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Because of Qian Qianyi's criticism and accusation, the atmosphere of meritorious deeds and rewards was directly weakened. Chen Xinjia simply did not mention this matter, and directly talked about the next deployment. This time, Chen Xinjia did not deliberately emphasize the matter of reporting to the emperor. After all, Yizhou is not a key city. If Guangning cannot be captured, Yizhou cannot be defended. It is close to Mongolia, and the Houjin Tartars and Mongolian tribes are integrated, so Yizhou can be well defended, but Daming can't defend it. It's different. It is very difficult to defend Yizhou. Of course, if Guangning can be captured, Dalinghe City and Guangning become a whole, the situation is completely different.

The so-called discussion and deployment of the next move actually meant that Chen Xinjia directly made the deployment, and everyone acted according to the requirements. This was the overall requirement of the campaign, but Chen Xinjia did not expect that fierce debate would erupt again.

Chen Xinjia assumed the responsibility. In Zu Dashou's view, it was a wise move, and it was also a love for his subordinates. Under such circumstances, Zu Dashou also had to put forward his own views on the deployment of the battle, including many worries. Going down to the Heishan City, Zu Dashou's knot has not been unraveled. Today's capture of Yizhou City, although the battle process was tragic and the loss of the frontier army was not small, there are still many doubts in it.

Chen Xinjia's deployment was completely in accordance with the previously formulated tactics, leaving [-] frontier troops to defend Yizhou. The responsibility of the [-] frontier troops is not light. For the attack, the two places of Heishan and Yizhou must be firmly defended to prevent the army from being copied by the Houjin Tartars.

After Chen Xinjia's deployment was completed, he was about to ask everyone to go down to prepare.Zu Dashou spoke. [

"Marshal, there are a few things that my subordinates don't understand."

Chen Xinjia looked at Zu Dashou.There was no expression on his face. He was not in a good mood. The capture of Yizhou was originally something worth celebrating, but Qian Qianyi raised the issue of massacring the city. Now that the deployment is complete, Zu Dashou raised another objection. The task of fighting and fighting in the future is still very heavy.If there are so many disputes every time, how to fight, wouldn't it be to fight back and forth, creating a messy situation.

But when Zu Dashou spoke up, he couldn't let others stop talking.

Chen Xinjia didn't speak, but just nodded.

"Today's fight, there are some points. The subordinates don't quite understand. First, why did the Houjin Tatars not resist desperately, but withdraw a large number of sergeants? Could it be to preserve their strength?"

Zu Dashou knew that Chen Xinjia was in a bad mood, so he didn't bother.Express your concerns directly.

"The frontier army suffered a lot in this attack on Yizhou City. More than [-] people were killed and more than [-] people were seriously injured. They encountered fierce resistance from the later Jin Tartars. The city of Yizhou is not high, and it is far from being able to compare with the city of Heishan. According to my subordinates' understanding, it should be easy to take it down, but the attack lasted for half a day. The most strange thing for my subordinates is that the attack is still going on, and Yizhou City has not yet fallen. The wooden boat left, could it be that the Empress Jin Tartars were caught off guard and unprepared?"

"The battle of Liaodong has already started for several days. The Houjin Tatars fully understand the purpose of our army, which is to attack and drive the Houjin Tatars out of Liaodong. Looking at Liaodong, with the Liaohe River as the boundary, the Houjin Tartars The occupied places are mainly Heishan, Yizhou and Guangning, these three places are very important to the post-gold Tartars, and they cannot have any mistakes."

"Our army captured Heishan, and the post-gold Tartars should have made key deployments in Yizhou. This is close to Mongolia, and the post-gold tartars can easily get support. Relying on the support of the Mongolian Eight Banners, they can contend here for a while , at least our frontier army took Yizhou, it's not that simple."

"As for preserving strength, it doesn't even make sense. All the places are lost. Just preserving strength can be of any use."

"Secondly, my subordinates feel that the Houjin Tartars seem to have specifically abandoned Heishan City and Yizhou City."

When this point was mentioned, the room was instantly quiet, and Zu Dashou was too courageous. The emperor had just issued a decree to commend the army for taking down the city of Heishan, but Zu Dashou said it. Give up, doesn't this mean that the success of the army was completely handed over by the later Jin Tartars, and not the result of the hard work of the frontier army? Such a statement is equivalent to denying Chen Xinjia's command.

Even Zu Dabi and Zu Dale stared at Zu Dashou with staring eyes.

Zu Dashou didn't take it seriously and continued talking.

"My subordinates have been in Liaodong for decades, and have fought against the Houjin Tartars several times. The Houjin Tartars are very brave and fierce. They fight on the battlefield and never take the initiative to retreat. They will not give up until they achieve their goals. If they stick to the city , If you don’t fight to the last person, you will never retreat, let alone when you have not suffered much loss, the army attacked the city of Heishan, and there were only 2000 Houjin Tartars stationed in Heishan. There are few, but most of them have been withdrawn, this point, the subordinates can't understand."

