Shun Detail Hostility In the battle of Junziguan, how did Yelu Hugo defeat the elite of the Song arm

The Battle of Junziguan was a turning point in the Song-Liao War.

In this battle, the losses of the Song army exceeded the two battles of Youzhou.

After that, the Great Song Dynasty, which had lost its elite, was no longer able to launch a strategic offensive against Liao, and its dream of recovering the sixteen states of Youyun was completely shattered.

In this battle, the Liao general Yelu Xiuge performed well and interpreted the "Art of War" well. The Nine Lands Chapter says that "if you follow the hostility, you can do things skillfully".

In 986, in the Battle of Qigou Pass, the Song army was defeated.

Both sides know: the Liao army is inevitable.

However, the Song army was not too panicked, and the Liao army was not very sure of victory.

Because: the Great Song Dynasty was on the Song-Liao front and had a mature defense system.

The defense system of the Great Song Dynasty was a headache for Liao.

The defense of the Song army was a set of "elastic defense" system.

The Song army took Xiongzhou and Bazhou as the frontier in the east, and Mancheng and Suicheng as the frontier in the west, delaying and dragging the Liao army.

The main forces were assembled in Zhenzhou, Dingzhou, Yingzhou, Gaoyangguan and other places in the rear.

After the start of the battle, the rear armies were assembled and coordinated with the frontal armies to defeat the enemy forces.

This defense system once made the Liao army very tricky.

Previously, Liao attacked the Song Dynasty several times, but the effect has not been good.

Eastern Front: East of Xiongzhou, the water network is vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the gallop of the Liao cavalry, and it is difficult for the Liao army to organize large-scale encirclement and reinforcement, so the two sides often reach a stalemate here, and finally end in the retreat of the Liao army.

After the Battle of Waqiaoguan, the Song army opened up Cao Yun in this area and built embankments to defend the water potential, which further strengthened the restrictions on the mobility of the Liao cavalry.

Western Front: West of Xiongzhou, relatively conducive to the Great War. However, the decisive battle here was more beneficial to the Song army.

The Taihang Mountains to the west not only limited the maneuver space of the Liao cavalry, but also facilitated the Song army's ambush; To the east were the Kannan armies of the Song army.

When the Liao army attacked this side, it was often flanked by the Song army.

Schematic diagram of the Battle of Manchuria. The offensive of the Liao army on the western front was often flanked by the Song army.

Therefore, in the previous several operations, the offensive of the Liao army had little effect, and there were few victories and many losses, and even if they were victorious, they had little effect.

After the Battle of Qigou Pass, Song Taizong deployed generals to replenish troops to various strongholds and strengthen the original system.

It is not easy for the Liao army to profit from the offensive!

Acting along the lines of the enemy's natural expectation was enough to consolidate the enemy's balance and thus strengthen his resistance. War is the same as wrestling... Throwing the enemy out of balance, both psychologically and materially, is often enough to lay the foundation for victory. - Strategy: Indirect Routes.

This time, the Liao army didn't want to repeat yesterday's story, and they decided to change the way they played!

At that time, Song Jun had two kinds of ambivalence.

On the one hand, the Qigou Pass was defeated and the Song army suffered heavy losses, so they naturally tended to adopt a conservative defensive strategy.

On the other hand, the Song army had a good record in previous defensive battles, while Song Taizong attributed the defeat of Qigou Pass solely to the mistakes of the main general Cao Bin, so the Song army still underjudged the strength of the Liao army.

Therefore, the general strategy of the Liao people was: on the one hand, by exerting pressure,forced the Song army to abandon its conservative strategy; On the other hand, the psychology of "encouraging" Song Taizong to despise the Liao army, inducing the Song army to make a "radical" strategy.

The Liao army began to play "flower work".

1. Tentative offense.

The Liao army did not attack in a big way, but only launched some tentative attacks on the eastern and western fronts.

This kind of tentative attack is very necessary!

1) Find out the information.

The Song army's point-like forward point defense range was limited, and if the Liao army found out the situation, it had the opportunity to cross the city and go deep into the city to attack the assembled Song army.

This point is not detailed in the history books.

However, in the later battles, the Liao army on the east road could quickly cross the front line of the Song army and go straight to the Junziguan, which shows that the Liao army has completely mastered the situation of where the Song army's defense is weak and where the river can be waded!

2) Nourish qi.

Although the Liao army had just won the battle at Qigou Pass, the results of the previous southward operation were not good after all, and the army was somewhat unconfident in fighting southward.

Sure enough, the Liao army did suffer some setbacks in the tentative offensive.

In the battle west of Mancheng, the Liao generals fled from the battle, and the Liao army lost the first battle.

