Chapter 710: Bitter Victory (Part II)

After reporting the results of the battle, the soldiers of the vanguard army also slowly returned to the camp......

After winning the battle, it stands to reason that the morale of the whole team should be high, but Tang Zhan, Xiao Tian and others, who are generals, seem to be in a somewhat depressed mood, or it should be said that they feel bitter and confused. In the final analysis, these are all due to the battle of Jiangshui, the two failed to correct the law on the spot, avenged Zhao Zichuan, fell into the enemy's tricks, and let the enemy general go. According to Lu Jing's words, this is called letting the tiger return to the mountain, and he failed to get rid of Wuliang Tuoduo, and Tang Zhan and Xiao Tian are to blame.

However, from the collection of troops to the resumption of military affairs in the spring, Tang Zhan has not yet told Lu Jing the news, and Lu Jing has not taken the initiative to ask......

When he returned to the pioneer camp, he thought that Zhao Zichuan would wait at the camp gate anxiously, but what everyone saw seemed to be a different scene......

"What's going on up ahead?" Lu Jing, who was walking in the front, couldn't help but ask as if there was something strange at the gate of the pioneer camp.

Indeed, at the gate of the camp, Li Xian, Li Gong and others were cleaning up the mess in the school field, and Li Gong himself was injured and walked a little bumpy. On the school grounds, the ground that should have been flat was full of potholes, as if there were traces of a fierce fight, and the handles of the carts on the side of the consignment of military supplies were scattered and messy -- as if there had been a small-scale battle here, and Li Xian, Li Gong, and others were leading the soldiers to "clean up the battlefield......

"What the hell happened?" Lu Jing hurriedly ran back to the camp and asked Li Xian first.

"Is it the military division and the generals, have you come back from winning the battle?" Li Xian was not worried, and when he heard the news of Xiangyang's victory, he turned around and celebrated.

Lu Jing was unrelenting and continued to ask, "Don't talk about this yet...... What's going on here, why is it so chaotic, and after we left, did something happen in the barracks? What about General Zhao......"

Li Xian eased up for a while, knowing that Lu Jing and the others didn't know that the Emei faction was coming out, so he responded simply: "After you left, more than a dozen women came to the barracks to 'make trouble', saying that they were disciples of the Emei faction......

"Emei faction?" Hearing "Emei faction", Lu Jing and the people behind him couldn't help but tense up, because they all knew very well the grievances between the Emei faction and Li Yuru.

"That's what they said themselves, I don't know if it's true......" Li Xian didn't know about the entanglements in the martial arts rivers and lakes, and now he was puzzled when he thought about it.

"Emei faction, what did they really say? It's a war now, it can't be such a coincidence, right......" Xiao Tian, who had been silent for a long time, finally asked.

Su Jia seemed to notice something, ignoring everyone, but focusing on a place where the school yard was in turmoil. Slowly walking to the suspicious place, Su Jia leaned over and squatted down, carefully observing the traces on the ground that seemed to be sword marks......

"If it's the Emei faction, then it's too coincidental......" Tang Zhan couldn't help but worry, "While we are not here, if the people of the Emei faction sneak attack, then just rely on the words of the Zichuan brothers and sister-in-law......"

"No, I'm not sure if it's really a disciple of the Emei faction-" Xiao Tian tried to calm down, "Although the Emei faction has a grudge against my sister-in-law, how can they find out my sister-in-law's movements so quickly?"

"It's a pity, General Li is right, it's someone from the Emei faction......" Suddenly, Su Jia, who was carefully observing from the side, stood up and spoke, "Seven sons and stars, the sword technique is unpredictable...... The sword marks here are the traces of the Emei sword formation, I have seen this kind of sword formation in the southern suburbs of Bianliang, I can't be wrong......"

Su Jia was right, two years ago in the suburbs of Nanshan, Su Jia had a confrontation with the Emei Sword Formation alone. Although he won easily at that time, Su Jia has always remembered the martial arts from famous families in the rivers and lakes, so Su Jia still remembers the moves of the Emei Sword Formation to this day.

