Chapter 864: Yue Tuo's helplessness and unwillingness

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Liaodong,.

Since the Chung Yeung Festival, the autumn mood has gradually become stronger. Ordinary single clothes can no longer withstand the cold wind. Especially when you are on guard duty at night, if you don't have fur or cotton clothes on your body, you will definitely be frozen.

Yue Tuo stood in front of the tent of Deli Win City, feeling the gusts of cold wind, constantly blowing, without the slightest expression on his face. The wind kept rolling up the dead branches and leaves on the ground, throwing them into the sky in front of him, and then falling down heavily.

Between heaven and earth, there is dust blown up by the autumn wind everywhere, and it is misty, and you can't see the figure clearly half a mile away. Some of the cavalry of the Dajin Army, when cruising back and forth, also had to cover their noses with their hands, or simply wear a mask on their faces to prevent dust from blowing.

As for the war horses under their crotches, the protection is even tighter. Some war horses directly increased the halter, and the surroundings of the halter were covered with linen. In order to ensure that the war horse can breathe smoothly, several more openings were made on the top of the linen.

As a result, as soon as the wind blew, dust came in through these openings, causing the horses to constantly shake their heads and make bursts of uncomfortable neighing. No matter how much the master comforted them, these very uncomfortable war horses refused to stop chirping.

Such a scene is very reminiscent of all kinds of rumors that were triggered during the scorching heat of summer. Because today's summer is particularly hot, many experienced old people say that this winter is probably going to be very cold.

The Manchurians have always lived in the bitter cold of the far north, and their ability to withstand cold is much stronger than that of the Han Chinese. However, this does not mean that the Manchurians are not afraid of the cold at all. In fact, the Manchurians were equally afraid of the cold. In order to survive each cold winter safely, they have to prepare a large amount of supplies before the arrival of winter, including food and cold supplies.

This winter, the Manchurians had a big problem, that is, the reserves of food and cold materials were seriously insufficient. Compared with previous winters, this year's reserves of winter materials are much behind. There are a considerable number of people in Dajin who do not have even the slightest winter supplies, and even daily food is not sufficient.

If this winter is really so cold, I'm afraid that something will really go wrong. If you don't have enough supplies for the winter, you will definitely freeze to death. No one should leave anything to chance about this, because God will not give opportunities to those who are not prepared. If you want to survive, you can only desperately reserve winter supplies.

The ordinary people of Dajin Kingdom below may not know why it is so difficult to raise winter materials this year, but Yue Tuo is very clear. All this, of course, is because of the Tiger Ben Army. If it weren't for the appearance of the Tiger Army, if it weren't for the Tiger Army that thwarted the southern strategy of the Dajin Army, the current Dajin Kingdom would not need to worry about winter materials at all, they could have waited for the arrival of winter with songs and dances.

At present, the Dajin country has seriously lagged behind in the progress of preparing winter materials. At this rate, before the cold winter comes, I am afraid that only thirty percent of the people in the entire Dajin Kingdom may have enough winter materials. As for the others, they will have to ask for their own blessings. In a land of ice and snow, those who have not been allocated winter materials are basically abandoned by the Immortal Heaven.

Every time he thought of this question, Yue Tuo's mood was very heavy, and he didn't even want to say more. The defeat of Beizhili is already a fatal blow to the Dajin Kingdom, and if it undergoes the baptism of cold winter, by next spring, there will probably not be many people left in the Dajin Kingdom. The muskets of the Tiger Ben Army were certainly powerful, and although they caused great losses to the Dajin Kingdom, however, compared to the power of nature, they were insignificant.

"Alas!"

Yue Tuo let out a long sigh helplessly.

On this issue, I also know that Huang Taiji has done his best. No one wants to see someone in the Dajin Kingdom being frozen to death, and Huang Taiji is certainly no exception. However, no matter how hard they tried, they were destined to freeze to death in this cold winter, not to mention horses, cattle and sheep. Therefore, even though Huang Taiji had tried his best, Yue Tuo still could not let go.

