Volume 7 Ma Mingfeng Xiaoxiao, the young man is raising his sword Chapter 226
The war finally came to an end, with Shen Jizhou completely defeated and Xiao Yuanche seizing the two important strategic strongholds of Ba Shuibei Camp and Linting, and resolving the siege of Bajin Ferry.
Shen Jizhou's 150,000 troops were severely damaged in this battle, leaving only more than 80,000 cavalry and infantry in total.
He also lost Yan Qiu, one of the four heroes of Bohai.
Although Xiao Yuanche won, it was a miserable victory.
The infantry of the 80,000 soldiers and horses brought out was almost exhausted, with only the last 10,000 remaining. In addition to the recruitment of troops at Linting and Bajindu, the garrison of the camp, and the recruitment of the infantry who surrendered to Shen Jizhou, they barely managed to make up. Nearly 40,000 people were killed. However, their combat power was negligible.
Although the loss of the cavalry was relatively small, there were still ten thousand soldiers.
After the First World War, Xiao Yuanche still had 60,000 troops in total, but he had to divide his troops to garrison Linting and Bajin Ferry.
The number of troops and horses he can mobilize is only over 40,000 in full.
Shen Jizhou retreated, and Xiao Yuanche's army and horses also reached the critical point of being exhausted, so they chased for a while symbolically, then withdrew their troops.
Now Shen Jizhou is unable to fight back and retake the Bashui North Camp, and Xiao Yuanche is also unable to take advantage of the victory and pursue it.
The two sides actually formed a wonderful stalemate.
At night, Xiao Yuan visited the Bashui camp.
Chinese army tent.
At this time, the Chinese army tent was brightly lit.
The advisers and generals were arranged on both sides, with Xiao Yuanche sitting in the middle on the commander's desk, his face full of joy.
Everyone first congratulated Xiao Yuanche on his victory and said some formalities.
Xiao Yuanche then looked at Guan Yunchong and Su Ling with a smile, and said with a laugh: "Remember, before Su Ling and Yun Chong rushed to Linting, I made a promise that once they won, I would personally warm up the two heroes. Wine! Today is the day when I, Xiao Yuanche, will fulfill my promise!"
Look again, Xiao Yuanche shouted loudly outside the tent: "Come on, bring it up!"
But I saw six soldiers walking outside the tent. The first four, working in twos and twos, were picking up two large jars of wine with thick poles. The two soldiers behind them were holding more than a dozen wine bowls in their hands.
With a "bang" sound, he placed the wine jar on the ground, then bowed and turned to leave.
Xiao Yuanche took a long stride and personally knocked off the wine seals from the two large jars of wine.
Suddenly, the whole room was filled with the aroma of wine. It was really good wine.
Xiao Yuanche took the wine sieve, sifted two bowls of wine, turned around and came to the table, and personally placed the two bowls of wine in the warm wine jar.
I actually warmed up two bowls of wine.
Then Xiao Yuanche sifted a bowl himself and warmed it. He held the bowl of wine that he had warmed before in his hand. He looked at the generals and counselors in the camp with a smile, and then said loudly: "Can I beat Shen Jizhou today?" The army was defeated. Yun Chong and Su Ling were the first to succeed. They lived up to everyone's expectations and made a surprise attack on Linting. Yun Chong, Su Ling, and Xiao Yuanche offer you a bowl of wine!"
Guan Yunchong and Su Ling hurriedly thanked them, and Xiao Yuanche personally brought the two bowls of wine to them.
When he handed it to Guan Yunchong, he laughed and said: "Yun Chong, I have fulfilled my promise. Come and have a taste. This wine is still as warm as the wine under Ba City back then!"
Guan Yunchong hurriedly raised his fists and said: "Yun Chong is so virtuous and capable that he dares to trouble the Prime Minister to warm the wine himself!"
Xiao Yuanche laughed loudly and said: "Fine wine goes with a hero, Xiao Yuanche is honored!"
Su Ling also took the wine and said with a smile: "The ability to kill Yanchou and capture Linting this time is indeed the credit of Brother Yun Chong. I am just lucky and got the glory of Brother Yun Chong. Brother Yun Chong, of course If you get this bowl of wine, don't be polite!"
Guan Yunchong nodded, picked up the wine bowl, and signaled to Su Ling and Xiao Yuanche, and the three of them drank a bowl of wine together.
In the big tent, there are all living beings at this moment.
The advisers all had expressions of admiration on their faces, especially Guo Baiyi, who looked at Su Ling and Guan Yunchong with unconcealable smiles.
But the generals had different expressions. Needless to say, Huang Kuijia, Zhang Shiyou, and Xu Baiming had always been close to either one of them or to both of them.
So he looked happy for them.
