Zhao Kaishan was not unaware of the opposition within the Liberation Army and among the people.
However, Zhao Kaishan ignored it and did not agree to the suggestion made by some generals to use part of his troops to attack Kaifeng Mansion to teach Kong Yanzhou a lesson.
He decided that since he wanted to fight, he would fight a big one, targeting the entire Nanjing Road.
Capturing the entire Nanjing Road in one breath will not only expand your strength, but also enhance your prestige, achieving multiple goals with one stone.
The generals strongly disagreed with this and believed that Zhao Kaishan's plan was too far-fetched.
Chen Qiaoshan urged.
"Our army has just finished attacking Damingfu and has suffered heavy losses. It has not yet received sufficient rest and recuperation. Now it is time to start a war on Nanjing Road. It is too difficult. Moreover, the auxiliary soldiers and civilians who transported food have also suffered great losses and are in urgent need of rest and recuperation. It’s unusable.”
Li Xiao also continued to persuade.
"Nanjing Road is very large and heavily guarded by gold thieves. Although our army is outnumbered, we won't be outnumbered by many. If we attack rashly, the outcome will be unpredictable. We'd better make more preparations."
Zhao Yucheng also did not support his father's actions.
"The general believes that our army is unprepared in all aspects. We cannot march and fight unprepared battles. We must give the army one to two months to prepare. After one or two months, the situation may be different from now. It’s up for debate.”
"A month or two months?"
Zhao Kaishan's eyes widened: "In half a month at most, if we can't send troops, I will punish all of you! I will wash away the hatred of Shanzhou in Caozhou! If I can't wash away the snow, how can I have the face to claim to be the leader of the Liberation Army?"
The reason for sending troops this time was because Zhao Kaishan was trying to prove his righteousness.
In order to take revenge, to seek justice from Kong Yanzhou, and to avenge the people of Erzhou.
Speaking of which, can we still avoid it?
The Liberation Army's foundation is basically a sworn relationship with the Jin people. If they are bullied to this extent and do not fight back, Zhao Kaishan and the Liberation Army will be in a very embarrassing situation.
So this battle seemed to have to be fought, and those who wanted to persuade him gave up and secretly resented Kong Yanzhou.
If he hadn't slaughtered the people of the two states, this battle might not have been so big, but now it's too late to say anything.
So the battle began.
From late February to early March, while Su Yonglin was vigorously reorganizing and training the army in Hebei, Zhao Kaishan led an army of 100,000 to formally launch an attack on Nanjing Road.
He personally led his troops across the Yellow River to launch an attack on Kaifeng. Along the way, they encountered strong resistance from the Jin army. The two sides fought several battles in the area east of Kaifeng.
Zhao Kaishan held his breath and insisted on regaining the ground. He came out with all his elite troops and put Li Xiao and Chen Qiaoshan, the most capable men under his command, at the forefront to fight bloody battles with the Jin army, repeatedly defeating the Jin army's defense lines.
The Jin Army also has generals and elite soldiers who are good at fighting, and they can fight defensive counterattacks. They can also defeat the offensive troops of the Liberation Army, regain the lost defensive points, and continue to confront the Liberation Army.
Kong Yanzhou was actually quite panicked.
The Nanjing Road War Zone was a relatively important border war zone of the Jin Kingdom, facing the military pressure of the Southern Song Dynasty.
A certain number of troops must be deployed in several border states. These are border defense forces that cannot be moved.
In addition, in order to prevent the superior strength of the Liberation Army from encroaching on the entire Nanjing Road, he also had to divide his troops to defend other cities. Therefore, the overall strength was not too large, and the mobile strength that could be used was only 20,000 to 30,000.
Of course, he did not expect that Zhao Kaishan would lead the main force directly to attack Nanjing Road, and also head directly towards Kaifeng, as if he wanted to kill him.
In his opinion, Zhao Kaishan would at most send people to recover Caozhou and Shanzhou, and then he would not cross the Yellow River to attack. Even if he came to attack, he would not use the main force, just symbolically.
After all, he has ruined Shanzhou in Caozhou into such a virtuous state, no matter how hard he wants to start fighting, it will have to wait a few months, right?
In the end, Zhao Kaishan sent his main force to Kaifeng without even using it for a month.
Things are not going well.
The main force of the Central Army in the north will definitely not be able to go south to support him, otherwise Daming Mansion would not be finished so quickly without assistance.
The problem is a bit big.
Kong Yanzhou touched his forehead and found a sweaty hand.
Why? Why was Zhao Kaishan so eager to trouble him?
In fact, if he had not carried out scorched earth clearing tactics against Caozhou and Shanzhou, Zhao Kaishan might not have gone all out to move towards Kaifeng, but he did slap Zhao Kaishan hard, and Zhao Kaishan already hated him to death.
