After hearing Wanyan Benjian's judgment, Wanyan Yiying looked shocked and uncertain.
After a while, he finally admitted the fact with difficulty.
"Although I have been here for a long time, I have not understood the strife within the royal family, but...has it reached this point? If we can't win this battle, will something like that really happen?"
Wanyan Benjian nodded silently, and Heshi Lieliangbi also nodded silently.
"It's come to this... So Your Majesty won't withdraw the troops. I understand, but if you don't withdraw the troops, this battle will not be fought at all! The whole army will be annihilated, and we will all die here! Can't Your Majesty think about the army? No more With the army, won’t the Great Jin Kingdom be doomed?”
Heshi Lieliangbi sighed.
Wanyan Yiying paused for a while and looked at He Shi Lieliangbi and Wanyan Benjian.
"The three of us must come up with an idea. We cannot sit still and wait for death. We must do what needs to be done."
Wanyan Benjian was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.
Heshi Lieliangbi was stunned for a long time, and finally nodded helplessly.
They want to act, but they don't know how.
All in all, Wan Yanliang must not be allowed to continue fighting. The army must be brought back before the food is exhausted, otherwise everything will really be over.
Although they were reluctant to admit it, the ironclad fact before them was that their Majesty did not seem to care about the outcome of the army, but was more concerned about his own outcome.
"So, what are you going to do?"
Wanyan Yiying looked at Wanyan Benjian and He Shi Lieliangbi.
The two looked at each other and were silent for a long time.
"Try your best to persuade first, if it doesn't work..."
Wanyan Benjian hesitated for a long time and couldn't say what he said next.
Wanyan Yiying understood.
"Old General is the oldest general in the army. Apart from His Majesty, you are the only one who can speak the most in the army. If you raise your arms, everyone will obey your orders. Only you can do this."
Wanyan Ben was shocked when he saw it, and after a long moment, he let out a long sigh.
"I can say it, but I don't want to say it no matter what. I have fought for my country all my life. My biggest wish is to return home with honor and spend my remaining years in peace. I really don't care about the rest.
But why did things come to this point? I just want to be a general in peace and spend the rest of my life in peace. That's enough, but why can't this work? "
"When things have reached this point, we can no longer have any other ideas. Otherwise, Li Tong and Yilan Cheng will be our fate."
Heshi Lieliangbi, who had been silent until now, also spoke, which surprised Wanyan Benjian.
"Would you do such a thing?"
"For the sake of the Kingdom of Jin, there is nothing we cannot do."
"How will the new king treat us when he ascends the throne? Can we die well?"
"Then I have to wait until the new king comes to the throne."
Heshi Lieliangbi looked at Wanyan Benjian: "If we don't survive until then, how can we talk about a new king taking the throne? Old general, we can't hesitate any longer. If we continue to hesitate, our lives will be at risk and the Kingdom of Jin will cease to exist. , everything will be too late.”
Wanyan Benjian looked down at the ground. After about a quarter of an hour, he nodded heavily.
There are some things that no one can do if he doesn't do them.
So, as a final test, Heshi Lieliangbi asked Wanyan Liang to withdraw his troops. Undoubtedly, Heshi Lieliangbi was dismissed from his post and placed under guard because he offended Wanyan Liang.
Wan Yanliang was extremely annoyed and launched Wushuang to kill everyone, and he didn't care whether the dead people were his own or enemies.
So Wanyan Benjian and Wanyan Yiying knew that the situation was irreversible, Wanyan Liang had completely lost his calm judgment, and he would lead Jin Jun to a dead end.
On the afternoon of the 24th of the first lunar month, Wan Yanliang ordered the signing army to increase the number of the three armies of Shenguo Army, Shenyong Army and Shenlue Army to 60,000 to increase their strength, and then prepared for them to continue launching an attack on Licheng attack.
However, at this moment, because of Wan Yanliang's dismissal of three senior officers from their posts, there was a lot of discussion in the army, the morale of the army was unstable, and rumors were confusing.
As a result, the attacks of the Divine Warrior Army, the Divine Fruit Army and the Divine Strategy Army failed to achieve the expected results.
