"Protector, because it was difficult to go through the heavy rain last night, many people fell and injured after leaving the camp. Therefore, Duan Duan led his troops to chase him not far away and then withdrew his troops back to the camp. Duan Duan asked Duan Duan, would he chase him today?" After dawn, as soon as Li Gong walked into the tent, Liu Qi asked immediately after putting down the Chinese letter and saluting him.

"It's good if you decide on this kind of thing, why bother asking me again?"

"The Protector, the Battle of Luzhou has ended, and his subordinates have no right to command Duan Duan anymore; Besides, his subordinates don't know whether they should pursue him."

"Don't say the first sentence again, you will soon have the power to command them without my promise. But in the next sentence, there are still things you can't make decisions?" Li Gong asked with a smile at the end.

"The Protector, chasing and not chasing each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that we can kill more big-eat soldiers, and we are sending cavalry, which is surrounded by flat ground from Yuluzhou City to the valley entrance. Duan Duan will not lead troops into the hills, and he is not worried about being ambushed by big-eat soldiers.

The disadvantage is that it may be useless and even lose more than the Dashi Army because of underestimating the enemy. To be honest, the subordinates sent scouts to walk a few miles along the road of the Dashiren's retreat when it was dawn. The scouts reported that they did not see a few Dashi soldiers who were left behind on the road. It can be seen that although the Dashi Army was defeated, the morale was not low and the generals were in good command. The pursuers may not win. If they informed the troops around Jieshan City in advance to come to aid, they would be more likely to be defeated."

"It's beneficial. Since that's the case, then," Li Gong hesitated for a moment and finally said, "Then don't send troops to pursue him." He has won a great victory, and he doesn't want any more casualties.

"Yes." Liu Qi agreed and turned around and ordered the guards to take the order to retreat.

"Liu Qi, how busy are you? The battle has been completed, so how many things are worth busy?" Li Gong asked again.

"Protector, it is precisely because the war is over that there are many things to be busy with." Liu Qi replied:

"First of all, it is a reward for the meritorious soldiers. In this battle, more than 60,000 soldiers participated in the battle, and countless people made contributions, especially those who survived the battle between the Great Food Soldiers in the city, almost everyone made great contributions. Although it was finally evaluated by the Protector, their subordinates must work with the generals to decide a charter and submit it to the Protector."

"Secondly, we are preparing tonight's banquet. According to the command of the arch-guard, a grand banquet will be held tonight. All the soldiers celebrate the defeat of the big food. There are too many things to prepare, and we must consider which army to guard tonight."

"In addition, the Dashi Army also left many things, which also need to be counted and deposited into the warehouse, or distributed to each army for use."

"So many things, my subordinates are busy." Liu Qi didn't know whether he was performing his merits or somehow, he briefly explained what he was doing.

"Let go first." Li Gong said: "These things are left to the staff, and the staff has handled them almost. You can always take the final say. Let's talk about the last battle outside the city of Luzhou."

"Oh, I'm still a little unwilling!" he sighed again. They could almost only let a few thousand great food soldiers withdraw and complete the battle. In the end, they failed and allowed nearly 30,000 great food soldiers to escape. He was very unwilling.

"The guardians, the subordinates are not willing to accept it, but now they can only accept it." Liu Qi advised. Was he willing to do so? He eliminated nearly 100,000 large soldiers in one battle and completely laid the end of the Tang Dynasty's war. He dared to say that in later generations, he would also become a famous general who was praised, and he might even be selected as the Ten Sages of the Wu Temple in the dynasty after the demise of the Tang Dynasty. How could he be willing to do so?

Moreover, not only the two of them, almost all the elite soldiers were very unwilling to accept it. They felt that they were fighting in a bad way and wanted to kill a few more big soldiers.

But what's the use of unwillingness to accept it? They couldn't let time go back and return to the moment when Bingbo Silin led his troops to break through; this was very clear when Liu Qi just came to this time and space and prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky to send him back, so he quickly accepted it after learning the final result last night.

"What you said is that there is no way to be unwilling to give up. Forget it, those big food soldiers will be killed sooner or later. If they don't die outside the city of Yuluzhou, they will die in other places." Li Gong said.

"The Protector thought very much that they would die sooner or later at the hands of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty." Liu Qi said with a smile.

"I can only think like this." Li Gong said, and asked again: "But I still can't figure out something. I lay in bed last night and thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out why Bingbo Silin chose to break through last night?

