Han Hai Tang Ergui

Strategic deception is a bit different from lying.

The scope of lying is often not too large, and sometimes it is just a matter between two people.

In this case, lying can sometimes deceive others for a lifetime.

But strategic deception is not good, it covers too many aspects, especially after the initial stage of action has passed, it is even more difficult to continue the deception, and there will always be times when something will be revealed.

At this time, we must grasp the main cause, just cover up the most important information, slowly release the next level of initiative, and pull the enemy's awareness into our own rhythm.

For example, Murong Nobunaga did a great job this time. At the moment when his true purpose was about to be exposed, he took the initiative to release the specious misleading idea of ​​driving tigers to devour wolves.

This time, Murong Nobunaga, who was originally backed by Da Zhou and had a strong backing, was described as a forced and helpless Liu Xuande.

People in Korea also read the Three Kingdoms. This novel edited by me, Zhang Shengren, is very popular in the three thousand miles. Even a Korean slave knows the name of Uncle Liu Huang.

As soon as this drive out tigers and wolves came out, it was easy for the Koreans to automatically assume the role of Yuan Shu.

It is indeed very similar!Their Goryeo is sitting on the home court and has enough soldiers and food, although they can't fight against Cao Mengde, who is holding the emperor to make the princes, that is, Da Zhou.

But for you, Liu Bei (Murong Nobunaga), who is secretly hostile by the court, as long as you don't directly declare yourself emperor and exterminate the world like Yuan Shu, what is there to be afraid of?

At the same time, Murong Nobunaga was afraid of scaring Goryeo with the fact that he had tens of thousands of armored soldiers, and then slowly released the news that he only had [-] armored soldiers, and most of the rest were collected and captured by Lin Zhongjurchen, Bo Hai and others.

And this news, in the eyes of Koreans, is very true.

Who would have imagined that Murong Nobunaga alone had [-] armored and unarmored cavalry archers who were also elite? This was completely beyond the imagination of Goryeo.

Or to put it at the extreme, Murong Nobunaga said that he now has [-] super elite soldiers, and there is a high probability that Koryo will not believe it.

Goryeo is far away in Haidong, and he still lacks some intuitive feelings about how crazy the military virtues of the Central Plains soldiers have been over the years.

They didn't see much of the combat effectiveness of the Central Plains warriors. On the contrary, because the Central Plains warriors did not go abroad to fight fiercely, they felt that compared with Datang, the combat effectiveness of the warriors at this time had dropped a lot.

Not to mention that at this time, this concept is a common belief among people in later generations.

It is generally believed that warlords melee at the end of the dynasty, how can it be compared with the heyday?
After An Shi, Datang's military power fell like a meteor falling, which is in line with the public's perception.

Well, strictly speaking, it's not too wrong. Compared with Xiangji Temple, the combat effectiveness of the warriors of the Five Dynasties must have declined.

But this range is not large, and the biggest decline is in the strength of organization and logistics supply, not force.

So under the double blindness of Murong Nobunaga's desperation and his only [-] armored soldiers.

On the one hand, Wang Zhao ordered Huangfuzhao, General Zhonglang of the Chiwei Horse Army, to ride northward with [-] paces and set up camp in Longgang County, which is only more than [-] miles away from Xijing, Pyongyang;

The defense of the city at this time is actually not what the people of later generations imagined. I have a strong city in my hand, and I am condescending. As long as there is enough food, I can keep it going.

In fact, being trapped in a lonely city is a great torture for the defenders, because it means that all your hopes have been cut off, and if you don't pay attention, your whole family will die.

In such a situation of being under great mental pressure for a long time, the most likely to go wrong is the human heart.

There are even many strange situations where the attacking party does not have much advantage, but only by persuading them to surrender, they can get the city in their hands.

All of this is due to the long-term self-collapse process of the city defenders who have to bear tremendous pressure and face unknown fears.

Therefore, in history, Lu Wenhuan guarded Xiangyang and Zhu Wenzheng guarded Nanchang, so they were so famous, because it was really too difficult.

Under normal circumstances, without the words of generals like Lu Wenhuan and Zhu Wenzheng, it is necessary to give some hope to the defenders in order to sustain them.

