Chapter 57: Half-known to learn back water, two ribs to know who it is

It is said that the Eight-nation coalition attacked Yanhan and attacked Mingzhou for a long time. The main force of the Han army finally arrived, and the troops and deployment of both sides are roughly like this:

There were originally more than 40,000 horses in the coalition, killing and injuring thousands of people in Liuzhou. More than 1,000 people were killed against Xiao Yu, and 5,000 or 6,000 people were damaged in the attack on Mingzhou. In addition, several thousand people were reduced due to fatigue and weather changes. At present, there are still about 32,000 people left, of whom 8,000 are in the north side of Liuzhou with Xiao Yu. 24,000 people were surrounded outside Mingzhou City.

In addition to war damage and disease reduction, the Han army currently includes about 2,000 people from Zhou Bolong and Beschu Yerhefu in Liuzhou City; more than 4,000 people from Xiao, Yao Manzi, Su Mizu and Ge Lishen outside Liuzhou City; there are 300 regular troops and 2,000 militiamen from Lianjun, the new Lianzhou Zhenfu envoy. East. These three places correspond to the South Road of the coalition, and the number of people is basically the same. There are nearly 4,000 deer, Ganbasu and Chen Guinian's troops in the city of Mingzhou. In the southeast of Mingzhou, Zhao Jin's army has forced back the troops in the way of the Dongsi coalition and drove 100 miles away from the city, with a total of about 14,000 people. In addition, due to the smooth melting road of ice and snow, the northern reinforcements are also led by Du Longhan in Yezhou. He rushed down to a hundred miles east of Mingzhou, with thousands of regular troops and 4,000 militiamen. Such troops are basically comparable to those of the North Road of the coalition.

Among the provinces of Yanhan, Anhan, Ouzhou and Yezhou were the first to start training militias. Dulonghan's militia gathered from Yezhou and Wuzhou counties. They had already gathered, but the road was not smooth until now. Lianjun's militia is the militia of Anhan Prefecture. Because of Lian Jun's kindness to Li Tu, Li Tu asked the king to give up his position as a big Sima to Lian Jun. Zhao Jin is not allowed to do this - how can the official position be transferred? However, Zhao Jin still added Lianjun as the governor of Lianzhou for Li Tu's face. Lianzhou Zhenfu made this position very important. Previously, he would rather lack than abuse it and deliberately retained it. In this way, Lian Jun had no merit in Yanhan, so he won the title of General Wuwei and guarded the second largest city in the country after the capital, which can be said to be reused! Zhao Jin wanted to save Mingzhou, let Lian Jun lead the headquarters, plus the militia, first go to stay in the state to participate in the war, and then take office in Lianzhou. The militia is different from the regular army. The regular army can garrison all over the country. The militia only temporarily participates in the battle and returns to the state capital after the battle.

In this way, the strength of the two sides is basically the same, and the equipment of the Han army is stronger than that of the coalition. Not only that, the training of the Han army is also better than that of the coalition forces. These eight-nation coalition forces are not as elite as the previous Dongsi coalition forces when they fought against Tatar - at that time, hundreds of thousands of Dongsi coalition forces were selected, and dozens of countries, including many major powers, came out these people. At present, the Eight-Nation Alliance is used for everything that can be used. There are very few soldiers specializing in training, and most of them are semi-professional soldiers from various territories. They usually cultivate fields and graze for production, and were mobilized only in wartime. The Grand Duke mobilized his count, the count mobilized his barons, and the barons gathered the professional knights and semi-professional soldiers in the territory, so they converged into a vast coalition. The combat quality of the coalition soldiers is actually not much higher than that of Yan Han's militia.

The regular army of Yanhan has been trained and fought for more than two years after the uprising, and its combat effectiveness is not what it used to be. The two batches of subsequent recruitment have been strictly trained for at least a whole year.

Therefore, in comparison, although the number of Han troops is smaller, their combat effectiveness is higher than that of the coalition forces. The main force of the coalition confronted the main force of the Han army. The monarchs and generals of various countries were a little excited when they saw the array, momentum and equipment of the Han army.

Mancily Koshev was a little uneasy and said, "Your Majesty Tunegoresov... It's all you. I suggest that we attack the Hedong area and say that you get the land and we get the booty. Unexpectedly, until now, we haven't got the booty, and you haven't got the land. What's more, I didn't expect that the Orientals had such a strong army... What do you think we should do?"

"Don't be discouraged!" Tonigel Rysov said firmly: "You really lack courage, Your Majesty Mansitar Koshev! Once you meet a powerful enemy, your heart will be confused. As your relative, I'm really ashamed of you.

Mansi Talykoshav heard this, and his face turned white for a while, but he saw Tunegel Risov's calm appearance. Is there a clever trick? Mansitar Kosaf had no choice but to resist his attack and asked politely, "So, what can you do, Your Majesty Togniger Resov, who is smart and courageous?"

Turnegel Risov waved his arm with a hundred times confidence, and there was an awe-inspiring momentum and shouted, "Of course I have a way!" I am very familiar with the situation on both sides of the rivers in this area! We will soon defeat the Orientals and take their flags! Change it to our flag!"

"What can I do?" Mansi Talykosaf and the generals of all countries felt energetic for a while. Because Tsnegelrisov has made correct judgments and responded to the camp and fraudulent surrenders in a timely manner, they now rely on Tsnegelrisov's ability.

