It’s true that Luo Jingshan’s plan was successful…

On both sides of the pipeline that stretched for more than ten miles, as soon as more than ten cavalry battalions appeared, they were shocked by the new imperial army that had no preparations on the official road.

Although many of them reacted under the command of the officers and fought back with muskets.

However, these did not have much organization, and they could even be said to be very chaotic counterattacks. Even if they caused great casualties to the fast-storming cavalry camp, they could not stop his offensive...

More importantly, the muskets held by cavalry soldiers are not vegetarians.

Although the messy lead bullets could not suppress the opponent, they caused a lot of chaos to the new imperial army on the official road.

Thousands of Iron Cavalry took this opportunity to get closer to the official road.

When the cavalry was only fifty steps away from the official road, grenades emitting white smoke were quickly thrown at the official road.

Under the huge inertia of the rapid rush of the cavalry, the grenade that emitting white smoke easily flew over fifty steps and landed on the official road and exploded.

More than a dozen cavalry battalions also quickly took advantage of the cover of the explosion. They used their sabers to kill the new imperial army that had fallen into chaos...

The final result was that, except for less than 5,000 new imperial troops, more than 8,000 new imperial troops, became prisoners of the First Cavalry Division. The remaining new imperial troops, without exception, became the dead souls of the cavalry under the swords of the cavalry.

Zhou Shuyuan's secret army, which was personally dealt with by the Chief of Staff, was then disintegrated by more than 100 veterans of the cavalry division and took away more than 4,000 soldiers. The division commander, who had suffered heavy losses, could only flee with less than 2,000 remaining soldiers, the embarrassing Governor's Office of Chang Ganning.

In the lobby of the Ganning Governor's Office, after listening to the report of his confidant division commander.

Zhou Shuyuan's first reaction was that this division commander must have lied about military affairs in order to shirk responsibility after being defeated.

In Zhou Shuyuan's view, even the First Cavalry Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army is the most elite cavalry unit of the Tiger and Leopard Army. Under the siege of 10,000 elite troops and 20,000 new troops in the court, even if they are not killed, they will lose their skin.

Now, the teacher in front of him actually told himself that the thousands of elites and two thousand iron cavalry he had worked hard to form were defeated without even seeing Qingchuan County. This made Zhou Shuyuan, who was full of confidence, believe this fact.

However, after hearing the specific process of the failure of ten thousand soldiers under his command, the incredible expression on his face was immediately covered by shock and despair!

He clenched his fists, like an angry lion, and scolded loudly: "How could this happen... I, Zhou Shuyuan, have been very good to them, and have given him so many promises. They betrayed me so much... Can anyone tell me why..."

Just when several subordinates in the lobby of the Governor's Office fell quickly silent because Zhou Shuyuan asked remarks.

The confidant deputy on the side had to remind him: "Governor, we have all miscalculated the form... The tens of thousands of soldiers of the Fifth Army were also influenced by the Tiger and Leopard Army for a year."

"In their eyes, the Tiger and Leopard Army is an invincible existence. If it is against the Tiger and Leopard Army, it is no different from seeking death. I also heard that the Tiger and Leopard Army promised them that as long as they rejoin the Tiger and Leopard Army, the Tiger and Leopard Army will not blame what they did... In this case, it would be most appropriate for them to choose the Tiger and Leopard Army and give up on us..."

"After all, the promises we give them are all unlimited and illusory. And the promises we give to them are really going to continue to live, join the army and get military pay, and live a good life..."

The words of the Deputy Governor were like a small stone breaking the surface of the calm water, giving others the courage to say everything they dared not say before.

After the Deputy Governor finished speaking, several subordinates continued to speak without caring about Zhou Shuyuan's increasingly solemn facial expressions.

"Governor, you don't know that since we left the Tiger and Leopard Army and established themselves in Gansu and Ning provinces. The news that the Tiger and Leopard Army had sent large troops to attack us spread. The morale and morale of the Ninth Division, the last general, began to become turbulent. In the past few days, more than one battalion soldiers had left the troops and surrendered to the two Tiger and Leopard Army infantry divisions on the border with weapons..."

"The 10th Division of the last general also had musketeers of about two battalions, and defected to the troops with guns..."

"In addition, between these two battalions, two companies were established. If their regiment commander had not discovered it in time, the Tiger and Leopard Army would have probably entered the territory of Gansu and Ningbo through the gaps given out by these two companies..."

Just as Zhou Shuyuan's face became more and more gloomy, the head of the Guard Group, who was responsible for the security of the Governor's Office, Zhou Shuyuan's real confidant, continued to say, "Governor, officers above the Guard Group are all completely loyal to you... But even so, in the past few days, there have been almost a company soldiers who disappeared without a trace during the patrol... Not only that, more than twenty civil servants in the Governor's Office have not arrived..."

Just when everyone thought that Zhou Shuyuan would be furious because of this, Zhou Shuyuan's face actually showed a heartfelt sarcastic expression...

Under the gaze of the subordinates, he sarcastically said, "This is such a big joke... I, Zhou Shuyuan, betrayed the Tiger and Leopard Army, and the civil and military officials under my Zhou Shuyuan, betrayed me again... In the end, I got nothing myself and would be ridiculed by others... I am the stupidest fool in the world..."

After Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, the only few accomplices in the lobby looked solemn and hesitant. However, they still knelt beside Zhou Shuyuan and said loudly as if they had been discussed...

"Governor, no matter what other people do... Mo Jiang and others will never betray the Governor, and will swear allegiance to the Governor..."

Zhou Shuyuan was very pleased that his subordinates could still be loyal to him at this moment.

However, in the face of a bad situation, this relief did not last long and was once again covered by solemnity and despair...

After waved his hand, he signaled everyone to get up and said, "I, Zhou Shuyuan, understand everyone's feelings... But the situation is already like this. No matter how hard we try, we are not able to win this battle with our existing strength... So, we were defeated, not only but also very thorough..."
Chapter completed!