"Afev deserves to die!" Zhang Xingquan shouted angrily.

Just now, he stood beside Liu Qi and heard the current statistics of losses. It was not dawn yet, and the losses might have increased, but thirteen camps had been burned, more than 2,000 tents were burned, and thousands of weapons were burned into charcoal or melted and deformed.

There were not many soldiers who died or injured, and only a dozen people were killed in battle; but many people ran out in a hurry, and all the clothes were burned except for the one they were wearing; and if they included all the other things, the losses were definitely not small.

"Has the fire stopped?" Liu Qi was not as angry as the deputy general. At least on the surface, he just asked in a deep voice.

"It no longer spreads." said the person who reported: "The lieutenant's order was very timely, and a clearing was separated from the burned camp and the unburned camp, so that the fire could not spread any more."

"When all the things that can be ignited are burned, the fire will be extinguished by itself, and will be extinguished tomorrow morning. After the fire is extinguished, you will immediately lead the soldiers in and count the losses last night in detail." Liu Qi ignored the man's flattery and continued.

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"How many big soldiers have been caught so far?" Liu Qi asked this question again.

"Report to the Lieutenant, more than 3,000 people have been captured; the soldiers are still arresting, and most of them will be able to catch five thousand people after dawn tomorrow." The man replied again.

"Didn't it mean that the total number of the Dashi Army is only about 5,000. Can they be captured all of them?" Liu Qi was puzzled.

"Lieutenant, this is not the case. According to the confession of the Centurion of the Great Food that was captured, Afef retreated from the small town to this military camp. He not only led his troops to retreat, but also brought many soldiers and soldiers' families. These families had a total of more than 2,000, so there were more than 7,000 people in the Great Food camp. There were also many soldiers' families among the people who were captured."

"So that's it." Liu Qi nodded, asked a few more questions, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down."

"Yes." The man agreed again and stood up and left.

"Lieutenant, if you catch Afef, you will definitely impose the most severe punishment on him! Not only him, but I heard that his family is in the military camp like him? They will all be executed by Lingchi!" Zhang Xingquan said again.

"You don't need to say that I will do this!" At this time, there were only the two of them and the guard in the tent. Liu Qi showed his emotions: "Even if he was torn apart, no, even if he was torn apart a hundred times, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!

But I need to review myself." After Liu Qi showed a little anger, he suddenly changed his mind and said, "Since I think the Dashi Army will not resist for long after dawn today, and I already know that the Dashi General Afef, who is commanding the troops, is not an easy person, I should think that he would do his best to break through the siege last night.

I couldn't guess that he would use this method to break through was not my fault, but I should have arranged camping more carefully, rather than arrange some camps too close to Dashi Village like this.

Therefore, I should apologize to Your Highness and ask the soldiers to forgive my faults."

"How can the responsibility for this battle be counted as the lieutenant?" Zhang Xingquan immediately said: "It's completely because Afef is too shameless! It's also because of the changes in the Great Food Army.

Except for shameless people like Affe, who would have thought of lighting a tent to block the gap in the village wall and burning down our military camp to cause chaos?

Except for shameless people like Affe, who would have chosen the death-death soldiers among the generals without using battle formation to kill the enemy, but instead ordered them to push a car full of flammable things and rush towards our army after igniting the things in the car?

Except for shameless people like Affe, who would only care about escaping from his own lives and completely ignore the lives of soldiers under his command!

Only shameless people like Afef can do this. If Afef is not so shameless, the lieutenant's defense is completely sufficient; so the lieutenant does not have to blame himself."

"This," Liu Qi's expression was a little moved when he heard Zhang Xingquan's words, but he shook his head and said, "Although Afeif is indeed an extremely shameless person, as the chief general of the entire army, I have dealt with this person, so I should have expected his shamelessness and be more cautious in preventing it."

"Lieutenant, this is a big mistake." Zhang Xingquan said hurriedly again: "Although the lieutenant had fought with Afev, Afev did not show that he was so shameless at that time, and it was natural that the lieutenant could not have expected it."

"But although what you said makes sense, the soldiers may not understand it." Liu Qi said hesitantly again.

"Don't worry, Lieutenant, my subordinates will definitely spread this remark in the camp so that all the soldiers can understand that the lieutenant has not made any mistakes." Zhang Xingquan said righteously.

"Hey, why do you have to do this? I'll take the blame myself." Liu Qi said again, but he felt relieved.

From dark yesterday until now, the losses and results of the Anxi Army were only happy if the soldiers learned about the Battle of Gukou before the Battle of Gukou and would not think that there was anything wrong with the command; but after the Battle of Gukou, they easily defeated the Dashi Army and a series of very smooth battles, everyone was used to the song of triumphant songs and learned that the encirclement and annihilation of the "small" five thousand large food soldiers were actually trapped in the enemy's tricks and lost many wealth and weapons. Although everyone was not very careful because there were not many soldiers who were killed or injured, they most probably had ideas in their hearts that Liu Qi's prestige would be greatly hit.

Liu Qi was unwilling to bear this kind of blow. To be honest, the prestige gained from continuous victory was the foundation of his foothold in Anxi. If it was damaged, Liu Qi, who lacked support, could not maintain his position as the number one in the army. Even if he did not lose his position as a lieutenant, he could not continue to expand his power in the army, and was still not as good as Wang Sheng and others. In order to maintain his prestige, Liu Qi must push the responsibility.

But at this time, no one in the army could bear this responsibility. He thought about it and could only push it to the enemy. So at this time, he played a double act with Zhang Xingquan that he knew but did not point out. Zhang Xingquan was responsible for spreading his refusal words, reducing the soldiers' views on him and maintaining prestige.

‘If you do this, your prestige should be able to be maintained. But Your Highness still can’t fool you, so you can only write a letter to explain in private first, and then submit a public statement.

Alas, it would be great if Affu could be captured or killed alive. As long as he could be captured or killed, or the culprit of the Thunder Yecheng tragedy, the soldiers would not care about the loss. Not only would my prestige not decline, but would increase. But since he came up with such a thorough plan, he would definitely have detailed plans for his escape, so how could he be caught? Liu Qi thought to himself.
Chapter completed!