A perfectly sane heart, like a knife full of blades, will cause the hands of those who wield it to bleed.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

"Although the Langxiang Province where the Jianzhou Jurchen Five Banners are located and the Mulhouse Province where the Shangsanqi are located, are adjacent provinces, the distance between the two provinces is very far; if we can complete the annihilation of the Lower Five Banners within half a month, it will be too late for the Shangsanqi to rush to help. ”

"No, there is no need to rush at all, we have at least two months to complete the annihilation of the lower five banners. Bai Feng, who did not agree with Louis's point of view, explained: "The Jianzhou Nuzhen is under the Five Banners, but I don't know how strong we are. ”

"As long as we work out a sound battle plan and take some special measures appropriately, we may not be able to annihilate the 100,000 cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchen under the five banners of Langxiang Province in one fell swoop before the Jianzhou Jurchens in Mulhouse send troops to the Three Banners!"

"General, even if we have more than half of the elite 320,000 troops, that can't change the fact that the 100,000 troops of the five banners of the Jianzhou Jurchens are all cavalry; I believe that we can defeat the 100,000 cavalry of the five banners of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but it may not be easy to annihilate them all!"

"General Di Maria, you still don't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Spartan Legion!" This time, without Bai Feng opening his mouth, Luculus opposite Di Maria said: "In a head-on decisive battle, the two royal legions and the Spartan legion can combine to destroy 100,000 enemy troops!"

"Commander Luculus, it's not that I don't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Spartan Legion and the Royal Legion, but that you misunderstood what I meant; I firmly believe in their unparalleled combat effectiveness as much as you do, but who can guarantee that the cavalry of the Five Banners of the Jianzhou Jurchens will not escape?"

"No matter how elite our infantry is, it is impossible for them to catch up with the Shangjianzhou Jurchen cavalry, right?" Di Maria, who smiled bitterly, said helplessly: "If they avoid our main force and use the advantage of their mobility to retreat in a roundabout way, then what should we do?"

"What's wrong with that?" Cavani on Di Maria's side said, "As long as the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry retreats backwards, we will continue to advance and take advantage of the situation to recover Langxiang Province, and isn't this our original goal?"

"This ......" Di Maria, who was a little overly worried just now, remembered that recovering Langxiang Province, which was occupied by the Jurchens of Jianzhou, was the real goal of this counteroffensive, and as for whether or not the 100,000 Jurchen cavalry in Langxiang Province could be annihilated, it would not affect the realization of this set goal.

"General Cavani, do you think we can coexist with the Jianzhou Jurchen?" After Di Maria was speechless, Bai Feng looked at Cavani and asked, "Or, do you think our empire can coexist peacefully with the tribes on the grassland?"

"Of course it can't be!" Cavani, who had no doubt about this, said categorically: "Who doesn't know the ambitions and dangers of the Thirteen Steppe Tribes to the civilized world? There is absolutely no possibility of peaceful coexistence between our empire and the steppe tribes!"

"Not bad. Bai Feng, who agreed with Cavani's answer, continued to ask: "It is impossible for our empire and the steppe tribes to coexist peacefully, so why don't we take this opportunity to remove the threat of the Jurchen tribe once and for all?"

"This ......" Cavani, who hesitated slightly, thought for a while before replying: "Even if we annihilate the 100,000 Jurchen cavalry of Langxiang Province once and for all, doesn't that mean that the Jurchen tribe is finished?

"General Cavani, you can rest assured of that. Luis, who already had a general understanding of Bai Feng's thoughts, suddenly interjected: "The core of the Jurchen tribe is the Jianzhou Jurchen, which is becoming stronger and stronger, and has signs of unification;

"Why is that? Doesn't it mean that the Jianzhou Jurchens are only one of the three major Jurchen tribes?" Rodriguez, who had never been to the north, was puzzled: "Moreover, I have also heard that the strength of the Haixi Jurchens and the East China Sea Jurchens is not inferior to the Jianzhou Jurchens in any way, and even stronger!"

"The Haixi Jurchens, who are more barbaric than the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the East China Sea Jurchens, who have a larger population than the Jianzhou Jurchens, are certainly stronger than the Jianzhou Jurchens in terms of overall strength; however, the overall strength belongs to the overall strength, which does not mean that the Haixi Jurchens and the East China Sea Jurchens are really stronger than the Jianzhou Jurchens. ”

Seeing that Rodriguez still didn't understand what he meant, Louis patiently explained: "The tribal strife within the Jurchen tribe is very serious, especially the Haixi Jurchen and the East China Sea Jurchen, and the infighting is even as fierce as the war between foreign races!"

"More importantly, the Haixi Jurchens and the East China Sea Jurchens did not give birth to a legendary figure like Nurhachi, nor did they have the recognized khans of the various tribes;

"I see!" Rodriguez, who understood it, said subconsciously: "In that case, then wouldn't we just try our best to defeat the Jurchens in Jianzhou, and the Jurchen tribe, as one of the thirteen tribes of the grassland, may decline?"

"This is what I want!" Seeing that the thoughts in his heart were expressed by Rodriguez, Bai Feng, who had a growing sense of battle in his eyes, said solemnly: "It is our only goal in this battle to defeat the main force of the Jianzhou Jurchens to invade the south, and then go north to completely eliminate the Jianzhou Jurchens!"

Speaking of this, Bai Feng stood up from his position as the main general, and after his eyes swept over the faces of each general one by one, he said in a loud voice with a proud face: "Generals, can you have the confidence to destroy the Jianzhou Jurchens with me?"

"I'll follow the general to the death!" The generals who had experience once cooperated very tacitly this time.

"Okay! Then we'll ...... next" Without waiting for Bai Feng to finish speaking, Steve, who had been waiting outside the military tent, walked into the military tent quickly, holding a battle report that had just been delivered, and reported to Bai Feng with a happy face:

"General Qiyu, the centurion of Aggis who led the army to reinforce the defenders of the third bridge, only defended the bridge with reinforcements, and met the onslaught of nearly 6,000 Jurchen cavalry; after several rounds of fighting, Centurion Agis killed nearly 1,000 enemy cavalry without losing one person, and the enemy cavalry retreated!"

"Whoa......" As soon as Steve finished his report, there was an uproar in the military tent.

Bai Feng's dispatch of the three support armies to reinforce the defenders of the three bridges on the Xingyue River was not a confidential matter, and everyone knew about the generals who could come to the commander's tent to attend the meeting, and even the composition of the three support armies was well known.

The defenders and reinforcements, 2,000 soldiers guarded the narrow bridge on the bridge deck, resisting the attack of 6,000 cavalry, it was indeed possible to hold it, but the high casualties were unavoidable, and to the shock of the generals, this Aggis actually killed nearly 1,000 cavalry of the enemy without losing one person!!

Although the Zhengbai Flag in the Eight Banners of the Jianzhou Jurchen is not a flag with relatively strong combat effectiveness, it is also an elite division composed of Jurchen cavalry, and its combat effectiveness is only stronger than that of the infantry.

Compared to the shocked generals under his command, Bai Feng, who instantly understood in his heart, did not rush to make any evaluation of Aggis's achievements, he first sensed the Roman system with his divine sense, and confirmed his judgment before announcing with a smile:

"Steve, you shall at once send an order to the Centurion of the Third Bridge, Agis Centurion: In view of his exploits, I appoint him the Adjutant General and Acting Commander of the Spear Legion, and when General Cabitus arrives, the Legion Commander shall be transferred to Cabitus. ”

"No!" Steve, who had received the order, quickly bowed down and withdrew from the military tent and arranged for the cavalry under his command to give the order.