"There's still no movement from Yu Wenxian's side?" Li Xingchen asked in a deep voice.
According to Taiwei Mansion's plan, the first phase of the battle has ended. The Han army is building a pontoon bridge on the river, and the follow-up troops will quickly pass through Baigou.
However, no one was happy. According to the casualty statistics on the front line, although the Han army caused at least six to seven thousand casualties to the Northern Zhou army, they also paid a heavy price. The number of casualties was more than three thousand, and most of them were soldiers of the First Zhou Dynasty.
A group of troops came ashore, and most of them were seriously injured. The reply from the medical team was that they would save them at all costs.
For the Han army, which had firearms and naval forces, this could only be regarded as a tragic victory.
However, by landing on the beach and attacking more with less, a miserable victory was expected.
Now is not the time to rejoice or celebrate for this tragic victory. The decisive battle between the two sides around Baigou has actually just completed the first step. After Baigou, there is an equally strong Northern Zhou camp.
There are even criss-crossing trenches outside.
The Han generals were obviously not fully aware of the possible threats posed by these trenches, but as a traveler, Li Xingchen knew very well that it was the combination of trenches and barbed wire that created the meat grinder of World War I.
In the Battle of Tiangongyuan, where Li Xingchen truly became famous, he actually used the mountains to dig trenches and build blocking positions on both sides, forcing the Zhou people to attack again and again but in vain.
However, Li Xingchen did not lose confidence because of this.
Although he didn't know how deep Yu Wenxian's understanding of trenches was, and whether they could really play their role, especially in resisting artillery bombardment, at least there was no barbed wire outside the trenches in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
This should be what Li Xinchen was most fortunate about. Although the war was moving forward rapidly, at least the enemy's understanding of the war had not reached a level beyond Li Xinchen's expectations.
In addition, the simplest thing is that even if the Han army's artillery and even muskets are unable to play much role, the Han army still has a sufficient number of infantry. In this case, the armored cavalry will most likely be defeated.
Putting aside their usefulness, the Han army, composed of heavy armor, Modao troops and numerous infantry, could still launch an attack on the enemy.
The Han Dynasty did not only have firearms. Even if there were no firearms at the beginning, wouldn't the Han army still be invincible across the north and south?
Now that the overall situation of the world has developed to the point where no one can contain the big man anymore, and Yu Wenxian is now being attacked from both sides, does he think that he can stop the big man with just a few criss-crossing trenches?
Therefore, what Li Xingchen is more interested in now is actually what kind of reaction Yu Wenxian will make next.
Since the end of the day's battle, the Northern Zhou army has been huddled in the camp and has not made any moves. Of course, part of the reason may be that the Zhou people need to rectify the defeated troops, but Li Xingchen does not believe that Yu Wenxian will accept his fate like this.
Even a tall city wall could not stop the Han army's attack. Yu Wenxian could not really pin his hopes on the camp. Even a fragile camp with peripheral trenches was not as good as a tall city wall in the eyes of the Han army.
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"Yu Wenxian can either continue to organize the attack on the barrier, or he can only leave some troops to stand still and retreat north with the main force to consolidate the defense of Yecheng." Zhang Xutuo stood in front of the sand table and said, "Tomorrow morning
, after our army's follow-up soldiers and horses cross the Baigou one after another, they will launch an attack on the Zhou camp, and the only time left for Yu Wenxian is tonight."
"Is the Taiwei Mansion so sure that Yu Wenxian will not choose to stay where he is?" Chen Zhishen couldn't help but ask. In fact, he was not the only one who had such doubts. Many generals around him cast their eyes over.
"Chicken ribs are tasteless and it is a pity to throw them away!" Zhang Xutuo said directly, "Wei Wu once said this with emotion in the past. Isn't Yu Wenxian eating these chicken ribs today? If he continues to attack us, what are his chances of winning?
The amount of losses was already evident in the battle during the day, so if he doesn't leave now, when will he plan to wait?"
"Then we need to take advantage of the victory and pursue it!" Chen Zhishen immediately waved his fist.
In fact, he and many generals have the same idea. It doesn't matter whether Yu Wenxian runs or not. You have to keep enough heads. Now that you have patted your ass and left, where can we get the heads as a gift?
Merit?
Since Yu Wenxian may run away now, we must hurry up and chase him!
"You can't rush this matter." Zhang Xutuo said hurriedly, and at the same time looked at Xiao Shilian with pleading eyes. It was obvious that he had already been angry with Xiao Shilian before.
Of course, Xiao Shilian could not "see death without rescuing", and coughed lightly: "Whether Yu Wenxian will leave or not is a matter of doubt. Now our army has just crossed Baigou and is still cleaning the battlefield and transporting wounded soldiers. In addition, the weather is dark
It's dark, and we can't act rashly until we know the specific situation of the enemy. Maybe Yu Wenxian is planning to wait for us to come to our door at this time."
Only when Xiao Shilian spoke up did the noisy generals quiet down.
As one of the best commanders in the Northern Zhou army, Yu Wenxian's commanding and combat capabilities were definitely not comparable to those of ordinary opponents he had encountered before. Even as the only military marshal in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his command and combat capabilities should be better than those of Yuchi.
Above Jiong, Wang Gui and others, in other words, this is the opponent that deserves the most attention. However, as an emperor, this opponent generally cannot be on the front line and devote all his energy to the command and deployment of the battle.
But at this critical juncture, Yu Wenxian would definitely not be able to focus on other things. The command of the Northern Zhou army during the day today was most likely arranged by Yu Wenxian himself.
If Li Xingchen, who was stationed on the south bank at that time, had not made a prompt decision and ordered some of the naval warships that were originally intended to come to the south bank to pick up people to turn back empty for reinforcements and use shelling to block the enemy's follow-up troops and put pressure on the Han army's defense line, I am afraid that the Han army's reinforcements would have arrived before the reinforcements arrived.
Before arriving, the Northern Zhou army had already torn through the defense line. Even so, the Han army's reinforcements actually arrived at the critical moment. If it were any later, the thousands of people in the vanguard might have been wiped out.
Therefore, no one dares to underestimate Yu Wenxian.
As General Hussar said, it's never a bad thing to be cautious.
"It doesn't matter if Yu Wenxian withdraws his troops tonight, just let him go." Li Xingchen, who had been silent until now, also spoke at this time, "Although the world is big, where can he go? The worst we can do is fight with him in Yecheng.
The decisive battle is enough. Our army suffered a lot of damage in today's battle. It's good to take a rest and move forward steadily."
Since His Majesty has already spoken, it is equivalent to drawing a conclusion to this discussion, and naturally no one will say anything more.
Now is the final moment of the Northern Expedition. Your Majesty, the Taiwei Mansion and the Hussars General are obviously seeking stability.