Chapter 207: Retreat
Li Tingzhi's face has always been with an appreciative smile. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Hao Jing is still wearing a hat and a black veil on his face, which makes people unable to see his face clearly.
Cai Siwei, Du Xiaoqi, Yuan Shichun, Zheng Tongwu and Qin Han and others, after several tragic battles, have become stronger, and many soldiers of the Hezhou Imperial Army, who have experienced another baptism of blood and fire, have truly transformed and become brave soldiers.
The ones who gained more were Chang Mingquan and others, who finally built up their self-confidence.
You Yijun, which belongs to the Guards Ma Junsi, the left army, the Xuanfeng army and the Xuanxuan front army belong to the Zhenjiang Imperial Army, in the continuous fighting process, the losses are heavy, especially the left army, the battle on both sides is over, there are less than 1,000 people left, and the rest of the armies also suffer heavy casualties, but after two big victories, the mentality of the sergeants has completely changed, and they no longer think that the Mongolian army is invincible.
The Loyal Warriors need time to recover, but Li Tingzhi doesn't care very much, after all, the Loyal Warriors are not the army under his command, unless they encounter special circumstances, he, the envoy of the two Huai systems, will not be able to dispatch the Loyal Warriors.
The 30,000 people who entered Huaibei, including 10,000 of the imperial army of Hezhou, 5,000 of the loyal army, and 15,000 of the rest of the army, after two consecutive days of fighting, nearly 9,000 people were killed and seriously wounded, and at this price, they exterminated and captured 18,000 Mongolian troops, including 11,000 people who attacked Qi County, and 7,000 people who rushed to help Sizhou.
The ratio is basically 1 to 2, and such a victory is indeed worth showing off.
However, Li Tingzhi and Wu Shaogang both made a decision not to publicize the victory of the two battles, especially not to write a report to the imperial court, otherwise I don't know what kind of bad ideas the dizzy and calculating people in the court will come up with.
The assembly and rest are all in Qi County, and the grain and grass are still sufficient for the time being, which can last for at least ten days.
More than 6,000 Mongolian sergeants were captured, and after about two days of screening, nearly 4,000 of them were incorporated into the imperial army in Hezhou, and the remaining 2,000 were to be escorted all the way to Huainan.
Both Li Tingzhi and Wu Shaogang thought that the army should evacuate Huaibei.
On the issue of the arrangement of the armies, Wu Shaogang's thoughts, except for the loyal and brave army, and the sergeants who were seriously injured in this battle, the rest of the sergeants were all incorporated into the Hezhou Imperial Army, as for the memora written to the imperial court, it can be said that the You Yijun under the jurisdiction of the Guards Ma Junsi, the left army under the jurisdiction of the Zhenjiang Imperial Army, the Xuanfeng Army and the Strategy-Xuanfeng Army, suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining soldiers were not many.
Coupled with the sergeants recruited from the surrender sergeants of the Mongol army, the sergeants under Wu Shaogang have more than doubled from 10,000 to 23,000 in Huaibei, and the number of war horses owned by the army has also exceeded 20,000, that is to say, these 23,000 people are all cavalry sequences.
Li Tingzhi agreed with Wu Shaogang's decision, and would write a letter to the imperial court in his own name, after all, there were more than 2,000 Mongolian prisoners in his hands, which shows how fierce the battle was, and the heavy casualties of the sergeants were expected.
As for the calculations in the court, Li Tingzhi will seriously consider and plan, he will make a move at the right time, and he will also investigate thoroughly to see who is behind the calculations, thinking about killing him and Wu Shaogang.
It's getting late, Qi County County, wings.
It's been three days of rest, and the army is ready to move.
The discussion before the opening was still carried out here, and the officers above the commander level in the army, as well as Li Tingzhi, Wu Shaogang, Hao Jing and others, including Qin Han, who had just been promoted to the commander of the left army of the imperial army in Hezhou.
There was a map on the ground, and this map was different from ordinary maps, and it was densely marked with many small place names, all of which had been supplemented by scouts.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the scouts have found out clearly, the Mongolian army stationed in Mengcheng still has not evacuated, and there is no Mongolian army rushing to help around, it is said that such a situation should not occur, Shi Tianze, who suffered a defeat, will definitely order the Mongolian army stationed in Mengcheng to be on high alert, or even temporarily evacuate, don't fight with us."
"Shi Tianze's current defeat can be described as a fiasco, as for how he went to Kublai Khan to deal with him, that is not something we need to consider, what we need to consider is whether Shi Tianze will immediately launch a retaliatory action."
"It makes sense for me to say this, the two Mongolian armies commanded by Shi Tianze, with a total strength of 25,000 people, after two consecutive days of fighting, only about 7,000 people escaped, and nearly 19,000 people were killed and captured.
"The reason why the Mongolian army in the direction of Mengcheng did not evacuate, I think there is such a reason, Shi Tianze ordered the Mongolian army stationed in Mengcheng to drag us, and then led the army to kill again, at that time, our situation is worrying."
"To say that no matter how many Mongolian troops besiege, we are not afraid, the Mongolian army is not invincible, we have defeated them many times, and we are not afraid of them at all, but I am not willing to let the casualties of the soldiers in vain, the situation in Huaibei does not have much impact on the overall situation, we have completed the combat mission, there is no need to continue to entangle, we should consider how to evacuate safely."
"From the perspective of saving time, we must evacuate through the Mengcheng under the jurisdiction of Shouzhou, as long as we pass through the Mengcheng, I believe that the Mongolian army will not dare to continue the pursuit of the battle, after all, the closer we are to Huainan, the safer we are, the Mongolian army has not yet had the courage to cross the Huai River into Huainan."
"This evacuation, led by the officers and soldiers of the imperial army in Hezhou, marched in unison, tried to speed up the pace of the march as much as possible, evacuated as soon as possible, and escorted the prisoners of the Mongolian army, which was taken care of by the loyal and brave army, with Chang Mingquan assisting."
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Wu Shao had just finished arranging and looked at Li Tingzhi.
Li Tingzhi did not have any objections.
But Hao Jing spoke.
"My lord, my subordinates feel that the possibility of Shi Tianze wanting to make a comeback is not very large, after this failure, Shi Tianze must report to Kublai Khan, if Kublai Khan agrees to send a large army to fight in Huaibei, Shi Tianze may lead the army to fight, otherwise, Shi Tianze has no right to lead the army to fight, his subordinates have carefully calculated, 10,000 Mongolian troops rushed to the aid of Sizhou, 15,000 Mongolian troops attacked Qizhou, this is already 25,000 people, although Shi Tianze is the right man of Mongolian tradition, but after all, he is a Han person, It is impossible for the army under his command to exceed 30,000 people. ”
"Sir, is it possible that there are only 5,000 Mongolian troops stationed in Mengcheng, and only 5,000 people have such great courage to block my army of more than 20,000 people, isn't it a moth to a fire?"
"This subordinate is not very clear, I don't know how many Mongolian troops are stationed in Mengcheng."
There was silence in the room for a moment.
Cai Siwei and others will not speak, they are responsible for carrying out orders.
The army will withdraw from Qi County tomorrow, and this order has been issued.
Li Tingzhi stood up, waved his hand and spoke.
"No matter how many Mongolian troops are stationed in Mengcheng, we have to evacuate from there, if the Mongolian troops stationed in Mengcheng dare to come out to fight, then we will resolutely exterminate them, we lead the army to fight, it is good to be able to analyze as many situations as possible, but it is impossible to be exhaustive, no matter whether Shi Tianze will make a comeback or not, we will not be afraid, I also look forward to meeting Shi Tianze face to face, to see what this person looks like, known as the first Han general in the Mongolian army, is it three heads and six arms."
Facing Li Tingzhi's reproachful words, Wu Shaogang could only smile bitterly.
I don't know what's wrong, Li Tingzhi has been very interested in the past few days, and he has been thinking about confronting the Mongolian army again all the time, and even in private, he asked Wu Shaogang if he was staying in Huaibei for a while.
After a moment of silence, Wu Shaogang spoke again.
"Tomorrow, when the army is all withdrawn, the grain and grass carried by each sergeant shall not be less than ten days, judging from the journey, if it goes well, we will arrive in Shouchun in about eight days at most, and it is unlikely that we will raise grain and grass along the way, so you must warn all the sergeants that they must cherish the grain and grass and not waste it."
Everyone dispersed, and only Li Tingzhi and Wu Shaogang were left in the wing.
"Cangling, Hao Jing is indeed a good person, but you also have to worry, Hao Jing's identity is too special, Kublai Khan must ask about his whereabouts, and when the time comes, Jia Youxiang will ask him, you have to deal with it."
"Father-in-law, don't worry, I have my own way, money can make ghosts grind, and when the time comes, I will definitely be able to let Jia Youxiang gently let go of this matter."
"Not necessarily, the DPRK and China are all afraid of the Mongolian army, if Kublai Khan asks in person, Jia Youxiang will always reply."
"Cangling will pay attention to this matter, and I also ask my father-in-law to help mediate it when the time comes."
"That's fine, I'll definitely pay attention."
Jingding 3rd year, December 20th.
Wu Shaogang, who had been in Huaibei for half a month, finally led the army and evacuated from Qi County.
At the beginning, the army led by Xia Gui also occupied Qi County first, and then paved the way to occupy the city.
For more than half a month, the imperial army of Hezhou has experienced several rapid marches, as well as two large-scale battles, which can be described as non-stop, seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, thinking about celebrating the festival with their families, there is no possibility.
Wu Shaogang didn't know what other battles he would encounter on the way to evacuate next, but he believed that the army would be able to evacuate Huaibei smoothly and return to Tongchuanfu Road smoothly.
As for the previous planning ideas, including calculating Xia Gui and other matters, or give up for the time being, and wait until the time is ripe to plan, anyway, Li Tingzhi also knows these things, and he will definitely think of a countermeasure, Wu Shaogang's most important matter at present is to integrate the more than 10,000 soldiers newly incorporated into the imperial army in Hezhou.
Leaving the county seat, Wu Shaogang turned his head and looked at the city wall that was still a little dark, and he didn't know how long it would take for him to set foot on the land of Huaibei again. (To be continued.) )