Under Su Yonglin's order, the leadership of the Liberation Army was almost fully mobilized, leading their subordinates to join in this unprecedented tactical operation in accordance with Su Yonglin's request.
Those who originally did not understand the horror of this tactic also experienced the horror of this tactic firsthand.
The common people do not need to go to the battlefield to fight and defeat the enemy. As long as they can organize themselves and achieve the purpose of strengthening the wall and clearing the country, it is enough to exert the beneficial effect of hundreds of thousands of troops on the frontal battlefield.
They do not necessarily transform into their own military strength. As long as they do not help the Jin Army, the Jin Army will face an unprecedented difficult situation.
And this kind of thing is easier said than done. How easy is it to prevent them from helping Jin Jun?
But now the Liberation Army has really achieved it under the leadership of Su Yonglin.
In Su Yonglin's ruling area, on the land of Hebei, the tactics of strengthening the walls and clearing the country are being implemented rapidly.
On the other side, in Shandong, Su Yonglin did not intend to carry out the thorough and decisive strategy of clearing the country as Hebei did, but instead formulated a resolute counterattack strategy.
Before Hebei collapses, Shandong will not be in danger.
And once Hebei collapses, it means that Su Yonglin's main force has collapsed, and then whether Shandong can strengthen its walls and clear the country will not be so significant.
Before this, the only enemy Shandong had to face was Kong Yanzhou of Kaifeng Mansion.
The combat effectiveness of Kong Yanzhou's troops has been fully demonstrated in the previous battle with Zhao Kaishan.
Not strong.
The number of troops was not too large. The reason why Zhao Kaishan collapsed was because the Jin Army cavalry raided his hometown, not because he was defeated by Kong Yanzhou.
Therefore, Su Yonglin is not worried that Kong Yanzhou's threat will cause Shandong to collapse. The main forces of Shandong's five armies and a group of local armed forces are not vegetarians, and they are not afraid of Kong Yanzhou, who they have fought against before.
Therefore, Su Yonglin planned to arrange for Shandong's army to counterattack directly when Kong Yanzhou launched the attack, trying to defeat Kong Yanzhou in one battle, and then quickly advance to Kaifeng, thus promoting the collapse of the Jin Army's Nanjing Road Theater.
This border war zone close to the Southern Song Dynasty is of great significance. In Su Yonglin's view, once the Nanjing Road collapsed, it would mean that the Jin Kingdom basically said goodbye to the Central Plains. It also meant that the Jin Kingdom's three-way attack strategy was bankrupt and could not threaten the Liberation Army from the side and rear. .
Although Kong Yanzhou's power was small, his influence was not small. His every move would also bring certain pressure to the Southern Song Dynasty.
When Zhao Kaishan went on an expedition, the Southern Song Dynasty acted as a transparent man throughout the whole process, giving Su Yonglin the opportunity to use propaganda power to severely attack the Southern Song Dynasty, but this does not mean that the Southern Song Dynasty really did not have aggressive military power.
It's just that Zhao Gou doesn't have the courage.
The last failure of Zhao Kaishan seemed to prove Zhao Gou's "foresight", and this time, if the Liberation Army won, captured Kaifeng, and contributed to the collapse of the Jin Kingdom's Nanjing Road War Zone, then the response from the Southern Song Dynasty would be great. Uncertainty.
Regarding this uncertainty, Su Yonglin wrote to Zhao Zuoliang, asking Zhao Zuoliang to do his best to defeat Kong Yanzhou and regain Kaifeng as much as possible without any scruples.
At the same time, he believed that the Southern Song Dynasty was unlikely to directly mobilize troops. It was very likely that the Southern Song Dynasty would adopt gentle measures against the Han rebels and try to take Kaifeng back from the Liberation Army.
Of course, Zhao Gou's schizophrenic behavior pattern may still be repeated. Unless the Liberation Army really pushes the Jin Kingdom back to Liaodong, then Zhao Gou may really feel relieved.
Otherwise, Zhao Gou would still worry that the Liberation Army would be targeted by Wanyan Liang after being killed by Wanyan Liang.
In a word, be wary of the Song Dynasty, but don't worry about Zhao Gou. As long as Zhao Gou is around, the Southern Song Dynasty will not implement aggressive strategies unless Zhao Gou no longer becomes emperor.
Zhao Zuoliang's mission is to wipe out Kong Yanzhou as much as possible, use Kong Yanzhou's head to pay tribute to the people he killed, and then take down Kaifeng.
