(Thanks to the fifty-fourth new alliance leader Zi Donglai...)
Chen Zixiao, Zhong Changqing, and Gao Xiangzhong successively pulled their elite soldiers back to Huaidu overnight. In the early morning, Dong Qifeng also led a small team of elite soldiers back from Huangqiao Village.
Zheng Hui breathed a sigh of relief at this time, but he was also exhausted and almost collapsed, lying on the brocade couch.
"Don't make it too difficult for yourself. Now that Shibaliwu can be beaten up, things are not so bad..." Dong Qifeng looked at the broken hair on the case head, and then looked at Zheng Hui's pale and bloodless face.
, said to comfort him.
"Don't come to comfort me," Zheng Hui said bitterly, "Gao Xiangzhong and the others can blame everything on the incompetence of Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and others, and even cynicize mercilessly, but why don't I know in my heart that I am
Lost to that Yaksha fox once again..."
Zheng Hui's knuckles turned white from pinching.
Can he not know what the two thousand troops led by Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian are?
Two thousand men and horses were crammed into the camp more than 200 steps deep in Tiighu Beach. Could he not know how crowded it was?
Could he not be clear about how crude the Tiaohutan camp is?
He was very aware of these situations, but he did not let Chen Zixiao intervene.
This is because he thought he had seen through Xu Wufu.
He believed that even if Xu Wufu was forced by the situation to cooperate with Deng Gui and agree to the reorganization of the Xu clan soldiers into the Huaiyuan rural camp, he would definitely put the Xu clan first when making key decisions.
He was even worried that Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian's troops were guarding three places. Xu Wufu might cooperate with Deng Gui to attack one of them. If two thousand soldiers and horses were gathered at Tiaohutan camp, Xu Wufu would be scared back.
Yes, no matter how many bandits are suppressed, it will not mean much to the clan except for some reward money.
Would a person like Xu Wufu care about being awarded a memorial arch by the imperial court or getting an official status of eighth or ninth grade?
If the Xu family is slightly careless, three to five hundred of their most elite disciples will die in the war, and the Xu family's foundation in Tongbai Mountain may be shaken.
His plans were interconnected without any mistakes, so why did there happen to be such a big flaw?
Zheng Hui didn't know what went wrong, but he knew that he had been defeated by Yaksha Fox again. This could not be made up for by capturing Shibaliwu - they had captured Shibaliwu, but they didn't know the situation on their side.
It's just getting worse.
He couldn't understand, but he was very angry.
It’s depressing, why is there such a powerful character behind Wang Zhen, but no one can recognize his true identity?
"..." Footsteps were heard outside the yard, and Dong Qifeng said, "Maybe Chen Zixiao is here..."
Seeing Zheng Hui still sitting there without saying anything, Dong Qifeng opened the door and walked out first.
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There are no signs of Huaiyuan soldiers and horses entering the west bank of the Baijian River in large numbers. Zheng Hui has no intention of meeting the leaders of the coalition forces. Chen Zixiao also asked the leaders to rest first and discuss any matters tomorrow.
Chen Zixiao had settled everything, the clear morning light had covered the village, and the dark mountains were also exposed.
He and Wu Qi walked into the courtyard where Zheng Hui lived. They saw that the lights were brightly lit. Dong Qifeng and others were all holding swords and armor, and they seemed to know that they had not slept all night.
"Mr. Zheng, can you take a rest?" Chen Zixiao asked Dong Qifeng in a low voice, who was standing in the corridor and rubbing his face with his hands to relieve his sleepiness.
"We haven't rested yet, are Zhong Changqing, Gao Xiangzhong and the others still mentally calm?" Zheng Hui asked from the room.
Chen Zixiao walked into the room and saw Zheng Hui sitting in front of the brocade couch. There was a map of Tongbai Mountain traced by the staff office on the low table. He sat over and said:
"Thanks to Mr. Zheng for blocking the news, Shibaliwu was successfully captured before the morale of the army was shaken. At this time, Gao Xiangzhong and others just thought that Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and others were too incompetent, and they were not greatly shaken in their hearts. On the contrary, there were
Many leaders wanted to immediately lead their troops back to the east bank of the Baijian River! What they said was indeed true. Guo Jun said Pan Chenghu was too incompetent. Two thousand men and horses were killed in pieces. If they were not curbed,
The big clans east of the Baijian River are bound to be ready to make moves so that Deng Gui can gather more soldiers, horses, money and food in Huaiyuan..."
"I held on to the news before nightfall. In addition to allowing you to capture Shibaliwu without any distractions, I was also afraid that you would be too eager to counterattack," Zheng Hui said exhausted, "Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu,
Zhou Tian and the others are not incompetent. I have to judge. The three of them are only stronger than Gao Xiangzhong. In fact, Guo, Pan and Zhou Tian do not have many elite soldiers at their disposal, and the newly attached troops are too large and inexperienced.
After being eliminated in a bloody battle, without a few days of training, and with a serious shortage of armor and weapons, as long as the Huaiyuan side dared to fight, a disastrous defeat was almost certain. To say that I have any responsibility, it is really because I was too confident. I thought there were two thousand
The troops are here, Deng Gui, and Xu Wufu will never dare to act rashly. The responsibility lies with me, because I underestimated my opponent..."
"Judging from today's battle situation in Tiaohutan, the Xu clan soldiers seem to have been completely controlled by the Yaksha Fox..." Chen Zixiao said with a slight hesitation.
"..." Zheng Hui glanced at Chen Zixiao in surprise.
He suddenly figured out what was going on.