Can this situation change? Of course. As long as the Tiger Ben Army is broken, Dajin Kingdom can obtain a large amount of materials to help them survive this cold winter. Whether it was entering the interior of the Ming Kingdom or entering the Korean Peninsula, the Dajin army could grab supplies. However, it is a pity that the method Dajin Guo has thought of, but is not capable of doing it.

If his mind was not confused, Yue Tuo remembered very well that now it was the Tiger Army that was actively attacking, and the Dajin Army was passively defending. If you want to get a lot of supplies, you have to fight back against the attack of the Tiger Army. Is the current Dajin Army capable of countering the attack of the Tiger Army? Yue Tuo felt that his heart was very bottomless. Being able to block the crazy attack of the Tiger Ben Army and continue the survival time of the Dajin Kingdom is already quite a remarkable achievement.

"Where is Lu Xiangsheng?"

Yue Tuo suddenly asked with concern.

"Back to Lord Belle, Lu Xiangsheng was in Jiulian City yesterday."

Someone immediately replied.

"Nine Links City? Zhenjiang Fort? ”

Yue Tuo said to himself.

Lu Xiangsheng is still in the position of Jiulian City, for the time being, it is a good thing. If Lu Xiangsheng's attack speed was too fast, Yue Tuo would have to worry. For Lu Xiangsheng, Yue Tuo really didn't dare to take it lightly.

Why? The reason is simple. Intelligence said that Lu Xiangsheng was the one who Zhang Zhun spent a lot of effort and gold and silver to finally get under his command. Zhang Zhun attaches so much importance to a character, where does he dare to despise it?

The location of Jiulian City is today's Dandong City, Liaoning Province, and the opposite side of the Yalu River in the past is Sinuiju in North Korea. It was here that the Daejin army defeated the Ming army a few years ago and then entered the territory of Korea. At that time, the Ming army was defeated by the Dajin army and was defeated. The Dajin Army never thought that they would also be defeated by others. Unexpectedly, after a few years, it was their turn to be kicked out of North Korea and transited.

The Daegeum Army, retreating from the direction of the DPRK, is currently retreating to the position of Phoenix. According to Huang Taiji's direct orders, after they retreated to Phoenix City, they would temporarily stop, and then around Phoenix City, they would resist the attack of the Tiger Ben Army.

The matter of winter materials, not to mention for the time being, the safety of Deli Win City itself must be guaranteed. Once the Tiger Army occupies Phoenix City, the flank of Win City will be seriously threatened. This is something that Yue Tuo cannot but consider.

In fact, at the very beginning, when the Daejin Army stationed in Tieshan wanted to evacuate North Korea, Yue Tuo was clearly opposed. Because, once the Dajin army withdraws from Korea, the Tiger Ben army that follows will definitely advance in the direction of Liaoyang. This is very unfavorable to his situation. Because, the Tiger Ben Army, which is advancing westward from North Korea, as well as the North Korean army, can cut off his relationship with Liaoyang from behind his back.

Once Deli Yingcheng loses contact with Liaoyang, it will be the turtle in the urn. Although most of the Dajin Army is cavalry, even if the relationship with Liaoyang is severed, it still has the ability to break through the *** of the Tiger Ben Army and go back to Liaoyang. However, a large number of infantry, as well as a large amount of supplies, had to be discarded.

At this time, Yue Tuo even felt that the materials of Deli Win City were more important than people, at least more important than the Han Army Banner and the Korean Servant Army of Deli Win City. There is no doubt that if the choice between winter materials and the Han army flag and the Korean servant army is the same, Yue Tuo's choice must be winter materials.

Beat?

Or withdraw?

Yue Tuo was very entangled.

If he had fought a bloody battle with the Tiger Ben Army in Deli Win City and finally wiped out all the troops, what kind of reaction Huang Taiji would have, Yue Tuo did not know. Similarly, if he gave up Deli and won the city and went back to Liaoyang in a gloomy manner, what kind of reaction Huang Taiji would have, Yue Tuo also did not know.

However, if he retreated now, it would definitely put tremendous pressure on Huang Taiji. Because, once the Dajin Army gives up the profit and wins the city, the large army of the Tiger Ben Army from southern Liaoning will continue to move in the direction of Liaoyang.

