Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Jiang Yuan really doesn't understand what's wrong with the Allied Forces of the Western Regions, why is there such a Stockholm Syndrome... and the Allied Forces of the Western Regions also don't understand the Dajing Dynasty, which is close at hand. For them, the country of Dajing is too strange. So unfamiliar that I have almost never dealt with...

Most of the land in the Western Regions is barren, and only a few countries have fertile land.Therefore, few of these countries in the Western Regions made their fortunes by farming, and basically they all had their own unique ways of survival.For example, the deadly mountain country is famous for excavating iron ore, smelting iron, forging iron, and supplying weapons and iron tools to surrounding countries.Another example is the stronger Ningyuan country, which relies on selling horses to maintain the country's tax revenue.

Most of the remaining countries in the Western Regions survived in the desert by means of trade and animal husbandry, and the Dajing Dynasty, which basically relied on farming civilization for self-sufficiency, was not a routine at all.Just as Jiangyuan wondered how the food in the mountain country could survive if its food was restricted by its neighbors, the countries in the Western Regions also wondered what happened to this big country with a low status of merchants?

On the contrary, merchants from the Western Regions often travel between the countries of the Western Regions and Dajing, and even transport some goods from Dajing to the far west for sale.These people should be regarded as Jingchao Tong, but at most they only know some Dajing's silk prices, porcelain styles, customs clearance taxes and so on. They don't know anything about Jingchao's army at all.

This is actually not surprising at all.Although he often shouts that forgetting the battle will lead to danger, Dajing has hardly launched any wars for so many years. At most, he has some conflicts with the Yue people in the southeast, or the Qianxiang people who came ashore to plunder. The southeast is exerting force, and the countries in the northwest certainly don't understand the strength of the Jing army.

The big winner of the civil war - the Gyeonggi camp was well hidden by Situ Sheng and Jiang Yuan, because there are a lot of confidential equipment in the camp, and some of the secrets are not even clear to the ministers in the Dajing court of.For example, fire/arms, this thing was not revealed until the Northern Expedition, and no one knew about it before.

Even the people in Dajing don't know it themselves, so what can these people from the Western Regions know?

They are not the life and death enemies of the Jing Dynasty. Usually there is no friction between the two sides, and they have no defense against the country of Dajing. Only those who are full will go to inquire about the situation of the Dajing army.So all the coalition forces in the Western Regions have been formed, and all the personnel are ready. They are about to go out to attack the Jing Army in the Western Regions defense line, and all the generals realized a problem... Cough cough, what kind of person is the opponent?

There is a way to know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.Sun Tzu's words spread quite far. Although it was not spread out as a book of war, such an idiom was still spread to the Western Regions. At least the generals in the Western Regions had heard of this sentence.Now that the battle is about to start, they are stunned because they don't know the strength of the opponent, the deployment of force, and even the general who leads the army. Is this battle really going to be fought?How was this information collected?

The expressions of all the generals were not very good-looking, and they quickly asked the generals of the small countries that were close to the defense line of the Western Regions.They had sent troops to attack the Jing Army in the Western Regions defense line back then. Although it was embarrassing to return after a big defeat, they should always know who their opponents were, right?Don't they have to ask "the name of the general" on the battlefield to ask for the opponent's information when they start a war?This is too outrageous...

The generals of these small countries were obviously scared by the Jing army, and they didn't want to participate in this war at all.But it’s okay if you don’t want to participate. The country they serve has been completely tied to the Beiman country, and both prosperity and loss with the Beiman country. It’s too late to get off the bandit ship.All countries are now discussing the matter of attacking the Dajing line of defense. If they insist on withdrawing, they will definitely be accused by thousands of people and regarded as public enemies.

As soon as they faced Dajing, they lost [-] soldiers and horses without even seeing what the generals looked like. The head is chopped off and kicked as a ball.

