Chapter 270: To Fight or Not to Fight
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Ma Wu originally planned to leave the cavalry at the end to win a surprise victory, but now he can only use it as the queen of the palace.
When Ma Wu brought the Xiao cavalry up, Liu Xiu and the others began to retreat as a whole.
At present, the strength of the cavalry army is very small, not even a thousand people, it is impossible to stop the reckless army of more than 30,000 people, but at least it can slow down the speed of the reckless army to pursue the victory, and minimize the casualties caused by their own side in the retreat.
Liu Xiu retreated to the rear, found Liu Xiu, and asked urgently, "Big brother, why did you order a retreat?" β
Liu Xuan sighed faintly, and said helplessly: "The Pinglin Army and the Xinshi Army have been defeated!" β
If you don't withdraw now, you still have to fight, and then you will be surrounded by 100,000 reckless troops.
Liu Xiu was taken aback when he heard this, the two sides had just started the war, and the Pinglin Army and the Xinshi Army, each with more than 10,000 people, were both defeated and fled, how did the Green Forest Army fight this battle?
How was the battle fought?
Quite simply, the Green Forest Army has never faced so many reckless troops. Before the battle began, just looking at the size of the reckless army, the morale of the whole army had already fallen to the bottom.
When they came into contact with the Mang army, the Pinglin army and the Xinshi army were all panicked from top to bottom, and they immediately showed a rout on the battlefield.
The soldiers in front ran back frantically, and the generals who led the army didn't stop them, they all ran with the soldiers. The Xinshi Army and the Pinglin Army, which did not fight together, performed surprisingly consistently on the battlefield, that is, they were defeated on all fronts.
The two armies didn't care about the Zhutian Army that was still fighting in the middle of the road, and they ran away in a hurry.
In this battle outside Wancheng City, both sides invested all their troops, and the scale of the battlefield was also very large, but in fact, because the Green Forest Army ran too fast, the battle between the two sides was almost a touch, and there were no big casualties on both sides.
The Green Forest Army and the Zhutian Army were defeated and retreated one after another, and the two armies fled all the way to Xiaochang'anju.
Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci did not give up, led a large army, and pursued behind. Cen Peng withdrew to Wancheng with more than 30,000 reckless troops. The Mang army was also worried that the whole army was outside, and Wancheng was vulnerable to attack.
When they arrived at Xiaochang'anju, the Green Forest Army originally planned to resist the pursuing Mang Army here. As a result, the situation of the battle was exactly the same as outside Wancheng, and as soon as the Green Forest Army came into contact with the Mang Army, they were immediately defeated.
The Green Forest Army was defeated and fled again, and the Zhutian Army didn't have to fight here, so they could only retreat.
The two armies gathered from Xiaochang'an, fled all the way to the south, and retreated to the south to gather, thinking that they finally had a chance to breathe, but the butt was not yet hot, and the reckless army pursued and killed to the south to gather.
This time, the Green Forest Army was simply defeated, and they were directly defeated, and the Zhutian Army and the Green Forest Army gathered from the south, and they were defeated all the way back to Jianyang.
Fortunately, after the Mang army entered Nanjuju, it did not continue the pursuit, but stationed there. On the same day, Zhen Fu sent people to Wancheng to transfer the part of the troops in Wancheng City.
Through today's battle, Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci have clearly seen that the rebels are just paper tigers, which seem to be huge, but in fact they are not vulnerable at all.
Don't look at the many soldiers in the green forest, but most of them are rabble, and they will be defeated with one blow, and only the Zhutian Army can still have some combat effectiveness on the anti-army side, but unfortunately the number of the Zhutian Army is too small, and they are powerless to reverse the overall situation on the battlefield.
In this case, there is no need for the side to be afraid of the rebels, but now they can take advantage of the fact that they will annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop and no longer give the rebels a chance to continue to grow.
Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci have already made up their minds to fight to the death with the Zhutian Army and the Green Forest Army, and they are bound to annihilate these two rebel forces in one fell swoop, and the spearhead of the 100,000 reckless army has also begun to point directly at Jianyang.