Su Yonglin also said in the letter that he believed in Zhao Zuoliang.
In fact, he really believed in Zhao Zuoliang.
Although Zhao Zuoliang does not have strong military talents, he is good at accepting advice, knows how to respect professionals, and does not pretend to understand. This is his greatest advantage, and now that he is Su Yonglin's father-in-law, no one dares to look down on him. , will definitely obey orders.
that's enough.
Shandong does not need to carry out such a thorough clearing of the country, so it can dispatch a large amount of manpower and material resources to help Hebei. Now Shandong has dispatched a large amount of manpower and material resources to help Hebei achieve this goal, achieving cross-regional collaboration between the two regions.
This is also extremely shocking to some officials.
In this era, people from different regions can even be regarded as people from different countries. It is almost impossible for them to help each other. However, under the leadership of the Liberation Army, mutual assistance between Shandong and Hebei became a reality.
What kind of power can realize this kind of cross-regional mutual aid action and make people willing not to complain?
Almost everyone with an idea is taking action to get to the root of this problem.
What matters in war is logistics. This is what Su Yonglin often says.
And his behavior of attaching great importance to the combat effectiveness of the army made the generals feel that he did not care about logistics that much.
As a result, the frontal war has not yet begun, but the logistical war has already begun with great vigor.
Is this a different kind of situation where the three armed forces go ahead without using food and grass?
Faced with this situation, faced with this man-made strategy of clearing out the wilderness, the Jin Army dispatched so many troops, can their logistics sustain it?
If it can be sustained, how long will it take?
Can they really withstand the fatal situation that Su Yonglin has laid out for them?
In this battle, it seems that we have really seen the dawn of victory.
While the generals and officials were taking action, they really felt that victory was approaching them step by step.
In order to cope with the isolation and helpless situation after the defeat of the Khitans, and to attract the attention of the Jin Kingdom to cooperate with the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country, Su Yonglin had been ordering Sun Ziyi to dispatch naval troops since mid-to-late August.
On the one hand, it is to attack the Kingdom of Jin, and on the other hand, it is also to train the water warfare capabilities of the navy soldiers, so that they can become familiar with life on the water faster, laying the foundation for the subsequent decisive battle with the Song Navy.
The Song Army Navy is not a weakling like the Jin Army Navy. The performance of the Song Army Navy is still remarkable. The Navy, which has never had any advantage, hastily faced off against the Song Army Navy. It might overturn.
Sun Tzu Yi then led the navy to carry the army all the way north, and successfully landed in the Yanyun area of the Jin Kingdom and even the coastal part of the Liaodong area without encountering any obstacles. After a brief reorganization, he began to search deeply for human settlements and began to invade.
Except for a few fishermen, there are no people living in the coastal areas. If the army continues to move inland, it will encounter coastal counties and cities. It will be an attack without further ado.
These areas are not in wartime and there is no early warning. They are often unprepared for the sudden attack of the Liberation Army. The city cannot hold on and is often quickly breached by the Liberation Army.
Then there will be looting. The warehouses in these cities will be looted by the Liberation Army. The Liberation Army will rob money, cloth, weapons and equipment, and food. The Jurchens will either be killed or captured, and all their belongings will be taken away.
The rest of the crowd who are willing to follow the Liberation Army can do so. Those who are unwilling to leave will not be forced to do so, and will destroy the military facilities and leave.
Su Yonglin named this behavior "making extra money."
And because the navy brought back a lot of supplies and money every time it attacked, Sun Tzu Yi soon became the most popular general in the entire Food and Pay Division.
Not only that, Sun Ziyi's actions were also quite cunning.
When there was no resistance, Sun Tzu Yihui led his army to attack several defenseless cities in succession. However, as soon as they heard where the army was coming or saw where there was defense, they quickly withdrew and sailed away.
That means their whereabouts have been exposed and organized troops will come here.
Walk!
So when the Jin soldiers arrived, it was often too late. All valuable things in the city were gone, and the food was gone. This group of pirate-like Liberation Army swept away the essence, leaving behind a lot of mess and so on. Let them deal with it.
Su Yonglin had many ships, but the Jin army had no ships that could compete with the Liberation Army's navy, so the sea became a paradise for the Liberation Army's navy.
They set up ships to attack everywhere, landed everywhere, looted and killed everywhere, and even reached Liaodong and landed on the coast of Liaodong, posing a huge threat to the Jurchens in Liaodong.
