The impact of the defeat in the battle of Yanlin Valley was even more serious than Yan Kui imagined.

On July 27, Yan Kui and Niu Zhan returned to the main camp of the army and discussed with Qin Qi whether to abandon the Tushan camp.

General Guan Marshal's Mansion had just sent an envoy Pegasus over and pointed at Qin Qi and scolded him, and his words were very unpleasant.

Yan Kui was a little puzzled, this Qin Qi was not Di Yi's henchman, how could he be scolded so miserably.

Now the general Cai Hua is defeated and killed, Di Yi is a former general, but in terms of military generals, he is the highest military general in the Northern Jin Dynasty.

As a result, Yan Kui later learned that this envoy was sent by Di Yi.

Previously, Di Yi was appointed by Emperor Liyang as the deputy marshal of the anti-Zhou army, and when the new official took office, he naturally wanted to show his face more and enhance his prestige in the army.

There is no way, Di Yi used to guard near Gyeonggi all the year round, and he had a lot of influence in the capital, and when he brought it to the battlefield, the weight of his speech was obviously not so high, not to mention that he was as handsome as Peng Kuohai.

Peng Laoshuai has been in charge of the border army for many years, and he has repeatedly turned the tide in the front-line defeats, so he has a very high prestige on the front line of the generals, and the old marshal is old and old, so it is easy to unconsciously exude a halo to cover Di Yi, the deputy marshal.

The war is imminent, and Di Yi, as the deputy commander of the army, naturally can't make small moves in private to slander the old marshal and improve himself, so he can only find a way to improve his prestige.

As a result, Di Yi didn't find a way to enhance his prestige, but he received a big surprise from his confidant.

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Since mid-July, Ji Linbing led 600,000 Zhou troops to attack the Baili defense line built by Peng Kuohai, and the Zhou army was met with stubborn resistance from various defense points of the Jin army.

In this offensive and defensive battle, which lasted for more than ten days, the Jin army relied on terrain to defend, although it did not occupy much of the upper hand, but it did not let the Zhou army eat sweetness, and the two sides have been in a state of stalemate.

The first battle of Yanlin Valley was the first defeat of the Jin army since the outbreak of the offensive and defensive war between the two armies...... No, it should be the first defeat of both armies.

Qin Qi, as the main general of Yanlin's defense, has an unshirkable responsibility, and Di Yi, who had strongly recommended him to be the main general of Yanlin, more or less followed suit.

What's more serious is that Di Yi is now full of improving his prestige in the army, but as a result, Qin Qi is doing this, Di Yi doesn't talk about prestige, and he doesn't have a disgraced face, which can be regarded as merciful to the generals.

So, the angry Di Yi sent an envoy over to scold Qin Qi, but Di Yi scolded and scolded, but in the end he still took action to protect Qin Qi.

Change to others, the army will be the first to lose, and if you don't cut off your head, don't think about being the main general.

And Qin Qi only remembered fifty military sticks, and then demoted and retained, and then if the battle was won, and the guilty meritorious service, this military stick was estimated to be dismissed, and the position was also reinstated.

But if you lose.........

Well, it is estimated that General Qin will have to go home, and his hometown in heaven or on earth will depend on the situation.

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When Yan Kui and Niu Zhan saw Qin Qi, the other party's face was very unsightly, but when they saw Yan Kui and the others, they still reluctantly squeezed out a smile and let the two get up and sit down.

Yan Kui was continuously entrusted with important tasks by Qin Qi, first leading an army alone, and then stationed in Tushan, although there was still a little bit of a whisper about being robbed of military power, but he also knew that Qin Qi was right to do this, so Yan Kui himself still had a close attitude towards Qin Qi.

So, seeing Qin Qi's appearance, he couldn't help but persuade: "General, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, the Zhou army rushed to raid the valley camp in the heavy rain for two days, there is no one in a thousand situations, I don't check for a while, and it is reasonable to fall for the enemy's tricks, and the general still doesn't blame himself too much." ”

Niu Zhan also nodded again and again, he was the same as Yan Kui, and now he was also carried by Qin Qi, and he was full of gratitude to Qin in his heart, so after Yan Kui finished speaking, he also followed the persuasion.