Because of the defeat, no matter how much they claim that the Jing army is powerful and their weapons are powerful, those stupid kings don’t take it seriously. They only think that they are making up things there to shirk their responsibility for ineffective combat. It's all big talk.Now the Allied Forces of the Western Regions asked about the Jing Army again, how would they answer?Tell the truth or tell a lie?To show Jingjun's strength or to explain his own incompetence?

A general twitched his lips and answered whatever he wanted.The truth is not that they are too incompetent, but that the opponent is too strong.It's better to be ridiculed by these ignorant guys than when the coalition forces actually encounter the Jing army, but have no countermeasures and are defeated like a mountain...the overall situation must be the most important.

Someone's truth-telling and the importance of the overall situation reached the ears of other generals, and it became a shaking of the army's morale, making up things!What is Heavenly Soldiers?What is Thunder?What is a magical weapon that is unstoppable?Why use soldiers like gods and make decisions for thousands of miles?Are you talking about the Jing Army and the Western Region Commander Du Ruzhi and Deputy General Chen Youwei?Instead of talking about some newly made up fairy tales, storytelling books?

Before he could say a few words, these generals who had attacked the Western Region defense line were kicked out by others, and the facts they spoke so earnestly were not taken into consideration by these people at all.For these people from the Western Regions who have never seen new weapons, the words describing the war just now are like stories from the Arabian Nights. They absolutely do not believe that there is such a powerful army, and they are very sure that the young generals are lying!

After listening for a long time, I only know that the commander-in-chief of the Western Region defense line is called Du Ruzhi, the deputy commander is called Chen Youwei, and he has [-] troops under his command. I don't know anything else about it. Who told those people to lie?

However, the temporary commander elected by the Allied Forces of the Western Regions, the Lord of Gaochang Kingdom, did not take the unknown situation of the enemy to heart.It's only 8 horses, and the Jing army still has to defend the entire Western Regions defense line. What spare power do they have to fight against their 12 Western Regions coalition forces?Eighty thousand against 12, the outcome can be seen from the number of people. He believed that he would be able to lead the coalition forces to victory and defeat the Jing army!

Because of the continuous heavy snowfall in the north, it became very difficult to monitor the Jing army. People from the Western Regions didn't even know that the Western Regions defense line was no longer 8 horses, but an additional 15 people in the Gyeonggi Camp.And the supreme commanders of the Jing army in the Western Regions defense line have long been not Du Ruzhi and Chen Youwei, but Dajing's Emperor Situ Sheng and Guanying Hou Bingbu Shangshu Jiangyuan!

I don't know who the enemy is, and I don't know the difference in combat power between the two sides. I don't even understand that my side is a mess and lacks any threat... How did the old grandson say this situation back then?If you don't know the enemy, you don't know yourself, you will die in every battle!

With this attitude, the Western Regions are doomed!

The defense line in the Western Regions has been peaceful during this period. Since the captured Zuo Xianwang and a series of prisoners of war were sent away, the soldiers on the defense line are calculating their military achievements on the battlefield while eating the carrots sent by the Ministry of Finance. Stewed mutton, everyone is happy and happy.

Ask these people what is the purpose of serving as soldiers and killing the enemy?

On a larger scale, it is to expand the territory, protect the family and the country, and be loyal to the emperor and the people!When I was younger, it was just for the sake of conferring on my wife and son, adding officials and ranks, so that I and my family could have a better life.

The Northern Expedition started as promised, and all the troops who were able to participate in the Northern Expedition were all smiling from top to bottom.Those who kill the enemy on the wheel are naturally rejoicing, and can earn the great merit of beheading.Even if it's not their turn to kill the enemy, they just stand guard on the defensive line, and they can earn hard work, which can be regarded as a qualification.As long as you participated in the Northern Expedition inside and out, you would not suffer a loss. Anyway, the Dajing Dynasty must win in the end. Who else would care about so much?

