After the Liao army withdrew, the Song army continued to attack with long-range weapons until the Liao army completely escaped from the Song army's attack range; This time, the Liao army attacked the Daimyo's Mansion for three days, and in just three days, the Liao army was defeated by the Song army.
The Liao army suffered huge losses in this defeat, and in the end, less than 30,000 Liao troops escaped from the Song army's array.
Xingqing Mansion, summer palace.
The light in the imperial study is still on, Li Liangzuo is waiting for news, from the news on the battlefield of the Liao and Song dynasties, although the Great Xia Empire did not directly participate in this war, but it also has a significant impact on the pattern of the world, which is completely related to the foreign policy of the Great Xia Empire for the Song and Liao countries in the future.
After Xiao Fuzi got the battle report, he trotted all the way to the imperial study, put the war report into Li Liangzuo's hands and said, "Your Majesty, the battle report of the Daimyo's Mansion has arrived." ” After Li Liangzuo took the battle report, he read it carefully, and the battle report was very thick, and the ways of fighting between the Song and Liao armies were recorded very clearly, and even the time was recorded, when the pot was buried to cook, and when the camp gate was released, all of which were recorded, and the result made Li Liangzuo have a sense of immersion.
After reading the battle report, Li Liangzuo said: "Fuzi, immediately send someone to announce that Li Yue came to see me." ” "Your Majesty, if it's too late today, you better rest first," Xiao Fuzi said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo said with some anger: "If you want to go, you can go, when will it be your turn to make decisions for me." ” "Yes, the minion will do it."
Xiao Fuzi immediately retreated.
After Xiaofuzi left, Li Liangzuo closed his eyes and the scene of the entire Song Liao Daimyo battlefield appeared in his mind, the Liao army's breakthrough was not the end of the Song-Liao War of the campaign, and there was still a back hand left in the seed master's road, that is, 30,000 Song cavalry, after a midwinter training, the Song army cavalry grew rapidly.
When the Liao army broke through, the teacher sent people into the city to Liu Changzuo, Li Xian and Zhang Dunli to order the three to lead the cavalry troops to chase and kill the Liao army, and the three of them led 30,000 iron cavalry to wait for the Liao army outside the north gate after receiving the military order.
Although they were all cavalry, the cavalry of the Liao army at this time was already at the end of the crossbow, and their morale was low, so they were not at all the opponents of the cavalry of the Song army, which was ready to attack.
When attacked by the Song army's iron cavalry, the Liao army's formation was scattered and unable to organize a counterattack, so it could only flee; So the scene of the rout was staged again, the physical strength of the Liao army's war horse has been almost consumed, and it can't run the Song army's war horse at all, and the Liao army cavalry fell down under the swing of the Song army's saber, which is the first battle of the Song army's cavalry, and also marks the formal formation of the Song army's cavalry, since the Great Song Dynasty lost control of the northwest region during the Taizong period, the Song army lost the last place to raise horses, and the Song army cavalry disappeared in the long river of history.
But today the Great Song Iron Cavalry is back, although there are only 30,000 cavalry, but this is also a good start; There is no poor Kou Mo chasing here, the cavalry of the Song army pursued the Liao army all the way until it was dark before returning one after another, the battle ended with a complete victory of the Song army, this victory gave the Song Dynasty a shot in the arm, and greatly boosted the confidence of the Song army and the people to resist Liao.
In this battle, less than 10,000 cavalry of the Liao army finally fled back, and the 100,000 troops marching south were basically wiped out; The Song army has won a lot, the most important of which is the war horse, the Song army has captured no less than 30,000 war horses, these war horses are all excellent war horses, better than most of the war horses that the Song army is riding now; Of course, the losses of the Song army were not small, and the Song army lost more than 50,000 people in the normal war, most of which were lost in field battles outside the city; Such a large loss is very worth it for the Great Song; The Battle of the Daimyo Mansion was not the end of the Song-Liao War, but only the beginning.
After receiving Li Liangzuo's command, Li Yue came to the imperial study as quickly as possible, and saw Li Liangzuo lying on the dragon chair with his eyes closed, not knowing whether he was thinking about things or had fallen asleep; Li Yue could only stand aside and wait, and after a long time, Li Liangzuo opened his eyes and saw Li Yue, and handed the battle report of the Daimyo's Mansion to Li Yue, Li Yue took the battle report with both hands, and the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled.
After Li Yue finished reading it, Li Liangzuo asked Li Yue: "Yue'er, what do you see from this?"
Li Yue said to Li Liangzuo: "Father, the Liao army's offensive method in this battle is obviously a copy of the common offensive method of our Xia army; Shu Erchen bluntly said that the Song army used the sharpness of firearms to successfully thwart the attack of the Liao army, and if it was replaced by our army with the same strength and conditions, it would be basically impossible to achieve victory. ” Li Liangzuo nodded and said, "You only see one of them, but you don't know the second and third. ” "Please also ask my father to teach me."
"Don't you see that this Song army is very different from the previous Song army, in the past, as soon as the cavalry troops rushed into the Song army's array, the Song army would immediately become a rout, but this Song army did not, not only did not rout, but after paying huge casualties, it was still actively resisting, and almost did not completely encircle and annihilate the Liao cavalry; From this, it can be seen that the Song army has begun to become stronger in the war, and the Song army's will to fight has awakened, which is the second; Third, after this battle, the Great Song Dynasty will surely jubilate the whole country and increase the confidence of the people, and the Song Emperor Zhao Ji will also seize this favorable opportunity to regain control of the Great Song Dynasty, and the chaos in the Great Song Dynasty may be over; With this army as a seed, the Great Song Dynasty can organize and train another million troops, and the Great Song Dynasty has such an army, how much more effort does it take for me to unify the Central Plains. ” "The son is stupid, thank you for your father's teachings" "You also know how powerful the firearms of the Song army are, so I also want to form an army based on firearms, and the reason why I have kept you in the capital without releasing you is to let you be the commander of this army."
Li Liangzuo walked up to Li Yue, patted Li Yue's shoulder and said.
"Thank you, father."
Li Yue said very excitedly.
"The soldiers of this army have been prepared for you, that is, the 50,000 veterans I have drawn from various legions, how strong their combat effectiveness and will to fight are, I needless to say, you kid should also know in your heart; It's up to you to take over this army from tomorrow. ” "Yes, the retainers are commanded" Then Li Yue asked Li Liangzuo again: "Father, what to do with the gunpowder, this is a secret of the Great Song Dynasty, I'm afraid it's not easy to get it."
"I have my own way, so you don't need to worry about it."
Li Liangzuo said to Li Yue; "I have a training manual here, and the training of the new army should be carried out in accordance with this manual, starting with the most basic queue."
"There is a saying from my father and sons, I don't know whether to say it or not."
"What is there to say, what does it look like?"
"Father Emperor Song Army has already shown signs of rising, should we immediately send troops to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, and jointly send troops with the Liao Army to divide the world equally, and after cleaning up the Great Song Dynasty, we are settling accounts with the Liao State."
Li Yue suggested to Li Liangzuo.
The second is to continue to ask for support: