Chapter 850: Retreating in the Face of Difficulty?

Liao Xingwen touched the back of his head and wanted to kick Feng Qizhen... This guy was too heavy-handed.

He looked at Ning Chen quietly, and seeing that Ning Chen looked unhappy, he was startled and hurriedly leaned over to apologize: "Your Majesty, calm down, I know my crime!"

Ning Chen was silent for a while, waved his hand, and said: "Listen to me before you express your opinion."

Liao Xingwen nodded hurriedly, "Yes!"

Ning Chen continued: "According to what I said just now, tomorrow we will recruit 40,000 soldiers, all of whom will hang up the battle flag of the Ning'an Army and divide them into two groups, one to Lingzhou and the other to Chongzhou.

But remember, the marching speed cannot be too fast, but also not too slow... When you are halfway there, return to Beilin Pass by the original route."

Liao Xingwen had a question mark on his forehead!

Feng Qizhen was stunned.

Ning Chen looked at Liao Xingwen, "Do you understand?"

"I understand, but, but..."

"You want to ask why we do this, right?"

Liao Xingwen nodded.

Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "Because I want to lead the Ning'an Army back along the original route, from the border of Wuguo back to Xuanwu City, and then from Xuanwu City directly to the northern border, subdue the hundreds of thousands of troops in the northern border, and then directly occupy Yuzhou... So, these two groups of troops must buy me time.

It is not realistic to attack Lingzhou or Chongzhou directly from Beilin Pass.

First, Emperor De will definitely send heavy troops to wait for me in Lingzhou, and they will definitely use firearms. We are not at an advantage in terms of numbers.

Second, Kang Luo must have sent heavy troops to Chongzhou, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack... Although Beilin Pass is now stable, supplies are still relatively scarce. We are fighting on a long-term basis, and food and grass cannot keep up.

So, I have to occupy Yuzhou first... It only takes five days from Yuzhou to Lingzhou. We can attack or defend, and we don't have to worry about the lack of food and grass."

Liao Xingwen and others were stunned and looked at each other.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Warfare is the art of deception! You can't think of it, and neither can that idiot Emperor De and Kang Luo.

I won't take all the Ning'an troops with me. Lei An and the three thousand Ning'an troops will stay... If I take down the hundreds of thousands of troops in the northern border and attack Lingzhou, you can cooperate with me and attack from both sides.

By the way, arrange another 10,000 troops and pretend to be people from the Tuoluo Kingdom to attack the Beilin Pass... That's why you returned the same way.

In this way, the time gained is enough for me to rush to the border of Wu Kingdom!"

Everyone was full of admiration. Ning Chen actually calculated everything.

Liao Xingwen and Lei An said in unison: "I get the order!"

Ning Chen originally planned to join forces with Gao Liguo to attack the Nanyue army from front and back.

But the southern border had been blocked by Kang Luo for a hundred years, and it was difficult to send the news out.

The biggest failure of this march was forgetting to bring Xiao Yanxi.

Ning Chen continued to deploy until late at night, and everyone dispersed!

The next day, Liao Xingwen called up 40,000 soldiers, and divided them into two groups under the flag of the Ning'an Army.

One group was led by Liao Xingwen himself and headed straight to Lingzhou.

The other group was led by Lei An and headed to Chongzhou.

That night, Ning Chen quietly led the Ning'an Army and the Modao Army to leave Beilin Pass.

Because of the snow, the marching speed could not be accelerated at all.

Although Ning Chen hurried, it was already the end of the year when he arrived at the border of Wu State.

He drove the Tuo Luo Kingdom deep into the grassland and never appeared again.

When he came back, he went to the Tuo Luo Kingdom's royal court to take a look... The Tuo Luo Kingdom's royal court disappeared!

He burned it down last time, and now it is completely covered by heavy snow, and nothing can be seen!

However, bandits like Tuo Luo will definitely come back next year.

But Ning Chen can't take care of these now, Wu Tiezhu is already waiting at the border of Wu State.

