Jin Shuxuan has been very irritable recently. Baekje is attacking Silla. It should be a time for Silla to unite with the outside world, but Jin Guofan always gives him eye drops. In fact, it is not a big deal, it is just to transport food and grass to the front line every time.
When visiting, Jin Guofan would greet him personally and keep asking about trivial matters.
"Short-sighted, as incompetent as a rich man!" Jin Shuxuan complained about Jin Guofan to his staff, saying: "He doesn't understand military affairs, he keeps asking questions, and always thinks that I want to be greedy for military pay. He is simply stupid. I really don't understand why the late king wanted to
Using Jin Guofan to assist the government, he has no use at all and only acts as a hindrance. He is so stupid that there is no limit to it!"
The staff comforted him: "Master, after all, Jin Guofan is the king's confidant. It's okay to be particularly sensitive to military affairs. As long as the two young masters defeat Baekje on the front line, everything can be solved. Don't worry too much."
"What I'm worried about is that he's not greedy enough." Jin Shuxuan said: "Now he only cares about food and other matters. If one day he wants to command troops and horses, should I still agree to him?"
"Of course we can't agree to that." Another aide said: "Jin Guofan doesn't understand military affairs, how could he get involved in the war carelessly. Baekje is coming with a fierce force, and Buyeo Jang is even more cruel. He must not let it be allowed to happen.
Jin Guofan intervened in the military."
"I think so too." Jin Shuxuan said.
His bottom line is to command the troops and horses, and Jin Guofan will never be allowed to interfere. In terms of internal affairs, it doesn't matter what Jin Guofan wants to do to him, but there is no way that Jin Guofan can touch the troops and horses, not at all.
At this moment, Jin Chunqiu walked in.
"General, there is news from the front line that Baekje Crown Prince Buyeo Yiji has led troops and horses to defeat Qushan Fortress."
"What!" Jin Shuxuan was shocked.
Qushan is to the north of Jitong. If Qushan is lost, it means that Baekje soldiers and horses can directly go south to attack Zhaoluo and cut off the retreat of Jitong. However, Zhaoluo does not have many soldiers and horses stationed there, and it is not a big and fortified city.
, it is conceivable that as long as Baekje soldiers and horses appear, Zhaoluo will not be able to resist for long.
"Trash!" Jin Shuxuan yelled, "a bunch of trash!"
Jin Chunqiu said calmly: "General, now we must either withdraw our troops and return to Ganwen to build a defense line, or send troops and horses to support Zhaoluo. Zhaoluo is the flank of Jitong. Once Zhaoluo is lost, Jitong will definitely not be able to continue to hold on. By then, Baidu will
Ji's soldiers and horses will drive straight from Ji Tong into our territory."
Jin Shuxuan thought for a while and asked, "How did you think about it?"
Jin Chunqiu pursed his lips and said: "It is not realistic to support Zhaoluo. We don't have that many troops to carry out two-line defense. According to my guess, the main force of Baekje is assisting Picheon, and Gildong will not be able to hold on for long, even if we repel Buyeo Yiji.
The same goes for the troops and horses."
"You mean to build a defense line in Ganwen?" Jin Shuxuan frowned.
"No." Jin Chunqiu flatly objected, "Gammun is a small city. Although it is built on a mountain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once we hold on to Kammun, it will be equivalent to letting go of the southern passage. If Baekje soldiers give up attacking Kammun
, go directly south to Musan and march towards Da Gaya, Aryang will be in danger."
"Then what do you think?" the staff asked.
Jin Chunqiu said: "Abandon the Jitong area and deploy heavy troops to defend Dagaya and Alyang."
"In this case, we have to abandon dozens of cities?" Jin Shuxuan looked at his son-in-law and expressed doubts about his plan.
"Yes, we will not only lose the city, but also a large amount of land and people." Jin Chunqiu said: "But this is the way out for us to defeat Baekje. Da Gaya and Aryang are two important cities.
