Twenty years.
If Su Yonglin is given twenty years, he will have the confidence to reshape a country's internal identity.
There are still many, many things he can do. He has the confidence to solve all the floods in the north and restore North China to its status as a granary.
It's a pity that Su Yonglin doesn't have these twenty years yet. Zhao Kuangyin does, but he obviously wants to do the Northern Expedition instead of wasting it in vain.
Because you have twenty years, and others have twenty years. After this time is used up, the chaotic internal affairs of the Liao Kingdom will be repaired, and it will no longer be the same trembling appearance when facing Chai Rong.
When Zhao Kuangyin was about to seize the last chance to realize Chai Rong's unfinished ideal, an ax and a candle left behind his eternal mystery and eternal hatred.
Zhao Kuangyin did not realize his ideal in the end, and left the world with endless regrets and endless mysteries.
No matter what the truth is, everything is meaningless because Zhao Guangyi can only go down this road.
Unfortunately, the Han people were really unlucky and had to deal with the emperor Zhao Guangyi.
Zhao Guangyi was an expert in administration, and could be called the most capable official in the Song Dynasty. He had extremely strong administrative abilities. If he had been born in a time of peace, he would have been a successful king and managed a large empire in an orderly manner.
But when the country is not yet unified, what everyone needs is a military strongman, not just a political strongman.
Military and administrative affairs are two different things.
What Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin failed to do in time was left to Zhao Guangyi to do. Zhao Guangyi did it, but unfortunately failed, completely defeating the old foundation left by Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin.
The Northern Song Dynasty, which was originally in the period of rising dynasty, was completely defeated by these two defeats. The road to rise was interrupted, and it degenerated into a de facto separatist regime and failed to further transform into a unified regime.
After that, the Northern Song Dynasty lost the spirit of the Central Plains Empire and became small and refined. No matter how prosperous and wealthy it was, it looked like a small family and was not bold at all.
It is difficult not to let Zhao Guangyi take the blame for this.
And the person who finally took over this pot and completely smashed it was Zhu Yuanzhang, who established the Ming Empire four hundred years later.
Four hundred years.
What can four hundred years bring to a land?
Su Yonglin entered this era chaotically.
Looking back two hundred years, Su Yonglin saw Zhao Guangyi riding a donkey cart wildly drifting across the land of Youyan, with the "Gaoliang River God of War" showing his sharp edge.
Looking forward two hundred years, Su Yonglin saw Zhu Yuanzhang leading the Han people back to Youyan in high spirits, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.
In this era of succession, he could not convince himself to wait two hundred years without doing something.
The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is the real sad wish of the Han people. It is an important line of defense that protects the Han region of Hebei from being easily ravaged by cavalry, and is an important strategic support point for launching a strategic offensive to the north.
If it cannot be captured, everything will be in vain, and the Central Plains regime will be unable to become a truly unified regime, unable to break the curse of the Two Song Dynasties and get back on track.
Su Yonglin thought he had to do something.
With 180,000 troops in hand, we are once again standing at a turning point in history. Can't we do something?
So, facing the enemy who was also far less powerful than before, Su Yonglin revealed his short but sharp fangs, his face was fierce, and his heart was filled with bloodthirsty desire.
In early March, Su Yonglin learned through secret channels that the Khitan Uprising had officially begun. He was overjoyed and immediately decided to launch a tentative attack on the six-state defense line to contain Jin Ting, distract Jin Ting, and buy time for the Khitan Uprising to develop and grow. .
Su Yonglin indeed did not have a stable rear that could give him peace of mind. He had Zhao Kaishan and the Southern Song Dynasty behind him, which made him very uncomfortable.
But Wanyan Liang also does not have a stable rear. The Khitan rebels make it difficult for him to sleep and eat, and the deep water wolf Wanyan Yong is eyeing him. Wanyan Liang will also be very uncomfortable.
So don’t laugh at the second brother, brother, everyone is in the same misery.
Now it's a competition to see who is more miserable than whom.
Su Yonglin did not plan to attack the six states now, just to prevent Jin Ting from focusing on dealing with the Khitan Uprising and at the same time achieve the effect of training new soldiers.
This situation will last for several months, and all armies will get the experience of war.
