Turbulent Times Chapter 1513: Return to others in the way of others

Not long after, a confidant sent by Zhai Rang entered the tent.

This man is in his forties, and Li Mi and others also know him, and he has served Zhai Rang for a long time.

When this man came in, his expression was calm and his robes were very neat. Li Mi felt relieved a lot, when he saw the man saw Li Mi, he clasped his fists and said: "This subordinate pays homage to Mi Gong. I have letters to submit." After finishing speaking, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over with both hands.

Li Mi nodded, and a soldier walked over, took the letter, and handed it over. Li Mi checked the wax, tore open the envelope, and took out a piece of paper. The handwriting was a bit embarrassing. Zhai Rang's handwriting.

But Li Mi glanced at it, and his face changed drastically.

Xu Shiji was startled when he saw this, and was about to speak to him, when he saw Li Mi read the small paper carefully again, suddenly, he leaned forward, and with a puff, he spit out a mouthful of blood. Moreover, the blood just spat on the letter, and the writing on it was suddenly difficult to read.

The complexion of everyone changed drastically, Li Mi's expression fluctuated, his eyes swept across the audience, and finally fixed on the face of the confidant man sent by Zhai Rang, and said with a grin: "I didn't expect that the confidant of Zhai Dazhang's family turned out to be a member of the Far Eastern Army." , come and cut him down for me."

The courier froze for a moment, and was about to say something when a confidant of Li Mi's next to him suddenly drew his sword and waved it. The courier opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't make any sound.

There was a bloodstain on this person's throat, but it was cut.

When everyone saw this scene, they were dumbfounded and looked puzzled.

Li Mi gritted his teeth and said: "An accident happened in the Wagang tribe village. In addition, the hundreds of thousands of foreign troops who are planning to gather here will not come, and we may have to move our troops back."

Xu Shiji narrowed his eyes and took a deep look at Li Mi, but he didn't say anything. Xie Yingdeng, who was in charge of the intelligence work, had a look of disbelief. He wanted to say something, but in the end he hesitated.

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The night of February 19th in the thirteenth year of Daye was destined to be a night that made it difficult for Li Mi to sleep peacefully.

Li Mi deceived everyone. In that letter, Zhai Rang said two things. Go back and guard your respective territories. Second, Zhai Rang asked him to hand over all the military power to Xu Shiji immediately, and then asked him to return to Wagang Village as soon as possible, expressing that he had important matters to discuss.

The content of this letter is a bit weird. The meaning and things contained in it make Li Mi's heart shake, and he feels chills all over his body. It is even suspected that the letter is fake.

Thinking about the meaning of this letter, coupled with the current level of fighting, their initial plan to encircle the Far East Army and Wang Junlin has completely failed, and it is really difficult to capture Fengyang City. The hope is slim, unless it takes several months or even more than a year to trap Fengyang City to death, but how is this possible, the Far Eastern Army does not only have the manpower in Fengyang City.

So, Li Mi found that, whether he believed it or not, the most important thing right now was how to return to Wagang Village safely and smoothly under Wang Junlin's nose.

The retreat of the army is most likely to be attacked by the enemy. And once he was successfully attacked by the enemy and formed a rout, he didn't know how many people could escape back to Wagang Village.

The generals of the foreign battalion under Li Mi had serious disagreements on the next retreat plan. To put it simply, it is a question of retreating during the day or retreating at night.

Li Mi and Xu Shiji believed that retreating at night would be difficult to hide from the spies of the Far Eastern Army, and retreating in the dark would easily lead to chaos, and the possibility of defeat was greater. However, the generals believed that their strength was superior, and the number of people that the Far East Army could entangle in the darkness of the retreat at night was limited, and there would be more people who could successfully retreat to Wagangzhai.

However, Xu Shiji and Li Mi still have another worry - at this time, even the most stupid generals among the generals under their command know that the situation of the Wagang army is very bad. And these generals who were born as thieves can share wealth but not adversity. At this time, we can't give them too much time to stop and think, only to lead them to fight continuously, so that they will follow Li Mi or obey Xu Shiji's orders to fight because of their habits.

