Chapter 106: Boosting Morale

The generals in the tent listened to Han Qian's explanation, and immediately fell silent, they were all battle-hardened generals, so they naturally understood that Han Qian's strategy to break the enemy was true.

It is indeed a good strategy to hold back the enemy's main force with a partial division, and then concentrate the main force to annihilate the enemy's wings, and perhaps the main force can break the enemy's army and achieve brilliant results.

But this partial division, which is responsible for holding back the enemy's main force, is dangerous, and under the disparity in combat power, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated.

At this time, the feelings of the generals in the tent were complicated, as soldiers, and they were generals who commanded the army, they naturally understood that cowardice was to be spurned by the world, and even they themselves could not accept it.

Moreover, the body of the eldest husband Ma Leather has always been the best destination for soldiers, they are not afraid of death, and they are not afraid of fighting.

But they need at least one hope, a hope of victory, a hope that they can save their lives and establish meritorious deeds.

After all, no one wants to die in vain, not even soldiers, and no soldier in the world wants to participate in a battle with no hope of victory.

There was a deathly silence in the big tent, even the panting of the generals could be heard clearly, Han Qian turned his head and looked at the silent generals, and a trace of unbearability passed through his heart.

These generals are all old subordinates who have followed him for more than ten years, and now there are 30,000 people in the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, but there are only about 1,000 veterans who participated in the Northern Expedition that year.

The invincible majesty of the Northern Expeditionary Army is long gone, and now there are 10,000 recruits who have just entered the barracks for less than three months, and he has no bottom in his own heart about whether he can successfully drag down the army of peach leopards.

"You follow me Han, at least for more than ten years, Han Mou's incompetence failed to make you soar, seal your wife and son, the Northern Expedition has not progressed for a long time, and I am sorry for General Zu Ti, who has already gone immortal, and now he takes the initiative to take over the task of resisting the peach leopard, and it is to bring you into danger, Han Qian can't help you, if you leave at this time, Han will never stop you."

After Han Qian finished speaking, he looked at the generals in the tent with a sincere face, the so-called people have their own ambitions, and he was unwilling to force the generals to follow him to death.

When the generals in the tent heard this, they were all stunned, although they complained about Han Qian's acceptance of such an unfair task, but they were soldiers after all, and now that the enemy invaded on a large scale, they naturally would not choose to escape.

"The last general, Chen Xiong, swears to follow the general." With tears in his eyes, Deputy General Chen Xiong knelt in front of Han Qian with his fists clenched.

"The last general complained for a while, and I hope the general will not blame."

"The big husband is shrouded in horse leather, fortunately! It's a big deal to fight with Peach Leopard. ”

"Since joining the general's command, the last general has handed over this cheap life to the general."

"The last general is willing to follow the general to the death......"

The generals in the tent expressed their determination one after another, putting on a posture of fighting the enemy to the end.

Han Qian stretched out his hand to help up the generals kneeling in front of him one by one, these old subordinates in the past really did not disappoint him, their previous dissatisfaction was actually just complaining.

In the face of the enemy's superior forces, they have no intention of backing down, and even if there is little hope of victory, they are willing to give it a go.

This is enough to show that the momentum of the Northern Expeditionary Army is still there, and the soul that is not afraid of fighting with the enemy to the end has not been extinguished, this is the hope of victory, Han Qian took a breath, and the confidence in his heart suddenly doubled.

In order to boost the confidence of his generals, Han Qian shook his spirits and shouted: "Soldiers, do you remember? In the 'Battle of Pengpiwu', our army broke the peach leopard one after another, if it weren't for the fast running of the peach leopard, he would have become a ghost under the knife of the general. ”

"Hahaha!" The generals in the tent laughed loudly, and everyone's face was filled with intoxication, this was the battle they had personally experienced, and they were proud when they thought of the glory of the year.

Seeing that all the generals were a lot more confident, Han Qian struck while the iron was hot and said: "Soldiers, Peach Leopard is just a defeated general of our subordinates, this time he dares to lead the troops to commit my Great Jin, so he will not come back." ”

After Han Qian finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand and clenched his fist.

"Kill the peach leopard, kill the peach leopard."

The generals in the tent immediately shouted in unison.

"General, when will the army go on the march." Adjutant General Chen Xiong couldn't wait to ask.

Han Qian looked at the huge military map in front of him and said softly: "The sooner the date of the army, the better, but the 30,000 army goes on the expedition, and there are a lot of things to prepare, and you can't move for a while."

"General, what you need us to do, you just have to give the order."

"General, give the order!"

The generals in the tent clenched their fists and pleaded.