So Wang Zhao was indeed quite knowledgeable. Although he couldn't mobilize the army northward to clear the siege in a short period of time, he sent Huangfuzhao shrewdly to the northward with the only mobile unit that could be dispatched at any time.

Huangfuzhao was born in the Huangfu clan of a wealthy family in Huangzhou, and his uncle Huangfu Tigong was a hero who founded the country of Korea, and he can be regarded as the son of a general.

When he arrived in Longgang County, he saw that the Liao army surrounded Pyongyang on all sides, with banners flying and gongs and drums blaring. He immediately understood that his thousands of people might not be enough for the enemy's teeth.

After sending two groups of dead soldiers trying to rush into Pyongyang City to report the news, but they were all killed by the cavalry of the Liao army, Huangfuzhao decisively led the army to leave the undefended Longgang County and came to the remaining veins of the Mercy Ridge Mountains in the northeast of Pyongyang.

It is about [-] miles away from Pyongyang City. Huangfuzhao ordered soldiers to erect a red flag on the top of the mountain. Every morning, fireworks were lit to inform the soldiers and civilians in Pyongyang City that the reinforcements were still there and encouraged them to stay on.

When Murong Xinchang saw it from a distance, he actually showed some love for talents. He smiled and said to Wang Pu:
"This man led troops to the south, and the marching and reconnaissance along the way was detailed and appropriate. He saw that our army was well-organized and quickly judged the situation and set up camp in the mountains and forests.

Now I can still think of a way to encourage the soldiers and civilians with fireworks. If I don't die, I can guard a place for me. "

Wang Pu also responded with a smile: "From my point of view, the king should tell the generals about this matter, so that they don't demean the Koreans as worthless, lest they become arrogant soldiers."

Nobunaga Murong thinks so. It is not yet possible to fully determine the combat effectiveness of the Koreans. They are all soldiers left behind in Xijing, so they really need to pay attention to this aspect.

Immediately, Murong Nobunaga ordered the messengers to start to inform the soldiers of the battalions, and then ordered Gao Song to give part of the armor to the soldiers who accompanied the army and the Jurchen and Bohai people recruited, so that these people could pretend to be the main force to attack Pyongyang City with all their strength.

Huangfuzhao was actually more daring than Murong Xinchang imagined. He didn't stay on the Mercy Ridge. Instead, he wore a Jurchen costume and led dozens of knights. They were almost caught by Zhou Junyou Yiqi who was on patrol.

But it was Huangfuzhao's bold and careful actions that further strengthened Murong Nobunaga's strategic deception.
He saw the "Liao Army" storming Pyongyang City like a tide outside Pyongyang City. It was definitely not the thunder and rain of encirclement and reinforcements, but the attack with all its strength.

At the same time, he also discovered that although the 'Liao Army' was well armored, brave in attack and high in morale, its combat effectiveness was not very high.

It is about the same as the elite soldiers of Goryeo and the soldiers of prefectures and counties, or comparable to the elite soldiers of Goryeo, but it is definitely not as good as the soldiers of the martial arts class.

Huangfuzhao observed carefully for several days, and after confirming that it was correct, he sent someone to fly south to inform King Wang Zhao.

. . . .

After opening the capital, the anxious Wang Zhao was still urging the Koryo court to run at a high speed. The matter of conscription was not an easy task in all ancient dynasties.

Wang's Korea seems to have more than 100 million people, the standing army also has 10,000 to [-], and the reserve force is easily [-]+, but it is very difficult to really mobilize them.

April is the critical period for spring plowing. Whether it is the auxiliary soldiers of the prefectures and counties, the semi-standby regular soldiers, the tribal private soldiers of various wealthy families and various martial arts squads, they all have to carry out agricultural production. less.

If Xijing and Pyongyang cannot be defended, the biggest loss is the Dawang family, which has little to do with the rich families in various places.

They even had the heart to watch the King's family stumble. In this case, King Wang Zhao would definitely not have the strength to show his teeth and claws to the wealthy family like before.

On the contrary, if he responded positively, the affected spring plowing belonged to his own family, and if he lost tens of thousands of shi of grain in autumn, the loss would be huge.

