Chapter Forty-Eight: The Crisis After the Defeat
Zhang Huang's premonition came true again, and late that night, they lost Dongshi Village, the only stronghold in Dongshi Mountain. Although the scouts of the 26th tent have strengthened the defensive facilities of Dongshi Village as much as possible a few days ago, it is a pity that those things are not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Minshan soldiers, and when the location of Dongshi Village is found by the Minshan soldiers, it is undoubtedly a declaration that the Guangling Army has lost the important strategic commanding heights of Dongshishan.
All the Commander Lu Min could do was to lead the surviving scouts out of Dongshi Mountain and join General Yang Qi's military camp. Fortunately, their news was delivered to the military camp in time, and Yang Qi did not give up the plan of this scout team because of the 'strange arrangement' of the old assassin Shi Zangmin a few days ago, so that the scouts of the 26th Tent were finally able to retreat before the attack of the Minshan tribesmen.
Although the process of retreat was also quite thrilling, and there were many Minshan warriors chasing from time to time on the way, but with the break of Lu Min and Zhang Huang's Black Feather Crow brothers, the Twenty-six Accounts finally continued with great difficulty, so as not to completely wipe out the entire team in this extremely unbalanced scout battle.
The next day, the twenty-six tents, of which only twenty-two scouts remained, took refuge in the military camp of General Yang Qi under the leadership of the chief Lu Min, who met them at the general account of the army and asked them carefully about the whole course of the scout battle.
"Minyi turned out to be the help of the anti-thief?" When he learned about the Minshan people from Lu Min's mouth, Yang Qi looked quite calm from beginning to end, and his face changed slightly. As one of the middle and upper-level generals of Guangling County, Yang Qi naturally knows the Min people in the south of Huiji Mountain, and naturally knows the strength of the Min people, one of the hundred Yi tribes.
"Yes, General!" Lu Min replied respectfully with his fists clenched.
Yang Qi nodded slightly, did not speak, and did not blame this scout team in his heart. After all, there were more than 200 Min warriors, not to mention a small scout team of 100 people, even if it was 2,000 soldiers in his military camp, he was not sure that he would be able to repel it if the other party infiltrated the military camp at night. After all, Minyi is an extremely powerful branch of the Baiyi around the Great Han Kingdom, although the civilization is far inferior to the Han because of its closure to the outside world, but their warriors are far stronger than the soldiers of the Great Han. Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, I am afraid that only the southern army and the northern army have the strength to be able to match them one-on-one.
Thinking about it this way, Yang Qi felt that these twenty-two people could still return to the barracks alive under the pursuit of more than 200 Minshan soldiers, after all, if a 100-person scout team was changed to face the Shangminshan soldiers, it was very likely that not only would the entire army be wiped out, but even a message could not be passed back before the annihilation.
That's the worst!
And now, they have brought back an important piece of news, albeit outright bad news.
News! It's bad news!
Yang Qi covered his forehead and frowned frequently, he knew very well what it meant for the Minshan soldiers to join the rebel side, which meant that their Guangling army would not be able to make a little advantage in the field scout battle in the future, which meant the loss of the eyes and ears of the field, and it meant zero intelligence, which was simply the worst result for the Guangling army in the situation where the rebels were approaching step by step.
In the case of the strength of the two armies, the scout battle is almost equivalent to the victory or defeat of the two armies, and Yang Qi knows this very well in his heart. But at the moment, their situation is that their troops are far inferior to the rebels, and they can't even get cheap in scout battles, which is simply a situation of inevitable defeat!
Thinking about it, Yang Qi didn't intend to reveal his thoughts to the people in the house, after all, his negative thoughts were very likely to lead to the accelerated collapse of the Guangling army.
"You guys are doing a great job! This general will remember the merits of you and others, and first remember the merits, and then reward them according to the merits when our army defeats the rebels in the future. Yang Qi affirmed the merits of Lu Min, Zhang Huang and others, after all, in his opinion, the Minshan clan soldiers, who are like rebel trump cards, are naturally exposed to their noses as soon as possible.
