The real main battle Chapter 168 licks the wounds

At nightfall.

Sheng Yong looked at Jin Zhen's corpse that had been cleaned up.

Jin Zhen, who was dressed in a marquis's dress and lying coldly on the bed, seemed to be asleep. But Sheng Yong knew that there was a big gap in Jin Zhen's chest, which was blasted out by the firecracker. It took a lot of tricks to cover up the past.

Sheng Yong looked at Jin Zhen, suddenly sighed, and said, "Brother Jin, I'm sorry. We are defeated."

At the time of the withdrawal just now. Sheng Yong is still brewing to fight again tomorrow.

But after encampment, the number of casualties was counted. Communicate with the generals below. Sheng Yong immediately knew that this battle could no longer be fought.

How to fight?

I don't know if I don't know the statistics, but there are several battalions that are completely light, and the total number of establishments is 20,000. Although Sheng Yong also knew that these people did not completely die in the hands of the Northern Army, a considerable number of them died in the hands of Sheng Yong.

After all, the order to defeat the troops and attack the main formation, and the order to kill without mercy was given by Sheng Yong.

In this way, these people are also equivalent to Sheng Yong's killing.

The cavalry suffered the most casualties.

As the elite of the elite, the cavalry has always had a considerable right to speak in the combat effectiveness sequence of the Ming army. Half of the cavalry was lost, and if Jin Zhen was still alive, perhaps Sheng Yong still had a strong supporter. But Kim Jin is no longer there.

No one supported Sheng Yong on behalf of the cavalry.

What's more, the defeat itself has a very great impact on Sheng Yong.

If before the war, Sheng Yong, as the commander-in-chief, was just unconvinced, but now he is not convinced, and it has become open hostility.

A lot of times in the military, it's that direct.

If it works, if it doesn't, it doesn't.

If you can win the battle, you can do it, and if you can't win the battle, you can't do it, and there is no other mess.

Sheng Yong lost tens of thousands of soldiers, and countless wounded, and the generals alone lost a lot, although Jin Zhen was the highest general lost in this battle, but he was not the only senior general who died in battle.

In this case, Sheng Yong wanted to command the army to fight again.

There will be a lot of resistance.

Just, resistance itself is nothing? Fu Youde gave the heavy responsibility to Sheng Yong. Naturally, he will give Sheng Yong some support. Sheng Yong himself is also very capable. If he persists, he will be able to fight again.

However, there is a question, that is, if we fight again tomorrow, we will definitely be able to win?

That's all that matters.

In Sheng Yong's heart, he is more determined than anyone else, and he wants to win this victory more than anyone else. But every general must respect reality, and many things are not what you want to do. It depends on how far the situation goes.

Not counting when the reinforcements of the Northern Army will come. Just one point, then he still has a chance to have such a huge battle with Wu Li tomorrow?

Sheng Yong wasn't sure.

Soon news came from outside.

The northern army retreated for several miles and set up camp on the south bank of the floating river. Received artillery on the north bank of the floating river. There is the idea of a long-term confrontation.

Sheng Yong sent the messenger down. He said, "Looks like we have to retreat."

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As Sheng Yong expected, Wu Licai did not think about fighting another battle with Sheng Yong. He's not stupid.

Wu Li went back to count the casualties, which made him a little painful.

In total, more than 20,000 people were killed, of which the cavalry was basically disabled. When it comes to the time of a major counteroffensive, if the cavalry can be used as the lead, the fruits of victory will be even greater. But Wu Li didn't do this, why? Isn't it because the cavalry casualties are too great?

The First Army, which numbered 80,000 people, suffered 20,000 casualties, representing the death of one out of four. I don't feel it when I was fighting, but after the war, it's normal to be demoralized.

Such a big battle, if it comes again tomorrow, Wu Li is not sure that he will win it again.

Why does Wu Li have to fight.

According to the original plan, isn't it good to camp and wait for reinforcements?

As long as Wu Li has a stable camp, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of troops on the opposite side, it is doubled, Wu Li feels that he can also hold it.

Although it is said that the camp on the south bank of the floating river is not as strong as Anling Fort, but it only needs to be defended on three sides when facing the river, plus a large number of artillery baggage. There could simply be no big problems. It only takes three days to guard, and the reinforcements should have climbed.

