Chapter 659 Battle Report
The food in the army is actually pretty good. Although the taste may be far worse than that of a restaurant, there is no shortage of meat and vegetables, and it is absolutely full.
Everything else is easy to say. Shen Hao has been in the army for so long but still can't get used to the soup cakes here. The soup tastes very strange, and it's okay to fill his stomach, but he won't eat soup cakes if he has a choice.
Three pieces of dough cakes and a large basin of salted water boiled hind legs. The dough cakes are dry and test the teeth. The hind legs are chopped into fist-sized pieces and eaten with forks. Then, with a large pot of tea, it will be a meal for the sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrific
Of course, Shen Hao had something to eat, but Zhang Ye and Li Jiang who were sitting opposite him did not. They just stood up with their hands in a manner, taking the time to give Shen Hao some major events in the past ten days of his retreat.
That's right, something big happened.
On December 2nd, Cheng Jinhou's troops fought a field battle with a main force mixed with a multi-tribe of barbarians thirty miles east of the newly established "In front of the gate" military camp. From morning to afternoon, both sides threw down thousands of corpses and retreated. But that night, the barbarians launched a raid, and the "Shimen" military camp, closest to the "In front of the gate" military camp, was also besieged by the main force of barbarians.
The battle lasted for three days, and then the siege of the Shimen was lifted due to 20,000 reinforcements from Jianchuan.
Then the new army rushed forward and prepared to take advantage of the situation to relieve the offensive and defensive battles of the "in front of the gate". However, they encountered an ambush forty miles between the Shimen and the gate. The 20,000 soldiers lost more than 6,000 before they retreated to the Shimen again.
However, the military camp in front of the gate delayed for another two days, and then the military camp in the central Jianchuan pushed forward and forced the barbarians to cooperate in defense. Due to the military strength, the situation in front of the gate was eliminated.
On December 25, in Jianchuan, the two lower military camps began to send troops to counterattack, pushing the front line between fifty and forty miles. However, due to the interference of the barbarian cavalry and the involvement of supplies, they did not station the camp, but chose to retreat after a fight outside the barbarian camp.
"So the counterattack begins?"
"Yes, sir. Baitouxia and Huzhuyuan also launched an active offensive against the barbarians for the first time, but the intensity was not as strong as Jianchuan."
After chewing a piece of bone, Shen Hao threw it away, he picked up the teacup and took a big sip, and then said, "Where is the barbarian? How did you deal with it?"
"The Jianchuan fights back and forth. According to the news sent back by the supervisors in the Shimen and the two military camps in front of the gate, the barbarians fought fiercely. If one of us dies, they dare to continue to fill in the upwards. The bodies are not cleaned up everywhere, just like crazy."
"All of them are the previous groups?" Shen Hao was used to the topic of "dead people and corpses" while eating.
"Yes, mainly the Red Eye Wolf Clan, the Three-Eyed Wolf Clan, the Toothed Elephant Clan and the Snake Clan, as well as some Pig Clan and the Rat Clan."
The wolf clan and the rat clan account for a large part of the complex ethnic group distribution of the barbarians, and the largest number is also the most. They have strong survival ability, strong fertility, and like to live in large groups. However, the wolf clan and the rat clan are also subdivided into many small clans, such as Sanyan and Red Pupil, which are two of the wolf clans. In addition to the subdivided small clans, there are clan divisions, and a clan may belong to several or even dozens of clans.
The Red-eyed Wolf Clan, which had raised the Frost Moon Banner in Sanbichu, was the Frost Moon Clan, and it was also the most powerful clan in the Wolf Clan. According to the documentary information from Xuanqing Wei, the Frost Moon Clan has produced two barbarian kings. This is the third time they want to establish a royal court to be king.
However, the wolf clan alone is not only the Three-Eyed Clan and the Red Eye Clan, but also the Shuangyue clan. Even the powerful race among the barbarians is not only the wolf clan.
So Shen Hao was very curious now that the Jingji Dynasty began to tighten money and food nationwide to deal with the possible long war clouds, what happened within the barbarians?
He has captured many prisoners of war, and there are also good torture players in the army. Unfortunately, he has not caught a high-level figure, and the soldiers don’t know much. One thing that can be confirmed is that the situation within the barbarians has not yet appeared as they expected to "unify their opinions quickly and then establish a royal court" as they expected, but they are still arguing.
"Where is the tiger pillar original? Have you found the Red-eyed Wolf Clan or the Teethed Elephant Clan?"
"No. It's similar to the previous situation. The Red Pupil Wolf Clan is mainly in Baitouxia and Jianchuan, and the Grey-skinned Monkey Clan and Bear Clan are mainly participating in the Huzhuyuan."
"It seems that the differences between them are much bigger than ours."
"Yes, sir. At present, Zuo Shuai's strategy seems to be mainly targeting Jianchuan and Baitouxia. The battle intensity on the Huzhuyuan's original line is actually the lowest. According to the report of the supervisor there, the total number of soldiers who were damaged by the Huzhuyuan's original war is less than 4,000."
Although he was just attending the military strategy meeting, the benefits were obvious. Now all the military strategy in the army can be obtained from the supervisory envoys in each army. Of course, these news are top secrets. Even within the supervisory envoy, except for the person in charge, there will be no more than four people who report the news that they know the whole picture.
"In other words, Zuo Shuai deliberately put pressure on the Shuangyue clan and maintained a tacit understanding with the Red Clan?"
Frost Yue refers to the group of barbarians headed by the Red Pupil Wolf Clan. Currently, the people fighting in Jianchuan and Baitouxia Yujing Old Dynasty are the people of the Frost Yue clan. The bear clan and the monkey clan in Huzhuyuan both belong to another huge clan, namely the Red Tu clan. The Red Tu clan is headed by the Bear clan, and the Monkey clan is attached to it. At the same time, they have always been incompatible with Frost Yue, and now they are the ones who resist the establishment of a royal court of the Frost Yue clan.
"I thought it might not be just a tacit understanding, but also helping the Red Tu clan preserve their strength." Li Jiang knew military affairs and knew very well. The situation in the original situation of the Tiger Pillar in his eyes was much more interesting than on the surface.
"Oh? Are you saying that Zuo Shuai is trying to find something outside the battlefield?"
"Yes, sir. According to the barbarian habits and the words obtained from prisoners of war, they always have the final say of who has the bigger fists. The Frost Yue clan is the most powerful among the barbarians, and the second red earth. But Frost Yue cannot completely suppress the Red Earth, so he will drag it on when establishing the royal court. If the Frost Yue clan consumes a lot of power and the Red Earth remains almost motionless, then the strength of their two sides may be in conflict, and there will be a good show when the time comes."
When Shen Hao saw the sinister smile on Li Jiang's face, he also started to laugh unconsciously. When he was in Fengricheng, he often saw the murderers under his command appear on the faces. He seemed to like to smile like this.
Is there anything more funny than making the enemy mess up or even fight?
Chapter completed!