Where did Cui Chengxiu and the three of them notice that a small platoon commander at the entrance of the military department did not salute them, and the three of them were thinking about a lawsuit at the moment. After the new first army retreated from Pengcheng all the way to Suiyang, the three of them received an order from Jicheng, asking them to return to Beijing together to report on their work, although for this moment, the new first army had already prepared, and the three led by Cui Chengxiu also did a lot of homework for this, and completely reviewed the war and summarized the gains and losses, but they did not expect that the three of them would return to Beijing together, they could imagine that after returning to Beijing this time, they would inevitably face the questioning. In any case, there are many omen of this defeat, if the new army is more vigilant and attaches more importance to the enemy, there will be no situation behind, if only one division is trapped, with the strength and combat effectiveness of the new first army, in fact, there is a great chance to recover, but when the whole army is trapped in the special terrain area of Sixi, the new army will not be able to carry out at all, and the tactics of adding fuel will only let the soldiers go to death one by one, and the new first army, which has no choice but to take a defensive position, will eventually be trapped by the enemy.

But they didn't expect that after returning to Jicheng, what they saw was that the senior generals of the entire Han Kingdom actually gathered in Jicheng, which made their pressure even greater, compared to the famous generals of other armies, famous generals with outstanding military achievements, the three of them were too inferior in terms of qualifications and military achievements, and many of them had also been their teachers.

For example, Ye Zhen told them about the command of the large army and the cooperation of the soldiers, He Lanxiong told them about cavalry tactics, and Bai Yucheng told them about the use of special operations in military confrontation, when these generals were already famous all over the world, Cui Chengxiu and Gao Chengdong were still students who didn't understand fart, and Dong Zhuang was still in the new barracks of Yan State at that time, working hard to eat a few full meals!

The conference room of the military department is completely arranged according to Gao Yuan's meaning, a circle of round tables around the entire conference room, in the empty space in the middle of the table, is a huge sand table, Cui Chengxiu just glanced at it when he came in, and recognized that it was a terrain model of Pengcheng. At this time, on the round table, the generals who came first were already sitting around the table, pointing at the sand table, obviously discussing the battle of Pengcheng that had just ended.

Seeing this scene, Cui Chengxiu's head hung lower, and he didn't go to the first row to sit, but found a chair in the corner and sat down, Gao Chengdong and Dong Zhuang did the same, but Dong Zhuang's figure was too strong, and the room was so big, no matter where he sit, it was extremely conspicuous.

The three of them sat down with their heads down, but there were still footsteps in their ears, getting closer and closer, and when they raised their heads, they saw Xu Yuan, the commander of the Northern Army. The three of them stood up, Xu Yuan's eyes swept lightly over the three of them, and finally fell on Dong Zhuang's body.

"Commander!" Dong Zhuang took a step forward and shouted.

Dong Zhuang used to be a member of the North Field general, from a soldier step by step to the position of battalion commander, Xu Yuan sent him to the Jicheng Comprehensive University Senior Commander Training Course, but when he was about to graduate, the newly expanded New First Army was in urgent need of officers, Zhang Hongyu pried Xu Yuan's corner, and abducted Dong Zhuang to the New First Army with the position of division commander, for which Zhang Hongyu also went to Ye Chong's door, this incident made Xu Yuan very angry, and sued Gao Yuan, but in the end, it was not over.

Because Xu Yuan knew very well that in the Northern Field Army Group, after Dong Zhuang graduated and went back, he could achieve the position of regiment commander at the highest, and now since he can take Dong Zhuang to a higher level, he is not willing to pursue it too much, he is just angry at Zhang Hongyu's unscrupulous behavior.

"Commander, I'm a disgrace to Kitano." Dong Zhuang lowered his head, "I also disappointed the commander."

Xu Yuan stared at the big man and shook his head, "Dong Zhuang, failure is not terrible, I am afraid that I will lose my sharpness, the three of you now represent the new First Army, but look at your appearance, you are like a bear that has been beaten down, do you feel faceless?" The general here has not lost a battle, if he loses a battle like you are now, then there is still the Fujun Army of the year, the Eastern Army, can there still be the current glorious Han Dynasty? If Zhang Hongyu knew that the three of you were like now, he would definitely regret stabbing himself."

Xu Yuan's words were very heavy, Dong Zhuang didn't dare to say anything, but Cui Chengxiu and Gao Chengdong, as Zhang Hongyu's subordinates, couldn't stand it, Huo Di raised his head and stared at Xu Yuan.

"What, it sounds uncomfortable?" Xu Yuan sneered, "It's a man, just straighten my spine for me, this battle is lost, and I should think about how to get it back next time instead of becoming a soft-footed crab."

Glancing at the three of them fiercely, Xu Yuan sneered, turned around and walked back.

Cui Chengxiu took a deep breath, strode to the chairs in the first row, sat down with his chest straight, and Gao Chengdong and Dong Zhuang also walked over.

The generals who were talking about it around just glanced at them, then turned their heads again, and continued their topic, for these people, the three of them are just small characters, in the army, this qualification is innate.

