Outside the tent of the Chinese army, a young general was looking at the two kinds talking to Sun Tu with an unhappy face, he couldn't understand how a young general who had never fought against Liaoxia and other strong enemies on the border could be so valued by the two grandfathers, especially when he saw that the other party was not only on an equal footing with the two kinds, but also made the second old man look annoyed when he spoke, and he almost rushed into the tent.

If it wasn't for Di Heming beside him to stop him in time, but even so, he still said angrily: "This Sun Tu is really bold, he dares to be so big, do you really think that his status as a marquis is very remarkable?" ”

"Zhengqing is angry, this is the meaning set by the two ministers, but you can't spoil the overall situation because of this little thing. Although he is not a few years older than you, he is indeed quite famous in the army, and he has a close relationship with the next big war, so you must not be rash. Di Heming pulled him tightly and persuaded him bitterly.

This young man is the leader of the third generation of the farmer's family, and he is pure. Don't look at his age, but whether it is martial arts or soldiers, he has been stronger than many elders, but in this way, he has also developed his arrogant character, and now seeing that the two elders he respects the most are a little angry by Sun Tu, he naturally wants to teach each other a lesson in the past.

Fortunately, Di Heming has been guarding him, so he didn't come nonsense. Although this Di Heming is only a metropolitan prisoner in the Western Army, he has won the respect of the upper and lower people, even a person with such a temper, and he is also very polite to him, under his persuasion, he can only suppress his anger and continue to watch the development of the situation.

At this time, the three people in the tent had already gotten up and walked out, and then walked towards the rear barracks under the slightly strange gaze of the two, which made Di Heming stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Are the two prime ministers planning to take him to meet those brothers?" It's really well-intentioned. ”

And Chong Jing also pouted disdainfully after reacting: "The two grandfathers are really, isn't this self-weakening of the momentum of our Western Army?" ”

"Zhengqing, this is also the hard work of the two ministers, compared to the life and death of the soldiers, what kind of momentum and face is only a trivial matter after all." Di Heming said earnestly: "This is also the key to the two ministers, and even the seed family, to be able to gain a foothold in the Western Army for a hundred years. ”

Seeing that he said solemnly, the seed scripture was only said to be true, as for how much he listened, it was difficult to say.

On the other side, Sun Tu followed the two kinds and walked in the barracks for another time, and only then did he really feel the big difference between the Western Army and Tong Guan's department. Everything here is much simpler than the Chinese army Dazhai, almost all the tents are half-new, some have patches on the top, but the spirit of the soldiers is full of spirit, even if the knife is in the sheath, the gun is on the ground, it can still make people feel the strong sharpness and murderous spirit from them, it seems that as long as the war drum sounds, all the soldiers and horses here can immediately put into battle, without any mobilization and encouragement.

What is the pillow to wait, what is the sharpness, Sun Tu has the most profound experience here. The overall quality of this Western army is even stronger than that of the Qingzhou Army, which it is proud of.

It was only when this momentum suddenly converged when it turned to the row of tents behind to look at the newer ones. At this time, there were still many people in front of the tent who were busy washing cloth and other things, and there were almost no people with knives and guns around. It was only when they saw the second kind of people coming that these people suddenly stood solemnly, and people could see that they were officers and soldiers in the army.

"This is ......" Sun Tu only asked three words, and he had the answer because he smelled the strong smell of medicine in those tents, and they actually brought themselves to the wounded barracks.

The two looked at him again, and then made another gesture of invitation, and let him enter one of the tents with him. This tent occupies a lot of land outside, and it is almost catching up with the courtyard of ordinary people, but after entering it, Sun Tu still felt cramped and cramped, because it was full of stretcher planks, and at the same time, there were many wounded soldiers lying on it, or broken hands and feet, or dying.

This made Sun Tu feel a little moved, if the other tents were also such wounded, I am afraid that there would be thousands of seriously injured soldiers in this wounded barracks. Judging from the proportion of casualties in today's battles and the proportion of light and serious wounded, the casualties of the Western Army are probably quite not light.

There is a saying that no matter how much you say, it is better to speak with real things. Neither of them gave much explanation, Sun Tu had already wavered in his heart from his previous thoughts, if the Western Army really watched from the wall in the first battle, how could there be so many casualties?

At this time, the wounded soldiers in the tent had also seen the arrival of the two, and they all supported their bodies and wanted to salute, but they hurriedly stepped forward to stop them. The planter even pressed back a soldier who still remembered after a broken foot: "How many times have you said it, don't talk about any dignity here, the most important thing for you is to take care of your body, and then follow us two old men back to the west." ”

"Yes......" The soldiers agreed with great emotion, and then they all lay back, and then someone asked about the front-line war with concern, and the two helped explain patiently, without the slightest hint of the commander of the first army and the veteran of many years.

