Cao Wei only briefly explained the combat strategy to Chong Shiheng and Di Qing, mainly for the left and right wings.
In the combat part of the Chinese army, Cao Wei had already deployed properly before Chong Shiheng and Di Qing arrived at Youzhou City.
After everything has been explained.
Chong Shiheng and Di Qing each returned to the soldiers and horse camps they led to make preliminary preparations.
Zhao Zhen, Cao Wei, and Kou Ji were left in the palace.
Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sighed: "This war should be the biggest since the founding of Song Dynasty."
In this battle against the Liao State, as many as six and a half of the Forbidden Forces were invested in the Song Dynasty. If you count the Zhenbei Army in northern Xinjiang, there are a total of seven and a half.
Local soldiers and horses in other places have not yet been counted.
After Da Song’s local soldiers and horses are now added to the battlefield, they are more of an auxiliary combat duty.
Similar to the previous combination of Xiangjun and Minfu.
In addition to ensuring the transportation of luggage, they also have a certain combat effectiveness.
When necessary, you can become a formal soldier and enter the battlefield to fight.
It is precisely because of this that, after the reform of the military system, Da Song has rarely lavishly conquered civil servants during wars.
During the war between the east and west fronts of the Song Dynasty, the number of civil servants recruited was less than 100,000.
If it were changed to a war of this scale before, the number of civil servants to be recruited by the Song Dynasty would be about 800,000 to 1 million.
After the large-scale reduction in the number of civil servants, the impact of the war on the people was minimized.
This is also the reason why Da Song has maintained such a war for more than half a year, and there is still not much opposition in the country.
now.
Among the six and a half forbidden troops on the battlefield of the Liao State, four of them were in Youzhou City.
The number of banned troops is two hundred thirty thousand.
The number of local soldiers and horses is almost the same as that of the Prohibition Army.
This number of soldiers and horses has far surpassed the Liao army outside the city, and also far surpassed the number of soldiers and horses that Song Dynasty had previously dealt with in any battle.
In the battle of Yumen Pass, although the number of soldiers and horses invested by Song Dynasty was large.
However, the number of the forbidden army was not large. Basically, local soldiers acted as soldiers and horses in the field.
In terms of overall strength, it was more than a star and a half worse than the forces on the battlefield of Youzhou City.
Cao Wei proposed to crush the past with upright attitude. Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen had no objection, because the overall quantity and quality of the soldiers and horses here crushed the Liao army far.
If you don't crush it upright, you will be a little sorry for the title of Shangbang in the Song Dynasty.
After Zhao Zhen's voice landed, Kou Ji stared at Cao Wei earnestly and said: "In the Forbidden Army of Youzhou City, the number of soldiers equipped with firearms has reached one hundred thousand. Cao Gong should make good use of firearms.
So far, I have not seen any soldiers and horses effectively using firearms. "
The Song Dynasty Forbidden Army has been equipped with firearms for a long time, but there are almost no wars where firearms can be used effectively, and there are almost no wars where firearms can be fully used in combat.
The advantages of firearms have not been fully exploited.
In many battlefields, the situation of horse-riding and hacking is still maintained.
Take the war in northern Xinjiang as an example.
When Yang Wenguang resisted the Liao soldiers, he did not make effective use of firearms. Instead, he focused more on horse-riding and hacking.
If Kou Ji was on the battlefield of Northern Xinjiang, he would face the invasion of Liao soldiers.
The first thing he did was definitely not to recruit the scapegoats in Xingqing Mansion and other places.
The first thing he must do is to recruit civilian husbands and dig trenches.
More than a dozen trenches crossed the battlefield.
The artillery occupied high ground and shelled the enemy.
Musketeers lay in the trenches and used muskets and grenades to strike at the enemy.
When the enemy is approaching, quickly retreat to the trenches behind.
The enemy wants to rush to them, they have only two options, one is to fill the trenches they dug, and the other is to dismount their horses and cross the trenches on foot.
But whether the enemy is filling the trenches or dismounting to cross the trenches on foot, they must be covered by the firepower of the Musketeers.
When the enemy can cross all the trenches and appear in front of the Zhenbei Army, that's when the Zhenbei Army cavalry charges.
