Chapter 519: Countermeasures

Wanyan Ah Lin taught the Aoji clan a lesson with a whip, and originally wanted to establish his prestige in the Huanglong Mansion so that he could completely grasp power. But I didn't expect it to backfire, he did this but angered the Aogie Department, and also tore his face, and that night Haili led the troops to raid the Song army camp again and snatched back the Wanhu Shuai Banner, obviously for the honor of the Oki Ministry, in fact, everyone understands that this is a demonstration to Wanyan Alin, the leader of the Huanglong Mansion, Lao Tzu will not listen to you, see what you can do to me!

The next day, Wanyan Alin ascended to the court to discuss the matter, and found that there were very few people who came, except for the staff, generals and a few scribes from the governor's office that he brought from the capital. In a fit of rage, he ordered someone to 'please', but they were all closed, which also made him calm down for a while and consider his current situation......

It can be said that the vast majority of Meng'an and Mouke under the rule of the entire government are all subordinates, and they have some economic powers except for the management of the government treasury and taxes, and the military and political power is in the hands of one person. And Jeju Zhiju is Mouyan's younger brother Shi Gunai, and many of his children have been awarded the positions of Meng'an and Mouke. Let's just say that, the people and officials of Huanglong Mansion can not know the emperor and the prince, but they must not know the Lou family, so whoever is here as an official must let him score three points.

Now the prefectures and counties of Weizhou, Shinju, and Xiangzhou under the Huanglong Prefecture have fallen one after another, and Penn Prefecture is also in danger, leaving only the prefecture to govern Jeju is still completely under the control of the Jin State. And now that the Song army has come to the city, cut off the surrounding arteries, and control the Tongjiang River, Jeju has cut off all communication with the outside world, including communication with Gyeongjung. And now the troops stationed in Jeju are not only the 5,000 standing army of the state, but also the clan troops of Meng'an and Mouke stationed here, so Wanyan Alin is nominally the commander of the soldiers and horses of Huanglong Province. The army that may be mobilized is only the 5,000 standing army, and the local army under the command of Mou Yan is already against him.

In fact, the contradiction between Wanyan and Mou Yan had been planted at the beginning of his arrival. Mou Yan thought that the Song army had hit the Huanglong Mansion. I have been guarding this place for many years, and the court will definitely give full power to myself. But the result was unexpected, and Wanyan Alin was sent here to serve as the chief manager. Since then, Mou Yan thought that Ah Lin used the influence of his father Zongxiong to obtain this position and come here to gild, of course, he was uncomfortable in his heart when he was lost, but the two got along quite well at that time.

And Wanyan Alin also wanted to do a career and achieve military exploits, so he resolutely implemented the policy of clearing the walls and fields arranged by the imperial court and urgently entering the fort, and exchanged time for space to delay until the arrival of winter. Mou Yan is the 10,000 households of Huanglong Mansion and the largest landlord in the local area. In addition to paying taxes to the imperial court, Meng'an also had to pay another share to it, but once the plan of clearing the wilderness was implemented, he had to give up the hundreds of fortresses scattered around the state city, destroy all the crops to be harvested, and not to mention his own huge losses, but also provide war horses, weapons and food for his own people, which required a large amount of expenses. Therefore, when implementing the operational principles of the imperial court, Mou Yan was not active, and found all kinds of excuses to delay. Of course, it made Wanyan and Ah Lin unhappy.

Since then, the two sides have been engaged in constant friction over the use of the treasury's property, grain and grass, and how to resettle the people. Mou Yan wanted to gain more benefits for himself, hoping to open a treasury to help the people who entered the city. But Wanyan Alin thought that he wanted to seize the power in his hands, so he held on to the financial power and did not let go. Not only did he not give him grain and grass, but he also asked him to hand over the surplus grain in his hand to the government treasury for unified scheduling. As a result, the relationship between the two has become increasingly strained. But it can still maintain a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, and it has not torn his face.

And the biggest disagreement between the two is how to deal with the invasion of the Song army. Of course, Ah Lin strictly implements the established policy of the Taishi. He used the deep trenches of the fortified city to block the attack of the Song army, and demanded that Mou Yan hand over the command. He commanded the armies in a unified manner. Mou Yan and Shi Gu Nai thought that it was too passive to hold on to the city, and they should take the initiative to attack, but instead of shrinking into the city as turtles, they advocated focusing on peripheral warfare, relying on the large and small fortresses all over the state city, and harassing the enemy army in turn, forcing them to divide their troops and clear them. They can take the opportunity to concentrate their forces and use the tactics of ambush and surprise attack to attack the enemy, gradually weaken the enemy's strength, and achieve the goal of delaying the enemy's attack.

It is said that although the strategy formulated by Mou Yan and Shi Gu Nai is selfish, the strategy of sticking to the city has been proved to be a failure, from the initial boundary trench to the fortified cities of Jinzhou and Liaoyang, which is enough to explain the problem. Therefore, when the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is the right choice to take advantage of our familiarity with geography and the large number of strongholds to launch an external battle against the enemy based on the state city.

