Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 38 Hu Yanzan and Zhe Yuxun (Special thanks to book friend Jie Ke for the embarrassing reward!)

One after another, more than a hundred candidates who have passed the martial arts test are taking the battlefield assessment of the art of war.

Han Tong, Zhang Yongde and other chief and deputy examiners asked these candidates to answer some combat example questions.

Many of these candidates are children of wealthy local families. They have practiced martial arts since childhood, and many of them are familiar with art of war books.

However, when the candidates answered the questions, they found that many martial arts practitioners who had not been tempered in battle and only knew how to practice on paper were full of mistakes and errors in their answers, which made people laugh and cry.

Among the more than one hundred candidates, only thirty-two passed the examination.

When Hu Yanzan took the exam, Chai Zongxun saw a young man of about twenty years old, eight feet tall, with a strong build and a thick beard on his forehead, striding into the examination room.

Hu Yanzan saluted Emperor Chai Zongxun who was sitting in front of the main tent and said:
"See you, Your Majesty! Long live my emperor!" After saying that, he kowtowed.

Chai Zongxun saw Hu Yanzan holding the ceremony very respectfully, and smiled and said:
"Hu Yan loves Qing Pingshen!
Aiqing was born as a general and is very brave. I hope that Aiqing can pass this military art battle formation test smoothly and become a high school scholar. "

Hu Yanzhan was overjoyed. With the emperor's words of encouragement, he had almost passed the examination. Seeing that the emperor was so friendly to him, how could the examiners not act based on the emperor's preferences?

After Hu Yanzhan stood up to thank him, he walked to the long table of Zhang Yongde, the examiner of the round, bowed respectfully, and the examination began.

Zhang Yongde nodded and said:

"Huyan Juren, during the "Battle of Xingzhou" in February, your Majesty ordered 60,000 imperial guards and personal troops to rush to Xingzhou to fight against the Han Dynasty. You must also know the process and results in detail.

The question for this officer is, if Hu Yanju were my officer and the commander-in-chief of the army, what strategy would he adopt to fight against the Han army? "

This question asked by Zhang Yongde is easy to say. After all, it was the war between Zhou and Han that had just happened for three months. The general process was known to everyone in the Zhou Dynasty, not to mention the military exercise Hu Yanzan.

It is difficult to say that Zhang Yongde adopted the strategy of Cao Bin, the commander of the army and horses, to attack the enemy from the strong to the weak. He first surrounded and annihilated the Wei Rong tribe of the Han Dynasty with the Tianxiong army and the Guide army, and then the Lu Zan tribe, the main force of the Han Dynasty, heard the news However, he was defeated and was chased for thousands of miles by the Zhou army.

This is almost the optimal strategy proven in actual combat. It is almost impossible for Hu Yanzhan to come up with a better combat plan at this moment.

Hu Yanzan thought for a long time and finally said:

"Commander Zhang is informed of the "Battle of Xingzhou". Commander Zhang's strategy of "attacking the weakest from the strongest" is already the optimal strategy.

If I am the commander-in-chief of the army that day and think of another strategy to defeat the enemy, I should surround the enemy's Wei Rong tribe on three sides, leaving only the road leading to Xingzhou City for the enemy, causing the defeated troops of Wei Rong's tribe to flee in droves. The enemy's Luzan tribe greatly reduced the morale of the Luzan tribe and attacked their military formation, causing them to panic.

Then three soldiers surrounded all the enemy forces under Xingzhou City and wiped them out within a few days. "

After hearing this, Chai Zongxun felt happy:
"This Huyan Zan is indeed capable. He is worthy of being a famous general in my previous life. His strategy can completely annihilate the Han army under Xingzhou City, but the battle damage is much greater than that of the Han army who chased and fled thousands of miles away.

Another one, fearing that time had passed, Yelv Jing, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, led the Khitan Jingqi southward and rushed to Xingzhou to rescue the Han army. "

Sure enough, I heard Zhang Yongde happily say:

"Huyan Juren's strategy is excellent! If you follow it, you can defeat the Han army.

However, the tigers of the Liao Kingdom were waiting nearby, and their elite cavalry were galloping very fast, and the distance was very close. If we could not completely wipe out the 80,000-strong army of Lu Zan and Weirong of the Han Kingdom in two days, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, Yelv Jing, would surely arrive, and we would become our greatest enemy. The protracted war between Zhou Dynasty and the enemy countries Han and Liao. "

After Zhang Yongde made his comments, he immediately announced that Hu Yanzhan had passed the test of tactics. Hu Yanzan was overjoyed. After saluting and thanking Zhang Yongde, he retreated outside the venue.

