Chapter 68: The joy of not knowing victory or defeat
Hua Ying and the officers were silent after hearing this, knowing that the general's judgment was correct. Although the situation facing the Zhenbei Army is extremely serious, the Tang Dynasty was attacked, and the Zhennan Army and the Northeast Frontier Army each had their own important tasks and could not come to help.
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Guhe is just a very inconspicuous small dot on the territory of the Tang Empire, and is more than 2,000 miles away from Chang'an City. But now it seems that it is the last line of defense before Chang'an City, so Xu Chi decided to hold on here.
Even the General's Mansion is going north!
The mountains were silent, and no one spoke for a long time. The snowflakes slowly fell, and the temperature and atmosphere became much colder at the same time. Although everyone knew that Xu Chi's judgment was correct, the Zhenbei Army had to give up its original strategy.
Plan, stick to it on the spot... what a heavy price that will be paid, and can it really be defended?
They knew better than ordinary soldiers that the court had done its best, and the government and the country worked together, and the ordinary people were tightly fed and fed, constantly supplying the food and grass needed by the Zhenbei Army. After a cold winter, the current military camp
There is still fresh pork in it, and there is no problem with the armor.
But the terrain of the Gu River was determined... If the Zhenbei Army wanted to block the Golden Tent Royal Court from that line, it would mean that it would need to resist more than 100,000 grassland cavalry head-on, and that would definitely be the least that Zhenbei Army would want to face now
Field battle!
The Zhenbei Army was rampant in the north of the mainland, and it was not a problem to go to the grassland. The most ordinary soldiers were also good at riding and ejaculating. How could they have ever been afraid of field battles? But now they have to deliberately avoid field battles because they have the most fatal problem: lack of them.
War horse.
Huaying broke the silence between the court. He walked to Xu Chi and knelt on one knee. He said calmly and firmly: "If you can't hold on, you will die."
Xu Chi looked at his gray temples and his rapidly aging face that had been tortured by the bitter and cold weather in the border areas over the years. He was in a heavy mood, but there was no trace of his face. He said, "Wrong, even if you die, you still want it."
Keep it for me.”
Hua Ying responded without hesitation: "Abide by the order."
Xu Chi helped him up, watched him silent for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it back. He said with emotion: "Thank you for the hard work over the years."
Hua Ying smiled and said nothing.
Since the war with the Golden Tent Royal Court, he has been defending the northernmost part of the Tang Dynasty. As a vanguard, he undertakes the most important and heaviest tasks. Although his command now has the only remaining cavalry of the Zhenbei Army, he still
It was very difficult to defend.
If it weren't for his extremely high martial arts cultivation, the Tang army had extremely strict defenses, and on several occasions he had almost been assassinated by powerful men on the grassland.
But Hua Ying never complained, and even when Xu Chi wanted to transfer him back to Peking University Camp for rest, he refused very seriously.
The Zhenbei Army actually understood why this was. Even the nobles in the palace and the military chiefs also understood the reason.
Hua Ying's surname is Hua, Hua from the Hua family, Hua from the Hua Mountains.
Hua Shanyue followed Li Yu to rebel and died on the spot. The officers who secretly rebelled from Gushan County were sent to Beidaying by Ning Que and exchanged military merits for honor. Several years passed, those people
Few are still alive.
Involved by this incident, the once famous Hua family also quickly declined. Now only Hua Ying still holds an important position in the army.
So Huaying worked very hard. He wanted to use his life to fight for the Hua family forever, to be dazzling and to be full of energy.
Xu Chi said: "Don't work too hard, it's best to live."
Hua Ying did not answer this sentence positively and said, "We will win."
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In the sixth year of Zhengshi in the Tang Dynasty, the 3,455th year of Xiling Dazhuan, at the end of spring.
The vanguard of the Zhenbei Army in Datang met the cavalry of the Jinzhang Wangting at 170 miles south of Weicheng. After fighting for more than ten days, they had both victories and losses. After that, the main forces of the Zhenbei Army all went north and set up camps in the Yugu River area.
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The two most powerful military forces in the world officially began to compete and fought for more than ten days, with both victories and losses. However, after Guhe was still in the camp of Zhenbei Army, the Jin Tent cavalry failed to take a step south.
The two sides temporarily rested and re-entered the confrontation, but everyone knew that it was different from the past. This confrontation could not last for dozens of days or even years. At most one or two days, the war would continue to burn.
In order to block the cavalry of the Golden Tent Royal Court north of the Valley River, Zhenbei Army paid a heavy price because they had serious shortage of war horses. Even the veterans with the most skilled bow and swords and the most exquisite riding skills, there are many of them now.
Holding a Park Knife as a wing cover for the array, he cannot go into battle to kill the enemy.
The strongest iron cavalry of Zhenbei Army can only be used as infantry because they have no war horses. In whoever's eyes, this is a waste of resources. But who can change all this?
From the day when the Xiling Temple forced the Tang Kingdom to sign a peace agreement, Xiang Wanyuan was ceded and the war horses were handed over as spoils, this infuriating and helpless scene is a destined fact.
