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Chapter 277 Defeat (Part 1)

Zhang Shun thought about it for a long time, worried about the 20,000 people under Chen Changzhen's command. He called Zhang Sanbai, Jiang He and Li Jiyu over and said, "I feel quite uneasy for some reason. After thinking about it, there may be something wrong with Chen Changzhen. The three of you are led by Jiang He." , the other two are deputy, and quickly lead people to the camp in Licheng County to look for Chen Changzhi."

"After catching up with Chen Changzhen, the three of you will listen to Chen Changzhen's actions for the time being. Everything must be done safely, and you must not provoke other officers and soldiers along the way."

Jiang He, Zhang Sanbai and Li Jiyu took the order and retreated after hearing this. They led more than a thousand infantry under their command to return directly to the original route and chased Chen Changzhen. Zhang Shun led 800 cavalry under his command to meet with the second master. "Purple Gold Beam".

Zhang Shun originally planned to send two civil servants, Zhang Shenyan and Xu Ziyuan, back, but Zhang Shenyan objected: "The battlefield is dangerous and ever-changing. How can there be no danger? Although I am old, I can still ride a bad horse. I am willing to follow the general. Let's go together. If I die on the battlefield, I will only have my own bad luck to blame."

Xu Ziyuan originally had some intention of retreating, but after hearing what Zhang Shenyan said, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree: "Since I have followed my lord, Ziyuan does not dare to abandon my lord."

Seeing that the two men were firm, Zhang Shun did not insist on his opinion anymore, so he asked people to match them with war horses and let them accompany them together.

As for Li Sanniang and Zhu'er, Zhang Shun didn't mention anything about letting them leave, and they both just mounted their horses and followed Zhang Shun. As the saying goes, "if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog." Since the two of them have married Zhang Shun, their whole lives are tied to Zhang Shun, and they can only live and die together.

After Zhang Shun separated from his infantry, he actually didn't know whether there was any danger or where the danger came from. He didn't even know whether his decision was right or wrong. He could only leave it to fate.

Zhang Shun looked at the sinking sunset and thought to himself: He didn't know whether his dazzling operations were of any use. Maybe from the perspective of heaven, it looked like an ant running around without a head, which was meaningless.

The next morning, shortly after Zhang Shungang arrived in Yushe County, he received an early warning from scouts reporting that a large number of cavalry were coming.

Zhang Shun quickly ordered his soldiers to get ready, but it turned out to be a false alarm. It turned out to be the second leader "Zijin Liang".

After the two met, Zhang Shun found that the second head of the family, Zijin Liang, looked depressed, dusty and dusty.

Zhang Shun was surprised and asked why. "Purple Gold Liang" slapped his thigh and sighed: "Brother had bad luck today and met the dog officer 'Big and Little Cao'. These two are the most deceitful and vicious. Although I have already sent out scouts to patrol, In the end, the dog officer made a sneak attack. My family was caught off guard and was severely beaten, so we were defeated here."

Zhang Shun couldn't help being shocked when he heard this and said: "These 'big and small Cao' are Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew, right? How many troops did these two bring, and they were able to defeat the second master?"

Although the second leader of the "Purple Golden Liang" had suffered a lot of defeats, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was also resounding. Otherwise, the Thirty-sixth Battalion Rebel Army would not have elected this person to be the leader of the alliance.

Although this person was defeated many times before, he basically didn't suffer much damage. However, this time he was attacked by "Big and Small Cao" and even his infantry were abandoned. This was too great for Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew. Are you fierce?

"Zijinliang" replied awkwardly after hearing this: "It happened suddenly. I saw officers, soldiers and cavalry everywhere. I don't know how many people the other side has!"

Zhang Shun was quite speechless when he heard this. The second leader "Zijin Liang" was also considered a man who knew the military. However, not only was he defeated by "Cao Cao", he didn't even know whether the enemy was real or not. This gap was really big.

Therefore, Zhang Shun joined forces with the second leader "Zijin Liang" and stationed at the junction of Liaozhou and Yushe County to gather the defeated rebels. However, because Cao Wenzhao brought cavalry this time, the infantry under the command of "Purple Gold Liang" suffered heavy losses. Excluding those who were killed, injured, and separated, the more than 10,000 men and horses only gathered around 5,000, and the infantry suffered a heavy loss. More than half.

"Zijinliang" and Zhang Shun had nearly two thousand cavalry under their command, but they didn't know whether Cao Wen's edict was true or not, and they didn't dare to stay for a long time. Seeing that the infantry had almost gathered together, the two cautiously led the cavalry all the way south, preparing to return Licheng County Camp.

As a result, the two of them had just marched to the border of Licheng County when they suddenly saw a person approaching on Pegasus. It was none other than Li Jiyu, whom Zhang Shun had sent to Chen Changzhen's camp. Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart.

Sure enough, I saw this man covered in blood and in a very embarrassed state, running all the way to Zhang Shun. Then he jumped off his horse, knelt down in front of Zhang Shun, and cried: "My lord, we and others failed to entrust us, and we were overtaken by the officers and cavalry. We fought hard for half a day and could not resist. Now the whole army is defeated. My lord." The newly recruited 20,000 men and horses were all treated like nothing, being hacked and killed by the officers and soldiers in vain, with blood flowing like rivers and corpses piled up like mountains!"

Zhang Shun couldn't help but his eyes darkened when he heard this, and he almost fainted on the spot. Fortunately, he knew that he was not acting out of emotion at this time, so he suppressed the complex emotions such as anger, shock, worry and fear, stabilized his mind, and shouted expressionlessly: "Victory and defeat are common things for soldiers, no matter how loud you are. , looking like you are heartbroken?"

At this time, Zhang Shun remembered that this guy actually told the news of the defeat in front of the public. One mistake could lead to a shaken military morale.

Fortunately, Zhang Shun was quite quick-witted and quickly winked at him and changed his tone and said: "Before you leave, I told you many times to be careful in everything and pay attention to everything. How can you be careless and suffer a loss? Careful and I will expose your mistakes." Skin!"

At the beginning, Li Jiyu was upset because of the defeat, so he made a mistake. This guy likes to make friends with guests in the countryside, and he has a first-rate ability to observe people's words. When he saw Zhang Shun's expression, he knew that he had committed a taboo.

He quickly calmed down his emotions and explained: "I made a mistake when I encountered an unexpected situation. I encountered a big defeat for the first time, so I was a little flustered. There were many enemy cavalry, and it was difficult for our infantry to move. Now we have suffered some losses and retreated to a hill. Stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and also ask the lord to send troops early to rescue others and so on."

Zhang Shun nodded and shouted: "Just record this incident, come with me and have a drink of water! Then tell me the battle in detail, and I will make further arguments."

How dare Li Jiyu disobey what he heard? The second head of the company, "Purple Gold Liang", heard about the news and rushed over.

In the name of letting Li Jiyu rest for a while, Zhang Shun asked the team to stop temporarily to stabilize the morale of the troops.

At this time, when they arrived at a remote place, Li Jiyu knelt down and said, "Master, it was my fault just now, please punish me!"

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what happened and the losses of our army quickly!" Zhang Shun shouted impatiently.

Another chapter, sorry

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