Tu Dankening decided to attack, but he did not go directly towards Kaifeng.
He knew very well that going to Kaifeng with these troops was equivalent to serving food so that the Liberation Army would eat more and be full.
Therefore, instead of serving food, it is better to use high-speed power to disrupt the logistics of the Liberation Army, poke the eyes of the Liberation Army, and let them know why the flowers are so red.
A small amount of troops can work wonders if used properly.
Sure enough, everything was as expected by Tu Dankening. Using a sneak attack, Tu Dankening defeated a small number of Guangfu Army guards in Caozhou and Shanzhou, further defeated the Guangfu Army's logistics troops, and destroyed the Guangfu Army's logistics. .
Except for taking some of the meat and bread he needed, everything else was burned.
At this point, Tu Dankening is done and can actually retreat.
But Tu Dankening was just about to lead his army to retreat, but he felt that the opportunity was rare.
It happened to be that the main force of the Liberation Army was not at home, and the family should be full of old, weak and sick people. With the regular army cavalry, I should have the upper hand. If I can't do anything in this situation, I'm really sorry for the risk I'm taking. .
It's here now, right?
So Tu Dankening decided to leave one unit on the river bank to prevent the Liberation Army from crossing the river for rescue, attracting the attention of the main force of the Liberation Army, and led another unit to quickly maneuver to cause trouble in the rear of the Liberation Army.
Tu Dankening, who had always been calm and steady, would only be so bold when he was on the battlefield. He had a gambler's mentality and bet everything on the gambling table.
Winning the club tender... Bah!
If you win, you will become famous. If you lose, you will kill yourself with a sword. I don’t care! Fight!
And he won the bet.
Jeju, Tengzhou and Xuzhou, the logistics centers of the Liberation Army, were directly penetrated by his rapid attack.
The local defense force was lax and had no power to fight back. As soon as Shan Kening led his men to charge, they broke into chaos and fled in all directions, causing heavy losses.
Since August and September last year, Zhao Kaishan has been fighting non-stop, giving the troops and the people in the area almost no chance to rest, so everyone is very tired.
Moreover, the losses in the previous battle of Nanle were too serious and the people were very resentful.
It is conservatively estimated that nearly 30,000 strong men were lost in the Battle of Nanle, and countless people were injured. In some places, every household was in mourning.
This does not include the loss of the civilian husband.
Counting the losses of grain transporters, the manpower in the area occupied by Zhao Kaishan was almost squeezed to the brink of collapse. Even agricultural production faced the problem of insufficient manpower. The elderly, weak and children of farmers were forced to work in the fields.
In order to maintain a certain number of troops, Zhao Kaishan forced strong men to join the army many times, so that the number of strong men was insufficient, and young women were needed to transport grain.
Forget it, but the related work is not done well, resulting in young and middle-aged women being harassed and assaulted when performing tasks together with men.
Once night falls or the supervisory soldiers fail to see them, people with evil intentions will join forces to kidnap women and drag them to dark places to violate them.
Young and middle-aged women are very vulnerable. They often dare not speak out after an accident, and the problem goes unsolved as if it does not exist. However, this also causes a large number of women to run away, and there is a serious shortage of transportation manpower.
As a result, the movement of food was very difficult, and it was not until Zhao Kaishan captured Daming Mansion that there was some relief.
After all, he won the battle and gained Daming Mansion. Zhao Kaishan promptly spent money and reduced taxes to regain some popularity, but at least he did not let the public resentment boil over.
Everyone is looking forward to a wave of rest and a wave of cessation of troops to support the people.
However, people had not rested long before Zhao Kaishan and Kong Yanzhou went online again.
The army once again set out for the southern expedition.
Jeju, Tengzhou and even Yizhou were mobilized on a large scale to deliver food to the army, and the people were miserable.
Therefore, the military defense in these places is very reluctant. A large number of manpower and material resources are invested in the front line, and other forces that can be controlled in the rear are suppressed to a minimum.
At this time, once a sudden military force invades, the local balance will be broken.
Tu Dankening almost replicated Su Yonglin's tactics of sneak attack on Wanyan Ali's rear, wreaking havoc in the rear of the Liberation Army, destroying warehouses, killing soldiers, plundering wealth, and using war to support war.