In the later stage, Su Yonglin also planned to bring the thirty-six independent battalions over to test the waters, fight against the Jin soldiers, and accumulate some combat experience. Wan Yanliang would not go south and they would collapse at the first touch.
On the tenth day of March, Su Yonglin personally commanded the army to launch a tentative attack on Xiongzhou and Bazhou, the core of the six-state defense line.
Xiongzhou and Bazhou are the Waqiao Pass and Yijin Pass that Chai Rong captured during his Northern Expedition.
After capturing the second pass, Chai Rong upgraded them to states, and these two places were actually important gateways to the north that threatened Youzhou.
Seizing either of these two places will make the Six Prefectures' defense line useless, and the land of Youyan will stretch as far as the eye can see.
Of course, the Jin Kingdom is not unaware of the importance of these two places. Both places are heavily guarded, and it will not be easy for Su Yonglin to capture these two places.
But it doesn't matter. The main purpose of attacking these two places is to train the new soldiers, to familiarize them with the battlefield, the blood and fire, and survival and death, so as to accelerate their path to the elite. Although the method is a bit cruel, there is nothing that can be done about it. .
Su Yonglin didn't have much time to train soldiers, so he could only use the efficiency of accelerated training on the battlefield. Although the casualties would be more serious, those who survived would always grow faster and quickly become battlefield veterans.
Su Yonglin's strategic attack was still to form an army formation, set up a large infantry formation to attack the heavily guarded town of the Jin army, and used various siege equipment to storm the two states, creating a huge momentum that shook the two states, and then the central capital.
However, Zhongdu was already in shock at this time. The news that Su Yonglin went north to attack Xiongzhou and Bazhou only made Zhongdu even more shocked.
The news of the Khitan Uprising reached Zhongdu not long ago and reached Wanyanliang's ears. Wanyanliang immediately felt that he had been slapped so hard that his face was swollen.
Wen Dun Sizhong's harsh words of advice were still echoing in his ears, but the news of the present world came so quickly and so accurately that Wan Yanliang felt like his underwear was about to be ripped off.
The Khitans actually rebelled, and they did so with great force. The Khitans from the eight herds in the south and north of the mountain followed in full force. They gathered tens of thousands of troops and captured Hanzhou in one fell swoop. This attracted more Khitans to follow, and the strength of the rebellion was rapidly expanding.
There was a fire in Jinguo's back garden.
Before Wan Yanliang could make any effective arrangements, news came that Su Yonglin had sent troops to attack Xiongzhou and Bazhou. The guards of the two states were frightened and called for help urgently.
They were facing extremely strong offensive pressure from Su Yonglin. Su Yonglin commanded the army to press forward in a mighty manner. It was so powerful that it looked like it was heading towards Zhongdu.
The two state guards, who had developed a certain fear of Su Yonglin, needed support.
This made Wan Yanliang very confused.
Could they be working together?
So on time?
If one side rebels, the other side will start attacking?
Wan Yanliang had such doubts for a moment.
But soon he no longer cared about these things. What he cared more about was how to deal with this unprecedentedly serious military crisis between the south and the north and the ensuing political crisis.
The military crisis is very intuitive. There are rebels in both the south and the north. The rebels in the south are attacking Xiongzhou and Bazhou, and the rebels in the north are causing trouble in Linhuang Mansion in Liaodong and other places. They are likely to form two sides to the core of Jin Ting's rule. The potential of clamping.
The situation is extremely critical.
Compared with the intuitiveness of military crises, political crises are not only intuitive, but also very abstract.
For example, many Jurchen courtiers lost their previous caution and trepidation, and began to discuss matters with Wan Yanliang in a tougher tone. Their words often meant "It's because you didn't listen to me that it caused such a big crisis."
This made Wan Yanliang very angry.
But the current situation cannot be said to have nothing to do with him. He was responsible for the Khitan Rebellion. If he does not take the blame and still speaks harshly, then the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are not blind.
It is very clear who is right and who is wrong in this matter, and it is almost impossible to deny it. With the previous military failure and the current crisis between the north and the south, the situation and power that Wan Yanliang has worked hard for more than ten years are suddenly in turmoil, and there is a strong tendency for everyone to push down the wall. .
This made Wan Yanliang panic.
