According to this plan, Wan Yanliang felt that as long as he acted smoothly and followed the plan, he would probably be able to celebrate the New Year in Jinan Prefecture, a major town in Shandong.
Then at the beginning of the year, Wan Yanliang planned to spend another two months to quell the Liberation Army in Shandong. If everything went well, in the middle of next year, he could march to the Huaihe River and question Zhao Gou.
Yes, at this moment, Wan Yanliang's mysterious self-confidence made him once again ignite his ambition to conquer the Song Dynasty.
He felt that if the Jin army could successfully defeat the Liberation Army, their morale would be so high that it would not be impossible to go south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty and enter Hangzhou in one go.
Although many things happened, the Jin Army, which originally planned to launch a full-scale offensive before October, was finally ready for the attack in early November, but Wan Yanliang was still full of confidence in this.
But he didn't pay attention to the change in his marching plan. At this time, the Central Plains was already freezing.
Except for some of the elite troops of the Jin Army, the general army arrived in Zhongdu in hot summer and cool autumn days, and they did not prepare sufficient measures to prevent the cold.
The winter supplies distributed to them by the imperial court were of mixed quality and insufficient in quantity. Except for the elite, most people did not have access to effective winter cold-proof clothing and equipment.
Officials were secretive when reporting the news, but the real situation is that even some regular soldiers did not take measures to prevent the cold and did not receive enough cold-proof clothing, let alone those soldiers and civilians who were forced to accompany the army.
As the temperature dropped and the cold wind blew, they had no cold-proof clothing. They could only huddle together or gather with large livestock, relying on thin clothing and the weak heaters on the livestock to stay warm and keep out the cold.
On the day when the Jin Army officially announced their march, the fifth day of November, the temperature dropped sharply and it was freezing cold. Early in the morning, hundreds of soldiers and civilians froze to death.
When they were discovered, they were huddled together to keep each other warm, but because the tents they were given were in tatters and could not even achieve a little heating effect, a sudden drop in temperature took them away in their sleep.
But their deaths did not cause any waves. The comprehensive operation of the Jin military group with a total number of more than 400,000 people did not need to pay attention to the deaths of a few hundred people. If they died, they would die, so what?
They were stripped of their clothes, their few belongings were taken away, and their bodies were dug into a hole and buried. That was all.
Wan Yanliang did not need and could not know about this. He only issued a formal edict to suppress the rebellion of the Jin army, announcing to the world that he would suppress the rebellion and restore the sacred rule of the Jin Kingdom.
That's all.
So the Jin army was officially dispatched.
This time the Jin Kingdom's army was dispatched with great momentum. Looking at the huge military power that could not be seen around him, Wan Yanliang regained his pride and confidence.
He is very willing to believe that he will have the upper hand in the next official battle.
The absolute elite of the Jin army under his command would easily crush Su Yonglin's army into rubbish, easily win this battle, and reverse his crisis-ridden political situation in one fell swoop.
The Jin military group with more than 400,000 people was dispatched like an unprecedentedly large doomsday mobile war fortress.
An expedition of this level is not only a stage for soldiers, but also a cemetery for soldiers and civilians.
Compared to the soldiers and civilians, the soldiers are masters. They do not need to do the extremely heavy workload of military chores. They only need to maintain order, travel every day, eat, sleep, rest, and do a little training. enough.
They didn't have to sacrifice their lives until the war front.
But their relatively comfortable life was bought with the blood and tears of the soldiers and civilian husbands. They are like the masters sitting in the sedan chair, while the soldiers and civilian husbands are the bearers carrying the sedan chair. How hard it is, how hard it is.
During a war, you need to eat, drink, poop, sleep, and live a normal life. Clothes need to be washed and changed, shoes need to be washed and changed, and these need to be dried in the sun. There must be a minimum of washing and changing.
Soldiers cannot have too many non-combat attrition during non-combat moments. If the number is too high, the officers will be held accountable by their superiors and problems will arise.
Therefore, this huge pressure was thrown on the heads of the signing army and civilian husbands.
Anyway, the soldiers and civilians are disposable cannon fodder. No matter how they die, the emperor will not care. Their existence will not directly affect the situation on the battlefield. They only need to protect the lives of the soldiers and further protect their lives. Can.
For this reason, it is not impossible to sacrifice all their lives.
While marching, they did endless hard work, ate the worst food, carried the heaviest burdens, and suffered the worst treatment.
If you walk fast, you will be beaten, if you walk slowly, you will be beaten, if you carry too little, you will be beaten, if you carry too much, you will be beaten, in short, if the person guarding them is unhappy, he will be beaten.
The beatings were very severe, and the skin and flesh were often bruised.
Because of such poor treatment and conditions, often, while walking, a soldier or a ragged civilian would fall to the ground and never get up again.
My companions were sad and surprised at first, but soon they got used to it, became numb, and felt nothing.
If you are still a little popular, someone will help dig a hole and bury you after you die. If you are not popular, just throw it on the roadside and let it return to dust.
They were as skinny as wood, with sallow complexions, and not a single ounce of flesh could be felt on their bodies. It was not clear where the strength to carry heavy objects came from.
That’s it for spring, summer, and autumn. The harsh winter will also give their already weak bodies a heavy blow, making them more likely to face death.
So it is right for family members to place memorial tablets on them from the moment they leave home.
Because among them, those who can survive until the end of the war and return home are truly the chosen ones.
Of course, wherever there is oppression, there is resistance. Although the methods of resistance are different, there is always a shortage of people trying to survive in their own way.
Since ancient times, there has never been a shortage of deserters in the army.
The Jin army is advancing in large numbers, with large numbers and complicated and chaotic management. There is always a chance of escape.
Although the camps of the signing army and civilians are always strictly guarded, there are always people in the army who are willing to do business to make more money.
Some soldiers or civilians have been drafted many times, so they have experience in escaping. They will prepare some money and hide it with them before setting off, or they will quietly get some money from other places and hide it with them on the march.
When the time is right, these soldiers and civilians will bargain with their respective leaders and the people who guard them to discuss the price for letting them leave the military camp. When the price is agreed upon, the guarding soldiers will leave a hole for them at night. Let them go.
Precisely because there are always people trying to escape, gradually, the job of guarding the camps of the signing army and civilian husbands has become a fat job.
Many knowledgeable soldiers gave benefits to the superior officers in charge of scheduling, vying to do this job, while unskilled soldiers only had to spend some money to give benefits to veterans, and they would understand what was going on.
Then everyone transformed into Brother Understanding and made a fortune together.
Whenever it gets dark, it's time for the guards to make a fortune.
The soldiers and civilians presented the money with smiling faces, nodding and bowing. The guards weighed the weight and looked at the amount. If there was no problem, they happily waved their hands, made way for them, and let them go.
Sometimes there is still a queue for such a team, so take your time one by one and don't rush.
A group of lucky soldiers and civilians just ran away and rushed towards their hometown. As for whether they could return home alive, that was not something that the guarding soldiers needed to worry about.
Except for the emperor who really didn't know about this kind of thing, don't the other senior people who have been in the army for a long time know about the twists and turns here?
Know everything clearly.
But they still allow such things to exist, and the larger the scale of the signing of the army and civilian husbands, the happier they are.
Because the more people want to escape, the more money they give, and the more extra money they make.
Why should we stop something that makes money?
Could it be that if we stop it, can the emperor give more rewards?
joke.
