Cui Chengxiu and the other two noticed that a small platoon leader at the entrance of the Ministry of War did not salute them. The three were in a lawsuit at this moment. After the New First Army retreated all the way to Suiyang, the three received an order from Jicheng, asking them to return to Beijing to report their duties together. Although the New First Army was prepared for this moment, the three people led by Cui Chengxiu also did a lot of homework for this, completely reviewing the war and summarizing the gains and losses, they did not expect that the three people would return to Beijing together. They could imagine that after returning to Beijing this time,

The question that must be faced. In any case, there are many signs of failure this time. If the New Army is more alert and pays more attention to the enemy, there will be no future situation. If only one division is trapped, the New Army's military strength and combat effectiveness will actually have a great chance to recover. However, when the entire army is trapped in the special terrain area of ​​Sixi, the New Army will not be able to launch it at all. The tactics of adding fuel will only allow soldiers to die in batches, and the New Army, which has no choice but to take the defensive force, will eventually be trapped by the enemy.

——No—Wrong—But they did not expect that after returning to Jicheng, they saw that the senior generals of the entire Han Kingdom gathered in Jicheng. This put them in greater pressure. Compared with the famous generals of other armies and famous generals with outstanding military achievements, the three of them were much inferior in terms of qualifications and military achievements, and many of them had become their teachers.

Like Ye Zhen, he told them about the command and cooperation between the army in the army, Helanxiong told them about cavalry tactics, Bai Yucheng told them about the use of special operations in military confrontation, when these generals were already famous all over the world, Cui Chengxiu and Gao Chengdong were still students who didn’t know anything, and Dong Zhuang was still hang out in the new camp of Yan State, working hard to have a few meals!

The conference room of the Ministry of War was arranged completely according to Gao Yuan's intention. A circle of round tables circled the entire conference room. In the empty space between the tables, there was a huge sand table. When Cui Chengxiu came in, he just glanced at it and recognized that it was a terrain model of Pengcheng. At this time, the generals who came first were already sitting around the table, pointing at the sand table, and were obviously discussing the battle in Pengcheng that had just ended.

Seeing this, Cui Chengxiu's head drooped even lower. She didn't go to the first row to sit, but found a chair in the corner and sat down. Gao Chengdong and Dong Zhuang also handled the same thing, but Dong Zhuang's figure was too strong and the room was so big. No matter where he sat, it was extremely conspicuous.

The three of them sat down, but footsteps still came from their ears. They were getting closer and closer. When they looked up, they saw Xu Yuan, the commander of the Northern Army. The three of them stood up, and Xu Yuan's eyes swept over the three people faintly, and finally fell on Dong Zhuang.

"Commander!" Dong Zhuang took a step forward and shouted.

Dong Zhuang was once a general in Kitano. After being promoted from a soldier to the position of battalion commander step by step, Xu Yuan sent him to the senior commander training class of Jicheng Comprehensive University. However, as graduation approached, the newly expanded New Army urgently needed an officer. Zhang Hongyu pried out Xu Yuan's corner and abducted Dong Zhuang to the New Army with his position as a division commander. For this reason, Zhang Hongyu also went to Ye Chong's way. This incident made Xu Yuan very angry. He sued Gao Yuan but it was finally settled.

Because Xu Yuan knew very well that after Dong Zhuang graduated and returned from the Northern Field Army Group, he could achieve the position of regiment commander. Now that he could take Dong Zhuang to a higher level, he was unwilling to pursue too much. He was just angry with Zhang Hongyu's behavior of using any means to pry people.

"Commander, I'm embarrassing Kitano." Dong Zhuang lowered his head, "and disappointed the commander."

Xu Yuan stared at the big man and shook his head, "Dong Zhuang, failure is not scary, I am afraid of losing my spirit. You three now represent the new army, but look at your appearance, you are like a bear that was beaten down. Do you feel that you have no shame to see people? The general here has never lost a big or small battle. If you lose a battle like you are now, then can there be the army support and the army conquering the East Army? If Zhang Hongyu knew that you three were like this, he would definitely regret stabbing himself."

Xu Yuan said very heavily, and Dong Zhuang didn't dare to say anything more, but Cui Chengxiu and Gao Chengdong, as Zhang Hongyu's direct subordinates, couldn't stand this. They raised their heads suddenly and stared at Xu Yuan.

"Why, it sounds uncomfortable?" Xu Yuan sneered, "It's a man, so he straightened my backbone. I lost this battle, and I should think about how to get it back next time instead of turning it into a soft-legged crab."

He glanced at the three of them fiercely, Xu Yuan sneered, turned around and walked back.

Cui Chengxiu took a deep breath, strode towards the first row of chairs, sat down with her chest out, Gao Chengdong and Dong Zhuang also walked over.

The generals who were discussing around him just glanced at them, turned their heads and continued their topics. For these people, the three of them were just minors, and this qualification was innate in the army.

