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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 135
In the dark night, the camp of the Dynasty Army in the north of Qingyang Prefecture was brightly lit.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, the generals of the Guards and Black Cavalry who were riddled with scars sat on both sides, their faces solemn.
The Fourth Prince leaned exhaustedly on the chair of the lord, rubbing his temples.
The atmosphere in the military tent seemed a bit dull, the fourth prince did not speak, and the rest of the people were as quiet as a cicada, not daring to breathe.
They launched fierce attacks on Chen Ziang's troops again and again, but Chen Ziang and the others were as smelly and hard as stones in a latrine.
The imperial guards and black cavalry were unable to break through Chen Zi'ang's camp except for the loss of soldiers and generals.
The battle between the two sides has turned into a brutal war of attrition. As time goes by, the losses have greatly exceeded the fourth prince's expectations.
Under the repeated vicious battles, the combat effectiveness of the Guards became much stronger in the bloody battle, but the result of the battle still could not be changed.
Now apart from the inability to eliminate Chen Ziang and the Qinghe Army in Qingyang Prefecture, another thorny issue was before the Fourth Prince's eyes, and that was the lack of food in the army.
People are like iron and rice is like steel. If they don't eat a meal, they will be hungry. They can't kill Chen Ziang and others in a short time. They can fight slowly, but if they run out of food, they can't persevere.
All prefectures and counties in Qinghe Province have been battered to pieces, and the military rations of the dynasty's army have to be transferred from the neighboring Gyeonggi Province.
But now this transportation line is already in danger, the grain transport team is constantly being attacked, and not a single grain of grain can be transported to the front line.
The Fourth Prince was in Qingyang Mansion, and when he first received the report from the patrol team, he thought it was really a bandit.
But now, as a black cavalry light cavalry he sent to suppress the bandits encountered an ambush, he has realized that it may be the Qinghe army that threatens the grain road, not the bandits reported by the patrol team.
Because the bandits are just a group of rabble, they don't have the courage and ability to attack the grain transport team and ambush the black cavalry.
After the fourth prince's multi-faceted intelligence evidence, he can now basically confirm that it was the Qinghe Army that cut off their food roads.
It is self-evident that the purpose of the Qinghe army to cut off their food roads is to make their front-line troops short of food.
Once there is no food, soldiers will not have the strength to fight and fight if they don't have enough to eat, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
At that time, I am afraid it will not be a question of them attacking the Qinghe army, but how to protect themselves.
"I still underestimated the thieves, they actually caught our weakness!"
Facing the current predicament, the Fourth Prince was exhausted physically and mentally. He had to admit that he still underestimated his opponent too much.
"Your Highness, the number of bandits threatening the grain road is small. As long as we send a powerful cavalry unit to escort along the way, we should be able to transport the grain to the front line."
Facing the threat of grain roads, some generals proposed to send elite cavalry troops to escort along the way to strengthen the guard force of the grain transport team.
"If every food transport team is equipped with a cavalry unit to escort, then a large number of black cavalry troops will need to be drawn from the front line. In this way, we will not be able to maintain the suppression of the bandit army."
Now they can maintain their advantage in Qingyang Mansion, mainly because of their powerful black cavalry troops.
It was precisely because of the presence of the black cavalry troops that Chen Ziang and the Qinghe army in Qingyang Mansion did not dare to attack easily, fearing that they would be overwhelmed by the cavalry troops.
After all, in this era of cold weapons, the cavalry unit is as tough as a tank, and tens of thousands of cavalry can face several times the infantry.
Once part of the Black Cavalry Army is transferred away, their strength will be greatly weakened, and they will not be able to maintain their advantage over the Qinghe Army.
"Can you ask Gyeonggi Province to send additional troops to escort the food delivery team?" Some staff members put forward their own opinions.
"The formation of the conquest army this time has greatly weakened the defensive strength of the Gyeonggi Province, and the surrounding land is not peaceful. The imperial court will definitely not agree to continue to draw troops from the Gyeonggi Province."
"Even if the imperial court agrees to send additional troops to escort the food delivery team, it will take time to come and go. I'm afraid we will starve to death by the time the food arrives."
"Furthermore, our 100,000-strong army is helpless and needs to ask the imperial court for help, so how will the imperial court view us?"
After hearing this, the generals were also frowning. They were all rushing on the battlefield.The fierce general who fell into the battle, but now he is scratching his head and can't think of a countermeasure.
They all cursed in their hearts for the despicability and shamelessness of the Qinghe army. They couldn't beat them on the battlefield, so they used these dirty moves and ran to cut off their food roads.
Right now, the options in front of the Fourth Prince and the others are limited, or they can completely wipe out the Qinghe army within a day or two, so there is no need to worry about food and grass.
Either take the initiative to retreat and give up this opportunity to destroy the Qinghe army, otherwise if it continues like this, they will not be able to hold on first.
"Send the order to withdraw the troops tomorrow, to the north of Qingshui River."
After thinking about it for a while, the fourth prince made his own decision, which is to get through the difficulties in front of him first.
Take advantage of their ability to maintain their combat effectiveness and withdraw directly from the battle. If they really wait until they have no strength to walk before withdrawing, they will be passive.
Although the Fourth Prince was defeated many times by the Qinghe Army, he was also a decisive person.
"Your Highness, no, if we withdraw our troops now, the previous efforts will be in vain."
"Your Highness, let me lead my troops to charge again tomorrow!"
These generals did not expect that the Fourth Prince would order the withdrawal of troops, and when they were astonished, they shouted unwillingly.
"Why, you didn't even listen to my military orders?!"
Facing these unwilling generals, the voice of the fourth prince also carried a trace of sullenness.
Even if they fight for a little bit, this battle will not be as bad as it is now.
Seeing that the face of the fourth prince had turned cold, the generals, although extremely unwilling, had no choice but to accept the order to withdraw the troops.
After most of the generals left, Yang Hao, who had been promoted to the deputy general of the Black Cavalry Army, was left behind.
"General Yang, your department will be in charge of breaking the rear tomorrow to ensure that the army retreats safely to the north of the Qingshui River." The fourth prince handed over the task of the rear to the Black Cavalry Army.
Because they now only have the black cavalry, an elite unit, that can deter the Qinghe uprising army.
"Your Highness, are we really going to withdraw like this?"
When Yang Hao received the military order, he was also full of unwillingness.
The fourth prince smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements, and the bandit army won't be arrogant for long."
Seeing the confident look of the fourth prince, Yang Hao was also puzzled. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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