Chapter 608: Heart is higher than the sky, life is thinner than paper
"What did you say?" Yu Wen Ke jumped up like a cat with a tail trampled on it, grabbed the neck of the officer who reported the news, and shouted angrily: "What are you talking about?"
The officer's voice trembled, "General, General Yuwenchui was defeated. He is on his way back now. The messenger has arrived at the camp. I am worried that the news will affect the morale of the army, so I hid him."
"How could it be defeated? How could it be defeated?" Yuwen Ke let go of the officer dejectedly, took a step back, and shook his head in disbelief, "This must be the trick of the Eastern Army. There are only 5,000 infantrymen in Dayan Lake, and Sun Xiao has been mobilized by me. How could it be defeated with Ah Chui and five,000 cavalry?"
"General, the messenger said that General Yuwenchui was about to succeed, but at the last moment, Gao Yuan led his Red Guard to arrive suddenly." Thinking of the remnant of the Red Guard described by the messenger, the officer couldn't help but stir up a cold war. "General Yuwenchui said that the general should make a decision quickly. Now Gao Yuan is chasing him relentlessly, and according to his estimate, Gao Yuan should have reinforcements behind him."
Yuwen Ke's face was pale. In a short period of time, he seemed to have become more than ten years old. His previous spirit was gone at this moment. He seemed to have fallen over in an instant, "Is this possible defeat? How can I lose?"
Looking at Yuwen Ke's somewhat unconscious appearance, the officer was a little anxious, "General, Xu Yuan from Pioneer City and Yan Peng from Wancheng now invested all his troops like two madmen. Now we are in a hurry on both fronts. Hurry up and dispatch cavalry. Otherwise, if several floating bridges are in a mistake, when Gao Yuan arrives, we will have no way out."
"Yes, the floating bridge, you must guard the floating bridge." Yuwen Ke jumped up suddenly, "Transfer the order to Tian Zongmin. At all costs, guard the floating bridge."
"General, General Tian has been guarding for three days and his troops have suffered a great loss. If he does not send out cavalry, he will be unable to defend it."
"Caughter?" Yuwen Ke shook his head and said, "Xu Yuan still has two thousand cavalry in his hand, and Yan Peng has at least one thousand. These three thousand cavalry have not been dispatched since the war started. They must be aiming at our cavalry. If they were to entangle, they would be difficult to get out. If Gao Yuan arrived again, it would be troublesome."
"General, what should we do now?"
"Give the infantry to cover the cavalry and cross the river first." Yuwen Ke said decisively.
Chen Bin swung his sword and slashed over another enemy in front of him. His eyes suddenly became empty. He found that not far ahead of him was already rushing on the Liaohe River. There was no enemy in front of him. In this round of rushing, he finally killed the formation of the Donghu people. He just looked up at the river water, turned around and immediately turned to another direction, rushed over, and behind him was the endless soldiers of the East Army pouring in from this gap.
The Donghu people guarding the floating bridge immediately cut into two sections, and more places were being penetrated.
Tian Zongmin sighed, but it was not blocked after all. But what puzzled him even more was why the cavalry under Yuwen Ke did not dispatch it? If it was like this, the cavalry would come to cover it up. It should be impossible to defend this floating bridge.
"Retreat!" He was also a decisive person. When he saw that things were not to be violated, he immediately decided to give up the floating bridge behind him and retreat to the direction of the central army. There was no larger floating bridge. When crossing the river, this floating bridge was responsible for the heavy responsibility of Yuwen Ke's cavalry crossing the river.
In Pioneer City, Xu Yuan saw Chen Bin covered in blood.
"Good!" He patted Chen Bin's shoulder vigorously, "This is the general of my Eastern Army."
Chen Bin grinned. After this battle, even though he was wearing the best armor, these armors only protected the vital points of his body. He didn't know how much injuries he had suffered in other places. He didn't feel anything during the fierce battle before, but when he stopped, he suddenly felt pain all over his body.
"Captain, we have prepared some hot oil and other items. As long as you give the order, you can turn this floating bridge into ashes." Chen Bin said.
"Did you burn him?" Xu Yuan paused for a moment, "No, no!" He shook his head repeatedly: "Chen Bin, the situation has changed. I am of great use for this bridge. Can you still fight?"
Chen Bin straightened his chest, "Of course we can fight!"
"Okay, your division commander Ni Huazong and Tao Jiawang of the Second Division are rushing their troops to force Yuwen Ke to the Central Army. You lead the team to follow us as a reserve team. As a good rest. In addition, when necessary, you must rush forward and give the opponent a fatal blow."
"I understand!" Chen Bin turned around and wanted to walk. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped again and turned around: "Captain, are our cavalry going to cross the river?"
Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst into laughter, "Chen Bin, you can guess this with you. Yes, our cavalry is going to cross the river. Just now, the Governor has arrived and defeated Yuwenchui and Yuwenming in Dayan Lake. Now the Governor is in front and Commander Sun is behind. The army is running towards here. If I expected it well, Yuwenke, the old kid, must have run away."
