The generals of the Song army gathered again, but the person sitting on the main seat changed from Chen Xi to Zhao Qingxuan.

Originally, there were not a few people left in the position of the Zhenbei Army, and the old general's chair was even more empty.

At present, the number of generals in the account is only about 60% of the original. Among them, the general and the general Zhenbei were not there; Three miscellaneous generals, Mei Zhisheng, the general of the town army, was seriously injured and was in first aid, Wang Junjie, the general of the Chinese army, had been dismissed and suppressed due to the collapse of the front due to the unauthorized withdrawal of the army, and Li Kui, the general of the army.

Zhao Qingxuan looked at everyone in the audience and said: "The general is still recuperating from his injuries, and it is inconvenient to come, so this military meeting will be presided over by Lone, can the generals have any objections?" ”

In order to avoid the already unstable military spirit from worsening, Zhao Qingxuan did not make Chen Xi's death public.

Where do the generals here dare to disagree, he Zhao Qingxuan is no longer unbearable, he is also the king of the Great Song Dynasty, what is the difference between speaking out at this time and being kicked in the brain by a donkey.

"Okay." Seeing the silence in the audience, Zhao Qingxuan nodded, and then said: "I summoned you here this time to discuss the current battle at the Tianwei Pass. ”

Zhao Qingxuan turned his head to look at the military counselor who was on this trip to the Southern Army of the Great Song Dynasty, "Li joins the army, report on the casualties of our army's various units." ”

"No."

Li Qipeng came to the center of the field, first bowed his hand to Zhao Qingxuan, and then said: "The total number of southbound troops is 51,672 people, and if you count the Sancheng army that joined later, it is 57,935 people. After the first battle, excluding the fallen soldiers and the soldiers who stayed behind in the battle, a total of 52,455 military horses came to Tianwei Pass. ”

Li Qipeng paused and continued: "In the first battle of Tianwei Pass, our army lost 20,913 people killed and 5,322 wounded, of which 1,414 were seriously wounded and could no longer go into battle. The casualties of all units of our army were different, with the Zhenbei Army and the general's personal guards suffering the most serious casualties, and there were only 826 people left in the entire Zhenbei Army. The general's personal guards were completely annihilated.

Yes, plus the Yanyun Iron Cavalry who came to the aid yesterday, our army has roughly 35,000 combatable armor soldiers. ”

"The casualties of the generals, the general Chen Xi was seriously injured, and the general Liu Xiaochen of Zhenbei was killed in battle..."

At the mention of Liu Xiaochen, the generals in the military tent looked gloomy. Even the generals of the Zhennan Army, who have always been at odds with the Zhenbei Army, are also sad.

No one expected that Liu Xiaochen, who was a veteran of the Three Dynasties of the Great Song Dynasty and had entered the peak realm, would die under the Tianwei Pass like this.

"Mei Zhisheng, the general of the town army, was seriously injured, twelve partial generals, four were killed in the battle, and two were seriously injured."

After speaking, Li Qipeng waved to Zhao Qingxuan again, and then walked back to his seat.

Zhao Qingxuan nodded, raised his eyes and looked at the people in the audience with heavy expressions: "Lone doesn't know anything about military affairs, so he wants to ask the generals here, what should I do next?" Is it to fight, or to retreat? ”

The generals were silent.

Before they reached Tianwei Pass, nearly half of the army had suffered casualties, the high-level generals were almost completely wiped out, and half of the middle-level generals were also killed or wounded. In Tianwei Pass, there are still 100,000 Qi troops.

It seems that there is no need to say much about fighting and retreating.

"Your Majesty."

The counselor got up from his seat again: "Now that the army has suffered heavy casualties and lost its spirit, it will fight again. The minister asked the king to withdraw his army, and it would not be too late to plan for the south. ”

"Well, Li Senjun has a point."

Zhao Qingxuan raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and then said, "Do you have any other suggestions?" ”

Facing Zhao Qingxuan's gaze, all the generals lowered their heads.

They are proud generals of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are unwilling and unwilling to say the word retreat, but as Li Qipeng said, the current Song army has lost its sharpness and will not fight again.

"Can't be returned!"

A loud shout suddenly sounded in the crowd, Lan Yun Huoran stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, if you retreat at this moment, won't those 20,000 soldiers die in vain." General Zhenbei died at the hands of Zhao Wenqi, how can this revenge not be avenged! Ministers, please fight! ”

"Ridiculous!"

Li Qipeng said: "If you don't retreat at this moment, then you will let those soldiers really die in vain." Do you want the remaining 30,000 Song Erlang to be buried with Liu Xiaochen alone? ”

"Boom!"

