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Chapter 252 The true meaning of the two military orders

"General, from the direction of Tuzhou, Wei Qianfeng has sent good news."

Fang Jue was surprised: "So fast?"

It has only been three days since the division of troops, but Wei Ran's troops have not yet reached Tuzhou.

Where did the good news come from?

After taking a look at the battle report, Fang Jue became even more confused: "What happened? They actually encountered the entire army of Tuzhou's main camp halfway along the road?"

The battle report said that Wei Ran's troops encountered the Tuzhou camp a hundred miles outside the main city of Tuzhou.

Attacking them in one fell swoop, they won a complete victory, wiping out more than five thousand enemies and beheading them.

It's still the same, not planning to keep many prisoners.

All border army generals are like this, which cannot be said to be cruel. If they can't support them, they can't let them go, so they have to kill them.

Nine thousand cavalry faced off against more than 6,000 defeated troops. It was a crushing massacre. Except for the necessary survivors and hundreds of people who escaped, Tuzhou's entire army was completely wiped out.

"General, on the back page of the battle report, there is news about Tuzhou." The sergeant who delivered the message said.

Fang Jue uncovered the battle report, and sure enough there was the following, which was the result of Wei Ran and others' interrogation of the captured soldiers.

"General, what did Wei Qianfeng say?" Upon hearing the good news, the lieutenants who stayed with Fang Jue from each battalion gathered around him.

After reading it, Fang Jue handed the letter to everyone to circulate.

"Wei Qianfeng is really thunderous, destroying the enemy's army so quickly."

"Eh?"

"That's not right. Why didn't you capture Tuzhou City?"

"What, Tuzhou has changed hands?"

After seeing everything, all the generals were surprised.

Fang Jue said: "That's it. Tuzhou had already changed hands before Wei Ran and the others arrived. These Beiliang soldiers from the Tuzhou camp fled south and planned to come to Hanzhou and Linzhou to seek refuge."

"They didn't expect that Hanzhou and Linzhou are already ours, haha." Fan Ji laughed, very proud of himself.

Even if they didn't encounter Wei Ran's tribe halfway along, these Northern Liang troops would still be defeated within the two Hanlin states.

Everyone sighed: "Wei Ran and the others are so lucky...they got a bargain."

"What should I do in Tuzhou?"

Wei Feng said: "General, Tuzhou has been captured, should we fight for it?"

"This is also the meaning of Wei Ran's inquiry, whether it is necessary to compete with Xi Chu."

Tuzhou has been captured by Xichu.

Previously, Fang Jue and others estimated that Xi Chu would not be so fast. In fact, it was not that fast in the first place.

But no one could have imagined that Xi Chu had bribed several generals from the Beiliang Southwest Front Army, making it extremely easy for Xi Chu to advance this time.

As a result, the troops arrived at the gate of Tuzhou City without any effort, and the leader of the Tuzhou camp died in the battle. As a result, the whole camp was leaderless and fled in a rout.

Then unfortunately, he ran into Wei Ran's tribe and was annihilated.

"Xi Chu really likes to pick up bargains. That's what happened with Yue Pingchuan, and now he has found such a big bargain in Beiliang." Dong Gui muttered.

"Unfortunately, we arrived a step too late..."

"General, what I mean is that Wei Ran should be withdrawn and it is not appropriate to start a war with Western Chu." Wei Feng said.

Daxia and Western Chu are also bordering each other. Qinzhou, to the west of Chuzhou, is the land of Western Chu.

If they were to confront the troops of Western Chu in the territory of Beiliang, no matter who attacked first, it would be tantamount to a declaration of war.

Whether the country is ready or not is a matter of debate. This cannot be said by others.

"You are right. Even if there is going to be a war, His Majesty should issue a counter-cry and send troops amidst the denunciation... If we make arbitrary decisions, it will affect His Majesty's national policy."

Fang Jue sighed: "Let Wei Ran retreat and divide his troops to station in Hanzhou. The Yulin army will come back to cover most of our army."

"Is the general afraid of the Western Chu army and will attack Hanzhou?" Cheng Jie asked.

"Ask Wei Ran to send someone to inform the Western Chu army in Tuzhou that the three states of Shuang, Han, and Lin have been recaptured by me, Daxia, and tell them not to get close, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration of war."

When you feel ready, you must first be polite and then attack.

"General, are you willing to take the bait?" Wei Feng smiled and understood immediately.

When the military chief heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes and naturally understood the deeper meaning.

But he didn't add any detail and recorded several military orders without modification.

Fang Jue glanced at the military register and nodded with satisfaction.



The messenger rushed quickly, and Wei Ran's army received the military order that night.

"What, withdraw the troops?" Sun Yi immediately refused, "Just go back like this?"

