Qiming 1158

Chapter 529 The situation facing the Restoration Army is very serious
Just as Su Yonglin had expected, Chen Kangbo did talk to Zhao Zuoliang about things that he had not discussed with Yu Yunwen before, and the content of the conversation was completely different in level.

Before, I was only tentatively talking about some borderline content, but this time, it seems to be a little deeper to the core.

Chen Kangbo directly asked him what he had learned about the governance of the place, what thoughts he had, whether he felt that the governance was difficult or not smooth, and whether there was something lacking.

This made Zhao Zuoliang feel a little unhappy.

What upset Zhao Zuoliang the most was that Chen Kangbo told the story of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.

What he meant between the lines was to compare Su Yonglin and the Guangfu Army with Xiang Yu and Jiang Dong's disciples, and told Xiang Yu's last tragic experience.

It sounds that Chen Kangbo's words are very considerate, and he has always put himself in the shoes of the Liberation Army to consider the future, saying that governance is not easy, financial difficulties are difficult, and the selection of talents is an eternal problem.

But Zhao Zuoliang still heard that Chen Kangbo was testing their views on independence and attachment.

snort!
Zhao Zuoliang patiently waited for Chen Kangbo to finish speaking, without refuting him, and then followed his words, started talking about Kaifeng, and turned to the offensive.

The Restoration Army did not have much confidence in governing Kaifeng, so they hoped to discuss with Song Guo to see if they could sell Kaifeng to Song Guo through a transaction to earn some hard work.

"Kaifeng sold it to me?"

At that time, Chen Kangbo was shocked.

"Yes, it is really difficult to manage Kaifeng. We are not able to do it. We wanted to return Kaifeng to the Great Song Dynasty. However, some people in the army objected, saying that Kaifeng could not be given away without anything, so Yu It's reasonable, and selling Kaifeng for a good price can be considered as an explanation for them, right?"

Zhao Zuoliang smiled, like a pure businessman, without a trace of political calculations.

This request of the Restoration Army made Chen Kangbo and the envoys of Song State unprepared, and some of the previous ideas were all stranded, and Zhao Zuoliang was directly led astray.

There is no way, as the old capital of the Song Dynasty, if it can be captured without bloodshed and returned to the old capital, the political symbolism of that is too great.

No one can ignore this proposal of the Restoration Army, so that some of the original issues were directly put on hold, and all of them were transferred to discussions in this area.

On behalf of the Liberation Army lion, Zhao Zuoliang asked a very high price, which made Chen Kangbo feel a little frightened.

But in any case, he feels that this matter can be discussed, but he does not have such high authority and needs to ask the court for instructions.

It happened that Zhao Jinnu and others also came, so let them go back together first, ask the emperor for instructions, and then discuss it when it is determined.

After returning to Linyi, Zhao Zuoliang sent people to go to Zhongdu to tell Su Yonglin about this matter, and asked him what he planned to do next. If the price was really negotiated, would he really want to deliver Kaifeng and the entire Nanjing Road to the Southern Song Dynasty.

In Zhao Zuoliang's view, it was not easy for the Restoration Army to take Nanjing Road, and Nanjing Road, as the hinterland of the Central Plains, was of great strategic and economic significance.

Although it is said to be a ticking time bomb, no matter what, it was captured by the soldiers of the Restoration Army with all their might.

Just like this, how can the Henan Corps be stationed there?

After the people sent by Zhao Zuoliang arrived in the Central Capital, Su Yonglin had just completed the task of reorganizing the last army of the Liaodong Corps, and had approved the last mobilization order. The Liaodong Corps was about to take shape, and the plan to capture Liaoyang Prefecture could also begin.

Immediately afterwards, he got news from Zhao Zuoliang, and learned that the bargaining with the Southern Song Dynasty about Kaifeng was about to start.

Zhao Zuoliang was skeptical and negative about whether Kaifeng and Nanjing Road should be handed over to the Southern Song Dynasty.

In fact, Su Yonglin's attitude on this matter has not changed.

If the price can be negotiated, and the Southern Song Dynasty really gave the money in place, then give it to them, it doesn't matter, it will be recovered sooner or later anyway.