It is easy for soldiers to fall behind on rainy days, and the soldiers marching in heavy rain are also easy to get sick. I am afraid that many people will die of illness. It is because of their luck that few people fall behind last night, and he cannot estimate it in advance. Why did he use this tactic?"

"The reason why the Protector, Bingbo Silin chose to break through last night was to reduce the casualties of soldiers."

Liu Qi explained: "After the Protector and Bingbo Silin were surrounded by the camp, the situation was very dangerous to the Great Food Army. First, the army was divided into two, one in the city and one in the camp surrounded by us, and it was impossible to join forces. Bingbo Silin was on the side of the few soldiers.

If Hou Meide rashly rescues the siege, our cavalry will easily stop Hou Meide. And after he rescues Bingbo Silin, he will fight with our cavalry again. The cavalry can still pursue them for a long distance. Even if they are not completely wiped out, many people will not survive."

"In order to reduce casualties, we must first choose to break through at night. At night, the vision is unclear, and even if there are torches, they can see clearly. But breaking through at night is not enough. Even if the Dashi Army does not use the torches, the cavalry can catch up. They will be killed and injured even after following them until dawn.

Therefore, it is necessary to break through when the cavalry will not pursue; and the days when the cavalry will not pursue, it may only be a rainy night. The roads are muddy and the torches cannot be raised, and the cavalry will definitely not pursue, so he will lead most of the soldiers to retreat."

"Later, my subordinates thought that after ten months of being stationed here, someone would have to pay attention to the changes in the weather. Like a guru, he found that it would rain when it was cloudy in the evening, so he specially chose to break through last night.

As for how to break through, the first thing is to repeatedly use a catapult car to fire stones at our army, making everyone mistakenly think that the Great Food Army is just an attack and not really want to break through, so they relax their vigilance. They also deliberately fired stones when our army changed defenses to prevent the change of defense, causing their subordinates to delay the change of defense until dawn and start raining again, so that the Great Food Army was changing defenses when the Great Food Army broke through, or the change of defense was just over, and they were not fully prepared to defend, thereby increasing the possibility of a successful breakthrough.

The reason why I choose when it starts to rain is to seize the opportunity of heavy rain immediately after a successful breakthrough. When it rains heavily, the cavalry will definitely not pursue it; even if I force the pursuit, I will retreat if I can't go far. After merging with Houmede, Bingbo Silin can calmly lead the troops to retreat. As for how many soldiers fall behind and how many soldiers die of illness, Bingbo Silin can only take the minority of the two evils."

‘The other thing is that Bingbo Silin has already figured out his subordinates’ command habits. His subordinates have been commanding soldiers and Dashi soldiers in the city. Although street fighting is different from field fighting, they can also roughly understand their subordinates’ command habits and thus target their deployment. Bingbo Silin is really too detailed.’ Liu Qi thought.

But he wouldn't say this to Li Gong. If Li Gong heard that his command habits had been found out by Bingboxilin, how could he have a good job of not letting him command in the future? ‘I must change my command habits in the future, but I must not say these words to Li Gong.’

"Gebo Silin's luck is really good." Li Gong said. He had a different idea from Liu Qi. In his opinion, Gebo Silin's choice was too risky and not worthy of promotion.

"The Protector, what surprised his subordinates the most was that in order to reduce the casualties, he did not allow the large food soldiers in the city to rescue the siege, but instead broke through the siege by relying solely on the thousands of troops in the camp. This was too risky and he would die if he was not careful. Not only could he be good at fighting and commanding, but he was also very brave." Liu Qi said again, and his voice was full of praise.

Not to mention the other person, it is worthy of his praise that he is willing to break through like this by risking death in battle.

Moreover, the time for selection of Bingbo Silin was really good, and his grasp of the Tang army and his command habits were really perfect. If he hadn't come up with a tactic of crossing the times like street fighting, and by chance he had soldiers who could perform street fighting, he would never be a match for Bingbo Silin.

Of course, this only refers to the battle before the Battle of Yuluzhou. After this battle, he also experienced the training of such large-scale combat, and believed that even if he was still not as good as Bingbo Silin, he was not far from that of the Tang army. Moreover, he had sufficient confidence in the soldiers of the Tang army, and his combat power must be above the Great Food Army. He had the confidence to defeat the Great Food Army in the frontal battle!

