But no matter how stupid Tongdasi Khan is, he knows that if he enters Dahe Province at this time, he will easily be caught in a trap.
No matter how stupid this reinforcements from Dahe Province are, they know how to block their retreat. After entering Dahe Province, they will inevitably face enemies from all directions.
By that time, even if the cavalry can run, they still need to rest. Under the continuous enemy attacks, all the cavalry will inevitably be lost in battle.
Besides, Daze people have said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.
No matter how reckless Tongdas Khan was, he would not be willing to give away his life like this.
What's more, even if he does this, only Jinlu Khan will benefit.
Just thinking about this made Tongdas Khan grit his teeth with hatred, determined not to make sacrifices for Jinlu Khan.
After many considerations, Tongdas Khan was ready to withdraw his troops.
After all, after many considerations, it was safest to withdraw our troops.
Even after he returned and was punished by Jin Luhan, he still had no chance to resist.
So in the early morning of the next day, the reinforcements from Dahe Province, which had been waiting all night, felt something was wrong and sent out scouts to check. Only then did they find out that the Xiwan barbarians had escaped.
That's right, the Xiwan barbarian camp was in a state of disarray. Except for some messy debris left behind when they retreated, the cavalry and everything else had disappeared.
After hesitating for a moment, the commander of the Dahe Province reinforcements sent out scouts to explore the direction of the barbarian army's evacuation, and at the same time arranged for the army to slowly break out of camp and move forward.
No way, even if a Taoist official uses Taoist communication, the generals from Daze Kingdom would not dare to pursue them randomly.
After all, all the opponents are cavalry, and they are very mobile.
If the other party sets a trap and you run into it, you won't be able to escape even if you run.
In fact, just as the Dahe Province reinforcements were leaving camp, Fang Xiaoyue held the county magistrate's seal and paid a visit to Li Zhenshu, the coach of the Dahe Province reinforcements.
This man is a fourth-grade general who is in command of the guards in Dahe Province.
In terms of official rank, Li Zhenshu is much higher than Fang Xiaoyue.
But because Daze Country has been at peace for many years, the status of civilian officials is always higher than that of military attachés.
Of course, the difference in civil and military status in Daze Kingdom is not as exaggerated as in some dynasties in Fang Xiaoyue's original world.
Seeing Fang Xiaoyue holding the county magistrate's seal, the soldiers guarding the camp gate immediately went inside to report.
Soon an energetic young general came out to greet him. After passing the official identity check, he took several soldiers, General Fang Xiaoyue, to the Chinese army's tent.
As a fourth-grade general, Li Zhenshu still had his own dignity, so he did not go out to greet Fang Xiaoyue, who was from the sixth grade.
But since Fang Xiaoyue is a civil servant and the chief official of the local area, plus he is from the sixth rank, it is obvious at a glance that he has an extraordinary origin.
Therefore, after Fang Xiaoyue entered the Chinese army's tent, Li Zhenshu immediately stood up to greet him: "Hahaha, I have long heard about Lord Fang's feat of leading the people of the county to defeat the barbarians. When I saw him today, Lord Fang is indeed young and heroic. "
"Come on, let me introduce you to Mr. Fang."
Li Zhenshu then pretended to be enthusiastic, took Fang Xiaoyue's hand, and introduced all the generals sitting in the Chinese army's tent.
Although most of the people in the Chinese army's tent were Li Zhenshu's generals, there were still two people who caught Fang Xiaoyue's attention.
One of them is Zhang Nianxi, the supervisor of the army. This person is an inspection censor sent by the imperial court and is in the eighth rank.
The second one was a Taoist official stationed in the provincial capital of Dahe Province. Knowingly or not, Li Zhenshu introduced the other Taoist official's official title, Mr. You Xuanling, from the eighth rank.
These two officials had very low official status, but they sat on both sides of the coach in the big tent.
This is not surprising. Although these two officials have low official status, the inspection censors and Taoist officials are inherently humble and powerful positions.
The inspection censor has the power to inspect local violations and report directly to the court at any time.
Taoist officials have absolute power in matters involving Taoism, dragon energy, monsters, etc.
In short, even Li Zhenshu, the army coach, did not dare to ignore them in the slightest.
After exchanging pleasantries, Fang Xiaoyue immediately introduced the situation of the barbarian cavalry.
Although the reinforcements from Dahe Province stayed at the camp and fought a battle with the barbarian cavalry, their understanding of the situation of the barbarian cavalry was definitely not as good as Fang Xiaoyue's.
After briefly introducing the situation of the barbarian cavalry, he proposed to lead the county soldiers to fight with the army.
No way, after hiding in the valley for so long, those county soldiers were already howling with pain.
In addition, if it was not certain that the barbarian cavalry would be defeated and withdrawn, Fang Xiaoyue would not dare to let the people in the county return to the city.
