The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 896: Pursuit [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

"Yes!" The herald saluted solemnly, "If you don't take Maodun's head, all the reserve battalion members must bring his head to me!"

If the commander dies, the entire army must die!
Fortunately, the central army was still willing to trust them and was willing to entrust this task to them, allowing them to take revenge with their own hands instead of entrusting it to others.

Meng Tian looked at all the people in the central army in silence, and the entire central army tent fell into deathly silence.

The death of a commander-in-chief was a dereliction of duty on the part of all of them. How could they explain this to the royal city and the three armies?

"Please delay reporting to His Majesty!" Meng Tian looked at Bai Feng.

As the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Bai Feng would report all military matters to the royal city as soon as possible.

"At least give all the soldiers in the reserve army a chance!" Meng Tian continued.

The death of an army's commander is a disgrace to the entire army. According to Bingzhou Military Law, the entire army will be held responsible and may even be laid off.

Bai Feng nodded silently, "I'll go to the reserve army. At least, they are the warriors of Bingzhou."

Meng Tian nodded and looked at the Chief Secretary. "The Chief Secretary, along with Commander Bai Feng, will represent the Central Army to comfort the spirits of General Meng Fang and all the soldiers of the Banner Guarding Camp."

"Yes!" The Chief Secretary nodded.

As the chief general, Meng Tian naturally could not leave the central army easily. The reserve army lacked a chief general, so the central army also needed to send a person in charge to take charge of the army.

Soon, Bai Feng and the chief officer of the central army rushed to the reserve army camp with a cavalry guard.

"Commander Bai..." The Chief Secretary thought for a long time but didn't know how to start.

Bai Feng shook his head, knowing what Changshi wanted to say, and waved his hand, indicating that the other party did not need to say more.

The central army was only worried that the Jinyiwei would exaggerate the matter and report it to the royal city, throwing the blame for the defeat onto the fallen soldiers.

It is true that judging from the battlefield situation, Meng Fang was suspected of making command errors, but if it were anyone else, perhaps no one would have the courage of Meng Fang or the loyalty of the entire Flag Guarding Battalion.

They fought to the death just to protect the central army's banner and not give up an inch of Bingzhou.

Where the big flag is located is the land of Bingzhou.

They could retreat and flee towards Danlin City, but they didn't.

They did not retreat and maintained the fortitude of Bingzhou.

"The Jinyiwei will not report to Your Majesty until the reserve army brings back Maodun's head." Bai Feng was afraid that the chief secretary would misunderstand his thoughts, so he opened his mouth to explain.

"Thank you, Commander Bai!" Changshi breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully.

This would actually be a huge responsibility for Bai Feng. After all, the Jinyiwei's duty is to report everything and report at all times.

Bai Feng is already concealing the truth and not reporting it.

Even if the reserve army obtains Maodun's mobile phone in the future, Bai Feng will still be punished for dereliction of duty.

This is equivalent to Bai Feng using her own future to hide the truth from them.

This also changed the views of Changshi and others on the Jinyiwei.

But at least this kind of Jinyiwei is more humane.

"However, I can only give you three days. If you fail to take Maodun's head within three days, I can only report to His Majesty." Bai Feng continued.

Three days of delay was already his limit. He was not the only Jinyiwei guard. Other captains and trial captains were also keeping an eye on his position. Even if he did not report it, others would.

Three days was the last limit he could hold out.

"Thank you!" The chief secretary nodded. Soon, the central army guards drove straight into the reserve army camp, and all the generals of 500 lords and above were waiting in the central army tent.

Just looking at the empty reserve army tent, Bai Feng and the chief officer of the central army were silent. In this battle, except for the captains leading troops outside, all the other officers and counselors of the central army were killed.

The captains of the various departments were not eligible to attend the central army council, and almost all the reserve army generals who were eligible to attend the central army council had been killed in battle.

These were the people that Bai Feng and Chang Shi knew, but when they came again today, they didn't see any of those familiar faces.

No one would have thought that the last Central Military Council would be their last meeting.

"Pass on the order from the central army headquarters. All members of the reserve camp must capture Maodun's head and annihilate the Xiongnu army within three days, at any cost. In this battle, no surrenders will be accepted!" The Chief Secretary read out the order from the central army without saying a word.

Then he sat behind the main seat and did not interfere with the discussion of the reserve army's pursuit.

You have to wash away the shame yourself.

Bai Feng also said nothing, but ordered people to take him to the place where the general died to pay tribute.

"Zilong volunteers to be the vanguard!" Fusu volunteered to be the vanguard.

The most feared thing about pursuit is an ambush, which is also the most dangerous.

Liang Che did not stop him. The captains of other troops frowned. In fact, they were somewhat dissatisfied with Fusu. If it were not for Fusu's weakness and unwillingness to make sacrifices, Maodun would not have been able to break out of their encirclement and reach the central army.

Although they agreed with Fusu's plan at the time, someone had to take responsibility for the matter, and they also wanted to find an outlet for venting.

"The second column of the Fire Tribe will be transferred to the command of Military Supervisor Zilong, and will pursue with him!" The captain of the Fire Tribe still spoke up and transferred a column of 500 light cavalry to Fusu's command.

Light cavalry is best at tracking and can also contain Maodun's fleeing army to the greatest extent.

Liang Che looked at Fusu and finally agreed to hand over the Ninth Column to Fusu's command.

Who is in the worst mood in the entire reserve army? It must be Fusu. If he does not trust and support Fusu, then Fusu will have no place in the entire reserve camp.

"Go!" Liang Che patted Fusu's shoulder.

"Yes!" Fusu saluted solemnly, turned around and left the central military tent, taking the Ninth Column and the Second Column of the Fire Department to pursue in the direction of Maodun's retreat.

"Bai Fenghuang, follow them and kill all the Hun scouts and signal eagles!" Under the central army banner on the nameless hill, Bai Feng looked at the two columns riding out on horseback, blew a whistle, and summoned his phoenix.

The reason why Maodun had such a keen sense of the battlefield was because of the eagles he trained personally.

If Maodun's eyes at high altitude cannot be removed, even if there are light cavalry chasing him, Maodun will be able to avoid them in the first place.

Fusu was also holding his breath in his heart. Only today did he realize what it meant to be truly merciful in commanding an army.

As a commander, you cannot care about the loss of every soldier. Otherwise, the more you care, the greater the loss.

Maodun saw that they were calculating gains and losses and did not want too many casualties, so he allowed Maodun to take advantage of the opportunity.

If veterans like Meng Tian and Han Xin were in charge, they would definitely use one or two columns to forcibly restrain Maodun and force him to fight.

After all, they are young, fresh out of college, and too idealistic.

"Military Supervisor Zilong, we have spotted Maodun's main force ahead, but there is an ambush!" The 500th commander of the Second Column of the Fire Tribe returned to report.

"Kill them all!" Fusu's eyes turned cold.

He won't make the same mistake twice.

Even if there was an ambush, how many people could Maodun's army, which had just experienced a great battle, leave behind to set up an ambush?
(End of this chapter)