Liang Qiuci is not a loser. Why doesn't he know that it is wise for Cen Peng to avoid fighting in Xinye?
However, this time the county army suffered a disastrous defeat at Feishui, with more than 3,000 casualties in the first battle. For such a disastrous defeat, someone must be responsible for it. Someone must stand up and shoulder the responsibility and give an explanation to the court.
Liang Qiuci thought about it and felt that no one could be more suitable than Cen Peng.
First of all, Cen Peng is from Zhen Fu and was promoted after being recommended and promoted by Zhen Fu. Cen Peng made a mistake. As his immediate boss, Liang Qiuci is certainly responsible, but Zhen Fu cannot run away either.
He is responsible for the unfavorable recommendation. Secondly, the fault of the county army's failure this time can indeed be forced on Cen Peng. If he can attract all the rebels in Xinye, the rebel cavalry will not go to
On the other side of the Yangtze River, we unexpectedly attacked the county army camp.
In short, whether it was for self-protection or to suppress Zhen Fu's entire political rivals, Liang Qiuci had to pretend to be confused and put all the blame on Cen Peng.
In terms of military strength and war resources, the official army has an overwhelming advantage over the local insurgents. However, every time they fight, the insurgents always win, while the officers and soldiers are defeated again and again. The big difference is
One reason is that there are various contradictions and entangled interests within the officers and soldiers. One side is united and united, while the other side is intrigues, fighting openly and secretly, and trying to undermine each other. Under such circumstances, how can the officers and soldiers be undefeated?
After hearing Lu Zhi's reminder, Liang Qiuci only glanced at him coldly and said in a deep voice: "Cen Peng was in Xinye, passive and inactive, and stayed behind closed doors. Not only did he fail to contain the main force of the rebels, but he also turned against them.
The main force of the thieves turned a blind eye to the movement north and did not report it. As a result, our camp on the east bank of Tuoyang was attacked by the main force of the anti-thief cavalry and suffered heavy losses. Isn't Cen Peng still at fault?"
Lu Zhi wanted to speak, but Liang Qiu Ci shouted in a loud voice: "Immediately revise the book and report Cen Peng's mistakes to the county government, and report to the state government and the court. In addition, I, Liang Qiu Ci, have been unfavorable in supervising my subordinates, and I am willing to take joint responsibility!"
Hearing this, Lu Zhi immediately swallowed back the words that came to his lips. How smart he was, but when he heard Liang Qiuci's words, he didn't understand his intention. He didn't really think that Cen Peng was at fault, he just took advantage of Cen Peng.
It’s just to fight the thunder.
Lu Zhi wholeheartedly disagreed with Liang Qiuci's approach, but he couldn't say much.
While the people below were repairing the book, Lu Zhi walked up to Liang Qiuci and reminded him in a low voice: "Master Duwei, after Governor Zhen receives this battle report, he will most likely send a message to Xinye and order General Cen to go to war immediately!
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Zhen Fu is not a person who knows how to fight. Seeing that Liang Qiuci put all the responsibility for the defeat of the county army on Cen Peng, it is strange that Zhen Fu is not in a hurry. In order to avoid liability, he will definitely order Cen Peng to fight.
However, Xinye was facing the main force of the Chongling rebels. Once Cen Peng gave up holding on to the city and fought outside the city, his chances of victory were slim.
Liang Qiuci looked at Lu Zhi, smiled indifferently, shrugged, and said slowly: "Whether you win or lose, those are the gains and losses of Governor Zhen, and they have nothing to do with me anymore."
"..." Lu Zhi hesitated to speak, and finally lowered his head feebly and said no more. What he wanted to say was, whose fault was it, whose responsibility was it, and can these things be repeated?
Liang Qiuci patted Lu Zhi on the shoulder and said cheerfully: "Don't worry, Nanyang is an important town in the country, there will never be any mistakes, and the imperial court will not let Nanyang suffer any losses. Once Nanyang is in an emergency, the imperial court will not sit idly by and ignore it.
We need to send troops for reinforcements, and then the opportunity for you and me to make achievements will come!"
Lu Zhi looked at Liang Qiuci blankly, not knowing where his confidence came from. But facts proved that Liang Qiuci indeed had far more political vision than Lu Zhi.
The east bank of Juiyang.
Liu Xiu was sitting in the Chinese army tent, looking through the account books on the table. How much grain, grass and materials were stored in the camp were clearly recorded in the account books.
While he was flipping through the pages, Ma Wu and Yao Qi came in excitedly from outside and said excitedly: "Lord, we have checked and found that the camp has thousands of stones of food, military uniforms, armor, and no less than three thousand sets of weapons.
There are nearly a thousand bows and crossbows, and more than a thousand bundles of arrows!"
Liu Xiu put down the account book and said with a smile: "The county army has a lot of treasures!"
Ma Wu said with a smile: "Transporting all these supplies back will be a great help to our army!"
Food, military uniforms, armor, weapons, crossbows, arrows, etc., Zhu Tiandu was in short supply of nothing. Seeing these things, Ma Wu and others' eyes glowed green.
Liu Xiu also wanted to transport all the food and materials back to his own army, but no, their mission this time was not to collect the spoils of war, but to prevent the county army from crossing the river.
Carrying so much food and supplies would greatly limit their speed. Once the county army made a new move, they would not be able to respond immediately.
After pondering for a moment, Liu Xiu said: "Let the brothers bring some food, crossbows and arrows. The items they bring must not exceed twenty kilograms. As for the rest, burn them all!"
"All burned?" Ma Wu asked with wide eyes.
Liu Xiu said helplessly: "Should we leave it to the county army?"
