After all, Xie An not only crossed the Yangtze River, where even the Eight Sages King Li Xian was blocked, but also inflicted immeasurable losses on its strength and morale.

Even, if it weren't for the dry sheep to make a quick decision, see that the situation is not good, withdraw troops, and return to Niuzhu in a hurry, perhaps, Niuzhu, the first important stronghold of the Taiping army in Jiangdong, will be taken by the Zhou soldiers led by Xie An in one fell swoop.

It was obviously a favorable terrain to occupy the Yangtze River, but it was given a blow by the Zhou army, not to mention that after defeating the famous Eight Sages King Li Xian, such a huge contrast really hit the soldiers in the Taiping Army, and even the generals of the withered sheep were a little at a loss.

"The despicable Zhou soldiers actually connected more than 700 warships together......"

After a period of silence, Zhang Feng, the general of the Taiping Army, still couldn't swallow the evil breath in his heart. After all, in the battle on the river, his headquarters lost more than 2,000 soldiers, most of whom were shot to death by Zhou soldiers in the process of being scuttled because of the air on the way. Although the sword has no eyes, and fighting on the battlefield depends on their own ability, but when he thinks about it, Zhang Feng still feels angry.

But having said that, in fact, Zhang Feng just had nothing to say, after all, the atmosphere in the tent at the moment was really depressing and made him almost out of breath.

Seeing that Zhang Feng took the lead in breaking the congealed atmosphere in the tent, Xu Chang also sighed and said, "Thinking about it now, our army has indeed underestimated the Zhou army...... I thought that Xie An was just a weak scholar, but he never thought about it...... Since Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, also respects this person as the commander of the first army, there must be something unique about it......"

[Underestimate brother-in-law?] ]

Hearing this, the withered sheep laughed bitterly in his heart, knowing that he had not shown the slightest contempt before this battle, he could only say that his brother-in-law's strategy was beyond his imagination, whether it was the tactics of the chain ship or the courage and courage of the ship.

But he can't say these words, after all, as the head coach, he needs to be responsible for a defeat after this defeat.

Of course, the withered sheep is not unable to shirk responsibility, just like Qin Wei, the rebel commander of Hanhanguguan back then, he put all the blame for the defeat on his generals, and the price of doing so was that the generals were centrifuged, so that at that time, the rebels in Hanguguan obviously had a fierce general like Ma Dan but could not use it, and were defeated by Xie An in one fell swoop.

Shirking responsibility is a taboo for the head coach. Sometimes, even if it is not your own fault, you have to take it on yourself, because doing so can improve the cohesion of your subordinates. What's more, fifty percent of the sin of this defeat is indeed on his withered sheep.

"The reason for this defeat is that I underestimated Xie An and Zhou Jun...... Not all of you! -- The withered sheep can't stand you and the soldiers who died in the battle......"

Listening to the withered sheep's sincere and sincere words of self-reproach, the generals in the tent secretly relieved their hearts and persuaded them repeatedly.

"Is it the fault of the handsome alone? If I can defeat Tang Hao's blockers......" Xu Chang clasped his fists together and whispered with residual hatred.

"If I can penetrate a few more warships of the Zhou army......" Zhang Feng had an unwilling and regretful expression.

In contrast, Wei Zhuang, one of the heavenly generals under the command of Wu Heng, the fourth generation commander of the Taiping Army, looked as usual, and said with a smile, "Wei did his best this time...... Unexpectedly, Qi Zhi, the dignified god general of Yuheng, actually changed his face to help Zhou Jun...... The six gods will be regarded as dead in name! At the end of the sentence, he shook his head with a complicated expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

Although he knew that Wei Zhuang's words were not aimed at himself, the withered sheep still felt a little unhappy in his heart.

The system of the four generations of coach Wu Heng under the rule of a heavenly general, the withered sheep has not heard of it, but he is not good at interfering and meddling in it.

If the six gods belong to the era of Liang Qiuhao, the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, then now, when Liang Qiuhao has long since died, in fact, one of the gods does not have much power.

When Liang Qiuhao held authority in the Taiping Army, the six gods would be so beautiful, just like the Yuheng God General Qi Zhi, who was in charge of the Taiping Army in Jiangxia, Xiakou and other places alone, unless the commander Liang Qiuhao or Princess Liu Qing ordered, otherwise, even if it was the order of Wu Heng, who was the deputy marshal at the time, Qi Zhi also had the right not to obey.

However, with the death of Liang Qiuhao, his era in the Taiping Army also ended, and even the six gods became dispensable. And the reason why the withered sheep still has 30,000 elite soldiers in his hands is nothing more than because he was born in the Jinling Ram family and has an unforgettable hatred with the Great Zhou. Therefore, the withered sheep has gained Wu Heng's trust, and it has little direct relationship with whether he is a god general.

As Wei Zhuang said, the era of the six gods has come to an end, which is why the withered sheep told Wang Jian about his relationship with Xie An when he told Wang Jian, the reason why the latter was so nervous and cautious, after all, in Niuzhu's Taiping army, in addition to the withered sheep who was one of the gods, there was also Wei Zhuang, a heavenly general.

Compared with the god generals who are like struggling to breathe, it seems that Wei Zhuang and other generals are Wu Heng's real henchmen and team, don't look at the withered sheep as the commander of the first army, and Wei Zhuang is only one of his subordinate generals, but God knows if Wu Heng sent Wei Zhuang over to monitor his withered sheep.

