Chapter 438: The thick smoke rises from the walls and clear fields

When Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao returned to the prefecture of Jili Prefecture, they saw the detailed information sent back by Li Xun. It was said that it was an information, but it was actually a nagging letter. Li Xun complained a lot in the letter.

First of all, I complained that I didn’t have a good New Year. I kept leading troops outside to fight. It was cold and it was very uncomfortable.

Then he complained about the difficulties in supply. The people who went to Jili State to help with transportation were able to support the military's consumption. After the army continued to fight, the inconvenience of travel was highlighted.

Often, the army advances dozens of miles, and the supply team behind it takes several days to deliver the subsequent supplies, which greatly affects the army's mobility.

Then he said that the people from the Hei Shui Governor's Office were cunning and did not fight against him, but ran backwards and led all the people together.

Before the New Year, I was about to catch up, but because of a heavy snow, I had to give up chasing my life, which effectively gathered the vitality of the Hei Shui Governor's Office.

What's more important is that many of the people brought from Shuzhou are sick and need care. It is not easy to take out people from Jilizhou. At the beginning, there was no problem. It seemed that they had adapted to the cold environment. However, as they fought on the snow for a long time, many people suffered from frostbite.

In short, the Black Water Governor's Office is not something that can be fought by people and needs support. I hope that Wang Juan, a military god-like person, can show his power again.

After reading the letter, Zhang Xiaobao smiled and said to Wang Juan: "It seems that Li Xun has encountered the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields. In addition, the army is not adapted to the long-term cold climate and is stunned."

Wang Juan nodded, agreed, and said, "It seems that our adaptive training in Jili State is not enough. I am very worried about the people who go to North America. I don't know if they can survive. No news has been sent back yet.

Li Xun is really right. He only knows how to complain and doesn’t know how to write down the tactics he used by the other party he met, so it’s hard for me to judge what the other party’s general was planning.”

"How else can I fight? When winter comes, I should have sent troops to penetrate and penetrate as quickly as possible. I guess Li Xun wanted to kill less people and wanted to use the momentum of a large army to directly crush the opponent. As a result, the other party did not compromise and used all the environments that could be used to teach Li Xun a lesson.

There are high mountains and dense forests there, and there should be many primeval forests. Thanks to the fact that he did not bring a long spear troops, otherwise it would be easy for someone to ambush them and snatch the gun away. It was cold to a certain extent and the trigger could not be hooked."

Zhang Xiaobao also analyzed that the right time and place are on the opponent, and as for the harmony of people, the two sides seem to be similar.

Wang Juan put down the letter in his hand, thought for a while, and said, "Li Xun should stop, retreat the army, replace it with a new army and go out. Now the morale of the team of more than 20,000 people is so low that it cannot be lower. The Hei Shui Governor's Office is also large, so don't expect to be able to fight in one go."

Wang Juan made his decision and soon sent it to Li Xun. It was estimated that it would take at least one month to arrive, and there was no way to go now.

Zhang Xiaobao also agreed to the proposal to let Li Xun withdraw his troops, adding: "The gunboat was unable to advance because it was frozen there and could not advance to reinforce from the sea. Should it be used? I wonder how Shuiyun followed? It is best to send the news back as soon as possible."

Perhaps because he heard Zhang Xiaobao's call, Shuiyun flew back the next day. Seeing Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan seem very intimate and have a beautiful meal of beef, he reluctantly left with Wang Juan's order.

A cold wind blew, and Li Xun couldn't help but tremble, put down his telescope, gently *** the face that was blown by the wind with countless small holes, bared his teeth in pain, and cursed: "Damn, these people are not strong at all. Are they still a man? I have the aura to rush up to fight against the knife, fight against the gun once, and you will know how to hide, hide, and hide."

The army next to Li Xun, who was responsible for giving advice, did not say a word at this time, and he was beaten by the other party and lost his temper. As long as the deal here formed a scale, the other party immediately retreated. Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, the speed was so fast that he felt that he could be surrounded. As a result, after closing the encirclement, he would find that the other party disappeared between heaven and earth.

Li Xun gritted his teeth and turned his head to join the army, "Tell me, how to fight this battle? A few days ago, they finally surrounded them and surrounded them on a mountain, preparing to rest and attack. As a result, after one night, they were watered and turned into a city. After a few days of vain, they made them run away again and again."

When the army joined the army, they wanted to say that if you hadn't said anything that day to give the enemy a hope of survival, and if there were three or one, how could it be possible for people to find an opportunity to run away? The people who were ambushing in the loose place would not have time to move.

Thinking of this in his heart, he didn't dare to say it, so he could only follow Li Xun's words: "Your Highness, I guess they are not having a good time now. At least they have been running and never dared to fight us. Then food and other food are almost the same, and there is also heating. Without a house, how can they not be cold?"

Li Xun didn't say anything. He thought that joining the army was all nonsense. Who was not cold? He was still cold. He still had any fixed houses to live in until now. Living in a tent, he was turbulent and frozen, and he couldn't fight this battle at all.

