The Era of Generals

Chapter 492   Respite

What Ouyang Lixing didn't know was that his hesitation gave Chen Ze a chance to breathe.

Were those half a million elite soldiers Chen Ze willing to bring to the front line?

of course not!

This army is well-equipped and well-trained. When it was in Xifeng City early in the morning, Chen Ze was very optimistic about it. Later, because of Zheng Yuanyun's order, this army has also stayed in Ketan City, that is, it has been far away from it. The center of the war.

I have to say here that this is also caused by Zheng Yuanyun's selfishness.

This army is the strongest army he has at hand, and it is also the army most loyal to him. Zheng Yuanyun is reluctant to let this army suffer losses.

In the original Nantes Province, he was the most powerful force. Whether it was Ouyang Lixing, who had more troops, or the Nantes Province, which had been emptied out long ago, they were not his opponents.

Since it is not an opponent, why use a bull's knife?

Naturally, it is not an easy task to cultivate such an army. Zheng Yuanyun spent a lot of effort, so when there was no need to lose, he of course put it in Ketan City, and only brought The soldiers recruited from various affiliated cities in Anluo Province were gone.

Those soldiers belonged to each city, and Zheng Yuanyun had the overall planning power, so he could give priority to selecting the troops he would lead at this time, so naturally it would be better to spend these troops first.

But he never thought that the result of Zheng Yuanyun's momentary selfishness was that he would never see his heart again, and when he was about to die, he did not see any of the soldiers rushing to Juhe City to support him .

That being the case, since this army has always been out of the war, and Zheng Yuanyun is dead, anyway, at least when they are in Nantes Province, they still need to obey the command of other generals.

This general is none other than Luo Zongbing!

Luo Zongbing can get the command of these 500,000 elite soldiers, which indirectly allows Chen Ze to get the military power.

So, why did Chen Ze let this army come to die at such a time?

It doesn't make sense.

If he loses this army, Chen Ze will not even be able to keep the three main cities of Nantes, so he can only run back to An Luoxing in despair as Ouyang Lixing thought.

In this way, wouldn't his trip be in vain?

Not only did it come in vain, Chen Ze even had to face accusations from the empire after he returned.

After all, Zheng Yuanyun, the supreme commander, died on the battlefield, but Chen Ze, the vanguard, was able to retreat unscathed?

Of course, this was ordered by Zheng Yuanyun, but who could control so much at that time?

A battle that was supposed to be a complete victory ended up with the complete annihilation of the troops that invaded the province of Nantes!

In this way, wouldn't the situation in Anluo province become the situation in Nantes province back then, with empty troops and no soldiers available, so they could only stand there passively waiting for support from neighboring provinces or the empire?

Forcibly giving up a big victory, a situation that is extremely beneficial to the empire, who can bear it?

In any case, someone needs to take the blame for this matter.

And the best backer is naturally Chen Ze.

Don't forget, although Chen Ze's military rank is low, he was the first one to propose a counterattack to Nantes Province!

These are all documented in the empire.

At that time, the investigators will come and check the records. Chen Ze, the original figure, will not be able to escape at all, and will be put on the table.

You must know that at that time, you will be able to infer from the results, so you can conclude that if Chen Ze did not propose to send troops to counterattack Nantes Province, it would be the best arrangement.

After all, judging from the results, if Anluo Province did not send troops to attack Nantes Province, it would not experience this big defeat, and it would not lead to the fact that Anluo Province was empty of troops.

Who would stand up to the wind and say something fair for Chen Ze at that time, saying that the original decision was not wrong, but that there was a problem in the implementation, and thus throw the blame back to Zheng Yuanyun?

Zheng Yuanyun is already dead, what's the point of dumping the blame on a dead person?

Therefore, Chen Ze is the one who is responsible for the blame.

Of course, this is considered from the worst results.

And what if things weren't so bad?

For example, the province of Anluo still retains its strength, and has also reaped a lot of benefits, which is another matter.

The benefits are the three main cities of Nantes!

These three main cities have fallen into the hands of the Qingyang Empire from the very beginning, and there is absolutely no reason to vomit them back now.

The three main cities, three main cities not lower than the level of Bo'an City, this is definitely a huge benefit, even if you get the three main cities, you get half of the Nantes province, which is not bad. Too much.

Chen Ze now needs to continue to keep these three main cities as his own military exploits. Even in the investigation afterwards, he can say that it was Mr. Zheng who made the decision to let the two work together, and Mr. Zheng was responsible. Siege the city and seize the land, and he, Chen Ze, was responsible for stabilizing the rear.

Master Zheng was defeated, but Chen Ze, as a stable party, did a great job, and did not lose control of the three main cities after Master Zheng was killed.

In this way, not only did Chen Ze have no faults, but he even had merits. It can also prove that his proposal to counterattack Nantes Province was feasible. The evidence is that the three major cities are still in the hands of the Qingyang Empire.

So it goes without saying who the person in question is.

With the loss of most of his troops and even the commander in chief, Chen Ze was able to make a comeback against the wind and was rewarded by the empire instead.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether you are rewarded or not. Chen Ze's main purpose is to completely get rid of his involvement in this matter, and let this matter have the ending he wants, that's all.

Therefore, this 500,000 elite troops were not because Chen Ze wanted them to get so close, but because of the situation when Zheng Yuanyun was still alive, he had to let Ma Hui lead the troops to the front step by step. .

But now that Zheng Yuanyun was dead, there was no need to cover up any more, and the troops had to retreat when they had to, but before that, the necessary measures to stabilize the morale of the army were still needed.

For example, Ma Hui, Huang Shi and Wu Peng made a good show together, which temporarily stabilized the floating hearts of the army.

Afterwards, Chen Ze and Luo Zongbing had to arrive and use Luo Zongbing's military rank to forcibly take back the military power, so that they could completely control this army with constant doubts.

And more importantly, General Luo once commanded this army and went to Xifeng City to relieve Chen Ze from being trapped.

In the process, this army worked with Chen Ze to solve the crisis of Xifeng City, and even pulled in the opposite direction to solve the Bailie Empire army that broke into the territory of Nantes Province.

It has to be said that at that time, Chen Ze's reputation for this army had also been established. The soldiers in the army might not accept Ma Hui or Huang Shi, but they would definitely obey Chen Ze!