Chapter 380: Salvage Measures
As a result of the decisive battle in Fengzhou, the pseudo-Qi severely damaged the 150,000 ** led by Li Huangshu that day at the cost of more than 80,000 injuries, and according to preliminary statistics, ** more than 120,000 casualties. If it weren't for the stubborn resistance of the Benlei Pioneer Regiment that dragged down the two thousands of pseudo-Qi elite cavalry, I am afraid that Mao Hao would not have had time to lead the Feather Cavalry Regiment to rush back to help, and Uncle Li Huang would not have escaped easily.
And the tragedy of the battle is far from the case, from the beginning to set up an ambush for Uncle Li Huang's puppet Qi rebels, taking advantage of the opportunity of the defeat and fled, in addition to the rebels who participated in the war at that time, Fengzhou City also killed tens of thousands of cavalry, combined with the army, launched a large-scale impact on the huge military camp.
I heard that my own army lost on the battlefield, especially that Uncle Li Huang was chased and killed by thousands of elite cavalry, how can those who stayed in the barracks have the backbone? Hundreds of thousands of people put up only a slight resistance, and then they were completely defeated by the fierce offensive of the puppet Qi rebels, and abandoned the camp and fled.
As for the final disability, the soldier who returned to Hanzhong Mansion to report the news did not know, he only knew that when he left, ** had already begun to collect the rout, and re-encamped more than 60 miles away from the original ** camp, and at the same time built a base and dug a trench, and seemed to have made preparations to defend the place.
Even if there is no exact intelligence, Lin Feng can estimate and calculate the casualties of **, and after this defeat, it is not the number of soldiers that can make up for it, and the most important thing is that the morale of the whole army will be devastated.
From the mouth of the messenger, Lin Feng also heard that the rebels of the puppet Qi were still as uninformed as before, and it seemed that the purpose of the decisive battle was only to defeat the **, and the other was to mainly loot a large number of military supplies, especially grain and grass.
Lin Feng was not too worried about grain and grass, after all, since last year's Zhu Wen rebellion, Datang's granary, Jiangnan and other places have returned to the embrace of Datang, after a year of easing, it is no longer too urgent in terms of logistics in terms of grain and grass, plus the support of Shannan and Jiannan, it can completely survive this difficulty.
And the most important of them is Uncle Li Huang, who led the troops to a decisive battle this time, once this matter is transmitted to the court, Uncle Li's status may plummet. After thinking for a moment, Lin Feng turned his head to look at the worried Li Xiaofeng, and decisively ordered, "Xiaofeng! I'm afraid you have to go to Chengdu Mansion in person, and you can't rush to Fengzhou with us tonight! ”
"Brother-in-law, I..." Hearing this, Li Xiaofeng suddenly stood up anxiously, but was stopped by Lin Feng waving his hand, and then frowned and patiently explained: "I can understand your current mood!" But you have to believe Mao Hao's winged cavalry regiment, besides, ** has now retreated dozens of miles back to camp again, presumably the rebels of the pseudo-Qi will not have any good fruit to eat even if they attack! The reason why you are asked to go to Chengdu Mansion is because there is a more important matter, which is related to Uncle Li's future, that is, the future commander of **, and even the future status of our Feng family's army! ”
"Hmm, I see." Although Li Xiaofeng was very reluctant, he also understood the meaning of Lin Feng's words, nodded slightly, and responded softly: "What should I do, brother-in-law, just say it!" ”
"You can clean up in a while, take a small number of personal soldiers, dress up in disguise, and sneak into Chengdu Mansion secretly!" Lin Feng carefully calculated the various situations that might arise in the future, his face was extremely cautious, and even his tone slowed down a lot: "When the time comes, you will first find a way to meet Liu Yonghao, the Chinese scholar!" Now, for the time being, we can only ask the other party to secretly operate his current power in the court, help, and help Uncle Huang through this difficult time! ”
"Well, I see!" Li Xiaofeng nodded solemnly, he also understood the seriousness of this matter, if it was an ordinary person, because of this defeat, it was possible to be dismissed and imprisoned, and even a holy decree to recall and give death was not impossible.
"Also, remember to bring more things, after all, this matter is too big to hide!" Lin Feng slowly moved to the edge of the table, flipped the back of his hand, his fingers kept tapping on the table, and suddenly frowned, as if talking to himself, shook his head and sighed: "Hey! Wait a minute, I'll write a handwritten letter, such a big thing, I don't dare to guarantee that Liu Yonghao will help us! It seems that this time, it has to pay for it! ”
"Brother Feng, is it that serious?" Li Xiaojun, who had been silent, suddenly looked up at Lin Feng, frowned slightly, and asked worriedly.
"It should be, but it's not impossible to save, and you don't have to worry too much!" Lin Feng let out a long sigh, smiled at Li Xiaojun, shook his head and explained: "Uncle Huang and I have only suddenly appeared in recent years, but we have almost mastered all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, at least nominally!" So there is such a good opportunity, presumably those old foxes in the court will not let go! Although this matter has nothing to do with me on the surface, everyone knows now that I and Uncle Huang are on the same front, and if they take this opportunity to attack Uncle Huang, they will naturally inevitably target me and even the Feng family army in the future! ”
Saying that, Lin Feng turned around and sat down on the seat, his tone suddenly turned cold, and he said in a cold voice: "So, no matter what, the commander of the ** can't be replaced!" Moreover, this matter cannot be allowed to affect Uncle Li's current status! ”
Li Xiaojun nodded as if he didn't understand, then turned his head to look at Li Xiaofeng, and instructed with a concerned face: "Xiaofeng, then you have to be careful along the way, just do what your brother-in-law says!" ”
"Don't worry, sister! I get it! Li Xiaofeng smiled slightly, grabbed Li Xiaojun's hands, and comforted him softly. Then he stood up and asked Lin Feng: "Brother-in-law, if there is nothing else, I will go down first and leave as soon as possible!" ”
"Well, remember to pack a little more! If it's not convenient, go to Chenlong Money Village and directly pick up some large-denomination silver tickets, anyway, it's much more convenient to bring it! Lin Feng nodded, and after reminding him, he suddenly stretched out his hand to stop Li Xiaofeng, frowned and instructed: "Remember, go and go back quickly!" After seeing Liu Yonghao explain the situation, no matter what the result is, he quickly rushed to the front line in Fengzhou! In addition to making these preparations, we also need a victory to save the face of the emperor, and more importantly, to revive the morale that was low after the defeat! ”
"Brother Feng, you..." Li Xiaojun reached out to hold Lin Feng's arm, pursed his lips, hesitated, and whispered, "You must also be careful." ”
"I'm fine, but I'll have to leave in a minute! It's too sudden. Lin Feng smiled bitterly, nodded and comforted: "Don't worry, Uncle Huang's side, I will definitely take care of it!" I promised you that I would do it! ”
"Well, you have to be careful." Li Xiaojun nodded lightly, his tone had become choked, and his face suddenly looked a little haggard.