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October 22, dusk, Anju? Square Battlefield. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhong Xin, the commander of the First Army of the Alliance, and Hai Dongqing, the commander of the Fifth Army, received an order from the Commander-in-Chief, and due to the adjustment of the operational deployment, the Command required the Donghu Garrison to hold out until tonight, and then withdraw to Ghost Fang City one after another according to the predetermined plan.

Zhong Xin and Hai Dongqing were quite surprised. The battle of the ghost side has begun, the alliance armies have entered the battle position, the fierce battle on the side of Donghu Shu has been fought for an afternoon, they have issued an order to withdraw from the battle after dusk, at this critical moment, the command has changed its plan, requiring them to hold on to Donghu Shu until midnight, why is this? What went wrong? Is there a Xi tribe defecting? However, it was pointless to speculate on the specific cause of the incident, and it was imperative for the Donghu Shu to immediately formulate new defensive countermeasures according to the orders of the high command, and to do everything possible to block the Turkic attack, and to hold out for three more hours at any cost.

Zhong Xin, as the commander-in-chief of the East Lake Garrison Front, immediately issued an order to all armies, the battle situation has changed, and the retreat is suspended, and the officers and men of all armies must make persistent efforts, fight bloodily, and swear not to retreat. He also asked the commanders of all armies to rush to the fort immediately to discuss without delay.

After giving the order, Zhong Xin turned around and glanced at Hai Dongqing, frowned slightly, and stopped talking.

Hai Dongqing stood in front of the map, holding his arms, concentrating and thinking, as if he felt Zhong Xin's gaze, he turned sideways slightly, and looked at Zhong Xin, and each saw anxiety and worry in each other's eyes.

"Is Ming Gong too optimistic about the battle situation in Donghushu?" Hai Dongqing was the first to speak, "Does he know that the Turks are constantly rushing into the battlefield and attacking with all their might, and our losses are getting bigger and bigger?" ”

"Of course, this is in Ming Gong's consideration." Zhong Xin frowned deeply, and said slowly, "The reason why we did not hesitate to pay a greater price to stop the enemy army must have had some kind of major change, and this major change has seriously affected the outcome of this battle and our plan for the Northern Expedition. ”

Hai Dongqing thought for a moment and shook his head, "I still think Ming Gong is too optimistic. He couldn't openly question Li Fengyun's orders, so he could only express his thoughts euphemistically.

"Today, the Turks are attacking too fiercely, knowing that we are holding on to our heavy forces, and they will attack with all their strength at any cost, and the purpose cannot be two, one is to feint, bluff, and quickly find out our hypocrisy, so as to come up with effective countermeasures and go down in one go; One is to rely on strong strength to destroy the withering and decaying, and in one fell swoop, directly annihilate us outside the city, then the ghost side is at your fingertips. ”

Speaking of this, Hai Dongqing took a step forward, pointed to the ghost city on the map, and then took the ghost side as the center, swiped left and right, and connected the flat pine forest, the ghost side and the pine mountain together, "If a certain Turkic person knows that the opponent's main force is contained by the Xi clan in Wulieshui, and knows that the opponent may get support from the Great Wall, carefully weigh the pros and cons, the best strategy is to attack the enemy unprepared, capture the ghost side as quickly as possible, and then take the ghost side as the center, take the flat pine forest and the pine mountain as the corner, and build a solid defense line, so that The advance can be attacked, the retreat can be defended, and the worst can also block the opponent in Anzhou, ensure the safety of both sides of the weak Luoshui River, and ensure that the benefits of the northeast will not be greatly lost. ”

