Chapter 303 Mistakes in Decision Making
The Western Hu people were coming with great force. If the Wei army had not deployed defenses in advance and stopped their army outside the three counties, it would be hard to say how many casualties Chenzhou would have suffered. Even the neighboring Mingzhou and Jiaozhou might have been affected. However, what was infuriating was that there were still people in the government office who advocated closing the city gates. There were even county magistrates in two counties who completely ignored the lives of the people and ordered the city gates to be closed immediately.

However, the garrison troops in various counties had long been Wei Chengyi's men, and no one paid any attention to the two county magistrates. For such people who only cared about themselves, whether it was Wei Chengyi and his wife or the generals in the army, they all sneered at them. But now they didn't have the time to pay attention to them. Once the Western Hu people were dealt with, they would definitely pay the price.

"What is the current situation on the battlefield?"

Dafeng County is located at the front and between Daping County and Dalin County. The central military camp of the Wei family army is set up here. Wei Chengyi entered exhausted. The military situation was urgent. After all the arrangements were made, he took two guards and went ahead. Half of the remaining guards stayed in Yong'an Village, and the other half was responsible for guarding Shen Xiangwan, Mu Yunran, and the medical children she trained. They should arrive by late at night at the latest.

"Fortunately, although we were caught off guard, our training in the past few months was not in vain. In addition, Lao Wang and his men are good at leading troops in battle. Under their leadership, we have temporarily succeeded in stopping the Western Hu people's repeated fierce attacks. However, the Western Hu cavalry that had already broken into other counties caused great harm to the people. Several villages were massacred. The soldiers we left in the prefectural camp were sent to different counties. We have successfully driven away two groups of Western Hu people, but also caused them a certain degree of casualties."

Yan Lang reported the latest battle situation as soon as possible. This battle was considered to be quite dangerous. It was not easy for them to stabilize the situation in such a short time.

"Drive away?"

Hearing this, Wei Chengyi frowned. If he remembered correctly, he told them to kill without mercy, right? Otherwise, how could they comfort the souls of those who were brutally slaughtered?
"We only have 4,000 spare cavalry, and most of the ones we sent out are infantry. But the Western Hu are all cavalry. If they want to leave, we can't stop them at all."

I knew he would be dissatisfied, Yan Lang said helplessly, their cavalry was too few. Although they had Mo Dao and the infantry could compete with the cavalry and fight them head-on, cavalry was still cavalry. In terms of mobility alone, the infantry was far inferior.

"Then don't give them the chance to leave."

After looking at him deeply, Wei Chengyi walked to the sand table and asked: "Which counties have Western Hu people intruding now? How many people are there on both sides?"

"There are also Daming County, Dapeng County, and Dacheng County. According to the intelligence we have received, there are 7,000 to 8,000 Western Hu people in these three counties. They have successively robbed several village chiefs. Our 4,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry are heading there quickly."

"Qingying, mobilize the cavalry from Dafeng County. I want to go to Daming County myself."

Looking at the topographic map on the sand table, Wei Chengyi made a decision without much thought. Since he said he would leave their lives here, he would definitely not compromise. He wanted to run away after slaughtering their people? It would not be that easy!

"But, Dafeng County only has 2,000 cavalrymen in total. What if..."

"Don't worry, quickly mobilize the troops."

Yan Lang frowned in disapproval, but Wei Chengyi didn't even give him the chance to finish his words, his tone was so strong that no one could question it.

"Yes."

Looking back and forth at them, Qingying bowed and accepted the order. After he left, Yan Lang continued to persuade him tentatively: "Chengyi, if this happens, Dafeng County will be left without a single cavalryman. Should we reconsider this?"

"Don't think about it. You should gather all the cavalry from the beginning and go to strangle the intruders from the West."

There were no outsiders in the central army tent, Wei Chengyi said as he took out armor from the space. Although the three counties were the hardest hit areas and were directly facing the 100,000-strong Western Hu army, this was a siege war, and they occupied a favorable defensive terrain. The infantry was enough to hold them back, and even if the cavalry had to fight in the end, before that, their cavalry would have been enough to strangle all the Western Hu who broke in. But they sent out cavalry and infantry to attack together, and missed the opportunity, letting two groups of Western Hu escape.

"···" After he said that, Yan Lang also realized the mistake in their decision-making. Defending the three counties and strangling the Western Hu people are different. The former only needs infantry. Of course, this method can only delay the time of the war and cannot defeat the Western Hu people head-on. The latter emphasizes the word "speed". The faster, the smaller the casualties of the people. However, they sent infantry to delay the speed of the cavalry, and the cavalry left in the three counties became idle.

Yan Lang and his men were by no means stupid, but they were too concerned about the cavalry outside the city, so they ignored priorities and missed the best opportunity to fight.

"Second Master, the cavalry is ready to go."

Soon, Qingying returned again. Wei Chengyi, who was already dressed neatly, grabbed the Mo Dao on the table and said, "I will try my best to wipe out the remaining Western Hu people who broke in as quickly as possible. Before I come back, defend the three counties to the death and never let a single Western Hu person in."

"Yes."

Yan Lang and others took the order seriously, which was rare. They would not make the same mistake again. No matter what, they would buy time for him to wipe out the intruders from Western Hu.

There was no need for a heavy hammer to sound the drum, and Wei Chengyi said no more. He strode out of the central military tent with a Mo Dao in hand.

At the same time, several carriages surrounded by dozens of fast horses were speeding on the pipeline. The people sitting in the carriages were none other than Shen Xiangwan, Mu Yunran and twenty medical children. They had not left Datong County yet. Don't blame them for being slow. She and Mu Yunran were both mistresses of the house. Before leaving, all matters at home needed to be arranged.

"How long will it take to get to Dafeng County?"

As the sky was getting darker, Shen Xiangwan lifted the carriage curtain and asked with a frown.

"Madam, at least three hours."

The guards guarding the carriage replied respectfully that the speed of a carriage was not faster than that of a horse, and it was traveling at night and the road conditions were not good, so the speed could not be increased.

Three hours?

Shen Xiangwan frowned even more tightly. It was too slow. If possible, she would have liked to take out the off-road vehicle in the space.

"Wanwan, at this time, Brother Yi and the others should have arrived in Dafeng County, right?"

Mu Yunran, who was sitting in a carriage with her, also frowned. Her husband also went with Brother Yi, but he did not go to Dafeng County, but to the camp in the provincial capital. He was mainly responsible for the dispatch of food and military supplies.

"Ah."

Leaning back on the cushion, Shen Xiangwan closed his eyes and rubbed the cartilage of his nose. Wei Chengyi was not here and the military report would not be delivered. He wondered what was going on on the battlefield.

【End of this chapter】

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