"Remember, Chongdao, it's been hard all the way!"

At the door of the inner hall of the Imperial Governor's Office, Xu Jiang, Liang Zimei, Ye Zuqia and Wang Yang stood to greet each other.

"It's all within the scope of work, and it's not enough."

Ji Yi and Wu Haogu, who are dusty and dusty, although they are nominally the highest officials of Hebei Yiwen and Wuwu, can only clamp their tails and be careful officials in front of subordinates like Xu Jiang. The boss shelf, that is not at all.

This is probably the most painful part of the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. It is not only the civil and military system, but also the civil and military system, the size of the system, and the internal and external system. In short, it's just dragging each other's feet, and it's hard to get anything done.

Compared with the Song Dynasty, the later Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty were much stronger in terms of decentralization. If Wu Haogu is now an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then a Zhili governor and minister of Beiyang will not run. This level of feudal officials will not nod to the prefect of a vote.

And Wu Haogu is now not only watched by Ji Yi, a civilian transfer envoy, but the four below have been appeased all the way, and they also have to be offered like an ancestor.

In addition, there is also a Tan Zhi sent by the palace to lead the dispatch of military affairs along the border of the north of the prison, and now he has also rushed to the Daimyo's Mansion from Jiehe Shang City. However, he did not greet Wu Haogu in the office of the Daimyo's Mansion, but waited at the official pavilion outside the city. Now with Ji Yi and Wu Haogu, he followed the old and virtuous General Xu into the inner hall.

In the inner hall, of course, the one sitting on the top is General Xu. Although his dispatch is not as good as Wu Haogu and Ji Yida, his official position is the biggest special advancement, and he is the former ruler. The status is far higher than that of the two juniors, and the bearing is even more sore.

Even though the Khitan Emperor's 100,000 troops had arrived at Xijin Mansion, General Xu's tone of voice was still unhurried or hurried.

"I got a military report the day before yesterday that there are a large number of cavalry in the Yizhou area of Nanjing Road in Liaoguo, and it seems that the northern captives are likely to enter the Kou from Dingzhou Road. I don't know what Wu Xuanfu's good strategy is? ”

Of course, the military report that General Xu received was fake, and it was sent by the general army room of the Hebei Xuanfu Division controlled by Zhao Zhongge. The purpose is to create tension on Dingzhou Road and Zhendingfu Road......

While General Xu was talking, Wu Haogu was quietly observing Liang Zimei and Wang Yang. Although these two also tried to maintain Taishan's unchanged bearing on his face, there was still a gloom between his eyebrows that could not be erased.

The two of them are on the Song-Liao border. If 100,000 Liao soldiers came violently, would they be martyred in the Great Song Dynasty?

"The cavalry of the northern captives is strong and the infantry army is weak, good at field warfare, and clumsy in siege. In the foolish opinion of the ancients, if you want to break through the northern captives, the only way is to 'harden the village and fight a dumb battle'. ”

Of course, Wu Haogu is talking nonsense. How could the Liao soldiers enter the Kou from Dingzhou Road and Zhending Road? Wu Haogu placed six generals south of the Jiehe River, plus the militia of Jiehe Shang City and Cangzhou (the Cangzhou militia was mainly an alternate of the knight family), and the total strength was as much as sixty or seventy thousand (including auxiliaries). Moreover, through the Jiehe Business Market, the tentacles of the Riverside Xuanfu Division have extended into the city of Xijin Prefecture.

How dare Yelu Yanxi move the main force to the Western Front and invade from Zhendingfu Road and Dingzhou Road? Do you want to do it anymore?

This Xijin Mansion City, that is, Youzhou City, is an iconic castle in the south of Yanyun Mountain. Once it was captured by Wu Haogu, the Haoqiang of the Shannan states had to raise troops to respond to the Great Song Dynasty.

However, Xu Jiang, Liang Zimei, Ye Zuqia and Wang Yang don't know this truth. Xijin Mansion is a fortified city that Emperor Taizong can't beat back and forth, how can Wu Haogu defeat it?

Impossible, absolutely impossible......

"Hardened and dumbfounded? What do you mean? Xu Jiang stroked his white beard and tasted the "six-character mantra" of Wu Haogu.

"The so-called hard village has two meanings, one is to build the fortress in the critical places of the border states, and at the same time, it is necessary to move the people into the fortress as much as possible and form a militia so that they can defend themselves and protect themselves." Wu Haogu said in a deep tone, "And the second meaning refers to the fact that when the armies go out to fight, they set up their barracks very hard, and they must put on a rock-solid posture when fighting." It is better to march at a slower pace than to fortify the camp. Whenever the army arrived, whether it was windy or rainy, they first had to dig trenches and build camp walls to ensure that the camp was protected.

As for fighting a dumb battle, it is to use soldiers not to seek surprise, not to take risks, and always to match and break with force. Pay attention to steady and steady, stupid and slow. Even between the two formations, it is necessary to pay attention to digging trenches and building fortifications, first seeking undefeated, and then seeking victory. I'd rather sweat more than bleed less. ”

When General Xu heard this, he smiled and said, "It's a good fight, and it's hard to fight." The old man thought that Chongdao was young and vigorous, and he must like to take risks, but he didn't expect to be so serious. Not bad, not bad! ”

Old man Xu didn't expect Wu Haogu to fool himself, in his opinion, the Liao army was very powerful, and the iron cavalry was invincible! The Song army had no possibility of fighting with them in a sports war or a battle in array. Only by using hard and stupid battles can we compete with it.