So even if Wang Zhaohong urged him with eyes wide open, the troops gathered in Kaijing were not rushed. Pyongyang had been besieged for fifteen days before he was able to call up [-] troops.

But soon, as Huangfuzhao sent news back from the front line, the Goryeo tyrants who were fishing were like donkeys who had been whipped. It's almost sparks.

The biggest reason for this situation is that Huangfuzhao's investigation found that following Liao King Murong Nobunaga's southward movement, in addition to 30 armored soldiers and tens of thousands of civilian husbands, there were more than [-] civilians.

Soon, Liboluo, the eminent monk of Puji Temple, also received a reply from the monks in the north, confirming that three 10,000+ people had followed King Liao to the south.

This time, the tyrants from all over the country exploded. If these Liao people came to plunder, then as long as Kaijing was defended, their interests would be preserved. Anyway, Pyongyang belongs to the Dawang family.

But now, the king of Liao, who came to the bandits, brought a full 30 people, so they didn't come to plunder, but came to occupy the magpie's nest.

This is to eat up the share of these tyrants!That's okay, mobilize quickly, go north to rescue!
. . . .

Murong Nobunaga stood on a high place and looked at the civilian husbands and Jurchen conscripts who were being carried back from a distance. Although there was a look of unbearable expression on his face, he did not intend to call for a stop.

This is the only way to transform from an invincible general to an emperor.

At the head of the city of Pyongyang, the shouts of killing stopped for half an hour, and then began to sound again.

The civilian husbands and conscripts armed with heavy armor were evenly matched with the [-] Koryo defenders in Pyongyang.

After 30 days of siege, the city was surrounded by corpses, and the city was piled up like a mountain of corpses. Xinkang, who stayed behind in Xijing, Gaoli, rushed to the top of the city to participate in the defense. The fierce battle was not a fake in anyone's eyes, and it was true.

It's just that the only difference is that Murong Nobunaga's elite troops were not really used.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the Marquis of Datong. Zhao Kuangyin, the commander of Zhan Chao, and Chen Huo, the deputy commander, have led the water army to Henghai Town with [-] officers and soldiers, [-] sailors, and [-] warships. They have arrived at Xuanzhou Port. Ready to go south.

The Marquis of Puyang also sent a fast boat to Henghai Township, saying that this year's trade winds are relatively late, so the trip cannot be made in early April, but now that the trade winds have come, the vanguard will arrive at Jianghua Bay at the end of May. "

The Marquis of Datong is Zhe Deyuan, and the Marquis of Puyang is Zhao Yanjin. Murong Nobunaga is overjoyed when he hears this, "Xianghaier and the sixth younger brother can arrive together in May, so there will be no worries for someone in the sea.

Pass down the order to withdraw the troops for three days, feast on the soldiers, and order the armies to take back their iron armor to prepare for the battle. If after three days, the Koreans still do not go north, then we will go by land and water to find them! "

After finishing speaking, Murong Nobunaga said to Wang Pu and Han Kuangtu who were beside him: "The peasants who died in the battle in Pyongyang will be given pensions according to the treatment of armored soldiers, and the wounded will be healed with all their strength!"

On May [-]th, on the Pyongyang Plain, Wang Zhao finally got together the army that went north to relieve the siege.

In this battle, Goryeo dispatched [-] regular soldiers equivalent to the standing army, [-] auxiliary soldiers from prefectures, counties and counties, which can only be used as civilian husbands, and [-] tribal troops from various wealthy tribes, including about [-] martial arts squads. ten thousand.

There are a total of [-] troops, including [-] horse troops, [-] armored horses, [-] infantry troops, and nearly [-] armored troops.

But among them there are iron armor, that is, there are [-] armored armors, and the rest are relatively inferior, such as ancient plate armor called short armor and other inferior leather armor.

Plate armor, this thing, is actually a sinkhole, because it is not like pierced armor and cloth armor, which can unload other areas that are not hit, and plate armor can only resist hard.

As a result, if the plate armor has a high defense, there is only one option, and that is to use extremely strong and excellent materials.

In the era of insufficient smelting technology, it is impossible to smelt such iron.

These large pieces of plate armor knocked out of wrought iron and low-carbon steel may not be as defensive as the iron pans of later generations.

