On the tenth day of December, Chu Ge returned to Yazd with a few personal soldiers, and he was accompanied by the Great Food Messenger Sabit, and it was precisely because Sabit wanted to come to the peace talks that Zhao Ziliang ordered Chu Ge to return to Yazd to report on his work, but he asked him to return in the name of protecting the Great Food Messenger Sabit.

Chu Ge and the others arrived outside the city in the morning, and before they entered the city, they saw flags waving at the city gate, soldiers standing in a forest, and gongs and drums, which made Chu Ge and the accompanying soldiers wonder for a while, is there any great joy? Otherwise, how could such a big formation be created?

It wasn't until he walked to the gate of the city that Chu Ge and the others found that these people were greeting him, and he even saw Zhao Ziliang at the front of the crowd.

"The King?" Chu Ge burst into tears in his eyes in an instant, and immediately turned over and dismounted, stepped forward quickly, knelt down, and wept: "Weichen has lost the king's trust, and he has suffered a defeat and embarrassed the king, and Weichen is guilty of death!" ”

Zhao Ziliang helped Chu Ge up, patted him on the shoulder, and said loudly to the tens of thousands of soldiers present: "Who can guarantee that he will never lose the battle?" As a general, it is normal to suffer defeat, and if there is a choice, who wants to suffer the shame of defeat? General Chu did not give up on himself when he was defeated, did not give up hope for the country, but took decisive measures in time to avoid greater casualties, and then learned lessons and experience in shame, and defeated the Dashi defenders of Vachar Pass in one fell swoop, killing more than 5,000 people, including more than 2,000 Dashi heavy armored iron cavalry who had defeated him before! Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is not knowing how to learn lessons and sum up experience, what is terrible is to give up on oneself after experiencing a failure, to give up hope for oneself and to give up hope for the country, Chu Ge's never-say-die and indomitable spirit is worth learning from all of us! ”

All the soldiers tapped their shields with their weapons and shouted in unison: "Roar? Roar? Roar??????"

After listening to the words of the accompanying translator, Sabit, the envoy of the Great Food, felt like he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle, and the color of his face kept changing, but at the same time, he had to admire the Tang people's spirit of self-confidence, self-examination, and self-reflection.

Chu Ge clenched his fists with tears and said, "The king ??????"

"Okay, don't say anything, you can tell the king what you want to say!" Zhao Ziliang patted him on the shoulder again, and continued to say loudly to all the soldiers: "All along, our Western Qin army is invincible and invincible, and the army is invincible everywhere it goes, so that not only does our enemy think that we are invincible, but even many people within ourselves have begun to be complacent, disdain the enemy, take it lightly when fighting, and become arrogant soldiers one by one, which is an extremely dangerous sign, as the saying goes, the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, and we can't be complacent at any time. Respect your enemies and fight with all your might, if these people continue to get carried away, continue to be complacent, unenterprising, and despise the enemy, then this defeat is by no means the first time, and this time is just a wake-up call for us to show that we are not invincible, that we can still be defeated! After the king heard that General Chu's handsome banner retreated in this battle, the soldiers on the left and right wings immediately collapsed after discovering the phenomenon of the handsome banner retreating, is this still the king's army? When did the king's army become so vulnerable? What do you eat? What did the officer do? What did the brigade commander do? What about the head of the group? What about the camp head? What about the Captain? What are all these people doing? What does this king usually warn you about? Even if the commander dies in battle, the soldiers who have not received the new order must not take a step back, the commander is dead, and there are deputy commanders, as well as the supervising army, the generals of various armies, and the deputy generals, they will continue to command the battle! The king's army should be an iron-blooded army that cannot be defeated or dragged down, and now your performance is far from good! Beginning today, combat units at all levels of the armed forces must hold separate meetings to conduct self-examination and self-examination, strengthen the education of soldiers and soldiers, and clearly define and emphasize the strengthening of the duties and missions of officers at all levels; in the event of an unfavorable situation on the battlefield, officers at all levels must have the ability to control the officers and men under their command in a timely manner, and absolutely do not allow a situation in which morale drops, the battle front collapses completely, and soldiers turn around and flee at the slightest disturbance; if such a situation occurs, it is not the soldiers who must be held accountable first, but the officers at all levels! What do officers do to eat? If you can't control your soldiers, what's the use of you? This king has trained and commanded troops for decades, experienced hundreds of large and small battles, and has never had a situation where his generals immediately dispersed when they encountered unfavorable battles, this is the first time! This shows that there is a problem with the mentality of many people in the army, and this king asks you to find the problem and adjust and correct it in time, you tell me, will there be a second time? ”

This is indeed a shame for all the soldiers of the Western Qin Army, everyone held their breath in their hearts, and when they heard Zhao Ziliang's questioning, they all let out a loud roar: "No, no, no!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, and immediately said: "Okay, this king ordered, each army will be brought back to the camp by its own will!" ”

Zhao Ziliang gave an order, and the generals of the various armies issued orders one after another, and returned to the barracks with their men and horses, and in a very short time, there were only more than 100 guards and some ministers and generals left at the city gate.

