Qiming 1158

Chapter 346 Water Offensive
Wanyan Yong really came back victorious.

And also made a lot of credit.

In this battle, he not only defeated the Khitan cavalry, but also led the Jin Army cavalry to kill the Khitan army's main general, Kuo Li, triggering the collapse of the Khitan infantry.

Afterwards, the Jin Army counterattacked in an all-round way, defeating the Khitan Restoration Army under Liaoyang City in one fell swoop.

The Khitan Restoration Army ran around, pushing, trampling, and killing each other. In the end, only more than 2 of the 1000 people managed to escape north. More than 1 people died here, and more than 1 people became prisoners of war.

There was blood all over the floor, and corpses piled up like mountains.

This was the first defeat of the Khitan Restoration Army since the Khitan Uprising, and the first great victory of the Jin Army since the Khitan Uprising. It reversed the decline of the Jin Army since the Khitan Uprising and boosted the morale of the Jin Army.

But the Jin army did not stop there after winning the big victory. Under the strong suggestion of Wanyan Yong, Wuyan Puluhun decided to send troops to fight, chase the defeated Khitan troops, and open up the situation.

He led the army to leave Liaoyang Prefecture, attacked north, attacked all the way, and successfully recovered the land occupied by the Khitan Restoration Army.

The Jin army advanced all the way, once again conquered Hampyeongfu, Hanzhou, Xinzhou and other places, and brought these places back to the control of the Jinguo government.

Immediately after that, Wuyanpuluhun ordered a large number of massacres of the local Khitans who followed the Saba rebellion, and found that how many were killed, in order to shock people's hearts and make the Khitans dare not rebel again.

On the surface he said so.

Jin Bing then indulged, and no one restrained him.

They killed more than [-] Khitans in a few days, with blood flowing and their heads rolling.

Wanyan Yong was very dissatisfied with this.

He strongly opposes the massacre of Uyanpuluhun, believing that it will arouse the hatred of the Khitans against the Jurchens, make them more fiercely resist, and unite more closely around Saba, which is difficult to divide and disintegrate.

In this way, it will be much more difficult for the Khitan Uprising to be completely suppressed. Even if the main force is defeated, the rest will continue to try to revolt and resist, and it will still be very difficult for them to finally pacify Liaodong.

Uyanpuluhun did not see it that way.

"If I do this, Your Majesty will be very happy. As for the rest, it doesn't matter. They have no weapons, no army, only fear, and it is impossible to achieve anything."

After Wanyan Yong heard this, he was silent.

So the Jin army marched all the way to kill and loot, and not only killed the Khitan Liberation Army, but also killed the civilians.

Production and life in Hampyeong, Hanzhou, Xinzhou and other places were severely damaged, and a large number of people fled with their families and families, trying to avoid the brutal pursuit of the Jin Army.

It is conceivable that in the foreseeable future, it will be difficult for these regions to return to their pre-war state.

However, the Jin army attacked smoothly and recovered all the lost ground except Longzhou.

They encountered stubborn resistance from the local Khitan and Khitan Restoration Army in Longzhou, and it was difficult for them to advance for a while, but this resistance could not last. into decline.

Then there was another wave of vicious slaughter, which rolled the heads of a large number of Khitans who dared to resist, which was very miserable.

So far, in the area south of Linhuangfu, the actions of the Khitan Restoration Army fell into a low ebb, and it was difficult to cheer up for a while.

And Saba gathered all the troops to attack Linhuang Mansion after meeting with Yilawour's troops.

The defenders of the Jin Army in Linhuang Prefecture could not fight against it, and were defeated by the powerful offensive of the Khitans.

So Saba finally led the Khitan Restoration Army to conquer Linhuang Mansion and regained the hometown of the Khitan people, but before he was happy for a long time, the news that the entire Khitan army of Liaoyang Prefecture was wiped out came.

Saba hated Kuo Li's incompetence and stupidity, but had to worry about the next battle.

After Su Yonglin learned of the battle situation during this period, Su Yonglin felt relieved for some reason.

The combat effectiveness and organization of the Khitan Restoration Army were completely incomparable to the elites under his command.