Think about what will happen if you put a low-quality iron pot on your chest, and someone shoots an arrow at it?Naturally, he was killed by one arrow.

Therefore, although the Koreans have [-] armors, their armor is not of the same level as Murong Xinchang's [-]% iron armor, ring lock armor, and more than [-]% cloth-faced iron armor. .

In addition to this barely 30, plus [-] to [-] civilians, but the so-called [-] horse army.

Wang Zhao also mobilized a navy of more than [-] men, with a total of nearly [-] warships going north together.

Despite the small number of soldiers and small warships in this navy, it was Wang Zhao's more important force, because Wang Zhao's ancestors were actually local tyrants in Jianghua Bay, who made their fortunes by running sea trade and fishing.

Therefore, the Wang family held the strongest navy on the peninsula. After Wang established the country, this family navy became the navy of the Goryeo court.

Wang Zhao didn't think there would be many navy troops in grassland tribes like Tuyuhun, even the former Khitan and Liao kingdoms didn't have many navy troops.

Therefore, he issued an order to Kang Chengxun, the commander of the navy, that if the siege of Pyongyang went smoothly, the navy would land from Nampo in the southeast of Pyongyang, join the Pyongyang defenders from the side, intersperse with the Liao army's flank attack, and expand the results of the battle.

If Pyongyang became a stalemate, then Kang Chengxun would lead the navy to continue northward, land in the Xuanzhou area, use the local wealthy families who had not been killed by the Liao army, attack the Liao army's supply line, and force the Liao army to retreat.

. . . .

The Pyongyang Plain is the alluvial plain formed by the Taedong River around Pyongyang City and its tributaries, the Nanjiang River and the Zaining River. On the Korean Peninsula, it is a relatively vast plain.

Historically, during the Joseon period of the Lee family, about 100 million mu of land could be reclaimed in the Pyongyang Plain alone.

This kind of land with perfect irrigation conditions on the Great Plains is not comparable to the fields in the hillsides and valleys. The 100 million mu here are basically farmland, and the yield is relatively much higher.

Even in later generations, when the country can only be closed to the outside world, the people in Pyongyang Plain are the best North Korean people under the rule of the three generals, not one of them.

Even at this time, a lot of farmland has been reclaimed on the Pyongyang Plain, which can be regarded as one of the most fertile lands controlled by the royal family of Koryo.

Wang Zhao was a famous general who founded the country, Da Kuang, the inspector of the school, You Pushe, and Jiang Gongzhen, the general, served as the deputy commander of the battalion and the envoy of the battalion.

Yu Jing, the eldest son of Yu Qianbi, another famous founding general, served as the vanguard army envoy.

Hong Shun, the son of Hong Tao, who is also the hero of the founding of the country, is also the noble family of Yicheng. After that, Pu Yinggui, the surrendered minister of Baekje, was the left and right soldiers and horse envoys.

The army stretched for more than ten li, and was divided into three armies: the front, the middle, and the rear. Each army was divided into more than ten teams, and each team sent more than a hundred people in armor to protect them.

The more than ten thousand horse troops are divided into ten divisions, which respectively provide the army with functions such as forward investigation, cover whereabouts, and guard the two wings.

At the same time, Huangfuzhao on the Compassion Ridge received the news that the army was going north, and he also took the initiative to lead the troops to the foot of the mountain to form an array with his back against the forest.

All of this was to prepare for Murong Nobunaga's sudden cavalry raid. In a wide area like the Pyongyang Plain, the power of the northern cavalry could be maximized. Wang Zhao was still a little worried.

On Murong Nobunaga's side, the generals also asked for orders to come forward to make a surprise attack, and Murong Yanchao even shouted loudly: "The thieves and captives thought they were dealing with it properly, but in fact they relied too much on the horse guards.

Judging from the strength of the horse army, it is far inferior to the old Khitan leather army. If the king ordered the last general to attack, it would only take [-] horsemen to defeat the enemy's horse army. "

Murong Yanchao is so sure because he has personally led more than [-] cavalry to fight with the Goryeo cavalry just now.

As a result, the record was naturally overwhelming, so he felt that he could defeat more than [-] cavalry in Goryeo with only [-] cavalry.