"A good way can't be leaked!" Toneresov said proudly, "You just need to follow my orders, and that's all you have to do!" Now, let's retreat for the time being! Of course, I know that the retreat is shameful for you brave people who are full of glory! However, you must obey my command. Everything is for victory!"

In this way, the Eight-Nation Alliance opened the siege of Mingzhou and retreated to the west overnight. Zhao Jin and Du Longhan moved forward and merged with the Deer Department. Zhao Jin discussed with the generals and believed that there was no reason to let go of the enemy for nothing and must move forward. Zhao Yu then ordered Chen Guinian to defend the city, with Lu Yi and Gan Ba Su as the vanguard, and introduced He Pan, Li Qingxi and Xu Yu as the Chinese army, ordered Yan Shizhong and Hu Heer to lead the left army, ordered Dai Degong and Du Longhan to lead the right army, ordered the Bo brothers to lead the rear army, and Kuo Kuo Gan and Li Huazhen to lead the female battalion of crossbow soldiers as other armies. This is the "plum flower array" commonly used by Li Jing, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the front, middle, left, right and back plum blossoms, another mobile force can be used as a free attack or make up for the omission of the five petals when necessary.

The Han army advanced all the way with such a plum blossom array. Unexpectedly, the enemy also put a strange position, and the location was even stranger - on the beach!

With his familiarity with geography, Turnegoresov divided the main force into two parts, one on a long beach and the other on the grassland in front of the beach. Manshitarikov and the generals of various countries were puzzled when they saw Tuneggerrisov's arrangement; and then they couldn't help but be anxious when they saw that Tuneggerrisov ordered his subordinates to start chiseling the sinking ship!

"What are you going to do? His Majesty Toneresov! You don't want to sink all the boats, do you?" Mansitar Kosaf questioned Tuneger Risov on behalf of the crowd.

"That's right." Tonieger Risov was very calm.

"Is that right?" Mansi Talykoshaf couldn't help shouting, "Big mistake! Absolutely an unforgivable mistake! Aren't you crazy? His Majesty Toneresov! Think about it, how can we go back after sinking the boat?

"Go back?" Toneresov shook his head: "As your relative, I'm really ashamed of your ignorance. I'm sorry, His Majesty Mansi Talykoshaf. For the sake of my aunt, let me tell you that we don't have to go back for the time being. When we are about to go back, we will naturally have a boat back.

"Where does the ship come from?"

"As long as we defeat the Orientals, we can take their ships. Even if they don't have so many ships, we have plenty of time to build ships. And at that time, I promise that you don't want to go back. You will definitely want to continue to march and seize the rich new city in one go! Get a lot of trophies!"

"You... can you really guarantee that we can defeat the Orientals? This is not a joke, Your Majesty Togniger Risov.

"Me? Of course I can guarantee it! His Majesty Mansi Talisaf. You should all know that when you have no way to deal with the Orientals, it was me who arrived in time and saved your crisis. Now, you have to listen to my ideas - if you want to get a lot of booty and agree to put most of the land and population of the Orientals under my rule.

So Tuniegel Risov went his own way, completely manipulated the armies of various countries according to his own ideas, sank all the ships, and sent a man with a special task. He seems to have seen that the situation of "the walls are all red" described in the Book of Han will become the scene of "the barricades and the walls are full of the colorful flags of the coalition forces"...

The Han army moved forward. When the Lu people found that the coalition forces were like this, they felt incomprehensible and dared not make a second force, so they quickly sent someone to report to the king. Zhao Jin was reported. After thinking about it again and again, he didn't understand, and ordered the troops to go down to the village for the time being.

The next day, Zhao Jin gathered the generals of the army to discuss and study what the coalition meant. Suddenly, a small school came to report: the grand Duke of the other party sent someone to write a war letter! Make an appointment to fight tomorrow!

Zhao Jin became more and more puzzled and asked the generals, "The enemy's army camped and arrayed by the beach, and came to challenge us again. What is this intention?"

Dai said: "Long hair is resourceless. If you are in the Jedi, our army can fight it!"

The deer said, "No! Long hair also has a strategy. Don't underestimate it.

The generals are talking about it, and there are different opinions. They can't figure out what the coalition is trying to do. At this time, a general named Shen Qi came out and said, "Lord, the last general grew up on the bank of the Yellow River. He is used to water and can withstand the cold. I would like to explore the Changmao camp and investigate its reality.

Zhao Jin nodded: "Very good. I'll lend you my 40x telescope. The river is very cold. Be careful and get ready to exercise before you go.

So Shen Qi took Zhao Jin's highest multiple telescope and went into the water. He dived and floated for a while and went straight to the rear of the Dongsi coalition camp to check the situation. Come back and tell the king and the generals: "My lord! The long-haired army is over there, and there is no falsehood. The ships are all chiseled through, and I don't know why.

Zhao Jin didn't understand even more when he heard it. He wanted to break his head and couldn't guess what medicine was sold in the enemy's gourd. The generals had another burst of discussion, but none of them sounded reasonable. Suddenly, Lieutenant He Pan shouted with his arms: "Lord! The last general has seen through the enemy!"

(to be continued in the next section)