At that time, there were few enemies left.
It is simply impossible to be an opponent of the Zhenbei Army cavalry.
In this way, the war in northern Xinjiang will be easily resolved.
However, it was precisely because Yang Wenguang did not use firearms effectively that he finally had to recruit scapegoaters into battle, which eventually led to great changes in the Liao country.
Therefore, it is necessary for Kou Ji to remind Cao Wei that he should make good use of firearms.
After hearing Kou Ji's reminder, Cao Wei nodded and said: "Your idea is similar to mine. When I was teaching students in Wenchang Academy, I often discussed this with the students.
I also watched firearms fight with students on the battlefield.
The result is exactly the same as what you said.
So far, we have not had a soldier and horse that can effectively use firearms to fight.
After watching many battles, I finally figured out some art of war with firearms. "
Speaking of this, Cao Wei stared at Kou Ji and said earnestly: "In the future war, I will use the art of war with firearms. Firearms are made by you. You should have some thoughts in your heart on how to use firearms effectively. When I command soldiers and horses to fight, you can watch from the sidelines, and if you have any ideas, you can tell them together and discuss them."
Kou Ji nodded slowly when he heard the words.
Da Song now urgently needs a set of warfare with firearms.
Cao Wei should have seen this, so he wanted to hone the art of firearms as soon as possible through the battlefield.
For this reason, he would not hesitate to ask a layman.
In Cao Wei's eyes, Kou Ji is a layman.
Kou Ji also admitted that he is a layman.
Although Kou Ji has participated in no fewer than a few wars since he was appointed as an official, he never felt that he was a natural commander, nor did he think that he was proficient in military strategy.
In many battles under the command of Kou Ji, he only provided some strategic and tactical guidance.
Almost all the people who really mobilized troops and deployed their troops were others.
Kou Ji positioned himself on the battlefield as a staff, not a coach or general.
Zhao Zhen was also very interested in what Cao Wei and Kou Ji did, so after Kou Ji and Cao Wei had finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Count me one..."
Cao Wei and Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen unexpectedly.
Zhao Zhen continued: "I will not intervene in war. I just want to discuss war strategies with you. After all, there are some things that the authorities are fascinated by, but the onlookers can see very clearly."
Kou Ji and Cao Wei thought about it, then nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen promised not to intervene in the war, so he will definitely not intervene in the war.
It can be seen from Zhao Zhen's performance before.
In this regard, Zhao Zhen is still very reputable and self-aware.
Even if Zhao Zhen asked to intervene in the war, the two would not agree.
In the past, emperors always felt that their destiny was extraordinary and omnipotent under the praise of some sloppy courtiers.
So I want to intervene in everything, and I want to guide everything.
But the final result is actually very unsatisfactory.
One of the most famous is a certain old man.
Zhao Zhen bluntly said, "The authorities are fans, the bystanders are clear." Both Kou Ji and Cao Wei felt reasonable.
Because tomorrow will officially kick off the prelude to the war.
So almost all three of them couldn't sleep.
They huddled together in the palace, and they were chatting with each other while cooking the tender lamb.
A flash is a night.
The next day.
early morning.
Clear sky.
Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, and Cao Wei, each wearing an armor, appeared on the head of Youzhou City.
Outside the city of Youzhou, there is a large camp of Liao soldiers.
Inside Youzhou City, there are soldiers waiting in full battle.
The three of them stood on the head of the city and saw it very clearly.
Kou Ji wears a simple armor and sits on Zhao Zhen's right.
Cao Wei wears a loose black armor and sits on the left of Zhao Zhen. In front of him, there is a flag tube filled with flags and a quiver filled with arrows. Behind it, there is a red letter Cao on a black background. The banner was fluttering in the wind.
Zhao Zhen is in the center, wearing a golden armor inlaid with gems of various colors, looking very extraordinary and dazzling.
In front of him was a large foldable long table.
Foldable furniture is not exclusive to later generations.
There was in ancient times.
Furniture made with traditional rivets and other techniques also has a foldable function.
It's just that the requirements for skills are somewhat high, non-masters can't make it, and ordinary people can't use it, so it is rarely seen on the market.
