There was no word all night, and the next morning, the battle report from the front was transmitted back to Pingyong.

Le Jinghui, who was encamped near Guanxian County, was attacked by an elite squad of the defenders at night, and the 40,000-strong army was defeated, the ordnance, grain and grass were burned, and the morale of the whole army was demoralized, and it was in urgent need of Pingyong to increase food supplies.

Seeing this battle report, Zeng Yuan angrily slapped the table on the spot and scolded angrily, a full army of 40,000 was actually crushed by the enemy with a squad of 2,000, what kind of battle is this?

I think that when Le Jinghui dealt with him, he only relied on more than 10,000 people to firmly press his 70,000 army on Hupan Mountain and rub it, what is going on now, 40,000 people can't deal with 2,000 people?

In the palace, a group of civil and military officers exchanged heads, and they were all surprised by Le Jinghui's defeat, even abnormal.

A scribe stood up and arched his hand: "My lord, General Le camped outside Guan County for two days, during which he did not send troops to call a battle, it is reported that the former army officers and soldiers have a lot of complaints about the surrender of the lord, and this time they were sent to crusade against Guan County, and the morale of the battalion is even more sluggish. ”

"According to what you mean, withdraw Le Jinghui and come back?" Zeng Yuanqi said angrily: "That's Le Jinghui's old department, if even he can't suppress it, who can lead our army?" ”

"This ......" The scribe was speechless, he didn't know how to lead his troops to fight.

Zeng Yuanqi paced back and forth in the hall with his hands on his back and said: "Now is not the time to hold anyone responsible, I want to know how to deal with it next." ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, they exchanged words again, and then Han Sheng stood up and said: "General Le has commanded the army for many years, and has always governed the army well, and he thinks that the morale of the former army is extremely weak. ”

Zeng Yuanqi nodded, it was easy for him to allocate grain here, but the question was what if he couldn't raise the morale of grain and grass?

"Does the Wen Palace have a countermeasure?" Zeng Yuanqi looked at Zhao Wengong, and he still had to rely on this person at the critical moment.

Zhao Wengong thought for a while and said: "Guanxian is easy to defend and difficult to attack, General Le has rich experience in commanding troops, and must be well versed in this, I expect that General Le is mostly unintentional to attack the city, which causes the morale of the whole army to be low, the lord can first allocate 10,000 grain and grass to General Le for emergency, and send a team to supervise the army, and order him to send troops to attack the city. ”

"What Wen Gong said is very true." Zeng Yuanqi said with a straight face: "The history of the assassin has sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to gallop to aid Lelin, Guanxian is very important, it must be taken before the arrival of the reinforcements of the assassin history, pass on my military order, and order Zhou Zhuoyun to be the supervisor of the army, and lead a thousand soldiers and horses to immediately escort 10,000 stones of grain and grass to aid General Le." ”

"Whoa!" Zhou Zhuoyun, who was standing behind Han Sheng, stood up and took the order to leave.

After the others left, Zeng Yuanqi said: "My army has been out for more than a month, Yong'an troops are empty, recently Huaihua has many people and bandits, once you wander the territory, Yong'an counties will inevitably be turbulent, I intend to let a few county orders be withdrawn first to prevent it, what do you think?" ”

"The lord is thoughtful, those county soldiers are of poor quality and low combat effectiveness, and they are not good enough to attack the city and pull out the village, and it is useless to stay in the camp to consume food and grass, so it is better to let them go back to take care of the county." Han Sheng responded as soon as possible.

He is now unhappy when he sees Chen Ziqian, a county order, he dares to use him, and he also knows that he is greedy for Chu Qishang's military exploits.

If this kind of person hadn't been afraid of killing and causing turmoil, and being held accountable by Zeng Yuanqi, he would have done it a long time ago.

Now that there is an opportunity to send Chen Ziqian back, it is natural to vigorously support him.

"My lord!" Zhao Wengong stood up and arched his hand: "The current war in Guanxian County is not going well, our army may increase the front line at any time, and the three counties of Ningyun, Peilai and Changchuan still need to send troops to suppress it. ”

"What does the Wen Palace think should be done to deal with the predicament of Yong'an?" Zeng Yuanqi felt that it made sense, but at the same time, Yong'an's side couldn't ignore it, compared to those county soldiers who were thrown outside the city to consume grain and grass in vain, it was really better to withdraw to solve Yong'an's predicament.

