After a long battle, there were victories, defeats, and more stalemates. Sa Ba began to realize that there was still a big gap in combat effectiveness between the Khitan Restoration Army and the Jin Army.
The reason why they were able to win such a big victory before was because of Xiao Huaizhong's brilliant maneuvers, which gave them good prerequisites. They had the right time, place, and people.
But now Jin Bing refused to fight and defended Gucheng, leaving him unable to come up with any response plan.
Nothing but siege, that is, siege.
So much supplies and grain were consumed, but they could not achieve the desired results. This made Saba begin to question whether he should continue to attack Liaoyang.
As the capital of the Jin Empire, Liaoyang's position was of course very important. Occupying Liaoyang Mansion was enough to cut off the connection between the Jin Kingdom's Yanyun region and the Liaodong region, causing the Jin Kingdom to suffer serious blood loss and become unsustainable.
But at the same time, Liaoyang is also a heavily guarded place and is very close to the center of the Jin Kingdom, making it easy to support at any time. The Jin Kingdom cannot sit back and watch Liaoyang be captured. It will definitely send a large army to support. Once the army's support arrives, how should the Khitan Restoration Army resist?
Putting aside all problems, just talking about Liaoyang's tall city and wide and deep moat, plus the densely packed defenders on the city wall, made Saba feel numb.
They didn't mess up their position, didn't open the door to surrender, but held on to the city. If this continued, how could they not make Saba feel worried?
Compared with Liaoyang Mansion, Linhuang Mansion is farther away from the center of the Jin Kingdom. It is more difficult for them to rescue and send troops.
Moreover, compared to Liaoyang Mansion, Linhuang Mansion has a slightly lower status, and its strategic position is not as important as Liaoyang. If you choose one of the two, the Jin Kingdom will definitely defend Liaoyang, not Linhuang.
There is no hope of conquering Liaoyang here, and the losses of the army are gradually increasing. The main force's vigor has been completely exhausted. If they continue to fight, they will be exhausted.
Should we change our tactical thinking and choose other options?
Sa Ba began to think about the future of the Khitan Restoration Army, and gradually came up with a bold idea - can he break out of this circle and go to a wider world to create a more remarkable foundation?
On the other side, Su Yonglin recalled Su Yin and asked Su Yin about the situation of the Khitan Restoration Army.
Through Su Yin's description, he had a general understanding of the current situation of the Khitan Restoration Army.
The Khitan Restoration Army defeated Xiao Huaizhong and achieved a great victory. The force expanded to 80,000 people and was still expanding. It was only a matter of time before it exceeded 100,000, and the base of control was also expanding.
The number of the army increased, weapons and equipment also continued to increase, the combat effectiveness of the army continued to rise, and its reputation grew. Many Khitan, Han, Bohai, and Xi people who were dissatisfied with Jin Ting came to join them.
Their current strategy is to divide their forces into two groups, hoping to simultaneously attack Liaoyang and Linhuang Prefectures in Tokyo, expand their power, separate the Liaodong region from the Yanyun region, and cut off the arm of the Jin Kingdom.
"They think that our previous capture of Shandong and Hebei was a great success and we broke off the arm of the Jin Kingdom. In order to show the strength of the Khitan Restoration Army, they also want to break the arm of the Jin Kingdom. The north and the south will respond, respond to our offensive, and defeat the Jin Kingdom." Confused."
Su Yonglin looked at the markings on the map and frowned immediately.
"This situation is not that good. Compared to me, they have a lower starting point and are closer to the Golden Thief Center. They are destined to be more dangerous. When we were noticed by the Golden Thief Center, the entire Shandong Province was already in our hands. We were already confident. , they don’t.”
"Alang is not optimistic about their plan?"
"Not optimistic, except that they have more cavalry than us and are better at fighting, they have no advantage over the gold thieves."
Su Yonglin shook his head: "Forget it about Linhuang Mansion, why attack Liaoyang? Liaoyang is one of the five capitals of the Jin Kingdom. No matter the city walls, moats, or garrison troops in the city, they are not the ones they should provoke. Attacking The city has many things to pay attention to."
Su Yin said helplessly: "Maybe they just want to cut off the Jin Kingdom and respond to our offensive."
"Is it so easy to break an arm? Don't let the Jin Kingdom's arm be broken, but their lives will be lost. They should make good use of the advantages of the cavalry, go north, use Linhuang Mansion as the front line, go deep into the grassland, and exert their strength The advantage of the cavalry was to constantly bleed the Jin Kingdom's blood, instead of confronting the Jin Kingdom's infantry on flat ground."
