Jing Qianying's "political value" is too great. After all, Qin Feng launched this winter war and was assassinated by Lu Li just as an excuse. The core position that can truly unite people's hearts is the four words "the late emperor princess". This This is also why the opposition imperialist party can continue to grow.
Once Jing Qianying makes any mistake, this war will become unknown, and Qin Feng is already on the verge of riding a tiger and will never withdraw his troops. Then the war to support the new emperor will become an outright "invasion". By then, there will be no way To win over people's hearts, Qin Feng will become the blood feud of the entire Beidi, and the people of Beidi will try every means to revenge Qin Feng.
A person's power is limited after all. Faced with the revenge of the whole country, even Qin Feng would be unable to withstand it.
Therefore, people's hearts are the most important, which is why Qin Feng had already issued an order at the beginning of launching the Winter War, strictly prohibiting the army from setting foot in villages and towns, and keeping a distance from the people of Beidi.
The Eagle Brigade knew that the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade had the strongest combat capability, but they took the risk to raid the expeditionary brigade. They were obviously coming for Jing Qianying, and the small group of cavalrymen who were like dead soldiers before took advantage of the chaos to fight their way into the military formation. The shooting of Qianying is enough to prove this point.
At this time, the army has entered Ezhou. Even if the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, Beidi still has the home field advantage in terms of intelligence acquisition.
Obviously, Beidi already knew that Jing Qianying was in the expedition brigade, so he launched the strategy of "capture the thief first, capture the king first".
Although Jing Qianying was eager to see Qin Feng, she also understood the importance of being the late emperor's princess, so she obeyed Xu Mo's arrangements. Moreover, her ability to follow Xu Mo was also the result of Li Zhang's compromise. If something went wrong, Li Zhang alone would not be able to explain it, let alone Qin Feng.
Xu Mo was well aware of Li Zhang's arrangements. Li Zhang allowed Jing Qianying to go with him. In addition to compromising with Jing Qianying, he also wanted to reunite Jing Qianying and Qin Feng as soon as possible. Private matters were secondary and the merger was the priority.
With the current military deployment in Beidi, it is difficult to withstand the onslaught of the expeditionary brigade. At the fastest, it will only take five days to reach the capital and go straight to Changshui County.
Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes.
According to the news sent back by the Jin Yiwei, the Eagle Brigade was originally transferred back to the capital to assist the Beidi King in consolidating his power, but ended up appearing on the northern line of Ezhou in a daze. There are only two possibilities, either the Beidi King saw that it was hopeless to win over people, and prepared to Give it a try, or... King Beidi used a trick to trick Chencang and secretly communicated with the Eagle Brigade, in order to block the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade here.
Whatever the reason was, it made no sense now.
The situation of the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade was already worrying. There was Chen Si's army directly in front and the Eagle Brigade on the right. It was extremely vulnerable to attacks from both sides. Therefore, Xu Mo did not dare to advance any further. While he ordered the entire army to be on guard, he sent messengers to Communications were sent to the rear and light cavalry troops were immediately dispatched to support.
Unfortunately, that night, the messenger ran back covered in blood. The messengers who went out were constantly intercepted and killed by the Eagle Brigade, causing communication problems.
Although the news has not been sent out, because there have been Jinyiwei activities nearby, the news that the Eagle Brigade ambushed the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade will still be conveyed to the rear in a short time. Xu Mo is not too worried about this.
What is really worrying is the current situation, because since the Eagle Brigade can intercept and kill the messengers unscrupulously, it means that the encirclement of the Eagle Brigade has been silently encircled!
Xu Mo immediately sent out a large number of scouts to investigate. Sure enough, the Eagle Brigade was active in the area between 20 and 50 miles away from Xu Mo's headquarters and had formed a huge encirclement.
The reason why the Eagle Brigade did not launch an attack immediately was because they understood the strength of the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade. If they attacked rashly, they might face huge casualties. Therefore, they were waiting for Chen Si to get the news and send a vanguard forward. The two forces surrounded them. , and ate the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade in one bite.
According to Xu Mo's judgment, it would take at least five days for the Jin Yiwei to convey the news to the rear and then for the Qingqi troops to support them!
The enemy will definitely launch a fierce attack during this period. Once the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade is seriously damaged, even if the light cavalry troops arrive, it will be too late.
We must not sit still and wait for death, otherwise we will suffer huge strategic losses.
Xu Mo made a decisive decision and ordered an active attack. Before fighting Chen Si's army, the Eagle Brigade must be driven back, otherwise the next battle would be impossible.
Xu Mo rode a war horse and gave orders to everyone.
"Is the guerrilla captain here?"
A young man wearing light armor rode forward. In the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade, even at the general level, young people are the absolute main force, so this army is very young.
"General, my subordinates are here!"
Xu Mo looked at the dark wilderness in the distance and said in a deep voice: "According to the Jinyiwei report, there may be heavy snowfall in the near future. If the snow really starts to fall, not only will Beidi be affected, but our army's advance speed will also be greatly reduced. We must take advantage of the opportunity Before heavy snow falls, advance to the northern line."
"The Eagle Brigade is the elite of Beidi's elite. It will definitely bite behind us. If we want to cope with the coming battle, we must repel the Eagle Brigade."
Speaking of this, Xu Mo did not rush to give orders to the guerrilla captain, but loudly said: "The Snow Wolf Brigade, which is as famous as the Eagle Brigade, has long been destroyed by the Marquis of Qin. Even if it is the elite of Beidi, what's the problem? In our Beidi Under the iron hooves of General Xi, he will surely turn into powder!"
Since the Eagle Brigade has a bad reputation, Xu Mo must first boost the morale of the army and let the soldiers understand that the Eagle Brigade is not the God of War, they are just a group of ordinary soldiers, and they can still win as long as they fight head-on.
When marching and fighting, the most taboo thing is to be timid before fighting.
Xu Mo would never allow his army to lose in terms of morale. He stared at the crowd and shouted: "Take off the head of the general of the Eagle Brigade, so that you can live up to the respect of the Marquis of Qin!"
The generals present responded with great enthusiasm.
"It's just the Eagle Brigade, why should we care about it!"
"Please rest assured, general, even if we face the Eagle Brigade, our army will never retreat at all."
"Since the Marquis of Qin has killed the wolf, today is the time for our army to hunt the eagle!"
Hearing the shouts of the generals, Xu Mo no longer had any worries and immediately ordered: "Guerrilla Colonel, listen to the order. You must lead two thousand light cavalry to harass the enemy. Remember, you must not go more than 20 miles away from the station. Once the lone army goes deep, the rear If the troops are unable to rush to rescue in time, they will be surrounded by the superior strength of the Eagle Brigade."
The guerrilla captain clasped his fists and rode away. As a general who had fought together for a long time, the guerrilla captain could instantly understand Xu Mo's true intention.