In such a situation, once they think about it, even a few foreign camps

With a little communication, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Because, it is easy for them to imagine that if this battle continues, the loss of troops they regard as their lives and lives will be huge, and even if the Far East Army is barely repelled in the end, how many troops will be left in their respective hands.

The Wagang inner battalion has already suffered heavy losses, can they still deter the troops from the outer camps and control the Wagang army, which seems to have a large number of troops, but has a chaotic system, a lot of hills, and selfish generals? This is something that Li Mi and Xu Shiji are very suspicious of.

Under such circumstances, if the generals of the foreign battalion want to fight on their own, or find ways to escape, they will inevitably be full of loopholes in the retreat process, and it will be really difficult for Li Mi to lead the army of more than 100,000 to retreat to Wagang Fortified.

And Xu Shiji's reasons for persuading Li Mi to oppose the night retreat are also very good-although both sides have taken back most of the rangers after nightfall, but with the ability and experience of Wang Junlin and Li Jing of the Far East Army, they must They will be vigilant, and if there is a slight change in the Wagang camp, they will find out. If the suddenness is lost in this way, retreating at night is nothing more than provoking a night battle.

And their Wagang Army has more than 100,000 troops outside Fengyang City. If they are arranged in a square formation, the width of the front is more than ten miles. This kind of heavy army group is extremely dependent on the command of the banner, especially the banner.

And at night, even on a night when there are few stars in a month, if soldiers hold fire more, at most one flag can be seen. It is difficult to distinguish clearly.

Therefore, for night battles, the more people there are, the easier it is to be confused and unable to command. Once a melee occurs, it is not uncommon for them to attack each other and even cause bombing of the camp.

Especially the majority of the foreign battalions of the Wagang Army are mostly bandits and rogues. In the night battle, the existence of these troops is definitely not enough for success and more than failure.

It's just that, at this time, it's impossible for Li Mi to abandon these troops from the outer battalion and take his tens of thousands of elite troops from the inner battalion to break through.

Of course, this kind of confusion is caused by both sides. Unless the Far Eastern Army can't hold on, they will also have to accept the test of night battles.

This is also after Xu Shiji and Li Mi's persuasion by the generals of the foreign battalions demanded to retreat at night to no avail. Xu Shiji and Li Mi felt that there was a reason to retreat at night. King's Landing doesn't want to lose too much troops, so the Far Eastern Army may be afraid of chaos and dare not fight. Even if they fight, this chaos will make the outcome unpredictable.

However, the experience of fighting the Far Eastern Army these days made Li Mi and Xu Shiji faintly feel that the Far Eastern Army he faced might be far stronger than their Wagang Army in dealing with melee combat.

In addition, the direction of retreat is also a problem. Some tribal generals even thought that they should not retreat to the Wagang Village in the southeast at all at this time, but simply retreated to the southwest, and it was the right choice to rest in the nearest outer camp village first.

Li Mi understands that he may still have one last chance to choose. It is not to choose a better retreat plan, but to choose the one that is not the worst—this decision will directly determine the fate of him and the more than 100,000 troops.

Despite the ups and downs in his heart and unprecedented indecision, Li Mi became calm and calm on the outside.

However, Li Mi knew very well that he was not afraid of anyone in terms of intrigue and scheming, but he had to rely on Xu Shiji in terms of resourcefulness and fighting at this time, even though Xu Shiji had just been defeated by the Far East Army.

It's just that Xu Shiji has no intention of retreating from the bottom of his heart, but he is a smart person. Although he didn't see the content of that letter, and Li Mi concealed it in every possible way, he knew from Li Mi's expression and behavior that It's hard to stop Li Mi's idea of ​​bringing troops back to Wagang Mountain.

"Whether it is withdrawing troops during the day or at night, as soon as we start withdrawing our troops, the morale of our army will first drop. Secondly, with the power of the Far Eastern Army's gunpowder packs, we can easily turn from retreat to defeat. By that time, the entire army will be wiped out. It’s not far away. If you don’t believe me, just think about it, I led the inner battalion to retreat from the Xiaohedao mountain pass, and the entire army was almost wiped out in less than two hundred miles,” Xu Shiji said solemnly with his last effort.

