Chapter 1600: Withdrawal from battle

Since the specific traces of the Qi army have not been found, the arrival of the Qi army across the sea is only a guess after all.

Of course, Li Jing could not overturn all the previous battle plans just because of a guess, and such a reason could not convince the whole army, so the decisive battle would continue tomorrow.

The next day, Li Jing led Ran Min, Tai Shici, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Qin Ming and other generals to rush to the agreed battlefield with the whole army.

Halfway through, a spy suddenly came to report: "Qi Yu Taishou, a fisherman in Yi'an County, went to sea to fish this morning, but accidentally found a fleet, and the fisherman immediately reported to the customs, and now it has been determined that it is the Qi State Navy." ”

"What? Did Zhu Tianpeng really cross the sea with the navy? ”

Ran Min said with a shocked face, unable to believe that this was true.

"How is this possible?"

Lu Junyi also looked unacceptable.

This news was a bolt from the blue for the Qing army.

Even if the morale of the Qin army is high, there is a lot of pressure on the less than 60,000 troops to fight against 80,000.

Now that there are 10,000 more enemy troops, and there are poisonous snakes that may appear behind you at any time, how will this battle be fought?

"Lord Taishou, why don't we divide the troops? Divide a part of the troops to guard against Zhu Tianpeng's sailors? Tai Shi Ci said.

Li Jing fell into silence and did not speak, but Ran Min said in a deep voice: "The Qi army is notoriously difficult, if the division of troops is less than eight thousand, it will definitely not be able to resist, and the strength of our army is much less than Wang Mang, if there are so many troops, the frontal battlefield will not be able to bear." ”

As soon as they heard this, the generals were immediately silent, after all, once the frontal battlefield collapsed, it would be a real defeat, and there was no way to reverse it.

"Alas, it would be nice to find out the whereabouts of the Qi army earlier." Qin Ming said with a look of annoyance.

If it had been discovered last night, the Qin army would have at least been able to withdraw overnight, but now that a decisive battle is about to begin, even if the Qin army wants to withdraw, Wang Mang will not be able to let the Qin army withdraw.

"Zhu Tianpeng deliberately took the navy to drift on the sea, in order not to be exposed, if the fisherman didn't happen to run into it, I'm afraid that Zhu Tianpeng would not take the initiative to expose it until the decisive battle between our army and Wang Mang." Ran Min sighed.

Can't beat and can't run away, this is the biggest problem that the Qin army is currently facing.

At the beginning, Song Jiang's Liangshan army was also forced to a dead end by Li Jing in this way, but he didn't expect that now the Qin army was also forced to the edge of the cliff by Zhu Tianpeng.

Seeing that the crowd was arguing and couldn't come up with a reason, Li Jing had been pondering and ignoring everyone, Tai Shici gritted his teeth, stood up and took the initiative to ask for battle: "Lord Taishou, please give the last general 4,000 soldiers and horses, the last general is willing to swear to block Zhu Tianpeng, only 4,000 troops should have little impact on the frontal battlefield." ”

"Ziyi, you are crazy, Zhu Tianpeng himself is a top master, and there are Xia Luqi and Wang Yanzhang under his command, as well as 10,000 elite sailors who can cross the sea, how can you stop it alone, and 5,000 soldiers and horses?" Qin Ming said.

"Is there any other way?"

Tai Shi Ci asked rhetorically, and Qin Ming was speechless.

Anyway, you can't run away, although the possibility of losing by dividing the troops is high, but this is also the only way now, after all, if you don't divide the troops, you will definitely lose.

"The last general is willing to make a military order." Tai Shi Ci gritted his teeth and said.

Li Jing, who hadn't said a word for a long time, raised his head, wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, looked at Tai Shici and said, "Step aside, Ziyi, I won't agree to your request." ”

"But ......"

Li Jing interrupted Tai Shici and said to himself: "Zhu Tianpeng came across the sea this time, beyond everyone's expectations, now our army has fallen into Zhu Tianpeng's calculations, such a simple way to deal with the division of troops, Wang Mang and Zhu Tianpeng must be able to guess, so there must be a way to deal with it."

At this time, the enemy is dark and we are clear, and if we start a war, we will definitely lose. ”

"What then? Is it possible to withdraw troops? Qin Ming said with annoyance.

A gleam flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he asked rhetorically, "Who said you can't withdraw?" ”

"Uh, this ......"

Qin Ming opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

The rest of the generals all looked at Li Jing with a look of surprise, and Tai Shici opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Taishou, is it difficult to fight you, do you have a way to withdraw your troops safely?" ”

"It's a thought, but it's also risky."

Hearing Li Jing say this, all the generals showed ecstasy, and the originally panicked scene was suddenly swept away, as if they had found the backbone of the heart.

"But Taishou, if you retreat at this time, Zhu Tianpeng will not be able to sneak attack our army, and I am afraid that the target will be transferred to Beihai."

A trace of worry flashed in Ran Min's eyes, and he said worriedly: "Zhu Tianpeng is much faster than us by boat, I'm afraid that before we retreat to Beihai, Beihai has already been broken by the Qi army." ”

Ran Min's words can be said to be on point, Zhu Tianpeng came across the sea, it is impossible to run in vain, Li Jing's main force runs, then he will definitely go to fight Beihai, after all, Beihai can't run away.

Although Li Jing left 3,000 defenders in Beihai, the defenders were two civil servants, and it was almost impossible to hold Beihai under the attack of Zhu Tianpeng and the elite of the Qi army.

One second it was still bright, and the other second it withered.

The generals were a little desperate, and they found that what they were currently facing was simply a dead end.

If you start a war, you will lose, and if you withdraw your troops, Beihai will fall, and sooner or later you will still be defeated.

A hint of happiness flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he said meaningfully: "Didn't you find that there is one person missing?" ”

All the generals were a little confused, so Ran Min thought about it, looked around for a week, and exclaimed: "Jintai, Brother Jintai is gone." ”

"Hey, it's true, I didn't notice the decisive battle when I patronized it......"

"Taishou, what about General Jintai?" Lu Junyi asked.

"In the news sent back last night, although there was no trace of the Qi army, I always felt that there was a problem with it, after all, if Zhu Tianpeng's fleet did not dock, it would be impossible for our army's spies to find it.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, I ordered General Jintai to lead two thousand cavalry and return to Beihai at night, just in case.

Even if there are 2,000 less soldiers and horses on our side, it will have no impact on the whole, but the two thousand more soldiers and horses on the Beihai side, and General Jintai's words, can make Beihai City stronger. ”

Hearing Li Jing say this, the generals were immediately ecstatic, and Qin Ming even shouted: "Lord Taishou, you are really too prescient. ”

"Alright."

Li Jing interrupted the flattery of the generals and said in a deep voice: "At this time, the risk of starting a war is too great, we must retreat as soon as possible, as for how to retreat, we will talk about it on the road."

The order went down, and the whole army retreated. ”

"No."

With Li Jing's order, the 55,000 troops advancing to the battlefield, Li Jing turned around and evacuated in an orderly manner.