Lan Yun pulled out his long sword, "Say it again!" ”

"General Lan, don't be rude." Zhao Qingxuan frowned and said, "Put the sword away." ”

Lan Yun hesitated for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth and retracted the long sword into its sheath.

Seeing that Lan Yun's face was full of dissatisfaction, Zhao Qingxuan said softly: "What you said when you join the army is not unreasonable. If it is for the sake of revenge and the entire army of Zhengnan is annihilated, presumably General Liu Jiuquan will not be blind. ”

Lan Yun was stunned, and finally sighed and sat back in his place.

Guo Yu, who had always been silent in the crowd, looked at Zhao Qingxuan, who was so serious on the main seat, and was a little uncomfortable for a while.

This Great Song Emperor, who has always behaved absurdly, seems to have grown up overnight.

Thinking that Zhao Qingxuan became like this because of Chen Xi's death, Guo Yu's mood couldn't help but become gloomy.

After Lan Yun sat down, the military tent became quiet again. Zhao Qingxuan waited for a long time, and when he saw that no one spoke, he said, "Do all the generals think they should retreat?" That being the case, then..."

"I think I shouldn't retreat."

Just when everyone thought that the military council had withdrawn from the army, a middle-aged general in black armor stood up from the corner, and he clasped his fists at Zhao Qingxuan and said: "Your Majesty, because of the threat of barbarians, the Great Song Dynasty has only been able to take a corner of peace for many years and let the Qi country become bigger. Now coincides with the civil strife in northern Xinjiang, if we can't take the opportunity to do something, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will no longer be able to enter the Central Plains and regain the glory of 20 years ago. Yes, minister, please fight. ”

"General Black Bamboo." Li Qipeng, who had not yet sat down, turned his head to look at the commander of Yanyun's left cavalry, "It is important to reproduce the glory of the Great Song Dynasty, but everything must be put into strength. Does the general think that the current Song army can defeat the 100,000 elite Qi troops in Tianwei Pass? ”

Wang Ziwei said: "Yang Zhiyong's sergeants are called elite, where can they compare to my Great Song Dynasty, these strong soldiers who have been tempered in blood and fire for many years?" ”

Li Qipeng sneered: "As you say, the Qi army seems to be vulnerable in front of our army, so why did our army suffer such a fiasco?" ”

Wang Ziwei has also been from those armor

learned of the battle, and immediately said: "Our army was defeated, one is because Zhao Wenqi rushed into battle alone and seriously injured the general, so that the army was uncommanded, and the other is because Yang Zhiyong raided on the flank. But this time is different from the past, Yanyun Iron Cavalry has arrived, if Zhao Wenqi still dares to rush into battle, he will not come back! ”

Li Qipeng really can't refute this, the shadow of a famous tree. The Yanyun Iron Cavalry was invincible, and there were countless martial arts masters who had died at their hands over the years.

Yan Yun Tieqi has never killed the Grandmaster, but that doesn't mean they can't kill the Grandmaster. No matter how strong Zhao Wenqi is, is it still stronger than the 100,000 halberds of the Northern Wei Dynasty under Tianlan City.

The generals present listened to Wang Ziwei's words, and the decadent look on their faces was swept away.

If not, who of them will?

"General Wang." Although it was not out of his intention, for the sake of the overall situation, Li Kui, the general of the army, still stood up from his seat and said to Wang Ziwei: "... But the general was seriously wounded... At present, the Song army is still uncommanded..."

Wang Ziwei was stunned for a moment, and the expressions of the generals present also froze.

"Exactly." Li Qipeng sighed, "If it weren't for that, why would I insist on suggesting to withdraw from the army." Yanyun Iron Cavalry is indeed brave, but it also needs someone who can make good use of it. Now the highest generals in the Song camp are only the general of the Protector Army and the general of Heizhu. You might lead these 30,000 troops and horses to defeat Yang Zhiyong? ”

Wang Ziwei was silent, while Li Kui shook his head with a wry smile.

Both of them are the kind of fierce generals who charge into battle, and if they command ten thousand people, it will not be a problem. But let them lead tens of thousands of troops to fight the mastiff of the Qi country, they naturally can't do it.

"Join the army." Zhao Qingxuan said suddenly: "Are you saying that as long as someone can lead these 30,000 troops, they can fight against the Qi army?" ”

Li Qipeng bowed his head and replied: "It's just a battle, and the outcome is unknown." Moreover, there is no such candidate in the army. ”

Zhao Qingxuan chuckled: "Who said no." ”

Li Qipeng showed a look of surprise on his face: "Could it be that the injuries on the general's body have been healed?" ”

Zhao Qingxuan shook his head.

"That's... Who else could there be? ”

Zhao Qingxuan grinned and shouted at the crowd: "Brother-in-law, don't do anything after you finish your things, get up and work!" ”

(End of chapter)