Li Zhen brought out a total of three regiments of soldiers. Add to that the three hundred men of the cavalry battalion, as well as many handymen in charge of logistics, etc., the number is definitely approaching seven thousand. After a battle, the female soldiers under Zhou Xiuying's command lost more than 800 people, and nearly half of the soldiers were lost. The soldiers under the command of Smith and Yang Banhou also lost nearly 600 people each.

Counted, a full loss of two thousand people, almost the loss of a regiment of troops.

Such a large-scale loss made Li Zhen's heart ache.

Almost all of this was lost in the battle with Rawell and Xi Changzhen.

Li Zhen did not continue the pursuit, returned to Zhennanguan with the army, and then ordered the accompanying medical personnel to treat the wounded soldiers. After staying at Zhennanguan for a day, Li Zhen continued to advance with his soldiers and headed towards Cangwu County, the seat of Wuzhou Prefecture. When thousands of soldiers arrived in Cangwu County, the prefect of Wuzhou Prefecture directly opened the city gate and surrendered with the county order of Cangwu County and a number of government officials.

After all, big names like Xi Changzhen had already withdrawn with soldiers, and it was useless for him to resist. Moreover, Li Zhen's reputation was outside, and the Wuzhou prefect did not dare to confront Li Zhen, so he could only surrender.

Outside the city gate, Jiang Baitong, the prefect of Wuzhou, knelt on the ground, bowing his head, and his heart was uneasy.

The same is true for the officials behind him. What these officials are most looking forward to is that they will be able to maintain their original official positions after the change of flag. It's just that they can't guess what Li Zhen will do? If Li Zhen disagrees, what should they do? For a while, all the officials were thinking about how Li Zhen would place himself.

Li Zhen glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, and waved his hand to let all the officials get up.

Jiang Baixin was relieved and said respectfully: "My lord, please!" ”

Li Zhen shook his head lightly and ordered: "Yang Banhou, you lead the soldiers under your command into the city." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Banhou understood what Li Zhen meant, and immediately led the soldiers of a regiment under his command into the city. About half an hour later, Yang Banhou rushed out on horseback. Yang Banhou turned over and dismounted, and reported: "Dashuai, there is nothing abnormal in the city, I have also controlled the corresponding key positions, please enter the city." ”

When Jiang Baitong heard this, he suddenly realized.

It turned out that Li Zhen sent people into the city for such a reason. He smiled bitterly in his heart, he was just a small prefect, how dare he design to frame Li Zhen, he was really impatient.

Li Zhen nodded, strode forward, and entered the county seat of Cangwu.

Subsequently, Li Zhen's army also entered the city and stationed there.

After Li Zhen entered the government office, he let the soldiers under his command control Cangwu County in the shortest possible time. Li Zhen lived in the government and was busy dealing with the affairs left over from the army for several days. The battle with Xi Changzhen left a lot of sequelae, which needed to be dealt with by Li Zhen one by one, so Li Zhen was too busy to meet Jiang Baitong.

Jiang Baitong was put aside, and his heart began to beat the drum.

What will Li Zhen do with him?

Judging from the current situation, Li Zhen has no intention of killing him, and he probably won't in the future.

Only, what about his official position?

Jiang Baitong was worried about whether the black gauze hat on his head could be kept, so he was worried day and night. Jiang Baitong spent three days in torment, and Li Zhen still had no intention of looking for him. In the end, Jiang Baitong decided to take the initiative, he came to the courtyard where Li Zhen lived neatly, and said to the soldiers stationed there: "Please pass it on to my brother, and say that Jiang Baitong, the prefect of Wuzhou, is coming to see me." ”

While speaking, Jiang Baitong quietly gave a silver ticket of one hundred taels of silver.

But the soldier did not accept it, and turned to report it. Seeing this, Jiang Baitong felt a little more awe of Li Zhen in his heart. can make the soldiers under his command not greedy for ink, which also requires skills!

After a while, the soldier came out and said, "Go in!" ”

"Thank you, brother!"

Jiang Baitong took a step and walked towards the courtyard.

"Wait!"

Just as Jiang Baitong took a step, the soldier who delivered the message immediately spoke. Jiang Baitong stopped to look at the soldier, only to hear the soldier say: "Your method of bribing with money, it's best not to use it again." This time, I didn't poke you up. If you change to another brother, once you will tell the handsome, you won't be able to eat and walk around, so be careful. ”

"Thank you, thank you!"

Jiang Baitong thanked him again and again before entering the courtyard.

He entered the study and said respectfully: "Xiaguan Jiang Baitong, I have seen my lord." ”

Li Zhen asked, "Governor Jiang, is there anything wrong?" ”

Jiang Baitong said: "The lower official is here this time, on behalf of the officials of Wuzhou Mansion, and I want to ask the lord if he needs any help. My lord has just arrived in Wuzhou Mansion and is not familiar with the situation here, so my colleagues have this idea. ”

Li Zhen stared at Jiang Baitong, his eyes calm and neutral.

It's just that this gaze made Jiang Baitong dare not face it. In terms of official position, Jiang Baitong is Li Zhen's subordinate and belongs to the relationship between superiors and subordinates. There is a huge disparity between the identities of the two, and Jiang Baitong lowered his head slightly.

Li Zhen's heart moved, and he said, "It's okay, since you have nothing to do, I'll give you a task." Immediately send orders to the counties and counties of Wuzhou Prefecture, let them all come to Cangwu County, I have something to order. At the same time, you will send an order to Pingle Mansion in the north of Wuzhou Mansion, so that the Pingle Prefect and all the prefects of Pingle Mansion will come to Cangwu County, and this official has instructions. ”

"Yes!"

After Jiang Baitong received the order, he turned around and left.

Subsequently, Yang Banhou, Smith and Zhou Xiuying came together.

Li Zhen asked, "The three of you came together, is there anything wrong?" ”

Yang Banhou said: "Marshal, our army has been staying in Cangwu County for several days, and the soldiers in the army have been repaired and can go on the road again." The three of them didn't know what Li Zhen was going to do next, and Li Zhen didn't hold a meeting during this period, so they took the initiative to ask.

Li Zhendao: "If you don't send troops for the time being, there may be no action in the next month." ”

"Ahh

Smith exclaimed, showing surprise and said, "Dashuai, don't you beat Xi Yinglong?" ”

Yang Banhou and Zhou Xiuying also nodded in agreement, not understanding Li Zhen's intentions.

Li Zhen said with a serious expression: "It's not that you don't fight, it's that you have to adjust your strategy." According to the current situation of soldier losses, we attacked all the way to Guilin Mansion in Guangxi, how many soldiers are left? Regardless of whether the soldiers can fight if there are fewer soldiers, let's talk about the problem of this soldier. At present, almost a regiment of soldiers has been lost in the First World War, and if it continues, the situation is not good! ”

Zhou Xiuying said: "This is the Zhennan Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which led to the death and injury of soldiers. ”

Li Zhen shook his head lightly, and said with a straight face: "The attack on Zhennan Pass was with the help of the power of artillery, and our soldiers did not lose much. What really led to the loss of soldiers was the battle with Xi Changzhen and Rayel, which was a large-scale loss. If there are more battles like this, the soldiers under our command will be worn out. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen continued: "Our army has lost its strength, and Xi Yinglong will definitely counterattack. Therefore, I plan to fight steadily, conquer one place, and then control the counties, and then move on. Step by step to Guilin Mansion, when I arrived in Guilin Mansion, the surrounding area is our region, all our strength, Xi Yinglong will definitely be defeated, this is my idea. ”

ps: first update;