Chapter 508: The Feast
After listening to my words, Jin Erpang breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly turned around and left.
Looking at the back of Jin Erpang leaving, I don't know if I want to laugh, this guy is still a little cute.
But it's not okay to run around in the army.
For the next few days, there really wasn't much going on in the army.
Especially Wu Sangui's side, after this battle, he suffered a big loss, although he did not leave, but he actually withdrew his troops for thirty miles.
It's still a confrontation with us, but it's a big plus for us.
You must know that we led the army to the rescue, that is, to meet with General Wang Qi, this Wu Sangui withdrew his troops and retreated, didn't that just let us pick up a big bargain?
I can't figure out why he did this, either you just withdraw your troops and leave, or you continue to besiege the city, but aren't you hurting yourself by withdrawing your troops like this?
If he doesn't withdraw his troops and retreat, he can still play a certain role in threatening both of us, but what has become of him now that he has withdrawn his troops and left?
Once we meet, it will be an army of 1780,000, can such an army be dealt with by him Wu Sangui?
And this guy doesn't have much food and grass, and when the time comes, our army will meet, and only he will suffer.
"Marshal, what shall we do now?"
All the generals have gathered in the Great Tent to determine our rendezvous with General Wang Qi today.
"Marshal, if you want me to say, let's lead the army directly into the city, this Wu Sangui has already retreated thirty miles, and then he should lead the troops to leave, and the siege of the county town can be regarded as resolved!"
Li Qing stood up and said very straightforwardly.
"General, I don't think so, I don't think we need to go into the city at all!"
Ma Ling also said with different opinions.
"I also don't think it's necessary for us to go into town."
General Mole nodded and said as well.
"We are now in a confrontation with Wu Sangui, since he led his troops to retreat for thirty miles, then we will lead our troops to advance thirty miles, and the army is directly stationed outside the city to confront Wu Sangui, not too far and not too close. We don't know Wu Sangui's specific intentions yet, so we can't go into the city, you must know that the 100,000 horses have entered the city, the concept is different, if Wu Sangui besieges the city again, we are trapped inside, but there will be no other army to come to rescue us. ”
I looked at everyone and said, "On the contrary, we are different outside the city, we are stationed outside the city to fight Wu Sangui, he can't help us, he can't besiege us, can he?" And there is another point, once we enter the city, more than 100,000 troops can rely on the grain and grass in the city to support, so that General Wang Qi is bound to not be able to supply for a few days, and outside the city, our grain and grass can be supplied by ourselves, if we are surrounded, our grain and grass can not be transported, then more than 100,000 people will become a turtle in the urn, so my opinion is that stationed outside the city and Wu Sangui confront, this guy's grain and grass can't last for half a month, as long as we hold on for a few more days, he has to withdraw his troops and leave. ”
After hearing this, everyone also nodded.
General Da Mo stood up and said: "Marshal, so far we have divided our troops into three places, one is your Chinese military tent here, one is the 30,000 horses who came to me, and the other is General Jin's rear army, if we are stationed under the county seat, what should we do?" ”
I smiled and said: "The division of troops and garrisoning is beneficial to us at the beginning, after all, it was Wu Sangui to defend at that time, and we went to attack him, but now it is not, we go to the city to station, it is attacked by Wu Sangui, we defend, this situation is not suitable for us to divide the troops and station, so what we have to do now is naturally to join the army, so that our 100,000 horses will be twisted into a rope, and the strength is naturally much greater." ”
Then we naturally set out the camp and went directly to the county seat.
Wu Sangui withdrew his troops for thirty miles, and indirectly speaking, Wang Qi was no longer a threat.
"General, thanks to you for coming to the rescue this time!"
Just resisted the city, General Wang Qi led his troops to meet him.
"Eh, General Wang's words are polite, our army came to the rescue this time is a matter of course, the general has rescued me many times before, saving me from fire and water, this time the general was surrounded, if I don't do my best to rescue, then I am not ashamed of the general's brotherhood with me?"
I looked at Wang Qi and smiled faintly.
"The general led the troops to relieve the siege this time, saving hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of soldiers in my city, this great favor I Wang Qi will definitely remember in my heart, if the general has anything to send in the future, although it is said that it is, if I Wang Qi frowned, then I am sorry that the general came to the rescue regardless of the danger this time!"
Wang Qi is very upright and speaks so well, which is why I wanted to form an alliance with him in the first place.
Think about it, when my county was in trouble several times, didn't he go to save me without frowning?
