Although the Right Army is having a hard time fighting here, judging from the current situation, logically they should be allowed to retreat a little and rest for a while, or wait until reinforcements from the Southern Expeditionary Army are integrated into the Right Army before fighting again.
This is also what a general in command should do.
However, the biggest difference between a coach and a general is that the decision made by the coach requires a certain degree of foresight and the enemy's movements must be predicted. If everything is judged according to the current situation, many times it will be one step at a time. A slow pace eventually turned into a fatal decision-making error.
Now, Shen Yi is predicting Nuo Yong's next move.
He determined that Nuoyong would definitely transform into a conservative battle in the subsequent battles, or even retreat to a comprehensive defense.
At this moment, the left army still has some positional advantages. Under the encirclement of the two armies, it can still take a bite of Nuo Yong.
If he is allowed to calmly retreat to the vicinity of Yandu without losing his vitality, and then use the city near Yandu as the basic base to conduct a comprehensive defense, he will not only take down Yandu, but even break through Nuo Yong's defense line. It will all take a long time.
Seventy years ago, when the Northern Qi army reached the Huaihe River, they faced this kind of situation. At that time, the Northern Qi army's combat power was definitely stronger than that of Nanchen, but they were forced to defend it by Zhao Chong. I have been putting it off until today.
What's even more terrible is that if the main combat power of the Northern Qi Dynasty is not particularly damaged, and if Shen Yi really takes over Yandu one day and drives these Zhuli people out of the pass, this war will not stop here. The two sides will be near Shanhaiguan for a long time. The confrontation continues.
You know, the current capital of Dachen is not in Yandu. When the time comes, Yandu will need to station an army of more than 100,000 people as a "border army."
These Zhu Li Zhenren will become a frontier trouble for Da Chen, and it is a frontier trouble that even Shen Yi cannot eradicate.
Once the Huai'an army suppressed Hongde in the north, these Zhuli masters would not cause a big chaos, but if Chen is not careful in the future, these Zhuli masters will come back!
Therefore, at this time, before Nuo Yong retreats, he must be given a hard blow. If nothing else, at least it will ensure that Zhu Li will not be able to cause trouble for five or ten years!
The main strategic decisions of the Huai'an Army have always been made by Shen Yi alone, but he still had to communicate with Ling Su. The discussion between the two in the camp was called "ventilation"
, in fact, the decision has already been made.
After discussing the war, Ling Su stood up, bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, you have come all the way. Have a good rest tonight, and I will arrange the deployment of troops right now."
Shen Yi nodded first, then looked up at Ling Su and said with a smile: "I received news from Jiankang two days ago. The marriage between Ling Zhan and Duke Huan seems to have been finalized."
"yes."
Ling Su was also a little happy when he mentioned this matter. He lowered his head slightly and said, "It was Zhuo Jing who came to Jiankang from Taizhou Prefecture to arrange this marriage. I have to thank Mr. Shen for arranging this matter. Otherwise, my family From a small family, a girl from the Duke's mansion must look down on Ling Zhan."
"His Majesty was the one who arranged it, and it has nothing to do with me."
Shen Yi thought for a while and continued: "But since Mrs. Ling has arrived in Jiankang, she will not go back to Taizhou yet. She will stay in Jiankang. The court should arrange accommodation for your family. If the court does not arrange it, my wife should also Make arrangements for their mother and son."
"From now on, General Ling and his family will no longer have to return to Taizhou Mansion."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Either I live in Jiankang, or I will live in the north."
Ling Su bowed his head respectfully and said, "I'll all follow Mr. Shen's arrangements."
After a pause, he added: "Ling Zhan has already left Jiankang after he decided to get married, and is preparing to return to you as an errand."
Mr. Shen was startled, then smiled and said, "Why don't you stay in Jiankang for a while and develop a relationship with that girl from the Li family?"
Ling Su said in a deep voice: "He took the initiative to come back. At his age, if he can learn something from Mr. Shen, it will be of great benefit to him in the future, so just let him come back."
Shen Yi thought for a while, nodded and said: "He will get married next year. If I am free then, maybe I can go back and take a look."
Ling Su smiled: "It would be great if Mr. Shen could preside over their marriage."
After the two chatted for a while, Ling Su bowed his head and left without disturbing Shen Yi.
In the next few days, the right army, under the command of Ling Su, moved north more crazily than before, entangling a large number of Nuo Yong's troops.
