Qiming 1158

Chapter 343 The Uprising of the Khitans Can't Succeed

After a long battle, there were victories and defeats, and more of them were stalemates. Saba began to realize that there was still a big gap between the fighting strength of the Khitan Restoration Army and the Jin Army.

The reason they were able to win such a big victory before was because of Xiao Huaizhong's sassy operation, which gave them good prerequisites, and the right time, place, and people were occupied.

But now Jin Bing refuses to fight, and Gucheng defends, so he can't come up with any plan to deal with it.

Except for the siege, it is the siege.

So much material was consumed, and so much grain was consumed, but the results could not be achieved, which made Saba begin to question whether he should continue to attack Liaoyang.

As the Tokyo of the Jin Empire, Liaoyang's status is of course very important. Occupying Liaoyang Prefecture is enough to cut off the contact between the Yanyun area of ​​the Jin Kingdom and the Liaodong area, and the blood loss of the Jin Kingdom will be serious and unsustainable.

But at the same time, Liaoyang is also a heavily guarded place. It is also very close to the center of the Jin Kingdom, so it is convenient to support it at any time. It is impossible for the Jin Kingdom to sit back and watch Liaoyang being conquered.

Not to mention all the problems, just talking about Liaoyang's tall city and wide and deep moat, plus the densely packed defenders on the city wall, made Saba feel numb on his scalp.

They didn't mess up, didn't open the door to surrender, but defended the city. How could they not let Saba feel worried if they continued like this?
Compared with Liaoyang Mansion, Linhuang Mansion is farther away, far from the center of the Golden State. It is more difficult for them to rescue and dispatch troops.

Moreover, compared to Liaoyang Prefecture, Linhuang Prefecture's status is slightly lower, and its strategic position is not as important as Liaoyang.

There is no hope of conquering Liaoyang here, and the losses of the army are gradually increasing, and the spirit of the main force has been exhausted.

Should I change my tactical thinking and choose another plan?

Saba began to think about the future of the Khitan Restoration Army, and gradually came up with a bold idea - can he jump out of this circle and go to a wider world to create a more remarkable foundation?

On the other hand, Su Yonglin recalled Su Yin and asked Su Yin about the situation of the Khitan Restoration Army.

Through Su Yin's description, he has a general understanding of the current situation of the Khitan Restoration Army.

The Khitan Restoration Army defeated Xiao Huaizhong and achieved a great victory. Its strength expanded to 8, and it is still expanding. It is only a matter of time before it breaks through [-], and the base of its control is also constantly expanding.

The number of the army has increased, and the weapons and equipment have also continued to increase. The combat effectiveness of the army has continued to rise, and its prestige has grown. Many Khitan, Han, Bohai and Xi people who were dissatisfied with Jinting went to them.

Their current strategy is to divide their forces in two ways, hoping to simultaneously break through the Liaoyang and Linhuang houses in Tokyo, expand their power, and separate the Liaodong area and the Yanyun area to cut off the arm of the Jin Kingdom.

"They thought that our previous capture of Shandong and Hebei was a great success, and they broke the arm of Jin Guo. In order to show the strength of the Khitan Restoration Army, they also broke the arm of Jin Guo. Confused."

Su Yonglin looked at the markings on the map and immediately frowned.

"This situation is not very good. Compared with me, their starting point is lower, and they are closer to the Golden Thief Center. They are destined to be more dangerous. When we were noticed by the Golden Thieves Center, the whole Shandong got it, and we already have confidence. , they didn't."

"Alang is not optimistic about their plan?"

"I'm not optimistic. They have no advantage over the golden thieves except that they have more cavalry than us and are better at fighting."

Su Yonglin shook his head: "Forget about Linhuang Mansion, why fight Liaoyang? Liaoyang is one of the five capitals of the Jin Kingdom, whether the city wall, the moat, or the garrison in the city are not something they should provoke. The city has a lot to pay attention to."

Su Yin said helplessly: "Maybe they just want to cut off Jin Guo's arm and respond to our offensive."

"Is it so easy to break an arm? Don't when Jin Guo's arm is not broken, their lives are lost. They should make good use of the advantages of the cavalry, go north, use Linhuangfu as the front line, go deep into the grassland, and play The superiority of the cavalry, constantly bloodletting the Jin Kingdom, rather than confronting the Jin Kingdom's infantry on the flat ground."

