Fang Guoan was really angry and shouted: "You must be flexible in war, how can you stick to the situation? Just withdraw and fight back, why bother to resist when the enemy is in full swing? Chi Erhan, you are treating the lives of soldiers as a joke!"

"If you do something, you won't do something. The young master said." Chi Erhan said stubbornly, "What the young master wants is not a city and a pool, but the people's hearts in Jiangbei. It doesn't matter if you lose a city. If you lose the people's hearts, the young master will never agree... Lord Fang, you can't convince anyone, so don't waste your saliva, you want to evacuate you."

"Then what do you want? Once I retreat, your troops will be an isolated army."

"Tonight I will lead the Hangzhou Guard out of the North Gate to counterattack, to destroy the enemy's arrogance, and to retreat to the rear of the palace for you."

"Another mess!" Fang Guoan said in shock, "You are sending death!"

"Not necessarily. Jiang Quanyi's army has too few troops and has not undergone dressing or training, so it was completed and surrounded and annihilated by the enemy in one go. But my Hangzhou Guards are all veterans of war. If the enemy wants to eat our army, then I have to ask if they have that good teeth."

After saying that, he bowed to Fang Guoan and turned to go out.

Fang Guoan was stunned and suddenly shouted: "Come on, take Chi Erhan down!"

The guards outside the gate quickly rushed towards Chi Erhan.

Chi Erhan pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and shouted: "Who dares me?"

Lu Zhidi was so scared that he stopped him and said, "Everyone retreat!"

The guards looked at Fang Guoan hesitantly, and saw that Fang Guoan did not continue to give orders, so they retreated.

Chi Erhan snorted and left outside the yamen.

"Mr. Fang calmed down. In fact, General Chi had no choice but to do so. The people in Taizhou City had blocked their doors before and begged General Chi not to abandon them... Alas, dozens of white-haired old men knelt on the ground and cried, and they couldn't bear it!"

Fang Guoan was stunned, but his anger was still in his heart. He pointed at Chi Erhan's back and rushed to Lu Zhiyuan and said, "Look... Look, who is this? How could the prince ask such a person to lead his troops?"

Lu Zhiyu nodded and said, "Chi Erhan is a little stubborn, but he is usually polite. Today, I am afraid that I can't figure it out, so I contradicted Lord Fang."

Fang Guoan glared and said, "What, do you think it's wrong for Fang to order retreat?"

Lu Zhiyuan shook his head firmly and said, "No, I think Lord Fang is right. The enemy is large and we are few, so how can we calculate the wrong thing if we avoid the enemy's edge?"

"Then why don't you help me stop that bastard?"

"Mr. Fang... It is indeed correct to withdraw troops, but General Mo also thinks that General Chi's words... have some truths."

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"Master Fang let me finish speaking." Lu Zhiyuan thought for a while and said, "The prince rushed his troops to cross the river, and was willing to surround Wei and save Zhao and resolve the dangers in Yingtian Mansion, right?"

Fang Guoan nodded and said, "That's right."

"But after defeating the Karkhun tribe, he did not continue to advance northward and expand the results of the battle, but chose to consolidate Yangzhou Prefecture. This shows that the prince has realized that the Northern Expedition Army has not yet reached the north in one fell swoop. At least it is not a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition, right?"

"That's right. Fang also thinks that the prince's decision is correct."

"So, after a while, after hearing that a large number of enemy troops went south and surrounded and annihilated Jiang Quanyi's troops, they did not order a retreat. Instead, they ordered Lord Fang to lead his troops across the river, stationed in Tuntaizhou, and hand over the command of the three guards to Lord Fang?"

Fang Guoan frowned and thought for a while and said, "What do you mean is that the prince is indeed as Chi Erhan speculated, he wants to fight the enemy in Taizhou to fight a decisive battle? But this is inappropriate. It is a taboo for military strategists to do it even though he knows it is impossible."

Lu Zhiyu sighed and said, "I have followed the prince for four years. I am confident that I still have some understanding of the prince, but I can't figure it out. The prince often says that it depends on whether the war is worth it or not, but now it is really not worth it to defend Taizhou..."

"That's it. The prince is not in Taizhou, so he naturally has misjudged the situation of the battle..."

"It may not be a misjudgment!" said Lu Zhiyuan, "If you are not afraid of Lord Fang being angry, Lord Fang thinks, what is the intention of the prince to let you command the three guards in Jiangbei? Although Lord Fang has a lot of experience, it is really necessary to discuss it. General Chi is the prince's confidant, but why did the prince not hand over the command power to General Chi, but you?"

Fang Guoan glanced at the Lu Domain and became silent. He couldn't figure it out. If Wu Zheng was worried that Chi Erhan was brave but not resourceful, then the Lu Domain was relatively stable and would not attack north without authorization, and the command should be handed over to the Lu Domain.

I have been hidden in the military academy by Wu Zheng. This time I started the war without using my own intention, but I just rushed to follow the power and ordered me to lead my troops to replace Jiangyin's defense. According to reason, the command power of the three guards should not be handed over to me.

Fang Guoan stared at Lu Zhiyuan and said, "What do you think?"

Lu Zhiyuan said: "The last general thought that when the prince knew that it was not the time for the Northern Expedition, he learned that the Qing army had moved south in a large scale. Not only did he not order the withdrawal of troops, but he ordered Lord Fang to lead his troops north. This alone can show that the prince really did not want to withdraw his troops, at least he did not want Taizhou to fall. As for why the command was not handed over to General Chi, I think the prince was worried about General Chi's moral character. Once the battle was fought, he might not be able to stop... Therefore, the prince did not mean to expand the situation in his heart, that is, it was enough to defend the results he had already obtained."

Fang Guoan fell silent again.

Lu Zhiyu said again: "General Chi actually said nothing wrong. The enemy seems to be powerful, but we may be overestimating them, and on the contrary, underestimating ourselves... Lord Fang, what you bring is our elite army. Whether it is firearms or soldiers, in addition to lacking combat experience, it can be said that its strength is far greater than that of Hangzhou and Jinshan Guards."

"That's why Fang ordered a retreat. These are recruits, and they have accumulated experience in fighting a tailwind battle. But if a bloody counterattack battle is fought, what will it be like? Only God knows... If something really happens, how can I explain it to the prince?"

"Master Fang is worried too much. You and I are all soldiers. Which army may be veterans? As veterans, those who survive after a hundred battles are called veterans."

Fang Guoan has some enlightenment.

At this time, the door urgently reported, "Report to General Fang, General Chi, who led the Hangzhou Guards to gather in the North City and wanted to leave the city to counterattack the enemy."

Fang Guoan stamped his feet and said, "If you disobey the military order, if you are on weekdays, you will be killed immediately!"

Lu Zhiyu asked softly, "General Chi is right. At least, his attack from the city can create opportunities for you and me to retreat... Lord Fang, are you and me still retreating?"

Fang Guoan looked at the Lu Realm, then paced back and forth for a few times, looked up and said angrily: "You're going to take away the truth! If he really died in Taizhou, no matter how great you and I made, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to explain to the prince."
Chapter completed!