Dedicate One’s Mind

Chapter 1182 The desire to destroy myself will never die

At Sanchuankou, two towering cities stand between them, more than ten feet high. They are the inside and outside of each other. Taking advantage of the mountains and rivers, they are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, the city in the west of Hexi was baptized by the flames of war and nearly half collapsed. On the contrary, the city in the east of the city. When Wu Yi detoured behind them, the small country coalition knew that it would be difficult to hold on and voluntarily gave up, so it basically remained whole.

Now the fighting here has stopped, and the coalition forces of the small countries have retreated back to the city on the plain.

Wu Yi led two thousand elite troops to circle behind the enemy for thousands of miles and defeated three enemy troops. Not only did he solve Wen Conglong's dilemma, but he also changed his position from passive to active, still firmly occupying the initiative on the battlefield.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this move was about surviving in adversity. It is definitely a miracle in the history of war. If King Yong succeeds to the throne in the future, it will definitely leave a mark in the history of the dynasty.

Even Wen Conglong, who later realized that he had become a pawn to attract the enemy's main force, had to express his gratitude to Wu Yi for repelling the small country's coalition forces and saving him from trouble.

As the battle report came back to Liuchen County, King Yong breathed a long sigh of relief. Although Wen Conglong's soldiers suffered nearly half casualties, they were still able to survive and the entire army would not be wiped out. He still had a chance to make a comeback.

At the same time, King Yong's reward for Wu Yi and his soldiers also arrived.

The reward for Wu Yi was some money and silk, and then the imperial edict for Chen Jiaying. He ordered his wife to be an official and accompany him when he came in and out, just like an official.

If it were not for the fact that he had no heirs, Wu Yi had no doubt that King Yong would definitely give the child an official status, no matter how old he was.

Under King Yong, Wu Yi's power has reached its peak. With this rescue operation, he has the expectations of the entire Prince Yong's palace, and has a status no less than that of King Yong. It is impossible to go further.

It is impossible to let King Yong step down and let Wu Yi take over!

Wu Yi stood in the city east of the Sanchuankou River, looking at the turbulent river with an expressionless face. For him, those rewards were just icing on the cake and of little significance.

From a tactical point of view, capturing this city east of the river is the end of Wu Yi's trip. With the current savings of King Yong, Wu Yi will not be able to support Wu Yi to continue the attack, and Wu Yi is not a warlike person. Just accept it.

However, something happened that Wu Yi was not very satisfied with. In King Yong's letter, he faintly revealed his intention to abandon these two cities.

After all, the lessons learned by Wen Conglong before were still there. The mountains were high and the roads were dangerous, and the logistics road was unstable. What was the difference between it and an enclave? Instead of spending a lot of food and grass to garrison here, it was better to take the initiative to shrink the front.

Wu Yi didn't know who made this suggestion to King Yong. Even his own informant who stayed in King Yong's mansion didn't get the exact information. There were so many people who hated and even wished Wu Yi would die earlier. , there is no point in guessing this.

This turn of events turned defeat into victory, which severely slapped a group of people in the face. There were definitely many people who did not like Wu Yi's limelight. Even King Yong himself could not say that he did not have such thoughts.

These two cities are a symbol of Wu Yi's victory. Once he gives up, most of Wu Yi's achievements will be wiped out. In addition, if he gives up, he wants to win again in the future. I don't know if it will only take the years of the monkey and the moon.

Finally, when the people forget about this war and someone accuses Wu Yi of killing generals indiscriminately during this war, how should he respond?

In order to control the army, Wu Yi killed the chief general of the army. This matter can be big or small. Now it can be interpreted as a matter of urgency and a last resort. But in the future, if it is put on the line, then it will mean that he is good at governing. The intention is to have power and rape.

This kind of thing is so loud that everyone knows about it, so even if you want to explain it, you can't explain it clearly.

Therefore, personally, Wu Yi definitely disagrees with this approach. Moreover, from a strategic point of view, he should not give up.

Therefore, when King Yong revealed this intention, Wu Yili strongly opposed it because of the reasons why he could not give up.

This is an important place that can be attacked, retreated and defended. If you hold these two cities and guard the passage upstream from Sanchuankou, then Hengchuan Ridge will be the inner mountain of the Daji Dynasty. If you want to defeat these small countries in the future, just raise troops. , when you go out, you will be in the roaring plains, and when you enter, you will be back in the mountains and forests. With a small team, you can surround the opponent's capital, which has incomparable strategic significance.

As for the food and grass issue mentioned, Wu Yi suggested that immigrants should carry out land reclamation. Even the military could carry out military land reclamation in their spare time.

A long list of data is listed. Within a few years, the army here can achieve self-sufficiency. If this place is abandoned, how much military expenditure will be in the future, and it has incalculable deterrent significance.

Although there is a suspicion of exaggerating the income, as a person who has personally experienced it, no one dares to question the data given by Wu Yi. If they question it, Wu Yi can choke them to death with just one sentence, "Are you fighting or am I fighting?" .

A fiercely written document was sent back, which obviously frightened King Yong, and he never mentioned the retreat to Wu Yi again.

And Wu Yi has not received the order to return to Liuchen County. The apparent reason is naturally that Wu Yi is required to guard this place to prevent the enemy from attacking. The real purpose is to exclude Wu Yi from the decision-making center.

Naturally, the bottom level and even the middle level will not know the decision-making reasons and mutual strife between these high-level officials. In their eyes, Wu Yi and King Yong are still a model pair of wise kings and wise ministers!

And Wu Yi had no intention of changing his identity in the military, which was that of a wise minister, a general or a prime minister. After this battle, Wu Yi's reputation in the military was established.

The bounden duty of a soldier is to obey orders, no matter how unreasonable the request is, you must obey it, but some obey half-heartedly, while others are convinced. Wu Yi is obviously in the latter.

If you want to make the military, especially the lower-level soldiers, convinced of you, it is actually very simple. Just win the battle. Everyone is risking their lives to make a career with the marshal. Whoever can bring me military glory will naturally follow him.

One evening when the sky was filled with sunset, Wu Yi was patrolling Dongcheng as usual. He said it was a patrol. In fact, in his position, why did he do this? It was just to relax.

"After this battle, your Excellency is truly the number one person under King Yong! Why are you so depressed every day?"

The speaker was a member of the Chen family, one of the eight hundred private soldiers who initially followed Wu Yi. Along the way, these people ran away and died, leaving less than two hundred people behind. However, without exception, they all received After receiving huge rewards, they already want to stay in the military for a long time and never go back.

Defeating the opportunists within the Eastern Army and repelling the coalition forces of small countries, he attracted everyone's attention and became famous. In their eyes, Wu Yi should have no worries.