"decisive battle?"
Zhao Kai listened to Li Shifu's suggestion and smiled: "Who said I came to fight the golden thief?"
Not here for a decisive battle?
Li Shifu was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: Why did you come to Jieshi Mountain if you don't want a decisive battle? Isn't it good for you to huddle in Yanjing and act like a tiger in the mountains? Now that the fist has been punched out, it is not so easy to take it back!
Zhao Kai turned to look at Li Shifu again and said with a smile: "This area of Jieshi Mountain is the gate of the country... I am here to guard the gate of the country. This is asking the emperor to guard the gate!"
It's not about looking at the gate. The gate is at the mouth of mountains and seas and is firmly occupied by gold thieves. Zhao Kai can only look at it. It's not easy to get it. So we can only look at the gate, not guard it.
Guo Tiannu on the side interjected: "Prince-in-law, it is not easy to force the gold thieves to fight on the east bank of the Yang River... It is not enough to just rush across the Yang River, at least you have to go deep into the east bank of the Yu River. And the east bank of the Yu River will probably still be there. There are gold thieves' strongholds. Even if we cross the Yuhe River, we will probably still have to attack the gold thieves' strongholds one by one.
In addition, the terrain in this area is in the shape of a trumpet, and the mouths of mountains and seas are like trumpets. The closer to the mouths of mountains and seas, the narrower the terrain, which is more conducive to the stronghold. Moreover, there are many rivers coming from Yanshan Mountain, blocking our way. There are not only Yang River and Yu River, but also Tang River 30 miles east of Yu River, and Dashi River 30 miles east of Tang River. "
Guo Tiannu's words had a strong meaning of "interfering in politics in the harem". She would not have said that in the past, but this time the situation was special. Among Zhao Kaijun, no one is more familiar with the terrain of Pingzhou than her.
Li Shifu was from Shaanxi and was not familiar with the terrain in Shanhaikou at all. Hearing Guo Tiannu explain in detail, his brows became more and more wrinkled.
The golden thief seems to have taken advantage of the situation this time. It seems that this battle will not be easy to win!
Zhao Kai smiled faintly, "Let's look at the terrain first, and then think of countermeasures... Goddess, I already know the terrain of Yuguan area, where should we go tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow we will go to Chengshan Xiangyunding... To the north of Chengshan is a large valley, leading directly to many mountain passes in Yanshan. If we can firmly hold the Chengshan area, then the left side of Jieshi Mountain will be completely safe."
...
Jieshi Mountain, Shuiyan Temple.
The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Main Hall were temporarily moved, and the good place for incense became Zhao Kai's war room.
Several large tables were used to create a large table in the main hall. Instead of a map, a set of sand table models were placed on the table. The sand table model shows the terrain of Pingzhou, Luanzhou and Jizhou. It is very realistic and perfectly restores the appearance of mountains and rivers such as Yanshan, Jieshishan, Yanghe, Shahe, Yuhe, Qinglonghe, Luanhe, etc. It is very intuitive.
This set of sand table was made by Zhao Kai himself and a group of Hanlin officials, staff officers, female Banzhi, oh, and a god-granddaughter, as well as a great monk Ma Zhi (Ma Zhi, he has now returned to secular life), and spent ten days together. Made. During this period, several important terrains were also inspected on the spot.
Today, the sand table has been completed, and Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Dong Jingang, Liu Qi, Wu Jie and others have just arrived. So Zhao Kai called all these people to see his masterpiece together and held a military meeting.
Almost everyone below has arrived, but Zhao Kai and Guo Tiannu haven't shown up yet. They didn't come after waiting for a long time. I wonder if they went to watch the sea? Or were you playing with Guo Tiannu, Yu Liyan and the others? So everyone started talking about it.
"It's really done... everything that should be there is there, but the various passages in Yanshan are blurry."
"Well, there are too many mountain passes in Yanshan Mountain, which is similar to Hengshan Mountain in the northwest."
"Yanshan Mountain is much fertile than Hengshan Mountain! The climate is humid and the land is fertile. There are valleys and river valleys everywhere in the mountain, and the area is much larger. There are also many scattered Han, Xi, Khitan, and Bohai people. I want them all. It’s not easy to take down.”
"There are thousands of miles of pine forests at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, as well as Monan Grassland and Huanghe Grassland... There are also many good places suitable for grazing and farming. They were the heartlands of the Khitan people in the past. They are not easy to capture. !”
"What are you thinking about Yanshan now? Let's think about how to repel the gold thieves east of Yanghe River, take down the dangerous place at Shanhaikou, and seal the east gate of Youzhou!"
"The Golden Thief is on the defensive this time. The ones that can be seen now are Yanghe Village, Laohushan Fort, Shijing Mountain Fort and Yuguan... The situation east of the Yu River is unknown, but it must be fortified at all levels. "
"The golden thief wants us to attack him layer by layer. When we are almost exhausted, he will launch a counterattack, right?"
"That's for sure... but it won't necessarily be a counterattack at the Shanhaikou front line. It's possible to attack our rear at the mouths of Yanshan Mountain, Monan Grassland, or even cross the sea and take the Jingdong Road to attack our rear!"
"The golden thief is not easy to deal with!"
Now the Song and Jin sides are almost playing a clear game, so the Jin people's intentions can be seen through by the generals under Zhao Kai at a glance.