An hour later, more than 200 candidates came in to take the exam. There were only more than a hundred candidates left, and no combat skills were tested.

About fifty people passed through.

Chai Zongxun was anxious about waiting and was about to drive back to the palace when he heard the examiner Han Tong read Zhe Yuxun's name and immediately looked towards the entrance of the venue.

I saw a young man in his early twenties, with a sturdy build and longer arms than ordinary people, striding into the arena.

Zhe Yuxun first saluted the emperor Chai Zongxun in front of the main tent. After Chai Zongxun ordered him to get up, he went to the examiner Han Tong's long table and saluted.

Han Tong said with a loud voice: "Zheju people, you are from Yunzhong, adjacent to the Han Kingdom. You should know the "Battle of Jinzhou" in the first year of Xiande.

At that time, Pontuqiang was with the late emperor, and the battle was the "Battle of Gaoping". Under the late emperor's wise command and personal risk of attack, we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, defeated the Han and Liao allied forces and beheaded more than 30,000 people! What a pleasure!

Come and review the pros and cons of the "Battle of Jinzhou" for this capital. If you were Wang Yan, the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou at that time, how would you have resisted the enemy? "

The "Battle of Jinzhou" was a auxiliary battle in the first year of Xiande that changed the entire history of the Five Dynasties, and was also the most important battle of the Five Dynasties, the "Battle of Gaoping".

At that time, the Northern Han and Khitan coalition forces were divided into two groups. The main force was the Northern Han Emperor Liu Chong and the Khitan coalition forces. Liu Jun led 10,000 infantry and cavalry as a partial division to attack Jinzhou.

After Zhe Yuxun thought for a moment, he said:

"Go back to Handu for inspection, so I can briefly see below. During the "Battle of Jinzhou" that day, Jiedushi Wang Yan had 8,000 soldiers in his hands, and he adopted the strategy of "luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory."

Liu Jun was allowed to break through Mizhi and other counties and enter, and his soldiers burned, killed and looted all the way. When military discipline was greatly broken, Wang Jiedushi went 100 miles below Jinzhou City and defeated Liu Jun's army of ten thousand people.

If I were the envoy Wang Jiedu who was in charge of the army at that time, I would not have allowed the Han enemy troops to easily enter our territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I would have used the two counties of Mizhi and Suide as the corners to defend the city!

After the late emperor ordered the generals to inspect the capital of Han and defeated Liu Chong and the Khitan in Gaoping, Liu Jun would flee in fear. At that time, eight thousand soldiers would be sent to pursue him, and they would be able to defeat Liu Jun! "

Han Tong in the field shouted: "Okay! The sergeants should do as Your Majesty said: protect the country and the people! How can you sacrifice the people as bait and let the enemy burn, kill and loot?!
Zhe Yuxun, you passed. "

Chai Zongxun, who was sitting in front of the main tent and watching, thought to himself:
"It turns out that the "Battle of Jinzhou" in the first year of Xiande was like this.

Wang Yan, this idiot, was greedy for life and afraid of death. He had eight thousand soldiers in his hands and did not want to defend the enemy. He actually used a poisonous trick of sacrificing the people to lure the enemy deeper.

It can be said that Chaolu's father and Mizhi's then county magistrate Wu Qi were killed by Wang Yan, a fool! It was the local people who died more!
This shows how important it is to whose hands power falls! If I have a chance in the future, I will find Wang Yan to settle this account again! "

By the time of application in the afternoon, more than 500 martial arts candidates had all passed the art of war exam, and more than people who passed the exam were awarded martial arts qualifications.

A martial jinshi named Guan Mao, a native of Taizhou Prefecture, claimed that after Guan Ke of the Three Kingdoms, he was particularly brave and good at shooting. He flew on horseback and hit ten out of ten shots, which also attracted the attention of Chai Zongxun.

Chai Zongxun immediately summoned these more than 200 people. After much encouragement, he summoned these more than 200 martial arts scholars into the "Longxiang Army" and "Longxiang Guards" to serve as officers at all levels. The people of the relocated family were given the opportunity to live in Bianjing.

Starting from the next day, these new martial arts scholars immediately moved into the "Longxiang Army" camp and practiced with Han Hui, Zhang Yong and other young sergeants every day, starting from ten households and one hundred households.

(End of this chapter)