Chapter 469 The Battle of Luoyang (6)
When Han Jian said "retreat and leave three times", many generals present were a little surprised. Because the two worlds were forked from the Three Kingdoms period. In the history of the Wei Dynasty, there were also Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. What was going on? Generals who understand military affairs naturally understood.
"Young Master, if you don't fight... you'll retreat..."
Han Jian said coldly: "What, my words are not easy to use?"
The generals present dare not say anything. Han Jian's order was a military order. The military order said that it was to withdraw troops. Even if he knew that doing so might lead to the annihilation of the entire army, he must abide by it unless he wanted to disobey.
Another right guard general said: "Your Highness the Eastern King, for some reason, my right guard has no troops to attack?"
"Because I have other arrangements? All the right guards retreated south with the army. Now the road is blocked with heavy snow, and it takes thirty miles a day to walk. After three days, I just walked out of these ninety miles."
Although the army generals of the Right Guard felt a little unlucky, after all, the left guards were sent out to lead troops, and they were about to retreat south with the army, so naturally they felt something strange in their hearts and had some contempt.
"Okay, go back and prepare. When the sky fades, you will pull out the camp and retreat." Han Jian ordered.
The generals of the army ordered them to retreat. In the end, only Han Jian and the Queen were left in the entire central army tent.
The queen said with a bit of suspicion: "What does it mean to order the withdrawal of troops?"
Han Jian smiled and said, "Maybe it's because the minister is young and energetic, and he doesn't know how to dispatch troops and generals, and makes some random arrangements."
The queen glared at Han Jian, saying that the person in front of her was young and energetic, she was the first to believe it. If it were cunning, even "old thieves" like Yang Luochuan and Yang Pingju had his words. Now Han Jian was obviously trying to show weakness and withdrew his troops first, but he also sent more than a dozen troops out to "ambush"? Is this not to tell Zhou Yuan, the commander of the Northern King Army, that I am luring the enemy into the depths?
"You!" the queen suddenly sighed, saying nothing.
Han Jian said: "Rui'er, you ask for your husband, maybe you are happy and you will tell you in detail?"
"It's bad to stay in your heart!" The queen seemed to curse and turned around. "I want to go back to the camp."
"Why is Your Majesty so anxious to leave?" Han Jian stepped forward and pulled the queen's arm.
The queen turned her head and smiled and said, "Didn't you say that you will pull out the camp tonight? How can I prepare if I don't go back?"
"Just pretend to be like a look, why should your Majesty take it seriously? It is said that he is retreating. I believe that before we can walk thirty miles, the Northern King Army will chase us. At that time, this battle will be fought even if we want to fight."
The queen frowned again and said, "Can you be so sure? Are you not afraid that the Northern King Army will learn that you have transferred the Left Guards?"
"I'm afraid they don't know. Your Majesty, do you know what is the secret letter I have given to these Left Guard generals?"
The queen shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't know.
Han Jian smiled deeply and said, "When we win a great victory, your Majesty may know it clearly."
The queen gave Han Jian a blank look, turned around and was about to leave, but Han Jian held his hand. The queen was shocked slightly and shook Han Jian's hand away. Han Jian sighed in her heart. Her martial arts skills were still not as good as the queen. If the queen wanted to betray her faith and regret not marrying him, he had no choice.
"You follow me back to the tent, and I have something to discuss with you." The queen walked to the door of the tent and suddenly said another sentence.
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That night, the Eastern King's Army indeed set off to set up camp and retreated all the way south. At the same time, the Eastern King's Army divided the eleven troops and horses, approaching the two wings, but the eleven troops did not move forward, but retreated accordingly, as if they were broken into pieces on the way to withdraw.
In the camp of the Northern King's Army, Zhou Yuan was hesitant for a moment after learning the news.
But after decades of war, such a strange retreat and such a strange way to retreat were the first time he had seen it. He vaguely remembered that in his decades of military career, there seemed to be a battle similar to this. When a Xianbei tribe retreated, he also wanted to withdraw his troops in dispersed. Because the grassland was vast, the Xianbei tribe also wanted to preserve its strength and retain its roots.
But the result was that the Northern King Army advanced straight in and uprooted the Xianbei tribe at one time. If it were not for the Xianbei tribe's main tribe, the Northern King Army could take advantage of the opportunity to defeat all the Xianbei tribes of Liaodong. At that time, the Xianbei people and the Bohai people were still enemies, and the Bohai people chose to watch in the battle between the Northern King Army and the Xianbei tribe.
"General Zhou, the Eastern King's Army withdrew its troops... What should we do?" the general under his command asked.
I originally thought that the Eastern King Army was moving forward slowly every day to fight to the Northern King Army to the death. Who would have thought that when the two armies were stationed less than 30 miles, the Eastern King Army actually drew its camp and withdrew its troops.
Zhou Yuan muttered: "According to common sense, the withdrawal of the Dongwang Army may be due to this snow. However, it has been two days since the snow. The Dongwang Army was still marching close yesterday, which shows that the Dongwang Army does not seem to care about this snow, and thinks it is a snow battle with our army. But... the withdrawal of troops is still a little confused after all."
A general next to him said, "What's strange is that Han Jian's son actually divided the Dongwang Army into twelve routes of troops. Is there such a strange thing in the world?"
"Twelve soldiers...Twelve soldiers..." Zhou Yuan muttered several times, but he still couldn't get the point.
