Chapter 324 Encirclement and Suppression After hearing Hu Chong's words, Shangguanxiu lowered his head, rubbed his chin and remained silent.
Hu Chong asked cautiously: "My lord, I don't think it's appropriate."
Shangguan Xiu said quietly: "Combine and divide, use barbarians to control barbarians.
In fact, the strategy used by the princess is very successful and very effective.
In this huge and powerful town, there are as many as one or two hundred thousand people in the city, including the pure Ningnan There are also foreign races that were later incorporated into the country, and they are all indiscriminate.
Wouldn't it be contrary to the strategy adopted by the princess to make a big fuss out of this incident?
The various ethnic groups in Ningnan will definitely unite with the same hatred and destroy a city with our army.
To unite a country, the gains outweigh the losses, and this strategy is not advisable.”
Hu Chong frowned, looked at Shangguan Xiu, opened his mouth, and was about to speak, but at the end of his words, he sighed softly and swallowed it back in his stomach.
Shangguan Xiu asked: "General Hu thinks I am wrong.
It is a woman's kindness and indecisiveness."
Hu Chong shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Actually, there is no right or wrong in this matter, there are only different positions.
Your Excellency is thinking about politics, but I am thinking about military affairs.
As a general in the army, it is my responsibility to fight for the country.
It is my duty to ensure victory in the war.
As for other aspects, that is not within the scope of my consideration. " He is a typical professional soldier who can do anything as long as it is beneficial to the war situation and helps his side achieve final victory.
Shangguan Xiu did not consider this matter from a military standpoint.
To him, Ningnan was the lost territory that Feng Country had not yet recovered.
Massacring the city in Ningnan would only increase the hatred of Ningnan people towards Feng Country.
It will only infinitely weaken the people of Ningnan's sense of identity with Feng Country, and Feng Country's desire to regain the lost land of Ningnan will become even more elusive.
He agreed with Hu Chong's statement, nodded slowly, and said: "You are right, no one is right or wrong in your decision, we only have different positions.
On the matter of the sneak attack on Xiongzhen, I listened to you , and you have to listen to me on whether to destroy the city or not."
Hu Chong bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, your words are serious.
As long as your Majesty has orders, I will obey them to the death."
Shangguan Xiu patted him on the shoulder, and then said to everyone around him: "Send the order and the whole army retreats."
Hu Chong advocated burning Xiongzhen and destroying this strategic town in southern Ning forever.
However, due to Shangguanxiu's opposition, his idea was not implemented.
Xiongzhen was not destroyed, which was a major event in the national war between Feng Kingdom and Ningnan.
Although it was not important enough to reverse the war situation between the two countries, at least this matter reversed the situation on the southern battlefield.
The Feng Army successfully attacked Xiongzhen in the early morning.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Feng Army withdrew from Xiongzhen.
News of the attack on Xiongzhen also reached the Ningnan Army camp on the other side of Gongcheng immediately.
Peng Huang, commander of the 7th Army Corps of the Ningnan Army, deputy commander Tong Yang, Zhang Junran, commander of the 15th Army Corps, and deputy commander Zhang Peng, urgently gathered together for consultations.
After the meeting, Zhang Junran was furious and said through gritted teeth: "Peng Shuai, General Tong, you two have heard the news from Xiongzhen, right?
Xiongzhen was attacked, and the county guard Tong committed suicide.
You and I will die."
All the millions of stones of military rations hoarded by the army in Xiongzhen were destroyed."
Peng Huang and Tong Yang also looked ugly, and they nodded solemnly.
Zhang Peng jumped up at the crime and said sternly: "This matter was caused by the Second Corps of the Feng Army headed by Hu Chong.
When tens of thousands of brothers from the Seventh Army went to hunt down Hu Chong's remnants of only 2,000 people, they were allowed to do so.
He escaped, and now the remnants of Hu Chong have taken a detour to attack Xiongzhen, causing such huge losses to our side.
Who should bear this responsibility?"
Peng Huang glanced at Zhang Peng and said in a deep voice: "I will explain this matter to the court."
Zhang Junran frowned and said: "This matter is not an urgent matter that can be muddled through with a simple explanation.
We must annihilate the remaining members of Hu Chong."
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As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Peng said loudly: "Since the brothers of the Seventh Army have nothing to do with the remnants of Hu Chong, now it is up to our Fifteenth Army to come forward to solve the problem."
As he spoke, he stepped in and saluted Zhang Junran, and said: "Commander Zhang, I would like to lead the army to encircle and suppress the remnants of Hu Chong."
Zhang Junran glanced at Zhang Peng and nodded.
Then he turned to look at Peng Huang and Tong Yang and asked: "Peng Shuai, General Tong, what do you two think?"
Looking at Zhang Junran and Zhang Peng singing harmoniously, Peng Huang and Tong Yang knew very well that on the one hand, they were shirking responsibility and on the other hand, they were taking credit.
However, the responsibility for letting the remnants of Hu Chong go was indeed on his own side, and now Peng Huang had nothing to say.
Tong Yang took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Two generals, I think this matter is not that simple."
"Oh, General Tong means" Tong Yang said sternly: "Our army of more than 10,000 brothers annihilated the remnants of Hu Chong.
We were bound to win, but we didn't expect to encounter reinforcements from the Feng Kingdom during the pursuit."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Peng laughed out loud, He reminded: "General Tong's so-called reinforcements are only about twenty people."
"Only more than 20 people can defeat tens of thousands of our brothers with two thousand remaining soldiers.
How can they be ordinary soldiers?
