After this time, Wei Ying knew very well that his political life and promotion path were basically broken. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info What's more, let Xinghua Army suffer such a big loss, as a leading general, he is indeed unavoidably guilty, even if His Majesty does not blame, Wei Yingcai himself cannot escape the blame.

Wei Yingcai expected that when this Jiangzhou War finally ended, it must be the time when he left the army.

At this time, Wei Yingcai paid more attention to his recklessness, and his previous thoughts of competing with Leon had already been thrown out of the clouds. If it weren't for this recklessness in his eagerness for quick success, I am afraid that it would not have led to the current fiasco, and if it were not for the selfishness of this person behind him, he would not have made a mistake in making decisions before the battle, but would have harmed his brothers in the army.

This is the lesson of blood.

With a stomach full of guilt, Wei Yingcai looked at the Xinghua soldiers around him, but unexpectedly found that these Xinghua soldiers did not seem to resent him, and they did not express any dissatisfaction with Wei Yingcai from beginning to end, and it seemed that in their eyes, there was no doubt and resentment about Wei Yingcai's leadership ability.

In fact, Wei Yingcai's feelings are real, these Xinghua soldiers, who followed Wei Yingcai from birth to death, are all bloody comrades-in-arms who share life and death, and they will not be resentful, even if they are defeated and defeated.

In their hearts, at this moment, they only have the anger of defeat, looking forward to the next time they can take revenge on the Xia army! First, to wash away the shame of the defeat of the Xinghua army, and second, to avenge the dead comrades!

As their commander, Wei Yingcai felt guilty and had an unshirkable responsibility.

"Today's shame, the hatred of losing comrades-in-arms, I promise you, you must come back with revenge!" Wei Yingcai said with some emotion, he was swearing to his comrades-in-arms, and he was also secretly making a promise to himself.

"Long live the Xinghua Empire! The Xinghua Army will win!" As if inspired by Wei Yingcai, all the officers and soldiers immediately became enthusiastic and responded in unison.

Regaining his mood, Wei Yingcai immediately did his duty and ordered the telegraph operator to truthfully transmit the battle report of their defeat back to the Lyon Ministry.

Leon was shocked when he heard the news! This was something he had never expected.

I have to say that this unexpected situation disrupted Lyon's original strategic plan to a certain extent.

Because, after the Xinghua army captured Tai'an City, it operated for days and days, and finally gained an advantage. I thought that I should ride the wind and waves, take advantage of the trend, and continue to conquer the territory, but I actually received the news of the defeat of Wei Yingcai's team.

Because of Wei Yingcai's defeat, the entire established strategic plan had to be stopped, and even because of the lack of this link, they invisibly lost a certain strategic advantage.

Leon, who was suddenly disrupted, was inevitably a little confused because of this sudden change. In order to salvage the situation, Leon immediately called an emergency strategic meeting of the generals in the army, at which he ordered the officers in the army to carefully study the next strategy of his army in order to make up for this deficiency in time.

"Commander, the front line of Tai'an is very solid. We are worried about the northern region, and if the enemy goes around behind us, we are in danger of being surrounded. "One of the officers raised a potential risk that he hoped would draw attention to.

His words were first agreed by Lyon. Leon knew that what they could think of, the enemy army would naturally not miss out, only sooner or later. Therefore, he naturally understood the intention of this Xinghua officer to put forward here.

So, Leon then asked, "Do your staff officers have a plan to deal with this problem?"

"Ask Wei Yingcai, get their specific location, and suggest that Wei Yingcai's troops rest the remaining soldiers as soon as possible, and turn to attack Xiguan City, and be sure to establish a stronghold in Xiguan City. Only in this way will we be able to regain control of a certain sphere of influence in this region. If Wei Yingcai needs supplies, we can send them supplies directly from Tai'an City. All in all, we occupied Jiangzhou to rule Jiangzhou, not to plunder. Therefore, it is very important to maintain the stability of order in the occupied territories. The occupation of Xiguan by our army will be able to ensure the security of our army's rear. As for whether the enemy will make a detour and attack our army from Liangzhou in the northwest, I don't think there is any need to worry about it for the time being. Because Wei Yingcai's troops have already destroyed the Chihe battalion of the Xia army, if the Xia army still chooses to attack our army from this position, our army will also have enough ability to deal with it. At that time, it is only necessary to send a small force to continue patrolling and clearing, and establish a mechanism for outposts and early warnings. ”

"Okay, send a report to Wei Yingcai's department immediately!" Leon listened to the suggestions of his subordinates quietly, and then fell into deep thought, and after a while, he looked up at the people again, and ordered the adjutant to send a telegram, intercepting the part that they had just agreed to and removing the part that needed to be executed by Wei Yingcai, and then transmitting it to Wei Yingcai in the form of a telegram, giving him a new action order.

