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The generals were about to ask for clarification, but Xue Ta Lahai, the deputy commander of the black army, waved his hand and told them all to retreat.

But Shi Tianying was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Our elite armored soldiers can't move! Absolutely can't move!"

Xue Talahai laughed twice: "Don't worry, the king, Da Khan has plans for Da Khan. We also have our own means!"

He said this because the situation at hand was indeed prepared by Genghis Khan for Guo Ning.In other words, the entire situation on Zhongdu Road has always been the result of the constant game between Genghis Khan and Guo Ning.

Genghis Khan's initial combat goal was to win the capital itself.This is obviously hoping to imitate the old technique of suppressing Xia Guoxing's central government before, and continue to squeeze out the oil and water of this country through the suppression of the capital of Dajin.

But with Jebe's death in Liaodong, Shandong's Ding Navy became the life and death enemy of the Mongols.The purpose of all the actions of Genghis Khan himself and the many attached troops on the Beijing Road in Zhongdu was to encircle and fight for aid, trying to lure the main force of the Ding Navy with various military operations on Zhongdu Road, and then wiped it out in one go.

The core strength of the Mongolian army lies in the 95 thousands of households on the grasslands. It lies in the Mongolian headquarters who have been familiar with riding and shooting since childhood, and can be as fast as a hurricane and as strong as a mountain.The combat effectiveness, mobility, and flexible tactics of the Mongolian army are all maintained on these 95 Mongolian thousand households.

Outsiders think that the manpower that can be recruited on the grassland is endless. In fact, once the real masters are lost, it is very difficult to make up for them.And the loss of these thousands of troops is related to the establishment of the Great Mongol Kingdom, the core tribes of Nilun Mongolia and Dierlieqin Mongolia, and then to the outer tribes such as Tataer, Merqi, and Woyila. Layers of nesting, delicate balance.

Therefore, Genghis Khan gave the generals of the Beijing Road maximum freedom of action, hoping that these attached troops would put heavy pressure on the Jin army in Zhongdu, so that when the court in Zhongdu was crumbling, the main force of the Ding navy had to join the battlefield to respond.The main force of the Mongolian army, which was waiting for work, had a chance to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.

Correspondingly, the same is true for the Ding Navy.The backbone of the Ding Navy has always been the old soldiers who retreated from northern Xinjiang to various places in Hebei. These old soldiers also died one by one, and it is almost difficult to replicate in a short period of time.

Therefore, in battle, Guo Ning always tries to use small-scale partial divisions to contain and attract the enemy, and uses the main force for a critical moment of blow.From a certain point of view, this also continued the Jurchen's fighting style with strong armor and heavy cavalry as the core, fierce attack on the battlefield, and final decision.

When the two commanders are hostile to each other, the battlefield situation is as Shi Tianying saw,
No matter how great the scale and momentum of the battle was at this level, neither side did their best, but only a tentative fight.One side is attacking and the other is defending, or vice versa, the constant consumption and confrontation are like hunting dogs biting each other, and the bait is bloody and fleshy.And who wins and who loses is not very important at this time, and it even makes Shi Tianying a little sleepy.

He knew very well that the important thing was to draw out the hunter.

But there are only two real hunters, and both hunters regard each other as prey, so they always lurk in the dark, waiting for the other to take the lead.

Shi Tianying was convinced that Guo Ning's patience must not be as good as Genghis Khan's.

This has nothing to do with Guo Ning's character or tactics, but because Ding Hai's power is limited after all.

Considering the rapid expansion of their power in the past year, the Ding Navy's control over Shandong and Liaodong is not stable; Shi Tianying guessed that the entire Ding Navy has about 5 troops, and these 5 people No more than half of them can be freely mobilized.Their strength that has shown up is only a few thousand people in Zhigu Village.

