Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 664 Military Parade, Duke Wei's Demeanor

Dading Mansion, the Jingzhou Army Barracks in the west of the city.

"Welcome Your Majesty to inspect the Jingzhou Army!"

Gao Xun shouted loudly, dressed in armor, bent over and bowed.

Behind Gao Xun, Zhao Kuangyi was also dressed in gorgeous bright silver armor.

The blood of the old Zhao family is still good. Zhao Kuangyi is not as powerful as his elder brother Zhao Kuangyin, but he is big and round, with a solid body of fat. Coupled with the experience of these years, the wind and frost that Beidi has suffered, he is quite majestic.

At this moment, he is even more energetic, with a little arrogance in his eyes.

Gao Xun was the son of Gao Xintao, King of Beiping in the later Jin Dynasty. When he surrendered to Khitan with Du Chongwei, he was leading an army of tens of thousands, and his status was extraordinary.Now he is granted the title of king of Qin, and the official worships as a privy envoy, who knows the political affairs and orders, and is in charge of the military affairs of the Han Dynasty.

Although Zhao Kuangyi was highly valued by Yelv Bishe, his status was far from being comparable to Gao Xun's.

However, he has a low position and is responsible for the training of all the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army. This time, Yelv Bishe was able to visit the Jingzhou Army barracks in person. It was also because of his invitation that Yelv Bishe came to the Jingzhou Army barracks to review the training results in person.

Yelv Bishe stood on the horse, looking at the generals of the Han army in front of him, his eyes swept over everyone, and finally stopped on Zhao Kuangyi, his eyes were full of approval.

Since the promotion of Zhao Kuangyi, Yelv Bishe has followed his words and stabilized the situation in the temple, and the offensive in the Central Plains has also been slowed down.

According to the first estimate, he would last at most one and a half months in the fortress around Dading Mansion, and now it will be nearly four months, until the winter, when the snow is all over the sky, the Southern Dynasty soldiers will really come to the city of Dading Mansion.

Yelubi took it for granted, and regarded all of this as the credit of Zhao Kuangyi for letting the Han generals command.

For more than three months, Zhao Kuangyi will report the progress of the training results of the Jingzhou Army every half a month.

Yelubishe was very itchy to hear it, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he came to inspect and inspect in person, to see if the Jingzhou Army had really been completely reborn in just three months.

Yelubi tightened his fur coat, and cursed in his heart, "Oh my God", but he jumped off the horse nimbly.

In fact, Yelv Bishe rode in a chariot at the beginning.

Khitan has been heavily sinicized. In addition to a lot of culture, some enjoyment objects are naturally spread in the Khitan upper class, including sedan chairs and carriages.

Especially in several important capitals of the Khitan capital, Khitan nobles sitting in sedan chairs and carriages can be seen everywhere.

The same is true for Yelu Bishe, he feels that the emperor must have the majesty of the emperor.

For daily trips, they ride in the gorgeous chariot left behind by Yelujing, and the guards of honor lead the way in front and behind, which is very majestic.

Until the Southern Dynasties came a sentence, "I will sit down when I am old. I am in the prime of life, and I am good at hands and feet. How can I use this."

Yelv Bishe no longer rides in chariots or sedan chairs, but learns from Luo Youdu to go out on horseback by himself, and most of the walks in the palace are on foot or on horseback.

Even though Yelubi took a mouthful of curses from the Southern Dynasty thieves, he regarded him as an example in his heart. Many actions and styles were imitated deliberately, but the imitation was a bit different...

Yelu Bishe said with a friendly smile: "You don't need to be too polite. You can see what Zhao Jun said is true when you see your spirit. There are no weak soldiers under a strong general. I look forward to seeing a different Daliao Powerhouse!"

He said to Gao Xun and Zhao Kuangyi, "Let's get started!"

Gao Xun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please!" Then he ordered Zhao Kuangyi to behave well.

Zhao Kuangyi patted his chest confidently.

Gao Xun led Yelv Bishe, Yeluxiu, and Yelu Hailimo to the military camp first.

Zhao Kuangyi waved his hand, and all the generals of the surrounding Han army gathered by his side.

People like Zhao Kuangyi can do well there, he is too good at winning people's hearts.

The Khitan army is roughly divided into four types: the Pishi Army, the Tribal Army, the Jingzhou Army, and the National Army. Among them, the Pishi Army and the Tribal Army are mainly composed of Khitan people, supplemented by Xi people. The Jingzhou Army is mainly composed of Han people and Bohai people. , and the subordinate national army originally referred to the grassland tribes such as Mongolia and Shiwei attached to the Khitan on the grassland, but with the influence of the Khitan decreased.The current Khitan vassal army is dominated by the Jurchens.

The Khitan Xi people are the main combat force of the Khitan army, and the Jurchen are brave and good at fighting, and they are also the objects that the Khitan attaches great importance to.In contrast, the Han people and Bohai people mainly cultivated in Khitan, and their average bow and horse skills were not up to the standard, so they were inevitably discriminated against.

