The soldiers went to find out about the Xi brothers and the army. Li Zhen returned to the city.

He looked at the crumbling ruins of the city everywhere, and his heart was silent. Although they won by luck this time, or did not win at all this time, it was just that Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen took the initiative to leave Lingui County and vacate the place. Li Zhen watched as he walked, and his mood became more and more depressed. After walking around, Li Zhencai returned to the barracks where the army was temporarily stationed.

Sitting in the camp tent, Li Zhen looked at the rain and fog rising outside the camp tent, and his heart slowly calmed down.

He closed his eyes slightly, thinking slowly.

During this period, a series of smoothies made him flutter, and he didn't think about things carefully. Li Zhen slowly sorted out his thoughts and calmed down to reflect.

After the capture of Wuzhou, the army was divided into three forces. Li Zhen led the soldiers into Pingle Mansion, and there was no resistance on the way, and he took Pingle Mansion very smoothly. When the two route armies under the command of Yang Banhou and Smith also approached Guilin Mansion, especially after the three armies converged, the army marched forward and arrived outside the county seat of Lingui County without encountering resistance.

After that, Li Zhen's army entered the city unhindered.

Later, he successfully entered the Sifang City Gate.

A series of victories, a series of ease, so much so that Li Zhen and the soldiers under his command did not think about the problem, only thinking about making meritorious contributions as soon as possible and taking Lingui County as soon as possible.

If you don't have a cool head, you will be led by the other party.

In fact, when Xi Yinglong opened the gate of the Quartet, this was already clearly reflected in attracting him into the city. If Li Zhen decisively withdraws, changes his strategy and adopts the method of besieging the city, everything will change. But Li Zhen was in a hurry, so he was designed by Xi Yinglong after entering the city, and he was burned by the fire.

Fortunately, it rained heavily and he was spared.

Lesson me!

Li Zhen sighed in his heart and let his heart slowly calm down.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was not an accident. This failure was the result of Li Zhen's change of mentality after smooth sailing, and it just happened to break out this time. From Li Zhen's trip to Beijing, to solving Hong Xiuquan's problem and then setting the capital in Nanjing, and finally returning to Guangdong, the scenery is infinite.

The successive victories have already immersed Li Zhen's mind in such consecutive victories.

As a result, it is impossible to zero in time and put the mentality right.

"Report!!"

A deep voice came from outside the tent.

Yang Banhou strode in, stood respectfully in front of Li Zhen, and said in a slightly low voice: "Marshal, I have found out why Xi Yinglong's army was able to run from the city to the outside of the city. ”

"What is the reason?" Li Zhen asked.

Yang Banhou said: "There is a tunnel in the governor's palace that can go straight to the outside of the city, this tunnel is extremely wide, and the underground passages leading to the outside of the city are all places with little traffic, and they are not easy to find. As for the closure of the Sifang City Gate, it was Xi Yinglong who asked the soldiers to take the city gate first before letting the soldiers evacuate the city. ”

Li Zhen nodded and asked, "What about Xi Yinglong?" ”

Yang Banhou said: "Xi Yinglong's movements have been found, he and Xi Changzhen left with the soldiers and ran towards the south. Depending on the situation, it seems that there is a possibility of rushing to the Grand Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam. If Xi Yinglong didn't rush to Vietnam, then he would be playing tricks and deliberately going this way, trying to attract us to the past and then change direction. ”

Li Zhen said: "Pay close attention to Xi Yinglong's movements, if he leaves Guangxi, don't worry about it for the time being." If he stays and waits for an opportunity to counterattack, he will be completely destroyed. ”

"Yes!"

"Are the data on the losses of the army soldiers counted?"

"It's out!"

Li Zhendao: "Take the data and show it to me!" ”

Yang Banhou immediately went to execute it and quickly took the data.

Li Zhen looked at the data recorded on the paper, his expression froze, and he spoke after a long while: "Gather all the above officers in the army, including the battalion commander, to gather in the camp tent, and I want to have a meeting." ”

Yang Banhou turned around and left to inform the generals in the army.

Soon, people above the battalion level cadres in the army gathered in Li Zhen's army. Li Zhen looked at the generals in the camp tent, shook the white paper that recorded the data of this battle, and said in a deep voice: "In this battle, our army has more than 14,000 people, which can be called powerful. By now, the number of people has plummeted by almost five thousand, and the number of remaining soldiers is less than nine thousand, and this is not counting the consumption of weapons, one can imagine the losses this time. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all silent.

Yang Luchan, Dong Haichuan, Smith and others also lowered their heads and said nothing.

Li Zhen continued: "I am more to blame for this failure, because I, as a coach, did not do a good job. It was because of my misjudgment that the army was dealt a heavy blow. ”

Everyone shook their heads again and again, all in denial.

Li Zhen said with certainty: "It's my fault, it's mine, there's no need to escape." But just because I admit my mistake doesn't mean you're okay. ”

"I think there is!"

Li Zhen said impassionedly: "The longevity of an army is not only the role of a commander, but also the soul connotation embodied in an army and the military soul culture of the army. I put forward my request, I hope you convey it, and I hope that you will understand your thoughts more. ”

"I'm talking about two things, the first is ownership. I hope that you will regard yourself as the masters of the army and strive for the future and victory of the army with the mentality of being the masters. Doing things with a master's mentality will make you both successful and yourselves. ”

"The second point is the value of existence! This topic is a bit big, but to put it simply, what is the value of you in the army to the whole army? Or what is the use? You stay in the barracks, not only to eat enough in the barracks not to be hungry, not just to eat a few bowls of rice and a few catties of meat, but to treat this place as your other home, to do things with the mentality of the master, and to build the entire army, this is the value of existence. ”

"I hope that everyone in the army can contribute to the army. Whether it is a soldier, a platoon commander, or any other official position, I hope to reflect my own value, fully consider from the perspective of the army, rather than hanging on my own merits, and then give full play to my value on the basis of the first point. ”

Li Zhen said solemnly: "The army is mine, and it is yours. I hope you can think about the army, this is what I realize. I reflect on my own mistakes, but I also want the soldiers in the army to reflect on their own problems, even the generals you are here. Only in this way can the army always maintain its vitality and combat effectiveness. ”

When everyone heard this, they fell silent and thought.

It was the first time they had heard Li Zhen say this, and they suddenly felt refreshed, and a different feeling rose in their hearts, feeling that their existence seemed to have greater value.

ps: call it a day; Ming'er continued to fight.