I became the son of Renzong

Since the expedition to the present, it has advanced nearly a hundred miles in the past month... It is clear how big the gap is in this hundred miles.

The scouts of the several armies of our own side are all fine cavalry. Even if they are released for fifty miles, due to the number, they cannot accurately detect the traces of the Northern Liao cavalry... The mobility advantage of the cavalry is fully reflected at this time.

In fact, even if traces are found, so what?When the army advances, another investigation is needed...

"The reports of the four coaches are all asking to retreat..."

Looking at the report from the front line, Zhang Dun really felt a little speechless.

He is not a pure civil servant who has never experienced war, and the tone of his words conveyed his approval.

The four-way army, 20 soldiers, advanced a hundred miles, and beheaded less than [-]... This indicates that there has been no real battle so far.

If this continues, the 20 troops of the Guochao can even go directly north to the Zhongjing Road in Beiliao to participate in the civil strife in Beiliao.

Naturally, this 20 army will be completely surrounded by the Beiliao.

It's not normal to drive straight in without eliminating the opponent.

"After all, the land of the three states has already been won, so withdrawing troops like this is equivalent to wasting all previous efforts!"

Wang Anshi felt it was a pity, a pity.

Yanyun sixteen prefectures, four prefectures were taken back in the early stage, and this is three prefectures again, nearly half of them.

However, he also knew that the recovery that did not eliminate the enemy's vital forces was false.

I didn't expect that the government's preservation of people and loss of land, and the preservation of both people and land, the Beiliao also used it so well.

"According to the reports from the front, there are signs of a truce on the Zhongjing Road in the Northern Liao Dynasty, and the number of cavalry going south for reinforcements has been increasing day by day."

"From the border of the country to the northernmost point where the army arrived, there is a gap of nearly a hundred miles. These gaps have been ruled by the Northern Liao Dynasty for a hundred years. How can even the Han people underestimate them?"

"The imperial court and the army going out have no way of knowing whether the Han people in the gap of a hundred miles are the Han army...~"

"Once there is a change, the 20 soldiers of the Fourth Route Army may be in a situation where they are deeply encircled by the enemy. At that time, what kind of chaos will Hebei Road..."

There were millions of soldiers in the country, and nearly [-]% of them let go of the Northwest, Hedong and Hebei Roads.

If it weren't for the battle of the country, the strength of Hebei Road would be considered the limit.

Who would have thought it would be like this?

"Report... Hebei Dao urgent report..."

Since the start of the war, the imperial court has opened the express delivery channel from Hebei Road to Bianliang.

It is a faster delivery method than Hongling Express in the early years.

"Report to all the elders, Tang County reported that a Beiliao scout was found fifty miles north of Tang County..."

really……

The cabinet once again gathered in front of the sand table.

For the cavalry, there are passages everywhere.

The land of Hebei has been ruled by the Northern Liao Dynasty for a hundred years, and in the early years, the Northern Liao Dynasty came to the border of the country and DPRK to harass it from time to time.For Beiliao, he is more familiar with the terrain than Guochao.

"Retreat! Otherwise, it is really possible to encircle 20 soldiers."

"Could it be that the civil strife in Northern Liao has subsided? If the internal strife persists, the Northern Liao should not be able to send out enough troops to encircle and suppress the twenty major armies."

"It's better to believe what you have than to believe what you don't have. It's better to be safe!"

"Beiliao still thinks too much. The firearms and equipment of the 20 army can kill them even if they are trapped in a tight siege!"

"The morale of the army after being trapped in a heavy siege is unpredictable. Although the military strength of the country has increased, the morale of the army is still the most fundamental thing in the battle. It cannot be ignored..."

The cabinet discussed around the sand table.

"Please retreat..."

Wang Anshi was very frustrated.This time the government let go of the war led by the cabinet, so it ended in an anticlimactic manner?

He was really unwilling, but he also didn't dare to use 20 troops to test.

"Can you increase your troops?"

"There is no mobile reinforcement. Either it is not the garrison in Bianliang, or the garrison in the south is mobilized."

"The garrison in Bianliang is already the minimum, and it will take at least one month to mobilize the southern army to go north, from the deployment to the reinforcement of Hebei Road."

Discussions have been discussed, and in the end it seems that only withdrawal is the most appropriate approach.

There is no way, I still have to ask for a withdrawal.

"Officials, the veteran is thinking, if there is the best time to go north to fight, how will the court solve the current tactics of the Northern Liao Dynasty?"

That's it this time, the edict has been issued.

Although the cabinet asked for the withdrawal of all armies, the government issued an edict to allow all armies to act cheaply...

Although the cabinet has doubts, the cabinet unanimously agreed to go to war, which cannot be counted as meritorious service, so it no longer has the confidence to refute the officials.

As for the government's will to act cheaply, Zhang Dun, Wang Shao and other cabinets with war experience agreed and approved it.

However, Wang Anshi couldn't figure it out, if in the future Guochao and Beiliao went to war in an all-out way, and Beiliao still used such tactics, how would Guochao respond?

Millions of soldiers cannot form a chariot formation and advance as a whole.

"Prince Wang, you elders, do you think Beiliao is afraid of us, Great Song?"

"Officials, this is impossible. Although the country's military strength has improved, there was also a great victory in the Battle of Hedong. It is not sufficient to conclude that Beiliao is afraid of our Song Dynasty."

For this point, there should be a consensus, the consensus of the entire court.

In fact, fundamentally speaking, it is Guochao who is not so afraid of Beiliao now.

"I remember that it was mentioned in the records left by the martial arts hall that when the combat power cannot support the large army to fight, guerrilla warfare that is broken up into parts is the most effective."

"For example, my first Southern Expedition against the Annan Army, for example, the tactics I used in the earliest Wanyishan exercise. They were all used in situations of disparity in combat power."

"The current status quo on the Hebei Dao front shows that Beiliao believes that it cannot compete with the Guochao's combat power in the Hebei Dao front-line confrontation. This is one of them."

"Secondly, Beiliao used such tactics with the intention of bluffing, so that Guochao would withdraw its troops because they were worried that the army would be encircled."

"All of this shows only one thing: the civil strife in Beiliao is in full swing."