He had previously concluded that Xu Wufu would not act rashly, but he ignored the possibility that Xu Wufu would be sidelined, or that Xu Wufu would be completely controlled by Yaksha Fox.
It was not Xu Wufu who took the initiative to reorganize the soldiers of the Xu clan with the Huaiyuan Township Camp, but actually all this was done under the control of Yaksha Fox!
I'm so fucking stupid, why didn't I think of this?
Zheng Hui was so painful that he almost moaned.
Isn't that what it means to pierce this layer of window paper!
In this battle, no matter how reckless the Xu clan's tiger was when he charged in from the north wall, the more important thing was that the Huaiyuan soldiers and horses, mainly composed of Xu clan soldiers, did not hesitate to launch a general attack from the east and south, causing Guo Guo to
Jun Fan, Pan Chenghu and the others have no chance of struggling.
He and Dong Qifeng had served with the Prime Minister on border campaigns for many years. How could they not know the complexity of dispatching troops, dispatching generals, making decisions on the battlefield, and conveying military orders?
If Yashahu hadn't completely controlled the Xu clan soldiers, how could he have ordered the Huaiyuan Township Camp, dominated by Xu clan soldiers, to launch a general attack at the critical moment without hesitation?
However, he has rich experience in running the army. He didn't think of these key points for a moment. How could Chen Zixiao, who obeyed him in everything, see through them?
Zheng Hui was confused, but he would not admit that he had to be reminded by Chen Zixiao to think through all this. He said calmly: "Yes, I thought Xu Wufu was not that easy to control. It seems that he is
I underestimated this Yasha Fox!"
"If the soldiers of the Xu clan have been completely controlled by Yaksha Fox, it seems that we can no longer underestimate the enemy." Chen Zixiao seemed not to notice Zheng Hui's surprise and said with emotion.
Zheng Hui said: "Yes, among the Tongbai Mountain soldiers, the soldiers of the Xu clan are the most powerful in combat. This is because Xu Wufu has recruited Xu Wuqi, Xu Wukun, Zhou Jing and other old soldiers of the Jingsheng Army for his use for more than ten years.
It is directly related to teaching martial arts to the children and presiding over the training of clan soldiers. If this army is completely controlled by Yashahu, think about it. What will happen if we gather six to seven thousand people and fight to the bank of Baijian River? The terrain there is
The open space is enough for us to deploy our troops, but which troops can we send to block it and curb the rampant momentum of the Huaiyuan Township Camp? The final fate of the six or seven thousand troops may be to be completely disrupted by the opponent's six or seven hundred elite troops.
——The Huaiyuan soldiers and horses did not cross the Baijian River in large numbers in the afternoon. I think this was indeed done intentionally by the Yakshahu. They really wanted to lure us to the west bank of the Baijian River!"
Chen Zixiao said with a solemn expression: "Mr. Zheng is very concerned about this - Hutou Village, Shixizhuang and Taibaiding and other mountain villages, before the uprising, there were eight or nine hundred men and horses, who knew how to lead the army?
There are only a few people; and in the past two months, in order to control the growing number of soldiers and horses, the few elites have been dispersed. Now we don’t have a force of two or three hundred people, and we don’t have the elite combat power to charge into the battle.
Not to mention the scale of seven or eight hundred people. Therefore, I do not advocate a hasty counterattack at this time..."
"Then what does the general think I should do now?" Zheng Hui asked.
"I'm not very clear, and I can't just sit back and watch Deng Gui gather more and more people in Huaiyuan and just ignore it, right?"
Chen Zixiao had a confused look on his face, as if he was very confused, and said,
"Going out of the west entrance of Tongbai Mountain is Biyang City. In addition to the state soldiers and county sword archers, the commander-in-chief also has two thousand forbidden troops stationed in Biyang City. We don't dare to look for bad luck near Biyang City at this time.
I'm afraid that after Deng Gui establishes a foothold on the east bank of the Baijian River, we will be completely restricted to the west of the Baijian River, and we will eventually be annihilated..."
Zheng Hui saw that the look on Chen Zixiao's face didn't look like he was faking it. He thought that he could see through the fact that Xu Wufu was being ostracized. Maybe it was just a coincidence. He pondered for a while and said:
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you can't fight them out. The most important thing for you now is to prevent them from breaking in. Think about it, if you don't get rid of them for three to five months, Chen Shi, Cheng Lunying, or the general manager Gu Fan
Can you explain it to me?"
"Look at my brain," Chen Zixiao slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, "I just thought about fighting, but I didn't expect that we occupied the western section of Tongbai Mountain to the west of Baijian River, and called the officers and soldiers three to five
If we can’t get in within a month, it’s logical that...he will have the opportunity to step in."
"That's the reason. Even if you recruit troops and eventually have 30,000 or 40,000 troops, when you finally accept the recruitment, the imperial court will not tolerate you retaining too many people to join the Forbidden Army. With his respect as an old man, he will definitely ask you to retain them.
There are one or two thousand troops, and the extra manpower will inevitably be dispersed and incorporated into the forbidden armies of other tribes, or used as hard labor in the Xiang army. Then you might as well take advantage of this period to eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and build a team of two
"You have thousands of elite soldiers," Zheng Hui said. "You talk to Gao Xiangzhong, Zhong Changqing and others and let them take charge of the easier direction, while you personally sit in Huangqiao Village to block the Huaiyuan troops.
For example, Gao Xiangzhong and Zhong Changqing each surrendered hundreds of soldiers. Don't blame Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian for their incompetence. Now that they are beaten naked, you can still accept them.
They, they will definitely give up on being used by you, which is different from leaders such as Gao Xiangzhong and Zhong Changqing..."