Liao Shengzong immediately issued an edict to the whole army and changed the generals, so that the whole Liao army was solemn.

In the ensuing operation, the Liao army defeated the Song army at Wangdu.

Although the results were not large, the Liao army still boosted morale with heavy rewards.

Although only 11 Song soldiers were captured and 9 war horses were captured, Liao Shengzong still rewarded them greatly, set an example, and boosted morale!

2. Deception.

At the same time, Yelu Hugo and Song General He Lingtu of Zhixiong Prefecture "eyebrows" and surrendered.

We'll talk more about this later.

3. Selective secrecy affects the Song army's combat attempts.

The news that the Liao army was about to attack on a large scale, the Song army had already detected it, and Song Taizong strictly ordered all places to prepare for war and strengthen their vigilance.

However, other information about the Liao army: where is the main force? Which way? When to attack? This information is kept strictly confidential.

As mentioned earlier, the Song army's defense system was an elastic defense system.

In the elastic defense system, various parts are scattered in various places, and after the start of the war, they quickly assemble and go to the combat site.

This mode of operation requires extremely high response speed of various units. Otherwise, you will fall into passivity.

Therefore, Song Jun's nerves were very tight.

However, almost 20 days have passed, and nothing has happened, except for skirmishes!

Song Jun could only tense his nerves, but he couldn't do anything!

I hear "the wolf is coming" every day, but I can't see the wolf every day. From Song Taizong to the Song army soldiers, anxiety gradually spread.

conservative" strategy, Song Jun himself is very uncomfortable!

At the same time, the Liao army's delay in launching a large-scale offensive at this stage and its "cautious" performance also encouraged Song Taizong to switch to a "radical" strategy.

In this way, "one pressure and one pull", Song Jun came out!

The strategy of the Liao army succeeded.

Song Taizong couldn't hold his breath.

Song Taizong's deployment countered the tentative offensive of the Liao army with a tentative counterattack.

Song Taizong ordered: On the western front, Tian Chongjin of Dingzhou led his army north and marched to Qigou Pass. On the Eastern Front, the armies will come together and complete the assembly first!

Regarding Song Taizong's instructions, most dynasties thought that he couldn't bear it and turned defense into offense.

I think:Song Taizong did not want to launch a strategic offensive, he just wanted to counter the Liao army's "exploratory offensive" with a "tentative counterattack".

As far as the enemy situation is concerned, the Liao people are "colder and stronger"; In terms of terrain, the water is shallow in winter, and the Liao cavalry can wade on foot (but the infantry may not).

Now is definitely not the time for the Song army to make a strategic offensive.

Although Song Taizong is Meng Lang, he doesn't understand this truth!

Song Taizong launched a counterattack on the Western Front, which was well-founded.

On the western front, there are Taihang Mountains to cover the flanks, and even if Tian Chongjin encounters the main force of the Liao army, he will not be defeated.

Therefore, Tian Chongjin's northward advance was a "tentative counterattack" with a low risk, and the purpose was to search for the main force of the Liao army.

On the Eastern Front, according to the original routine, the Song army was originally going to assemble. Moreover, their assembly area is still in the hinterland, with the cover of He Lingtu and the Zhending armies in the west, and the early warning of the frontline armies in the north, which can be regarded as safe.

Therefore, Song Taizong's attempt was:With Tian Chongjun, the army made a tentative counterattack, searched for the main force of the Liao army, and determined the direction of the operation; With Liu Tingrang and Li Jilong's armies as the main force, they prepared for battle.

Tian Chong marched all the way north, but did not encounter the main force of the Liao army, they captured Qigou Pass, killed more than 1,000 defenders of the city, and sent light cavalry to further search.

At this time, Tian Chongjin learned that the main force of the Liao army was on the front line of Gu'an and Waqiao, and was preparing for a large-scale attack!

Tian Chongjin immediately notified all armies and prepared for a big battle!

Song Jun, "radicalized" up.

Profit and temptation, chaos and take, real and prepared, strong and avoid, angry and scratch, humble and arrogant, hard work, kiss and leave, attack its unpreparedness, surprise. - Sun Tzu's Art of War. Counting

However, Song Jun underestimated one person: Yelu Hugo.

The deployment of the Song army was seen by Yelu Xiuge.

On the one hand, Yelu Hugo used part of the army to delay the assembly of the Song army on the eastern front to gain time, and on the other hand, he began to deal with the "poor" He Lingtu.

As mentioned earlier: In the exploratory offensive stage, Yelu Hugo has been "eyebrows" with He Lingtu and deceived him.

Like all frauds, there are two key points for this kind of thing: 1. Find the right "target"; 2. Say what people can believe.