Zhong believed in comprehension and was silent in thought. Hai Dongqing's meaning is very straightforward, the purpose of the Turks attacking Donghu at this moment is to inflict heavy losses on their own side, to annihilate their own army outside the Ghost City, and then take the Ghost City in one go. And Hai Dongqing's idea should come from the highest decision-making level of the alliance. Before Haidong Qing garrison Fangcheng, I was fortunate to participate in the decision-making level of the alliance, and the decision to march north to weak Luoshui was made in that meeting, and the reason why the forces of the alliance unanimously passed this decision, regardless of various difficulties, hurriedly marched north, ten is based on this pessimistic prediction of the situation in the northeast, once the ghost side is captured by the Turks, the alliance army is trapped in Anzhou, the prospect is very bleak, and the only choice is to seize the Turks before the big counterattack, do their best to seek the first opportunity. Considering from this line of thinking, in the next three hours, it is very likely that both the enemy and us will lose in the East Lake.

Zhong Xin hesitated for a moment, and said with a twisted beard, "Perhaps, the intention of the Ming Duke to ask us to hold out until midnight is precisely to make us lose both sides with the Turks. ”

Hai Dongqing shook his head categorically and vetoed, "It's impossible." ”

"This time, the main force of the southeast tooth banner is here, and the strength is strong, even if we succeed in encircling it, the two sides will fight a lose-lose situation." Zhong Xin defended without hesitation, "Of course, neither side wants to lose both, but once the fierce battle starts, the two sides are red-eyed, who can guarantee that the battle will not get out of control?" Once out of control, the loss will be incalculable, so Ming Gong is very likely to use the small and big, at the cost of our insistence on the East Lake, to hurt the Turks, bite off a piece of the Turkic meat, so that the opponent is afraid to retreat, look forward and backward, and hesitate to move forward, so that only to complete the encirclement, the opponent will not dare to fight a decisive battle, and flee in panic. ”

Hai Dongqing shook his head resolutely, "Ming Gong has always exchanged the greatest victory for the minimum cost, and it is impossible to sacrifice thousands of soldiers in exchange for a heavy victory, especially the northern expedition is imperative, and the military spirit, morale, and strength are indispensable, so even if this battle wants to bite off a piece of the Turkic flesh and hurt the Turks, it is absolutely impossible to achieve this purpose at the beginning of the war on the blocking battlefield of Donghu Shu." ”

Zhong Xin was not convinced, and before he could justify, Hai Dongqing raised his hand to stop him, "Your mood, a certain understanding, you have been pressed and beaten by the Turks, you can't raise your head, you are embarrassed, you have lost consecutive battles, and there are thousands of soldiers buried in the snowfield, so you are eager to take revenge, eager to save face, these can be understood, but you must obey the overall situation, the purpose of this battle is to create conditions for the Northern Expedition to weak Luoshui, and the goal is to repel the Turks, not to fight with the Turks, which affects and even destroys the Northern Expedition. ”

Zhong Xin's true thoughts were seen through by Hai Dongqing, and he was a little embarrassed, but he still argued with reason, "This is the order of Ming Gong, we must hold on until midnight today, if the Turks continue to attack, 30,000 control strings swarm up, we can only fight to the death, swear not to retreat, even if the whole army is annihilated, we will not hesitate." ”

Now that the snow is covered and the visibility at night is greatly increased, there are conditions for an overnight attack, and according to Hai Dongqing's speculation, the Turks not only want to capture the ghost side as quickly as possible, but also try to wipe out the enemy forces blocking the East Lake Army, so tonight will inevitably attack in a big way, and there is no possibility of a truce and rest after dusk. When Li Fengyun gave this order, he must have taken into account the possibility that the Turks would attack overnight, so Zhong Xin's speculation was not unreasonable, and there was no mistake in his execution of this order.

Hai Dongqing participated in the military meeting of the decision-making level of the alliance, and he was very clear about the purpose of this battle, and he knew Li Fengyun's intentions very well, and Zhong Xin had been blocking the Turks on the Taoshui Defense Line, and he knew very little about high-level secrets, and this time he was ordered to lure the enemy, because he wanted to keep it secret, and he could not tell the soldiers below the reason for the retreat, which caused the soldiers to fight very aggrieved, and they were even more complaining about Zhong Xin, the commander-in-chief of the front line, which also had a serious impact on Zhong Xin's psychology.

