MTL - Unparalleled Concubine-v2 Chapter 1050 meet old friends

   Chapter 1050 Meet the old man

The Ningzhou Army's attack on Xiangyang was extremely smooth, mainly because the Ankang Army under Pei Jin, fearing the unknown firearms in the hands of the Southwest Army, took the lead in withdrawing from the city of Xiangyang, leaving behind only the Hanzhong Army, which had suffered heavy casualties. defend the city.

  People are all competitive.

  If everyone stays together to defend the city, the main body is separated from the forbidden army, and the Hanzhong army, which is still elite, may fight to the death in Xiangyang City, and then it will bring great trouble to the southwest army.

   But the Ankang Army withdrew directly.

   This will inevitably make the soldiers of the Hanzhong Army feel uncomfortable. Our Hanzhong Army resisted the southwest rebels on the front line, and suffered heavy casualties. You Ankang Army did not move a single soldier, so you just deserted?

   The Hanzhong Army and the Ankang Army are on the same level. Xie Jing has no power or qualification to restrain Pei Jin, so he can only watch him lead his troops away.

  After Pei Jin left the field, it was a foregone conclusion that Xiangyang City would be broken. The difference was only when the city was broken.

In a large mansion in the east of Xiangyang City, Zhong Heng, who was described as embarrassed, bent over and stood behind Xie Jing, bowed his head and smiled bitterly: "General, General Pei has led his troops to evacuate Xiangyang, and our Hanzhong army has been retreating frontally. The enemy is already approaching Dongcheng, and if we don't make a decision, most of the remaining troops of our Hanzhong Army will not be able to keep it!"

Xie Jing had no ability at all, and he was already in disarray at this time. He was afraid that he would be punished by Emperor Yuan Zhao after withdrawing his troops and returned to Beijing. He was also afraid that the Hanzhong Army would be wiped out in Xiangyang City. Gritting his teeth, he opened his mouth and said, "You can retreat, but you must get the iron pipe in the hands of the Southwest Army, even if it is one piece. No escape from the guilt!"

Chong Heng said with a bitter face: "General, those soldiers of the Southwest Army who have iron pipes in their hands are closely guarded by their shield soldiers. Right now our people don't dare to rush into the formation. How can we get that thing? Now is not the time to worry about these things, people are dying all the time, and the general must make a decision as soon as possible!"

  Xie Jing was still a little hesitant. He looked at Chong Heng and said, "General Xiao Chong, my Hanzhong Army... how many casualties?"

   "I'm afraid there are as many as twenty or thirty thousand."

Chong Heng smiled bitterly and said, "The main reason is that the morale of the generals on the front line has been lost. No one knows how to deal with the iron pipes of the Southwest Army, or how those things hurt people. Some people even regard the Southwest Army as a ghost. Monsters, don't dare to rush to kill them at all."

"Li Shuo of the Southwest Army is slowly advancing towards Dongcheng. At this speed, our people can hold on for two or three days at most, and the entire Xiangyang will fall into the hands of the Southwest Army. Keep fighting."

Saying that, Chong Heng bowed his head slightly, gritted his teeth and said, "The general is the uncle of the emperor, and the last general is also a descendant of the Chong family. It's not a big crime to withdraw at this time. We may still be able to save our lives. That general, your status as a national uncle, may not be able to keep you!"

  Xie Jing lowered his head, his face grim.

   Once he withdraws from Xiangyang City, it means that the Hanzhong Army has conceded defeat. Even if he will be exonerated because of his identity as a national uncle, his political career will definitely come to an end.

   He was not reconciled.

  In the early years, when he first entered the capital, he was always very polite to Li Xin, but Lord Jingan, who relied on speculation, did not give him face, and humiliated him several times, which made this uncle of the country always hold grudges.

   He wanted Li Xin to step into the dust too much.