Facing these thousands of people, it was the soldiers who retreated into Beijing Road and were recruited by various powerful forces after the collapse of the Northeast and Northwest recruiting divisions of the Dajin Kingdom; An army of one hundred thousand!There are nearly 5 people placed around Zhigu Village alone!
With such a huge troop scale, all weaknesses can be forcibly covered.No matter how many tricks the defenders of Zhigu Village have, and how they burn down the siege equipment, even if the navy is so elite that one can fight ten, the generals of the Beijing Road will surely win this battle.

Even if it takes human lives, they will definitely be able to capture Zhigu Village.

Then, the problem came to Guo Ning.

After all, Ding Haijun is still a courtier of Dajin, Shi Tian should not believe that Guo Ning can watch the Mongolian Khan tighten the noose layer by layer as he goes to the capital of Dajin.Before that, the generals of the Beijing Road were able to wipe out all the defenders of the Zhigu Village, which made Guo Ning heartbroken.

Perhaps in the eyes of Genghis Khan, the generals of the Beijing Road were just a bait to attract the main force of the Ding Navy, but Shi Tianying himself didn't think so.He believed that his own strength would not only be able to win the Zhigu Village, but also enough to determine the battle situation in Zhongdu Road.

In his view, the Black Army is not only a bait, but also a hunting dog.And it's the most vigorous and vicious of the hounds.Relying on the strength of the black army, at least they can force out the opponent's hunter, and even bite the hunter's throat!
Shi Tianying only needs to know where the opponent's hunter is.

If you think about it from another angle, the soldiers and horses in Zhigu Village are all elite.And the reason why this army repeatedly provokes and entangles fiercely is to attract the attention of its own side, make it difficult for its own side to distinguish reality from reality, and cover the actions of the main naval force.So, where is the main force of the Ding Navy lurking?
Zhigu Village?

In a certain fleet at sea?

Dinghai is also really patient.The Lushui channel has been blocked for five days, and the supply of food and materials in Zhongdu City will be tense at any time, and once the supplies are in short supply, those high-ranking officials and nobles will inevitably make all kinds of sneaky things, causing the seemingly stable Zhongdu City to fall into turmoil .

But the main force of the Ding Navy has not even appeared until now.

They are obviously the defenders, so they should be in a hurry to open up the passage and get out of the difficulties of Zhongdu!Hey, it can be seen that their loyalty to the imperial court is also very limited!
It's also interesting to say that if Ding Haijun never showed up, the Mongolian army would just lie in wait and wait with bated breath.Could it be that I, Shi Tianying, have always been in charge of the army and took down Zhigu Village?After that, he took over Tongzhou and took down Zhongdu in one go?If you really want to do this, it can be called Megatron, right?If I control both Beijing and Zhongdu, how do I know I can't be Shi Jingtang?

Shi Tianying shook his head, and was about to continue his calculations when his heart suddenly moved.

Our own army deployed tens of thousands of troops along the more than [-]-mile Lushui Passage from Tongzhou in the west to Zhigu Village in the east, which can be described as airtight.Even though Ding Haijun in Zhiguzhai tried his best to resist, he could only harass but was unable to challenge him head-on.

But is there really no flaw in this formation?
The Ding Navy's two previous battles in Liaodong were inseparable from the support of the Ding Navy's huge shipping fleet.Therefore, Shi Tianying and the other generals deployed their forces in response to this advantage.

After our own side controls the Lushui line, if the navy comes from the sea, our side will use the land to control the sea with its huge force, which is enough to take the initiative in advance, making it difficult for them to gain a foothold.Even if the fight is unfavorable for a while, it can be blocked layer by layer, exhausting the enemy's strength, and then regaining the advantage at a certain moment.

Even in the worst situation, after all, the Mongolian Army Headquarters is still behind.

but……

What if the navy does not come by sea?
"The person in charge of Wozikou in the south is Brother Youxing from the Bohai Navy. Did he have a military report today?"

This sentence came so abruptly, Xue Ta Lahai immediately guessed the key point: "You are worried, the king, so the navy will come from land to fight?"

In the past few days, I can cough up half a basin of phlegm every day, and I feel a little sick...