Xie Gui led a group of personal guards to the front camp after hearing the news. The messy scene in front of him suddenly made him cold. While constantly checking on the messy ground with blue smoke, the dirtiest words kept whipping out from Xie Gui's mouth. In desperation, he no longer cared about the demeanor of the general.

Shao Tingqin, who was also in a depressed mood, followed Xie Gui at this time. In fact, they were in the same embarrassing situation tonight. How could they comfort others if they were already depressed? It was not until Xie Gui frowned and stopped in front of a burning fire that Shao Tingqin decided to think about it, went up to cough and said, "Tong Xie..."

"Stop!" However, Xie Gui suddenly broke out and immediately turned his face, his face full of haze and indignation: "Shao Tingqian, are you guarding the siege equipment like this? Under the eyes of tens of thousands of elite soldiers in front of your camp, Li Yuan's troops calmly arranged catapults in front of the formation? At this moment, all the siege equipment of our army was damaged. How to fight the next battle?"

Shao Tingqin's face darkened when he heard this. At least, as the emperor's decree of military admiration, he did not talk about Xie Gui on weekdays. Even an old general like Pan Chongche had to give him a slight face. Now that he was scolded by Xie Gui in public, whether he was intentional or not, his face could not be kept.

But seeing Shao Tingyan's brows suddenly frowning, he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart and replied coldly: "Tong Xie, who would have expected Li Yuan to be so bold in using troops? He dared to take action hundreds of steps away from my front battalion. This matter is indeed my dereliction of duty, but thank you Tong--"

Xie Gui seemed to have deliberately prevented the other party from silence, and interrupted angrily: "Shao Ting-chan, it's good that you know that it's your dereliction of duty! The military law is like a mountain. Our army suffered such losses tonight. How can you understand the military discipline if you don't punish it? However, the general of the people is to be the magistrate of the military, so you will be the one who judges the crime yourself!"

Shao Tingyan was stunned for a moment, almost unable to believe his ears. Could you Xie Gui be floating? Even Pan Chongche, the chief general, can he cure the crime of the military supervisor? Then he smiled embarrassedly: "Tong Xie, since you know that I am a military commander and represent Your Majesty to come to supervise the military, why dare to slander me? Is this matter only my fault tonight? If I ask me, I have no fault at all."

"What? You dare to say that you are not at fault, it's simply outrageous." Xie Gui was furious and shouted loudly.

Shao Tingqing said lightly: "Thank you, even if you are in front of Your Majesty, I dare to report this. Don't forget that I am the elite army of the front camp, but not the logistics army. My ten thousand front camps are fighting desperately, how can they be used to defend the siege equipment for others? This is not my responsibility! Tonight, Li Yuan is using a plan to attack the east and west. If it weren't for your incompetent clan brother of the back camp, how could they succeed?"

Xie Gui's face suddenly turned red, and he quickly increased his voice and shouted: "Stop talking... In short, it was your fault that the Tang army sneaked into the siege equipment under your Shao Tingyan's nose. You can't escape this crime no matter what!"

Shao Tingqing sneered: "Responsibility? If you really hold the blame accountable, I am afraid that it is not you, Xie Dutong! Although I am short of my time in the army, I know that before the army attacks the city, I need to properly protect the siege equipment. Who ordered all these things to be collected for the Tang army to show? If Xie Dutong had not insisted on showing Li Yuanyaowu's power and deliberately put these equipment in the front camp to scare them, how could such a thing be caused?

President Pan entrusted the army to you, but unexpectedly you had this ridiculous idea. Now that you have made a mistake, you blame me... Forget it, thank you President Xie, why don't we go back to Prince Xing's Mansion and let Your Majesty judge and see who made the mistake."

"You..." When talking about the moody Majesty in the capital, Xie Gui was just so angry that he was trembling but helpless. If he really argued with Shao Ting-chan, a big celebrity who had been serving him for many years, he would probably have lost his mind.

But after calming down a little, Xie Gui had to admit that Shao Tingyan's words made sense. If he hadn't been threatening his opponent for the sake of Yaowuyang, how could he suffer the consequences? But he never expected that Li Yuan, a brave guy, dared to attack the rear camp at night with just over 10,000 troops in his hands, to bomb the front camp at night, and it was the waste Xie Chong who guarded the rear camp...

In fact, Xie Gui was just taking the opportunity to express his extreme anger in his heart. One was tonight's failure was equivalent to pretending to be slapped in the face, which was really humiliating.

In both, Xie Gui was originally secretly thinking about Shao Tingqin, the newly rising general. Although he had not publicly clashed with him before, the rumors about Xie and Shao's talents have been compared for a day or two in the military. In the eyes of Xie Gui, a general who relied on real military merits to seek promotion, he looked down on Shao Tingqin, who was born in the palace and a eunuch. However, this Shao Junrong, who had a smooth official career, showed his outstanding military leadership skills. How can people not be jealous?

Seeing Xie Gui gradually fell into silence, Shao Tingqiu took the initiative to ease his expression and bowed and whispered: "Tong Xie, it's over here. Why should we blame each other for the enemy? It's just that Li Yuan is too cunning. After all, no one expected that only the Tang army and the men dared to attack openly, right?

However, even though Li Yuan had some methods, it could not fundamentally change the overall situation. Although our army lost its siege equipment, its strength was still in an absolute advantage, and the Tang army could not protect Yiyang City!"

"Shao Junrong said it lightly! Our army could not capture Yiyang City with these crossbows, and now there are fewer siege equipment left. How can we attack tomorrow? Can we rely solely on troops to fight hard? Don't forget that our army went deep into the enemy territory, and one person was killed or injured, and there was no support..." Xie Gui slowed down his face slightly, but he still frowned.

Shao Tingqin shook his head and said, "Thank you, if the siege equipment is destroyed, it will be destroyed. At worst, the craftsmen who accompany the army can repair and build it again. The mountains and trees behind it are lush, and it takes only a few days to take us, so we have enough food and grass!"

"If we wait a few more days and there are Tang troops coming to support us, what should we do then? Li Yuan is a military commander in the town. Do you really think his troops are only more than 10,000? We are indeed superior at present, but the time is fleeting, and there may be variables!"

Shao Tingqin sneered and said, "Then we will eat more than 10,000 Tang troops first! Let's just solve the disaster Li Yuan in one fell swoop. Once the commander of the Tang army died, he would make great progress without any obstacles."

Xie Gui glared his eyes wide and suddenly swallowed. Perhaps this proposal was very tempting or revenge, and then nodded in a deep voice: "Well, it seems that this is the only way! After the sunrise, I personally led 20,000 troops to annihilate the enemy on the opposite hill! After the president took Li Yuan, I will then take the troops to Yiyang!

As for Shao Junrong, you will stay in the camp and be responsible for allocating troops and building siege equipment. The chief lord only gives you three days, and you need to build 500 chariots within three days, otherwise the chief lord will not agree!”

After saying that, Xie Gui left with his sleeves, Shao Tingqian stood there. After Xie Gui's back gradually faded away, he finally couldn't help but spit, and his face was distorted for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

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