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Zhao Junsheng was on his way back to the camp with his soldiers and horses, and Guo Yi rode his horse to report: "Your Majesty, just received the battle report from General Gao Xu, he has led the army to capture Kaiyang, and is waiting for your Majesty's further orders! "

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed when he heard that, "Go back to the camp first and then worry about it!"

Back at the camp, Zhao Junsheng let the soldiers rest for a while, had dinner, and then called the generals and officials to discuss matters.

"Your Majesty, the losses have been counted. More than [-] infantrymen were killed and over [-] were injured. Qingqi killed over [-] and wounded

More than three hundred people; Xuanjia heavy cavalry killed 150 second cavalry, injured 32 cavalry! "

Zhao Junsheng frowned after hearing the results of the battle, and said, "I believe that Liu Song's army suffered much heavier losses than our army, but what's the use of it? Their strength is twice as large as our army's. In the end, they failed to break through their army formation!"

Wang Huilong stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think so. Although Liu Song's army is numerous and powerful, its force composition is too mixed, its command is not smooth, and it has no cavalry to contend with us. This is their great weakness. They can withstand one attack from us today, but what about tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? The general believes that their losses today are three times, or even four times that of ours. The doomed ending, when the time comes, our army can take advantage of the situation to hunt down and kill them!"

At this time, in the central camp of the Liu Song Army, Tan Daoji listened to the battle damage report of the officials under his command.

"Our infantry killed more than [-] people, wounded more than [-] people, and the cavalry lost... Exhausted!"

Tan Daoji's face turned extremely pale in an instant. Although he had a premonition in his heart that the casualties would be huge this time, he never expected that the casualties would be as high as more than 3000.

"Impossible, how could there be such a large number of casualties?" Tan Yi shouted.

The official said with a bitter face: "The fighting time is too long. If the injuries of many soldiers are not fatal if they are treated in time in normal times, but this time many injured soldiers did not receive timely rescue on the battlefield, and the weather was cold... "..."

The battle lasted all day, and even a good man would not be able to stand it if he stood in the snow all day, not to mention the wounded soldiers, such as many soldiers who were wounded by arrows, as long as they took off the arrows and cleaned them up If the wounds are bandaged again, they can survive, but this time the wounds have not been treated for a long time, the wounded soldiers bleed profusely, and the heat loss is serious, so naturally they can't hold back and die.

"Report—" A messenger ran in panting and fell to the ground struggling but couldn't get up.

"Help him up and give him a bowl of hot soup!"

After the messenger was poured down a bowl of hot soup, he finally regained his strength and reported to Tan Daoji: "Commander, something is wrong. The Qianjun sent a partial division to attack and break through Kaiyang City, with about ten thousand troops!"

"What? Get the map!"

A map was spread out in front of Tan Daoji, and when he found that Kaiyang City was on the north-south thoroughfare, his eyes darkened and he fell down.

"Big handsome, big handsome..."

Chapter 647

The battle losses during the day were too great. Tan Daoji was already in a depressed mood. No matter who changed the coach, he couldn't bear such a loss. Liu Song's army's return route, at least in a short period of time, these tens of thousands of horses will no longer receive any supplies, because Kaiyang City is the only way for the supply line of Liu Song's Northern Expedition army to pass.In addition, the army that captured Kaiyang City could threaten Xuzhou and Donghai County.

This news overwhelmed Tan Daoji. He knew what it meant, and if he was a little careless, he might give all his remaining 4 horses here and never go back.

Tan Daoji's coma caused the generals and school officials in the commander's tent to panic, and someone shouted: "Call the medical officer, call the medical officer!"

After the first aid by the medical officer, Tan Daoji, who was unconscious, was finally rescued. His son Tan Yi cried: "Father, you must not be in trouble at this time!"

The general Xue Tong also said: "Yes, Commander, the wealth and lives of these tens of thousands of horses are all on you, you must hold on!"

Tan Daoji's face was still ugly, he turned his head to look, and asked: "What time is it, how long has this commander been in a coma?"

"Father, you have been in a coma for less than half an hour, thanks to the medical officer for waking you up!"

The medical officer said: "The commander-in-chief is fine, it's just a rush, just take a rest and you'll be fine!"

Tan Daoji said: "It's time to work! Yi'er, send the medical officer back to rest, reward!"

"Yes!"

Tan Daoji drank two bowls of hot soup, his spirit recovered a lot, and he called all the generals and officials to discuss matters.

"Kaiyang City was captured by a surprise attack by the Gan army, and we have already lost our supplies. More importantly, once the news spreads among the army, it will definitely cause the army's morale to be unstable, so this commander ordered everyone to keep their mouths shut! "

An aide said to Tan Daoji: "Marshal, it is impossible to hide the news for too long. Our supplies are cut off. The soldiers are not fools. Someone will guess what. Fēng suo xiāo information is important, but more importantly, when the news spreads. Think of countermeasures before starting, after today, where will our army go? Should we fight to the end, or withdraw quickly?"

Tan Daoji nodded and said: "This is what I want to say. I called you together to discuss the next step. You can talk about what you think!"

Staff member Zhu Yan stood up and said: "Commander, through today's battle, the commander must have seen that this army is more fierce and powerful than other Northern Wei troops! In terms of tactics, the cavalry tactics of this dry army are more flexible and changeable than those of other Xianbei armies, and after a long period of training, they know how to cooperate; besides, the infantry, other Xianbei armies have very few regular infantry, and when they encounter a siege, they are conquests and garrisons Army and state and county soldiers, these soldiers hardly understand siege, and every time they attack a city defended by our side, they are filled with human lives, but the infantry of this army is completely different. Obviously, after a long period of rigorous training, they are familiar with many formations Law and siege tactics!"