"Xi Chu has occupied Tuzhou, we can't take the initiative to attack, and the troops are out of nowhere." Lin Bei was the most astute and knew the reason.

There are only a few sentences in the military order, so I won't go into too much detail because I have to buy time and the superior officer can't explain everything.

"But……"

"Hey, the general doesn't want to give in, I understand." Lin Bei suddenly smiled because he had read the following military orders.

He asked Wei Ran to send someone to inform the soldiers and horses in Tuzhou of Western Chu that the three states of Shuanghanlin belonged to Daxia and were not allowed to set foot there.

"Huh?" Sun Yi looked over.

Wei Ran also nodded: "I understand, the general must be polite before attacking. If the Western Chu army is disrespectful at all, they can take advantage of the situation and go to war."

"Ah?" Sun Yi was stunned and scratched his head, "Why didn't I see the meaning?"

Lin Bei and Wei Ran looked at each other, and both could see that they were speechless towards Sun Yi.

"Then let's retreat, shall we?" Sun Yi looked at the two of them.

Wei Ran smiled: "Military orders cannot be violated..."

Hearing that he still had to leave, Sun Yi rolled his eyes.

"But the general didn't say that we must leave immediately. We have just experienced a big battle and our military strength is in critical condition. We should camp on the spot for repairs... Don't you think so?" Wei Ran looked at Zheng Jun.

Here, Zheng Jun is the general's confidant, and his opinions are sometimes very important.

Especially for matters like this, where military orders may be misunderstood, and complaints may be filed afterwards, we must have a unified approach.

Hearing this, Zheng Jun smiled and said: "That's natural. What we encountered was the entire Tuzhou camp. Although we won a great victory, the brothers were seriously injured and are not suitable for traveling long distances. They have to recuperate on the spot for a few days."

"Hahaha, General Zheng is indeed young and promising. I think you will at least be a general in the future." Lin Bei patted Zheng Jun on the shoulder.

An atmosphere called joy suddenly filled the air.

Sun Yi finally understood and immediately said speechlessly: "Is this what the general means? Can't he just say it?"

Is the military in danger?

Our eight thousand cavalry were mixed against six thousand, and we were ambushed and routed.

We only injured about a hundred people.

And few of them were seriously injured and needed to recover for so long? This excuse is really enough.

"Brother Sun, if you don't have anyone in the capital, you won't be promoted to general." Lin Bei said with a smile.

Zheng Jun was finally able to interrupt and said with a smile: "The general cannot speak directly. The military chief will record the military orders. If he speaks frankly, he will be impeached by the imperial censor, saying that he deliberately provoked a war with Western Chu for military glory."

"Oh, that's it." Sun Yi was finally convinced.

He has not interacted with people in the capital for many years and has sole power in Lizhou. Naturally, he does not need to use many twists and turns in this regard.

"Then let's camp here, and then send people to inform the Western Chu army in Tuzhou and let them have evil intentions to offend our army. Then we will have reason to send troops!" Sun Yi nodded.

Seeing his understanding, Lin Bei patted Sun Yi on the shoulder and said, "Brother Sun, I made a mistake just now. If you continue like this, your position as the commander-in-chief of Lizhou Camp may not be guaranteed."

Wei Ran and Zheng Jun also couldn't help laughing.

"Ah?" Sun Yi was confused, "Isn't that how you understand it?"

Zheng Jun sighed and wondered how he could become the general of Lizhou with this brain.

Wei Ran didn't care, and directly teased: "Brother Sun, is your position as the commander of Lizhou Camp the position that His Highness Prince Ning sought for you back then?"

"Really?" Sun Yi made no secret, because this matter was found out, "But I have stopped interacting with King Ning for a long time. After he has a relationship with King Wei, I am afraid of being implicated in the heir apparent and being jealous."

In terms of self-protection, Sun Yi's brain was quite good, and the three of them nodded slowly to express that there was still hope.

"Hey, wait?"

Sun Yi narrowed his eyes and stared at the three of them: "Do you think I'm not capable of sitting in this position?"

"No, what we mean is that it's really rare for a person as humble as you, Brother Sun, to be able to sit in this position." Lin Bei said seriously, but still smiled teasingly.

Sun Yi rolled his eyes, knowing that he was being treated as an idiot.

"Then what does the general mean?" Sun Yi had no choice but to ask.

Wei Ran waved his hand: "Brother Lin, please stop teasing Brother Sun. Brother Zheng, can you tell me?"

Zheng Jun handed over. He couldn't blend in before, but now he can, because he will have to rely on the strength of the firearms battalion next.

This is reality, but Zheng Jun is not angry. Useless people will not be respected. This is the rule in the military.
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