It was extremely cold in the middle of the night, dripping into ice.

The atmosphere in the big tent of the Xia army was warm, more than 100 generals gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Su Jin began to arrange combat tasks; When Yelu Zongzhen's messenger came overnight to deliver the declaration of war, Su Jin knew that the time had come, and the two days of acting had successfully defeated the psychological defense line of Yelu Junchen.

When Su Jin analyzed all this to the generals, most of the generals agreed with Su Jin's judgment that after this whole set of dramas, the Liao people would either go to war immediately, or they would only withdraw their troops, and it was impossible to wait for the wind and snow to stop before fighting, because according to past experience, every year in the month of La, the snowstorm will last for several days, that is, the snow will stop, and the strong northeast wind blowing from the Helan Pass will also blow the snow on the ground all over the sky, so bad weather, it is difficult to hide in the tent, How to fight the enemy?

Even when the sun shines, the snow will freeze with a thick and slippery crust of ice, and the hooves of the war horses will either sink deep or slip when they step on it, but in fact, they cannot fight. The so-called waiting for the weather to be fine and the two sides to fight each other is just a shout, even if the ice and snow melt and the sun shines after a dozen days, I don't know how many people and horses will freeze to death by then, especially when they know that the food and fuel of the Xia army are safe, how can the Liao people wait for these ten days in vain, so that the morale of their army is completely lost?

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have discussed with Zhang Xiangguo and other adults, and I feel that the Liao people will quietly retreat in these days, as long as they pull out the camp and retreat, the opportunity will come, and the retreat of the army will be like a rout, and it will not be able to stop at all, and our army must seize this opportunity to win, so as to ensure a big victory."

All the generals nodded in unison, this is not bad, the current situation, whoever attacks first will suffer, whoever retreats first will be defeated, if the Liao people really retreat, it is indeed the best opportunity.

"Therefore, from now on, I declare that we have entered a state of attack, and the troops led by you must be ready to attack at any time, and once the order is given, it must be assembled and attacked at every second." Su Jin's cold voice resounded through the tent: "If you have any questions, take this opportunity to raise them quickly, and it will be too late to mention them later." ”

"Dare to ask General Su, the snow is heavy, the snow is deep and the road is slippery, and it is difficult for the war horse to run, how to pursue?" One of the generals asked aloud.

Su Jin said: "Good question, the war horse is difficult, it is indeed not conducive to the pursuit, but it is also not conducive to the retreat of the Liao, in order to improve mobility, I have ordered the whole army of more than 50,000 wheeled vehicles to remove the wheels, install the arc chassis and modify it into a snow sled, each car is pulled by several horses, materials and weapons can be placed on the sled, seven or eight soldiers on each car ride, after testing, the speed is much faster than the horse charge, and it is convenient to coordinate with each other to attack, three archers per car, two shield soldiers, two pikemen, Shieldmen can protect archers and pikemen, and archers and pikemen can kill enemies without distraction. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and they could still do this, and the cavalry turned into chariot soldiers, but I don't know how effective it was, it sounded quite reasonable.

Su Jin continued: "There is no need to wonder, the ancient chariots are all such tactics, we are not recovering the old antiques, but adapting measures to local conditions, if there is no deep snow to obstruct it, it is naturally the most effective cavalry pursuit, but at present, the cavalry is controlled by the terrain and weather, this tactic will definitely work." ”

Zhang Yuan also said: "You listen to the order, and the old man also agrees to do this." ”

As the discussion faded away, another general asked, "What should the Liao people do if they guess the intentions of our army and deliberately put their pockets to lure me into attacking?" ”

Su Jin said: "This general is quite smart, this possibility is not impossible, but the terrain is limited, how to set up an ambush on a flat terrain?" In addition, the charge of the war horse is limited, and it is inferior to the infantry when it moves. Moreover, I have sent a number of scout teams to go deep behind the enemy's flanks to observe the enemy forces at close range, firstly to monitor when the enemy troops are retreating, and secondly, to prevent the enemy from setting up ambushes, so that they can detect the enemy's movements. ”

