Wanyan Yongzhen returned victoriously.
And he also made great contributions.
In this battle, he not only defeated the Khitan cavalry, but also led the Jin cavalry to kill Kuoli, the chief general of the Khitan army, triggering a collapse of the Khitan infantry.
Subsequently, the Jin army launched a comprehensive counterattack and defeated the Khitan Restoration Army under Liaoyang City in one fell swoop.
The Khitan Liberation Army fled in all directions, pushing, trampling, and killing each other. In the end, out of the 20,000 people, only more than 1,000 managed to escape north. More than 10,000 people died here, and more than 10,000 people became prisoners of war.
Blood flowed all over the ground, and corpses piled up like mountains.
This was the first major defeat for the Khitan Restoration Army since the Khitan Uprising, and also the first major victory for the Jin Army since the Khitan Uprising. It reversed the decline of the Jin Army since the Khitan Uprising and greatly boosted the morale of the Jin Army.
The Jin army did not stop there after their great victory. Under Wanyanyong's strong suggestion, Wuyan Puluhun decided to send troops to pursue the Khitan's defeated troops and open up the situation.
He led the army to leave Liaoyang Mansion, attack northward, attack and advance all the way, and successfully regained the territory occupied by the Khitan Restoration Army.
The Jin army advanced all the way and once again captured Xianpingfu, Hanzhou, Xinzhou and other places, and brought these places back under the control of the Jin government.
Immediately afterwards, Wuyan Puluhun ordered the massacre of the local Khitans who had followed Sa Ba in rebellion, killing as many as they found, in order to shock people's hearts and prevent the Khitans from rebelling again.
That's what he said on the surface.
Jin Bing then indulged himself without anyone to control him.
Within a few days, they killed more than 30,000 Khitan people, with rivers of blood and heads rolling in their heads.
Wan Yanyong was very dissatisfied with this.
He strongly opposed Wuyan Puluhun's massacre, believing that it would arouse the Khitan people's hatred of the Jurchens, causing them to resist more fiercely and unite more closely around Saba, making it difficult to divide and disintegrate.
As a result, it will be much more difficult to completely suppress the Khitan Uprising. Even if the main force is defeated, the rest will continue to try to revolt and resist. It will still be very difficult for them to finally pacify Liaodong.
Wuyan Puluhun didn't see it that way.
"Your Majesty will be very happy if I do this. As for the other things, it doesn't matter. They have no weapons, no troops, only fear. It is impossible to accomplish anything."
After Wan Yanyong heard this, he was speechless.
So the Jin army marched all the way, killing and looting all the way, and not only killed the people of the Khitan Restoration Army, but also killed the civilians. Corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into rivers wherever they passed.
Production and life in Xianping Prefecture, Hanju, Shinju and other places were severely damaged, and a large number of people fled with their families, trying to avoid the brutal pursuit of the Jin army.
It is conceivable that in the foreseeable future, it will be difficult for these areas to return to their pre-war status.
However, the Jin army's attack went smoothly and they recovered all the lost territory except Longzhou.
They encountered strong resistance from the local Khitan and Khitan Restoration Army in Longzhou, and it was difficult to advance for a while. However, this resistance could not last long. Wuyan Puluhun mobilized troops to attack the local area and quickly defeated the local Khitan resistance forces. Entering into decline.
Then there was another wave of ferocious massacres, killing a large number of local Khitan people who dared to resist. It was very miserable.
At this point, in the area south of Linhuang Mansion, the Khitan Restoration Army's actions reached a low ebb, and it was difficult to cheer up for a while.
After Sa Ba joined forces with Yi Lawo's headquarters, he gathered all his troops to attack Linhuang Mansion.
The Jin army defenders of Linhuang Prefecture were unable to fight against them and were defeated by the powerful Khitan offensive.
So Sa Ba finally led the Khitan Restoration Army to conquer Linhuang Mansion and regain the Khitan people's hometown. But before he could be happy for a long time, news came that the Khitan army in Liaoyang Mansion was completely annihilated.
Saba hated Kuoli's incompetence and stupidity, but he had to worry about the coming war.
After Su Yonglin learned about the battle situation during this period, Su Yonglin felt relieved for some reason.