However, some are happy and some are jealous.
For example, Xu Jinghu, Xia Yuanrang, Xia Yuanqian, Xiao Zizhen, Xiao Zihong.
They were all smiling but not smiling, which looked very unnatural.
Both Su Ling and Guan Yunchong looked down upon him, but did not criticize him.
You can't ruin the happy atmosphere here, can you?
Xiao Yuanche filled another bowl of wine and asked everyone in the tent to go to the table and fill a bowl of wine.
He then said loudly: "Thanks to all of you for working together and fighting the enemy bravely in this battle, Xiao Yuanche would like to offer you a bowl of wine!"
Everyone hurriedly raised their wine bowls and were about to speak.
But Xiao Yuanche looked serious and said seriously: "However, although Shen Jizhou was defeated, his vitality was not damaged. The place where our army is now, except for the main camp, Linting and Bajin Ferry, is full of sights. , are still under Shen Jizhou's control, so this officer's vitality has not been seriously damaged. Therefore, the victory is gratifying, but it is only this bowl of wine! I think Shen Jizhou was just temporarily blinded. Wait for him When we react, we will definitely regroup our troops and launch a more intense war!"
When Xiao Yuanche said this, his voice paused and he looked at everyone's face.
But everyone's expressions became serious, and they all thought so.
Xiao Yuanche then looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Everyone, the war has not yet been completely won, we still need to do our best! I remember that Su Ling once said something in his article against thieves that really touched my heart. I wonder if you still remember it?"
Seeing that everyone looked like they were recalling and thinking, he smiled, smiled at Su Ling and said, "How about I trouble Su Changshi and recite that sentence again?"
Su Ling nodded. After thinking about it briefly, he already knew what Xiao Yuanche was referring to.
"The sound of the squad makes the north wind rise, and the sword energy rushes to the south. The mountains collapse with the roar, and the situation changes with the roar. Use this to control the enemy, and no enemy can't destroy it; use this to attack the city, no city can't be defeated!"
Lidya Su's voice was calm at first, then became more and more passionate.
After he finished reciting, he proudly handed over to everyone.
Everyone present had excited expressions on their faces, and they all deeply believed it.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuanche nodded with satisfaction, and his voice became rich and solemn as he said: "This bowl of wine, I respect these words, I also respect you all, and more importantly, I respect all the heroes who died since the war against the thieves! Gentlemen, drink it with Yuan Che!"
The voice was sharp, solemn and distant.
Everyone's expressions were solemn and impassioned. They all accepted the order with their hands raised, and strong wine poured into their throats, making them even more solemn and heroic.
When Xiao Yuanche saw that everyone was drinking, he slammed the wine bowl in his hand to the ground, and the wine bowl immediately fell into pieces.
Xiao Yuanche said loudly and clearly: "Xiao Yuanche swears here that if he does not give full service in this battle, he will never return to Longtai again in this life!"
Seeing this, everyone raised their hands and responded to the order: "I will work together to help the Prime Minister!"
Xiao Yuanche nodded with satisfaction and then motioned for everyone to sit down.
At this moment, there were soldiers outside the tent, running into the tent, kneeling on one knee and saying: "Report! Report to the Prime Minister, urgent military situation!"
The smile on Xiao Yuanche's face gradually became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Speak!"
"Shen Jizhou retreated from the north of the Bahe River, collected the remaining troops along the way, and gathered a total of 100,000 soldiers. Now he is entrenched in Shicang. He wrote a letter at night and ordered Bohai to send another 50,000 reinforcements, and rushed to Shicang at starry night!"
Xiao Yuanche nodded, and then the soldier bowed and retreated.
After the soldiers retreated, Xiao Yuanche's expression became extremely solemn, he lowered his head in thought, and was speechless for a long time.
Guo Baiyi suddenly said: "Lord, Shicang is north of Bajin Ferry, about 130 miles away from Bajin Ferry. But it is the first big city in the Bohai Sea. It is well-defended and easy to defend but difficult to attack!"
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said in a deep voice: "Map!"
Someone had already unfolded the battle map and hung it in the tent.
Everyone looked around and saw that due north of Bajin Crossing, about one hundred and thirty miles away, there was a big city, marked with the word Shicang.
Not only that, there are two small cities about thirty miles to the left and right, like the two wings of the stone warehouse, guarding the safety of the stone warehouse.
Xiao Yuanche stared at the location of the stone warehouse for a long time and remained silent.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little dull.
In the great city of Shicang, the cavalry siege is basically useless. The siege depends on the infantry. However, Xiao Yuanche lost too many infantry in the first battle. Although it is clear that there are still more than 40,000 at present, they are all elites. The defense of Shicang City It is impregnable, whether it can be attacked or not is still a matter of two theories.