Not to mention combat effectiveness, it was simply unbelievable for Su Yonglin that Saba, as the leader, could not control his subordinates, and even had to split up with his subordinates, causing the destruction of a main force.

As a leader but unable to control his subordinates, the internal organizational problems of this Khitan army have not been clarified at all. There are many and very big problems.

This defeat should be a big blow to Saba, and it will be very difficult to recover his strength in a short period of time.

Therefore, the possibility that the Khitan Restoration Army, which he was worried about, would expand and develop into a powerful Khitan state should be ruled out after this battle.

This is undoubtedly the most advantageous way for him.

The Khitan Restoration Army will continue to exist, but it will not be able to develop and grow, and will continue to attract some of the Jin Kingdom's troops, but it will not become another threat after the overthrow of the Jin Kingdom...

Thinking like this, Su Yonglin felt that he was quite abominable and his mind was quite evil.

But then again, no matter how evil your thoughts are, you have to be able to withstand Wanyanliang's attack and eliminate him with a wave of counterattacks. If you can't do it, then everything is just a bigger Just a joke.

What needs to be recognized is that Wanyanliang was still quite powerful at this time. After defeating Xiao Huaizhong's [-] troops, the Khitan Restoration Army was still unable to capture Liaoyang Mansion under the pursuit of victory. Instead, it was held back.

This proves that Jin's rule in Liaodong still has a certain strength.

At least they were still strong until they shattered Wanyan Liang's powerful shell.

This requires you to be careful and careful, and use all power to weaken Wanyanliang's power before the official decisive battle.

In addition to opening the situation in Xiongzhou and Bazhou, the fastest and fastest way to weaken him... is probably a sea attack.

In mid-to-late June, Su Yonglin went to the sea again to review the gradually formed naval forces, and boarded the huge flagship Guangfu with Sun Ziyi to watch the sailors driving the ships to conduct maritime combat drills.

Of course, the mainstream of water warfare during this period was still jumping gang warfare, with the close combat of ships as the main fighting method.

The ships collided with each other after close combat, and the bowmen on the ships launched arrows to attack, and then set up wooden boards to let the sailors on the warships of their own rush onto the warships of the other side. If the sailors on the warships of the other side were defeated, the entire ship could be captured.

The long-range weapons and equipment used in combat are relatively limited, and the power is not very high. For example, the bed crossbow is a great long-range weapon, and the water battle is mainly fought close to the body.

When Su Yonglin built the navy, he requested that the navy be equipped with some sharp long-range attack weapons, so even small warships were equipped with one crossbow, and large warships were equipped with more than three crossbows, so the long-range firepower was quite good.

And these bed crossbows do not use simple big arrows, but improved rockets.

According to Su Yonglin's request, the gunpowder artisans from the Gunpowder Bureau of the Ordnance Department tied the arrows with cylindrical bamboo or iron cylinders with built-in granulated gunpowder, as well as some iron pieces and stones.

When the rocket is launched, the leads of the powder cartridge are ignited together, and it will eventually explode.

Su Yonglin also watched the effect of the explosion.

Because it is a bed crossbow large arrow, it can increase the volume of the gunpowder cartridge and increase the charge, so the explosion is relatively powerful.

Not only does it sound like thunder, but it also has a certain lethality after the explosion. After the explosion of the gunpowder cartridge of this size, it can blow up dozens of scarecrows in leather armor and light armor.

As for the quasi-head, it is not easy to say. The ship is running on the water, and there are relatively large fluctuations in itself. It is not surprising that the target cannot be focused after the launch, so it needs to rely on a lot of training to enhance the quasi-head.

The launch efficiency of the crib crossbow is also relatively low, requiring a dozen or even twenty soldiers to cooperate to launch, and the launch interval is relatively long, so it is obviously unqualified as a main battle weapon.

But it can still be used as an extra to cause riots and to dampen the morale of the enemy.

Su Yonglin took a boat into the sea and personally inspected the bed crossbow launch team on ten warships at sea. They used new rockets to attack imaginary enemy ships about 200 meters away. As a result, only two rockets hit the enemy ships and exploded successfully, causing serious damage. .

The remaining eight were all lost and fell into the water.

(End of this chapter)