A knife in love

Chapter 647

Li Qiufeng listened to Sun Guangming's solemn words, and was startled and suspicious.But Sun Guangming went on to say: "Before Yongxi's Northern Expedition, Zhao Guangyi specially summoned Cao Bin, Tian Zhongjin and Pan Mei, and handed over the Pingrong Wanquan formation map drawn by himself to the three of them. Since this formation map was made by the emperor, it was The word "Yuzhi" was added before the name, which is called "Yuzhi Pingrong Wanquan Formation Map". Zhao Guangyi told the three generals that when the army moves, it must advance or retreat according to the formation map, so that nothing will go wrong. Cao Cao Bin and the other three are all famous generals who know the situation of the army is changing rapidly. If they march according to the battle plan, they will definitely be defeated. However, when Zhao Guangyi is full of ambition, how can the three of them dare to fight against the dragon scale?

"Afterwards, Cao Bin commanded the Song Army on the East Road to approach Youzhou, and marched strictly according to the formation map drawn by Zhao Guangyi in advance. The Song Army on the East Road recorded in the Song History was attacked by the cavalry of the Liao Army when they marched, so they had to form a square formation and march forward. Dig trenches on both sides of the road to stop the cavalry of the Liao army. This is obviously a lie, but in fact it is to cover up that when Cao Bin's troops marched northward, they formed a phalanx according to Zhao Guangyi's order. The army moved to the camp, How can there be any reason to march forward? The result is that the Eastern Route Army advances extremely slowly. Even so, Cao Bin still commanded the Eastern Route Army to capture Zhuozhou, an important town of the Liao Army. However, because of the slow march, the army rations did not continue. However, Cao Bin has always been prudent and steady, even if the army rations are insufficient, he will not make such a stupid decision as returning to Xiongzhou to get food.

"Cao Bin's abandonment of Zhuozhou was actually Zhao Guangyi's order. This is because the Song Army on the East Road was guarding the city, and his Wanquan formation map was useless. This large formation uses a total of 14 soldiers, and naturally requires an extremely open terrain. Zhao Guangyi was determined to use this army formation to gather and wipe out the main force of the Liao army, so he ordered Cao Bin to withdraw from Zhuozhou, pretending that the food and grass were not sustainable, and return to Shixiongzhou for food, so as to attract the main force of the Liao army to go south, and fell into a trap. In the Song army formation.

"In desperation, Cao Bin had no choice but to lead the East Route Army to abandon Zhuozhou and retreat to the south. Liao Army Commander Yeluxiu was also a famous general in hundreds of battles. He would not be fooled when he saw that the Song Army suddenly withdrew when he saw the upper hand. After Cao Bin retreated, Seeing that the Liao army did not pursue, they had to wander between Zhuozhou and Xiongzhou, neither daring to advance nor to retreat. Zhao Guangyi received Cao Bin's urgent report, seeing that the Liao army was not fooled, only that the Liao army was weak, and thought it was unnecessary The army was also able to win a big victory, so they ordered the East Road Song Army to attack Zhuozhou again.

"It's just that Cao Bin's army's rations are indeed running out at this time, but the emperor's order cannot be ignored. Therefore, Cao Bin thought of a compromise method. While marching troops to Zhuozhou, he asked General Mi Xin to send him food. To the vicinity of Zhuozhou. But at this time the main force of the Liao army has arrived in Zhuozhou, recharging their energy and recharging their energy, just waiting for the exhausted division of the Song army to attack Zhuozhou again. Cao Bin returned to the city of Zhuozhou and found that the main force of the Liao army was hiding in the north of Zhuozhou. He knew that the situation was not good, so he ordered the troops to retreat. Under the command of Zhao Guangyi, the Song army on the East Road was advancing and retreating between Zhuozhou and Xiongzhou. As a result, he was overtaken by the cavalry of the Liao army at Qigouguan. As soon as the battle broke out, the Song army collapsed. Cao Bin could no longer control the entire army and could only break through to the south. The vigorous Yongxi Northern Expedition finally turned into a death of the teacher and humiliation of the country. laughing stock.

