In Wanyan Benjian's view, the Liberation Army may be unstable internally, but the Liberation Army has been winning battles.
If you keep winning battles, you can improve the leader's prestige. When the leader's prestige is improved, you can intimidate Xiaoxiao and stabilize the internal affairs.
Therefore, the interior of the Liberation Army is still stable for the time being, as long as Su Yonglin is still alive.
Wan Yanliang is different.
He was defeated again and again, and finally won a victory on the Khitan issue and saved some face. However, he was immediately slapped in the face by the Liberation Army at the speed of light, letting everyone know that this emperor was still an emperor full of crises.
Under such circumstances, if he and Su Yonglin were to compete in strategic determination, would he be able to hold on?
At that time, we don’t know who blew himself up first.
On this point, Wen Dun Sizhong was indeed careless and did not put himself in Wan Yanliang's shoes. No wonder Wan Yan Liang was so angry. Thinking about it from his perspective, Wan Yan Benjian felt that he would also be very angry.
So Wanyan Benjian understood that Wanyan Liang would never accept any compromising defensive policy. He would definitely choose to take the initiative to restore his decline. He would definitely seek military victory to consolidate his political position. power.
He even did not hesitate to drag the Jin Kingdom into the quagmire of war and even the abyss of war.
So don't say anything, just one road, go south.
Or simply change the emperor.
Change the emperor?
Wanyan Benjian thought that he did not have the courage, nor the strength, nor the thought.
He is old and wants stability more than trouble.
He could only go with the flow, see where this road would lead, try his best to save his life, save what he could, and do something for the country founded by Wanyan Aguda.
It was also the last thing he did to repay Wanyan Aguda's kindness to him.
When things have reached this point, if Wan Yanliang doesn't make a desperate move south to find the main force of the Liberation Army for a decisive battle, and if he doesn't cross the Hebei buffer zone as soon as possible to find Su Yonglin at the middle gate to confront him, the longer the delay is, the greater the possibility of the Jin Army's failure, and the more dangerous he will be. .
He will die.
The matter has come to this, there is no other way.
Of course Wan Yanliang also understood how risky this strategy was, and he understood it too, but he had no choice. He had to win the battle and go back.
Although it is very risky, although it is very likely that all the main forces of the Jin Kingdom will be buried here, but...
I am no longer the emperor, I am going to die, what else do I need to think about for the Kingdom of Jin!
As long as I am alive and as long as I am the emperor, will I consider the Kingdom of Jin!
The Kingdom of Jin without me as emperor is not worthy of my pity!
I want to be the emperor, and then the Kingdom of Jin will have the value of existence!
Otherwise... just bury yourself in my grave! I will never let those who want my life succeed!
Wan Yanliang gave his order with red eyes.
Go south!
Go south at all costs!
Wan Yanliang's will is unshakable.
He planned to withdraw from Hejian City, a fortified city that could not be breached no matter what, leaving a small number of troops behind to pretend to be surrounded in order to intimidate the defenders in the city. He himself would leave with the main force and go to Boye to look for Heshi Lieliangbi.
The two armies merged into one and began to implement new tactics.
Go all the way south, besiege the city all the way, give full play to the Jin Army's military advantage, and create a life channel for the main cavalry force to move south. Based on this, we will find the main field force of the Liberation Army for a decisive battle and strive for victory.
Then he ordered He Shi Lieliangbi again to clear out all the rural forts around Boye City and arrest as many people as he could.
After he arrived at Boye, he asked the army to kill all these people in front of Boye's defenders, and then piled their heads to build a temple in Beijing to intimidate Boye's defenders and force them to surrender.
In Wanyan Benjian's view, this was Wanyan Liang's final attack on Boye City, which was also a strategy to attack the heart.
He thought that the previous failed psychological attack would stop Wan Yanliang from trying such a strategy, but he didn't expect that Wan Yanliang still wouldn't give up.
"Your Majesty, this strategy may not work. It has not worked in Hejian City before. If it continues, it will only increase the morale of the bandits in the city."
"Try it. If it works, of course you can. If it doesn't work... then just use it as a way to vent your anger, not only to vent our anger, but also to let the soldiers in the army vent their anger. They have been holding it in for too long."