"After thinking about it, I think there is only one possibility, and that is that the Houjin Tatars voluntarily gave up Heishan and Yizhou. As for why the Houjin Tatars would do this, I don't understand for the time being."

A blue color appeared on Chen Xinjia's face. If the things Qian Qianyi said were based on the discipline of the army, Zu Dashou's point of view was to doubt the entire deployment of the campaign, which Chen Xinjia could not tolerate.

"Zongbing Zu, according to your point of view, what should I do next?"

Zu Dashou's eyes flickered for a moment. How could he not understand Chen Xinjia's thoughts, but considering the prospects of the army and the overall situation of this expedition, he had to say something, even if it was wrong. [

"The subordinates believe that it is necessary to stick to Heishan and Yizhou for the time being, observe the movement, and refrain from taking any actions for the time being, and see how the Houjin Tartar reacts."

The room was unusually quiet, and no one spoke. Due to various reasons, everyone will not speak for the time being.

At this time, a voice suddenly appeared, and it was Tang Haitai who spoke.

"Zongbing Zu, I feel that you are thinking too much. I can go back to the questions you mentioned."

"The army successfully captured the city of Heishan. That's because the Hou Jin Tartars didn't have enough expectations for our frontier army, thinking that our frontier army was weak. At the same time, the commander's arrangements have always been kept secret, and the Hou Jin Tartars may not know. For these reasons, coupled with the sharpness of the artillery, the army was able to take the city of Montenegro quickly."

"As for the army taking Yizhou, the officials thought it was normal. Yizhou is located in a remote place, and it has never been an important military town. The Houjin Tatars will not stick to it. Zongbing Zu also said that it is close to Mongolia is easy to attack and difficult to defend. In such a place, do the Houjin Tatars still have to deploy heavy troops? Maybe the Houjin Tatars don’t know the commander’s arrangement at all, thinking that the commander will go straight from Montenegro to Guangning. Therefore, a large number of troops were deployed in Guangning, but unexpectedly, the commander sent out a surprise army and directly attacked Yizhou City."

"Black Mountain is only fifty miles away from Yizhou. Even if the Houjin Tatars were alert, it would be too late to make arrangements. That's why during the attack, a large number of Houjin Tatars escaped by boat. The officials have always believed that the Houjin Tatars escaped by boat. The reason why the Tartars are terrible, and the reason why they boast that they are invincible and invincible, is that our frontier army has a sense of fear. After two battles, the lower officials believe that the fighting power of the frontier army is not weaker than that of the Houjin Tartars. Under such circumstances, the army has been fully prepared, and the late Jin Tartars, who were caught off guard, will die if they don't run away."

"Zongbing Zu said that the Houjin Tartars did it on purpose and abandoned Heishan City and Yizhou City. The lower officials don't understand why the Houjin Tartars did this. Are they planning to withdraw from Liaodong and retreat to the Liaohe River? Going north, the possibility of this is very small, the officials think it does not exist, and the capture of Heishan City and Yizhou City is due to the wisdom of the general and the bravery of the frontier army."

While Tang Haitai was still talking, Chen Xinjia's expression began to soften. He could feel that Tang Haitai was indeed good and had made rapid progress. It was not enough to evaluate Tang Haitai only with empathy. The analysis just now showed that, After the battle started, Tang Haitai was indeed thinking about the problem.

After Tang Haitai finished speaking, Chen Xinjia also spoke.

"Zongbing Zu, Tang Haitai can understand these problems. Why do you still have doubts? After capturing the city of Heishan, your worries may be justified, but after capturing Yizhou, you are even more worried. What do you mean? Saying that our army has suffered a defeat can prove that the deployment was wrong, and that the commander underestimated the enemy. Don't say these words casually in the future. The morale of the frontier army is high. But it is not invincible. There are not many Houjin tartars stationed in Heishan City, but they were defeated by our army. As for the battle against Yizhou, the frontier army was extremely brave and fearless. They really defeated Houjin. Tartar, this is something to celebrate."

After saying these words, Chen Xinjia looked at the crowd.

"Okay, that's all for today. I hope that there will be no such arguments in the future. You are all my reliance. I don't want to march. If there are discordant arguments after every battle, I will definitely It will demoralize the army."

After leaving the Chinese military camp, Zu Dale couldn't bear it anymore.

"Brother, how dare you say such words, you are much better than me."

Zu Dashou glared at Zu Dale, then sighed.

"Second brother, I really have an ominous premonition. I have to say these words. I was worried about the defeat of the army, so I spoke up. Now I can be aware of it. Follow Master Su to fight, don't worry, be bold, just attack That's it, you don't need to worry about other matters, you can follow Mr. Chen to fight. Although the deployment of the battle is very clear, you can always be trembling at any time. Fortunately, the army will be stationed in Yizhou for five days. Take advantage of this time to make more deployments Let’s go.” (To be continued...)