When mentioning the tragic death of Master Feng Qi, the tragic death of the Yanbei army and the Yanbei people, all the generals in the army fell silent.
It had only been a few days since the good days, and they actually forgot about these tragic events. They really shouldn't have.
Each general fell into self-blame and guilt. After a long time, everyone calmed down and had the energy to analyze whether the decision of the young generals in this battle was the best and appropriate one.
Someone pointed out that General Qing Shen did not take advantage of the victory and missed a good opportunity to destroy southern Xinjiang. The generals of Yanbei started a discussion on this matter.
Things in this world are never one-sided. Everyone has their own opinions on whether the decision Qing Shen made at that time was right or wrong.
Considering the current situation in southern Xinjiang, it would not be a big problem if Qing Shen ordered the continued pursuit.
The morale of Southern Xinjiang was greatly reduced, and most of the generals were killed. If they wanted to pursue the victory, they would definitely be able to cut off another arm of Southern Xinjiang, but...
Is it worth it?
"We who fight all know that poor people should not be attacked by enemies. To us, the people from southern Xinjiang are just a group of poor people. If we catch up and fight, we will naturally beat them to death, but our losses will also be huge."
"We are not familiar with the place in Beichen. Although we have figured out the hiding place in Southern Xinjiang, we don't know if there will be a trap waiting for us. If we catch up, we will kill a thousand enemies and suffer our own loss.
Eight hundred, is that interesting? The people of Southern Xinjiang do not regard their lives as fate, nor the lives of their soldiers. In order to save food, they can drive Southern Xinjiang out to the battlefield like pigs and dogs and let us slaughter them. Can we do this?"
"We can't! We are human beings and have humanity. We will not treat the people in southern Xinjiang as pigs and dogs, let alone our own people. We soldiers in Yanbei can die in battle, but we cannot die in vain."
"I don't think General Qing Shen is wrong. This is a good opportunity, but this opportunity requires the lives of countless Yanbei soldiers. I don't want our Yanbei soldiers to make unnecessary sacrifices just to gain momentum.
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This is a general who approves of General Qingshen’s decision and has a positive evaluation of General Qingshen, but there are also those who hold opposite opinions...
"I can understand the reason why General Qing Shen ordered not to pursue, and I don't think he was wrong. There is no problem in making this decision on the battlefield. In fact, whether General Qing Shen made the decision to withdraw troops at that time, or
The decision to continue the pursuit is not wrong in my opinion.
They are all correct. On the battlefield, different orders have different responses and will bring different consequences. The consequence of Qing Shen's order is to give the people of Southern Xinjiang some breathing time, allowing them to
Rest and recuperate so that they have the capital to fight us again."
"Whether General Qing Shen's order is wrong or not, I won't make any comments. On the battlefield, as long as it doesn't cause the brothers to die innocently, then the order is right. What I want to say now is, have you ever thought about it?
How long have you been fighting Southern Xinjiang? What results have you achieved?"
After the general finished speaking, he didn't want anyone else to answer, so he replied: "We have been on an expedition to Beichen and fought with Southern Xinjiang for ten months. So far, we have only captured ten cities! Do you think that we can win in one month?
The next city will be soon? Humph! These ten
Yue, you are all at war. You should understand better than anyone else that these ten cities cannot even be said to have been conquered by us. It was the people from Southern Xinjiang who saw that there was no profit in the cities and killed the old, weak, sick and disabled in them.
Leave it to us and let us clean up the mess."
"The people from Southern Xinjiang captured the city of Beichen and stole its grain, grass, gold and silver. They supported their war with war. Even if they suffered heavy losses in a short period of time, they fought this battle very easily. What about us?
We are on the Beichen expedition, and our front is extremely long, so the task of logistical supply is extremely heavy. In the past ten months, do you think how much food and grass we have wasted?"
"Yes! The prince and princess did not say that we did not do a good job. They have been raising food, grass and supplies for us in the rear and fully supporting us in the battle. But, can you feel at ease and just waste the hard-earned supplies from the rear?"
"We in Yanbei are in dire straits, and there are so many people in the rear who don't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes. The prince and the princess mobilized the whole country to help us in our expedition, but... how did you repay the prince and the princess?"
"When you go to the battlefield and fight head-on, you are afraid of death! The opponent is defeated miserably. If you pursue the victory, you are afraid of heavy casualties. When it comes to fighting, you think about how to avoid death. If you are so afraid of death, why are you going to the battlefield? There is no one who will not die on the battlefield.
?You are afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the rear. What kind of soldiers are you?"
"Oh, I won't say that I am afraid of death when I go to the battlefield. The training has been intensified, and everyone is afraid of death and disability. You have so little courage, why are you still fighting? In my opinion, let's just withdraw our troops. Left and right...
It’s not our place in Yanbei, so what if we conquer it? What if we don’t conquer it?”
The general who spoke was named Feng, and he was from a branch of the Feng family. After Feng Qi's death, he joined the army and joined the Yanbei Army.
He joined later, but he was brave enough to kill on the battlefield and was brave and resourceful. It didn't take long for him to be promoted and his position became higher and higher.
Of course, there are reasons why he can climb so fast, but also because of the love Feng Qi left behind.
Feng Qi died for Yan Bei and to protect the young master of Yan Bei. Feng Qi died, but the Feng family is still there.
The fragrant love left by Feng Qi will naturally be inherited by the Feng family.
Therefore, after General Feng joined the Yanbei Army, he received preferential treatment from all parties, and he himself was also capable and was no worse than anyone else.
General Feng was also one of the generals who supported increasing training. Although the people under him did not double the amount of training like those who were singled out, there were still more people than usual.
He firmly believes that the more you sweat in peacetime, the less you will bleed in wartime.
Because, that's what he does!
Apart from sleeping and handling official duties, he is either fighting or training. Even now, in a high position, he still does not stop training.
With him leading by example, the soldiers under him naturally dare not slack off, and every one of them is a good player.
And he was also one of the main generals who advocated taking advantage of victory to pursue victory.
However, unlike other generals who advocated seizing the opportunity to pursue victory, he did not think that General Qing Shen's orders or decisions were wrong.
He just thinks that the other party is too conservative, even...
In his eyes, the entire Yanbei Army was too conservative from top to bottom.
On the battlefield, the first priority is not to save one's life, but to win the battle. Only after winning the battle can one be qualified to talk about saving one's life.
However, the top priority of Yanbei's army was to save their lives.
Every time I want to exchange the smallest sacrifice for the greatest victory.
But, how is this possible?
Their opponent is not a fool, their opponent is Nan Jinzhao, the King of Southern Xinjiang who almost unified the four countries.
To win without wanting to sacrifice or shed blood is simply a dream... (To be continued)