Ye Chong actually ran in front of several politicians and stepped into the door, seeing Ye Chong who looked a little anxious, Gao Yuan's heart couldn't help but sink down, Ye Chong paid great attention to these details, and the old man who followed him worked hard for more than ten years, for these etiquette things, Ye Chong was clearer than all the generals under his command, and several politicians were in front of Ye Chong, but now, he was actually the first to enter the door, which only showed that Ye Chong was out of proportion.

"What's going on?" Gao Yuan tried to make his face look calm.

"Zhang Hongyu is dead!" Ye Zhong swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, his voice was very loud, but he himself didn't notice this.

Gao Yuan's body shook, his mind buzzed, and he took a deep breath before calming down his agitated mood, "How is the situation of the New First Army?"

Zhang Hongyu died suddenly, Gao Yuan was very worried about what the new army would do under impulse, if this was the case, the results of this great drama performed by himself and Wu Qi would be in vain, and it was more likely to trigger a large-scale conflict and war between Han and Chu.

"The new first army is returning as planned, and the army has sent an urgent report, and Wu Yizheng has also sent a letter to the political hall in an urgent manner." YE Chongdao.

Gao Yuan's hanging heart finally fell, and his eyes fell on Ye Chong, "How did Zhang Hongyu die?" Isn't he still fine with the last piece of information he came back?"

Zhang Hongyu is the commander of the New First Army, and the position of the commander of the New First Army is the same as that of the commanders of several other field armies.

Ye Zhong took a deep breath, and seemed to burst out from the depths of his throat word by word, "He, he committed suicide."

"What did you say?" Takato almost didn't believe his ears.

"Commander Zhang committed suicide, before he died, he arranged all the retreats, ordered Cui Chengxiu to act as the commander of the New First Army, and detained Dong Zhuang, the commander of the Third Division, who was the most trouble-free, in the military headquarters, and he also wrote a testament to the king, and when he did all this, he ended his life with the short sword that the king gave him." Ye Zhong lowered his head.

Jiang Jiaquan on the side silently stepped forward and presented a sheathed short sword and a letter of folding hands to Gao Yuan.

The name of Zhang Hongyu is engraved on the short sword, which is an honor that only an outstanding person who came out of Jishi City University will have in the next life, and Zhang Hongyu, as the vice president of Jishi City Military University back then, was also given a hand by Gao Yuan, and now it is back in Gao Yuan's hands in this form.

Gao Yuan walked to the chair on the side with a heavy step, sat down heavily, and opened the fold, the fold was written very long, thick stack, obviously Zhang Hongyu was not improvised, but had been planning all this for a long time. The vast majority of the excerpts are summarizing the gains and losses of the battle of Pengcheng, as well as some of the people's livelihood and folk customs that he knew about the Chu State during his stay in Suiyang, which mentioned that the Chu State was different from Qi, Wei and other countries, the King of Chu Huai ruled by nothing, and the first auxiliary Wang Xie was an unborn talent, and the people's life was acceptable, with great hatred for the invasion of the Han State, the gentry and landlords organized local armed forces, and the combat effectiveness was not to be insulted, and the most important point mentioned by Zhang Hongyu was that the main reason for the failure of this battle was the light enemy of the new army, up to himself, down to the ordinary officers, have a heartfelt contempt for the Chu army, but it turns out that the combat effectiveness of the Chu army is not bad, especially after the Chu side played the slogan of protecting the family and defending the country, the battle of Pengcheng, even if it was fought with the local guards, although the Han army won the battle, it was also quite difficult, Zhang Hongyu specifically mentioned the two battles of Tucheng and Luliuzhuang.

At the end of the fold, the black handwriting turned red, and Gao Yuan's nose smelled a faint fishy smell, obviously, it was written by Zhang Hongyu in blood.

"The minister would rather die than be dishonored, even if he leaves in this way, the minister is unacceptable, the minister is valued by the king, entrusted with a heavy responsibility, but he loses his teacher and humiliates the country, has no shame to return to the Han Dynasty, and has no shame to face the orphans and widows of the brothers who died in the battle of the new army, the minister can only apologize for his sins, and implore the king to keep the number of the new army, and in the future war with the Chu State, still take the new army as the vanguard, after this defeat, the new army will be reborn, and in the future war, it will be able to destroy the city and pull out the village for the king, and make meritorious deeds.

With a bang, Gao Yuan slammed the fold on the table, his thick eyebrows were upside down, and the muscles on his face twitched, obviously very angry at this time.

"Stupid!" He said angrily.

"Your Majesty, General Zhang's integrity is commendable!" Jiang Jiaquan took a step, "Since General Zhang apologized for his crime with death, the imperial court promised to mourn and honor the afterlife, so as not to chill the soldiers of the new First Army."

