"Thank you, sir!"

Zhao Zhongyao bowed and saluted, his face was a little tired, and his face suddenly glowed, and his voice was much louder. To be so praised by the coach is not in vain for his own group of people to fight bloodily.

After pondering for a while, Qin Dui said: "Zhao Zhongyao, your division has suffered a lot of damage this time, and there is no strength to replenish it at the moment, so I think it is better to station this partridge pass as our backing." ”

Fang Cai's joy was suddenly dispelled by Qin Duan's words later, Zhao Zhongyao was anxious: "My lord, our division still has four wings of vitality, the vitality is not injured, and it is completely competent to be the vanguard of the attack, you are good, but if you let us stay here and be idle, then we must not be suffocated to death." ”

Qin Duan's face turned cold: "Okay, there are still four wings?" Nearly 6,000 people were killed, and more than 3,000 wounded, where do you see you get me four wings to come out?! You think this is all you need to rest? Let me tell you, this Partridge Pass is the throat of our entry and exit from the Central Plains, we attack from here, all the grain, grass and logistics materials must be supplied from here, and this surrounding area has now become the world of the Taiping Sect, once the problem is removed, it will endanger the back road of our main eastward advance, do you think this task is very easy?! It's ridiculous! ”

It was difficult to hear Qin Duan's stern tone, Zhao Zhongyao had cold sweat on his back, he lowered his head and didn't dare to answer, even Cao Chongyue and Mi Dahong rarely saw Qin Duan's serious side, they hurriedly closed their mouths and didn't dare to say more.

"Also, so many wounded and sick people need to be transferred, send them back to Lishan County to recuperate first, I have already sent an order back to let the people from the War Readiness Department send reserve troops to replenish as soon as possible, you replenish the soldiers neatly, and train me well here, this is another task." Qin Duan's breath slowed. But the face is still uncertain.

After a pause, Qin Duan said with a pleasant face: "Let me tell you, this battle will not be fought for a few months, how far will we go, even I don't have a score in my heart now, but one thing can be clear." That is, there will be no less battles, and they will get bigger and bigger, and the more brutal they will be, and you must all be mentally prepared for this. As for the 2nd Independent Division, it's the same, it can't run away from you, I'm afraid that you won't want to fight anymore when it comes to fighting. ”

There was already a smile in the last sentence, and when they heard this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Zhongyao already liked it a little when he heard that he was about to replenish the soldiers of his division. At this time, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly picked up the words: "Don't worry, my lord, our independent second division will only fight more and more, and the more we fight, the stronger we become!" ”

"Hmph, don't say these big things to me now, when the time comes, you won't be able to hold it for me, so I will have to settle accounts with you." Qin Duan snorted and said no more.

The scene fell silent all of a sudden. Qin Duan also frowned slightly, obviously thinking about something. His gaze was also a little erratic.

After a while, Qin Du spoke, "In your opinion, what should we do next?" ”

The three of them exchanged glances with each other, and finally Cao Chongyue said cautiously: "My lord, we occupied Partridge Pass in the name of the defenders asking for help, and now whether it is Guanxi Mansion in the east or Xikang Mansion in the south, it has long been controlled by the Taiping Sect. If there is no authorization from the Empire, will there be some authority given to others? ”

Cao Chongyue's words reached Qin Duan's heart, although he had made up his mind to expand his power to the east, but now he could not find a suitable reason, the Taiping Sect was rebelling. But the imperial court is reluctant to authorize itself to quell the rebellion, it seems that it sees itself as a more dangerous enemy than the Taiping Sect, is it really so fearful? Thinking of this, Qin Duan couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.

Seeing that Qin Du just shook his head and didn't speak, Mi Dahong also interjected: "If your lord makes up his mind to ignore the reaction of the empire, I think we can capture the Guanxi Mansion City first." Once the city of Guanxi is controlled by us, the Taiping Sect will indeed lose the link between the two counties of Beiyuan and Yanyun in the north, but it is the nest of the Taiping Sect, although there is not much movement now, but in my opinion, once it breaks out, it will definitely not be lighter than the Kansai side. ”

Mi Dahong said in a positive tone, obviously very confident in his opinion.

Qin Duan nodded in agreement, the two counties in the north have not made much noise, which also makes him very worried, the calmer it is, the more it means that there is a big storm brewing behind it, although the Taiping Sect forces in Guanxi have developed violently, but the real place where the Taiping Sect is deeply rooted has to be Beiyuan and Yanyun Counties, especially Beiyuan, the peasant uprising storm a few years ago The Taiping Sect has already rolled up a considerable storm without participating, and the Taiping Sect really wants to deliberately provoke a storm, then the empire will really be in trouble.

The reason why they don't do it now is that they must be waiting for a more suitable opportunity, thinking of this, Qin Duan couldn't help but shudder, can the empire withstand this wave of storms? So if the empire is really going to collapse or even fall apart, what should I do?

The more Qin Duan thought about it, the farther he was, and he was also a little confused about his future direction, whether he would support the empire and be a loyal minister and good commander of the Great Qin Empire, which was obviously not in line with his own mind, or was it too petty to support the army and be a soil emperor who dominated one side?

For the first time, Qin Duan thought about what his ultimate goal would be in the future. It may be too early to think about it, but if there is no real purpose, then the struggle of oneself and his subordinates is not like a rudderless ship?

Recalling that Zhuge Fang asked about his goal, he proudly said two earth-shattering but vague words but won Zhuge Fang's trust, and he really wanted to think about what kind of career he wanted to achieve, but he had no clue in his head.

Shaking his head, as if to put these chaotic thoughts aside, Qin Duan tried to calm his mind and return his thoughts to the problem at hand, "Kansai is a strategic place, and it is indeed worth paying attention to, but I am thinking that the empire will probably see this, and it will not let it go, I estimate that the divisions of the Imperial City Guard Corps are also staring at it, even if we can take the Guanxi Mansion City, under the order of the empire, I am afraid we will have to withdraw obediently." And the Taiping Sect's Bo Jinchen will not fail to see the importance of the Guanxi Mansion City, and there will definitely be countermeasures, and the dispatch of troops to seize the Partridge Pass is probably also to prevent us from attacking the Guanxi Mansion City from both sides. ”

The three of them all agreed with Qin Duan's opinion, but they felt that it would be a pity if they didn't take this opportunity to take Longdong Mansion City, so they were unwilling to smack their lips.

"Okay, here in Kansai, I think we can step up the collection of intelligence, if we don't take it at this time, it doesn't mean that we won't do it in the future, since the empire is confident that we can take it ourselves, then let's stand by and watch." Qin Duan said thoughtfully, "What do you think of Xikang?" (To be continued......)