Battle of the Red Mansions

Autumn is getting stronger, the grass on the grassland is showing signs of withering, and the foreigners who have assembled into an army are a little impatient.

From time to time, a small group of soldiers and horses came to harass outside the pass, and when they encountered civilians, they would kill them, but when they saw the Northwest Army, they ran far away, neither taking the initiative to fight directly nor giving up wandering outside the city.

If there is no war, they will have no chance to send troops when the weather cools down completely.

When winter comes, not only the Han people are inconvenient to move, but also they are not easy to hold a knife. The wisdom left by their ancestors tells them that winter is not a good time to fight.

The intelligence of the spies was accurately sent to the outside of the pass, and General Xie also had his own detailed operations outside. After knowing what the next battle might be like, General Xie paused, and then flashed across his expressionless face. A smile.

If someone nearby saw this scene, they would probably think they had seen a ghost.

Those people were thinking about attacking the city, so it's fine if the general isn't angry, why are they still laughing?

Several of their cities have been under martial law, and the people cannot leave the city easily. In this situation, the general can still laugh?

Let people continue to watch the movement of the army outside the pass, General Xie stretched his muscles and bones, and then asked people to find all the generals who stayed in the barracks. From robbing food to attacking the city, those people's pursuits are much higher.

If the tiger doesn't show its power, it really treats them as sick cats. It seems that the last time they beat them was not hard enough.

Leading the army for so many years, after fighting the south and the north, he was not afraid when food, grass and military pay were all insecure. Now that the treasury is behind him, even if foreigners come out in full force, Xie Qiong is confident to fight them all.

They welcome normal trade exchanges, but they only think about burning, killing and looting. Sorry, their Daqing Dynasty has not been incompetent to that point.

In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Daqing Dynasty, the emperor paid special attention to the border. Recently, when the Supreme Emperor was in power, he was a little lax, and the military salary was not paid on time, which chilled the hearts of the soldiers at the border.

What the Holy Majesty hates the most is letting people take advantage of him. The reason for the hasty end before was because nothing was stabilized when he was enthroned, but this time is different. In this battle, they must let the invaders fully understand that the Daqing Dynasty is not for them to bully exist.

Leaving behind those who were watching the scouts, Lin Xuan and Tu Jingyang went back to the Pujinguan barracks without delay.

Just in time for Xie Qiong to have a meeting, thinking that Tu Jingyang is familiar with this place, Lin Xuan asked them to rush over here by themselves.

Shaking his head and letting Lin Xuan leave, Tu Jingyang walked directly towards his previous residence with a smile on his face. He left in a hurry so he didn't clean up anything. He just took advantage of this time to tidy up the yard next to Ah Xuan.

Now the whole Tiance knows his relationship with Lin Xuan, if they still live so far away as before, all the soldiers in the army will think that there is something wrong with their relationship.

This is not possible. Since the military has accepted their relationship, how can they fall short at this time?

Seeing their lord started to think wildly again, Chang Yuan shook involuntarily, then walked two steps behind Chang Heng.

I don't know if it's his illusion, but it's not normal for the prince to value General Lin, even if the husband and wife of an ordinary family haven't seen each other for a few years, it won't be like this, right?

Although he doesn't have a partner, Zhang Yuan has met many couples. He has grown up so much, and he has never seen their prince who is worried that his sweetheart will empathize with others as soon as he leaves.

Let Tu Jingyang go to work on his own, relieved to see that there were still vacancies in the camp, Lin Xuan quietly greeted Xie Qiong, then walked around from behind and sat down in his seat.

Fortunately, they came back in time.

Seeing that Lin Xuan was back, Xie Yang blinked, and moved closer to him, "Why, have you received your prince?"

"Yeah, there is no missing arm or leg, and I have received the barracks well." Lin Xuan rolled his eyes at him, glanced at the empty seats, then turned his head and said, "It seems that we are not too late to come back. .”

"You guys just walked for two days, how dare you say it's not too late?" With a sneer, Xie Yang hummed and complained in a low voice, "The news from the spies outside the pass has come back, are you saying it's too late?"

"Well, it's really late." Lin Xuan scratched her hair and didn't want to know whether it was too early or too late to fight with Xie Yang, Lin Xuan shrugged, "Isn't it time to catch up, don't be so irritable."

"Cut—" Too lazy to talk to this person, Xie Yang moved back, and then whispered to Han Rujin on the other side.

Han Rujin, who was inexplicably lying on the gun, shook his head helplessly. He didn't know anything before, so he had been arguing with these two people for so many years, but now, even if he learned to be smart and didn't say anything, he still couldn't get away from these two ancestors. Destroy?

General Xie, who pretended not to see anything, glanced at them, and then focused on the sand table at hand. If the foreigners really set their sights on Xining, how to allocate their troops was still a problem.

The barracks is located some distance away from Xining, and most of the troops cannot be placed there just because of Xining. After all, even though we got the news from the spies, we can't believe all the news.

In the past when troops were sent to invade, most of the foreigners chose Wu'an, which had more food and grass. Xining was just a small city, with few people and not many defenders.

If you put most of your attention there, if the foreign army wants to attack other places on a whim, it will be too late for them to reinforce.

After looking at the sand table for a while, Xie Qiong couldn't see any emotion on his face, but just took out the map and scratched it a few times.

Seeing that almost everyone had come, General Xie put away the map, and then opened his mouth to tell everyone the latest news.

