The Northern Expedition, which had been destroyed for seven years, was destined to be recorded in history. During the war that lasted for several months, the Republic and the northern rebels together left behind the bodies of more than 100,000 soldiers. The sad city of Xuchang was even robbed 700,000 lives by the artillery fire of Begonia. The corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into a river.

In this war, Leng Yuan's performance exceeded everyone's cognition.

When everyone thought Leng Yuan could not advance north, she used a large-scale deep combat to crush the rebels' defense line.

When everyone thought Leng Yuan would be blocked by a sticking strategy, she broke the deadlock with Xuchang's slaughter.

Everyone thought Leng Yuan would stop at the Yellow River, the landing of the Bohai Sea, and the surprise attack of Shimen brought a shocking reversal.

When people turned their eyes to the elite Tiger Power Division of the Jingu rebels, thinking that this would be the hope of the rebels' turnaround, the bloody dragon roar shocked the whole world.

Unconsciously, those who were not optimistic about the glory of the Republic quietly discovered that Leng Yuan had mastered the overall situation and beat the former mentor to the ground to find teeth. He mercilessly crushed the myth of the undefeated sect, which shocked China.

Then Leng Yuan went north again to break the enemy on the border. Even if the other party received federal assistance, the floods of Lake Baikal still flooded the rebels' hopes.

Finally, people's attitudes changed. The enemies who despise Leng Yuan were trembling and frivolous, and the swaying fencemen began to consider whether they should join the Eagle General.

However, just when everyone felt that Leng Yuan had created a miracle and was about to enter the altar, she fell without warning to the last step of the Northern Expedition, and fell to a place just a short distance from victory, and then she could not get up again.

Falling away from the snow field is destined to be indelible to Leng Yuan, and may even be the biggest "stain". Every time later generations talk about this, they can't help but sigh.

However, just like Leng Yuan's controversial life, the so-called "defeated in the snow field" is also controversial and has always been a constant debate among historians in later generations.

The argument is, why did this so-called "defeated" in the snow field?

Later historians were popular with a very terrifying "conspiracy theory", because the direct impact of this defeat was that the Central Guard Army had reduced its personnel by half. These people came from various families, forces, and regions, and held a large number of high-level powers of the glory of the Republic, and many of them were even heirs of the big families.

Once these people died, the central power was highly vacant. The influence of the Central Guards, all families, and even the Grand Marshal of the Republic was greatly weakened. The doves and neutrals also suffered heavy losses, giving the hawks a chance to rise!

This is true. After the central government's power was weakened, a large number of hawkish generals took advantage of the opportunity and blocked the power gap brought by the Central Guard Army without any bloodshed. The sluggish hawks controlled the real power from this moment and rose again!

Therefore, it is difficult not to associate it. Could the so-called "defeat and go to the snow field" be a step that Leng Yuan laid at the beginning of the Northern Expedition? Will the so-called "Anti-Bandit Edict" be just an excuse? Her real purpose is not to defeat the rebels at all, but to find an opportunity to destroy the 6,000 Central Guard Army brought by him, destroy the confidants of these central powerful people, and find an opportunity to "seize power" for the hawks under her command!

This is the very famous "conspiracy theory"!

Of course, some historians have also made a rebuttal. The reason is very simple. If it is to ruin the 6,000 people of the Central Guard, why should the 2,000 Dragon Guard be taken over?

You know, the Dragon Guard is the most backbone force and the most loyal force in the Eagle Banner Army. Isn’t their complete destruction a catastrophe for Leng Yuan? What reason does Leng Yuan have to do such a thankless thing?

Even if it is to cover up the conspiracy and want to make the illusion of "killing one thousand enemies and destroying oneself by 800", Leng Yuan can completely send another unit as a "burial object" instead of letting the Dragon Guard and the Central Guard be buried with each other. This is a very expensive price!

Therefore, in this way, there is a second view and the most reasonable view, that is, this so-called "defeated in the snow field" is really defeated.

This school of scholars believes that no one is perfect, and victory or defeat is impermanent. How can there be an ever-winning general in the world? The generals who have been in war for a lifetime still have a time to flee, so why can't the eagle general look north in a hurry?

Under this view, historians believe that Leng Yuanxin was arrogant and was blindly impressed by the previous series of victories, blindly arrogance, and ignored the opinions of her staff, and insisted on sending troops to Siberia, the three unknown areas, where the terrain was unknown, the situation was unknown, and the enemy was unknown, and finally got a blow.

There are many people who recognize this "true defeat theory" because it is more in line with human nature. A arrogant soldier will be defeated. Is there no basis for victory or defeat in the world? Leng Yuan's personality is destined to be defeated sooner or later, and this defeat happens to be defeated in the Northern Expedition and the last step of victory.

Moreover, it is said that appearance is born from the heart, and so is articles. General Leng Luan of the Republic is a heroine, so her suicide note is full of her heart and she is not afraid of death.

So how could a person who could write "The Promise of the Rebels" passionately be a villain who was determined to seek power and killed his subordinates for this?

Although this view is more logically reliable and more in line with Leng Yuan's personality, it actually has doubts.

That is why there is no "Eagle Flag Army General" in the pursuit team?

Let’s not talk about why Leng Yuan herself did not participate in the pursuit. Among the strong men of the Eagle Flag Army under her command, Bailang did not participate in the pursuit, Luo Hanlin did not participate in the pursuit, Miyin Risako did not provide long-range support, and lucky was not sent to the army to survey. All four confidants stayed in the rear with themselves.

This move is really suspicious! As we all know, Bailang and Luohanlin will charge forward every time there is a war. If Leng Yuan is really determined to win, why not send Luohanlin and Bailang to lead an army to participate in the "plitting offensive"?

In this way, even if you are ambushed, these two powerful generals will never end up being wiped out.

Unless Leng Yuan had already predicted that the clamp attack would inevitably fail, and the risk of sending his confidant to the front line was too high, so he kept them. But if he had predicted the failure, why did he insist on attacking? Isn’t this a contradiction?

Therefore, this doubt is difficult for scholars who oppose "conspiracy theory" and advocate "true defeat theory".

Therefore, the defeat in the snowfield has become a unsolved case, a mystery that has attracted endless debate in later generations.

For those who study Leng Yuan, if they support "conspiracy theory", they will generally regard this eagle as a "hero", a ruthless, scheming hero who has achieved success for himself, has wolf ambitions inside and strong plans outside.

If you support the "true defeat theory", you will often regard Leng Yuan as a "hero", a hero who is a hero with a hero who cares about the world, seals the wolf's servants in the northern country, swears to drive away the enemy with golden swords, and writes the "Anti-edict to the Anti-Bandits" with passionate blood.

However, no matter what, whether it is a conspiracy theory, a true defeat theory, a hero, or a hero, Leng Yuan has never explained this in his life, and even at the last moment of his life, without a single sentence or even a word.

So no one knows the truth of the facts, which left many opportunities for later intellectuals to imagine and even criticize and discredit, especially after Leng Yuan's death, this situation was the most serious.

However, there is a saying: "The scholar is fond of the people in the tomb, and the scholar is angry!"

Times have changed, and merits and demerits are all comments from later generations.

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