Qiming 1158

Chapter 421 Wanyanliang insists on going south

Wanyanliang's answer was to go south at all costs.

He started this war in order to ease the sharp contradictions within the Jin Kingdom and reshape his majesty as an emperor. If the war is not won and it ends, the contradictions will only get worse until he is completely swallowed up.

He would not and could not choose to retreat.

So after being silent for a while, Wanyanliang took the battle report to Wanyan Benjian and asked Wanyan Benjian's opinion.

After seeing the battle report, Wanyan Ben asked Wanyan Liang and said, "Your Majesty, do you have to go south? The old minister thought that at this moment, the withdrawal of troops would be a good thing..."

"I don't want to hear this, you just talk about how to go south! Don't mention withdrawing troops!"

Wanyan Liang frowned and interrupted Wanyan Benjian angrily.

Wanyan sighed inwardly, knowing that the emperor would not give up going south, and then marked on the map the fortifications of the Restoration Army that he knew so far.

"Your Majesty, please see, Zhending, Anxi, Puyin, Boye, Hejian, the five cities are connected in one line. From the current point of view, they should belong to the first line of defense of the bandit army. The bandit army faces our army's attack. In vain, the city is connected into a line for defense.

However, Hebei belongs to the plains, and one horse is Pingchuan. No matter how it is stationed, as long as one of the points is breached, the entire line of defense is meaningless. There may be several similar lines of defense in the future, but as long as our army attacks all the way to the south, and opens a road to the south, Then the defense of the bandit army is meaningless. "

Wanyan Liang looked at Wanyan Ben's marked map and was not happy.

"There are always cities that have to be conquered no matter what. Hejian is like this, it is really like this, continue to go south, Jing'an is like this, Xindu is like this, all the way south, all the way to attack the city, then how much does it take to go further south? Time? If every city is the same as Hejian and Boye, how will this battle be fought?"

Wanyan Benjian opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, according to the current situation, if the bandit army really has deployed defenses in many cities, blocking our army's only way to the south and forcing our army to attack, then the strength of our army will be reduced. Doubling the amount, or doubling the food stock, is not enough.

The Art of War says that attacking a city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the highest, and attacking the city, unless there are only hundreds of guards in the city and there is no adequate preparation, it can be attacked in a few days. This is the easiest.

If there are more than [-] troops in the city, and there is food, it will take at least half a month. If there are thousands of troops in the city, food, grass, and weapons are available, and the morale is high, it will be difficult to break the city within two months. "

Wanyan Liang took a deep breath and slammed the map hard.

"The thief is hateful! Hateful!"

After venting for a while, Wanyan Liang nervously asked Wanyan Benjian, "Then what are the countermeasures? This battle is a battle of national fortunes. I cannot fail, and the Great Golden Kingdom cannot fail."

Of course Wanyan Benjian did not dare to give any suggestion of retreating.

After thinking about it, he could only say: "The only way to do this now is to use our army's superiority in strength, use a large number of troops to protect the food route, surround the necessary cities, clear a road for the cavalry to go south, and use it as a food route at the same time. "

Wanyan Liang stared at the map and whispered, "What do you mean, spread out the infantry to surround the cities that must be captured in exchange for the cavalry's way south?"

Wanyan Benjian nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, our army's advantage lies in the cavalry, not in sieging the city. It is the best strategy to confront the bandit army under the city. We must give full play to the strength and advantages of our army's cavalry, so as to coerce the bandit army."

"But how can I have so many infantry to besiege the city? I have only tens of thousands of soldiers in my hands. If a big city like Hejian wants to besiege and deterrence, it must not be less than 1 people. How far south can it go?"

Wanyan Liang looked at Wanyan Ben angrily.

Wanyan Benjian shook his head.

"A siege of a city is not the same as fighting a war. As long as our army is in a position to besiege without attacking or feigning attack, how can the bandit army have the courage to go out of the city to attack under the power of the army? In this way, the signing army and even the people can make use of it, as long as There are enough people."

Wanyan Liang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You mean, a small number of regular soldiers are paired with a large number of signing troops or civilians, bluffing and confronting the defenders in the city?"

"That's it."

