Chapter 1044 Shocking the Snake
General Babulov ignored Konev. In his eyes, people like Konev were just clowns. Babulov looked at Peterke waiting for his decision.
Peter Cay looked at the noisy Konev coldly, and the latter's heart was trembling and quiet. Peter Cay paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and after a moment he returned to the throne to sit down, glanced at His Highness's ministers, and decided to say, "The old general is right! The battle to quell the rebellion is still led by General Zhengnan! However, in view of the previous unfavorable war, General Zhengnan was sentenced to three years of duty and demoted to General Zhengnan!" Seeing that someone was still thinking about it and talking nonsense, Peter Cay said in a deep voice: "I have thought it through, you don't need to say more!" Several Wen Mandarin words that were about to persuade were taken back before they could speak.
When Cao Pi received Peter Kai's order, he couldn't help but feel a little moved. He didn't expect that this barbarian emperor would have such a mind. Some thoughts of loyalty arose in his heart, but this thought just flashed through his mind.
Cao Pi, who obtained the Shangfang Sword, immediately ordered the entire army to give up its existing positions and retreat to the large pine forest dozens of miles northwest of the river. The area of this large pine forest is afraid of tens of thousands of square kilometers, and several small rivers meander through it. The large eastern passage built by the Ross people is directly connected to the north. The surrounding terrain is flat, and even if it encounters a heavy snowfall, it will not be sealed. The reason why Cao Pi decided to withdraw his army here was due to this consideration.
The movements of the Ross army were immediately learned by the Qin army's scouts. Then the scout quickly reported the situation to Jia Xu, who was in the Langtou Mountain Fortress. Jia Xu thought for a while in front of the sand table, then pointed to the big pine forest more than 40 miles north of the Langtou Mountain Fortress and said, "If I guess well, the Ross army will definitely retreat here!"
Zhang He and others looked at the location of the big pine forest, and thought for a moment. Zhang He asked in confusion: "Although this place is well connected, the terrain is flat! Aren't Cao Pi afraid that he will be defeated by us before his reinforcements arrive? Moreover, he had a bad battle before, and if he retreated, he was afraid that he would not be able to explain to his emperor."
Jia Xu sighed and shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the facts are just the opposite! According to time, Emperor Ross' orders should have been issued to the military camp of the Ross army. At this time, Cao Pi led his army to retreat, which only means that Emperor Ross's name did not hold him accountable before! The mind of this Emperor Ross is a bit beyond imagination! It seems that the prospect of this battle is a bit unpredictable!"
Zhang He and several generals exchanged glances, and Pang De said in confusion: "The military advisor is too worried! Cao Pi is just our defeated general. Even if he leads the army, what can we do? Even if the reinforcements from the Ross people arrive, we can at least rely on the Langtou Mountain Fortress to defend it!"
Jia Xu said in a shocking voice: "The problem lies in this Langtou Mountain Fortress!~" He paused, looked outside the meeting hall with everyone's surprise expressions and continued: "It's late October now, and according to past experience, it will snow heavily here for more than half a month. Our army's logistics will be interrupted by then. By then, our army's situation will be extremely dangerous!" He sighed, "If the one million harbors of food in the fortress are still there, there will be no such problems!" The generals immediately fell silent.
Jia Xu looked at the sand table in front of him and thought, "Cao Pi is accustomed to taking dangerous moves! He expected that we would definitely find his movements and would set up some traps with this!"
"Military advisor, what do you mean is that Cao Pi's current actions are fake," Gao Lan asked in surprise.
Jia Xu shook his head and said, "No, according to the current situation, it is inevitable that Cao Pi will retreat to the Great Song Forest! The trap he has set up now should be to prepare for the heavy snow!~" Jia Xu stood up straight, and a mockery flashed in his wise eyes, "But Cao Pi is still a little tender!"
"Junyi, generals, we must attack decisively now!" Jia Xu said decisively.
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Ross' army crossed the river and retreated in the direction of the big pine forest. Cao Pi rode a white phoenix horse in the center of the army, while Xu Chu rode a huge war horse and followed Cao Pi next to him. Xu Chu frowned, looking worried.
