Chapter 1268 Muchuan settled in Baiyun to inspect Peiping, and major construction projects started in sequence
Chapter 1268 Muchuan arranged Baiyun to inspect Peiping, and major construction projects started in sequence
Muchuan led the Tang army to resist the first tentative attack of the Turkic reinforcements in Baiyun Town.
Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu commanded the battle, and they did not expect that Hubul would have the courage to launch a second attack so quickly.
Muchuan convened a war meeting at the front line, and all generals and officials from Baiyun Town participated in the battle.
"How many casualties do we have now?"
Muchuan asked the adjutant, and Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu immediately raised their ears and listened.
The adjutant reported: "We had 867 casualties.
Everyone else was injured, including myself."
Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu looked at each other with worried looks on their faces.
They only knew that the officers and soldiers of Baiyun Town were relatively strong, but they never imagined that they would be so powerful.
Eight hundred and sixty-seven people!
Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu were both shocked. They did not expect that the other party would have such strong fighting power.
Although I had already expected that the opponent would be a strong enemy, I still did not expect that the enemy would be so powerful.
"Fortunately our morale is high enough!"
Muchuan's tone was steady when he spoke, without the slightest wavering.
Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu nodded in agreement.
Indeed, their morale is high enough.
They are the best soldiers in Baiyun Town, well-trained, brave and good at fighting.
Although they had just defeated their opponents and achieved victory, they were not proud.
Muchuan continued: "We must eliminate those cavalry as soon as possible.
We need to drive them out of the Great Wall and not give them a chance to recuperate."
"What should we do?"
Xue Dingshan asked, he is now General Zuo and has the right to ask questions to the coach.
Muchuan said: "I decided to send five thousand troops to pursue them, and we must annihilate the main force of the enemy within one day."
Five thousand soldiers and horses against five thousand cavalry?
Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu both took a deep breath, this was simply courting death.
They all know that the officers and soldiers of Baiyun Town are good at field combat and have a very strong will to fight, but even so, they will never dare to take risks easily.
"Coach..." Xue Dingshan wanted to dissuade Muchuan from changing his mind, but he swallowed his words again.
Muchuan said: "This is our only choice and the best way.
I believe in you, and please believe in me, we can win this war."
Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu were silent for a moment, then raised their hands and saluted: "Yes!"
They knew that Muchuan really wanted to help them defend Baiyun Town and defend this base area.
However, they are not willing to give up this foundation.
They want to protect this foundation, but they don't want to sacrifice too many brothers.
This contradiction makes them hesitate.
"In this way, we will strengthen the city wall of Baiyun Town in the past few days. I remember that the last time it was breached was because the wall collapsed and the Turks invaded. This time we want to prevent this from happening again."
Muchuan said.
"yes!"
All the soldiers shouted in unison.
Muchuan turned around and left, preparing to personally supervise the construction of the city wall.
He has to make sure that nothing goes wrong on his side before he can fight the war wholeheartedly.
After Muchuan left, Xue Dingshan and Dou Yihu immediately summoned the military advisers and generals.
Everyone was sitting on the chairs, and Xue Dingshan said: "How confident do you think the coach is when he asks us to send troops this time?"
Everyone was silent.
Xue Dingshan continued: "I think the coach still looks at the problem improperly."
"What does it mean?"
Dou Yihu looked at Xue Dingshan doubtfully and said in confusion.
Xue Dingshan said: "I have carefully read the military books of past dynasties and found a pattern.
That is, the commander's orders often conflict with the soldiers' own judgment."
"For example, in a battle, if the commander wants to kill the Turks, the soldiers will definitely object; if the commander wants to capture the Turks, the soldiers will feel more comfortable killing them all, so they will object."
"At this time, the soldiers will fall into confusion and even doubt the coach's decision-making."
"So at this time, the most important thing is to carry out the commander's orders, rather than to find out the commander's true purpose. Governor Mu has always used his troops like a god, so we can just obey his orders."
"The first thing we have to consider now is the strength of the Turks."
"How strong are the Turks?"
Dou Yihu asked.
Xue Dingshan said: "The Turks are very powerful and their numbers are huge.
According to past experience, the strength of the Turks far exceeds our imagination.
This time the Turks dispatched 40,000 to 50,000 people, and they obviously came to attack us with the determination to win."
Dou Yihu frowned: "Are we that weak?"
Xue Dingshan sighed and said: "The Turkic cavalry is the strongest cavalry on the entire grassland, and their cavalry shooting is very powerful. Once encountered, we will suffer heavy losses."
Dou Yihu said: "We also have cavalry here."
Xue Dingshan said: "Yes, there are cavalry here too.
But our cavalry are all infantry, and they are all new recruits, so they cannot fight against the Turks."
"What should we do?
Are we going to go back like this?"
Dou Yihu asked.
Xue Dingshan smiled bitterly and said: "This is where we are most troubled now. If we just retreat like this, we will not be reconciled.
If we do not retreat, we are no match for the Turks."
Dou Yihu said: "Then let's continue like this and wear them down.
As long as we can delay it for a while, that's fine."
"Right, that is it."
Xue Dingshan's eyes lit up and he said, "The Turks are cavalry, and their physical strength and endurance are much worse than ours.
When they are tired, our cavalry will rush over and defeat them."
The other generals were deeply convinced and expressed their agreement.
"In that case, this is what we will do."
Xue Dingshan said.
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Muchuan and the cavalry led by him are returning to Beiping City.
"Report to the commander, we are still thirty miles away from Beiping City, and we are not far from the gate of Beiping City."
said the scout cavalry.
"We don't have to rush to attack, we can take our time."
Muchuan said calmly.
"yes!"
The scout cavalry agreed and then left.
A scout cavalry said: "Commander, do you think Baiyun Town can be defended if General Xue Dingshan and General Dou Yihu are left?"
"The two generals are very skilled in martial arts, especially General Dou Yihu.
Whether we can hold Baiyun Town this time depends mainly on them."
Muchuan said.
Muchuan returned to Beiping City and saw that the construction of his project had begun.
The first thing Muchuan built was Peking University!
This college covers a very large area, covering about one hundred acres.
The houses of this era were all made of wood. Although there were brick houses, there were very few of them. A house like Peking City with one hundred acres of land was considered by the top wealthy in the Ming Dynasty.
