Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 45 Liao people are wolves
Li Buqi was anxious just now, and when he said "absolutely not", his voice was a little loud.Zhao Zhen, who was walking over, raised his hand to stop Chen Lin from shouting "Your Majesty is here". After standing down, he heard Li Buqi say that the Liao people were bluffing before asking questions.

Zhang Yonghe, Li Buqi and others hurriedly saluted the emperor, and Zhao Zhen asked Li Buqi again: "How do you conclude that the Liao people's gathering of troops in Hebei is a bluff?"

This is a rare opportunity to show the emperor's ability, and Li Buqi remembered that Liao and Song had never fought from the Chanyuan alliance to Song Renzong's death, so he cleared his throat confidently and said, "Your Majesty, I think the Liao people They are robbers and wolves. They will not do things that are more dangerous than beneficial.

I heard people say that Liao is divided into many tribes. Apart from the Khitan, the larger tribes include Bohai, Jurchen, Zub, etc. The Liao Emperor led the army to patrol the country for a year to deter the tribes other than the Khitan.This is like the military towns of the Tang Dynasty. If the imperial army can deter the feudal towns, the feudal towns will be used by the emperor;Tang Yinjian was not far before this matter.

If the emperor of Liao didn't want to cause chaos in the country, he couldn't let the army under his control suffer great losses.The battle in the first year of Jingde has made the Liao people understand that although it is difficult for the Song Dynasty to capture Youyan, there is no problem in defending Hebei. As long as the Song Dynasty is ready, how dare the emperor of the Liao Kingdom waste his elite in vain?
I heard from an old man wandering in the clouds that the Liao Kingdom would kill some Jurchens every year to prevent the number of Jurchens from increasing to cause chaos, and expropriated a large amount of cattle and sheep from Zubu.This is blood feud.Once the elites in the hands of the Liao emperor were gone, the Jurchen and Zub tribes would turn to kill the Khitans.Liao people will not be unaware of this.

And Xia Thief is also an existence that cannot be ignored.The Xia thief is also a bandit, so the boy guessed that if the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom fought, the Xia thief would definitely attack the easiest side to attack.The kid can think of it, so many people in the Liao Kingdom can't think of it, it's strange not to be wary of the Xia thief.

Therefore, I speculate that the Liao people assembled a large army in Hebei because one of them saw that the court was defeated by the Xia bandits and wanted to call me the king of the Song Dynasty, and the other was just to take the opportunity to blackmail some money. "

Zhao Zhen was just asking casually, but he didn't expect Li Buqi to talk so much, so he couldn't help but look at Li Buqi with admiration, and asked again: "Then how do you think the court should deal with this matter?"

Li Buqi said: "I think that in order to avoid future troubles, we must show toughness to the Liao Kingdom."

Zhao Zhen asked: "You said to avoid future troubles, but what kind of future troubles are they?"

"This is a common technique used by gangsters on the street. Once you succeed in blackmailing, you will know that the person can be blackmailed, and you will definitely blackmail him again in the future."

"Oh, that's it?" Zhao Zhen asked again: "But what if you are tough on Liao and lead to a big war instead?"

Li Buqi did not answer this question directly, but said, "Your Majesty, please listen to me first and tell me how wolves hunt."

"Oh? You said."

"The old man Yunyou said that although the Hulu in the north are humble, they are very eager to learn. It's just that what they learned was not the words of sages, but the ability to survive from wild beasts. Therefore, you must know this one to understand Hulu. Whether it is Khitan or earlier At that time, the Turks and the Huns worshiped the eagle and the wolf. Let alone the eagle, they only said that the wolf was a common beast there, and it was very clever.

Among the wolves' prey are horses and cattle.Although these big prey don't have minions like beasts, they are not defenseless.Often wolves were killed and injured by the horns of cattle and sheep, and their ribs or legs were broken by being kicked by horses.As long as a wolf is injured, it will die. Therefore, when hunting, a wolf never pounces on it all at once, but first checks around the prey for a period of time to see if the prey is strong.If the prey is strong enough to cause harm to the wolf, the wolf will not kill the prey immediately.But if they perceive that their prey is old or weak, they will not hesitate to pounce on them and kill them. "

The audience, including Zhao Zhen, gasped: "How smart are wolves?"

"Yes. The shepherd over there can tell whether his flock is sick by seeing if there are wolves following the flock. Because the wolves will follow behind the flock and smell the flock, they will know if there is any disease in the flock. Are there any sick sheep? If there are sick sheep, the wolves will follow them all the time, waiting to eat the sick sheep. If there are no sick sheep, the wolves will leave, but they will not attack the strong sheep.”

Zhao Zhen asked: "If there is no sick prey, why are the wolves hungry?"

"At this time, the wolves often do not directly kill the prey that will hurt them, but keep circling around the prey, constantly threatening the prey, making the prey panic all day long, and have to run non-stop. The wolves follow the prey until something At this time, the prey panics and will rush to bite when exhausted. At this time, the prey has no strength to cause harm to the wolf."

Zhang Yonghe heard this and said: "Officials, if Li Daizhao's words are not bad, then the Liao people really learned how to fight like wolves!"

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked: "How do you say that?"

Zhang Yonghe said: "I have heard from veterans who fought against the Liao people that as long as my Song Dynasty side forms a strong formation, the Liao army will generally avoid fighting and will not be ashamed to retreat. But if I When the army is weak before forming an array, the Liao people will flock to them. This is really like a wolf avoiding the strong and bullying the weak."

Zhao Zhen remembered that the statement he had read also had this kind of statement, so he nodded and said, "That's true." Then he turned to Li Buqi and asked, "Then how do you think you should be tough on the Liao people?"

In order to show his erudition, Li Buqi did not answer directly, but said: "Have you ever noticed that chickens and dogs will raise the hair on their necks before fighting? Some dogs even bark loudly?"

Fighting dogs and running dogs is a common entertainment in the Song Dynasty. There are officials in the palace who specialize in dog fighting. Zhao Zhen is also a frequent watcher of dog fighting, so he naturally knows.After he nodded, Li Buqi continued: "This is actually to make yourself look bigger, hoping to scare the opponent away. As for barking, it is also to let the opponent know that he is strong, and at the same time take the opportunity to show his fangs and tell the opponent that he is strong. It has the ability to inflict damage on the opponent. This is a means of fighting tough and subduing opponents without fighting."

Zhao Zhen thought he understood what Li Buqi meant: "You mean that now the Liao people are bluffing, and I, Song Dynasty, are also responding with bluff. Is that so?"

Li Buqi said: "People are always smarter than animals, and a complete bluff is easy to be seen through. If the confrontation between the two countries drags on for a long time, it will suddenly waste money and food, which will not be good for our Song Dynasty. Therefore, I think that what our Song Dynasty wants to do is not a bluff, It is to show the determination to fight to the death! In this way, the Liao people will worry that both sides will suffer, and there will be endless troubles."

Zhao Zhen asked: "Then how do you show your determination to fight to the death?"

(End of this chapter)