The bunkers of Chenggu Dongcheng are gone, the breastwork of Chenggu Dongcheng is broken, and the walls of Chenggu Dongcheng are collapsed...... Fortunately, the Taiping army that poured into the city was blocked back soon after-

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Waves of bad news continued to reach the ears of Liu Xian under the city of Liuba Hall, and the army's heart was shaking and the people's heart was uneasy...... As long as he closes his eyes, what is floating in his mind is the battle situation in Chenggu.

He's going crazy.

His own foundation, his own half a year's hard work, in the city of Chenggu County, let the Taiping army hang and beat, without their own sitting, how bad will the situation in the city be? It really made Liu Xian worry to death. The little bit of good news that came later didn't give him any joy.

Liu Zhuo, Fan Debang, Qi Dalin, Zhou Jun, and Liu Xianjun's four first-class leaders, none of them are full of merit and prestige in the eyes of the whole army and even the military and people of the county. They are not Liu Xian, people can give people confidence just by standing there. Liu Xian's army was established for too short a time, the foundation was too shallow, and all the military exploits and exploits were created by Liu Xian alone......

Liu Zhuo, Fan Debang, Qi Dalin, Zhou Jun, what is the difference between passerby A? At most, it gives people a little bit more confidence than Zhang Shoushan and the like.

It's like an ant on a hot pan, tormented in pain.

In the past, Liu Xian always used this sentence to ridicule others, but today, he really understands it. Just when he wanted to take the mountain road and cut into the mountainous area in the north of Chenggu, suddenly, very puzzled, the Taiping army retreated.

Outside the two cities of Chenggu and Nanzheng, more than 100,000 people left like a tide and entered the territory of Chuxian County. The Taiping army continued to control the Liuba in the north, opened the east road, and some people stayed in camp on Dingjun Mountain on the west side of Nanzheng, and the main force entered Ningqiang Prefecture to the south.

Liu Xian took Chen Bo and others to Chenggu as quickly as possible, the smoke of gunpowder in the city did not seem to have dissipated, everyone was nervously repairing the city wall, and the exact news finally came from Nanzheng from Zhang Shoudai - the Qing army in Sichuan went north!

Dismissed Yingdi, with Liu Rong, the political envoy of Sichuan, as the governor of Shaanxi, and the commander-in-chief of the war in southern Shaanxi.

Liu Rong!

Liu Xian's mind was rummaging over and over, but he didn't find the slightest impression of this person. A qiē is also Li Ying's sue sù him, this name that seems to him to be very feminine, is actually a banner of the Hunan army. He is a close friend of Zeng Guofan, and he is a high-level figure with Luo Zenan, Guo Songtao and other Hunan army bigwigs!

Liu Xian's expression suddenly froze. In this era, as long as they are Xinjiang ministers who are involved with the Hunan army, they are all amazing characters, and there is no simple one.

The words "Zhongxing will be the prime minister of Nineteen Lakes and Hunan Provinces" are not a joke. Although Liu Xian didn't know much about the details of the Hunan army, he had read Zeng Guofan's encyclopedia and knew that there were 15 people in the entire Hunan military system who were ranked as governors, 14 people who were ranked as governors, and there were countless other civil and military officials.

The four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang, all emerged from the collective of the Hunan army. This is even worse than the Huangpu of the Republic of China.

Liu Yuezhao, He Bisheng, Xiao Qinggao, Liu Xian didn't know anyone. But one commander commanded two general soldiers, and neither of them was far beyond the reach of his small garrison. In particular, Liu Yuezhao, the envoy of Yunnan, is a descendant of the Hunan army, and he is already an envoy of the inspector now, and he will be a proper feudal official in the future.

At the same time, Liu Xian was also very curious about Zhu Guiqiu and Zhang Yougeng's "Guizi" and "Xiangdao" battalions, and how did he come up with this name like He Bisheng and Xiao Qinggao's "Guojian" and "Tingguo" center-right armies? It is very different from the name of the Qing army in his mind.