Yelu Hugo chose the congratulatory picture as the "target", which can be regarded as finding the right person.

The reason why Song Taizong launched the second battle of Youzhou was fooled by this He Lingtu.

Empress Dowager Xiao River Bridge. He Lingtu was on the northern front, but he couldn't see that Empress Dowager Xiao was eloquent and strategic, and her judgment ability was really problematic.

He said that the Liao State "has young children and strong mothers, ministers are not attached, and the government is disordered", which can be crusaded!

If others look at Liao like this, it may just be "taken for granted", the question is: He Lingtu is a general who has been on the Song-Liao border all the year round!

This can only show that He Lingtu's greed for merit has blinded his judgment!

Since He Lingtu thinks that the Liao State "ministers are not attached", then of course he will be inclined to believe that Yelu Hugo will surrender!

SuchHe Lingtu is a typical object that can be "lured by profit"!

Yelu Hugo deceived and arrested He Lingtu!

Of course, at that time, the Song army was very organized, and even if the master was arrested, he could follow the steps and not collapse.

However, the dragons have no leader, and He Lingtu's department can only maintain stability in order to preserve, and it is impossible to make major adjustments and decisions.

Yelu Xiuge knew this very well, and did not take the opportunity to storm the He Lingtu Department, but left troops to contain the department and calm the various armies, and the main force marched all the way east, directly to the Junzi Pavilion!

Yelu Huge's quick maneuver, which took him by surprise, gave the Song army a surprise attack.

At the timeYelu Hugo was only the vanguard of the Western Route Army. However, he proceeded from the overall situation, accurately grasped the key points, acted decisively, and promoted the development of the war situation, which can be described as a good general!

The sudden arrival of Yelu Hugo completely disrupted the deployment of the Song army!

According to the previous script, the Liao army attacked the front line of the Song army, and the main force of the Song army chose the time and place to carry out the operation.

Nowadays,The Song army can only fight at the time and place specified by Yelu Hugo!

Therefore, if you know the place of war, you can fight for thousands of miles on the day of war; If you don't know the place of war, you don't know the day of war, then the left can't save the right, the right can't save the left, the front can't save the back, the back can't save the front, and the far ones are tens of miles, and the near ones are several miles? - Sun Tzu's Art of War. Fiction and Reality

At this time, Yelu Hugo was not strong enough to immediately launch a war of annihilation against the Song army, so he could only fight while waiting for the main force of the Liao army of Empress Dowager Xiao to come to rendezvous.

However, the Song army was not vegetarian, and most of the troops had been assembled at this time, and Li Jilong's troops were also coming.

When the Song army was assembled, it was originally preparing for war, where to fight or not?

Even if the main force of the Liao army comes, it may not be able to help the Song army!

The so-called master is to be able to strike a fatal blow and change the tide of the battle at will.

Brother Yelu Hugh is such a master! The first move he made was a fatal blow!

Yelu Hugo chose an elite assault and burned the Hutuo River Bridge with rockets.

This is the fatal blow that will decide the outcome of the battle!

In the battle of Waqiao Pass, the Song army was defeated but not chaotic, and it was difficult for the Liao army to fight a war of annihilation.

In the impression of many friends: the infantry-based Central Plains army moves slowly, and once defeated, it can't escape.

This was not necessarily the case in the Song-Liao War.

Take the Battle of Waqiao Pass as an example.

At that time, the Song army was defeated by the Liao army. But the Song army still slowly retreated and returned to Mozhou. After the rectification, the Song army came out again and continued to hold on to the Liao army.

The reason why the Song army was able to do this was thanks to their rigorous method of battle in formation.

The Song army had many formations, but all of them had one thing in common: a considerable number of cavalry covered the flanks.

When the Song army was unfavorable in battle, it was covered by cavalry and retreated.

Although the cavalry of the Song army could not defeat the cavalry of the Liao army, they could be defeated and regrouped and carry out a flank attack.

When the Song army responded to the pursuit of the Liao cavalry, it often retreated calmly and had a basis for advancing and retreating.

Therefore, the Liao army could not carry out the transcendent pursuit, could not boldly storm the flanks and backs of the Song army, and could not trigger the general collapse of the Song army.

Yelu Hugo broke the Hutuo River bridge, destroying the Song army's back road (the Hutuo River is not a natural danger like the Yangtze River, therefore, breaking the Hutuo River bridge cannot be said to cut off the back road), so that the Song army's ability to retreat and adjust was greatly weakened, and it fell into passivity!

The decisive battle has not yet begun, and the tactical advantage of the Liao army is very obvious!

With the arrival of the main forces of the Liao army, the decisive battle began.