Cao Pi noticed Xu Chu's expression and couldn't help asking: "Zhongkang, what are you thinking?"
Xu Chu came to his senses and said with a worried look on his face: "Young Master, you keep the Ninth Legion in the valley. Are you afraid of being discovered by the Qin army? His tens of thousands of people are just a piece of fat!"
Cao Pi took a deep breath of cold breath and said confidently: "In another half a month, heavy snow will come! As long as heavy snow falls, the Qin army's doomsday will not be far away!"
Cao Pi remembered something and asked anxiously: "Zhongkang, did the Ninth Legion definitely not noticed by the Qin army when it entered the canyon?"
Xu Chu said with certainty: "There is definitely not! They are walking on a path that few locals know about, and they are at night when they move!"
Cao Pi nodded, "That's good! By the way, have all the logistics supplies been sent in?"
Xu Chu replied: "I sent it in at the same time! Young Master, I haven't asked before, and the logistics and supplies were given to the Ninth Legion, so what should we do?"
Cao Pi smiled and said, "The logistics and supplies are given to the Ninth Legion so that they will not fall into a desperate situation due to heavy snow! As for us, the current food and supplies are enough for half a month, and the big pine forest is well connected, so it can raise a considerable amount of food and supplies within half a month. In addition, the first batch of supplies supported by the empire can arrive within 20 days at the latest, so logistics is not a problem for us." Xu Chu nodded suddenly and realized.
Shortly after the two finished their conversation, the Xiongjun tribe army, who was in charge of the rear guard, was suddenly attacked and lost thousands of people. Then, the army of Ross was also suddenly attacked by the Qin cavalry, with only more than ten thousand cavalry, but the offensive was extremely rapid and fierce. Fortunately, Cao Pi was prepared, otherwise he was afraid that the more than ten thousand cavalry might disrupt his army.
Before sunset that day, 20,000 Qin troops roared tigers in the sunset, gathering into a black torrent in the sunset, and with an unyielding momentum, the Ross mixed troops defeated the 20,000 defenders. The iron cavalry roared and rushed on the wasteland, and the collapsed enemy troops rushed like a dog with a broken family. The enemy's corpses were everywhere in the mountains and fields, and the desolate screams made people shudder.
The Luos army, which suffered such a heavy blow, used light cavalry to restrain the Qin army's tiger roar cavalry, while on the other hand, hugged all the people and horses into a group and slowly advanced towards the destination.
The army of Ross slowly advanced like a big turtle. The raids of the Iron Cavalry from time to time made the soldiers of Ross grit their teeth and helpless. Because the Ross army took extremely cautious measures, it was difficult for the Qin army to find a chance to attack. Sometimes the opportunity was actually a carefully designed trap. A Qin army of 5,000 people fell into such a trap. After a thrilling and tragic battle, the Iron Cavalry of the Tiger Roar finally broke the encirclement with its amazing combat power and fought a bloody path. However, at this time, they were only less than two thousand cavalry left.
On a road of only twenty miles, Ross' army actually walked for five days. When Ross' army arrived at the Da Songlin, everyone, including Cao Pi and Xu Chu, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Recalling the experiences of the past five days, Cao Pi couldn't help but be in a secret shock and thought to himself: 'The Qin army's offensive is so fierce. Will it have discovered my ambush? Shouldn't it be! But if the Qin army continues to attack like this, it will be difficult to protect the ambush in the valley from being discovered! Should they withdraw them? ~' Cao Pi stood on a hill beside the pine forest and looked at the busy army under the hill thinking. After a while, Cao Pi suddenly broke the branches in his hand and said decisively: "No! Now is a critical moment, you must calm down!"
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Langtou Mountain Fortress.
Jia Xu was discussing something with Zhang He and others in front of the sand table in the conference hall. At this time, a scout trotted in.
"Military advisor, general, Ross' army has arrived in the Great Songlin!" reported the scout.
Chapter completed!