Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Surrounded by a group of people, Guo Shao stood on the top of a mountain panting for breath, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat. Unexpectedly, the cold spring wind blew across the top of the mountain, but it made him feel very comfortable at this time.

From the side and rear, you can see the troops of the brigade in the valley slowly marching eastward. They are the infantry of Yang Biao's Second Army on the Left. Horses and chariots walked through the valley, and infantry columns were trekking on the rolling hills on both sides.

At this time, the Second Army and the Third Army on both wings were moving closer to the center. After the Pingxia Army set off from Wudingbao, the general direction was to advance along the Wuding River. However, in view of the limited visibility of the terrain, Guo Shao marched in three parallel ways in order to increase the horizontal early warning range and prevent ambushes. At this time, after the three armies stopped advancing, they gathered together again.

On the northern hillside, a group of several people were leading their horses to climb up here. That was Shi Yanchao and others.

Guo Shao stood on the hillside to rest his breath while waiting for Shi Yanchao.

Everyone was out of breath. Guo Shao said with a smile: "My favorite way to exercise my body is to climb mountains. The exercise is not strenuous, so you can take your time, but it takes a lot of energy."

The thin Wang Pu almost fell down from exhaustion, and said casually: "It's really hard work, and this mountain is too big."

Between talking and laughing, Shi Yanchao finally climbed up the hill, clasped his fists and said in a rough voice: "Your Majesty, the last general has ordered to withdraw the forward troops!"

Shi Yanchao hardly disobeyed military orders, but whether he was happy or not was written all over his face, and he didn't hide it at all, even in the emperor. Guo Shao glanced at him, obviously Shi Yanchao was not very happy at this time.

Guo Shao said calmly: "It was originally a matter of mutual consent, why would General Shi want to make it a burden to shave his head?"

Shi Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, please enlighten me."

Guo Shaodao: "In the current situation, Li Yiyin has gathered too many people to afford it. Our department wants to find Li Yiyin for a decisive battle, why doesn't he want to? If the other party has no intention of such a thing, they will not be able to find it even if they search hard; if Li Yiyin is interested, we don't have to be so urgent, he will come by himself.

We pretended to be a bit reluctant and thought about retreating cautiously, Li Yiyin would be even more convinced that the decisive battle was in his favor, and instead rushed to send it to his door! "

After hearing this, Wang Pu laughed and said, "Your Majesty has insight into people's hearts."

Guo Shaodao: "It's just human nature." He pondered for a moment and then said, "But we can't be too uncooperative. If we rush back to Wuding Fort, Li Yiyin will hesitate, and most likely he will not want to attack the fort, which will only increase the number of variables. Therefore, my movement at this time is called 'Welcome if you refuse'."

Everyone blushed after hearing this, and some couldn't help laughing out loud, but Guo Shao looked very serious.

Guo Shao didn't think he had a clever plan, but a very simple logical deduction. The situation is clearly in front of us, and there are not many paths that the two sides can choose.

From the standpoint of the Dangxiang Khitans, according to their previous understanding of the Forbidden Army of the Central Plains, their combat power is very strong, but there is not much difference between them and the elite soldiers of the Liao Army. Based on this judgment, with 40,000 to 50,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 guards defending fortifications, the coalition forces (Dangxiang Khitan) have extremely low chances of winning the attack; but field battles have an advantage.

Therefore, Guo Shao's judgment is: if the coalition forces are given a chance to fight in the wild, they will be very willing to cooperate; but if they are allowed to attack the city, it will be difficult for them to take the bait.

Just like a sentence: In a battle that you feel has no chance of winning, the wisest choice is not to fight.

If you want others to fight this battle, either the other party has no choice at all, or you must give others hope!

At this time, Wang Pu praised: "Your Majesty is counting. In this way, Master Wang can not only fight the Dangxiang Khitan coalition forces as he wished, but also actively choose the battlefield."

"Exactly." Guo Shao said. He glanced at Shi Yanchao, and saw that Shi Yanchao was silent, but there was a look of awe in his expression, obviously he still admired the emperor... It is inevitable that people have something they are not good at, and they will always admire those who are good at it.

Wang Pu looked at the mountain under his feet, and asked tentatively, "Where will His Majesty choose as the battlefield?"

Guo Shao has been observing from this high place for a long time.

An official from the Qianying Military Mansion seemed hesitant to speak, and Guo Shao said casually, "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but because I live in it?"

The official hurriedly said: "Wonderful!"

Unexpectedly, Guo Shao shook his head and pointed away: "I'm here to choose, and I'll choose the hillside to the east."

Everyone immediately looked in the direction he pointed, and was silent for a while, thinking about the benefits of that place. I saw that it was a large hillside, but the slope was very gentle. In this ravine, that place is not called a mountain, and it is considered a relatively flat place.

Guo Shao immediately explained: "From the perspective of common sense battle formation, it is more beneficial to occupy the high mountain at the foot, and the enemy soldiers attack with a steep slope. But it is not so good for artillery..."

He drew a parabola in the air with the horsewhip folded in his hand, "This is how the cannonball flies. The cannon can have a negative elevation angle, but the angle cannot be too large. The slope of this mountain is too steep and the mountain is too small, so the cannonball will go straight down the mountain, fly down, and hit the ground almost vertically. Our copper cannon bounces at a small angle, and the vertical angle is too large. What effect can hitting a hole have?"