"But……"
"We can slowly seize food and supplies in future battles. Preventing the main force of the county army from crossing the river is a matter of life and death. Now that we are going deep alone, we must act cautiously. Carrying too much baggage will only affect our
Emergency speed!" Liu Xiu said seriously.
Ma Wu and Yao Qi looked at each other, bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "I obey!"
"Also, let everyone pack their things as soon as possible and burn this camp together."
Ma Wu asked in surprise: "Lord, aren't we stationed here?"
Liu Xiu shook his head and said: "It's too eye-catching and too dangerous! If we don't pay attention to hiding our whereabouts, we may fall into the siege of the reckless army at any time!"
On the east bank of Juiyang, less than a hundred miles to the north is Jiyang. Less than a hundred miles to the north of Jiyang is Nanjiu Canal. After passing Nanjiu Canal and further north, there are Wancheng and Juncheng.
No matter whether the enemy army sets out from Juncheng, Wancheng, or Jiyang, it can take up to three days to reach them. If they continue to stay in the east bank camp calmly, they may not even know how they died in the end.
Do not know at all.
After Liu Xiu and others repelled the temptation of the county army, they did not stay in the camp for long. They set a fire and burned all the tents and supplies in the camp.
However, the cavalry led by Liu Xiu did not withdraw, but continued to wander near the east bank of Feishui River, keeping a close eye on the movements of the county troops.
The county army was stationed in Juiyang and did not act rashly. Liang Qiuci knew that the Chung Ling army did not have a naval force, so he was not afraid of the Chung Ling army forcibly crossing the river to fight.
Liang Qiuci's battle report was sent to the county. After reading the battle report, Zhen Fu was so angry that he threw the bamboo slips to the ground, gritted his teeth and cursed: "Shameless! It's so shameless!"
He was defeated in the battle at Tuoyang, suffered a heavy loss, and lost more than 3,000 troops. Instead, he passed all the blame on Cen Peng, who was far away in Xinye. In Zhen Fu's view, Liang Qiuci had lost face in order to shirk responsibility.
No more.
The staff on the side picked up the bamboo slips, carefully placed them on the desk, and said meaningfully to Zhen Fu: "Sir, now that Mr. Liang is hiding in Juiyang under the excuse of General Cen and refuses to cross the river, the war may be plunged into chaos.
What a long deadlock!”
"So what if we reach a deadlock?" Zhen Fu asked angrily.
The staff member whispered: "Master Liang naturally doesn't care about the exhaustion. Food, grass, and supplies can be continuously transported to Juiyang, but General Cen can't stand it. Xinye has been besieged for more than a month, and there is a stalemate.
Go down and wait until the food and supplies in the city are exhausted, I'm afraid... we will be defeated without a fight."
The key is that even if he loses, the responsibility still lies with Cen Peng and has nothing to do with him, Liang Qiuci.
Zhen Fu clenched his fists and said in a solemn voice: "Liang Qiuci is such a good calculator!"
The staff member said seriously: "For the current plan, your Excellency can only send a letter to General Cen and ask him to lead his army out of the city and fight to the death with the rebels!"
Zhen Fu raised his eyebrows, looked at his staff, and asked: "Can Cen Peng defeat the rebels if he goes out to fight in the city?"
The staff member shook his head and said: "I don't know! Maybe we will win, maybe we will lose!"
When Zhen Fu heard this, he almost became angry and said: "Since we are not completely sure of winning, why should Cen Peng go out of the city to fight?"
The staff member said quietly: "If we don't fight, General Cen and his troops will be trapped and die in Xinye; if we fight and are defeated, the responsibility will be passed on to Mr. Liang. It was Mr. Liang who led his army to hide in Huiyang and failed to cooperate.
General Cen fought, which led to General Cen's defeat."
After hearing this, Zhen Fu blinked and nodded repeatedly. He chuckled and said, "Well, this is a very good plan! Liang Qiu gave me Cen Peng to lead my army, and I will use Cen Peng to defeat him in turn."
Liangqiu Ci's army! Immediately send a message to Xinye, ordering Cen Peng to lead all the troops in Xinye and go out of the city to fight. We must annihilate all the bandit troops around Xinye!"
"Yes! Sir!"
Zhenfu's flying pigeon passed the message and soon arrived in Xinye.
After reading the contents of the letter, Cen Peng's brows knitted into knots. Going out to fight in the city? Isn't this asking for death? Although there are more than 4,000 soldiers in Xinye County, most of them are new soldiers with no combat experience at all.
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Let them do physical work such as throwing rolling logs and stones on the city top, but let them fight face to face with the Chongling Army, and they will only be slaughtered.
If the county army can reach Xinye, and we can cooperate with the county army in fighting, beat the drums and start the attack, then there will be no problem, but the key is that the county army is still far away in Tuoyang!
Relying on the Xinye County soldiers alone, there was no possibility of victory against the Chongling Army. Cen Peng immediately wrote a reply to Zhen Fu, directly expressing that it was unrealistic for his side to fight out of the city and hoped that Zhen Fu could withdraw his order.
In fact, Cen Peng didn't understand Zhen Fu's intentions at all. Whether Xinye won or lost was secondary to Zhen Fu. The most important problem was that he couldn't help Liang Qiuci take the blame and let Liang Qiuci sit by and enjoy the success.
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The twists and turns here are beyond what the general Cen Peng can understand.
Soon, Cen Peng received another message from the county and city, asking him to lead the troops again.
Looking at the second letter from Zhen Fu, Cen Peng was at a loss. He had already made it very clear in his reply that with his current combat power, he could defend the city, but he would be destroyed if he went into battle. But Zhen Fu was still
