"Order, collect the troops and return to the camp!"

Qin Huai said.

"General... This... Now that we have the upper hand, why don't we play football and beat the enemy? ”

On the side, all the lieutenants were puzzled.

Qin Huai smiled: "Although the enemy suffered a little loss just now, there are still ** million elites, and the rear army has not moved at all, our two giant ships still have the upper hand, but after a while, it may be over, if we don't withdraw at this time, when will we wait?" ”

In fact, the generals behind Qin Huai didn't like this statement, they originally thought that this battle was certain death, because with 20,000 weak brigades against the enemy's 100,000 elites, no matter how they said, they couldn't win, but now, since they have gained the upper hand, they should hit the enemy harder with all their might.

But if you retreat, first of all, the 10,000 soldiers on the two warships in front will definitely die, and secondly, the results of the battle will not be too great, so such a good opportunity will be wasted.

"You go and give the order, and the ship will go west, and return the way it came."

Suddenly, Qin Huai said to a pro-soldier.

The pro-soldier did not hesitate, his duty was to protect Qin Huai and carry out Qin Huai's orders, and he did not dare to have any doubts about the words of the commander, and there was no need to question them.

"No."

The soldier answered, then turned and left, and went to give the order.

.........

At this time, beside Hengyu in front, an adjutant general saw that General Qin Huai was retreating, and immediately, he shouted: "General, look, the enemy is going to run." ”

"General, should we pursue?"

Heng Yu first looked at Qin Huai who was far away, and then looked at the two giant ships in the Central Military Department, and finally waved his hand and said: "Forget it, let them go, let's eat the enemy in front of us first." ”

"Order, light up the rest of the red-coated cannons for me, and aim for direct fire. Sink the enemy ship! ”

"No."

............

Qin Huai returned to the naval camp in the evening, and about two hours later, a battle report came from the front, and the two giant ships had been sunk by the red-coated cannons. All 10,000 soldiers were shattered, and not a single one survived.

And Heng Yujun suffered heavy casualties, and the number of casualties has reached nearly 20,000.

Of course, this cannot be said that Heng Yujun died 20,000 people. It can only be said that it was lost, or it fell into the water and washed away along the Yangtze River; Because all the small boats in the place where the giant ship passed were overturned, and the soldiers fell into the water one after another, there were naturally more people who were lost.

This time, at the cost of 10,000 people, Qin Huai severely damaged Hengyu's 100,000 troops, causing 20,000 casualties.

This data is still very scary, and after Qin Huai thought about it, he suddenly came up with a plan. In the same night, he gathered all the generals again, completely expanded the battle situation, boasted it to the gods, and belittled the Eastern Capital Army as worthless.

The effect is obvious, after Qin Huai's flickering, all the generals have rekindled their confidence, that is, they want to fight to the death with the Eastern Capital Army!

Qin Huai's goal was to immediately announce the dissolution of the meeting, and the generals performed their duties. Do your best to prepare for the big battle that is about to happen tomorrow.

Northern capital, Cai Wenzhuo's house.

Cai Wenzhuo has been extremely irritable in the past two days, and he has sent 500,000 loads of military rations to the imperial capital, but Wang Xujun refuses to leave. There was news just now that Wang Xu dispatched 500,000 elites, and he just wanted to shout hello, but the soldier who came to report the news said that Wang Xu's army only marched thirty miles a day, and stopped to rest after walking thirty miles. It's been a few days since we set up camp and nothing has changed.

"Wang Xu! Abominable! ”

Cai Wenzhuo couldn't help but roar, he knew that this was the case, the 500,000 military rations should not be sent to the imperial capital, and he could still recruit troops and buy horses if he kept them, now Beijun is not as good as before, there used to be a prairie in the past, and a lot of grain could be grown, but now, it is spending every year, and there is almost no income.

In order to resist the enemy army, it is very likely that the army will be expanded next, but the grain and grass in the northern capital are also limited, Cai Wenzhuo frowned, and fell into deep thought...

"Prime Minister, do you want the last general to send someone to urge them?"

"No need, they don't want to come, you go and urge him, is it useful?"

At this time, Cai Wenzhuo thought of what Qin Huai said, remembering that a month ago, a high-level meeting was held in the Northern Capital, and Qin Huai said that if you want to defeat the Eastern Capital Army, you have to rely on yourself, and Wang Xu will never be reliable!

Thinking about it at this time, Cai Wenzhuo thought it was true.

"Where has the enemy gone?" Cai Wenzhuo raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Aoqing who was standing beside him, and said weakly.

Zhu Aoqing said: "According to the calculation of time, the enemy's 100,000 vanguard army has arrived at our water army camp, and Yang Mingyue's middle army and rear army should arrive within ten days." ”

"I don't know if General Qin can stop the enemy."

"Prime Minister, forgive me for speaking bluntly." Zhu Aoqing arched his hand and said: "Our navy is too weak, compared to the Dongdu navy, it is simply not worth mentioning, although it is also claimed to be 100,000, the poor enemy's elite navy is not as good as 50,000, this battle, I think our army will be defeated." Prime minister, don't forget, the enemy has a powerful red-coated cannon, and the strong strength to take things is obvious to all, our army.... ”

"yes."

Suddenly, Cai Wenzhuo sighed, Wang Xu, Gao Quan, Yang Mingyue, and even Ling Feng all have red-clothed cannons, but only in the north, he is also very hot in the eyes, but he can't study it.

"When this difficulty is over, we must find a way to make the red-coated cannon, otherwise, every time we fight, we will fall into the upper hand."

"The prime minister is right, this is the crux of the matter."

Zhu Aoqing said: "What others can make, we can too, although it is heavy, it is much better than a trebuchet, and our catapult camp is too far behind compared to it." ”

"Forget it, don't talk about it."

Cai Wenzhuo waved his hand: "Continue to investigate the battle report ahead, as soon as the Yangtze River defense line is lost, it will be our turn." ”

"Prime Minister, why don't we give General Qin more troops, if we give him another 100,000 troops, we will definitely be able to hold off the enemy for a longer time, and we will support it until the Holy Dynasty reinforcements arrive."

Zhu Aoqing asked.

Cai Wenzhuo smiled bitterly: "First, our army is not good at water warfare, and defending the Yangtze River is tantamount to attacking the enemy's strength with its own shortcomings. ”

"Second, our army has elephant soldiers, which are most suitable for field warfare, and when the enemy enters the hinterland of Beijun, it is not too late to engage him, and then..." Speaking of this, Cai Wenzhuo laughed, as if he had a very insidious plan hidden in his heart.

Seeing this, Zhu Aoqing couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "It seems that the prime minister still hasn't finished speaking, why don't you talk about it together?" ”

"Haha..."

Cai Wenzhuo said: "This strategy is also what I just thought of, Wang Xu's army is only a few hundred miles away from us, if their marching speed is still so slow, then why don't we lead the Eastern Capital Army to him?" When the two armies met, Wang Xu had to face it! ”

"Good strategy! What a strategy! (To be continued.) )