On November 22, the Tang Dynasty went to fight against the central tent of the Gukou army.

"The Feijun has met General Zhang."

"Secretary Lin Juean/Wei Xianghuang, I have met Zhang Bianjiang."

Meng Feijun, Lin Juan and Wei Xianghuang saluted Zhang Xingquan.

"You!" Zhang Xingquan pointed at them with his fingers and couldn't speak for a long time.

He was really angry. The three of them planned such a big battle, not only did they not tell him, but they kept deceiving him until the war was over. He was the main general of this battle. If these three people did this, did they still have the main general in their eyes!

"Zhang Bie General, we know that we violate the military order and should be punished. I am the mastermind of this matter. Please punish Zhang Bie General and not severely punish General Meng Bie General and Wei Zhengwei." Lin Juan knew that something was wrong with his expression and hurriedly said.

"How can I punish you!" Zhang Xingquan sneered and said, "You have won such a big battle, killing 2,000 Dashiren with 500 soldiers, and only 81 of his own soldiers. Once again, Dashi camp was captured and a lot of food and weapons were burned. The news was heard back to Luzhou. Ten thousand people would cheer, and you would definitely be rewarded. Where can I punish me?"

This is another reason why Zhang Xingquan was angry. If they went out to fight without authorization and lost, then he would naturally punish him as much as he wanted, and there would be no problem; but if they won and achieved such a big victory, his punishment was not not punished nor was it, it was like being stuck in his throat, how could he not be angry.

"Zhang Apart General, the reason why we dared to fight in this battle is because there are other generals who are under the squad, so there is also a contribution from other generals to win this battle." Lin Juan said again.

"This," Zhang Xingquan pondered for a while after hearing these words, but finally said: "You don't have to say that. It should be your credit and your credit. I will not be greedy; but it should be your fault and it is your fault, and I will not cover it up for you."

"I will report this battle to Lieutenant Liu in full and complete report, and he will decide what to do with you."

Lin Juan's meaning was very clear. Zhang Xingquan gave him some of the credit in exchange for him to admit that the battle was carried out after he had obtained his permission, and that the three of them did not decide without authorization.

He thought that the three of them had made some of their contributions, but after repeated thinking, he thought that they could not do so. This battle was the most important victory since the war with the Cannibals. Liu Duwei and even Duwei would know in detail. If he had divided the contributions, he would definitely be known, which would be unfavorable to his impression of Duwei Liu Duwei.

"Thank you, Zhang Biejiang." Although Zhang Xingquan did not agree to his exchange, Lin Juean still thanked.

"Thank you, General Zhang." Meng Feijun and Wei Xianghuang also said.

"Your report on this battle is very detailed, and I have nothing to say to you. But there is a saying that I still warn you: Don't do such things again in the future."

Zhang Xingquan said: "All generals don't like subordinates who don't obey military orders and make decisions without authorization. This is not only a matter of face, but if all subordinates do not obey commands, how can they fight the battle?"

"Besides, you have won this time, but not everyone can win if they go out without permission. If you don't obey your superiors' command, you may also win a battle here, but other troops are defeated because you go out without permission, which will lead to a corruption in the battle."

"I won't say much, you should take care of yourself in the future." He said at last.

"Thank you, Zhang Biejun, for guidance." Lin Juan hurriedly bowed and bowed again; Wei Xianghuang was like him. Meng Feijun hesitated for a moment and bent down to bow.

After the ceremony, the three of them left the tent. Meng Feijun said, "What Zhang Xingquan said makes sense. Although he won this time, he was also very risky. He could not do this unless he had to."

"I don't want to take risks, but I don't want to lead troops to fight for the first time, so I'm in danger. Meng Bazhong is relieved that we will not do this again in the future, and we will be honest in obediently following the orders of our superiors." Lin Juan said.

"I believe this, but I will stay away from you from now on, so as to avoid being implicated." Meng Feijun said.

"Meng Biaobian said this too sad. Although we took a little risk this time, we also won a great victory. It will be beneficial or harmless to others. How can we dislike us like this?" Lin Juan pretended to be pitiful and joked.

"I'm afraid that you will be trapped into the ditch one day, so I'll be farther away." Meng Feijun said half-jokingly.

They said a few words in this way, half sincere and half jokingly, separated in the camp, and went to the place where the troops they were commanding.

When they returned to their troops, many people greeted Meng Feijun, especially the veterans.

Most veterans knew Meng Feijun's temperament, and knew that he would not get angry because of his subordinates making jokes. He also understood that his actions of attacking the Dashi military camp without authorization violated military orders, so he asked Zhang Biejiang to deal with him.

When they heard that Zhang Xingquan wanted to report this matter to Commander Liu to deal with it, everyone comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Commander Liu will not punish other generals for disobeying military orders. At most, he will punish them in a manner. Then he will reward his military merits, and the reward will definitely be far higher than the punishment."

"Thank you for your comfort, I'm not worried." Meng Feijun responded with a smile. Everyone laughed.

