Chapter 135 War Is Politics
Wu Shu finally returned to Zhending Mansion in pain.
The 100,000 troops brought out last year were rolling in like flash floods and tsunamis when they went south.
No one dared to show off its strength along the way, and it had the potential to sweep through all the wastelands.
The results of it?
Thousands were lost outside Tokyo, another three thousand were killed outside Cizhou, and thousands more were killed on the way north.
Nearly 20,000 people were lost.
Twenty thousand people!
This was naturally the norm for the Song Dynasty. After all, the entire army had been wiped out at every turn in recent years, and nearly 300,000 people died in Shaanxi this time.
But for the Jin army that swept across the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, it definitely had a big impact on the psychological level.
The pleasure of me overlooking you, going deep in and hitting you casually, suddenly weakened a lot.
It seems that the Great Song Dynasty is no longer the Great Song Dynasty that can be penetrated deeply casually. At least this time, the head injury was serious and it took time to treat.
Of course, in addition to losing 20,000 people, Wu Shu was extremely annoyed by the soldiers and people of the Song Dynasty.
However, Wu Shu's military level is considered to be top-notch. It is already very good to be able to maintain the overall situation at this time and successfully transfer the army back to Zhending Mansion.
After all, counting purely on military strength, there are still 80,000 people who have gone back.
The cavalry suffered no losses.
Almost all of the 10,000 cavalry brought out were brought back, and all the losses were infantry.
As long as people are still there, morale can be slowly restored, but it just takes time.
Moreover, given the strength of the Jin army, morale will not be restored slowly.
In fact, Wu Shu wanted to stop the retreat midway several times and reorganize his army to fight the Song army in a frontal field battle.
But I am afraid of falling into this situation of low morale. After all, the first task now is to withdraw troops quickly to support Shaanxi.
Therefore, Wu Shu has always maintained restraint and has not taken action on a large scale.
Next, Wu Shu shrank in Zhending City and could not come out.
He was waiting for news from Zong Han. Since he was marching west to support Lou Shi, he naturally had to do a good job of coordination, not just go there.
At least the troops and horses have not moved, and the food and fodder should go first.
Tens of thousands of troops have entered Shaanxi. How long will the fight last? How much food will be needed? They all have to be redeployed.
Of course, Wanyan Gao, who was in Yanjing, had already arranged for people to coordinate these matters at the rear.
On the fifth day of February, just as Zhao Ning sent a large number of spies to capture Wanyan Zonghan's withdrawal route and prepare to surprise Zonghan, Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai who was in Shangjing Mansion also received the news that the Lou family had been hit hard in Shaanxi.
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In fact, during the battle in Chang'an, Shaanxi, both sides felt that they had been severely damaged.
The Kingdom of Jin is now starting to mobilize its elite troops and prepare to flatten Shaanxi with all its strength.
Those who impeached Zhang Jun during the Song Dynasty lined up from the north gate to the south gate of Tokyo City.
There are even people who are alarmist and listen to memorials every day, saying that the Song Dynasty will end sooner or later if it continues like this.
Officials, please hurry up and move to the southeast. In a little while, the Jin army will push from Shaanxi into Tongguan, and many more armies will join forces in Tokyo.
The Zhengshitang also announced Zhang Jun's memorial. The implication was that the towns in Shaanxi were still within the control of Xianggong Zhang, and the war situation had not collapsed yet.
But I don’t believe it!
When many people heard that nearly 300,000 people died in the war in Shaanxi, didn't this mean the sky was falling?
All the previous military expenditures have been wasted?
10 million yuan!
Isn’t this just a waste of time!
The noise is either today at the palace gate crying about how loyal and patriotic you are, or tomorrow you will write a eloquent memorial analyzing the pros and cons and saying that you want to move the capital to the southeast.
It is also said that Liu Qi from Shaanxi cut off the horse's legs to break the crippled horse. If this was the case, why didn't other Song troops use it?
