Chapter 818
Liang Qi wanted to give up the barracks of the Feng Army to himself, which was much beyond Xu Qing's expectations, and the latter was stunned for a while before he reacted, and hurriedly bowed his hand with surprise and joy, and thanked him repeatedly
The wind army gave up their camp to the Huan army, which looked very generous, but in fact there was nothing left, just some tents, food and ** and other necessities, compared with the materials captured by the wind army in this battle, the insignificant weapons, armor, horses, grain and grass of the Huan army and all kinds of baggage were all plundered by the wind army, and more than 70,000 Huan troops finally went home empty-handed
The An army and the Huan army were defeated by the Plains Army and the Sanshui Army one after another, which to a certain extent also greatly relieved the pressure on the Wind Country, at least there was no need for "chaos" to occur on the Ningdi side
After the victory, the Plains Army and the Sanshui Army originally planned to return to Baguan, but at this time, both armies received a military order from Tang Yin, ordering the two armies not to return to the pass for the time being, but to be stationed in the same place in Mozambique
Tang Yin had his think tank by his side, and the strategists all believed that the Plains Army and the Sanshui Army were not suitable to return to the Ba Pass
Once you enter the Baguan, it is equivalent to being on the defensive, and the Plains Army and the Sanshui Army are just able to attack but not good at defending, not to mention using such an elite two legions as a defense, it is really a waste, second, when the two armies of Sichuan and Zhen arrive at Baguan, they also need to have troops to contain the enemy outside the Baguan Tang Yin pondered carefully, and felt that the opinions of the strategists were very reasonable, and then sent an order to Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi, so that the two of them could lead the army to stay in Mozambique in case of emergency
Now that Tang Yin has arrived at Baguan, Baguan's strength has also surged
At present, there are 60,000 Baguan defenders headed by Yingbu, 100,000 Chifeng troops led by Peng Haochu, 780,000 new troops led by Nanye, 150,000 Western Frontier Army headed by Zuo Shuang, and nearly 100,000 directly subordinate troops
Not counting the Plains Army and the Sanshui Army, the defenders who only dominate the pass are about to reach 500,000, however, nearly half of them are the Ningguo army, and it is still unknown whether they can send Yongchao on the battlefield
Due to the great war, the people and the families of the soldiers in the Baguan have been completely emptied, and the city is completely filled with the gathered wind army, and all kinds of city defense weapons have been continuously pushed up the city wall, piling up the city, and the tension before the war has been full
The General's Mansion in the Guannai has never been so lively as it is now, Tang Yin lives in the General's Mansion, and it has also become the command center and hub of the entire Wind Army
In the main hall of the General's Mansion, Tang Yin was there, the commanders of the various armies were there, and many strategists were also there, and people were intensively formulating countermeasures to deal with the enemy based on the information that kept coming back
Now many of the strategists of the Wind Country have seen that the difference between the two countries is very great, and each of them looks down on each other, thinking that the Son of Heaven should be handed over to the two countries as a condition, so that the two countries can withdraw their troops, as long as the armies of the two countries retreat, it will not be long before war will inevitably break out between the two countries, and then the Wind Cutting Alliance will be self-defeating
Another part of the strategists resolutely opposed this, the representative figure is Qiu Zhen left the Son of Heaven in the Wind Country, Qiu Zhen really felt the great benefits brought to the Wind Country, there is the Son of Heaven, the Wind Country is righteous no matter what it does, there is the Son of Heaven, the Wind Country stands at the highest point of morality anytime and anywhere, this is too important in the "chaos" world where there are constant disputes, so Qiu Zhen thinks that he would rather use the strength of the whole country to fight to the death with the Sichuan Zhen coalition army, and must not give up the Son of Heaven to other countries
As for whether to hand over the Son of Heaven, Tang Yin is of course on Qiu Zhen's side, and in his opinion, the battle with the Chuanzhen coalition army must also be fought, whether the Wind Country can really rise, whether it can be respected and valued by the countries, and it also depends on whether this battle can be won, win, the Wind Country will become the northern hegemon, and if it loses, the Wind Country will be removed from the list of nations
On the evening of this day, Tang Yin went up to the city tower to inspect and learned that the king was coming, and Yingbu, who was supervising the work in the city, hurriedly ran forward and "intervened" to give a salute
Tang Yin smiled and asked, "General Yingbu hasn't rested yet?"
Ying Buzheng said: "The last general can't sleep, so he will go to the city to see how the city defense is arranged."
Tang Yinle said: "I thought I was the only one who couldn't sleep!"
Yingbu seemed to be in a good mood when he saw Tang Yinle, and he was also a lot more relaxed, and said, "King, there is another person who has come one step earlier than you."
"Oh?
"Left Twin Generals"
Tang Yin was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is he doing here?"
"Like the king, I'm here to inspect the city defenses"
Tang Yin raised his eyes and looked, but he didn't see Zuo Shuang's figure, and asked, "Are you going back now?"
"Not yet, General Zuo Shuang should be on the side of the western city wall now," Ying Bu replied
Tang Yin nodded, walked towards the west city wall with his hands behind his back, and said at the same time: "Let's go, let's take a look."
