Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Five The Generals Leading the Troops
Lou Fanren's plan failed to work. He Lianyu never thought that a group of ordinary people who should be afraid of death could be so brave and unafraid of death.
Shouldn't these common people be able to manipulate them at will?
The corpses on the ground that had not yet shed all their blood told him that all living beings are the ones who are fearless in the world.
Helianyu's heart became heavy.
Because if this plan doesn't work, then there is no better plan to capture Fanglutai.
The only option is to fight, no matter how many people die.
But if this small stone city cannot be taken within a month, and a hundred thousand troops are blocked here, Helianyu will still have to go for more than a month if he wants to take a detour.
At that time, Dongbo's reinforcements had already arrived, and it was hard to say whether his people could still reach Xiantang City.
So after eleven days of fierce attack, Helianyu finally prepared to take a detour.
It's a little late to take a detour now, but it's better than being stuck here all the time.
The 100,000 Loufan Tiger Roaring Army quickly packed up their equipment and supplies after receiving the military order, and then began to turn around and head west.
However, heading west is not without obstacles. Yuan Qingze's 30,000 border troops are still here.
Seeing the Loufan army rising up, Yuan Qing immediately ordered the 10,000 border troops who were restraining the Loufan people to retreat.
Eighty miles back, you will reach the fortified city and the vast sea.
Two days later, Hanhai City.
On the city wall, Yuan Qing leaned on the wall stacks and looked into the distance. The dust and smoke covered the sky and blocked the sun. It was Lou Fan's 100,000-strong army that was about to arrive.
Border Army General Hong Wuding stood beside him, but he didn't seem nervous at all.
The Jade Army is the best at defense, and the Hanhai City is tall and strong. With 30,000 people defending against 100,000 people, Hong Wuding still has some confidence.
However, he was thinking about other things.
"General Yuan."
Hong Wuding suddenly shouted.
Yuan Qing then put down his clairvoyance: "General Hong, what's wrong?"
Hong Wuding said: "When the general made the plan two days ago, he said that he would defend the vast sea and not let any of Lou Fan's soldiers go north."
Yuan Qingze said: "Yes, General Hong will naturally understand the reason."
Of course Hong Wuding understood.
If the 100,000 Loufan army is blocked here and unable to move northward, the Dongbo army will be able to form hundreds of thousands within two months at most.
In three months at most, reinforcements from Dayu will arrive. When the time comes to attack from the north and the south, the Loufan people will definitely be defeated.
However, doing this... Hongwu Ding couldn't bear it.
He was silent for a moment, sorting out his words in his mind.
"General Yuan, actually... if we retreat another hundred and twenty miles to Ding'an City, the city defense of Ding'an City is the same as here. If we can contain Lou Fan's army in Ding'an City, then...
....”
Before he finished speaking, Yuan Qingze's expression changed.
He asked: "General Hong, do you want to retreat while fighting and lead Lou Fan's army slowly to the north?"
Hong Wuding nodded: "Yes."
Yuan Qing asked: "Why?"
Hong Wuding said: "If we block the Loufan people here, we have 30,000 soldiers and the city has high walls, so defending is not a problem."
He looked at Yuan Qingze: "But if you really do this, General Yuan has thought that the Loufan people will not just attack Hanhai."
It was Yuan Qing's turn to be silent, because he had thought of it, but he didn't say it. He felt that if Hong Wuding couldn't think of it, he wouldn't have to say it.
Hong Wu decided: "It won't take ten days for Lou Fan's army to attack Hanhai. As long as Helianyu feels that this place is unbreakable, he will turn around and attack Donglin Canyon. By that time, he has already delayed Lou Fan's plan, so he will fight to the death.
In the battle, General Lin and his men only have three thousand people..."
Yuan Qingze: "I know."
These three words blocked Hong Wuding's words.
Yuan Qing then said: "If we retreat while fighting and slowly hold back the Loufan people, if we plan well, it is not impossible to fight."