"That is to say, it is really the people of the Emei faction, Brother Zichuan and sister-in-law ......" Xiao Tian's voice became lower and lower, and he couldn't help but worry, "By the way, Brother Zichuan...... What about General Zhao, where is he now?"

Li Xian continued: "General Zhao fought fiercely with those women in front of the camp gate, tried his best and finally lost both, and now he is recovering from injuries......

Hearing that Zhao Zichuan was fine, everyone was a little relieved, but when they thought that Zhao Zichuan, who was strong in martial arts, would also fight with the other party, it can be seen that the people of the Emei faction did not show mercy.

"Let's go back to the camp first, let's go and see Brother Zichuan and sister-in-law......" Lu Jing thought for a while, and then said, "Brother Qin, the placement of the soldiers in the camp will be handed over to you, if there are other changes in the camp, send someone to inform us-"

"Okay Sister Jing, just leave it to me here, you guys go and see General Zhao-" Qin Yu said bluntly.

Lu Jing nodded, and then called Tang Zhan and the others to go to the back camp to take a look at the situation......

"Sister-in-law-" Lu Jing ran to the back camp first, opened the tent, and shouted in panic.

However, everything in front of him made everyone worry in vain - Li Yuru was playing with his son with a peaceful face, Zhao Zichuan was wrapped in bandages all over his body, but he was also carefully accompanying his wife and son, and there was no obstacle to his movements, as if he had never been injured; as for Yang Xiaofei, he continued to sort out chores on the side, and when he was not instructed, he sat silently on the side to recuperate......

"Ah, you're back-" Li Yuru knew about Xiangyang's victory, first smiled and responded, and then amused his son, "An An, you see that your uncle and aunt have come back from winning the battle, are you happy?"

"This ...... What the hell is going on?" Lu Jing looked at the husband and wife as if nothing had happened, and couldn't help but be a little stunned......

Finally, after a little narration, Zhao Zichuan and Li Yuru told everyone in detail about the Emei faction's invasion of the camp......

"Only Hua Ling came to the camp with her disciples, isn't Mrs. Aojing here......" Su Jia muttered first, "In this way, the purpose of their trip is just to test, but they didn't expect to be stubbornly resisted by Brother Zichuan......"

"We are not afraid of the people of the Emei faction, not to mention that the disciple of the Emei faction, Qingxue, is still on our side and has repeatedly secretly helped us tide over difficulties...... Li Yuru said calmly, and then looked at the son in his arms with worried eyes, "What I'm worried about is that they know about me and Zichuan's children...... If Master Aojing tried to catch me by any means and tried to ...... An, I was afraid of it" Speaking of which, Li Yuru, who has always been unruly, can't help but be a little more worried and afraid of her children.

Su Jia listened to it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this time the people from the Emei faction came to test us, but unfortunately they didn't meet us...... These days, we take turns to accompany your sister-in-law, and no matter how much the people of the Emei faction have any attempts, forgive her and don't dare to act rashly - the disciples of their Emei faction are not my opponents combined, Ah Tian has defeated Hua Ling and Aojing Shitai one after another in the Jishi Conference, if it is hard, we will not be afraid at all, sister-in-law, you don't have to worry......"

"But now that the army is marching and fighting, the people of the Emei faction are stirring up the situation at this time, in case there are three long and two short ......" Li Yuru still couldn't let go.

"It's okay, sister-in-law—" This time, Lu Jing comforted her, "Xiangyang is a great victory, we shouldn't have a war in a short time...... These days, we will stay with your sister-in-law and An An, and by the way, we will secretly investigate the movements of the Emei faction. In the Central Plains of Henan, there are many martial arts forces, and it is not difficult to find out the whereabouts of the Emei faction......"

"I'll also help—" Xiao Tian also added, "Now that everyone in the rivers and lakes knows my identity as the Canglong Hero, it is not difficult to call on me to help investigate the movements of the Emei faction......"

"Thank you, thank you......" Li Yuru was moved to tears when she heard this, and she was also very glad that she could make so many heartfelt friends in Bianliang......

