Chapter 122: Heavy casualties
The defeat was like a landslide.
Three days ago, outside Xiaoguan City, the Shuofang Longyou coalition army had lost more than 50,000 people.
In the end, only half of the people fled back to the camp, and the rest went directly along the mountain road, and in a panic, they didn't know where they had fled.
Inside the Shuofang Army camp.
Wang Zhongsi was draped in a thick quilt and holding a booklet in his hand, and was watching carefully.
His face was sometimes gloomy, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes tangled, sometimes angry, but he couldn't find a trace of joy.
In the entire tent, except for a pro-soldier who was decocting medicine, there was no one else.
"Ahem......"
As soon as Wang Zhongsi wanted to speak, he felt as if his throat was stuck by something, and he couldn't say a word.
"Ahem...... Cough! ”
After coughing for a while, Wang Zhongsi finally eased up.
"Let the Jingluo Army Festival Envoy, the Feng'an Army Festival Envoy, the Dingyuan Army Festival Envoy, the Anbei Metropolitan Protector, and the Shan Yu Metropolitan Protector come to see the general within a quarter of an hour."
"You go to the army again, and ask him to inform the Lintao Army Festival Envoy, the Heyuan Army Festival Envoy, the Baishui Army Festival Envoy, the Anren Army Festival Envoy, the Zhenwu Army Festival Envoy, the Weirong Army Festival Envoy, the Momen Army Festival Envoy, the Ningsai Army Festival Envoy, the Jishi Army Festival Envoy, and the Zhenxi Army Festival Envoy to come over in two quarters of an hour."
"Finally, let the Ningkou Army Festival Envoy, the Yumen Army Festival Envoy, the Moli Army Festival Envoy, the Doulu Army Festival Envoy, and the Xinquan Army Festival Envoy come over in three quarters of an hour."
The first group of people is Wang Zhonghe's old team, and he is also the chief general of the various armies under the command of Shuofang Jiedu.
The second group of people are the subordinates of Huangfu Weiming, and the commanders of the armies under the Longyou Jiedu.
The third group of people were the commanders of the Hexi Army who surrendered to Chengcheng.
The reason why Wang Zhongsi wanted to call these people over separately was because after the defeat three days ago, the Longyou Army and the surrendered Hexi Army did not trust him very much.
"Internal and external troubles!"
Wang Zhongsi took advantage of the waiting time to look at the statistics in his hand again.
In the battle of Xiaoguan three days ago, Shuofang's army suffered the heaviest losses.
There were 60,000 horses in all, and only 20,000 returned to the camp at the end.
The second is the Longyou Army, because the main general Huangfu Weiming was beheaded by Lu Bu, which led to the loss of courage of the army, and only more than 30,000 people finally returned to the camp.
The Hexi Army, which surrendered, suffered the smallest losses, with a total of 40,000 people, and more than 30,000 people who retreated.
The Ningkou Army, the Yumen Army, the Moli Army, the Doulu Army, and the Xinquan Army suffered almost no losses.
"Hmph...... Ahem......"
Suddenly, Wang Zhongji coughed again.
"General, are you alright?" The pro-soldier on the side hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern.
Wang Zhongsi waved his hand, cheered up, and said calmly: "It's okay, you all go down first." ”
After waving off his own soldiers, he slowly moved up from the bed and came to the side of the map, staring at the mountains and rivers above in a daze.
It wasn't until half a quarter of an hour later that he got out of his contemplative state after the envoy of the Jinglu Army, the Feng'an Army, the Dingyuan Army, the Anbei Metropolitan Protector, and the Shan Yu Metropolitan Protector.
"Guys, have you gone back to review the big battle three days ago in the last few days? Have you ever found out why our army was defeated? ”
After the five of them glanced at each other, they said loudly at the same time: "Tell the general, we have already thought about it." This defeat is not a crime of war, but it is actually the enemy general Lu Bu who is too brave, and the impact of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is too strong, and the number of our army's Modao team is insufficient. ”
Obviously, the envoy of the Jingluo Military Festival, the Feng'an Army Festival, the Dingyuan Army Festival, the Anbei Metropolitan Protector, and the Shan Yu Metropolitan Protector have already discussed their rhetoric in order to achieve such unity.
After Wang Zhongsi heard the unanimous statement of the generals under his command, there was no surprise on his face.
As the commander of the first army, after every battle, he would ask his generals to sum up the experience of victory and defeat.
"There are several questions you said, and there is nothing wrong with them."
"But why didn't you say it when you knew the direct cause of the defeat?"
Wang Zhongsi looked at the generals under his command with a relaxed expression.
However, his bruised hands showed that his body was not optimistic.
The five people of Jingluo Military Festival Envoy, Feng'an Army Festival Envoy, Dingyuan Army Festival Envoy, Anbei Metropolitan Protector, and Shan Yu Metropolitan Protector glanced at each other again.
But no one came forward to answer positively.
Wang Zhonghe's face remained unchanged, and he still said unhurriedly: "You don't dare to say it, I will say it for you!" ”
"The most direct reason for this defeat is that the general was brave and was cut off by the enemy general Lu Bu with one blow, which led to the chaos of our Shuo Fang Longyou coalition army, and finally suffered heavy losses."
"I am to blame for this defeat!"
After Wang Zhongsi finished speaking, he held the long sword in one hand and bowed deeply to the five people.
"General, the last general doesn't dare!"
"General, this defeat is all to blame on the general!"
"Generals don't have to be like this, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers."
"General, our army still has nearly 100,000 horses, and it is completely capable of fighting the thieves again."
"General, the last general will lead people to continue the siege tomorrow morning."
Jingluo Military Festival Envoy, Feng'an Army Festival Envoy, Dingyuan Army Festival Envoy, Anbei Metropolitan Protector, Shan Yu Metropolitan Protector all knelt on the ground together.
Obviously, they still believe in their own commanders and are still willing to obey orders.
Seeing this, Wang Zhonghe's heart also calmed down a little.
"Generals don't have to be like this, my Wang Zhonghei is wrong if he is wrong, I will write to ask for guilt myself, and let Your Majesty deal with it."
"But as long as Your Majesty's edict is not issued for a day, then my Wang Zhonghei will still be the envoy of Shuofang, and he will still be qualified to command the three armies of Shuofang, Longyou, and Hexi."
"If you think that Ben is not suitable to lead the army, or is not qualified to lead the army, you can say it directly, and I will not blame you."
While Wang Zhongsi was speaking, his eyes kept wandering on the faces of the five people who were the envoy of the Jingluo Military Festival, the Feng'an Army Festival, the Dingyuan Army Festival, the Anbei Protector, and the Shan Yu Protector.
If he noticed that there was a trace of abnormality on the faces of these people, he would immediately call the soldiers outside the tent to arrest them and cut them down.
"The last general will not dare!"
The five replied in unison.
OK!
Wang Zhongsi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Jingluo Military Festival Envoy, Feng'an Army Festival Envoy, Dingyuan Army Festival Envoy, Anbei Metropolitan Protector, Shan Yu Metropolitan Protector, these five people are his descendants.
If someone refuses to accept it, even if it is killed, it will cause a lot of trouble, and it will affect the combat effectiveness of the remaining Shuofang army.
"Since you have no opinions, then you will help the general to see who is not convinced in the Longyou army."
Wang Zhongsi's plan was to pull out the unconvinced people in the Longyou army and kill them.
and then kill all the generals of the Hexi Army who surrendered.
In this way, the unstable factors in the army can be eliminated, and the 40,000 men of the Hexi Army can be absorbed into the Shuofang army to make up for the losses caused by the defeat three days ago.