If it was before the Battle of Qingli Lake, there might still be people worried that the enemy would be strong and they would not be able to take advantage of it.But now, the Jing Army has wiped out 16 Beiman troops one after another. Everyone put their hearts back in their stomachs, brows with joy, and just waited for the enemy to come to share the credit.These soldiers who participated in the battle had more self-confidence than Jiang Yuan and Situ Sheng. When it came to fighting, they were excited and did not fear the battle.

Originally, it was the heavy infantry of the Gyeonggi Camp who made the first contribution in the great battle of annihilating King Zuoxian's army. Damn, everyone is excited.So where are the 12 enemies?It's all military exploits that are properly obtained!

Jiang Yuan did not stop these generals from vying to be the vanguard. It is a good thing to be willing to fight without fear of sacrifice. Yue Fei and his elders have said: "Civil servants don't love money, military officials don't hesitate to die, and the world is peaceful." Now generals don't hesitate to die. Well, why stop it?Anyway, in his opinion, the 12 western allied forces are a pile of loose sand that is vulnerable to a single blow, and there is no need to let the Gyeonggi camp fight in every battle, and other armies should get a share of the pie.

As a result, they fought back and forth, not only the soldiers of the Gyeonggi Daying Camp who had just made great contributions were pushed aside to watch, but even Du Ruzhi and Chen Youwei, who were in command of the defense line in the Western Regions, failed to win the command of the first battle, and finally won the battle. Among all the opponents, the lucky one who got the commanding place in the first battle turned out to be Sun Li, the deputy general of Beijiang.And the army in the first battle is the northern frontier army on the western defense line...

This result was quite beyond Jiang Yuan's expectations, and also beyond Situ Sheng's imagination. They thought that Chen Youwei would win the command and lead the troops of Zhao and Wei against the coalition forces of the Western Regions.Who knew that it was Sun Li who stood out!

This Sun Li was sent by Jiang Yuan to the Guna River to prescribe medicine before the Muzhe Conference because of the outrageous proposal made at the time of the temple calculation, and he made great contributions to this.When he went to the Western Regions this time, Situ Sheng, who liked to promote capable ministers, took him with him, so that he could make suggestions occasionally, and also promote him after the war.

As a result, as soon as the deputy general arrived at the Western Regions front, he became friends with the northern Xinjiang soldiers in the defense line. He was quite familiar with him, but within half a month, he became familiar with the generals here.At this time, he actually had the ability to make the rest of the Northern Xinjiang soldiers willingly elect him as the commander of the first battle. It seems that he really has a few brushes, knows how to unite people, and is a general.

Jiang Yuan and Situ Sheng didn't intend to change the result either. Since Sun Li has the ability to get other people to choose him, it's not impossible to let him try.Pang Liang was just a general at the beginning, so he seriously injured King Zuo Xian's army?Sometimes you should not be too rigid in employing people, otherwise it will inevitably hinder talented people.

In this way, Sun Li successfully became the general in the first battle against the Allied Forces of the Western Regions.Compared with the northern barbarian country, an enemy that needs to be treated carefully, the Western Regions are far behind. It doesn't matter whether they can win in one battle. Anyway, regardless of the number of people, tactics or equipment, the Western Regions are not Dajing's opponents, so there is no need We have to send generals to meet the enemy.

Using the Allied Forces of the Western Regions as a whetstone, it would be good to hone the following generals, and maybe a few talents will be promoted. Situ Sheng is very optimistic about Sun Li and thinks that he will be the leader who will be discovered during this Northern Expedition.In the future, the Dajing Dynasty will gradually send troops to the surrounding areas to obtain resources and land through war. It is impossible to use only a few generals to lead the army all the time, and some talents must be promoted to supplement them.Wouldn't it be great to take advantage of this time to discover some talents?

Sun Li had no restraints, and commanded with great fanfare.Regarding Sun Li's arrangement, Jiang Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, didn't ask too much. He just sent Du Ruzhi to keep a close eye on it, so as not to cause trouble. s method.Jiang Yuan intends to use Sun Li to try the strength of the Western Regions. If the level of the Western Regions is too poor, don't blame them for being cruel!

