In fact, until a few days before New Year's Eve, Wanyan Liang had not received any specific information about the fighting situation on Wanyan Alin's side.
How did Wanyan Alin fare?
This is undoubtedly a very painful thing for Wanyan Liang who stipulates that Wanyan Alin must solve the problem before the New Year.
But messengers were sent out one after another, but no one brought back the battle situation on the front line.
It wasn't until the third day of the first lunar month of the new year that the exact information was finally delivered to Wan Yanliang.
This is also thanks to the return of the defeated Zuo Su and his more than 3,000 subordinates, who brought accurate news.
Wanyan Alin was defeated and his main force was destroyed. He tried his best to escape quickly, but he could only save most of the four thousand troops under his command and come back alive. The rest is really hard to say.
Wanyan A-lin's life and death are unknown, and his whereabouts are unknown, but according to analysis, there is a high probability that he is dead.
This southward expedition has completely failed and was defeated head-on by the Hebei bandit army.
After this news was sent to Zhongdu, it immediately caused a violent shock in the entire Jinting. From Wan Yanliang to a mere petty official, they all felt the biting cold wind entering their bodies along their collars. In the cold weather, My whole heart felt cold.
Twenty thousand cavalry, defeated?
A counter-rebellion army worth 100,000 infantry and 20,000 elite cavalry were defeated like that?
The elite cavalry, which was comparable to a strategic force, was defeated like that?
The defeat was so miserable, with the main force destroyed and only less than 4,000 people returning?
How can it be?
Could it be said that the time went back a few decades and the Yue family army that once made countless Jin Army generals cry and be at a loss came back?
The only terrifying army in the entire Song Dynasty that could make the Jin army feel scared and at a loss was the Yue Family Army. Are they back?
Impossible, it was not them who came back, but an army called Shengjie Army who emerged from the sky and defeated the cavalry commanded by Wanyan Alin in a head-on confrontation.
The one who was defeated head-on was not by any trickery, but by a real head-to-head confrontation with the terrifying cavalry troops, which was completely defeated.
A terrible army, a group of terrible enemies, they are in Zhending Mansion, and are about to sweep across the entire Hebei, posing a real threat to Zhongdu.
After how many years, will the Han army finally return to Hebei and even reach the Yanyun area?
Wan Yanliang didn't want to believe it, so he asked Zhu Su fiercely.
"Is this true? You didn't lie to me? If you dare to tell a lie, I will kill you!"
She was so frightened that she burst into tears.
"Your Majesty is aware that the guilty minister really dare not lie! The traitor army is really very powerful and has high morale. Our army is really outmatched!"
Seeing how cowardly Li Su was, Wan Yanliang quickly reacted and knew that what he had to do now was to block the news.
But by the time he reacted, it was already too late. The news had spread throughout the court, and many people had even spread it outside the court, making him unable to control it.
Wan Yanliang was annoyed, but helpless, and felt even more frightened and uneasy.
He originally thought that 20,000 cavalry and even a thousand heavy cavalry could be regarded as the main force even if they went south to attack the Song Dynasty, let alone a small rebel bandit.
But he was wrong. What he faced seemed to be not just a small band of thieves, but an extremely powerful and threatening rebel army with hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
This rebel army won successive victories in Shandong and Hebei, and wiped out Jin Ting's army, government, and Jurchen population in Shandong and Hebei, causing Jin Ting to suffer unimaginable huge losses.
Now they control Shandong and Hebei, and they are likely to continue to march north and west, with the goal of overthrowing Jin Ting's rule, not just to have a full meal.
broken.
Wan Yanliang suddenly felt that both he and the Jin Dynasty court underestimated this rebel army. This rebel army was no ordinary thieves. This rebel army had the power to shake the foundation of Jin Ting's rule.
Although he felt that he did not underestimate the opponent - he had already sent a powerful strategic force, so how could he be underestimated?
But the situation still took a turn for the worse.
Shandong fell, Hebei overturned, and Zhongdu was right in front of the rebels. As long as the rebels continued their northern expedition, it would not take a month to enter the Yanyun area and once again challenge the major strategic goals that the emperors of the Later Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty failed to achieve.
