Outside the central army tent, a young general was looking at Er Zhong and talking with Sun Tu with an unhappy face. He couldn't understand how a young general who had never fought against powerful enemies such as Liao Xia on the border was so valued by his two grandfathers, especially when he saw that the other party was not only on par with Er Zhong, but also made the two elders look angry while speaking, and almost rushed into the tent.

If Di Heming around him had not held him in time, even so, he still said angrily: "Sun Tu is so brave. How dare he be so arrogant? Do you really think his status as a marquis is amazing?"

"Jinqing calms down. This is what the two husbands decided to do. You can't ruin the overall situation because of this small matter. Although Qianli is not a few years older than you, he is indeed well-known in the army and is closely related to the next battle. You must not act irresponsible." Di Heming pulled him tightly and persuaded him earnestly.

This young man is the best among the third generation of the Zong family. He is a pure and honest person. Although he is not old, he is better than many elders in both martial arts and military use. However, this has also developed his arrogant personality. Now, seeing that the two elders he respects most are a little angry when Sun Tu said, he naturally thinks about going over and teaching each other a lesson.

Fortunately, Di Heming was always guarding him, so he did not act recklessly. Although Di Heming was just a chief supervisor in the Western Army, he was highly respected by all the people. Even a person with such a temper was very polite to him. After his persuasion, he could only suppress his anger and continue to watch the situation develop.

At this time, the three people in the tent had already stood up and walked out, and then headed towards the military camp behind with a slightly strange gaze. This made Di Heming stunned for a moment, and then he understood: "Do you two husbands plan to take him to see those brothers? You really have good intentions."

After reacting, Zong Jing also curled his lips disdainfully: "The two grandpas are really good. Isn't this weakening the power of our Western Army?"

"Zhengqing, this is also the painstaking efforts of the two husbands. Compared with the life and death of the soldiers, the momentum and face are only a trivial matter after all." Di Heming said earnestly: "This is also the key point for the two husbands, and even the Zhong family, to be able to gain a foothold in the Western Army for a hundred years."

Seeing that he was solemnly speaking, he was solemnly accused of the sutras. As for how much he listened to, it was hard to say.

On the other hand, Sun Tu followed Erzhong for another journey in the military camp, and then he truly felt the very different place between the Western Army and Tong Guan's troops. Everything here is much simpler than the Central Army's Dazhai. Almost all the tents are half-new and old, and some have patches on them, but the soldiers' spirit is full. Even if the sword is on the sheath and the gun is on the ground, people can still feel the strong aura and murderous aura from them. It seems that as soon as the war drum sounds, all the soldiers here can be put into battle immediately without any mobilization and encouragement.

What does it mean to be ready to be a scoundrel and show its sharpness? Sun Tu has the deepest experience here. The overall quality of this Western Army is even stronger than the Qingzhou Army that he is proud of.

However, when this momentum turned to the row of tents behind, it suddenly became restrained. At this time, there were still many people in front of the tent, washing cloths and other things, and there were almost no knives and guns around. Only when they saw the second one coming, these people suddenly stood up solemnly that people could see that they were soldiers in the army.

"This is..." Sun Tu only asked three words, but after smelling the strong smell of medicine in the tent, they actually brought themselves to the wounded barracks.

Er Zhong looked back at him, then made another gesture of inviting him to enter one of the tents. The tent looked like it was quite large and it almost caught up with the courtyards of ordinary people. However, after entering it, Sun Tu still felt a little cramped and cramped because it was filled with stretcher boards, and there were many wounded soldiers lying on it, either broken hands or feet or dying soldiers. They swept over it and found that there were no less than fifty or sixty wounded soldiers here, and they were all seriously injured.

This moved Sun Tu a little. If there were such wounded people in other tents, there would probably be thousands of seriously injured soldiers in the injured barracks. Judging from the current casualties in the battle and the proportion of minor and serious wounded people, the casualties of the Western Army were probably quite serious.

Youdao is that no matter how much you say, it is better to speak with the real thing. Without explaining both, Sun Tu was already shaken by his previous thoughts. If the Western Army had really made a wall view in the first battle, how could there be so many casualties?

