Rely on courage, go into battle, and flee after defeat.

Rely on courage, go into battle, and flee after defeat.

Song Shaoxing 1 1 year (1 14 1 year), Song and Jin armies fought a tug-of-war in Shaanxi, and both sides gained and lost. In August of the same year, after nearly a year of stalemate, the two armies fought in Liu Jiaquan (in the northeast of Tianshui, Gansu). Before the war, Jin Zhan and Bu Zhu led 50,000 troops to station, and Song Chuan's Shaanxi envoy Hu Shiling led the troops to confront them. Hu Shi's general department asked Wu Phosphorus to attack the Jin army, and Hu Shi would ask Wu Lin how to break the enemy. It turns out that Wulin has practiced a new array method, which is called "array array", that is, the pike is in front and the foot soldiers sit on the ground and hold it; The second is the strongest bow and arrow, the third is the strong crossbow, and the foot soldiers kneel and shoot; Behind them are archers with sacred arms. When the enemy approaches about 100 paces, the arm bow will start first; About 70 steps, strong bow concurrent. The next one is still arranged in this way, and the front array is followed by the back array, which is layered and endless. The two wings of the array are guarded by cavalry, and the replacement of the two arrays and the timing of sending arrows are controlled by drums. However, at that time, the generals in Song Jun were still dubious about this array. When they arranged this array, they had to consider the terrain, especially the need to lure the enemy to attack this array.

Hu Zhan and Xi Buzhu are both battle-hardened veterans. Hu Zhan is good at fighting, Xi is not good at planning, so they are not easy to be fooled. Liujiaquan is in front of the county ridge, with a city behind it, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Therefore, the two men deliberately underestimated their enemies and thought that Song Jun dared not attack. When Song Jun sent someone to challenge, the two also laughed at Song Jun's overreaching, while Song Jun's plan was very thorough, and Wu Lin attacked the enemy head-on, while Guo Fa and Yang Zheng led the troops to fight the nomads from the flank. In the specific application of the law, Wu Lin sent Yao Zhong, Wang Yan and others to climb the hillside quietly and set up their positions. Then, when Jin Jun came to attack in the middle of the night, the torch was suddenly lit, and Hu Zhan and Bu were surprised and at a loss. Wu Lin quickly sent light soldiers to challenge, and Hu Zhanyong was invincible. He did not listen to Xizhu's advice and led the troops to fight. As a result, Song Jun's "array" alternately fought, which really played an effective role, defeated Hu Zhan, and the nomads from the army dropped more than 10,000 people. Hu Zhan led his troops to flee in panic, and Song Jun pursued them and recovered Zhou Guo (now Lingbao, Henan Province) and other places. Just as some progress was made, the imperial court ordered the troops to be dispatched, so Hu had to withdraw with a sigh.

Whether in ancient or modern wars, the distribution and arrangement of formations or formations will affect the outcome of the battle, especially in ancient wars. In this campaign, the defeat of 8 jin j, lies in not understanding Song Jun's strength and new offensive ability, careless underestimating the enemy and marching blindly. In fact, if you attack blindly without knowing the enemy's situation, or even fully understanding the enemy's situation, nine times out of ten you will be defeated.