Peng Chao's eyes widened and his fists were clenched tightly, but his body was shaking slightly. Even now, he still doesn't believe Baoerji's words, even if this person was by his side many years ago.
The undercover agents he bribed have never let him down in these years.
Peng Chao said in a deep voice: "Is the Jin army really that strong? I still don't believe it. Have you been deceived by them? Judging from what you said, the Jin people still used the terrain to ambush, which is nothing special.
"
Baoerji sighed: "Even if they fight head-on out of the grass, they are very powerful. Normally when we face the general Jin army, two thousand cavalry are enough to defeat their ten thousand infantry, but this time at least we have
More than three times, more than 2,000 cavalry fought against their more than 1,000 infantry. It was a real head-on battle, and there was no advantage at all."
Peng Chao gritted his teeth: "That's because your assault was not resolute enough. You were facing them head-on without outflanking the two wings. Of course, you suffered a loss. If it were me who fought, I wouldn't be like this."
Baoerji shook his head: "It's not that Shao Bao hasn't attacked before, and Kuvolidu also attacked, but the tactics of these Jin troops are completely different from before. They can use flying spears to attack our cavalry, otherwise
It is said that our light cavalry, even the Xianbei people's armored cavalry, may not be able to withstand it. I haven't figured out how to crack this strategy yet. Lord, we'd better retreat first."
Peng Chao was distraught and waved his hand: "No, if my 60,000-strong army retreats without a fight, how can we explain to the King of Heaven when we go back? Besides, we have fought hard for the past year and finally obtained the land of Huaibei.
Can’t we just give up?”
Baoerji solemnly said: "My lord, a general needs to know how to advance and retreat. The difficulty is that if you don't know how to advance or retreat and just fight hard, you will lose everything. If you retreat now, at least you can save your entire army, and you can come back again in the future. Besides,
Now, the responsibility for retreating can be put on top of the difficulty of annihilating the whole army. His large group of cavalry is gone, and our troops, which are mainly infantry, will naturally be unable to continue to hold on. The King of Heaven will not blame you."
Peng Chao shook his head bitterly: "It's not a question of whether the King of Heaven is to blame or not. I have given advice to the King of Heaven many times in the past few years, saying that I wanted to pacify the Huaihe River and drink from the Yangtze River. Now that this goal is half achieved, should I just give up?
Then even if the King of Heaven wants to destroy Jin, I'm afraid he won't give me another chance."
Baoerji sighed: "This plan is not as fast as changing. If the Jin army has the same combat effectiveness as before, then there is no problem with my lord's plan, but now the Jin people have trained such a powerful army, and our army has lost its cavalry."
, If you want to fight head-on, there is really no chance of winning. With more than a thousand people, how can our army resist if a large group of troops follows up behind them? "
Peng Chao rolled his eyes and suddenly laughed: "Perhaps these more than a thousand people are just the most elite troops among the so-called Beifu soldiers. It does not mean that the tens of thousands of Beifu soldiers have such strength. Didn't you also say that?
Well, when it was difficult for them to ambush them later, some of the ambush soldiers were just blacksmiths with sledgehammers in their hands. It can be seen that not all Beifu soldiers are as well-equipped as these more than a thousand people."
Bao Erji nodded: "This is possible. However, when Ji Ji was ambushed later, the slave had already left the battlefield and did not see it with his own eyes. But it is hard not to lie about this matter. Also.
It's the light-armed troops who lured us into the battlefield. It seems that many of them have buns, and their equipment is mainly short weapons such as swords, not heavy armor and long spears."
Peng Chao laughed: "That's it. Not all of these Beifu soldiers are well-equipped and have superb combat skills. They just put together more than a thousand elite soldiers to show off. They want to scare us away. If this is really the case.
Many armies have such equipment and combat capabilities, why not bring them all out? With five thousand such armies, there is no need to set up any ambush, and it will be difficult to defeat them head-on, right?"
Bao Erji had a slanderous smile on his face: "My lord is absolutely right. That's about it. However, it may be that it is difficult to take credit this time. Our army went too fast. Xie Xuan had no time to follow up with the army, so he had to let the leader go."
The troops go first. My lord, we still must not be careless."
Peng Chao waved his hand: "No, if it's just the vanguard, what about the blacksmiths with hammers? The Beifu soldiers probably only have good equipment for these more than a thousand people. As you said, the heavy armor these people wear,
Our army's arrows cannot penetrate, but they can still fight with their bodies covered with arrows. It is probably because their armors have been supplied to these people, so that others can only wear leather armor and hold sledgehammers."
Having said this, Peng Chao sneered: "We were almost deceived by Xie Xuan. With his little strength, he wanted to scare us off by destroying Ji Di. We can't fall for his deception, so our plan remains unchanged. Continue.
Go south and capture Guangling. However, to be on the safe side, we set up camp here first and wait to see if the enemy changes."
Bao Erji curled his lips and said seriously: "Commander, there is one more thing. I'm afraid you will take it to heart. Even if we want to continue fighting, I'm afraid the morale of the soldiers is not enough to support it. No matter whether the Jin army is
If you are trying to make a fuss, we'd better return to Yanzhou first."
Peng Chao's expression changed and he said in a deep voice: "What do you mean? Didn't I strictly block the news of the defeat of the former army? You also came back quietly dressed as a messenger. Who would know that it is impossible for the army to be defeated?"
Bao Erji sighed: "You ordered the news to be blocked, but that was before Ju Nan came back. If Ju Nan came back in embarrassment with dozens of guards and entered through the main gate, the news could not be blocked.
Come on, everyone in the army knows him. If he returns in such a disastrous defeat, then the front army is probably defeated. Just before you convene the military meeting, rumors are already spreading in the camp, even here in the Chinese army.
Spread!"
Peng Chao was so angry that he jumped up from the commander's chair, took out the sword from his waist, and waved it in the air: "Asshole, send the order quickly, kill anyone who spreads rumors in the army! Let the generals preach it in each camp.
, saying that there is nothing wrong with the front army, and our army will camp here as its back-up."
Baoerji shook his head: "It's too late. Everyone saw how difficult it was and couldn't help it. My lord, you have been a general for many years and you should know that the morale of the army cannot be violated. Fighting with such a panic-stricken army is like driving
The sheep enters the tiger's mouth."
Peng Chao's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and he sighed after a long time: "This bastard is not only incompetent in fighting, but he has also shaken the morale of our army. He should be killed!"
Bao Erji smiled slightly: "Lord, for the current plan, we should quickly move closer to the pontoon bridge above the Huai River. As long as the pontoon bridge is there, our army's rear route will be guaranteed, and then retreat slowly, so that the whole army can
, As for the future, it’s only a long time to come!”
Peng Chao nodded and was about to speak. Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, and a scout rushed in with a panicked look on his face. He cried on the ground and reported: "Something bad has happened, Marshal. The Jin cavalry has unexpectedly attacked our Huaihe River."
The water crossing and more than ten pontoon bridges have been burned, and our army's retreat is blocked!"
This chapter has been completed!