Wanyan Wushu's strategy seems to be driven by hatred, and in fact there are related factors. However, no one can refute it after it is finalized. This is because his combat ideas are indeed inconsistent with the Jin Dynasty's military tradition.
Conspiring together.
The Jurchens' simple art of war is generally believed to have originated from hunting activities, which made them absolutely calculate and consider their desire for trophies and battle losses... In fact, after the establishment of the Jin Kingdom, although the war itself was given a lot of political considerations
, but in fact, a considerable part of them are still driven by the desire for loot. Even to this day, the demand for plunder is one of the main reasons for the Jin Army's military operations.
And if this desire is placed among high-level commanders, it can naturally be replaced by the idea of capturing thieves and capturing kings.
Historically, Jin Wushu pursued the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty all the way, and even chased him to Wangdao on the southeast coast. Previously, Wanyan Onli did not decisively throw down heavy troops to surround Taiyuan, and did not mop up Damingfu and other famous cities in Hebei.
Under such circumstances, taking the risk of crossing the river and besieging Tokyo is a similar military idea.
And facts have proven that their choices are correct. With a large number of cavalry and sufficient professional military technology, basic preservation can be achieved by turning back and withdrawing troops at any time. And once the advanced military adventure is successful, the harvest will be unprecedentedly rich.
...For example, countless gold and silver and the entire Hebei Plain.
Of course, Huang Tiandang may be an exception. The extremely wide rivers are still an unfamiliar territory to the Jin people, but a certain fact is that even if Wanyan Wushu suffered similar losses in the Huaihe River, he would not
Consider the relevant risks at this time, because at this time the only natural danger of the Yellow River behind him is firmly in the hands of the Jin man himself.
The transportation of the Yellow River will be ensured by Wanyan Nianhan of Daming Prefecture personally. As for the future, considering the freezing period of the Yellow River after winter every year, this place will become an unobstructed channel for the Jin army.
In fact, Jin Wushu said that Wanyan Talan would bring reinforcements "within ten days". When it was actually implemented, there was only one possibility, and that was to make the other party desperate and abandon the siege of Huazhou and Kaifeng Mansion.
The invasion came here quickly from the Yellow River waterway.
And sure enough, at the end of October, Wanyan Talan, who was very concerned about political credibility, took the initiative to move the battlefield. He left ten thousand households behind to continue the siege of Chenliu, the eastern barrier of Tokyo City, and strongly requested the Daming Prefecture to send another ten thousand households southward.
When he took over the siege of Huazhou, he took the initiative to lead 40,000 troops along the Yellow River to Zhengzhou, and along the way went south to take over the city captured by Wanyan Wushu.
So far, the Central Plains strategy launched by the Jin Army, numbering as many as 120,000, has quickly changed from a pincer offensive to a unilateral offensive that is obviously biased to the west... Specifically, at this moment, east of Tokyo, the total
However, the Jin army had four thousand households, and two of them in Nanjing simply had their own elite cavalry, and did not bring corresponding supplementary troops. The corresponding defense force was the Kong Yanzhou tribe that had just surrendered, which was considered to have invested 30,000 yuan.
Deposit Army.
Correspondingly, the reserve troops of Damingfu located north of the Yellow River were directly reduced to 10,000.
Calculated in this way, south of the Yellow River and west of Tokyo, that is, the traditional area west of Beijing, the number of the main force of the Jin Army has reached as many as 80,000! Moreover, the two commanders-in-chief of the Marshal Mansion of the Jin Army this time are:
Wanyan Talan and Wanyan Wushu also appeared in West Beijing at the same time.
This number of soldiers and horses is enough to make any Song army lose its military initiative at the moment...especially now that the troops of the Tokyo Remaining Division have begun to suffer from large-scale disorder, and the main force of Han Shizhong's army has been defeated and the commander is surrounded.
In a word, whether Wanyan is lazy or Nianhan, including Wanyan Balisu, although there are quite a few criticisms about the strategic choice of Wanyan Wushu, they only stay at the level of political language, and the body is not.
One is more honest than the other.
Among them, why Wanyan Nianhan, as a leading politician in the Jin Kingdom, did not want to see the demise of Zhao and Song Dynasties in order to achieve his achievements?
As a person who has just obtained the position of Deputy Marshal of the Capital Marshal's Office, Wanyan Talan has any reason to refuse the request of his political allies to fulfill their political commitments?