"But if something goes wrong and our 30,000 infantry are overtaken by Lou Fan's cavalry in the wilderness, have you ever thought about how big the loss will be?"
Hong Wuding did not answer the call.
Yuan Qingze said: "It is one hundred and twenty miles from Hanhai City to Ding'an City, one hundred and seventy miles from Ding'an City to Yuanlai City, and one hundred and ninety miles from Yuanlai City to Sufang City."
He looked into Hong Wuding's eyes: "If we are even half a beat slower in any of these steps, we will definitely have to fight Lou Fan's cavalry in the wilderness. Wilderness, General Hong! Will three thousand people die, or three will die?"
Ten thousand people, how do you choose?"
Hong Wuding still didn't answer the call.
There is actually nothing wrong with what Yuan Qingze said.
One hundred and twenty miles, one hundred and seventy miles, and one hundred and ninety miles, these three intervals, if you are not careful at all, you will be chased and chopped down by the Loufan people.
Thirty thousand light-armored infantry fighting in such a battle would be tantamount to being massacred.
"General Hong."
Yuan Qingze said: "I understand your thoughts. I have also thought about it. As a colleague of General Lin, I have also thought about not giving him the pressure of fighting to the death. But as a leading general, I must choose the most correct option."
Style of play.”
He looked outside the city.
"After the Loufan people started their fierce attack, you sent people to gather all the horses and even donkeys in the city and make a big circle from the other direction to the Donglin Canyon. The terrain there is narrow and there is no way to arrange too many troops.
Even if you die, you will die in vain."
He paused for a moment.
He continued: "Just transfer two thousand more people, and the horses and livestock brought there will be regarded as food supplies."
Hong Wuding said: "General Yuan, you should know that all the horses we have gathered at this time, including the donkeys you mentioned, will be targeted by the Loufan people's cavalry as soon as we leave the city. Do you think there are two thousand people, riding on horseback?"
Can a donkey, carrying food supplies and weapons and equipment, outrun the Lou Fan cavalry?"
Yuan Qingze said calmly: "Do your best and obey fate."
Hong Wu was furious.
Yuan Qing then glanced at him: "General Hong, you are a veteran who has led troops for many years, and you are also the commander-in-chief of the border army. You actually understand who is right and who is wrong."
Hong Wuding was silent for a moment, then turned and left.
Yuan Qingze glanced at him again, then withdrew his gaze, raised his clairvoyance and continued to observe the movements of Lou Fan's army.
After a while, he lowered his clairvoyance again, his eyes particularly complicated.
"I am a general. When fighting, I must always aim to win, not to save people."
Hong Wuding has gone far away. Of course, he is not talking to Hong Wuding, but to himself, to persuade himself.
"There is no right or wrong on the battlefield, only victory or defeat."
He took a deep breath and raised his clairvoyance again.
Donglin Canyon.
Lin Ye and the others could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Lou Fan's army retreated, which meant they had to take a detour.
Jiao Tianbao handed Lin Ye a bottle of water: "General, has our mission been completed?"
Lin Ye shook his head: "No."
Jiao Tianbao was startled, and then asked tentatively: "General, are you saying that the Loufan people will come back?"
Lin Ye didn't speak, just nodded.
Jiao Tianbao said: "But...but, why did you come back?"
Lin Ye glanced at him, and Jiao Tianbao opened his mouth, even his expression was a little sad, because he knew the answer himself.
Lin Ye said: "I don't have time to rest for too long."
He walked up to a higher place and said loudly: "Each battalion is assigned to go down and find a way to completely block the canyon below with trees and boulders. It is best to build a city wall below within ten days."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Jiao Tianbao: "Take people to cut down trees, the more the better."
Jiao Tianbao stamped his feet, then clasped his fists: "Yes!"
He said hello and took his subordinate Wu Lingwei to cut down the trees.
Feng Xiu walked to Lin Ye.
"The general guesses that Lou Fan's army will definitely turn back within ten days?"