Chu Ge introduced Zhao Ziliang to the Great Food Envoy Sabit with mixed feelings, and Sabit stepped forward tremblingly to salute Zhao Ziliang with the etiquette of the Great Food Country, and said: "Sabit has appointed my new caliph to meet His Majesty the King of Western Qin to discuss peace talks!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Sabit for a while, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency the envoy is polite, let's go into the city and talk, please!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ziliang did not meet Sabit on the same day, but sent someone to arrange for Sabit to live in Yazd City first, and a special person was responsible for his diet and daily life.

In the City Lord's Mansion, Zhao Ziliang summoned Chu Ge in front of all the civil and military generals. Chu Ge is still obsessed with the defeat, this is inevitable, with his position in the Western Qin military, few can be equal to him, over the years, his record is brilliant, he has not tasted a defeat, but he suffered a crushing defeat under a small Valcha Pass, how can he accept this? Although Zhao Ziliang did not hold him responsible, he knew that he had made mistakes in this battle, and if he hadn't made mistakes, how could he have suffered defeat?

"The king, the minister is guilty! The king saved face for the ministers in front of the generals, ministers and all the soldiers, and it was difficult for the ministers to repay the king's kindness for maintenance. But a mistake is a mistake, although the king defended the minister in front of everyone, but the minister himself knew in his heart that this time he had made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, if he did his homework and preparation in advance before the battle, how could he be caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the big food heavy cavalry? At the same time, the minister is also negligent in the discipline of the soldiers under his command, the commander of the micro-minister is underestimated by the enemy, and the officers and colonels below will naturally underestimate the enemy, if the officers and colonels usually do not relax the discipline and discipline of the soldiers, they will not collapse when the war has just been lost, this is the fault of the minister! ”

Zhao Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Chu Ge was able to self-reflect, not the kind of person who was rigid and self-serving, and said: "It's good that you know, and it's not in vain that this king has worked hard!" It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, what matters is that you can find it in time and correct it! ”

After he finished speaking, he asked Chu Ge to get up, and then said to the other generals: "What this king said to Chu Ge just now is also said to you!" If you win a lot of battles, you will become arrogant soldiers, one by one, you are self-righteous, you don't put others in your eyes, Lao Tzu is the first in the world, and everyone else is a local chicken and a dog, and they are vulnerable! This king dares to say here that Chu Ge is not the only one who has contempt for the Great Food Army, and there are not a few of you who have this mentality! They are all frogs at the bottom of the well, but they don't know that there are people outside the world and there is a sky outside the sky! That's right, the training of our Western Qin army has entered the institutionalization, which is ahead of the armies of other countries in the world, as long as the training is completed, the combat effectiveness is not comparable to the armies of other countries; Our army equipment is also far beyond the armies of other countries, these two things combined, it is very difficult for the armies of other countries to defeat our army, but you must not forget, the army battle is to rely on the command of the generals, no matter how good the weapons and armor are also to rely on people to use, no matter how good the equipment needs to be able to use them in order to produce maximum lethality, the army needs to win the battle needs the commanders to command and deal with the correct situation, these two are indispensable, if you generals first underestimate the enemy, Can the army still be able to maximize its combat capabilities? ”

"A man's greatest enemy is not anyone else, but yourself! If you can overcome yourself, then victory over the enemy is a matter of leisure, put away your pride and complacency! Your heart can be mad, you can be proud, you can be proud, but you must not despise any of your enemies. Otherwise, there will always be a time when the boat capsizes in the gutter! ”

All the generals clasped their fists together and stood up and said, "The ministers must follow the king's teachings!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Chen Qing: "How are the armies doing with the tasks assigned by this king?" ”

Chen Qing stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Since the end of the king's admonition, the combat units at all levels of the army have successively launched the ideological education of self-examination and self-examination, guarding against arrogance and rashness, not only among the ordinary soldiers, but especially at the officer level at all levels, and they have actively carried out study and discussion!" But it seems that something is missing, and the minister made a suggestion, after the war is over, a regiment-level confrontation exercise will be held every year, one is to maintain the combat state of the army, and the other is to let the legions find and find their own shortcomings through confrontation. Then let them know if they are the best in the world through this method! At the same time, each legion must also hold its own exercises and confrontations at various levels! Whether in the course of exercises or foreign conquests, or in winning or losing battles, it is necessary to sum up post-war experience, and cultivate the habit of learning from the enemy's strengths and discovering their own shortcomings. ”

In this regard, Zhao Ziliang was extremely appreciative and agreed: "Yes, this king agreed, and this matter will be implemented as a practice in the future!" ”