In this way, it will be easier to approach Kaifeng, and once again the siege of Kaifeng, kill people, let Zhao Gou experience what his father and his brother experienced back then.

You don't even need to use the water army to destroy the main force of the Song army, why not do it.

But if the Southern Song Dynasty wants to do something, play tricks with him on the issue of price, or even plan to fight with him, then he is absolutely unambiguous.

All in all, just don't take the initiative to start a war with the Southern Song Dynasty before hammering the Jin Kingdom to death, but if the Southern Song Dynasty is looking for a beating, then there is no need to stop, just clean up him.

As for the opinions of the army that Zhao Zuoliang was concerned about, Su Yonglin was not worried, because he firmly held the control of the army, and the Restoration Army would not go against his wishes, that's for sure.

On the other hand, the situation is so big right now, and the test for the Restoration Army is still very severe.

Several major corps have been formed one after another. The time is tight and the tasks are heavy. The number of veterans is relatively small, so the training and ideological education are not in place. Therefore, based on the current observation, the overall combat effectiveness of the Liberation Army is showing a downward trend.

The most direct manifestation is the previous Battle of Tongguan.

Su Yonglin ordered Zhang Yuejing a few months ago to lead his troops to try to attack Tongguan and hold the gate.

So Zhang Yuejing dispatched Zhou Zhi to lead the reorganized You Yijun to attack Luoyang.

At the beginning, the advance went smoothly. The few Jin troops left behind in Luoyang did not dare to resist, and all the Jurchen soldiers fled. The remaining Han Chinese defenders tied the Luoyang county magistrate who was trying to resist, and surrendered directly to the Restoration Army. Luoyang was defeated without attacking.

After Zhou Zhi killed the Luoyang magistrate who was unwilling to surrender, he pursued his victory and pursued it like a broken bamboo.

As a result, You Yijun failed to capture Tongguan after attacking for more than a month, and progress was slow.

After the Jin army retreated into Tongguan, it was like a different species. It became extremely tough and fierce. Relying on the superior terrain, it was tightly defended and fought bravely. Zhou Zhi tried his best to use up gunpowder and siege stone bullets and failed to win Tongguan.

It was not that Zhou Zhi didn't work hard. He used his personal troops to organize the rest of the army to attack the city wall 21 times, but he was also driven off the city wall 21 times. All the attacks failed.

Jin Bing seems to be dead and wants to be nailed to Tongguan. No matter what, he will not let the Restoration Army attack Tongguan. Wave after wave, he will defend the city on top of it.

As a result, the Restoration Army lost more than a thousand soldiers and failed to win Tongguan.

Zhou Zhi took this seriously, interrogated the captured deserters, and found that they were all former Jinbing soldiers.

This situation made Zhou Zhi realize that nothing could be violated, and it was time for him to make a decision.

So at the suggestion of the military secretary Chen Zhixue, Zhou Zhi reluctantly chose to retreat, led his army to leave Tongguan and returned to Luoyang, and reported the matter to Zhang Yuejing.

Zhang Yuejing was a little surprised when he learned that Zhou Zhi failed to take down Tongguan, but was hit by Tongguan and his head was bleeding.

After receiving the report, Su Yonglin carefully analyzed it and quickly came to a conclusion.

The expansion of the Henan Corps is too fast, and the number of real veterans is too small, only in the early [-]s, and the rest are either surrendered or newly recruited soldiers. To be frustrated.

Political, cultural, education and military training must keep up. If we don't keep up with this aspect, we will continue to expand blindly, and we will suffer.

However, Su Yonglin felt that it was better to be frustrated now than to find out the problem in the future, and there was still time to make up for it.

So Su Yonglin ordered Zhang Yuejing and the Corps secretary Wen Anzhi to come up with a training regulation.

For a period of time in the future, the Henan Corps should not take the initiative to raise troops to fight, but should devote all its energy to defense and training, and give full play to the education and training experience accumulated by the Liberation Army in the past for recruits and surrendered soldiers.

The Henan Corps urgently needs training and education.

Likewise, the Restoration Army is in urgent need of rectification and education.

(End of this chapter)