Su Yonglin shook his head: "As they fight like this, once the Golden Soldiers stick to the city and do not fight, their spirit will soon be exhausted. If their spirit is gone, it will be difficult for this army to open up the situation again."

"Alang thinks they can't last long?"

Su Yin asked.

"Then I don't know. It's not them, but the golden thief, who decides whether they can last for a long time. I just don't like their decision."

Su Yonglin stood up, walked a few steps, and said, "But even if they can't gain the upper hand, it's impossible for the golden thief to calm them down in one breath, the momentum has already picked up, and it's not that easy to defeat them completely. ."

"Then next..."

"The next step is to see us. The Khitan people are likely to only go this far. I am afraid it will not be so easy to attract the Jin Guo army. The Jin Guo army still has to rely on us to deal with it. It is better to ask for others. They can fight. For this sake, it has bought us so much time, which is good."

Su Yonglin took Su Yin out of the military tent, and was very satisfied when he heard the sound of the army's drills coming from his ears.

The uprising and existence of the Khitan Restoration Army was originally an expedient measure in his opinion. In order to contain the military power of the Jin Kingdom, consume the national strength of the Jin Kingdom, and buy him precious time to strengthen himself.

Without a clear political program and a long-term strategy, the Khitan people's uprising cannot be successful, but even so, it is enough to allow them to consume the Jin army on the battlefield, which is good.

In the end, whether or not the Jin Kingdom can be overthrown still depends on his own hard power.

Therefore, since the reorganization of the army, he has not stopped attacking Xiongzhou and Bazhou.

Although he did not intend to go to war with the Jin army completely, when he found that the Jin army insisted on defending and refused to fight, he realized that it was a good time to train troops.

For almost two months, Su Yonglin took turns mobilizing various troops to the front lines of Xiongzhou and Bazhou to participate in the attack. Not only the top ten main forces participated in the attack, but also 32 independent battalions were pulled onto the battlefield by him in turn.

To be honest, the scale of these battles was not large and the fighting was not fierce.

Jin Jun adhered to the strategy of defending and never attacking. Under the coercion of Su Yonglin, he voluntarily gave up Dacheng County and Wen'an County in Bazhou.

They kept retreating, taking the three counties of Yijin, Baoding and Guixin as the iron triangle, relying on the two major passes of Waqiao Pass and Yijin Pass, and built a solid line of defense along the Yishui River and the Hutuo River.

This sturdy line of defense brought a lot of obstacles to Su Yonglin's attack.

But it is a coincidence that he did not intend to really conquer this place, otherwise he would press all the [-]-strong army to fight the Jin Army strategically, and seize Xiongzhou, Bazhou and Zhongdu in one fell swoop.

Of course this is difficult.

Su Yonglin's main purpose is to train soldiers, let new recruits experience the battlefield, and familiarize themselves with the battlefield under the leadership of veterans, so as to make up for the decline in combat power caused by the loss of too many veterans in the previous battle.

Therefore, in the face of the fortress defense line built by the Jin Army, Su Yonglin treated it from a tactical point of view.

What he cares more about is whether his troops have the ability to defeat the Golden Army defenders in such a terrain environment.

Therefore, each army took turns to go into battle, showing their own housekeeping skills, and facing the tight defense of the Jin army with the strongest firepower.

This strict defensive strategy of the Jin Army has greatly tested the organization of each army and the tactical level of the generals.

That is not acceptable.

Now it seems that the effect of training is very obvious.

The various armies launched attacks one after another, and in more than two months, they successively captured eight fortresses of the Jin Army and wiped out thousands of the Jin Army.

If the Jin Army did not take the initiative to attack, the Liberation Army's armies would advance and retreat freely, and the losses would be small. More importantly, each army had combat experience and had a preliminary understanding of the battlefield.

Every recruit also saw the color of blood, smelled the stench of blood, saw what a person looked like after being chopped into several pieces, and had the first battlefield experience of trembling and having nightmares in the middle of the night.

But putting them on the battlefield is not just to familiarize them with the battlefield.

If it is just to familiarize them with the battlefield, then the meaning of taking turns is very limited.

What Su Yonglin wants to do is to let them learn and grow on the battlefield.

This is important for an army.

(End of this chapter)