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"Nasel has seen General Houmede." Unlike Meng Feijun, who was not worried about being severe, another protagonist in the Battle of the Gukou raid camp, Naser, the general of the Great Food, was trembling with the trembling.

After his official documents from the Qin people attacked the camp were sent to the army led by Bingbo Silin himself, it immediately aroused everyone's anger.

Although they were unable to win the battle since the war, they had never had such a shameful battle. Almost all the generals angrily accused Nasser of being incompetent, and damn it, and asked Bingbosilin to give him the heaviest punishment.

Bingbo Silin himself turned against the impetuousness and underestimation of the enemy some time ago. He did not accept the suggestions of the generals. Instead, he asked Houmeide to rush to the scene to see and listen to the generals and soldiers' memories of the battle, and finally concluded whether Nasser should be punished.

Everyone was not surprised that the decision made by Bingbo Silin. If the Governor could be easily influenced by others or not handle things rigorously enough, they would not be able to reach their current status. But they were surprised that the candidates sent by the Governor were surprised.

In the past, wasn’t Ziad bin Saleh sent to deal with such things? Why did Houmede send this time? Moreover, in most people’s minds, Houmede never cared about war, and many people doubt whether he could handle this matter well.

Of course, since Bingbo Silin gave the order, he would not withdraw because of his subordinates' doubts. Hou Meide did not refuse the order, and immediately led dozens of cavalry to leave the army and arrived at the Pioneer Army on the same day that Meng Fei's army and Zhang Xingquan converged.

"No need to be polite." Hou Meide turned over and dismounted, and said expressionlessly.

"Yes." Seeing his expression, Nasser agreed uneasy. In the past, Houmede's expression changed a lot, and others could see his thoughts from his expression; but now he has become so serious that it makes people unable to guess, making Nasser, who was already worried that he would see that the camp was lost, was very nervous.

Yes, what Nasser is most worried about now is that he is seen that the camp was lost. He was burned and more than a thousand soldiers died in battle. He has written it in the official document and is no longer worried. But he has concealed the loss of the camp. If Houmede sees it and reports it to the governor, he is very worried that he will be severely punished or even executed.

"General Houmede, it's noon now. Should I have a meal first, rest for a while, and then start investigating in the afternoon? Lunch is ready." Nasser said again after suppressing his nervous mood.

"It's better to start the investigation first." Houmeide said: "The governor only gave me thirty-six hours to investigate, and there must be results tomorrow night at the latest. So I can't waste time. I investigate first, and sort out what I see in my mind while having lunch."

"Yes, yes." Nasser dared not refute, and could only say: "How does the general plan to start the investigation?"

"I'll go around the military camp first. You don't need to send someone to accompany you, let alone accompany you in person. I'll just take a look." Houmeide said.

"Yes, then I'll deal with the matter first. If the general needs it, send someone to tell me." Nasser agreed immediately. He looked up at Houmede's expression a few more times, recalling his personality, thinking that it was completely unfeasible to stay by his side, so he could only turn around and leave.

After he left, Hou Meide began to wander around the military camp. At this time, two days have passed since the camp was captured. In addition to the traces of fire on the ground, the burned tents have been removed, the supplies have been relocated, and the bodies of his soldiers have been retracted. There are no traces of war left in the camp. However, he did not stop and was still wandering around.

While walking in the camp, he occasionally stopped a few people to ask about the past. The soldiers had already received instructions from Nasser, not to say that the camp had been seized, but only the battle.

Many people said that they fought with Qin's soldiers all night and fought until the early morning before driving the enemy out of the camp. Later, because General Nasser was worried that Qin's men would be ambushed, they did not pursue them. Everyone also said that according to estimates, Qin's soldiers who attacked the military camp were about 2,000 to 3,000.

"He is definitely lying!" After another person asked by Houmeide left, one of his guards said:

"The first half of the story of that man fighting with Qin is true, but the second half must be fake. This soldier either only fights with Qin's soldier in the middle of the night and stops fighting, or escapes or hides in the middle of the night."

"And General, you asked seven or eight people, and all the answers were similar to this person, which means that the people you asked were just the ones who escaped or hid in the middle of the night, or that all the soldiers had escaped from the camp, and this place was completely occupied by the Qin man."

"How is this possible?" Another guard couldn't help but say, "How could that person in Qin seize the camp? They only had two to three thousand people. Even if they were not considered the Geluo people, there were six thousand. With a 2 to three times the strength ratio, even if they were attacked, they would not be thrown away from the camp."

"Everything is possible on the battlefield." The guard who spoke before said: "There are more than 100,000 troops defeated by one thousand people. It is not surprising that six thousand people lost to two or three thousand people."

The man later spoke to the person who wanted to refute, but Houmede stopped their quarrel. "Anwar is right. There is a possibility that the camp was completely occupied by the Qin man, but it cannot be determined by the soldiers' vague confessions. More evidence is needed."

"Where can I find more evidence?" Anwar asked.

