Chapter 228: Yisu Road Ce breaks through the encirclement
The Chinese military tent suddenly became noisy.
Xiao Cong's command of the army lacked majesty. His names were not correct, his words were not correct, and his subordinates were not strict. The tails of the generals in the camp were almost raised to the sky. When the military meeting was held, it was a mess.
"We should have a battle with Thule, and we won't necessarily lose."
"Trash, surrounded on all sides, how can we fight? Previously we were afraid of fighting, but now we are pretending to be a big-tailed wolf."
"Breakout, the most important thing now is to break out. Where to break out is the most correct."
"Listen to the Marquis. If the Marquis fights Tule and is invincible, it is better to listen to the Marquis."
A group of generals and captains were arguing in a chaotic manner.
He Geng had a dark face and patted the table: "Shut up, everyone. This is not a vegetable market, or under the big locust tree at the end of the village. You can just chew your tongue."
Xiao Cong looked at Su Lu: "Su Hou, what do you think we should do now?"
Su Lu's face didn't look good either. He had been fighting hard in the middle of the night. Now his body was exhausted and he was feeling dizzy. He asked me what should I do?
While the generals were discussing just now, Su Lu had already looked at the arrows above the Thule army formation map outside the camp for a while, and roughly understood the movements of the Thule army.
"I think we should break through. The number of Thule's army is several times that of our army. If there is a war, our army will definitely not be the opponent of Thule.
Yesterday I fought with Thule and defeated Thule's three thousand-man troops with one guard camp. More than half of our army was lost, leaving less than 600 of our 1,200 soldiers."
Su Lu recounted the battle last night, his voice a little heavy. The originally lively and energetic man in the robe and the civilian man squatting beside him, eating steamed buns, disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The Chinese army tent instantly became quiet. Everyone understood that with Su Lu's strength, one against three, the whole battalion was almost killed in the battle, and everyone here was afraid that it would be even worse.
Li Qing asked: "If we retreat, should our army go south, west, or east?"
He Geng said: "Whether retreat is the most appropriate strategy, I think we should be cautious."
Li Qing slapped the table: "But what does General He think?"
"Since I arrived at the camp, I can see General He obstructing the military discussions every day, denying the generals' strategies, and denying the military discussions of the camp. General He, what about your military discussions? What should we do now?
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He Geng's face turned red: "One moment is another, and as time changes, things change. It was a good time for a decisive battle before, so I naturally thought we should attack. Now that the time has changed, it is natural to choose another strategy."
There was a lot of noise in the Chinese army tent, and it was quickly past noon.
Xiao Cong patted the table: "Eat, we'll discuss it after dinner."
Su Luxiang followed Zhang Gu out of the camp and asked casually: "Is the camp always like this?"
Zhang Gu smiled: "General He is eager to regain Hanshui City. Now that he has seen hope, he naturally wants to defeat Thule's army and attack Hanshui City."
Su Ge came out from behind, called Su Lu and said: "Master Marquis, princess, please come in."
Zhang Gu smiled at Su Lu, patted Su Lu on the shoulder, and walked away minding his own business.
Su Lu followed Su Ge into the military tent and saw He Geng with his head lowered, Xiao Cong with an unkind expression, and Li Qing with a confused expression.
Li Qing saw Su Lu coming in and said, "Su Lu, we have achieved our goal. It is up to you to dispatch the troops for this battle. You can give it a try."
Su Lu sat down on the chair on the right, his expression even uglier. He fought like this and left a mess for me to clean up. It’s really your fault.
"How many soldiers are there in the camp now?"
Su Lu asked and said, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in a hundred battles.
Xiao Cong looked at He Geng, his face a bit ugly. After days of fighting, only 30,000 of the 50,000 soldiers he brought out were left, and most of them were wounded.
He Geng said in a muffled voice: "If we count the 30,000 troops on the right and 10,000 on the left, our army now has a total of 70,000 troops, while Thule on the opposite side only has 60,000 troops. It is not without the strength to fight."
Su Lu almost jumped up and slapped He Geng. You calculated the score well. Seventy thousand to sixty thousand, our army might still win.
The actual situation is that we have 30,000 troops against the opponent's 60,000 troops. The remaining 40,000 troops are hundreds of miles away. The opponent's troops are twice as many as ours. There is no way to fight this battle.
"Now there is only one way to break out of the encirclement. Why didn't you withdraw your troops a few days ago? Why did you delay the troops here for so many days and implicate the prison princess? Which of you can bear this responsibility?"
Xiao Cong silently glanced at He Geng and thought to himself, you old boy, do you really think that others don't know what you think? Princess Laojun's case was already strange this time. I didn't expect that you, He Geng, were also involved.
He Geng narrowed his eyes and looked at Su Lu coldly: "Su Hou, please pay attention to your words. Not to withdraw the troops is the decision of the camp. It is not my decision alone. To say the least, it is not my decision to move the camp.
That’s the final word.”
Su Lu looked at Xiao Cong.
Xiao Cong smiled bitterly: "I originally disagreed with this battle, but General He was eager to make contributions, and the generals in the camp repeatedly made military exploits during the battle with Thule's army. Until now, this camp can still be my Xiao Cong's.
Does Cong have the final say?"
Li Qing slammed the table: "What's the use of continuing to argue like this? Su Lu, tell me, what is our next military strategy?"
Su Lu glanced at He Geng with a meaningful look, "Li Qing came to help the army, but the Chinese army was dragged here and could not retreat. There was a lot of trouble in this."
"Withdraw our troops. We can only withdraw our troops now."
"General Xie of Tianlan City, Zhang Lu of the left army must be on the way here, but Tule will definitely not give our army a chance. During this period, they will definitely attack our army stronghold. Under the attack of 60,000 people, our army will not
We will definitely be able to hold on until the left and right armies arrive."
"As for retreating in that direction, I would like to hear the opinions of the two generals."
Su Lu looked at Xiao Conghe Geng with a smile.
There must be something wrong with He Geng. He is a relative of Concubine Zhang of the current dynasty. Concubine Zhang has a daughter who is Li Qing's sister Li He. If the eldest princess of the current dynasty is calculated carefully, Li He is the legitimate one.
heir.
This is because Zhang Guifei and her family saw that Li Qing had supervised the country and settled the grievances of the ministers, and wanted to seize the fruits of victory.
He Geng is unreliable, and Xiao Cong may not be reliable either.
He Geng was the first to speak: "The southward direction is our army's return route. There are experts in the Thule army, so they must have laid heavy troops on the southward return route."
Su Lu nodded. This old boy's analysis was good, but his next words almost made Su Lu jump up and scold him.
"I think we should go north. There is Diaoyin on the north side. It must be a weak defense place for Thule soldiers. If our army goes north, it will definitely catch Thule by surprise. There is an 80% chance of breaking out of Thule's encirclement."
Su Lu thought to himself, if I didn't have the battlefield situation analysis of the cards, I might really believe your conclusion.
Unfortunately, the direction of the ambush in Thule is opposite to what you said. Although there are troops in the south direction, there are not many. Instead, there are a heavy ambush in the north direction. According to your strategy, that is to bang your head against the steel plate.
Su Lu said straightforwardly: "I object. Thule has just gathered troops. I came from the south and am familiar with the terrain. Thule cannot deploy tens of thousands of troops in a short time. Now the south direction should be the easiest to break through."
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Xiao Cong suddenly smiled bitterly: "I think we will follow Su Hou's plan and go south, and break out of the encirclement before Thule's army spreads out."
Li Qing glanced at He Geng: "I also agree with Su Hou's opinion. You two, go down and prepare. Prepare to break out at midnight tonight."