It was already late at night when Liu Wei received Xu Sanwei's reply. He was personally leading people to patrol the camp. Suddenly he heard that Tan Ma had returned, so he called over to inquire. Only then did he know that Xu Fujun had also sent a handwritten letter, and he was quite satisfied. , feeling respected.
However, when he took the envelope, checked the paint, opened the opening and took out the letter paper, his face became a little solemn, and he remained silent for a long time.
One of his generals asked cautiously: "General Rong, is it possible that there has been a change in Ganzhou?"
"Huh?" Liu Wei came back to his senses and glanced at the other party, only to realize that the speaker was General Zhou Yude.
Strictly speaking, Zhou Yude was not a member of the "Liu Family Army", but he had been under Liu Wei for a long time and had been attacking Liu Wei for at least ten years. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was one of his own.
Because of this relationship, Liu Wei did not hide it from him. He shook his head and said: "No, Ganzhou is fine. It's Xu Fujun's letter that's a little weird."
Zhou Yude's name is quite elegant, but he is essentially a Qiu Ba who kills generals all the way to the top. Even though he read some books when he was young, he doesn't use it often now.
Hearing Liu Wei's words, he didn't ask what was so strange. He just muttered: "Scholars are not all like this! My old Zhou has been fighting for thirty years, except for the military orders of Gaoge Lao. You can tell at a glance that all the other military orders and official letters are fucking 5 and 6, so you can only guess while reading, which is really annoying!"
When he said this, Xia Shixun, a guerrilla who was also an old subordinate of Liu Wei, couldn't help it. He snorted twice and said angrily: "So, the war must be fought under the command of Old Gaoge. Military orders do not allow nonsense. Literary language is not allowed, and every order must be concise, clear and unambiguous. That is what a war looks like! In my opinion, this Xu Fujun is just another person who talks about military affairs on paper and sits down and talks."
"Okay, okay, you two shut up quickly. Although there are no outsiders here, if this kind of discussion about the ministers is spread, it will cause trouble for the commander-in-chief."
The tone of the speaker's tone made it clear that he had a higher status than the two of them, and that was indeed the case. This person is Liu Tiancheng, who was Liu Xian's right-hand man back then. He is seven or eight years older than Liu Ling, and he is somewhat of a mentor and friend. Now he is the deputy commander-in-chief of Sichuan and a serious deputy to Liu Ling.
After the war of Yunnan and Burma in the original history, Liu Wei and Deng Zilong had conflicts and even fought against each other. Therefore, both Liu Wei and Deng Zilong were punished and both were "dismissed pending investigation." At that time, Liu Ling's department was strictly ordered by the Ministry of War to be managed by Liu Tianfeng, which shows his status.
Of course, this also shows that there are still sensible people in the Ministry of War. They know that servants like Liu Jiajun cannot be led by just dropping in a leader. They must have enough prestige among their own people to be competent.
As soon as Liu Tianfeng opened his mouth, Zhou Yude and Xia Shixun immediately shut up. Liu Tianfeng himself frowned and asked Liu Ling with a worried look on his face: "General Manager, what did Xu Fujun say?"
Liu Wei was too lazy to answer and handed him the letter directly. Since there were only about 20 words, Liu Tianqi read it at a glance.
After reading it, Liu Tianfan frowned: "Warm wine and defeat the enemy? What enemy can we defeat now? Didn't all the Burihatu retreat?"
Liu Wei sneered and said: "Who knows what Master Fujun means? I think he probably wants me to lead the troops in pursuit and beat Burihatu's ass."
"This... is not easy to handle." Liu Tiancheng touched the beard on his chin and said: "Since even the Marquis said that this fellow Burihatu must be dealt with seriously, he is obviously not an easy person. Now he has never interacted with him. Our troops retreated on their own after the battle, quite a bit of a show of weakness to the enemy..."
What does "showing weakness to the enemy" mean? Everyone here is experienced in fighting. Naturally, there is no need to explain. There is a high probability that there is an ambush in the rear. Once you forcefully pursue the enemy, you will hit the muzzle of the gun. It's probably better if you can't ask for it.
Of course, this is just a general theory. Maybe Burihatu has other back-ups. For example, Burihatu can completely rely on the advantage of cavalry to drag himself down, and always keep his troops in a state of "try harder and catch up" until our army is exhausted and defeated, and then turn around to kill. A carbine.
In fact, Liu Wei is also worried that he only brings the forwards, and the follow-up soldiers and corresponding weapons are not ready. At this time, he didn't want to have any more entanglements with Burihatu, as long as Burihatu really withdrew his troops. After all, the Marquis had overall considerations for the Western Regions.
At this time, Bian Zhiyuan, the commander-in-chief of Guizhou Province who was assigned to his command, couldn't help but said: "This Xu Fujun is so unreasonable. He lost Suzhou in one day before, and then he did not dare to take any action to fight, which resulted in Ganzhou was besieged for three months.
Finally, now that we are here, he has regained his authority and asked us to use only these few people to fight with Burihatu. Zongrong, there is murderous intention here... Zongrong used to have a grudge against Xu Fujun. What? "
Liu Wei frowned and said, "I've never worked with him, so how could I have any hatred?" After a pause, he added, "Besides, his letter is not a military order after all. I just won't go. How can you do that?" Do you see a murderous intention?"
Although Bian Zhiyuan is also the commander-in-chief, he is also someone who fought under Liu Wei many years ago. He was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Guizhou Province last year, so he also directly calls Liu Wei "General Rong", which seems to him that he is also the commander-in-chief. No idea.
At this time, Bian Zhiyuan said: "General Rong, if you listen to his orders and send troops forward, if you win, it will be because of his command. You and we are just following orders to kill the enemy; if we lose, he will But we can make sarcastic remarks like, 'I've heard the Liu family's army is famous for its bravery for a long time, but I don't think it's worthy of the name'. In the end, it turns out that we are ineffective in fighting.
General Rong, please don’t say that you will judge a gentleman with a villain’s heart. If Xu Fu’s army has any prejudice against you, I’m afraid they will add insult to injury and say that you lost the first battle, which will cause great damage to the Gansu army. Such authority should be severely punished. Although you have the Marquis to take care of you in the court, if it really comes to that point, it will not be a good thing after all, what do you think? "
After Liu Wei listened quietly, he realized that his subordinates had basically unified their opinions and thought that Xu Sanwei's letter was a little uneasy and well-intentioned. Although Liu Wei himself didn't know why, he thought that Xu Sanwei did this just because he didn't want to appear too stunning, so as not to highlight his previous incompetence.
With this judgment, Liu Wei made up his mind and said: "I will ask the master to reply later, saying that we are not fully equipped and cannot pursue now. As for the recapture of Suzhou and surrounding Wubao, I'll wait until I review the Ganzhou Seven Guards and wait until the follow-up troops are fully armed."
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PS: I'm not dead, and I don't have TJ either. It's just that my wife got pregnant last Saturday. Because it was her first time having sex, the reaction was still quite big, so I could only serve her like a cow or a horse. Then last night I suddenly had a headache and I went to bed early. When I woke up this morning, I found that my head seemed to be filled with lead. I thought something was wrong. I took an antigen test and it showed that I was not positive yet.
However, I don’t know why. I have been in this state all day today. I was extremely lethargic. I slept all day. I didn’t even eat lunch. I had no appetite for dinner, but I forced myself to make a bag of cereal and drink it. My wife took the antigen test for me again. Miraculously, there was still no positive test, but I was really weak and extremely lethargic. My back and buttocks were a little sore... I don’t even know what happened now.
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