Chapter 156: What to Choose
"An excellent cavalryman needs at least five to ten years of riding training, two matching horses, in order to train war horses, you also need to provide food such as beans and wheat, plus weapons and armor and saddles, etc., which need to be taken care of by special personnel, and you also need to carry a large amount of baggage when you go out in wartime, a large part of which is the rations of war horses." Jieli said quietly.
And if he was able to say such a thing, Chen Feng already had a little bottom in his heart, this was already a plan to give up the 20,000 cavalry, otherwise he would never have such feelings.
"Great Khan, if 20,000 cavalry and 200,000 troops were on a par, what choice would you make?" Chen Feng did not urge, but opened his mouth to guide, this Jieli Khan is also a generation of heroes, knowing when to give up and when to strictly abide by it.
And now, since the commander of the 20,000 cavalry has committed treason, it means that the 20,000 cavalry have also treasoned, if it is in Beijing, Jieli Khan will definitely not be so extreme, but at this time it is not in Beijing, but in the war, a wrong decision during the war may bring greater consequences that they are unwilling to accept.
Indeed, Chen Feng's words are reasonable, if he is unwilling to give up the 20,000 cavalry, it may bring irreparable consequences to the 200,000 troops behind, in comparison, 20,000 cavalry may not be so important.
At this time, the cavalrymen who shed their blood on the battlefield may not know that they have been involved in a shocking conspiracy, and what a cruel fate they will face because of the battle for superiority. However, from ancient times to the present, the life and death of little people has never been a matter of concern to the superiors.
Even at the beginning, when Jieli Khan hesitated, it was not because of the life and death of 20,000 cavalry, but because of the loss of 20,000 cavalry, how much loss he would not be willing to accept, 20,000 lives, in the eyes of the superiors, is probably just a matter of one sentence, one word can live, one word can also kill.
Jieli Khan folded the battle report in his hand and put it in his sleeve pocket, his movements were slow but firm, without any hesitation, Chen Feng knew that at this time he had already made a conclusion, and he could only sigh in his heart for a poor man.
At this time, Chen Feng no longer has a position to look at this battle from the perspective of an outsider, no one knows better than him how the battle started, even Li Zhen'er, who has been cooperating with him, only knows half of it, and can't guess the joints.
But Chen Feng knew in his heart that all this was promoted by him, and he had no way to continue to keep himself out of the matter, and the 20,000 cavalry were abandoned, and he also planned it, in which he was not only the mastermind behind the scenes, but he also single-handedly promoted this conspiracy, and even calculated the peace between the Eastern and Western Turks.
But if Chen Feng is given a chance to choose again, he will not regret it, war always requires people to sacrifice, and it is never the hearts of the people that are exchanged for peace, but the powerlessness of rights and desires. Only after this they have experienced powerlessness, no further conquest, no further deprivation, will they settle their ambitions.
Chen Feng admitted that Jieli Khan's ambition was stimulated by him, but he couldn't deny that if he didn't have such ambition in his bones, he would definitely not have been able to seduce such ambition, what Chen Feng did was just to release what he had in his heart.
On the other hand, the same is true, if the Turki Khan of the Eastern Turks did not have such a great desire for power, the Eastern and Western Turks would not have been separated, and now the two are still one, but now, it seems a bit hypocritical to talk about this, since the moment when the Jieli Khan planned to send troops to the Eastern Turks, there is no room for recovery.
The one in Chang'an City is waiting for the snipe and clam to compete for the fisherman's profit, at this time, once the two families fight, it is absolutely impossible to collect the troops in a short period of time, Jieli Khan has decided to lose 20,000 cavalry, and the casualties of the enemy army brought by 20,000 cavalry will not be less, even if the two families find out about the conspiracy, they have already been deeply trapped in it, they can't help themselves, the quagmire is deep, and then they want to get out, how to stop a difficult word?
Once upon a time, Chen Feng would also secretly think to himself in his heart, whether it was really worth paying such a big price, but often at this time, there was a greater obsession that would defeat him, and that was Anning.
The people of the world don't want to live in the chaos of war, even Chen Feng himself doesn't want to, he wants to live a relaxed and casual life, and how can the people in the war get it at will?
They live in tension every day, their families, their husbands, their sons or their fathers, who are spilling their blood on the battlefield at this time, are they also living in pain? Missing often makes people feel relaxed, but more often it makes people feel tormented.
I don't know how many nights they tossed and turned, because the person they cared about was experiencing the wind, frost, snow and rain at this time, and when they closed their eyes, they were greeted by blood, or they fell to the ground, covered in bruises, or the whole dream was covered with scarlet blood.
I don't know how many times when the family eats, they will habitually take his dishes and chopsticks, put them in the position he is used to, and shout "eat" to the house, but the person who used to always come out of the room can't sit at the table with them and eat leisurely this time, even if it's just coarse tea and light rice, but it also makes people feel at ease, but at this time, because he is not there, it seems that the whole meal has become tasteless.
How many families, after there are no pillars, they don't know how to eat and sleep, these may not be clear to those who are in power, but Chen Feng knows how many people's suffering, maybe not only the soldiers on the battlefield are suffering every day, but their families are tormented by such pain every day.
They have never been to the battlefield, they may not have experienced war, but their hearts are tormented by war and chaos every day.
Chen Feng never thought of himself as a good person, and even thought that he was a wicked person, but on the side of the people, he knew what the people wanted in their hearts, most people did not seek to be rich and rich, they only wanted peace in their hearts, and the people they cared about were around, and that's it.