Qu Wan stared at the Central Army general's flag for a while, and finally realized that Zhang Hongyu was dead. This made him feel lost. The previously high mood was like a basin of ice water poured on his head. Zhang Hongyu died. Who would he show off his victory to? He suddenly felt that he was standing here like a clown.

Because he is also a soldier.

He vaguely understood why Zhang Hongyu died, and he would rather die than be humiliated! Is this a soldier from the Han Dynasty? He looked at the flag of the throne getting closer and closer to him, and suddenly turned around, walked to his war horse, turned over, and galloped towards the flag of the throne in the distance.

Bi Xuan behind him was shocked. While turning over the horse, he said to Liu An: "You go back and rectify the army immediately. If there is anything, come and respond quickly."

"I understand!" Liu An looked at Qu Wan and Bi Xuan in confusion, running towards the Han army in the distance.

On the road, the advance team stopped, because on the road, two Chu generals stood up, and behind them were dozens of Chu soldiers with slightly nervous expressions.

"It's Qu Wan!" Dong Zhuang held the hilt of the knife in his hand, and an angry flame flashed in his eyes, "What do he want to do? Do you laugh at us?"

"Sir Dong, stop, no matter what the other party does, you are not allowed to do it." Wu Qi shouted, "You are here to stay here and you are not allowed to go anywhere."

Wu Qi rode his horse forward, and the Han army in front separated to both sides, giving way to Wu Qi.

"General Qu." Wu Qi bowed, "General Qu suddenly blocked the road, I don't know what it meant?"

Qu Wan only brought dozens of guards, so naturally he was not here to provoke trouble. Wu Qi knew this in his heart, or the other party was just trying to show off his victory. If this is true, then Qu Wan is also a shallow guy and is not worthy of paying too much attention to him.

Qu Wan's eyes passed over Wu Qi and landed under the flag of the Central Army General, "Is General Zhang Hongyu, are you no longer here?"

Wu Qi was stunned for a moment and finally nodded: "General Zhang worked day and night, was too worried, and his old disease suddenly became untreated."

Qu Wan nodded. This was naturally a concealment from the other party. The other party naturally would not tell him the real cause of Zhang Hongyu's death, but he could guess it.

"Wu Yizheng. Can I go to pay tribute to General Zhang?" Qu Wan said.

Wu Qi didn't react at once, "God of General Zhang?" he asked back.

Qu Wan nodded, "I am not acquainted with General Zhang. In the past two years, I have been entangled with him. The two of them have won and lost each other. He beat me up and fled in a panic and lost thousands of miles of land. This time I also regained it. He is a guy I admire. Since he has left, I want to pay tribute to him. I wonder if the policy can be agreed?"

Wu Qi pondered for a moment and nodded: "General Qu Wan, please!"

Qu Wan turned over and dismounted, strode forward, moving forward from the passage formed by the Han soldiers on both sides. He didn't care about the anger in the eyes of these soldiers. Behind him, Bi Xuan carefully followed him.

Zhang Hongyu's coffin was very simple and was temporarily made by logistics personnel. Standing in front of this thin coffin, Qu Wan clasped his fists and bowed deeply to the ground.

"The victory or defeat on the battlefield, you have played a draw. I was looking forward to another confrontation with you, but I didn't expect you to leave like this!" Qu Wan straightened up, looked at the coffin, shook his head and sighed. "What a pity, it's a pity."

"The surname of Qu, how about Commander Zhang? It's not your turn to judge!" A thunderous voice came from his ears. Qu Wan looked up and saw a face that was red due to anger. It was Dong Zhuang, the commander of the Third Division of the New First Army.

Qu Wan smiled indifferently, ignored Dong Zhuang, bowed to Zhang Hongyu's coffin again, turned his head and left with high spirits. Bi Xuan stepped forward and bowed to the coffin, then raised his body and looked at Dong Zhuang, "Looking forward to the reconfrontation with General Dong." Leaving this sentence, Bi Xuan also turned around and followed Qu Wan away.

Wu Qi looked at the backs of the two people lightly and shouted loudly: "Return the gift!" He bowed first, and the soldiers around the coffin bowed to the two backs that were away with Wu Qi. Even the angry Dong Zhuang had to bend over at this time. No matter whether it was an enemy or not, others came to pay tribute, his own etiquette was always indispensable.

In Jicheng, in the Political Affairs Hall, the minutes of Wu Qi's negotiations with the Chu people were spread on Jiang Jiaquan's desk. All the lands of thousands of miles apart on the side of Daba Mountain were abandoned. On the land of Sanchuan to Tucheng, neither side was allowed to garrison. Last year, the Qilu Legion and the New First Army lost all the fruits of the great victory of the New First Army, and his harvest was only to bring back the remaining 30,000 people of the New First Army.