Guo Shao pondered, "So the slope should be long, and the steepness is the second. In addition, the gentle slope makes the opponent more confident in attacking, and we don't need to attack first."

Anyway, the emperor was the supreme commander. He said he would choose Nanpo, so he chose Nanpo. The three armies immediately deployed camps to that area.

Guo Shao also ordered Shi Yanchao's forward to spread scouts to observe the surrounding situation and monitor the movement of the coalition forces.

...

Thirty miles to the south along the Wuding River is where Cao Bin's nearly 30,000 guards are located, namely the Fourth Army of the Pingxia Army.

They left more than 3,000 people in Wudingbao for defense, and continued to build the fort with tens of thousands of civilians. Because the Wuding Fort was designed to house 70,000 to 80,000 troops in barracks and warehouses, it still occupies a large area; more than 2,000 people are needed to defend the city defense fortifications, and they dare not leave too few troops.

Cao Bin's troops were marching twenty miles away from the Chinese army. After receiving the military order, they retreated ten miles to make a gesture, and then stopped to find a high place to set up a camp.

On the third day, news came from the fast horses of the Chinese army that the number of enemy cavalry was unknown, but more than 10,000 horsemen, and they had approached the rear army from the eastern mountainous area.

Cao Bin immediately ordered alert!

The general asked: "Mr. Cao, do you have an order to prepare for war?"

Cao Bin said indifferently: "There is no hurry. This group of enemy cavalry will not attack us casually."

The general said puzzledly: "Then they come..."

Cao Bin said: "The news said it was more than 10,000, but it didn't say it was more than 30,000 or 50,000. Then they didn't come to attack our troops. Their purpose is to wait until we go to reinforce the Chinese army and then look for opportunities... You all know that when the infantry marches to form an formation, it is best to break the formation."

The generals worshiped. Cao Bin ordered the scouts to find out the direction to find out.

...The battalions of the guards did not prepare for the battle, but continued to deploy fortifications on the spot.

Yu Liang is also digging ditches with his thirty or so brothers. He couldn't tell how hard he was, so he walked all the way to Wudingbao, built a fortress, worked in the ice and snow for more than a month, and then continued to trek and walk in the ravine all day long, and continued to work!

His hands were cracked, and it hurt every time he held his head. Although he was wearing sackcloth gloves, he couldn't stop the lime water from being pickled and cracked... When he was repairing the fort in Wudingbao, the lime water made him unbearable.

The material of rammed earth is a mixture of lime water, clay, and soil. There is no such thing as the legendary glutinous rice juice, and there is not so much grain in the Central Plains. When the lime sees water, it will heat and bubble for a long time, and if the mixed soil is piled in the kang-burning room, it will not freeze hard before being transported up... It's just that people can't bear it.

Yu Liang had done so much hard work, his mind was muddled. Back then when I was studying at home, my ten fingers didn't touch the spring water, so why did I do so much hard work? What the hell is this?

At this time, I seemed to hear a voice in my mind: Zhao Hu is a hero.

Yu Liang kept looking for Xu Erniang at the beginning, and he actually followed Hongying's advice a little bit. Considering that Xu Erniang is close to the female imperial doctor Lu Lan, then Lu Lan is a noble person! But later I found out that Xu Erniang is very special... I can't say it, anyway, I am completely different from Hong Ying.

Xu Erniang was almost illiterate, but she was obviously not stupid. She also seemed to feel that Yu Liang was with her, not only because she was grateful for Lingnan Shi's care...Yu Liang met her before the expedition and expressed his heart to her;

Yu Liang was rejected and heard the meaning again. At that time, he felt very humiliated and angry. "Could it be that I am so ungrateful and want to rely on women?!"

But after going out for two months, Yu Liang gradually lost his temper. Thinking about the memories, I feel that Xu Erniang was kind and did not intend to humiliate... If she wanted to humiliate, why would she help him?

While recalling the beauties of Tokyo, Yu Liang buried himself in digging the soil in this ravine.

What kind of hero is Zhao Hu? He is a pawn, how much does winning or losing the battle have to do with him? What's more, Zhao Hu didn't win that time, but was raped by the Khitan | died!

Yu Liang was in a complicated mood. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain from the laceration in his hand, and then shook his head violently. He has been in the army for more than a year, and his endurance is getting better and better.

At this moment, a general's shout startled the confused Yu Liang. When Yu Liang looked up, he saw the fellow riding on the horse, pointing at the brothers digging the trench with his horsewhip arrogantly: "Whoever builds the ditch wall will squat! Look at the back, there is also a ditch wall. If you think you can't stand it here, you can turn back over the back ditch wall while staring at the rain of lead pellets and arrows, so just run?"

That military general is obviously much higher status than Yu Liang, the ten generals. Yu Liang scolded you in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, he just buried his head in his work.

No matter what, Yu Liang is even looking forward to a good fight at this moment, he has had enough of tossing around in this ravine. The world just owes smoking, how is it better for party members to spend so much time? Why don't you all have a good time, anyway, the winner will be scored in the end!

The brothers seemed to feel similar to him, someone yelled: "Damn it, come early, grandpas can't wait, kill it!"