The real defeat of the scenic spot

Hassan was stunned, shook his head, and said, "I don't know!"

Liang Ping raised his hand and broke the joints of his fingers.

Hassan shivered in fear and said quickly: "I really don't know!"

Li Yu asked, "Then how did you know that we have 500,000 troops?"

"It was Salman who said it!"

Salman!

Li Yu asked, "Is it your first commander?"

"Yes!"

Hassan looked at Li Yu, shook his head and said, "As for where Salman knew about this information, I don't know."

As a commander of ten thousand men, he is in charge of an army and can be regarded as a senior general in the Xifan Army.

But Hassan was the confidant of former First Commander Avesen, not the confidant of current First Commander Salman.

After Avison was removed from office and Salman took office, Hassan was also the one who was excluded in the Espanyol army.

This time, his 15th Army was named as the advance army by Salman, saying that it was giving him a chance to make achievements, but in fact, he and the 15th Army were treated as a way to explore the stones.

If the record is achieved, it is Salman who has good command. If he is unfortunately defeated, it is all his fault.

Through Hassan's explanation, Li Yu obtained a lot of information about the Xifan Army.

The Xifan Army had more branches of troops than the Zhou army and was more complete.

In addition to conventional infantry and cavalry, there are also elephant soldiers, chariot soldiers, engineers, etc.

Infantry alone can be divided into heavy infantry, light infantry, trapped formation soldiers, divine arm soldiers, archery soldiers, etc.

The burly and shirtless Xifan troops that Li Yu met in Kaiyang City were the soldiers who were trapped in the battle.

Those Xifan Army, who were dressed in black, had agility and superb archery skills, were the Divine Arm Soldiers.

The trapped troops and the Divine Arm Soldier are both elites in the Xifan Army, and each army will also allocate a certain amount of trapped troops and the Divine Arm Soldier.

However, the levels of each armies are different, and the number of troops assigned to the trapped formation and the Divine Arm soldiers is also different.

For example, the 15th Army led by Hassan belongs to the Class B Army, and the number of troops and divine armed soldiers assigned is relatively small.

Now, Li Yu is facing a choice whether to defend Kaiyang City.

The 15th Army led by Hassan was almost wiped out by them, but the problem is that the main troops of the Xifan Army are about to arrive in Kaiyang City.

If we stick to Kaiyang City, we will inevitably fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Xifan Army here.

After thinking about it, Shen Fang suggested to Li Yu: "Your Highness, I think our army should not stick to Kaiyang City!"

"oh?"

"The surrounding areas of Kaiyang City are plains, and there is no danger to rely on. It can be said that it is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Secondly, Kaiyang City is too small and the city defense is insufficient. It is really difficult to win if you stick to it here!"

When Liang Pi heard this, he showed a dissatisfaction expression and shouted loudly: "General Shen, we have fought with the Xifan army in Kaiyang City. We already know their combat power very well. The Xifan army is not as terrible as you imagined! As long as you hand over the 20,000 soldiers you led to me, Liang Pi can defend Kaiyang City..."

Before he finished speaking, Liang Ping scolded angrily: "Shut up!"

Liang Pi was so scared that he shrank his neck and did not dare to say anything more.

Li Yu rubbed his chin, thought for a long time, and asked, "So, what about General Shen's opinion?"

"It's time to retreat to Huaian City!"

After all, Huaian City is a county city. The city is large enough, and the city defense is strong. There are several dangerous places around it that can be used as barriers, which can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

When Liang Ping brought 400,000 troops to camp outside Huaian City, he had already considered that it was easy to defend.

Li Yu looked at Chen Fang and asked with a deep look: "What if we can't defend Huaian City?"

Huaian City is the last line of defense for Huaian County, and Huaian County is the last line of defense for Qinzhou.

Once they fail to defend Huaian City, the Xifan Army will go east and replace the state and south and advance to Weizhou.

Whether it is replacing states to the east or taking Weizhou to the south, it is only a short distance from the capital.

In Li Yu's opinion, using Huaian City as a decisive battle with the Xifan Army was too risky and had no room for buffering.

This is equivalent to forcing one's side to the dead end, and he can only win this battle, not lose.

Chen Fang said seriously: "Your Highness, I am confident that I will be able to defend Huaian City!"

Liang Ping rubbed his chin and his face was solemn.

Originally, he had no hope for this battle, and felt that Li Yu had just brought 500,000 people to Qinzhou to die.

After seeing the combat effectiveness of the border army, Liang Ping felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.

However, this battle is still difficult to fight.

Li Yu looked at Liang Ping and asked, "What do you think of Duke Xunguo?"

Liang Ping frowned and bowed to Li Yu, saying, "Your Highness, I also think it is safest to retreat to Huaian City!"

Li Yu took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "Since that's the case, let's retreat to Huaian City!"

Chen Fang and Liang Ping agreed and both advocated retreating to Huaian City, and Li Yu had nothing to say.

The border army led by Li Yu did not delay much in Kaiyang City, and brought the captured Hassan and more than a hundred Xifan prisoners back to Huaian City.

Back at the capital army camp outside Huaian City, everyone entered the central army tent and sat down one after another.

Li Yuhuan looked at everyone present and asked with a wry smile: "How do we write the battle report of this battle?"

They obviously defeated the Xifan Army in Kaiyang City and captured a ten thousand men's commander of the Xifan Army alive, but they gave Kaiyang City out.

In this battle, did they lose or win?

Liang Ping intervened and said, "Your Highness will win the battle, and this battle report should be a good news!"

"Since it is a good news, why did Kaiyang City fall?"

Liang Ping said seriously: "The enemy is numerous and we are few, so we should avoid his sharp edge!"

Li Yu shook his head and said, "From the process, our army won in Kaiyang City, but judging by the result, our army was defeated!"

Liang Ping sighed, and Li Yu said this, that was correct.

He reminded meaningfully: "Your Highness, the court needs a victory to inspire people!"

Moreover, winning the first battle will greatly enhance your reputation of Your Highness King Wu!

Li Yu and Liang Ping looked at each other for a moment, nodded, and said, "Well! Let's write a good news and submit a memorial to the court!"

However, Li Yu really couldn't write about this good news, so he asked Chen Fang to write a good news for him.

After Li Yu arrived in Qinzhou, the news of his victory in the flag was soon passed back to the capital.

Li Ju was overjoyed when he heard the news.

Holding the battle report, his body shook.

The eunuch next to him quickly helped him.

Li Ji spread the battle report with trembling hands and looked down at it.

Chen Fang’s battle report is well written.

He told all the stories of how Li Yu annihilated the 15th Army of Xifan in Kaiyang City.

He also specifically stated that in this battle, he successfully captured the chief general of the 15th Army of the enemy and the commander of the ten thousand men, Hassan.

However, in the end, because the main army of the Xifan Army was about to arrive in Kaiyang City and the enemy was too small, Li Yu had to order the temporary withdrawal of troops.

He also set up a defense line with Huaian City as the center, and wanted to fight to the death with the main force of the Xifan Army.
Chapter completed!