Joining the army continued, "Your Highness, I think it's better to retreat first. Now it's the beginning of spring, and they must also need spring plowing. Let's give them the place first so that they feel safe. Go back to spring plowing, wait for them to sort out the land and plant the seeds, and we will make a comeback.

Your Highness, think about it, the seeds they have finally planted cannot be given up at will. If we fight again, they will inevitably have someone who wants to fight with us. Now we are not afraid of fighting, but they are afraid that they will run away. If they still run away, we will destroy their land."

"Okay, good way, it's important to cut off their hope of life. They will definitely go crazy. Your method is good, withdraw, but if I retreat, will I be laughed at when I go back? What should I say about the emperor? Why didn't I see any appearance of spring when I start spring? It should be cold."

Li Xun didn't want to fight anymore, physically and mentally exhausted. Now it is difficult to get on the throne. If he goes in, he cannot get in. The Hei Shui Governor's Office is too big. He chased the other party and ran away, but he cannot get in.

Everyone knows that this time the emperor is discussing swordsmanship in Huashan. The people from the Hei Shui Governor's Office want to take it all in one fell swoop. If the provocation of Hong Guoguo is not convinced, what is the national prestige?

What's more, this expedition is my first time. If I run away in shame, the other brothers will not laugh at me?

Joining the army may not be able to fight in such an environment, but he has done a good job in grasping human nature. You can tell at a glance what Li Xun is thinking and gave an idea:

"Your Highness, this is not a retreat, but it is actually called a strategic transfer. When Wang Chanjun was on the front line of Jinchuan, he also transferred a lot, but he didn't win in the end. I only know that blindly moving forward is not a good general. Sometimes, it takes more courage to temporarily make concessions that are helpful to the overall situation."

Li Xun likes to hear these words, narrowed his eyes, nodded constantly, and said to the army: "Since you insist on making a transfer, I will listen to you once, pass on my orders, the front team will change to the back team, transfer, pay attention to maintaining the formation and don't let someone counterattack."

Joining the army was stunned for a moment, and he seemed helpless, so he put the blame on himself, but who asked him to follow him and did not help him win the battle, so he had to do so.

With Li Xun's order issued, the team began to retreat. It was simple to say that it was not possible to retreat all of them in a short time, and it was impossible to retreat to Jilizhou in one breath. They could only retreat to the Bohai Governor's Office first.

Li Xun was very reluctant to go there, for fear of meeting the people from the Bohai Governor's Office. If the other party felt that he could learn the methods of the Hei Shui Governor's Office, it would be difficult to deal with.

The Tang army retreated when morale was low. As in all wars, the people of the Hei Shui Governor's Office would not give up on this opportunity to pursue.

Although there was no large-scale face-to-face battle, the harassment of small troops never stopped. Traps and night attacks were used, and all the tricks that could be used were used, making it very difficult for the troops behind the palace sent by Li Xun to go.

Every day, Li Xun could hear casualties coming from behind. Not many people died, but he couldn't resist it and died. He was worried that the troops behind the palace would retreat without morale. In that case, he would not know how many people would die.

After retreating for a few more days, Li Xun's concern did not happen. Instead, there was a turnaround. The two thousand people behind the palace actually built a temporary camp in an open place. The people from the Hei Shui Governor's Office were also splashing water into ice and resting.

"Your Highness, those two thousand people behind the palace seem to want to counterattack." The army joined the army to Li Xun's camp before dinner that morning and said to Li Xun.

Li Xun was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Do they want to fight to the death? That's not the case. Two thousand people are not a small number. If they die, how should I explain to Xiaobao and the others? They are people from Jilizhou."

The army officer shook his head and replied, "Your Highness, I don't know if they are going to fight to the death. They did not continue to send back the news as before. Instead, the person in charge of the receptionist saw a lot of smoke rising there. I thought they wanted to stay there for a long time to counterattack."

Hearing the words of joining the army, Li Xun became even more confused, "It seems that I didn't give such an order? Are they messing around? What kind of garrison is there? The food they left for them is enough for a few days. Now they are almost going to eat it. Do they want to starve themselves to death? Find a way to contact them."

The more Li Xun thought about it, the more angry he became. He didn't obey the orders. Could it be that he could not command the people of Jilizhou after fighting a depressed battle?

While talking, a messenger rushed in outside, looking anxious, and reported to Li Xun: "Your Highness, it's not good, Your Highness, cigarettes are rising over there."

"I know, isn't it the troops behind the palace?" Li Xun said disapprovingly.

"Yes, yes, but that smoke, that smoke, Your Highness, you might as well go and see it yourself." The messenger wanted to explain clearly, but suddenly gave up. He just walked a few steps away. He could see the situation there when he left the tent.

"Let's go, just take a look." Li Xun, who was puzzled, raised his legs and walked out. At this moment, there were already many people standing outside, all looking towards the north.

When Li Xun came out, his first feeling was cloudy. After looking at others' eyes, he was frightened. He saw thick smoke in the north covered the sky and the sun. It was not smoke at all, but smoke that only appeared when a fire broke out.

At this time, the wind was blowing towards the north, and it was a little west, and the smoke also tilted towards the northwest.