"By the way, speaking of the battle of Xiangyang......" Suddenly, Zhao Zichuan's expression became slightly serious, and he changed the topic and asked, "You guys...... Do you have...... ...... Wuliang Tuoduo" Zhao Zichuan asked, and he rarely slurred a little.

Zhao Zichuan didn't ask, and everyone almost forgot about it. Now that it is mentioned again, Tang Zhan and Xiao Tian's expressions have become solemn again.

Sure enough, Lu Jing also remembered this, turned to Tang Zhan and asked, "Eh...... Fool, didn't you and Brother Xiao lead the army to fight against Wuliang Tuoduo on the waterway? As a result, did Wuliang Tuoduo ...... it" But looking at Tang Shixian's depressed expression, Lu Jing seemed to have guessed the result.

Tang Zhan stood aside, bowing his head and not speaking for a long time, Xiao Tian was the same, he seemed to have guessed what would happen next, and he was silent on the sidelines......

"What's going on?" This time Zhao Zichuan was anxious and continued to ask loudly.

After being silent for a long time, Tang Zhan seemed to have decided something...... "I'm sorry, Brother Zichuan-" Finally, Tang Zhan was unwilling to speak, "Because of carelessness, we fell for Wuliang Todo's trick and let him ...... Let him escape......" Speaking of the back, Tang Zhan's tone became smaller and smaller.

"What did you say, escaped?" Zhao Zichuan didn't speak, but Lu Jing said in surprise on the side, "The Jiangdao Pass is blocked, and the advantages and disadvantages of the naval army are very different, so it is difficult to fly in such a situation, how could Wuliang Tuoduo escape?"

Tang Zhan continued to whisper: "Because of a momentary negligence, I fell into the trap of Wuliang Todo...... I'm sorry Jing'er, I couldn't complete your mission, I'm sorry Brother Zichuan, I didn't avenge your brother and failed to live up to your expectations......"

Zhao Zichuan didn't have any intention of blaming, but looked at Tang Zhan's guilty expression, which was rarely shown, and his heart was inexplicable......

"What the hell is going on, and what tricks did Wuliang Tuoduo use?" Lu Jing continued to ask.

As a result, Tang Zhan General Wuliang Tuoduo's "breakthrough and reversal" was explained to Lu Jing in detail by 1510......

After Lu Jing listened, her expression did not have much contrast, she just held her chin and said: "Wuliang Tuoduo is well versed in the way of using soldiers, this plan is indeed not simple, not only successfully broke through, but also almost put the fool in danger with the help of the right time and place when leaving, it is a plan that can only be come up with by talented people...... However, it is not completely impossible to make up for it, you said that the direction of Wuliang Todo's escape at that time was through the 'Long Dragon Valley', and if a fleet was sent to outflank him along the river from the other side at that time, it would still be possible to intercept it in advance...... That's right, didn't Brother Xiao also accompany you? Fool, you may not be inexperienced enough to work around this plan, if you had sent Brother Xiao's fleet to outflank the 'Long Dragon Valley' at that time, maybe the result would have been different...... But you can't be blamed for this, it's not easy for you to be stupid to be like this. If I had known this, I should have been by your side at that time and offered advice for you......" Lu Jing obviously didn't blame Tang Zhan, on the contrary, she felt that she was not around, and Tang Zhan had made a lot of progress by leading troops to fight like this independently.

But...... Tang Zhan raised his head slightly, glanced at Xiao Tian's direction, and said slowly in a low voice: "No, Jing'er, you are wrong, I thought of the strategy you said, and it was indeed implemented at that time - let Brother Xiao lead the troops along the tributaries to the 'Changlong Valley' and outflank and intercept Wuliang Tuoduo, but ......"

"You really thought of it, idiot...... But?" Hearing Tang Zhan come up with this plan, Lu Jing felt even more incredible, she wanted to be happy with Tang Zhan's "transformation in handling things", but seeing Tang Zhan's gloomy expression, she knew that there was still a change in this.

