From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1083

Dusk.

Dusk without the sun.

There was only a faint white light in the east sky, and the rest of the sky was completely covered by dark clouds. The whole world seemed to be covered with a lid, which was so depressing that people could not breathe.

Thick smoke was everywhere.

The flames were burning, and there was an unspeakable stench in the air.

The bodies were piled up, and the firelight illuminated everyone's face.

Zhou Yuan held the wine bowl and poured the wine on the ground, one bowl, two bowls, three bowls.

Then he bowed down, and everyone bowed down.

I don’t know how long it took, anyway, it was completely dark, and Zhou Yuan returned to the general’s tent.

No one disturbed him, including Guan Lu.

Because everyone knew that he was going to comfort Xue Ningyue. This battle was really thrilling and the price paid was really too high.

"Damn it! How could that group of people come out from the south! If we had known earlier, we could have left some people to ambush them!"

Hong Bo couldn't help but sigh, then gritted his teeth and said, "This is the first time in so long that I've seen the boss suffer a loss in his calculations."

Liu Daguang shook his head and said, "That's not the case."

Luo Kun said, "In war, there is no one who has never suffered a loss. Even the most outstanding generals in history, even Bai Hanwei and Huo have suffered losses. War is never perfect, and so are people."

Guan Lu sighed softly, "There is no such thing as spotless. Everyone is breathing in dust. Everyone, get ready. I can't sleep tonight. I must have a meeting to summarize."

Everyone looked at each other and nodded slowly.

In the general's tent, Xue Ningyue sat on a stool, covering her face with both hands, tears overflowing from her fingers, crying silently.

Zhou Yuan sat beside her, looking at the King of Dharma who had fallen asleep next to her, without saying a word.

After a long time, he finally spoke: "Okay, there's no need to blame yourself. This is not your fault. You have done well enough."

Xue Ningyue choked up and said: "If I had sent some people to set up defenses, if I could consider safety issues, maybe those wounded would not have died..."

Zhou Yuan said: "If you hadn't ignited the medicinal materials in time and created poisonous smoke, no one in the nursing team would have survived."

"Faced with the sudden disaster, you remained calm and did everything a leader should do. That's enough."

"Ningyue, this was a low-level mistake made by the entire command level. You protected the nursing team, and I should give you credit."

Xue Ningyue lowered her head. This credit was not what she wanted. She didn't come here to make a contribution.

"Go and have a rest. I'll talk to the King of Dharma."

Xue Ningyue knew Zhou Yuan was in a bad mood, so she stood up and hugged him, then whispered, "Brother Zhou, the war has just begun..."

Zhou Yuan laughed and said softly, "You are comforting me. It's okay. We have encountered similar situations before. It's nothing more than summarizing the mistakes and moving forward."

Xue Ningyue whispered, "I also want to listen to your summary. Maybe I can learn something."

"Okay."

Zhou Yuan took her hand and sat down, then looked at the bed and grinned: "King of Dharma, stop pretending to sleep. Are you seriously injured?"

Chu Feifan opened his eyes immediately, showing a smile that was uglier than crying, and cried miserably: "Is it serious? I was stabbed four times in the back and stabbed through. My internal energy was overdrawn, so my Dantian was exhausted and my meridians were broken. Do you think I am seriously injured?"

"All my martial arts skills are gone. I only have the most basic boxing and kicking skills. I guess I can't even beat Yu Feng now."

"Boy, you have to take care of me for the rest of my life!"

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, I should."

Chu Feifan said quickly: "Mr. Qu The boss promised to give 100,000 taels of silver, this can't be less, and, do you remember the promise in Fuzhou? You want me to have sex with ten women at the age of seventy or eighty, this can't be less! "

Zhou Yuan thought for a while, then said: "I will find a chance to ask the Holy Mother to help you recover your power."

Chu Feifan laughed immediately and said hurriedly: "I'm waiting for you to say this!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Can the power be restored if the meridians are broken?"

Chu Feifan shook his head and said: "No, but the Holy Mother is different, she can do anything, she is in my heart He is a real god in my eyes. "

Here, he sighed again and said: "But boy, this time is really thrilling. What on earth did you do? You actually made such a big mistake. This is not your personality."