As soon as Murong Yanchao spoke, the surrounding generals were afraid that he would lose all their military exploits, so they also asked for a fight.

Murong Nobunaga smiled and waved his hands, "Although his generation is too weak to charge, but they are familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers, it is not the best policy for us to defeat most of their horse army and the front vanguard.

These people are not good at fighting in the field or in waves. If they are scattered everywhere and stick to the fortified city, it will do great harm. It is better to let them go to the city of Pyongyang, gather and annihilate them. "

This is Murong Nobunaga's truest thought. He is not going to have a tug-of-war with these Koreans for more than half a year, and he doesn't want to surround Kaijing City to attack. Annihilate the Goryeo army.

It's already May, if we fight faster, we may be able to plant some grain.

Fight fast, and the food in the official warehouses of big cities such as Kaijing and Shuizhou (Suwon) will not be wasted in vain in the battle.

Moreover, Murong Nobunaga has another trump card, which is the navy!

. . . .

Connecting to the harbor, Zhao Kuangyin, naked to the waist and wearing only shorts, was standing on a small boat that could only hold more than ten people together with the navy soldiers, calling loudly.

As the red flag on the big ship waved, the sailors on these small boats rowed the boat suddenly, and the small boat rushed out like an arrow from the string.

The soldiers on the ship all held a weapon similar to a net. When the two ships intersected, whoever caught the soldier on the opposite ship by the head and pulled them into the water was the winner.

For a while, there was thunderous drumming, the sound of falling into the water and cheers.

Henghai Town can be regarded as Zhang Zhou's most elite navy, even though Zhao Kuangyin practiced for a long time, he was soon dragged into the sea by the net.

However, Zhao Kuangyin was not annoyed at all, on the contrary, he was very happy. After the exercise, Chen Huo beat the drum, and Zhao Kuangyin personally handed out the rewards. The last soldier who was independent on the boat was rewarded ten times, and the other two, three, four and even the top ten were rewarded. .

But today, besides Chen Huo, Zhe Deyuan was also there. He looked at Zhao Kuangyin and nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother Ru was afraid that you would not adapt to the climate in Haidong, so he asked someone to bring you medicinal materials, but it seems that you, Zhao Dalang, are really a hero, and you don't need these things."

Although Zhe Deyuan is five or six years older than Zhao Kuangyin, there is a huge gap in their identities in history.

But in this time and space, Zhede is willing to be the emperor's righteous fourth son, guarding Datong Mansion all year round, and now guarding Mobei with integrity, and married a close daughter of the royal family, whose status is much higher than Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin's elder brother died at the age of five. He is basically the eldest son in the family, and his parents usually call him "oldest brother".

And now he, Zhao Kuangyin, is also a senior general in command of an army of [-], and he also has the title of earl. The only one who can convince him and long to recognize his brother is Murong Nobunaga, who has taught him and promoted him.

Zhao Kuangyin arched his hands towards Zhe Deyuan, and said with some emotion: "My brother is busy with military affairs, and I haven't visited my brother after arriving in Haidong. I think it's a bit inappropriate. I also ask Zhe's brother to apologize to Brother Nobunaga on my behalf."

Zhe Deyuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's not like you don't know what the county king is thinking. As long as you can help him on the battlefield, it's better than meeting him a hundred times."

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he knew that Zhede wanted to come here, and he must have a mission, so he clasped his fists together, "Brother, please tell me, the [-] athletes under a certain command have already been prepared."

"Okay!" Zhe Deyuan took Zhao Kuangyin's hand and walked straight to his command cabin.

"The king of the county has received a secret report from Kaijing, and the Goryeo navy, with Kang Chengxun as the commander, has about 5000 people going north from Jianghua Bay, and it is expected to arrive around Nanpu Port soon.

The king of the county ordered you to mobilize troops and horses immediately, defeat the Goryeo water army first, and then drive straight into Jianghua Bay, and the [-] cavalry of a certain family will also act with you. "

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the map and couldn't help but smile. With this information, as long as the Korean navy is destroyed, he can enter Kaijing before the end of the land war. This is the first achievement in destroying the country.

And Zhe Deyuan is right, this is the best chance to repay Nobunaga Murong.