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Liaoyang Prefecture.

In the Xingqing Hall of the former Liao Kingdom Palace.

Li Yan looked at the map and asked Xu Guanzhong: "It's almost ten days since this has passed. Why is the Jin army not moving at all?"

Xu Guanzhong said: "The war between hundreds of thousands of people is not a small amount of food, grass and materials required. If the Jin people are not prepared, how dare they fight the Liangshan army? You must know that our Liangshan army is not a second-rate army like the Liao army and the Song army. If the Jin people are not prepared enough, they will definitely be defeated."

The Liangshan Army obtained the food and supplies from Liaoyang Prefecture and occupied the Liaodong Peninsula. Therefore, there was no supplement for three or two months, and there was no problem at all.

The Jin army is different.

Especially the current Jin army.

The current Jin army is not all the Jurchen warriors who just started the army eight years ago.

There were a large number of Han people, Bohai people, Xi people, and Liao people in the Jin army. They were the main components of the Jin army.

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Those thousands of Jurchen warriors can fight by riding a horse. When they are hungry, they can just grab some points. If they really can't, they can even drink some horse milk. When they are thirsty, they can solve the problem by drinking some river water, spring water or even eating some snow. The cost of war is extremely low.

The current Jin army does not have such low war costs at all.

Han people, Bohai people, Xi people, Liao people, and especially Han people with the largest proportion, could not eat raw meat and drink blood like Jurchens.

Therefore, the Jin army now also needs weapons and supplies, otherwise the combat power will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, if the Jin army wants to fight, they must be fully prepared.

Speaking of this, some people may ask, how could Goryeo and Taifeng suddenly mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Lelang and Zhenfan County?

First of all, Taifeng and Shuibo Liangshan have been in a confrontation for many years. In other words, Taifeng's army has been on the borders of the two countries.

Secondly, there is a Taifeng between Goryeo and Shuiboliangshan. Goryeo made some small moves, but Shuiboliangshan’s intelligence department did not find out. It is actually normal. After all, the two sides have not had a conflict for five or six years. The peace for too long has made the Liangshan army numb, otherwise it would not have suffered such a big loss at the beginning of the war.

The most important thing is that Goryeo and Taifeng never thought about fighting a protracted battle with Shuibo Liangshan, their idea was to conquer Seoul within three days and pacify the peninsula within half a month.

At that time, Liangshan was in Lelang, and there were only 70,000 people in Zhenfan County, while Goryeo and Taifeng had a total of 400,000 people and were preparing to invest 300,000 people in one fell swoop. Therefore, the strategy they formulated was not whimsical.

As long as Goryeo and Taifeng can successfully capture Seoul and Lelang and Zhenfan County, Goryeo and Taifeng will have sufficient supplies, and then they can slowly fight the war of attrition with the Liangshan army returning to the rescue.

By then, the situation will be completely reversed. Goryeo and Taifeng have sufficient weapons, supplies, and strong national strength to support them, and the waters of the rootless Ping Liangshan will no longer have the ability to fight for a long time.

In the end, Goryeo and Taifeng are likely to win the final battle.

What's more, Goryeo and Taifeng also had strong aids to take advantage of the situation to rob Japan, the Jin Kingdom was fully plotting against the situation, and the Xixia Kingdom was taking away the fire, and the Song Kingdom was all strong aids to Goryeo and Taifeng in order to protect themselves.

Let me ask, under this situation, how could Goryeo and Taifeng, who were already desperate, not stand up and take risks?

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Goryeo and Tai Fenglu calculated one thing.

That is the Taifeng Army, which first launched the attack. It was just a group of mobs, although Zhongtaifeng Army took the lead in the sneak attack, but did not destroy the first quarter of Liangshan. As a result, most of the first quarter of Liangshan fled back to Seoul and then defended it based on Seoul.

This led to the transition from active to passive.

In fact, Goryeo and Taifeng also wanted to remedy it.

Seeing that they could not quickly take down Seoul, Goryeo and Taifeng divided their troops to attack the ports of Shuibo Liangshan, hoping to use this to block the Liangshan army from returning to aid.

But Ruan Xiaowu led the navy and the amphibious camps on the peninsula to protect Mufu Port through a death battle.

More importantly, under the leadership of Han Shizhong, the reinforcements sent back did not choose to rescue Seoul quickly, but chose to take steady steps and recovered Jeonju and Qunshan Port first, so that the Liangshan Army could gain a foothold on the peninsula and have sufficient material support.