Are the Han people about to rise again?
Wan Yanliang is not someone who panics easily. After experiencing the murder of his brother to seize the throne and the purge of the clan, Wan Yanliang's psychological quality is still very good.
Generally, he won't panic unless he encounters a real threat.
However, this time, he really felt the existence of a real threat and was a little panicked.
The defeat in the first battle not only depleted the strength of the Jin Kingdom.
It was a fatal thing to bring a huge decline in the Jin Kingdom's international reputation. Once this matter was known to Xixia, Goryeo, Mongolian grasslands and even the Southern Song Dynasty, how would they react?
What's more critical is that Wan Yanliang's reputation will also decline, and his political power and status may be unstable. His political opponents are likely to take this opportunity to attack him, leaving him facing a very unfavorable situation.
The political situation that has finally stabilized after more than ten years as emperor will also undergo huge turmoil. Those opposition parties that he suppressed in the past are likely to take the opportunity to cause trouble, leaving him at a loss.
Previously, he asked Liang Jue to investigate the identities of those who encouraged the Empress Dowager to advise him, and found that they were not only Jurchen dignitaries, but also Khitan dignitaries and Han dignitaries.
This group of people included figures from all walks of life in the court, and was not the result of any one faction making its own decisions. This made Wan Yanliang realize that his plan to conquer the Song Dynasty in the south was really unpopular.
Originally, he could rely on the prestige he gained from many years of killing to force this matter forward, and then clean up the court after unifying the world. However, now that the army was defeated, his prestige was lost, and the debate about whether to conquer the south was back on the table again.
Wan Yanliang deeply felt the coming crisis.
He must make a tough response as soon as possible and express his tough and not frustrated attitude, otherwise it will make people feel that they have an opportunity.
Especially those clans.
He is a strong emperor, and a strong emperor must not show his cowardice. Once he shows his cowardice, the situation will completely collapse!
In order to deal with the crisis, Wan Yanliang decided to strike first.
First of all, he put all the responsibility for the defeat on Wanyan Alin, ordered that all honors and titles of Wanyan Alin be taken away, and his family was imprisoned, and all the men in Wanyan Alin's family were executed and all the women were sentenced to death. Sell.
The thunder blow stunned the opposition forces in the DPRK and China who were ready to move. After feeling the threat from Wan Yanliang, this group of people did not dare to run around for the time being.
The terror and deterrence accumulated over many years of killing will not dissipate so easily.
Later, Wan Yanliang used "failed to help the coach tide over the difficulties" as an excuse to be demoted immediately as a punishment to show his attitude towards things and people.
But everyone could feel Wan Yanliang's sharpening attitude, the kind of attitude that threatened the officials not to speak nonsense.
The ministers were shocked, and quite a few people did not dare to say anything.
But Wan Yanliang knew that this attitude could not deter everyone.
There is no need to delay the nationwide mobilization of the Southern Expedition, and the execution must be accelerated. More troops must be mobilized to gather in Zhongdu Mansion as soon as possible, otherwise not only will they be in danger, but the Kingdom of Jin will also be in real danger.
At the critical moment, Wan Yanliang came to his own judgment.
And quickly summoned important ministers and veterans to attend the imperial meeting to discuss this matter.
After making this decision, Wan Yanliang suddenly discovered an unexpected beauty.
The current situation is indeed serious and cannot be slacked off, but because of this situation, his personal crisis is tied to the national crisis of the Kingdom of Jin.
His own core interests and those of his ministers have been unified as never before. At least when it comes to countering rebellion, no one will object.
Because if they continue to oppose, the rebels will really attack Zhongdu. By then, won’t it be the collapse of the Jin Kingdom?
The Kingdom of Jin is doomed, who of us will be better off?
The contradiction between the monarch and his ministers has been suppressed by the unprecedented crisis as never before.
This is an unexpected gain.
After Wan Yanliang realized this, he also discovered an opportunity for a comeback. If done correctly, this crisis would be a God-given opportunity for him to completely consolidate his power and position.
Wan Yanliang had some ideas.