Wanyan nodded.

"Then what if the defenders in the city take the initiative to attack and find that our army is vulnerable, break through the siege and threaten our army's food supply? What does the signing army look like? Don't tell me you don't know, do you Hope for the signing of the army?"

Wanyanliang continued to ask—even if he always stayed in the palace, he was well aware of the emergency existence of signing troops, and knew that this group of signing troops had absolutely no possibility of relying on them.

In this regard, Wanyan Benjian is also very clear.

"Then we can only increase the escort army that transports the grain to be emergency at any time. If the thief army is not large, it may be possible to defeat it and keep the army's grain route from being threatened."

Wan Yanliang felt that this was unreliable.

"Is this too risky? If the army is too deep, it will rely heavily on the grain route to transport food. If there is a slight problem, everything will be lost. If there is no perfect strategy, it will be too dangerous..."

The only solution is to withdraw!

Of course not for you.

Wanyan Ben shook his head again after seeing the slander.

"Your Majesty, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy on the battlefield, and no one can guarantee victory. The famous generals of the ancient times have a [-]% chance of winning and will be able to attack. If they have a [-]% chance of winning, they must go all out. Other than that, only…”

Wanyan Benjian looked at Wanyanliang nervously, hoping that Wanyanliang could say the words [withdrawal].

But he was disappointed.

Wanyanliang was silent for a moment, then thought about it for a while, and nodded slowly.

"You're right, so let's do it this way, it's just... hateful! So far, I still don't know where the main force of the bandit army is! Where is the bandit Su!"

Wanyan Benjian sighed secretly, feeling that he could no longer change anything, so he could only follow Wanyanliang's wishes.

"As long as we go all the way south, we can finally find the main force of the Su thief. Our army does not know where the main force of the Su thief is, and the main force of the Su thief will not know where the main force of our army is. Your Majesty need not worry about this."

Wanyan Liang felt uneasy.

"But if we can't find the main force of the bandit army, our army's food supply is very dangerous."

Wanyan Benjian replied: "Since the Su thief is the head coach, since it is impossible to put himself in a dangerous place, the Su thief must be in Shandong. If our army wants to find the main force of the Su thief, it must go to Shandong, and must wear clothes. through Hebei.

As for the grain, although there are many dangers, it is not impossible. The thieves have strong walls and clear fields. In addition to the city, there are also the surrounding farms and castles. "

Wanyan Liang thought about it this way, and felt that Wanyan Benjian was considered very thoughtful for him.

"The old general is old-fashioned, and he is worthy of being an important minister of the country."

"Your Majesty is wrong."

Wanyan Benjian said this, in fact, he even thought about whether he should write a will in advance and send it home, so that his family could prepare early.

As a professional general, Wanyan Benjian's consideration is of course a little deeper.

He knew why Heshi Lie Liangbi was so helpless, and also knew that his advice to Wanyanliang was purely to cater to Wanyanliang's offensive strategic thinking, and he just pushed it up.

It is also the only viable offensive strategy at present.

He himself felt that this strategy was too risky, and it was best not to use it.

But it was this kind of risky strategy that Wanyan Liang actually adopted.

Wanyan Ben suddenly felt that the prospects were not good.

Before the war started, he heard news from the palace that Wen Dunsizhong tried to dissuade Wanyan Liang from going south before his death, and asked Wanyan Liang to rely on the superior terrain to defend Yanyun, not to fight head-on with the Restoration Army, to calm down his own internal strife while accumulating strength, Wait for the times to change.

Either instigate the Southern Song Dynasty and the Restoration Army to go to war, or buy off the internal generals of the Restoration Army, so that the Restoration Army directly explodes internally.

This is a very meaningful approach in Wanyan Benjian's view.

It took only two years for the Restoration Army to have two coups, and two leaders were changed. It is conceivable that there are many internal instability.

At this time, the comparison is strategic determination, to see who can hold his breath better.

But after thinking deeply, Wanyan Benjian suddenly realized that Wen Dunsizhong didn't take into account an important premise when thinking about the problem-Wanyanliang had to be more stable than Su Yonglin.

Is he stable?
Ha ha.

(End of this chapter)