When Kong Zheng decided to visit Su Yonglin again, Su Yonglin had already led the first wave of the Northern Expedition to advance towards Yanyun.
He had no time to deal with more things, so he kept the status quo for the time being. What he needed to do now was to go north to Yanyun as soon as possible, capture Zhongdu, deal a fatal blow to the Kingdom of Jin, and completely block their way into the customs.
Although the key strategic location Yuguan is currently controlled by Su Jue, most of Su Jue's Yanyun land is still under the control of Jin officials. More troops are needed to capture and cover the situation in order to reverse the situation. situation.
Of course, what is more important is to support Su Jue in time to prevent the Jin Kingdom's Liaodong Army from entering the pass. In that case, it will be a big test for the newly expanded army of the Liberation Army.
The army of the Jin Kingdom in Liaodong was the army that put down the Khitan rebellion. They had military exploits and combat effectiveness, and were definitely not weak. It would not be easy for Su Jue to hold Yu Pass under their attack - if they were determined to capture Yu Pass, it would not be easy for them. If it's off.
Su Yonglin believed at the strategic meeting that the Jin-Liao Eastern Army had a great possibility of attacking Yuguan.
Now not only does the Liberation Army need Yuguan as an important town to resist the Jin Army's entry into the customs and as an advance base for advancing into Liaodong, but the Jin people also need Yuguan as an important town to resist the Liberation Army's further entry into Liaodong.
Therefore, the battle at Yuguan is very likely to be very brutal.
So Su Yonglin led three armies northward before waiting for the main force of the army to be reorganized.
At the gate where Kaifeng City was captured by Zhang Yuejing, he led his army to Hejian Mansion. After being supplemented by Hejian Mansion, he quickly passed through Waqiao Pass and entered the land of Yanyun.
There are no traces of the past in this land that has been ruled by foreigners for hundreds of years. Many places clearly reveal a Hu wind, which is still a bit novel for Su Yonglin who came to the land of Yanyun for the first time.
Of course, Su Yonglin didn't come here for tourism.
After leading his army into Yanyun, Su Yonglin ordered his troops to be divided into three groups.
Han Jinggui led the Tianxiong Army to launch an attack to the northwest, targeting Datong Mansion in Xijing of the Jin Kingdom.
Wei Kexian led the Xuanjia Army to attack northeast, with the goal of supporting Su Jue.
And Su Yonglin personally led Li Xiao and the Beiwei army to attack Zhongdu, adding weight to the attack - he was carrying Wan Yanliang's head with the army, intending to use Yan Liang's head as the last straw to break the camel's back. straw.
He believed that the reason why Zhongdu persisted until now was mainly because they had illusions and did not believe that Wanyan Liang was dead.
Therefore, as long as they believe that Wanyan Liang is dead, even if they do not break the city immediately, it will greatly shake the determination of the people in the city to defend the city, which will be a major benefit to the Liberation Army's attack.
In mid-April, Su Yonglin led his army and arrived at Zhongdu City along the same road that Sun Tzu Yi had walked.
Along the way, he promoted the power of the Liberation Army and Su Yonglin's own reputation, and was welcomed by the Han people in Yanyun Land. People ate pots of wine to welcome the king of the Liberation Army, and seemed to have great expectations for the Liberation Army.
When Su Yonglin led 30,000 Beiwei troops to the gates of Zhongdu City, it brought an even greater deterrent and psychological blow to Zhongdu City.
Especially when Su Yonglin raised his own banner and let the Jin people in Zhongdu City know that the leader of the Liberation Army, Su Yonglin, was personally leading the troops, the Jin army on the city was really panicked for a while.
Su Yonglin, under his own banner and the battle flags of the twenty captured Jin armies, led an elite guard team around the city to demonstrate his bravery. At the same time, he wrote a letter in his own handwriting and shot it into the city, asking the Jin rulers in the city to carefully Weigh the pros and cons.
The battle flags of the Jin army's southward march were still very conspicuous, and Jin officials and military officers with some status also knew the bugle of the southward army.
Now that they saw the bugles and flags of the army going south demonstrating around the city in the hands of the Liberation Army, they were first afraid. The authenticity of this matter was self-evident, and the truth quickly spread in the city.
Within half a day, basically all the city defense troops knew the news that the entire Southern Expedition Army had been annihilated.
As a result, the hearts of the defenders in Zhongdu were greatly shaken, their morale was shaken, and many soldiers had a psychological collapse. They were extremely fearful, afraid of war, and were afraid of fighting. They tried every means to leave the front line and go to a safe place.
