Chapter 237: Discussing the withdrawal of troops
Su Fenglan only sent people to chase Dalantai now, it was too late. Dalantai, a native of Sujin, was very familiar with this Gobi Desert, and had already fled back to the city of Zhuote.
The escape of Dharandai caused chaos in the rear of the Yinjun camp. After Wen Yiheng, who went out to pick up thousands of soldiers who had gone out to pick up grain bags, learned the news, the smile on his face that was born when the soldiers brought back hundreds of bags of grain suddenly disappeared, and turned into anger:
"General Su, you are a battlefield general, it is impossible not to know the cunning of Dalantai, how can you easily agree to release him?"
Wen Yiheng rebuked Sima Weiye again: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Dalantai is a fraudulent surrender this time. With the experience of Rakda in the city of Ugo, how can Sima make you repeat the mistakes of the past? Is the accumulation of military merit you think more important than the victory in the war?! β
Sima Weiye, who was not convinced, held his head high and kicked the ball back to Wen Yiheng: "I was supposed to talk to you about it, but you avoided it. If you had agreed to release him earlier, the envoy would have accepted the surrender of Dharandai earlier, and naturally this kind of incident would not have happened! β
"Dalantai is a subordinate official of Su Jinguo, and he is in a high position. Without being reproached and persecuted by King Sukin, there is no reason to ask us to surrender at all! A fool can see that he is a deceit, can't you? β
Wen Yiheng's words came to his mouth, and he almost scolded "Then you Sima Weiye are better than fools".
The news of Dharanday's escape spread throughout the barracks, and seeing that the soldiers in the camp had just been overjoyed that the grain bags had been retrieved, they turned from excitement to loss in a blink of an eye, and their mood was like a roller coaster with a heartbeat, and Wen Yiheng was very worried in his eyes.
Wen Yiheng calmed down his emotions and was about to open his mouth to appease the angry soldiers, but unexpectedly he was poisoned again, and in front of all the soldiers, he fell straight down and fell into a coma. Su Fenglan and everyone hurriedly stepped forward and hurriedly carried Wen Yiheng back to the main tent.
The generalissimo of the march and the leader of the ranks fell gently, causing chaos in the barracks again.
"Didn't Ah Heng go out to greet the former soldier and retrieve it? How can you suddenly pass out? After receiving the news, the design fee hurriedly rushed from the military doctor's tent to the main tent, and after checking the pulse, he realized that it was Bailuo's skirt poison again.
Su Jiudong stayed by Wen Yiheng's side from the afternoon until late at night, and only then could he be regarded as suppressing the residual poison for Wen Yiheng. Watching Wen Yiheng change from trembling in pain to sleeping peacefully, Su Jiudong's hanging heart finally let go.
After Wen Yiheng fainted, Su Fenglan had been waiting in the main tent, and he didn't dare to squeak when he saw Su Jiudong carefully treating Wen Yiheng. Now that Su Jiudong can finally stop and rest, Su Fenglan has a chance to speak:
"How? Is there any big deal with Wen Zichu? β
"Now that I've temporarily suppressed the toxin for him, it's like I'm sleeping... The recent frequency of his poison is probably related to his emotions and mind. In the future, Daddy can't do this kind of thing today, and he is angry... This battle has lasted so long, and it will not be easy for him. β
Su Fenglan lowered his head in shame, his face full of guilt and helplessness: "Eh, it's all my fault... Dharandai was captured yesterday, and hundreds of bags of grain have been brought back intact today. The originally good things were messed up by your father and me. β
"Daddy is really confused this time." Su Jiudong said something heavy to Su Fenglan for the first time: "Dalantai is locked up, no matter whether he will be surrendered by Sima Weiye in the end, it will not affect the official position of Daddy's military camp, why do you want to help Sima Weiye?" β
"That Dalantai was locked up by Ah Heng, isn't it just so that he can have a bargaining chip to ask for a truce between the two countries and let Su Jinguo submit to my Dayin Dynasty in the future? Why did Daddy wade into the troubled waters of Sima Weiye, making himself unhappy and inconvenient for everyone..."
If Wen Yiheng can succeed in asking for a truce in Dalantai, it will not only solve the dilemma of the lack of food and grass for the Yin army at this time, but also save the loss of manpower, material and financial resources and the loss of life caused by the war. But now everything is in vain.
Su Jiudong didn't dare to think about what kind of punishment Su Fenglan would face if this matter was known to Emperor Tianduo.
Su Fenglan also regretted it, and said unhappily: "It's just that Daddy is dizzy, and he was moved by Sima Weiye." β
Su Jiudong's hatred of iron and steel "number falls" caused Su Fenglan:
"Who is Sima Weiye? Arrogant and domineering, only profit. How could Daddy not be able to see through his thoughts after being in the army for so long? He's clearly trying to pull you into the water. If Dharlanday is surrendered, he has merit. If Dalantai escapes, you will be the one to be punished. β
So far, no amount of talk can change the fact that Dharlandet has escaped. Su Fenglan can't save the situation now, but fortunately, he and Su Jiudong are guarding Wen Yiheng in the main tent, so that he can slightly alleviate the heavy sense of guilt and guilt in his heart.
Su Fenglan and Su Jiudong guarded Wen Yiheng in the main tent, and Wu Dechong, the champion general who had been recuperating from his injuries in the camp in a low-key manner, stood up at this time and urgently convened a meeting of the generals overnight to discuss relevant matters.
