Camp Road.

It is a small city at the junction of Lingling and Guiyang.

After experiencing a huge defeat, the morale of the army was extremely low and they had no fighting spirit.

Lu Mengsui did not dare to continue the confrontation with the Jingzhou Army garrison. Instead, he retreated all the way and retreated here to rest and recuperate.

Just arrived in the city.

The first thing he did was to go find out the news.

A few days later.

As the spy secretly received the military information, Lu Meng looked at it, and his face suddenly became filled with endless anger, and he was extremely angry.

Immediately, he immediately sent someone to escort Wumeng Colonel Pan Zhang into the camp.

"Pan Zhang, do you know your guilt in this battle?"

As soon as this man was escorted into the camp, Lu Meng's expression turned pale and he couldn't control it anymore, and he directly questioned him sternly.

"General, what is Zhang guilty of?"

After saying this, Pan Zhang's expression remained unchanged and he asked firmly.

"Based on your tone, I'm afraid you won't take the initiative to recruit someone?"

Seeing Pan Zhang's reaction, Lu Meng's anger became even more intense, and he showed an extremely serious look to the generals, and quickly took advantage of the situation where this man had previously sent troops to plunder the surrounding areas during the siege of Quanling.

Tell the truth about all the incidents!

At the end of his words, Lu Meng said sternly: "Before marching, I have given many orders. During this march, all ministries must prevent incidents such as looting from happening."

"Pan Zhang, you know the law and break the law, what crime should you be punished for?"

As soon as he said these words, he pondered for a moment, then paused in his tone and said in a different tone: "Besides, if you hadn't robbed the surrounding people without permission this time, how could you have pushed them to the opposite side of our army?"

"Without the help of Lingling soldiers and civilians, even if our army is ambushed, we can still fight with it!"

"But because of what you did, our army failed to conquer Lingling County!"

One word fell.

For a moment, Lu Meng stared at him with sharp eyes.

Seeing this, he saw that all his previous actions had been found out.

Pan Zhang quickly begged for mercy and said: "General, there is a reason for this, and you cannot blame the general alone."

"This is why the general at that time suspected that the barbarians were disguised as reinforcements from Jingzhou, so the general led his troops to search in the surrounding areas. It was only because the local soldiers and people did not cooperate that it happened."

"General, this is really not my intention!"

Words fell down one after another.

After hearing this, Lu Meng saw that he was still trying to defend himself, with a very serious expression on his face, and said coldly: "Are you searching for the hidden Jingzhou army, or are you taking this opportunity to rob the people and make money?"

"Pan Zhang, I'm afraid you know it best in your heart."

"You have no regard for military discipline. You should be killed according to the law!"

This has just been said.

Not only did Pan Zhang fall into confusion, but even the generals on both sides couldn't help but look shocked.

They thought that even if Pan Zhang violated military orders, Lu Meng would not punish him too harshly.

After all, this person has an extraordinary relationship with Wu Hou Sun Quan!

Unexpectedly, it seemed to be serious.

Immediately, the generals hurriedly held up their hands and begged:

"General, although Pan Wengui has been punished by military orders this time, he still fought bravely in the past and made many military exploits. Please show mercy!"

"General, Wen Gui has a deep relationship with the lord and should be left to the lord to deal with it."

…

For a time, all the generals asked for help.

Although Pan Zhang was always greedy, he would often plunder the property of his soldiers. If he dared to disobey, he would directly kill the soldiers.

This also made him unpopular with the generals.

This time all the generals begged for mercy together because they did not want Lü Meng to be implicated in this matter.

Probably because Pan Zhang and Sun Quan fought side by side in their early years, the monarch and his ministers had already established a profound friendship.

It would be a misfortune for the army if Lu Meng was implicated for executing Pan Zhang without authorization.

Following the unanimous advice of everyone.

Lu Meng just gradually woke up from his anger.

He stared at Pan Zhang quietly for a long time, pondered for a while, and then said: "Since everyone is interceding for you, then the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped!"

"Left and right, drag him down, punish him with eighty army sticks, and then escort him back to Chaisang and hand him over to the master."

An order was passed down.

The two muscular sword-wielding guards in the tent had serious expressions. After accepting the order, they dragged him down.

"Ah, ah..."

After a while, Pan Zhang's roar came from outside the tent.

The Pan Zhang matter needs to be resolved.

There was silence in the tent for a long time.

A relatively thin general, Chen Wu, could not help but raise his hands and asked: "General, what should our army plan next?"

"After this battle, our army suffered heavy losses, and the mood of the soldiers in the camp is also extremely unstable."

"General Jiang Gongyi was also captured by the enemy this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sounds behind him became weaker and weaker.

All the generals couldn't help but have a trace of solemnity on their faces at this moment.

Nowadays, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation is not favorable for oneself!

They were supposed to have the upper hand.

But now...

After hearing this, Lu Meng raised his head and looked around. He saw that the mood of the generals was a little pessimistic. After pondering for a while, he suddenly encouraged him loudly:

"Everyone, cheer up, our army is not at the point of no return yet."

"Although our army has been newly defeated, Changsha and Guiyang counties are still under our control."

"And this Jingzhou reinforcements only number more than 10,000 people at most. Our army still has a chance to regroup and fight again."

Words slowly came out like a tonic.

After the generals heard this, they slowly showed their warlike expressions again.

Seeing this, Lu Meng felt happy in his heart.

"I wonder if the general has any plans next?"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Wu took the lead to regain his fighting spirit, raised his hands and asked loudly.

Hearing this, Lu Meng's face was calm, showing no trace of panic, and he analyzed slowly: "Jingzhou's reinforcements only numbered more than ten thousand people. This time, it was only with the help of powerful armed forces that the local people were able to successfully defeat our army."

"If this is not what I expected, the enemy may be discussing the possibility of taking advantage of the victory to attack and drive our army to annihilation."

After saying this, he paused for a while and then said: "Therefore, our army should immediately shrink its defense line at this time and retreat to Guiyang County to hold on."

"After all, with the current fighting spirit of our army, if we continue to fight the enemy, there may be a possibility of mutiny."

"After retreating to Guiyang and holding out for a period of time, and when the morale of the entire army returns to normal, our army will then think about the war with the Jingzhou army."

At this time, the military discussion was at a critical moment.

The guards outside the tent immediately rushed into the tent, quickly handed over their hands and reported: "For your information, General, Governor Lu from Lukou has sent an urgent report!"

"It is said that Guan Yu has personally led the main force of 30,000 people directly into the Xiang River along the public security road and headed straight for Changsha County."

"The governor has led his troops to Yiyang to confront them."

"The general is specially ordered to quickly send troops north to assist."
Chapter completed!