Fang Guoan was really angry, and shouted: "You have to be flexible in war, how can you stick to the situation? Withdraw, and fight back, why resist when the enemy's momentum is at its peak? Chi Erhan, you are treating the lives of soldiers as child's play! ”

"Do something, don't do something. The young master said. Chi Erhan stiffened his neck and said, "What the young master wants is not a city and a pool, but the hearts of the people in Jiangbei...... Lord Fang, neither you nor I can convince anyone, so don't bother with saliva, you have to withdraw, you withdraw. ”

"Then what do you want, I'll wait for you to withdraw, your department will be a lone army."

"Tonight, I will lead the Hangzhou Guard out of the north gate to counterattack, first, to defeat the arrogance of the enemy, and second, to retreat to the palace for you."

"Nonsense!" Fang Guoan was shocked, "You are sending you to death!" ”

"Not necessarily. Jiang Quanyi's troops were too small, and they did not change clothes and train, so they were surrounded and annihilated by the enemy in one go, but my Hangzhou Guard, all of them are veterans of a hundred battles, and if the enemy wants to eat our department, then I have to ask them if they have that good tooth. ”

After speaking, Chao Fang Guoan bowed his hand and turned to go out.

Fang Guoan was dumbfounded, and suddenly shouted: "Come on, take down Chi Erhan!" ”

The guards outside the door quickly rushed towards Chi Erhan.

Chi Erhan pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and shouted, "Who dare to do it?" ”

Lu Zhiyu was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped: "All retreat!" ”

The guards looked at Fang Guoan hesitantly, and when they saw that Fang Guoan did not continue to order, they retreated.

Chi Erhan snorted and left outside the yamen.

"Lord Fang is angry, in fact, General Chi also has a last resort, the people in Taizhou City have blocked the door before, kneeling and begging General Chi not to abandon them...... Hey, dozens of white-haired old men knelt on the ground and cried, I couldn't bear it! ”

Fang Guoan was stunned for a moment, but the anger in his heart was still there, he pointed to Chi Erhan's back, and said to Lu Zhiyu: "Take a look...... Look, who is this, how can the prince let such a person lead the troops? ”

Lu Zhiyu nodded and said, "Chi Erhan's temper is a little stubborn, but he usually knows the number of etiquette." Today, I'm afraid that I really can't figure it out in my heart, so I bumped into Lord Fang. ”

Fang Guoan glared and said, "What, do you also think that Fang's order to retreat is wrong?" ”

Lu Zhiyu shook his head firmly and said, "No, the last general thinks that Lord Fang is right. The enemy is outnumbered, and how can we make a mistake by avoiding the enemy's edge? ”

"Then why don't you help me stop that bastard?"

"Lord Fang...... The withdrawal of troops was indeed correct, but the last general also thought that General Chi's words were ...... There is some truth. ”

"You're ......!"

"Master Fang, let me finish." Lu Zhiyu thought for a while and said, "The prince crossed the river with his army, and he was willing to surround Wei to save Zhao and resolve the danger of Ying Tianfu, right?" ”

Fang Guoan nodded and said, "That's right." ”

"But after defeating the Khalchu Hun Division, he did not continue to advance northward and expand the results, but chose to consolidate Yangzhou Mansion, which shows that the prince has realized that the Northern Expeditionary Army has not yet had the strength to go north in one fell swoop, at least now is not a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition, right?"

"That's right. Fang also thought that Wang Ye's decision was correct. ”

"Then, after hearing that a large number of enemy troops were heading south and besieging and annihilating Jiang Quanyi's troops, he did not order a retreat, but instead ordered Lord Fang to lead his troops across the river, stationed in Taizhou, and handed over the command of the three guards to Lord Fang?"

Fang Guoan frowned, thought for a while, and said, "You mean to say that the prince is indeed going to fight a decisive battle with the enemy army in Taizhou as Chi Erhan speculated?" But this is not appropriate, knowing that you can't do it, it's taboo for soldiers. ”

Lu Zhiyu sighed lightly and said: "I have also followed the prince for four years, and I am confident that I still know something about the prince, but I can't figure it out, the prince often says that fighting a war depends on whether it is worth it or not, and whether it is cost-effective or not, but at the moment, it is indeed not cost-effective ......to defend Taizhou." ”

"That's it, the prince is not in Taizhou, so naturally he misjudged the battle situation......

"It wasn't necessarily a miscalculation!" Lu Zhiyu said, "If you are not afraid that Lord Fang will be angry, Lord Fang thinks that what is the intention of the prince to let you command the three guards of Jiangbei?" Although Lord Fang has a lot of qualifications, if you really want to talk about it, General Chi is the prince's confidant, but why didn't the prince hand over the command to General Chi, but to you, Lord Fang? ”

Fang Guoan glanced at Lu Zhiyu and became silent, he couldn't figure it out, if Wu Zheng was not worried that Chi Erhan was brave and unstrategic, then Lu Zhiyu was relatively stable and would not attack the north without authorization, and the command should be handed over to Lu Zhiyu.

He has been hidden in the military academy by Wu Zheng, and he didn't want to use his own intentions in this war, but he just hurriedly took over the power and ordered himself to lead his troops to take over the defense of Jiangyin.

Fang Guoan stared at Lu Zhiyu and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

Lu Zhiyu said: "The last general secretly thought that the prince knew that it was not the time for the Northern Expedition, and when he learned that the Qing army was moving south, not only did he not order the withdrawal of troops, but instead ordered Lord Fang to lead his troops to the north. As for why the command was not handed over to General Chi, I think that the prince is worried about General Chi's temperament, and once the battle is successful, he may not be able to hold back...... Therefore, the prince has no intention of expanding the battle situation in his heart, that is, it is enough to keep the results that have been obtained. ”

Fang Guoan fell silent again.

Lu Zhiyu said again: "General Chi is actually right in what he said, the enemy army seems to be powerful, but we may also overestimate them, on the contrary, underestimate ourselves...... Lord Fang, what you brought is the elite of our army, whether it is firearms or soldiers, in addition to the lack of combat experience, it can be said that the strength is far greater than that of Hangzhou and Jinshan. ”

"That's why Fang Mou ordered to retreat, these are new recruits, and it's okay to accumulate experience in a tailwind battle, but if you fight a bloody counterattack war, only God knows...... In case something really happens, how to explain it to the prince? ”

"Lord Fang is too worried, you and I are both people who lead soldiers, which army may be veterans? Veterans, those who survive a hundred battles are called veterans. ”

Fang Guoan came to his senses.

At this time, there was an urgent report outside the door, "General Yufang, General Chi led the Hangzhou Wei to assemble in the north city, and wanted to go out of the city to counterattack the enemy." ”

Fang Guoan stomped his feet and said: "Disobeying the military order, if it is a normal day, it will be an immediate beheading!" ”

Lu Zhiyu asked softly, "General Chi is right, at least, he can create an opportunity for you and me to retreat with one blow out of the city...... Lord Fang, will you and I still withdraw? ”

Fang Guoan looked at Lu Zhiyu, then paced back and forth a few times, raised his head and said angrily: "Withdraw a fart!" If he really dies in Taizhou, no matter how great the achievements you and I make, I am afraid that we will not be able to explain to the prince. ”