At that time, my strength was far from being comparable to now, I faced more than 100,000 people in the Qing army with 20,000 or 30,000 men, but what about Wang Qi, he led eighty percent of his troops to rescue me day and night, this kindness, don't I also forget it?
"General Wang is serious, this time we work together to defeat the enemy, after this battle, our morale has been greatly boosted, and the world has become famous!"
Wang Qi stopped laughing, and said: "What the general said is reasonable, oh, by the way, generals, this time I have set up a banquet in the city, everyone will come with me into the city, let's have a drink today!" ”
Originally, there was a war, and drinking alcohol was the biggest taboo, especially when the general drank.
And Wang Qi still feasted all our generals, which is a bit bad, I have a hunch, for fear that this time drinking will delay the big event.
But Wang Qi is his own person, and he is very gracious, so I can't refuse to refute his face in person, so I have to nod and lead my subordinates into the county seat together.
"Come on, general, today we can drink again, thanks to the general's defeat of Wu Sangui, so that he had to withdraw his troops and retreat, this cup we will raise a glass to the general."
Wang Qi took the lead, and everyone responded, and they also raised their glasses and drank it.
After eating and drinking, I also knew why Wu Sangui came to attack the city with so many men and horses this time.
It turned out that Wu Sangui heard that General Wang Qi was the biggest pillar in Yunnan, and if he wanted to conquer Yunnan, he first had to kill Wang Qi or subdue Wang Qi.
That's why he came to besiege the city with such heavy troops.
As for the losses, Wang Qi only had 70,000 horses under his command, and Wu Sangui came to attack the city with more than 100,000 people, and the 10,000 soldiers of Wang Qi in the first battle turned into dust in the blink of an eye, and all died under Wu Sangui's iron cavalry.
Next, Wang Qi retreated to defend the city, and in a few days of fighting, the losses under Wang Qi's men were also very serious, and the number of soldiers killed was no less than 30,000.
Now almost all of his soldiers in the city were wounded, and many of them were seriously wounded.
Therefore, if I hadn't come to the rescue with these 110,000 horses, Wang Qi would definitely not have been able to support it for a few days.
After all, these people under his command are all seriously injured now, what kind of battle can they fight? As long as Wu Sangui attacks the city on a large scale, he really has no choice, and he will definitely not be able to defend the city.
And now it's different, Wu Sangui suffered such a big defeat, and the army had to withdraw, so it gave us time to breathe.
"General Wang, don't worry, this time I will let the officers and men in your army cultivate well, I will lead the troops to resist the enemy outside the city, block Wu Sangui's, I will not withdraw my troops and leave without repelling Wu Sangui!"
Everyone said yes to my words, and they raised their glasses and toasted together.
Next, I didn't dare to drink more, for fear that if I drank too much, I would get drunk, and there would really be no one to take care of the major affairs in the army.
As for Li Qing and these generals, let them drink enough, I'm not good at stopping them at this wine table, right?
It was already evening when the banquet was over, and there were many drunk people this time.
These people have always been the kind of people who don't get drunk for a thousand cups, but this time they have all become a puddle of drunken mud, especially Wang Qi, who is so drunk that he can't stand steadily, and he still stands up vigorously to ask me for a drink.
I kept saying that I wanted to thank me for bringing troops to the rescue this time, and I kept saying that it was my credit that the county was able to break the siege this time, and he will never forget this great favor for the rest of his life.
But then he began to cry.
"General, do you know, I didn't think I would be alive in this battle, but why did I survive? My soldiers have lost so much, more than 30,000 people, more than 30,000 corpses are lying there, they are all dead, and the wounded are all wounded, but why am I alive and well, why am I not doing anything at all, I am sorry for those brothers who died in battle, I am sorry for those brothers who were wounded! ”
Wang Qi cried very sadly, and then fell to the ground, still talking to himself about the brother who died in the battle this time.
I was also touched by him, and I felt sad in my heart.
Where did we win Wu Sangui again this time?
We also lost more than 10,000 people, Wang Qi lost more than 30,000 people here, and the people on both sides combined, more than 50,000 people were killed in battle, didn't Wu Sangui also killed more than 50,000 people?
In such a battle, no one wins or loses, it is a lose-lose situation, and in such a battle, the one who dies is the worst, isn't it?
I don't know why, but at a banquet, everyone was very happy, but I was extremely sad.
Since ancient times, fighting a war has not been a good thing, and it is not something worth celebrating.
You have become famous, but how many soldiers have died under your command? And how many people suffered?
No, I want to settle this war as soon as possible, we want to end this war as soon as possible, and I can't let these innocent soldiers die.