Chapter 511: Jinxia West Route Army Retreats

"I guess the Khan is worried about internal factors, not the Chen army." Wanyan Xiaji said.

"Beidi?" Yue Puzi said.

Wanyan Xiaji did not speak, which was considered as tacit agreement. He said: "There is news that after the complete defeat on the eastern front, the Khan issued an order to order Yelu Hongqi to lead 10,000 imperial guards and Beidi to send 10,000 troops to Haiyan Pass.

The Beidi tribe is closest to Haiyan Pass. If the speed is fast, it can reach it in five days. However, it was not until the Chen army captured Haiyan Pass that the Beidi tribe arrived at Yankou, which is equivalent to just leaving the house."

"Ah?" Yue Puzi was shocked and said: "Beidi acted like this, aren't they afraid of being blamed by the Khan?"

"What reason do you blame? Delaying military affairs? Beidi has many ways to shirk this reason, and it is untenable. Moreover, the Khan asked Beidi to send 10,000 troops, and Beidi did send them." Wanyan Xiaji said.

If Beidi is blamed for this reason, other tribes will not accept it. If they unite, Jinxia will be in chaos.

After all, Beidi dared to do this, which means they have the confidence and the means to deal with it.

"So we just retreat like this?" Yue Puzi said.

"We can only retreat. The current situation is not favorable to us. Yuzhou is mountainous, and it is winter now. The environment is not favorable to our army. Not only that, the Chen army in Yuzhou did not confront us head-on. Although we occupied their city, it did not cause too much loss to the Chen army, and the reduction of troops was not much.

On the other hand, our army suffered more casualties than the Chen army in order to capture Shuofei County and Li County."

As he said, Wanyan Xiaji looked at the mountains in the distance and said: "And I guess that the Chen army led by Chen Mo not only did not continue to attack Jinxia, ​​but had already retreated from Haiyan Pass and is now on the way back to Yuzhou. Once Chen Mo leads his army to Yuzhou, we will be passive."

After speaking, Wanyan Xiaji sighed: "But I am unwilling to retreat like this."

In fact, if we really want to talk about it, the Western Route Army led by Wanyan Xiaji has gained a lot.

Let's not talk about the annexed Dongyou Kingdom.

In Longyou of the Song Dynasty alone, tens of millions of gold and silver were looted, countless grains, and a large population.

Without Jinxia's supply, the Western Army can be self-sufficient and have enough surplus.

If the Eastern Army had not been almost annihilated, leading to a total defeat, even if the troops were withdrawn, Jinxia would have gained a lot this time.

Qingshan Town.

Yue Ruyan wore light armor and carried a broadsword on her back to patrol the city wall. Although the arrow wound on her left shoulder had not healed yet, she needed to change the dressing every day, and it hurt from time to time, but it did not affect her overall condition.

These days, Yue Ruyan felt something was wrong. After the Jinxia Army captured Li County, there was no movement and no further advance.

At this time, Li Yunzhang came over with a happy face and said, "General Yue, the spies ahead reported that the Jinxia barbarians have withdrawn from Li County."

"Withdrawn?"

Yue Ruyan looked surprised and said, "They have a great advantage, why are they withdrawing?"

"Maybe the other side also knows that Haiyan Pass was captured by Duke Anguo." Li Yunzhang guessed.

"Then we should continue to attack."

Yue Ruyan frowned slightly. In the art of war, the best solution to this situation is not to return to help, but to continue to attack the enemy's lair, thereby reducing the pressure on our own base camp.

Li Yunzhang shook his head. In terms of military strategy, he is far inferior to Yue Ruyan. The reason why he was promoted to this position is nothing more than that he used to be a Qingzhou soldier and followed Chen Mo for a long time, and there were not many people around Chen Mo who could be used at that time. That's all.

"But no matter what the reason is, the Jinxia barbarians can withdraw, which is more or less a good thing for us." Although the casualties of Chen's army in Yuzhou were not large, the consumption of money and food was extremely huge.

Moreover, in the battle on the home front, the various damages to the city walls and gates were suffered by themselves in the end.

Yue Ruyan did not speak.

The withdrawal of the Jinxia Army was indeed a good thing for the Chen Army in Yuzhou as a whole, but it was not for her and Yue Jun.

Yue Ruyan was still hoping to wait for Chen Mo to come back and take revenge on the blood feud in Longyou.

The Western Route Army of Jinxia withdrew from Yuzhou in an all-round way.

But these Jinxia barbarians were really hateful.

When withdrawing from Li County and Shuofei County, Wanyan Xiaji ordered the army to burn all the houses, shops, government offices, etc. in the city.

Although the property and people in the city had long been evacuated by the Chen Army, the fires set by the Jinxia Army completely turned the two counties into an empty city.

Reconstruction in the future will cost a lot of money.

…

Chen Mo arrived in Yuzhou at the end of December, the day before the New Year.

Only the personal guards and the Cavalry Guards rushed to Yuzhou with him. The Suzaku Guards and the Jiangdong Army were all infantry and were still behind.

Chen Mo frowned when he learned that the Jinxia Army had withdrawn from Yuzhou.

When he learned that the Jinxia Army had burned down the two cities of Li County and Shuofei County before withdrawing, Chen Mo's face instantly sank.

He did not go to Qingyang Town to see Zuo Lianglun and others immediately, but took the personal guards to see Shuofei County, which was burned down by the Jinxia Army.

The fire in the city had not been completely extinguished, and some places were still smoking. Looking around, it was all charred and dilapidated, and there was not a single intact house.

"These beasts are really a dog that can't change its eating habits."

"When we captured Haiyan Pass, we should have done the same thing, blood for blood, tooth for tooth."

"Aren't they afraid of being punished by God?"

"..."

The soldiers of the personal guard camp gnashed their teeth and clenched their fists when they saw the scene in front of them.

"Wanyan Xiaji." At this moment, Chen Mo calmed down, but his eyes became extremely cold.

The last person who made him so angry was Timur.

At this time, Zuo Lianglun, Li Yunzhang, Yue Ruyan and others who learned that Chen Mo went to Shuofei County also rushed over from Qingshan Town.

"Duke Anguo." Zuo Lianglun saluted Chen Mo from a distance before the person arrived.

Chen Mo was stunned at first, and then thought of the letter he had received from Wu Mi about his family receiving the imperial edict to confer him the title of "Duke Anguo".

After approaching, Zuo Lianglun bowed to Chen Mo again.

As soon as Chen Mo waved his hand, his peripheral vision swept over Xia Zhining's hostile eyes beside him.

Following her gaze, Chen Mo noticed the figure getting off the horse not far behind Zuo Lianglun.

The red number between her eyebrows reads "1939".

She is even stronger than Liang Xuan at the beginning.

She is tall, wearing a black light armor, with a pretty face and a heroic spirit. She is obviously a woman, but at this moment, there is no trace of femininity in her. Instead, the broadsword on her back, which is as tall as her, is surprising.