Some civil servants sat at home and were filled with indignation, saying that there was a group of stupid people in the army. Since cutting off the horse's legs was effective, only Liu Qi thought that they were not stupid!
Some officials even went so far as to scold Zongze in a memorial, saying that Zongze had no great talent and didn't even know how to cut a horse's leg. It only took me three days to beat the gold thief until he didn't even know his mother.
In moments of chaos, all kinds of demonic remarks came out.
Isn't it a joke that some administrative officials just need to be honest about people's livelihood management and insist on talking too much about military matters?
Can the Jin army be defeated by cutting off a horse's legs?
This is so fucking easy!
The Jurchen people are not a nomadic people. They are a fishing and hunting people and a semi-agricultural people. They are not all cavalry like the Huns and Turks.
There were quite a few infantry in the Jin army, and they were heavy infantry wearing iron armor.
The function of the kidnapping horse is to attack the enemy's flanks, cut the enemy's troops, and destroy the opponent's military formation. At the same time, the heavy infantry presses in to attack the enemy's effective force.
Besides, can you defeat a kidnapping horse by cutting off its legs?
When did fighting become so easy?
Then you can capture the enemy's position by blocking the enemy's machine gun muzzle with your body. Why don't the bald army use this trick?
Why?
Did the bald army not know that they could seize the enemy's position by blocking the muzzle of the enemy's machine gun?
This tactic can only be used by armies with strict military discipline!
Only those soldiers who are not afraid of death dare to use it!
Is this a tactic of cutting off a horse's legs?
It is easy to shake the mountains, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army. The Yue family army is awesome!
It's the heroes who stop the enemy's gun with their own flesh and blood regardless of their own death, not the tactics.
Otherwise, why did so many people die in the war in Shaanxi this time?
At that time, Guaizima collapsed, and the huge impact was like a torrent that broke a dike. I don't know how many Song troops were crushed to death!
That is a record of achievements piled up with human lives, and it is definitely not something that some civil servants can do easily by just opening their mouths!
Sometimes Zhao Ning really wants to throw all those civil servants who are chattering all day long to the front line, so that they can shine there and realize their dream!
There are endless debates in Tokyo, and the capital of the Jin Kingdom is not much better now.
The results of the frontline war finally spread to politics after a period of time, triggering political struggles.
The Lou family suffered heavy losses in Shaanxi, and the main faction of the Jin Dynasty began to prepare for action.
On February 6, Wanyan Wu begged for an emergency meeting.
Wanyan Wu Qimai said: "The Lou family suffered heavy losses in Shaanxi. I know Banbo Jilie (Wanyan Gao) has issued a withdrawal order to the central and eastern fronts and fully supports the western front. What do you think of this matter?"
What do you think?
How else to look at this?
Wanyan Gao, the first leader of the main war faction of the Jin Kingdom, was stationed in Yanjing during this incident. Who was left in Shangjing?
People like Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongpan.
Who is Wanyan Zongqian?
The eldest son of Aguda, the great ancestor of Jin Dynasty, was Khulubo Jilie.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Aguda set up a familiar class, Guolun, Amai, and Zan Sibo Jilie to jointly take charge of the state affairs.
Among them, Banbo Jilie was the leader. During the period of Wanyan Wu's begging, Banbo Jilie became the crown prince, that is, Wanyan Gao, one person was less than ten thousand people.
And the power of Khulubo Jilie was more or less divided by Shibanbo Jilie.
At this time, the various forces in the Jin Dynasty were unbalanced. The power represented by Wanyan Gao was the dominant one. Zong Han alone could help Wanyan Gao support most of the situation.
You should know that Zong Han had many advisors and generals under his command.
Lou Shi, who spoke with great weight and could compete with Zong Han, was a person who never participated in political struggles, while Zong Wang was a very Buddhist Buddhist.
The ambitious Wanyan Zongpan, who was making noises every day, was not qualified to carry shoes with Zong Han.
As for Khulubo Jilie and Wanyan Zongqian, he was mostly involved in internal affairs.
Chapter completed!