Chapter 520: Sowing Discord
The reason why Zhao Ta adopted the tactics of capturing one place and consolidating one place and fighting steadily was that he was worried that because the attack speed was too fast, he would not be able to consolidate the rear, so he would fall into the dilemma of endless rebellion and repeated suppression. Guerrilla warfare is another headache, because the Jurchens occupy a favorable geographical position, people, and have the conditions for full development, so he has always taken the annihilation of the enemy's living forces as his main combat goal, that is, he is worried that once the Jin army is divided into countless squads and entangles with him, it will not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also difficult to deal with because the army and the people are not separated.
Now Mou Yan suddenly abandoned the city and used the strategy of dividing troops to deal with the siege tactics of the Song army, which made Zhao Ta surprised and annoyed, he didn't want to march forward in front of him, but the backyard was shining. However, if they were to eliminate them one by one, they would involve a lot of their own troops and delay the pace of their own attack, wouldn't it be in line with their wishes?
"Your Majesty, I think it's very strange and unconventional for the Jin army to suddenly change its tactics to defend the city." Zhao Lian said suddenly.
"What's wrong with that?" Zhao asked.
"Your Majesty, Jeju has already completed the pre-war preparations for the retreat of the fortified Qingye into the city, and now that we have troops under the city, only ten miles away from the city, they suddenly sent troops to sneak out of the city to regain control of those abandoned fortresses, is it a bit hasty, and those fortresses were damaged before they withdrew, and they lacked grain and grass reserves, so it can be said that they do not have the conditions to resist the attack, if they want to use guerrilla tactics to resist us, why bother?" Zhao Lian said.
"yes, wouldn't they take off their pants and fart when they do that." Zhao Yong also nodded, feeling that what Zhao Lian thought was indeed reasonable.
"This can only show one problem, the lieutenant general of Jeju City is not in harmony!" Zhao Ta immediately thought of this question as soon as Zhao Lian mentioned it.
"Majesty Xià analyzes it. Wanyan Alin's previous younger generation was not famous for martial arts, but his understanding and sensitivity. He is familiar with Jurchen, Khitan characters and Chinese characters, so he is favored by Wanyan Kang. Although he was given a military position, he never led his troops into battle; The Mouyan brothers were born in generals, deeply influenced by their father and brother, skilled in archers and horses, and grew up in the military with their father since childhood, so it can be said that they do not learn how to arrange troops. Gao Zhong took over and said.
"Wanyan Alin was able to serve as the governor of the Huanglong Mansion and the head of the soldiers and horses, which was the compromise made by Wushu after adjusting the rebellion case, first, to give the emperor face; the second is to win over Zongxiong; The third is to supervise the implementation of the strategy of the imperial court by the Mouyan brothers. This can explain why the initial Jianbi Qingye was implemented, and then the two may have fought against each other in order to fight for power, and Mouyan did not do anything, and left Ah Lin to do it alone. Zhao Ta nodded. The civil and military rivalry has not stopped in all dynasties, and the Jin State also has this problem, and excessive interference of civilian officials in the military will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among military attachés.
If it is someone else, the imperial court can still suppress it, but Mou Yan is also of noble birth, and his father and brother will not die now, and sending this upstart to come has already made him a little more dissatisfied in his heart. Next, Ah Lin bluntly implemented the imperial edict, and used his power to suppress people and deepen the contradictions between the two sides. Although it is not clear what led to the outbreak of the contradiction between the two sides, it can be seen from the current situation that Mou Yan has the upper hand and controls the power of Jeju City.
"陛xià. Can we use the conflict between the two of them to break the plan? Zhao Yong said after a moment of silence.
"This is indeed an opportunity, but it is not easy to make Ah Lin Salty Fish turn over, do you already have a plan!" Zhao Ta looked at Zhao Yongdao.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates thought that they could send heavy troops to attack those forts of the Jin army. Small battles and big fights, making a noise. one is to deter and conspire, so that it has the illusion that its own plan is difficult to stop our army; The second can be used to hype up. said that our army was actually not afraid of plotting, and his father and brother were so powerful back then. We killed them all, and it was him. Now I'm afraid of Ah Lin. Worried that it would be difficult to annihilate if it could not be entrenched, now that the Jin army has left the city to restore the fort, it is giving us various opportunities to break through. Zhao Yong said.
"Well, it's not bad, spreading rumors to shake the morale of its army, but it's not enough to put Ah Lin back in power or exacerbate their infighting." Zhao Ta affirmed Zhao Yong's train of thought, but felt that the heat was still too much.
"Yes, although Mou Yan has courage and no strategy, but his brother Shi Gu is able to make good decisions, and may be able to see through our plans, if we can get rid of this person, we can lose a lot of help, then we will reduce a lot of resistance when attacking the city." Gao Pet nodded and said.
"The question is already out, how to solve it is your business, I just need to watch the excitement, but within half a month, I will go to Jeju City to have a banquet!" Zhao Ta looked at everyone and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, your subordinates will conquer the city as scheduled." Zhao Yong and the others understood as soon as they heard it, the emperor wanted to be the shopkeeper again, but this time he set a deadline for them, and if they couldn't do it, they had to do it in military law......