But He Bisheng and Xiao Qinggao have 13,000 people, Zhu Guiqiu and Zhang Yougeng have 5,000 people, Liu Yuezhao has 4,000 people, plus Liu Rong's standard camp, that is an army of 24,500. No wonder Chen Decai was very nervous, and directly took away all the Taiping troops in Chenggu and Nanzheng.

At this point, Liu Xian was greatly relieved. The repair of the city wall does not need to be rushed by urgent fire, and Liu Rong's more than 20,000 people are not cooked, Chen Decai has no troops to turn around and attack the city. I only need to be nervous about Li Lanjun at the moment!

It was also after this tension was relaxed that Liu Xian had the time, energy and mood to hold a meeting to summarize the experience of the Chenggu offensive and defensive war in his absence.

All those at the rank of squadron leader and above are to be present.

"In this battle, our army lost 307 soldiers, 155 seriously wounded, 260 lightly wounded, and 46 missing. One hundred and thirty-eight shots were broken, one was blown up by a mountain splitting gun, and one hundred and twenty ...... gunpowder was consumed."

Fan Debang first read the casualty and loss statistics in front of everyone, which is a very detailed form breakdown. In addition to the accurate personnel and material conditions, there are also the specific identities and ranks of the casualties, that is, the number of non-commissioned officers, the number of officers, the number of shotguns, the number of artillerymen, and so on.

The list was handed to him as early as the first day when Liu Xian returned to Chenggu, and every record on it showed Liu Xian's heart flowing. The strength of Sancheng, the strength of Sancheng, is gone!

"Fifty-two people who were seriously injured and disabled, and sixty-nine people who were trembling and wanted to retire from the army......" Fan Debang was still reading, the atmosphere in the big room had reached its peak, and everyone sitting in the column had gloomy faces that could drip water.

Because Liu Xian was not in Chenggu, the Taiping army's attack was very sudden, and the trench was dug not far from the pillbox in just one day. Liu Zhuo, Qi Dalin and others in the city had different opinions on whether to withdraw or resist, so that the defenders of the two pillboxes outside the city lost the best opportunity to retreat. After that, the Taiping army attacked wave after wave, and Liu Zhuo, Qi Dalin, Zhou Jun and others were arguing about whether to retreat or advance reinforcements, Liu Xian replaced the command with Qi Dalin before leaving, but Qi Dalin couldn't suppress the Zhou army and Fan Debang at all, Liu Zhuo blindly and muddy, the two fortresses that could be held for a long time in the original plan fell in just two days. Although the Taiping Army's offensive was fierce, and Liu Xian was not in the city during the war, which caused the whole army to be discouraged, Qi Dalin, Zhou Jun and others continued to quarrel with each other was also the main reason.

One item on the list of Vanders is 'missing', and a considerable part of the forty-six masters who have not seen anyone alive or dead have been born in two forts, because one of the forts was completely bitten by the Taiping army, and it could not be withdrawn at all, so that the whole army was destroyed. The captured persons are also classified among the missing persons.

"In this battle, our army suffered heavy casualties, many old brothers, many familiar faces, we will not be able to see it in the future. In this battle, we have exposed many problems and many shortcomings, first of all, the first point is that the command is not clear.

Here, I, Liu Xian, the chief general of the whole army, first apologize to everyone. It was I who did not clearly give the order for Qi Dalin to take command on his behalf, so that after the battle, the command of our army wavered.

I will also apologize to everyone in front of the whole army. ”

Liu Xian really bowed to everyone below. Although in the eyes of many people, it is very unwise for the head to be like this to the lower class. Many people even think that even if the superior knows that he is wrong, he must not admit his mistake. It is believed that this will damage the majesty and prestige of the superiors.

Liu Xian does not agree with this concept, although his ideological realm is not very high, and it is impossible to admit it calmly every time when he does something wrong, but now, he does not feel that doing so will damage his dignity and prestige.

"There is a second point......"