The combat effectiveness and organization demonstrated by the Khitan Restoration Army were completely incomparable to the elites under his command.
Putting aside the combat power, it was simply unbelievable to Su Yonglin that Saba, as the leader, could not control his subordinates and had to split up his troops, causing the destruction of a main army.
As a leader but unable to control his subordinates, the internal organizational problems of the Khitan army have not been clarified at all. There are many and very big problems.
This defeat should be a big blow to Saba. It will be very difficult to regain his strength in a short period of time.
Therefore, the possibility that he was worried about the Khitan Restoration Army becoming larger and developing into a powerful Khitan Kingdom should be eliminated after this battle.
This is undoubtedly the best way for him.
The Khitan Restoration Army continues to exist, but it cannot develop and grow. It continues to attract part of the Jin Kingdom's troops, but it will not become another threat after overthrowing the Jin Kingdom...
Thinking like this, Su Yonglin felt that he was quite hateful and his thoughts were quite evil.
But then again, no matter how evil you are, you have to be able to withstand Wan Yanliang's attack and eliminate him with a wave of counterattack. If you can't do it, then everything will just become a bigger problem. Just a joke.
What needs to be clearly recognized is that Wan Yanliang still had considerable power at this time. After the Khitan Restoration Army defeated Xiao Huaizhong's 30,000 troops, they still could not capture Liaoyang Mansion despite pursuing the victory, and were instead held back.
This proves that the Jin Kingdom's rule in Liaodong still has a certain strength.
At least they are still strong until they break Wan Yanliang's powerful shell.
This requires you to be careful and cautious, and cleverly use all your power to weaken Wan Yanliang's power before the official decisive battle.
In addition to opening up the situation in Xiongzhou and Bazhou, the fastest and fastest way to weaken him... is probably a sea attack.
In mid-to-late June, Su Yonglin went to the beach again to review the gradually forming naval forces. Together with Sun Ziyi, he boarded the huge flagship ship Guangfu and watched the sailors conduct maritime combat drills on the ships.
The mainstream of water warfare during this period was of course gang warfare, with close combat by ships as the main fighting method.
After the ships engage in close combat, they collide with each other. The crossbowmen on the ship fire arrows to attack, and then set up planks to allow the sailors on one's own warship to rush onto the other side's warship. If the sailors on the other side's warship are defeated, the entire ship can be captured.
The long-range weapons and equipment used in combat are relatively limited, and their power is not very high. For example, the bed crossbow is an incredible long-range weapon. Water battles mainly involve close combat.
When Su Yonglin was building the naval force, he requested that the navy be equipped with some sharp long-range attack weapons, so even small warships were equipped with one bed crossbow, and large warships were equipped with more than three bed crossbows. The long-range firepower was considered good.
Moreover, these bed crossbows do not use simple big arrows, but improved rockets.
According to Su Yonglin's request, the gunpowder craftsmen of the Gunpowder Bureau of the Ordnance Department tied a cylindrical bamboo tube or iron tube to the arrow body, with built-in granulated gunpowder, as well as some iron flakes, stones and the like.
When the rocket is launched, it ignites the fuse of the gunpowder barrel and eventually explodes.
Su Yonglin also saw the effect of the explosion.
Because it is a crossbow with a large arrow, it can increase the size of the gunpowder cartridge and increase the charge, so the explosion is more powerful.
Not only does it sound like thunder, but it also has a certain degree of lethality after the explosion. After the explosion of a gunpowder barrel of this size, it can blow up dozens of scarecrows wearing light leather armor to pieces.
As for the accuracy, it's hard to say. When a ship is traveling on the water, it has relatively large fluctuations. It is not surprising that it cannot focus on the target after launch. Therefore, a lot of training is required to enhance the accuracy.
The launch efficiency of the bed crossbow is also relatively low. It requires a dozen or even twenty soldiers to launch it together. The launch interval is relatively long, so it is obviously unqualified to be used as a main battle weapon.
But it can still be used as a way to cause riots and to demoralize the enemy.
Su Yonglin took a boat into the sea and personally inspected the crossbow launching teams on ten warships at sea. They used new rockets to attack imaginary enemy ships about 200 meters away. As a result, only two rockets hit the enemy ships and exploded successfully, causing serious consequences. destroy.
The other eight all failed and fell into the water.
