Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing guessed that Xu Huai sent someone to deliver the message, so he walked down the city road from the city tower and rushed back to the Governor's Mansion. When he arrived at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, he saw the ragged Yan Xiaoyi in Wei.
Daya and others walked over with support, thinking something had gone wrong, and asked in shock:
"What's wrong with you? Why did you come back like this?"
"After running a hundred miles of mountain roads, Master Qi, how can you be any better than me?" Yan Xiaoyi gasped for breath, her limbs were limp in Wei Daya's arms, and her lips trembled as she said.
Seeing that Yan Xiaoyi still looked relaxed and knowing that Xu Huai was fine, Xu Wuqi felt relieved.
He personally helped Yan Xiaoyi into the front yard of the Governor's Mansion, kneaded his muscles and bones, and arranged for someone to immediately prepare a herbal soup to relieve menstruation and activate blood circulation, so as to prevent Yan Xiaoyi from running around and leaving hidden diseases.
After Yan Xiaoyi calmed down a little, Xu Wuqi asked about the situation of Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Lu Xiong, Xu Xin'an, Yin Peng and others in Jingong Mountain.
At this time Liu Qiong'er, Su Laochang, Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Fan Yong, Shi Zhen and others all came after hearing the news.
"The Red Husband Cavalry is still too tough..."
Yan Xiaoyi regained his composure and described in detail how he had rescued the remaining soldiers of the Western Army at the southern foot of Jingong Mountain and fought with the enemy's cavalry.
At the beginning, the Red Husband suffered some losses, but mainly because they underestimated the combat effectiveness of the men led by Xu Huai, and treated them as ordinary elites.
When the Red Husbands woke up, they would be chased and intercepted by two to three times the cavalry each time, and they would avoid frontal attacks and resort to guerrilla tactics such as delay and entanglement. It would be difficult for Xu Huai and the others to gain any advantage, so they could only rush
A small area of activities at the southern foot of Jingong Mountain.
However, they fought cautiously, and Liu Yan and Chen Yuan personally came forward to collect the defeated soldiers. Many things went smoothly than expected, and they did not suffer any losses at the hands of the Red Husbands.
Although cavalry are restricted from entering the mountainous area at the southern foot of Jingong Mountain, infantry can still cross the mountains if they work tirelessly.
When they were entangled with the enemy cavalry at the southern foot of Jingong Mountain, Liu Yan and Chen Yuan were able to gather thousands of remnants of the Western Army. They also believed that attracting more enemy cavalry to the southern foot of Jingong Mountain would be able to mobilize more troops.
Many remnants of the Western Army fled to Shuozhou and Xishan.
However, although a large number of enemy cavalry were attracted to the southern foot of Jingong Mountain, the enemy did not rush into Jingong Mountain and appeared to be very patient. Xu Huai was worried that the Chihu people might see through Shuozhou's plot.
, deliberately playing a trick on them, while gathering a part of the main cavalry to fight with them, and at the same time, he ordered Cao Shixiong, who had rebelled, to attack Xishan after taking control of Langu County.
Then the corresponding combat plan must be adjusted immediately.
From Jingong Mountain to the south, the channel for Kuai Ma to send the message has been completely blocked by the enemy cavalry. Heading out of Jingong Mountain to the north, take the road from the Cangtou Valley controlled by General Xiao Linshi to reach Shuozhou City to report the message. The road is long and dangerous.
, in the end, Yan Xiaoyi relied on his extraordinary foot strength to climb the mountain and rushed back to Shuozhou City to deliver the message.
Although Xu Huai's order was similar to Shi Zhen's previous suggestion, Pan Chenghu couldn't help but hesitantly asked:
"At this time, the plan is adjusted. What should we do with the remnants of the Western Army who have retreated into Jingong Mountain? Liu Yan and Chen Yuan have gathered more than a thousand remnants in Jingong Mountain. There should be more remnants of the defeated army in other places to avoid the Red Army.
The massacre of the Hu people is quite impressive if we can bring them all to Shuozhou."
"Marquis
It is said that when uniting troops to fight, there must be choices, especially when the enemy is strong and we are weak. If you try to cover everything, you will only be led by the enemy," Yan Xiaoyi said, "The remnants of the Western Army that have retreated to Jingong Mountain, if not
If you have the opportunity to retreat to Xishan, you can arrange to surrender to Xiao Linshi. The two military princes Liu and Chen will also lead a small group of troops to take a detour through Shanxing to Xishan as soon as possible, where they will collect the remaining soldiers who have fled into Xishan..."
Xu Wuqi, Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and others all began to ponder.
Although there is currently no exact number of remnants of the Western Army who have fled into Xishan and Jingong Mountain. There are more in Jingong Mountain, but these remnants and defeated soldiers must be gathered together and transported to Shuozhou City.
It will take a certain amount of time to reach Xishan.
And there isn't really much time left for them.
At present, the strategic focus of the Chihu people is in Yingzhou, Yanmen Pass and the mountains in the eastern part of Yingzhou. A larger number of Western troops were defeated.
At the same time, the Red Husbands were somewhat wary of the Xiao Linshi tribe, so they did not invest many troops in the battlefield west of Huairen. Their main purpose was to delay the remnants of the Western Army from escaping westward, and they would not attack Huairen, Jincheng, Shuozhou and other cities for the time being.
However, when the Chihu people captured Yingzhou and Yanmen Pass, even if their main force was eager to go south, they would definitely first deal with the threats on the flanks and capture Huairen, Jincheng, Shuozhou and other places.
The soldiers of Tongbai Mountain and the remnants of the Western Army gathered at Jingong Mountain must withdraw into Xishan before this, to avoid being surrounded by enemy soldiers several times their own in Shuozhou City, and ultimately unable to escape destruction. They have fled into Xishan.
