The golden wu fell and night fell. Li Li was patrolling the Liang army camp. Because it was a friendly camp, the Grand Governor Wang Sengbian sent someone to accompany him.

Li Li looked at the wounded on the ground and felt heavy.

If he comes later, he will be able to send his friends to the end.

When the two armies are fighting, the most casualties are not when the two armies are fighting, but when one side is defeated and the other side takes advantage of the victory to pursue.

In the evening, Li Li's Xuzhou army happened to appear when the Liang army was defeated and the Qi army began to pursue. Their appearance forced the Qi army to stop pursuing, withdraw their troops and reorganize their formations to prepare for the second round of combat.

In this way, the fleeing Liang soldiers escaped. Otherwise, under the pursuit of the superior cavalry of the Qi army, all the others on the Liang army would be finished except for some cavalry that could escape.

After the Xuzhou army appeared, some of the defeated soldiers continued to run and could gather them in a few days, while others reacted and returned to the battlefield.

Therefore, although the Liang army suffered a lot of casualties and some of the baggage were burned, it was not as good as a defeat.

If you stay in the green mountains, you will not have to worry about burning firewood. An army will be defeated and suffer heavy casualties. However, if the veterans and middle and lower-level generals are still there, you will be able to regain new recruits afterwards and quickly restore combat effectiveness.

But once the veterans and middle and lower-level generals are all injured and killed, even if the new recruits are recruited and the army with the same force is rebuilt, the combat effectiveness will be very different.

Because the loss of middle and lower-level general He is like a human muscle and bone. If it is broken, it will be really useless.

Ordinary soldiers are like flesh and blood. Even if they are damaged by blood, as long as they are not damaged, they will only have skin injuries and will be cured for a while.

Li Li roughly looked at the casualties of friendly troops and knew whether he could fight in the future.

The fight can't be done. Today, the Liang army was indeed defeated and suffered a lot of casualties.

The reason for defeat was that the barbed wire mesh that had high expectations before the war was cracked by the enemy, which caused the enemy's side to be unable to defend and was broken through the flanks of the military formation by the enemy cavalry, resulting in a collapse.

However, although he was beaten to the point of "bloody and blood", he did not "harm the bones". The Liang army currently lacked enough attacks and had more than enough defense. As long as the troops were replenished in time, they could recover their combat effectiveness in one or two years.

But now many soldiers are still in shock, so they face the Qi army with almost no casualties and high morale. They may have been shorter in momentum before the war started.

Therefore, we must retreat. Tonight, we will retreat to Changshe City several miles south, and then we will abandon the city and retreat south depending on the situation.

This was Li Li's suggestion. Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian discussed with the generals and decided to retreat.

Because I really can't continue to fight.

The risk of withdrawing troops in front of the enemy is very high, especially when facing elite enemies, if you are not careful, you will be defeated. However, Li Li believes that the chance of evacuating tonight will be quite good.

Because, Emperor Gao Yang of Qi would be frightened by the "two-wheeled car" he deliberately set up, and he was undecided about night battles.

So Zhu Maichen went to the enemy camp to take a walk, giving both sides a way out, without any danger, and picking up a merit for nothing.

The credit is that "the Emperor Qi decided to fight again tomorrow and win precious time for his side to retreat."

Of course, in the other party's eyes, the steps are "Liang Jun is shameless. He clearly agreed to fight again tomorrow, but he ran away at night."

Zhu Maichen, who has short hands and benefits, must always show his own performance.

Li Li walked in the camp with the flashing fire. Because the Xuzhou army's armor and outfit were very distinctive, the soldiers quickly noticed him.

When they learned that the tall man in front of them was the famous "Poyang Li Sanlang", the chief general who led his army to rescue today, they rushed forward to shake hands with Li Li.

And said in person: Thank you.

The word "thank you" is said lightly from the mouth, but it weighs a thousand pounds.

This is a sincere thank you. From the mouths of people with different accents, Li Li looked at the sincere smiles and felt that the fatigue of the past few days was worth it.

People kept reaching out, and Li Li shook hands one by one without saying a word, and the friendship was all in the handshakes again and again.

Because the soldiers all understood that if Li Li had not arrived in time with Xuzhou cavalry today, they would have been finished.

It is not an exaggeration to thank you for saving your life.

After hearing the news, more and more soldiers came, the scene became crowded, and then it became crowded, as lively as if to the market, because everyone wanted to meet the famous Li Sanlang.

You know, ten years ago, Li Sanlang defeated and captured Hou Jing who was in trouble.

It was Li Sanlang who defeated the rebellious prince.

It was Li Sanlang who assisted the official army in recapturing Jingxiang and Mianbei.

It was Li Sanlang who recovered Xuzhou, Huaibei and defeated several large armies of Qi, and even defeated the Qi emperor who was in charge of the army without temper and withdrew his troops in shame.

If everyone had thought that Li Sanlang could do it, perhaps other generals could do it, but today, the Emperor Qi, who was in charge of the imperial army, sent elite troops to fight, but they could not defeat it and were defeated.

Compared with the two, Li Sanlang's original record was even more dazzling.

Although it was a defensive battle at that time, later, Li Sanlang led his army to attack Yecheng, the capital of Qi, and even attacked into the city to burn the Taimiao of Qi. Can it be done if someone else did it?

The army guarding the capital is definitely the most elite. This time Li Sanlang attacked, not defended!

So, everyone wants to see what this famous Li Sanlang looks like.

Seeing that more and more people gathered, Li Li was afraid that something would happen, so he quickly stood on a two-wheeled car and shouted at the countless people who were looking at him:

"Everyone must be worried that the envoy Wang and the envoy Chen will take everyone home safely!"

