Su Yonglin knew a lot about the Jin Kingdom's Meng'an conspiracy system. He had been asking for information for three or four years before preparing to go north, so he knew that Yelu Yuanyi was not lying.
"That means that Meng'an Mou Ke's troops may appear to be elite and numerous, but in reality they are weak and vulnerable to a single blow?"
"Compared with the signing army, it is still better. At least there are one or two martial arts performances every year. It is not like you don't know how to get the weapons. Some teams have better family traditions and insist on martial arts, and they may be more elite."
Yelu Yuanyi said: "Despite this, it is impossible to compare with the elites of the Forbidden Army and the Border Army. The elites of the Forbidden Army and the Border Army are mostly cavalry, with superb equestrian skills and skilled tactics. When mounted, they can become powerful cavalry, and when dismounted, they are elite infantry. , should not be underestimated.”
"How many such elites are there under Wan Yanliang's command this time?"
"Wan Yanliang himself commands less than 60,000 men, but it's not much different. If you include the troops in Hedong and Kaifeng, it will not be less than 80,000 men."
Yelu Yuanyi said with some worry: "Wan Yanliang himself commanded the main force. In addition to mobilizing troops to defeat the enemy and sign troops, he also mobilized elite border troops from the northwest and Liaodong to gather in Zhongdu to strengthen the southern expedition army. They have combat power, but there are still Mongolian cavalry on the grassland that need to be guarded against, and they dare not send out all of them."
"Isn't that too much?"
Su Yonglin sighed and said: "Wanyan Alin almost killed me with 20,000 cavalry, let alone 80,000 elites? Fortunately, I didn't plan to fight him in the Great Plains of Hebei, otherwise I will definitely be eaten by him."
"Compared to the more than 100,000 elite cavalry of the Jin Kingdom at the beginning of its founding, this is no longer worth mentioning. Over the years, the Jin Kingdom's military force has also declined quite a bit. Wan Yanliang always talks about how powerful and powerful the Jin Kingdom's cavalry were back then. , it’s just that it’s not as good as before.”
Yelu Yuanyi tried to cheer Su Yonglin up: "General, you must not worry too much about the Jin cavalry. Although Hebei is a flat plain and there is no danger to defend it, with the elite troops under the general's command, they will not be helpless."
"Of course I'm not helpless."
Su Yonglin smiled: "According to what you just said, Wan Yanliang's current situation is very bad, and many people in the Jin Kingdom's court are against him. Is this true?"
"Really, Wen Dun Sizhong, the leader of the Four Dynasties, objected to his unreserved conscription of troops to the Khitans. He refused to listen and even put Wen Dun Sizhong under house arrest. Later, the Khitans rebelled and there was an uproar in the government and the public."
Yelu Yuanyi nodded: "This incident made many old ministers very dissatisfied with him. The Jurchen ministers were especially dissatisfied with him. Coupled with the successive defeats and the general's navy's attack on the coastal state capital of the Jin Kingdom, the government and the public were dissatisfied. There are more and more voices dissatisfied with him."
Speaking of this, Yelu Yuanyi lowered his voice slightly and said: "The reason why I took the lead this time before the main force of the army was ready is because Wan Yanliang could not withstand the opposition of the government and the opposition. the voice.
He urgently needs me to attack Hebei, so that I can attract the attention of the government and the public, and let the government and the public pay attention to my achievements, and no longer blindly put pressure on Wan Yanliang. "
"Oh? How can it be like this?"
"Of course, the general's navy is sharp and attacks everywhere, causing trouble for many states in the Jin Kingdom. There are huge complaints from the people and officials, and Wanyan Liang can't live in peace either. Wanyan Liang urgently ordered me to attack, just to divert attention. .”
Yelu Yuanyi said angrily: "This man is irritable, mean and ungrateful. He only cares about himself and not the country. If he is allowed to become emperor, the Jin Kingdom's strength will only end here."
Su Yonglin looked at Yelu Yuanyi and felt that his dissatisfaction with Wan Yanliang seemed quite serious.
"It seems that your dissatisfaction with Wan Yanliang is quite serious?"
"…………"
Yelu Yuanyi was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled awkwardly: "Maybe."
He should have something to hide, but he didn't want to say it, and Su Yonglin didn't force him. Anyway, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.
Everything he has explained now has given Su Yonglin a relatively comprehensive understanding of Jin Jun's level.
The fighting power that Wan Yanliang unleashed in his last fight was quite impressive.
