As the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Wan Mingliang looked at the silence of the old brothers around him, stood up, walked to sit across from Yunyang, and sat down.
"Commander, what should we do next?
General Tu and others came with their troops. Although they gave us an additional 100,000 troops, we have no intention of fighting, and adding another 100,000 troops will have no effect.
To put it bluntly, it is now easier to attack and defend.
The enemy's intention is very obvious. Instead of fighting to kill the enemy, it just wants to delay our retreat.
Even if General Tu and his 100,000 troops join in, they still won't have much effect on our withdrawal.
Maybe it will speed up a little, but it is almost impossible to rush back to the northern Xinjiang before the king raises his troops.
After all, we are mainly infantry, and the six guards of the New Army are all cavalry, so we already have a big advantage in speed.
Now they are probably out of Yinshan, but we have only evacuated about a hundred miles.
It’s hard to say whether the 50,000 elite soldiers in the six cities of Northern Xinjiang can stop the six guards of the New Army from returning in time. Even if they catch up, how many days they can stop them is another question.
At that time, the Six Guards of the New Army will only need to dedicate 30,000 cavalry, enough to cover 50,000 elite soldiers, putting them in a dilemma.
At that time, the prince still had more than 200,000 elite soldiers under his command.
The commander-in-chief felt that what effect could such a brave 200,000 elite soldiers have on just relying on a few thousand soldiers from various prefectures? "
Yunyang sighed heavily: "What do you mean?"
"The general feels that we can only continue to carry out the commander-in-chief's suggestion just now and screen out a broken army to delay the enemy's attack.
Their current number of cavalry is about the same as mine. It is not a problem for our cavalry to stop their cavalry.
The enemy's infantry has not shown up so far. By the time they realize something is wrong, it will be too late to stop us.
They are all foot soldiers, rushing on two legs, who can be more powerful?
Including the soldiers and horses from Shuofang, we currently have less than 600,000 troops. As long as we can have 200,000 soldiers and horses to rush back in time, although we are not a match for the 200,000 soldiers of the Six Guards of the New Army, we can at least delay This solved the problem of time to raise troops alongside the king.
Other than that, the general felt that he really couldn't come up with a better solution. "
After Wan Mingliang finished speaking, Zhang Kuang suddenly stood up.
"Commander, after listening to what the deputy commander said, the general has an idea, but he is just a little passive."
Yunyang and others immediately looked at Zhang Kuang: "Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Let's talk about it first!"
"Commander, this is what the general thinks. Now that we include the cavalry from Shuofang and Jin Guochongcheng, our number of cavalry is still about 250,000.
Leave 50,000 cavalry to cooperate with all our infantry to attack and defend, blocking the enemy forces of Jin and Tu.
The remaining 200,000 infantrymen rushed to Yingzhou with all their strength to prevent King Bingjian from raising his troops.
After all, the speed of the cavalry is not comparable to that of our infantry. Let the cavalry return to the city first, while our infantry stays to stop the enemy.
The cavalry mainly retreats. Even if the enemy cavalry wants to pursue, there is almost no big difference in speed.
Other than that, it would be just a dream to think of all the soldiers and horses rushing back.
No matter what, it can be blocked for a while.
However, we only have 50,000 cavalry left in each department. We are afraid that we will be passive everywhere under the attack of the enemy forces from the two countries. "
After finishing his arrogant words, Yunyang and others fell silent, thinking about the pros and cons.
As Zhang Kuang said, acting like this is too passive.
If the cavalry is left to block the enemy, you can retreat in time if the situation goes bad. Even if you cannot retreat with all your strength, you can at least reduce the losses of your own soldiers.
If the infantry blocks the enemy, there is almost no way to escape from the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's cavalry except to defeat them.
In terms of speed, there is an insurmountable gap between the two legs and the four legs of the war horse.
However, after first taking away more than 200,000 cavalry from the Six Guards of the New Army, and then evacuating the 200,000 cavalry from each department, the Northern Expedition Army would have almost only infantry left.
How to deal with the enemy cavalry offensive then?
It would be fine if they were just the remnants of the Jin Kingdom, but there were also Turkic cavalry who were mainly nomadic cavalry and archers.
Many generals were silent for a long time, and no one dared to speak first.
The responsibility for this decision was too heavy, and no one except coach Yunyang dared to make the decision.
Everyone turned their attention to Yunyang, who had a dull expression, waiting for him to pay attention.
There was a muffled bang, and Yunyang's slightly withered hand slammed heavily on the table.
"That's it. The infantry and 50,000 cavalry are left to stop the enemy. The remaining 200,000 soldiers and horses rush back to Yingzhou with all their strength to stop King Jingjing's rebellion.
Brothers, I know that such a decision is too risky.
However, the national crisis hit and the country collapsed.
If our soldiers had not generously sacrificed their lives today to support the country and revitalize our country, there would be no successors to rebuild the country in the future. "
After Yunyang finished speaking, he looked at the solemn gazes of the generals and picked up the tea cup in front of him and raised it high.
"Everyone, I would like to drink tea instead of wine. I am willing to live and die with you."
The atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became solemn. After a long time, dozens of generals picked up the teacups in front of them and raised them to their chests.
"We are willing to live and die together with the country, the country, and our brothers!"
"Dry!"
"Here's to the commander!"
After drinking the glass of water, Yunyang put down the teacup heavily.
"Zhang Mo, Tu Sheng, Nangong Ye, and Wu Maoyun obey orders."
"The general will obey your orders!"
"You and the other four will each lead 50,000 cavalry. Tomorrow morning, when we take the initiative to fight the enemy, we will immediately withdraw our troops and return to the court. King Xingqin will come to our rescue."
"We have the order!"
"You four have a heavy burden and great responsibilities.
The rise and fall of the world depends on whether you can rush back to northern Xinjiang in time to stop the king from raising his troops.
please. "
"please!"
Zhang Mo and the others felt the heavy responsibility entrusted to them by Yunyang's gaze and immediately felt a great deal of pressure.
"Don't wait any longer. Go back and recuperate immediately. The temperature will warm up tomorrow morning and we will start implementing the plan immediately."
"Got the order!"
The cold wind at night brought the melancholy of the Northern Expedition army to dawn.
The rumbling of war drums and the melodious sound of horns made the Jintu soldiers stationed several miles away not even bother to eat, but immediately got on their horses and started to attack.
The infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army organized their troops to prepare for war, and their behavior of forming formations to meet the enemy was all seen by the scouts of the two countries.
After receiving the report from the scouts, Wanyan Chiezha and Hu Yanyu immediately galloped towards the front battlefield.
Looking at the actions of Dalong's enemy through the lens tube, the two of them looked at each other and saw the solemn look in each other's eyes.
Uncharacteristically, the enemy stopped withdrawing and instead sounded the horn of charge, which was not a good thing for our own side.
The sound of war drums became thicker and denser, and the troops and horses in formation, under the sound of horns and the guidance of the flag bearers, moved steadily towards the temporary camp of the Jintu Army.
Wanyan Chizha was silent for a while and exclaimed.
"No, the enemy is going to use infantry to meet the enemy, and the cavalry will retreat! The cavalry is focused on retreating, not for the purpose of covering the infantry. We want to keep them, but I'm afraid it's impossible."
Hu Yanyu also understood and thought for a while, his eyes gradually became a little deeper: "In any case, try your best to block the enemy. We will pursue them as far as they retreat. The infantry can't keep up with us at all." speed.
Even if we pursue them to the northern border of Dalong, as long as we can prevent them from rushing to the capital, we can still gain opportunities for Brother Liu. "
“Oh, that’s all it has to be now.
We have been hostile for four or five years, but we never thought that one day we would become Liu Mingzhi's reinforcements. Things are so unpredictable and fate has its way! "
"What's the use of saying this now? Let's face the enemy!"
Under the orders of the two men, the cavalry of the two countries immediately rushed out of the camp and charged towards both sides of the Dalong infantry phalanx, with an extremely obvious purpose.
Avoid the infantry that is being attacked by the dragon, and mainly delay the retreat of the enemy's cavalry.
However, just halfway through their assault, the speed of Dalong's cavalry retreating southward suddenly stopped, and nearly half of the troops broke away from the army formation.
Zhang Mo tightened his horse's reins and stared blankly at the flags of the coalition forces of the Western Regions, gradually breaking away from the army's square formation.
Nangong Ye, Wu Maoyun and the others also noticed something was wrong one after another, and looked at the soldiers and horses from the Western Regions who had broken out of their formation.
"Qiao Lou Ming, Gu Mo Qing, Lou Shu, in the car...what do you want to do?"
"Hush!"
The generals of the countries in the Western Regions led their soldiers and horses to stop one after another, and charged directly towards the oncoming cavalry of the Jin and Tu countries.
The soldiers and horses of the two countries were the same as the previous few days. When they saw the enemy cavalry attacking Dalong, they immediately turned around and fled away, hanging several miles away without leaving.
As soon as the cavalry of the two countries, Jintu and Tu, were far away, the Western Regions' cavalry immediately stopped their pursuit and made a large detour in a semi-elliptical circle, stopping far away from Zhang Mo, Nangong Ye and the four of them, one mile away.
A confusing scene suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
Zhang Mo and the four men immediately hit their horses and rushed towards the position of the soldiers and horses in the Western Regions.
"Xu! Qiao Lou Ming, Gu Mo Qing... what do you mean?"
Hearing Zhang Mo's question, Qiao Louming and his dozen or so military generals from the Western Regions countries looked at each other and looked at Zhang Mo with embarrassed expressions.
"Commander Zhang, we received a letter from the Golden Eagle last night from the Gumo King's aunt Mo Rongrong. We are not allowed to return to court with your teacher.
According to King Gumo, this was what Marshal Liu meant.
If you want to continue your campaign against the two countries, we will definitely help you. If you want to return to the DPRK, we will not follow you. We will also assist the troops of the two countries to stop you.
Zhang Fushuai, please forgive me, we also have difficulties to express. "
