The soldiers went to investigate the situation of the Xi brothers and the army, and Li Zhen took everyone back to the city.
He looked at the collapsed ruins in the city and felt silent in his heart. This time he used the golden cicada's plan to escape, but Xi Yinglong escaped. It can be said that he did not win, but Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen left Lingui County to free up the place. , Li Zhen walked and watched, his mood became increasingly depressed. After walking around, Li Zhen returned to the military camp where the army was temporarily stationed.
Sitting in the tent, Li Zhen looked at the rain and mist rising outside the tent, and his heart slowly calmed down.
He closed his eyes slightly and thought slowly.
A series of smooth events during this period made him feel so carried away that he did not think about things carefully. Li Zhen slowly sorted out his thoughts and calmed down to reflect.
After capturing Wuzhou Prefecture, the army was divided into three groups. Li Zhen led the soldiers into Pingle Prefecture. He did not encounter any resistance on the way and captured Pingle Prefecture very smoothly. Waiting for Yang Banhou and Smith's command The two armies were also close to Guilin Prefecture. Especially after the three armies merged, the armies advanced in great strides and arrived outside the county seat of Lingui County without encountering resistance.
After that, Li Zhen's army entered the city unimpeded.
Later, he successfully entered the Sifang City Gate.
A series of victories, a series of ease, so that Li Zhen and his soldiers did not think about the problem, they just wanted to make achievements as soon as possible and capture Lingui County as soon as possible.
If you are not calm-minded, you will be led by the other party's lead.
Fortunately, it rained heavily and Yufu and the rest of the soldiers survived. Even so, they suffered heavy losses.
A lesson.
Li Zhen sighed in his heart and let his heart slowly calm down. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was not an accident. This failure was the result of Li Zhen's change in mentality after everything went smoothly. He just happened to encounter this. It broke out at once, from Li Zhen's trip to Beijing, to solving Hong Xiuquan and then settling in Nanjing, and finally returning to Guangdong in glory, with endless glory.
Continuous victories have immersed Li Zhen's mind in such continuous victories.
As a result, it is impossible to return to zero in time and put the mentality in a correct state.
"Report,."
A deep voice came from outside the camp.
Yang Banhou strode in, stood respectfully in front of Li Zhen, and said in a slightly low voice: "Commander, we have found out why Xi Yinglong's army was able to run from the city to the outside."
"What's the reason?" Li Zhen asked.
Yang Banhou said: "There is a tunnel in the Governor's Mansion that can lead directly to the outside of the city. This tunnel is extremely wide, and the underground passages leading to the outside of the city are places with little traffic and are not easy to be discovered. As for the Sifang City Gate, It was also Xi Yinglong who asked the soldiers to seize the city gate before letting them evacuate the city."
Li Zhen nodded and asked, "Where is Xi Yinglong."
Yang Banhou said: "The movements of Xi Yinglong have been found. He and Xi Changzhen left with the soldiers and ran towards the south. Judging from the situation, it seems that there is a possibility of rushing to the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam. If Xi Yinglong does not rush to Vietnam, then he will It's just a trick, deliberately going this way, trying to attract us and then change the direction."
Li Zhen said: "Pay close attention to Xi Yinglong's movements. If he leaves Guangxi, ignore him for the time being. If he stays and waits for an opportunity to counterattack, wipe him out completely."
"yes."
"Have the statistics on the losses of army soldiers been compiled?"
"Out."
Li Zhendao: "Bring the data over and show it to me."
Yang Banhou immediately went to execute it and quickly got the data.
Li Zhen looked at the data recorded on the paper, his expression stagnant, and after a while he said: "Calling all officers above, including the battalion commander, to gather in the camp tent, I want to hold a meeting."
Yang Banhou turned around and left to inform the generals in the army.
Soon, people from battalion level cadres and above gathered in Li Zhen's army. Li Zhen looked at the generals in the camp, shook the white paper recording the battle data, and said in a deep voice: "This is In the first battle, our army had a total of more than 14,000 soldiers, which can be said to be powerful. Up to now, the number of soldiers has dropped sharply by nearly 5,000, and the number of remaining soldiers is less than 9,000. This does not include the consumption of weapons. , you can imagine the loss this time.”
When everyone heard this, they were all silent.
Yang Luchan, Dong Haichuan, Smith and others also lowered their heads and remained silent.
Li Zhen continued: "I am more responsible for failing to catch Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen this time, because I, the coach, did not do things well, and because of my wrong judgment, the army suffered a heavy blow."
Everyone shook their heads in denial.
Li Zhen said with certainty: "If it's my fault, it's mine. There's no need to escape. But just because I proactively admit my mistakes doesn't mean you'll be fine. Besides, we don't win."
"I think you also need to reflect on it."
Li Zhen said impassionedly: "The long-term prosperity of an army lies not only in the role of a commander, but also in the soul connotation embodied by an army and the military soul culture of the army. I put forward my I hope you will convey my request, and I hope you will understand more of your own thoughts."
"There are two things I'm talking about. The first point is the ownership mentality. I hope everyone will regard themselves as the masters of the army, fight for the future and victory of the army with the ownership mentality, and do things with the ownership mentality to achieve success in the army. Achieve your own success."
"The second point is the value of existence. This topic is a bit big, but to be specific, to put it simply, if you are in the army, what value do you have to the entire army, or what is your use? If you stay in the military camp, not only Just to have enough food in the military camp and not be hungry is not just a matter of eating a few bowls of rice and gaining a few pounds of meat. You should treat this place as your other home, do things with a master's mentality, and build the entire army. This is what exists. value."
"I hope that everyone in the army can contribute to the army. Whether he is a soldier, a platoon leader, or any other official position, I hope that he can reflect his own value and fully consider it from the perspective of the army. , instead of hanging up on things that have nothing to do with you, we must build on the first point and then bring out the value.”
Li Zhen said solemnly: "The army is mine and yours. I hope you can consider the army. This is what I have realized. I reflect on my own mistakes, but I also hope that the soldiers in the army will also reflect on their own problems." , even your generals present are like this. Only in this way can the army always maintain vitality and combat effectiveness."
After everyone heard this, they all fell silent and thought.
This was the first time they heard what Li Zhen said, and they felt refreshed. A different feeling arose in their hearts, and they felt that their existence seemed to have greater value.