Qiming 1158

Chapter 414 It is difficult for me to climb all the way to this position

Faced with such a critical situation, Wanyan Benjian found that despite her reluctance, she had no way out.

If this pot is not carried on his back, his life is estimated to end here.

His heart was full of grief and anger, but he couldn't show the slightest emotion on his face, because Wanyanliang's eyes were staring at him, watching him.

After a while of silence, Wanyan Benjian saluted expressionlessly.

"It is the duty of the minister, the duty of the minister, and the honor of the minister!"

He admitted it.

responsibility.

duty.

pleasure.

These are the three words that Wanyan Benjian has accumulated over the decades.

Sure enough, Wanyan Liang was delighted in his heart, and with a happy expression on his face, he stepped forward and held Wanyan Benjian's hand with both hands.

"The old general is loyal, I remember it."

Wanyan Benjian had a smile on his face, but the slightly twitching corners of his eyes were enough to show the restlessness in his heart.

But Xu Lin, who did harm to others and not himself, hadn't finished speaking yet.

"With the people in the front, will the bandit army of Hejian City attack or not? If you don't attack, you will just watch Hejian City being taken down. If you attack, it will hurt people's hearts greatly. The people of Hebei are detached from virtue.

The bandit army, under the name of the Restoration Army, advertised itself as expelling the Hu prisoners and restoring China, using the Jurchen as the enemy everywhere, and treating the Han people kindly. Now, they want to kill the Han people to defend the city. How should they deal with themselves?Will anyone follow them to rebel in the future? "

Xu Lin's face full of wisdom, he said: "So this minister concluded that the thief army will inevitably advance and retreat, and I don't know how to deal with it. Our army can take this opportunity to overwhelm the army, and the Hejian City will inevitably fall!

If this move is successful, it can be used repeatedly to drive the Han people out to clear the way for the army. The bandit army is overwhelmed and unable to fight, then the recovery of Hebei and Shandong is just a matter of time. "

"good!"

Wanyanliang was very satisfied with this, and repeatedly praised Xu Lin as an important minister of the country and praised Xu Lin.

Then, he immediately ordered to go down.

The first is to declare illness to the outside world, saying that he occasionally has a cold, needs to rest, and cannot handle military affairs. Let Wanyan Benjian and Xu Lin take charge of military affairs together.

Immediately afterwards, the two had to sign an order jointly, ordering the army to act according to Xu Lin's strategy, and to attack the rural fort in a big way, striving to arrest more people.

Then Wanyanliang happily entertained Xu Lin and the generals for dinner until midnight.

On the way back, Xu Lin and Wanyan Benjian met at a fork in the road.

"Xu Dujian, you are so good, you have me in a dilemma, and I have to do this with you."

Seeing that, Wanyan Ben couldn't hold back the resentment in her heart, so she took the initiative to talk to him and reprimanded him.

Xu Lin didn't care at all, with a smile on his face.

"Why did the Governor make such a statement? What is a good method? It's just a matter of sharing your worries for the king. Why does the Governor look angry?"

"Share your worries for you? You will be involved with me even at the cost of your own infamy. What are you thinking? Are you really sharing your worries for you? Isn't it?"

Wanyan Ben hated Xu Lin as he gritted his teeth.

Xu Lin didn't care about Wanyan Benjian's hatred.

"For your sake, why don't the governors believe it? The governors and the generals could not conquer Hejian City, but instead lost their troops and lost their generals, which made Your Majesty worry and worry. As His Majesty's minister, is it wrong for me to make suggestions for His Majesty? Your Majesty is so embarrassed, As His Majesty's minister, I help His Majesty solve problems, isn't this the duty of a minister?"

Xu Lin's big truth left Wanyan Ben speechless for a moment.

"The Governor hates me, and I have nothing to do."

Xu Lin sighed and said helplessly, "But you can't really blame me for this kind of thing. If the Governor used his troops like a god and easily captured Hejian City, why would I have to do this? Governor, what do you think?"

For Xu Lin's blatant ridicule, Wanyan Ben saw both hatred and helplessness. After thinking about it, only a long sigh was left.

