Chapter 273: China's Northward Advance (7)
"Huhuhu~"
In the scorching summer wind, flags fluttered on the ground outside Da'an County, and continuous camp tents spread for dozens of miles, arranging 200,000 Qing troops in a straight line in Da'an and Qiaotou in the middle of Gongzhou.
"Bang!"
"Before the main forces of the two armies fought, they lost 50,000 troops and five county towns, what are you eating? I still know that I have been touched by someone."
In the temporary army, Prince Su Haoge, who had just arrived in Da'an County with his army, roared at the generals who had fled back from the four counties of Yong'an, Weiping, Xianshi, and Xindian.
Counting Xingbao, who was poisoned in the salt field along the beach before, the two children who came to this world with him have been killed, and they also took the land of 50,000 troops and five counties, how can they not let him be furious.
Huangshi, Yong'an, Weiping, Xianshi, and Xindian are connected in a line, backed by Xishan, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is the best main battlefield that Haoge prepared to fight in advance.
But now that the five counties have fallen into the hands of the Chinese army, the main battlefield that was originally favorable to the Qing army has instantly become the front fortress of the opponent, and they can launch a surprise attack on them from five directions at any time.
Counting the continuous damage before, the elite cavalry of the Eight Banners in Haoge's hands is now less than 40,000, and it is difficult for this amount of troops to stop the elite cavalry of Huaguo.
"What's wrong? Why don't you speak? Drag them all out and cut them all down! ”
Looking at the generals who drooped their heads and kept silent, the anger in Haoge's heart was blazing, and he was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted.
"Lord Wang!"
Seeing that the pro-army on the side was about to step forward to arrest someone, the generals such as Ao Bai, who had not spoken out in the tent, hurriedly stopped him.
These generals who fled back from the four counties were all just local garrison generals, not only did their official positions not high, but after being transferred a large number of people to form a slave army by Haoge's third son, Zhihena, the manpower was even more seriously insufficient, and the defenders within a county were less than a thousand, and when the Chinese cavalry armed to the teeth came to kill, how could they resist.
It was their carelessness and negligence that caused the catastrophic defeat, burying tens of thousands of troops and the land of the five counties, but unfortunately almost all of them were killed, a few were captured, and only the unlucky generals who fled back took the blame.
Hauge's reprimand and punishment are not excessive, but if they are all killed because of this, it is too serious, and may even cause a chain reaction in the army.
At this juncture when the war is approaching, everything should be based on stability, and Ao Bai and the others will not watch Hauge mess around.
"What? You're trying to stop me? ”
Seeing this, Haoge in the rage was even more angry, and turned his eyes to stare at them, and said in a calm tone.
The death of his only son made Dehaug almost lose his mind, and his heart was really full of murderous intent.
"Lord Wang, the war is about to start now, and the killing will is unknown, for the sake of today's plan, we should agree to the proposal of the Qin army, let 180,000 Qin troops enter the country, and resist the Chinese army together with our army!"
Hauge's solemn gaze saw that the generals were furious one by one, and only Ao Bai made a bold suggestion.
Five days ago, the 100,000 Qin troops drawn by Wang Ben and the 80,000 Qiang cavalry under Yao Chang had already arrived at the border of Lezhou in the south, and sent an envoy to Haoge to propose that they enter Lezhou and come to Gongzhou to fight against the Chinese army
However, Hauge did not agree to this proposal because he was afraid that the Qin army would have a conspiracy and the dove would occupy the magpie's nest. Wang Ben led an army of 180,000 and had to make a detour through Meizhou and enter the southern part of Gongzhou through Qianwei County, which would delay the Qin army for more than half a month.
"The ambitions of the wolf sons of the Qin army are well known to passers-by, if you let them in, it is tantamount to luring the wolf into the house, what is the intention of worshipping you!"
Hauge's gaze focused on Aobai, and said word by word.
His fears were not entirely unreasonable, but his anger and short-sightedness had made him completely blind to the bigger picture.
The Qin army has not completely pacified the five states, and the Liu Bei Shu Han army in Suizhou has been resisting stubbornly, how can the Qin army sit back and watch the Hua army annex the two states of Legong, once the two states of Legong fall into the hands of the Chinese state, the Qin army will face the front of the Chinese army.
With the wisdom of Wang Jian and Wang Ben, how could they not see through the joints and go to sit on those people to make wedding dresses.
"The loyalty of his subordinates can be seen by the sun and the moon, and I also ask the prince to atone for his sins!"
At this time, Ao Bai finally had a trace of panic, and quickly knelt down on one knee to plead guilty.
"Pass the order, the army will be deployed along the line to defend strictly, and no attack will be allowed without my order!"
After staring straight at Ao Bai for a long time, Hauge looked away and said expressionlessly.
At this time, Hauge didn't know that although Aobai's face showed a look of panic, there was a strong hatred in his eyes.
Thinking that since he entered Sichuan, he has always been the first soldier in battle, leading the Eight Banners cavalry to destroy how many strong enemies, before the Su Prince's Mansion was able to occupy the two states of Legong, he made great contributions, and his prestige in the army was extremely high.
But in the entire power of Prince Su's Mansion, he not only did not get the treatment he deserved, but he has always been suspicious of Haoge, and the military power of the army is almost entirely in the hands of Haoge's father and son.
Just now, Ao Bai felt the intense murderous intent emanating from Hauge's body.
The war in the five counties has basically ended, and 150,000 Chinese troops outside the city of Huangshi gathered in Huangshi County.
With the pacification of the war, a large number of qualified officials were also selected under the auspices of the Hua Guojun in the four counties of Yong'an, Weiping, Xianshi, and Xindian, and temporary county governments were set up in various localities to maintain local law and order and people's livelihood.
For the Chinese army, which had more than half of the cavalry, there was no need to send regular troops to garrison the four counties that had just been occupied, and if there was any turmoil, the cavalry could reach all parts of the four counties within two hours.
"Your Majesty, the Qing army has stopped outside Da'an County, and is camping and building a defensive line with Da'an County as the center, judging from the scale of its camp, it seems that it is preparing to wait for the arrival of Qin reinforcements for a long time."
In the main tent of the Chinese army of the Chinese National Army, Su Dingfang planted the cyan flag representing the Qing army on the sand table while reporting to Sima Yu.
After experiencing the precipitation of war and experience, Su Dingfang, the Tang god general who had destroyed the Western Turks, Baekje, and Goguryeo in history, is slowly blooming into a famous general.
"Stay put?"
Sima Yu sighed softly when he heard this, and the worry he had in front of him really happened.
After all, there are still 200,000 people in the army under Hauge's command, and even if the temporary camp is poorly defended, the damage to the strong attack must be not small.
If the losses are too large, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the goal of containing the Qin army with the remaining army.
"Your Majesty, your subordinates have a plan, maybe they can take the opportunity to defeat the Qing army before the Qin reinforcements arrive!"
Looking at the silent Sima Yu, Wu Yong, who had not spoken beside him, stood up and admonished.
"Pedant, please speak"
Sima Yu's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said.
This time, in the rebellion against Yantan County in the south of Gongzhou, Wu Yong and Qilinwei had just made great contributions.
"Your Majesty, according to the news from our secret agent, the general of the Qing army, Ao Bai, has privately expressed his dissatisfaction with the status quo many times, there should be a gap between him and Haoge, maybe we can start here"
Wu Yong shook the feather fan in his hand and reported softly.