Military regulations are used to restrain people, whether intentionally or unintentionally, or with good intentions, since they violate military regulations, they should be punished, including Fang Changping.

Chen Ziqian will not open the net because of who has merit, if this kind of thing is left unchecked, once there will be a second time, and at that time, all military regulations will be useless.

Of course, the rewards and punishments are clearly good, but after the situation stabilizes, it is only now that Pingyong has just been defeated, and there are still a lot of things to deal with.

Chen Ziqian immediately ordered to consolidate the city defense and clean up the battlefield, and in the devastated Pingyong City, the soldiers and soldiers were not easy to get hot.

In this battle, more than 13,000 defenders were wiped out, 10,000 soldiers were subdued, more than 4,000 horses were collected, and countless grains and grasses were loaded.

Chen Ziqian sent someone to ransack the Pingyong warehouse by the way, and packed all the valuable gold and silver utensils in it and took it away, full of five carts of treasures, which Zeng Yuanqi had not had time to take away before, but now they were all cheaply given to him.

On the city tower, Chen Ziqian listened to the soldiers come over one after another to report the results of the battle, and the expression on his face was quite calm, as if he had expected this result a long time ago.

"My lord, the execution ground has been deployed and can be executed at any time." Gan Youzhi also hurried to report.

Chen Ziqian nodded and said, "How many people are there?" ”

"According to the orders of the lord, in addition to Zhang Guangzhi and his cronies, together with General Le's various military armies, such as Sima and Duya, and other generals in important positions, there are also some who refuse to obey, a total of 479 people."

"Take all the soldiers over to watch the punishment, and tell them that this is the end of the poor protection of the master, and in the future, there will be those who abandon the commander and surrender, from the general to the deputy general, down to the chief of the army, all of them will be beheaded!" Chen Ziqian doesn't have a good impression of the generals who are demoted, these people usually have a next time if they can descend once.

Of course, people do not destroy heaven and earth for themselves, and it is normal for people to surrender for their lives.

After all, most of these soldiers were forced to join the army, and it was indeed difficult for a strong man to expect them to fight to the death.

No one is born willing to fight and live in peace, and who wants to pin their head to the waistband of their trousers.

But the situation is like this, the world is in turmoil, no one can stay out of it, and if you want to survive, you must take up arms.

Chen Ziqian does not expect his soldiers to be tenacious and unyielding, but in the future, he will focus on popularizing faith and letting the soldiers know what they are fighting for, so that not only can the combat effectiveness of the team be improved, but even the surrender will be greatly reduced.

Of course, these are all later words, and the current priority is to rebuild morale and leave Pingyong as soon as possible.

This place is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Lelin to the east, and Jing Ce Nian on the other side of the river gate may also wave troops at any time, and he will face Zeng Yuanqi on the way back to Yong'an.

Staying here in Pingyong for one more day will be more dangerous, Chen Ziqian didn't plan to stay here to compete: "General Fang, 10,000 soldiers will be handed over to you to resettle, and they will be integrated into the army as soon as possible, we can't stay here in Pingyong for a long time, at the latest tomorrow morning, we must pull out the camp and withdraw the army." ”

"My subordinates understand, it's just that the Dagong Mountain is ......" Fang Changping asked cautiously, listening to Chen Ziqian's meaning, it seemed that he didn't plan to send troops to help.

Chen Ziqian shook his head and said: "Our army marched overnight, and just captured Pingyong, the soldiers are already exhausted, and there are still tens of thousands of soldiers who have not been properly settled. ”

"That's the case, but it's eight thousand people, and Miss Le is still trapped there, if you don't save it......" Fang Changping glanced at Chen Ziqian, and the expression on his face looked a little strange.

