After bringing the army into such a virtuous cycle, Su Yonglin clearly felt that the atmosphere in the army was better.
The quality of officers from poor backgrounds has improved, and there is an obvious professional trend.
The recruits are no longer timid or dawdling, they have light in their eyes and something in their heads.
When the battle starts again, the same army will be different when it launches an attack. The cooperation between the arms will be smoother, and the defense against the opponent's counterattack will be quite timely.
Not to mention the five main forces of the original Shengjie Army, even the five new armies, Wu Yijun, Wu Cejun, Shenrui Army, Shenjie Army and Weilie Army, which were retrained after being merged into the Corps, have achieved good results and have gratifying records.
Wu Yi's army, which had the best results, led by Fu Hongda, captured two forts, beheaded more than 900 Jin soldiers, and captured more than 1,000 Jin soldiers.
Beginning in late May, the combat effectiveness of the entire corps has undergone a significant visible improvement.
Wu Yi's army and Xuanjia's army broke through the Yishui River and Hutuo River defense lines on the Xiongzhou and Bazhou battlefields respectively, directly threatening Waqiao Pass and Yijin Pass. Half of the Jin Army's fortress defense system was directly penetrated, leaving the other two. Half are dying.
This was a big surprise.
Su Yonglin immediately rushed to the front line and met with Wei Kexian and Fu Hongda respectively. He personally praised them and credited them with merit. He also met with the soldiers who had made meritorious service and also credited them with merit.
He was very happy to find that the appearance of his army was completely different from the past, and the spirit of the entire army was high-spirited.
Not to mention the old troops of the Shengjie Army, the five armies of the original Shenwu Army have also undergone qualitative changes in their mental outlook. This is a big leap forward.
This army is evolving and is constantly evolving towards a real army.
In terms of ideology, professional skills and culture, this army is evolving in an all-round way.
If before and at the beginning of the reorganization, Su Yonglin still harbored worries about defeat in the face of Wan Yanliang's large-scale march south, and would consider whether to go to the Taihang Mountains to fight guerrillas in case of defeat, or simply sail out to sea to find another base before counterattacking the Central Plains.
But now, he won't have such thoughts.
With an army that can learn, learn, and grow through learning and reflection, he will have the confidence to compete with the whole country's troops.
Although he was still at a disadvantage in terms of overall strength, Wan Yanliang was not an emperor with a stable status, and he could not exert his full strength.
Not to mention victory, even just achieving the result of a strategic stalemate and defeating Wanyan Liang would be enough to send Wanyan Liang to heaven and let him die in the hands of his own people.
Just a little more time.
Let his soldiers have a little more time to grow, a little more time to learn, and a little more time to train.
Then it’s time for this crumbling skyscraper of the Kingdom of Jin to collapse.
Looking at the group of young officers in front of him who were listening carefully and taking notes, Su Yonglin was filled with the belief that he would win.
Later, Su Yonglin learned through intelligence that the situation on the Liaodong battlefield had changed.
The strategy of the Khitan Restoration Army to cut off the arm of the Jin Kingdom in two directions did not succeed. On the contrary, it was defeated in Liaoyang and Linhuang Mansion.
So Saba decided to withdraw his troops from Liaoyang Mansion, where the Jin army was more tightly defended, and join another Liberation Army in Linhuang Mansion, trying to combine forces to capture Linhuang Mansion, use Linhuang Mansion as the basis to vigorously train cavalry, and cooperate with the Jin Kingdom Entering the stage of strategic confrontation.
Sa Ba realized that the strength of the Jin Kingdom was still strong, and his one or two small victories were not enough to completely overthrow the rule of the Jin Kingdom. To overthrow the rule of the Jin Kingdom, it would take a long-term struggle, so Sa Ba made a decisive strategic contraction. decision.
The decision received some support but also some opposition.
Opponents insist that Liaoyang Mansion is the capital of the Jin Kingdom and has great political and military significance.
Capturing Liaoyang Mansion can basically cut off the connection between the Yanyun area of the Jin Kingdom and the Liaodong area, isolate Yanyun, and thus have the possibility of cutting off the Jin Kingdom. This siege cannot be given up.
However, Sa Ba believed that the current strength of the Khitan Restoration Army was not enough to conquer Liaoyang, so he believed that it was necessary to retreat and join another army. The two armies would work together to capture Linhuang Mansion. This was the correct way to fight.
However, opponents believe that Liaoyang is already on the verge of being conquered, and as long as we work harder, we will definitely be able to conquer it.
Caesar could not overwhelm these opponents.
