Li Benguang met with the rescue team and counted the casualties of both sides. In this battle, the two teams killed a total of 1,000 people.

In such a battle scale, the casualties of a thousand people are affordable.

And this time, the enemy will be wiped out at least 2,000 people. This is equivalent to a big victory.

Now, if all Li Benguang's hands are added together, there will be 7,000 soldiers.

Now should we continue to attack and advance into Luofeng or return to the city? This choice is once again placed in front of Li Benguang.

"What does Lord Supervisor mean?" Li Benguang asked the fourth captain.

He did not blame the military supervisor for overreaching power this time. Not only did he not blame him, but he was grateful and even more impressed.

Unexpectedly, his military supervisor bravely took on the heavy burden in danger, and his formation worked so well.

It is really rare for a civil servant who usually looks at him without saying anything. Li Benguang believes that his ability is far above him.

Therefore, it is necessary to obtain the meaning of military supervisor.

The captain of the fourth team replied: "When I left the city, the military supervisor just said to rescue you, but did not say to continue the attack."

Li Benguang said oh, then looked at the west side, and then looked at the sky. Now the moon has set in the west, not far from dawn. Whether it is rescue or retreat, there must be a decision.

"After a night of hard fighting, the soldiers were already exhausted. It was dawning soon, and it was the time when the chickens were swaying and the dogs were grinning (the north described the coldest weather). We are camping here now, so that the soldiers can temporarily hide from the cold and take a rest. Then I will make a decision."

"Will the brothers behind the notification catch up?"

"No, such a formation is the most appropriate and easy-to-use. We cannot slack off when we are on the side."

With the order, the brothers of the Fourth and Fifth Teams began to set up tents, light up charcoal fires, and set aside some warnings, they all shrank into the tents to avoid the coming cold.

The sky began to appear in the dark blue, the temperature dropped sharply, and the white-haired snow was shaved. The alert brother had to trot and move. Even so, he needed to change people every two quarters of an hour, otherwise he would freeze.

In this way, Li Benguang was relieved and no longer had to worry about Jiannu launching another attack. Even the cold-resistant Jurchens could not stand it.

"The only regret is that the enemy retreated too quickly. We did not catch a living person, and the injured enemies were frozen to death in a blink of an eye. We still did not obtain the enemy situation ahead." The captain of the fifth team said regretfully.

Li Benguang shook his head: "Actually, the situation is clear, that is, the enemy must have used a brigade to launch an attack on our Pishida foundation. Now our actions are whether to continue moving forward, attack the enemy, or go back to defend the Iron Mountain."

The fourth captain's calm suggestion: "We have only a total of less than 8,000 soldiers outside now. In such weather, it is difficult to move and fight. According to the general's judgment, there must be a large number of Jiannu ahead. With our strength, it is unlikely that he will break through the enemy's defense line and be surrounded and attacked by a large number of enemies. So I suggest that we should withdraw back to Tieshan first and watch the situation."

This is a safe way and a practical situation. To be honest, eight thousand people cannot play any role in a large-scale battlefield.

Captain 5 was a little embarrassed: "Since we have judged the situation, Pi Island must be very tight. If we retreat like this, we will be suspected of not saving you in the future. We are sinners. Please consider this."

Just when I was in a dilemma here, a fast horse ran over in the morning light.

The communication soldiers coming from Tieshan were coming.

When he saw Li Benguang, he took out a warrant from his arms. When Li Benguang saw that it was the commander. The above briefly explained that Huang Taiji's entire army was dispatched to attack Pi Island. Fortunately, the most dangerous time had passed. The warrant clearly ordered them to hold their troops in Tieshan without moving.

"How did you get this warrant?"

The correspondent soldier replied: "It was a small team of Jinyiwei who bypassed the ice surface of the ocean to the south. Ten people came out and lost 7 people on the snow-torn ice surface. Finally, the three brothers who walked to Tieshan were frozen. Fortunately, the order finally reached Tieshan. The general will convey it to you immediately, and the general will decide."

With such a clear order, there is no hesitation. Especially the warrant has already explained the situation, the battle has entered a stalemate, and there is no danger to Pi Island for the time being.

If you rely on your small group of people to attack the 780,000 army led by Huang Taiji at this time, it would be like you to fall into the trap.

"However, although we cannot directly rescue Pi Island, we can still use this formation to confront the enemy outside the city to restrain the Jurchens who live outside the city to collect food, so that they will never have the opportunity to collect food and grass again. In this way, in the future war of attrition, the enemy will be under great pressure in logistics."

Captain Fifth hesitated a little again: "We did not receive the order before, but acted without authorization, which is reasonable. This time we received a clear order and still did not implement it resolutely. This is a crime of disobedience, and the general has to investigate."

Li Benguang said firmly: "The general is outside, and the military orders are not fulfilled. The meaning of the command is to let us firmly defend Tieshan. As long as the iron mountain is not lost, we will complete the task. The formation of the military supervisor allows us to restrain the enemy outside the city, which also ensures that the enemy cannot attack Tieshan. Military orders are dead, and the enemy situation is changing. We should make our most appropriate arrangements in accordance with the form of the battlefield. This is what a general should do."

Captain Five was silent.

"This brother." Li Benguang said to the communication soldier: "You have to run back and report the general's meaning to the military supervisor. If he agrees, please let him immediately send the ammunition and medicine we need from the city."

Another function of the military supervisor is to supervise the officers and implement the orders of superiors. Therefore, Li Benguang's disguised approach to changing the military orders must be approved by the military supervisor.

The messenger agreed and flew away regardless of his fatigue.

After Zhao Kai from the Iron Mountain received Li Benguang's decision, he applauded. This was exactly his intention. He was also worried that Li Benguang would return it immediately after seeing Lord Zhao's warrant.

Since he had such a decision, he had to implement it resolutely. So he immediately sent two teams of soldiers out of the city with sufficient cold-proof materials and ammunition to replace the first batch of soldiers!

In this way, a string of pearls was scattered outside the iron mountain, taking into account both the head and the tail, making the Jurchens who were harvesting food in this area missed the distance and were in a dilemma.
Chapter completed!