The struggle of the reborn prince

Zhao Tang came up today to demote a group of his subordinates, and to make them speechless, but this is not because he is the emperor bullying others, it is a fact that is well-founded and unadorned. ..While convincing them, they also understand what it means to look at the essence through phenomena, and know that the boss's piercing eyes are not to be rubbed against, but they don't know how much effort Zhao Tian has put in secretly.

Zhao Tun still understands the truth of "no investigation and research, no right to speak". In fact, as soon as he arrived in Fuhulin, he wanted to see the defense line that Wushu spent a lot of energy and thought on the border, but his suggestion immediately aroused everyone's attention. unanimously against.What is surprising this time is that the emperor did not insist on going his own way, but accepted everyone's opinions "modestly", and did not mention the matter of patrolling the border. Every day he either hunted and feasted with a group of Khitan elders, or reviewed the exercise plan. Go to the army to inspect combat readiness.

But what Zhao Tun wanted to do couldn't be done, he accepted everyone's suggestions openly, but played secretly.He took advantage of everyone's trust in him, saying that when he went hunting, he often drove the prey to the border. The inspecting army often went to the border post across the river from the Kingdom of Jin, and used various excuses to travel through this hundred-year period. The boundary line, carefully surveyed the terrain.Zhao Tong understood the basic structure and defensive layout of the boundary moat through what he saw with his own eyes and what he learned from reconnaissance. This time, he led a group of generals across the river in the name of reconnaissance exercise grounds, but it was too late for them to stop them. , can only go 'crazy' with the emperor.Unexpectedly, the emperor who had been prepared for a long time caught the little braid, and let him sneer and sneer, and more importantly, the emperor's point was like enlightenment.Let them understand that the enemy has made changes, and if they stick to the past experience, what awaits them will be a disastrous defeat...

"Looking at your battle plan again, even if you can blast open the gap with artillery, and then use cavalry to break through the city. But have you ever thought that the enemy army has staggered earth barriers in the city to reduce the impact of cavalry. And they Then we can use the infantry hidden behind the soil barrier to block the cavalry who lost their speed, use the catapults to attack our reinforcements who entered the city later, and the crossbowmen to kill our troops approaching the city. Form three layers of firepower: far, middle and near But these are only what we can see, and there must be many obstacles and traps hidden behind the boundary trenches that we don’t know about, entering rashly will only cause great casualties!” Zhao Tong said again. "That's right. The Jurchens recognized their weaknesses in defeat and faced them up. When they realized that they could not win in the offensive, they absorbed our experience of using the Great Wall and Fortified City to deal with cavalry in the Central Plains, and turned to deal with us. , It’s exactly what we often say, ‘Use one’s skills to control another’s strengths’!” Zhao Tong said leisurely, and he also learned their tactics and tactics in order to deal with the iron cavalry of the Northwest nomads, and formed a cavalry army. The main force of the army.

"Your Majesty means that we must also focus on changing our tactics to adapt to the enemy's changes!" Zheng Ping said.He is not stupid, the emperor's meaning is already very clear, but he still has some hesitation.After all, this is not an easy thing to do, especially abandoning the tactics that have been used for many years.

"Now the Golden Army's strategy for us has changed from a comprehensive offensive in the past to a comprehensive defense. It has abandoned the mode of large-scale field battles with us and intends to block our offensive by building strong fortresses. However, we are still using our inherent experience and experience. I think everyone has already figured out how the combat mode will respond to the enemy's changes!" Seeing that everyone had realized his painstaking efforts, Zhao Tuo said in a slower tone.

"Your Majesty's lesson is that your majesty has let you down!" Zheng Ping pleaded guilty, and now he is the governor of Dading.Is the chief officer of a war zone.Now that such a crisis has occurred, he realizes that he is very responsible.

"There are too many grievances and grievances between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. In the end, we still need a war to understand. And this war will be based on our siege of cities and land as the main form of combat. Of course, the Jin Army will not completely abandon its traditions. We will still use field battles to cooperate with urban battles, but the intensity and scale will be reduced, and the main purpose of operations will be to harass and intercept our transportation lines with cavalry troops. Therefore, while retaining strong cavalry forces, we must To improve our combat skills in urban offensive and defensive warfare, breaking through the boundary trenches is only the first step!" said Zhao Tong, looking at the long boundary trenches.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates understand that the purpose of your organizing this autumn exercise is to study new tactics and tactics through the exercise, find out our shortcomings, and sum up methods to break through the boundaries and barriers set up by the Golden Army, so as to lay a solid foundation for the future." Lay the foundation for the battle!" Zheng Ping saluted solemnly.

