The foundation of being an emperor, especially an emperor like Wan Yanliang who usurped the throne instead of inheriting the throne normally, is to protect the interests of those who support him.
Because of the support of these people, plus his control of the army, the most powerful force, and the elimination of a large number of clans that threatened his throne, he was able to sit on the throne for more than ten years.
And once he shows that he is not able to protect everyone's interests, it will even harm everyone's interests, and his force deterrence will become somewhat less effective...
Then whether he can still be emperor is really open to question.
To be honest, it's impossible not to panic when something like this happens.
No matter how good Wan Yanliang's psychological quality is, he can't handle the instability of the throne. Everyone doubts his ability and questions whether he can continue to be an emperor.
It doesn't matter if it's just one or two people, but if it's a group, it's very dangerous.
So he was very anxious.
Realizing that the threat from the south was greater, and that the threat from the north had just begun, there was still room for action, so Wan Yanliang immediately ordered the Privy Council to come up with combat methods, mobilize troops to first destroy the Khitan rebels in the north, and take a defensive position in the south.
Attack from the north and defend from the south!
The Privy Council has no opinion on this, and after a period of mobilization, more than 40,000 troops have been concentrated in the entire Zhongdu area. It is not that there are no troops available.
It is not enough to attack the rebels in the south, but it should still be possible to attack the fledgling Khitan rebels in the north.
Therefore, the strategy of north first and then south is feasible.
The next step was to choose the commander of the troops. Wan Yanliang originally hoped that the two heads of the Privy Council would choose one person to go out and lead the troops gathered in different areas of Zhongdu as a Privy Council envoy, so as to facilitate unified command.
However, Pu Sanhu Tu was busy with the defense lines of the six states, and now he had gone south urgently for Su Yonglin's attack on Xiongzhou and Bazhou, and Heshi Lieliangbi was responsible for the execution and review of the mobilization order, so he was really inseparable.
So Wan Yanliang had no choice but to send out his trusted general, Right Guard General Xiao Tula, and let him lead 10,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry to quickly march towards Hanzhou and Xianping Prefecture.
Faced with this mess, Xiao Tula looked reluctant and declined many times, unwilling to go on the expedition. However, Wan Yanliang insisted, and Xiao Tula had no choice but to go on the expedition.
Probably because he saw Xiao Tula's unwillingness, Wan Yanliang became worried, so Wan Yanliang immediately ordered Xiao Huaizhong to stay in Xijing and lead 10,000 troops to the front line, joining forces with Xiao Tula to suppress the Khitan Uprising. .
There are a total of thirty thousand troops, which is a large number no matter what. The military expenditures are tens of millions, not to mention other expenditures. Even Wan Yanliang cannot spend it casually.
With so much sacrifice, you can always suppress the Khitan uprising that just broke out, right?
After the military deployment was arranged, Wan Yanliang felt uneasy about the political crisis.
Faced with the doubts and vague resistance of the officials, Wan Yanliang thought about it and came up with a clever plan.
He personally put on his armor and rode a war horse to review the troops outside Zhongdu. He asked the troops to walk around Zhongdu City and he stood on the city wall to review the troops.
Then he opened the treasury and gave money to the army to boost morale, causing the army to shout "Long Live" very loudly.
Cheers of long live echoed through the sky.
The cheers of the army made the young people in the city realize that Wan Yanliang was still the emperor and could still get the allegiance of the army. The person with powerful force was Wan Yan Liang, not anyone else.
So no matter what, before the main force of the army was destroyed or switched allegiance to others, they had to pinch their noses and acknowledge Wan Yanliang's authority and dignity as emperor.
The courtiers felt Wan Yanliang's warning and threat to them, and had to suppress their dissatisfaction with fear, and did not dare to accuse Wan Yanliang of grinning.
Before, some people asked Wan Yanliang to lift Wen Dun Sizhong's ban and ask a respected elder to take charge of the situation and turn the tide. However, after the military parade, such voices gradually disappeared.
It was obvious that although the foundation of Wan Yanliang's rule had been shaken, it was still not enough to change the fact that he was the emperor. He was still the emperor with powerful force, and no one dared to challenge him head-on.
Wan Yanliang forcefully suppressed the bad thoughts of Xiao Xiao and quickly completed the military strategic deployment. The Jin army launched a massive attack and aggressively attacked the location of the Khitan rebel army.
