However, Lin Tianshuai drank and had fun with his concubines all day long, neglected military affairs, and gave full play to the spirit of "when friendly forces are in trouble, they will remain as still as a mountain".
In the end, Marshal Quan led more than 10,000 volunteers to resist tenaciously and bravely repelled the Japanese attack on Xingzhou Mountain Castle!
Then, in order to preserve his strength, Marshal Quan led more than 4,000 warriors to leave Xingzhou Mountain City, which no longer had any defensive value, and turned north towards Kaesong.
The Japanese army was afraid of the combat power of Marshal Quan's army and did not dare to pursue it.
The above is the content of the battle report received by Lin Tianshuai.
"So, Quan Li and more than 4,000 remaining rebels have withdrawn to the vicinity of Kaicheng?" Lin Tianshuai asked, "Then why doesn't he come to see me?"
Cui Wukui replied: "He said that as the marshal of the capital, it is difficult to handle etiquette with the marshal of heaven, so there is no need to meet each other, so as not to cause trouble."
Lin Tailai said unhappily: "Isn't this just using more than 4,000 volunteer soldiers as shields and hostages? Do we still need to call him smart?"
Unexpectedly, Marshal Quan also has a bit of a hob meat attribute, and he knows how to do it the safest way.
Tianshuai's killing of one, two or even several Li Dynasty officials would not have any substantial impact, but encirclement and massacre of thousands of rebels could not be done on the surface, as the consequences would be too bad.
Then Lin Tianshuai told Cui Wukui: "You and Yin Zhuoran go to the rebel camp to visit Quan Li and see what else he wants to do."
Cui Wukui left after receiving the order, and came back with Yin Zhuoran that night to report to Lin Tailai.
Cui Wukui said: "Quan Li stated that the morale of his volunteer soldiers is currently low and they are temporarily unable to carry out high-intensity operations. He requested to continue to retreat to the north.
And because there are large armies gathered in the area from Hwanghae Road to Kaesong, and military supplies are precious, they retreat to the north and behind, which will make it easier to obtain relief and reduce the pressure on the front line of Kaesong."
It does sound like a very reasonable request. The thousands of volunteers who have nothing but "political correctness" staying here will not only occupy the frontline officers and soldiers' share of food and grass, but they will not be of much use.
Moreover, by throwing Quan Li to the rear, he could be out of sight and out of mind, so as to avoid the recurrence of Marshal Quan giving orders to the heavenly soldiers.
Cui Wukui was still a little suspicious. All the previous operations were done intentionally by Quan Li, just so that he could return to the rear in a pretentious manner.
At that time, in the eyes of others, Marshal Quan will be a hero of the peninsula who was neither humble nor arrogant in the face of the Japanese soldiers. Maybe there will be stories about the soldiers who refused to listen to orders and stood still, and Marshal Quan's success in regaining Seoul.
Lin Tailai asked curiously: "What is Quan Li's attitude now?"
Cui Wukui replied: "Now he doesn't dare to speak harshly. He behaves extremely respectfully. He just wants to return to the rear."
At this time, Yin Zhuoran, who had been deep in thought, suddenly interrupted: "If there is a problem, there should be a problem!
The relationship between Quan Li and Li Chaobing Cao Banshu is Weng's son-in-law. I know this person very well.
His character is extremely cruel and arrogant, and he is not a submissive person at all under normal circumstances.
You didn't receive any substantial threats today, but you behaved extremely respectfully in front of us, which is obviously deliberate, which is very abnormal!"
Cui Wukui asked doubtfully: "Then what else can he do? You can't just rely on more than 4,000 volunteer soldiers to fight against tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers, right?"
Yin Zhuoran shook his head, "I can't figure out what he did for the moment, but I'm sure there must be something wrong with him."
Cui Wukui said dissatisfied: "Let's talk about it. I don't know what he wants to do, and how to prevent it?"
Lin Tianshuai suddenly said at this time: "Of course we can prevent it, who stipulates what to wait for him first?
Mo Shao has these three words, and never looks at what he has done or not, or what he wants to do!
I already have an idea, you don’t need to discuss it anymore, I’ll just handle it myself!
I hope President Konishi hasn’t left yet, and the Headquarters suddenly realizes that he is of some use."
Chapter completed!