When the generals were about to ask for a clear explanation, the deputy commander of the black army, Xuetalahai, waved his hand and asked them all to retreat.
Shi Tianying was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Our elite armored soldiers cannot be moved! They must not be moved!"
Xue Ta Lahai laughed twice: "Prince, don't worry, the Great Khan has a plan. We also have our own methods!"
He said this because the situation at hand was indeed specially prepared by Genghis Khan for Guo Ning. In other words, the entire situation on Zhongdu Road has always been the result of the constant game between Genghis Khan and Guo Ning.
Genghis Khan's initial combat target was the capital itself. This is obviously hoping to follow the old tricks of suppressing Xia Guoxing Zhongfu and continue to squeeze out the country's oil and water by suppressing the capital of Dajin.
But with Zhebie's death in Liaodong, Shandong's Dinghai navy became the life-or-death enemy of the Mongols. The purpose of all the actions of Genghis Khan himself and even the many auxiliary troops on the Beijing Road in Zhongdu was to encircle and mobilize reinforcements, trying to lure out the main force of the navy with various military operations on the Zhongdu Road, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.
The core strength of the Mongolian army lies in the ninety-five thousand households on the grassland, and in the Mongolian headquarters who have been familiar with riding and shooting since childhood, and can attack as fast as a thunderstorm and as powerful as a mountain. The combat effectiveness, mobility, and flexible tactics of the Mongolian army are all maintained on these ninety-five Mongolian households.
Outsiders think that there is endless manpower available for recruitment on the grassland. In fact, once the real masters are lost, it is difficult to make up for it. And the loss of troops of these thousands of households is related to the conflict between the core Mongolian tribes of Nilon Mongolia and Dieerlieqin after the establishment of the Great Mongol Kingdom, and then to the peripheral tribes such as Tataer, Meerqi, and Oyila. Layers upon layers of delicate balance.
Therefore, Genghis Khan gave the generals on the Beijing Road maximum freedom of action, hoping that these subordinate troops would put heavy pressure on the Jin Army in Zhongdu, and when the Zhongdu court was on the verge of collapse, the main force of the Ding Navy would have to devote itself to the battlefield to respond. The main force of the Mongolian army, which was waiting for work, had the opportunity to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.
Correspondingly, the same is true for Ding Haijun. The backbone of the Ding Navy has always been the veterans who retreated from northern Xinjiang to various places in Hebei. These veterans also died one by one, making it almost difficult to replicate in a short period of time.
Therefore, in battles, Guo Ning always tries to use small-scale partial divisions to contain and attract the enemy, while using the main force to strike at critical moments. From a certain point of view, this also continues the Jurchen fighting style of using strong armor and heavy cavalry as the core to attack fiercely on the battlefield and make the final decision.
When the two commanders were hostile to each other, the battlefield situation was as Shi Tianying saw,
No matter how large the scale and momentum of the battle at this level was, neither side used their full strength, but only engaged in tentative exchanges. One side attacks and the other defends, or vice versa, constant attrition and confrontation, just like hunting dogs biting each other, and the bait and blood splattering. Who wins and who loses is not very important at this time, and it even makes Shi Tianying a little sleepy.
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He knew very well that the important thing was to lure out the hunter.
There are only two real hunters. Both hunters regard the other as prey, so they always lurk in the dark, waiting for the other to rise up first.
Shi Tianying was convinced that Guo Ning's patience was definitely not as good as Genghis Khan's.
This has nothing to do with Guo Ning's character or tactics, but because Ding Haijun's power is limited after all.
Taking into account the rapid expansion of their power in the past year, Ding Haijun's control over Shandong and Liaodong is not stable; Shi Tianying guessed that the entire Ding Navy has only about 30,000 to 50,000 troops, and these 30,000 to 50,000 troops Only half of them can be mobilized freely. The strength they have shown up is only a few thousand people in Zhigu Village.
