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Chapter 682 The defeat of Hong Chengchou

"Wang Chengen misled me!" When Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, escaped with his life and returned to the familiar camp, he looked at the familiar decorations in front of him and thought about his high spirits before he set off.

The injustice that had been smoldering in his heart was finally gushed out, and a hot blood sprayed out.

"My lord!" "Master!" Bai Guangen, the left-behind general, and Zuo Guangxian and Chai Shihua, who followed Hong Chengchou after fleeing for their lives, couldn't help being surprised, and hurried forward to support Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou sat down with the support of the generals, took a breath, waved his hands weakly and said: "I'm fine, don't let today's events out, so as not to shake the morale of the army!"

"Yes!" Zuo Guangxian, Commander-in-Chief of Shaanxi, Chai Shihua, Commander-in-Chief of Gansu, and Bai Guangen, a general in charge, responded quickly.

But they couldn't help muttering in their hearts: The officers and soldiers are defeated again and again, and their morale is completely lost. How can there be any military spirit to shock you?
I'm afraid it's not because I'm afraid of losing face, it's just that I have no face to see others!

How did Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, know what they were thinking?If he could really hear their voices, he would be so angry that he would spit out another mouthful of old blood.

After a while, Hong Chengchou regained his composure, and then arranged: "The officers and soldiers are newly defeated, and the bandits are attacking extremely fiercely. Bai Guangen listened to the order: Be sure to guard the camp and not be taken advantage of by bandits!"

"The last general will get the order!" Bai Guangen knew very well that his family's life was at stake, so he dared not slack off.He hurriedly resigned, and personally strengthened the patrolling of soldiers to check whether there were slack.

After Bai Guangen left, Hong Chengchou looked at Zuo Guangxian and Chai Shihua again and said, "You two go to gather up the rout and rectify the soldiers and horses. Be sure to count the number of people in time to prepare for another battle!"

"Yes!" Zuo Guangxian and Chai Shihua also quickly took orders.

It's just that Zuo Guang hesitated for a moment, and his pace slowed down a bit.After Chai Shihua, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, came out of the tent, he hurried back to Hong Chengchou in three steps at a time, and asked in a low voice: "Master, what about the 'death of the bandit'?"

"What should I do? Cold salad!" Hong Chengchou was panicking in his heart, the shadow of failure was hanging over his head, how could he have time to worry about him?
However, after thinking about it, now is the time for employing people, and he needs to be coaxed to work hard.Hong Chengchou's expression changed, and he said to him in a friendly manner: "It's not too late to mend the dead sheep."

"You have contributed a lot in this battle, and I will keep it in my heart. Once I get something, I will protect you with my life, and make sure that your merits and demerits are equal, and you will not be blamed by the court!"

Not long after, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, came out of the tent of the Chinese army, but saw Chai Shihua, the commander-in-chief of Gansu, who had been waiting for him outside for a long time.

Seeing that Zuo Guang came out first, he quickly went up to meet him with a smile and asked, "I don't know what Brother Zuo is busy with, how can you be a little slower?"

How to explain to outsiders the private transaction between him and Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces?
Zuo Guang firstly blamed him for being ignorant, and secondly blamed his soldiers for being defeated first, so that the officers and soldiers were cut into two sections by the rebel army, which eventually led to the defeat of the whole army.
He replied indifferently: "The supervisor has something to ask, who dares to open his mouth to ask him?"

Chai Shihua didn't say anything when he heard the words, but the alarm bells rang out in his heart for a moment.Although there were various subjective and objective reasons for the defeat of officers and soldiers this time.However, Chai Shihua, an officer of the Gansu General Army, as the "back of the battle" of the officers and soldiers, was the first to collapse, so that things got out of hand, which was the main reason.

Originally, Chai Shihua wanted to talk to Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, to say something nice, promise some benefits, and strive for leniency.Seeing that these two people were the first to collude, and doubting their own intentions, it is inevitable that they feel uneasy.

Fortunately, he also knew that now is not the time to talk about this matter, so he pretended not to know the feelings of the two of them, and said in embarrassment: "It's true, the supervisor is in a bad mood now, let's try not to make trouble !"

It's good that Chai Shihua didn't say that, he said so.Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, sounded a little annoyed at him, and thought: "If you, Chai Shihua, were not incompetent, how could the officers and soldiers be defeated like this?"

The two were speechless for a while, and went to act according to the order, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Everyone left, Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, sat alone on the seat of the Chinese military tent, looking at the empty seats on the left and right, speechless for a while.

Lost, fiasco, unprecedented fiasco!
Hong Chengchou closed his eyes in pain, not knowing how to face Emperor Chongzhen and the princes of the court!The previous battle was unfavorable, but he can still comfort himself: Although the officers and soldiers have not won, but the bandit chief "Shun Bandit" is dead.

But this time, after suffering such a major defeat, he couldn't conceal the defeat and turn it into victory anyway.

"It's so stupid!" Hong Chengchou covered his face and muttered to himself, "The method of using soldiers is not to think about victory, but about defeat! If you are careless, you will lose everything. Why did you bring so many soldiers and horses together?" To the west of the city to die?"

After finishing speaking, he asked himself and answered: "Gai's heart is just a fluke, and it is a vain attempt to decide the battle, so as to clarify the world!"

The painful and difficult self-blame and introspection are always short-lived, but the happy and easy sharing of the pot is not a one-day effort.Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

Taking advantage of the absence of the generals, Hong Chengchou quickly thought about how to get rid of the crime: "Ai Wannian did not keep secrets, but was taken advantage of by thieves; Without fighting, the central army was defeated, and the officers and soldiers were cut into two pieces by the bandits, so that the beginning and the end could not be matched."

Hong Chengchou talked about it for a long time, but at some point, he found that Xiaguang had leaked in from the gap in the big tent, and it turned out to be another new day.

He tidied up his mood, straightened his clothes and hair, and then Shi Shiran opened the curtain of the big tent.The bright hall outside the tent is rather dazzling.Hong Chengchou squinted his eyes for a while, and then he got used to the light outside the tent.

The soldiers outside the tent were doing their work dejectedly, with no strength.There were even twos and threes arguing because of a little quarrel, and even facing each other with swords, and then they were arrested by a few people led by the military judge, and they were held aside and punished with sticks.

Just when Hong Chengchou wanted to play with his official authority and do something, Chai Shihua and Zuo Guang rushed back one after another.It was only then that Hong Chengchou remembered what he had told them, and asked with airs: "How is it?"

Chai Shihua and Zuo Guang glanced at each other first, and the two were silent for a while, then Zuo Guang reacted first and reported: "Our battalion lost more than [-] people last night, and there are still about [-] people. Supervisor Biao Battalion , I also helped to inquire, and there are almost [-] people who have not returned, and now there are only more than [-] people."

Chai Shihua also hesitated, and then Zuo Guangxian continued: "Our battalion has only lost [-] men and horses, and there are still [-] people to fight. It's just that Wang Cheng'en, the general of Gansu, and Ai Wan, the deputy commander, The Nianbu and the general He Renlongbu have disappeared and have not yet returned to the camp!"

When Hong Chengchou heard the words, his eyes darkened, and he almost fainted. He couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Hurry up and send someone to look for me. I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death!"

(End of this chapter)