Chapter 138 is close at hand

The same scene appeared on the Chai River.

This Chai River is even narrower than the Daqing River. Both sides can shoot their crossbow arrows across the river to the opposite side. It's like a ditch in the middle of the flats.

This victory seems to be smoother than the battle of Daqing River.

The Yuan army suffered only a thousand casualties, and it had already set foot across the river.

Just a very tricky situation passed into the hands of Taberini Timur.

That is, just when the Yuan army had just withdrawn from the Daqing River, the ships of the Ming army appeared on the Daqing River again.

This situation made Timur feel like falling into an ice cave.

In order to cross the river and fight, the army, which had been scattered, gathered again. In order to open the way forward, the price paid is not large, but it is not small. More importantly, he felt a dilemma. The biggest problem today is not to continue to march.

Looking at the posture of the Ming army, continue to march, and the resistance encountered will not be too great. But he can't wait for a big battle with the Ming army on the opposite side at this moment, so much loss, and a decisive victory.

Deyin Timur secretly said in his heart: "He Xi, it really lives up to its reputation. ”

He speculated about He Xi's thoughts, and would rather let them lead the army into the hinterland of Liaodong, and would rather let Liaodong, which has flourished in the past few years, suffer bad luck, and leave these soldiers and horses on his hands. After all, this is the last main force of the Yuan Court.

Once this main elite is lost.

Even without the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army, the Yuan Court could not sustain it. I can only go and attach to other tribes on the grassland.

At this time, the defects in Timur's roots were revealed.

He hesitated. Don't dare to bet on it.

Maybe he's taking on too much. But it is more due to Timur's original defects, and when a person's qualities can be seen, it is to look at them at a moment of life and death. It is only at this time that we can see what a person's fundamental character is.

Between ordinary generals and famous generals, it is a famous general who can find possibilities in the impossible. It is also a great perseverance and courage to do things that seem impossible to outsiders.

And the causeless Timur is not Wang Baobao. When the Ming army entered the grassland in a big way, everyone was panicked and thought that they would be defeated, they forced Xu Da to retreat. Now, Tayin Timur had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

This is the most appropriate thing to do at this juncture.

After all, such a large southward movement was also rewarding, plundering many villages and taking down many tribes. I also got a lot of ironware.

As long as it can be safely withdrawn, it is a victory.

It's just that such a victory can't reverse the problems between the Yuan and Qing dynasties.

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There was one thing that Timur misjudged.

That is, He Xicai does not have the courage to redeem this kind of money, he is very precious to his own industrial base, and at this moment he has already clashed with Wu Gao.

They are no longer Tielingwei now. It's in the Fenhe House. As the name suggests, it is a small castle near the Fan River. At this moment, the banks of the Fan River are already far from the absolute main force of the Ming army, and there are already about 30,000. During this period of time, He Xi repeatedly ordered. The entire army of Liaodong is mobilizing.

Go to the front line according to the distance and distance.

Wu Gao blocked twice, and the delay was not wasted at all.

He Xi pointed to a river on the map and said, "I don't care what the situation is, this river is the cut-off line." ”

The width of the Fan River is not wider than that of the Chai River. Overall, it's a small river. The reason why He Xi is so certain is because, from the topography point of view, after rushing out of the Fan River, the narrow plain between the Qianshan Mountain Range and the Liao River has widened. There are very few rivers that can cross such a wide river.

If there is, it's the Hunhe.

And the Hunhe River is just south of Shenyang.

A large number of heavy industrial areas are located on the north side of the Hunhe River.

This is something that He Xi will never allow.

"Your Excellency." Wu Gao said: "After the Fan River, although there are few rivers. But there are more and more military forts. Definitely keep the enemy at bay. will not rush to the outside of Shenyang, in addition, the intelligence of the past few days, the follow-up army has arrived one after another. In the back it is enough to fend off the enemy. ”

"Please rest assured."