Let's talk about the Zhutian Army and the Green Forest Army that were defeated all the way back to Jianyang, the Zhutian Army was stationed in the city, and the Green Forest Army was still stationed outside the city.
The Chinese military tent of the Pillar Heavenly Army.
Liu Xuan sat in the center, and the generals sat on both sides, and people's faces became more and more ugly. This time he took the initiative to attack Wancheng, and the battle was too ugly and too frustrating.
The Green Forest Army, with more than 30,000 troops, had no combat power at all on the battlefield, and in front of the Mang Army, it was defeated again and again, and it was defeated all the way from Wancheng to Jianyang, which not only exposed all the strength of its own side, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Mang Army.
The enemy army is strong, it is not terrible, but if there is a pig teammate on your side, it will be terrible. Liu Ji clenched his fists, slammed the table in front of him, and said angrily: "Why are we allied with the Green Forest Army? Because of the large number of Green Forest soldiers, they thought that they could make a difference against the Mang Army, but in fact, the Green Forest Army of more than 30,000 people still had combat strength
It's not as good as my five or six thousand Pillar Heavenly Army! β
What else is the point of this alliance?
The faces of everyone present were not very good-looking, and even Liu Xiu, Yan Guang and others were disappointed in the performance of the Green Forest Army.
At the same time, the Green Forest Army was also holding urgent consultations in the camp.
In the Chinese military tent, Wang Kuang's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water, and he was silent. Chen Mu is like a river, gushing endlessly. He said: "With our current strength, it is a joke to storm Wancheng!" How many people are there in the army? An army of 100,000! And it is 100,000 well-equipped and well-trained Beijing division army! With our current strength, it is not enough for the reckless army to stuff their teeth
What about sewing......"
Every time Chen Mu said a word, there were generals on the scene who nodded again and again, indicating that what Chen Mu said was right.
Wang Kuang also thought that what Chen Mu said was reasonable, but he also knew that in this battle, his own performance was too embarrassing, and it was not as good as the Zhutian Army of only a few thousand people.
He didn't want to listen to the nonsense of how strong the enemy army was and how weak his own side was, so he turned his head to look at Liu Xuan and said, "Holy Father." β
Liu Xuanzi Holy Father. Hearing Wang Kuang's summons, Liu Xuan, who was sitting at the end, hurriedly bowed and said, "General Wang! β
"What do you think of today's battle?" Although Liu Xuan is a member of the Green Forest Army, he is also a member of the Liu family, and through him, he can also understand some of the attitudes of the Pillar Heavenly Army.
It's completely okay to let Liu Xuan play a trick and play a trick, but let him analyze the battle situation, discuss how to lead the troops to fight, and how to win the battle, then he is completely a layman.
Liu Xuan coughed dryly, and said hesitantly: "The reckless army is very strong, and it's really difficult for us, our side to match." β
What he said was the same as not saying it. Wang Kuang couldn't help but rub his forehead and fell silent again.
"Newspaperβ"
With the shouting of the report, a soldier of the Green Forest Army hurriedly ran into the tent of the Chinese army, and said urgently: "General Bao, the 30,000 Mang army has now left Wancheng and is heading in the direction of gathering in the south!" β
As soon as they heard this, all the generals of the Green Forest Army present were shocked.
The Mang army did not gather and retreat from Wancheng from the south, but transferred 30,000 troops from Wancheng, what is this for? Obviously, the Mang army does not plan to retreat this time, but wants to concentrate its forces and fight a decisive battle with itself here in Thornyang.
Chen Muteng stood up and said urgently: "General Wang, the situation is in crisis, we can't wait any longer, we have to withdraw our troops quickly!" β
Many generals also stood up, rubbing their fists and grinding their palms, not to fight to the death with the Mang army, but to prepare to take their subordinates and soldiers to quickly clean up the camp, set up camp and pull out the village, and then run away.
Wang Kuang smiled bitterly and muttered, "Meng Jian, ...... Where else can they be evacuated? β
"Cai Yang!" Chen Mu said without thinking about it.
