After realizing this, Wan Yanliang reacted suddenly, feeling that he had almost made a fatal decision.
Can't withdraw.
How can we still withdraw our troops now that things have happened?
If you can't withdraw your troops, if you do, I will die!
If I don't win this battle, I will die!
Wan Yanliang's pupils suddenly shrank, and the table in front of him stood up, startling the top six decision-makers who were discussing the retreat, and looked at Wan Yanliang in surprise.
"His Majesty?"
"Can't withdraw!"
Wan Yanliang swallowed and choked out these three words through his teeth. He gritted his teeth and his face was twisted.
"What?"
"His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, why can't we withdraw?"
"Your Majesty! Think twice, Your Majesty!!"
The six of them were shocked when they suddenly heard Wan Yanliang say that they could not withdraw.
It’s almost time to come up with a complete strategy. Why are you missing out at this time?
So they immediately asked Wan Yanliang why he made such a decision.
Wan Yanliang waved his hand.
"Shut up! You are all thinking about withdrawing! Just thinking about withdrawing! Have you ever thought about me...for the Kingdom of Jin? If you withdraw, the Kingdom of Jin will be defeated! How many elite soldiers will be lost? How many young men were lost? How many years will it take to make up for these losses?"
Wan Yanliang looked at them fiercely.
The six of them looked at each other in confusion.
What's going on here?
Didn’t you just say you were going to retreat?
Why didn't you retreat all of a sudden?
Heshi Lieliangbi quickly reacted and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the food route has been cut off. It is no longer a matter of how much the loss is. If we don't withdraw, the entire army will be annihilated."
"How do you know that the whole army will be annihilated? Huh? What if not? What if the army can attack Licheng before the food and grass are exhausted?"
Wan Yanliang said loudly: "You all know how to live in an ignoble way! But you don't know how to risk your life and survive! You just know how to retreat! Even if the retreat is successful, wouldn't it be better than not retreating? You won't lose anything. ?
At the beginning, Cao Mengde also lacked food and grass, and the army complained. Cao Mengde killed the grain officer and put all the blame on him. Then he opened a warehouse to release grain so that the army could eat enough and defeated Yuan Shu in one go! This is to put yourself to death and survive! "
The six of them looked at Wan Yanliang and listened to his confused speech. For a moment, they were unable to come up with any rebuttal.
But soon, Li Tong, the deputy governor of the left-leading army who was familiar with history books, realized something was wrong.
"Your Majesty, when Cao Cao was short of food, the food route was not cut off. He really had no food to eat. The food behind him was exhausted, but he could still withdraw if he wanted to. He just didn't want to fail, and Our army... has really been cut off from its food routes, and its retreat is in danger, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that his nonsense was exposed, Wan Yanliang became furious.
"Don't I know about this kind of thing and need you to tell me? What's your intention?!"
Wan Yanliang pointed at Li Tong: "You are showing off your knowledge in front of me. What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel? Come on! Drag him out! Lock him up!"
Wan Yanliang gave an order, and soldiers immediately came in from outside the tent and dragged Li Tong out, who looked shocked.
The other five people watched this scene in shock, feeling that the world was crazy.
It’s already this time, is there anything wrong with retreating?
Why didn't the emperor retreat?
Doesn't he know that once the army runs out of food, it will collapse on its own?
He didn't know that a tall war horse might as well be a little donkey if it had no food to eat?
Why?
This question went through the heads of the other five people. Finally, Wanyan Benjian and Heshi Lieliangbi were the first to react.
However, the deputy governor of the right-leading army, Yi Lacheng, still did not react and immediately defended Li Tong.
"Your Majesty, Li Tong is loyal and has no thoughts of rebellion. Your Majesty, please be aware of this!"
Wan Yanliang's eyes widened in anger, and his glare became piercing.
"Speak to the traitor, I think you are also someone with evil intentions! Come on! Pull me out! Lock me up! Remove me from your post! Let me reflect on your mistakes!"
So Yi Lacheng was inexplicably pulled out and locked up, and his position was relieved.
The six people at the top decision-making level were suddenly reduced to just four.
The commander-in-chief of the left army, Wanyan Benjian, the commander-in-chief of the right army, Shi Lieliangbi, the commander-in-chief of the right army, Shan Yongnian, and the commander-in-chief of the military and horse capital in Hedong, Wanyan Yiying.