The new Chaoyang rose from the east. Those strong men in the army with the best eyesight, or Xu Chi who stayed in the general's mansion behind, could vaguely see the figure of Minshan in the blood-like morning glow.
Yesterday, the cavalry of the Golden Chant Wangting temporarily retreated northward and returned to the Kaipingji line to make a temporary rest and prepare for the final offensive. Facing the Tang army with a strong will and facing the same difficult infantry and cavalry cooperation array, the Golden Chant Wangting
The Chanyu was no longer satisfied with the local victory on the battlefield, and was even more anxious because of the passage of time. It is obvious that the upcoming field battle will be a tide that the Zhenbei Army had never faced before.
Situ Yilan stood on the meadow, holding her waist and looking at the direction of the cavalry of the King of Jinzhang. Her face was covered with dust and was filled with calmness and vigilance. Her slightly narrowed eyes were even more sharp than the blade.
Cold light.
As a disciple of the academy and descendant of the old general, her performance in Zhenbei Army was as outstanding as she was back then. She had long become the youngest general. Now she is Huaying's deputy and is deeply loved by the officers and soldiers of Zhenbei Army.
After dozens of consecutive days of battle, especially in recent days, the Zhenbei Army has been under great pressure and paid a very heavy price. Some of the military doctors in the battalion have not been able to close their eyes for three consecutive days and nights.
When Situ Yilan thought of this, her expression was very calm, and she did not let the personal soldiers beside her see any problems, but the problems still existed, like a heavy stone, pressing on her heart.
The Golden Tent Royal Court is not retreating, but resting. The general's military order is to defend the Gu River and never retreat. This field seems to be destined to become a cemetery of hundreds of thousands of lives, but I don't know that he will be qualified to replace him as a winner in the end.
Which party will the deceased write the epitaph?
She has a high rank in Zhenbei Army and can know the military information that many ordinary soldiers don't know. Yesterday, reinforcements from Gushan County tried to attack a certain unit of the Jinzhang Wangting from Zhonglu of Minshan Mountain, but were discovered in advance. The tribe quickly turned to the king.
The courtyard was approaching, which made the Zhenbei Army lose the best opportunity to disrupt the enemy's roots.
So what else can I do?
Situ Yilan stared at the sand table last night and was silent for a long time. She compared the knowledge taught by the academy teacher and the military predecessors with her own experience in the military, and could not find any way.
The only one who decided on the strategy of Zhenbei Army was General Xu Chi, or went further south to see, including the siblings in the palace and the gentlemen in the academy, but she also wanted to do her part.
pity……
In addition to the heavy problems like stones, Situ Yilan also had many doubts in her heart.
General Xu Chi's strategy cannot be said to be wrong. Whether it is retreating at the beginning or defending the bloody battle now, the former requires space to exchange for time, and the enemy's army is tired, while the latter is because it cannot be defeated.
The momentum is slightly obvious, and absolute iron blood must be used to stabilize the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. But it is obvious that there should be many better, more flexible methods, or less desperate ways.
General Xu Chi's current strategy is equivalent to attracting all the main forces of the Golden Tent Royal Court to the Guhe area. If victory can be won, it will be difficult for the opponent's main cavalry to escape even if they want to escape.
You should know that during the hundreds of years of war between the Tang Dynasty and the Golden Tent Royal Court, the most troublesome thing about the Tang people was that they could escape. Even if the Tang army won, the Wangting cavalry quickly retreated to the depths of the grassland, and the Tang army could not annihilate its main force.
There are a lot of amazing military wisdom in this strategy, but it needs to be implemented. The most important thing is that the Tang army must first win before it can talk about how to annihilate the main force of the Golden Point.
How to win this war? Situ Yilan couldn't think of it now. She didn't think General Xu Chi could think of it, so she became increasingly confused about what the general or the court was thinking.
She is not a pessimist, nor a defeatist. She is like the personal soldiers beside her and the Tang army in the camp, and is not afraid of the cavalry of the Golden Treasure Royal Court, but reason tells her that victory is really far away.
Logically speaking, Zhenbei Army has a very high quality and is backed by Guhe, which can be regarded as seventy-sixth of the geographical advantage. If you don’t mention the harmony of the times and people, you won’t make her so desperate, but it’s still the same old problem…
No horse.
No war horses.
The Zhenbei Army did not have enough war horses.
Situ Yilan took her personal soldiers back to the camp. The soldiers she met along the way stood up to salute her. She could clearly argue that although the soldiers saluted almost the same, there were actually great differences, such as
The soldiers who have arrived in Zhenbei Army for less than two years have a clearer and a little shy in their expressions. The veterans who have been indifferent in their expressions. As for their eyes... they are very terrified.
When she brushed by, although it was just a small movement, she felt it very obvious.
Those veterans reminded her of someone who hadn't seen for a long time, her former classmate, the so-called gentleman, the guy who had already stood at the top of the world. (To be continued...)