As for the enemy's siege of reinforcements, Wu Li also thought of this.

In fact, it wasn't what Wu Li thought of.

It's in the battle plan.

Therefore, for more than 30 miles, Wu Li did not have any requirements for the speed of reinforcements. Even, Wu Li didn't think that this support army would arrive first, after all, there were more cavalry in the northern army than in the southern army, and even after being distributed to each army, there was a strategic mobile cavalry.

Although the whole battlefield is not small, the speed of cavalry mobilization is not slow. Three days later, maybe they will be the first to arrive.

Because of this.

Wu Licai was so relieved.

At this moment, he divided the army into two parts, one went to sleep. The other part was under construction overnight. Build strong fortifications.

In preparation for the big war.

Just, early the next morning.

Wu Li found that the camp opposite was empty.

The Battle of the Floating River came to an end. However, this battle was only the beginning of the Great War between the Rivers. The war is not over. It's just that the point is no longer here.

After Wu Li gathered reinforcements, a strategic group of two armies and tens of thousands of cavalry was formed, following the footsteps of Sheng Yong's retreat, pressing step by step. After all, the retreat of more than 100,000 people is not an easy thing either. Now the one who seeks a decisive battle has become Wu Li.

It's not a decisive battle, but a desire to drag the other side down. Wait for the other tribes to come around and eat it.

It's not an easy thing to do.

Sheng Yong won't be so stupid.

In this case, he will naturally avoid being caught by the other party.

As a result, the two sides staged a big battle of pursuit and escape on the land of Hebei.

It's just that this has become an inconsequential secondary battlefield.

The real main battlefield has arrived in Botou Town.

Within a few days, the news had reached Botou Town.

In the face of such news, the two sides have different joys and sorrows.

Ye Shen was overjoyed.

He was happy not only about the reversal of the war, but also about the main force of the Southern Army. Knowing where the main force of the Southern Army was, Ye Shen could calmly deploy his troops.

Ye Shen secretly said in his heart: "Now it depends on how Fu Youde should deal with the current situation."

After Fu Youde learned that Sheng Yong was defeated and Jin Zhen died, he did not react. I just suddenly remembered my son Fu Zhong.

He didn't think that Fu Zhong could win in the current situation. In fact, when he sent Sheng Yong to fight, he had already made preparations for the worst.

The result was not unexpected by him.

Even better than he had predicted the worst.

Fu Youde expected the worst outcome. It was probably Sheng Yong who died in battle and the whole army was wiped out. Now Sheng Yong only has the opportunity to save the team. Although Fu Youde didn't believe that Sheng Yong could completely remove the people in his hands. Don't get your hopes up. But Fu Youde also believes that it is impossible for Sheng Yong to lose all the people in his hands.

This may be good news.

Things have come to this point, though. Fu Youde has not many options. Continue to stop here, waiting for the Northern Army to cut off the canal from several directions. surrounded hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands within a radius of one or two hundred miles.

If such a situation is formed, it will be a battle of Changping between the north and the south.

Of course, Fu Youde's department was not owned by the Southern Army. However, the one that fought the most with the Northern Army in the Southern Army was the most familiar with the situation of the Northern Army.

If Fu Youde's department is wiped out, it will not be easy to train such a man.

Now, Fu Youde has made the right decision

All efforts to win. All that remains is to ensure the safe and secure withdrawal of the whole army to Shandong. At most, they withdrew to the south of the Yellow River in order to fight again in the coming year.

However, the retreat itself is not an easy thing to do.

Especially the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops is very difficult in itself, not to mention, there are still several armies behind them that do not know how many flanks they have behind. Perhaps, it is easy to form a situation where there is a blockade of the enemy in front and a chasing army in the rear.

It's just that even though the situation is extremely sinister, Fu Youde still has his own self-confidence.

The battle came to this point, although Fu Youde didn't win much, but he definitely didn't feel that he was inferior to a junior, but because the situation was wrong.

If Ye Shen could stop, Fu Youde wouldn't say anything. But if Ye Shen doesn't know how to measure, then let him see how powerful the old-timers are.