However, being able to see through does not mean being able to have countermeasures. Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Xiebao's boast that "the time and place are favorable and the people are in Jin" is of course bragging, but the fact that the Jin Kingdom now has all the favorable geographical advantages is real.
The Kingdom of Jin now gave up the plain at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, and at the same time controlled most of Yanshan Mountain and the dangerous place of Shanhaikou. At the same time, it also had powerful cavalry, camel barrel soldiers, and a certain number of naval forces who could recruit the grasslands. Moreover, in the Jingdong area, there is the son-emperor Zhao Gou who is working against the tiger...
Even the two great gods Yue Fei and Han Shizhong don't have any clever tricks now. They are staring at Yuguan, Tiger Mountain, Shijing Mountain, and Yanghe, as if they are thinking about how to bite them from the front.
Of course it can be chewed off...but it will take time, a lot of casualties, and the spirit of the troops will be weakened!
It is very likely that by the time the Red Turban Song Army reaches Shanhaikou step by step, it will have become the end of its powerful crossbow!
The Jin soldiers may use their elite troops to attack Monan Grassland and Jingdong, or even directly break through the mountain pass at the western foot of Yanshan Mountain and fight to the vicinity of Shuntian Mansion!
Just when Han and Yue were frowning more and more, a roll call suddenly sounded: "The officials are here!"
Zhao Kai is here!
Pick up the car quickly!
The generals who were looking at the sand table hurriedly stood on both sides of the sand table according to the big and small shifts. As soon as they stood up, they saw Zhao Kai turning around from behind a screen with a sullen face, followed by Guo Tiannu, Guo Tiannu holding hands. There was also a basket in the basket, and there were some "building blocks" in the basket... Everyone looked a little strange. Could it be that the official was late because he was building blocks?
Seeing Zhao Kai standing in front of everyone, the confused future people all bowed to him and saluted, shouting long live the mountain.
Zhao Kai smiled faintly at his generals, glanced at them one by one, and then said to Guo Tiannu: "Go and build the bastion model!"
It turned out that the reason why Zhao Kai was late was that he was waiting for the carpenter accompanying the camp to deliver the bastion model. And this bastion model was of course designed by Zhao Kai's genius.
Following Zhao Kai's instructions, Guo Tiannu found an open space on the sand table and put a model of the bastion on it.
This is a "simple" bastion with six sides and twelve corners. The core of the bastion is hexagonal, that is, it has six walls. The walls are not high and are not perpendicular to the ground. Instead, there are six walls. Ten degrees of bevel. The Twelve Angles are twelve protruding rhombus or triangular fortresses. Six of the diamond-shaped forts are connected to the six-sided forts and are located at the six corners of the six-sided forts. All of them are solid forts. The remaining six triangular bastions were used to guard the city gates and were also solid.
Models of artillery are also placed on top of the twelve forts. There are four artillery pieces placed in a fortress, for a total of forty-eight cannons. Eight of the artillery models are relatively large, and the rest are small cannons. In addition, models of hot pot cannons were placed on the core wall of the bastion. There were twenty-four cannons in total, four on one wall.
"Come, come and take a look!" Zhao Kai called everyone to the sand table to study the bastion model together.
"This is called the Bastion!" Zhao Kai first said the name of the Bastion to prevent someone from giving it a weird name.
He continued: "It is made of sandbags and rammed earth, or rammed earth wrapped with bricks and stones... The front width of each bastion is about two miles, and it is equipped with 72 artillery pieces and 10-pound long barrels. There are 8 cannons, 40 5-pound long-barreled cannons, and 24 25-pound hotpot cannons.
Although there are a lot of artillery that need to be configured, because there are twelve corners, cross-firing can be carried out. So as long as these twelve corners are guarded, the fortress will be safe. Therefore, there are not many defenders required. One general's troops are enough to ensure that a bastion is not forced by thieves, and there is even room for an active attack.
In addition, long trenches can be dug around the bastion and wooden fences can be erected to form a blockade... If combined with the artillery on the bastion, a bastion can effectively block a front of six to seven miles.
If we rely on the mountains and rivers in Pingzhou and Jizhou, the fortress's ability to lock in the enemy will be even stronger. "
Zhao Kai paused, then glanced at everyone, and then continued: "The battle between Yuguan and Shanhaikou is going to be long-lasting, so we have to be on the defensive first to ensure that we are undefeated, and then move forward." We march towards the city and advance toward the mouth of the mountains and seas. Only in this way will the golden thief have to fight me.
This kind of fortress can maximize the power of artillery and can defend a large territory with only a small number of troops. If we could build one or two bastions in the south of Jieshi Mountain, between Jieshi Mountain and Chengshan, between Chengshan and Qinglong River, between Qinglong River and Luanhe, between Luanhe and Gushui, and in Zunhua County, there would be ten of them. Fortress, station 20,000 troops, deploy 720 cannons, and then deploy a field army to ensure the safety of Ping, Luan, and Jizhou.
What do you think? "
Zhao Kai originally wanted to use 40,000 troops, ten bastions and a field army to reinforce the front line at any time to lock the east gate of Yandi... Although the gate was not closed, it would make it difficult for the gold thieves to advance westward.
"Guan family," Yue Fei frowned and said, "These fortresses look good, but where can we find these extra 720 artillery pieces?"
Zhao Kai smiled: "Pengju, do you think we really need an additional 720 cannons?"
