"That should be the case, but you don't have to worry. After Gundam and I find the deputy general, maybe the deputy general will have some ideas." Knowing that the three of them were eager to leave the camp, and knowing that their commander had died in the battle, Gundam immediately helped the three. People think of a way.
"Then what if the deputy general also died in the battle last night? What should we do?" It's not that he wants to think about the worst, Lu Yunyou just wants to find out as soon as possible whether they can leave the military camp.
"I don't know either." If the situation mentioned by Lu Yunyou really happened, then their brothers would have nothing to do, so Gao Li could only shake his head at the three of them.
For a moment, the room became quiet again, because of a conversation between Lu Yunyou and Gao Li, and no one knew what to say.
"Why are there so many cries outside?" After a long period of silence, Jun Wucheng, who was still weak, spoke first to break the calm. He had been paying attention to the situation outside for a long time.
"The marshal has sent people to transport the corpses outside the city, and asked some people in the city to come and claim the bodies of their relatives. I heard that more than 10,000 people were killed on our side last night, and the losses were heavy," Gao Li lowered his voice. Extremely low, carefully speaking about the situation he asked about while making dinner.
"How come so many people died?" The huge number shocked Lu Yunyou. Even Ling Yun, who had been listless, sat up in surprise after hearing this, looking frightened.
"If we hadn't been lucky, we might not have survived." Gao Li nodded seriously, and then continued: "We were so miserable last night. If the enemy had been chasing us, we might not have survived. Return to Rock City.”
"I heard some people say that when we sent people to pull out the corpses later, the corpses of those brothers were piled together by the enemy, forming several mountains of corpses. The scene was very scary." The person who answered this time was Gundam. When he said this, his eyes were full of fear.
Just after he finished speaking, Gundam seemed to think of something that made him even more frightened, and immediately added: "It's better not to say it. The general has banned us from talking about last night in private. If others hear it and report it to the people above, Some of us may be arrested and punished."
"Well, I know, let's speak as quietly as possible." Nodding, Gao Li continued to explain to the three of them: "The superiors don't allow us to discuss last night's events in private because they are worried that it will affect the morale of the army."
"We know," Ling Yun nodded quickly and responded directly on behalf of the three of them. What Gao Li said just now really shocked the three of them. After calculation, more than 10,000 people can form more than 100 large escort agencies. The scene of multiple large escort agencies standing together was so spectacular that he couldn't even imagine it with all his strength.
Like Ling Yun, when the scenes last night came to mind again, Lu Yunyou could not imagine that so many people died on the battlefield in less than half an hour, and many people died in front of them, with their own eyes. Seeing the horror of war, his fear of war deepened a lot.
"Are all the soldiers who died last night from Yancheng?" After a short silence, Ling Yun spoke slowly.
"Only a small part of them are, most of them are outsiders from other cities," Gao Li was the one who replied.
“What to do with all the unclaimed bodies?”
"Find a place to bury them, and then send a letter to their families to report their funeral."
"Buried together? Then how to build tombs for those people?"
"The Feng Kingdom's army is coming soon. How can we still have time to build tombs for people? It is the best we can do to prevent those corpses from being exposed in the wilderness. After two days, Gundam and I died on the battlefield. Is there anyone who will bury us?" Ling Yun's question was too redundant, and Gao Li could only answer patiently.
In fact, Gao Li was not very clear about many things in the army. When answering the three people's questions, he just repeated to them what he heard from others. Of course, there was one thing that he knew very well. After several battles, he knew that there was a high possibility that he and Gundam would die on the battlefield.
On the other side, when they first heard Gao Li's answer, the three of them found it difficult to accept it, but after thinking about it carefully, they all felt that what Gao Li said was very reasonable. Now the situation in Yanguan is so severe that they are not even sure whether they are going to live or die. He couldn't even care about it, how could he still have the time to care about those corpses.
In this way, the five people kept talking in that room, and only in this way would they feel better.
At the same time, a group of senior Star Army officials in the conference hall were still discussing matters, surrounding a map. The generals were divided into two rows, with Lan Wu and Lan Xu standing at the front.
In the past period of time, Lan Xu has explained clearly the situation at the fortress one by one, from the Feng army's stationing to the ambush last night. In the end, the key to the problem returned to the question of who is the gap.