I believe that Huang Taiji will not want to see that on the side of southern Liaoning, he did not launch a fierce battle with the Tiger Ben Army, so he took the initiative to give up. This is the closest to Dengzhou City in Shandong, and it is the easiest for the Tiger Ben Army to transport large troops, once it is abandoned, more Tiger Ben Army will continue to go ashore, and then rush to Liaoyang.

It is conceivable that when tens of thousands of large troops of the Tiger Ben Army arrive in Liaoyang together, even if the Dajin Army is fully prepared, it will be difficult to stop the attack of the Tiger Ben Army. The cavalry and artillery of the Tiger Ben Army are all very powerful, especially their blasting, which is simply terrifying. It is impossible for the city wall of Liaoyang to stop the blasting of the Tiger Ben army. Once Liaoyang was lost, Shenyang was directly under the bayonets of the Tiger Ben Army.

Is it to fight or to withdraw?

Yue Tuo really didn't know what to do.

It's hard!

It's really hard.

In the face of such an aggressive posture of the Tiger Army, if you don't have a good fight with the Tiger Ben Army in Deli Win City and retreat quickly, the arrogance of the Tiger Ben Army will definitely be even more arrogant. The whole Dajin Kingdom, no matter who it is, believes that they are unwilling to see the arrogance of the Tiger Army. I can't swallow this evil breath!

However, if you fight a battle in Deli Win City, what the consequences will be are really unpredictable. The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army, Yue Tuo is already very clear, unless it is to avoid the front of the Tiger Army and start a guerrilla war with the Tiger Army, otherwise, as long as it meets the Tiger Army, the Dajin Army basically has no chance to get close to the other party.

However, if the Dajin Army wants to start a guerrilla war with the Tiger Army, it is not easy! All this is to blame on the previous Ming army. In the past, the strategy of the Ming army in Liaodong was to extensively repair pillboxes, and as long as there was a need, several pillboxes were erected. Through this method, they greatly affected the actions of the cavalry of the Dajin Kingdom.

Now, these bunkers are also fully used by the Tiger Army. Their march was all covering each other's advance one by one. Under the cover of pillboxes, the cavalry of the Dajin Army simply did not have the ability to launch a guerrilla war. If the Tiger Army occupies the bunker, even if it is the smallest bunker, it can only garrison 300 people, which is enough for the corpses of the Dajin army to be strewn all over the field. In the face of such a situation, Yue Tuo was absolutely unwilling to risk his command.

The bottom line is, even if they win, so what? It's just that the offensive momentum of the Tiger Ben Army has been temporarily contained, and immediately after, more troops from the Tiger Ben Army will arrive and continue to attack them. With the continuous expansion of the area controlled by the Tiger Army, the population and resources continue to increase, and the number of soldiers of the Tiger Army is about to enter a stage of explosive growth.

In fact, as long as Zhang Zhun is willing, it will not be a problem at all to expand the number of troops to 100,000, or even 200,000. The Han Chinese have never lacked population. The Ming army died so many troops in Liaodong, and in the end, didn't there be so many troops as well? If the number of the Tiger Ben army is increased to about the same size as the Ming army, it will be a big deal.

"How did it get to this point?"

Yue Tuo couldn't help but sigh quietly for a while, his face was a little stiff.

When did the once invincible Dajin Kingdom actually fall to such a point? They have always forced the enemy to beg for mercy, but they didn't expect that today it was the turn of the Dajin Army to ask for mercy. If you don't experience it yourself, it's unimaginable!

"Lord Belle, the Tiger Ben Army has been dispatched!"

At this moment, the scout captain hurriedly came to report.

"Oh? In what location? ”

Yue Tuo asked calmly.

"Fort Redmouth."

The scout captain replied a little nervously.

The Tiger Ben Army, which was dispatched from Jinzhouwei, did not directly attack Deli Win City, but took the lead in reaching Hongzui Fort, and then there was no movement. Originally, Hongzui Fort was already stationed in the Tiger Ben Army, and now there are more Tiger Ben troops going to Hongzui Fort, it should be the Tiger Ben Army, trying to increase troops to Hongzui Fort. However, why did the Tiger Ben Army want to increase the number of troops in Hongzui Fort?

