Chapter 184: The Han Army's Choice

After two days of fighting, the Qishan soldiers did not dare to relax, on the one hand, the main courtiers were holding a court meeting to discuss the matter of tomorrow's battle, on the one hand, there were special personnel to deal with the follow-up matters of the dead and wounded soldiers, and on the other hand, a large number of manpower had to be organized to prepare for the war, which can be said to be a busy place in Qishan City.

The Han soldiers collected the troops and returned to the camp, although the two battles were defeated, and nearly half of the soldiers were killed and wounded, but the war was not over, and the Chinese army tent was to continue to discuss and formulate tomorrow's siege matters.

The time is close to dusk, defeat is defeated, the army and the people are going to eat, the people take food as the sky, the quartermaster's heart is anxious, because the grain and grass in the Han army barracks have been urgent, and the remaining grain and grass can meet the supply of this night, tomorrow morning's grain and grass is not visible, how is this good, the battle can not be won for two days, the atmosphere in the military tent is oppressive, and it is inconvenient for him to report now, but as a quartermaster, he has his own responsibilities!

Although the requisition of grain and grass is not under his control, it is impossible to ask, but the grain and grass in the army is approaching, and he has to report it, otherwise tomorrow the grain and grass will not be available, and the soldiers will have nothing to eat, then it will be their own responsibility, and it is likely that they will not even be able to protect their heads!

The quartermaster had no choice but to ask for an appearance in the tent of the Chinese army, and after kneeling on the ground and obtaining permission, he reported the matter of the grain and grass in the army to everyone in the marshal's tent.

Everyone in the Chinese military tent has put the matter of grain and grass in the back of their minds because of the situation of the two-day battle, and they have already received the report of the quartermaster, so they know the grain and grass, and for a while the eyes of all the generals looked at Wang Guifei.

Wang Guifei knew that everyone was asking for answers from her, so she immediately opened her mouth, and according to the previous passing of the flying pigeons, it was estimated that it should arrive after dusk, that is, the grain and grass would arrive in the barracks within a few hours.

The matter of grain and grass was already a major matter for a while, and Marshal Qin and the generals were not at ease in their hearts, because according to common sense, if the Han grain and grass escort army was close to the Han barracks, there should have been a report from the pioneers, but the barracks had not been reported, and the generals and generals sensed something for a while, so Marshal Qin immediately sent a general in the tent with two hundred elite soldiers to greet him.

General Han can take 200 elite soldiers out of the barracks, directly along the Peacock River, can be described as a light soldier simple follower, after two hours of fast horses and whips, General Han and the soldiers did not find anything in front of them, the sky is getting darker, for a while everyone's hearts are more anxious, the question is heavier, it can't be the soldiers who transport grain and grass really have an accident, right?

General Han immediately ordered all the elite soldiers to continue to march forward at the speed of a rapid march, galloping.

From time to time, there are foreign objects on the sand dunes not far ahead, not low trees and wild grass, not wild donkeys and wild horses resting, so everyone urged the horses to lean towards it, this close to Fang knew that people fell on the sand dunes, it was the corpses of the soldiers who escorted grain and grass, people were dead, people were dead, grain and grass, of course, there was no trace, because the time was very long, there were still some rut marks in the wet soil by the Peacock River, far away from the river are all sand, long to be covered by the wind and sand, is nowhere to be found.

The Han generals immediately ordered the soldiers to get off their horses, and collectively buried the corpses of the soldiers transporting grain on the spot, and the personnel could not be counted, and with the soldiers entering the ground, more than 200 people returned to the barracks of the Han army on horseback, and the time was already dawn.

Marshal Han and everyone else didn't sleep peacefully this night, where did they all have food and grass in their hearts?

The sky gradually brightened, only to suddenly hear the sound of horses' hooves outside the barracks, so they got up one after another, ran out of their camps, the reality was to disappoint everyone, no language communication, eyes had already seen the situation, that is, there was no grain and grass and escort officers and soldiers.

The situation of the elite soldiers led by General Han for one night was known with the entry into the marshal's account, and all the truth was revealed, that is, the grain and grass of the army were hopeless for a while, and the army of nearly 20,000 was useless food, and the soldiers who escorted the grain and grass were all dead, and the grain and grass were nowhere to be found.

This is already the case, the day is bright, the quartermaster naturally knows the situation of grain and grass, and the spread among the soldiers is that there is no more food and grass in the barracks, and breakfast has to be canceled, and now everyone can only wait for the order of the marshal.

Marshal Qin had to immediately convene all the main and deputy generals in the army to discuss the matter in the Chinese military tent, and the content of the discussion was that Qishan City was supported by the natural danger of Qishan Pass, and although the Loulan army was weak, it could defend according to the natural danger, so that the powerful Han army was defeated in two battles and lost its troops.

On the one hand, the army has no food and grass, and the two defeats of the army have no confidence in defeating the Loulan army, and they have a sense of fear of the Qishan Pass, and the possibility of victory will be more ethereal, and the re-battle is likely to make more soldiers lose their lives, and return in vain, which is even more dereliction of duty!

On the other hand, if you choose not to fight and admit that the army is defeated for a while, then the whole country will send troops to Qishan City, and the domestic courtiers will not be able to recognize this reality.

Although Marshal Qin is the supreme ruler of the Han army, the victory is naturally infinite halo, and now it is defeated, and the order to withdraw the troops is difficult to make, and it is necessary to explain to the court, so he sent a speech in the Chinese army tent, and asked the generals and generals to express their personal opinions, so as to achieve the unity and consistency of the views of the sovereigns on the expedition.

For a while, the main generals and Wang Guifei in the Chinese military tent knew what Marshal Qin meant, that is, to give power to the generals, whether it was a battle or a retreat, everyone said it, whether it was victory or defeat, and finally the Han army returned to the dynasty in order to seek the unity of the generals and play together.

The generals have their own thoughts at this time, that is, the momentum of the army is nothing, the combat effectiveness has been lost, there have been four generals killed in the previous battle, lost their precious lives, there is a chance to return to the dynasty, or return to the dynasty is good, he is not the commander, the responsibility is also small, will not affect his official position, so no one has the intention of the main battle, the words of the main retreat are inconvenient to say, for a while are quiet.

Marshal Qin saw that the generals were silent, so he took the initiative to ask, Marshal Qin avoided the generals, asked the deputy generals, the marshal asked himself, the deputy generals had to speak, the deputy generals are actually capable and knowledgeable, know the situation in the Chinese army tent, the main generals are avoiding things, but the marshal asked himself, there is no way, only according to the actual situation, naturally he advocates the early retreat, in order to make a comeback in the future, and it is inevitable to win when he fights again.

The eyes of the main generals could look at Marshal Qin at this time, and Wang Guifei also looked at Generalissimo Qin at the same time.

Of course, Marshal Qin knew what everyone meant, so he said, since everyone in the tent hopes to make a comeback, in order to set foot on Qishan City in the future, then make a temporary truce, and hope that Wang Guifei can send soldiers to fulfill their duties during the truce of our army, and when the battle is renewed, they can give the Han army a reliable situation of Qishan City.

Marshal Qin's marshal order, everyone put their hearts down, let go and put down, the main generals want to unify the caliber, and give the Han Dynasty and General Huo Guangda a passable explanation, of course, failure is a fact, can only be made up for in language, explained!