The change of generals in the Dajing Dynasty was in full swing, and when Sun Li took office, he even burned several fires. The whole front has become different from before.So when the lord of Gaochang Kingdom led the 12 Western Region Allied Forces to the Western Region defense line, he was immediately dumbfounded when he saw the big "Sun" on the handsome flag erected by the Jing Army...

"Sun"?Sun what?who is this? !Isn't the commander-in-chief of the Jing army surnamed Du and Chen?Where did this general surnamed Sun come from?The Jing army is too unreliable. How long has it been? Why did the commander on the front line change?

They were dumbfounded, and Jiang Yuan, who was watching the battle, was speechless...

No matter how laggy and inaccurate the intelligence of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions is, they thought that the Jing Army had only 8 horses... But the Allied Forces of the Western Regions did not attack at night, did not rob the food road, and set fire to the camp... Without any plan, just So bluntly laying out troops in broad daylight, and killing them with great fanfare...

Ahem, what you people from the Western Regions are doing is really weird... Do you think you are attacking a city? !

The Western Regions plus the Jing Army, the two sides combined totaled a battle of tens of thousands of horses. You didn't even think of a plan, and you all relied on fighting to solve the problem... This is too unreliable... This Are you treating the war as a child's play?

When the San Francisco rebelled, the reason why the Jing army and the Liao army fought head-on was because the two sides were very close in number and strength, and the Jing army was eager to rescue the capital, so they could only face each other head-on. , in case the capital is lost.How many tricks did Jiang Yuan use when he was in Tobu City?You can't count them with one hand, this is the true form of the battlefield.

But when facing the northern barbarian army, Jiang Yuan began to rack his brains to make plans before dispatching troops. After many years of preparation, he was able to give them a hard time at Qingli Lake.How could brilliant victories be achieved without those stratagems?

Even in the defense line of the Western Regions, Jiang Yuan relied on tactics to win against the [-] northern barbarian cavalry brought by Zuo Xianwang, so as to ensure that the Jing army on the defense line was unscathed, and Zuo Xianwang was captured alive.

It's still what the old man Sun Tzu said: go up to attack the army, secondly attack the handover, secondly attack the army, and then attack the city. The method of attacking the city is a last resort.Although the defense line of the Western Regions is not a city, but the geographical advantage is also on the side of the Jing army, there is no shortage of schemes, and Jiang Yuan can't bear to look directly at the city when he goes to attack the city...

What is the Allied Forces of the Western Regions doing?Are you here to play tricks?

If it is an ordinary two-country battle, of course it is not impossible to fight head-on like this. If you win or lose, it will be the same thing.But the Western Regions is not just a country, they are a coalition, and the relationship between the coalition is normal. Once the battle is lost, the hearts of the people will immediately disperse. .

In this situation of the coalition forces, the Western Regions must maintain continuous victories in order to maintain it, otherwise they will be defeated like a mountain.Does the commander-in-chief of the other party understand the situation?How can we guarantee an absolute victory?Isn't it by using tricks?Is your plan to directly lead the troops to kill you?

Jiang Yuan didn't understand the internal situation of the Western Regions Allied Forces. In fact, very few people on Dajing's side could figure out the situation of the Western Regions Allied Forces.Of course they didn't know why the commander-in-chief, King Gaochang, would bring the entire coalition army here to fight head-on with great fanfare, without first planning a trick or sneak attack.In fact, King Gaochang didn't want to play tricks, because he couldn't reach an agreement among the coalition forces...

If the situation in the northern barbarian country is a state of disunity, with all ethnic groups and even ethnic groups hating each other and killing each other, then the Western Regions will be scattered.There are dozens of small countries in the Western Regions, and some countries only have a few hundred kings, and they dare to dominate the Western Regions.And the big country here is not that big, it's just a big one out of the dwarfs, and the big country has no deterrent effect on the small country. In such a situation, one can imagine how scattered the coalition forces will be.

It's okay to be scattered, at most it's not easy to command, and someone will listen to the more shouting, but they are still chaotic!

