Chapter 1124: Double Considerations at the Tactical and Strategic Levels

Wen Qin obviously had a slight complaint about Cao Liang's order, originally this time the Bingzhou cavalry besieged Lu Longsai, it was very likely that Yuwen Xianbei would be completely annihilated, but now he had to give up the opportunity at his fingertips, and watching the Xianbei people go away, Wen Qin's heart was full of feelings.

On the battlefield, any soldier is eager for victory, and the most uncomfortable thing is naturally nothing more than watching victory leave through his fingers, although Wen Qin also knew that Cao Liang's orders could not be disobeyed, and he also faithfully carried out Cao Liang's orders, but this does not mean that Wen Qin did not have his own reservations.

Relatively speaking, Deng Ai is very calm, he knows very well that the reason why Cao Liang made such a decision must be the result of Cao Liang's careful consideration, which is due to strategic considerations, as military commanders on the front line, they must strictly follow Cao Liang's orders, and tactical needs must always be subordinated to strategic arrangements.

This battle that lasted from Lingzhi to Lulongsai was actually an encounter, and it was not in Cao Liang's plan and arrangement, after the Youzhou army retreated to Linyu Pass, the counties of western Liaoning were empty, and Cao Liang sent three major cavalry to quickly march into the counties of western Liaoning, in order to quickly take over, stabilize the situation in the counties of western Liaoning, survey the chaos and suppress bandits, calm the people's hearts, and restore the order of Youzhou to a normal state.

But the entry of the Xianbei people suddenly disrupted Cao Liang's normal military deployment, Deng Ai's Yue cavalry battalion, first met with the Xianbei of the Yuwen Department, but Deng Ai handled it very well, first calmly dealt with the Xianbei people, and then waited for the opportunity to counterattack, outside the Lingzhi City, completely defeated Yuwen Mohuai, so that he had to flee to Lulongsai.

Wen Qin came from behind for reinforcements, and he took advantage of the situation to go around to Lu Longsai's back, and together with the Yue cavalry battalion, he formed a front and rear attack on Lu Longsai, making Yuwen Mohuai, who fled to Lu Longsai, panic.

If the Yuwen Department can be wiped out, it will actually be a relatively satisfactory result, but Cao Liang got the news that in Lu Longsai alone, there are more than 30,000 cavalry of Yuwen Xianbei, a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, in fact, these 30,000 people were just frightened by Deng Ai's archers, and they did not dare to have the idea of fighting again.

But this is not forced to that part, if the Xianbei people really fall into a desperate situation, they will still burst out with the power beyond ordinary people.

The Hu people on the grassland were born to be extremely strong, and the combat ability of individual soldiers was incomparable to that of the Han people.

Although the state army besieged Lu Longsai and dispatched two large cavalry battalions, one was in front of the mountain and the other was behind the mountain, which was blocked by Lu Longsai, and the Yue cavalry battalion and the Xiao cavalry battalion could only fight separately.

Relatively speaking, the pressure on the Yuecai battalion was less, because it was impossible for the Xianbei people to break through from this direction, and if they wanted to return to the outside of the Saiwai, they had to break through the camp of the Xiaocai battalion, so the Xiaocai battalion had to face the siege of 30,000 or more Xianbei people alone.

This is more, it may refer to the reinforcements of the Xianbei people, Yuwen Mohuai did not break through for a long time, obviously just waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, if the Xianbei reinforcements arrived, the Xiaocai battalion suffered from the enemy, I am afraid it will be more difficult to deal with this situation.

The combat ability of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Cao Liang did not have any doubts, even any battle, there will be damage, if you really use the strength of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to block the Xianbei soldiers who are more than several times their own red eyes, there are no casualties, it is absolutely impossible, even if the Xiao Cavalry Battalion can finally stop the Xianbei people and prevent them from escaping, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion will definitely pay a very heavy price.

This result is obviously not what Cao Liang wants, any battle with the enemy is not what Cao Liang wants, under the battlefield, while being able to hit the enemy, you must protect yourself, this is the best policy.

Therefore, Cao Liang was not very optimistic about the siege of Lulongsai this time, so when he knew about it, he immediately approved four words, and opened the net!

Cao Liang knew that the situation on Lu Longsai's side was very urgent, and Yuwen Mohuai could break through at any time, according to Wen Qin's current deployment, there was a plan to smash the Xianbei people to the death, and he would fight a blocking battle at all costs, so Cao Liang didn't have time to write down the content in detail, only wrote four words, and immediately handed it over to the messengers, and sent it to the front line of Lu Longsai at a speed of 100,000 urgently, and it was important to convey the order before the two sides started a battle to avoid unnecessary losses.

Of course, this is also a matter that is only considered from the tactical level, in fact, from the strategic level, Cao Liang has deeper thinking.

After Xianbei unified the grassland, it has replaced the position of the Xiongnu and become the new overlord of the grassland, that is to say, for a long time in the future, the Xianbei people will become the great enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty, if Cao Liang is not mistaken, among the five Hu and sixteen countries, the dynasty established by the Xianbei people has reached almost half, and the Northern Wei Dynasty established by the Tuoba Department will eventually return to the era of the Sixteen Kingdoms, so the great enemy of the Xianbei people will become a nightmare for the Central Plains people in the future.

Of course, Cao Liang hopes that in his lifetime, he can completely solve this big problem, although from the perspective of immediate interests, eliminating the Yuwen Xianbei tribe can indeed weaken the strength of the Xianbei people, but it destroys the biological chain on the grassland.

Eastern Xianbei has not been unified for a long time, the Murong Department, the Yuwen Department, and the Duan Department are three-legged, and they have always maintained a delicate balance, if the Yuwen Department is destroyed this time, this balance will be broken in an instant, and the remaining territory and people of the Yuwen Department will soon be swallowed up by other tribes.

In terms of strength, Duan Xianbei is the weakest, so after the annexation of the Yuwen Department, the Murong Department will quickly become the overlord of the Eastern Xianbei and dominate the eastern grassland.

If a new powerful force rises in the north of Youzhou, then the situation in Youzhou will become even more unbearable, and Cao Liang can only draw out a considerable number of men and horses to deploy on the front line of the Great Wall, strictly defend and carry out strategic defense, and this will inevitably lead to a lack of troops, seriously affecting the plan of the Central Plains of Nanding.

Therefore, from a strategic point of view, the Yuwen Department cannot be easily eliminated, open the net, let the tiger return to the mountain, although it seems to be the loss of the state army, but it can make the eastern Xianbei continue to be in a kind of strife, and consume the strength of their tribes in the cannibalism, so that they can fight back and forth, and their strength can only become weaker and weaker, and it is difficult to pose a threat to Youzhou again. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.