Chapter 585: Changing from Withdrawal to Defense
"Let's go!" Wei Qing looked coldly at the Sea Clan camp that was in chaos, if the opponent was also a Tianlong person, Wei Qing would not hesitate to rush in with the army, but unfortunately it was a group of Sea Clan soldiers who stood in front of him. Wei Qing turned his horse's head, took the people rescued from the Sea Clan camp, and disappeared from the Sea Clan's sight with a big turn in front of the Sea Clan's camp, leaving only billowing smoke to announce the end of this raid battle.
20,000 cavalry wrapped around 70,000 or 80,000 civilians and prisoners of war, the speed was not very fast, Li Guangbi and Huo Qubing led 5,000 cavalry to slowly follow the rear of the team to prevent these sea tribes from suddenly killing. Wei Qing led his army to escort the people and retreated all the way in the direction where Wucheng was located. Now that the Shenwu army in Yangzhou wants to capture Yizhou, Wucheng has become their logistics base, and now the army of the Shenwu army should be stationed in Wucheng, waiting for the military report ahead.
On the way from Yizhou to Yangzhou, the constant Tanma sent the latest information of Yizhou to the camp, and Liu Fan did not stop with the army but continued to kill Yizhou. The daily round-trip information is very detailed, and the traces of the movement of the Sea Clan army are also easy to detect. The whole Shenwu army is gearing up to have a good coach with the Sea Clan, this is the first time that the main force of the Shenwu Army has fought a battle, they must win, they must be proud of the whole world with the attitude of a winner.
Guo Ziyi has been sent to the rear for treatment, but Lao Jiu, who has escorted Guo Ziyi all the way, has been left behind. Lao Jiu's name is Liya, and Litian and others who died in the battle are all brothers, and the nine brothers joined Guo Ziyi's army in Yizhou together, and now there is only Liya left in the continuous war, and the other eight brothers are all killed. The information brought back by Liya made Liu Fan attach great importance to it. In the vicinity of Jiangzhou City, an army of the Sea King Clan, numbering about 100 people, appeared. This made everyone's hearts even more worried.
"Sea King Clan?" Liu Fan tapped his fingers on the table. The face is very solemn. The Sea Kings have always been the most powerful race of the Sea Clan, and the rulers of the Sea Clan themselves are from the Sea Kings. If the army encounters too many Sea Kings in this dispatch, then it will be a great challenge for the battle or march of the Shenwu Army, these Sea Kings can be compared to a master of the Holy Emperor Realm in Liliang, what worries Liu Fan is that the number of Sea Kings that appear this time is too large.
"Lord, do you want to let the two generals Pang Juan and Sun Bin retreat?" Chen Pingping looked at the map solemnly and said, if the Sea Royal Clan was really as terrible as recorded in the book, they would have Liliang rush from Jiangzhou City to Nanyang in one day. The waterway down the river south was the main route for these sea tribes to march. If this is really the case, then Pang Juan and Sun Bin's army will be very dangerous, whether it is retreating or fighting, they must guard against the sea royal family from the east of Jiangzhou City. Chen Ping's suggestion made everyone's hearts move, it was indeed feasible to withdraw at this time, but if they withdrew, they would lose their main purpose of this battle, and Yizhou would become a dead state as everyone expected, which was unacceptable to Liu Fan.
Han Xin shook his head and said, "No, their army has been on departure for two days. General Pang Juan's troops were all fast-advancing cavalry, even if 100,000 eager messengers chased them back at this time. It doesn't make much sense either. And what we are most worried about now is those soldiers of the Sea King Clan, as long as our tactics are right, we can also wipe out this army at the minimum cost. Lord. In this case, we might as well change from retreat to defense, and completely annihilate this sea tribe army. ”
"Change the retreat to the defense, and completely annihilate this army?" Liu Fan frowned and looked at the generals under him, Liu Fan had learned a lot of the art of war, and he also learned a lot of new tactics with these art of war. But on the battlefield, what is important is to learn and apply, and Liu Fan has obviously not done enough in this regard. Liu Fan looked at the generals under his command, and everyone's faces showed a more or less understanding look, but Liu Fan stared blankly at the sand table that had just been made.
The sword on Han Xin's waist was pulled out, and he clicked a few times on several cities and passes in the sand table, and a huge encirclement was formed in front of everyone. Han Xing picked up the banner representing the Shenwu Army from the sand table, divided it into several ways and inserted it into the army of the Hai Clan gathered in Jiangzhou City, Liu Fan's eyes suddenly lit up. If Han Xin's combat goal can really be achieved, it is not impossible to completely annihilate this sea clan army, and according to the information transmitted back from the past, although these sea clans are all elite, but there are not many sea clan soldiers equipped with the battle armor and weapons of the Tianlong Empire, it is obvious that this sea clan army is a little big, or it does not plan to garrison here at all.
"If our combat purpose is to annihilate this sea tribe army, will it be a little more than worth the loss? We still have square horns in the north, although we have Yuzhou as a buffer in the west to help me block Dong Zhuoshili in the south and the imperial merchant alliance in the imperial capital and Zhang Rang in the imperial capital, but if we lose too much in the process of fighting the sea tribe, the square horn in the north should not let go of this opportunity, after all, he has an army of three million in his hands, and they are all well-armed, well-trained elite troops. ”
"Otherwise, if the lord wants to completely control Yizhou in his hands, then this army of the Sea Clan must be eliminated. The banner of our army is to rescue the people of Yizhou and the fire and water, and the people of Yizhou are mostly swords and soldiers of the Sea Tribe, the whole Yizhou is in the midst of war, the people are displaced, a large number of people were captured by the Sea Tribe's to the depths of the sea to be their slaves, and a large number of people died under the butcher's knife of the Sea Tribe. Now the people of Yizhou are eager to eat its flesh and drink its blood, and the soldiers who annihilate this army of the Sea Clan can get the sincere submission of the people of Yizhou, then we have enough strength to deal with Fang Jiao and Dong Zhuo in the north. ”
"Now the people of the entire Yizhou are eager to have a large army that can free them from the clutches of the Sea Clan, as long as someone can destroy these Sea Clan's army, all the people of Yizhou will respond to this army. Zhang Liang took over the topic and analyzed, "As long as we can annihilate these sea tribes, whether we can save the people of Nanyang City or not, then we don't have to worry about the problem of changing hands in the entire Yizhou, and the soldiers and resources can continue to enter our camp." ”
"The key to changing from retreat to defense is whether the army inserted in these points can hold it, my lord, we must quickly march to drag the sea clan troops here, and buy time for our interspersed troops!" (To be continued......)