After giving the order, Leon couldn't help but look into the distance, as if he could see Wei Yingcai's department directly, and secretly looked forward to it in his heart.

Wei Yingcai received the telegram and carefully studied the instructions of the telegram repeatedly. The Ministry of Lyons had new instructions for him, and he was not held accountable for the fault of the defeat he had just lost, and Wei Ying knew that he could not afford to make any more mistakes.

After pondering for a long time, Wei Yingcai decisively decided to abide by the arrangement of his superiors, and immediately ordered the whole army to turn around, go straight to the army, and attack Xiguancheng.

Of course, Wei Yingcai would not reveal his careful thoughts to the others - the Leon Ministry did not immediately pursue his dereliction of duty, Wei Yingcai felt lucky, and the Leon Department did not recall them immediately, but ordered them to turn to attack Xiguan City, Wei Yingcai smiled from the bottom of his heart.

Because, such an arrangement allows him to avoid Leon temporarily, and he doesn't need to face Leon directly, so as not to embarrass himself, he wants to save face.

But these thoughts also flashed in his heart, and then he left them behind. For Wei Yingcai, the most important thing in front of him is to make up for his merits! And this is also his only chance.

"Adjutant, check the number of mortar shells, we attack Xiguancheng. Wei Yingcai ordered.

After this defeat, Wei Yingcai has consciously changed his style of acting, removing any hasty decision, everything but seeking a stable word, he understands that only when he is stable first, and then he can win in stability.

Although the walls of Xiguan City were not high, Wei Yingcai did not want to have too many casualties and lose too many soldiers and comrades. In particular, he knew very well that the lives of these soldiers would make a difference in his thoughts.

"We still have six hundred shells. The adjutant replied.

"Enough. For Xiguan City, we don't need to besiege it, on the contrary, we only need to concentrate firepower, attack one point with all our might, capture Xiguan City as soon as possible, and we will go to the city to rest. Wei Yingcai said.

The adjutant received the order and conveyed this latest order to the whole army.

When Wei Yingcai's troops were ordered to turn to Xiguancheng, the Xia Army's Longyi Battalion and Shenwu Small Artillery Battalion, at the same time, were returning to Yangcheng with their booty in high spirits.

"Wang Shi defeated the Xinghua army and captured a large amount of loot, everyone come and see!"

Just as these two Xia army camp teams were just approaching the gate of Yangcheng, the officials who had been stationed at the gate of Yangcheng and had already received the news immediately excitedly took gongs and drums and beat them vigorously, publicizing the victory of the Xia army over the Xinghua army along the way, especially the bravery and divine might of the Xia army, and recruiting powerful people to join the army by the way.

Because of the loud noise they made, the people in Yangcheng were attracted to the attention one after another, and they all ran out to see the excitement.

happened to be seen by them, the grand scene of the triumphant return of the Xia army. I saw one after another cars loaded with trophies of the Xinghua Army slowly driving in front of them.

In fact, they didn't know that this was not a coincidence, but the Xia army did it on purpose, just to let the people of Yangcheng see clearly for themselves that they had taken such a huge amount of loot from the Xinghua army.

Not only that, in addition to the trophies, there were even several Xinghua wounded soldiers escorted on the Xia army's military vehicle, and they were tied to the car and paraded through the streets.

The people of Yangcheng, who were encouraged by the atmosphere at the scene, saw the wounded soldiers of the Xinghua Army who were captured, and they invariably picked up the eggs, fruits and other items around them as if they saw the enemy, and threw them at the wounded soldiers. In this regard, the soldiers of the Xia Army naturally would not stop it.

Standing on the city tower, Bai Qi smiled and said to Jiangzhou Taishou: "Our army is fortunate to have defeated the enemy army, and it is Your Majesty's blessing to win this victory!"

"What the marshal said was heartfelt. On behalf of the people of Yangcheng and Jiangzhou, I would like to thank you. I'll also go up to the table and ask for credit for you. Jiangzhou Taishou said. In the Xia Kingdom, the post of Taishou was the highest-ranking administrative civil official in a state, responsible for civil affairs.

Bai Qi smiled and didn't answer.

Seeing this, Jiangzhou Taishou was a little embarrassed.