As soon as the two sang and harmonized like this, Qin Qi's face slowly improved, and he smiled bitterly.

"I didn't notice it, I didn't talk about thousands of soldiers, and I also caused Di Shuai's reputation to be humiliated, so I am ashamed."

Di Shuai is Di Yi.

Among military attachés, there are rules for the title, only those above the fifth rank can be called generals, and the four expeditions above the third rank can be safe, and others can respect an official name after the surname.

For example, Suo Ya, when others talk about him, they can respect him all the way to Suo Anbei, and Diao Qing's father Diao Yidao, Diao Zhengbei is his honorific name.

If you go further, the generals of the second rank are generally not called official titles, or they add the word handsome after the surname to make honorific titles.

For example, Di Yi, others either call him a former general, or they don't respect Di Shuai to show respect.

In the entire Northern Jin Dynasty, who can be called handsome, leaving aside Cai Hua, who was defeated and died, there are only six generals of the Quartet, generals of the forbidden army and six admirals of the Nine Gates.

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However, there is an exception to the title of military general, that is, the military general has a knighthood.

So under normal circumstances, others mostly call him knighthood, of course, if the other party likes others to call him a certain general, a certain commander, and let others call him like this, there is no problem, everything is bounded by the standards of the parties.

As long as it is in accordance with the rules and does not transgress, you can call it as you like, and no one will be able to take care of this idle matter when they are full.

For example, Ji Linbing, who is now the commander of the Western Zhou Dynasty, is a general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it stands to reason that others should respect him for Ji Shuai, but Ji is the surname of the Western Zhou Dynasty and cannot be called lightly.

As a result, all the courtiers called him King Li, and in the army, the generals preferred to call him Dashuai, or Da General.

Therefore, no matter how it is called, it is the best name if the person concerned is satisfied and not offended.

On the side of the Northern Jin Dynasty, the military bigwigs generally add a handsome after the surname, anyway, several bigwigs don't have the same surname, Di Shuai, Peng Shuai, Sha Shuai, you know who it is when you hear it.

Qin Qi betrayed Di Yi's trust here, full of self-blame and sorry for Di Shuai, Yan Kui was very embarrassed to watch, but he also vaguely understood why Qin Qi behaved like this in front of him and the two of them.

It is estimated that he wanted to use their mouths to express his loyalty to Di Yi, this time people took advantage of him regardless of the trouble, he naturally wanted to show his attitude, but he himself was not good at saying it too bluntly, so he could only rely on the help of their subordinates.

Yan Kui and Niu Zhan glanced at each other, and their hearts were clear.

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And Qin Qi chirped crookedly for a while, and after feeling that Yan Kui and the others should be able to understand their intentions, they also put away the grievances and turned to get down to business.

Should the Tushan camp be withdrawn?

To be honest, in this situation, there is no need for Tushan to exist at this time, but Qin Qi is reluctant to this good terrain, besides, if the Jin army joins forces in one place, then it can only defend head-on, which is too passive.

But if he didn't withdraw, he would throw out 5,000 fresh troops in vain, which would not help the war in any way, and it would be a waste, so Qin Qi specially recruited Yan Kui and the others over, just to ask the opinions of these two Tushan guards.

Qin Qi asked, Niu Zhan was the first to reply, he himself was more in favor of withdrawing troops from Tushan, in his opinion, the primary purpose now is to hold Yanlin.

If the Tushan camp withdraws and then joins forces with the main camp, then Yanlin's Jin army will have 20,000.

20,000 soldiers and horses are holding on to the front, and there are other Jin troops around to come over at any time to respond, although the situation may be a little passive, but it is relatively safe.

Qin Qi nodded when he heard this, and looked at Niu Zhan with a look of satisfaction.

I have to say that Niu Zhan, as a veteran soldier for many years, still has two brushes under his hands, and some of the views he put forward are even consistent with Qin Qi's own views.

After that, Qin Qi looked at Yan Kui again: "Captain Yan, let's talk about it too." ”

Yan Kui nodded, but did not say anything about Tushan, but introduced his black-clothed guards to the somewhat inexplicable Qin Qi and the others............