Wanyan Alin, the central commissioner, did not listen to the persuasion, insisted on implementing the established strategy of the imperial court, concentrated his troops in one place and dragged the enemy with a strong city, and refused to adapt to local conditions, he must seek to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, abandon the outer fortress, and concentrate his troops and Ding Zhuang in Jeju City, otherwise the court will impeach them for disobedience and disobedience, and the brothers have no choice but to carry it out, but the contradiction between the two sides has been made public, but they have not torn their faces......

Today's situation has shown the attitude of the Ogibe, and no one will listen to the order anymore, and the two sides have parted ways. And Ah Lin also realized that he was completely hollowed out, and he would not leave the mansion, and even his own life was in the hands of Mou Yan, even if he was killed now, the court would not know, and afterwards they only needed to make up a random reason to deceive the past, anyway, Jeju City was theirs.

Thinking of this, Ah Lin regretted his recklessness yesterday, and only thought about taking advantage of the opportunity to disobey the order, but he didn't expect that they would dare to openly argue with themselves, the chief administrator appointed by the imperial court, so that they now put themselves in such an embarrassing situation. And he also knew that even if his letter could be delivered to the emperor, he would not be punished for it in the event of a large-scale attack by the enemy, otherwise there would be no generals available and no soldiers to adjust.

At this time, a personal soldier came in to report that last night the Oji Department dispatched a large number of Ding Zhuang to sneak back to the abandoned fortress while it was dark, re-establish a stronghold, harass and attack the Song army, and cooperated with the main force of Jeju City to defend the city. Ah Lin smiled bitterly when he heard this, he knew what to do, fortunately, they didn't go out of the city and surrender, and captured themselves and sent them to the Song army. But he completely lost control of the Huanglong Mansion, so how could Ah Lin, who was usurped, be reconciled......

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"Your Majesty, last night the Jin army attacked the camp at night and snatched the captured general flag hanging on the camp gate, this is a mistake of his subordinates, please punish Your Majesty!" At the routine meeting in the camp tent, Zhao Yong first asked for sin.

"Oh, there's this kind of thing, tell me about the situation!" Yesterday, the sound of guns outside the camp rang out for a long time, how could Zhao Ta not hear it, but he didn't expect that the Jin army was just for that flag.

"Your Majesty, last night a group of Jin troops evaded the rangers outside the camp, attacked the secret post, and suddenly appeared in front of the camp, the soldiers on duty hurriedly responded to the battle, and fought fiercely for more than an hour before the enemy repulsed, and no one paid attention to the flag at that time, and it was not found until early in the morning, and it was not found that it could be snatched away by the enemy army who attacked at night." Zhao Yong briefly reported what happened.

"Well, it's not a big deal if a flag is lost, but if the enemy can snatch the flag, it means that they have sneaked under our noses, and our soldiers didn't notice it until then. This shows that in addition to the enemy's superb combat skills, it also shows the laxity of our battalion's defense. The loss of the flag may not be investigated, but the responsibility of those who fail in their duties must be strictly investigated to prevent similar incidents from happening. Zhao Ta thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yong thought that the emperor would be furious, but he didn't expect that he didn't pursue the matter, but just demanded strict military discipline.

"Your Majesty, the scouts who patrolled found that several teams of Jin troops went out of the city last night to re-enter the abandoned fortress, most of them were thousands, and the few were only two or three hundred, I don't know what the intention is, do we want to send troops to clear it?" At this time, Zhao Lian said again.

"What do you think?" Zhao Ta did not answer, but asked the generals.

"It's really strange that the Jin army has gone and returned, do they think they can stop our advance with those thin walls and limited troops?" Zhending calmed down Wang Heng and said.

"I don't think things are simple, a fortified city like Liaoyang City can't stop our artillery fire, Wanyan Alin won't be stupid enough to rely on this to stop us, the intention should be to contain our troops." The wolf general Zhuge Hong said.

"Zhuge , why do you say that?" Zhao Ta pointed at Zhuge Hong and said.

"Your Majesty, you see that there are nearly 100 market towns around Jeju City, covering a radius of 100 miles, and it seems that it is only the place where Meng'an is stationed here, the tuntian of Mouke and the place of commerce, but most of them are around the traffic arteries, forming a big net to cover us." Zhuge Hong pointed to the map and said.

"Go on!" Zhao Ta looked at the map and nodded.

"The people stationed in the fortress are all local tribes, just like the archers of my Great Song Dynasty, who are for the people on weekdays and soldiers in wartime, and have the responsibility of defending the land, and are familiar with the geography here. Our army is strong, and they know that they will never engage our army if they are outmatched, but they use this as a base to exhaust our army by attacking our baggage units, intercepting messengers, and sneaking up on patrols. But when we can't bear to be disturbed, we will definitely send troops to recruit and suppress us, so as to force us to divide our troops, so as to delay time. Zhuge Hong analyzed again.

"This is exactly what kills two birds with one stone, and if we divide too many troops, they can use the main forces in the city to fight against us; If the troops dispatched to fight are small, they can contact friendly forces in the surrounding strongholds to quickly assemble here, so as to fight more and fight less and be surrounded and annihilated by them. Zhao Lianshen thought it was authentic.

"If we can't respond to the change in the tactics of the Jin Army in time, our army may be dragged under this Huanglongfu City!" Zhao Ta said thoughtfully...... (To be continued......)