"In today's battle, our army lost more than half of it. In addition to the loss of more than 1 soldiers in the raid the night before yesterday, our army lost more than [-] soldiers in the past two days. If the fight continues, I worry that our army will be defeated if it doesn't last for a few days!"

Gao Jinzhi stared: "Mr. Zhu, what do you mean by these words? Are you trying to persuade the commander in chief to withdraw? Could it be that the soldiers died in vain these days?"

Xue Tong persuaded: "Brother Gao, let Mr. Zhu finish speaking first!"

Zhu Yan continued: "Nowadays, the imperial court and the emperor are suspicious of the commander-in-chief's self-respect for supporting troops and raising thieves for self-respect. Our army has strong enemies outside and obstacles inside. The weather is not on our side! After counting, I found that there are more than [-] soldiers in existence. The general is still the old man of the general, so the loss is not too big, and all the soldiers who died were recruited from various places. If he retreats at this time, the general still has the confidence to talk to the court. The court should also be afraid of the general. I don’t dare to go too far with the commander in chief, but if we continue to fight against the dry army, once the soldiers and horses are lost too much, the commander in chief will not have enough confidence to talk to the court!”

"So, my idea is to persuade the commander in chief to take the opportunity to retreat. If he doesn't retreat at this time, once the news of Kaiyang City's capture comes, the morale of the army will be slackened, and the situation will not be the commander in chief.

I can control it! "

Tan Daoji also wanted to retreat at this time. He was too passive, whether in politics or in the military, he was in a passive position. In politics, he was suspected by the emperor, and there were ministers in the court who had been slandering; In terms of military affairs, there is a serious shortage of cavalry in his army. Without cavalry, he is always passive and oppressed when facing the dry army.

Tan Daoji thought for a long time and said: "I'm afraid it's not so easy to retreat at this time. There are many cavalry in the dry army. Our cavalry has almost been exhausted in the battle. At this time, the retreat will be followed by the dry army cavalry, waiting for an opportunity to harass. Soldiers Morale is already very low, and if you are constantly harassed and attacked, a little carelessness will be the result of the collapse of the whole situation!"

Zhu Yan said: "So I suggest leaving a garrison camp. As long as there is a delay of three to five days, the main force of our army will be able to evacuate from the safe area. By then, the retreat will be very easy!"

Tan Daoji sighed: "I'm afraid the soldiers and horses left behind will be in danger!"

Zhu Yan was silent for a while, "There is no other way at this time, but the strong man cuts off his wrists! The soldiers and horses left behind can choose an opportunity to break through after a delay of three to five days. How many people can return to Jiangzhou can only rely on God's blessing! "

Tan Daoji thought and weighed a lot, and finally made up his mind: "Since we want to withdraw, it should be sooner rather than later. Pass down the order and retreat tonight, just stay behind..."

All the generals looked at each other, Gao Jinzhi stood up and clasped his fists and said: "All these years, thanks to the commander-in-chief's perseverance, he has been handed over to his subordinates, and he is regarded as a brother. The last general will have nothing to repay. I would like to lead the troops of the headquarters to stay for the army to end! "

Xue Tong stood up: "Marshal, let the last general stay!"

Tan Daoji's lips trembled, and he turned his head to cover up his gaffe, "Jinzhi, you stay, you must return to Jiangzhou alive, I can't live without Jinzhi!"

"Don't worry, handsome!"

Gao Jinzhi and Xue Tong were called Guan Zhang by the people at the time, and they were regarded as Tan Daoji's right-hand men. Tan Daoji knew that Gao Jinzhi was calmer than Xue Tong, so Tan Daoji was relieved to leave the matter after the breakup to Gao Jinzhi.

In the middle of the night, Tan Daoji led the main force to retreat to the south overnight, and arrived at Dongyang City at dawn. Tan Daoji did not stop at all and directly led the army around Dongyang City to the south. Discarded everywhere.

dry army camp.

After breakfast, Zhao Junsheng was about to order the army to assemble and set out to continue fighting with Liu Song's army. At this time, a small school came in and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Song's army has sent an envoy!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the generals and officials in the tent, and told the principal: "Let him in!"

Soon, Liu Songjun's envoy came in to salute Zhao Junsheng and said, "I would like to report to your majesty, I have come to negotiate with your majesty under the order of my commander-in-chief. I hope that there will be a two-day truce so that you and I can collect the remains of the soldiers. There are too many corpses, and now the weather is warming up, corpses abandoned on the battlefield are likely to cause disease, please allow your permission! When the two sides collect the remains of their respective soldiers, the well water will not interfere with the river water, I wonder what your majesty thinks?"

Zhao Junsheng is really hard to refuse the other party's proposal. Thousands of his subordinates died on the battlefield, and the corpses have not been restrained. If he disagrees, how can he be worthy of those soldiers who died in battle?

These words are just nice to hear, saying that they are sorry for the fallen soldiers, but in fact they are still for the living to see.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and agreed: "Okay, you go back and tell Tan Daoji that the king has agreed. Today and tomorrow, the two sides will collect the corpses separately, and they are not allowed to do anything. After two days, there will be a showdown!"