Li Xin paid it back when he was in the capital. After all, even now, there is no imperial decree to dismiss Li Xin from his official position. In the face of the first-rank grandmaster of the dynasty, Xie Jing naturally did not dare to offend him, but it is different now. For the bright future of the capital, don't go to the southwest to become a rebel!

   As long as he is caught, Xie Jing can be ashamed.

   But it is a pity that the sky does not follow the wishes of man.

   Even if the Marquis of Jing'an left the imperial court and went to the southwest to become a rebel, Xie Jing still couldn't defeat him.

  Thinking of this, Xie Jing's face was a little distorted.

   But in the end, reason prevailed over sensibility. Xie Jing, who had bowed his head in silence for a long time, raised his head slowly, his voice hoarse: "The order, the entire army of Hanzhong, begin to slowly evacuate Xiangyang from the Dongcheng Gate."

  Chong Heng was waiting for such a sentence. Hearing that, he immediately lowered his head and respectfully bowed to Xie Jing: "The last general, let's do it now!"

   "Also ask the general to move your body and leave Xiangyang City first, otherwise it will be difficult to leave when there are too many people."

  Xie Jing stood there, expressionless.

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A general who holds tens of thousands of military power can easily change the situation of the battle. For example, after Xie Jing said a word, the situation in Xiangyang City changed immediately. Mu Ying, who was standing on the city wall watching the battle, was very keen to discover the situation. He stood behind Li Xin and bowed his head slightly: "General, look at the current situation, the army of the imperial court is probably determined to withdraw from Xiangyang."

As a general in charge of tens of thousands of people, it is one of the most basic abilities to predict the entire situation based on the slightest disturbance on the battlefield. Mu Ying is now a very qualified general, even with veteran generals such as Li Shen and Ye Ming. In comparison, it's not much different.

   Hearing this, Li Xin also looked at it with a telescopic mirror, then nodded slightly, agreeing with Mu Ying's opinion.

   "Just now, although these Hanzhong troops are also retreating, they are hesitant to retreat, and their formations are scattered. Now these people have begun to retreat regularly."

Having said this, Li Xin waved his hand, summoned a messenger, and said solemnly: "Send the order to Li Shuo, tell him to fight harder, the enemy will chase after him if they want to leave, and try to capture as many Hanzhong soldiers as possible. General."

   The reason why an outsider was ordered was not because Li Xin did not trust Li Shuo, but that some things had to be seen clearly by two outsiders like them. Li Shuo might not be able to find out as quickly as they were in it now.

After Li Xin gave this order, Mu Ying stood silently behind him and said solemnly: "General, most of the Hanzhong Army is from the imperial court's forbidden army, and they don't look down on us rebels. I want to say that if the general wants to To expand the Southwest Army, we should start recruiting soldiers along the way from now on, which will come faster.”

   "You can't just be quick."

Li Xin shook his head and said, "Even if we want to recruit troops, we will recruit them in the southwest, so we can use them at ease, and we have enough people now, we need elites, and as for the total number, it will gradually increase. "

Having said this, Li Xin stretched his waist long, walked down from the city wall, turned over and rode on a **** horse. Sitting on the horse, he smiled at Mu Ying and said, "The front line will now produce results, Mu Brother Yu, go to Dongcheng with me and have a look?"

  Mu Ying hesitated a bit, then said, "General, the Ningzhou army is bleeding and desperate, and I'm fighting at the back, so it's not good to grab the limelight?"

   "Not to steal the limelight, but to meet an old friend."

   Li Xin's face was calm: "Let's go see that great Jin's uncle, and talk to him about family affairs."

  When Li Xin was still in charge of Yulinwei, Xie Jing was in charge of Qianniuwei. At that time, Mu Ying was still an official in the capital, so she naturally recognized Xie Jing.

   He heard the words and smiled, got on a horse and followed behind Li Xin.

   "What Hou Ye said was that he was going to see an old friend."

   (end of this chapter)