Wang Anshi and Xu Xi were both demoted because of the failure of the Northern Expedition, but the place where they were demoted is very interesting, they are located not far from the front line, which can also be seen Song Shenzong's painstaking efforts, although Wang Anshi and Xu Xi were demoted, but they still attach great importance to the two, and demoted the two to regimental training envoys, although the official position is not large, but during the war, they can rely on this name to recruit troops in the state for self-defense.
As for whether the two of Song Shenzong's painstaking efforts can understand, it depends on the two themselves; Not long after Song Shenzong demoted Wang Anshi and Xu Xi to Qizhou and Yanzhou, the Eastern Liao army temporarily stationed in Puyang was ready to cross the river, and at this time the Eastern Liao army could draw more than 50,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river, and the rest were arranged by Yelu Nerugu to defend the city in various places, and the so-called headquarters soldiers and horses were actually the soldiers and horses brought out by Yelu Nerugu from Nanjing Road.
In addition to the stupid soldiers and horses, Yelu Nerugu also recruited a lot of servant troops, the composition of these people is very complicated, some of them are the Song Dynasty's surrender army, in addition to a large number of bandits, heroes, and people who were forcibly recruited by the Eastern Liao army, this servant army adds up to more than 200,000 people, although the number of this army is large, but the combat effectiveness is extremely low.
Puyang Yelu Nerugu's line, all the middle and senior generals of the Eastern Liao Army were gathered together to discuss how to break through the Song army's Yellow River defense line, thanks to the reconnaissance of many spies, Yelu Nerugu can be said to be in charge of the Song army's Yellow River defense line, and it is precisely because of this that Yelu Nerugu made a difficulty, because the defense line arranged by the Song army this time has almost no loopholes, except for forcibly crossing the river, Yelu Nerugu can't think of any better way.
Yelu Nerugu said to everyone: "Generals, according to the information sent back by the spies, the Song army has arranged 600,000 troops to drill day and night on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the Song army has also arranged a large number of catapults and watchtowers along the Yellow River.
Therefore, if our army wants to break through the defense line of the Song army, it can only be carried out at night, especially the night when the moon is dark and the wind is high, which is the most suitable for forcibly crossing the Yellow River. ” "The ministers obey Your Majesty's orders."
The generals said in unison.
"Now I'm going to arrange the task of crossing the river," Jerunerugu said as he brought the generals to the map, arranging the tasks for everyone properly.
Now the Song army has deployed 600,000 troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, and is building warships on a large scale, and has also collected a large number of civilian ships from the surrounding areas, and the Song army commander Wang Shao has only one purpose in doing this, that is, to prepare for a large-scale counteroffensive, once these warships of the Song army are built, the Song army's counteroffensive will begin.
Yelu Nerugu understood that when the 600,000 Song army on the opposite side counterattacked, he would not even be able to resist without any tactics, because the Song army itself was a tactical sea of people tactics, and the Song army could completely rely on the advantage of a large number of people to overwhelm it with the power of thunder, and at that time, even if Yelu Nerugu's Eastern Liao army was strong, it would be drowned in the boundless sea of people of the Song army, and in front of the 600,000 army, this little force in the hands of Yelu Nerugu could not even turn up a wave.
In addition to the reasons of the Song army, of course, there are also reasons for the Xia army, at this time Li Liangzuo's Xia army is still stationed outside Zhending Mansion, although the Xia army is only 100,000 people, but no one knows the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Xia army better than Yelu Nerugu, Yelu Nerugu understands that once the Song army launches an attack, Li Liangzuo's Xia army will not miss this opportunity to beat the water dogs, the Xia army only needs to go east along the Zhending Mansion and take Hejian Mansion, and the tens of thousands of Eastern Liao troops going south will be immediately cut off from the road to the north, and they will be attacked by the north and south of the Xia and Song armies.
It is only a matter of time before it falls.
But Yelu Nerugu also understood Li Liangzuo's thoughts, as long as the Eastern Liao army could cross the Yellow River to prove its combat effectiveness to the Xia army, Li Liangzuo would not rashly move eastward, because Yelu Nerugu understood that Li Liangzuo wanted to further weaken the vitality of the Song army, and only in this way could Yelu Nerugu prove his worth; Of course, there is a reason why Yelu Nerugu is willing to be used by Li Liangzuo so willingly, that is, Yelu Nerugu needs to get enough wealth from the Great Song Dynasty to prepare for a comeback, and even Yelu Nerugu no longer plans to return to Nanjing Road, and intends to occupy a territory in the Great Song Dynasty to continue to maintain his rule.
When the Eastern Liao Army was planning to forcibly cross the Yellow River, the Song army's defense line on the south bank of the Yellow River had already been prepared. ” Wang Shao warmly greeted his junior and said: "Don't be anxious, come, come, come, sit down and say." ” After sitting down again, the seed master said to Wang Shao: "Commander, when the last general inspected the defense line just now, he found that there were dark clouds in the north, and I am afraid that there will be heavy fog in the Yellow River tonight. ” Wang Shao immediately understood the meaning of the Dao of the Seed Master, so he said to the Dao of the Seed Master: "The meaning of the virtuous nephew is that the Eastern Liao army may forcibly cross the river tonight. ” Seed Master Dao said: "It is very possible that the Eastern Liao army will attack tonight under the cover of fog. ” "Where does the virtuous nephew think the Eastern Liao Army will land," Wang Shao continued to ask the seed master.
Seed Master Dao shook his head and said, "This last general doesn't know, any location along the Yellow River has this possibility. ” Although Wang Shao also understood that the Eastern Liao Army might launch an attack tonight, without a specific landing location for the Eastern Liao Army, Wang Shao would not have a way to make a unified deployment, and once there was a loophole in the deployment, the entire Yellow River defense line would be dangerous; After some careful consideration, Wang Shao made a decision: "Virtuous nephew, Ben Shuai will send 50,000 soldiers and horses from the camp to your unified command, as a mobile force ready to respond to emergencies at any time, once the Eastern Liao army is found to force the crossing, immediately rush to stop, Ben Shuai will then lead the reinforcements to arrive." ” "Yes, the last general commands."
The seed master Dao took over the military order.
Then the seed master Dao said: "Greeting, the last general has a small request, the last general hopes that the 50,000 army can be selected by the last general. ” Wang Shao smiled and said, "You say what you want."
The seed master said to Wang Shao: "The last general will need 30,000 crossbowmen, 10,000 sword and axe men, and 10,000 pikemen, and these 30,000 crossbowmen must also be equipped with short blades. ” Wang Shao immediately agreed: "Okay, Ben Shuai promised you, but you also have to guard the Yellow River defense line with Ben Shuai, if you let the enemy army kill you, military law will be involved." ” The seed master Dao immediately took the military order and said: "Yes, the last general will strictly follow the military order of the commander." ” A major war along the Yellow River is inevitable, this battle is related to the life and death of the Great Song Dynasty and the Southern Liao Dynasty, the Song military victory is the last straw that overwhelms the Southern Liao Dynasty, and the Eastern Liao military victory will give the Southern Liao Dynasty a chance to breathe, of course, the Great Song Dynasty may be in danger at that time.
Thank you for the two advances that go to and the road is not stopped, Tianyu has been on the way back to work in the past two days, so it has not been updated in time in the past two days, and I hope you understand, these two chapters Tianyu will take time to make up for you after work
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