"However, the cavalry of the Liao State is strong, and Hebei is mostly flat, so there is no danger to defend. If the Liao cavalry breaks into the detour, will it cut off the communication between our fortified cities and hard villages, and then break them one by one? Even if it is not broken, it will starve people to death even if they are hungry. ”

The objection was Liang Zimei, who knew the affairs of Dingzhou and appeased the envoy of Dingzhou Road, and was also an unlucky guy who hacked Shi Nai'an. In fact, he is not Cai Jing's son-in-law at all, he is a very old man, his beard and hair are white, his spirit is still strong, he is one year older than Cai Jing, how can he marry Cai Jing's daughter.

I don't know if it was in order to echo "Water Margin", later historians also gave him a ridiculous charge, that is, he embezzled 3 million public funds to buy pearls from the Liao State during his tenure as the transfer envoy of the riverside capital, causing the Jurchens to rebel...... I don't know how these two things are related? It's just that Wanyan Agu raised troops seven years after Liang Zimei stepped down as the transfer envoy of the riverside capital.

"Scholar, the cavalry of the Liao State is not indestructible."

Liang Zimei has a cabinet position as a senior scholar of the palace, so Wu Haogu has to call him "a university scholar".

Wu Hao Gu said: "Although the Khitan is the national nation of the Liao State, the population is not large, but there are only two or three million people, and they are addicted to Buddhism. can charge the army, Xi cavalry shooting, but two or three hundred thousand. Among them, the elite is the 100,000 iron horsemen of the palace tent army, and if you kill one, you will have one less!

Therefore, the method of breaking the Liao cavalry is to build a strong crossbow and then equip it with the soldiers and civilians from all walks of life. Because the power of the crossbow is very great, it can not only shoot from a distance, but also pierce armor. If the arrow is contaminated with fecal poison, the person who is injured by the arrow will be infected and die. ”

"Military and civilian?" Liang Zimei touched her beard, "The militia armor also needs to be rationed with military crossbows?" ”

Although the Northern Song Dynasty attached great importance to the construction of the militia, it also controlled the weapons of the militia.

Armed with such "low-power" weapons, the armoured militia was simply not able to deal with armored cavalry and heavily armored infantry.

Of course, if those armor guards train themselves to the level of "Wanyan Dare to reach", they can also kill and injure Khitan iron horsemen with bows and arrows.

"Must be rationed!" Wu Haogu said with certainty, "Most of the militia in Hebei do not practice the martial arts of the battle array, and it may take several years to let them use bows and arrows well." Yelu Yanxi won't wait that long!

Moreover, once the fortress on the edge of the city is not defended, the captured strong men by the river will become a siege weapon in the hands of Yelu Yanxi. At that time, the Khitan Iron Cavalry will drive the people of our Great Song Dynasty to attack our Great Song Dynasty's cities! ”

He looked at Liang Zimei and said with a worried face: "For example, the city of Dingzhou has been in disrepair for a long time, and the defenders are only two generals, and there are many shortages, and they have been in battle for a long time...... If the Khitan calls, it would be good to have 6,000 people go to the city. But Dingzhou is a huge city, and 6,000 people can't even stand on the city wall. Moreover, under Dingzhou, there are still Beiping, Wangdu, Tangxian, Xinle, Wuji, Quyang and other county towns to defend, and dozens of towns and forts to defend. How can you hold it without militia and civilians? And the militia and the common people did not have strong crossbow paper armor, how could they kill and injure Liaokou? If all the county castles in Dingzhou are broken, and there is only one state city left, how should the university scholars defend it? ”

Only one state city is left to hold on? Liang Zimei squinted at Wu Haogu with old eyes, and said in her heart: You all hurt me! Yelu Yanxi just wants two or three million, isn't it enough to give it to him? It's good now, if it really hits Dingzhou, will this scholar run away or stick to it?

Ji Yi on the side interjected: "Xuanfu's words are reasonable...... Although the laws of the country do not allow the common people and the armor to possess crossbows, armor, spears, horses, and equipment, they are in a hurry. I don't think it's better to play it jointly, and let's make a special case for the state armies along the river. ”

Ji Yi didn't count what he said, everyone turned their attention to Xu Jiang Xu Old Man - among the people present, he was the most official. Old Man Xu squinted his eyes and thought about it, but still nodded: "Although there is something wrong, there is no way." It's just that there are a lot of military states along the border along the river, Cangzhou, Xin'an Army, Bazhou, Baoding Army, Qingzhou, Xiongzhou, Mozhou, Shun'an Army, Baozhou, Dingzhou, Zhendingfu, these seven states, three armies and one government, are all along the border. If they all equip the militia with crossbows, in a hurry, where can they find more powerful crossbows? ”

"The armory room of the Xuanfu Division can be managed." Wu Hao Gu said, "In addition, not only must you be given a strong crossbow, but paper armor and leather helmets are also indispensable. Armor not only protects the body, but also gives the warrior courage. There must be some spears to deal with the cavalry, otherwise the militia will not be able to get out of the city. ”

Wu Haogu pondered as he spoke: How can the militia of the three armies and one government in the seven states have to have 120,000 people, right? And the rest of the Hebei Prefecture Army can't be prepared at all. The amount of crossbows, paper armor, leather helmets, and spears needed is not small....... That's a big deal!

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