Except for Wanyan Benjian and Heshi Lieliangbi who reacted, Tu Shan Yongnian and Wanyan Yiying were so frightened that they did not dare to say a word.
"In short, we can't retreat! We can't tell the soldiers about this either. Our army's only chance of survival now is to capture Licheng before the food is exhausted! Defeat the bandit army! This is the only choice!"
Wan Yanliang waved his hand and forced the four of them to organize an army to launch a fierce attack on Licheng.
The Liberation Army wanted to cut off my logistics and threatened me to withdraw, but I refused to withdraw! I must make them pay! !
Wan Yanliang roared with red eyes, then drove the four people out of the military tent and asked them to organize the attack.
After the four people left the military tent in shock, Wan Yanliang slumped down on a chair. It took him a while to come back to his senses, holding his chest and breathing heavily.
It's over.
It's over.
It's over.
It's all over, it's all over.
The food road was cut off and the way back was cut off. The Hebei Liberation Army launched a full-scale counterattack, and his troops were completely defeated.
At this time, even if he retreats, he may not be able to withdraw completely. What's more important is that once he retreats, his fate will no longer be in his own hands.
If you go back, you will die.
If you don't go back, there is still a glimmer of hope, and you can still control the army for a last-ditch effort!
Therefore, no matter what, you cannot withdraw! Licheng must be captured immediately!
Wan Yanliang gritted his teeth, his face turned red, and veins popped out on his forehead.
He doesn't look like a gambler now, he just looks like a gambler who can't give up the last hope of a comeback after losing.
He cannot retreat. For his own benefit and the emperor's benefit, he must not retreat.
Regardless of whether they are emperors or powerful ministers, this type of dynastic rulers will never put the interests of the country before their own interests. If something goes wrong, the interests of the dynastic rulers will always come first. No matter what, they must put At the front.
It doesn't matter if the country is damaged.
It doesn't matter if people are killed.
Famous ministers and generals died for this, it is not important.
As long as the person in power is alive and can continue to be in power, that's all. Nothing else matters.
I am the only one in heaven and on earth. If I am not the only one, I don’t care if you have huge waves in the sky!
Wan Yanliang was jealous of his power and status. He decided to tie the entire Jin Kingdom and Jin Army to his chariot and make a huge gamble with him with a very low winning rate.
Of course it's good if you win the bet, but if you don't win the bet...
Then come to hell with me!
But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this glimmer of hope has ceased to exist as the food route has been cut off.
What Wan Yanliang was looking forward to [defeating the main force of the Liberation Army and conquering Licheng before the food and grass ran out] was simply impossible to happen, unless he was also a great mage and could drop a meteorite from the sky and hit Su Yonglin on the head. That would indeed be the case. There is nothing to say.
But Wan Yanliang is not Liu Xiu.
After being driven out of the military tent, Wanyan Benjian and He Shi Lieliangbi deliberately excluded his disciple Shan Yongnian because he was Wanyan Liang's relative and absolute confidant, and took Wanyan Yiying with him, and the three of them got together to fight. We got together and had a meeting.
"Do you really want to continue fighting?"
"That's courting death."
"That's how I see it too."
"But His Majesty won't let us retreat."
"Why is your Majesty like this?"
"Yes, why don't you withdraw? You are so desperate that you still won't withdraw?"
Wanyan Yiying didn't understand the connection for a while.
Heshi Lieliangbi looked at Yan Benjian and gestured to the oldest and most senior person to speak. Wanyan Benjian hesitated for a while and nodded.
"Your Majesty cannot withdraw his troops. Once your Majesty withdraws his troops, when he returns to the Central Capital, he may..."
"What could it be?"
Wanyan Yiying asked hurriedly.
Wanyan Benjian hesitated for a while and closed his eyes.
"The throne is not guaranteed."
Wanyan Yiying was shocked.
"The throne?"
"In just less than two years, the rebellion of the Han people and the rebellion of the Khitans went from a small rebellion to a great chaos that spread to half of the Jin Kingdom. Someone must be responsible for this. Most people cannot be held responsible at all. Why do you think your Majesty insists on doing so?" Southern Expedition?"
Wanyan Benjian said in a low voice: "You don't know how dissatisfied your Majesty is with your Majesty today. If this chaos is calmed down and the power of heaven is great, your Majesty will naturally be safe and sound. But if it can't be calmed down and the battle is defeated, how do you think your Majesty is doing this?" Can you still hold the throne?"
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