Chapter 1085 The tears of a man on the battlefield
Shen Yi frowned and looked up at Ling Su.
"Regardless of where these Qi people came from, now you clearly tell us how many people are needed to stop these Qi people's reinforcements."
Hearing Shen Yi's tone, Ling Su felt a little frightened. He took a deep breath, lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, with the current strength, it is not difficult to block these reinforcements. The question is how long it will take."
He lowered his head and said: "You have taught your subordinates more than once that you must adapt to changes in battle and not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place. The reason why you have retreated in the past few days is not because you are defeated by these Qi people, but sometimes you need to Avoid the edge for now."
Shen Yi sat on the main seat and took several breaths before calming down. He looked up at Ling Su and said slowly: "Five days."
"The fighting in Yanzhou will take at least five days. Within five days, the war here will not affect the main battlefield in Yanzhou."
Shen Yi knocked on the table with his hand and said in a deep voice: "If you feel that you can't hold on, tell me now. If you need people, I will send you people. If you need firearms and crossbows, I will give you firearms and crossbows."
Ling Su also knew that Shen Yi was a little worried now. He didn't dare to say anything. He just lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen. The general will no longer need to mobilize the troops on Yanzhou's main battlefield. As long as the current troops can stop them..."
"Absolutely no problem."
Master Shen closed his eyes and finally relaxed his mood. He opened his eyes, looked at Ling Su in front of him, and said slowly: "The war situation in Yanzhou is of great importance. I have been trying to shorten the war time in Yanzhou as much as possible."
"Originally, with another month or two of fighting, we could wear down all the Qi troops in Yanzhou City and maximize our profits. Now the reinforcements from the Qi people are coming too fast, and we can no longer wear them down any longer."
Mr. Shen looked at Ling Su and said, "In five days, even if Yanzhou has not completely fallen into our hands, it will already be in a state of defeat."
"On the battlefield on your side, you don't want to kill the enemy, you just want to resist the enemy. After five days, you will lead the troops to slowly withdraw to Yanzhou."
At this point, Shen Yi added: "Let me tell you again, there is no need to vent your anger when marching and fighting. I lost my temper with you today because the war on your side was not as expected, without any personal emotions."
"I hope the same is true for you, General Ling."
Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and asked repeatedly: "In Yanzhou, I can mobilize up to about 10,000 troops to support your side."
"Let's seek truth from facts and don't be angry."
Ling Su lowered his head and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, I will never be angry. If I can't hold on for five days and let the Qi army in Dongping Prefecture affect the main battlefield in Yanzhou, I will raise my head to see you."
"What do I want with your head?"
Shen Yi was expressionless: "What I want is that the battle situation is foolproof!"
Ling Su lowered his head and clasped his fists: "The battle situation is absolutely foolproof."
Mr. Shen then nodded and said, "Then this place will still be left to you, General Ling. I will leave later to return to Yanzhou to supervise the battle."
Ling Su first lowered his head in response, then clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, I would like to ask you this."
"From now on, our army must not retreat at the next step, or should we let the generals fight according to their own ideas?"
"Of course it's up to you."
Shen Yi said without thinking.
"As long as this does not affect the Yanzhou main battlefield within five days, you can fight as you wish."
Ling Su bowed his head deeply.
"The general understands."
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In the blink of an eye, six days passed.
The battle on the main battlefield in Yanzhou is finally coming to an end.
Because Shen Yi opened the opening in the north, the fighting spirit of the defenders in Yanzhou City has not been high. On the morning of the tenth day, as the pocket formation in the north was completely released and the fighting intensity in Yanzhou City increased sharply, the Yanzhou defenders The army first retreated at night with sporadic soldiers.
In the second half of the night, almost all of the Yanzhou garrison of 20,000 to 30,000 people remained fled from the Yanzhou battlefield and fled all the way north.
At noon the next day, Shen Yi and Su Ding and Xue Wei finally stood on the tower of Yanzhou North City.
The arrival of the three of them here means that Yanzhou Prefecture, one of the prefectures in Shandong, has been completely recovered.
Su Ding looked at the north. After being lost in thought for a while, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, the war in Yanzhou is basically over. General Ling..."
"Have you sent someone to help?"
