Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 516 The Emperor's Bet
"According to the officials of the Liao Kingdom, it is now certain that Yelujing, the leader of the Liao Kingdom, was assassinated in Heishan, north of Shangjing.

Later, a group of Xiao Siwen's guests took Yelu Xiezhen away and escorted Xiao Siwen's daughter to the north, preparing to let the false emperor Yeluxian ascend the throne and make her his heir. "In the lobby of the Youzhou government office, Zhang Qixian is reporting to everyone the news he got from the civil and military officials who surrendered in Youzhou.

"Xiao Siwen deliberately planned to make his daughter a false empress of the Liao Kingdom. According to my observation, Yelujing's death may also be related to Xiao Siwen and others. On the surface, it was said that several cooks and servants assassinated him, but there was nothing behind it. No one would believe anything."

"The officials have clever calculations, and they have planned strategies thousands of miles away, and they have completely predicted their plots and tricks."

Zhang Qixian's words are also the voices of everyone. When they found out that Youzhou was empty, everyone was skeptical. They didn't know that the Liao Kingdom had really undergone major changes until they caught the generals and officials of the Liao Kingdom and questioned them. Going north, this is almost exactly the same as what the officials inferred in Daliang!

Thousands of miles away, this level of calculation has completely exceeded the cognition of everyone present.

Everyone looked at Emperor Shi as if they were seeing real immortals alive and immortals descending to earth.
Emperor Shi smiled calmly: "These are trivial matters. I know the details, and I have my own calculations in my chest." I was already happy, and I didn't expect it, I have read the script!

Under the reverent eyes of everyone, Emperor Shi pointed to the map in the middle and said: "Next, I will make a general deployment. Generally speaking, it will be divided into three directions, and the deployment will be staged, with priorities and priorities.
I talk about requirements and strategies, and you come up with solutions. "

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone immediately quieted down and listened intently, while Zhao Shijian, who was dressed in men's clothes and light leather armor, followed him, recording all the words of Emperor Shi.

"The Central Route Army has three priorities, the most important thing is to take Tanzhou (Miyun) and deploy defenses to prepare for the counterattack from the north.

The second is to take Juyongguan in the northwest, and open up contact with the West Route Army, especially Yang Jiye's department. Before I went north, they had already arrived in Xinzhou, and it is likely that they will soon be outside Juyongguan.

As long as the pass of the Great Wall around Juyongguan is in our hands, we can communicate with the fronts west of Taihang Mountain and east of Taihang Mountain and support each other. "

Said Emperor Shi looked at the navy, "The boat that the navy can go goes up the Guhe River, can it hit the city wall from the river?"

Lin Renzhao said: "Reporting to the officials, we sent small boats from the Gu River to investigate. If you go to the nearest place, the river bank is about two miles away from the city wall. There is a piece of land in the middle, and there are some low-rise woods. will drop significantly.

However, due to the width of the river, it is impossible to gather a large number of gunboats like the Sanggan River. However, it is still not a problem to hit the city wall and inside the city. "

"Then go up and assist the land troops to take down Tanzhou as soon as possible, the sooner the better."

"promise!"

Emperor Shi went on to say: "The last is the third phase of the battle plan, which is also the deployment after the first two goals are achieved. It will continue to occupy Pingzhou and Yingzhou in the east, and then take Yuguan in the north."

Everyone stared at the map, carefully memorizing Emperor Shi's words.

After he finished speaking, Li Chuyun, who always had a lot of ideas, said directly: "Official, I have something to say."

Shi Congyun nodded, and Li Chuyun stood up, pointed at the map, the finger was at the position of Tanzhou, and then kept sliding up: "Guan, if the main force of the Liao army wants to go south to Youzhou, there are only three directions.

After passing through Juyongguan Pass and passing through the mountains from the northwest to Youzhou, as long as we take down and hold on to Juyongguan Pass, deploying artillery is nothing to fear.

The second is to take Yuguan and go south from the southwest of Liaoning. This road is too far to detour from Shangjing to send troops, and Yuguan is surrounded by sea on three sides. If we control it, it will be difficult for the Liao army to break through.

Therefore, I thought that if they wanted to leave, they would go to the north entrance and go south to Tanzhou. In this case, my countermeasure is to store up heavy troops in Tanzhou and extend the defense to the north. military.

