After everything is settled, a summary meeting will be held as usual. The meeting will be chaired by the duty officer.
Today's duty officer is none other than Dong Xiulie, but it is the chief general He Qifan who is leading the conversation.
"In today's arrangement, we made a mistake, that is, we underestimated the ferocity and tenacity of Basimu's cavalry. If Lieutenant General He hadn't made a prompt decision, concentrated all the crossbows, and fired rapidly at the bunch of remnant soldiers who were stubbornly resisting, this would have been impossible.
I really don’t know the outcome of the war.”
He Qifan said first.
Li Jian immediately added: "As the commander of the army, I must bear the main responsibility. I underestimated the enemy."
He Guan blinked his eyes and said nothing.
He Qifan immediately spoke, "Li Canjun, don't take responsibility. Your arrangement is very appropriate. Didn't you also keep a reserve team? What the reserve team has to do is to deal with accidents... When it comes to responsibility, as the commander-in-chief, I
Greater responsibility..."
After talking about responsibility, He Qifan turned to the strategy of annihilating the enemy.
"We fought against the enemy today and know some details. The enemy's losses are now around 3,000, and our losses are around 1,300. Although the gap in strength has been shortened, it has not completely changed our disadvantage. Bath Simu and
Dali Bottom is indeed a tribe of horse thieves and bandits in the Yinshan area. They are very cautious and cunning. After suffering a loss today, it will be difficult to deceive them again in the future. But..."
He Qifan looked around at everyone: "...This battle must continue. Let's discuss how to fight it."
Everyone lowered their heads and thought for a moment, and Qu Kechang put forward his own suggestion.
"The main opponent we are fighting today is the Basimu Division. This opponent is really difficult to deal with. We almost got into trouble with them. I suggest that we switch to Dali for the bottom fight tomorrow. It should be easy to fight, so beat it
If it collapses, Basimu will be... just a piece of wood, unable to support itself."
"No!" Li Jian immediately objected, "Liu Kai, Wang Yun and others said that if we hit the bottom of Dali, the Basimu tribe would fight to the death to save them. In today's battle, it is indeed possible. Looking at the bottom of Dali, there is no such thing.
We are angry. So we attack Dali Bottom. Even if we destroy it, Basi’s mother troops will still fight with us. As for us, we will definitely lose our troops in dealing with Dali Bottom, and then we will have no spare power to deal with the difficult Ba Si.
Missing Mother Department.”
"On the contrary, after defeating the Basimu tribe, I believe that Dali will be defeated. At least they will not have the courage to attack us again. The other most important point is that today we spent all our efforts and finally cut off a piece of flesh from the Basimu tribe.
, once you have achieved a small success, you should keep focused on it and continue to fight until you die. If you turn around and fight at the bottom tomorrow, it will be equivalent to starting over, and today's sacrifice and hard work will be in vain."
What Li Jian said was very reasonable. Qu Kechang chuckled and said, "I was wrong. Li Shilang reminded me. I accept it with an open mind and correct it with an open mind."
Everyone chuckled, and the tense atmosphere just now relaxed.
"We still use the old trick, take turns to fight, try to move the enemies away, try to prevent the enemies from being crowded together. When they disperse, we will look for opportunities..." Li Jian first made a suggestion, and the rest of the people talked about it.
Start adding suggestions.
After the meeting is over, the tasks of each department are clarified, and then they disperse.
Dong Xiulie was the officer on duty and needed to patrol the sentry at night. He Qifan pulled him and said, "Old Dong Anda, I will go patrolling with you."
Dong Xiulie knew that he had something to say to him.
"Then let's go together."
The two of them carefully inspected the outer perimeter, the arrangement plan of the patrol team, and the camp's light and dark fixed sentries and wandering sentries. After everything was checked, and on the way back to the central camp's tent, Dong Xiulie said: "Tell me, you
If you have anything to say, just say it."
"An Da, today I led my men to slow down Alaquli's reinforcements. Not only did you stop me, but you also got angry with Li Jian?"
"Yes, I was impatient. In that case, did you need to risk your life? Besides, the people rushing to the front with you are all your own soldiers. Your family foundation has been wiped out.
It’s gone. Even if you work for thousands of households, you still don’t have caring people to serve you!”
Dong Xiulie lowered his voice and spoke eagerly. He was afraid that his voice would carry far in the silent night, but he also wanted to say all the words he wanted to say at once.
"So that's it. Old Dong Anda, you haven't changed your mind yet. That's right, my sister is now a concubine in the official family. I am what they call the uncle of the state. I have glory and wealth even when I am lying down. There is no need to go
Do your best! But An Da, don’t you understand what the role of our official family is?"
He Qifan said in a deep and profound tone.
"If I don't work hard, the officials will allow me to have food and clothing for the rest of my life and be a happy and noble person. But I, Saheqirte, was born to build a great career. I will not lie there and wait to die. But you
If I don't work hard, how can the government be willing to reuse us, give us more soldiers and horses, and let us build greater achievements?"