"The defeated soldiers from all walks of life withdrew to the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the soldiers and generals were lost, and there were many complaints. If the culprit was mentioned, Zhao Guangyi would bear the brunt of it. However, if he committed a crime, the ministers of the court who had long been dissatisfied with him just took this opportunity to arrest him. The emperor was kicked off the throne and supported Zhao Kuangyin's descendants as emperor. Therefore, he had to find a scapegoat to take the blame and take the blame on his behalf. As the commander-in-chief of the Song Army, Cao Bin was naturally the best candidate to take the blame. But Cao Bin is a prudent person, submissive, and willing to bear the responsibility for the past. Zhao Guangyi deeply felt that Cao Bin was loyal to him, and that he would be of great use in the future, so he did not kill him, but just demoted him. Soon Cao Bin was reappointed, let He works for himself.

"It's just that the defeat of Yongxi's Northern Expedition did not shake Zhao Guangyi's confidence in using this formation to defeat the enemy. He thought that it was Cao Bin and others who commanded poorly and did not follow his instructions, which led to the big defeat. Therefore, not only did he not abandon the formation On the contrary, he believes that only by marching and fighting according to the formation plan can he win a big victory. Therefore, when the Song army goes out, he often sends out supervisors to supervise whether the generals follow the "imperial system to flatten the Rong Wanquan formation plan" "Marching and fighting. For example, in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo, one hundred thousand Liao troops marched southward, which shocked the Song Dynasty's government and the public. Zhao Guangyi summoned the generals and personally formulated a strategy in the palace. When the generals were to meet the enemy, they had to be According to the formation of the "Yuzhi Pingrong Wanquan Formation Map", form eight formations to defend against the enemy.

"These generals looked at the formation map drawn by the emperor himself, and knew that if they set up these fancy formations in the field to meet the enemy, the entire army would have to be wiped out, so everyone was afraid. But these generals knew that Zhao Guangyi was not like his brother Zhao Kuangyin That kind-hearted man is a vicious villain. If you don't obey his orders, and don't follow this unrealistic formation plan to meet the enemy, you will be reported by the supervising army in the army, and you will lose your life. The family members have to be involved. It is better to follow the formation plan to meet the enemy. Even if the army is defeated and dies, the family members can still get compensation. Therefore, no one of the chiefs and generals dare to raise objections. After returning to the army, they will set up the formation according to the formation plan , Waiting for the arrival of the Liao army.

"However, although these chief generals dare not disobey Zhao Guangyi's orders, those subordinate generals have no such scruples. This is because the chief general only needs to sit in the central army, but the subordinate generals want to charge forward, knowing that if they act recklessly like this, they will inevitably die first. Since extending one's head is a sword, and retracting one's head is also a sword, it doesn't matter what the imperial decree is or not, it's serious to live first. Therefore, Zhao Yanjin and others discussed in private, and on the surface they still follow the "Imperial Order Pingrong Wanquan Formation Map" , in fact, the so-called "eight formations" were changed to "two front and rear formations", the front formation defended, and the rear formation attacked. Anyway, those civil servants who were in charge of the army did not know how to use soldiers, and they held the emperor's imperial formation map in their hands. Seeing that the formation of the army is similar to this one, they thought that the generals would obey the emperor's orders and would not make things difficult for the soldiers. By the time the fight broke out, these supervising troops would have been hiding far away, so they didn't bother to observe the soldiers Do you fight according to the formation map?

"These generals used these means to conceal the past from all the supervisors, and sent dead soldiers to the Liao army camp to lure the enemy. When the Liao army attacked, the Song army suddenly counterattacked and defeated the Liao army. It was a big defeat. Zhao Guangyi heard the good news from the supervising army, and he was overjoyed, thinking that he could win by relying on the formation plan, and he believed in this formation plan in his heart.

"Afterwards, the emperors of the Song Dynasty regarded this formation as a treasure. During Song Zhenzong's reign, this formation was carried forward even more, and 15 elite soldiers were stationed in Dingzhou. The camp was set up so that when the Liao army came to attack, the soldiers could meet the enemy without leaving the camp. What is ridiculous is that later Empress Dowager Xiao led the Liao army to march south, bypassing Dingzhou and going straight to Bianliang. The Dingzhou formation composed of 15 elites is useless."