"If this negotiation minutes appear on the Grand Parliament, I am afraid that the parliamentarians will make a fuss, and Wu Qi, a traitor, will not be able to escape." Jiang Jiaquan looked at a corner of the house with a wry smile, bent down to appreciate the lofty bonsai there.

"We started a wrong war at the wrong time, and it is natural to be punished." Gao Yuan straightened his waist and pointed to the box of bonsai: "This bonsai is good, Mr. Jiang, I will take him back, you won't be reluctant to leave it?"

Looking at Gao Yuan's reaction, Jiang Jiaquan was a little surprised: "King, that's a land that covers a radius of thousands of miles."

"I feel even more regretful than the land, the casualties of the 20,000 soldiers of the New Army!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, "The primary responsibility for this battle is with me. We did not see through the ins and outs of the accident, and did not expect the conspiracy contained after a kidnapping. They had already dug up a trap and were waiting for us to jump. But we couldn't wait to jump down, and we couldn't blame others."

When he walked to Jiang Jiaquan, Gao Yuan picked up the pen and prepared to sign his name on the minutes. Jiang Jiaquan dragged the file away, "You can't sign the word "King".

Gao Yuan held the pen and said, "The primary responsibility lies with me, of course I should sign it and then tell the world."

"If you talk about responsibility, the first thing is that Zhang Hongyu will still be borne by him. As the commander-in-chief of the front line, he cannot judge the situation. He expects that the enemy is unknown and proud and underestimates the enemy. This is the real cause of defeat. These days, the staff of the Ministry of War have been analyzing this war and summarizing the gains and losses of this war. I have also listened to a few times. The staff of the staff made a very reasonable analysis. During the war, Zhang Hongyu had several opportunities to stop the loss." Jiang Jiaquan said: "The second one is responsible for the Ministry of War, Ye Chong, and Zhang Hongyu's combat plan was approved by them. The third one is responsible for our Political Affairs Hall, but the one who does not need to be responsible for it is Wang Shang."

"What are you? I'm afraid I will lose my prestige because of this?" Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "The Han people would not think that I was not good because of the defeat of a war, so they would no longer believe me?"

"No, the Han Dynasty needs an undefeated war god, a king who wins every battle." Jiang Jiaquan's eyes looked at Gao Yuan with bright eyes: "The Qin-Chu Alliance has been established, and in terms of overall strength, we are at a disadvantage, so we need a flag to keep the military and civilians excited in their fighting spirit."

Jiang Jiaquan took the pen and signed his name on the negotiation minutes. Yan Shenghao walked over silently, took the pen from Jiang Jiaquan and signed his name. Wu Kai and Li Can were the same.

"This is the decision of the Political Affairs Hall and has nothing to do with the King. Tomorrow we will present this minutes to the King and then inform the Parliament and the various yamen." Jiang Jiaquan said.

Gao Yuan was silent for a moment and finally nodded, "But in this case, Zhang Hongyu is afraid he will be held accountable."

"This is the responsibility he should have to bear." Jiang Jiaquan said seriously. "This great defeat, in the final analysis, is just four words, proud and underestimated the enemy."

Gao Yuan smiled bitterly, "Why is it just Zhang Hongyu when he talks about pride and underestimating the enemy? From the king of me to the ordinary soldier in the army, who is not full of confidence now?"

"So, the army needs to move." Jiang Jiaquan approached Gao Yuan's side. "We have won so many victories over the years, starting from the small Fufeng Army and growing all the way to the present, especially after defeating Li Xin of Qin last year, the confidence of all the generals soared, and they were as strong as the world's number one. This is not a good thing in itself."

After a pause, he continued: "And now, the four fronts, plus the New First Army and the Qilu Legion, each legion has a distinct personal color of their own legion commanders. This is not a good thing for the long-term stability of the Han Dynasty."

Gao Yuan pondered for a moment: "I have been thinking about what the gentleman said. Now it is time to reorganize the army. This failure happened to be a ready-made opportunity. I have already had some ideas and are gradually improving it. After the new army withdraws, I will be ready to start doing this."

"The king is extremely worried that it is a rare window period now. In a short period of time, Han, Chu and Qin will not break out in large-scale wars. At this time, the army will be rectified to accumulate strength for the future war."

"I also want to have a good chat with Ye Chong and listen to his opinions on this matter." Gao Yuan nodded, "Okay, since you are going to take the blame for me, I will suffer. After Zhang Hongyu comes back, let him suffer for a while. Mr. consider a place for him, and he can't take the New Army."

"Let him go back to Jishicheng Military University to serve as vice president. After passing this hurdle, the king will consider how to use him. He is still a very capable general. He is one of the few Confucian generals in our Han army!" Jiang Jiaquan said.
Chapter completed!