At this time, the wounded soldiers in the tent had already seen the arrival of two kinds of people, and they all supported their bodies to see the ceremony, but they rushed forward and stopped them. Zhong Shizhong even pressed a soldier who had broken his feet and still remembered him: "How many times have you said this? No matter how many times you say it, no matter what kind of superiority and inferiority you are, the most important thing for you is to keep your body well and then follow us two old men back to the west."

"Yes..." The soldiers agreed in a lot of emotion, and then they lay back one after another. Then someone asked about the frontline war with concern. The two helped explain patiently, without any airs of the first army commander and veteran general for many years.

It was not until after a long time that the two elders looked at Sun Tu who was thinking and whispered: "There are more than 5,000 seriously injured brothers in the military camp here, and there are the same number of wounded soldiers in the left-wing army. In other words, our Western Army has now carried tens of thousands of wounded soldiers."

Sun Tu was even more moved by it. He wanted to say something, but was first spoken by Zhong Shizhong: "Do you find it strange that there are so many wounded people in our Western Army? It is because of the consequences of the war last year. Didn't you ask us why we didn't send troops to rescue us? This is the answer. We sent troops, but were ambushed by the Liao army, with heavy casualties."

Even though the answer had already come to mind, Sun Tu changed his face again after hearing it: "How could this be like this?"

"Because the Liao people are more cunning than we think, and because Tong Guan and others are more cowardly than we think." Zhong Shidao said as if he was gritting his teeth, and then led Sun Tu out of the tent.

Standing outside, Sun Tu felt that his breathing would be much smoother, but his doubts became even greater. He couldn't help but look at the two elders in front of him, and opened his mouth to continue asking something, but was said by Zhong Shizhong first: "Have you heard them say that this defeat last year was because of our failure that caused the accumulation of difficulties and the collapse of the entire army? It was simply a reversal of the black and white. The one who really led to the great defeat was not our Western Army, but Tong Guan's Central Army. Because of their sudden advance and retreat, my left and right troops appeared before the entire army, and immediately suffered a new round of attacks.

"But even so, we still sent troops to rescue the Central Army immediately. But as a result, the Liao army was prepared and set up an ambush halfway. We were eager to rescue them and gave them an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity, which led to the Central Army's defeat. Originally, if the Central Army was willing to send troops to help, there would be room for recovery, but Tong Guan led his troops to retreat because of the fear of war, and left us behind and became the victim of their safe evacuation! If our Western Army soldiers had not fought bloody battles and were willing to drag the main force of the Liao army with one army, I am afraid that our Northern Expedition Army would have lost a lot."

Zhong Shidao's face looked quite gloomy at this moment, and then his brother said, "And what is the result of all this? It was Tong Guan's reprimand, they shirked the blame for this great defeat, and put all the blame on our Western Army, saying that they refused to send troops to rescue them, which led to their great defeat. I knew very well that the purpose of his doing this was to clear himself, deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates, so as to continue to control the military power. The Northern Army and the Imperial Army generals, either kept in the dark, or pretended to be confused, all agreed to all this and imposed all the charges on our Western Army. Even if we wanted them to help give more wounded medicine, or transport the wounded soldiers to the rear, they were rejected by Tong Guan."

Sun Tu was silent, stunned, and then felt a little chilled. At this moment, he finally understood that the Song army, which should have the advantage in all aspects, would end up in such a field and ended in a crushing defeat. After all, it was because the generals in the army were in a mess and the two sides had long become mortal enemies.

I am afraid that after the previous battle, the Western Army was already alienated from the Central Army, which was mainly Tong Guan. With the previous lessons, if you want them to work hard to fight the Liao army to the end, that is a dream! When such a Song army goes to the final decisive battle with the Liao army, it is inevitable to defeat.

"Then why don't you tell everything like the court?" Sun Tu smiled bitterly as soon as he asked. Is this a sign?

Sure enough, I heard Zong Shizhong say, "Because it is impossible for the court to believe our words at all. Have you said we have never made a statement? It's useless. Who would believe the words of our generals? The Western Army has long been regarded as an alien by the court, and some people even think that the best result is to die with the Liao army."

"Do you know what he said in the end when we went to see Tong Guan the day before yesterday? He used the life and death of these wounded soldiers as bargaining chips to let our two wings stand in front in the next decisive battle and fight head-on with the Liao army, so as to create conditions for his final victory in the central army." Zhong Shidaohan said with a cold face.
Chapter completed!