After a while, Jiangzhou Taishou saw that Bai Qi didn't speak, and he couldn't help it, and asked, "What does marshal mean?"

"I don't need you to ask for credit for us, just give us some practical benefits. Bai Qi said.

"Jiangzhou is on the front line of the war, but it doesn't do any good...... Taishou said.

"There is money to contribute, and there is a strong contribution, Jiangzhou is rich in land and resources, and there are countless treasures. Bai Qi laughed.

Taishou thought for a moment and said, "Five fourth-level energy crystals. ”

Bai Qi was stunned when he heard this, and said, "It's not enough!" Taishou asked for credit for them, not only for Xia Jun, but also for themselves. When the time comes, civil officials such as Taishou can add their names to the recital of the meritorious service. Bai Qi hopes that Taishou will give more benefits, and the two sides will exchange benefits with each other.

Taishou said again: "Jiangzhou can bear a month's grain and grass for an army of 100,000 troops, as well as a private donation marshal of 200,000 taels of gold. He continued to put forward conditions.

Bai Qi smiled and promised Taishou.

Inside the city, a businessman watched the Xia army's convoy carrying the spoils of the Xinghua Army parade through the streets, and turned around and walked back to a soy sauce shop. He entered the shop, glanced casually around the store, told the clerk to keep an eye on the store, and then continued into the back room.

In the back room, the merchant stood for a while and climbed up to the attic.

In the attic is a simple bedroom, with a bed, a small table, and a suitcase.

The merchant took out a walkie-talkie from the box.

"Hey, Yangcheng 005 calls Yangcheng 001, please answer if you receive it. ”

"001 received, 001 asked 005, what's the matter?"

It turned out that the soy sauce merchant was actually an intelligence officer of the Xinghua Imperial Intelligence Bureau, codenamed Yangcheng 005. He told 001 what he had just seen and heard on the street.

"I think this matter should be reported to the higher authorities quickly!"

"Your report is timely, and I will report it immediately. ”

"Do I need to do anything, do you want to save those Xinghua soldiers?"

"No, you keep waiting, don't reveal your identity. ”

"Yes, I understand. Yangcheng 005 replied.

The soy sauce merchant turned off the walkie-talkie and carefully put it away. He understood that 001, 001 had a telegraph and was hiding in a relatively closed place. In general, 001 does not do intelligence gathering, and other intelligence officers do it, which is the way to avoid 001 being exposed.

Yangcheng 001 quickly sent a telegram to the Xinghua army in Tai'an City, asking for instructions on whether to take action. Leon ordered intelligence officers to do their intelligence work and not to act on their own. At the same time, Leon also gave the intelligence officers a task to find out the military intelligence of the Xia army in Yangcheng.

However, Leon could not fail to react to the Xia army's bad behavior (escorting Xinghua soldiers to parade through the streets).

Therefore, Leon also gave the intelligence officers lurking in Yangcheng a task with a greater degree of freedom - to create a riot in Yangcheng and make the people of Yangcheng uneasy.

The staff officers of the Xinghua Army easily judged that the Xia Army wanted to uplift the people's hearts. The enemy wanted to boost the hearts of the people, and the officers of the Xinghua Army naturally could not make them feel relaxed. It is only natural that Leon hopes that the undercover personnel of the Intelligence Bureau will cause some trouble for Xia Jun.

Yangcheng 001 received the telegram, and after thinking, called the walkie-talkies of the four sleepers 002, 003, 006, and 010, pulled them into a channel group chat, and told them what the superiors had explained.

"Your task is to create a great disturbance in the city and cause the people to fluctuate, and you have completed your mission. 001 gives a request.

"001, don't you have any specific requirements for your mission? I set the fire, what do you think?"

"It's definitely not enough to simply set fire to people's houses, it's hard to do anything. It is even more impossible to set fire in the name of the Xinghua Army, which will undermine the name of justice of the Xinghua Army. 001 disagrees.

"However, the military camps, yamen, and minister's mansions in the city are all difficult targets. ”

"Activate your brain and think carefully. Our only advantage is that we hide in the shadows. ”

"We might as well send out big-character posters and paste them all over the city, so that everyone in Yangcheng knows the strength of the Xinghua Army. ”

"That's a great idea!" 001 said in surprise when he heard the suggestion of the big-character poster.

Posting big-character posters is an effective means of harassing the enemy. In Blue Mercury, commonly known as propaganda warfare, one of the means of public opinion warfare. As long as they use it well, it will definitely make Xia Guoyang City wonder and tremble.