"Withdraw troops? Could it be that they received an order to go back to Dasui? Hou Junji's eyes lit up.

"It's not." The soldier shook his head: "They just temporarily retreated for ten miles, and then they no longer retreated, but continued to set up camp and monitor the movements of our army from afar......

"Sima Dejiao, come to protect the children, they are so shameless, aren't they afraid that they will cut off their children and grandchildren in the future?" Li Xiaogong spewed expletively.

It's just that this kind of anger obviously doesn't have any effect.

On the battlefield, there is no shamelessness at all.

Because everyone has only one goal, and that is to win the battle!

As long as you can win the war, you can use any kind of means, which is almost a conventional thing on the battlefield.

Hou Junji lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then suddenly took a deep breath and said with a heavy expression: "General Li, this battle can't be fought like this anymore." ”

"Why?" Li Xiaogong looked at him.

Hou Junji said: "Before we came, the 130,000 Tang troops who set out first had already suffered heavy losses, losing more than 10%, and after we came with 50,000 Tang troops to help, not only did they not help the Sui army open up the situation, but they also kept experiencing losses. ”

"I don't know if you have noticed, General Li, at present, our total losses are close to 30,000......"

"So many casualties?" Li Xiaogong was shocked, for a period of time, he had been thinking about a good way to deal with the Sui army, and he really didn't pay too much attention to the situation of the army, but now when he learned the news from Hou Junji's mouth, his heart couldn't help but be shocked.

Hou Junji nodded, his eyes were a little complicated: "If we continue to entangle with the Sui army, I am worried that the casualty number will further expand, and eventually it will be out of our control and cause unimaginable heavy damage to Datang." ”

Li Xiaogong fell into confusion for a while.

That's right, these 180,000 Tang troops are indeed very important to the Tang Dynasty, and they are the only troops they can mobilize. The loss of 30,000 people is barely acceptable, but if this number is increased to 40,000, 50,000, or even 100,000, then he Li Xiaogong doesn't have to fight anymore, and he will go back to Datang to apologize for his crimes.

"How did things turn out like this......" Li Xiaogong whispered, a touch of unwillingness appeared in his eyes.

Before he came, he was confident. thinks that he, the "god of war" of the Tang Dynasty, will be able to sweep Sima Dejiao and Laihu'er effortlessly, but as for Su Dingfang and Li Jing, he didn't pay attention to it at all.

But when he really met Sui Jun, he realized that he was wrong and that it was so outrageous.

"General Li, there is a sentence in the last general, I don't know whether to say it or not." Hou Junji asked tentatively.

Li Xiaogong waved his hand weakly: "Between you and me, what else can't be said?" ”

"Okay."

After some entanglement, Hou Junji said in a low voice: "I think that we have now lost the fighter plane to send troops to Luoyang, since this is the case, why don't we withdraw our troops and return to Chang'an?" ”

"Back to Chang'an?"

Li Xiaogong reacted extremely strongly and said: "No, go back now, don't you tell Your Majesty and those civil and military generals that we have lost the battle?" ”

"It's not terrible to lose the battle, but it's terrible to lose the ......" Hou Junji smiled bitterly: "This battle has lasted for two months, countless grains and grass have been consumed, and the casualties are extremely heavy. ”

"But if you withdraw from the army, the situation will be different, you and I may lose face, or we may be punished by Your Majesty, but all this, after all, is limited, so that we will not break our muscles and bones......"

"From this point of view, withdrawing troops now is the best choice, and there is no one."

The war has evolved into what it is now, and Hou Junji really doesn't want to fight anymore, not only him, but even the deputy generals they brought this time, they don't want to hold on anymore.

The main reason is that they have always been passive, and they have been led by the nose by the Sui army, and as for the little remaining fighting spirit in their hearts, they have long been wiped out.

Today, almost all of the army is shrouded in an invisible repression.

Don't look at their strength, it is several times that of the Sui army, but in fact, if you really want to fight, this difference in strength can almost be ignored.

From this, it can be concluded that for this battle, they have no possibility of winning, and now there is only one way in front of them, that is, to stop losses in time!

Doing so will be good for them and for the soldiers under their command.

"Nope." When Li Xiaogong heard this, he categorically vetoed it without thinking about it.

"Before leaving, the general had made a military order to His Majesty, not to break the Sui army, and swore not to return to the court, if the general goes back now, how to explain to His Majesty?"

Hou Junji saw that reasoning couldn't make sense, so he couldn't help but stand up and face Mai Mang: "General, you are the god of the Tang Dynasty, with outstanding military achievements and high morality, but you can't just care about your own reputation, regardless of the life or death of your brothers!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Xiaogong was stunned, and turned to stare at Hou Junji, already on the verge of rage.

Hou Junji was not in a hurry, and argued with reason: "What should be said, the last general has just said it clearly, in a word, the last general does not want to see the meaningless death of the soldiers again, therefore, I hope that the general will think twice, don't insist on going his own way, the only way to withdraw the troops is our only correct choice!" ”

Li Xiaogong stared at Hou Junji for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Hou Junji, no wonder I have always looked at you in the recent past, and you always look like you are not interested in the war, it seems that you should have already had the intention of withdrawing troops, right?" ”

Hou Junji saw that his thoughts were penetrated by Li Xiaogong, so he simply confessed and said confidently: "That's right, I really wanted to withdraw my troops a long time ago." Moreover, there is nothing wrong with this thought. ”

"First, with the interference of the Sui army, we can't go to Luoyang at all. Second, you and I can't crack the guerrilla war, and we can't defeat the Sui army! ”

"General, withdraw your troops!"

Hou Junji roared angrily.

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was extremely disappointed.

"Hou Junji, you have disappointed the general too much, His Majesty asked me to choose a general to accompany me on the expedition, I didn't even hesitate at all, and chose you directly, because, this general thinks that you will be a profitable assistant who can help the general crack the guerrilla war and defeat the Sui army. But until now, Ben General didn't know that you Hou Junji, but the mud can't support the wall! ”

"If you want to go back to Chang'an, you won't stop it. However, if you dare to walk out of this barracks, you must be mentally prepared to endure military law! ”

"You!" Hou Junji was suddenly angry, and his mouth and nose smoked.

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