The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 1627 The Mysterious Marshal

Pang Tong laughed and said: "I always knew that the general is a veteran in the army, but I often hear that the old men in the army rely on their old age to sell their old ones, but in fact they have no skills. They just rely on His Majesty's favor!"

"I'm angry too! Although you are a marshal, how dare you say that to me!" Zhou Lan was so angry that his eyes were smoking, and he wished he could draw out his sword and chop Pang Tong to death with one sword!
Pang Tong continued: "If you are really capable, then prove to me that if I give you 3 horses, can you win?"

"We must win!" Zhou Lan was furious in her heart. Hearing Pang Tong's words now, even if she lost her own life under the city of Nanguang, she would not hesitate.

This kind of veteran general in the army values ​​reputation the most, and would rather lose his life than be humiliated.

Pang Tong waved his hand and said, "Okay, I will give you 3 horses, and you go to the front army to call for battle..." Let's go ahead, Pang Tong said with a smile: "You are the veteran general of Chu for me, even if you can't win, this commander will not win." I won't embarrass you."

Zhou Lan was furious: "Pang Tong! Although you are not a marshal, you can't humiliate me like this! Let's see what you have to say when I come back from victory!"

"Then I wish the general will kill the general and capture the flag!" Pang Tong narrowed his eyes and smiled, not caring at all about Zhou Lang's attitude towards him.

At that moment, Zhou Lan led [-] soldiers and went straight ahead. On the tower, Lu Su saw a general from Chu State leading troops to call for formation, so he looked around and said loudly, "We will guard Nanguang for Your Majesty. It is really the most important thing for me to be the route of my retreat to the north, how can I go to war with Chu just because I am insulted by Chu generals, if unfortunately I lose the battle, wouldn’t it be disappointing Your Majesty’s expectations?”

Chen Ba first heard the words, cupped his hands and said: "Your Excellency's words are reasonable, but this Chu general directly leads the army to call for battle. If we ignore it, I'm afraid it will damage the morale of the army, and the general will eventually be willing to lead the army to fight."

Lu Su pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No, Nanguang City is extremely important, how can you rush out of the city to fight because of personal honor and disgrace? Don't talk about it again."

Chen Ba first saw that Lu Su's mind was determined, so he stopped talking. If he really angered Lu Su, he would not have any good fruit now.

"Zu Ti!" Lu Su shouted in a deep voice.

Zu Ti, a strong man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, immediately cupped his hands and said, "The end is here!"

"The west gate, everything is left to you. No one can leave the city to fight with the Chu army. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

"The last general has orders!" Zu Ti shouted in a deep voice.

This was all for Chen Ba to listen to first, Chen Ba touched the tip of his nose first, and didn't care, after all, he was a superior official, and it wasn't that the first rank of officials crushed people to death.

Outside the city, Zhou Lan cursed endlessly, his mouth was already parched, but the Shu army on the tower turned a deaf ear to it, he could scold you as much as you wanted, everyone thought it didn't matter, anyway, the adults here are shameless, What face do we need.

The character of a superior official has already determined the character of the soldiers under his command to a large extent, which is also a universal truth.

In the rear army, Pang Tong received a report from the general, saying that the Shu army could not avoid the battle, and he allowed General Zhou Lan to insult him in the city, but no one responded.

Pang Tong laughed and said, "I knew it would be such a result. I ordered Zhou Lan to withdraw his troops. Naturally, I didn't care about what he said before."

Xue Gong was a little puzzled, he clasped his hands and asked for advice: "Why does the marshal mean to be against General Zhou?"

"It's not about hostility." Pang Tong said confidently, "The Shanren have their own tricks. General Xue, you are waiting by my commander's side. Within three days, our army will definitely break through Nanguang City!"

"Oh?" Xue Gong was amazed. He didn't believe it at first, but he subconsciously believed it when he saw the confident expression on Pang Tong's face.

Let's say that Ding Gong, the general of the Ministry, went forward immediately, came to Zhou Lan who was scolding, and said loudly: "General Zhou, the marshal has ordered the withdrawal of troops!"

"Hmph!" Zhou Lan said angrily, "Old Ding, you and I have known each other for many years, are you here to see my joke?"

"Why do you say that! The marshal doesn't care about these things with you. This is a very good thing. Why do you really say it?" Ding Gong was quite dissatisfied, sitting on the horse and shaking his head.

Zhou Lan couldn't express her anger, so she could only yell loudly at the tower: "Lu Su Shuzi, your mother's greetings? Don't dare to fight me, isn't it the courage of a woman?"

After all, they are not ordinary people, and the curses are so eloquent that ordinary soldiers can't tell what the guy downstairs is cursing.

Ding Gong said angrily: "General Zhou! Are you kidding me? Disobedience on the battlefield will cost you your head! One last piece of advice to you, if you don't listen, don't blame your brother for turning his back on you!"

Zhou Lan gritted her teeth, reined in the reins, turned her head and shouted loudly: "Retreat!"

"withdraw troops!"

"withdraw troops!"

Various shouts of the former army echoed.

Besides, in the camp, Pang Tong saw Zhou Lan who came back with an angry face, and just smiled: "General Zhou, please rise up, the Shu army will not fight with us, it is actually something that was expected."

Zhou Lan still didn't appreciate it, but just cupped her hands and said, "Thank you Marshal for your kindness, the last general was tired from marching, and asked to go back to the camp to rest before recharging his energy so that he can fight on the battlefield in the future."

Pang Tong knew what Zhou Lan was thinking, but he didn't care at all. He nodded and said, "General Zhou, just go down and rest."

After Zhou Lan left, Mr. Martin, the military commander, was rather dissatisfied. He cupped his hands and said, "Marshal! Zhou Lan is really presumptuous this time, why should he indulge him?"

"Don't worry! You'll know about it later." Pang Tong still had a mysterious expression on his face, and he didn't reveal anything.

The generals had no choice but to meet a coach who wanted to have a sense of mystery, so he couldn't say much, just bowed his hands and retreated.

In the middle of the night, a rider suddenly entered the barracks and asked loudly, "Where is the Marshal? I have an important report!"

Immediately, a general came forward to meet him. After verifying his identity, he led the general to the big tent.

When Pang Tong heard that there was an important military report, he didn't feel sleepy at all, and he directly welcomed the knight into the big tent, and then asked, "What did you find?"

"Two days ago, the marshal ordered the last general to lead four thousand troops secretly to ambush on the edge of the official road between Bodao City and Nanguang City. The last general chose a place called Chen Jinshan to ambush. As expected, yesterday evening, I saw a total of 20 knights coming north from Nanguang City to ask for help, all of them were shot off their horses by a rain of arrows from the last general!"

"Have you ever captured him alive?" Pang Tong asked hastily.

"Ashamed, the lieutenant generals fired all their bows and crossbows, and shot all the twenty Shu troops to death." The general reached out and took out a letter from the inner armor, which was still sealed with paint, "but I got this one letter."

Pang Tong hurriedly took it, stretched out his hand and tore open the letter, read it carefully, then picked up the pen again, took a piece of white paper, and copied the letter written by Lu Su himself.

(End of this chapter)