After hearing what Fang Xiaoyue said, Li Zhenshu didn't object after asking about the number and equipment of the county soldiers.
After all, it would be nice to have a few hundred more county soldiers who have experienced actual combat when the army goes out on an expedition.
Besides, he also heard about the power of the soldiers in Qiongshui County.
It is not easy to defeat the barbarian cavalry several times, even if they have a geographical advantage.
Under such circumstances, Fang Xiaoyue immediately returned to the valley to summon the county soldiers. After joining the two hundred returned county soldiers, he rushed to the camp to report.
Of course, Qian Yushui is still in charge in the valley.
Li Zhenshu did not use these 400 county soldiers as cannon fodder. Instead, he asked Fang Xiaoyue to set up his own battalion as a mobile force. During the war, he and Li Zhenshu's personal guard battalion would stick to the central army.
Fang Xiaoyue had no objection to Li Zhenshu's decision.
He is not the kind of warrior who enjoys fighting.
You must know that in the previous battle to kill Tongdas Khan, the county soldiers also lost more than ten people.
If possible, he was unwilling to lose any more county soldiers.
After most of a day, all reinforcements from Dahe Province rose up.
Hundreds of scout cavalry dispersed to serve as advance reconnaissance to detect the whereabouts of the barbarian cavalry. The army moved slowly.
In fact, within two days, the Dahe Province reinforcements received information from the Baishan Province reinforcements.
The Xiwan barbarian Tongdas Khan's tribe was ambushed by reinforcements from Baishan Province in the Tietou Valley. In this battle, most of Tongdas Khan's tribe was annihilated, and only Tongdas Khan turned around and broke out with 7,000 cavalry.
After receiving this information, the Dahe Province reinforcements immediately gathered the troops on the march, set up camp on the spot, and sent more scout cavalry to explore the whereabouts of the barbarian cavalry.
Li Zhenshu's caution was not timidity.
Although Tongdas Khan was defeated and fled, he only had seven thousand cavalry.
However, Dahe Province's reinforcements are always mainly infantry. If one is not careful and is surprised by the seven thousand barbarian cavalry, he may suffer heavy losses.
Of course, this is also the disadvantage of infantry versus cavalry.
No matter how many times the infantry wins, it is very difficult to completely encircle and suppress the cavalry.
As long as the cavalry is cautious enough and does not fall into despair, it can always escape. And if the chasing infantry is not careful and is counterattacked by the cavalry, it is difficult to say that the infantry will not be defeated.
In fact, Li Qingshu's order was correct. Just as the camp was set up, the scout cavalry who went out brought back news of the encounter with the barbarian cavalry.
However, Tongdas Khan seemed to be frightened. After discovering the Dahe Province reinforcements, he did not launch an attack, but stayed far away from the camp.
Of course, this is not surprising. Shortly after experiencing a tragic defeat, the morale of these barbarian cavalry may have declined to the extreme.
Even if Tongdas Khan drove these barbarian cavalry to attack the reinforcement camp in Dahe Province, those barbarian cavalry would probably object. Even if Tongdas Khan pushed them into a hurry, these barbarian cavalry would simply abandon him. Escape is possible.
After all, the barbarians do not have the moral and etiquette constraints of Daze Country, but only use force to deter them.
Isn't the reason why Jinlu Khan became the great khan of the Xiwan barbarians because he controlled the largest number of tribes on the grassland and possessed the strongest force?
In short, under such circumstances, Tongdas Khan could only stabilize the morale of the army first, and then slowly pursue his plans.
The two sides reached a stalemate.
The Dahe Province reinforcements did not dare to send their troops out of the camp to pursue the barbarian cavalry.
And the barbarian cavalry did not dare to attack the strong camp.
Li Qingshu asked the Taoist officials to send a message to the reinforcements in Baishan Province, asking the two armies to encircle the barbarian Tongdas Khan tribe.
But just after defeating Tongdas Khan's tribe, the Baishan Provincial reinforcements received a request from the Northwest Army. In addition to leaving 3,000 troops stationed in Tietou Valley to prevent Tongdas Khan's tribe from escaping, 30,000 troops The main force of two thousand men has already moved north, preparing to catch Jinlu Khan by surprise.
This news almost made Li Qingshu furious.
In fact, Fang Xiaoyue also knew that the reason why the Baishan Province reinforcements did this was just to grab credit.
The reason is simple. Currently, there are only three armies in Daze Kingdom that can play a role in defeating the Xiwan barbarians.
Northwest Army, Baishan Province reinforcements, Dahe Province reinforcements.
It is impossible for the Northwest Army to get the first success.
The Xiwan barbarians invaded and the Northwest Army was still blamed for losing troops and territory.
Therefore, even if the Northwest Army defeated the Jinlu Khan tribe, the imperial court would not give the first credit to the Northwest Army.
