Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 791 During the Baekje-Silla War

Jin Shuxuan has been very irritable recently. Baekje attacked Silla. It was supposed to be the time when Silla was united as one, but Jin Guofan always gave him eye drops.Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that Jin Guofan has to greet him personally every time he transports food and grass to the front line, and he keeps asking about trivial things.

"Short-sighted, as incompetent as a local rich man!" Jin Shuxuan complained about Jin Guofan to his staff, and said: "He doesn't understand military affairs, so he keeps asking questions. Using Jin Guofan to assist the government, he is useless at all, he only knows to hold back, he is so stupid!"

The staff comforted: "Master, after all, Jin Guofan is the king's confidant, and it's okay to be extra sensitive about the military. As long as the two young masters defeat Baekje on the front line, everything can be resolved, so don't worry too much."

"What I'm worried about is that he's not greedy enough." Jin Shuxuan said: "He's just asking about food and grass and other things. If one day he wants to command troops and horses, why should I agree to him?"

"Of course we can't agree." Another staff member said, "Jin Guofan doesn't understand military affairs, so how could he mess with the war? Jin Guofan intervened in the military."

"I think so too." Jin Shuxuan said.

The power to command soldiers and horses is his bottom line, and Jin Guofan will never be allowed to interfere.In terms of internal affairs, it doesn't matter what Jin Guofan wants to do with him, but soldiers and horses are absolutely impossible for Jin Guofan to touch, not at all.

At this moment, Jin Chunqiu walked in.

"General, there is news from the front that Baekje Crown Prince Fuyu Yici has led troops to break Qushan City."

"What!" Jin Shuxuan turned pale with shock.

Qushan is in 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 Jitong's back.And Zhao Luo didn't have many soldiers stationed there, and it wasn't a big city. It was conceivable that as long as Baekje soldiers and horses appeared, Zhao Luo wouldn't be able to resist for long.

"Trash!" Jin Shuxuan yelled, "A bunch of trash!"

Jin Chunqiu calmly said: "General, right now we must either withdraw our troops and return to Ganwen to build a defense line, or send troops to support Zhaoluo. Zhaoluo is Jitong's flank. Once Zhaoluo loses, Jitong will definitely not be able to continue to hold on. At that time, Bai Ji soldiers and horses will drive from Jitong straight into our territory."

Jin Shuxuan thought for a while and asked, "How do you think about it?"

Jin Chunqiu pursed his lips and said: "It's not realistic to support Zhaoluo, we don't have so many troops to carry out two-line defense. According to my guess, the main force of Baekje is helping Bichuan, and Giltong won't last long, even if we beat back Fuyu Yici The same goes for the soldiers and horses."

"You mean to build a line of defense in Ganwen?" Jin Shuxuan frowned.

"No." Jin Chunqiu vetoed, "Ganwen is a small city. Although it is built on the mountain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. But once we hold on to Ganwen, it will be like opening the southern passage. If the Baekje soldiers give up attacking Ganwen , go directly south to Mushan, and march into Dagaya, Yaliang will be in danger."

"Then what do you think?" the staff asked.

Jin Chunqiu said: "Give up Jitong and other lands, and dispatch heavy troops to guard Dagaya and Yaliang."

"In this way, do we have to discard dozens of cities?" Jin Shuxuan looked at his son-in-law, expressing doubts about his strategy.

"Yes, we will not only lose the city, but also a lot of land and people." Jin Chunqiu said: "But this is the way out for us to defeat Baekje. Dagaya and Yaliang are two important cities, as long as they are stationed With a large amount of luggage, we can wait for work at leisure and continue to consume Baekje. As Baekje penetrates into our territory, the transportation of grain and grass will inevitably be difficult. At that time, we can send people to attack their grain and grass teams, and at the same time use Dagaya and Yaliang as the horns of each other. As a result, attack the Baekje army."

Hearing this, Jin Shuxuan fell into silence.

The staff members were also shocked by Jin Chunqiu's thoughts, this is completely a way to fight to the death.If you can't keep it, then after losing Dagaya and Yaliang, Jincheng is also in danger.

"Isn't it too risky to do this?" Some staff couldn't help but say.

Jin Chunqiu said: "It is indeed very risky, but we must admit that Silla is not the opponent of Baekje at present."

This is a very sad topic. Although Silla has a larger territory than Baekje, its military strength is really incomparable to that of Baekje, and it belongs to the bottom among the three peninsula countries.This has nothing to do with how many talents they have in the country, but purely a factor of national strength.

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 country is strong or not.Only a strong national power can support a strong military strength.

It stands to reason that Silla's territory is larger than Baekje's, so its war potential should be stronger than Baekje's, but in fact it is not the case at all.

Silla has many mountains, very few plains, and the farming environment is not good. Most of the people are mountain people.As for the so-called strategic depth, let alone Silla, there is no strategic depth to speak of when Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla are added together.

The reason why the Tang Empire is strong is because the three peninsula countries together are not as rich and powerful as a single state of the Tang Empire.No matter the population, the land, the troops, or the food, the Tang Empire was a colossus for the three countries on the peninsula.

Therefore, the criterion for judging who is the strongest among the three peninsula countries is actually to see who has more soldiers and horses, and who has more power.

Baekje King Fu Yuzhang has been in power for more than [-] years. In the first ten years, he fought Goguryeo up and down. In the next few decades, he shook hands with Goguryeo and made peace with Goguryeo.

During King Zhenping's reign, he spent most of his time fighting wits with Fu Yuzhang.

"Send someone to send a letter to Jin Yuxin and ask for his opinion." Whenever Jin Shuxuan couldn't make a decision, he would choose to discuss it with his son.

"Yes!"

Because it was a big and urgent matter, the messenger soldiers rushed to Jitong on the third day and delivered the letter to Jin Yuxin.

After Kim Yushin read the letter, he called his younger brother Kim Jinsoon.

"Fuyu Yici broke through Qushan, and Zhaoluo was in danger. Jin Chunqiu proposed a plan, let us abandon Jitong, withdraw our troops and return to Dagaya and Yaliang, so as to defend the Baekje army. Father is undecided and wants to know what we mean."

"No." Jin Qinchun refused: "Abandoning Giltong is equivalent to giving up all the cities and land in the west. It is too risky to bet on whether we can defeat Baekje with Daegaya and Yaliang!"

Jin Yu said: "Father also said the same in the letter, but I think what Jin Chunqiu said is very reasonable. Zhaoluo can't resist Fuyu Yici. Once Zhaoluo is lost, Jitong will become an isolated city. At that time, we can't survive."

"Is there no other way?" Jin Qinchun said impatiently.

Kim Yushin shook his head, "Not at present, Baekje is stronger than our country after all, if we use Daegaya and Ayangyang as our positions, we still have a chance to force Baekje to withdraw. But if we continue to stick to Gildong, we will face the main force of Baekje and Fuyuyi besieged on both sides by compassion."

Jin Qinchun stopped talking, he knew how unrealistic it is to stick to Jitong in this situation.However, he felt that it was even more unrealistic to retreat to Dagaya and Aliang. Whether he could defeat Baekje or not, whether he could defend Daegaya and Aliang was another matter.

"Brother, let's decide." Jin Qinchun said.

Jin Yuxin nodded and said, "Send the order, we will withdraw tonight."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)