Originally it was just a discussion and analysis of whether General Qing Shen's order to withdraw his troops and not pursue the victory was the best choice, but because of General Feng's words, it turned into a discussion about whether the strategic plan of southern Xinjiang was reasonable.
The radicals headed by General Feng were very dissatisfied with the Marshal's passive response during this period.
It is good that Southern Xinjiang has gunpowder, but they also have gunpowder. They must always worry about the gunpowder in Southern Xinjiang and delay sending troops. If this stalemate continues, it will be detrimental to Yan Beiji.
The people in Southern Xinjiang could supply supplies on the spot. If they ran out of food and clothing, they would rob the people of Beichen in the city of food and clothing, but they couldn't!
Not only were they unable to supply supplies on the spot, they had to send medicine and food from a long distance from Yanbei, and they even had to help the people who were persecuted in southern Xinjiang.
"This is not how wars are fought. The longer it drags on, the greater the pressure will be on us. The food in our hands is limited. Even if we are not short of food, having to continuously transport food from such a distance is a big undertaking in itself. How much is lost along the way?
, I believe you all know."
"Originally, the rear area only needed to prepare food for the army, but with the persecution of the people in Beichen by the people in Southern Xinjiang, and our rescue of the people in Beichen, the rear area not only had to raise the food we needed, but also the food that the people in Beichen needed.
, a large amount of grain and grass were transported thousands of miles away, but it was gone within half a month. Just as the previous batch was delivered, the next batch had to be delivered. This repeated, Yanbei's finances simply couldn't bear it."
"We are eating the food that the people in the rear have worked hard to raise, but what are we doing? Wandering around in the front, waiting for the so-called opportunity? But what is a good opportunity?"
"Anyone with eyes can see that Nan Jinzhao is not a kind person. Haven't you noticed it? Ever since we started to rescue the people of Beichen, Nan Jinzhao has been cruel to the people of Beichen. Not only did he take away all the food, but also
All the clothes were taken away
.In this case, should we save or not? Saving will increase the cost. We really don’t have that much ability. But if we don’t save, the people of Beichen will say that we are cold-blooded and selfish. They don’t resent the soldiers from southern Xinjiang who killed them.
Hate us."
"To fight for rice's kindness, to promote rice's hatred. We have discussed this matter before, and everyone has thought of a good way to deal with it. However, the soldiers in southern Xinjiang are robbing Beichen's people more and more fiercely. We can ignore it, but can we help more?
Take it?"
General Feng had probably been holding back for a long time. When he found an opportunity, he started talking non-stop. Each sentence he said was more important than the last, and he pointed at a group of generals, which was full of gunpowder.
His words also aroused dissatisfaction from other generals. Before he finished speaking, some generals stood up dissatisfied: "General Feng means that we should stop helping?"
"Huh." General Feng was not angry even after being interrupted. He sneered and said, "How dare I say that I shouldn't help? Even if I don't help that much, it's not that bad, right?"
"If you have something to say, let's talk it over. Why are you being so arrogant? It's true. We've all helped so much, so we're no less good." The general who intercepted General Feng's words heard the sarcasm in General Feng's words and said unhappily.
"Yes, it's exactly the same. The left is exactly the same, and the right is exactly the same. The left is exactly one day, and the right is exactly the same. So we haven't made any progress. We spent the last month in Beichen without doing anything.
There aren’t many battles.” General Feng’s words were still full of sarcasm.
"General Feng. You can't say this. It's not that we won't fight, it's that we really can't fight. You can't see it. The other side has gunpowder. If we fight, we will only die. We lost the previous battle.
How tragic it is, General Feng, you can't see it yourself. You can't ask your brothers to die, right? You can do this, but I can't." The general who was pointed and scolded by General Feng was not happy either.
, stood up and retorted.
As soon as his words came out, many people immediately echoed, "Yes, yes. General Feng, you can see how powerful the opponent's gunpowder is. Our old marshal died under the gunpowder of the southern Xinjiang people."
Moreover, it’s not that we won’t fight now, we are just waiting for reinforcements from the rear. The princess has said that she will prepare a batch of gunpowder for us, and when the batch of gunpowder arrives, we can start the war.”
"Excuses! They are all excuses! Your opponent has gunpowder, which is incredibly lethal. Don't we have it? What did Wu Er bring to look for food? What did Wu Er bring to us? The people in southern Xinjiang have gunpowder. We
Also, the reason why you are not moving is not because of the problem of gunpowder. You just
You are cowardly, afraid of death, and want to hold off... Of course, you do not rule out putting the pressure on the prince and princess." General Feng's voice became louder, "Wait until the gunpowder sent by the princess' order arrives before starting the war? You guys?
Why not just wait for the princess and the prince to come and kill all the people in southern Xinjiang before starting a war?"
"Yes! In the last battle, our old marshal and many brothers died under the gunpowder in Southern Xinjiang. The lethality of gunpowder in Southern Xinjiang is indeed amazing. Our flesh and blood bodies cannot resist the power of gunpowder at all, but
Have you forgotten?"
"In the last battle, Southern Xinjiang was surprised and we were unprepared, so we fell into Southern Xinjiang's plan. Now, we are prepared and have gunpowder on hand. People in Southern Xinjiang can easily use gunpowder.
Kill so many of our brothers?”
"The power of gunpowder is very powerful, but it is not invincible. If gunpowder were really invincible, our prince and princess would have used gunpowder to level the four countries long ago, and would not have given the people of southern Xinjiang a chance to jump."
General Feng said with a look of disdain. The more he spoke, the louder and louder he became, and the more he spoke, the stronger his momentum became. The generals sitting opposite him were so overwhelmed that they did not dare to breathe.
Seeing this, the commander sitting at the top sighed, stood up and said: "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore. During this period, we have been really slack, and the war has not made any progress. This in itself is a setback.
However, this also means that we should rush to war regardless of the situation.
, risking human lives in exchange for a tragic victory. Victory is very important, and the lives of the soldiers are also very important. After everyone goes back, think about it carefully and come up with a battle plan first. We cannot rush for success, but we cannot sit still and wait for death. Strive to be reasonable.
Victory was achieved at the expense of sacrifice.”
The commander's words can be said to be a fifty-fifty blow for each. Of course, the blow given to General Feng is slightly lighter.
After all, what General Feng said is true. They are indeed too useless during this period and they really need to speed up the pace and end the war as soon as possible.
Otherwise, it will give Southern Xinjiang a chance to breathe, and it will be even more difficult for them to destroy Southern Xinjiang... (To be continued)