Zhao Wengong also felt a headache about this, and thought about it and said: "The lord might as well wait for a few more days, first, the success or failure of Guanxian County will be determined in a few days, and second, the scouts sent back to Yong'an should also determine the situation, and it will not be too late for the lord to make a decision at that time." ”

"Lord Zhao, is this going to let the lord sit and wait to be killed?" Han Sheng snorted contemptuously and coldly said, "If it is really as Lord Zhao expected, what should we do if the war in Guan County is still not going well by then?" What about Huaihua homeless people and bandits wandering around the country? At present, letting those county soldiers withdraw their troops back can at least solve the predicament of Yong'an, and won't it be difficult to take care of both ends when such inaction is done? ”

"If the lord is not at ease, he can let a few county commanders leave the soldiers and horses first, and go back to deal with the county government by himself, with their local connections, they have their own family to help and support, and the difficulty of Yong'an has not yet happened, and they are enough to deal with it." Zhao Wengong didn't bother to pay attention to Han Sheng, and made concessions with his arch.

Zeng Yuanqi shook his head at this and said: "The soldiers and horses in the counties are already scattered, if the county order is transferred away, the 20,000 county soldiers will be scattered, and it is useless to keep them, so why not let them take them back to govern the county government?" ”

"The lord is wise!"

"No, my lord!" Zhao Wengong said under pressure again: "That's 20,000 horses, if someone has a heart to get in the way, the consequences are unimaginable!" ”

"Huh!?" Zeng Yuanqi looked displeased, but he still heard who the person with a heart was in Zhao Wengong's words, if it was really as Zhao Wengong suspected, the consequences would be really unimaginable: "Since Wengong is so insistent, let's wait for two more days for the time being." ”

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Chen Ziqian had been staying in the camp, not knowing that the problem that was bothering him had almost collapsed.

At this time, it was already early afternoon, the scorching sun was in the sky, and the restless Chen Ziqian was scratching his ears and cheeks in the camp tent, his long hair was messy, and he was scratching his head when he was trying to strategize.

It's so difficult, in such an environment, it is impossible to take away 20,000 county soldiers intact.

Chen Ziqian thought about the reason for going back to the county to deal with the county government, after all, Huaihua was in turmoil, and it was reasonable to put forward this reason, but who would mention it?

He is now under suspicion, he will die, since the other county commanders choose to wait and see, they definitely don't want to touch Zeng Yuan's bad luck, and it is even more impossible to try to get Yao Taicheng or Han Sheng to say it, Han Sheng has the intention of retaliating against him, and he must be more defensive against him.

In short, formal channels definitely won't work, and it's too risky to force it out, and several other county commanders have ambiguous attitudes, neither making it clear that they will take refuge in him, nor do they say that they want to follow Zeng Yuanqi all the way to the black.

After thinking about it, Chen Ziqian couldn't think of a countermeasure even if he thought about it, and even began to doubt himself - Lao Tzu worked so hard, what the hell is the plan, without these 20,000 county soldiers, Lao Tzu can't deal with a Zeng Yuanqi?

"Kill out, as long as you take Hemen, it doesn't matter if you have 20,000 county soldiers or not, it can be easier if you don't have it, at least you don't have to worry about food and grass!" Chen Ziqian casually threw the map on the table, and simply stopped thinking about it.

When the time comes, other county orders will follow, and if they don't pull down, Lao Tzu will not serve.

Chen Ziqian felt that he was a little bit of a bull's horn, how could he be all-encompassing, but he had to take away the 20,000 county soldiers intact, why bother?

Out of this big camp is the enemy, sooner or later you have to fight, just recklessly it's over, why do you want to do so much?

Chen Ziqian's heart suddenly brightened, stretched his waist and was about to freshen up and eat lunch, but Gan Youzhi ran into the big tent in a hurry at this time: "Lord, go and take a look, General Yao said that the other battalions are competing against each other, and the soldiers in the battalion will follow suit. ”

"Oh!?" Chen Ziqian raised his eyebrows and said, "The other big battalions are engaged in martial arts competitions? ”

"But isn't it, I heard that tomorrow, all battalions will organize themselves to engage in a joint martial arts competition and compete for the first strong pawn in the ten counties of Yong'an, isn't this adding to the chaos?" Gan Youzhi didn't understand what those county commanders wanted to do, and at the same time he was a little suspicious of Chen Ziqian's ability, didn't he say that he wanted to cut down tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Zeng Yuanqi first, what did he do?

When Chen Ziqian heard this, he laughed: "What a number one pawn, I'm so worried that I can't move Yao Taicheng's dog thing, this thing actually took the initiative to hit Lao Tzu's muzzle." ”

Chen Ziqian looked so excited that he couldn't even take care of eating, so he hurriedly ran out to respond to Yao Taicheng's dispatch, and even added some colorful heads to boost his spirit.

Yao Taicheng originally wanted to disgust Chen Ziqian by doing this, but he didn't expect Chen Ziqian to cooperate so much, which made him feel like a punch on the cotton, and the interest in holding a martial arts confrontation faded most of the time.

Chen Ziqian doesn't care what Yao Taicheng thinks, how can he let go of such a good opportunity?

He will not only compete today, but also compete with other battalions tomorrow, and when the time comes, he will take advantage of the situation and go directly out of the sky!