Wan Yanliang's answer is to go south at all costs.
He initiated this war in order to ease the sharp conflicts within the Jin Kingdom and restore his majesty as emperor. If this war could not be won and it ended, the conflicts would only become more serious until they completely swallowed him up.
He would not and could not choose to retreat.
So after being silent for a while, Wanyan Liang showed the battle report to Wanyan Benjian and asked Wanyan Benjian for his opinion.
After Wanyan Benjian read the battle report, he asked Wanyan Liang: "Your Majesty, do you have to go south? The veteran believes that at this moment, withdrawing the troops is a good idea..."
"I don't want to hear this, just talk about how to go south! Don't mention withdrawal!"
Wanyan Liang frowned and interrupted Wanyan Benjian's words angrily.
Wanyan Ben felt a shiver in his heart when he saw it, knowing that the emperor would not give up going south, he sighed secretly, and then marked the known fortifications of the Liberation Army on the map.
"Your Majesty, please take a look. The five cities of Zhending, Anxi, Puyin, Boye, and Hejian are connected in a line. From the current point of view, they should be the first line of defense for the rebel army. Facing the attack of our army, the rebel army will An attempt was made to connect the cities into a line for defense.
However, Hebei is a plain with a flat river. No matter how we are stationed, as long as one point is broken through, the entire line of defense will be meaningless. There may be several similar lines of defense in the future, but as long as our army attacks all the way south and creates a road south, Then the rebel army's defense will be meaningless. "
Wanyan Liang looked at Wanyan Benjian's marked map and was not happy.
"There are always cities that must be conquered no matter what. This is the case in Hejian, and this is true in Zhending. If you continue to go south, the same is true in Jing'an, and the same is true in Xindu. Go all the way south and attack the city all the way. How much will it take when you go further south? Time? If every city is the same as Hejian and Boye, how can we still fight this battle?"
Wanyan Benjian said: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, if the bandit army really has deployed defenses in many cities, blocking the only way for our army to go south, and forcing our army to attack, then our army's strength will be No matter how much it is, it will not be enough even if we store twice as much grain.
The art of war says that attacking the city is from the bottom, and the heart is from the top. Besiege the city and attack it. Unless there are only a few hundred guards in the city and there is no sufficient preparation, it can take several days. This is the simplest.
If there are more than a thousand troops in the city with food and fodder, it will take at least half a month. If there are thousands of troops in the city with all the food, fodder and weapons, and high morale, it will be difficult to break the city in less than two months. "
Wan Yanliang took a deep breath and punched the map hard.
"Thieves are hateful! Hateful!"
After venting for a while, Wanyan Liang asked Wanyan Benjian very nervously: "Then what are the countermeasures? This battle is a battle of national destiny. I cannot fail, and the Great Jin Kingdom cannot fail."
Of course, Wanyan Benjian did not dare to suggest retreating.
After thinking about it, he could only say: "The only solution now is to take advantage of our army's strength, use a large number of troops to protect the food road, surround the necessary cities, clear a road for the cavalry to go south, and also use it as a food road. "
Wan Yanliang stared at the map and whispered: "You mean to spread out the infantry to surround the cities that must be captured in exchange for the cavalry going south?"
Wanyan Benjian nodded.
"Yes, Your Majesty, our army's advantage lies in the cavalry, not in attacking the city. It is a bad idea to fight the rebels under the city. We must use the strength and advantages of our cavalry to suppress the rebels."
"But how can I have so many infantry troops to besiege the city? I only have tens of thousands of soldiers in hand. If a big city like Hejian wants to besieged and intimidated, it cannot be less than 10,000 people. If we come a few times more, the army will be bigger. How many miles can we go south?"
Wanyan Liang looked at Wanyan Benjian angrily.
Wanyan Benjian shook his head.
"Besieging a city is not the same as fighting. As long as our army puts up a battle formation and sieges without attacking or feints to attack, how can the rebel army have the courage to go out of the city to attack under the power of the army? In this way, the signing army and even the civilians can take advantage of it, as long as Just enough people.”
Wan Yanliang was stunned for a moment, then said: "You mean, a small number of regular soldiers combined with a large number of soldiers or civilians, bluffing, and confronting the defenders in the city?"
"That's it."
Wanyan Ben nodded.