"Well, my painstaking efforts have not been in vain! I have ordered the Zhenwei abandoned castle by the Huangshui River to be remodeled to resemble the boundary trench of the Jin army. At that time, I will personally lead the five thousand state troops and a brigade of guards to defend This place. You will be the commander in chief of the attacking side and lead all the troops to attack, if you can't attack, prepare to show me the gate!" Zhao Tong said with a smile.

"This... this subordinate will definitely attack His Majesty's line of defense!" The emperor's smirk aroused Zheng Ping's fighting spirit, he hesitated and said while gritting his molars.

"Okay, now let's go forward again and see how the Jin army reacts, do you dare?" After Zhao Tang finished speaking, he slammed his toe on the horse's belly, and the horse rushed forward in pain and rushed down the earth beam, straight Run to Huttenburg.Zheng Ping shook his head and smiled wryly. He was not asking for his own opinion. He clearly dragged everyone into the bandit boat. In desperation, he urged his horse to chase after him...

The "Breakthrough" autumn performance lasted for ten days, and the entire Huangshui River was shrouded in gunpowder smoke.The state army led by the emperor used cold weapons as the main weapon, and its strength was only [-]. When the overall strength was at an absolute disadvantage, it fought against the [-] forbidden army with the Krupp army as the main force, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations.

The Forbidden Army commanded by Zheng Ping has a strong force and excellent weapons. Although he knows that the emperor is good at using soldiers, and that he has a trick in his eyes, and he has received the emperor's reminder earlier, he has fully estimated the possible difficulties and carried out careful planning. According to the arrangement, he stormed the castle with artillery fire.But the emperor gave him a disarm in the first battle. When the army crossed the river and lost the cover of artillery fire, he sent "Iron Buoy" to launch a surprise attack.

The imperial army immediately dispatched hussars to fight. According to past experience, hussars can easily break through the blockade of Iron Buoy with their long lances.But this time it was difficult to work. The hussars in the front row were destroyed after defeating the first row of iron floats, and they could only continue to attack with pistols and long knives.But Tie Futu who followed up later was wearing heavy armor and holding long soldiers. The power of the pistol was limited.

Due to the narrow area of ​​the battlefield, the first row of hussars who failed to attack blocked the advance path of the rear row, and the lances, which lost their quick impact, had difficulty piercing the opponent's armor. Going down the battle, the imperial army across the river could only barely support themselves in the melee, and it was difficult to exert the power of their firearms.However, the artillery who crossed the river was suddenly hit by the defenders' heavy catapults, and the heavy artillery was unable to advance and retreat on the pontoon bridge and suffered a heavy blow.

After fierce fighting, the imperial army gradually stabilized their position and cut and annihilated the invading "Iron Buoy", but the defenders almost destroyed the attacker's artillery at the cost of sacrificing the Iron Buoy, and caused them a lot of loss of troops.The attacker who lost the artillery became a lame general, and his combat power was greatly reduced.The battlefield became a stage for the emperor to perform to his heart's content. He used strong fortifications and flexible tactics to deal with the attackers. After three days of fighting, the attackers still could not break through the outermost trench.

At this point in the battle, all the generals watching the battle and the officers and soldiers participating in the exercise knew that the attacking side had been defeated, and three days was enough for the defending side to get reinforcements.The defenders who have been supplemented with troops and equipment can not only continue to maintain their combat effectiveness, but even have the opportunity and ability to launch a counterattack, while the attackers who have lost their artillery have little chance of turning the tide of the battle.Everyone even believed that if the emperor received reinforcements, he would never passively defend, and would look for an opportunity to counterattack. It is unknown whether the attacker can safely withdraw from the battlefield.

But it is not known whether the emperor intended to embarrass the imperial army, or wanted them to learn a profound lesson, and did not order the end of the exercise.Later, when the troops were damaged, they voluntarily withdrew from the outer line of defense and retreated into the castle to defend. The embarrassing troops of the Forbidden Army became ruthless and adopted wheel tactics. The defenders have limited forces.After paying several times the price of the enemy, the attacker finally filled up the boundary trench, blasted open the fort gate and broke into the city for two days.

The armies who thought they could fight quickly found that what awaited them was a nightmare. The defenders used various fortifications and traps that had already been built to start a five-day battle with them.At this point in the battle, everyone is using their abilities and exhausting their minds. In the end, the defenders are finally exhausted and the battle is over, while the attackers have paid more than half of the casualties, and have no strength to fight anymore... ...)