The fierce battle ended with the enemy's retreat, and the entire Zhanghe stall erupted in cheers.
Even for soldiers, it is a blessing to survive every battle, let alone those non-combat sequences.
Only those fathers and sons, brothers, friends who had fallen on the battlefield, and the wounded horses that replaced their owners were mourning.
When counting and reporting the battle damage, Zhu Dahe was missing. Jia Lian couldn't help but ask: "Where is General Zhu Shen?"
A commander returned: "Just now when the enemy saw that the situation was not going well and fled, I saw General Zhu Shen leading his men to chase and kill the main force..."
Jia Lian's face suddenly darkened.
He had known that Zhu Dahe was a reckless man, and he thought that Jia Lian would be tolerant of him because he was a fierce general. But he did not expect that the other party would dare to make his own decisions and pursue the enemy without asking for instructions.
"How many people did he take with him?"
The generals didn't know this, so they could only send people to inquire. The result was that all the cavalry under Zhu Dahe's command were basically taken away by Zhu Dahe!
The conditions at Ganning Pass are difficult, and the soldiers who can be equipped with horses are without exception capable of conquering and fighting, and can be picked one out of ten.
The four to five hundred cavalrymen under Zhu Dahe can be said to be the best among the best.
It is also one of the most important tools in his hands now!
Seeing Jia Lian's bad complexion, all the generals couldn't help suppressing the joy of victory and began to speak good words for Zhu Dahe.
The heroic performance of Zhu Dahe and others on the battlefield just now really made the soldiers in the Beijing camp pay attention. Encouraged by this, they couldn't help but abandon their instinct of fear and burst out with the most wanton blood in a man's body.
.
This is also the main reason why the enemy fled so quickly.
Jia Lian has never been a person who likes to do useless work, so he did not dwell too much on the issue of Zhu Dahe and continued to take charge of inventory of battle damage, placement of the wounded and deployment of follow-up matters.
Unexpectedly, just after noon, a horse suddenly rushed back to the camp.
"We followed General Zhu to pursue the enemy's remnants. Unexpectedly, we encountered a large-scale enemy ambush in a mountain forest about fifty miles away!
Now that General Zhu is trapped in the mountains and forests, the villain risked his life to escape and deliver a message, begging the Imperial Envoy to send troops to rescue my general..."
The soldiers who asked for help, their armors stained with blood, knelt down and begged when they saw Jia Lian.
After hearing the news, everyone looked at him with suspicion.
Some people even grasped the key point immediately.
"Didn't I say that General Zhu led you to hunt down the remnants of the enemy? How could you be ambushed? A large-scale enemy army? Are they the people you are chasing, or others? How many people are there specifically?"
For Zhu Dahe's personal guards who desperately rushed back to deliver the message, moving reinforcements was the first priority. But for the people in the tent who had just experienced an inexplicable battle, understanding the situation and weighing the pros and cons was the first priority.
"It's not the people we were chasing. The group of remnant enemies we were chasing was no more than two or three hundred people, and we killed quite a few along the way.
However, a large number of new enemy troops suddenly appeared. After a bloody battle, we were unable to defeat them and had to retreat into a nearby forest.
When I came out on a fast horse before, I saw those people preparing wood and fuel. They must be setting fire to the mountain. Our general is in danger!
Please also ask the Imperial Envoy, for the sake of our general's bravery in killing the enemy, to send troops to rescue as soon as possible, please..."
The soldier turned around and kowtowed heavily to Jia Lian again, looking anxious but having no other options.
Jia Lian looked deeply and asked: "How many people are ambushing you?"
"This... we don't know exactly how many people there are, but they are at least three times our number."
In the melee, there is no ability to clearly determine the number of enemies.
"That's not bad..."
Everyone knows that soldiers will be more conservative in order to get them to send troops for rescue.
But there are still three times as many enemies, which shows how many enemies there are.
However, since the opponent still has so many troops, why didn't they participate in the previous battle?
Is it the follow-up troops, or some other reason? "Master Qi, I believe that we cannot send troops to rescue.
It can be seen that the goal of this group of Tatars is to destroy our alliance with Oara.
Now that the enemy's situation is unknown and Her Highness the Princess is still here, what we have to consider now is how to ensure the safety of Her Highness the Princess.
If this is a trap by the enemy, we divide our troops to rescue people now, and if the enemy takes the opportunity to sneak attack on our camp, wouldn't the situation be dangerous?!"
Facing the nervous looks of all the civil servants, Xiang He stood up and said loudly.
Before departure, all the civilian officials of the mission did not expect that such a situation would occur.
Now that they are in deep danger, the soldiers and horses in Jia Lian's hands are the only hope that can make them feel safe.
If Jia Lian leads his troops to rescue people at this time...
Since the situation was critical, the only way to save people was to bring cavalry.
But if it goes too little, it won’t work.
If they go too many, the camp will be empty. If there is another battle in the morning, they cannot guarantee that the infantry without strong fortifications can withstand the charge of the Tatar cavalry.
Once the cavalry is allowed to break through the defense line, won't they, including more than a thousand unarmed non-combatants, be at the mercy of others?