Kong Yanzhou could only order the forced conscription of the signing army, and used a small number of regular troops to control a large number of signing troops. They fought repeatedly with the Liberation Army on both sides of the Yellow River tributary in the east of Kaifeng, with both sides winning and losing.
Kong Yanzhou was an out-and-out scumbag as a person, but because he had led troops for many years, he knew a lot about military issues and was an expert on military issues.
No matter how talented he is, he still has enough experience.
Therefore, even though the Liberation Army had a large number of people, it could not take advantage of Kong Yanzhou on the frontal battlefield.
Kong Yanzhou was also good at using a small number of cavalry to launch surprise attacks, which posed a certain threat to the Liberation Army. He was often attacked by the Jin Army's cavalry just after breaking through the Jin Army's defensive strongholds, losing the previous victory.
Angry, Zhao Kaishan ordered the Liberation Army cavalry to launch a strong attack, trying to compete with the Jin Army cavalry. However, the Liberation Army cavalry was really weak in this regard and found it difficult to compete with the Jin Army cavalry.
It was difficult for the Liberation Army to break through the Jin Army's defense line for a while, and the Jin Army was also limited by the lack of combat soldiers and found it difficult to expel the Liberation Army.
The battle quickly reached a stalemate.
After the war situation reached a stalemate, what Kong Yanzhou was most worried about was not the Liberation Army led by Zhao Kaishan, but whether the Southern Song Dynasty in the south would take the opportunity to launch an attack.
This was a concern raised by his dog-headed military advisor. He said that if Zhao Kaishan made such a big move to attack Kaifeng, it was difficult to say that the Southern Song Dynasty would not take any action. If the Southern Song Dynasty would coordinate with the Liberation Army, then the entire Nanjing Road would be really in danger. .
Can Kong Yanzhou handle the two-pronged attack by the Liberation Army and the Song Army at the same time?
Kong Yanzhou felt a cold sweat pouring down his back at that time - this was something he had never thought of before attacking Caozhou and Shanzhou. Of course, if he had thought of it, he would not have sent troops rashly.
The current situation is such that there is no other way except to take extra precautions and order border states to enter a state of emergency.
Kong Yanzhou could only pray to God and pray to God to protect the Southern Song Dynasty from sending troops north to cooperate with the Liberation Army.
The situation in the Southern Song Dynasty was actually quite complicated.
On the one hand, Chen Chengzhi was shocked after receiving Zhao Kaishan's report, and immediately reported the matter to Heaven to let Emperor Zhao Gou know.
Zhao Gou was shocked when he found out, so he immediately called in the ministers to discuss the matter.
The Great Uprising of the Liberation Army developed better in the Central Plains and was in full swing. Zhao Kaishan not only conquered Daming Mansion, but also planned to march on Nanjing Road and capture Kaifeng Mansion.
He will launch an attack on Kaifeng Prefecture with an army of 100,000 people. When attacking Kaifeng, in order to prevent the Jin army from moving troops from the border to the north for support, he hopes that Lin'an can send troops to support him and contain the border defense troops on Nanjing Road.
All in all, the two sides can work together to conquer Nanjing Road. If the Southern Song Dynasty wants Kaifeng Mansion, he is very willing to welcome Zhao Guan's family back to the old capital.
He also asked, did the Zhao Guan family miss their hometown?
In fact, these words are a bit disrespectful to Zhao Gou, and feel a bit yin and yang.
But after Zhao Gou heard this, he couldn't help but think of Kaifeng, the place where he was born and grew up.
It was a very prosperous city. Although it was located in the north of the Yangtze River, it had prosperity and prosperity that was unmatched by those in the south of the Yangtze River.
With a large population and prosperous commerce, the entire city can see the flow of people from sunrise to sunset to late at night, making it a city that never sleeps.
The mutton cuisine in that city was really delicious, so delicious that Zhao Gou still couldn't forget it even after decades.
Although the mutton in Lin'an is made by top chefs and is delicious, it still doesn't taste like it did back then.
He spent the best of his time there and has a deep affection for that city.
Of course, this kind of emotion cannot surpass the desire to survive, so when the desire to survive reaches its peak, no matter how Zongze shouts, he will not go back there.
Zongze shouted until he was hoarse and died from vomiting blood, but he remained unmoved.
He had been frightened out of his wits and had a psychological shadow. Kaifeng was a psychological barrier that he could not overcome. He wanted to go back, but he did not dare.
He was so conflicted that he almost had a split personality. Whenever he wanted to do something, he would fight with each other, and then choose to settle for the status quo, without making any changes.
In short, Zhao Gou is content with the status quo and just wants to go with the flow. He does not dare to make any more decisions that will affect the status quo. He does not dare to take the blame and does not want to take the blame.
As long as it's safe and sound, that's fine.
He doesn't like anyone who tries to break the status quo and cause trouble for him.
And this is something Chen Kangbo strongly disagrees with.
