Zhu Zhen's first thought was not the impact of the failure of the Cross-River Battle on the war situation, but the issue of taking the blame.

It's really funny to say.

It was because he had such an experience before that he was scared.

My father left him in Beilin Province, didn't he just let him take the blame?

Taking the blame doesn't count, let him bear the infamy...

Normal battle reports will never be stamped with a seal. This is written by the father himself and is for him!

Those words are quite harsh.

Because the warships colluded, because Yu Wenxiong pretended to surrender... these were the main reasons for the defeat.

Doesn't this point at me?

Doesn't this imply that this defeat was caused by him?

The last one was written specifically for him, and said that Emperor Jianwu Jichuan was furious because of this incident, and that there was something wrong with the alliance...

This has been made clear!

Zhu Zhenzhi felt his scalp was numb!

It was as if his father appeared in front of him and his deep voice sounded.

Due to Prince Zhu Zhen's misjudgment and command failure, and his mistrust of Yu Wenxiong, the war was lost. This battle was irreversible, and the losses of the coalition forces were too great... The crown prince's position should be abolished!

No!

Zhu Zhen shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind. He really couldn't bear this responsibility!

His expression changed from gloomy to bright, and he kept mumbling to himself, showing his violent mood swings.

This made all his generals puzzled.

Could it be that this is not good news?

Or something big happened?

"Your Highness? What's wrong?"

Fan Cang asked curiously, Zhu Zhen's thoughts were interrupted, and he finally accepted the fact of defeat.

wrong!

Zhu Zhen suddenly thought of it again.

The previous crazy campaign to cross the river was promoted by himself, and he also highlighted the linking of the warships, and the matter of wooing Yu Wenxiong just now...

This...this...

Isn't this just shooting yourself in the foot?

Zhu Zhen looked extremely sad.

The blame was not on me originally, but now it is definitely on me.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Fan Cang asked again, and his thoughts were brought back.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he wanted to open his mouth to speak, but couldn't.

The news of the great victory in the Battle of Crossing the River had long been spread, but he had told it personally, but now he had suffered a disastrous defeat.

How could he say it?

This is no longer a slap in the face, but a step on his face...

"The battle across the river failed!"

Fan Rong spoke in a low voice.

"What?"

"Failed!"

"How is this possible?"

All the generals were stunned!

"We have an army of 600,000, and the enemy has no power to resist. How could this fail?"

Fan Cang also looked in disbelief.

"Yu Wenxiong did not really want to surrender, but pretended to surrender. On that day, he collided with a fire ship..."

Fan Rong explained with dull eyes, causing another wave of shock.

"Yu Wenxiong pretended to surrender?"

"Didn't he abandon his military deployment?"

"yes!"

Fan Rong seemed to have suffered a heavy blow.

"Who would have thought?"

There was silence in the meeting hall, as everyone was digesting this unacceptable fact...

The celebration just now was in stark contrast to the silence now. Fan Cang finally understood why His Highness's complexion changed so complicatedly.

yes!

It was originally His Highness's achievement, but now it is His Highness's mistake!

The process is not important, what is important is the result!

Not to mention anything else, just wooing Yu Wenxiong was the biggest mistake.

This is equivalent to sending Yu Wenxiong personally to his side...

"I'm going back."

Fan Rong stood up and said in a low voice: "It was me who trusted Yu Wenxiong, which caused such bad consequences. I want to apologize to Your Majesty."

Saying this made Zhu Zhen even more embarrassed.

You must know that he was the first to win over Yu Wenxiong. Fan Rong wanted to plead guilty to Wei Jun, but what about him?

Should I apologize?

"Are your troops also going to be brought back?"

Fan Cang immediately asked.

Fan Rong still has nearly 200,000 troops under his command.

"Stay here for now."

Fan Rong said: "But His Majesty's decree is to temporarily stop the attack in order to preserve the strength of the troops..."

"I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should also have received the same decree."

Everyone looked at Zhu Zhen.

Zhu Zhen nodded with difficulty, indeed he had the same intention.

"Why is this happening?"

Zuoqiu, the general in charge, acted as a supporter and became the crown prince's number one commander.

Now this is the result.

"The battle is a defeat. Why did you stop attacking? Didn't you fight?"

"What other reasons could there be?"

Fan Cang said in a low voice: "The coalition forces can no longer afford it."

These words hit the point and made them suddenly realize.

yes!

When the war first started, they were ambitious and confident in attacking at will, and they never cared about casualties.

No one cares if the Anbian Army loses more than half of its troops. If it loses, it will be lost. We have more troops anyway.

But what about now? Is there still such capital?

I really can't afford it.

"Is the war going to end early?"

A general asked, but received no response.

It has been less than three months since the war started. Could it be said that it ended like this?

Everyone's mood was extremely low.

"A pause in the offensive does not end the war!"
To be continued...