In the next few days, the two sides engaged in several large-scale confrontations centered on Huang Zong and Jiang Yuan.
Because they did not receive the order to retreat, Huang Zong's and Jiang Yuan's troops, whose arrows had been used up long ago and whose swords were blunt, actually spent most of the time sitting in their positions and watching the show.
Well, at least that's the case for Jiang Yuan.
Not washing for several days has turned a middle-aged man who could be said to be as handsome as Pan An among military generals into a middle-aged uncle.
In fact, the Qinghe Army did not impose a very strict siege on Jiang Yuan's troops. Jiang Yuan sent people to break out several times to ask for instructions for the next stage of combat orders - in fact, it was just a euphemism for asking whether he could retreat, but he was ignored by the prince.
In the words of the prince: You don't have to risk your lives, just sit in the middle and watch the show, what's wrong with showing your presence? Besides, even if your 1,800 people were deployed on the battlefield, they wouldn't be of much use.
What? You're asking about the other troops under Jiang Yuan's rule?
Sorry, all the troops that are not surrounded will be led by Commander Ma Huaide and will be returned to you after the battle.
“It’s hard to say how much will be left.”
This was the secret message that Commander Ma asked the messenger to convey to Jiang Yuan.
"I remember your contribution and will reward you after the battle."
This is what the prince said in front of everyone.
The latter sentence gave Jiang Yuan a little psychological comfort, and it can be regarded as his greatest motivation to persevere until now.
As for other things like military rations, don't worry, the Qinghe people calculated the blockade very carefully. It's not that rations cannot be delivered at all, but they can only deliver a little bit each time, just enough to keep Jiang Yuan and his subordinates in a state where they will not starve to death, can sit but definitely cannot stand up.
This made it impossible for Jiang Yuan to find some loudmouths to scold him.
As for Huang Zong's troops on the opposite side, they had a much better life because they had buried some food in advance. However, they now had a large number of people, and Huang Zong had ordered that three meals a day be changed to two meals a day. Moreover, although it was not impossible for Qinghe's troops to deliver food through Jiang Yuan's blockade, some of it would be robbed by Jiang Yuan every time, so the amount that Huang Zong could get was very limited.
In the end, the situation was like this.
Chen Chao's troops broke through Qinghe's defense line to deliver food to Jiang Yuan, but were intercepted by Qinghe. After the troops outside Qinghe seized a part of the food, they continued to send the remaining food inside. Some of it was robbed by Jiang Yuan, and the last part was delivered to Huang Zong.
However, compared to Jiang Yuan who has already started to worry about his personal image, Huang Zong actually doesn't have much time to think about this.
As the commander of the First Army, he was actually the highest-ranking on-site commander on the battlefield. In addition, the lookout tower had been prepared long ago, so Huang Zong was actually still commanding the operations of the entire battlefield.
However, in order to prevent the surrounding Chen Dynasty soldiers from seeing through him, Huang Zong would issue his orders in clear and secret codes from the lookout tower. The Qinghe messengers on the hillside would confirm them through a high-powered telescope and then convert them into official flags.
This is why the Chen Dynasty army finally determined through the source of the command flag that Qinghe’s headquarters was located on a distant hillside. Otherwise, they would have to break their front teeth to gnaw down Huang Zong’s defense line.
As for personal image and hygiene issues, Huang Zong said that he was not married and Xue Wuxia was not surrounded by them, so he didn't care at all.
After the fight, just take a shower and shave, don't worry about it.
In response, Xue Wuxia, who had been observing him for several days on the hillside through a high-powered telescope from the Intelligence Department, said, "He's indeed a stinky man."
No matter what, Huang Zong's command ability is worthy of trust.
On the surface, the entire battlefield was a chaotic battle, with both sides fighting back and forth, but Ma Huaide on the Chen Dynasty side always had a feeling of inexpressible pain.
It was obvious that his troops were still several times larger than the enemy's, but he just couldn't seize an opportunity for a head-on confrontation. Every attack he made happened to hit a ball of air, making it impossible for him to take advantage. After fighting for several days, he didn't gain any advantage at all.
From ancient times to the present, no battlefield commander has had such a good position as Huang Zong, who can set up a lookout in the middle of the battlefield without interference and then command calmly and calmly.
Under his command, every night, troops with heavy casualties were quietly withdrawn from the front lines and replaced with fresh troops from the rear, with battalion- and company-level reinforcements constantly infiltrating through gaps on the battlefield to fill weak links. Commando teams were deployed in blind spots of the Chen Dynasty army, ready to give these distant guests a little surprise the next day.
When the first ray of sunlight of the next day shone on the soldiers' helmets, the officers and soldiers of the Chen Dynasty suddenly discovered that the front line that had been shaky after their attack yesterday suddenly became extremely solid, while the weak links on their flanks and rear were always attacked, forcing the soldiers who had already advanced to turn back for reinforcements. When the position was stabilized, the officers recalled the process and found that the hundreds of meters they had advanced with great difficulty in the past few days had been lost again.
The fighting lasted for ten days. Crown Prince Chen Yu could no longer suppress his anger and came to the front line again in a rage.
It is obvious that although the Chen Dynasty army had the upper hand in every way and was able to repel the Qinghe Army every day, it was unable to stabilize the front line. Therefore, if we were to discuss whether the general Ma Huaide had problems with command, it would not be unfair to him.
Moreover, the Chen Dynasty army abandoned the Liang army in the central battlefield and almost ran to the southwest with the entire country's strength. In essence, they wanted to find a soft persimmon to squeeze and gain some military achievements to stabilize the rear so that they could continue the war.
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