"We've all been called here just after half a day's rest. What are we going to do?" A strong man wearing a fifth-grade military general's uniform held a fan in his hand and said as he fanned it.
At this time, in a very large tent, more than 30 people wearing military general uniforms were sitting together. They were all summoned by soldiers sent by the two commanders Cao Xing and Song Xuan a quarter of an hour ago. They yesterday
After fighting with the Westerners for a whole day, the battle was not ended until late in the evening. He led his troops back to the camp and slept all night and half of the morning. At this time, he was awakened by people sent by Cao Xing and Song Xuan.
"There must be another battle." Another person said: "There are hundreds of thousands of Xilu cavalry who have escaped. We cannot just let them go. We must send troops to chase them. I guess they feel that the cavalry sent out now
We can’t eliminate them, so we’ll send our two guards out again.”
"I think it's almost the same!" Liu Yi also said: "When it comes to fighting, in the entire Ming Dynasty, no, in the entire world, is there any cavalry that is stronger than the left and right guards of our army? Besides, we are the top direct guards under His Majesty.
There are two of them, and the horses are the best in the entire Ming Dynasty, so they are suitable for chasing the fleeing Xilu."
"Yes, almost!" "They should be chasing Xilu," everyone said one after another.
Just as he was talking, the guard at the door shouted: "The commander is here!"
When everyone heard this, they all stood up and looked at the door. Soon, Cao Xing and Song Xuan walked in, walked to the front of the chair and looked at everyone with their backs to themselves.
"I've seen Commander Cao and Commander Song." Everyone said one after another.
Cao Xing glanced at them, his eyes showing deep sadness, and said in a very gentle voice: "Everyone, please sit down."
Liu Yi secretly glanced at Cao Xing in surprise. Cao Xing actually had a bad temper. He usually got along with everyone casually in private, but he was always impatient when he had something to tell him. He would never use this kind of tone to talk to him.
They talk.
Cao Xing didn't notice Liu Yi's eyes. After everyone sat down, he glanced around again and said, "Commander Song and I called you here in a hurry because we have something to tell you."
"After defeating the Xilu yesterday, more than 100,000 Xilu cavalry still escaped. Your Majesty and General Xu naturally would not let them leave here so easily, so they sent nearly 100,000 troops to pursue them."
"But the enemy troops are all cavalry. Even if our army is chasing cavalry, it will be difficult to annihilate them all. Therefore, Your Majesty decided to send the cavalry of our army's left and right guards to go out and annihilate all the Western captives!"
"Commander Cao, even if we add 20,000 troops to our two guards, we can't annihilate all the Western captives, right?" Liu Yi said. What he said was also the voice of everyone: Even if they can fight one against ten, the Western captives can't be wiped out.
If they can't be defeated, won't they still run away? What's more, Xilu is already running away.
"This is true under normal circumstances, but General Song, my father, came up with a way that was enough to annihilate the Xilu."
At this time, Song Xuan said: "You have all seen Yili's map before. In the northwest of the Turpan Basin, between the East and West Tianshan Mountains, there is a gorge that is hundreds of miles long. Its northwest exit is the city of Urumqi."
"As long as we send troops to enter the gorge before the Westerners enter, seize the city of Urumqi, set up a formation to block the escaping Westerners, and hold them back for a few hours until the pursuers led by General Zhang arrive, we can completely annihilate them.
Xilu."
"Sir, you won't let us two guards do such an errand, will you?" someone asked. They knew immediately when they heard it, this is a fatal errand!
"His Majesty personally issued an imperial decree, ordering the mounted infantry of the left and right guards of the government army to rush to the gorge road at full speed, enter the gorge road before the Xilu, seize the city of Urumqi, and stop them!" Song Xuan said word for word.
"This, this, can't happen!" Someone immediately stood up and shouted: "Commander Cao, this is a fatal job!"
"To block the retreat of more than 100,000 Xilu, the Xilu will definitely launch a crazy attack in order to survive. The city of Urumqi did not completely block the gorge, and I heard that it had not been built when it was captured by the Xilu. They could arrange it in a hurry
What kind of formation? Even if we block the Xilu in the end, how many of us can survive!"
"Yes, Commander Cao, this is an errand that will cost our entire army! Our two guards are the direct guards under His Majesty's personal supervision. How could we be willing to send them out to do such a thing!" "This is really an order given by His Majesty himself!
The imperial edict? It can’t be General Xu or someone else who is pretending to pass on the imperial edict, right?” Everyone said excitedly.
They couldn't help but be excited. Stopping the Xilu who were eager to escape would definitely be a life-or-death mission, and they might even be killed by the Xilu.
"The imperial edict issued by His Majesty in front of me can never be faked by anyone." Song Xuan said. If in normal times, someone would have dared to say such things, he would have become angry, but at this time he still said softly and gently.
With.
"But how is this possible?" Everyone still couldn't understand.
"No matter what the reason is, His Majesty has issued an imperial edict, and our army's left and right guards can only carry it out." Song Xuan said again.
"This is an imperial edict that will cost us all our lives, we..." Liu Yi was halfway through speaking when he suddenly got stuck.
What was he going to say next? He refused to carry out the order and even incited the soldiers to mutiny? This was impossible in Kaminai. All the generals on the scene were silent for a while, not knowing what to say.
"Go and call all the soldiers who are going to Urumqi to stop the Xilu, and call them to the school ground where our two guards train the entire army on weekdays. I have something to say to them." Song Xuan said.
More than a dozen families bowed and bowed before walking out of the tent. Song Xuan ordered everyone else to go out as well, and then said to Cao Xing: "Cao Xing, don't show up at the school grounds in a while."
"But, that's all. I won't show up at the school grounds in a while." Cao Xing said. But after saying this, he suddenly started crying. This may be his last chance to see these soldiers, but he
Can't show up, can't see them for the last time.
Song Xuan didn't know what to say, so she could only pat him on the back. Cao Xing opened his arms and hugged him and cried. Song Xuan didn't push him away, just watched him cry.
After a while, someone came to report: "Commander Song, Commander Cao, the soldiers who went on the expedition have been assembled and are waiting for Commander Song."
"Come here." After Song Xuan said this, he gently pushed Cao Xing away and said, "I'm going to talk to the soldiers."
Cao Xing slowly stopped crying and said to him: "You must come back alive. I'm still waiting to drink a celebratory drink with you!"
"Definitely!" Song Xuan smiled, turned around and walked out of the tent.