Chen Ziqian also showed bitterness: "Look at their own creation, I can't risk the lives of tens of thousands of brothers for them." ”

"General Le entrusts the whole family to the lord, if the lord is indifferent here, it will always damage the prestige of the lord." Fang Changping's expression became solemn when he said this: "If the lord gives an order, I am willing to lead three thousand men and horses to Dagong Mountain immediately to rescue Miss Le." ”

"I know what you want, but now is not the time to be reckless, several pairs of eyes are staring at us, once the horse's feet are exposed, our army is trapped here and is in danger of being annihilated." Chen Ziqian shook his head and vetoed this proposal and said: "I have done everything I can, whether Miss Le can escape this catastrophe depends on her own creation, you go and get busy first, pay attention to patrols, and let the scouts closely monitor every move in Hemen and Guanxian." ”

"Whoa!" Fang Changping nodded helplessly, he didn't have to say anything more at this point, so he turned around and went to deal with military affairs.

Chen Ziqian looked at the direction of Dagong Mountain with his hands on his back on the city tower, as the words said, the current situation of the army is like this, Le Yingqing's side is really helpless, at most, he can only wait for the side to get out of trouble smoothly, and send a team to deal with it.

The lord also has the difficulties of the lord, and everything must be based on the overall situation.

To be honest, Zeng Yuanqi is not what Chen Ziqian is most worried about outside the wild, but what he is really worried about is Jing Ce Nian in Hemen County, who is the big guy who can defeat him as soon as he makes a move.

"Even if it's a change of opponent, it's Jing Ce Year!"

Chen Ziqian must guard against this big guy, the team is now exhausted, once he goes to Dagong Mountain to clash with Zeng Yuanqi again, Jing Ce Nian can easily wipe out both him and Zeng Yuanqi.

In this way, the two biggest threats were solved, and Jing Ce Nian could easily recover the three counties of Yong'an, Pingyong, and Lelin at his fingertips.

This kind of thing that can be sent to others as gunmen can't be done, Chen Ziqian has to think of a way to take the team to cross Zeng Yuanqi and return to Yong'an directly, only in this way can he ensure that Jing Ce Nian has no time to take care of Yong'an.

It's just that it's easier said than done.

Zeng Yuanqi hates him to the bone now, even if he tries his best, he will not let him go, how can he easily let him go back to Yong'an.

In fact, Zeng Yuanqi not only didn't plan to give up with Chen Ziqian, but even ignored Jing Ce Nian's back-to-back wooing.

In Peilai City, Zeng Yuanqi wore a shawl, tied a filial piety scarf on his forehead, and sat at the gate of the county government without any image.

He was armed with a bloody sword, and in front of him knelt a row of deserters who had attempted to defect, as well as dozens of corpses, and his face was expressionless, and no one could tell whether he was happy or sad.

Zhao Wengong and Han Sheng and the others stood behind him, trembling for fear of saying something inappropriate and annoying this master again.

There was only another middle-aged man in armor in the field, whose face was somewhat similar to Zeng Yuanqi, and said with a sad face: "Brother, make a decision, if we continue to consume like this, we won't even have the last way to retreat." ”

"A way out?" Zeng Yuanqi snorted contemptuously and coldly: "Jing Ce Nian asked us to attack Chen Ziqian for meritorious service, saying that he would not be guilty of this army after handing over the military power afterwards, but in fact, he really eliminated Chen Ziqian, do you think he can still let us go?" ”

"Then what should we do, Yong'an is gone, do we still want to let Chen Ziqian go?"

"You can't let go of nature, but you must not believe in Jing Cenian's one-sided words." Zeng Yuanqi said: "You first take the cavalry to Dagong Mountain to pick up Zhou Zhuoyun, and the eight thousand remnants of the army can be incorporated if they can be absorbed, and if they can't be recruited, don't give it to others cheaply." ”

"Co-optation? But we don't have much food and grass, and if we collect those 8,000 remnants of soldiers, I'm afraid that we won't be able to last five days and will run out. ”

"It's easy to do." Zeng Yuanqi smiled coldly and said: "We are now blocked on the only way for Chen Ziqian to return to Yong'an, doesn't Jing Ce Nian want us to fight Chen Ziqian, let him send out the grain and grass he needs, and when the grain and grass arrive, we will send troops." ”

"And what if he doesn't give it?" Zeng Yuanguang scratched his head, feeling like he was listening to a joke.

"Don't give it?" Zeng Yuanqi said with a fierce look on his face: "If you don't give it to me, you will slaughter the city!" ”