I’m The King Chapter 1147: : Carry on the past and open up the future (thirty-seven)

Sixi, the tent of the new first army of the Han Dynasty.

In just over a month, the former high-spirited and high-spirited commander of the New First Army seemed to have aged several decades. Recalling the battle a month ago, Zhang Hongyu was still full of remorse.

At the beginning when Dong Zhuang's third division launched an offensive, everything went smoothly. Although they encountered stubborn resistance from their opponents in Tucheng, the third division still went forward bravely, defeated their opponents, and advanced towards Tucheng. The Eastern Suo's encounter with a strong enemy in Sixi was the beginning of this disaster. What they encountered was not the local guards shown in the information, but the real elite of Chu State, and their number was several times that of them. He Dong Falling into a tight siege, unable to get out, and the disaster began at that time. In order to rescue He Dong, Dong Zhuang put all the rest of his troops into Sixi to fight, and was surrounded. (Pig) (Island) (Fiction) www.zhu Second Division Gao Chengdong's troops were stuffed into this bottomless pit-like battlefield one after another until the whole army was surrounded by the narrow battlefield of Sixi.

In retrospect, the opponent has already made sufficient preparations, secretly mobilized the army to hide around Sixi, and lured the new army into the encirclement bit by bit, but he was unprepared. fell into this desperate situation.

Zhang Hongyu doesn't resent his opponents. In a duel on the battlefield, a loser is a loser. He hates himself for underestimating the enemy. He hates himself for easily ignoring the series of symptoms that appeared earlier. In the final analysis, he is too proud , too confident in the new First Army, and disdainful of the combat effectiveness of the Chu Army. When Cui Chengxiu of the First Division was also surrounded and sent a warning to himself, he should not take the Second Division and the troops directly under the military headquarters to set foot again. Falling into this trap, the self at that time thought that as long as the reinforcement army he led arrived on the battlefield, he would be able to defeat the opponent without any suspense and rescue the trapped army. Now it seems that it is really too naive.

For a conspiracy that has been planned for a long time, what the other party needs is to do it by himself, and he himself jumped off the cliff without hesitation.

The army of more than 50,000 soldiers tried in vain to break out of Sixi, the battlefield chosen by the enemy, but failed repeatedly due to the constraints of the terrain, until Zhang Hongyu could no longer move.

There are still more than 30,000 people left in the new army of 50,000. Most of them fell on the battlefield in the previous battles and breakouts again and again, and some wounded soldiers died slowly and painfully because of the serious lack of medicine.

It's all my fault.

Of course Zhang Hongyu would not have surrendered. If Wu Qi hadn't arrived in Sixi that day, he would have assembled all the remaining edible food in the entire army, and was going to assign it to the most elite part of the army, and send out death orders in other departments When attacking to attract the opponent's attention, let them break out from another direction. At least it can keep the fire of the new army, so that the whole army will not be wiped out here.

Whether the plan is successful or not, it is always a trial, because it will be delayed. If you don't need the enemy to attack, you will be hungry and lose your fighting power.

Wu Qi's arrival stopped Zhang Hongyu's final breakout plan, because even if the breakout was successful. There are not many people left in the New First Army, and most of them will be buried in Sixi.

Seeing Wu Qi, Zhang Hongyu knew it. The country has already begun to prepare for negotiations with Chu, and its new army has become a bargaining chip on the negotiating table for Chu people.

From that day on, the enemies who surrounded him sent a thousand catties of rice every day, which was not enough for tens of thousands of troops, but it was still enough to hang their lives from starvation.

Being handed over by the enemy is painful, especially for an arrogant general like Zhang Hongyu. His subordinates saw that Zhang Hongyu was aging at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.

Zhang Hongyu knew that in order to save the fate of the new army this time, the Han Dynasty might have to pay a high price, but this has never happened before, and only the Han Dynasty has ever threatened the opponent at the negotiating table , has never been threatened by an opponent, and I will set this precedent, and I will inevitably leave this heavy stain on the future military history that I will never be able to wash off.

"How is the morale now?" Zhang Hongyu asked looking at Cui Chengxiu who was also haggard.

"Commander, it's okay for middle and senior officers to talk, but grassroots officers and ordinary soldiers are demanding to break out of the siege. Even if there are only one soldier left, it's better than being trapped here alive."

"Do you think so too?"

Cui Chengxiu shook his head: "Mr. Commander, the current problem is probably not military. The other side is besieging and not fighting. It is obvious that they want to use us to bargain with the court. Didn't Wu Yizheng come a few days ago? I'm afraid it is Is it right for this matter?"

