After retreating from Xiangyang, Ah Shu led his soldiers back to Anyang.

The territory that had been seized in the previous time did not have any nostalgia, and it was directly lost to the Huaxia army, and all the forces were shrunk near Anyang, guarding against the attack that the Huaxia army could launch anytime and anywhere.

When the people in the army thought of the war, they all had relatives, and some people even felt resentful, thinking that they were too reckless at the beginning, and directly sent Xiangyang to the Huaxia Army.

If they continue to persevere, there will be no possibility of capturing Xiangyang.

No, Ali Hague immediately came to the door and asked, "General, why do we want to withdraw our troops?" Earlier, he was ordered by Ali Buge to come all the way from the north to assist Ah Shu in controlling the main force of the Eastern Group Army, so that it could not draw troops to attack Xiangyang.

However, now that Xiangyang has changed hands, its owner is not them, of course, it makes Ali Buge quite unhappy, and wants to ask what is going on with Ah Shu.

"Didn't I say that our army was weak, and we withdrew in order to preserve our troops. Ah Shu frowned slightly and replied.

In order to prevent the order from being divided into two ends, Ah Shu and Ali Buge have always been divided and cooperated, Ah Shu is responsible for attacking Xiangyang, and Ali Buge is responsible for containing the Eastern Group Army, but how to distinguish each other under the fierce battle, the most important thing is that there are too many factors that determine the victory of the battle, and sometimes it is impossible to distinguish at all.

In the past, they used to argue a lot about these things.

Ali Hague scolded: "Hmph. Just because the Huaxia army arrived, you retreated? Don't you know the importance of Xiangyang?" I think that at the beginning, when he wanted to create a favorable advantage, he spent a lot of effort, but now Ah Shu actually retreated directly, which made Ali Hague quite dissatisfied.

"Of course I know. ”

Ah Shu angrily defended: "But the Huaxia army is powerful and menacing, even if I want to stop it, how can I succeed?"

Ali Hague scolded: "Hmph. Can the Huaxia Army be stronger than the Eastern Group Army? Since I can stop the Eastern Group Army, then why can't you stop a mere Junzhou naval army?"

A few days have passed since the initial battle, and Ali Hague has of course investigated clearly, and the army sent by the Huaxia Army at the beginning was mainly the Junzhou Naval Army, plus the 3,000-strong guerrillas of Zhang Gui and Zhang Shun, plus the 5,000 troops under the command of Gundam, totaling about 9,000 people.

With the strength of Ah Shu at the beginning, it can be completely blocked.

Ah Shu replied: "Hmph, don't forget the defenders of Xiangyang, in order to be able to break through Xiangyang, I really spent a lot of effort before, the soldiers in the army are already exhausted, and the consumption of arms is not small. How can I resist if I don't retreat in time, I'm afraid I'll lose even more soldiers. ”

Maybe Ali Hague doesn't know, but as the original commander, Ah Shu naturally knows that with the situation of the Yuan army at the beginning, he really can't withstand another battle of the same level.

It is not a matter of arms consumption, that is, the soldiers are also exhausted after a continuous attack, and if they continue to persevere, it is completely equivalent to sending them to death.

This is also the reason why Ah Shu chose to retreat.

Ali Hague was slightly stunned, as a general, of course he knew the situation at that time, and his previous words were just angry words.

"Even so, then what does it mean that you transfer the whole army back to Anyang? and even give away a large number of cities and towns, where do you still have the demeanor of our cowardly Xue army?"

Ali Hague has always been unhappy about the seizure of Xiangyang.

Ah Shu said: "You also know that the Huaxia Army has currently controlled Xiangyang, and the next target is us." With the strength of the Huaxia army, do you think we can resist? If I don't concentrate the army, I will only be broken by the other side one by one, do you understand?" Seeing the dissatisfaction in Ali Hague's heart, Ah Shu said again: "Also, you don't have to forget this army, I am the marshal, you are just a deputy, but don't forget your identity, understand?"

