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Chapter 721: Courage

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    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 721

    Jiangnan Province, Tongshan Prefecture.

    ? Luo Mingyuan, the Great General of Zhennan in the Far Eastern Dynasty, led an army to suppress the territory. The territory of Tongshan Mansion was also surrounded by dark clouds, and the city was about to be destroyed, filled with a murderous aura.

    "About 40,000 to 50,000 people from the Southern Army are only one day away from the Xinmen Mansion in the north, and at the same time, the Southern Army is storming the Jiang'an Mansion in the south."

    "Once Xinmen Mansion and Jiang'an Mansion fall into the hands of the Southern Army, the two flanks of our army will be completely exposed."

    In the command headquarters of the Second Corps of the Qinghe Army, Han Feng, the head of the 12th Banner, pointed to the map and introduced the battle situation, with a particularly dignified expression.

    After their Twelfth Banner Regiment rushed to the battlefield, they won several battles and inflicted heavy losses on the Southern Army.

    However, the southern army belonged to the emaciated camels that were bigger than horses. Although they lost more than 20,000 people, they were still powerful.

    When Han Feng, the head of the Twelfth Banner, learned that the Southern Army had split up to attack Xinmen Mansion and Jiang'an Mansion, he immediately sent troops to stop them.

    However, their strength is really stretched, and the troops in charge of blocking suffered heavy losses, and it is still difficult to resist the southern army's offensive pace.

    Now because their frontline strength is really insufficient, the result is that their defense line is also crumbling.

    Because relying on their mere 20,000 troops of a flag regiment, it is really beyond their capabilities to defend a line of defense of more than 200 miles.

    If the Thirteenth Banner Regiment of the Cavalry hadn't arrived on the battlefield in time for reinforcements, the line of defense would have fallen.

    However, the 13th Banner Regiment of the Qinghe Army Cavalry has now completely become a firefighting team, and there is no shortage of reinforcements.

    Lei Ming, the deputy commander of the corps, also serves as the commander of the 13th Banner, and spends almost all of these days on horseback.

    Their cavalry troops rushed back and forth in Xinmen Mansion, Tongshan Mansion and Jiang'an Mansion to help them, and many of their horses died of exhaustion.  ,

    However, the strength of each southern army is quite strong. They temporarily repelled one of them, and the other came up again, which made them exhausted.

    "Now we are too passive. There are not many troops guarding Xinmen Mansion and Jiang'an Mansion, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the southern army."

    "Once these two mansions fall, our flanks will be exposed, the southern army will be able to turn around, and our Tongshan Mansion will also be surrounded."

    Yuan Jie, the commander of the Second Corps of the Qinghe Army, also just arrived at the front line. Facing the severe situation, he also felt very difficult as the commander of the Corps.

    "When will the 20th Banner Regiment arrive at the battlefield?"

    The most serious problem facing Yuan Jie and the others now is the serious shortage of troops.

    "Reporting to Master Yuan, the First Banner Battalion and the Second Banner Battalion of the 20th Banner Regiment have crossed the Dongjiang River five days ago, and they will arrive at the battlefield in only four or five days." An aide said hurriedly.

    Yuan Jie waved his hand and said: "It's too slow, send someone to urge them, and order them to rush to the battlefield within three days."

    "No."

    The staff hurriedly wrote down Yuan Jie's order, and sent messengers to convey it after the meeting was over.

    "Even if the two banner battalions of the 20th Banner Regiment rushed to the battlefield, it would not be able to solve the urgent need. We have to find another way to solve the current predicament."

    What Yuan Jie can use now is an infantry flag regiment and a cavalry flag regiment, and the combined strength is less than 40,000.

    Because these two flag regiments had followed him to fight in Jiangnan Province some time ago, and lost a lot of troops.

    At the same time, fighting against the Southern Army these days has resulted in the loss of many soldiers. In addition to the reduction of personnel due to various other reasons, the combat effectiveness has also been greatly reduced.

    "Master Yuan, the strength of our army is really limited now, can we take the initiative to give up some towns, so as to prevent the troops from being too scattered and being defeated one by one?"

    Han Feng, the head of the Twelfth Banner, has been fighting the southern army on the opposite side for some time. He knows that with the current strength, if they are divided into different places, they will not be able to defend one place.

    "Master Yuan, I also think that it is not an option for us to defend ourselves like this. The general often says that we need to fight flexibly. I think it is better to follow the general's method and concentrate our troops. Whether it is a small battle or a big one, we have soldiers available.  .¡±

    "If we are completely defending now, not only will we not be able to stop the Southern Army, but our casualties will also be heavy, and towns will fall every day."

    Lei Ming, the head of the Thirteenth Banner, doesn't want to run back and forth to rescue now, because he is really tired.

    ?Yuan Jiehe of the Second Corps didn't know that their current style of play was too passive, but he just lost a few prefectures and counties when he became the commander of the Corps, so he couldn't explain it to Chen Ziang.

    In Yuan Jie's heart, what he needs now is to win a few battles. After all, the new official wants to establish his prestige when he takes office.

    But now the southern army is pressing hard, and they are short of troops, which makes Yuan Jie, the new commander of the army, quite embarrassed.

    If the defense is divided as it is now, they will be passively beaten everywhere. I am afraid that the defense line will fall if they cannot wait for reinforcements.

    However, if he took the initiative to lose some prefectures and counties, although he could concentrate his forces and turn passive into active, he would not be able to bear the responsibility of losing land, and it would damage his prestige.

    Although Han Feng, the head of the 12th Banner, and Lei Ming, the head of the 13th Banner, are now the deputy heads of the Second Corps.

    But they have been leading troops to fight. They don't know Chai Migui if they are not in charge of the family, and they still can't understand Yuan Jie's difficulties.

    "Send an order to abandon Xinmen Mansion, Tongshan Mansion, and Jiang'an Mansion, and all troops will gather in the direction of Shiyang."

    After struggling and hesitating for a while, Yuan Jie, the head of the regiment, gritted his teeth and decided to take the initiative to abandon some towns and change the current strategy of dividing troops to guard the defense lines.

    "Master Yuan, do we have to give up too many towns, it's hard for the general to explain."

    What Lei Ming and the others thought was to give up one or two prefectures and counties and concentrate their forces to guard one of them to wait for reinforcements.

    But what I didn't expect was that Yuan Jie, the head of the corps, was more courageous than them, and he took the initiative to give up all the three prefectures and six counties close to the front line.

    "If the general blames it, I will admit it alone, and it has nothing to do with you."

    Yuan Jie also figured it out now, since Chen Ziang appointed him as the commander of the Second Corps, he trusted him.

    If you are afraid to do things by yourself, you will miss things.

    After all, I have already become the commander of several banner regiments, and I have become a unique figure. If I don't have a bit of courage, I will be a fart.

    Just now Yuan Jie was still hesitant, so it was difficult to make an effective decision for a long time.

    Now Yuan Jie is going all out, instead of his previous hesitation, he quickly has a strategy to deal with the enemy in his mind.

    "Master Yuan, shall we clear these prefectures and counties?" Han Feng asked for instructions.

    "Take away the food and gold and silver treasures, and leave the rest alone, and evacuate overnight to avoid getting into a stalemate with the pursuers." Yuan Jielang said.

    Seeing Yuan Jie's firm eyes and straightforward orders, the two chief officials, Han Feng, the head of the 12th Banner, and Lei Ming, the head of the 13th Banner, felt inexplicably more at ease.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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