He couldn't understand why Han Jian wanted to break the whole into pieces. This was obviously contrary to the common sense of marching. Isn't it easier to break the whole into pieces?
"General, you still give the order, our army will attack like this and catch him off guard!" A general asked.
Zhou Yuan scolded, "Don't be fooled! Take the initiative? If the Dongwang Army set up an ambush circle for you to drill, wouldn't you go like this to die? It's night, and it's snowing again. How far can the Dongwang Army retreat overnight? Let's wait and see what changes first!"
Zhou Yuan felt that things were strange, and through information investigation, it was found that although the Eastern King Army was retreating along the way, it seemed that Han Jian still had a platoon. But he still underestimated the number of this army.
During the Zhou Yuan intelligence investigation, Han Jian had only 30,000 to 40,000 troops in the middle of the army, and the main force of the Eastern King Army was now led by Lin Zhan and was on the northern line of Luoyang.
After Zhou Yuan gave the order, the generals present had to retreat first, because Zhou Yuan's order would be temporarily rested, regardless of whether the Dongwang Army withdrew its troops.
After everyone left, only Zhou Yuan and his staff were trusted by Zhou Yuan in the central army. Zhou Yuan also wanted to discuss today's affairs with these people carefully.
"...General, the last general, this matter is not simple. Lin Zhan, the Eastern King's Army, led more than 100,000 troops north of Luoyang, cutting off our retreat. Perhaps the Eastern King learned that our army was not ineffective in food and grass, came to fight against the Western King's Army again, and wanted to withdraw our troops first and hang us. Over time, we had to withdraw our troops and then encircle our troops with Lin Zhan's troops." A general analyzed.
Those present immediately agreed because the analysis was reasonable.
Zhou Yuan did not reply, but instead looked at the old man who had been silent next to him and asked, "Mr. Lan, what do you think?"
Mr. Lan, named Lin Lan, was a famous military advisor of the Northern King's Mansion. After the death of the old King Yang Ru, Lin Lan also became Zhou Yuan's guest and was deeply trusted by Zhou Yuan. Since the Northern King's Army sent troops to Yuzhou, Zhou Yuan obeyed Lin Lan's advice, including later advancing to Yuzhou, and asked the Western King's Army and the Southern King's Mansion to kill first, so that they could withdraw from the battle and return to Luoyang at any time.
However, in the battle of Luoyang, the Northern King's Army was a little stagnant, but this was not because Lin Lan offered his plans, but because the Northern King's Army did not expect that the Eastern King's Mansion would be connected to the Southern King's Mansion and the Western King's Mansion. Now there are three families fighting one, and the Northern King's Army has not collapsed. It is also because Zhou Yuan's army has the right to govern the army, and Lin Lan's strategy is effective.
Lin Lan faced the eyes of the people present, just looked at the military map and shook her head, saying, "You can't chase it!"
"Why?" Zhou Yuan asked immediately.
From Zhou Yuan's question, many generals understood that in Zhou Yuan's mind, they also tended to pursue more. It was just because the intention of the Eastern King's army could not be found, that Zhou Yuan chose to wait and see.
Lin Lan pointed to the military map and said, "The Eastern King's Army was scattered and the faction of the troops was unknown. Now the two generals under the Eastern King's command, Lin Zhan and Zhang Xing, are both north of our Northern King's Army. The Eastern King's Army withdrew its troops, which means luring the enemy into the depths."
Zhou Yuan suddenly realized a little, and then he remembered that although the enemy was the Eastern King and the Queen, the ones who really threatened his troops were Zhang Xing and Lin Zhan.
Now Zhang Xing is stationed in Luoyang City, while Lin Zhan is carrying his troops to sweep the city on the northern line of Luoyang. If he goes south, he will certainly be able to capture the Eastern King's army on the South Road, but he may not be able to capture the Eastern King and the Queen alive. If not, this battle will be meaningless. Because the Eastern King and the Queen will still rely on the living power of the Eastern King's Mansion to deal with the Northern King's Army.
Lin Lan said: "If our army goes south easily, it will inevitably suffer a lot of damage. By then, the road to return north will be sealed even more dead. Huang Shilang, the soldiers of the Southern Prince's Mansion, have already arrived in Luoyang. Now, it is better to plan how to return north."
Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "Then he returned so uselessly? So... how can he meet his lord when he goes back?"
Zhou Yuan was discouraged because this battle was not rewarded at all. Although he occupied some cities, including those around Luoyang and northeast of Yuzhou, once the Beiwang Army withdrew its troops, these cities would still be returned. Not only that, the road to retreat north is not easy to walk. Luoyang is now occupied by the Eastern Palace. From the Luoyang North Line to the Yellow River, the troops of the Eastern Palace are guarding the Eastern Palace. To retreat north, they have to cross the Yellow River. It is very likely that they will go to Shandong and Henan. These places have just suffered famines and civil unrest, and the local areas are very unstable.
Lin Lan smiled and said, "General Zhou, you must give up and give up to gain. If you think about it blindly, you will gain nothing. If your troops do not exist, how will the Northern Palace survive?"
Zhou Yuan thought about it and shouldn't take the risk with the Northern Palace. After all, all the elites of the Northern Palace are under his command. Going south to pursue it rashly is equivalent to giving up the back road and not being able to go back. Now the Western Palace, the Eastern Palace and the Southern Palace are connected in a line, and the Northern Palace will not be able to survive in the cracks. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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Chapter completed!