Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 272: Chaos inside and outside is caused by self-inflicted troubles

Although the Jin Kingdom decided to send troops, the real-life army attack was naturally not like in the game, where you could just select with the mouse and click to send out all the troops.

Even though preparations had been made, many troops had already arrived at strategic locations, and even sporadic fighting had begun in Guanzhong, the departure of the army was still a mess.

When the various troops gathered in Bianliang began to advance one after another.

On the Shandong battlefield in a corner of the world, the battle between the Dongping Army and the Jin Navy has entered a white-hot stage.

On September 10, after the siege camp was slightly built, the Jin navy decisively launched a fierce attack, and the first to go out was the Wucheng Army led by Xu Wen. They relied on simple siege equipment to attack the city in an ant-like manner, and almost in one day they put Xinyang Town in danger.

After all, this is the regulation of a town, not a famous city. Although it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the city walls are not high enough and the moat is not deep enough.

If Zhang Rong had not ambushed a group of troops on Mount Langya in advance, rushed out of the mountain and attacked the rear of the Jin navy, Zhang Rong might have been overthrown that day.

At this point, Zhang Rong's arrangement was clearly revealed.

There is a smaller but more powerful navy cruising in the sea on the east side. Although they cannot suppress the Jin navy ships in one fell swoop, they can protect themselves.

On the northeast side of Langya Mountain, there is a mountain stronghold with more than a thousand soldiers stationed there. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can threaten the rear of the Jin navy at any time, and it forms a corner with Xinyang Town.

After this unsuccessful attack, the Jin navy stopped its operations and did not continue to attack the city except for sending troops to camp at the foot of Langya Mountain.

Although Zhang Rong was surprised, he did not dare to slack off and immediately seized every opportunity to consolidate the city's defenses.

The reason why the Jin navy stopped attacking was very simple.

Wu Chengjun quit.

The top brass of the Jin navy almost had an internal conflict.

During the military meeting, Huyan Nanxian drew his sword directly at the generals in the tent.

So fucking bullying.

The vanguard in the raid on Caoqiao Town was Wu Chengjun.

The army that led the siege on Xinyang Town was Wu Chengjun.

Now it is discovered that there is a stronghold on Mount Langya, and those who were driven to feint and attack Mount Langya are still the Wucheng Army.

Are all 15,000 of you in the Shenfeng Army and the Weizhen Army just eating for free?

This time, not only Huyan Nanxian was furious, but even Xu Wen, who had always adhered to the principle of tolerance for the country, couldn't hold back and directly turned his face away at the military meeting.

As long as you don't go too far, Xu Wen can persuade the men in a good way and guarantee Wu Chengjun's future with fame, fortune and honor.

But what the Wanyan Zheng family did was really ugly.

As the regular army of the Jin Dynasty, the current situation is like the Shenfeng Army and the Weizhen Army forcing the Qian Army to attack the city. Who can bear this?
The Wu Cheng Army was not composed of some miserable conscripted laborers, but was formed by good middle-class men from Shandong who wanted to make a name for themselves.

Now they are being treated with the method of "killing Zhang Rong to eliminate external threats and killing Wu Chengjun to eliminate internal strife". Do they really think that the weapons of these good family members are just for show?
The Wanyan Zheng family originally wanted to use the military class law as an excuse.

But Huyan Nanxian laughed in anger, and handed the sword in his hand upside down to Wanyan Zhengjia, asking him to kill him with the sword now. Then he would see whether Wu Chengjun would fall into chaos or would obediently allow himself to be slaughtered by him, the deputy commander-in-chief.

The Wanyan Zheng family was furious, but they did not dare to kill a deputy steward directly at this time.

Xu Wen said a few words to smooth things over, and then went on to discuss the specific military strategy with Wanyan Zhengjia. However, before he could finish two words, the Shenfeng Army General Pu Nian Heda made some sarcastic remarks, so Xu Wen personally stepped forward and started arguing with several generals again.

In the end, Xu Wen simply brought up the matter of Jin Wenyan, and clearly asked the generals in the tent, do you still trust the Han people from Shandong? If you don’t trust them, I quit!
While the dispute was still going on in the general's tent, the commander of the Wucheng Army, who had sensed the situation, fled back to the barracks and began to organize. Soon after, the Wucheng Army, which was camped between Xinyang Town and Langya Mountain, began to riot.