After the bodies of our own personnel were pulled back, the bodies of eight generals were found. Counting the current eight border army generals, there were a total of sixteen generals.
At this point in the meeting, except for Lan Xu, the other frontier generals present understood their current situation. Before they were found out, even if they worked desperately for the Star Army last night, they still could not get rid of the suspicion. Now several people are very suspicious. Worried about what Lan Wu would do with them.
But for Lan Wu, changing generals before the battle is a taboo for military strategists. If all seven of them are removed from their posts and put on probation, it will take a long time for the returning border troops to adjust to the new generals. Although the surviving border troops have already There wasn't much left, but it was now the time for them to hire people, and those were soldiers who had experienced several wars. No matter how he looked at it, Lan Wu couldn't just dismiss those generals.
Besides, there is no evidence, and Lan Wu cannot impose the blame for Lan Xu's oversight on those generals, otherwise it will only make people feel chilling.
"Marshal, how should we deal with the issue of a gap in the army?" Before accepting his punishment, Lan Xu was the only thing that mattered most.
"Let's put aside the issue of the gap for the time being. Besides, there are more than a few generals who are suspected. As you said, there are still many subordinates who know about this matter. After the meeting is over, the seven generals will go back and have a good rest. If necessary, we will come back again Let me inform you," Lan Wu has already thought clearly about finding the gap. He will not be able to solve this problem for a while, and he needs some time to think about it.
"Marshal, what if..." Unexpectedly, Lan Wu wanted to postpone the matter of finding out the gap. Lan Xu was a little puzzled, because in his opinion, the gap matter was of great importance. The sooner it was resolved, the better. If he delayed it, he would only Will leak more military information to the other party.
"Needless to say, the failure of the border troops to evacuate in time is closely related to your missteps. I will not take your responsibility lightly." The conversation changed, and Lan Wu said seriously again: "You were incompetent, which caused the military aircraft to You leaked it, and you were incompetent in commanding the troops, and missed the opportunity to evacuate, causing so many soldiers to die because of you, do you know your guilt?"
"The general will finally be convicted." Seeing Lan Wu's intention to convict him, Lan Xu, who had been waiting for a long time, knelt down on one knee and said, "Please give me a heavy punishment, Marshal."
"You will be punished by death," Lan Wu directly convicted Lan Xu in front of all the generals. He did not care about brotherhood. All the generals present felt his fairness and strictness.
Then when the generals were paying attention to how Lan Wu would deal with Lan Xu, Lan Wu said directly: "In the near future, the Feng Kingdom's army will attack the border. I will send you as a vanguard general and give you the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. If necessary, charge into battle and serve the country with your death." , I wonder if you have any objection?"
"The last general should act according to his orders and never regret it." Lan Wu's punishment was exactly what he wanted. As long as Lan Wu could give him a chance to show off with Zhou Hai, even if he was stripped of his title of general and pulled out to punish the public, he would There won't be any complaints.
"What do the generals think?" Seeing that Lan Xu had confessed, Lan Wu looked directly at the other generals.
"Marshal is wise," they agreed. The matter has come to this point. Even killing Lan Xu can't change anything. Letting Lan Xu plead guilty and perform meritorious service is the best choice. Now the generals just doubt Lan Xu's ability to plead guilty and meritorious service.
"Immediately remove Lan Xu from his position as commander-in-chief. Today's discussion ends here." Seeing that the generals had no objections, Lan Wu made actual punishments for Lan Xu.
"Everyone except Lan Xu can leave," Lan Wu looked directly at Lan Xu without waiting for the generals to respond.
"Yes," the next moment, all the generals clasped their fists to accept the order, and then left the Chinese army's tent with respectful expressions. In a blink of an eye, only brothers Lan Wu and Lan Xu were left in the huge meeting hall.
"Lan Xu, do you know why my brother left you alone?" He walked up to Lan Xu in two steps. Compared with before, Lan Wu's expression had softened a lot.
"Brother, Lan Xu doesn't know!" Lan Xu shook his head. He really didn't know why Lan Wu wanted to leave him alone, but after the others left, he couldn't help but change the name he called Lan Wu.
"Second brother, I know who you are as a brother," Lan Wu's face became calmer, and he continued like a normal conversation between brothers: "You have always valued love and righteousness, and are not constrained by trivial matters, but you never know how to How to beware of villains.”