While walking to the west side, Tang Yin also checked the defense situation on the city wall, a lot of rolling wood and stones have already been piled up, there are a pile of them every few steps, as if there are hills, in addition, there are many broken city crossbows and broken army crossbows set up on the city, hastily estimated, no less than hundreds
Ying Bu explained: "The Broken Crossbow can be used to kill and injure the enemy soldiers besieging the city, and the 'shooting' range of the Broken City Crossbow can be used to deal with the enemy's stone thrower, as long as the opponent's stone thrower is 'shot' and destroyed, the pressure on our side will be greatly reduced."
Tang Yin secretly said that it made sense, Yingbu deserved to be a veteran of defending the city, and he praised: "It is well arranged"
Yingbu bowed his head and said: "King Xie praises"
The two talked and talked, and unconsciously walked to the west city wall, raised their eyes to look forward, and saw that not far in front of them, the left pair was holding the arrow stack in his forehand, stretching his neck and looking out
I don't know what he was looking at, Tang Yin stepped forward, Zuo Shuang didn't notice that Tang Yin was coming, but the two soldiers around him saw him, and hurriedly wanted to greet him, Tang Yin waved his hand, signaling the two not to make a sound, and then walked behind Zuo Shuang, and also looked out, outside the city, there was not even a ghost shadow, with Tang Yin's night eyes, he couldn't see anyone, let alone Zuo Shuang?
Tang Yin shook his head helplessly and asked, "What is General Zuo Shuang observing?"
Suddenly hearing the voice behind him, Zuo Shuang was startled, subconsciously turned around, and saw that it was Tang Yin and Yingbu standing behind him, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "The last general will see the king!"
Tang Yin waved his hand and asked, "There are plains outside the city, what is General Zuo Shuang looking at?"
Zuo Shuang said: "The last general is looking at the plain outside"
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and looked at him puzzled
Zuo Shuang continued: "Baguan is known as a natural danger, but in the eyes of the last general, it is not, the plain outside the city is very wide, which can not only accommodate the stationing of a million troops, but also help to allow a million troops to launch an offensive."
Yingbu doesn't like to hear this, he has been the main general of Baguan for seven or eight years, Baguan is solid, and he has never lost it, how did it get to Zuo Shuang's mouth, but it has become a natural danger?
He took a deep breath and said proudly: "General Zuo Shuang used to live in Ningdi, and he didn't know the situation of our Feng Country.
Zuo Shuang sighed secretly, lowered his head, and stopped talking He is Ning Ren, but now he has taken refuge in the Wind Country, and he is a member of the Wind Country, not to mention that he is still the commander of the first army, but Yingbu's tone is full of contempt, you know, in terms of military rank, the two are several levels behind
Tang Yin noticed Zuo Shuang's embarrassment, he was slightly stunned, and then said to Yingbu: "General Yingbu, General Zuo's concerns are not unreasonable◇ General Zuo used to be General Ning, and it is reasonable not to know the situation in my Fengguo, you can explain it to General Zuo, but pay attention to the tone"
When others said this, Yingbu might not think so, but Tang Yin said this, he didn't dare not listen to him, and hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Yes, the king" Then, he arched his hand to the left and said: "The last general is rude."
Unexpectedly, Tang Yin would protect himself, an 'outsider', which made Zuo Shuang surprised and moved, and he immediately replied: "General Yingbu is polite"
Tang Yin didn't have the heart to listen to the polite words between them now, and asked bluntly: "General Zuo, do you think there are still those places that need to be supplemented in the city defense of Baguan?"
Zuo Shuangshen groaned and said: "The city defense arranged by General Yingbu is very perfect, and what should be done and what can be done has been done.
These words made Tang Yin and Yingbu's faces change the same color, especially Yingbu, Zuo Shuang's words were equivalent to touching his lifeline, he clenched his fists, suppressed his anger, and said in a soft tone as much as possible: "General Zuoshuang, Baguan is the southern gateway of our country, once Baguan is lost, the enemy army can drive straight in, all the way north, straight to Yancheng"
Zuo Shuang replied: "Losing a pass is not equivalent to destroying the country and leading the enemy army into the wind...... If we stubbornly defend the hegemonic pass, the two armies will consume each other, and finally fight out the troops, and the loss is still our side, and we are pouring the strength of the whole country to defend a pass, and the strength of the two countries is far more than this million, and when the military strength of the two sides is exhausted, we will have no backup, and the troops of the two countries can be continuously transferred from the mainland, and at that time, what will we use to resist the others......? It's not a smart move."
Ying Bu scoffed at him and said: "If there is a natural danger and you don't defend it, do you want to abandon it to the enemy army? Bringing the enemy army into the territory to fight is a simple thing to say, but how many people will be slaughtered by the enemy at that time? How many cities will be sacked by the enemy? Has General Zuo Shuang ever considered this?"
Listening to the argument between the two, Tang Yin slowly frowned and raised his eyes to look out of the city
Yingbu is right, but Zuo Shuang's words also have his truth, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, in fact, how can war not be a gamble? As long as the war is not over, as long as the two sides have not yet decided the winner or loser, it is difficult to say whether the original choice was right or wrong