"Then what if the defenders in the city take the initiative to attack, find that our army is vulnerable, break through the siege and come out, threatening our army's food route? What exactly does the signing army look like? Don't tell me that you don't know. Don't you? Do you have high hopes for signing the army?"
Wan Yanliang continued to ask - even if he always stayed in the palace, he knew very well about the emergency existence of the signing army, and knew that there was no possibility of relying on this group of signing troops.
Wanyan Benjian was naturally very clear about this.
"Then we can only increase the escort army to transport food at any time. If the bandit army is not large, it may be possible to defeat it and keep the army's food route from being threatened."
Wan Yanliang felt that this was not very reliable.
"Isn't this too risky? If the army goes too deep, it will rely heavily on food canals to transport food. If there is a slight problem, everything will be lost. If there is no foolproof strategy, it will be too dangerous..."
The safest solution is to withdraw our troops!
Of course not to you.
Wanyan Ben saw a burst of curse and shook his head again.
"Your Majesty, there is no perfect strategy on the battlefield, and no one can guarantee victory. The famous generals of ancient times will attack with a 30% chance of winning. If there is a 50% chance of winning, they will go all out. If there is a 70% chance of winning, the rebel army will retreat without fighting. Unless Apart from that, there is only..."
Wanyan Benjian looked at Wanyan Liang nervously, hoping that Wanyan Liang could say the words "withdrawal".
But he was disappointed.
Wan Yanliang was silent for a moment, thinking about this seriously for a while, and nodded slowly.
"What you said makes sense, so let's do it this way, but... it's hateful! So far, we still don't know where the main force of the bandit army is! Where is Su Thief!"
Wanyan Benjian sighed secretly, feeling that he could no longer change anything and could only follow Wanyan Liang's wishes.
"As long as we go all the way south, we will eventually find the main force of the Soviet thieves. Our army does not know where the main force of the Soviet thieves is, and the main force of the Soviet thieves will not know where the main force of our army is. Your Majesty does not need to worry about this."
Wan Yanliang felt uneasy.
"But if we can't find the main force of the bandit army, our army's food supply will be in great danger."
Wanyan Benjian replied: "Since the Su thief is the commander-in-chief, and since it is impossible to put himself in a dangerous place, the Su thief must be in Shandong. If our army wants to find the main force of the Su thief, it must go to Shandong. It must pass through Cross Hebei.
As for food and fodder, although there are many dangers, it is not without solutions. The bandit army has strong walls and clear fields. In addition to the city, there are also surrounding farmhouses and forts. The farmhouses and forts are not difficult to capture, and there is a large amount of grain stored in them. Our army can capture it to replenish food and grass. "
When Wanyan Liang thought about it, he felt that Wanyan Benjian had thought carefully about him.
"The veteran general is mature and prudent, and he is worthy of being an important minister of the country."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary."
As Wanyan Benjian said this, she actually even thought about whether she should write a will in advance and send it home so that her family could prepare in advance.
As a professional general, Wanyan Benjian certainly had deeper considerations.
He knew why Heshi Lieliangbi was so helpless, and he also knew that the advice he gave Wan Yanliang was purely to cater to Wan Yanliang's offensive strategic thinking, and he was just trying to trick him.
It is also the only feasible offensive strategy at present.
He himself felt that this strategy was too risky and it was best not to use it.
But Wan Yanliang actually adopted this extremely risky strategy.
Wanyan Benjian suddenly felt that the prospect was not good.
Before the war started, he heard news from the palace that Wen Dunsizhong tried his best to dissuade Wanyan Liang from going south before his death, and asked Wanyan Liang to rely on the superior terrain to defend Yanyun, not to fight head-on with the Liberation Army, and to calm down his own internal strife while accumulating strength. Waiting for the situation to change.
Either instigate the Southern Song Dynasty to go to war with the Liberation Army, or bribe and alienate the generals within the Liberation Army, causing the Liberation Army to explode directly internally.
This is a very meaningful approach in Wanyan Benjian's opinion.
Within two years of the Liberation Army's uprising, there were two coups and two leadership changes. It is conceivable that there is a lot of internal instability. If it is provoked at the slightest moment, it will definitely explode on the spot.
At this time, the competition is about strategic determination to see who can keep calm.
But when he thought more deeply, Wanyan Benjian suddenly realized that Wen Dunsizhong had not considered an important premise when he was considering the problem - Wanyan Liang must be more stable than Su Yonglin.
Is he stable?
hehe.
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