The more countries there are, the more frictions and disputes there will be between countries. No matter whether there is hatred or not, there will be more enemies after quarreling.So since the establishment of the coalition forces, this kind of chaos has never stopped. All countries are hostile to each other, how can they negotiate!

As long as a country makes a suggestion, even if it is opposed for the sake of opposition, other countries will come forward to mix up the suggestion, stalking, intimidating and luring, and they will do everything they can.So how do you make a plan?No one inside wants to listen!No matter how good an idea is, someone always pushes the proposal down.

The commander-in-chief of King Gaochang was so aggrieved that his plans were always rejected by other people, and he wanted to reject the plans of others... In the end, none of the plans of the entire coalition forces passed the meeting, so I can only bite the bullet and choose to confront head-on, head-to-head.

Everyone knows that head-to-head confrontation is the worst policy, and it should never be done, but there is nothing to do, and everyone can't agree, so they can only succumb to the worst policy...

The strategy aspect is not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is to arrange the army array!

It stands to reason that the formation of the army should be that the infantry and the cavalry stand together, and the cavalry and the cavalry stand together to facilitate unified command and unified operations.But can King Gaochang command those gentlemen?The kings of these small countries refused to listen to him at all, and were unwilling to form a unified formation. They had to gather their own country's troops to guard them to be at ease.

One like this, everyone came like this, but this approach directly disrupted the general formation...

The army of 12 may seem very powerful, but at a glance, it is chaotic and irregular. It does not look like a well-trained army, but like a group of defeated soldiers. Scattered soldiers.The weapons are different, the horses are different, the armor is different, the attire is different, and they are standing in an abnormal chaos. Does this still look like a unified army?

No wonder Jiang Yuan shook his head when he saw it.In this sense, it is not as good as the group of farmers who were arrested during the Battle of San Francisco.Farmers at least know everything and follow orders, but what about the Western Regions?At a glance, you can see that they hate each other and the chaotic situation is not pleasing to the eye.It is not bad for these countries not to hold each other back, but can they be counted on to unite and fight together?It was a dream.

Sun Li is a person who can use extreme tricks. Even though he is very peaceful on weekdays, when he leads the army, he always likes to use some unconventional things.So this time he only brought 12 troops to fight against the [-] Western Region Allied Forces, and the [-] troops were all infantry, not a single cavalry.

Although the Allied Forces of the Western Regions could not see clearly the military equipment of the Jing Army, the number of flags could always be counted clearly.As far as the number of these battle flags is concerned, no matter how you look at it, it does not exceed 5 horses. This number makes the Western Region Allied Forces on the opposite side furious, resisting 12 with [-]. Is this looking down on us?

Sun Li really wanted to say, the uncle just looks down on you trash, what can you do?Not only do I look down on you, I despise you to death!

That's what I said, but when the army of the Western Regions really walked in and saw the battle line of the Jing army, they were completely stunned. This... what is this?This is how the same thing?

Did something happen that surprised them?The problem arose with the fortifications of the front.In front of the battle line, Sun Li erected an earthen wall as high as half a person as a cover, and this earthen wall stretched for several miles, and it looked as spectacular from a distance as the famous Great Wall in Dajing North Xinjiang. There is no end in sight.

Taking a closer look, it turned out that the bunker was not just an earthen wall, but behind it there were several earthen walls of the same size and several miles long, and there was even a sunken trench behind the earthen wall. Feel novel.

This is impossible?They have lived in the Western Regions for a long time, how could they not know the terrain of this area?The trenches are easy to solve, just dig down. There is sand here, and trenches can appear if you dig casually.But there is no earth wall here at all?At least half a month ago, there were no such walls. How did this thing appear?Repair now?How could it be built so quickly?This is completely unreasonable!Could it be that Jing Jun on the opposite side is a god?

Sun Li smiled slightly, not in line with common sense?It's because you are so rare.It took him and the soldiers under his command only three days to build these earthen walls, how could it be so troublesome?