The general was discussing the battle of Pengcheng, and several commanders did not speak, but the heated discussion was about the commanders below, listening to everyone mercilessly point out some problems of the new first army in this operation, Cui Chengxiu's face was hot, and they didn't see these problems at that time, but they automatically ignored them.

"Division Commander Cui, I have one thing to understand, when you encountered the enemy's attack in Tucheng, didn't you consider such an important bayonet as Tucheng, why did the Chu army only send a small force of more than 1,000 people to resist here? As soon as Tucheng is lost, the gate of Pengcheng is wide open, and the generals of the Chu army will not be unaware of this problem, since they knowingly committed it, there must be a problem here, why haven't you noticed this?" There was a questioning voice in my ears.

The three of them raised their heads, and it was Kong Fang of Army Group Center who raised the question.

Dong Zhuang stood up and said: "At that time, Qin and Chu were at war, of course, now we know that it was just a trap set by Qin Chu, so we think that the Chu people did not expect us to suddenly attack, Tucheng is not enough troops, it is just a helpless move by the Chu people in the current situation, and after taking Tucheng, we have encountered several enemy resistances, although the number is gradually increasing, but still unable to effectively compete with our army, so at that time, we thought that these troops, It's just an outcast of the enemy in order to delay the speed of our attack, in order to buy time for the defense of Pengcheng."

"The third division and one regiment encountered in Sixi not the expected local guards but the regular army of the Chu army, at this time you should already know that something is wrong, why did you still lead the rest of the third division to fight in Sixi?" Zheng Xiaoyang looked at Dong Zhuang and asked.

Dong Zhuang was silent for a moment, "At that time, I thought that if I didn't go, this regiment would be finished, so on the one hand, I ordered the second regiment Mao Afu to speed up the march to Pengcheng and contain the enemy's forces, I thought that the enemy's main force was still in Pengcheng. At that time, I thought that if we put in enough troops, we could save a regiment."

"Senior Commander Cui, didn't Commander Zhang see that this was a trap for the Chu people at that time? At this time, the enemy's strength should have been almost exposed, even if there are still hidden troops, it will not be too much, the three divisions surrounding Commander Dong have already made them show most of their cards, why did Commander Zhang give the order for the whole army to assault Sixi at that time? It was this order that caused the entire New First Army to fall into the Jedi of Sixi!"

Cui Chengxiu stood up, "Yes, this is our mistake, at that time, Commander Zhang and I, Cheng Dong Yizhi thought that although the enemy had more troops, if it came to the combat effectiveness of the sergeants, we would be far superior to the opponent, so we were confident that we would rescue the third division, fight out of the encirclement and even defeat the opponent, and regain the initiative on the battlefield!"

Having said that, all the senior generals present have already understood the cause and effect of the matter, to put it bluntly, in this war, the new army did not take the opponent in its eyes at all, even if a division has been encircled, but the new first army from top to bottom thought that it could easily defeat the enemy, not only to rescue friendly troops, but also to defeat the opponent and regain victory in the war.

But they obviously greatly underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Chu army, not only did they not rescue the third division, but they also trapped themselves, and the Chu army succumbed to the transfer of troops in this battle, and the time was accurate, and finally Zhang Hongyu was powerless to return to the sky.

"In the final analysis, it's still the result of underestimating the enemy!" He Lanxiong said lightly: "I don't know the enemy, and I am arrogant, this battle, before we have fought, we have already lost half of it."

"Chief He, although this is the reason, but the problem of the new first army, I'm afraid it is also the problem of all our troops, I just thought to myself, if I and Zhang Hongyu change places, I am afraid that I will also make the same decision as him, and the final result is not much better." Xu Yuan knocked on the table, "The strong man is brittle, I don't think I can do it, because our Han army has never fought such a battle."

"The biggest problem with Zhang Hongyu's command in this battle is here!" Ye Zhen shook his head, "If you make a decision at this time, ignore Dong Zhuang's third division that is under siege, but command the main force of the new first army to attack Pengcheng directly, as long as Pengcheng is in a hurry, the Chu army that surrounds the third division is only afraid that it will withdraw its troops to help Pengcheng, after all, if Pengcheng is lost, they will lose this battle."

"The defense of Pengcheng City is strong, at that time we thought that if we attacked Pengcheng, we were afraid that we would not be able to take it in a short time, at that time we had already learned that the enemy army in Pengcheng was far superior to us in numbers, rather than attacking Pengcheng, which was in danger of the city, it was more effective to attack Sixi directly, at that time we were looking for the enemy's main force for a decisive battle." Cui Chengxiu said.

"I still haven't looked down on the opponent and underestimated the enemy, this is the fatal problem!" Meng Chong knocked on the table and sighed. As Xu Yuan said, this is not just a problem of the new First Army, I am afraid that we all have this problem to a greater or lesser extent, this time it can be regarded as a wake-up call for us, trapped beasts are still fighting, not to mention a big country that has stood in the south for hundreds of years and has been competing with the Qin State for hundreds of years." (To be continued......)