Chapter 30 (1/2)
“…… The general, the military department of the imperial court is reporting for duty
After a long time, Wei Mingyuan's voice sounded outside the tent.
Paralyzed sitting on the ground in a daze, Feng Qingyun finally came to his senses and said in a hoarse voice, ”take it in.”
A few seconds later, Wei Mingyuan came in and saw the general sitting on the ground in disheveled and dishevelled clothes. He looked like a dead prisoner waiting to be killed after autumn. How could he have the demeanor of being a commander-in-chief of the whole army?
Since he led the army's expedition, the son of the chief assistant has not been worthy of praise. Now that the grain and grass are burned, all his hopes are ruined.
Whether willing to admit it or not, the fight against treason in Jingzhou is a complete failure. Even if Feng Qingyun, who has lost his teacher and disgraced the country, will not have any change in his official career even if he is not dismissed and jailed. Shoufu has recognized more than ten adoptive sons, but he is not such an incompetent guy.
With a deep sigh in his heart, he continued to say, ”general, this is the matter. Please take care of yourself. Tens of thousands of officers and men of the whole army are still counting on you
Feng Qingyun showed a smile that was even worse than crying: ”I am a general, I'm afraid I can't be a general for a few days. If I had known that Zhao Ni was so difficult to deal with, I should not have taken this job. Now, how can I go back to see my adoptive father? ”
”No, general, things have changed.”
Wei Mingyuan quickly said: ”the Ministry of military affairs has written. In view of Wu zhence's great potential and difficulty in controlling it, the bandit army's front has seriously threatened Jinling, and recently it intends to become king on its own. Therefore, the court was determined to let all the southern armies immediately set off for Huaiyang and join forces to encircle and suppress the Wu rebellion. ”
”The rest of the camp can last for a day or two. As long as we start to withdraw immediately after dawn and retreat to Lingwu County, 300 miles away, and at the same time, the commander of the prefectures there will take food and grass on the way, and the tens of thousands of troops will not lose.”
Feng Qingyun's expression was slightly stunned. After careful consideration, he felt that this was feasible, and his face finally improved.
This order of the Ministry of war is indeed too timely. As long as you are not confined to Jingzhou to strangle Zhao Yuanjin, things will turn around and all previous failures can be covered up.
”Well, tell the whole army to leave at daybreak. I don't want to stay in this damn place any more.” Feng Qingyun sighed.
It's no wonder that he is so afraid. Zhao Yuanjin's performance is really too evil. Obviously, he seems to be just a small vassal, and his strength is too weak to be worth mentioning. However, he was defeated by repeated battles, which made the Imperial Army have no temper.
As soon as the sky was bright, the camp became lively.
Under the constant urging of the officers, tens of thousands of soldiers set out after breakfast. Some heavy ordnance materials that were too heavy to transport were discarded, so how could they be convenient.
Moreover, before setting out, in order to prevent Zhao Yuanjin from leading the army to pursue, Feng Qingyun also ordered to leave 5000 soldiers and horses to be responsible for cutting off the empress. Of course, it's all people who don't quite agree with him.
When it was daybreak, when he learned that the imperial army was retreating, Zhao Yuanjin led the army out of the county to see if he had a chance to pick up some bargains.
Standing in the position of the governor, the imperial army suffered such a big loss and then withdrew in a hurry. Even if they could not swallow all the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in one breath, they had to tear a large piece of meat from the other side.