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Li Yuanhao was a little displeased, and sneered: "I have promised not to hold accountable for the defeat in this battle, I just want to investigate the cause of the defeat, don't you want to speak?" Could it be that if you don't fail, you will lose in a daze, and you don't even think about how you lost? ”

Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong glanced at each other, and understood in their hearts that this was Li Yuanhao forcing the two of them to admit their tactical mistakes, before this battle, the Yeli brothers were too full of words, completely ignoring Li Yuanhao's advice, and now Li Yuanhao is coming to settle accounts after the autumn.

Facts have proved that Li Yuanhao's advice is right, what else is there to say at this point, if you are wrong, you are wrong, but there is no need to admit your mistake, the Yeli brothers think that they are not the kind of people who are obscene.

"Your Majesty, the cause of the defeat in this battle is caused by the minister's light enemy, the minister thought that the defense of the soldiers and horses in the city of Weizhou was weak, and my army came quickly, and it was a plan to attack the east and the west. Ye Li Yu sighed.

Li Yuanhao nodded and said, "This is one of them, is there another two?" ”

Ye Liyu gritted his teeth and said: "The second is that my two brothers made a mistake in their tactics in this battle, and they should have listened to the emperor's words and waited for the cloud ladder to build 3,000 walls to attack the city on two sides, which is not only conducive to the development of our army's superior forces, but also can disperse the enemy's defense forces. ”

Li Yuanhao was satisfied, what he wanted was the words of the Yeli brothers, admitting in front of everyone that he did not attack Weizhou according to his own words, so that today's defeat is self-admitting incompetence, so that he can take the next step.

"Now that we know the cause of defeat, what should we do next, I want to hear your opinions, how to deploy next, how to attack, we must have a good life and a careful plan, so as to fight again." Li Yuanhao glanced at Zhang Yuan, who was sitting in a corner, as he spoke.

Zhang Yuan understood, according to the prior arrangement, he knew that he should appear: "Your Majesty, the minister has the courage to say a few words." ”

As soon as Li Yuanhao's voice fell, Zhang Yuan got up and spoke before everyone, this was very surprised by the people in the tent, the war between the Xia and Song dynasties, the front-line military meeting was supposed to prevent the participation of Han officials, in the final analysis, it was not trusting Han officials, Li Yuanhao chartered the Chinese book to order Zhang Yuan to accompany the army and participate in the military meeting It was already a special case, Zhang Yuan only needed to attend, and there was no need to speak at all, but at this moment he forcibly spoke, which seemed quite unusual.

Surprised, but Zhang Yuan is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, no one will be stupid enough to point it out in person, and then the emperor is all listening to him, why should his own gang be evildoers in vain.

"Zhang Yuan, what do you have to say?" Li Yuanhao asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is not qualified to speak here, but it is related to the Great Xia Sheji, and it is related to this victory, and the minister risked his life to say two words in his heart."

"If I have something to say, I don't like people to play tricks." Li Yuanhao pretended to be displeased.

Zhang Yuan saluted again: "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister just heard from you that he would not be held accountable for the defeat in this battle, and the minister knows that His Majesty is afraid of dampening the enthusiasm of the generals, and it is also Your Majesty's benevolent act; However, the minister thought that this was inappropriate, and asked His Majesty to think twice. ”

Everyone's hearts jumped, what is Zhang Yuan going to do? The emperor said that the defeat would not be investigated, why did Zhang Yuan come to turn over the old accounts? The Yeli brothers stared at Zhang Yuan, gritting their teeth with hatred for Zhang Yuan in their hearts, this guy seems to want to fall into the well today.

Sure enough, Zhang Yuan continued: "Your Majesty forgave you with a word, but the morale of our army was high, and the momentum of thunder and thunder wanted to set foot in Weizhou in one fell swoop, but due to the mistake of the two kings, it was a big blow to the morale of our army; As the saying goes, the state has a national law and a family rule, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, I have pursued a clear policy of rewards and punishments, and I dare not violate the laws of the country on weekdays, not to mention that in the army, the military law is the most merciless, how can I forgive it because of His Majesty's words, so that in the future, all the generals will use this as an excuse to escape responsibility, and this wind will not last. ”

Li Yuanhao pinched his beard under his chin and groaned silently, Yeli Wangrong got up a few times and said: "Zhang Yuan, if you want to say anything, you can say it happily, you don't have to beat around the bush." ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said: "The king of the left chamber is not annoyed, the lower officials are just talking about things, to say a word, even if the emperor leads his troops to attack the city today, I will say the same thing, there will be someone to bear it, but you can't enjoy privileges just because you are a prince and a noble." ”

Everyone was shocked, is Zhang Yuan dying? These words don't seem to come out of the mouth of Zhang Yuan, a good old man who is a good man on weekdays.

"What do you think, your king doesn't have time to listen to your ink, and we have to prepare for the next siege battle." Yeli Yuqi also got up and shouted.

