Wuzhu glanced at the other person. Although he still didn't say anything, his expression had eased a little.
"The next thing." Gao Qingyi couldn't help but sigh. "Although the Great Jin is led by the Jurchens and the Wanyans are the main ones, the sources of our army have been mixed since the uprising. In addition to the Jurchens, there are Bohai people, Koreans, Liaodong Han people, Yanyun Han people, Xi people, Khitan people, and recently they are trying to win over the Mongols... Among them, the Bohai people have a close relationship with the Jurchens and have always been mixed, so they are quite useful... But now, Da Tabuye died in battle, Da? died in battle, and the guilty ministers have no future. Only Gao Dutong and Shaohe are left... If even Gao Dutong is abandoned..."
"How can you give up?" Wuzhu suddenly interrupted. "If we go south, isn't it actually to save General Gao? Wang Bolong's defeat is not a pity, but it also makes it difficult to resume the siege... The ice period is only a few days, and no one knows how many days we can fight. If the army's morale is not strong, the next time will only be weaker. If we continue to stay here and attack, isn't it the same as watching Yuancheng trapped? In my opinion, it is better to go south and implement the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao, that is the real rescue!"
"Maybe it is a rescue." Gao Qingyi said calmly. "But the problem is, will the Han soldiers in Yuancheng think that the King of Wei is saving them? When Yue Fei came to the city, the Han soldiers rebelled on the spot. Now that General Gao has sent many Moukes out of the city, it will be very difficult for the remaining forces to suppress the Han soldiers and civilians in the city. When General Gao decides to be loyal to the country, will other people in the city still think about being loyal to the country? Isn't the King of Wei afraid that as soon as he leaves, Yuancheng will rebel and surrender the city? At that time, Yue Fei will occupy Yuancheng and there will be no constraints. Isn't he afraid that he will turn around and eat up the surveillance troops? Then cut off our retreat and food supply? Make our army lose quickly?"
Wuzhu was unable to answer for a moment.
"Besides that." Gao Qingyi continued to speak seriously. "These Bohai native Meng'an and Mouke in the army have always been loyal to General Gao, especially those who were sent out by General Gao at the risk of their lives. Almost everyone is grateful. Do they also think that the King of Wei is going south to save General Gao? Even the soldiers of other ethnic groups, what do these people know about military strategies? Seeing that the King of Wei abandoned Yuancheng and went south, I'm afraid they will think that the King of Wei is going to abandon General Gao? When the news spreads to Hedong, what will General Yelu Mawu think? They have the lessons of Yelu Yudu and Yelu Nuge... In this situation, isn't the King of Wei afraid of people's backlash?"
Wushu instinctively glanced at the master's slave standing behind Gao Qingyi, then looked at Gao Qingyi again, his face full of fatigue: "I can hear that you don't want to seek a status here as Shaohe said, but you are grateful to Gao Jingshan and want to persuade me to stay and try to save him... Is that right or not?"
"Yes." Gao Qingyi knelt down and kowtowed inside the door, then answered honestly. "The thing I hate most in my life is that I couldn't save the Grand Marshal. Now that the Grand Marshal's family is dead, and General Gao has saved my life and given me a chance, I can't let him down again... But King Wei, this has nothing to do with whether what I said makes sense or not!"
Wuzhu shook his head and retorted: "Then let's talk about the facts... According to what you said before, the Han army wants to rebel, and the Khitans cannot be trusted. You Bohai people are dissatisfied with this... Isn't the Great Jin Kingdom already riddled with holes and can't do anything?"
"This is exactly what I want to say today." Gao Qingyi spoke earnestly on the ground. "King of Wei... Times have changed! Before, the country was thriving, and in more than ten years, it became a great country. At that time, we could do whatever we wanted, just like a warrior riding a horse on a plain. But now, the country is on the defensive. Zhao and Song are attacking with all their troops. If we retreat, we will be in danger of being wiped out. At this time, doing things is like carrying a heavy load on a high slope. We must be careful... Your Highness, I am not exaggerating."
Wuzhu said nothing.
Gao Qingyi also continued to speak confidently on the ground:
"Your Highness, our Great Jin started from a remote place outside the Great Wall and eventually became a great country with thousands of miles of territory. The foundation is of course the Jurchen cavalry. But the saying goes that if the Jurchens are less than 10,000, they are invincible. This is certainly a compliment, but it also points out that the core ethnic group of the Great Jin is relatively small, right? Therefore, in order to accomplish great things and to serve the overall situation, it is inevitable that the Han army will grow day by day or that other ethnic groups will be recruited as troops. Among them, the various ethnic groups are chaotic and have different cultures, so that they have their own ulterior motives. This is a common and inevitable incident... It is not something that will happen just because I say it today, and it will not disappear just because I don't say it today... Today, I am just advising the King of Wei to pay attention to people's hearts. Isn't this right?"
Wuzhu listened to the other party calmly, and seemed to muster up some courage. He shook his head decisively on the kang: "What you said makes some sense, but the Great Jin is not going to this extent. How can a country with thousands of miles and hundreds of thousands of troops lose the morale of the army just because of the loss of a ten thousand households?"
"How can a country with a vast territory and hundreds of thousands of troops abandon a loyal minister and a famous city just because they lost a million households?" Gao Qingyi refuted on the spot, but kowtowed again. "Your Highness, I have two more words to say. Please allow me to say them."
"You say so."
"Your Highness... Wang Bolong's incident also illustrates one thing, that is, we previously thought that the Iron Cavalry could fight two at a time, and the supplementary soldiers could fight one at a time, so 20,000 soldiers could fight 300,000 Song troops in the imperial camp... This is wrong! In the future, we can't calculate it this way!" Gao Qingyi raised his head and stared at Wuzhu, speaking hurriedly. "And if the Great Jin wants to win the decisive battle, it can only seek to combine large cavalry forces in the field and use the advantages of large cavalry forces in the field to win!"
Wuzhu was unable to refute again.
"Finally, I would like to say that whether the army will go to Tokyo to rescue Zhao or continue to try to rescue Yuancheng here is not about Tokyo and Yuancheng, nor about the strategy of rescue Zhao or the remaining courage... but about another thing..."
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