The defeated soldiers will have more time to collect them, or even directly help them escape back to Jingyuan, and return to their hometowns around the Qing Dynasty, which will also be beneficial to the overall situation.
This is also the battle plan drawn up by Xu Huai and others.
Previously, they only needed to keep an eye on the movements of the enemy's main force in the direction of Yingzhou and Yanmenguan; they also speculated that most of the Tianxiong army had defected to the enemy along with Cao Shixiong.
What a threat.
However, this situation has undergone some subtle changes at this time.
It is possible that Cao Shixiong was forced by the Chihu people to use troops from Langu to attack Xishan.
If Shuozhou's battle plan is not adjusted accordingly, the limited troops are likely to be deployed on the two battlefields of Shuozhou and the southern foot of Xishan Mountain.
Xu Wuqi, Su Laochang and the others had a hard time choosing between them, but Xu Huai had to make a choice: they were not qualified to go head-to-head with the main force of the Red Army, let alone use such a small force to go head-to-head with the enemy. They could only pick on the weak ones first!
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After giving up the illusion of recruiting local forces in Lanzhou, Cao Shixiong sent troops to attack the state government. Two thousand Xiang troops were defeated after not being able to resist for long. Wang Gaoxing, Qian Zerui, Xun Yannian and other officials were all reduced to prisoners.
In order to appease the panicked military morale, boost the sluggish morale, and eliminate possible resistance forces in the city, Cao Shixiong sent troops to plunder Kelan City.
Even though there were a large number of veterans of the Tianxiong Army among the rebels, as well as young men recruited from local areas, the military discipline of the Tianxiong Army was already in disarray.
Previously, under the guise of the conflict between Han and Tibetan, the veterans of the Tianxiong Army showed no mercy to the Tibetan people, burning, killing, and looting. Even if they hesitated at this time, they were coerced by their colleagues and joined the plundering team.
Once the bottom line is breached and the retreat is cut off, these veterans of the Tianxiong Army quickly become unscrupulous and wanton.
Act recklessly.
In the past two days, Kelan City has turned into a complete hell on earth. The decent houses were smashed open by soldiers, and all the property was looted. Countless women were ravaged and humiliated. Countless people jumped from wells and hung from beams to their death.
Anyone who dared to resist was killed with swords and their bodies exposed in the streets.
The great plunder was to end in two days. Once the time limit was up, Cao Shixiong personally led his cavalry out of the mansion to clean the streets and drove many soldiers who still had unfinished business back to the military camp.
Anyone who dared to resist, Cao Shixiong would mercilessly impose military tactics on the street; Cao Shixiong knew that he had no choice but to be ruthless and ruthless. He had to let the red soldiers see the effect of his sharp knife before he could win the battle.
Some positions are beyond calculation with the Chihu people.
"I thought that the old soldiers of the Tianxiong Army couldn't bear to attack the people in the city these days, and there might be some trouble. I didn't expect that they were like wolves and tigers, and they were more ruthless than when they were in Shuozhou City. No wonder all the generations
Famous generals also often use this method to boost morale." Cao Xuanwen was wearing armor and following Cao Shixiong on his horse. He looked at the soldiers whose greedy eyes were not completely satisfied and said to Cao Shixiong with great understanding.
"It is easy to let the soldiers go unchecked, but the key is to have the ability to collect them back," Cao Shixiong said with a serious face, "Now that the time limit for the great plunder has come, the soldiers and generals must return to the military camp. Anyone who violates military orders must be ruthless. Don't do it."
Have the slightest bit of womanly kindness. Otherwise, your prestige will not be established among these brutal soldiers. Even ordinary soldiers will think that you are weak and can be bullied, and do the following criminal things, let alone command them to fight.
Got it!"
Cao Shixiong still hopes that the Cao family can further flourish in the hands of his eldest son, Cao Xuanwen, and now he takes him with him to teach him carefully in everything.
At this time, several red cavalrymen galloped in from the west city. They passed without any hindrance. They did not stop when Cao Shixiong's team passed by, but went straight to the garrison of Hulejian's troops.
Cao Shixiong prides himself on his magnanimity, and this scene also made his face twitch slightly.
Cao Xuanwen was even more young and energetic, so he ordered the two rude cavalrymen to be stopped and scolded.
Cao Shixiong grabbed his arm and said in a deep voice: "If this becomes a big deal, we can't bear it anymore? We went back and forth twice in the year before and after, and we can't blame others for being slighted. In the end, we still need to earn back the face ourselves.
If you don’t understand this, will you never be qualified to lead an army?”
"My child knows!" Cao Xuanwen was still angry, but he suppressed the restlessness in his heart and changed the topic and asked, "But I don't know what information they have sent?"
Cao Xuanwen was not called Cao Shixiong. Cao Xuanwen was curious. Meng Jian, who was specially responsible for accompanying Hulejian, quickly rushed over and said:
"Shuozhou troops and horses showed signs of large-scale transfer to Xishan. General Nayan thought that our troops' intention to attack Xishan might have been noticed by the enemy, so they accelerated their pace of escaping south. General Nayan led our troops to capture Guangwu Village immediately.
Charge into the Western Mountains and hold back the enemy, but if there is any negligence, military law will be used to serve you..."
Cao Shixiong's face twitched and said: "Go and tell Hulkian Baihu that I will arrange to send troops immediately! Go and ask him if he is interested in going out with me, or should you stay in Kelan and enjoy a few more Han people?
Gorgeous girl? Also, Hulejian thinks that the looks of the few girls given to General Yan are acceptable, do you want to choose one or two more?"