Hai Dongqing was not good at arguing with Zhong Xin, so as not to get out of control, so he changed a persuasion method, "Ming Gong ordered us to hold on until midnight and delay the time for the Turks to capture Donghushu, in fact, it is to let the Turks delay the killing of the Ghost City for three hours, and the alliance army to delay the siege for three hours. In other words, whatever method we use, we only need to achieve this goal. ”

Zhong Xin nodded. If you want to achieve this goal, what other way is there than to fight bloodily and never retreat?

"Three hours, for the Turks, is to kill under the Ghost City at midnight today, or under the Ghost City early tomorrow morning, how much difference is there?" Hai Dongqing asked again.

Zhong Xin was silent. The difference between this is not big, but the key problem is that the Turks do not know that they will evacuate Donghushu in three hours, and of course they will attack wildly, and they will annihilate the living forces of Ghost Fang City outside the city.

"I don't think there's much difference." Hai Dongqing asked himself, "What's more, the Turks definitely don't want to lose both. Saiwai Beiyu galloped like the wind, came and went like the wind, and the fight was a surprise attack, that is, speed, and never did a stupid thing of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, so it can be said with certainty that at this moment, the Turks' fierce attack on Donghu Shu is a bluff, and the purpose is to find out our virtual reality, and we only need to plan it, pretend to be afraid, and flee in a panic, so that the Turks mistakenly think that they have figured out our virtual reality, and will be able to effectively delay the Turkic offensive and delay their capture of Donghushu. ”

Zhong Xin pondered for a while, then moved, and then asked, "Where is the plan?" ”

At dusk, Ashina received an urgent report that the battle situation in Donghu had changed abruptly, and a Middle-earth infantry army could not resist the fierce attack of its own side, so it withdrew from the fort and fled in panic.

"Have you ever seen the banner letter fleeing from the enemy, whose banner is it?" Ashina immediately asked.

"Zhong Xin, the first army of the alliance, an old rival." Sunia Ashina Aswin, who came to report the news, sneered, "It must be a heavy loss, it is difficult to resist, and I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated after being surrounded by us, so I fled in a panic." ”

Ashina was expressionless, and turned his head to look at Dagan Shi Alimen, "Since Zhong Xin is the first to flee the battlefield, he will inevitably shake the hearts of the enemy." ”

As soon as Shi Alimen heard it, he understood that Ashina thought that his side had achieved his goal and did not want to continue the onslaught, and the current losses were still within the range of bearing, and no matter how much he could.

"Zhong Xin's active evacuation, can it be confirmed that there are no more enemy troops in Ghost Fang City?" Shi Alimen asked quietly.

Aswin didn't say a word, the question could not be answered.

Ashina's face was a little ugly. Shi Alimen said it euphemistically, in fact, it was to refute him, the attack has not yet achieved its goal, and the attack must be continued, but in fact, Ashina has been in a dilemma, regardless of whether there are still enemy troops in the ghost city, with the tenacious resistance of more than 10,000 enemies in front of the East Lake, it is enough to make the Turkic army pay a lot of price, and then the ghost city will be beaten, and the price will be paid, in the end, if there are heavy casualties, then even if the ghost city is captured, it will be worth the loss, if the people of the Middle Earth counterattack, the ghost city will be lost and lost, Ashina was defeated in this battle, which completely violated his original intention of sending troops to Anzhou.

"Keep attacking." Shi Alimen waved his hand, and his tone was firm, "The people of Middle-earth are cunning and full of tricks, but in the face of absolute strength, they are vulnerable. ”

Aswin looked at Ashina, waiting for his decision.

"Attack its wings." After a little consideration, Ashina said decisively, "Make a siege to force the enemy to abandon the city and flee." ”

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