They did not bring enough supplies, but once they reached the rear, they ate well every meal, their faces were glowing, their bodies were healthy, and their long-term combat capabilities were greatly improved.
They destroyed many villages, towns and farms, basically everything they encountered along the way. As long as there was a human settlement within sight, no matter who it was, they would rush over and kill them.
The effect is very good.
Of course, Tu Dankening didn't want to occupy any place. He just came to cause destruction. After the destruction, he ran away. After the destruction, he ran away without stopping at all.
This tactic was executed very successfully by him.
Along the way, he made a big circle, passing through Jeju, Tengzhou and Xuzhou, crossing the Yellow River ferry in Xuzhou, entering Shanzhou, then entering Bozhou from Mangdang Mountain in the south of Shanzhou, and then entering Suzhou from Bozhou, completing the strategy Big cycle.
At the same time, another unit that was still confronting the Liberation Army in Caozhou also received Tudan Kening's notice. They followed Tudan Kening's route from Caozhou to Shanzhou, and then from Shanzhou to Bozhou, making a smooth escape. .
The Liberation Army was too exhausted to catch up with them and watched them retreat in a swaggering manner.
Zhou Zhi worked hard to organize his troops to cross the Yellow River.
After paying a huge price, what he got was the Jin Army's active retreat. This made him very unhappy, and at the same time he felt that something was wrong.
So he sent a small number of cavalry to quickly advance to Jeju to inquire about the news. The news almost made him collapse.
The logistics center was brutally attacked and was in a mess. It looked like there was no need to fight this battle.
If the fight continues, the army may not be able to save even this small amount of wealth.
He immediately sent someone back to inform Zhao Kaishan, asking Zhao Kaishan to arrange an orderly retreat of the army and cross the Yellow River back to the base camp as soon as possible. He would control the ferries and bridges and assist the army in crossing the river quickly.
Zhao Kaishan was worried and worried about logistics, and then he received a piece of news that made his mind go blank for an instant.
This battle really doesn’t need to be fought.
If the fight continues, he will have no food to use and the army will completely collapse.
These troops were his main force. If the main force he finally brought out was really going to be lost, he might as well not go back and go directly to the Southern Song Dynasty.
In fact, the entire army has been feeling uncomfortable these past few days.
Because the logistics troops who delivered food had not been seen for several days, rumors spread in the army. In order to appease the morale of the army, Zhao Kaishan had to let his son Zhao Yucheng perform special tasks.
That is to lead the most elite and trusted Beiwei Army elites to disguise themselves as a grain transport convoy, secretly transport the grain out at night, and then transport it back in a big way during the day.
In this way, the military morale was temporarily appeased, but the logistical problem still could not be solved. It was not until Zhou Zhi sent the exact news that Zhao Kaishan almost vomited blood when he realized what he was doing.
He put in so much effort and sacrifice to push the front line to a place only more than 20 miles away from Kaifeng, but he had to retreat due to poor logistics...
At this moment, Zhao Kaishan felt that he could almost understand how heartbroken and aggrieved Yue Fei felt back then.
Victory is right in front of us. As long as we successfully cross the river, we will win. But why can't we continue?
Kaifeng! Kaifeng! !
Zhao Kaishan was angry and aggrieved. He slapped the table so many times that his palms were almost swollen. Finally, he reluctantly admitted his failure.
Zhou Zhi who failed to protect the rear is a bastard!
And the Southern Song Dynasty who stood still and never went northward was also a bastard!
The Southern Song Dynasty was especially a jerk!
There are so many troops, so many troops, but they don't go north!
How dare you sit back and take advantage of such a good opportunity and not go north!
unreliable! Totally unreliable!
Everything else said by that bastard Su Yonglin is nonsense, only his evaluation of the Southern Song Dynasty is true.
A bunch of short-sighted and cowardly idiots!
If I cooperate with you in the future, my surname will not be Zhao!
After a period of incompetent rage, Zhao Kaishan reluctantly decided to withdraw his troops in order to preserve the main force of the army.
If the main force of the army is saved, there will be another time. If the main force of the army is defeated here, he will be finished.
withdraw!