"Boss, what can we do if we don't retreat? Our food road has been cut off by the Far East Army, and it has been less than ten days. We brought food and grass here, if we don't retreat, will we just sit and wait for death, and the whole army will starve to death under Fengyang City." A foreign battalion general said in a deep voice with an ugly face.

Xu Shiji did not answer this person's question, but said to himself: "The current plan, if you want to lead the army to retreat to Wagangzhai or return to your respective territories alive, you must first lure the Far East Army away."

Li Mi is best at recruiting people. He has known Xu Shiji very well for a long time. He knew that Xu Shiji must have made up his mind when he said this. His eyes lit up and he asked, "Could it be that the chief executive already has a plan in mind?"

Xu Shiji nodded and said: "We have been cut off from our food and rear, and we cannot hide this matter from the soldiers below for a long time, so at this time we must not shrink back, otherwise it will not be a good thing for morale. So , against the Far Eastern Army, we will not fight them now, but small fights will continue every day. Come and see!"

Everyone gathered around, Xu Shiji pointed to a blackened curve on the table map in front of him, and said: "This is the direct route from the camp of the Far Eastern Army to the pass of the Yuanxiao River Road. Ordnance and materials are transported through this lane. I mean to send elite troops to attack this lane, send small troops to harass every day, to eliminate anyone who acts on this lane?"

Li Mi pondered for a moment, then said: "Director Xu, the Far Eastern Army must have been prepared for the defense of the grain road, one or two strikes may be effective, but if there are too many times, I am afraid it will be a waste of energy and the gain will not be worth the loss. "

Xu Shiji smiled slightly, and said: "Of course, the attack on Chidao cannot last long. Whether it is the cavalry escorting food and grass, or the special warfare brigade, they will send troops to fight with the troops we send, and it is impossible for our brigade to get in." Between the camp of the Far Eastern Army and Xiaohedao Mountain Pass, but we hit their grain roads with ulterior motives, think about it, where is my real goal?"

Li Mi and other generals of Wagang all stared at the map, searching for the possible targets that Xu Shiji said on the map. Water Castle."

As he spoke, Li Mi pointed heavily at a town fort.

Xu Shiji laughed loudly, and said: "Mr. Mi's eyes are like a torch. The Far Eastern Army's special operations brigade was able to infiltrate and cut off our food roads, and even sent people to fix things in Wagang Village. Why can't we retaliate in the same way? Treat the person.

Right now, the Far Eastern Army's strength is stretched. After the Blackwater Fort joined the Far Eastern Army, there were not many manpower except for more than a thousand warriors in the fort. In addition, the messengers sent by Mi Gong to Taiyuan and Luoyang also played a role. Both Li Shimin of Taiyuan and Wang Shichong of Luoyang led the army to attack counties and counties controlled by the Far Eastern Army.

Moreover, in the past two years, the Far Eastern Army has hardly stopped foreign wars. According to the spies sent by Xie Yingdeng to inquire about information, the supply of food and grass for the Far Eastern Army has become increasingly tight. Hoard to Blackwater Castle City.

If we burn their batch of grain and grass, it will be difficult for them to hoard another batch of grain and grass in a short time. As a result, the Far Eastern Army also faced the difficulty of lacking food and grass. It would be even better if we were able to capture Heishuibao, and then burn the food and supplies in Heishuibao. Even if we can't burn it, the main force of the Far Eastern Army outside Fengyang City will attract Heishuibao, and we will take the opportunity to retreat when. "

"But how can we hide from the spies of the Far Eastern Army? Although the Blackwater Fort is not far from here, the spies from the Military Intelligence Department of the Far Eastern Army are very powerful." Li Mi expressed the doubts in his heart for everyone.

Xu Shiji said: "Everyone takes turns to lead the attack, and each time you bring one to two thousand people, but when you come back, you don't need so many. There is a very hidden valley near the Blackwater Fort. Wait for us to gather enough people." A team of 5,000 people suddenly launched a thunderous attack on the sneak attack on Blackwater Fort." Xu Shiji punched heavily on the tiger case, causing everything on it to jump up at once.

"The general manager is brilliant!" All the Wagang generals gave a thumbs up.

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