Lin Ye nodded.
Feng Xiu said: "What we have to do has actually been done. We used this small force to hold off 100,000 people in Lou Fan for more than ten days, which is good enough."
Lin Ye: "I know."
Feng Xiu said: "We are withdrawing now and returning to Caoshu City. Even if the emperor knows about it in the future, he cannot blame us for this. Our food and supplies are almost exhausted, and the same is true for weapons and armor..."
Lin Ye: "Are you trying to convince me, or are you trying to convince yourself?"
Feng Xiu sighed.
After a moment, he shook his head: "I can't even convince myself."
Lin Ye pointed to the bottom of the valley: "We didn't have time before. Now we have at least about ten days to try to completely block the canyon. As for food supplies, we will assign people to hunt and save as much as we can."
Feng Xiu nodded: "I'll arrange for someone to go."
The two of them stopped talking and were silent for a long time.
"Our soldiers will come."
After a long time, Feng Xiu suddenly asked.
Wu Lingwei still has about 7,000 troops in Yuan Qingze's hands. Even if Yuan Qingze doesn't let the border troops come over, he may call over Wu Lingwei's remaining troops.
Lin Ye didn't answer.
Without answering, Feng Xiu knew what it meant.
Yuan Qingze is a qualified general. He will not assign a full force of 7,000 troops here. No matter whether it can be accommodated here or not, Yuan Qingze will not do that.
He wanted to fight in Hanhai City.
If the Loufan people are unable to break through Hanhai and retreat again, with the morale of the army shattered, Yuan Qing will look for opportunities to counterattack.
Moreover, those seven thousand men had no horses, so the possibility of them bypassing Lou Fan's army on foot was slim.
If seven thousand infantrymen were overtaken by Lou Fan's cavalry in the wilderness, they might not be able to hold out for even an hour before they would be slaughtered.
Of course, these are just speculations by Lin Ye and Feng Xiu. How Yuan Qingze wants to fight, who can be sure except himself.
"We still have 1,600 people."
Feng Xiu lowered his head and said: "Three thousand five hundred brothers, and one thousand six more, have been guarding for more than ten days. If the Loufan people come back, with more than a thousand of us, we probably won't be able to guard the next ten days."
Lin Ye took a deep breath.
"If you can't hold it, retreat north."
Lin Ye glanced north.
Feng Xiu said: "Withdraw to the north and out of the canyon, they will all be Loufan people."
Lin Ye: "I know, I didn't tell you about the canyon."
He said: "In ten days, if the Loufan people come back, we will hold on for another ten days. If we block the Loufan people here for a month, their plan will fail."
Feng Xiu nodded: "Okay."
At the same time, Hanhai City.
Yuan Qing then arranged for people to arrange all the defense matters, then turned around and asked, "Have you seen General Hong?"
The soldiers all around shook their heads.
At this moment, someone hurriedly ran up the city wall.
"General Yuan and General Hong took Wu Lingwei's seven thousand troops and left the city."
Yuan Qing's expression changed.
This Hongwu settler actually left his 30,000 frontier troops here and took Wu Lingwei's 7,000 men away.
"Nonsense!"
Yuan Qingze's eyes suddenly widened.
"Send someone to chase him!"
he shouted loudly.
But the border army generals all around stood still.
Yuan Qingze asked angrily: "What's going on with you?!"
One of the generals said: "Our General Hong said, let us stay here and listen to General Yuan's orders. He went to support General Lin. General Hong also said that we are both Dayu soldiers and brothers, so he can't do anything without saving lives."
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Yuan Qingze's eyes were cold and awe-inspiring.
Another general said: "General Hong said that he will bring the seven thousand Wu Lingwei over. General Yuan will not have to worry about it, and there is no need to pursue it. Hanhai City and the border troops will be left to you, General Yuan."
After a long time, the coldness in Yuan Qingze's eyes gradually dissipated.
He sighed heavily.
"knew."
After saying three words, he turned and walked away.