At this point, Sun Guangming sighed, and then continued: "After the Chanyuan alliance, Song and Liao had no more wars. Although Song Zhenzong vaguely guessed that this map was useless, he dared not admit it openly. Therefore, even though he withdrew the Dingzhou formation, he only ordered the generals to practice with the formation on weekdays. However, the Liao army did not go south, and the Song army gradually stopped using this formation for practice. Although Xixia They invaded the Song Dynasty from time to time, but the Song army on the western front was extremely aggressive, and each used tricks with the Xixia army, and rarely faced it openly. Only when the bookworm Han Qi was in charge of the western front, he regarded this map as a treasure. As a result, the Battle of Shuichuan was defeated The Xixia Army was defeated, and more than [-] people were killed. Hundreds of generals and officers including Ren Fu also died. After Han Qi heard the news, he immediately ordered the army to retreat. In front of his horse, Han Qi took his old clothes and paper money to summon his soul and cried: You used to be recruited to fight, but now you have returned from recruiting and you are dead. Can your soul consciousness return from recruiting?' At that time, the voice of mourning Shocked, bookworm Han Qi stopped his horse, unable to move forward, covering his weeping.

"In the battle of Shuichuan, Li Yuanhao used the strategy of Zhang Yuan, who was unsuccessful in Shaanxi. After defeating Han Qi, Zhang Yuannai wrote a poem and threw it into the Song Dynasty, sarcastically saying: 'Where did Xia Song ever rise? Han Qi is not surprising. Man Chuanlong The tigers still talk about their own military strategy." This is a great irony to the Song army. Although Han Qi did not personally command the Song army's defeat of Hao Shuichuan, he stuck to the rules, sent troops rashly, and employed improper personnel.

"At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Kingdom of Jin rose, first destroyed the Liao Kingdom, and then attacked the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Huizong Zhao Ji panicked and passed the throne to his son. When the father and son were at a loss, some internal eunuchs said that Emperor Taizong left a hundred battles behind. Baisheng's formation map, at this time of crisis, can set up an army formation to meet the enemy. The two emperors were overjoyed, and ordered the internal supervisor to find out the formation map. However, the capital's defenses were empty at that time, and there were not enough troops. Where to go Looking for 10,000+ people to set up the formation? It is because the emperor issued a list, wanting to invite capable people to come out to preside over the formation. A rascal named Guo Jing boldly exposed the imperial list and cheated tens of thousands of taels of silver from Da Nei. Gathered thousands of local hooligans in the capital, pretending to be ten thousand people, and pretending to practice the army formation outside the city every day. The two emperors Hui and Qin thought that with the help of Emperor Taizong's formation map, they would surely win a big victory, so they sent a The hanging heart was put back into the stomach.

"When the Jin soldiers approached, Guo Jing and others dispersed, and the so-called invincible army disappeared. As a result, the two emperors were taken into captivity, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished. Zhao Guangyi killed his brother and forced his wife, and killed his two nephews , the descendants of later generations were plundered by the golden soldiers to the bitter cold land in the extreme north, where they suffered humiliation and suffered dire misery, which can be regarded as retribution."

Li Qiufeng listened to Sun Guangming's narration of the past, and compared it with what Situ Qiao said that day, he had already guessed that it was almost inseparable.But I heard Sun Guangming say: "It's ridiculous that Zhao Guangyi believed in the words of fools, thinking that the Zhuge army formation was used in the battle formation. But I don't know that this picture is a very powerful five-element secret technique, which is different from the folk so-called exorcism. The magic of ghosts and demons is somewhat similar. Using this picture on the battlefield is useless. Cao Bin should have known the usefulness of this picture back then, but Zhao Guangyi was too enthusiastic. If Cao Bin directly advised him, It can only make Zhao Guangyi think that he has other plans. He had no choice but to hold back and keep the Cao family safe. It's just a pity that hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Song Army have become lonely ghosts on the battlefield. Isn't it a pity Endless?!"

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