Faced with today's situation, Wu Dechong took the lead in putting forward a proposal to withdraw from the army: Dede
"Although the 1,000 valiant soldiers have retrieved hundreds of sacks of grain today, Dharlandai has fled back to the city of Drut, and this war will surely continue for a long time in the future, and how long will hundreds of sacks of grain last? Why don't we withdraw our troops and retreat to the city of Xishou. β
Cen Haokai and Qu Junchen did not say a word, and the remaining other generals agreed with Wu Dechong's views and tended to withdraw their troops back to the west to surrender to the city.
"Su Jinguo's repeated use of deception caused us to be trapped for many days, consuming the time and food of our army. Now that Dharandai has fled back to the city of Zotte, and the situation of our army has been exposed to his nose, the future of the war will not be in our favor. β
Some other generals questioned Sima Weiye's approach: "It was precisely because Wen Xiang saw that Dalantai was a fraudulent surrender that he was arrested." Anyone with a discerning eye could see Dalantai's intentions, why did Sima Envoy stubbornly choose to believe that those Sujin people would surrender? β
"How can he believe? It's just driven by profit. The other generals directly expressed their dissatisfaction with Sima Weiye: "I don't understand, why did the Holy Lord set up the post of surrendered envoy, and also appointed Sima Weiye to serve it, and gave him the power to not be controlled by the main general?" β
"It's one thing to set up a surrender envoy, but the most fundamental thing is the plan of the northern expedition. The setup of this plan was wrong from the start. β
Qu Junchen finally spoke: "The Holy Lord ordered us to go thousands of miles to attack Baya City, the capital of the enemy's army, only seeking results, and did not think about it at all in case we were stalemate and unable to attack the city, then how would our lone army retreat?" β
"The essence of the saint is that he is in a hurry. He only cares about whether he can succeed in the north to conquer Sujin Kingdom in the end, where will he care about the life or death of our little people? Cen Haokai couldn't help but complain.
"Didn't you see us report to him about the food and grass? His old man replied directly and asked the soldiers to carry the grain bags on their own backs, so that the soldiers were overwhelmed and threw away the grain bags, and finally Wen Xiang had to come forward to select people to get the lost grain bags back. β
Wu Dechong also pursed his lips and shook his head: "I don't understand the decision of the saint, and I don't know what the use of him sending the prince to our camp as an overseer... Is it just for him to support Sima Weiye? β
Qu Junchen snorted coldly: "The crown prince is the prince, and he will ascend to the throne in the future." But Yun Mulin now has no military merits, and the second is not a country, and the Holy Admiral sent him just to let the prince also record a military exploit, so that his resume will not be too ugly when he ascends the throne in the future. β
"Heh, we rely on ourselves to accumulate military merits to kill the enemy, Yun Mulin followed behind our ass to pick up credit, it's really disgusting." Wu Dechong couldn't help but take a sip: "He couldn't help but not build in the barracks, but instead consumed our grain and grass!" β
Cen Haokai's impression of the crown prince was even worse: "As an overseer, not only did he not deal with the generals, but instead indulged Sima Weiye to wantonly suppress us, and I think he was also dissatisfied with our obedience to Wen Xiang, and wanted to make it difficult for Wen Xiang." β
Qu Junchen's face became more and more sarcastic: "If we really withdraw the army, it is estimated that Yun Mulin will be the happiest." When we withdraw our troops and return to the city of Xishou, he will be able to find a reason to return to the capital and continue to enjoy the life of fine clothes and food. β
"Are you really going to withdraw your troops?" There was a persuasive sound of inquiry outside the camp tent, which frightened the camp tent and suddenly fell silent, and all the generals also stood up in courtesy.
Su Fenglan opened the door curtain and slowly walked into the tent, his eyes swept over all the generals present one by one with a chill, and said coldly: "Let's all sit down first." β
Su Jiudong couldn't bear to see that Su Fenglan was old and stayed up all night to guard Wen Yiheng, so he coaxed Su Fenglan back to the camp with kind words.
But when Su Fenglan just walked out of the main tent and passed through Wu Dechong's camp, he saw several people inside, so he opened his mouth and asked all the generals in the camp.
Su Fenglan came to the master's seat and sat down, and slowly spoke: "Are you discussing the war?" Why don't you call the old man along? Don't you think that the old man is old and useless..."
As soon as everyone heard Su Fenglan call himself an "old man", they all knew that Su Fenglan was already angry.
Wu Dechong, who had the largest official position and the most iron-headed among the generals, replied: "Back to the generals, the last generals are just getting together and chatting. β
Wu Dechong is already the champion general of the third grade, the fourth level of the military attachΓ©, and he has killed countless enemy soldiers with his own head iron, and he has worked hard to get promoted.
But his third-grade is not enough in front of Su Fenglan's second-rank general, so he still has to be respectful to Su Fenglan.
"Idle chat? Isn't your usual casual conversation about some silver woman? Why is today's casual chat meeting crooked to the withdrawal of troops? β
Su Fenglan took the book on the table next to him and smashed it at Wu Dechong, and scolded angrily: "At this time, you still want to withdraw the army without hiding from the old man? It's against you! β
Su Fenglan was already in a stage of anger and shame because he carelessly let go of Dalantai today, and tonight he saw several generals put aside him to discuss the withdrawal of the army privately, Su Fenglan couldn't help but be angry: "In short, the old man resolutely disagrees with the withdrawal of the army!" β