Chapter 113: Both sides of the Qinghe River
Putai City on the south bank of the Daqing River.
The Mongolian army and the powerful Li family army in Yidu are confronting each other across the river. Compared with the 50,000 troops in Guan Town, Huangshan, the reinforcements from Putai City, plus the previous defeated soldiers and defenders, have reached a level of 100,000. Of course, nearly half of these were captured by the powerful men nearby, and the truly well-trained regular army was less than half a century.
On the other side of the river, the Mongolian army gathered 100,000 troops. Among them, there were less than 10,000 real Mongolians, and the other troops were all sent by Han Hou from Zhongdu and Hebei.
Now the two sides have been confronting each other for three days with the Daqing River as the boundary. Although it was the Daqing River that prevented the Mongols from crossing the river, in fact, both sides knew that it was the Mongols who deliberately slowed down the attack speed.
Otherwise, a Daqing River would not be able to stop the Mongols.
At present, in Putian City, the government office, which was originally the yamen, had become a temporary central army camp. The commander of the mighty army, Conwelly, was instructing the soldiers below to retreat.
However, it was the urgent report from Yidu Mansion that had been sent to Putai City. In any case, Yidu City, as the central government, could not fall. Therefore, the mighty army that confronted the Mongols must score some of them, or even withdraw all their troops to resolve the crisis of Yidu's siege.
"General Kang, the last general thought that he would withdraw at this time. Not only could the Mongolian Tartars in the north not stop, but the Mongolian Tartars in the south also would also have a more powerful offensive. At that time, attack from front and back, and our 100,000 troops would be completely finished." Yang Hong, the commander of the Wei Wu Army, immediately said worriedly after hearing Kang Willie's explanation and plans.
"But what if you don't retreat? Are you watching the Yidu Mansion fall?" Another army commander couldn't help but say helplessly when he heard this.
Compared to Mongolia crossing the Daqing River, the impact of the fall of Yidu City is obviously worse. This is also a difficult problem for everyone. Defending may not be able to defend under the strong attack of the Mongols. Retreating may lead to the attack of the Mongols, and eventually they will end up defeating.
After all, it was the Western Army generals in the East Mongolian region who had a good grasp of the timing! So the Li family army, who had originally wanted to fight to the death according to their existing territory, was completely at a disadvantage.
Finally, after some discussion, it decided to give up Putai City and withdrew 80% of its troops. Only 20% of its troops were left to hold back the Mongols' advance speed.
Of course, the people who stayed behind were basically unable to survive in the end.
This task is obviously a task that wants to stay and die. As long as your mind is normal, no one likes it. Therefore, when the topic is discussed here, the military generals count on each one and want to shrink their heads into their necks. It would be even better if Conwelly couldn't see himself.
Unfortunately, someone must stay and die.
Therefore, when I looked around and saw that everyone could not see me, I frowned and said in a bad tone: "Commander Yang, come quickly and have a steady temperament. You must take this responsibility for defending the city!"
Hearing this, the others felt a little relieved. At the same time, some military generals who were not in the face of Yang Hong all looked over with some gloating expressions.
Knowing the psychology of writing about robes, Yang Hong said angrily: "The general has an order, but the general dares not refuse to obey. But Du Qirui, the guard of Putai City, is also here. Compared to the future, he is much more familiar with Putai City's defense. Why not let him defend the city?"
"Commander Yang, are you questioning this order to surrender?" Conwelly said in a slightly cold tone.
This Du Qirui is the younger brother of his ninth concubine. The concubine is usually quite well-behaved in front of him. Now in a critical moment, if you can pay for your own people, you will naturally have to pay for it. As for this Du Qirui, although he is in the Wei Wujun, he is not considered his own person. It is natural that he can tell which one is more important.
"I dare not!" Yang Hong's powerful appearance was still clearly shown by Yang Hong.
"Why don't you obey orders?"
"I will receive the order!" Yang Hong said in a muffled voice, and the meeting ended.
So at night, the gate of Putai City suddenly opened. First, the cavalry and then a large number of infantry retreated. Such a big noise naturally did not hide the people in the city and the fine works that had already lurked in the city.
On the other side of the river, the Mongolian army camp, the Mongolian army's marshal of the attack on the bandits, Shi Tianni, the Marshal of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the River, Zhang Rou, the Marshal of the Battle of the River of the River, Wu Xian, and others were discussing information from the other side of the river.
"If the bandit army suddenly retreated south, if we do not take advantage of the victory, wouldn't it be a waste of the god-given opportunity?" Tian Xiong, the governor of Jizhou, spoke.
His words hit everyone's hearts!
Before confrontation on the river bank, the Han marquis who came from Hebei, Daxing Prefecture and other places could not bear it anymore. After all, the money and food consumed were all their own. Even if the Mongolian army rules, they could raise food locally, so there was a grain raising.
As soon as the 100,000 troops arrived, the nearby towns with a radius of hundreds of miles were beaten to the grass valley. All the fat sheep that were easy to grab were snatched away. Now the only ones are poor people with little food and grass, and the powerful people who don’t know what forests or caves they hide in.
Therefore, if we drag it on, the army will go hungry.
Shi Tianni also knew everyone's ideas, and confronting him here was not his original intention. Although it seemed that there were all Han generals on the field, there were only a few people who were really talking about it. For example, even Shi Tianni, even if he was in a vain, he had to respect him a little.
Because the other party’s father was Mu Huali.
This time, Mu Huali was only in Zhongdu and did not lead the army personally. I heard that their allies, the Eastern Mongolian, did not visit them. This made these Han generals unable to help but think more.
"Bolu Qianhu, look?" Shi Tianni asked in a low voice. Other generals in the army also stared at Bolu, as if he was the real Marshal of the army.
"I only followed Marshal Shi's orders in this battle. As for how to make a decision, Marshal Shi and the generals will discuss it." Bolu's attitude was also very easy-going, which almost made some Han generals who had contacted the Mongols think that Bolu in front of him was not a real Mongol.
After all, those Mongolian generals would not be so polite to them.
Hearing that Bolu had no objection, Shi Tianni felt a little strange in his heart and was about to order a strong attack. However, a group of people rushed to send a message, but Yang Hong, the guard opposite, sent someone to surrender.
Now, there is no need to fight this crossing the river war.
Chapter completed!