"Also, the soldiers of Xuzhou Army will fight side by side with everyone, so as not to let the Northern Territory take advantage!"

This is someone else's military camp, and he has to "respect" himself to avoid misunderstandings about him being bullied and poached. A few words have caused the soldiers to cheer from the hearts of their hearts.

The sound wave after wave, and the atmosphere on the scene became more and more high. Li Li was like a star surrounded by star-chasing people and fans in the future, shouting:

"The big beam is victorious, the big beam is victorious!"

With the encouragement of the general of the ever-winning, countless soldiers shouted, excited: "Daliang is thousands of victories, Daliang is thousands of victories!!"

The cheers spread around. At the Central Military Office, Wang Sengbian and the generals were relieved when they heard the cheers: Morale was back,

Just now, Li Li said that he would go to patrol the camp and boost morale by the way, but now he really boosts morale.

Although they couldn't keep up with the morale before the war, the soldiers would never be depressed anymore. After all, they did suffer a big defeat today.

Zhu Maichen, who had just returned from Qi camp, walked into the camp tent that he had entered. Seeing that he had only arranged a few things and was about to withdraw his troops overnight, he was very excited:

If the troops can be withdrawn smoothly and the strength of Wang Sengbian Mianbei official army is to protect the face of the King of Xiangdong, this is a great achievement.

This kid Li Li gave me a great contribution, he is such a kind person!

As he thought about it, he coughed dryly and asked Wang Sengbian: "Prince, are the soldiers ready to retreat?"

Seeing Wang Sengbian nodding, Zhu Maichen looked at Chen Baxian again.

Chen Baxian led his army to break through today. He rushed out not long after he learned that the Xuzhou army was coming, and immediately led his subordinates back to the battlefield.

Without waiting for Zhu Maichen to ask questions, he stated: "The soldiers and horses in Huaixi are also ready."

"Then, please move quickly and retreat south in turn, so you can't delay it." Zhu Maichen said this and did not forget to add: "Envoy Li led his army to cut off the rear, so he will definitely keep everyone alive."

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals in the tent couldn't help but look at Zhu Maichen.

Are you not the confidant of King Xiangdong? Why do you put gilds on Li Li's face like this?

However, no one questioned Zhu Maichen's words. If Li Li had not led the Xuzhou army to appear in time today, they would have either become prisoners or become lonely ghosts in the wilderness.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he owes Li Li a life.

Li Li took the initiative to propose that the Xuzhou army would be responsible for cutting off the rear tonight. Of course, the army would also dispatch elite troops to assist Li Li to cut off the rear, and then slowly retreat to the south.

And the Xuzhou army wants to stay and leave at the end.

It is very troublesome to withdraw troops at night, let alone withdraw troops in front of the enemy. However, as long as there are strong brigades, the troops of each unit will retreat to Changshe, several miles away from the south, which can still be done.

When they arrived at Changshe, the cavalry took land, and infantry and baggage took a boat to go down the south through the waters, leaving contact with the Qi army. Changshe, who had just captured it, gave up.

Chen Baxian did not doubt Li Li's ability, but out of caution, he still asked: "It's just that this retreat, the court..."

"I will come to express my guilt in the court." Wang Sengbian stated that as the head coach, he should be responsible.

This battle has caused quite a lot of casualties, so I can't fight anymore, so I have to retreat quickly.

Li Li came to reinforce from such a distance, and it was too unreasonable for him to shirke responsibility.

When Du Kan saw his father-in-law taking responsibility, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

In today's battle, his subordinates suffered a lot of casualties, and the soldiers really couldn't fight, so they could only retreat quickly. If they could withdraw, they would win.

As for how the King of Xiangdong would blame him...

If Li Li had not arrived in time and the entire army was wiped out, there was no need to consider how the King of Xiangdong would blame him.

Now, Li Li has expressed his opinion that he will personally lead the army to cut off the rear at night, what else can he worry about?

Although Du Kan, like others, did not understand what Li Li could rely on to block the pursuit of Qi after two or three thousand cavalry at night.

You should know that cavalry is not easy to run too much at night.

Even if it is blocked at night, what after dawn?

But no one has the confidence to question Li Li, both because of his achievements and the confidence shown by the other party.

Zhu Maichen also expressed his opinion: "Don't worry, I will also present the truth and think that the King of Xiangdong... and the officials in the court will be considerate."

Chen Ba glanced at Zhu Maichen first, and saw that he was happy and sighed in his heart.

Zhu Maichen is the confidant of the King of Xiangdong. With him to help him speak, perhaps the King of Xiangdong who has lost his face will not make things difficult for the generals.

Thanks to Li Li, Chen Ba could see first that Li Li deliberately gave Zhu Maichen a credit, which made the other party happy. It was really not easy.

Thinking about his son Chen Chang who is incomprehensible to the world, Chen Baxian felt a little helpless.

Although he admired Li Li's performance very much, he still doubted whether he could withdraw his troops successfully tonight.

As the saying goes, intrigue, both sides conspire to each other, one should slip away, and the other should not wait until dawn.

Among the Qi army, there are many generals who can conquer and fight well. There are also no shortage of smart people for officials who go to the battle with Qi. The other party will definitely think that the Liang army may withdraw tonight.

If the other party sends elite troops to explore the truth, they will be stopped by Li Li and cannot pursue it?

When dawn comes, if the other party sends cavalry to chase him, even if he retreats to Changshe, how can he continue to retreat south?
Chapter completed!