Wanyan Liang became furious after the war and scolded the three general managers of the Shenguo Army, the Shenyong Army, and the Shenlue Army, Shi Morong, Bishu Lu Dingfang, and Wanyan Zongyin. Of course, Xu Lin was also scolded. The dog's head is bleeding and his heart is worried.
In the end, Wan Yanliang even asked the three armies to capture Licheng within three days, otherwise all the officers of the three armies would be killed from top to bottom.
In order to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, he mobilized 10,000 troops from the cavalry camp and added them to the siege troops. After making a gesture, he let everyone know that he was not joking.
The troops are given to you. If you can't do it, then it's really not my fault. I really know how to kill people.
Wan Yanliang tried to use this to arouse the army's desire for survival, and then break out a great miracle, conquering Licheng in one fell swoop.
But he didn't know that sometimes if the pressure on the army was too great, it would have the opposite effect.
Maybe he knows, but he has no other thoughts to take care of it - his life may be approaching the end of the countdown.
Only victory can save him.
Wan Yanliang stayed alone in the military tent, holding his head in his hands and looking at the military map in front of him. He kept mumbling the word "win the battle" and seemed to be a little obsessed.
At the same time, Wanyan Benjian finally gave up all illusions and started taking action.
That night, he used his authority to call all the senior generals he trusted in the siege camp to his military tent, told them the news that the army's logistics had been cut off by the Liberation Army, and further told them that the emperor had gone crazy. The army was allowed to retreat.
The emperor must lead the army to knock down Licheng, saying that he would capture Licheng before the food and grass were exhausted.
The senior generals were shocked.
"how so?"
Wanyan Zongyin looked at Wanyan Benjian blankly: "Grand Governor, is this true? Has our military food route really been cut off?"
"Yes, it is absolutely true. It can even be said that the Hebei bandit army has begun a counterattack. Our army is already on the verge of life and death. The army can only hold on for eight days with food and fodder, and can only hold on for five days. If we do not retreat, it will really be Can’t leave.”
Wanyan Ben sighed and said: "I thought His Majesty would lead us to retreat, but I never expected that His Majesty would continue to fight. Those who were dismissed and arrested before were all punished by Your Majesty for persuading us to withdraw our troops. punish."
The generals were very panicked and chattering in confusion. Finally, they turned their attention to Wanyan Benjian, the most senior.
"Grand Governor, tell me, what should we do?"
Wanyan Zongyin asked Wanyan Benjian how to survive on behalf of all the front-line generals.
Wanyan Benjian took a deep breath.
"The only solution now is to force His Majesty to order the withdrawal of the troops and give them advice."
Forcing the emperor to order the withdrawal of troops is a relatively mild term. In fact, it can force the emperor to order. In fact, the emperor has no authority anymore, which is equivalent to being deposed.
So what Wanyan Benjian meant was to let them work together to destroy Wanyan Liang, and then retreat with the army as a matter of course. What they would do after returning to Zhongdu would depend on what everyone wanted.
Generals, you look at me and I look at you, and each can see the panic in the other's eyes.
That was real panic.
After all, Wan Yanliang was an emperor who had been emperor for more than ten years. Not to mention that his rule was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, at least many people recognized and were accustomed to him ruling them as emperor.
Moreover, the abolition of emperors has been a very sensitive matter since ancient times. Once the action fails, annihilating the three tribes is considered a light matter.
Even if they succeed, if the next emperor feels unsafe and lacks trust in them, it will be difficult for them to end well.
This is the backlash that ordinary people will inevitably suffer if they get involved in imperial power.
But the crux of the problem is that if they don't do this now, they will die before the backlash.
Wan Yanliang has already issued an order. If they cannot break the city within three days, they will all be executed. Now they are on the verge of life and death, and are about to drown in the water. Any straw can be used to save their lives.
What's more, this is not straw, this is a hemp rope given by Wanyan Benjian, the most senior person in the army.
If you catch him and take action, you may survive.
If you can't catch it or move, you will die here.
What will they choose?
