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Chapter 314 Retreat across the board

A few days later, King Liang arrived at the front line.

When they learned of his arrival, all the Liang generals came out to greet him. They knelt on one knee and said with their fists:

"Welcome to the King—"

"You generals don't have to be too polite, you'll be flat." King Liang waved his hand.

"Thank you--"

"Talking in the account."

As soon as he finished speaking, King Liang was the first to walk towards the tent.

He was wearing a royal suit and a jade hairpin, and a group of generals followed closely behind and entered one after another.

After coming in, King Liang was naturally in the position of commander, and the generals were placed on both sides.

After casually flipping through the bamboo slips on the patriarch's desk, King Liang looked around for another time and said, "General Xue Wu is still in Songling?"

"Yes, General Tang Yue and Shuai Xue have captured Songling for two months." The deputy general returned.

"Well." King Liang nodded and couldn't help saying, "General Xue Wu is really brave. Who dares to use troops to do this? You must know that Songling is easy to attack but not defend. After occupying it, he will also enter the enemy's backbone, isolated and helpless, and always be in danger of being destroyed."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Before Xue Shuai knew Songling was bait. The reason for this was that he wanted to survive the entire battlefield." The deputy general explained.

"I don't understand what you said very well. If you talk about military use, I am not as good as General Xue Wu. I also believe that he will not disappoint you." King Liang said.

"I, Wang Xiong, are very talented..." The deputy general hurriedly praised.

"Okay, don't slap the flattery, let's talk about the war." King Liang interrupted him directly.

"Yes." The deputy general responded and began to explain in a hurry: "Our army and the Jin army have fought for more than October. During this period, the military forces of Xue Shuai and Ren Ying have suffered several battles, and the forces of both sides have been damaged. To this day, the Jin army has a population of less than 160,000, and our army is roughly equal."

"After Xue Shuai occupied Songling, Ren Ying's defense line began to turn horizontally and vertically, trying to cut off Songling's connection with our main force."

"How much food and grass does General Xue Wu bring?" King Liang asked.

"Not a lot. At that time, we were running in a hurry and we could not carry the baggage." The deputy general said: "However, General Xue Wu had already sent back military orders, so that we could not support Songling in any case, and beware of Ren Ying's besieging the city and attacking aid."

"That's it..." King Liang pondered for a moment, then said: "Don't worry, General Sun, I have increased my troops by 100,000 and are rushing to the front line."

General Sun, the deputy general of the Liang army, named Sun Yao. After hearing this, he immediately showed joy and clasped his fists and said, "In this way, our army has the advantage of military strength and the king himself will take charge. The Jin army will undoubtedly be defeated..."

On the other side, Ren Ying's troops.

At this time, he had received a letter from the King of Jin, ordering him to divide his troops and quickly support the Puyang battlefield, prevent the Qin army from advancing eastward, and delaying time.

After seeing Wang Ling, he couldn't help frowning and said with regret: "Guan Jie is wrong! So stupid! Knowing that there are many thunderstorms in summer, he still doesn't change the construction of the camp. With that terrain, isn't this giving Su Yi a chance to attack water!"

What he said was somewhat of a hindsight. Given the situation on the Puyang front at that time, who could know what Su Yi was doing?

"Ren...Shipman Ren, what happened?" The deputy general couldn't help but ask.

Ren Ying took a deep breath, put down the silk book and said, "Guan Jie was defeated, the king ordered me to divide the troops and prevent the Qin army from continuing to advance eastward."

"What?" Hearing this, the deputy general was shocked at first, and then said in embarrassment: "Okay, but the army's strength is less than 160,000. If we divide the troops again, we may also be broken through by the Liang army."

"There is no other way now!" Ren Ying said impatiently: "The king's consideration is correct. If the troops are not divided, the Qin army will be in a state of power and will directly attack the capital. By then, the whole country will be in danger!"

"Then, what should I do..." The deputy general was a little panicked, and the generals in the tent were also panicked.