But if you attend a banquet such as a spring outing party of a powerful family, or a poem appreciation party of a powerful family, you will have a chance to see it.
On the long table in front of Zhao Zhen, there are a lot of things on display.
Everything you eat and drink.
But Zhao Zhen never moved from start to finish.
The three of them just stared quietly at the battlefield outside the city.
Beside Cao Wei, there is a sundial, waiting until the shadow of the pointer reaches a mark.
Cao Wei unceremoniously ordered.
"Beat the drum! March on!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The strong men carried the drumsticks and slowly tapped them three times, and then there was a very dense drum sound, bringing everything inside and outside of Youzhou City into the battlefield of Jin Ge Iron Horse.
As if to respond to the drums of the great men, the wind suddenly picked up outside of Youzhou City.
The wind blew the flags and whirred.
The gate of Youzhou City was slowly opened when the wind was the strongest.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers rushed out of Youzhou City along the north, east and west gates of Youzhou City.
Not long after rushing out of Youzhou City, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had all been pressed to the south of the Liao State Barracks.
The first drum sound fell slowly.
Da Song soldiers set out their carts and horses, and stood motionless.
Wait for the second drum beat.
The Liao soldiers outside the city reacted as early as the drums in Youzhou City rang.
The trumpet sounded everywhere in Liaoying.
The Liao soldiers rushed out of the Liao camp and formed one army after another outside the Liao camp.
Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu sat on a very large dragon chair with a gloomy face and closed eyes, allowing thirty-eight powerful men to carry him forward slowly. Beside him, sat the Crown Prince of the Liao Kingdom. Yelv Zongzhen.
The dragon robe of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu was a little big, blocking half of Yelu Zongzhen.
Yelv Zongzhen was tight all over, and his body leaned forward slightly, as if he was carrying something on his back.
After the Liao Emperor Yelulong really appeared in the Liao army formation in a dragon chair, there was a very strong cheer from the Liao army.
Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu opened his eyes slightly in the cheers of the Liao soldiers, took a deep breath, and shouted out a word.
"war!"
With the export of this word, the cheers erupted from the Liao soldiers even stronger.
After the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu finished shouting the word'War', his cheeks slammed slightly, and then they dented.
"Father..."
Yelvzong really worried and cried out softly.
Yelu Longxu slowly closed his eyes, and said in a low voice to Yeluzong: "Emperor, you have to remember that no matter when and where, you must fight against a strong enemy.
To surrender without a fight is called cowardice.
After fighting, losing, it's not as good as others.
If a person is cowardly, there is no cure, and he can only be bullied for a lifetime.
The skills are not as good as others, but they are different. Realizing that they are not as good as others, they try to make themselves catch up with others. Only in this way can they have the chance to make a comeback. "
Yeluzong really thought about Yelulongxu's words, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Father's meaning is... Will you lose in this battle?"
Yelulongxu closed his eyes and said nothing.
Obviously, he acquiesced in what Yelv Zong really said.
Yelv Zongzhen's face turned pale, and then he asked: "Even so, why does the father still fight?"
Yelu Longxu opened his eyes and looked sharply at Yelu Zongzhen.
"Didn't I tell you just now? My Liao people can be inferior to others, but I can't be cowardly."
Yelvzong really hesitated and said: "Kerchen can't see the meaning of this battle."
Yelu Longxu stared at Yelu Zongzhen, and said with a heavy voice: "How many countries can you defend to the extent of defeat in this battle."
Yelv Zongzhen's face turned pale by the way.
Yelulongxu closed his eyes again, as if he hadn't seen his son's pitiful appearance.
If it weren't for this battle, he wouldn't have said this to his son.
After the results of the war in Hexi and the northern border of the Song Dynasty reached Yelu Longxu's ears, Yelu Longxu had already realized that the southern expedition might have to be defeated.
On three sides of the battlefield, two sides were defeated, and one side was half defeated.
The Great Song Zhongjun in Youzhou City has not yet exerted its strength.
Rebellions appeared on almost half of the territory north of the Great Wall of Liaoning.