The officers of the small army who insisted on resisting on the city wall were very annoyed by this, and it took a lot of effort to barely calm down the commotion on the city wall.
Despite this, the morale of the Jin army defending the city has declined greatly.
Su Yonglin's letter was quickly obtained by Pu Sanhutu and Tu Danzhen. They rushed to read the letter before the Empress Dowager Tu Dan and the Crown Prince.
The content of this letter is very simple. It is to tell the rulers of the Jin Kingdom in the city to open the city and surrender as soon as possible, give up unnecessary resistance, and avoid incurring casualties.
And the most important thing is that if you give up resistance and actively surrender, you can get better treatment and survive.
The longer the resistance lasts, the greater the casualties it will cause to the Liberation Army, and the more likely it is that the Jin Kingdom's royal family and bureaucrats will be killed when the city is breached.
If they decide to resist, they will calculate based on the manpower lost by the Liberation Army. If a Liberation Army soldier is killed in battle, a golden man must be killed to pay for it.
And the royal family of the Jin Kingdom were killed first. The royal family killed the ministers and their families, then the ordinary civil and military officials and their families and relatives, and finally the low-level officials and ordinary Jurchens.
Anyway, no matter how many casualties the Liberation Army suffered, how many dignitaries and Jurchens would have to pay with their lives. Kill them from top to bottom until they are all killed. Even if the entire Jin Kingdom's ruling class is physically wiped out, it doesn't matter.
Finally, Su Yonglin’s friendly reminder——
Wan Yanliang's head is in my hands. If you need it, I will send his head into the city to show you, so that you can give up the last trace of your delusion and stop thinking about what is there and what is not.
Pu Sanhutu and Tu Shanzhen finished reading Su Yonglin's autographed letter. You looked at me and I looked at you. They were stunned on the spot and didn't know what to do.
Then they handed the letter to Empress Dowager Tudan and Crown Prince Wanyan Guangying. Empress Dowager Tudan nervously read Su Yonglin's autographed letter and couldn't hold it back, crying on the spot.
When she cried, Wanyan Guangying also cried together.
How could the Queen Mother Tudan, who had been pampered and pampered for so many years, imagine that she would face such a thing now?
This well-protected woman never thought that one day she would be faced with a situation where her country and family were ruined. The people she could rely on were either dead or unreliable at all. She felt so helpless and so sad.
It didn't help that the grandfather and grandson were crying miserably.
The content of Su Yonglin's handwritten letter quickly spread throughout the court. Everyone knew that the emperor Wan Yanliang's head was in the hands of the bandit leader Su Yonglin outside the city. They could see the emperor's head if they wanted to.
When things got to this point, most people actually believed that the emperor was dead, the army was defeated, and the Kingdom of Jin was over.
But there are still some die-hards who still don't want to believe it.
For example, there are two thousand soldiers left behind by Wanyan Liang, as well as some die-hard cronies of Wanyan Liang, some civil and military officials with strong self-esteem, or some old scholars who are stubborn.
For various reasons and considerations, they are still unwilling to believe that this matter is true, and they are unwilling to admit that Dajin Guozhen Pills is real.
They collectively shouted that unless Su Yonglin put Wan Yanliang's head in front of them, they would not believe that Wan Yanliang was dead. This was definitely a plot by the bandit army!
There is actually nothing much to say about these people. People with a little sense no longer want to associate with them, and most people have begun to think about more practical issues.
Do you want to surrender voluntarily?
This is the most serious question.
Of course they were unwilling to surrender, but since Su Yonglin had made the conditions, they had no choice but to think about it.
If you take the initiative to surrender, you will live, if you don't take the initiative, you will die. Su Yonglin will kill if he says he will, and he will never break his promise.
But if you really want to surrender, it would be too weak.
There are still troops from the Kingdom of Jin in Guanzhong, Liaodong. The army from Liaodong is about to come to support the capital, so they surrender like this?
After the surrender, life and death depended on Su Yonglin, and he no longer had any autonomy. This was a bit difficult to accept for the Jin Kingdom dignitaries who were used to being superior.
So they are still hesitant.
This round of deterrence was not very effective, and the result was to divide the Jin court into die-hard resisters and conservative and prudent factions. Both sides insisted on their own opinions and had different views on continuing to resist or simply surrender.
But there is no doubt that there are not many people who choose to surrender at this time, and their voices are not loud.