Now things have gotten a bit out of hand. Even a shrewd person like Xu Wen doesn't know how things will develop next.

The officers of the Wucheng Army dared not remain in the Marshal's tent, fearing that the Wanyan Zheng family would be killed if they were determined to engage in a fierce fight. They almost rushed out simultaneously. The Wanyan Zheng family's personal guards naturally tried to stop them without receiving orders, but this made the officers such as Xu Wen even more frightened. They ignored everything else and quickly rode away.

During this period of chaos, perhaps because the warhorse was frightened or someone shot an arrow, a deputy commander of the Wucheng Army named Zhang Bing who came to attend the military meeting fell off his horse and then died.

To be honest, the Wanyan Zheng family really doesn't want to do anything to Xu Wen and others.

The Jin navy only had three regular armies, totaling 30,000 soldiers. Even a two-on-one fight would immediately cripple the navy. Not to mention the future of the naval officers, the Jin navy would have no chance of participating in the upcoming southern campaign against the Song Dynasty. The country would inexplicably collapse here.

But once blood is seen and people die, it is really hard to say how the situation will develop.

Xu Wen and others returned to the Wucheng Army camp in a state of shock. After calming the troops down a little, they found that Zhang Bing was missing.

Afterwards, Wanyan Zheng's personal guards brought Zhang Bing's body back and placed it at the gate of Wucheng Army's camp in full view of everyone.

Now, the entire Wucheng Army was not only chilled to the bone, but also deeply afraid.

It should be noted that the military structure of the Wucheng Army has only four commanders and four deputy commanders below the level of the general.

An officer of this rank died inexplicably after attending a military meeting in the central military camp?
Who can bear this?
In addition, due to the exploitation of Shandong by the Jin Dynasty in recent years, it was very common for middle-class families to be destroyed. These good family men who joined the Wucheng Army were completely disappointed with the Jin Dynasty. Some of them colluded that night and wanted to escape with their weapons. Even if they had to take their families to the mountains to become bandits, it was better than working for the Jin people.

It's funny to say that the Jin navy has won victory after victory in the past few days, and has defeated the famous Zhang Rong and Zhang Diwan, leaving them in a desperate situation where they can only defend themselves.

However, as the Jin army won more and more battles, one-third of its regular navy became unstable.

In this regard, we can only say that a statement made by later generations is truly insightful.

War is a continuation of politics.

If politics is lost, the war has already begun to collapse and half of the battle is lost.

Of course, Huyan Nanxian, who had long been the source of instability for the Wucheng Army, would not allow the Wucheng Army to collapse on its own.

He privately called several captains and commanders who were in contact and explained the current situation in detail.

The reason is very simple.

Ten thousand good men from Shandong families, wearing armor and holding weapons, clenched into a fist, can bargain even if the emperor of the Jin Dynasty comes.

But if you scatter, each with a knife and a set of armor, and scatter everywhere, even a few yamen runners can deal with you.

No matter how sharp your sword or how strong your armor, even if you don't have a family to burden you, can you really go without food and sleep? If I sprinkle a handful of croton seeds in your bean rice and a handful of lime in your eyes while you sleep, what can you do?

Even if you face the enemy head-on, with a few fishing nets and lassoes coming around, no matter how brave you are, you will still have to fight back!

It has to be said that Huyan Nanxian still has some prestige. After his words, he finally stabilized the hearts of his subordinates.

However, he also knew that this would not last long, so he maintained contact with Zhang Rong, hoping to contact the State of Song through this line.

This is not to say that Xu Wen's words had no effect, but that Huyan Nanxian felt that in Wu Chengjun's situation, he absolutely could not hang on to one tree. In the upcoming Song-Jin war, only by swinging back and forth could he be sold at a good price.

In the next few days, Wu Chengjun refused all military orders and just guarded the military camp strictly.

The Wanyan Zheng family had no choice. Although they did not want to attack Wu Chengjun, they were also worried that Wu Chengjun would turn against them when the other two armies attacked the city. After much deliberation, they could only continue to besiege Zhang Rong and send a letter to Su Baoheng in the rear, asking him to personally restrain Wu Chengjun.

On the morning of September 11, just as Su Baoheng received the news from the military envoy, Liu Huai, who was in the Loyal Army camp in Yishui County, also saw the complete military report sent by Zhang Rong.

Then the time traveler fell into great panic.

(End of this chapter)