"Okay. I'll believe you once!" Ali Hague was stunned, so he had to bow his head reluctantly.

In terms of official positions and military ranks, the two of them may be of the same level, but Ah Shu is a descendant of Wuliang Hetai, and his status is quite noble, and he is just an ordinary Vulture, only because he has relied on some military exploits to climb to the present, but compared with Ah Shu, it is much worse.

"Of course, I will also write a letter to the Great Khan about the matter here, asking for his opinion, so that you are satisfied?"

Ah Shu saw that Ali Hague was dissatisfied, so he proposed his own approach so that the other party could settle down.

Ali Hague felt a little relaxed and said, "Yes." After all, something so serious had happened here, and it wouldn't be a good thing if you didn't tell the Khan. ”

"Don't worry, I'll write this in detail. ”

Ah Shu replied, and immediately called the attendants around him, prepared the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then he wrote a letter on it, and after letting Ali Hague read it, he sent it to the messenger, asking him to quickly whip up and tell Ali Buge the news.

The seizure of Xiangyang was too shocking, and they needed to reconsider their strategic planning.

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Mostly.

"Xiangyang was taken by the Huaxia Army?"

Standing up from the throne suddenly, Ali Buge was obviously a little worried.

Bo Yan beside him frowned slightly, and he was also quite surprised, and asked, "Khan, what's going on?"

"Just now, Ashu sent a letter, saying that Xiangyang was captured by the Huaxia army, and asked what we should do next. Ali Buge held his forehead, feeling his temples jumping and jumping, he was still planning to seize Xiangyang before, so as to completely cut off the possibility of the Huaxia army going south, but looking at the current situation, it is obvious that it has completely failed.

"Boyan, what do you think we should do next?"

Ali Buge raised his head and looked at Boyan with a sad look.

"Xiangyang was seized? This kind of thing is really surprising. But that doesn't affect our strategy. Boyan thought about it carefully, and then expounded the thoughts in his heart: "Khan, you should know that the reason why the Song army has been able to survive under our continuous attacks is all because of the support of the navy, right?"

Brother Ali Buge nodded and replied, "I know this. ”

It is precisely for this reason that if you want to annex the Song Dynasty, you can only defeat its naval army first, and as long as its naval army is defeated, the Song court will naturally fail. ”

Boyan began to explain his combat strategy: "Now that Xiangyang has fallen into the hands of the Huaxia army, it is a complete failure for us to enter Lin'an from the Yangtze River, but the Khan must not forget that in addition to Chang'an, there is still a broad road for us to enter Lin'an directly." The most important thing is that this road cannot be stopped by the Huaxia Army at all!"

"Oh, tell me what it is?" said Ali Buge, intrigued.

For that Huaxia Army, he naturally has a headache, every time he plays against the other party, he falls into the disadvantage, and after decades of fighting, including his two elder brothers died in the hands of the other party, which makes Ali Buge particularly jealous, for fear of accidentally falling into the trap of the other party.

Boyan said: "That's the sea route." ”

"By sea, is this possible?" asked Ali Buge nervously.

The sea route is not as good as the waterway, the sea is huge and the most important thing is that it is vast, and if you are not careful, you may lose your way.

Boyan said confidently: "There is no need to worry about this. Although Xie Jun died at the hands of others, after his subordinates took over, he began to build a shipyard in Dengzhou and develop new warships. Until a few days ago, this new warship was also successful. With the Khan's permission, I can build this new warship on a large scale, and no matter how powerful the Song army is, it will definitely be defeated at our hands. ”

"Is that really the case?" asked Ali Buge.

Boyan closed his head and replied, "That's right. And this time, his subordinates will personally lead the army to conquer Lin'an, so that the khan can rest assured. Thinking of the Huaxia Army, which was thousands of miles away, he was also full of fighting spirit: "This time, I will completely defeat you and wash away the humiliation of the original defeat." ”

For the defeat and escape, Boyan can be said to have a deep memory, and he has never forgotten it until now.