At the same time, under Shen Yi's control, the Left Army only had more than 10,000 people left. They were stationed in the captured Tianjin area, and most of the army was divided, heading west towards Baoding, preparing to go around to Nuo Yong's rear. , eating up a large number of Nuo Yong's troops.
Nuo Yong also quickly sensed something was wrong. On the fourth day after Shen Yi entered the right route army, Nuo Yong led his troops to decisively abandon Zhending Mansion and began to retreat.
The Qi army under his command fought with the Huai'an army for several months, suffering heavy casualties. Coupled with the overall unsatisfactory war situation, the morale of the retreat immediately fell to the extreme. Many soldiers were completely disorganized when they retreated. They were chased one after another by Ling Su's troops. In one day, more than a thousand people who were left behind were wiped out.
But it is a pity that Nuo Yong retreated too quickly. When Su Ding, the left army army, personally led the army to surround him, he only surrounded Nuo Yong's troops of less than 20,000 men. Most of Nuo Yong's troops were surrounded , still successfully withdrew from Baoding Fucheng, occupied Baoding City, and formed a conflict with the Yandu Forbidden Army, changing from attack to strict defense.
This was obviously authorized by the Emperor of Northern Qi.
This change in the Northern Qi army also meant that they completely gave up on regaining their lost territory and began a comprehensive defense.
Shen Yi and Ling Su came to the outside of Baoding Prefecture together. Looking at the big city in front of them, they couldn't help but frown.
Ling Su stood behind Shen Yi and whispered: "Mr. Shen, after the main force of General Su's left route army withdrew from Tianjin, the Yandu Forbidden Army reoccupied the vicinity of Tianjin."
"The Northern Qi Dynasty formed a line of defense from Tianjin to Baoding, and counting the three guards of Xuanfu in the west, Yandu was surrounded in the middle."
Mr. Shen looked at the big city in front of him with his telescope. After taking a deep breath, he said slowly: "We can't attack by force. There are many of them. If we use human lives to fill these big cities, in the end not only will the gain outweigh the loss, but it may even be possible." They will be counterattacked by these Qi troops."
"Use artillery to bombard Baoding City, and at the same time send people to shout to them."
Mr. Shen said in a deep voice: "No matter whether Zhu Li is a real person or a Han, as long as he goes out of the city and surrenders, he will forget all the blame and accept him as a citizen of Da Chen."
"If they persist in resisting, Master Wang will descend from heaven in the future, and none of them will be able to escape their guilt."
Hearing this, Ling Su also breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and said: "I will obey your order!"
Shen Yi looked back at him and asked, "Where is Su Ding?"
"General Su's main camp is in Anzhou, and it only takes a day or two to get to Duke Shen's place."
Shen Yi rubbed his brows and said: "Give him a message. You don't need to come to see me. Let him continue to try to push northward. When he can't push, he will choose a nearby camp to garrison."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said yes.
He looked up at Baoding Fucheng, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered: "Mr. Shen, if they can't get out like this, won't it be difficult for us to push them to Yandu in a short time?"
"yes."
Shen Yi was also a little helpless: "The surrender of Zhou Yuanlang and his son made these Zhu Li masters understand the situation clearly."
Having said this, Shen Yi looked up at the sky and said slowly: "If we step into Huaibei, they will have this attitude. We will have no chance of getting here. We will not even stay in Huaibei for a short time, and we will have to return to the Huaihe River. Go south."
"They are just reacting now. It's a little too late. But even so, it's not a problem if they wait for one, two or three years."
Lord Shen sneered: "It's just to delay some time for them to move."
Ling Su lowered his head and said, "Fortunately, Mr. Shen saw the opportunity quickly, otherwise all Nuo Yong's men would have run away, and it would have been even harder to fight in the future."
"Do not worry."
Shen Yi said slowly: "Just station troops in the south of Baoding City, and then try to push forward bit by bit."
He looked at Ling Su and said with a smile: "General Ling will probably do this job in the future."
When Ling Su heard this, his heart moved, and then he lowered his head and said, "General, I understand."
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At the same time, Datong Mansion, Datong City.
General Xue led more than a thousand of his newly trained cavalry and marched out of Datong City in a mighty manner, preparing to fight with some Tatar cavalry near Datong City and compete with each other.
General Xue led his troops and circled around Datong City for nearly a hundred miles. Scouts were sent out for about two hundred miles, but they did not see a trace of a Tatar.
In this way, after wandering outside the city for three full days, Xue Wei led his troops back to Datong City. When Wan Zhong came to greet him, General Xue looked strange.