"And then? What about the Mang army that defeated Thorn Yang, and then chased it to Cai Yang? β
"That'...... Then we will withdraw to the area of Xinshi and Pinglin. β
"What if the reckless army comes after you again?"
"It's a big deal, we'll quit Nanyang County!"
Wang Kuang was bitter in his heart, is he going to withdraw from Nanyang again, can he make a comeback a few times, and will he have a chance to make a comeback?
Seeing that he drooped his head and shook his head silently, Chen Mu hurriedly said: "General Wang, hurry up and give an order, when the Mang army pounces, it will be too late for us to withdraw the army to protect ourselves!" β
"Yes! General Wang, give the order quickly! The generals of the Pinglin Army got up one after another and urged Wang Kuang with nonsense.
The generals of the Xinshi Army looked at Wang Kuang with wide eyes, waiting for him to make a decision.
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Chen Mu took a deep breath and said, "If General Wang wants to stay in Jianyang and wait for death, I won't stop you, my Pinglin army will retreat first!" With that, he turned and walked out of the camp.
"Wait!" Wang Kuang stopped Chen Mu and said weakly: "Even if you want to withdraw the army, you should have a prophet and let them withdraw with us!" β
For this, Chen Mu did not object, nodded, and said, "General Wang sent someone to inform the Zhu Tianjun that it is." β
Wang Kuang turned his head, looked at Liu Xuan again, and said, "General Liu, please let you go in person." β
Liu Xuan hurriedly got up, intervened in the salute, and said, "General Wang is polite, and the last general is duty-bound." β
Under Wang Kuang's instructions, Liu Xuan came to the Zhutian Army Barracks in Jianyang City.
When he entered the Zhongjun tent of the Zhutian Army, he saw that Liu Xuan and the others were there, but the atmosphere was surprisingly silent, and Liu Xuan naturally understood what was going on. He cleared his throat, bowed to Liu Xuan, and said, "General! β
Liu Xuan looked at Liu Xuan and said, "Ah Xuan, you are here, but you are here?" β
Liu Xuan nodded, and said with a straight face: "General, the Green Forest Army is already packing up its camp and preparing to withdraw." β
Hearing this, Liu Ji involuntarily stood up and asked angrily, "Do you want to withdraw the army again?" We've retreated to Thorn Sun, where else can we go? β
"This ...... Well, what General Wang meant was to retreat to Caiyang first. Liu Xuan whispered.
Withdraw to Caiyang first, or first? According to this meaning, it is estimated that even the retreat to Caiyang is not the end, if the reckless army chases to Caiyang, they will have to withdraw again!
Liu Xuan closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, and then he said slowly: "My Zhutian Army is in Jianyang, and I will not take another step back, if the Mang army attacks, the soldiers of my Zhutian Army will fight to the death with the reckless thieves to the end!" β
His words made the Chinese military tent, which was in some turmoil, immediately quiet. Liu Ji, who stood up, also sat back. He said loudly: "The general is right, Thorn Yang is the bottom line of our army, and we will never take a step back!" β
Because there is no end. Once you choose to give up Thorn Sun, what about Xinye? What about Cai Yang?
As long as the reckless army pursues and kills all the way, they will have to give up. In the end, they could only follow the Green Forest Army to retreat to the area of Pinglin and Xinshi.
But once the reckless army chased to Pinglin and Xinshi, they had to follow the Green Forest Army to evacuate Nanyang, so that they would be completely taken into the ditch by the Green Forest Army.
Liu Xiu looked at Liu Xuan firmly and said, "The general is right, our army will never take a step back!" Just stay in Thorn Yang, either the enemy will die, or I will die! β
Liu Xuan was anxious, the reason why he was promoted to general was because of the existence of the Pillar Heavenly Army, if the Pillar Heavenly Army was gone, what else would he be a general? He said loudly: "General, the reckless army is menacing, and there are 100,000 people, our army should avoid its edge, and we must not act rashly!" β