Chapter 32: Calm, just a feint
If you really make a big move, you won't talk about the misery.
At present, the national strength of the Jin State cannot afford to fight a protracted war with the Great Song Dynasty.
However, Liu Yanzong stood up this time to help Sticky Han carry the flag.
Not to be outdone, he fought back: "Lord Taishi's words are wrong. ”
"Your strategy of exhausting the Song Dynasty is certainly effective, but there is a premise that the army in our rear can successfully stop the army of King Qin of the Great Song Dynasty."
"According to our intelligence, the army of King Qin of the Song Dynasty is not only the elite of the Western Route Army, but also the Dian army in Shandong, Zhejiang and even Yunnan are rushing to this side."
"Once our rear army is broken through by them, then our current army of 150,000 will become a turtle in an urn."
"When the time comes, we can't withdraw if we want to."
Wan Yankang laughed: "General Liu, you're just speculating. ”
"Now, the elite of the Western Road of the Great Song Dynasty are blocked by us to the west of Tongguan, and they can't do anything, they just want to protect themselves. Where can you take care of Song Jun in Bianliang City! ”
"No, that's even more ridiculous, how can war be child's play? If you're not careful, you'll lose everything, and you have to take all the situations into account. ”
"Liu Yanzong, you're here specifically to disagree with me, right?" Wan Yankang was furious.
In his eyes, even if Liu Yanzong worships the vanguard general, he is only a Song man who is left and right!
Now the rising wild Jurchen has become the most noble nobleman in the entire north.
In their eyes, they don't even care about the Khitan and Tubo people, let alone the status of the Song people.
And Liu Yanzong belongs to the three family slaves.
He was previously an official in the Great Song Dynasty.
Later, he took refuge in Liao.
The Jin people destroyed the Liao State, and Liu Yanzong turned to Dajin again.
Such an anti-bone boy should not have gained authority.
But Wanyan Zongwang gave him a high-ranking official and even made him a central member of Daikin.
and the qualifications to discuss military and political affairs with the commander-in-chief.
Liu Yanzong shook his head, and said lightly: "Lord Taishi, you can underestimate the faint monarch of the Song Dynasty, but you can't underestimate the generals of the Great Song Dynasty. ”
"If the Western Route Army does not continue the offensive, and the Song Army in Shandong and other places begins to jointly encircle and suppress our rear."
"Our army's food and grass will be cut off very quickly."
"Since ancient times, it has been taboo for soldiers to go deep alone, you must understand this truth, right?"
In fact, the Jin army went south to besiege Bianliang City this time, which was to seek wealth and danger.
They also determined that the Great Song Emperor was weak and incompetent, and they also relied on some factors of their own strength.
Even so, they did not dare to attack rashly.
Because once the siege is fought, it is a war of attrition.
If the Song army was said to defend it, the Jin people would have to lose at least half of their soldiers and horses if they wanted to break through Bianliang.
At that time, relying only on the 50,000 Jurchen iron cavalry outside, can they still resist the siege of the army of King Qinwang of the Sixth Road of the Great Song Dynasty?
Once these 200,000 soldiers and horses were buried in the Central Plains.
The national fortunes of the rise of the Jin people will be completely dispersed.
If you want to rise again, you don't know how many years later.
Therefore, with such a little belongings, the golden people can't afford to hurt them.
This truth is clearest for Wanyan Zongwang.
And Wan Yankang was already angered by Liu Yanzong's words.
Annoyed and angry, he said: "Then according to your idea, attack Bianliang on a large scale?!" ”
Liu Yanzong said with a smile: "We have attacked once before, and the Song army's will to resist should not be underestimated. ”
"Therefore, the best way at the moment is to make a gesture of a large-scale feint to probe the bottom line of the Great Song Dynasty."
"If you really want to fight, you have to weigh it."
That's right, that's the true intention of the Jin people.
They felt that the siege but not the attack had already made Da Song relax his vigilance.
So now it's suddenly taking a stance of going on a big offense.
It was nothing more than a psychological defense line that wanted to oppress Song Qinzong.
Waiting for the envoys of the Song Dynasty to come to the door for peace talks.
At this time, Wanyan Zongwang's eyes were full of appreciation when he looked at Liu Yanzong.
He said, "Okay, don't fight. The essence of the siege of Bianliang lies in a surrounding word. ”
"When to encircle the point and send reinforcements, we will exhaust the peripheral elites of the Great Song Dynasty, and Bianliang City will be self-defeating."
"If we can't destroy the living force of the Great Song Dynasty, what's the use of us taking the risk of breaking through Bianliang?"
"Don't you have to parry the Song army's attack from all directions?"
"Besides, who has the certainty of victory and can break through Bianliang in one fell swoop?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the account was silent.
None of them had that kind of commanding art.
Siege is no better than field battle.
The siege lies in attacking the fortification, and it is precisely the tactic that the Jin cavalry is not good at.
Therefore, as soon as the war starts, it will fall into endless attrition.
Until they come to naught.
Even if Bianliang is taken, it will hurt the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800 by itself.
Therefore, everyone thinks that what Wanyan Zongwang said makes sense.
But Wanyan Zongwang hopes to be among the princes of the Jin Kingdom, among the princes of the Shuai Army.
There are outstanding things that others can't match.
Wanyan Zongwang's considerations are no longer limited to the conventional level of war.
Rather, it has risen to the level of resources and politics.
He fears and even guards against the latter.
Because since the Jin State destroyed the Great Liao, the two major factions of the Birth Jurchen and the Wild Jurchen have begun to prepare for their own territory.
And Wanyan Zonghan (Sticky Han), the general of the Jin State who fought in the south and the north, conquered most of the Liao generals in just two years, and they were loyal to Sticky Han, and at the same time, Sticky Han's account also gathered the birth of Jurchen.
It has formed a party within the Jin State that should not be underestimated.
That was the biggest threat to Wanyan Zongwang, the crown prince.
In addition, Mu Han was a representative of the hard-line Song Eradication faction.
If the Great Song Dynasty is destroyed by him.
Then Yan Zongwang couldn't suppress Mu Han at all.
At that time, the ambition of Sticky Han will lead the Jin Kingdom into a situation out of control.
This is the situation that Wanyan Zongwang is most unwilling to see and least want to accept.
Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang was also anxious.
What he was anxious about was that he didn't use any means to force the Song army to surrender.
The battle maniacs in the barracks will inevitably not be able to sit still, and when the time comes, they will gather fire against themselves.
Now Wanyan Zongwang urgently needs to win people's hearts.
That's why I decided to feint to attack me to deter the Great Song Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Wanyan Zongwang immediately ordered: "Everyone listen to the order, today's front army advances two miles, and after three o'clock in the afternoon, immediately attack the city!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Wan Yankang was depressed again.
Didn't the prince talk about a faction?
Why are you in a hurry to attack tomorrow?
"Your Highness?"
"Akang, supplemented by attack, talk first, I order you to personally supervise tomorrow's battle!"
"Command!"
"Liu Yanzong."
"The end will be."
"You will supervise the cavalry on the left flank of our army, if you find out the truth tomorrow and find that the Song army is weak, you will follow my order to lead the army to attack the north gate of Bianliang."
"Yes."
Wanyan Zongwang arranged tactics one by one.
At this moment, a sentry from the Kingdom of Jin ran in with an arrow.
"Humble to meet the marshal, just now a cavalry of the Song army went out of the city and launched a rain of arrows in the direction of our vanguard camp."
"Our army suffered more than 400 casualties."
The generals of the Jin Kingdom in the account immediately frowned.