"Let's go and ask the people of Geluo, maybe there's something to gain." Houmeide said as he walked towards the tent where Geluo's soldiers gathered.

But beyond his expectations, he had no gains from the Geluo people. The questioned Geluo soldiers admitted that they had escaped from the camp and came back only after dawn. They were not sure what happened in the second half of the night, so they heard the Dashi soldiers driving the man Qin away.

After leaving the tent, he stopped the guards' insulting words to the Geluo people, and Houmeide sat in a sunny place to think.

Whether it is the Dashi soldiers or the Geluo soldiers, there is a possibility that the camp will be completely occupied by the Qin man, but it is not certain. He thought for a long time, but he didn't know how to determine whether this happened.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about this question, but instead thought about other things. 'The camp was built very strong and had no defensive corners. Based on the confession, he could not ask about Nasser's arrangement for night defense.'

‘This shows that Qin's soldiers were able to successfully attack, and there must be a team of soldiers who were defending at night and did not pay attention to Qin's soldiers who were secretly approaching.’

‘In this case, Nasser himself has no responsibility. The main responsibility is to deal with the slacking soldiers. After a while, ask who the officer who led the slacking soldiers was, and punished him heavily; Nasser bears leadership responsibilities. As for how to write the official document, I will think about it again.’

Thinking of this, he got up and went to Nasser's tent, had dinner with him, and asked who the officer who was leading the slack soldier.

Nasser showed a look of embarrassment on his face and said, "It's not particularly slack, but the man Qin was too cunning and deceived the team of soldiers; and the officer had already died in the battle with the man Qin, so don't pursue it anymore."

"Since I've been killed in the battle, of course I won't be held accountable anymore; but I also need to know who that person is."

But Naser refused to say the person's name, but advised him not to pursue it anymore. Even if Houmede said he would write the conversation between them in the official document, he refused to say it.

Seeing this, Houmeide had to give up asking questions. After that, he did not talk to Nasser anymore. After dinner, he went to the tent prepared for him to rest.

"General Nasser really defends his subordinates." After leaving the tent, Anwar couldn't help but say.

"He did protect his subordinates, but made my job difficult." Houmeide smiled bitterly.

"The general writes it as it is true, and the governor will decide." Anwar said again.

"That's all we can do." Houmeide sighed and said.

In the afternoon, he wrote the official documents reported to Bingbo Silin in the tent. Hou Meide was arranged for this kind of work for the first time and attached great importance to it. He wrote down all the content he asked and what he saw with his own eyes. He wrote thousands of words, but only half of it.

Time is coming soon. Hou Meide felt dizzy in his head, so he put down his pen and went out to breathe.

Although it was winter, the grass had long disappeared and the trees were bare trunks, but there was only a snowfall during the day. The snow-covered hills were also a different scenery, a scenery that he could not see in his hometown. Hou Meide looked carefully and couldn't help but fall into a fascination and walked out of the camp without realizing it.

"General, we should go back." After a while, Anwar whispered: "General, the sun is about to set, and the supper is ready, so we should go back. If you like to watch it, watch it again tomorrow during the day."

"It's time to go back." Hou Meide agreed and was about to walk back to the camp.

But after he took a few steps, he suddenly slipped and was about to fall to the ground. Anwar immediately rushed to him and made him fall on himself.

"Are you okay?" Hou Meide was not old, so he quickly stood up and asked with concern while supporting him.

"It's okay." Anwar replied: "You are not particularly heavy, and the ground is soft, so I'm fine."

"Is the ground soft?" Houmeide smiled and said, "How can the ground be soft? Don't use this reason to comfort me."

"The ground is really soft. If you don't believe me, please touch it yourself." Anwar immediately stretched his hand to the ground and pressed it hard through the snow layer for a few times.

But after pressing it twice, his face suddenly changed before he could finish his words. Before Houmede could ask, he saw Anwar take out a man's arm from under the snow layer!

"How could someone have an arm here!" another guard exclaimed.

"You squat down and touch the ground. Are there any other parts of the body?" Houmeide said, squatting down and touching himself. Of course, he was wearing gloves on his hands. The guards hurriedly put on gloves and touching them on the ground.

They quickly took out other parts of the human body; Houmeid glanced at the face of the corpse, his face became solemn, and he ordered everyone to expand the scope of the touch.

They found more corpses, one after another. When the sun set, they found fifty-six corpses in total!

"This should not be the total number of corpses, but just the number of corpses we found. There should be other corpses nearby," Anwar said.

"Then, will you continue looking for it?" asked a guard, his voice trembling. It was so dark that he was afraid to touch the body with his hands.

"Go back first." Houmeide's face was still solemn, but he did not let them continue to search for the body. "I'll talk about it after dawn tomorrow."

"Yes." Everyone agreed quickly, and then surrounded Hou Meide and returned to the camp as fast as possible. Along the way, Hou Meide kept frowning and thinking.

After returning to the barracks, he immediately came to Nasser's tent and drove everyone out of the tent, leaving only the two of them.
Chapter completed!