After a moment of stunned silence, Li Xun shook his head twice and shouted loudly: "Who knows what's going on? What's going on over there?"

Everyone was confused.

The army stood beside Li Xun and muttered: "It turns out that when it is so cold, it can burn a lot of fire. Even if it snows, it cannot stop the fire from spreading."

Li Xun nodded. It was the first time he thought that such a big fire could be burned. A thought suddenly appeared in his heart that he didn't want to believe it. He said to the army: "Can the people from the Hei Shui Governor's Office see the people behind our palace guarding the dead, so he got a lot of fire-induced objects and wanted to burn them to death? Those were two thousand people."

Joining the army couldn't speak for a moment, his eyes were filled with fear, and his body trembled slightly, as if he thought of the two thousand people being burned to death, and his face showed a painful expression. That was the elite troops of Jilizhou.

"Hurry, find a way for me to contact them and ask them to retreat. Let's retreat too. If the wind changes, it will be troublesome."

Li Xun was shocked and shouted at the silences around him, but the soldiers around him shook their heads helplessly. How to contact him? Who is not dead in the past?

Just when everyone was confused and helpless, a crisp eagle crow suddenly sounded in the sky. Everyone couldn't help but look up and saw a snow-white eagle soaring with its wings, and then began to dive towards the ground.

When the army next to Li Xun saw the eagle, the first thing that came to mind was to shoot it down and greet the people: "Hurry up, knock it down to avoid hurting Your Highness."

After shouting, he found that many people did not move, only a few people pulled their bows, and before they could aim, Li Xun's voice came over.

"Put down the bow and shoot it to death, don't even think about living, Shuiyun, I'm here, Shuiyun, come down."

The eagle in the sky roared back and flew down towards Li Xun, hovering around in the low altitude. Seeing that there was no danger, it fell on the tent and grabbed a few holes.

"Your Highness, this eagle..." He had never seen Shui Yun before and didn't know what he was doing.

"Hehe, this is Xiaobao and Juanjuan's treasures. Unexpectedly, they came here. Come on, please prepare some food and ask for raw meat."

Li Xun's mood suddenly improved a lot because of the arrival of Shui Yun. *** set out to come under the tent, looked up at Shui Yun, and said, "Where did you come from? Did Xiaobao and Juanjuan believe me?"

Shuiyun nodded to Li Xun in shocked gaze, raised his wings on one side and pointed it at the sea surface, making a short whisper from his mouth.

"Come from the sea? Are you with the fleet? Send me a message?" Li Xun picked up a thick wooden stick from the ground and grabbed it with one hand and put it on his shoulder, and asked again.

Shuiyun nodded again, opened and closed his wings, and flew to Li Xun's wooden stick, raised a claw and asked Li Xun to take things down.

The army was stunned and muttered, "My mother, where did the fairy fly from? Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are already evil enough. You can raise an eagle like this."

Shuiyun turned his head and looked at the army. He obviously heard the words of joining the army and expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Hahahaha." Li Xun laughed loudly, looking very happy, and said to the army: "We have only one water cloud in the world. This time, as long as the news comes from there, I think there will be a way. I don't know if the news comes directly from the fleet or from another place."

While talking, Li Xun had already taken off the bamboo tube tied to Shui Yun's legs, and helped Shui Yun relax and relax. It was uncomfortable to tie it for a long time.

When Li Xun was reading the letter, someone had already sent the wild animals that had just been killed to the front, cut them into pieces, and put them on the ground, trying to see how Shuiyun eats, but Shuiyun didn't move, staring at the person who brought the meat with his eyes.

"Okay, that's it. Withdraw what should be evacuated, and leave what should be left. What should I fear when burning some forests? As long as it can disrupt the deployment of the enemy of the Hei Shui Governor's Office, everything is worth it. Juanjuan is Juanjuan, and you can command it at such a distance. Hehe, now you're done."

After reading the letter, Li Xun suddenly felt like he had changed his body, and he returned from a defeated general to a victory general.

Joining the army wanted to take a look at what was written in the letter. Seeing that Li Xun did not give it to him, he had to change the topic and pointed to the meat on the ground and asked, "Your Highness, does this eagle not like to eat venison?"

"It's not that you don't like to eat it, but that you're afraid of getting poisoned. Shuiyun, don't worry, eat it. If someone dares to poison it, I will kill his whole family."

Li Xun explained to joining the army and made a guarantee to Shuiyun.

Shuiyun shook her head and still refused to eat it. Obviously, she did not believe Li Xun's guarantee.

"Go, let's make a living." Li Xun had no choice but to give another order. This time he sent a rabbit, very thin, maybe he was hungry in winter. Li Xun cut off the meat from his own knife, and Shuiyun started to eat it in concert.

The army officer looked at Shuiyun enviously and asked Li Xun: "Your Highness, what are we going to do next?"

"The large army retreated, leaving two thousand people unmoved here, try to keep all supplies as much as possible, and then follow the orders. This time I want them to see the power of my Tang army."

Li Xun took out the letter he had just put up with a sarcastic smile on his face.
Chapter completed!