Wanyan Benjian immediately understood what Wanyan Liang meant, so he stopped trying to dissuade Wanyan Liang.
When this order was passed to Heshi Lieliangbi, Heshi Lieliangbi was surprised.
He immediately replied to Wan Yanliang, saying that this was not allowed.
Doing so will greatly affect the attitude of the people of Hebei towards the Jin Kingdom, the defenders of other cities they will face in the future, and the Jin Kingdom's re-rule of Hebei after the war.
Jingguan can make people fear for a while, but it cannot make people accept the rule with sincerity. This is more harm than good for the Jin Kingdom.
He asked Wan Yanliang to take back his life.
Wan Yanliang received a letter of persuasion from He Shi Lieliangbi on the way to Boye with his troops. He was furious and immediately sent people around him to scold He Shi Lieliangbi and asked him to take action immediately.
What Wan Yanliang meant was that Boyecheng's persistence caused more than 3,000 losses to the Jin army, hindered the Jin army for a month, and then just gave up, stopped fighting, and left in despair?
What's the difference between that and defeat?
We are the attackers!
We will continue to attack!
We didn't lose!
This is not a massacre, this is a declaration of war!
What Wan Yanliang said does make sense.
Regardless of whether it was Hejian or Boye, the Jin Army's attacks failed and failed to conquer. Now they have to implement the southward strategy and cannot continue to attack the city. In everyone's eyes, this is a failure.
Morale will be severely damaged, and reward money will be of no use. It can only increase the soldiers' hope of survival.
In order to maintain morale, something must be done that can inspire military morale, such as a hearty one-sided massacre.
Heshi Lieliangbi was reprimanded by the people around Wan Yanliang. He felt very worried when he learned that the emperor was determined, so he talked about it with his subordinates.
"Boye City is united and united. It is not something that Jingguan can shake. On the contrary, it may further anger them. If you act fast for a while, it is really hard to say what kind of obstacles you will encounter in the future."
Yi Lacheng and other subordinates were speechless.
After attacking the city many times, they also know how tough Boye City is. Such an approach will undoubtedly further stimulate them.
Heshi Lieliangbi wanted to make one last effort.
So he ordered his troops to attack in all directions, attack rural forts, rob people and collect grain, grass and supplies according to Wanyan Liang's request. At the same time, he personally rushed to meet Wanyan Liang who had not yet arrived in Boye.
After meeting Wanyan Liang, He Shi Lieliangbi painfully stated the shortcomings of the matter and asked Wanyan Liang to change his decision.
Wan Yanliang was surprisingly lifeless.
After Heshi Lieliangbi finished speaking, he sighed deeply and told Heshi Lieliangbi again the reasons why he and Wanyan Benjian had talked.
"The soldiers fought for a long time and were unable to break through. They suffered great setbacks and suffered a great loss of morale. If they did not make repairs, they would not be able to fight the next war. Capturing Wubao and plundering the thieves could boost morale and let the soldiers know that the Kingdom of Jin is still strong. , still maintain the offensive."
Saying this, Wan Yanliang asked again: "If you can't do this, do you think this battle can still be fought?"
Heshi Lieliangbi almost said "Why don't we withdraw our troops yet"?
But he held back.
He knew that saying such words in front of Wan Yanliang was undoubtedly a eulogy for himself. He still wanted to live and not die yet.
"I have not considered what Your Majesty said."
"Then start considering it now."
Wan Yanliang sighed: "Morale is the most important thing. Nothing is more important than morale. Do you understand?"
Heshi Lieliangbi was speechless.
The Jin army attacked from all sides and attacked the forts in the surrounding countryside. Each of these forts was guarded. Each of them had simple earthen walls or wooden fences. They had a certain degree of defense. They were vulnerable to bandits, bandits, and other insurgents. enough.
But these people obviously did not realize that they were facing an organized regular army this time.
The regular army has taken action, but they still want to get benefits?
Within a few days, many major Wubao forts in the surrounding areas were breached, and many surrendered voluntarily. The Jin Army continued to win the Wubao attack battles. After winning one victory after another, the Jin Army was already extremely low. Their morale was miraculously improved.