Facing these thousands of people were the heroes who retreated to Beijing Road one after another after the collapse of the Northeast and Northwest Recruitment Divisions of the Kingdom of Jin. Those were tens of thousands, and their maximum mobilization almost exceeded An army of one hundred thousand! Just around Zhigu Village, there are nearly 50,000 people!
Such a huge force can forcefully cover up any weaknesses. No matter how many tricks the defenders of Zhigu Village use to burn the siege equipment, even if the navy is so elite that one can defeat ten, the generals on the Beijing Road will definitely win this battle.
Even if they risk their lives, they will definitely be able to capture Zhigu Village.
Then, the problem came into Guo Ning's hands.
After all, the navy was still a minister of Dajin. Shi Tianying did not believe that Guo Ning could watch the Mongol Khan tightening the noose layer by layer as he went to the capital of Dajin. Before that, the generals on the Beijing Road were able to annihilate all the defenders of Zhigu Village, which made Guo Ning heartbroken.
Perhaps in Genghis Khan's eyes, the generals on the Beijing Road were just bait to attract the main force of the Ding Navy, but Shi Tianying himself did not think so. He believed that his own strength could not only take down Zhigu Village, but also determine the outcome of the battle at Zhongdu Road.
In his opinion, the black army is not only a bait, but also a hunting dog. And it is the most powerful and ferocious of all hounds. Relying on the power of the black army, they can at least force out the opponent's hunters, and even bite the hunters' throats!
Shi Tianying only needs to know where the other party's hunter is.
If you think about it from another angle, these soldiers and horses in Zhigu Village are all elite. The reason why this force repeatedly provokes and engages in vicious fights is to attract its own attention, make it difficult for its own side to distinguish between true and false, and cover the actions of the main force of the navy. So, where is the main force of the Ding Navy lurking?
In Zhigu Village?
In a certain fleet at sea?
Ding Haijun is also very patient. The Lushui Channel has been blocked for five days. The supply of grain and materials in Zhongdu City will be tense at any time. Once the supplies are in short supply, those high-ranking officials will inevitably engage in all kinds of sneaky ways, causing the seemingly stable Zhongdu City to fall into trouble. turmoil.
The main force of the Keding Navy has not even shown its shadow until this moment.
Obviously they are the defenders, so they should rush to open the passage and relieve the central capital! Hey, it shows that their loyalty to the court is very limited!
It's interesting to say that if Ding Haijun never showed up, the Mongolian army would have been lurking and waiting with bated breath. Could it be that I, Shi Tianying, have always been in charge of the army and captured Zhigu Village? After that, with a heavy army, they attacked Tongzhou and captured Zhongdu? If you really do this, you can be called a powerful person in the world, right? If I had control over Beijing and Zhongdu, how could I not be like Shi Jingtang?
Shi Tianying shook his head, and just as he was about to continue his calculations, something suddenly moved in his heart.
We have tens of thousands of troops deployed along the Lushui Channel, which stretches for more than 200 miles from Tongzhou in the west to Zhigu Village in the east, which can be said to be airtight. Even though Ding Haijun in Zhigu Village tried his best to resist, they could only cause nuisance but were unable to challenge them head-on.
But is there really no flaw in such a formation?
The two previous wars of the Ding Navy in Liaodong were both inseparable from the support of the Ding Navy's huge shipping fleet. Therefore, the distribution of troops by Shi Tianying and other generals was also based on this advantage.
After our own side controls the line along Lushui River, if the navy comes from the sea, our side will be able to control the sea by land with its huge force, which will be enough to take the initiative in advance and make it difficult for them to gain a foothold. Even if the fight is unfavorable for a moment, it can be intercepted layer by layer, exhausting the enemy's strength, and then regaining the advantage at a certain moment.
Even in the worst case scenario, there is still the Mongolian Army Headquarters as a back-up.
but……
What if the navy does not come from the sea?
"The person in charge of Wozikou area in the south is Brother You Xing of the Bohai Navy. Did he have any military reports today?"
This sentence came out of the blue, and Xuetalahai immediately guessed the key: "Prince, are you worried that the navy will come overland to fight?"
