"Major General Yuchi's words are wrong. If we continue to attack now, the soldiers will be exhausted and their morale will be low. Why should we attack?" Li Xun said unceremoniously, with a hint of sarcasm in his words, "Not to mention our
There is not enough food and grass."
This is obviously an irony that Yuchi's troops did not take good care of the grain route in Micang Mountain, and in the end they could only borrow grain from Wei Xiaokuan.
Yuchishun immediately clenched his fists: "You!"
Li Xun smiled and did not answer, but looked at Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchi Jiong respectfully.
Ever since they entered the camp, Li Xun and Yu Chishun started to argue, and Cao Xiaoda and He Lou Ziqian also intervened to help. Everyone knew that this was not a quarrel between these two people at all.
, but Yuchi Jiong and Wei Xiaokuan were testing each other.
Li Xun clearly had the upper hand now, but what Yu Chishun said was not unreasonable, so much so that He Lou Ziqian, who had always been the main combatant, couldn't find the words to help refute.
"Brother Yuchi, the young general is young and knowledgeable. He will also be a handsome man in the future." Wei Xiaokuan said with a smile.
Yu Chishun is already in his thirties, and of course he can only be considered young in the eyes of a veteran like Wei Xiaokuan, but at this time, these words sounded a bit mocking to his ears. Yu Chijiong also said with the same smile:
"General Li will be successful in the future if he is trained by Brother Wei."
Wei Xiaokuan shook his head in regret, and stopped arguing with Yuchi Jiong on these matters, and said directly: "Without further ado, in my opinion, the best way now is to retreat to Panlong County and follow Cangxi Valley to
Jiange's frontline defenses are deployed."
"This would be equivalent to giving up most of Shu County, let alone Ba County." Yuchijiong said simply, "Although it is the best policy, can Brother Wei afford this responsibility?"
This sentence can be said to be very sharp. Although Wei Xiaokuan has always been well-educated, his face could not help but change slightly at this time. This is actually what he and Yu Chijiong want to discuss today. After all, the matter of retreat, alone
Neither of them is qualified to shoulder this responsibility.
Once you decide to retreat, it will be equivalent to handing over Shu County to Li Xinchen, and even Langzhong will not be able to defend it. If the war situation does not improve after that, the Bashu War will really end with the defeat of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Yuchijiong had no intention of continuing to test each other with Wei Xiaokuan. He directly told Wei Xiaokuan that it was okay to retreat in this battle, but this responsibility must not be borne by one person. Although there are various conflicts between the two armies, they are a whole after all.
Let's go together.
Wei Xiaokuan turned around directly: "Retreating is nothing more than two points. First, where should we retreat to? Second, how can we prevent Li Xingchen from pursuing and ambushing in front?"
Although he did not directly answer Yuchi Jiong's question, Wei Xiaokuan was undoubtedly telling Yuchi Jiong what he thought. There is no need to continue this battle in Tiangongyuan Mountain. What should be discussed now is not the question of whether to withdraw, but whether to withdraw.
The question is where to retreat.
After all, Panlong County behind them is dilapidated and easy to attack and difficult to defend, so it is definitely not a good choice, and whether it is Jiange or Hanzhong, it means that it is difficult to retreat in one step.
In particular, Wei Xiaokuan had not forgotten that Li Xingchen still had a group of soldiers and horses behind them in Cangxi Valley and Micang Mountain, so Wei Xiaokuan could not guarantee that this group of soldiers and horses would not cause him any obstacles during the retreat.
After all, they were able to cut off the grain road in Micang Mountain, which showed that they still had a certain fighting capacity and could easily pose a threat to the troops on the march.
Yuchijiong stretched out his hand and tapped on the map: "Whether it is Micang Mountain or Cangxi Valley, it is not that simple to get out of Langzhong. Li Xingchen will never let us leave easily."
If it were the other generals who faced the enemy's retreat, they would probably breathe a long sigh of relief in their hearts, but Yuchi Jiong and Wei Xiaokuan knew very well that Li Xingchen would never be like this. Thinking about this guy's acting style, they must
Think in the opposite direction of what most people think.
The problem facing Yuchi Jiong and Wei Xiaokuan at this time was naturally how to leave Langzhong smoothly. Langzhong was surrounded by mountains, but Panlong County in the middle was not a good place to defend.
To the south of Langzhong is Tiangongyuan Mountain, to the north is Micang Mountain, and to the west is Cangxi. The only way to go east to Bazhong is the wider road, but the situation in Bazhong is not much better than Langzhong. The same three sides
It is surrounded by mountains, so the two places are connected like a gourd.
Now Yu Chijun and Wei Xiaokuan are already in the gourd. If they want to escape, it is naturally impossible to go to another cavity of the gourd. In this case, I am afraid that the last leg of the army will really be handed over here, so they can only go from Micang Mountain or
Cangxi Valley Retreat.
Micang Mountain is rugged and difficult to navigate, and retreating will inevitably abandon most of the baggage and food, so in other words, Cangxi Valley is the only option.
If Yu Chijiong and Wei Xiaokuan could predict this, then Li Xingchen must also be able to realize that once his Ba soldiers and horses were ambushed in Cangxi Valley, it would really be enough for Wei Xiaokuan and others to drink.
"Soldiers are deceitful," Wei Xiaokuan squinted his eyes, "Li Xingchen always used his troops to use strange tricks, but once this deceit is seen through, it will naturally become meaningless. This is what I think most needs to be with Yuchi.
Brother, we discussed it. If we retreat, we can go to Cangxi Valley in an upright manner. As long as we send out scouts and make a big fanfare, Li Xinchen will definitely reveal his flaws even if he wants to ambush us. Brother Yuchi and Li Xinchen have had many fights before...
···You must be very familiar with Li Xingchen’s tactics, right?”
Wei Xiaokuan's words were already very implicit, but in the eyes of Yuchishun and the others, this was clearly a mockery of Yuchijun who had suffered many losses at the hands of Li Xingchen before. At this moment, Yuchishun and Cao Xiaoda reached out and grasped the hilts of their swords at the same time.
Xun and He Lou Ziqian had already stared at the two people opposite them, and at this time they also took a step forward and glared angrily.
Regardless of whose camp this is, these two guys really don't hold back at all. What's more, what their coach said is the truth!
Yuchi Jiong turned his head slightly and glared at Yuchi Shun and the other two, and his voice was slightly cold: "Li Xingchen focused on surprise when he took action, occupying high places, blocking important roads, and making a series of smooth movements to achieve the greatest effect with the least number of soldiers and horses, so
I believe that our first priority is to send troops to guard the heights of the mountain peaks, and we need to send troops to guard the two ends of the valley first, so that we can nip it in the bud."
Wei Xiaokuan thought for a moment and nodded: "Brother Yuchi hit the nail on the head. Without further ado, I immediately sent an order for the forwards to go ahead. In addition, I think we can order a retreat at Mianzhu Pass."
Yu Chishun, Li Xun and others subconsciously looked at each other without saying a word.
They knew that when this order was issued, it would mean that they officially recognized that they had really lost this battle.