The opponents, led by Kuoli, the general manager of the Left Army, would rather split up with Saba than give up halfway.
The organization of the Khitan Liberation Army was based on the organization of the Han Liberation Army, and was organized into five armies: front, rear, left, right and Pishi.
Pishi is a Khitan word, and the Chinese meaning is King Kong. The Pishi Army was once a famous elite army in the history of the Liao Kingdom.
As the leader of the Khitan Restoration Army, Sa Ba had a vague tendency to become the co-leader of the Khitan, so he chose Pi Shi as his military title and personally commanded an army.
His great uprising was the result of the joint efforts of many parties, and he did not have many direct armies. Among the five armies, he was really dominated by the Pishi Army and the Front Army, with a total of less than 40,000 people. The remaining three armies were all It has the same nature as the independent battalion under Su Yonglin.
In this division of troops, in addition to the Pishi Army, he brought two troops to attack Liaoyang Prefecture: the Left Army and the Right Army. Now that the Left Army and the Right Army wanted to separate from him, he was suddenly very passive.
He did not have the time or ideas to reorganize the army like Su Yonglin, nor did he have time to sort out the ownership of the army. Although he realized that he needed to do this now, it was too late.
He persuaded various military officials in many ways, and finally persuaded some people, but the remaining part could not be persuaded no matter how hard he tried.
Sa Ba had no choice but to appoint Kuoli as the Yin of Liaoyang Prefecture, and asked him to lead more than 24,000 soldiers from the left army and the right army who were unwilling to leave to continue attacking Liaoyang Prefecture. Head towards Linhuang Mansion.
Fortunately, their unwillingness to leave could also serve as a rearguard, protecting Saba's retreat.
Sa Ba's retreat was quickly learned by the Jin army in the city.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the matter, Wuyan Puluhun and Wanyan Yong were very happy. They felt that it was too stupid for the Khitan people to divide their troops at this time, so they decisively organized their troops to go out of the city and fight with the remaining Khitan Restoration Army.
Kuoli did not think that he was no match for the Jin soldiers, so he led his army to fight the Jin soldiers aggressively, trying to defeat the Jin soldiers in one fell swoop and take advantage of the situation to capture Liaoyang, in order to mock Saba's lack of courage.
But the situation was beyond his imagination. The Jin soldiers were very tough and good at fighting. They fought with him from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon, with no sign of collapse. However, the soldiers on his side were about to be unable to hold on.
In desperation, Kuoli decided to personally lead the troops into battle. He organized a cavalry unit and prepared to duel with the cavalry on both sides of the Jin Army's main formation, trying to defeat the Jin Army's cavalry, thereby destabilizing the Jin Army's main formation, and took the opportunity to rush into Liaoyang City. Victory in one fell swoop.
He thought very well and was very resolute in carrying out his mission. He organized thousands of cavalry to charge personally and fought against the Jin Army's cavalry.
As for the Jin Army, due to the fierce offensive of the Khitan Army, the generals around Wuyan Puluhun had already gone into battle to supervise the battle, so Wanyan Yong put on his helmet and armor and prepared to lead the cavalry troops into battle in person.
Wuyan Puluhun did not agree with this.
"With your status, you should not lead the attack in person. The danger is too great."
"As Emperor Taizu and as Prince Liang, there was no need to personally lead the troops to attack. It was also very dangerous, but they all did that."
Wan Yanyong did not flinch: "As their descendant, I have no reason to avoid the challenge of the thieves!"
Wuyan Puluhun was greatly amazed when he heard this.
"It's really dangerous to do this. If you're not careful, you will die."
"I'm not the commander. Even if I die in battle, it won't affect the command of the army. Of course, I don't want to die in battle, and I don't want to cause trouble to the old general."
Wanyanyong smiled and rode away, leaving Wuyan Puluhun behind to guard the central army.
Wuyan Puluhun secretly lamented that Wanyanyong had a fearless martial spirit that he had not seen in this family for a long time.
This spirit is an important reason why the Wanyan family can become the royal family of the Jin Kingdom, and an important reason why Wanyan Aguda can lead the Jurchen people to defeat the Liao Kingdom with all their strength.
It's a pity that he couldn't see this spirit later.
To this day, this spirit reappears in Wan Yanyong.
If I remember correctly...
He should be the grandson of Emperor Taizu, right?
Wuyan Puluhun looked at Wan Yanyong's back, which quickly disappeared, and shook his head slightly.
If the current emperor was him, maybe they shouldn't have come to this point...
For some reason, Wuyan Puluhun had a strange emotion in his heart, which made him secretly look forward to Wanyanyong's return after a great victory.
