Chapter 315: Soldiers Refer to Righteousness

“.” Jiang Xujing's decisive withdrawal made everyone a little confused, and now that they are counted, Qingtian, Tieling, Dingling, and the so-called seven towns in the north of the town have fallen into the hands of the Yunzhou army. Until now, the various losses of the Yunzhou army have added up, and the casualties are less than 3,000, and most of them are not seriously injured, at least on the surface, the Yunzhou army has the advantage. However, Jiang Xujing almost made up his mind almost on the third day after the two sides engaged in battle, and the whole army should be withdrawn from the garrison area and assembled. Although after the information came one after another, Ye Tao had already ordered the meeting to be dismissed first, and when further information was obtained, he sent troops to occupy Xiatieling, Fubei Town, Jinjiling, and Jichuan Town, and ordered the scouts of the two armies of Frost Wolf and Silver Wing to go forward again, striving to feel the tail of the troops evacuated by the Zhenbei Military Division and find out their movements. However, after the officers finished giving orders, they still gathered in the lobby of the Qingtian City Guard's Mansion, gathered in the place where they held military discussions, and accompanied Ye Tao to meditate together.

Until ten midnight, Ye Tao finally ordered another military discussion after having supper with everyone. The Chinese military camp was originally considering the various needs of commanding operations, and under the circumstance that it was inevitable to provide services for senior officers, and it was Pomegranate, a personal attendant who had been following Dai Yunjin for a long time, that the supper made by the cook in the Chinese military camp was not much worse than those famous restaurants in Ningyuan and Suiyuan. And the coffee with milk and sugar that Ye Tao specially ordered to be brewed for everyone, and the chocolate-flavored biscuits that are currently only specially made in the Jingluo Mansion family, made everyone even more appetizing, almost forgetting that they were on the front line now.

However, as soon as Ye Tao said that the military discussion began, everyone still entered the state very quickly.

"Ye Shuai, the last general's meaning is the same as you, Jiang Xujing should want to have a decisive battle with us in Guiyuan. But...... It is also possible to retreat to righteousness and wait for help. Cheng Chi said.

Xu Yao stood up and said, "Although Jiang Xujing is very resolute in withdrawing troops this time, if you want to say that he dares to defend the city, I don't believe it very much. Although defending the city is safer than field warfare in most cases, this is not the case for Jiang Xujing. ”

Xu Yao smiled, but everyone understood what he meant. Indeed, if there is a war with Chunnan, there is a chance that the other party will defend the city in such a situation. But Jiang Xujing is a cavalry general, the army under his command is the most combative, and the most sure thing for Jiang Xujing is the cavalry troops, as the first cavalry general in the north, it is impossible for him not to understand what the result will be if the cavalry dismounts to defend the city and give up all the original advantages. It is impossible for him not to know that there are only a handful of elite infantry units in his hands, and against Yunzhou, even if he occupies the geographical advantage of the city, whether he can win or not is still two words. But if they can't win, it will be difficult for the defenders to escape. Whether Jiang Xujing is out of confidence in himself, a correct assessment of his own military strength, or out of consideration for having as many changes and initiative as possible, I am afraid that he will not stick to Guiyi City. But maybe Jiang Xujing will treat Guiyi as a hard bone and throw it to the Yunzhou army, and see the reaction of the Yunzhou army before deciding his further actions. After all, he has a very good and desperate Daoming Sect Protector Army in his hands to use. Although it is estimated that the defense of the city will not be possible, the desperate nature of the cathar can play a huge role in street fighting. Unlike the previous military towns, Guiyi City is actually inhabited by a lot of ordinary people, I am afraid that even if Yunzhou has enough fire oil bombs, it may not be able to slaughter all of them with this ruthless hand, at least Yunzhou has never had such a tradition.

"If Jiang Xujing thinks that this is the way he can defeat us, he will do that." Ye Tao said after thinking for a while. He still remembered that in the battle of Yunzhou, after Jiang Xujing left the Guardian Army for him, he led his headquarters back to the Zhenbei Military Division. It is true that in just a few years, relying on Jiang Xujing's support and connivance, the Guardian Army has been one of the pillar forces that can stand tall in the Zhenbei Military Division, but the Guardian Army has indeed caused a lot of trouble to Jiang Xujing. On the one hand, weakening the Guardian Army may be beneficial to the stability of the Zhenbei Military Division in the future, and it will also be beneficial for the Zhenbei Military Division to remain his Zhenbei Military Division, and will not be turned into a strange place where military and religious affairs are combined and begin to infiltrate daily government affairs by the Daoming Sect. Although Jiang Xujing still felt that he owed the Guardian Army and Daoming Sect a favor back then, now he has another plan.

Compared to the Thunder Yin Demon Sect, it is true that the Daoming Sect is even more unlikable. The Lei Yin Demon Sect is very low-key, and rarely takes the initiative to raise money from large households, most of them rely on organizing everyone to produce, and help coordinate the amount of grain and money paid by tenants to the landlord's family, so that those poor ordinary people can live better, and only on this basis do they accept donations from the disciples. And the Lei Yin Demon Sect's own industry is not small, on the one hand, they gradually annexed the land, but did not cause a backlash from the local rich families, but on the basis of solid reclamation and planting, they expanded a series of things other than food crops, such as preserved food, medicinal herbs and the like. What everyone can generally see is the Lei Yin Demon Sect's actions to help the needy, although they usually give very little support to poor disciples, but there are always people who come to help find a job so that they can live on their own.