Of course, their treatment is also the worst.

Zhao Kuangyi relied on Yelu Bishe's trust to improve the treatment of the Jingzhou Army.Because of his achievements in stabilizing the court, Yelubi gave Zhao Kuangyi a lot of rewards.

Zhao Kuangyi took it out to make friends with the generals of the Jingzhou Army, and received unanimous praise.

Zhao Kuangyi imitated his elder brother and called them brothers and sisters, but after three months, they have become one with each other, and some of their relationships even surpassed their old boss Gao Xun.

Zhao Kuangyi asked the generals to perform well according to the method of daily drills, and encouraged them: "Brothers, today is the time for us to develop. This is a rare opportunity to show our face in front of His Majesty. No leather army or tribal army has ever done it. Brother, I have won this opportunity for you. Whether you can win His Majesty's favor, and whether you can go further. It depends on your performance. If you perform well, I can give you good words in front of Your Majesty. If you perform poorly, I will No wonder I, a brother, don’t give you a chance.”

He takes all the credit for himself.

Who doesn't want to go one step further?
Immediately someone echoed: "Don't worry, brother, I, Du Zhenghong, have recorded your kindness."

He was much older than Zhao Kuangyi, but there was no sense of disobedience when he said "brother", and so did the others, who expressed their attitude while thanking him.

Yelu Bishe walked all the way to the military school field, saw the surrounding camps layer upon layer, like a labyrinth, a hundred times better than their casual camps, and said: "Xunning, what do you think of this camp?"

Brother Yeluxiu also had to praise this, and said: "This camp minister has seen it in Li Weigong's "Li Weigong's Art of War". The military envoy is really knowledgeable, and he puts it to good use.”

Yelu Bishe smiled and said: "Xunning can see the origin of this camp at a glance, and it is not inferior. But why don't you see it?"

Brother Yeluxiu was humble, and said solemnly at this moment: "Li Weigong uses soldiers like gods, and I dare not use them recklessly."

In fact, Li Jing's military command level is far superior to ordinary people. When he fights, he subdivides his soldiers into light infantry, Mo Dao soldiers, jumping soldiers, surprise soldiers, archers, crossbowmen, horse soldiers and other arms.Jumping soldiers are the main assault force used to deal with the enemy.As a reserve infantry, the Raiders are usually mixed with the cavalry, and used as a reserve force for the jumping soldiers to launch counterattacks, etc. He maximizes the strengths of the arms, and at the same time uses mutual support to make up for the lack of arms, forming a complete combat team.

In addition, he also set up different formations and tactics for each army, such as horizontal formation, six-flower formation, six-flower circle formation, etc., turning command into an art.

There is no way for a normal person to use this system rationally, even if it is Li Jing's apprentice, the famous Su Dingfang.

Apart from Li Jing, there is probably only one Han Xin in Chinese history who can do this.The other generals who are at the same level as the two have completely different styles.

Before that, Khitan had all cavalry.

Now although Luo Youdu suffered a disadvantage, and specially trained the pawns, but there are not so many tricks.

Many of the things that Li Jing left behind were not for normal people to play with.Without the cooperation of arms, it would be even more useless.Of course, even if you copy everything and have the same conditions and environment, it may not be possible.

There really is one thing that can be played by one person, then everyone is a military god and a soldier fairy.

Brother Yeluxiu has self-knowledge, he has read all of Li Jing's military books handed down to the world, and he is familiar with them.

However, a person with his personality would not speak ill of others, even though he did not feel in his heart that Zhao Kuangyi had Li Jing's commanding ability, but he would not say it out loud.

However, Yelu Bishe thought that brother Yeluxiu thought he was inferior to Zhao Kuangyi, and said with a bit of reassurance: "Xun Ning, don't belittle yourself. I know your ability best."

Came to the school grounds, accompanied by the deafening sound of war drums.

Zhao Kuangyi came out more and more, bowed to Yelu Bishe first and said: "Jingzhou Tiger Leaping Army, please Your Majesty to review."

As he waved the flag, five thousand soldiers entered the arena in a neat formation.

They all held long guns and practiced the tactics of attacking and killing gun positions.

Following Zhao Kuangyi's order to wave the flag, the Tiger Leaping Army began to change formations, sometimes in a six-flower formation, sometimes in a wild goose formation, sometimes in a horizontal formation, and sometimes in a vertical formation. These are the formation routines in Li Jing's art of war.

Compared with the bad formations used in military books such as "Six Secret Teachings", "Wu Zi" and "Sun Bin's Art of War" thousands of years ago, the formation created by Li Jing, who is closest to their era, is the most suitable for their era.

In the past 300 years, who has used soldiers better than Li Jing?

Zhao Kuangyi's heart was full of pride, and he had the feeling that Li Weigong was alive.

The formations recorded in Li Jing's book of war are of course not bad. The Tiger Leap Army has practiced for three months, and has already formed muscle memory. With the sound of war drums, it really feels like being on the battlefield.