Zhang Hongyu nodded, "Yes, it is no longer a military issue. The imperial court has considerations from the imperial court. Wu Yizheng went to Ying City this time to seek a political solution, which is also what the people of Chu are looking forward to. "

"Will you ask us to surrender?" Cui Chengxiu raised his head, a trace of rebelliousness flashed in his eyes.

"If this is the case, what would you do?"

Cui Chengxiu was silent for a moment, "I will follow the commander's request, but Dong Zhuang is hard to say."

Zhang Hongyu nodded, "Gao Chengdong is a pure soldier, he will obey orders as his bounden duty, Dong Zhuang is different, he will not accept this desired ending. So I have ordered him to be summoned to the Central Committee The army is here, and I am looking for you, and I want you to go to Caijiaji to take over his army and temporarily reorganize with your first division."

"You want to catch him?" Cui Chengxiu asked in surprise.

"I'm worried that he will cause trouble. This time the third division suffered heavy losses and was basically disabled. This guy is only thinking about revenge. If the superior asks us to surrender to the Chu army, he will definitely not agree. So I locked him in the military headquarters first, and then released him after I got back."

"Commander?" Cui Chengxiu said, "Is this the final result? If you mobilize the Young Guards from Jicheng, it will take at most ten days for their two cavalry corps to get here from Jicheng. This battle is not worth fighting."

"The key is that the court doesn't want to fight now, it can't fight! This point, Wu Yizheng made it very clear to me when he came last time. After years of wars, we big men have no foundation and can't afford it. Now the country needs to recuperate. I thought it would be a short and quick war, but we messed it up. If the imperial court sends troops to rescue us, it may lead to a long and continuous war with Chu. This is obviously not What the imperial court wants to see."

"If you really surrender?" Cui Chengxiu didn't say anything.

"Let me take all the blame. From the beginning, I have underestimated my opponent. Since the formation of the new army, we have fought many tough and bitter battles. We all went smoothly and smoothly. It made my heart grow bigger, and I regard the heroes of the world as nothing. This time, the traps of the Chu army are not without trace. Since Dong Zhuang's three regiments Mao Afu began to attack Tucheng, there have been many bad things. It is a sign, but I was too optimistic and turned a blind eye, which is the root cause of the catastrophe. If I hadn't been greedy for credit, maybe it was only Dong Zhuang's two regiments that fell into it, not our entire new army now. .”

"It's not the commander's fault." Cui Chengxiu whispered.

"It's my fault. After you got stuck, send someone to warn me. If I listened to you, the Second Division and the military department wouldn't get stuck. If we were still outside, we would never Make it look like it is now. Chengxiu, you are stronger than me."

"Commander!" Cui Chengxiu looked at him in shock.

"You used to be my student, I know you are saving face for me!" Zhang Hongyu smiled wryly: "Chengxiu, I have already issued orders to the officials above the regiment level of the three divisions, if anything happens to me , you will temporarily take over the post of Commander of the New First Army until the imperial court makes a new appointment."

"Commander, it is not time for despair, how can you give such an order, do you have other plans?"

"It's just a rainy day. As long as I'm fine, you, acting army commander, won't be able to perform your duties." Yang Hongyu suddenly laughed: "Wu Yizheng said that he would fight for a decent way for us to withdraw from the war. It's him."

"Commander, if we really want us to lay down our weapons, we will not accept it. This is not only Dong Zhuang, but also me and Gao Chengdong."

"If you save land, you will gain it. If you lose land, you will lose it. Have you forgotten the king's instruction?" Zhang Hongyu said calmly, "The most important thing now is to bring the rest back. Only when people go back, there will be a chance to take revenge, Chengxiu, if we all die here, even if we get revenge in the future, it will not be done by the New Army himself~IndoMTL.com~ You know what I mean Is it? Sooner or later, there will be a big battle between Han and Chu that will affect the fate of the country. We lost this time, but we can still wait for the next opportunity."

"But this time, I'm afraid that the senior generals of our new army..." Cui Chengxiu sighed.

"It's okay, I will take all the responsibilities, and I won't let you be implicated. If you want to criticize your performance in this war, it is remarkable, which is what we still have most of it. The reasons for the soldiers, I have already written the scriptures, the king is a great expert in military affairs, it is easy to understand at a glance. You are under my influence."

"Commander!" Cui Chengxiu stood up suddenly.

"It's better for me to suffer alone than for everyone to suffer together. What's more, this time is something I should be responsible for." Zhang Hongyu looked at him and shook his head.

"Commander, Master Dong is here!" A personal guard raised the curtain, walked into the tent and reported to Zhang Hongyu.

Zhang Hongyu nodded, "Chengxiu, you go."

"Yes, Commander, take care!" (to be continued...)