Without waiting for the Jin army to use the fortress to launch an attack, the next day the Song army began a large-scale point operation, they dispatched half of the troops, a total of 12 brigades, with the cooperation of artillery, with the speed of a lion fighting a rabbit, to attack the Jin army fort located in the rear and on the flank, and at the same time sent part of the troops to ambush on the main road outside Jeju to attack the reinforcements of the neighboring fortress that came to the rescue after receiving the police. The battalion also strengthened its patrol force and set up perimeter guard positions in key areas to prevent enemy troops from attacking and harassing and blocking the infiltrated enemy troops.
In the face of the strong attack of the Song army, the Jin army's fortress was powerless to stop, and the Song army often only needed one round of artillery fire to collapse its thin wall, and the small space of the fortress had no place to hide, and it had suffered heavy casualties before the battle, unable to resist the Song army's next attack, all that could be done was to abandon the village and flee. However, the Song army did not destroy the fortress as it had done in the past, but rebuilt it and left troops to garrison it, which became their stronghold to protect the communication arteries and cut off the Jin army's communication with each other.
In the face of the Song army's frantic counterattack, Mou Yan had to order the follow-up soldiers who left the city to abandon the fortress, but took advantage of the familiar terrain to hide in the wilderness and woods, and suddenly gathered and scattered to attack the Song army's baggage and the fortress occupied. However, this tactic also had little effect, because the Song army had already taken control of the strongholds on the main communication routes and could send reinforcements to the attacked troops at any time, and to take down the fortresses they guarded was basically an impossible task for the 'guerrillas' without heavy weapons, and they faced the danger of being surrounded and annihilated. The other is that the Jin army did too well in the early stage of the work of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, so that after they left the city, they lacked food and drink, and they could not get the assistance of their clansmen, so they had to sleep in the open and fight alone, and they could not hold on for a long time.
The frequent defeats made the morale of the army low, and they were also suspicious of the tactics that Mou Yan fought out, and what made Mou Yan and others even more anxious was that there were more and more rumors with the defeated soldiers who fled back to the city. It was rumored that the Song army was afraid of the governor Ah Lin, and was worried that he would stick to the city with all his might, which would cause them great casualties, so that they could not afford to enter the capital. But the Song army is not afraid of this reckless man, he has the courage and no strategy, and he is even a fool who has even taken the general's flag, and he will preside over the military administration of Jeju sooner or later, the city will be destroyed and people will die.
What is even more terrifying is the suspicion from the clansmen, because there are rumors that the reason why Mou Yan insisted on restoring the fortress outside the city was because there was a lack of food and grass in the city, and it was simply unable to support so many people, and if the Song army besieged the city for a month, it would have to run out of food. Therefore, he knew that sending troops out of the city would fail, but in order to reduce the burden of supply, consume the excess population, and reduce the pressure of defending the city, he would send batches of people out of the city to die.
"Shi Gu Nai, now there are rumors in the city, and several Meng'an asked to stop the restoration of the fortress, so as not to waste troops in vain, and after I refused, they repeatedly shirked after receiving grain and grass, and refused to leave the city for a long time." Wanhu Mansion Mouyan convened his cronies and brothers to discuss the matter, he said with a frown.
"Yes, the people in the city are unstable now, especially those who were broken through the fortress by the Song army, and privately complained that Wanhu should not disobey the general order of the governor to send troops out of the city and suffer heavy losses, but with little success, it is better to hide in the city." Haili also said.
"Stupid, it is precisely because we continue to send troops out of the city to attack and harass that the Song army cannot free up its hands to attack the city, and I suspect that it is the Song army that deliberately spreads rumors to disturb our army's mind, implements counter-plots, and provokes contradictions between us and Ah Lin to achieve their goals." Shi Gu Nai couldn't help but scold.
"I think it's Ah Lin's guy who spreads rumors, he is disgruntled by us, and it just so happens that these battles are not going well, so he took the opportunity to make rumors to raise himself, so as to regain power with this force, I think Zhao Er will be difficult to guess what happened in our city even if he is reincarnated as a god, let alone say good things for Ah Lin." Haili disagrees with Shi Gunai's analysis.
"Well, I also thought that Ah Lin's house was the mastermind, and the spies found that someone secretly visited the governor's mansion at night and plotted to regain power, and he also replaced all the soldiers defending the governor's mansion with the government army." Mou Yan said, speaking of which, he felt that the whiplash on his back was unbearable.
"Hmph, just rely on Ah Lin and a few small shrimps in the city who tend to be inflammatory, as long as we hold the treasury firmly in our hands, everyone has to look at our faces and act, otherwise we can only starve to death!" Shi Gu Nai was not worried about this, and said with a sneer.
"Report to 10,000 households, the Governor's Mansion has come to say that the envoys in Beijing have arrived, please go and listen to the decree." At this time, a soldier came in and reported.
"Oh, the Song army has now cut off all the roads, how did the envoys get to us, and the soldiers guarding the city have not been reported, will there be any fraud?" Shi Gu Nai was suspicious when he heard this, especially when the two sides had already turned their faces, and he couldn't help but let him have more eyes when he suddenly came.
"What are you afraid of, Jeju City is the world of our Ogibu, and he can still turn the sky!" Mou Yan didn't care, he didn't believe that Ah Lin dared to ...... him (To be continued......)