Not only do foreigners know that winter is not suitable for fighting, but how many wars they have experienced in the Central Plains since ancient times, can they even fail to see this simple truth?

The grasslands in the north are not like the Central Plains. They don't have military books or a comprehensive view of war. The battles are all based on personal experience. If there is no good master to lead them, they will rely on their brute force to win the battle.

Although the experience passed down by word of mouth is useful, it cannot be handed down much. After all, human brains are no better than books. Hundreds of years have passed, and some things are no longer applicable to the current battle situation.

After saying everything that should be said, Xie Qiong glanced down, and then motioned them to share their opinions.

Of course it would not work to disperse the troops to the front line of the border, but the foreign race also did not have so many soldiers and horses to tie up such a long front line, even if they had twice as many soldiers and horses, they would not dare to attack more than three cities at the same time.

"If foreigners really want to attack Xining, General, how about we evacuate the people and trap them to death in the city?" Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked up at Xie Qiong, Lin Xuan expressed his thoughts.

Aliens never carry more than ten days' worth of food and grass with them when marching, because they always grab it wherever they go, and what they grab is enough for their supplies along the way.

There are not many people in Xining City. Although it is difficult to transfer the people quietly, it is not impossible. Let them easily take down an empty city. Without supplies, even if they don't beat them, they can't survive.

"It's too late to evacuate the people. They have already started to make big moves. If they really want to go towards Xining, they will be able to reach the city within two days." Shen Sheng said, Xie Qiong clasped the wooden sand table under his hand, " Just two days is not enough to evacuate the people of a city."

"It's too late, you don't need to go too far, just set up camp dozens of miles away like an army, and foreigners dare not come towards the pass in a short time." Lin Xuan shook her head, and then continued, "After they enter the city, You can find out that something is wrong, and when the time comes, the defenders in the city will come out, and they will have no chance to leave again under the cooperation of the inside and the outside."

The people in the border towns are different from those in the Central Plains. When necessary, their mobility is not much worse than that of the regular army, and those people who are stubbornly guarding and refusing to leave can only be wronged and taken away by forceful means.

Although this may increase the losses in the city, compared to the lives of soldiers and people, the loss of some financial resources is nothing. Moreover, when the enemy is defeated in the future, the silver taels allocated by the court will be enough to compensate the people. Loss.

Of course, the premise is that the foreign army really focuses on Xining. Obviously, Xie Qiong is also worried about this.

"There is no way to be sure about fighting. General, Tiance has been training for so many years, so it's time to go out and see the world." Xie Yang stretched his waist next to him, and his tone didn't sound like he was about to go to the battlefield next time, "Spend money It's like running water, if you can't get combat power, then Lin Xuan can only sell herself to compensate for the loss."

Xie Yang raised his eyebrows when no one spoke properly, but the meaning in his words was to support Lin Xuan.

The scouts from the Xie family's army can report back in time if there is any change. The people under Xie Yang's hands are not like those foreigners, and they even pretend to be nondescript.

Besides, who can determine whether the next battle will be won or lost? Since the possibility is extremely high, it is necessary to take a gamble.

"Xining, Wu'an, and colleagues in the west, none of these three cities can relax. If the people of Xining are to be evacuated, some soldiers and horses must be spared to protect those people. In this way, Ah Xuan, only the Tiance Army, Are you sure you can get Xining City back?"

It's easy to say, but once the people are really evacuated, there is really no turning back.

After annihilating the main force of the foreign race, this move can be said to be an excellent strategy, but if something goes wrong, they will just hand over the city to others.

And if Xining can't get it back, when the foreigners gain a firm foothold there, the surrounding cities will follow in their footsteps sooner or later.

Although she had confidence in Lin Xuan's ability, Xie Qiong dared not do such a bold behavior.

For so many years of marching and fighting, he has won fewer victories and lost more, relying on a word of stability. After all, most of the time he was attacked by the enemy, not only the enemies outside, but also people in the court kept stumbling him.

But Lin Xuan is different, no matter how many secrets he hides, but for now, this kid only needs to think about how to fight, and then someone will block the back arrows from other places for him.

Now at this time, they do have the capital to do so.

He hooked his lips indistinctly, and General Xie, who had food and money and full of confidence, was not afraid of a little accident at this time, "In this case, Xie's army was separated to guard the flanks, and Xining City will be handed over to you. "

Someone below disagreed with such a risk. General Xie just nodded after listening to the person's statement, but he didn't change his mind.

"If Xining is lost, Lin Xuan will not be able to escape the military law. Everyone has paid attention to Tiance for so long, don't you want to see if they are worth the money spent these years?"

After General Xie finished speaking, the discussion around him became louder, and Lin Xuan took the concerns of his colleagues into his ears and kept them in his heart.

Shen Sheng then returned to his seat. General Lin looked at Xining, which was far away from Pujin Pass on the map in front of him, thinking about how to avoid failure as much as possible.

He can't guarantee that he will be able to trap the foreign army to death in the city, but there is no doubt that the chance of success is extremely high.

Although the number of Tiance troops is not too large, if you want to break through their siege, you'd better be prepared to leave your life behind.

A grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Lin Xuan lowered his head to smooth out the wrinkles on the map. What he hates the most in his life is those who can't figure out how to raise troops to destroy the prosperous world.

Regardless of internal or external turmoil, those people - deserve to die!