Daoming Sect has a lot of learning, although it gives a lot of money, but it always makes people feel that there is a little less human touch...... As this came and went, the more Daoming Sect was disliked by Jiang Xujing. Naturally, Jiang Xujing would not pay too much attention to these details, and what made him even more unbearable was the unscrupulous infiltration and expansion of the Daoming Sect in the army. Jiang Xujing doesn't have Ye Tao's ability to come up with all kinds of strange tricks to gather people's hearts at any time. In the face of the infiltration of Yunzhou by the Daoming Sect of the Zhenbei Military Division and the Leiyin Demon Sect in the direction of Taizhou, Yunzhou brought out the balanced scorecard with one move, so that the officials up and down were all interested in Yunzhou, looking forward to the future, and the hearts of the people were united. Yunzhou's political system is becoming more and more solid. And what the people believe or don't believe, Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion has never interfered. However, for abducting and deceiving people in the name of religion, taking advantage of tricks, and even raising funds in a reckless manner, Yunzhou has one thing to fight and will not tolerate it. In addition, most areas of Yunzhou are closer to the shamanic system of the tribes, and Yunzhou organizes some shamanic festivals and events, making it somewhat official. With the joint efforts of several parties, no matter which sect it is, the impact on Yunzhou is completely negligible. But Jiang Xujing's situation was different, it was inconvenient for him to openly ban Dao Ming Sect. After all, he owed a great favor to the Daoming Sect Apologists. Now although Daomingzong can't directly control the army of the Zhenbei Military Division, it is still Jiang Xujing who has the final say, but the impact on everyone in some small things should not be underestimated. If he couldn't explain the Tao clearly, Jiang Xujing might not be able to convince the cathars to defend righteousness now.

But Ye Tao and the officers in Yunzhou didn't know the rules and regulations in Jiang Xujing's heart, but from the perspective of their more rational deduction, using the apologetic army to defend righteousness to consume the sharpness and strength of the Yunzhou army, and then Jiang Xujing led the elite cavalry troops of the Zhenbei Military Division to wait for the opportunity to move, ready to launch a battle at any time, which should be Jiang Xujing's most certain tactics at present. In any case, as far as individual soldiers and small-scale troops are concerned, the toughness of Yunzhou is self-evident; And from a macro point of view, the strength advantage of the Zhenbei Military Division is self-evident.

Ye Tao didn't show any worry or nervousness, and the generals around him felt that Ye Tao seemed to be a little impatient. This kind of impatience is not aimed at his own people, but at Jiang Xujing, who seems to be very impatient with Jiang Xujing's stupid behavior of choosing to resist stubbornly instead of surrendering obediently...... During the military discussion, everyone expressed their opinions one by one, but later on, there was a tendency for everyone to express their determination, and there was even a tendency to seize the important role in the general battle...... Ye Tao was very depressed, it turned out that these people in Yunzhou were really not afraid of war, so they liked to fight and fight big battles. Moreover, it seems that this is indeed the common meaning of the sergeants, and everyone generally finds this one-sided smooth advance too boring. Although Ye Tao felt that even after dividing the troops and dispersing a little force, the Yunzhou army still had a very good chance of winning the battle, but Ye Tao was only worried about casualties......

"Brother-in-law, this battle has to be fought." After the military discussion dispersed, Tan Weiran whispered to Ye Tao. "The current Yunzhou armies don't have to be before, in the past, everyone cooperated together by blood and kinship, but now it can't be. Although the Dai family still has great influence in several armies, it is not as good as before after all. And, brother-in-law, now we are fighting too calmly and sensibly. Qingtian was originally a big battle, but he didn't see much blood...... But there is no blood, how can the blood of this army burn? ”

Ye Tao sighed and said, "I really wish I could think as much as you do." I didn't know that it was wrong to fight like this now. The casualties of a war are small, and we must all know about it, and in fact our strength is several times greater than that of the other side, rather than a tough battle without a big battle. However, I can't do it. ”

Tan Weiran smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, let's start this battle." In fact, there may not be too many casualties, after all, it is not only equipment and training that surpass the other side. You have to learn to make that decision, otherwise, what are you going to do in those fifteen years? ”

Ye Tao smiled faintly and said, "Since you want to fight, let's go to righteousness." However, I am not prepared to use too many lives to put in my fifteen-year plan to defeat Xiling. This battle, fight it well, this place will be handed over to you, and I will lead the troops to righteousness. ”

Tan Weiran shook his head and said: "That's not good, Jing Yunqi is an important role that can be brilliant in this kind of conference battle, how can I be missing?" As for this, brother-in-law, leave it to General Yu and Suo Zheng. They're more secure here than anyone else. ”

After thinking about it again, Ye Tao nodded and said, "Then do it, continue the military discussion tomorrow and discuss the battle strategy." ”