Li Yuanhao frowned, and said coldly: "Why are the two old generals so narrow-minded? What Zhang Yuan said is not wrong, you can't intimidate him, Zhang Yuan, you go on, I listen. ”

Zhang Yuan took a breath, swallowed and spit, and said: "Weichen has no other suggestions, that is, I hope that the emperor will be investigated for his mistakes, and he will be punished if he is responsible. ”

Li Yuanhao said: "In your opinion, how to punish the two old generals?" ”

Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "The emperor has already informed him in advance that his tactics were wrong, and the two kings still do their own thing without vigilance, and the minister thinks that the two kings are not suitable for the position of commander of the left and right route armies, and should be deposed." ”

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the tent, and the hearts of more than a dozen senior generals in the army jumped wildly, this Zhang Yuan actually said in vain that the king of the left and right chambers was not suitable for the position of commander, this is going to be a big mess, you must know that the left and right armies are warriors of the Yeli tribe, because of this, the emperor appointed two people to share the position of commander of the left and right road armies, they are not suitable, who is still suitable?

Ye Li Yuqi sneered: "Zhang Yuan, my two brothers are not suitable, are you suitable?" I think that my two brothers led their own soldiers and horses through dozens of battles and made great contributions to Great Xia, and today they were actually said to be unsuitable for the position of commander, which is simply to make people laugh off their big teeth. ”

Zhang Yuan said slowly: "The two kings are not worried, how can I Zhang Yuan be virtuous, how can I take on the position of commander, the exploits of the two kings are visible to the world, and the lower officials do not slander the two kings." ”

"What the fuck do you mean?" Yeli was begging and foul-mouthed.

"The lower official bluntly told him, the two adults are naturally outstanding in battle, but they are all in the field of achievements, now the situation is very different, I Daxia is now in the siege war, in my memory, the two adults have never made achievements in the siege war, otherwise it would not be 80,000 horses to attack the city, half a day's effort will lose 10,000, remember that the king of the right chamber was in the desert of the Western Regions of Daxia on the Gobi with a thousand horses to break the Tubo 10,000 horses; The king is still the king, the cavalry is still the warrior of the Yeli tribe, but why are the results so different? It is not enough to say that the combat strength of the Song people is known to everyone, and it is not even as good as the camel scimitar cavalry of Tibet, but why did the superior forces defeat here? ”

Everyone saw Zhang Yuan talking eloquently, and what he said was quite reasonable, and the answer was self-evident, that is, the battle was no longer a charge in the field, but a battle to attack the fortification; The Yeli brothers are naturally good at fighting in the field, and siege warfare is a waste.

Li Yuanhao was overjoyed in his heart, and he couldn't wait to hold Zhang Yuan and bite at his donkey face, and forcibly suppressed the emotions in his heart and said lightly: "Zhang Yuan, do you mean that the two old generals are useless in this battle?" ”

Zhang Yuandao: "That's right, Emperor, we have to start with the importance of the battle in front of us, this battle is the last battle between my Great Xia and the Song Dynasty, the emperor has already set a strategy to use this battle to deter the Song people and make an alliance under the city; If it weren't for that, the defeat of the two kings would not matter, but since they had to win, they couldn't allow the two kings to accumulate experience, and they had to immediately reverse the decline and take Weizhou. ”

Li Yuanhao pretended to hesitate and said: "But who in the army can resist the position of two old generals?" Besides, wouldn't this move make the two veteran generals unable to come to power? No, you can't. ”

Zhang Yuandao: "It's very simple, from now on, the emperor will personally command the siege, and the emperor is quite insightful about siege warfare, so the emperor is the most suitable; And the two kings are still the nominal commanders of the left and right road armies, just with the emperor to do some staff affairs, today's participants are strictly ordered to shut up, and it does not have much impact on the reputation of the two kings. ”

Ye Li Yu Qi and Ye Li Wang's face was pale, and he couldn't wait to find a crack to drill down, this was a naked slap in the face, he had lived for more than fifty years, and he had never been so humiliated in Daxia, even if Li Yuanhao's father Li Deming was alive, he also treated his two brothers with courtesy, and he didn't want to be humiliated by a Hanchen in front of Li Yuanhao today.

Li Yuanhao ignored the faces of the two of them, and said to himself: "It's not proper, how can I do this, even if I can't win this battle, even if I don't want the Great Xia River, I can't let the two old generals suffer this grievance." ”

This sentence is even more poisonous, as if to say, if the Yeli brothers do not express their stance that this battle will be lost, the Great Xia will not be guaranteed, as soon as this big hat is buttoned down, the Yeli brothers can no longer remain silent, Yeli Yu begging temper came up, reached out from his arms and took out the commander of the army and shouted on the case: "Don't say it, the old man goes back to the northern tribe to support the elderly, and the province delays the emperor's major affairs." ”

Yeli Wangrong had no choice but to throw the talisman on the case, and the two brothers walked out of the account together, no matter how Li Yuanhao told them not to look back.

Li Yuanhao sighed continuously, stretched out his hand to cage the talisman into his sleeve, and even gave Zhang Yuan a look, Zhang Yuan would quickly step out of the account, and ordered someone to secretly follow the horses of the Yeli brothers, but saw that the two brothers did not even return to the left and right military camps, so they rode directly out of the camp, and it seemed that they really went back to retire.

Zhang Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief, covered in cold sweat, these two people are reckless men after all, today's things are very dangerous, once the two of them turn their faces, the consequences are unimaginable, I don't want these two people to give up the remaining 70,000 Yeli warriors so easily.

"Age to live to a dog." Zhang Yuan took a sip and turned around to go back to his life.