The general nodded and said, "Lord Zhang has considered it thoroughly, and the last general is relieved." ”

Another general stepped forward and said: "The last general still has doubts, if the enemy retreats, there must be a rear team to break off, if the enemy's rear team forms a barrier to resist the enemy, as long as it is delayed for half a day, the main force of the Liao army can withdraw to the Helan Pass, and at that time it will be condescending, won't it be difficult for our army to attack?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "This general's appetite is not small, listen to your tone is to annihilate the Liao army and capture Yelu Zongzhen alive, but in fact this is impossible, of course the retreat of the army will not be a swarm of swarms to run back, the Liao people will inevitably retreat in several batches in an orderly manner, the Liao lord must go first, and then the main army will slowly retreat, and finally the broken soldiers and horses will retreat, the timing of our attack is when the main force of the Liao people retreats, and the broken army is our main goal." ”

"The Liao army of 270,000 people, and the broken army is not less than 50,000 or more, so as to delay the pursuit of our army, even if we completely annihilate these 50,000 troops, it will be a great victory for us; What's more, if you want to delay for half a day, 50,000 Liao soldiers are not enough, so you don't have to worry about having no enemy troops to kill; If the attack goes well, the time to defeat the enemy's broken army is short enough, and we still have a lot of time to pursue the enemy's main force, I'm afraid you don't have that ability. ”

The general smiled and said, "Then I'll rest assured, but it's a pity that the emperor of Liao can't catch up." ”

Su Jindao: "My goal is to annihilate more than 100,000 enemies, plus the 60,000 Liao troops annihilated by Commander Li and Zhang Xiangguo before, so that the Liao people will lose the lives of 160,000 troops. ”

The crowd will be infected by Su Jin's confident emotions, almost forgetting the fact that this guy is forcing the Great Xia army and the Liao people to fight to the death, in fact, the generals who lead the troops are all belligerents, a big war is in front, just like a beggar seeing wine and meat, his eyes are shining, at this time who is who is not = put it behind it for the time being, first enjoy it and then talk about it, which cares about the rest.

"If you have no objection, I will assign the task; Ren Jingde listened to the order, your commander's 90,000 horses are the vanguard, and together with the battle, you need to quickly attack the front of the enemy's broken army, don't forget that your task is to annihilate at least 50,000 enemy troops to offset the punishment of ten slaps, but I have confidence in you; I would like to send you a word: at all costs, quickly break through the front of the enemy army, and cooperate with other generals to quickly solve the enemy behind the broken enemy, in order to catch up with the enemy's main force and expand the results. ”

Ren Jingde stepped forward in a muffled voice, took the token and turned to retreat, Su Jin smiled: "You should be happy, letting you be a pioneer is not to belittle you, but to trust your ability." ”

Ren Jingde rolled his eyes and said angrily, "Thank you Lord Su for your trust." ”

Su Jin smiled and shouted: "General Ximu listens to the order, you lead an army of 50,000 to attack the enemy's left flank, and when General Ren meets the enemy head-on, you must storm the flank and cooperate with General Ren to attack, there must be no mistake!" ”

The fine mother gave her hand and shouted: "Don't worry, Lord Su, look at me." ”

Su Jin nodded slightly, and said, "General Lang listens to the order." ”

A general of Kong Wu stepped forward and gave his hand.

"You lead 20,000 horses to attack the enemy's right flank, remember, the right flank is a slope, don't attack, focus on containment, after breaking through in the middle, you need to lead your troops to the front of the enemy army to assist General Ren to attack the front, understand?"