Hearing this, Xue Wei looked at the west side of Yanzhou and sighed: "General Ling held back the Qi people for ten days with half of his troops..."
Shen Yi also looked to the west.
In the past five days, the first thing he did when he woke up every morning was to read the battle report from Ling Su. Naturally, he was well aware of the war in the west.
Five days ago, the number of troops under his command was approximately 16,000.
In other words, he probably lost nearly 4,000 troops in the first five days.
Of course, Dongping Prefecture's reinforcements paid a higher price because they kept charging into the formation. At this time, the Qi people had already lost more than 6,000 troops in Ling Su's hands.
However, even so, there is still a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides.
In the next five days, Ling Su did not organize a large-scale hedging of troops. Instead, he dispersed the existing troops in units of thousands of households near Xinyi Town, with each thousand-household camp being about one mile apart. , supporting each other from afar.
This style of play is extremely risky.
Because the current Huai'an Army is already at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and with its forces dispersed, it is likely to be defeated by the enemy one by one.
However, each Qianhu Camp tried its best to make use of its geographical advantages, tenacious defensive formations, and support from nearby Qianhu Camps. It would take at least more than a day for the Qi people to defeat each Qianhu Camp.
Moreover, the price to pay is not small.
Under this life-defying strategy, Ling Su's troops were divided into sixteen points based on the Qianhu Camp.
As of yesterday, only eight of the sixteen Qianhu Camp positions were left.
The eighth thousand-household camp was also on the verge of collapse.
Of course, the destroyed positions do not mean that all the soldiers were killed. After all, in this era, there is no such a tenacious army, not even the Huai'an Army.
Each Qianhu camp had about 30% of its troops remaining and began to disintegrate.
In other words, as of yesterday, less than half of Ling Su's troops were left.
This kind of battle damage ratio has never appeared in the entire history of the Huai'an Army and even the Anti-Japanese Army.
It's enough to be called tragic.
Master Shen was silent for a while, looked to the west, and said: "This time in the battle of Yanzhou, the main battlefield is in Yanzhou, and the main military exploits are also in Yanzhou, but the key is not in Yanzhou."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, Su Ding understood almost immediately. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen is absolutely right. In the Battle of Yanzhou, General Ling and General Xue accounted for at least 80% of the credit."
Shen Yi glanced at him and said dumbly: "So, General Su, you account for 20%?"
Su Ding shook his head and said: "The remaining two achievements were made. The left army and the right army on the Yanzhou battlefield. Although the last generals took command on the battlefield, they were quite satisfactory and straightforward. There is no credit for them."
Hearing this, Shen Yi glanced at Xue Wei and showed a rare smile: "Listen well and study hard."
"These few words from General Su are enough for you to learn for twenty years."
Xue Wei smiled honestly.
"My subordinates may not be able to learn it after twenty years."
Shen Yi looked at the west again and said slowly: "Five days ago, I went to Ling Su's place and gave him a good scolding."
"In these five days, he played very well and also played very hard."
"I must have some grievances in my heart."
Mr. Shen looked at the two generals beside him and said, "Now, Ling Su's troops should be on their way back to Yanzhou. The three of us ride over together to greet him?"
Su Ding and Xue Wei looked at each other and bowed their heads respectfully.
"I will obey my orders!"
In this way, three people, one riding and one guard, left Yanzhou and rushed to the west of Yanzhou.
At sunset, the three of them finally saw Ling Su's retreating troops from a distance.
Shen Yi greeted him and waved from afar.
Ling Su was at the front of the team. After seeing Shen Yi waving in front of him, he jumped off his mount and stumbled forward. When he got closer, the Huai'an Army general was half-kneeling on the ground, bowing his head deeply.
"The last general, Ling Su, pays homage to Duke Shen."
There was some choking in his words.
Mr. Shen turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to help him up, patted the soil on General Ling's body, and said with emotion: "General Ling has worked hard."
"General Ling fought well in this battle."
When General Ling heard this, he raised his head and looked at Shen Yi. His nerves, which had been tense for several days, finally relaxed. He almost collapsed on the ground, and his eyes immediately turned red.
"The last general..."
Ling Su, who never cried, now had tears in his eyes.