"Liu Qi, I want to go to the front line on weekdays, but you always push back and forth. How can you praise Bingbo Silin for doing this?" Li Gong was not very happy when he heard Liu Qi's words and couldn't help but say.

"The Protector, the Protector, is different from his usual advice to the Protector. The Protector has been almost forced to the desperate situation, and he has to go on a dangerous situation. But since the Battle of Luzhou, our Tang Dynasty has not been forced to such a desperate situation, so the Protector should not go to the front line."

"You always have an explanation, and I can't say anything about you."

"If the Protector wants to, he can command the next battle himself. If the Protector personally commands the Protector to go to the front line to explore the enemy, his subordinates will not stop him."

"After all the time, I was worried that I would make a decision without authorization after going to the front line and interfere with your command. Haha! So that's how you thought." Li Gong smiled, and his dissatisfaction just now was wiped out. He could understand who would not want others to interfere after being granted command.

Liu Qi accompanied him to smile. As for whether he really thought so, it's hard to say.

"Protector, when will the next battle with the Great Food Army be chosen?" The two chatted for a while, and Liu Qi asked again.

"The celebration banquet for this battle has not been held yet, why did we start the next battle?"

"Protector, everything must be prepared in advance."

"Then do you think, how will you fight against the Dashi Army in the next battle and where will you fight?"

"Protector, my subordinates think that the next battle will be in the hills at the mouth of the Yili River Valley." Liu Qi said, stood up and walked to the map in the tent, pointing to the light brown area painted by him and continued: "Baibo Silin is definitely unwilling to give up Saiye City, and there is only this terrain between Saiye City and Yuluzhou, which is suitable for defense, and Gebo Silin will definitely stick to it. So the next battle must be here."

"Can you start from Kucha Town and cross Bodaling to attack Saiye City directly?" Li Gong put forward this idea.

"This," Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, thinking about it and said, "Protector, Boda Ridge is not as difficult as the mouth of the Yili River Valley, and it is difficult to pass through the large army. If the Dashi Army turns attack into defense, it only takes a few troops to block the mountain road, making our army unable to pass.

The Protector may send a scout to Bodaling to investigate. If the big food soldiers who had originally attacked Bodaling were all drawn, they could naturally set out from Kucha Town to Bodaling to attack Suye City directly; but if the troops were left to defend, they would not be able to do so."

"I immediately ordered the defenders of Bodaling and ordered them to investigate. But what you said is that Bingbosilin is a general who can fight well in any case, and there will be no such big omission. The next battle should be at the mouth of the Eli Valley. You continue."

"Protector, the next battle is at the mouth of the Yili River Valley, and there is a difference between fast and slow battles. Fast battle means that the soldiers celebrated the victory of this battle, and after the reward is completed, they immediately dispatched their entire army to the mouth of the valley to fight with the Great Food soldiers, and even if the battle delays until winter, it will not stop.

Slow battle means that the soldiers will rest near Luzhou City and launch an attack after the beginning of spring next year."

"Fast battle and slow battle have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of fast battle is to attack before the big food soldiers rest and win, and they will have a lot of confidence; but if they are dragged until winter, there will be frostbite and loss of personnel.

The advantage of slow combat is that the entire army will return to its best state after rest and recuperation, and there will be no non-combat casualties. But the disadvantage is that the large-scale soldiers can also be rested and have time to build defense lines, making it more difficult for our army to attack."

"Please make a decision," Liu Qi said, but immediately added: "The Protector doesn't have to make a decision today. In two days, it's okay after the reward is completed."

"Well," Li Gong thought carefully for a while and said, "I'll think about it again, let it go for now."

"Liu Qi, I have just said that you will give all the errands to your staff, why do you still do it yourself?" Li Gong saw Liu Qi pick up the documents and wanted to deal with them. As he said, he walked over, reached out to pick up the documents on the table, and called Liu Qi's staff in and stuffed the documents to them.

Now Liu Qi's first aide is Cen Shen. He glanced at Liu Qi and had to take the document. Li Gong gave a few more instructions and asked them to leave.

"Let's go to the city to have a look." Li Gong said again: "I heard that I had won this battle. The soldiers who had been fighting street fights with the Dashi soldiers for several months were very happy and used many ways to celebrate. Let's go and have a look." He said, and had already walked out of the tent. Liu Qi hesitated for a moment and followed quickly.
Chapter completed!