Lang Yan said loudly: "Order! ”

Su Jin clapped his hands and said: "The rest of the generals will lead the army of their headquarters to standby, there are three fierce generals, General Ren, General Ximu and General Lang, we only need to press the formation in the rear." ”

The generals were stunned and said, "How can this be done? More than 200,000 troops followed behind to watch the excitement? Why don't you send them together to storm and crush the enemy army more quickly? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, you have your own opportunity to show your talents, and I will make my own arrangements." ”

Everyone was talking, and Su Jin slapped the table and said, "Okay, don't you listen to orders, right?" Do you want to be boarded or dismissed on the spot? I know that you are dissatisfied because I am a member of the Great Song Dynasty, and I don't want you to do anything to me, you just need to endure it for a few days, and after this battle, I will pat my ass and leave, and then you will be out of sight and out of mind, but at this moment you have to listen to me, and go to your queen mother to reason if you are not convinced. ”

The generals muttered and refused to stop, Su Jinyi waved his hand and said: "I advise you to go back and hurry up and rest, maybe the war will start in the next hour, don't doze off on the battlefield at that time, as soon as you doze off, it is your soldiers of the Xia Kingdom who die, and if you are defeated, your Xia Kingdom will be defeated, and it has nothing to do with me, dismiss the meeting and sleep!" ”

Dynasty Mahan Zhang Long Zhao Hu came in from outside with his personal guards, crossed his hands and looked like whoever would go out if he didn't leave, and the generals reluctantly went out of the tent.

Zhang Yuan followed at the end, and couldn't help but ask Su Jindao: "Master Su, why do you want to keep your hand?" In this way, won't the casualties of my Great Xia soldiers increase much? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Zhang Xiangguo, it makes sense for me to do this, the army of the Liao people will be defeated after the break, if they are exhausted by the swarm of bees, how can they pursue the main force of the enemy?" These 200,000 troops are a new force, as long as the Liao soldiers who are in the way are annihilated, I will immediately order a quick pursuit of the enemy's main force, this is called recuperation, they don't understand, don't you understand? ”

Zhang Yuan said suddenly: "My lord originally thought so, and he can make it clear to the generals." ”

Su Jin smiled: "When is the beast the most ferocious and brave? When you are hungry, hold their strength first, and after they are released from the cage, won't they all be like tigers in the mountains? ”

Zhang Yuan's eyes widened and he laughed and said, "I have been taught, the old man has been taught, and I will say goodbye." ”

Su Jin gave it away, watching Zhang Yuan's figure disappear into the dim light of the wind lamp, Su Jin laughed.

Wang Dynasty Mahan and the others had followed Su Jin for too long, so they naturally felt the unusual meaning in Su Jin's laughter, and Wang Chao said: "I'm afraid that the prince is lying to him." ”

Su Jin chuckled: "Of course, I just want to let the Xia people lose a little more troops, what bullshit to recuperate, I estimate that the Liao people will leave at least 80,000 to 100,000 troops after the break, I will send 160,000 double troops to fight, victory is sure to win, but it will cost a considerable price, if a swarm rushes up, crush the enemy army, the loss is very small, what good is it for my Great Song?" Xia Guo is a white-eyed wolf, I don't give him more than 100,000 troops of 400,000, how can he sleep peacefully in the future? ”

Wang Dynasty Ma Han and the others were stunned, it turned out that the prince had this idea, which was incredible.

"I know you will think that I regard the lives of the Xia people as a mustard, but when the Xia army attacked the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty and slaughtered the people of the Great Song Dynasty, you would not think so."

Su Jin's face was solemn: "The Xia people are by no means good, we will fund their weapons and armor food this time, if these factors are not offset, the military strength of the Xia State will increase greatly, and after this battle, the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty are at loggerheads, once we join forces with the Xia State, my Great Song Dynasty is in danger; This is not unfounded, today's friends and tomorrow's enemies, the transformation is only in an instant, look at the relationship between my Great Song Dynasty and the Liao people and the Western Xia, you will understand. ”

"What the prince said is, I'll understand." Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and the four of them arched their hands.

Su Jinyi sighed: "I know that you still don't understand it, but in the future, when you become an important minister alone, you will naturally understand this truth." ”