Su Yonglin was unaware of the conversations between the two men and their different considerations for the future.
Now he has no time to think about the longer-term things after the great unification.
While collecting intelligence on Hebei, he arranged the defense of Caozhou and Shanzhou, and then did not forget to arrange the northward operations of Sun Tzu Yi's navy.
After several trips north, the navy had already pinned down the Jin Army's more than 10,000 troops in Daxing Mansion, allowing the Jin Army to set up multiple camps on the only way to Zhongdu, guarding them to the death, and completely giving up and regaining control. The possibility of military confrontation at sea.
But Su Yonglin never thought of giving up trying to use the navy to attack the Jin army's rear.
Originally, his goal was to attack Zhongdu and shock people's hearts. However, as the Jin army's defense against Zhongdu increased, the possibility of a surprise attack on Zhongdu decreased. Containing more than 10,000 troops was already a great result.
Next, it would be difficult to open up the situation in Zhongdu solely by relying on his "Marine Corps", so Su Yonglin continued to attack Zhongdu to attract attention while considering new tactics.
The cavalry of the Jin Army can come and go freely on land, while his navy can come and go freely on the sea. They are both free.
The only difference is that the Jin Army's free cavalry cannot cut off the logistics of his free navy, but he can do it.
Time passes slowly, and the situation on the battlefield in Hebei is undergoing subtle changes.
Since the beginning of the all-out war, Wan Yanliang has suffered several setbacks in the face of Hejian City and cannot make any progress.
Logistics became increasingly difficult, and the weather was cold. The soldiers and civilians responsible for transporting grain and fodder lacked clothing and food, so many of them starved to death and froze to death. Even if they did not die, they could not escape the end of frostbite because of the lack of warm clothing.
As a result, resentment among the people in the army boiled. Several small-scale riots broke out between the signing troops and civilians, trying to escape from the military camp and flee back to their hometowns. The Jin army completely suppressed them and temporarily suppressed this resentment with violence and bloodshed.
But this is not the final way to solve the problem. Many people, including Wan Yanliang, know this truth.
Faced with this situation, Wan Yanliang met with the generals responsible for commanding the attack in his military tent with a livid face.
Seeing them all lowering their heads and not daring to say a word, he became very angry.
"How many people are there on the rebel city? How many of us are responsible for the attack? A mere bandit army will beat you to such a state of virtue! This is the first city we face! The first one! Go to I don’t know how many such cities there are in the future, do you want me to bury all my elite soldiers under the city?”
Seeing the furious Wan Yanliang, the generals did not dare to say a word.
It was Wanyan Benjian who stood up and gave Wanyan Liang feedback.
"Your Majesty, although the thief army is a thief army, its ability to defend the city is not weak, and its firearms are sophisticated, supplemented by gold juice. It is difficult for my siege soldiers to sustain themselves and it is really difficult to compete with them."
"Old General, are you saying that in this offensive and defensive battle, the Dajin army is not as good as a mere bandit army?"
Wanyan Liang looked at Wanyan Benjian with a death glare. Wanyan Benjian was timid in his heart, but he did not dare to tell the truth.
"Judging from the situation in which the bandit army is defending the city, unless the bandit army runs out of weapons and gold juice, even if we compete with the bandit army in terms of numbers, it will be difficult for our army to capture Hejian City. If we attack the city with all our strength, it will be very difficult for our army to capture the city." We may lose too many troops here and affect the overall situation."
Wan Yanliang frowned.
"You mean, you want me to stop attacking Hejian?"
"I just feel that there may be more important things to do than attacking Hejian."
"…………"
Wan Yanliang suppressed the anger in his heart and asked: "If Hejian is not captured, how can our army's logistics and food routes be guaranteed? If Hejian is not captured, how many troops and horses will be left here to surround Hejian? You are also a veteran, why? Can you say such a thing?"
"Your Majesty, isn't this the purpose of the traitor army?"
Wanyan Ben saw and said sadly: "Don't the bandits just want our army to be in a dilemma? It will put our army in a dilemma, exhaust our army's supplies, force our army to return without success, and greatly lose the morale of the people and the army. It's called Our great Jin Kingdom is in shaky state... Your Majesty, isn't this the purpose of the traitor army?"
