General Liu thought for a while and asked, "A distance of 20 kilometers, with the marching speed of our army, can be completed in less than half a day, and in such a short period of time, can't the cavalry troops cover the retreat of the main force of our army?" ”

Speaking of cavalry, Tong Ziyuan couldn't interject, not that he didn't know the situation of the cavalry, but that he had a specialization in the art industry, and there were professional officers on the scene, so naturally he didn't need to be strong.

He turned his gaze to Lakshin, and everyone turned their gaze away.

Lakshin shook his head lightly, "Our army is in the Jinzhou area, there are only 600 cavalry left, if the cavalry of the Houjin army comes to a few thousand people at once, no matter what kind of cavalry formation or guerrilla warfare, it will not be used, and under the absolute number gap, it is really not a mere tactic that can be leveled."

And, most importantly, the infantry was able to transfer to a large ship by a small boat, to carry out the transfer.

However, there is no way for the cavalry troops to use small boats to transfer slowly, those small boats, carrying a Mongolian horse, even if it is a super level of performance, not to mention the half-breed dragon horse ridden by the cavalry battalion, that behemoth, ordinary sampan, can't afford it at all.

In this case, the cavalry could only retreat to Jinzhou City by land, so if you want to retreat, the cavalry not only can't protect the infantry, but you have to go first. ”

"Well, if you send more cavalry now, ······" As soon as General Liu said a word, he reacted, slapped his head and said, "Oh, by the way, this can't be." ”

The most important thing for the cavalry unit is the war horse, and the war horse is a delicate and infamous creature, and if you want to transport it to the Liaodong Peninsula, you have to wander by sea for several days.

At sea, the wind is high and the waves are urgent, and the war horse is extremely prone to all kinds of uncomfortable symptoms, once the war horse is sick, then, there is a long time to not be able to participate in the war.

The cavalry troops that attacked last time were equipped with more than 30% of war horses as a supplement and rotation, so that the attendance rate of 600 cavalry and 500 people could be achieved before the start of the war.

If we continue to increase our troops, it is difficult to say when we will be able to form combat effectiveness, but the kingdom will no longer have extra war horses to do such a luxurious thing as rotation.

More importantly, now that the kingdom has made a decision to develop the cavalry unit with all its might, the cavalry regiment is now being fully expanded, and the troops have been replenished too many new recruits, and the cooperation and tacit understanding have not been formed, and the combat effectiveness is not half of what it usually is.

Under such circumstances, how could the General Staff be willing to let so many cavalrymen who had not formed combat effectiveness go to the Liaodong Peninsula to fight against the Houjin Tartars, who were the best at cavalry warfare.

Several officers of the main battle faction present looked at each other a few times, feeling a little helpless.

In the past, it was always bullying those weak enemies.

It has been more than ten years since the end of the Warring States Period, and it has been peaceful for so long, and it is a country with a lack of materials, so it is naturally not a strong enemy.

In the Kingdom of Korea, many of the high-ranking people in power in their country were tigers of the former guerrilla detachment sent by Huaxia. Even the top level of the country is his own people, so how can he be considered a strong enemy.

The Netherlands, although they fought vigorously with the Spanish Empire on the European mainland, can be regarded as a powerful country in this era, but this is East Asia, the enemy has come thousands of miles away, and there is no firm will to fight, and they are not a strong enemy because they have only started peace talks in a preliminary confrontation.

Even Sukh Saha and An Buyang, who had fought with the kingdom for several years before, were just a partial division of the Houjin, or the kind of partial division that cut off most of the contacts, and the cavalry was pitiful, and they were not a strong enemy.

In the face of these enemies, the kingdom can win consecutive victories, even if it is a little behind in some aspects, it can also close the gap with its powerful firepower and technological power.

Therefore, the infantry has always been the main branch of the Chinese Army, and it can be said that it has achieved brilliant results in the six years since its founding.

In the past, I basically didn't think about the cover of cavalry, and I didn't think there would be anything wrong with relying on infantry alone, and I never thought what would happen without cavalry strength.

Many officers believed that the Kingdom's infantry was strong enough to wipe out all the enemy.

However, now, in the face of the truly powerful enemy of Houjin, everyone really realized that without the containment of cavalry, the infantry faced the superior cavalry strength of the enemy, and the defects of a single infantry were revealed, and they were really helpless.

General Liu and some of the officers present had always wanted to attack Fuzhou, not only because they wanted to get more capital in the upcoming army expansion operation, but also because they had become accustomed to taking the initiative to attack since the founding of the army six years ago.

It's really uncomfortable to have a group of attackers forcibly reverse their mindset and try to put themselves on the side of the weak again, and fight defensively.

Chen Xin knew their thoughts, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and it was normal to be able to fight for his own interests within a reasonable range.

Now, Tong Ziyuan, Lakshen, Fu Yan and others are questioning and debating with Lao Liu, which has consumed the desire of a large part of the attackers to attack.

At the same time, this debate also made Chen Xinli clear about his own thinking.

In fact, from the very beginning, Chen Xin had no intention of really attacking Fuzhou City.

He had learned from the reports of the intelligence department and the reconnaissance unit that in the area along the route from Fuzhou to Haizhou, there were dungeons and strongholds established by the former Ming Dynasty along the way.

Later, after the Jin occupied Liaodong, although a large number of local people were killed and relocated, these military fortresses and post stations and other places were not directly abandoned, but have been maintained and renovated with limited restrictions.

On this route, the stagecoaches of the Houjin army were able to spread the news to Shenyang and even further afield by changing horses along the way, at most in a day and a half, and no more than two days.

In the area near Fuzhou City, there are only a few hundred Houjin soldiers in the vicinity of Fuzhou City, but along the coast from Fuzhou to the north, all the way to Gaizhou, dozens of forts and strongholds along the way, large and small, can be stationed by the Houjin army.

These troops are all men and horses with white flags, although the number of enemy troops stationed in each fort and stronghold is not too large, but according to reconnaissance, most of the enemies are cavalry units.

The weapons, horses, and armor of the Houjin cavalry are all self-prepared, and when fighting on the inside line, it is basically said that you can go.

That is to say, as long as the Lushun dispatch army appears near Fuzhou and is seen by the enemy, the Houjin army will make up a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people in the shortest possible time.

On the other hand, looking at the current Huaxia Army, among the various armies, the weakest is the cavalry force, and with such a Houjin cavalry unit in the vicinity, Fuzhou is not easy to fight.