However, for Wei Zhuang's last sentence, he was not good at studying deeply, and diverted the topic and said, "After the defeat of this battle, I will personally write a battle report and send it to Wu Shuai when I go back, and ask him to surrender!" -- Before that...... Our army has now exchanged with the Jizhou army, according to your opinion, how is the Jizhou army compared to the Liang army? ”

Because Xie An had led the Great Liang Army to engage with the Taiping Army's complete main division at Hukou more than half a year ago, the two sides were relatively clear about each other's strength, so the withered sheep wanted to hear the views of the generals on the Jizhou soldiers at the moment, so that they could compare. After all, their Taiping army had not fought with the Jizhou soldiers before, and their understanding of the Jizhou army was relatively weak.

"It's hard to compare!" Xu Chang, a general who had confronted Tang Hao, the deputy marshal of the Jizhou soldiers, said in a deep voice when he heard this, "The Great Liang Army is only strict in military discipline, although it is also said to be well-trained, but the last general thinks that it is far less ferocious than the Jizhou soldiers encountered in the river...... Especially on the part of the generals who lead the troops! -- Today, Tang Hao...... Rong Mo will say a word of self-destruction, the last general is really helpless against him, Tao strategy, martial arts are better than the last general, the last general tried to attack the ship several times, but was repelled by him......"

"Tang Hao......" Withered Yang nodded, and said, "I also know that this person, on the battlefield of Jiangling, this person once blocked the many use of troops by Li Yan, the king of Chu, and caused the latter to be defeated repeatedly...... What about the right side? His eyes were on the general Wei Zhuang, who was in charge of the right side, that is, the west side.

Wei Zhuang smiled slightly when he heard this, and said in a somewhat relaxed tone, "Qi Zhi, the understanding here, Wei Mou won't go into details...... In the past, this person was better than Wei in terms of strategy and martial arts, but now, Fifty He Neiwei is still somewhat sure of killing him, as long as the marshal gives the last general enough time to ......" When speaking, Wei Zhuang glanced at the withered sheep intentionally or unintentionally, and it could be seen that he was quite suspicious of the withered sheep's withdrawal in the middle of the battle, destroying the battle between him and Qi Zhi after many years.

It seemed to understand the meaning in Wei Zhuang's eyes, and the withered sheep said apologetically, "Today on the battlefield, I see that the battle situation is not good, and if I continue to entangle, I am afraid that I will be eaten by Zhou Bing, so I immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, and even more presumptuously asked General Wei Zhuang to break off, please bear with me!" ――After the handover of the troops, then Qi Zhi, please ask General Weizhuang to contribute more! ”

"The handsome man is serious." Seeing that the withered sheep was so polite, Wei Zhuang was not good at pursuing it again, and said with a smile when he heard the words, "It should be, it should be!" -- Like a traitor like Qi Zhi, my Taiping sergeant will be punished by everyone! ”

Hearing this, the withered sheep nodded, glanced around at the generals in the tent, and said in a deep voice, "Today, on the battlefield, although our army has lost, but after thinking about it, the Zhou soldiers have not taken advantage of it!" -- In order to defeat our army, the Zhou army took hundreds of large warships from the Liyang and Hengjiang areas to build a chain of ships, but Zhang Feng chiseled through the bottom of more than 30 of them...... When I retreated, I sent people to look at the river bank from a distance, although the Zhou army did not have much loss in terms of troops, but the serial ship sank to the bottom of the river because of the leakage of the cabin...... Although it won a battle against our army, the Zhou army lost three or four hundred large warships, which is not a small amount! Originally, I was worried that the Zhou army would abandon our army and go down the river by boat, but now that the Zhou army has lost so many warships, I think the only remaining warships are not enough to carry nearly 30,000 Jizhou soldiers! -- In this way, in fact, our army is not too much of a loss! ”

The generals in the tent let out a long sigh when they heard this, and their complexions looked much better than they were, especially Zhang Feng, whose face was flushed and there was a faint look of pride in his eyes.

[Interesting!] ]

Wei Zhuang looked at the withered sheep with interest, although he also knew that the withered sheep said this undoubtedly to boost the morale of the soldiers under his command, but it was not a bad ability to speak so tactfully and gently, and quietly cover up the fact of defeat.

Come to think of it, after all, what the withered sheep said was actually just nonsense, after all, Xie An never thought of abandoning him and leading the army down the river to support Guangling, and this was also well known by the withered sheep. However, in order to save the morale of the army and not look like a fiasco, the withered sheep can only say this.

"Having said that, but at the moment, Niu Zhu has at least 25,000 Jizhou soldiers, but I don't know what the commander's plan is to defeat the enemy?" Wei Zhuang asked unhurriedly, his tone relaxed as if he were an outsider.

Withered Yang frowned when he heard this, in fact, he also knew that the Zhou army was currently camping ten miles west of his Niuzhu camp, and was burying a pot to make rice.

Ten miles, what a terrible distance, the slightest carelessness will be in danger of being overturned. Although the Jizhou army is also taking risks in doing this, but when it comes to real consideration, after all, the morale of the Taiping army is greatly damaged, and the Taiping army is even more disadvantaged.

[Chance to turn defeat into victory......]

The withered sheep frowned and pondered.

And at this moment, the tent was raised, and a soldier hurriedly walked in, knocked on the ground and said, "Great commander, someone has shot a book of arrows into our military camp!" ”

"Arrow book? - Take it and show me! ”

Reaching out to take the arrow book, the withered sheep opened it and glanced at it a few times, and then his spirit was lifted.

"Hey! ――It seems that not everyone is as sincere as Qi Zhi to join the Zhou army......" (To be continued.) )