Ren Ying was very calm. As the commander of the entire army, he also made a calm judgment when the situation was critical.

Ignoring the panic of the congregation generals, Ren Ying turned around and quickly walked to the military map, and began to study it carefully.

The big tent was already buzzing, and the generals began to whisper and talk, with concern in their tone.

It was not until a long time later that Ren Ying withdrew his gaze and then said directly to everyone: "General Du, please lead your army of 100,000, and travel together at night to rush to the Puyang front to block the Qin army."

Hearing this, Du Yu said hurriedly: "But General Ren, if the general leads 100,000 troops to the Western Front, then there will be too few troops in Guangling."

"You just stop the Qin army. On Guangling, I will evacuate the front line. After reaching Songling, I will re-arrange the defense in the Yangping Pass area." Ren Ying said.

"But in this way, several cities near Songling will fall, Ren Shuai."

"The situation of the battle is like this, so you can only give up the small and take the big one. If you plan the overall situation in this war, don't care about the gains and losses of a city and a pool. If Songling wants to lose, just throw it away a little thoroughly. Retreat the entire line and block the Liang army at Yangping Pass."

Ren Ying said, and said, "What our country wants is time! Time is not good for Qin Liang, but for us, as long as we survive this period of time, the whole line will be alive!"

"This... I will understand!"

"Go and prepare quickly! Go and hurry up and win food for a few days. Don't bring any supplies. There will be supplies in the country." Ren Ying urged.

"No!" Du Yu took his fists and took the order away.

After Ren Ying's military order was issued, the army of 160,000 began to retreat across the board, of which 100,000 were to rush to the Qin and Jin battlefield, and 60,000 were to retreat to Yangping Pass.

At this time, because Xue Wu forcibly occupied Songling, Songling's Liang army could actually make a certain blockade against the Jin army, and then support the main force, which would definitely achieve a certain effect.

The main force of the Liang army.

How could the Jin army have been so hiding such a big move? The news was soon spread to King Liang.

After listening to the spy's report, he squinted his eyes first and then began to ponder.

Seeing this, Deputy General Sun Yao said tentatively: "King, the retreat of the Jin army should be related to the defeat of Puyang. Now Xue Shuai is in Songling. As the last general, he may take this opportunity to block the Jin army."

"No." But King Liang raised his hand directly and said quietly: "What are the Jin army going to retreat? It must be divided into troops to stop the Qin army from advancing east. We don't have to stop them, let them go."

"this……"

King Liang continued, "If Ren Ying is stopped, wouldn't the Qin army be left alone? He would be in a state of power and directly attack Jindu? At that time, I will not even drink a sip of soup. This is not what I want to see."

"The best strategy is to let the Jin army divide their troops to stop the Qin army and destroy each other."

After saying that, King Liang immediately said, "Hurry up! Immediately pass the king's order and tell Xue Wu that he will not move."

"promise!"

His king's order was soon passed to Xue Wu. At this time, Xue Wu had naturally received the military information about Ren Ying's retreat and was talking to Tang Yue.

Songling is a county town. In the hall, Tang Yue said: "Shi Shuai, after our army occupied Songling, it carried out a large-scale search for grain. Now, the people in the city have little surplus grain."

"Don't panic, Ren Ying has already withdrawn?" Xue Wufeng said lightly.

"Then, we can use Songling as the point to ambush Ren Ying," said Tang Yue.

As soon as he finished speaking, soldiers hurried in:

"Report~~~~~~"

"Report to Shuai Xue, the king passes the letter."

"Oh? Let me see it." Xue Wu quickly got up, took the silk book, opened it and looked at it, and was obviously stunned.

"Shi Shuai, what do you say in the letter of the king?" Tang Yue asked curiously.

Xue Wu glanced at him: "The king told us not to care about the Jin army and let it go."

"What's the situation? This is an opportunity. Why let them go?" Tang Yue was quite puzzled.

He was a general of the Liang Army. He was irritable and brave, but he was also a straightforward person.

Xue Wu shook his head slightly and said:
Chapter completed!
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