Liaodong's 50,000-strong army encountered the Tiger Character Banner's First Battle Division in Xuanfu in Yanqing Prefecture. At the same time, another 50,000-strong army led by Xing Youwei had entered Bao'an Prefecture. within the territory.
"Where is this going?"
Xing Youwei, who was sitting in the sedan, asked the Chang Sui who was following the sedan with a sleepy look.
Chang Sui came to the window on one side of the sedan, hunched over and said, "Sir, please wait a moment. I'm going to go find someone to ask."
After saying that, he quickly left from the sedan chair.
Xing Youwei retracted his head into the sedan and leaned back.
The army left Juyong Pass and came all the way to Baoan Prefecture. They encountered almost no decent resistance and recovered a lot of lost territory along the way.
After a while, the leader returned to the sedan and said respectfully to Xing Youwei in the sedan: "Sir, I just found someone to inquire about it. After crossing the Zhuolu Mountain in front, I arrived at Shuangshu Village. The army will camp in Shuangshu Village today."
"I got it, let the army hurry up and hurry up. I'm a little tired." Xing Youwei in the sedan responded with a lazy voice to the voice outside the sedan.
"Master, please persist a little longer. It will be fine when we arrive at Shuangshu Village." Chang Sui said cautiously.
No voice from the sedan replied to him.
He retracted his gaze from the sedan and hurried along beside it.
tread! tread! tread!
At this moment, a fast rider galloped past the side of the team and went to the front of the team.
Not long after, Wei Cheng brought a dusty soldier to Xing Youwei's sedan.
"The general has an urgent military situation and asks to see Governor Xian." Wei Cheng looked at the sedan chair and stepped in to salute.
At this time, several bearers carrying the sedan stopped.
The long attendant stepped forward and opened a little of the sedan curtain, revealing Xing Youwei in the dumpling.
"What's the matter?" Xing Youwei looked at Ai Cheng who was blocking the sedan.
Wei Cheng said: "The last general has just received the news that the 50,000-strong army led by the Supervisory Army to Yanqing Prefecture was completely wiped out by the main force of thieves in Yongning. The commander-in-chief Mangui died in the battle. The whereabouts of the commander-in-chief Jiang Yingzhao are unknown. Only A small number of remaining soldiers fled back to Sihai Administrative Office."
"What! They were defeated." When Xing Youwei heard the news that the troops in Liaodong were defeated, his horrified voice suddenly rose, and his whole face showed panic.
Wei Cheng grabbed a soldier who came with him and said, "This man is a soldier under Deputy General Li's tent. He was the one who sent us the news of the defeat."
"Young Li Xiaozhong, please bow to the commander-in-chief." The soldiers following Wei Cheng knelt down on one knee, facing Xing Youwei in the sedan.
Xing Youwei looked at him and asked, "Tell me carefully what's going on?"
Li Xiaozhong knelt on the ground and began to talk about the 50,000 Liaodong army in Yongning.
From the beginning, the army besieged Yongning City, and the main force of the bandit reinforcements was reinforced. The imperial army divided its forces to ambush the main force of the bandit soldiers who came for reinforcements. The bandit cavalry suddenly appeared at the foot of Yongning City, and Mangui was defeated. Later, the 30,000-strong army was besieged by the bandits in three directions. The entire army of ten thousand was wiped out by the Guishui River.
"Where is the supervisor? How is he?" Xing Youwei asked the supervisor.
Without the overt and covert support of the supervisory army, Jiang Yingzhao and Mangui would not have sent their troops to Yanqing Prefecture, thus destroying the 50,000-strong army from Liaodong.
"The supervisory army received the news in advance and was escorted to the Sihai Administration Center by my general." Li Xiaozhong said.
The generals he spoke of were no longer Jiang Yingzhao and Man Gui, but his own general.
"The eunuchs are harming the country, and the eunuchs are harming the country." Xing Youwei cursed angrily when he heard that the instigator's supervisory army had fled back to the Sihai Administration Office.
Ai Cheng on the side hurriedly stepped forward and reminded in a low voice: "Governor Xian, be careful what you say."
"What? Do you think my commander is wrong? Without this thief to stir up trouble, how could these 50,000 elite soldiers in Liaodong be lost?" Xing Youwei gave Wei Cheng a cold look.
"General, that's not what I meant. No matter how angry Du Xian is, he can't mention the eunuch." Wei Cheng raised a finger and pointed to the sky.
Xing Youwei immediately realized that he had made a mistake just now, and he compensated: "What I am talking about is the supervisor in the army, and it has nothing to do with others."
Wei Cheng on the side secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xing Youwei understood what he meant and had begun to remedy the situation.
The most powerful person in the court today is the one in the palace. Once someone deliberately distorts the meaning and spreads Xing Youwei's scolding eunuchs to that person's ears, even he, who is only present, may follow suit.
"Go and deliver the order in person and order the army to retreat immediately."
The imperial court's 50,000-strong army in Yongning was destroyed, which made Xing Youwei worried about his own safety. He was afraid that the traitor soldiers who had defeated the imperial court's 50,000-strong army would turn around and deal with him.
"We can't retreat at this time, Du Xian." Seeing that Xing Youwei was about to retreat, Wei Cheng hurriedly stopped him.
Xing Youwei frowned, looked at Wei Cheng and said, "What? Do you think your Yanqing Guard's troops are more powerful than Guan Ning's troops?"
Wei Cheng is the commander of the Yanqing Guard.
"Of course Yanqing Guard cannot compare with Guan Ning's troops." Wei Cheng smiled awkwardly.
The soldiers and horses from Guan Ning defeated an army of more than 100,000 slaves and traitors in Ningyuan City, and he knew very well the virtues of the soldiers and horses of Yanqing Guard. It was okay to wave flags and shouts from behind to fight with the wind, but he had no courage at all. Fighting with slaves and thieves head on.
"Since you know it, why don't you hurry up and tell the army to retreat? Why don't you stay here and wait to be surrounded by the traitors!" Xing Youwei gave him a sideways look.
The bandit soldiers were able to defeat Guan Ning's 50,000-strong army, but the tens of thousands of troops he commanded were not even as good as Guan Ning's 50,000-strong army. They were even less of a match against the bandits' army.
Otherwise, he would not have been optimistic about Guan Ning's 50,000 troops at the beginning. Unfortunately, they were all lured away by the supervisory army in the end.
"What the general means is that at this time, we must not retreat. Only in this way can you show your ability as Du Xian. If you suddenly retreat, the supervisor will inevitably not shift the responsibility to us." Wei Cheng said.
After hearing this, Xing Youwei raised his hand and tapped his forehead lightly with his finger, and said: "Thank you for reminding me. I will write a memorial to impeach the eunuch, who is the supervisor."
The long follower prepared pen and ink for Xing Youwei, then he bowed and exposed his back to cover the paper.
The impeachment memorial is something that is in the blood of most officials. If any civil servant has not impeached several people, it is simply a shame for the civil servant.
The impeachment memorial was quickly written.
After drying the ink on it, Xing Youwei put the memorial in a sleeve and arranged for it to be sent to the capital immediately.
"You get up too!"
After the arranger sent the memorial away, Xing Youwei noticed a person kneeling on the ground and asked him to get up.
"Thank you, Marshal." Li Xiaozhong got up from the ground, stood respectfully with his hands hanging down.
Seeing that Wei Cheng had not left, Xing Youwei frowned and said, "Why don't you go and give the order? Could it be that you want to disobey my general order."