"Xu Lin, if you win, I have nothing to do, but you have to remember that people are doing it, and God is watching. According to what you Han people say, your actions will hurt the world. Are you not afraid of retribution?"

"retribution?"

Xu Lin laughed for a while, as if he had heard some very funny joke, and his face was full of inexplicable laughter.

"What are you laughing at? Is what I said funny?"

Xu Lin stopped laughing and looked at Wanyan Ben.

"Captain, retribution, is the so-called suffering and suffering, family ruin, right? Suffering and suffering, I have suffered a lot before I became an official, and when the official position was low, I also suffered a lot, and it is not that I have not encountered the danger of family ruin.

Those high-ranking officials and dignitaries demanded things from low-level officials like me.

At that time, I didn't do anything that hurt the world, why should I suffer and suffer and ruin my family?Why should there be retribution?What did i do wrong?Whose retribution will be upon me?I can't figure it out!Can the Commander-in-Chief help me out? "

Seeing Xu Lin's mocking expression, Wanyan Benjian was speechless once again.

He couldn't understand the stubborn ailments of Jin Guo's officialdom, and he definitely couldn't understand what happened to Xu Lin.

"This……"

"I don't believe in any harm, nor do I believe in retribution. I only believe in power. Power can make me enjoy glory, wealth, and make me laugh! So whoever can give me power, I will share his worries for him. , no matter what method you use!"

Xu Lin stared at Wanyan and suddenly said angrily, "Captain, my surname is not Wanyan, and I'm not a Jurchen either. It's very difficult for me to climb all the way to this position. Do you know how difficult it is?!"

Wanyan Ben was speechless when he saw the corners of his eyes twitching.

After a while, Xu Lin sneered and walked straight to his military tent after passing Wanyan Benjian.

Wanyan Benjian turned around and looked at Xu Lin's leaving back. His anger didn't rise but instead fell. After a while, he just felt powerless all over, he sighed deeply, and the meaning of retreat rose in his heart.

He is old and doesn't want to continue fighting, and he can't fight anymore.

After this battle, it's almost time for him to let go of everything and return to his true self... Well, if this battle can be won.

In the next few days, Jin Jun acted according to the orders jointly issued by Wanyan Benjian and Xu Lin. Apart from surrounding Hejian City and waiting for it, he did not attack again.

The generals led their armies to attack the many rural fortresses discovered by the rangers.

The large and small rural docks were attacked by the Jin army rapidly. Facing the attack of a large number of crossbows and trebuchets, the guards in the docks lacked relevant countermeasures.

Su Yonglin allocated a lot to them for individual soldier equipment, but military equipment and the like are mainly used by the major cities, leaving very little for each fortress, and each fortress itself also has its own weapon reserves, so this Neither did it care.

Until this time, they did not know exactly where the gap between the regular army and amateur armed groups was.

It couldn't be better understood.

The huge flying stones are constantly destroying the defensive facilities of the dock. Once the supporting facilities are destroyed, the only remaining defense is the line of defense piled up with human lives.

However, at this time, once the dock was breached, there would be no suspense in the next battle.

Some responsible and courageous tyrants will choose to bring their strong men to the forefront to buy time for the old, weak, women and children to retreat.

And some tyrants who have little responsibility and a strong desire to survive will choose to run away with their cronies and leave the rest to Jin Jun.

But no matter whether it is the tyrannical squire who decides to go up on his own or decides to run away, he is quite powerless in the face of the superior cavalry of the Jin Army.

Once the dock is lost and the formation is lost, the infantry is the lamb to be slaughtered in the face of the cavalry, unable to compete with it.

Therefore, the guard troops of the tyrannical gentry were constantly defeated and killed under the attack of the golden soldiers, and suffered heavy losses.

But this is their own choice.

Su Yonglin asked them if they wanted to enter the city, or simply go south to Shandong to escape. Some local forces accepted Su Yonglin's suggestion, or entered the city together, or simply went south.

Others said no, they wanted to stick to their own land and believed that they could tide over the difficulties.

However, things in the world are not always so in line with people's wishes.

As a result, they, along with their families and farmers, suffered a catastrophe.

(End of this chapter)