Gao Yuan let out a long breath: "The integrity is commendable, but the behavior is stupid. One of my army commanders, not died on the battlefield, but actually killed himself himself, thinking that when Qin Chu heard this, he would inevitably celebrate with a crown, overjoyed, the relatives are painful, and the enemies are fast, Zhang Hongyu, you disappointed me too much."

"Your Majesty." Jiang Jiaquan took another step forward, looked at Gao Yuan, and stopped talking.

"I know, I know what you're trying to say!" Gao Yuan raised his hand and shook it in the air, "Mr. Jiang, I'm just here to say it, in public, I know what to say, who else is in Zhang Hongyu's family?"

"Back to the king, Zhang Hongyu's parents died early, and he only has a wife and a son, and his son is sixteen years old this year and is studying at Jishicheng Military University." Ye Chong said, "His wife is also taking care of his son in Jishi City."

"Send someone to bring them to Jicheng." Gao Yuan sighed: "Leaving orphans and widows, Zhang Hongyu is really ruthless. Mr. Jiang, Zhang Hongyu's posthumous affairs will be handled by the political affairs hall, be grand, the aftermath affairs must be arranged, and his son, after graduation, will make up for my personal guard."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"As soon as Zhang Hongyu dies, the new army will inevitably be unstable, what did Wu Qi say in the letter?"

"Wu Qi said in the letter that Cui Chengxiu, the acting commander appointed by Zhang Hongyu, was calm and moderate, and his prestige in the army was also high, and although Zhang Hongyu's death caused a huge shock in the new First Army, under Cui Chengxiu's appeasement, the whole army still accepted this fact and was slowly withdrawing from Pengcheng, and there should be no accidents."

"Cui Chengxiu, I remember this person!" Gao Yuan closed his eyes, when he first inspected Jishi City Military University, this Cui Chengxiu was outstanding and attracted his attention among hundreds of students in one fell swoop, and when he left, he also specially greeted Yang Guopei and asked him to take more care of this student, and now it seems that this person is really a talent.

"Since Zhang Hongyu is interested in him, let him act as the commander of the march first, and the military department will appoint him, so that he will not be unjustified and difficult to do."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Although this battle was lost, the aftermath must be done well, not to mention the people who sacrificed, according to the laws of the imperial court, even if the troops retreating from Suiyang, they must be specially appeased, discuss with Wang Wuyan, allocate a batch of silver, and give them a reward of silver. Even if it's not much, but it must show the attitude of the court, and not because they lost the battle, they will be despised because they have lost the battle, and winning and losing the battle are all the battles of the court, and I, the king, will not blame them."

"Your Majesty, but will it be ...... to give a silver reward to the army that has lost the battle?"

"This is Zhang Hongyu's life to earn." Speaking of this, Gao Yuan was still a little annoyed. The military department and the political affairs hall will each send a person with enough weight to condole at that time. We must keep this force stable."

"Got it!" Ye Zhong and Jiang Jiaquan nodded at the same time.

"Okay, Mr. Jiang, it's not too early, you guys are also young and old, don't be too tired, go back and rest first, Ye Chong, you stay, let's have a good chat about the reorganization of the army." Gao Yuan waved his hand.

"Then, take care, your majesty, we take our leave!" Jiang Jiaquan nodded, saluted Gao Yuan, turned around and left with a few politicians.

"Sit down!" Gao Yuan got up, returned to the back of the big case, and pointed to the chair in front of the big case.

Ye Chong thanked Gao Yuan too much, pulled a chair and sat opposite Gao Yuan.

"I've read the report you submitted to me on the reorganization of the army, and I'm not satisfied." Gao Yuan said bluntly: "According to your method, it is simply to change the soup without changing the medicine, and there is no substantial change, Ye Chong, you have been following me for a long time, you should know that what I want to build is an army that is different from any army in history."

Ye Chong stood up suddenly, "The minister is afraid, please ask the king for advice."

"Sit down, it's not your problem!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, "I should have carefully told you my thoughts beforehand, Ye Chong, do you know what kind of army I want to build?"

"A strong, invincible force." Ye said loudly.

"And that's just the stubble." Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "First of all, what I want to build is an army that is loyal to the country."

"Your Majesty, now our army is loyal to the Han and the king." Ye Zhong hurriedly said.

Gao Yuan smiled, "I know this, but Ye Chong, can you guarantee that after we die, we are alive, and no one in this army will dare to make trouble and dare to support the army, but what if we die?"

"Your Majesty, you ......" Ye Chong was taken aback.

"People are going to die, isn't it, I mean, the future, far away, so there are some things, I have to start from now, Ye Chong, Meng Tian is not loyal to the Qin State? But why did King Qin Wulie not worry about him until he died? Not to mention the Tian Dan of the Qi State, the Qi army only knows that there is him, but not the king, and An Ke knows that our army will not become like this in the future?"

Listening to Gao Yuan's harmonious drizzle, Ye Chong was sweating, and under Gao Yuan's narration, he gradually understood Gao Yuan's whole idea of reorganizing the army. (To be continued......)