Chen Bin was immediately ecstatic, "Our reinforcements have arrived. If Yuwen Ke can be cut off, he will make dumplings. If Yuwen Ke is left here in this battle, our army will have the upper hand in the battle in the Hetao Plain."
"That's natural. Yuwen Ke's heart is higher than the sky, but his life is thinner than paper. There was no flaw in the overall plan, but he had always made plans when he hit my governor. He suddenly hit the iron plate and sent a life here!" Xu Yuan jumped and laughed wildly.
Chen Bin ran out excitedly, and the countless wounds on his body did not feel so painful.
"Gongsun Yi, Luo Lei, Yan Xiaohe!" Xu Yuan turned his head and looked at the three cavalry generals who had been watching the wall since the war started. Among them, Gongsun Yi and Luo Lei were his cavalry generals, and Yan Xiaohe was Yan Peng's second army general. After the war started, the two cavalry under them were not enough to compete with the Donghu people, so they simply joined forces to play a big role in the critical moment. Now it seems that the original decision was really wise.
"Chen Bin has controlled a floating bridge. What you have to do now is to cross the river as fast as possible, take down Yuwen Ke's left-behind personnel on the other side of the shore, and then seal their retreat. Remember, in the past few days, the infantry have shed enough blood. You just saw that Chen Bin can't see much good meat all over his body. Don't let their blood flow in vain. In this battle, we want a perfect victory."
"As for order!" The three of them bowed together.
"Gongsun Yi, you are in charge of this battle. If there is a missed child, you know the consequences!" Xu Yuan said coldly.
"I understand!" Gongsun Yi suddenly felt energetic. This was a cavalry of more than 3,000 people. All the cavalry of the First Army and the Second Army gathered together, and it was also the largest cavalry commanded by him. "If Yuwen Ke ran across the river, I, Gongsun Yi, came to see you."
"It's not necessary to raise your head, but the position of this cavalry division commander has nothing to do with you." Xu Yuan laughed. "Hurry up, Yuwen Ke must jump over the wall now."
Yuwen Ke is indeed furious now because Tian Zongmin was roaring at him.
"Where is your cavalry? When is the cavalry? You haven't joined the cavalry to fight to the death. Now the Eastern Army is definitely mobilizing troops and horses, and you are here to come. When they arrive here and set up a formation, can your cavalry still be able to chew? While they are still mobilizing, immediately deploy cavalry, attack halfway, and isolate them, and we will have a chance." Tian Zongmin waved his arms, regardless of the Donghu generals of all sizes in the tent.
"I am commanding the battle, and you don't need to point fingers, you have your own overall arrangements." Yuwen Ke said angrily: "You lost the floating bridge, and you still dare to point fingers here. Do I dare not use military law?"
Tian Zongmin was furious, "General Yuwen, aren't you afraid of losing your mind when you say this? More than 10,000 infantry guarding three floating bridges, each bridge can only be divided into more than 3,000 people. Facing the Eastern Expedition Army, which is multiples to me, I have been guarding for three days. If you are willing to dispatch cavalry to support you, how could this be the result? The surprise troops you sent out have been defeated, and the enemy is taking advantage of the situation to counterattack. If we do not repel the frontal enemy first, we can't retreat. If we let the other party get entangled, there is only a dead end. At this time, you are just thinking about letting the cavalry retreat. Do you want to throw all the infantry to the Eastern Expedition Army?"
"Castresses are the foundation of my Donghu!" Yuwen Ke said proudly: "As long as my Donghu cavalry is still there, I dare not be arrogant in the expedition of the East Army. Infantry, hehe, training is easy. General Tian, I have many people under my Donghu. Even if I am afraid that all the cavalry will be ruined here in this battle, as long as the cavalry is protected, you can form a group of ten thousand or even more infantry for you at most half a year. This matter cannot be discussed."
Tian Zongmin was so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven, and the other Buddhas came out of the ground, stared at Yuwen Ke, panting, but couldn't speak, but pointed at Yuwen Ke, his lips squirmed: "Yuwen Ke, you will suffer a great loss like this. When the infantry is not safe, the cavalry will not be able to escape. It will inevitably be a waste of water. The left floating bridge has been lost. As long as the opponent's general has a normal mind, he will definitely send troops to cross the floating bridge to block your retreat. At this time, you will not be able to retreat. If you go alone, the whole army attacks, at least you have to repel the opponent's counterattack to win enough time to retreat. Cavalry, only cavalry can curb the opponent's counterattack."
"General Tian!" Yuwen Ke slapped the table, "You are just my guest servant of Donghu, not my boss, come here, please ask General Tian to cross the river first. Yuwen Hao, you will take over and command the infantry to resist the enemy, all the cavalry will prepare to cross the river."
Chapter completed!