The north entrance is located on the main road between the mountains. The Liao army has no choice but to go south. If it goes south to Tanzhou, the city is solid, but the Liao army also has more choices. There is more than one road from Chanzhou to Youzhou. At that time, the initiative was in the hands of everyone in Liao.

They have a lot of light cavalry. If they are allowed to go out of the mountains and adopt the tactics they are good at dispersing their forces and attacking everywhere, without a decisive battle with the main force of our army, the artillery will not have such a big advantage. "

After hearing his plan, everyone had mixed expressions. Li Hanchao first questioned: "Will it be too risky? The north entrance is 150 miles away from Tanzhou. The most important thing is that there is only one village under the north entrance. It is located in a valley with narrow roads. The hoarded troops are limited, how to meet the Liao army in a hurry, I estimate that their main force will go south at least more than [-]."

Meng Xuanzhe and the others all nodded. This is the difficulty. Beikou is an important pass of the Northern Qi Great Wall. It is indeed an important place that the Liao army must pass through if it wants to go south.

The reason why it became an important place is because it is in the mountains more than 100 miles north of Tanzhou, and the army must pass through the mountains.

But this kind of natural danger also has its weaknesses, that is, it is a double-edged sword for both the enemy and us. For the enemy army, this has become a place they must pass through, and the course of action will be completely controlled by the enemy. Hit hard.

But for the defenders, the narrow valley at the north entrance made it impossible for the Qin army to deploy too many defensive troops. When it came time to counterattack, the main force of the Liao army must be coming from the opposite side.

This is Li Hanchao's worry.

Li Chuyun said seriously, "We don't guard Beikou. The scouts have been there. The pass of the Great Wall of Northern Qi Dynasty is on the mountain. After passing Beikou, we went down the hillside. There is a Beikou Village in the river valley. , only the southern valley has a road going south, and you have to keep walking along the valley.”

Emperor Shi looked at him, waiting for his next words.

Li Chuyun said solemnly: "Officials, we can build a lotus fort in Beikou Village to resist the Liao army."

"The village is not big, how many people can be stationed there?" Guo Jin asked with a frown.

"Two battalions at most." Li Chuyun said.

"You said that hundreds of people will be used to resist an army of tens of thousands!" Meng Xuanzhe was stunned.

"Not only a few hundred people, but also more than 70 cannons and lotus forts, just like those built by Daqinghe." Li Chuyun said.

Even if he said that, everyone still thought it was too crazy to use hundreds of people to resist the attack of tens of thousands of troops!
Although the terrain at the north entrance is indeed narrow and the army cannot be deployed, it is still tens of thousands of Liao troops!

Emperor Shi looked at the map seriously. Li Chuyun has always been a very courageous person. He has also seen the lotus fortresses on the banks of the Daqing River. Emperor Shi can tell at a glance that this kind of fortress is very similar to the ones that were very popular in Europe before World War I and before. Bastion.

In the final analysis, they are all designed to maximize the power of the artillery and remove all the dead spots around the military fortress. Finally, with the hard work of the craftsmen, a similar shape was formed.

Whether it is the prismatic outer wall or the gentle slope outside the wall specially designed to keep enemy soldiers in a straight line with the trajectory of the shells, they are all designed to maximize the power of the artillery.

However, Emperor Shi began to seriously consider Li Chuyun's suggestion. It is indeed crazy to use hundreds of people and more than 70 cannons, and a big fortress to resist tens of thousands of Liao troops.

But everything has two sides. If their army hastily went north, the Liao army might not fight with them, but retreated from Beikoucao to deal with them. If they could not seriously damage them, the occupation of the south would be unstable.

This risky method also has a significant advantage, that is, in the face of such an advantageous situation, the Liao army will definitely invest in the main battle with confidence. If they can cause large-scale damage to the Liao army's new force near the north entrance, then their occupation of the south will be completely stable. up.

If the situation is favorable, the killing effect will be even more astonishing, and it may be possible to go directly to Shangjing through the North Exit.

Even in the worst case, the North Gate cannot be defended, and the valley and Tanzhou to the south are still strong. The main force is still there, and they can still stop the Liao army. The loss is two battalions and more than 70 field artillery.
Soon, Emperor Shi came to a conclusion in his mind that this was a cost-effective gamble. If he won the bet, he would make a lot of money, but if he lost the bet, he would make a small loss.

Although cruel and ruthless, it is not a big deal for the emperor to bet on the lives of two battalions.
But war itself is the biggest gamble.

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