The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1587 The reason for failure, underestimating the enemy
Half a month later, a group of people appeared on the grassland. They were unkempt, couldn't see faces clearly, rode fat horses, and had excellent equipment, constantly attacking the Khitan camp.

There are also those Khitan troops who are alone, regardless of men, women, old or young, if they touch them, they will die, and they will not leave anything behind.

Moreover, the size of this group of people is not small. They seem to be organized. There are about a hundred people at a time.

On the one hand, it brought panic to Khitan, and on the other hand, it also brought benefits to Da Song, because the looted materials gathered less and became more, which brought unexpected benefits to Da Song.

Zhao Xu and Miao Xun didn't know how much impact a small decision today would have on Da Song, making the Khitan people grit their teeth, but there was nothing they could do. These horse thieves came and went without a trace. Disappeared when trying to catch them.

But once they relaxed a bit, they appeared here again, which made the Khitan people very depressed, and they didn't know who these horse thieves were, and they couldn't even tell whether they were Han people or Khitan people.

This situation continued until the Song and Liao countries fought again. Only then did the Khitan know that the so-called horse thieves were horse thieves, and they were serious and well-trained troops of the Song Dynasty.

"Wang Quanbin, at this moment, do you know what failure is? Tell me how does it feel to fail?"

Wang Quanbin finally came to Zhao Kuangyin's place after more than half a month's urgent gallop. Zhao Xu saw him what it was like to fail in his first question.

"I'm not humiliating you. Tell me honestly how you feel now. This is what I want to know. It will be of great help to you in the future."

Zhao Xulin added another sentence, this is a more realistic problem for him, a person who has fought for half his life, but lost in the end, he must have something in his heart.

Zhao Xu wanted to know what he was thinking now, which was closely related to Zhao Xu's later arrangements, and he hoped that he could say it himself.

"Your Highness, I am extremely ashamed. I didn't follow His Highness's advice, and underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, which eventually led to failure. Fortunately, it caused the loss of my soldiers in the Song Dynasty. I will never redeem myself if I die."

Wang Quanbin was really sad when he thought that the soldiers who followed him would be buried in a foreign land forever. He said that the tears could not be restrained and stayed down. This is a sincere feeling, and the tears are true.

"Okay, don't talk about these, I just ask you how you feel, as for the rest, I will talk about it later, just talk about your feelings of failure this time."

Zhao Xu also felt bad. After all, he was a soldier of Song Dynasty, and he lost the power of Song Dynasty. Do you think he can feel better?

These are the national defense forces of the Song Dynasty, which is a huge blow to the Song Dynasty. Look at the loss of 6 people. These 6 people are not just as simple as [-] people for the Song Dynasty.

Da Song, with a population of 6, didn't care much, but the training cost over the years was unknown, and Da Song's loss was really huge. These were things Zhao Xu should consider.

"I took the enemy lightly, I have fought on the battlefield for so many years, and I look down on barbarians like Tubo in my bones. This caused our failure, and I should bear most of the responsibility for this failure."

Underestimating the enemy, this is what Wang Quanbin summed up. The weight of these two people is too great for ordinary people to bear. This is a lesson learned in blood, what a painful understanding.

"Okay, if you can say this, it means that this failure is worth it. It means that you should have learned a lesson. You will be more careful in the future and will not make the same mistakes. In this way, you have learned the lessons of failure. Lesson learned."

"Do you know why I said that, Wang Quanbin?" Looking at Wang Quanbin, Zhao Xu asked.

Wang Quanbin was really muttering in his heart why Zhao Xu didn't get angry. It stands to reason that Zhao Xu should be very angry because he lost the battle. normal.

But in fact, instead of being angry, Zhao Xu was very satisfied with himself. Wang Quanbin was already in a daze, completely in a daze.

If Zhao Xu didn't punish himself, he should be very happy, but Wang Quanbin was not only unhappy, but also very uneasy. What's going on?
"Why don't you think why I didn't reprimand you? It stands to reason that I should be furious if you suffered such a big defeat?"

Zhao Xu seemed to have seen through Wang Quanbin's heart, so he asked this question, as if he had already prepared his speech.

Wang Quanbin nodded foolishly, is this completely unreasonable? What exactly does His Highness want to do? He is really a monk Zhang Er who can't figure it out.

"It's very simple. You are the first old man to follow the father. At the beginning, you were asked to lead all the troops in Shu, which showed your trust. In the end, it was also affirmation for you to lead the army to attack Tubo, but you failed. "

The land of Shu was the sphere of influence of the kingdom of Shu in the past. After being conquered by the Song Dynasty, the kingdom of Shu ceased to exist, so it is customarily called the land of Shu. big.

But the imperial court resolutely handed over the power to him, which shows that the imperial court has great trust in him.

"I don't think I need to say this, but you lost most of my Great Song's army in Tubo. This is your mistake, but you understand the reason for your failure, which is to underestimate the enemy."

Zhao Xu didn't pause, just said it directly. In fact, Zhao Xu was not targeting Wang Quanbin. In recent years, the strength of Song Dynasty has soared, and many people have become proud. This situation is very common.

Wang Quanbin also had the same situation, otherwise he would not have put Zhao Xu's entrustment aside, and it was carelessness that caused the defeat in Tubo, which is to underestimate the enemy.

Originally, Wang Quanbin's failure this time was enough to punish Wang Quanbin. No one could say anything about this, but Zhao Xu didn't do it, and it seemed that he wanted to forgive him. Wang Quanbin didn't expect this, but was just surprised.

"Yes, you underestimate the enemy. You are not the only one who underestimates the enemy. There are many people who underestimate the enemy. Your underestimation caused our army to be defeated. This has already given other people a wake-up call. It is also a good thing for the second team Da Song. You Taught them a lesson, and from this point of view, you still have credit for it.”

Zhao Xu has already pointed out that it was your underestimation of the enemy that caused the defeat of the Song Dynasty. Of course, this is only one reason. Although there are other reasons, this one is the main reason.

(End of this chapter)