The soldiers in the Liao army had a personal heart. If it weren't for his pressure, I am afraid the Liao soldiers in the barracks here would have run clean.
Regardless of how powerful the Liao soldiers are shouting on the battlefield, they feel that they have the courage to continue fighting.
The reason they shouted so loudly was because they knew that no matter if they won or lost in this battle, they would return to the hinterland of the Liaoning Province.
They yelled and screamed in a hurry to go back, not with great momentum.
Yelulongxu really didn't see any hope of winning.
After the chaos in the hinterland of Daliao, he still had to stop here and fight Song Guo to see how the power of Daliao could hold off Song Bing's offensive.
If he can block all of them, then after his death, Daliao will at most lose part of the sixteen states of Yanyun.
If he could block seven points, then after his death, Daliao might lose the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture.
If he can block five points, then after his death, the territory to the west and south of the capital of Daliao will probably become Song soil.
If it is less than five points, then after his death, Daliao should consider moving the capital.
If it was defeated across the board, then he would have to leave some people behind to protect Yelv Zongzhen back to the white mountains and black waters, in order to make a comeback.
"war!"
When the Liao soldiers shouted.
Cao Wei on the head of Youzhou City yelled unceremoniously.
With an order, a thousand drums sounded in unison, resounding throughout the battlefield.
Chong Shiheng and Di Qing led the cavalry, and instantly rushed out from the two wings.
Gao Chugong led the musketeers and artillery soldiers, approaching the Liao soldiers step by step.
It was Yelu Longxu and Yelv Zongzhen father and son that Liao State suppressed the battle, and it was indeed Xiao Chanbu, Prime Minister of the Northern Prefecture of Liao State who commanded the battle.
Don't think that he is a prime minister, so he will not lead soldiers to fight.
He is different from those prime ministers of Song Dynasty who read books and do not lead soldiers.
He is a scroll with one hand, a long knife in one hand, and his civil and military merits gather together, and he is in the position of the ascended prime minister.
When Song Bing rushed over, Xiao Chanbu decisively divided the soldiers and horses under his command into three.
The two cavalry went against Di Qing and Chong Shiheng, and the rest faced the Musketeers led by Gao Chu Gong.
Chong Shiheng and Di Qing led the soldiers and horses to rush out, and they fought with the cavalry of Liao.
In order to prevent the Liao soldiers from sending light cavalry to harass the Chinese army led by Gao Gong when they were fighting, they did not dare to leave the army too far.
Therefore, only dragged with the Liaobing on the battlefield, and did not fight from beginning to end.
The Chinese troops from both sides arrived at the battlefield when the two sides were fighting.
From a high place respectfully ordered the artillery to press down and the musketeers to strike the enemy.
The Musketeers used a four-round shooting method.
More than 100,000 Musketeers lined up in twelve rows.
There are three stages in one round, and there are four rounds in total.
The Musketeers were given enough time to fill the ammunition.
After arriving at the designated battlefield, Gao Chu Gong raised the flag high.
The Musketeers in the first row knelt on the ground decisively, the Musketeers in the second row were half-prone, and the Musketeers in the third row stood upright.
"kill!"
Liao Bing rushed over with shouts.
Gao Chu Gong said nothing, and waved the flag.
"Boom, boom..."
The roar of artillery instantly covered the entire battlefield.
At the moment the artillery fired, the muskets in the hands of the musketeers also fired.
The Liao soldiers rushing to the forefront instantly fell down like cutting wheat, or they were blown up by artillery.
The Liao soldiers rushed forward.
The Musketeers in the first round stood in place and started quick reloading.
The musketeers in the second round moved quickly along the gap between them, forming the second volley of musketeers, still in three rows, shooting in exactly the same way.
Then came the third round, the fourth round...
The time for the middle change is only a brief four seconds.
With their replacement, the front continues to advance.
After the replacement of the four-round volley, the artillery also fired two rounds.
The four-round volley of muskets is still changing.
After firing two rounds, the musketeer quickly pushed forward and caught up with the musketeer.
Then stopped in place and fired two rounds.
Almost eight rounds of muskets and two rounds of artillery.
Such a non-stop rotation, progressing step by step.