Thinking of this, Yue Tuo felt that his mind began to ache again. He hates Liaodong, really, he hates Liaodong so much. Liaodong, a damn place, was made by the former Ming army, and there were military fortresses everywhere, and there were passes everywhere, which made the mobility of the cavalry of the Dajin Army greatly controlled.

Take the mobilization of the Tiger Ben Army in front of him as an example, if there was no damn fortress, Yue Tuo would definitely take the initiative to attack and fight against the Tiger Ben Army in the wild. He did not believe that by adopting the method of guerrilla warfare, he would not be able to kill a part of the Tiger Army. No matter how ferocious the beast is, they can use the method of wheel warfare to exhaust it and kill it later.

However, because of those damn fortresses, the time it takes for the Tiger Ben Army to get from this fortress to that fortress is very short. By the time the Dajin army received the news and dispatched the cavalry, the Tiger Ben army had already entered another fortress. If the cavalry of the Dajin Army were still out at this time, it would not be out to hunt, but to die.

The Tiger Ben Army can enter Hongzui Fort today, Luangu Pass tomorrow, and Fuzhou Wei the day after tomorrow, and then follow the coastline and move forward until they reach Gaizhou Wei, Haizhou Wei and other places. If Zhang Zhun was more ruthless and directly sent troops to land in Gaizhouwei, then all the cities would be left behind.

"Lord Belle, someone from the Tiger Ben Army is asking to see you."

While he was thinking about it, someone suddenly came to report it.

"Tiger Army?"

"See?"

Yue Tuo frowned widely.

What does the Tiger Ben Army want to do when they send an envoy at this time? Do you want to surrender? You are naïve. Don't look at the Dajin Army is currently at a disadvantage and at a disadvantage, but I, Yue Tuo, will never surrender. The Dajin Kingdom has not yet surrendered Baylor! Phew! Forget about damn Dolgon!

"Nope."

Yue Tuo said coldly.

Even in the face of adversity, Yue Tuo has no intention of surrendering. He was convinced that his guerrilla tactics would definitely be able to stop the momentum of the Tiger Army's advance. Even if you can't stop the Tiger Army's advance, you can still inflict a lot of casualties on the Tiger Army.

The subordinate said in a low voice: "The representative of the Tiger Ben Army said that he came here to peacefully settle the city and win the city. If you don't see him, you'll regret it later......"

Yue Tuo said a little impatiently: "It's all said, I don't see it." ”

The subordinate hurriedly agreed and turned around.

"Wait!"

Yue Tuo suddenly shouted.

It suddenly occurred to him that Zhang Zhun sent an envoy to arrive, and maybe he was playing some tricks. Since the people of the Tiger Army are here, let's meet them. I can't let others say that the strength of the Dajin Army is not as good as others, and I don't even have the courage to meet.

Anyway, at this time, what kind of contact is normal. It would be even better if you could exchange something for the winter. Of course, this request, for now, is simply an extravagant expectation.

The representative of the Tiger Ben Army was a very young man, and after he came in, he glanced up and down at Yue Tuo, and then gave Yue Tuo a military salute without being humble or arrogant. This is not to show respect for Yue Tuo, but to show Yue Tuo that he is a member of the Tiger Ben Army and a member of the combat unit. He was a soldier first and a messenger second.

"Who are you?"

Yue Tuo asked coldly.

Vaguely, he noticed that there seemed to be some vague aura on this young man's body, and some of the aura was even a little familiar. This feeling was really a bit strange, and it involuntarily aroused Yue Tuo's curiosity. However, what was the vague aura on his body, Yue Tuo couldn't figure it out.

"Chafez."

The young man introduced himself coldly.

This young man is the spy Xia Feisi who was sent to the vicinity of Shenyang by Zhang Zhun to cooperate with Ma Yi's operation. The current situation is very clear, and the Tiger Ben Army is in Shenyang, and there is no need for too many espionage. So, as one of the spy leaders, Xia Feisi was pulled out by Zhang Zhun and prepared to change careers.

The strange aura that Yue Tuo felt was exactly what Xia Fei was contaminated with when he was in Shenyang. In order to attract as little attention as possible from others, Chaffield's life in Shenyang can be described as cruel. As a result, from beginning to end, no one doubted him.

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