In the evening, outside the north gate of Tianjin, Ye Shaolong and Su Can waited quietly, and the two of them built a pergola and tried their best to look into the distance of the afterglow.

After a long time, in the afterglow, Ye Shaolong finally saw the shadowy figure appear, and hundreds of seriously wounded cavalry finally arrived.

Because the cavalry were seriously wounded, they could only walk slowly all the way, and Ye Shaolong had to report in the afternoon, saying that the cavalry battalion had won the first battle. Nearly 20,000 enemy cavalry were killed.

Of course, the hundreds of wounded cavalrymen who rushed back also informed them that Ye Shaolong and Su Can came to wait outside the city after dinner, and it took two hours to wait for these soldiers who were seriously injured for Yejiabao.

The cavalry approached, and Ye Shaolong and the others finally saw clearly that hundreds of people either had broken hands or feet, and some of them were directly pierced by long knives.

From the gauze wrapped around their bodies, you can clearly see where they are hurting! The white gauze wrapped in it would have been stained red with blood, which showed how tragic their battle was.

Ye Shaolong and Su Can hurriedly stepped forward and personally helped these wounded soldiers to dismount, and the doctor who had been waiting for a long time immediately stepped forward to examine their injuries.

Some of the wounded, who could not walk, were carried into the city on stretchers by the waiting sergeants, and although the wounded were all seriously injured, no one snorted in pain from the beginning to the end.

Seeing that all the wounded were sent to the city for recuperation, Ye Shaolong said with feeling: "They are all good, and they are a good example for my Yejiabao army." ”

Su Can felt the same way, and grinned: "With such a fierce and fearless military guard, why worry that our Yejiabao is not prosperous!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then entered the city of Tianjin.

Back at the mansion, a squad leader of a cavalry battalion with minor injuries found Ye Shaolong to report the battle situation ahead.

"Marshal Qi, but the enemy army has 200,000 troops, and has now entered the barren beach twenty miles away from our Tianjin City, and is blocked by General Tieta and General Lin Biao here, unable to move half a step further. And our cavalry battalion confronted its 20,000 cavalry, killing more than 18,000 enemies. ”

The wounded cavalry captain had an arm cut off from his shoulder to the shoulder, and his face turned pale at the moment, apparently caused by excessive blood loss. However, his spirit is still full, and he has not been weakened by injury.

Ye Shaolong walked in front of him, stretched out his hand and patted his uninjured shoulder, and said with appreciation: "Good look, you are all good." ”

"For Yejiabao and for the commander, our efforts are worth it, and any enemy who comes to provoke us must pay a heavy price!" The captain of the cavalry squad responded with a straight face and a lofty expression.

Ye Shaolong smiled and said lightly: "Go down to recuperate and recuperate, Yejiabao still needs you, your glory and your military exploits will be recorded one by one, and you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds after the war!" ”

"Xie Dashuai, his subordinates retire." The cavalry captain was slightly excited, this is the highest honor of a soldier, and these will be the capital he bragged about in the future.

As soon as the cavalry captain left, Su Can smiled and said: "It seems that this kid from the iron tower is becoming more and more skilled in leading the troops, although there are not many people in the cavalry battalion, but all of them are good men, and none of them are bad breeds." ”

Ye Shaolong nodded in agreement, but did not talk deeply, but hesitated and said: "It seems that the enemy army is not as strong as imagined, and 10,000 cavalry can drag the 200,000 army to the point that they dare not move forward." Shouldn't we change our strategy now and change from defensive to proactive? ”

Su Can was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said uncertainly: "Do you mean to send troops directly and confront the Hebei coalition army head-on?" ”

Ye Shaolong, who was so active, was the first time he Su Can saw it, and he was a little unsure of what he meant for a while.

Ye Shaolong returned to his seat and muttered, "Yes, you have to take the initiative." Isn't there an old saying that the best defense is offense? The arrival of the enemy's 200,000 troops, once the war starts in Tianjin, it will inevitably affect the people in the city, and the city of Tianjin will also be greatly damaged. Even if we finally repelled the enemy, Tianjin City would not be restored to its current state for a year and a half. ”

Hearing Ye Shaolong say this, Su Can suddenly realized and agreed: "Indeed, when the two armies are fighting, the city will suffer in the end!" But the problem is that we have few soldiers and horses, so if we take the initiative to fight, there is no city as a cover, and even if we can win at that time, the casualties will be ....... ”

Without waiting for Su Can to finish speaking, Ye Shaolong waved his hand to intercept his words: "Fighting will inevitably lead to casualties, and the enemy's soldiers and horses are twice as many as our Yejiabao army." If we hold the city, we will be besieged, and we will be very passive. ”

After a pause, Ye Shaolong continued: "It's different to take the initiative to fight, the results won by the cavalry battalion of the Iron Tower have given me a great inspiration. Rather than losing the initiative in passive defense, it is better to take the initiative to grasp the initiative in the entire battle. When to attack should be up to us, not the enemy. ”

Hearing this, Su Can was a little stunned, and he began to understand Ye Shaolong's intentions. Yes, just like the Iron Tower, with fewer enemies, in the end not only won but also achieved great results.

Moreover, the initiative of the battle situation was completely grasped in this way, and the enemy's 200,000 troops were directly made unable to move forward.

Nodding, Su Can admitted: "Indeed, having the initiative to attack means that our Yejiabao army is no longer trapped in Tianjin City, but can have a guerrilla war with the enemy, and drag them to death." ”

"Hahaha, that's exactly what it means!" Ye Shaolong was in a good mood, and actually laughed.

Since the discussion was in place, Ye Shaolong immediately took action, and ordered the whole army to prepare to leave early tomorrow morning that night.

Although the Yejiabao army was very puzzled about Ye Shaolong's order, out of trust in Ye Shaolong, none of the Yejiabao army protested, and everything acted in accordance with Ye Shaolong's order.

That night, the 60,000 troops of Yejiabao's army began to pack their things, but the lights were still bright at night. Hearing that the army was about to go out to fight the enemy, the people of Tianjin City consciously sent their families with food stocks.

In this regard, Ye Shaolong publicly expressed his gratitude and promised that if he returned from this victory, everyone in the city would gain something.

Ye Shaolong also sent an order to the iron tower at the same time, asking them to be sure not to let the enemy army march another half a step before they felt it with the army, and they must drag the enemy army in place.

With the concerted efforts of the people of the whole city, the Yejiabao army was quickly cleaned up, and it was already the middle of the night. Ye Shaolong asked everyone to take a good rest and set off at dawn tomorrow.

When the first rays of the sun shone on the earth, the Yejiabao army, which had already been prepared, embarked on a journey under the leadership of Ye Shaolong and Su Can!