Dad, this seems to be the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 401
Knowing that Zhao Guangyi was going to conquer in person, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including Sun Yue, were not surprised at all.

The world is unstable, the army is dissatisfied, and this guy has basically never been involved in a war. Fighting against Khitan is no better than fighting against the south. No matter what, he must do his best. No matter what, he dare not entrust such a great power to others. As for his use of troops The level is actually not that important.

Regardless of how the central government dispatches troops and generals, let's talk about the He-bei side, who dares to be careless when Brother Yeluxiu personally goes south?Sun Yue also took off his Chinese robe, put on heavy armor, and sat beside Han Chongyun to oversee the battle.

In the report, Brother Yeluxiu seems to be very arrogant. The 50 army is divided into two, and all the way to take Yunzhou and the other to take Xiongzhou. He himself led more than 30 elite soldiers to the Waqiao Pass, and shot up a letter with an arrow, which was written to Sun Yue. One narrative and the like, also said that he was willing to follow the story of the pre-Qin period and challenge Sun Yue to a decisive battle.

This is purely disgusting, who doesn't know that Sun Yue fights the five scum, so Sun Yue is more straightforward and ignorant of him, but orders people to build fires and boil water on the city gate every day, causing Waqiao to close with bursts of warm smoke They kept curling up, and even sang to the Khitan people when they had nothing to do. You must know that it is very cold outside the city, and the heating conditions must be poor. You are so mad.

Of course, this is all trails, and Khitan people have never been afraid of severe cold, and it is the comprehensive strength of the two that really fight.

During a meeting in the Baihu account, Han Chongyun asked, "How many arrows do we have in our army?"

Sun Yue said: "More than 200 million. It will be transported from Luoyang by water and land. It is not a big problem to transport another 300 million within a month. The supplies for the defense of the city are still sufficient, but..." Picking up a bow, he sank into his dantian He shouted loudly, and with a bang, the arrow lost energy after more than thirty steps, and he couldn't help but bitterly said: "It's too cold this year, and I can't even draw the bow. Our army's animal tendon bows total But there are more than 7000 arrows, so what's the use of saving more arrows?"

Han Chongyun said: "There is no way. Fortunately, Khitan always likes to attack when the weather is cold. The soldiers of the Tianxiong Army are used to it. Let's wait until the spring is warm and the flowers bloom. Fortunately, since we have cement, Waqiaoguan is becoming more and more dangerous, even if they are not good at bows and crossbows, they will not be able to break in so easily. Is there enough food and grass in the fortresses?"

"Don't worry, I'm working on something. I've already prepared everything. Even if we all surround the city, it'll be enough for three or four months. In addition, I've also prepared enough firewood for each fortress to make fires for warmth. There is absolutely no problem with the arrival of imperial reinforcements."

Han Chongyun nodded and began to discuss the situation with Sun Yue.

Obviously, both of them have the idea of ​​sticking to it. To put it bluntly, they are relying on the high walls of the city to fight against the Khitan. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of elite reinforcements and imperial conscripts behind them. The time is not with me, so why bother to die with the Khitans? spell.

Since the invention of cement, it has always been given priority to supply Xiongzhou. After more than ten years of construction, the Hebei city defense is far from comparable to the defense line in the early Song Dynasty in history. 36 fortresses have been built on the plain, less than 500 There are as many as two to 3000 people, staggered and densely distributed. Any Song army fighting on the Hebei Plain can guarantee that it will find a place to rest within a day. Facing the Song Army's chrysanthemum shot, the Song Army's military deployment was revitalized a lot, which greatly reduced the advantage of the Liao cavalry coming and going like the wind.

In this way, it gave Han Chongyun and Sun Yue the confidence to play rogues, so let's wait and see.

Right now, the Nominal Leader of the Tianxiong Army is Han Chongyun, and the Second Leader is Sun Yue. The two of them have already agreed on the civil and military affairs. In fact, there is only a formality left in the military discussion, but Sun Yue still symbolically asked the following A group of generals said: "What do you generals think?"

Han Chongxun, as the leader of the guest army, was the first to stand up to express his support. Naturally, the other generals of the Tianxiong Army were unlikely to express any objection. When he came out, he actually said in a loud voice: "The last general thinks it's impossible"

Sun Yue saw that it was actually Li Jilong, and couldn't help looking at Han Chongyun curiously, with a clear look: You arranged it?It turned out that Han Zhongyun's eyes were similar to his own, and they seemed to express the same meaning.

Before the two of them could speak, Han Chongxun scolded angrily first: "Li Jilong! Is there anything you can say about the war agreed upon by the two commanders? Little deputy commander, how dare you be presumptuous?"

The leader of his army happened to be the son of Fu Yanlin, one of the nine heroes of the Fu family, and he knew very well the strategy of Fu and Sun's joining together, so he couldn't help but angrily scolded: "Xiao Li, don't be rude, and retreat quickly!"

The rest of the generals looked at him with somewhat disdainful eyes, but Li Jilong was not afraid at all, and said loudly: "The two commanders summoned the generals to discuss matters, isn't it just to accept people's words, if they are not allowed to speak, I still need to wait for a discussion what will?"

Han Chongxun was still waiting to scold him, but Han Chongyun stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "General Li is right, if you listen to him, you will understand. If Brother Yue and I settle the matter with a few words, then the two of us have a meeting, right? Li Does the general disagree?"

"good."

"tell me the story?"

"The general thought that all the Khitan captives had been slaughtered at the doorstep, and it would be too cowardly to be a coward. The late emperor personally conquered the newly restored homeland, and the people's sentiments were still floating. If we just retreated, wouldn't we be allowing them to be captured by the rebels? Trampling wantonly! Where is the people's support? If we go to regain it in the future, will there still be the grand scene of people rushing to surrender three years ago? Therefore, the general thought that we should take advantage of its unstable footing to send elite troops out of the city to dampen its spirit! The general asked for orders, such as If we cannot defeat the enemy, we would like to issue a military order."

Sun Yue and Han Zhongyun looked at each other, what a challenge.

To be a coach, to be honest, what I dislike the most is this kind of recklessness. I even wish that the people under my command can be a little cowardly, because sometimes recklessness in the military camp is really politically correct. With Li Jilong's set, who can do it? Is there something wrong with saying this?Righteous Lingran, this is it.

It is also because it is so righteous that it is not easy to object to this statement for a while. You can’t say, it’s okay, let the Khitan people kill those grassroots outside. If they kill them all, they won’t be able to grab much food and grass, and leave the city It's useless if you die, and it can't be saved. In war, you have to learn to sacrifice the lives of grassroots people appropriately. This is called compassion without soldiers.

Believe it or not, if you say this, the history books will scold you to death.

Han Chongyun, an old fox, coughed lightly when he saw this, gave Sun Yue a look, then closed his eyes and rested. It was obvious that he wanted to kick the ball to Sun Yue, but Sun Yue was not very good at kicking the ball again. Go back, because generally speaking, when the army is having a good time, taking the blame and being scolded is a responsibility that the military supervisor cannot shirk.

Fortunately, Sun Yue prepared a little bit in advance. He secretly took out a piece of ginger from his sleeve, wiped it on his eyes, and the tears came down, and he said, "Alas, General Li, the people in Hebei are all My people, watching them suffer miserably, my commander, my heart feels like a knife is twisted. However, we are responsible for guarding the land, and Waqiao Pass is the gateway to the world. There are only seven thousand bows available today. Accidental mistake, isn't it ashamed of the officials and the world? Let's discuss this matter in a long-term way."

(End of this chapter)