The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 639 Retreat
After listening to Ruan Zhengyu's inquiry, all the civil and military members of An Nanguo looked at each other in blank dismay. Now that they were almost dead, what else could they do?
At this moment, a young general came out of the squad and said to Ruan Zhengyu: "I want to report to your lord, the matter has come to this, it is better to break the boat and mobilize the army to fight Jia Ke. The last general is not willing to be the vanguard."

Ruan Zhengyu looked up, and it turned out to be Ding Hao, Ding Xiaochun's son. He saw that he was wearing a silver helmet and white robes all over his body, and he was wearing a filial piety for Ding Xiaochun.

Ruan Zhengyu looked at the young general and didn't say anything. He actually disagreed with this method. The soldiers of Annan Kingdom are obviously different from the soldiers of the Central Plains. If it is a decisive battle with him, there is probably no hope of winning.

"Little General, don't be impatient for the time being, and listen to what other people say?"

What Ruan Zhengyu said was tactful, but Ding Hao's proposal had already been rejected.Ding Hao had no choice but to return to work.

In the end, it was Li Guangqing who stood up, "Your Majesty, I have three strategies for you to choose from."

As soon as Ruan Zhengyu heard that there were still three ways to do it, hope immediately appeared in his eyes.

"The prime minister has something to say, just say it."

"Your Majesty, the best strategy for this subject is to leave some of the troops to fight to the death again, and the rest of the army will go back together to defeat the enemy's obstruction, and then return to the country to recuperate before fighting the enemy decisively."

After Ruan Zhengyu listened to it, he felt that it was a safe solution, but now he still listened, and the other two were making a decision.

"The old prime minister continued."

"The middle strategy is to negotiate a peace with the other party immediately, cede land and pay compensation for temporary peace, and wait until the domestic development before making a decision."

After Ruan Zhengyu heard this method, he absolutely could not agree to it. If he implemented it, then all the morale he had achieved in the Southern and Northern Wars over the years would be dissipated.

Li Guangqing saw that Ruan Zhengyu was silent, so he went on to say the third strategy, "There is another way, which is General Ding's idea just now. Concentrate on a decisive battle with the enemy, or there may be hope of victory."

After hearing these three methods, Ruan Zhengyu thought about it carefully. Although the second method is moderate, it is actually the best for the present. Let yourself recuperate, and maybe there is hope of a comeback in the end.

Although the best policy is to preserve his reputation, he has formed hostility with the Central Plains Dynasty since then. The opponent has a large number of people and harass him from time to time, so he can only defend from time to time.

Not to mention the bad strategy, Ruan Zhengyu is now very aware of the difference between his army and the army of the Central Plains Dynasty, and going to a decisive battle with them now is nothing more than hitting a stone with an egg.

According to reason, Ruan Zhengyu should choose the middle strategy, but the pride in his heart made him ignore this point.

Ruan Zhengyu finally stared at the people below and said, "The matter has come to this, we should cut off our tails to survive. Li Yuren, I order you to command [-] elite soldiers to garrison here, and you must stop the Central Plains army for five days."

Li Yuren is the General of the Left Guard of the Annan Kingdom, and when he heard Ruan Zhengyu's words now, his veins would pop out immediately.

Li Yuren originally wanted to object, but as soon as he raised his head, he saw Ruan Zhengyu's blood-red eyes staring at him. The courage he had just aroused just now disappeared immediately.

Now Li Yuren can only bite the bullet and take over this drudgery.

After Ruan Zhengyu subdued Li Yuren, he felt relieved. The most important thing now is to return to the division and defeat the opponent's army blocking the road.

"The other generals immediately rectified their army and horses, set off quietly tonight, and immediately broke away from contact with the Central Plains army."

As soon as the other generals heard Ruan Zhengyu's order, they all bowed together and saluted: "The last general waits, and I will obey your majesty's order."

After Ruan Zhengyu finished his orders, he ordered the tents to be disbanded, and the generals went back to rectify their troops, packed their luggage, and prepared to evacuate quietly at night.

Li Yuren returned to his big tent alone, and as the sky gradually darkened, his figure was also silent in the darkness.

Now Li Yuren's heart was filled with all kinds of malice, and after a while, someone told him that he would be loyal to Li Ruanzhengyu for the country.After a while, another person said to him that since Ruan Zhengyu had abandoned himself, he might as well vote for Jia Ke and save his family's life.

At this moment, Prime Minister Li Guangqing walked in.

As soon as Li Guangqing entered the big tent and saw Li Yuren sitting there silently in the dark big tent, he knew that if he didn't appease the general this time, he might not be able to secure his own escape in the end.

"General Li, the old man came to see you."

In the darkness, Li Yuren raised his head to look at Li Guangqing who was standing at the door, and finally said with a sneer, "Your Excellency is not packing your bags in the tent, what are you doing here?"