It can be said that the reason why Liu Qi was able to defeat the Goryeo and the Taifeng coalition under Seoul was entirely due to the foundation he built by Han Shizhong.

Therefore, war is not just about having soldiers.

Li Yan was also an old corps, so he naturally knew the importance of food and supplies, and then inferred that it would be impossible for the Jin army to attack without five or seven days.

Sudden!

Li Yan remembered something and asked Xu Guanzhong: "Have Ruan Xiaoer and Wu Lin retreated to the Jiaodong Peninsula?"

Xu Guanzhong was so smart that he guessed at once that Li Yan should have wanted to transfer Wu Lin's army to come.

Xu Guanzhong said: "Four days ago, Ruan Xiaoer and Wu Lin jointly sent a message saying that they had begun to evacuate. Calculate the time and their vanguard should be withdrawn to the Jiaodong Peninsula soon."

Li Yan said: "The State of Song will not provoke us in a short period of time, so there is no need to station a large army on the Jiaodong Peninsula. It is enough to leave a battalion... By the way, how many troops do Wu Lin have now?"

Xu Guanzhong said: "More than 30,000, less than 40,000."

Li Yan said in surprise: "So much? I remember that I only left him a battalion of regular troops and 20,000 reserve troops?"

Xu Guanzhong said: "In the past two years, many people have entered Liangshanpo through the defense line of the Song army. Wu Lin screened out the elite of these people, then carried out political education and training, and then dispersed into his army. In addition, he also captured many soldiers of the Song army, then conducted political education, and then screened and trained, and then dispersed into his army. If it weren't for the loss of a lot of losses in the battle with the Song army, his army would probably have 60,000 to 70,000 troops now."

Li Yan smiled and said, "This kid is really a good piece of material, no worse than his brother."

Xu Guanzhong said: "It is not up to you, the king, who came to join us in Liangshan, all of them came to you, and the models used by Wu Lin were also created by you, the king."

Li Yan disagreed: "Don't erase Wu Lin's contribution. Our Liangshan Army has more generals, but not everyone can do it. Under the siege of more than 100,000 troops, not only did Liangshanpo be saved, but also grew a lot."

Seeing that Li Yan did not blame Wu Lin for expanding the army without authorization, Xu Guanzhong admired Wu Lin very much and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are willing to give Wu Lin a chance, otherwise, he, a young man in his twenties, would he have the opportunity to be the head coach of one side?"

How could Li Yan not understand Xu Guanzhong’s little thoughts in protecting Wu Lin?

But then again, who wouldn’t like an excellent general like Wu Lin?

Li Yan said: "I inform Li Jun and go to Jiaodong Peninsula immediately to pick up Wu Lin and his army, and also tell Wu Lin to bring Baiwaerhan and Benleiche to me, and let him leave a smart person to station in the Jiaodong Peninsula."

Xu Guanzhong said: "It's... the king, I have another thing I want to discuss with you."

Li Yan asked: "What's the matter?"

Xu Guanzhong organized some language and said, "The fleet of the Sun is too large. Our waters of Liangshan have to rely on the fleet of the Sun is not far away. It is a whole and it is not very convenient. Why not divide it into two into two fleets?"

Li Yan and Xu Guanzhong already had a very tacit understanding, so they knew very well what Xu Guanzhong really meant that the fleet of sun was too important, so the eggs could not be placed in one basket.

Xu Guanzhong is definitely a sign of loyalty, otherwise he would not have offended Li Jun and suggested that Li Yan divide the Sun-Don't Set Fleet into two.

Li Yan is very clear about this, and then he also attaches more importance to Xu Guanzhong.

After pondering for a while, Li Yan asked, "Who will be responsible for another fleet of sun-defying?"

Xu Guanzhong said: "Ruan Xiaoer... Now Liangshanbo no longer needs to be stationed by most naval forces, so Ruan Xiaoer has been idle. Over the years, Ruan Xiaoer has been stationed at Liangshanbo's base camp and has made great contributions. Moreover, Ruan Xiaoer and Da Wang have been the longest. You are absolutely loyal and have no problem with your loyalty. You are very steady. Even if you lack ability, you can solve the problem by arranging capable deputys and staff officers for him. Therefore, I suggest that Ruan Xiaoer be responsible for another fleet of sun-defying fleet."

Li Yan also thought Ruan Xiaoer was very suitable, so he said, "You go and divide it... I will tell Li Jun about this in person when I look back."

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Chapter completed!