What's more, there are more than 40,000 soldiers, including new soldiers and surrendered soldiers, so their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Also, if he were to attack Shicang, Xiao Yuanche would have to at least send troops to camp at Bajindu. In this way, the strategic significance of Linting and Bahebei Camp would be almost negligible. Not only that, there were more troops around Shicang. If there were any changes in Shicang, the two small cities would have all their sources of troops thirty miles away, and Xiao Yuanche would once again be in a situation of being attacked from three sides.
Everyone present, except Huang Kuijia, has a plan. How can they not understand these inside stories?
Xiao Yuanche was speechless for a long time, probably making a decision whether to stick to Bajin Ferry or attack Shicang.
While Xiao Yuanche was hesitating, suddenly there were soldiers rushing in from outside the tent. They looked a little flustered and said urgently: "Report! Report to the prime minister! There is an urgent military situation in Baicheng!"
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he looked stern and said quickly: "Speak quickly!"
Unexpectedly, the soldier looked around, with a troubled look on his face.
Xiao Yuanche was already in a heavy mood, and when he heard that there was an emergency military situation in Baicheng, his military center, he was even more worried.
Seeing that the soldier was hesitating, he was very dissatisfied. He snorted coldly and scolded: "My generals and advisers are all here. They don't know anything. If there is anything you can't say, please tell me!"
Seeing that Xiao Yuanche was angry, the soldier said in a trembling voice: "The eldest son hastened six hundred miles to report... Xizhou Mu... Liu... Liu Xuanhan has already In response to Shen Jizhou's revolt the day before yesterday, he also led the Xizhou soldiers and the Bohai soldiers who met halfway, a total of 40,000 troops, to attack our Ba city! Now we are less than 200 miles away from Ba city!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
In the big tent, two people suddenly stood up and shouted tremblingly: "What!..."
When everyone looked at them, the expressions of the two people who stood up changed dramatically.
One is Xiao Yuanche.
And the other one is Guan Yunchong!
Xiao Yuanche felt a little out of character after he spoke, and then he slowly sat down. Seeing Guan Yunchong's expression changed drastically, he couldn't help but feel regretful.
The entire Xiao Yuanche camp kept the whereabouts of Liu Xuanhan secret from Guan Yunchong, but in the end, the fire could not be covered by paper, and the whole story was revealed by this soldier's report.
No wonder the soldier looked troubled. It turned out that he saw Guan Yunchong...
Xiao Yuanche was also annoyed that he was too impatient.
Sure enough, Guan Yunchong suddenly came out of the queue, bowed to Xiao Yuanche, and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister! Has my brother really become the state pastor of Xizhou? What is this pawn talking about?
Is it true or false?”
Xiao Yuanche was startled, his eyes filled with helplessness.
He could only wink at Guo Baiyi and Su Ling quietly.
Guo Baiyi didn't know what to do. He didn't have much dealings with Guan Yunchong, so he couldn't do such a trick.
However, if you can't do it yourself, isn't there a master of fooling people here?
So, Guo Baiyi pulled Su Ling's sleeve next to him and winked at him, which meant, Su Ling, please start your performance.
Su Ling was speechless for a while, and thought to himself, you have done a good job, but you have not wiped your butts clean, so let me step in... This Guan Yunchong is not a brainless Huang Kuijia, how can I fool him? What a fool!
But there is no better way right now.
Su Ling had no choice but to bite the bullet and smiled sarcastically at Guan Yunchang: "Brother Yunchong, the Prime Minister is having an urgent military situation now. Don't be anxious. Besides, your brother's matter cannot be explained clearly in a few words. If you believe me
, how about I go to your tent and we can talk about it after everything is over here?"
Guan Yunchong felt anxious in his heart, and was about to refuse, but then he looked at the generals in the camp, and they all looked at him with sullen expressions.
Guan Yunchong was not an ordinary martial artist, so he suppressed his doubts and urgency, nodded, and said in a low voice: "Brother Su, I still trust him. In this case, Guan will wait a little longer."
He suddenly cupped his hands towards Xiao Yuanche and said: "Prime Minister, Guan is so upset that he can't control himself. Please leave now!"
After saying this, he didn't wait for Xiao Yuanche to speak, flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the tent, disappearing into the night.
Xiao Yuanche looked embarrassed and helpless, and suddenly became very angry. He stretched out his arms.
Hearing a crash, he pushed all the books, wine bowls and other objects off the desk.
When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but feel shocked. They all stood up at the same time and lowered their heads, with a look of sincerity and fear on their faces.
Xiao Yuanche's face was as cold as ice, and he gritted his teeth and said every word: "Liu Xuanhan! Xiao Yuanche will not be a human being until he kills this official!" This chapter has been completed!