The Baishan Provincial reinforcements have a great advantage in this regard.
First, they defeated the Tongdas Khan tribe in the Tietou Valley, killing 16,000 enemies.
If we can cooperate with the Northwest Army to defeat Jinlu Khan's tribe, and even kill or capture Daze Kingdom's most trusted enemy Jinlu Khan, then the first success must come from Baishan Province's reinforcements.
As for the Dahe Province reinforcements, even if they wipe out the Tongdas Khan tribe, it will only be a second or third achievement at best.
Besides, the reinforcements from Baishan Province stationed three thousand soldiers and horses in the Tietou Valley, probably for a purpose.
When the Dahe Province reinforcements arrive in the Tietou Valley, these three thousand soldiers and horses can find ways to delay for some time, which can also prevent the Dahe Province reinforcements from catching up with the final decisive battle.
Besides, with more than 7,000 cavalrymen of Tongdas Khan on their side, would Dahe Province’s reinforcements dare to go to Tietou Valley without asking?
Maybe this Tongdasi Khan could escape because of the help of the commander of the Baishan Province reinforcements.
In short, this made Fang Xiaoyue shake her head and sigh.
The coach of the Baishan Provincial Reinforcement Army must be a good player in fighting, but he is also too dark-hearted when it comes to intrigues.
It’s really about achieving the goal by any means necessary.
However, this copper Das Khan was watching eagerly from one side, which made Fang Xiaoyue feel a little troubled.
If the stalemate with Tongdas Khan continues like this, the people in those valleys may not be able to bear it.
After all, there are hundreds of different kinds of people.
Who knows if there are some stubborn people or idiots among the people in Qiongshui County who feel bored and run out to be hit by barbarian cavalry?
In that case, if the valley is discovered and all the people in Qiongshui County are taken hostage by Tongdas Khan, there will be big trouble.
Therefore, Fang Xiaoyue simply spoke up during the military meeting and suggested that 400 county soldiers should be used as the main force to conduct a continuous harassment war against Tongdas Khan's tribe, forcing the other party to launch an attack on the camp.
In fact, this suggestion was initially opposed by many generals.
The reason is very simple. If you want to carry out uninterrupted harassment warfare against the Tongdas Khan tribe, you need to have greater mobility than the barbarian cavalry.
This is something that the Dahe Province reinforcements do not possess.
Because the Dahe Province reinforcements had less than a thousand war horses plus inferior horses in total. This was the result of the Dahe Province officials plundering the entire province before sending out troops.
As for the war horses that Fang Xiaoyue sold, they were naturally kept intact in the manors of those wealthy people. Officials who were idle did not even have a chance to get close to them, so naturally there was no chance of requisitioning them.
But soon, their attitude changed.
There are three reasons. One is that after the Dahe Province reinforcements were deployed by Tongdas Khan's tribe, the food route was cut off.
After all, no matter how powerful the grain escort is, it is impossible for him to lead the grain team out of the siege under the siege of a large number of cavalry.
Once this food road is cut off, the food reserves for Dahe Province's reinforcements will only last for less than ten days.
Secondly, if you always stick to the camp, the morale of the army will continue to decline.
The third thing is that the horses of Qiongshui County soldiers can actually reach the standard of one man and two horses.
Of course, the most critical point is that they have no idea how the county soldiers in Qiongshui County are trained. When they form a military formation, ten people can overwhelm fifty county soldiers and beat them violently.
You must know that county soldiers are better than ordinary county soldiers in terms of treatment and equipment, and because of their good treatment, their training intensity is much higher than that of ordinary county soldiers.
In this way, there is no doubt that the county soldiers are stronger than the county soldiers.
But this principle failed in front of the county soldiers in Qiongshui County.
Those generals could see that the county soldiers in Qiongshui County were so strong that among the county soldiers, the worst one could be a general in charge of three hundred people and charge into battle.
And there are only about ten such tooth generals among the tens of thousands of Dahe Province reinforcements.
With such powerful soldiers and enough war horses, Fang Xiaoyue's proposal was naturally passed.
It's just that the candidates to lead these county soldiers into battle have become a hot topic that many generals are competing for.
Well, Fang Xiaoyue is not angry at all.
After all, in the eyes of these generals, civil servants were just weak scholars who could not lift a sword or wield a round spear.
But these four hundred county soldiers are under your own command. How dare you fight for them?
In the end, Fang Xiaoyue had to show fists with several generals outside the Chinese army's tent.
No way, in the military camp, only those with big fists can speak loudly.
The generals who were beaten so hard by Fang Xiaoyue were convinced.
Damn it, a former Hanlin Academy editor who was born as a top scholar is so good at fighting!
This simply made Li Qingshu, the supervisor, and Lord You Xuanling stunned.