Han Qian looked at the generals whose morale was like a rainbow, nodded, and said loudly: "The army of the peach leopard will definitely go south within a month, and we must prepare all the materials for the expedition within this month, and then we can cross the river and cooperate with the defenders of the cities of Huainan County to block the attack of the peach leopard." During this month, all soldiers are not allowed to take vacations, and the officers and men who have gone home to visit their relatives should be recalled, and the generals should step up the training of new recruits when they return to the battalions, and the weapons, armor, arrows, and other equipment of each battalion should also be counted one by one, and the defects and deficiencies should be reported. ”

"The last general commands." The generals in the tent clasped their fists and responded in unison.

With a wave of Han Qian's hand, the generals turned around and left.

"The general has a good chance of winning." As soon as the generals left the big tent, the deputy general Chen Xiong asked.

Han Qian looked at the map and replied leisurely: "Originally, it was only one percent, but seeing that the generals were like a rainbow, now they are three percent sure." ”

"That's not much hope." Chen Xiong sighed, frowned and asked: "Has the general ever thought that if our army can't resist the attack of the peach leopard, the whole territory of Huainan will be lost, and the peach leopard will drive straight in, and the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Han Qian shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Don't worry, this general has thought about it many times, first of all, the enemy's goal in the south is the four counties of Jianghuai, and there is no ambition to sweep the south of the Yangtze River, besides, my Great Jin Navy's sailors are enough to repel any enemy army that dares to cross the river, and the capital can be safe." Secondly, although the strength of our army is weaker than the main army of Taobao, the two wings of the Jing and Yang Erzhou legions on our two wings are greatly stronger than the two wings of the enemy, as long as the main forces of Jing and Yang Erzhou break through the two wings of the enemy, even if our army has been defeated, Taobao will be difficult to resist the siege of the main forces of Jing and Yang, and it is difficult to be undefeated. ”

Hearing this, Chen Xiong nodded, and said leisurely: "I hope that the main forces of Jing and Yang can quickly break the enemy, and Kui'an's rear army has 50,000 horses, although it is responsible for escorting grain and grass, it will not be too slow." ”

"Don't worry, Uncle Guo and Lord Sikong know this better than us." Han Qian looked at Chen Xiong and said softly, "What we have to do now is to train new recruits and replenish all kinds of supplies. ”

"What the general said is that the last general will urge the battalions to step up the training of new soldiers." Chen Xiong said and turned around to leave.

"Wait." Han Qian suddenly stopped Chen Xiong.

"General, what's the matter?" Chen Xiong wondered.

Han Qian frowned and said softly: "The general was careless for a while, forgetting that the army needed a lot of materials to go on the expedition, and the thousand people in the baggage camp were far from enough, so you immediately led three hundred soldiers to the nearby villages and towns to recruit four thousand strong and healthy people, and go now." ”

"Yes, General, the last general will leave." After Chen Xiong finished speaking, he turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.

All the generals had left, and Han Qian was the only one left in the entire big tent, and he looked at the huge military map in front of him alone, and fell into deep thought.

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At Hua'an's house in the capital, Wang Ling, who was full of grievances, trotted to his room in the backyard while wiping his tears.

At the moment when she closed the door, the corner of her eye saw Hua An chasing from behind, and suddenly a strong sense of grievance came to her heart, and the tears in the corners of her eyes suddenly became much more.

She pretended not to see Hua An, slammed the door to the door frame a few times, and after venting, she gently closed the door, peeked at the chasing Hua An from the crack in the door, and then ran quickly to the side of the bed in a few steps, covering her head in the quilt and pretending to sleep.

She pretended to be asleep on the surface, but in her heart she thought: "Hua'an! Hua'an, if you don't buy me a gift, forget it, if you dare not come and coax me, I will ignore you for the rest of my life. ”

Since the moment Wang Ling ran back to the room, Hua An understood that she was jealous, and at this time, seeing her deliberately slam the door, she couldn't help but be slightly surprised, it seems that this Ling'er is quite jealous, and she has a small temper.

Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and slowly walked towards the door where Wang Ling was, looking at the door that had been closed, Hua An felt a little surprised in his heart, could it be that Wang Ling really didn't want to see him at the moment, and actually bolted the door.

But with a gentle push of his hand, Hua An suddenly smiled slyly, it turned out that the door of this room was hidden.

It seems that Wang Ling has discovered me just now, slamming the door on purpose to show me, she is coquettish, she must want me to go over and coax her, isn't this false door the best proof?

Hua An gently pushed open the door and walked in, bolting the door with his hand.

"Ling'er, are you tired?"

Seeing Wang Ling burying his head in the quilt, Hua An asked with concern.

"Uh-huh." Wang Ling muttered twice with her nose, which was a response to Hua An, but her heart was full of sweetness, because Hua An really came to coax her.

"This Ling'er is really angry, and it seems that she is not lightly angry." Hua An shook his head and took out a pair of white jade bracelets from his arms.