Yelv Bishe was not good at military matters at all, so he was taken aback for a while.

Yelu Hailimo was a little dumbfounded.

Brother Yeluxiu was also quite shocked. If they can maintain this change of formation when encountering the impact of the Southern Dynasty army on the battlefield, then this Tiger Leaping Army is really a mighty army.

In addition to Huyue, the Jingzhou Army also has four armies: Xiong Tu, Lang Xiao, Ying Ji, and Leopard Ben. The number of each army ranges from four to five thousand.

Although Zhao Kuangyi was jokingly called the God of Chariots, his real level was still there. It was more than enough to command 5000 people. Facing the inspection of the emperor, Yelv Bishe, the top and bottom generals worked hard and performed extremely well.

Yelv Bishe was very satisfied, and praised: "I am a good general, Kuangyi and Xunning are also good."

He was worried that Brother Yeluxiu would be emotional, so he was added anyway.

Yelu Bishe was greatly shocked and satisfied by a military parade, he thought to himself: "If everyone in our Khitan Leather Army has learned how to fight like this, why should we be afraid of the Southern Dynasty?"

At this time, he had completely believed in Zhao Kuangyi's ability, and he had the idea of ​​letting Zhao Kuangyi train the Pi Shijun.

However, Yelv Bishe also knew that this matter was not easy. No matter how powerful Zhao Kuangyi was, he was also a Han. It would be no problem to ask him to train the Jingzhou army. But let him stand on the Khitan people and Xi people and point things out. That would be another matter. One situation.

Yelv Bishe didn't dare to act hastily, he could only build momentum for Zhao Kuangyi little by little, so that he could get the approval of Khitan first.

Half a month later, the relationship between Yelv Bishe and Zhao Kuangyi felt like Liu Bei had won Kongming.

At this moment, the bad news came.

Lin Renzhao broke through the city of Pyongyang, beheaded the general defending the city Xiao Hezhuo, swept across the old land of Koryo, and was leading his troops northward to the Bohai Sea.

When Yelu Bishe heard the bad news, his face turned pale and bloodless.

Facing pressure from the Central Plains, they focused their military deployment on Dadingfu and Liaodong. Facing Koryo, they were in an offensive state, and they did not repair their defenses, nor did they arrange a heavy garrison.It was not until Lin Renzhao and Chen Decheng's surprise attack on Koryo and Japan that they began to deploy the eastern defense line.

They no longer have the time, let alone the financial resources, to build a new line of defense, so they can only use the original ground of Koryo to deploy defenses.

The whole is arranged around Pyongyang...

Once Pyongyang is lost, it means that the eastern gateway has been breached by Lin Renzhao. He can drive straight to the north, attack the hinterland of Balhae, and attack their Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo to the west.

Whether it is to win the old place of Bohai Sea or Liaoyang Mansion, the next step is their going to Beijing.

After hearing the news, Yelu Xianshi, who defended Pan Mei in Liaodong City, resolutely abandoned Liaodong City and withdrew Liaoyang Mansion to prevent Liaoyang Mansion from being captured by Lin Renzhao.

Yelubi shook his body, sat down on the stool, his eyes were lost.

Almost at the same time, Luo Youdu also received news that Lin Renzhao had broken into Pyongyang.

Because of the Khitan blockade along the way, it was difficult to transmit information.

However, as Lin Renzhao conquered the old Goryeo, Pan Mei took over the Liaodong City that Yelu Xianshi gave up, and marched towards Liaoyang Mansion.

The two militaries have been able to transmit information through Liaodong Bay, so there is no difficulty in transmitting information.

"It's Lin Renzhao who is one step ahead of us!"

Luo Youdu looked at the letter and laughed and said to the generals.

Their three-way army attacked Dadingfu, Liaodong City, and Pyongyang City respectively.They are all discussing the competition, who will win first.

It was obvious that Lin Renzhao made the breakthrough first.

All the generals in the tent were helpless, and the Khitan's main line of defense was set up in Dading Mansion and Liaodong.

The city defense of Pyongyang had already been destroyed by Brother Yeluxiu, and the new line of defense was built on the ruins.

The difficulty is self-evident.

Han Lingkun waved his hand and said, "Dudu Lin has captured Pyongyang, so now we can attack Bohai. Bohai is the granary of Khitan, and there is no strong city, so we can easily go down, and then go straight to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing. In this way, this big You don’t need to fight Dingfu. I don’t believe it, this hometown is going to disappear, and the Khitan chief can stay in Dadingfu?”

Luo Youdu pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "The Commander-in-Chief's words are reasonable, but I feel that at this time, the more secure the hand, there is no need to be too aggressive. Let Bohai put it first. It is winter now, and Khitan has already taken away the autumn harvest. Now, there is no point in taking Bohai at this time. It is better to wait until spring, when they plant seedlings, and we will take them over."

(End of this chapter)