Covered by the dense firepower net, the Liao soldiers could not get close to the musketeers and artillery soldiers.
After a quarter of an hour, Gong Gao led the soldiers and horses to kill out dozens of feet.
Not only did the Liao soldiers not rush over, they were also repelled by dozens of feet.
"bass!"
Cao Wei stood up instantly, staring at the battlefield, muttering to herself, "This is the real power of firearms?!"
Although many people in the Song Dynasty know that firearms are the big killers on the battlefield.
But firearms have never been fully applied to the battlefield, so what they see is that the firearms show their power in a specific battlefield, and rarely see the firearms hitting enemies on the frontal battlefield out of breath.
Now, the enemy under the pressure of firearms can't breathe, and the enemy's battle damage has exceeded tens of thousands in just a quarter of an hour.
Only a few hundred people on our side were wounded by the enemy's arrows, and dozens more were wounded by musket bombs.
No more than dozens of soldiers died.
But compared to the enemy's battle damage, it really isn't worth mentioning.
I can beat you, but you don't even have the qualifications to touch me.
Since joining the army, Cao Wei has never seen such a battle on the battlefield of a frontal decisive battle, how he is not surprised.
Cao Wei didn't know the word "open hanging", otherwise he would definitely shout.
Mad, this must be broken.
"It's like cheating, leaving almost no chance for the enemy to counterattack. Except for the catapult and the crossbow in the enemy's hands, the other armaments are almost useless."
Zhao Zhen didn't know when he stood up, stood beside Cao Wei, and said with a shocked expression on his face.
The two stared at the battlefield in shock and looked at Xu Ju, and saw that Kou Ji had no words from beginning to end.
Cao Wei couldn't help but turned his head to look at Kou Ji and asked, "What does Priscilla Kou want to say?"
Kou Ji scratched his head and said helplessly: "It's a little different from the firearms I imagined."
In Kou Ji's impression, firearms warfare is to dig a trench and wait for others to rush, or someone else digs a trench and wait for his own to rush.
But the current combat method is completely different from the firearm combat in Kou Ji's impression.
Cao Wei stared at Kou Ji closely, and asked in a deep voice: "Kou Shimi meant that firearms needs to be improved?!"
Kou Ji knew that Cao Wei had misunderstood his attitude, but since Cao Wei had asked, he would tell a few shortcomings he saw.
"If it can be equipped with armored vehicles, or set up shield walls or trenches on the battlefield in advance, it should be able to effectively reduce the damage of our soldiers and horses. Maybe we can wipe out more than 10,000 enemies with zero casualties."
Armored vehicles are temporarily unavailable, but if you get an iron car or a tin car, let the soldiers live in it, and push forward, it can barely be used as an armored vehicle on the battlefield.
Shield walls and trenches are bunkers.
After the firepower net formed by the firearms covers the battlefield, the enemies that can really fight cannot raise their heads.
But the opponent has catapults and crossbows, which can still cause certain damage to one's own side.
If there is a cover, the opponent's crossbow is basically useless.
Only in front of some heavy crossbows such as bed crossbows will they have that little effect on the battlefield.
But with Da Song's financial resources, he could not produce a full-bodied army, let alone other states.
So as long as the bunker problem is solved, one's own casualties will be greatly reduced.
When Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei heard Kou Ji's words, they immediately set their sights on the battlefield. They wanted to use the situation on the battlefield to infer the feasibility of joining the battlefield with armored vehicles, shield walls, and trenches.
Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei were shocked.
Yelu Longxu and Yelu Zongzhen father and son have fallen into despair.
A large number of soldiers and horses rushed out, unable to get close to the enemy at all, and they were defeated steadily.
It can almost be said that the Liao soldiers on the front battlefield were being crushed and beaten, and the little Song soldiers that were wounded and killed by the catapult and crossbows were almost negligible.
There is absolutely no way to fight back.
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(Ps: Tomorrow is the college entrance examination. Some of the brothers and sisters are taking the college entrance examination, so you must cheer! Xiongqi! Those who have been admitted to the university will have to add more to the book friends group with the notice! Those who fail to pass the exam will come in and be beaten!)