He Xi said: "If you don't allow, you don't allow." I repeat that this is the command. ”

In the first two battles, He Xi also saw that Wu Gao was so cautious that he was almost timid, and he was able to get out every time, and he didn't retain his strength once. Didn't give it all every time.

This is fundamentally because the two of them have different judgments of the current battle situation.

In Wu Gao's opinion, what if the enemy arrives under the city of Shenyang? The ironworks have a city. Fushun Coal Mine does not. But what can the coal mine be looted by the Tartars? As for other places, there are certainly some problems, but there are no small things to achieve.

Now the Tartars are several times larger than me, and they really have to fight.

Victory or defeat is unpredictable.

Wu Gao would never have put himself in such a dangerous situation.

It's good to win. But for Wu Gao, it is not the most important thing. Once defeated, many things are difficult to say. Even whether the Tartars can be expelled with the power of Liaodong alone is also in the middle of two theories. This had the greatest impact on Wu Gao. It was he, the Liaodong guard, who was incompetent.

As for the losses in Liaodong locally. Sorry has anything to do with me? And as long as the losses are not too great. His name as the Marquis of Jiangyin was not given for nothing. He is also a lot of relatives and friends, and he is not speechless in front of the emperor.

Wu Gao's caution and caution are certainly his style of acting, but it is another thing to be timid and timid.

He Xi understood this and strongly asked Wu Gao to fight a decisive battle at the Fan River. He said: "As you said, the army will arrive in a few days, and you only need to hold on to the river for a few days, and you can make a contribution." Can't you even do that? ”

Wu Gao naturally wouldn't fall for He Xi's agitation, and said: "The Tartars are here, the situation is different, just crossing two rivers, you will lose thousands. Especially on the Daqing River, there are hundreds of floating corpses, and there is no intention of retreating, and now the Tartars are mourning the soldiers. The state of the shipwreck. At this time, we are at the right time, and it is really a good idea. If you don't feel at ease, you can go to Puhe first. Please rest assured, I can give you a military order now, and I will not let the Tartars cross the Pu River. ”

He Xi thought a lot in his heart.

To the south of the Puhe Institute is Shenyang.

And Puhe is the core area of the next line of defense. But He Xi is most worried about this reassurance. Because the defense line of Puhe is much wider than the current defense line, it is difficult to defend against the enemy in He Xi's opinion, after all, the cavalry is a clutch soldier.

Now the Tartars are fighting one defense line after another, because the terrain is special now, and there is very little room for maneuver. That's where it is.

But then, it's different.

He was worried about Wu Gao's ability. But Wu Gao is right, and now there are 30,000 elites and five guards. It is the largest group gathered, and the other armies are still scattered in various places, with the guard station as the core, and they are rushing here.

So this army is the core.

Other reinforcements, just join this army, and that's it. But once this army suffers a huge defeat, or collapses. Then gather the rest of the armies. Forming a large army can take time.

This is what He Xi is worried about.

For a moment, He Xi remembered Ye Shen and said secretly: "If Ye Shen is here, why am I like this?" ”

In the military, He Xi believed in Ye Shen. If Ye Shen was here, Ye Shen would never sit down. But Wu Gao really worried He Xi.

Just in He Xi's hesitation.

Suddenly, a messenger came from below, and said loudly: "My lord, general, the Tartars have withdrawn." ”

He Xi was taken aback, almost unable to believe his ears. Tayin Timur actually withdrew from the army. The decision-making on his side was extremely difficult, and in He Xi's opinion, it had reached the point where he had to take a risk. Detached Timur deserved the strategic situation he wanted.

Why did he withdraw from the army?

For a while, He Xi really couldn't figure it out.

A lot of the time, though, that's it.

When you feel that you are in a difficult situation, the situation of the enemy may not be good. More because of the blockade of news on both sides. The situation of the other party comes more from speculation. There will inevitably be exaggerations, that is. Our army in the eyes of the enemy, or the enemy army in the eyes of our army, is stronger than the enemy in reality.

Sometimes, people are not fighting the enemy. Rather, it is to fight against your own illusions.