"An Da, this is indeed a critical moment. But the more this moment happens, the more desperate we must be. Only those who have experienced the fire are the real gold!"
Dong Xiulie's face was solemn and he nodded slowly.
Seeing that his friend accepted his advice, He Qifan continued: "An Da, what you just said about 'your family foundation will be lost if you light it up', don't say it in front of others in the future."
"Why?"
"I once had a casual chat with Mr. Changsun. He mentioned to me that when the officials were reorganizing the Western Army, the most important thing was to eliminate the signs of warlordism in the families of generals and generals in the Western Army."
"Warlordism? What do you mean?"
"Warlordism is just one word, selfishness. One's own army is regarded as a private army and regarded as the cornerstone of promotion and wealth. In order to preserve strength, regardless of the national crisis, regardless of the life and death of friendly troops. There is no feeling of life and death among comrades. Friendly troops have
It’s difficult, just sit back and do nothing; friendly troops want to make military exploits, and jealously do not hesitate to frame and undermine..."
"The officialdom has undergone major changes. The military academy trains officers, special new camps train soldiers, and accompanying non-commissioned officers are all aimed at abolishing the possible warlordism in the army...An Da, you and I are now Qianhu,
In the future, there will be ten thousand households. Those principal households, deputy households, and supporting households are not only our tribesmen, but also the people of the Song Dynasty. Do you understand?"
Dong Xiulie was silent for a long time, and finally said quietly: "People of the Song Dynasty, An Da, I understand."
"It's good that you understand. Go back and rest, and keep your spirits up. There will be a fierce battle tomorrow."
Northeast of Hening City, on the banks of the Tuwu Lazuo River, although Li Miao's five thousand cavalry inflicted certain casualties on the Dunbinai coalition, it still did not prevent them from crossing the 20,000 cavalry. Moreover, these casualties were no more than the five thousand cavalry.
, compared with 60,000 cavalry, it is insignificant.
At this point, Dunbi's coalition forces, 20,000 strong, were on the south bank of the Tuwu Lazuo River, and the main force and baggage camps were on the north bank.
With its back against the small Hara and Linyou Rivers, the Xuanwu Banner Army also set up camp and faced off with the coalition forces sixty miles apart.
In the large tent of the middle camp, Changsun Moli was also presiding over the summary meeting of today's war. However, there were much more people among them, and the debate was more intense.
"I think when the enemy is crossing the river, we should concentrate all the crossbows and use our strong bows and arrows to cover the shooting and give the enemy enough lethality. Maybe we can thwart the enemy's crossing operation and hold on to Tuwu.
Lazuo River."
Li Gangkang said fiercely.
Everyone looked at him with complicated expressions. He was really an upright guy. Such words were tantamount to scolding Commander-in-Chief Sun Moli for improper deployment and causing serious mistakes.
After Li Gang finished speaking, he also realized that his words were too aggressive, and quickly explained to Changsun Moli: "Sir, the student is just expressing his feelings. And this feeling may be due to short-sightedness and lack of knowledge, so it is wrong. Please correct me, sir."
"
Changsun Moli said unceremoniously: "Your feeling is very wrong. If you attack halfway across the river, you will think of this as soon as you see the enemy crossing the river. Is the Tuwu Lazuo River a river? You don't even need to take a boat.
, came here on horseback. It’s just that the river water slowed down the horse’s pace. Is it possible to cross over in a place like this? You need to think hard.”
"Secondly, we have to consider that there is a huge difference between the strength of the enemy and our troops. The enemy has 55,000 cavalry, which are all elites of each department. What about us? We originally had 35,000 cavalry, so the difference is not very big."
"But now we are dedicating 10,000 cavalry to deal with Bathimu and Dali Di in the southeast, and we need to dedicate 5,000 cavalry to escort the transfer of more than 200,000 tribesmen. Now we only have 20,000 cavalry in hand."
"How to use the 20,000 cavalry and how to arrange them requires careful consideration. The enemy has a large number of troops and can use detours and outflank us. And we have deployed the main force at the junction - an area where both the enemy and ourselves can enter smoothly. Once the enemy forces are
If you get stuck, you are likely to be surrounded by enemy troops from multiple directions."
"The Point Guard Is Here"
While Changsun Moli was talking, Wang Shunchen, who was patrolling the perimeter, brought back a piece of news.
"An enemy army came from the north, about 15,000 or so. They are now encamped 20 miles north of the enemy camp on the south bank. They probably crossed the river quietly in the middle reaches of the Tulla River and hid in the Doribo Forest. The sky is dark
When it gets dark, they go out of the forest and join their companions."
Li Gang's face became extremely pale. If he concentrated all his troops and used bows and crossbows to "attack half-crossed" according to what he just said, it would be equivalent to leaving the main force in a "dumb place" and might make this Tibetan army "stunned".
The enemy troops in the forest were surrounded from behind.
Changsun Moli showed a look of relief, "Fifteen thousand cavalry, that is to say, the last enemy army has finally appeared. At this point, all the troops of the Dunbinai coalition have appeared on the battlefield." This chapter has been completed!