Wanyan Benjian's words really made the anger in Wanyan Liang's heart slowly subside.
He suddenly felt that what Wanyan Benjian said was not completely unreasonable.
The Liberation Army spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build a strong city like Hejian City. The so-called is nothing more than delaying its progress, consuming its food and troops, and turning the war from a war of conquest into a protracted war. It depends on who can survive.
This battle mode will greatly weaken the Jin Army's advantage in cavalry, and maximize the advantages of the Liberation Army's infantry and firearms, causing the Jin Army to suffer a defeat, low morale, and unstable military morale.
In order to restore the morale of the army, Wan Yanliang had to order more meat for the army, using meat to improve morale and stabilize the morale of the army.
Of course this strategy is possible, but it is quite expensive. Wan Yanliang is not willing to feed these big soldiers too well. Don’t the landlords have no surplus food these days?
The current situation is that if the Hejian offensive and defensive war continues, Wan Yanliang's war costs will continue to increase until he can no longer bear it.
"The thieves have sinister intentions."
Wan Yanliang pounded the table in a circle, and said with hatred on his face: "But Hejian City cannot be left alone. If Hejian City is left alone, there will never be peace in the rear of our army, and this battle will not be fought at all. What do you think? Find a way."
Wan Yanliang has never lagged behind others in deceiving his own people. Judging from his historical achievements, his ability in this area is even 50-50 equal to that of Zhao Gou.
It's just that he has an objectively necessary need and may not have such an idea subjectively, while Zhao Gou has a subjective personal idea.
However, the various behaviors of the two people inexplicably put the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Jin Dynasty on the same fork in the road, making it impossible for the Southern Song Dynasty to invade the north and the Northern Jin Dynasty to invade the south.
It has to be said that these two are a match made in heaven.
At present, the generals of the Jin Army were quite embarrassed about the emperor's needs. You looked at me, I looked at you, and finally they turned their attention to Wanyan Benjian.
Wanyan Benjian suddenly felt that he had become the scapegoat of the entire army. He suddenly felt that he should not have participated in this war. Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy his old age?
With a long sigh, Wanyan Benjian made several suggestions on military issues, which were adopted by Wanyan Liang, but this was not enough to change the current war situation.
Wan Yanliang was not happy and rebuked the generals, but the generals were timid and did not dare to deal with him.
At this moment, Wan Yanliang's favorite minister and left governor Xu Lin thought for a while and took the initiative to stand up.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."
"speak!"
Wan Yanliang said angrily.
"Here."
Xu Lin accepted the order and said: "I heard from the commander-in-chief of the right army that the army was blocked in Boye, Lizhou. Boye City resisted desperately and the commander-in-chief found it difficult to advance. I also heard from the commander of the military and horse capital in Hedong that Zhending City was tightly defended. After desperate resistance, the attack of Hedong soldiers and horses was blocked.
The three armies were blocked by the three cities of Zhending, Boye, and Hejian respectively. The three cities were well-defended and the defenders were elite. They all resisted to the death. The three armies were restricted by this and could not advance even an inch. They had to fight with the three cities. The defenders fought.
Moreover, in the past few days, our army has been out riding to explore the entire Hejian Prefecture and found some rural forts. There are people living in the forts and there are armed guards. According to my speculation, they should be part of the rebel army's efforts to clear the country. And it is available in Hejian Prefecture, and it should be available in other areas as well. "
Wan Yanliang nodded after hearing this.
"Well, that should be right, so what?"
"Therefore, I believe that we should suspend the strong attack on Hejian City, switch from offense to defense, and then let the army attack those Wubao. Wubao is far less difficult to attack than Hejian City, and can even be said to be easier to conquer.
Our army should be able to successfully conquer those forts. In this way, we can not only obtain the food, property and supplies in urgent need of our army, but also the population, which is very helpful to our army. "
Wan Yanliang frowned.
"When the army is marching, it is not convenient to rob too many people. Just enough is enough. Just kill the others. Those who are thieves must be killed so that the rest will never dare to be thieves again!"
Xu Lin shook his head.
"Your Majesty, there are better uses for the captive population."
"What? A better use?"
"yes."
Xu Lin said: "Your Majesty, do you think that this battle is just about defeating the rebel army and recovering Hebei and Shandong?"