I doubt that there is an elite soldier of the Feng Army hidden in Ashan."
Tong Yang looked deeply. said.
Fart Zhang Peng muttered in his heart, and he said patiently: "The main force of the Feng Army is now besieged by us in Gongcheng.
Only the remnant of Hu Chong escaped by chance.
Where did the Feng Army come from and hide its elite soldiers in Ashan?
I see. boy general Jun is really scared of the wind thieves.
Once bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of the well rope for ten years.
General Tong is afraid of the wind thieves, but I, Zhang Peng, are not afraid."
As he spoke, he stepped in and saluted Zhang Junran again: "Zhang Shuai, let the general go."
Zhang Junran smiled slightly and said: "That's fine.
It's up to General Zhang to annihilate the remnants of Hu Chong's troops.
However, you have to be more careful.
Hu Chong's troops are extremely cunning and elusive, so they are not easy to deal with."
"Don't worry, Commander Zhang, the general will know what he's doing."
After saying this, Zhang Peng turned around and walked out of the camp.
"Wait a minute."
Tong Yang stood up quickly and stopped Zhang Peng.
He said meaningfully: "The behavior of Hu Chong's remnant troops is very abnormal.
It is very long for an exhausted remnant army to escape to Ashan by chance.
It's not easy.
Why didn't they run away, but instead turned around Chapter 324 Encirclement and Suppression Go back and attack Xiongzhen.
Also, it is a long way from Ashan to Xiongzhen.
They took a detour, but they suddenly arrived at Xiongzhen in such a short time and were able to defeat thousands of soldiers guarding the city in one fell swoop.
They also took a detour.
Where is the physical strength left?”
Tong Yang had too many questions in his mind.
He even felt that it was not the remnants of Hu Chong who attacked Xiongzhen at all, but that his side had got the wrong information, or that the enemy had deliberately let his side get the wrong information.
But now Zhang Peng was too lazy to listen to Tong Yang's analysis.
He waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "Everyone can talk on paper, but no matter how much you talk, it's not as good as actually doing it.
If you want to analyze, sit here.
Let's analyze it slowly.
I, Zhang Peng, won't accompany you anymore."
After saying this, he shook off his robe and strode out.
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"Zhang" Tong Yang still wanted to call Zhang Peng, but the latter's figure had disappeared outside the curtain of the tent.
Zhang Junran smiled lightly, stood up, raised his hands to Peng Huang and Tong Yang and said, "Two generals, I also take my leave."
Zhang Peng and Zhang Junran left one after another, leaving Peng Huang and Tong Yang looking at each other in the tent.
They both sighed quietly in unison.
Peng Huang's lament was how he was going to explain this to the court.
It was because his brothers were in a disadvantageous position in the battle and let the remnants of Hu Chong go, which led to the attack on Xiongzhen and the loss of all the rations for his two legions.
Destroyed and suffered heavy losses.
What Tong Yang lamented was that things were by no means as simple as they seemed on the surface.
He vaguely smelled a conspiracy, but he couldn't tell where the conspiracy was exactly.
In short, he felt that Zhang Peng was reckless.
It is not safe to lead the army to encircle and suppress the remnants of Hu Chong.
The Seventh Army had already suffered losses from Hu Chong's remnants before, and now Hu Chong's remnants successfully attacked Xiongzhen.
Although Zhang Peng didn't take Hu Chong's remnants seriously on the surface, in fact it was just him showing off.
In his heart, he still valued the remnants of Hu Chong.
It is precisely because of this that when Zhang Peng sent out troops, he discussed with Zhang Junran and led out five regiments in one breath.
Using an army of 50,000 to encircle and suppress the remnants of 2,000 people seems to be a massive effort and making a fuss out of a molehill.
However, Zhang Junran and Zhang Peng agreed that they would rather detach a large number of soldiers and attack Gongcheng later.
Things have been done with certainty, and we must not suffer any more losses at the hands of Hu Chong's remnants.
Let's talk about Shangguanxiu and his party, after leaving Xiongzhen, they returned the same way.
When they reached the border of Qingchuan again, a black spot circled and screamed above their heads.
Dajiang, who was traveling with Shangguanxiu, hurriedly ran to Shangguanxiu and said urgently in a half-baked wind language: "Sir, there is an enemy situation ahead."
Hu Chong, who was next to Shangguan Xiu, looked at him in surprise and asked, "How do you know?"
Dajiang raised his hand and pointed at the flying eagle in the sky.
Hu Chong was still puzzled, so Shangguan Xiu immediately told Hu Chong Dajiang's background.
Hu Chong was shocked when he heard this and looked at Da Jiang in disbelief.
He used falcons to deliver letters and detect the enemy's situation.
This was incredible.
If the army could have such a falconer, his combat effectiveness would be unknown.
How much does it increase?
Shangguan Xiu asked: "Can you judge the number of enemy troops?"
"There are many who are still twenty miles away from our army.
Sir, should we fight or withdraw?"
Dajiang asked with concern.
Before Shangguan Xiu could speak, Hu Chong said categorically: "We can't fight if we withdraw from this battle.
The enemy troops coming to intercept us must be from Gongcheng.
The Ningnan Army must hate us now and must annihilate us all." , so there must be a lot of troops dispatched, and we cannot fight with the enemy's strength."
As he was speaking, the falcon hovering above his head suddenly let out a cry of Yeer Yeer.
Hu Chong glanced up subconsciously, then looked at Dajiang and asked: "What's going on?
Why did the falcon scream suddenly?"
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