"But I didn't carry out your military orders and send troops to outflank the tributaries, but stayed where I was—" Finally, Xiao Tian, who was still silent on the side, finally responded. Like Tang Zhan, Xiao Tian's expression was also very serious, even a little frightening - the two brothers had always encouraged each other, but this was the first time that the two of them looked at each other angrily.

After the incident, Tang Zhan had always kept Xiao Tian's "violation of the order" in mind, and he was hesitant to blame the other party for his brotherly affection, but now that the matter was clear, Tang Zhan didn't care about anything, and wanted to vent the anger in his heart, so he bluntly reproached Xiao Tian: "Why didn't you carry out the military order at that time? If you had led the army to the 'Changlong Valley' before that, Wuliang Tuoduo would not have run away...... But why are you, why do you want to disobey the order?" Tang Zhan's voice became louder and louder, venting the anger and unwillingness in his heart. Everyone had never seen Tang Zhan get angry in front of his brothers and friends, and his expression was a little frightening.

Lu Jing looked at Tang Zhan's anger and was a little frightened on the side. Xiao Tian "did not show weakness", seeing that the contradiction was clear, and he had no grievances to hold in his heart, he simply vented his anger and said: "You said that I violated the order? That was a change - didn't you notice it at that time, Wuliang Tuoduo only took a small number of light boat troops to break through, or chose when the southwest wind was strong...... Wuliang Tuoduo is ruthless, you once annoyed him, he definitely can't just run away! Sure enough, taking advantage of the breakthrough to lure you to turn around and pursue the Mengyuan naval army that left the Jiangkou and was still stationed at the Xiangyang Water Gate, reflexively took advantage of the wind to sneak attack, and also occupied the Jiangdao Pass...... If I hadn't discovered something suspicious and waited for the enemy to appear in ambush, your troops would have been buried in the river—"

"Hmph, it's just a demoralized naval fleet, as long as I turn around and attack, I can still annihilate them, and I don't need your help at all!" Tang Zhan became more and more angry, and he almost tore his face in front of his brothers, "You didn't outflank along the river as ordered and let go of Wuliang Tuoduo, is it your dereliction of duty, and now you actually blame me?"

"Don't laugh at the dead! Go against the wind, and you are occupied by the Jiangdao Pass, the time and place are lost, you can still win if you turn around and attack, then there is a ghost!" Xiao Tian also said unceremoniously, "Having said so much, in the final analysis, it is because of you, because of the carelessness of the moment, that you fell for the trick of Wuliang Todo...... If I hadn't let him go at the blockade line, everything that would have happened behind me would not have happened! If I hadn't been flanked by the front and back after the pass, it would have been your fleet that would have been really annihilated -- after all, it would have been because of you for the dereliction of duty to let go of Uliang Todo!"

"What are you talking about?" Seeing Xiao Tian speaking viciously in front of him, Tang Zhan didn't need to care about brotherhood anymore, so he simply said, "You actually blame me in turn...... Hmph, a few days after Zhu Yuanzhang personally named 'General Pingwei', now he is angry, and he really thinks of himself as a general?"

Xiao Tian didn't show weakness, and continued to reply sharply: "Isn't it...... You, the dignified commander of the vanguard army, have so easily fallen into the trap of Wuliang Todo, and what qualifications do you have to evaluate me? I became a general by virtue of my ability, and you just relied on the old relationship between the Tang family and Zhu Yuanzhang to get the position of this vanguard commander-"

"Presumptuous, do you have the ability to say it again?" Tang Zhan's side seemed to be extremely angry, and he wanted to raise his fist and demonstrate towards Xiao Tian.

"If you want to fight, come here! Do you think that I am still the same as when I was in Bianliang, so easy to bully......" Xiao Tian was not afraid at all, and he didn't care about the broken brotherhood, and stepped forward to "compete" with Tang Zhan.

From blaming each other to tearing their faces, to brothers doing things to each other, because of a mistake in military decision-making, no one expected that it would develop to the point of breaking up with brothers, and everyone on the side was a little "scared stupid".

Xiao Tian and Tang Zhan wanted to make a move, but Su Jia, Lu Jing and others beside them hurriedly went up to stop them...... (To be continued.) )