At least in Su Yonglin's opinion, if he had a head-on confrontation with this military force, he would most likely be pressed to the ground and rubbed.
Shandong and Hebei will soon be broken through and torn apart. The grassroots foundation he has worked so hard to build will be hit hard. It is hard to say whether similar counterattacks will be effective.
In the same way, if all this military power was used to fight against the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty would definitely not benefit.
Su Yonglin also knew a lot about the military situation in the Southern Song Dynasty.
There are about 400,000 regular troops in the country, mainly distributed in the Jianghuai War Zone, Jingchu War Zone and Sichuan War Zone. It is a one-sided defense. If Wan Yanliang only attacks from one point, the mobile forces that the Southern Song Dynasty can use are also quite limited.
If the Jin Kingdom made several more attacks to suppress the elite troops in various theaters of the Southern Song Dynasty, it would be almost impossible for the Song army in the Jianghuai area to stand alone against the real elite troops brought by Wan Yanliang.
That is to say, the navy of the Song Army is strong. If the navy of the Song Army pulls its hips, it will be over.
In terms of total military strength, there is not much difference in the number of armies between the two countries. They are basically the same. However, in terms of elite combat power, the Jin Kingdom has about 100,000 cavalry, which is obviously superior in strength.
After the Southern Song Dynasty lost Yue Fei and other generals who knew military skills, the army's combat effectiveness declined seriously. From the early state of being able to compete with the Jin army to the current state of being able to eat, drink and play, the wealth left by the Yue family army to the Song army has almost come to an end. .
This time Wanyan Liang went south, with about 80,000 elite troops, they seemed to be a small number, but in fact they were very terrifying. If they were all used at one point, they could break through any Song army's defense line.
Judging from the current level of the Song Army, unless Yue Fei is resurrected or the mobile defense master Meng Gong enters the stage of history in advance, the Southern Song Dynasty should not be able to withstand the Jin Army's attack.
Of course, this is a purely military consideration, and history will not view the two countries from a purely military perspective.
In fact, the degree of political corruption in these two countries is that the elder brother should not laugh at the second brother.
After Wanyan Liang's death and the chaos where Wanyan Yong ascended the throne, the elite team in Wanyan Liang's hands did indeed lose much energy, so that the attack launched by the Southern Song Dynasty was successful.
Later, Wanyanyong counterattacked, regained the lost land, and beat up the Song soldiers, but he was unable to continue southward.
The two sides have once again returned to a strategic equilibrium, and no one can do anything to the other.
To put it simply, the two sides are worse than each other, and the degree of badness has just reached a balanced level.
Sometimes Su Yonglin also feels that history is very strange, allowing Zhao Gou and Wanyan Liang to become emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, and also become rivals.
These two people can be regarded as spies planted by the other party in the Kingdom of Jin and the Southern Song Dynasty.
A self-destructive Great Wall.
One self-destructed on the spot.
The two of them joined hands and successfully destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty's hope of restoring its homeland and the Jin Kingdom's hope of unifying the Southern Song Dynasty, making future generations sigh with regret.
What should I say?
A moment of brilliance?
Excellent matching mechanism in East Asia in the mid-twelfth century?
Sometimes history can be quite dark...
After returning to Hejian Mansion after the war, Su Yonglin had only one task left - to wait for Wan Yanliang to officially launch the attack on Hebei.
He has done everything he can and should do, and what is left unfinished is catching up. He can only rush things like catching up, and he cannot personally help.
So he slowly led his troops south.
In this war, the command core of the Liberation Army was in Jinan, Su Yonglin was also located in Jinan, and the entire Hebei was a strategic buffer zone. After the buffer, Su Yonglin would launch an attack in Shandong against the Jin Army, which had passed through the buffer with slow fronts and difficult logistics.
He had already made this clear to the generals and local armed forces of the thirty defensive cities. Their mission was to defend, delay the advance of the Jin army, and contain their forces.
Then there is the defense. As long as the main force of the Jin army is still besieging the city and attacking the city, it will not get out of the city. Don't worry about anything else.
Whether it's a siege or not, in short, don't go out of the city to fight in the field.
It wasn't until the Jin army lost confidence in the siege and was about to bypass the city and continue southward that they would camera out of the city to harass the Jin army's logistics supplies.
All in all, the main task of the thirty cities is to hold on to the local area and wait for him to lead the main elite troops to a successful counterattack.
