Qiming 1158

Chapter 208 Su Yonglin is eyeing

"Your Majesty really wants to conquer the Song Dynasty in the south? Do you want to move the capital?"

Wanyan A-lin had heard some news sporadically before, but now that he has personally confirmed it, he felt even more worried.

"The first is to quell the rebellion, and then to conquer the Song country in the south, and fight such a big national war, shouldn't you be more cautious? If you want to issue a large-scale construction project to the people, I'm afraid it will cause turmoil."

"If Your Majesty was more cautious, we wouldn't be so worried."

Pusan ​​Hutu said in a low voice: "Even the Empress Dowager can't persuade Your Majesty, Your Majesty will do whatever you want, and we courtiers are helpless, so you should know that your responsibilities are very heavy, if you can't stabilize the situation in Hebei before His Majesty's personal expedition, Your Majesty will be very angry, really, the sooner the better."

Wanyan A Lin was silent after hearing this.

Pusanhutu helped Wanyan Alin prepare for military supplies and food delivery, and also gave orders to provide food to the prefectures along the way.

Wanyan A-Lin was able to officially set off on the expedition on the first day of November.

After the expedition, Wanyan A-lin felt that his troops were insufficient and could not rashly divide his troops, so he decided on the offensive route of the First Hejian Mansion, then the True Ding Mansion, and finally the Daming Mansion.

Hejian Mansion and Zhending Mansion can be connected by the Hutuo River.

Right now, the Hutuo River has not frozen. After taking the Hejian Mansion, if you march along the Hutuo River, you will be able to reach the Zhending Mansion directly. There is no problem on the marching route.

In the end, the Daming House is also a matter of course.

That is to say, the troops are not so abundant and cannot fight on two fronts, but this time he led all cavalry, elites and good combatants, one man with two horses.

Wanyanliang also spent a lot of money, and handed over half of the mobile troops that could be mobilized at present to Wanyan Alin.

If there are more, he will send the garrison around him.

Therefore, Wanyan Liang actually had great expectations for Wanyan Alin, hoping that he could make a good start and stabilize the situation in Hebei, so as to prevent the situation in Hebei from becoming further out of control before he set off.

He marched on his own and mobilized troops and horses from all walks of life. Even if the entire army was not assembled in Zhongdu, a considerable part had to come from the distant Liaodong area.

The distance is long, and it takes a lot of time to assemble. If he wants to send troops, he needs at least four months to half a year to prepare.

During this period of time, Wanyan Alin needed to ensure that the Restoration Army would not expand in Hebei, so as to directly threaten Zhongdu Road and Daxing House. Hejian House and Zhending House were important military forces of the Jin Empire in Hebei. Pillars, nothing to lose.

Wanyan A-Lin was very cautious.

Although he had [-] elite cavalry in his hands, he did not dare to attack rashly.

He cautiously took the army south from Daxing House into Hebei, and arrived in Renqiu County, Mozhou on the fifth day of November, where he stayed temporarily and sent people to collect intelligence.

Intelligence shows that in Hejian Mansion, nearly 8 rebels who call themselves the Restoration Army are besieging Hejian City.

Hejian Prefecture's Jin Army was defeated by the Guangfu Army before, and was defeated in the field. They could only retreat in the city and rely on the tall city walls of Hejian City to defend against the attack.

The Restoration Army had a large number of troops, surrounded Hejian City on all sides and fought desperately, and Hejian City was in danger under the siege of the Restoration Army.

The governor of Hejian sent people north to Zhongdu for help more than 20 times before, saying that there were less than [-] soldiers in the city, and there were not many food reserves, so he could not last for a long time. He also asked the court to send troops quickly.

Now it seems that the situation is indeed not optimistic, and the governor of Hejian did not lie.

The generals will be invited to fight one after another, asking to lead the army to attack the Restoration Army and lift the siege of Hejianfu.

Wanyan A-lin went up without any thought.

He is a literate person, and he has a bit of a cultural flavor in wars.

He believed that the Restoration Army had a large number of people, and the whole way was smooth and vigorous. Even if the Jin Army had strong cavalry, it was difficult to say that it could directly defeat the Restoration Army of a scale of [-].

The Jin Army has few mobile troops, and it takes time to recruit a large army. His existence is to buy time for the emperor to mobilize more troops and horses, so he must not act impatiently.

Otherwise, once the damage is too much and cannot continue to fight, Ginting's entire grand strategy will have problems.

"Our army is the only remaining elite that can be mobilized by the current imperial court. If we accidentally lose too much, even if the siege of Hejian Mansion is lifted, it will be considered a failure, because there will be Zhending Mansion and Daming Mansion in the future. To win the battle, we must preserve our strength.”

Wanyan's A-Lin was born of a height, a royal family, and always had a lot of prestige. When he said this, the generals under his command did not dare to refute him, and nodded in obedience.

So Wanyan Alin decided not to attack for the time being, but to let the defenders of Hejian City and the Restoration Army continue to fight for a while, reducing the spirit of the Restoration Army.

The generals thought it was very risky to do this, and they thought what if the Hejian Mansion could not hold on.

"The city walls of Hejian City are tall and the moat is very wide. Although there are not many troops in the city, it will not be broken by the enemy in a short time. The rebels attacked Hejian City for only ten days, and they are far from exhausted. At that time, the Hejian defenders were far from being able to hold on."

The generals felt that although Wanyan Alin's words were reasonable, in the eyes of ordinary people, he would be suspected of not saving his life.

In particular, Wanyan's A-lin is still a royal family, and his influence is even greater.

Some of his subordinates persuaded Wanyan Alin to send a little army to show his existence for his own consideration in the future, at least to let the people in Hejian Mansion know that he has come.

Wanyan A Lin shook his head.

"The success or failure of our army is related to the country's fortune. My honor or shame alone is not worth caring about. As long as the result is good, whether I am humiliated or praised is not the most important thing."

When the generals heard it, they all felt that Wanyan Alin was a great general who put official business first, and they admired him very much.

So the reinforcements were stationed in Mozhou, recuperating, hiding news, and waiting for an opportunity.

Of course, Wanyan A-Lin wasn't just waiting stupidly. He also sent people to the west of the Hutuo River to investigate the news of Zhending Mansion and to see how the battle was going on in Zhending Mansion. In addition, he also sent people out to collect the entire Hebei Province. Battle on the ground.

He wanted to know the specific situation of the entire Hebei before the official war, so that it would be more convenient for him to judge his actions.

When Wanyan Alin sent people to collect news of the battle, Su Yonglin was in the process of crossing the river.

From the fourth day of November to the seventh day of November, he was sending people to feign attack on the north bank of the river, making a stance of attacking, in fact, waiting for news from Su Yong.

Su Yong lived up to his expectations. In the early morning of the [-]th day of November, Su Yong's cavalry appeared on the north bank of the river without knowing it. They attacked the defenders on the north bank and defeated the defenders on the north bank in one fell swoop. defensive equipment.

The response in Zhending City was slow, and when Wu Gu Lun Wolun knew the news, the sky was already bright.

The Shengjie Army led by Su Yonglin and the local armed coalition have begun to cross the river on a large scale, and have seized the position on the north bank, attacking all the way to Zhending City, eyeing them.

(End of this chapter)