This is not a "fair matchup"!

Due to the excellent strategy of the Liao army, the army has been assembled and will attack Liu Tingrang.

And the enemy has always been "completed, and now it is time to start a "thousand miles of killing"!

The Song army lost its way to retreat, and it was difficult to retreat while fighting, so it could only form four battles.

The Liao army besieged. History of Liao. The Chronicles of the Guards records the common offensive methods of the Liao army.

The Liao army was surrounded on all sides, arrayed on all sides, and rode in a line. Each team has 5-700 people, 10 teams for 1 lane, 10 teams for 1 side, each with a coach.

When attacking, the Liao army launched an attack with 1 team, and if it wins, it will comprehensively follow up the onslaught, and if it does not win, it will change to the 2nd team to attack, "changing repeatedly".

The Liao army attacked in turns, firmly grasping the initiative.

Therefore: even if the Liao army's offensive loses 100 times, as long as 1 is realized, it can trigger a total collapse of the Song army!

At the same time, the weather also seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the Song army.

Due to the cold weather, the Song army had no leather clothes, and the clothes were thin and could not keep out the cold, and the hands and feet were numb from the cold, and the bow and crossbow could not be full.

Even so, the Song army's battle was still very tenacious, and the battle was very tragic.

The Liao army was very miserable, the uncle of the country, the general Ta Liege, and the palace envoy Xiao were killed, and Yelu Xiuge and Liuning were seriously injured.

If the opponent was an ordinary person, Song Jun might be able to "put it to death and come back to life".

However, the Liao army's determination to fight was also extremely strong. Yelu Hugo fought with wounded force, boosted morale, and the Liao army fought desperately.

On the tenth day of the first day of the battle, the generals Li Jingyuan and Yang Chongjin were killed, and Liu Tingrang only led a few horsemen to escape.

Song Army, the whole army is annihilated!

So far, since Zhou Shizong and Song Taizu reorganized the army, the elite soldiers they have trained have been lost.

The dream of the Great Song Dynasty to recover the sixteen states of Youyun finally came to naught!

Therefore, it is a matter of soldiers, in accordance with the enemy's intentions, and the enemy has always been killing generals for thousands of miles, which is said to be a clever thing. - Sun Tzu's Art of War. Nine Lands Chapter

1. Don't follow the routine expected by your opponent.

"Obeying the hostility" means perceiving the other party's intentions and pretending to obey them.

Therefore, we must be aware of the other party's overall intentions, otherwise, we will really "submit to hostility".

The Liao army's previous attacks were unsuccessful, which shows that the Song army's defense system is mature.

If yesterday's story is repeated repeatedly, it is, in fashionable parlance, "inferior diligence".

Only by having insight into the opponent's routines can we not let the opponent grasp the rhythm and find new ways!

2. Calm down and catch big fish

If you can't get into the other party's routine, the decision is up to me; The other party can't be fooled by me, and the decision is up to the other party.

The Liao people "sent troops in September, and the division was only in December".

The Song Army's adjustment of deployment took place in December!

As you can imagine:The pressure on the Liao army was great. If the Song people do not make adjustments, the Liao army will have no big battles to fight throughout the winter, and they will miss the good opportunity after the battle of Qigou Pass in vain! (In this comparison, Song Taizong is too composed!) ）

3. Material.

"Shun Shen hostility" means not only pretending to conform to the enemy's rational will, but also pretending to conform to his sensual will (psychology).

Jeruxiugo found the right place to find the congratulatory map. He seized He Lingtu's greedy heart, "lured him with profit", captured the opponent's generals in one fell swoop, and broke the balance of the battlefield!

4. Grasp the key points and act quickly.

When the enemy realizes that we are not coming according to his intentions, he tends to adjust quickly.

At this time, we must grasp the key point and act quickly! Otherwise, the fighter will miss out!

Yelu Hugo had insight into the Song army's intentions and accurately judged the next step of the battleStrategic key points, not entangled with the Xiongzhou Army, and went straight to the Gentleman's Pavilion.

And after arriving at the battlefield, Jeruxiugo attacked againTactical key points: Burning the bridge of the Song army created favorable conditions for the subsequent decisive battle!

5. Desperate.

Song Jun is indeed not a straw bag, and he fights very tenaciously!

Yelu Hugo did not flinch at the critical moment and took the lead. After being wounded, fight to the death with injuries and finally defeat your opponent!

Many people's things are not done, not because they can't "do things by chance", but because at critical moments, they almost have the spirit of "sticking to the last five minutes"!

Calmly analyze the situation, understand the opponent's intentions and psychology, grasp the key points and fight desperately, perhaps, we can also "happen by skill"!

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