If we station a large amount of baggage, we can
Waiting for work, Baekje continues to be consumed. And Baekje is deep into our territory, and the transportation of grain and grass will inevitably be difficult. At that time, we can send people to attack their grain and grass troops, while using Daegaya and Aryang as horns to each other.
Attack Baekje Army from both sides."
Hearing this, Jin Shuxuan fell into silence.
The staff were also shocked by Jin Chunqiu's idea. This was completely a last-ditch approach. If it could not be defended, Jincheng would also be in danger after losing Daegaya and Aryang.
"Isn't it too risky to do this?" One of the staff couldn't help but say.
Jin Chunqiu said: "It is indeed risky, but we must admit that Silla is not Baekje's opponent at present."
This is a very sad topic. Although Silla has a larger territory than Baekje, its military strength is really incomparable to Baekje. It is at the bottom of the three peninsula countries. This has nothing to do with how many talents they have in the country, but
Pure national power factors.
To measure how strong a country's military strength is, it mainly depends on the country's population, strategic depth, and logistics and food. In other words, it mainly depends on whether the national strength is strong. Only strong national strength can support strong military strength.
Logically speaking, Silla's territory is larger than Baekje's, so its war potential should be stronger than Baekje's, but in fact this is not the case at all.
Silla has many mountains and very few plains. The farming environment is not good, and most of the people are mountain people. As for the so-called strategic depth, let alone Silla, there is no strategy if you add Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and the Three Kingdoms together.
Depth can be said.
The reason why the Tang Empire was so powerful was because the three peninsula countries together were not as rich and powerful as a single state of the Tang Empire. Regardless of population, land, soldiers and horses, or grain and grass, the Tang Empire was a behemoth to the three peninsula countries.
Therefore, the standard for measuring who is the strongest among the three countries on the peninsula is actually to see who has more soldiers and horses and who has more power.
King Buyeojang of Baekje reigned for more than thirty years. In the first ten years, he fought fiercely with Goguryeo. In the next few decades, he shook hands with Goguryeo and made peace.
When King Jinpyeong was on the throne, he spent most of his time in a battle of wits and courage with Buyeo Jang.
"Send someone to send a letter to Jin Yuxin and ask for his opinion." Whenever Jin Shuxuan couldn't decide something, he would choose to discuss it with his son.
"yes!"
Because it was a big and urgent matter, the messengers hurriedly arrived at Jitong on the third day and delivered the letter to Jin Yuxin.
After Jin Yuxin read the letter, he called his younger brother Jin Qinchun.
"Buyu Yiji conquered Qushan and Zhaoluo was in danger. Jin Chunqiu proposed a strategy for us to abandon Jitong and withdraw our troops and return to Daegaya and Aryang to defend the Baekje army. My father was undecided and wanted to know what we meant.
"
"No." Jin Qinchun refused: "Giving up Jitong is equivalent to giving up all the cities and lands in the west. Using Daegaya and Aryang to defend it, betting on whether Baekje can be defeated, is really too risky!"
Jin Yuxin said: "My father also said so in the letter, but I think what Jin Chunqiu said is very reasonable. Zhaoluo cannot resist Fuyu Yici. Once Zhaoluo is lost, Jitong will become an isolated city. By then we will
None of them can survive.”
"Is there no other way?" Jin Qinchun looked impatient.
Jin Yushin shook his head, "Not yet. After all, Baekje is stronger than our country. If we use Daegaya and Aryang as our positions, we still have a chance to force Baekje to withdraw. But if we continue to defend Jidong, we will face the main force of Baekje and Buyeo
Yi Ci’s two-sided siege.”
Jin Qinchun stopped talking. He knew how unrealistic it was to stick to Jitong in this situation. But he felt that it was even more unrealistic to retreat to Dagaya and Aryang. Let’s not say whether he could defeat Baekje or not, but whether he could defend Dagaya.
and Yashiliang are two different theories.
"Brother, you decide." Jin Qinchun said.
Jin Yuxin nodded and said, "Send the order and we will withdraw our troops tonight."