worst situation.

Because the current Dashou is one of the best in the world and has not yet achieved it, the population and national strength must not be exhausted by the Liao Kingdom.

Just as Shi Congyun was mobilizing and deploying large-scale troops in the north, he was planning and calculating, and forgot to sleep and eat.

News that Zhou's army captured Ningzhou, Mozhou, Yingzhou, Wen'an County, Pingshu County, Qianning Army, Duliukou, Poyukou Pass, Yijin Pass, and Waqiao Pass within more than ten days has gone south. Spread quickly to the north.

For a time, Zhou Kingdom in the south was boiling, and Youzhou in the north was terrified. Horses galloped in all directions on the official roads, bringing the great news of joy and sorrow to the few families. The world was shaken, and a bigger storm was brewing... …

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Chapter 230, Liao Kingdom's big move

"The Southern Army is coming!"

"I heard that we are going to Youzhou soon. My relatives saw the Southern Army when they were grazing sheep in the south. They have already passed Gu'an, and it is only forty or fifty miles away from us..."

"That's not going to happen in a day!"

"......"

In Youzhou City, all kinds of disturbing news spread on the streets. Xiao Siwen stood at the top of the city, listening to the discussion of the people below, and many people began to pack their things and prepare to go to the mountains to avoid the military disaster. Hold on to the wall to stand firm.

"If they dare to escape, I'll catch these talkative untouchables! String them up and roast them!" The general beside him said angrily.

Xiao Siwen shook his head and said impatiently: "Let them go, if the Zhou army besieges the city, we can save food."

"Don't wait for them to besiege the city, let's fight south, there's nothing to be afraid of..." someone muttered.

Xiao Siwen was very upset, "We don't have many troops, and the opposite is Shi Congyun, a famous Zhou army general."

Xiao Yanyan, who stood on the corner of the wall and looked out, seemed to be aware of the anxiety and uneasiness of these adults. Recently, her mother, Princess Yan, was ill, and the older one was still taking care of her mother. She followed her father when she was young, "Daddy, Shi Who is Congyun?"

Xiao Siwen turned back, gritted his teeth and said, "Our enemy is the biggest villain in the world."

The little girl nodded half understanding...

Xiao Siwen really didn't expect Zhou Guo's reaction to be so big this time, not to mention sending tens of thousands of troops, the leader of the army is the most popular general in Zhou Guo, Shi Congyun with great military exploits!

Just the day before yesterday, the generals of the Zhou army broke Zhuozhou and Gu'an, and their scouts found that the forward scouts of the Zhou army had reached forty miles south of Youzhou city!

It's only been less than a month, and Zhou Jun has hit Gu'an all the way!

When he heard the news, Xiao Siwen was eating, and he was so frightened that he couldn't even hold the bowls and chopsticks. He hurried out and asked someone to write to Shangjing again for help.

In fact, he had already asked for help before. At that time, Zhou Jun had just captured Yukou Pass when he got the news that the generals under his command asked to fight, and he pressed down to refuse to attack, so he rushed to Beijing for help.

But at that time, His Majesty was hunting, and the reply to him was "If the enemy comes, join forces with the commanding army to reject it;

It means that he can deploy his own troops to deal with it......

When Xiao Siwen got the news, he was angry and horrified, and almost cursed in his heart, if I can solve it, will I ask Beijing for help?

He had three fears in his heart: he was afraid of defecting, he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat Shi Congyun, and he was afraid that his troops would disperse and face tens of thousands of Zhou troops, which would make it difficult to defend the city.

The soldiers in the Southern Academy were not the main force of the Liao Kingdom, and he was worried that those Han troops would defect at the front line.