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On the dark wilderness, countless burning torches are like stars dotted in the Milky Way, reflecting the dynasty's army camp.
In the big camp, the warm bonfire was burning with thunderbolts, reflecting the tired and haggard faces of the soldiers of the dynasty army on the bonfire.
During the day, the officers and soldiers of Qinghe provincial garrison in bright armor were in high spirits and were listlessly surrounding the bonfire to keep warm.
The situation of the black cavalry cavalry, known as elites, is not much better. They are covered in blood and their faces are full of depression.
Most of the 5,000 elite black cavalry cavalry lost half in the first battle, and less than 500 people were able to successfully withdraw to the camp. It can be said that the loss was heavy.
Surrounded by several staff officers, Governor Zhou Wen of Qinghe Province patrolled around the camp to appease the defeated officers and soldiers.
Seeing these scarred officers and soldiers, and hearing the painful howls of those wounded soldiers, Governor Zhou Wen's expression was also extremely heavy.
They fought against the rebel army during the day and ended in a disastrous defeat. If he hadn't held on to the camp, they would not even have a place to stay now.
"Zhang Chao misunderstood me."
Thinking of the defeat during the day, Zhou Wen, governor of Qinghe Province, was in a particularly bad mood, and couldn't help sighing.
He originally thought that Zhang Chao was the battalion commander of the elite Black Cavalry Army of the Central Army, so he confidently handed over the command of the army to him.
Who knew that Zhang Chao himself was beheaded on the spot on the battlefield, so that the army was completely defeated.
But now it was too late to repent, because of the disastrous defeat of the army, he no longer knew how to face the verbal criticism of the princes and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and he was ashamed to meet the emperor.
"Has the battle damage been counted?"
Provincial Governor Zhou Wen just came out of the wounded barracks, and met the staff officer of the Chinese Army who was in charge of counting casualties and war damage.
"Reporting to the Governor, the battle damage has been counted."
After the staff officer of the Chinese Army paid a military salute to Zhou Wen, he handed over a list.
Seeing the long list of scarlet death lists and equipment losses on the list, Zhou Wen felt dizzy for a while.
He has already suffered consecutive defeats under the rebel army, and now he has suffered such a disastrous defeat, it can be said that his luck has reached the extreme.
Although he really wanted to quit the job now and escape punishment by hiding his name, but thinking that his wife, children and family were all in the capital, he couldn't help but feel discouraged.
"Has the battle report been sent to Wangdu?" Zhou Wen asked.
The staff officer of the Chinese Army shook his head and said, "Not yet."
"My lord governor, how should I write this battle report? Please also express it clearly." The staff officer of the Chinese army added.
Facing such a disastrous defeat, the staff of the Chinese army is also very embarrassed. If it is written truthfully, the governor of the province, Zhou Wen, may not be able to escape the blame.
"General Zhang Battalion of the Black Cavalry Army disobeyed the military order and attacked without authorization, so that he fell into the siege of the rebel army. Our provincial garrison desperately rescued us, but the enemy was outnumbered and we suffered heavy casualties. Now I am sticking to the camp, please Your Majesty send reinforcements quickly. Otherwise, the province of Qinghe will be in danger, the province of Gyeonggi will be in danger, and the capital of the king will be in danger."
After a little thought, Zhou Wen, Governor of Qinghe Province, directly threw the pot of defeat to Zhang Chao, the general of the black cavalry camp who had already died in battle.
"Let's issue the battle report accordingly." Zhou Wen waved his hand.
"No!"
Although it was not very righteous to do so, it could shirk responsibility for the defeat, and the staff officer of the Chinese Army left in response.
"Our army has been newly defeated and is no longer able to fight anymore. Order the soldiers to stick to the camp. Without our military order, they are not allowed to attack without authorization."
After seeing the staff officer of the Chinese army leave, Zhou Wen gave instructions to the battalion general of the Provincial Guard.
"No!"
The battalion general of the Provincial Guard responded, and immediately went to arrange defense.
Zhou Wen, the governor of Qinghe Province, quickly returned to his large tent of the Chinese army, but he did not rest, but wrote more than 20 letters in a row, and asked his personal guards to send them to the capital overnight.
These letters were all written by him to his close court officials. After all, he was defeated, and it was not enough for him to shirk the responsibility for the defeat. He also needed the court officials to speak for him.
Otherwise, once the emperor sent someone to conduct a thorough investigation, and the fire could not be covered with paper, he was likely to be dismissed for investigation.
When everything was done, Zhou Wen, the provincial governor who felt physically and mentally exhausted, asked everyone to step back and prepare to rest.
In the middle of the night, the Dynasty army camp was silent except for the clinking of armor as the patrols walked.
The security soldiers guarding the sentry tower and everywhere are also full of faces.Yawning contentedly, he didn't even notice that the danger in the surrounding darkness was approaching.
Chen Zi'ang's long knife wiped a layer of black mud, and behind him, under the cover of night, black figures were quietly approaching the Dynasty army's camp.
Chen Zi'ang has now been appointed as the general of a thousand men in the old battalion, and he volunteered to be the vanguard of the night attack.
Behind Chen Ziang, in addition to Wang Hu and other brothers, there are also a group of old battalion elites assigned by the leader Chen Ru to Chen Ziang's command.
These old battalion elites are veterans with strong combat effectiveness. The leader Chen Ru transferred them to Chen Ziang, which also showed how much he valued Chen Ziang.
Soon, Chen Zi'ang and the others approached the camp of the dynasty's army, but the dynasty's army did not notice it at all.
After all, they fought all day during the day, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Who would come here in the middle of the night without incident?
But Chen Ziang is such a person who does not play cards according to common sense. He wants to take advantage of your illness to kill you, and wipe out this dynastic army in one fell swoop.
Seeing a few Dynasty Army soldiers standing guard outside the camp, Chen Ziang gestured behind him.
Wang Hu and a few elite veterans understood, they held their sharp knives instead, and together with Chen Ziang, they touched it silently.
Chen Ziang quickly touched a dynasty sentry, and while the sentry was not paying attention, he rushed out like a cheetah.
The sentinel of the dynasty army only saw a black shadow rushing towards him, and subconsciously wanted to shout, but his mouth was already covered by the palm of his hand, and he let out a whining sound.
"Crack!"
When Chen Ziang wrapped his big hand around the mouth of the sentinel of the dynasty, the blade in his hand was already pressed against his throat, and when he pulled hard, a stream of warm blood spurted out.
While Chen Zi'ang dealt with the sentinel of the dynasty army, Wang Hu and others also dealt with the remaining sentries of the dynasty army.
They quickly arrived at the wooden stakes of the camp, making sure that there were no other dynasty sentries around, and quickly destroyed the wooden stakes to create a passage.
Chen Zi'ang waved his hand to the darkness behind him, and a group of rebel brothers armed with sharp knives quickly entered the camp of the dynasty army.
"who?!"
When Chen Ziang and the others were infiltrating towards the Dynasty Army camp and beheading the guards, a Dynasty Army patrol found them.
"Brothers, kill!"
Seeing that it had been exposed, Chen Ziang immediately took Wang Hu and others to kill him.
And behind them, countless insurgent soldiers were pouring into the camp of the dynasty army through the gap they opened, and then rushed towards each open hood, shouting and killing. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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