However, the famous generals in the room didn't seem to think much, no, as soon as Yang Qi finished speaking, a yin and yang strange voice sounded in the room.
"Do you want to take credit? According to the general, all of them will be put to death! ”
Everyone in the room subconsciously looked in the direction where the voice came, but saw a general in his thirties with gloomy eyes sneering again and again.
"General Chen Qi, what do you mean by that?" Lu Min's eyelids twitched slightly, and he could see that he was forcing himself to exercise restraint.
"What do you mean by General Ben?" The general named Chen Qi snorted coldly and walked a few steps forward, looking at the twenty-two twenty-six scouts who were glaring at him, and said coldly, "General Ben felt that there was something wrong with your battle report a few days ago: seventy or so people were able to kill hundreds of scouts of the rebels...... Are you really fools waiting for my generals? So easy to fool? Since you are really so powerful, how can you be so wolf this time and flee back to the military camp, and even Dongshi Village is lost?! ”
Lu Min was silent for a moment, then replied with his fists clenched, "Back to General Chen Qi, I have never lied about my military exploits in the twenty-sixth account. It was true that we had the upper hand before, but the rebels had the help of the Minshan tribe, and we were invincible, so we were defeated......"
"Fart!" Interrupting Lu Min's words, Chen Qi scolded coldly, "I think it's all you waiting there to make a fool of yourself!" What Minshan soldiers, it's all a lie that you and others made up! Speaking of this, his face showed a little abruptness, and he nodded self-righteously and said, "Oh, General Ben understands, it must be your scouts who have lost the battle, but you don't dare to report it, so you made up this lie, in a vain attempt to deceive the general and avoid a punishment!" ”
"This guy ......" Behind Zhang Huang, Chen Zhi's face turned red when he heard it, and he was about to stand up and scold, but he was stopped by Zhang Huang, who seemed to have expected it, and at the same time, Lu Min also held back his anger and explained again, "General Chen Qi misunderstood, the matter of the Minshan clan soldiers is indeed true!" ”
"Who saw that?" Chen Qi replied with a sneer.
As soon as the words fell, I saw Li Tong snort and said in a deep voice, "I saw it!" I've seen it all! ”
"You'll naturally speak for him, don't take it seriously!" Chen Qi pursed his lips and laughed, then glanced at Li Tong, and said coldly, "General Ben is asking here, what are you talking about, you little soldier?" As he spoke, he glanced at Li Tong a few times, and sneered, "The guy who lost the stronghold he wanted to guard still has the face to shout at General Ben, if it weren't for General Yang's kindness, General Ben would have pulled out your group of deserters and cut them down!" ”
"Deserters?" Zang Ba and Tai Shi Ci raised their heads sharply when they heard this, glaring at Chen Qi angrily. The anger in their eyes mixed with murderous intent is something that even a fool can see.
"What? Don't you dare to commit a crime?! Chen Qi was naturally not a fool, and of course he noticed the murderous aura revealed in the eyes of Zang Ba and Tai Shici, and his face immediately turned cold. At that moment, a powerful pressure erupted in his body.
[This guy ......]
Zhang Huang couldn't help but be a little surprised, he didn't care about this general who didn't like them for some reason, but now he knew that the other party did have real talent and learning, at least the oppressive force was stronger than all the people he had seen so far.
"Daifuku." Zhang Huang whispered to Shan Fu beside him.
Shan Fu nodded knowingly, and glanced at the last few soldiers in the group, who left the room after nodding, and then returned to the house, throwing the corpses of several Minshan soldiers on their shoulders in the middle.
[Thankfully, this military division was prescient!] ]
With a slight smug smile, Shan Fu took a few steps forward, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said with a smile, "General, although I lost the twenty-six accounts, it was not without gains. These were one of the Minshan soldiers who pursued us, and they were killed by us...... I wonder if it can be used as evidence? ”
Looking at Shan Fu's pretended ignorant appearance, Chen Qi's face turned red, after all, the corpses on the ground, whether they were dressed or looked, did not look like they were from the Han Dynasty, Shan Fu's seemingly kind words of inquiry were actually like a mouth slapping him in the face.