He sent Wu Tiezhu with a hundred Ning'an Army fast horses and light cavalry to go first and rush to the border of Wu State for help.

He wanted to borrow troops from the empress.

Although the Ning'an Army fought fiercely and had firearms, its numbers were a shortcoming... The 100,000 troops in the northern border could not be deterred by the Ning'an Army alone.

Therefore, he wanted to borrow 150,000 God Wolf Army from the empress.

150,000 God Wolf Army, plus the Ning'an Army, and the 30,000 soldiers of Xuanwu City... Nearly 200,000 troops were enough to deter the 100,000 troops in the northern border.

Wu Tiezhu told Ning Chen that the message of borrowing troops had been sent to the imperial city of Wu State... but the empress had not replied yet.

After all, he had only arrived more than ten days earlier than Ning Chen and others, and the news of the empress's reply was not so fast.

Ning Chen did not wait, he asked Wu Tiezhu to stay and wait for the empress's reply.

Once the empress agreed, the 150,000 God Wolf Army could cross Xuanwu City and head straight to the border of the northern border of Daxuan.

The empress would definitely agree. If she dared not agree, she would not give her a penny in the future.

Ning Chen rested at the border of Wu State for a night, and led his army straight to Xuanwu City the next day.

At the same time, Emperor De and Kang Luo were both confused!

Two months ago, Beilin Pass dispatched 40,000 troops.

But these 40,000 troops were divided into two groups.

Although there were Ning'an troops among them, they made Emperor De and Kang Luo laugh.

Ning Chen didn't take them seriously!

He wanted to fight them with 20,000 troops, which was like hitting a rock with an egg. He didn't know his own strength!

Emperor De deployed 100,000 troops in Lingzhou, including 10,000 Weilong troops equipped with firearms.

Kang Luo deployed about 80,000 troops in Chongzhou.

Both of them were prepared. As long as Ning Chen's troops dared to come, they would never return!

Because the roads were difficult to travel after the snow, and it was cold and frozen, Ning Chen's troops did not march fast.

Emperor De and Kang Luo waited for Ning Chen's troops to appear.

But they waited and waited, and the flowers withered.

It took a whole month for Ning Chen's army to be halfway gone.

Chongzhou is reasonable, but the journey from Beilinguan to Chongzhou is long, and the urgent march will take two months.

But Lingzhou is too much. It takes a month to go from Beilinguan to Lingzhou.

But it's been a month, and Ning Chen's troops are still halfway to Lingzhou.

Emperor De was getting a little impatient waiting!

What made them even more confused was that Ning Chen's men suddenly turned around and went back halfway.

this? ? ?

What does it mean?

You knew you couldn't beat him, so you gave up?

There was no news in this world. By the time they received the news that Ning Chen's men were returning the same way, Ning Chen's men were almost at Xuanwu City.

Daxuan Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Emperor De looked at the secret letter sent by Zong Sibai. It was a question mark on his forehead.

"Ning Chen's troops have withdrawn?"

Zong Sibai leaned over and said, "Yes, halfway through, he suddenly turned around and went back!"

If it weren't for the fear of losing his manners, Emperor De would have scratched his head. He looked at Zong Sibai, "What does Ning Chen mean?"

Zong Sibai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the news we received is that the Tuoluo Kingdom sent a large army to avenge King Youting. The troops came to the city... forcing Ning Chen to withdraw his troops and return to defense."

Emperor De was stunned and nodded slightly: "That's it!

It's a pity that we deployed so many troops, just waiting to swallow up Ning Chen's 20,000 troops, but unexpectedly we were disturbed by the Tuoluo Kingdom... It can be said that Ning Chen's life is good! "

Zong Sibai's eyes flashed slightly and he said: "Your Majesty, Lao Chen proposed that while Ning Chen is at war with the Tuoluo Kingdom, we can send the Lingzhou army to attack the Tuoluo Kingdom in front and back, and recapture Beilinguan in one fell swoop."