Su Yonglin shook his head: "If they fight like this, once the Jin soldiers stick to the city and don't go out to fight, their energy will soon be worn away. Once their energy is gone, it will be difficult for this army to open up the situation again."
"Alang thinks they can't last long?"
Su Yin asked.
"Then I don't know. It's not them who decide whether they can last long, but the gold thief. I'm just not optimistic about their decision."
Su Yonglin stood up, walked a few steps, and said, "But even if they can't gain the upper hand, it's impossible for the golden thief to defeat them all in one go. The momentum has already risen. It's not that easy to defeat them completely." .”
"Then what happens next..."
"It's up to us next. The Khitans will most likely only go so far. It's not that easy to attract the Jin army. We still have to deal with the Jin army on our own. It's better to ask for help than to ask for ourselves. They can fight For this reason, it has bought us so much time, which is already good."
Su Yonglin took Su Yin out of the military tent and was very satisfied when he heard the faint sounds of the army's drills coming from his ears.
In his opinion, the uprising and existence of the Khitan Restoration Army was originally a stopgap measure, in order to contain the Jin Kingdom's military strength, consume the Jin Kingdom's national power, and buy precious time for him to strengthen himself.
Without a clear political program and long-term strategy, the Khitan uprising is unlikely to succeed, but even so, it is enough to allow them to consume the Jin army on the battlefield, which is good.
In the end, whether you can overthrow the Jin Kingdom still depends on your own hard power. If your hard power is not up to standard, everything is nonsense.
Therefore, since the army reorganization was completed, he has not stopped attacking Xiongzhou and Bazhou.
Although he did not intend to go to war with the Jin Army outright, when he found that the Jin Army insisted on defending and refused to fight, he realized that this was a good opportunity to train troops.
For almost two months, Su Yonglin took turns mobilizing various troops to the front lines of Xiongzhou and Bazhou to participate in the attack. Not only the ten main forces participated in the attack, but he also took turns pulling 32 independent battalions onto the battlefield.
To be honest, the scale of these battles is not large and the fighting is not fierce.
The Jin Army adhered to the strategy of defense and never attack. Under Su Yonglin's coercion, they actually voluntarily abandoned Dacheng County and Wen'an County in Bazhou.
They continued to retreat, using the three counties of Yijin, Baoding and Guixin as the iron triangle, relying on the two major passes of Waqiao Pass and Yijin Pass, and building a solid defense line along the Yishui River and Hutuo River.
This solid defense line brought great obstacles to Su Yonglin's offense.
But coincidentally, he had no intention of actually conquering this place, otherwise he would have pressed all 100,000 troops forward to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Jin army, seizing Xiongzhou and Bazhou in one fell swoop, and going straight to the central capital.
Of course this is difficult.
Su Yonglin's main purpose is to train troops, let the new recruits see the battlefield, and become familiar with the battlefield under the leadership of the veterans, so as to make up for the decline in combat power caused by the loss of too many veterans in the previous battle.
Therefore, facing the fortress defense line built by the Jin Army, Su Yonglin treated it from a tactical perspective.
What he was more concerned about was whether his troops had the ability to defeat the Jin Army defenders in such a terrain environment.
Therefore, each army took turns to go into battle, using their own special skills to face the Jin army's tight defense with the strongest firepower.
This strict defense strategy of the Jin Army greatly tested the organization of each army and the tactical level of the generals. If you are not careful, the training battle will turn into a rout.
That is unacceptable.
Now it seems that the effect of military training is very obvious.
Each army launched attacks one after another, and in more than two months they successively captured eight camps of the Jin Army and annihilated thousands of Jin troops.
If the Jin Army does not take the initiative to attack, the armies of the Liberation Army can advance and retreat freely and suffer less losses. More importantly, each army has combat experience and has a preliminary understanding of the battlefield.
Every recruit also saw the color of blood, smelled the fishy smell of blood, saw what a person looked like after being cut into several pieces, and had their first battlefield experience of shaking all over and having nightmares in the middle of the night.
But sending them to the battlefield is not just to familiarize them with the battlefield.
If it is just to familiarize them with the battlefield, then the significance of taking turns to fight is very limited.
What Su Yonglin wants to do is to let them learn and grow on the battlefield.
This is important for an army.
