However, history has no ifs and will not give opportunities for assumptions, and Wang Mi will never make the same mistake.
Therefore, Wang Mi had never considered leading a large army back to Jiankang to aid Jiankang. Splitting his troops was already his limit.
However, dividing the troops will inevitably weaken the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Traveling long distances will easily cause a loss of personnel.
The battlefield is just one of the scenes, and there are many soldiers who fell on the march. It is early summer, which is an extremely favorable time period for the Jin army.
Soldiers don't have to worry about freezing to death, nor starving to death. It's summer, and there are a lot of wild fruits and vegetables on the road. When food can't be kept up, these can be used to satisfy hunger.
The only thing that could hit the Northern Expedition army was illness. In ancient times, medical conditions were limited. During long-distance marches, soldiers would be physically and mentally exhausted for a long time. In addition, they often had to fight at high intensity, so illness was common.
When you get sick, you can basically handle minor illnesses on your own. As for serious illnesses, it depends on God. If God wants to keep you, you can survive. If God insists on taking you away, there is nothing you can do.
Even if they give you medicine, the army will never stop for you and wait for you to recover. Either you insist on marching with the army, or you will be left behind by the army without caring about life or death.
Once abandoned by the army, there is probably no chance of survival.
Under such a premise, the current strength of the Beifu soldiers is actually declining, which is inevitable.
On the one hand, important towns such as Chang'an and Luoyang are still in front of us. Which one is not a difficult nut to crack? Besides, there is also Yin Wei who escaped from Qinzhou City. According to his footsteps, he should have reached Chang'an by now.
I heard that this man had always been a counselor of the Yao Qiang tribe and was very strategic. He had seen how the Beifu soldiers fought in Qinzhou City.
Wang Mi couldn't guess what kind of counterattack he would make now that he had fled back to Chang'an.
Under such circumstances, it was too late for the Northern Expeditionary Army to maintain its strength, and now it had to divide its forces to take care of Jiankang. This was naturally a difficult choice.
Not to mention, there is an even more dangerous Murong tribe entrenched in the front. As the Northern Expedition army gets closer and closer, how Murong's tribe will react, as the head coach, Wang Mi has to consider.
In the previous battles, the Northern Expedition army and various tribes were fighting fiercely and fiercely. However, Murong's tribe did not make any move and completely stood aside.
To be honest, Wang Mi did not expect this.
Are you really not going to get involved?
Are you really not going to take advantage of the situation?
However, after waiting for a long time, it really didn’t happen!
Isn't this strange?
Logically speaking, in this era of separation between the north and the south, because each small court controlled a very small territory, its strength was basically between the two.
Therefore, occupying territory is the eternal theme of this era. There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, and there can be no eternal friends. Everything is lost in the constant struggle for territory.
Therefore, Murong Chui's inaction made people even more worried.
You know, at this time, it is normal for tribes to compete with each other. Regardless of what will happen after we capture it, whether we can hold it or not, we still want to be happy for a while.
If you can feel good for a while, that's it for a while.
Who cares!
As for whether you can't defend it in the future, that doesn't matter. If you can't defeat it, just fight. If you can't, just run away.
However, at this time, Murong Chui was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and had no intention of taking action. This can only be said that Murong Chui had a far-reaching and long-term vision.
It can be seen that since the reconstruction of Dayan, Murong Chui has been bent on restoring his strength and recharging his energy, and has no intention of causing war.
In such troubled times, it is not easy to still have such determination, which fully proves that Murong Chui is indeed a famous general in the world.
It was a great joy for Wang Mi that he could not move. It was precisely because of Murong Chui's refusal to move that he was able to pursue the victory and conquer many important places in the Central Plains.
However, good things are coming to an end now. Once the Northern Expedition army continues to penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, it will not be long before they come into contact with Dayan, led by Murong's tribe.
In this way, when the distance is close, friction will inevitably occur. Moreover, if the war really goes well and the army really captures Chang'an, it will completely confront Dayan from east to west.
By that time, even if Murong Chui wanted to continue pretending to be dead, he could no longer pretend.
The Jin army and the Xianbei army will definitely have a battle in the end!
On the other side, He Wuji, who was running towards Jiankang wholeheartedly, and Zeng Jing's army actually bypassed Yangzhou!
Why?
Why would they give up such a good opportunity?
Could it be that Wang Mi has lost his mind?
When someone comes to steal his home, he even arrives at their door and does nothing?
Could it be that he is stupid?
Still crazy?
Of course, King Langya is neither crazy nor stupid. There is naturally a reason for him to do this.
Yangzhou City is indeed within his attack range now. If you want to ransack your home, it's a matter of hands, it's very simple.
You can definitely get it.
After all, there is also a shortage of generals in Yangzhou City now, and they are all outside!
With the strength of the Northern Expedition army, can they still win it?
In fact, before arriving in Yangzhou at the beginning, many people suggested this to Wang Mi. They were enthusiastic and shouting excitedly.
The representative among them is naturally Huan Xuan.
Such a good opportunity, why not seize it?
I will not offend anyone unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them!
This is basic!
Who asked them to sneak attack Jingkou? Our troops are so abundant and our firepower is so fierce. Why not give them a small firearms shock?
Not only Huan Xuan, but also many young people in the Northern Expedition held this idea. However, Wang Mi rejected it.
Attacking Yangzhou is naturally a good move. You fight yours and I fight mine. Isn't this great?
Tit for tat.
When he heard that Wuji and others had marched near Yangzhou, Huan Xuan was the first to jump out and support them in attacking Yangzhou.
As for young people like Xu Xianzhi, not to mention, it is rare that this pair of enemies are very cooperative and have the same opinion on this point.
It was obvious that they were not going to fight, but they were still very excited and excited, as if everything that happened on the battlefield in Yangzhou had something to do with them.
However, apart from Wang Mi, even Liu Yu did not agree with attacking Yangzhou at this time. It can be seen that heroes always see the same thing on many things.
Although Yangzhou is good, and if you occupy it, you can naturally increase your strength, and confrontation across the bank does not necessarily mean that you cannot break the siege of Jiankang.
However, in this game, which one is more important now?
The situation in Healthy City is extremely urgent!
Not only Liu Laozhi's life and death, but Wang Zhenying also had the little emperor with him!
So what if it's a puppet?
Isn’t this puppet still useful now? Isn’t the current court still surnamed Sima?