Li Guangqing could hear the resentment in Li Yuren's mouth, but what he could say at this moment was to walk over and pat Li Yuren on the shoulder.

"Little Li, when your father was here, we were good friends. Don't blame Your Majesty this time. It's true that those people in the big tent are all rich and poor. Who else can take on such an important task except you?"

Li Yuren said disdainfully: "These people can save their lives, so I also want to be this wine bag."

"General Li, don't talk nonsense. You still have your mother, wife and children at home. If you offend the king, you may implicate innocent people."

After Li Guangqing finished speaking, he sat down next to Li Guangren.

At this time, the war fell into dullness again.

After a while, it was Li Guangqing who spoke first, "I have a fine BMW horse, which I bought at a high price from a cannibal, and now I have taken it out of the tent, I hope he can be of some use to you."

After Li Guangqing said this, he didn't say anything else, turned around and left Li Guangren's big tent.

After Li Guangqing left for a while, Li Guangren stood up and came outside the account.

I saw a tall horse tied to the horse post outside the tent. This horse was one foot long, with shiny golden fur all over its body. Its eyes were piercing and alert, and its hind legs were strong and powerful.

Seeing this, Li Guangren understood that his uncle gave him a life-saving gift.

This time, the 3 horses have been accounted for here, and I am afraid that there will be only a few left when the last time comes. At that time, let him quickly withdraw to Annan with this good BMW horse.

Now that Li Guangren is at ease, he can be regarded as a little relieved.

At night, Ruan Zhengyu, King of Annan, quietly left the camp with two 10,000+ troops, and retreated along the road to the direction of Annan.

When Jia Ke got the news the next day, Ruan Zhengyu had already walked dozens of miles away.

By now, Jia Ke understood that this Ruan Zhengyu was out of ammunition and food, and wanted to run away.But if you want to run, it's not that easy.

Jia Ke immediately beat the drums and gathered all the main generals under his command.

As soon as everyone stood firmly in the big tent of the Chinese army, Jia Ke had already entered the big tent. He did his job on the throne in the middle, and he was not polite, so he directly ordered: "Xiao Yue, I ordered you to lead the troops of the headquarters The vanguard in the front should immediately attack the camp of Annan Kingdom, and must defeat the enemy army within three hours, if not, please come and see me."

Xiao Yue clasped his hands together after hearing this, "The last general takes orders."

After Xiao Yue finished speaking, he took the command arrow and left the tent, ready to go.

Seeing Xiao Yue go out, Jia Ke took out his command sword again, and said to the commander of the Eight Banners cavalry: "Eight of you, each leading the cavalry, reinforce Xiao Yue from the left and right. If Xiao Yue defeats the enemy, immediately chase after An Nan." king."

After the eight commanders of the Eight Banners finished listening, they also received orders and went out to prepare.

"The rest will follow me as the central army to reinforce Xiao Yue."

Jia Ke gave the order to go, and the whole camp started to move.

After a short time, Xiao Yue had already finished the army. He led the Fenwu Battalion under his command and filed out from the gate of the camp, heading straight for the Annan camp.

Then the soldiers of the Eight Banners also left the camp, and then they divided into left and right wings, followed behind the Fenwu camp, and waited for the Fenwu camp to break away from the opponent's camp, and then swung their horses to attack.

Besides, Li Guangren, who was in the Annan camp, was already ready for battle at dawn.

He ordered the soldiers under his command to dig three trenches overnight in front of the camp, leaving no way out of the camp.

Then he ordered the soldiers to throw all the unused tents and other things into the trenches, and finally poured all the fuel available in the camp.

In the end, countless firewood was placed in the camp, thinking that if the camp could not be held, it would be set on fire to stop Jia Ke's attack.

When the sun was high, he received a report from the scouting horse, saying that the Central Plains camp had already come out in full force, heading straight in his direction.

Li Guangren knew that the battle was imminent, so he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately put on his whole body, and brought his own soldiers to the high platform at the gate of the camp to command the battle.

Li Guangren went up to the high platform and looked out, only tens of thousands of infantry appeared first outside the gate of the camp. This soldier and horse was the most elite he had ever seen. Moving forward like a block of tofu, after walking for such a long time, the queue did not appear to be scattered in the slightest.

More importantly, this army of soldiers and horses is well-equipped, and every soldier is wearing iron armor, which reflects golden light in the sunlight.

Li Guangren felt cold sweat when he saw this. He is also a battle-tested general. He has been in the army since he was a child. He has seen many elites from An Nanguo, but no matter how powerful these elites are, they can walk one or two hundred steps The team has to be reorganized, unlike the army on the opposite side, which has traveled several miles and is still in formation.

What's more important is that these people are all wearing iron armor. If these tens of thousands of iron armored troops swarm up, which army in the world can resist it?
(End of this chapter)