"Yes, Master Xiang is right. Zhu Dahe did not respect the orders of the Imperial Envoy and took the initiative to pursue him. The Imperial Envoy has not yet investigated him for the crime of disobeying the military order.
Now that he is incompetent and trapped, how can we let the Imperial Envoy take the risk of sending troops to rescue him?"
Xiang He spoke, and other civil servants began to express similar views.
Several generals remained silent.
One of them was from the Beijing camp and was not familiar with Zhu Dahe.
Secondly, I had just witnessed the fierce combat effectiveness of the Tatar cavalry, and I was not familiar with the Gobi terrain.
If they agree to rescue people, if Jia Lian sends them there, they are not sure that they can rescue people, and then it will be in vain...
Seeing that no one in the tent was willing to send troops to rescue, the kneeling soldier looked sad and suddenly said: "Please, the imperial envoy, please lend me five hundred war horses, and we will go rescue the general ourselves!"
Zhu Dahe came out this time with a total of 1,500 elite soldiers. In addition to the cavalry, there were nearly a thousand infantry.
It's just that the generals followed Zhu Dahe to pursue the enemy, and the remaining ones were not high enough, so they did not enter the tent to discuss matters.
However, the personal guards believed that if Jia Lian and others did not save him, other people under their general's command would definitely rescue him.
But after running for dozens of miles on my legs, the day lilies were getting cold, so I said this.
"How dare you be rude to the Imperial Envoy!"
"How dare you, you have no place to interfere in this matter!!"
How could a group of high-ranking officials allow a soldier to talk back? They immediately started scolding them.
Jia Lian glanced at the soldier who still looked stubborn despite being scolded by everyone.
It is said that a general is as good as a soldier. From the soldiers, you can also know the general's ability to lead troops.
This man dared to borrow five hundred war horses from him, which showed that he was very confident. Zhu Dahe's soldiers, who were not aware of it outside, were willing to rescue people.
"The general has already taken care of this matter. Please go down and rest for a while, and be ready at any time."
It seems that from Jia Lian's tone, he could tell that there was still a chance of improvement, so the soldier went down with great gratitude.
After he left, Jia Lian looked at everyone in the tent and said, "I have to report this to the princess, and we can discuss here first whether to send troops to rescue. If so, how to rescue."
After speaking, Jia Lian stood up and left without making his position clear.
After a while, Jia Lian came back, and the result of everyone's discussion naturally remained unchanged.
It’s just that there are many more reasons not to save people than before.
Jia Lian waited for them to finish their speech before saying: "First, General Zhu and his soldiers are the elites who have been tempered for thousands of times by our dynasty. If they are allowed to be burned to death in the mountains and forests by bandits and sit idly by, I will not be at ease.
, nor is it an act to unite people’s hearts.
Second, there are still more than a thousand soldiers under Zhu Dahe stationed west of the river bank.
As far as I know, Zhu Dahe is deeply supported by his soldiers. If he knew that we would not save him until death, I am afraid that the morale of the army would be disturbed.
At that time, let alone working together to protect the princess's safety and resist foreign enemies, we are afraid that we ourselves will be in chaos first.
Thirdly, Her Royal Highness the Princess ordered us to send troops to rescue, and we are determined not to let our brave generals fall into the hands of the enemy."
Jia Lian's words were said to be explanations, but they were actually decisions.
Because of the first two points, everyone can still discuss countermeasures, but when Jia Lian moves out the princess, it means that his decision has been made.
fqxsw/tomato.com
In this way, no one dares to raise objections.
"After I leave, the affairs in the account will be temporarily handed over to Commander-in-Chief Xiang He, and the rest of the people will work together to assist."
"What, the imperial envoy wants to personally lead the troops to rescue? This is absolutely inappropriate!!"
As soon as they heard that Jia Lian was going to personally lead troops to rescue people, Xiang He and others immediately quit.
The dangers of war and war make people naturally fearful.
In the morning, if Jia Lian had not judged the danger in advance, occupied a favorable terrain to set up defenses, and commanded calmly when the terrifying Tatar cavalry came to charge, how could they have kept the enemy at bay so easily?
, so as to win the battle?
At this moment, Jia Lian is the backbone of all of them, and they naturally do not want Jia Lian to take risks.
"That's right, I think this matter can be left to a few commanders..."
However, Jia Lian had made up his mind and rejected their proposal on the grounds that several commanders had not fought against Tatars in the Gobi.
In this way, the people present couldn't help but add a layer of gloom in their hearts. They privately thought that Jia Lian was either worried about leaving his family fortune (cavalry) to others, or he had made the same mistake as Zhu Dahe, who was greedy for success and had no regard for the overall situation.
.
"Don't worry, everyone, I will act accordingly. If things cannot be done, I will not force the rescue.
During this period, in order to prevent the enemy from invading, you can arrange all the carriages escorting supplies in front to guard against the impact of the enemy's cavalry, and step up the construction of fortifications.
Moreover, I have already sent people back to Ganning Pass to request military support from General Wu.
In addition, Wala also expressed its position that the supporting army will arrive in one day at the latest.
Therefore, we only need to hold on for one more day at most to turn the danger into safety."
Hearing what Jia Lian said, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to cooperate with Jia Lian in mobilizing troops for rescue.