Chapter 42: Retreat
After a whole day's march, cholera came to a place more than 90 miles north of Qishan with more than 40,000 soldiers physically and mentally exhausted, the sky had already darkened, and the army was stationed again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason why this is the case is because Wei Yan, the confidant general he relied on, was seriously injured, and there were only more than 100 people who returned to the Chinese army scattered with 2,000 elite cavalry, which almost made cholera mad.
"How is Wei Yan's injury?" There were only two people in the military tent, Cholera and Guo Xin, and at this moment, Cholera was also asking Guo Xin.
Hearing this, Guo Xin smiled bitterly and said: "The doctor said that there is no worry about his life, but he has to recuperate for at least more than a month before he can use force!" ”
"Bang!" Cholera slammed his fist on the wooden table in front of him, anger flashed on his face, and he said: "The five thousand vanguard army, and the two thousand elite cavalry, were defeated by an army formed by a group of people, are they too strong, or we are too wasteful!" ”
couldn't help but be angry, 50,000 elites, united with 4,000 Dongying people, to deal with the Han army of less than 10,000 people, but after the first battle, the 4,000 Dongying people were wiped out, and the 5,000 vanguard army in his hands was almost gone, and his precious cavalry lost nearly 2,000, such a loss is simply unbelievable.
"Lord, we all underestimated the Han army, this battle has been fought so far, we are almost at a disadvantage, and the morale of the soldiers is very low." Guo Xin also sighed and said, the result of this battle, not to mention that cholera does not believe it, even Guo Xin, who planned this war, is unbelievable.
Guo Xin's previous plan was to let the Dongying and the Han army be defeated, and then wipe out the two major forces in one fell swoop, and then win the support of the people, and then annex the entire Weihai County, raise 200,000 troops with Weihai County, and participate in the chessboard of the competition for the world in the future, but this plan has just begun, and it has to be declared a failure.
"Strategist, what should we do now?" Cholera was a little irritable in his heart, but he still knew that there were some things that Guo Xin definitely knew more than him.
"Tan Malay report, the Han army of nearly 10,000 people held Qishan, and built fortifications there, the victory of the successive battles, so that their morale is high, and on the other hand, we are defeated, the vanguard army is destroyed, Wei Yan is defeated, this is a heavy blow to the morale of our army, at this time in the rash attack, I am afraid it is difficult to achieve victory, moreover, Wei Yan is seriously injured and needs to recuperate, Pan Feng's life and death are uncertain, the lord now has no good generals in his hands, I don't want to retreat our army, while fighting again in the future!" Guo Xin opened his mouth and said.
As soon as these words came out, Cholera's body shook, his face showed a complicated color, and he said, "Retire now?" At this time, if we can't destroy the Han army, in time, it will inevitably be the Han army under the city of Weihai County! ”
"Lord, please listen to me." Guo Xin continued, "At present, the Dongying people in Weihai County have almost been wiped out, which has good conditions for us, in the future, the Han army now occupies only more than 200 miles from Yaxi County to Chengshan Military Port, even if it recruits troops on a large scale, more than 30,000 people is the limit, but we are different, Weihai County is hundreds of miles, in a short period of time, we can arm an army of 100,000 people, and then train, it will not become an elite, even if the Han army comes to the city one day, we are definitely not afraid, Maybe that's when we really have a decisive battle. ”
"Be specific!" Cholera moved in his heart and said to Guo Xin.
Guo Xin did not hesitate, and then said: "If the Han army wants to develop and grow, it will take at least a year, and this year's time is also extremely precious to us, first of all, the lord needs to declare resistance to the Dongying people, win the respect of the people, and then recruit soldiers, with our current financial and material resources, it is not a problem to expand the army to 100,000, and then it is necessary to recruit good generals, a year later, when we have enough soldiers, even if the Han army does not attack, we can also carry out a crusade, and then the lord will wave the army of 100,000, Don't worry about the undefeated Han army! ”
After listening to Guo Xin, cholera also fell into silence, Guo Xin's words are very reasonable, although now their own army is several times that of the enemy, but it cannot be denied that the combat power of the Han army is absolutely amazing, and there is no general in his hand to shoot, if he continues to fight, the outcome is unpredictable, maybe retreating is the best way now.
"Report!" At this time, outside the military tent, there was a shouting of the soldiers.
"Come in!" Cholera said.
"Lord Qi, earlier, several knights of the Han army put down this wooden box a hundred meters in front of our military camp, and then left." A soldier with a wooden box in his hand came in and knelt down on one knee at cholera.
"What is it?" Cholera export inquiry.
"I don't know, my subordinates haven't opened it." The soldier replied.
After a little thought, Cholera waved his hand and said, "Put the box here, you go down!" ”
"No!" The soldier replied respectfully, placed the wooden box on the ground, and slowly withdrew.
"Strategist, what do you say this is!" Cholera watched his soldiers leave, and then asked Guo Xin.
I saw Guo Xin's face showing a solemn look, looking at the wooden box, and slowly speaking: "I hope it doesn't be General Pan Feng's head!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Cholera's body shook again, in fact, he already had a guess in his heart, but he didn't want to believe it, looked at Guo Xin, and then said: "Open it!" ”
After clenching his fists slightly, Guo Xin stepped forward and slowly opened the wooden box, a pungent smell of blood came to his face, and when he looked at it, Guo Xin's face was even more eclipsed, and said: "It's really General Pan Feng's head!" ”
Hearing Guo Xin's words, Cholera suddenly lost all his strength, sat on the chair again and again, showed a look of curtain on his face, and said softly: "Pass the order, tomorrow will fall into the city, the whole army will be pulled, and we will go back to Weihai County!" ”
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Under the Qi Mountain, after several days of hard work, a simple fortress has been built here, although it is not as strong as the city wall, but it still has a great defensive power, at this moment, the soldiers of the Han army, out of the Hou Hou, all the others gathered here.
In the early morning, Liu Chen was playing Tai Chi in an open field, his movements were slow but very smooth, soft and rigid, rigid and soft, many soldiers were attracted and came over to watch Liu Chen boxing.
"The general is really interested!" A hearty laugh came, and I saw Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Guan Ying, Luan Bu, Liu Qi, Meng Yi and other generals all coming over with smiles on their faces.
"Did you eat honey today? One by one, they laughed so happily! Seeing these fierce generals coming, Liu Chen also closed his momentum and said with a smile.
"General, this is absolutely necessary to be happy to eat honey!" Guan Yu smiled and said, "Commander Liu Qi has sent news that the tens of thousands of troops in Weihai County have withdrawn!" ”