As a clan general facing his brother's poor health and weak political support in the later period, why wouldn't Wanyan Balisu be eager to break through Nanyang and capture the Song Emperor's military exploits?
It was the other ten thousand households who went south to the Central Plains this time, such as Han Chang, Da, Wulin Da Taiyu, Yelu Mawu, Pucha Hubalu, Gaojingshan, Ali, Jianlubu, Danghai, Chizhanhui and other generals, and so on.
Who is not eager to give it a try, hoping that he can go south to Nanyang with the fourth prince to plunder?
In early November, as Wanyan Talan personally led his troops southward and gathered with Wanyan Wushu between the five rivers (Yingshui, Lianshui, Lushui, Shangshui, and Rushui), the Jin army once again attacked all the cities that were holding on.
A notice of surrender was issued... and as soon as the new notice came, Zhang Yu, the commander of the Tokyo Remaining Department, nicknamed the Swarm, couldn't wait to kill the officials and sergeants in the city who insisted on resisting the gold, and then opened the city to surrender.
This move not only instantly opened a hole in the second line of defense that Zhao Guan's family had worked so hard to build, but also reduced Changshe City, which had begun to engage in arduous artillery battles outside the city, into an isolated city.
Han Shizhong was alone in the north, losing contact with Huaixi and Nanyang.
Fortunately, the other cities did not waver. Lu Qing of Xiangcheng, Xu Shian of Yancheng, Zhai Chong of Xiping, and Li Bao of Wuyang (a general under Zongze, nicknamed Bingguansuo, who was not the same as Li Bao of Puzhou) committed suicide.
The second wave of envoys persuaded the Jin to surrender, but they still stood firm in the city.
In this regard, Wanyan Wushu did not make any unnecessary moves. The fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom, who had entrusted everything to Wanyan Talan and had no worries at all, only carefully selected Wanyan Balisu, Chi Zhanhui, and Han Chang.
, Wu Lin replied that he wanted four thousand households, and with Zhang Yu as his guide, he asked the entire army to gather their vests, iron helmets, craftsmen, and civilians, and then headed directly to the southwest.
Passing through the Fangcheng Gate of Nanyang on the way, Wu Shu still did not make a strong attack, but left Wulin Datai of ten thousand households to lead five thousand troops to surround Huyantong in the city, so he continued to the southwest... Finally, at the end of early November,
One day, this old friend of Zhao Guan's family once again saw Jin Wu Huan, whom he had longed for.
And probably because of Nanyang's abundant supplies, the Jinwu scrolls here are old and new, and there are no less than dozens of them, all around the city.
Although he had already made a judgment in his heart, Wanyan Wushu couldn't help but sent some drinks, cloth, and the captured flag of Han Shizhong's ministry to the city. At the same time, he handed over a sincere letter, telling the story of his visit to Cai City in the distance that day.
We met, and then said goodbye to each other in August. During this period, we thought about it day and night, and finally risked thousands of miles to find this place again, just to meet Zhao Guan's family again.
What made him completely relieved was that the messenger quickly brought back a brief reply as expected:
"There are still three miles to go. Wait until you are here."
The signature is the familiar "Cangzhou Zhao Jiu"... which is what people in the Song Dynasty call the personal signature of Zhao Guan's family.
As for the number three miles, it couldn't be simpler... Compared with Tokyo City, which has a circumference of fifty miles and is divided into three levels inside and outside, Nanyang City, even after expansion and repairs for a whole year, is only a mere twenty-five miles in circumference. , just two layers inside and outside.
Calculating the distance, from the city gate where Wanyan Wushu stood on horseback to watch the dragon banners to the core of Nanyang Palace, it is only three miles away.
"I'm already exhausted from setting up camp today. From tomorrow on, I'll start driving the Han people to climb the city and fill the trenches. At the same time, they'll build equipment and build artillery carts." Wanyan Wushu watched it countless times in the stronghold of the Jin Army's Central Army. , finally put away the letter, then looked around with an expressionless face, and spoke with precise words, which can be called a mountain of military orders. "I only want one thing, and that is for the whole army to take turns to attack the city, use all the methods, and not stop for a moment... until the city We will be defeated, or our whole army will be defeated and flee... If there is any disobedience, we will be killed without mercy!"
Below, three people from ten thousand families, plus dozens of men and women, stood up with their armors raised, and bowed their hands.
ps: No one was in the car, so I hurriedly coded a chapter on the way to make up for yesterday’s work.