"Humph! Just a few people will kill you like this...... Incompetent! Chen Qi, who felt a great loss of face, turned around and returned to his original position, but before leaving, he didn't forget to sarcastically mock Zhang Huang and the others again. But anyone who speaks clearly can see that this is just a word he uses to save face.
[How?] ]
Shan Fu proudly exchanged glances with Zang Ba, Tai Shici and several other brothers. And although they secretly muttered that Shan Fu was really dark and insidious, Zang Ba, Tai Shici and the others only felt happy in their hearts, and a little smile appeared on the corner of their mouths, which made Chen Qi, who was looking at them coldly after returning to the queue, hate them even more.
[Sure enough, it's a Min mountain people......]
Yang Qi, who was silent on the main seat, looked at the corpses, and sighed slightly in his heart for a long time. In all fairness, he also hoped that Chen Qi's words might be somewhat true, but Shan Fu ruthlessly broke the hope in his heart, so that he had to add the strong foreign clan of the Minshan clan to the enemy camp, which was simply worse for the difficult Guangling side.
"Stand down." Yang Qi waved his hand tiredly.
Everyone in the house withdrew from the handsome office one by one when they heard this, including Lu Min, Zhang Huang and others, but only a handsome general remained.
"Wu Shou, what do you think?" After there was only one general left in the Shuai Office, Yang Qi asked.
I saw that the general named Wu Shou glanced at several corpses on the ground, and said with a smile, "The evidence is in front of you, is the general still lucky?" ”
"No, I'm not talking about that." Yang Qi shook his head when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "I'm asking you, what do you think about the arrangement of Zang Assassin's history?" ”
Wu Shou's face was slightly stunned, and he frowned and asked, "The general refers to Zang Tingshi's intention to arrange for the hundred-man team to be on duty in Dongshi Mountain?" The general suspects that Zang Assassin Shi intends to embarrass them? ”
"Quite the opposite." Yang Qi stood up, paced a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice, "I have seen the military roster, and in that hundred-person team, there is a person surnamed Zang, and it is not surprising that nine times out of ten he is a member of Zang's clan...... In my opinion, Zang Tingshi is probably deliberately trying to hone them. The question is, did Zang Assassin know that the rebels had the help of the Min mountain people? ”
"Does it matter?" Wu Shou asked puzzled.
"Of course." Yang Qi pondered, frowned, and said, "If Zang Tingshi didn't know about this earlier, then it's okay." But it is said that Zang Assassin Shi has been following the rebels for eight years, how can he not know about it? If you think about it like this, while Zang Tingshi intends to use the almost desperate tribulations to train other people, he may also have a mind that he doesn't want me to lose too ......much in Dongshi Mountain."
"What do you mean?" The more Wu Shou listened, the more confused he became.
It's a pity that Yang Qi didn't pay attention to him, and paced in the tent while muttering: "The other party has the help of the Min mountain people, and a scout of 100 people can't hold Dongshi Mountain...... Five hundred men could not hold it. In other words, the East Stone Mountain will be lost...... But if Dongshishan is lost, then the military field camp ...... Wait a minute! Do you say ......"
I don't know what I thought, Yang Qi's eyes gradually showed a little surprise, and he muttered, "I understand, I understand......"
Wu Shou was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise, "What does the general understand?" ”
I saw a few traces of light blooming in Yang Qi's eyes, and after a long breath, he said in a deep voice, "Lord Thorn Shi is playing a big game of chess...... Ordered the defenders of the military camp and nearby villages to withdraw to Pinqiao, if I guessed correctly, Pinqiao is the real decisive battle between our First Army and the rebels! ”
"Withdraw now......" Wu Shou frowned, he knew very well what it meant to withdraw from the military field camp now, which meant that when the rebels pursued from the rear, they would no longer have a camp to stop the rebels, all relying on the flesh and blood of the soldiers.
In the face of Wu Shou's hesitation, Yang Qi was very resolute.
"At any cost!"