It wasn't until after talking for a while that the second elder looked at Sun Tu, who was thoughtful, and said softly: "There are more than 5,000 seriously injured brothers in the barracks here, and there are the same number of wounded soldiers in the left-wing army. In other words, our Western Army has now carried tens of thousands of wounded. ”

Sun Tu was even more moved, and wanted to say something, but was first spoken by the planter: "Do you think it's strange, why are there so many wounded in my Western Army?" Because of the consequences of last year's war. Didn't you ask why we didn't send troops to the rescue? This is the answer, we sent troops, but we were ambushed by the Liao army and suffered heavy casualties. ”

Even though this answer had already been thought of one step earlier, Sun Tu's face changed again after hearing it: "This ...... How so? ”

"Because the Liao people are more cunning than we think, and because of Tong Guan, they are more timid than we think." The seed master said as if he was gritting his teeth, and then led Sun Tu out of the tent.

Standing outside, Sun Tucai felt that his breathing was much smoother, but the doubts in his heart were even greater, and he couldn't help but look at the two elders in front of him, and opened his mouth to continue to ask something, but he was taken by the seed master and said: "Have you heard them say that last year's defeat was precisely because we were unable to save ourselves from death that it was difficult to return and the whole army collapsed?" It is simply a reversal of black and white, and it is not our Western Army that really leads to the defeat, but Tong Guan's Chinese Army. Because of their sudden advance and retreat, my troops and horses on the left and right appeared before the whole army, and then they were subjected to a new round of attacks.

"But even so, we immediately sent troops to rescue the Chinese army. But as a result, the Liao army had already prepared and set up an ambush in the middle of the road. It was also our eagerness to rescue them that gave them an opportunity to take advantage of, leading to the defeat of Zhongfu. Originally, if the Chinese army was willing to send troops to help, there was still room for redemption, but that Tong Guan led the troops to retreat continuously because of the fear of war, and actually left us behind and became a victim of their safe evacuation! If it weren't for the bloody battles of the officers and men of our Western Army, who did not hesitate to drag the main force of the Liao Army with the strength of one army, I am afraid that we would not be able to wait for today, and our Northern Expedition army would have been defeated and lost. ”

Seed Master Dao's face was also quite gloomy at this moment, and then his brother said, "And what is the reason for this switch?" It was Tong Guan's rebuke, it was their shirking of responsibility, and they put all the responsibility for this defeat on the head of our western army, saying that they refused to send troops to rescue them, which led to their defeat and retreat. I know very well that his purpose in doing this is to clear himself and deceive his superiors and subordinates, so that he can continue to hold military power. And those generals of the Northern Army and the Forbidden Army, who were either kept in the dark or pretended to be confused, all acquiesced in all this and imposed all the charges on our Western Army. Even if we wanted them to help give more medicine to the wounded, or transport the wounded soldiers to the rear, Tong Guan refused. ”

Sun Tu was silent, stunned, and then there was a chill. At this moment, he finally understood that the Song army, which should have an advantage in all aspects, would end up in such a field, and finally ended in a crushing defeat. In the final analysis, it was caused by the discord between the lieutenant generals and the two sides that had already become mortal enemies.

I am afraid that after the previous battle, the Western Army will have separated from the Chinese army dominated by Tong Guan. With the previous lesson, if you want them to fight to the death with the Liao army, it is a dream! When such a Song army went to fight the Liao army in the final decisive battle, defeat was inevitable.

"Then why don't you make everything clear to the court?" As soon as Sun Tu asked this, he smiled bitterly, do you still need to say this?

Sure enough, he listened to the seed master's words: "Because it is impossible for the DPRK to believe our words at all, have you said that we have never made a statement?" It's useless, who will believe the words of my generals? The Western Army has long been regarded as an outlier by the imperial court, and some people even think that it is the best result for us to die together with the Liao Army. ”

"Do you know what Tong Guan said last when we went to see him the day before yesterday? He used the life and death of these wounded soldiers as a bargaining chip, so that our two wings of soldiers and horses would be in front of the next decisive battle and go head-to-head with the Liao army, so as to create conditions for the final victory of his Chinese army. The planter said with a cold face.

Sun Te changed color again, and finally understood why the two of them looked so ugly when they came out of the account that day. But at the same time, he had another question, and looked at them at the moment: "Why did the two prime ministers tell me all this truthfully?" I think I'm also a little talkative, I'm afraid I can't change the current situation, right? ”