On the other side, the Khitan Uprising was developing very rapidly.
Sa Ba adopted Su Yin's strategy and widely publicized two things among the Khitan people.
The first is Wan Yanliang's conscription order. This unlimited recruitment of strong men and horses will cause the Khitan people to suffer disaster. If they don't resist, they will die.
The second thing is the rapid development of the Han Liberation Army in the Central Plains region.
The Khitan people soon learned that their Han brothers had occupied Shandong and Hebei, which had dealt a heavy blow to the rule of the Jin Kingdom, and were marching towards Zhongdu of the Jin Kingdom. The situation was excellent.
As a result, the Khitan people were furious and rose up one after another to respond to Saba's call for uprising.
The Jin Kingdom's Dior herdsman Shan Saili, Yeruwa herdsman He Shou and others were all killed by the rioting Khitan people.
The old monk Na from the Department of the Fifth Academy also responded to Saba by killing Jiedu envoy Shu Jiawu.
Eight men from the Jin Kingdom in Huining were herding horses in the area behind the mountains. The rebellious Khitans took all their horses and organized a larger cavalry force. The number of cavalry soon exceeded 10,000.
The ten brothers of Qianhu in Bishahe and others killed Ugudile and summoned the envoy Ulinda Puluhu, and led their tribes to the location of Saba to make peace with Saba.
Kuo Li, the governor of Xianping Prefecture, also led his men to join Saba.
A storm was raging north of Zhongdu Prefecture. People who were dissatisfied with Wan Yanliang himself or the rule of the Jin Kingdom rose up in rebellion one after another and responded to Saba's call. The national sentiment of the Khitan people was completely aroused.
In less than two months, Saba organized an uprising army of more than 20,000 people. The number of Khitan tribes who followed him in rebellion was countless, and the number was still increasing.
The only thing limiting the number of Khitan rebels is probably the equipment problem. There is a real shortage of swords, guns, bows, crossbows, armor, etc. Even though they worked overtime to make them, they couldn't keep up with the increase in the number of people. It takes time to accumulate.
This can be improved slowly, but the army cannot. Once the number of soldiers increases, a clear organizational form is needed to organize more people together and facilitate unified command.
Regarding the looming chaos of the uprising, Saba also adopted Su Yin's suggestion, accepted the bugle of the Liberation Army, and adopted the organization of the Liberation Army to lead the Khitan Liberation Army.
He believed that the Liberation Army had a great reputation, and adopting its bugle would help unite all non-Jurchen ethnic groups in the north, just as the Han Liberation Army could gain the effectiveness of the Khitans and Xi people.
So the Khitan Restoration Army was established.
Sa Ba claimed to be the general manager of the Khitan Restoration Army, and appointed as general managers those who had followed him in rebellion or who were the first to defect to him, and unilaterally declared Su Yonglin as his brother.
As a result, the momentum of the Khitan Restoration Army became very loud.
So at the end of February, Saba officially launched an attack on Xianping Prefecture, Xinzhou, Longzhou and other places, preparing to expand his base here, build weapons, and after accumulating enough strength, he would launch an attack on Linhuang Prefecture and recapture the hometown of the Khitans.
He wanted to take advantage of the Liberation Army's troubles in Hebei and Shandong to divert the attention of the Jin Kingdom to greatly expand his power, develop the power of the Khitan people under the nose of the Jin Kingdom, and then be able to counterattack the Jin Kingdom after it grows stronger, and The Han Liberation Army destroyed the Jin Kingdom together.
After this reputation spread, it really had a good effect.
Not to mention the Khitans, many Han and Xi people living in the north also joined Saba's troops and helped Saba deal with the Jurchens, allowing Saba to win consecutive battles and win continuously.
The Jin Kingdom's local army was caught off guard, and was even more frightened by the might of the Khitan Restoration Army. They retreated in succession, and soon lost Xianping Prefecture, Xinzhou, Longzhou and other places. They were completely defeated. Almost the entire Xianping Road was occupied by the Khitan Restoration Army.
By the time Xiao Tula and Xiao Huaizhong joined forces and led 30,000 crusade troops to reach Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo in early March, the Khitan Restoration Army had even posed a great threat to Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo.