The general was discussing the war in Pengcheng. Several commanders did not speak, and were discussing the commanders below. Listening to everyone pointing out some of the problems of the New First Army in this battle without mercilessly, Cui Chengxiu's face felt hot. At that time, they did not see these problems, but they automatically ignored them.

"Teacher Cui, I have something to do. When you are blocked by the enemy in Tucheng, have you not considered an important checkpoint like Tucheng? Why did the Chu army only send a small army of more than a thousand people to resist here? Once Tucheng is lost, the gates of Pengcheng are wide open. The Chu army generals will not know about this problem. Since they know that they have committed the crime, there are certain problems here. Why didn't you notice this?" A questioning sounded in your ears.

The three of them raised their heads and asked Kong Fang of the Central Army.

Dong Zhuang stood up and said, "Qin Chu was going to war at that time. Of course, now we know that it was just a trap set by Qin Chu, so we think the Chu people did not expect that we would suddenly launch an attack. Tucheng was insufficient. It was just a helpless move by the Chu people in the current situation. After taking Tucheng, we encountered several blockades from the enemy one after another. Although the number of people was gradually increasing, we still could not compete with our army effectively. So at that time we thought that these armies were just abandoned sons of the enemy to delay our attack speed, and the purpose of the enemy was to earn time for the guardian battle in Pengcheng."

"What the Third Division and the First Regiment encountered in Sixi was not the expected local guards but the regular army of the Chu army. At this time, you should already know that something was wrong. Why did you lead the remaining subordinates of the Third Division to join the Sixi battle?" Zheng Xiaoyang looked at Dong Zhuang and asked.

Dong Zhuang was silent for a moment, "At that time, I thought that if I didn't go, the regiment would be over, so on the one hand, I ordered Mao Afu of the Second Regiment to accelerate his march towards Pengcheng and restrain the enemy's troops. I thought the enemy's main force was still in Pengcheng. At that time, I thought that as long as we invest enough troops, we could rescue a regiment."

"Team Commander Cui, didn't Commander Zhang realize that this was the Chu people's trap? At this time, the enemy's troops should have been almost exposed. Even if there were still hidden troops, there would not be too many. The Third Division, which surrounded Commander Dong, had already made them show most of the trump card. Why did Commander Zhang issue an order to attack Sixi at that time? It was this order that caused the entire New First Army to fall into the Jedi of Sixi!"

Cui Chengxiu stood up, "Yes, this is our mistake. At that time, Commander Zhang and I, Cheng Dongyizhi, believed that although the enemy had more troops, if we talked about the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, we would be far better than our opponents, so we were confident that we would rescue the Third Division, break through the siege and even defeat the opponents, and regain the initiative on the battlefield!"

Having said that, all the senior generals present had already understood the cause and effect of the matter. To put it bluntly, in this war, the New First Army did not take their opponents seriously at all. Even if a division was surrounded, the New First Army believed that it could easily defeat the enemy, not only to rescue friendly troops, but also to defeat the opponents and regain the victory of the war.

But they obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Chu army. Not only did they not rescue the Third Division, they also trapped themselves. The Chu army's time-sensitive arrangements for Qu Wan in this battle finally made Zhang Hongyu unable to turn the world back.

"After all, it's because of underestimating the enemy!" Helanxiong said lightly: "I guess the enemy is unknown and proud and arrogant. In this battle, we have already lost half before we can fight."

"Although He Siguan, although this is the case, the problem of the New First Army is probably the problem of all our troops. I just thought to myself that if I were in a different place with Zhang Hongyu, I was afraid I would make the same decision as him, and the final result would not be much better." Xu Yuan knocked on the table, "I think the hero was broken and crisp, because our Han army had never fought such a war."

"The biggest problem with Zhang Hongyu's command in this battle is here!" Ye Zhen shook his head, "If he made a decision at this time, he would ignore Dong Zhuang's third division, who was trapped in a heavy siege, but instead command the main force of the new first army to attack Pengcheng. As long as Pengcheng is in a hurry, the Chu army surrounding the third division will withdraw its troops and return to Pengcheng. After all, if Pengcheng is lost, they will be defeated in this battle."

"Pengcheng City is strong. At that time, we thought that if we attacked Pengcheng, we would probably not be able to take it down in a short period of time. At that time, we had learned that the number of enemy troops in Pengcheng was far better than ours. Instead of attacking Pengcheng, which had a dangerous city, it would be more effective to attack Sixi directly. At that time, we wanted to find the main force of the enemy to fight a decisive battle." Cui Chengxiu said.

"I have never taken the opponent into my eyes. Underestimating the enemy's carelessness is a fatal problem!" Meng Chong knocked on the table and sighed. "As Xu Yuan said, this is not just a problem with the New Army. I'm afraid we all have this problem more or less. This time it sounded the alarm for us. The trapped beasts still fight, let alone a great power that has stood in the south for hundreds of years and competed with Qin for hundreds of years." (To be continued...)
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