"If you continue like this, the next battle may be difficult to fight."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment, then looked outside the tent and said loudly: "Let Guan Lu, Liu Daguang, Luo Kun, Hong Bo and Xing Yao come in."

Everyone had been waiting for the news. After hearing the order, they immediately walked into the tent and knelt on the ground.

And Xingyao tilted her head and looked at Xue Ningyue, carefully looking at this woman. It is said that... she isZhou Yuan's first woman...

She looks gentle and well-behaved, and is indeed very likable.

And her skin is so white. Are all the women in Dajin so white? I really want to touch it.

Xue Ningyue was a little embarrassed by being looked at. She also knew Xingyao. Now that she saw her, she found that she was taller than she imagined. Her figure really made women's hearts beat.

"Marshal!"

Dong Yu outside the tent shouted: "Miss Dai Si said that she also wants to come in and listen."

Zhou Yuan said: "Let her in."

Dai Si quickly walked in with small steps. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, she did not dare to speak, but carefully shrank behind Ningyue.

Xingyao's eyes widened. It was the first time she saw a foreign girl of this level. Her skin was even whiter and her golden hair was really beautiful. She was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Yuan said: "Xingyao, you and Ningyue go sit next to each other, and Dai Si, get to know each other."

"All of you get up, move your stools and sit down, tonight we need to carefully review some of the mistakes we have made since the war started."

Everyone nodded quickly and sat down. They didn't have time to get to know each other, but listened carefully to the summary.

Guan Lu stood up, clasped his fists to the crowd, and sighed: "I would like to apologize to Chief Xingyao first. The warriors of the Yehe tribe are our allies. We failed to take good care of the wounded, so they all died."

"This is a huge mistake of the intelligence department. It is the negligence of the entire intelligence camp and Shenque. I bear the main responsibility."

Zhou Yuan said: "Tell me about it."

Guan Lu walked to the map, pointed to the Songhua River Basin, and said: "We came to Liaodong two or three months ago to consolidate the intelligence foundation and lay out the intelligence channels. Hundreds of Shenque members and the most urgent thousands of intelligence camps have completed the layout of the entire Liaodong and Inner Khalkha areas."

"But due to the garrisons of both sides and the overall situation, it is difficult for our intelligence personnel to infiltrate the Donghai Jurchen tribal area."

This is a fact. Guan Lu once emphasized that the intelligence system was only laid out in Liaodong and Inner Khalkha areas. The Donghai Jurchen tribe was occupied by the Tsarist Empire and could not be infiltrated.

The Liaodong area, that is, to the location of Sanwanwei and Yehe tribe, at most to Guhewei.

The area east of the Songhua River is too vast, and the enemy is stationed and cannot penetrate.

Guan Lu continued: "Our judgment of the war situation is that the assault corps led by Andrei will flee along Guhewei and Songhua Lake to Tuduhewei, or go south to Lianerwenwei and Harlanchengwei."

"But as the war situation becomes clear, we gradually understand that the assault corps will not go south to Lianerwenwei and Harlanchengwei, but will go directly to Tuduhewei and join Gumanyev."

"Therefore, under limited conditions, we did not maintain continuous monitoring of Lianerwenwei and Harlanchengwei."

"Gumanyev was blocked. Afterwards, they marched northwards with great momentum and force. Meanwhile, the reserve corps of Sayihe Guard was dispatched. The Heshi area became the center of the war, and the Lianerwen Guard and Harlan City Guard were further marginalized. "

"So, we put almost all our forces in the Songhua River Basin area north of Jingpo and Songhua Lake, that is, from Sayihe Guard to Songhua Lake."

"There are more than 200,000 troops gathered here on both sides. We took it too seriously and fell into Gumanyev's trap."

After hearing Guan Lu's words, everyone was silent.

Is intelligence work difficult? Of course it is difficult.

It is impossible to spread all the intelligence across a thousand miles of land with a few thousand people. The deployment of intelligence is constantly changing with the center of the war. This is the appropriate command and the right choice.

It can only be said that Gumanyev hid the reserve too deep, causing everyone to ignore the south.