Chapter 373 Failure, all Li Zhi's fault
Li Zhi suddenly realized.
He had said that, why there was no military advisor this time to suppress the bandits!
In the past, when the eldest brother selected him to fight in the war, he would always send him a civil official, but this time he didn't send any.
"It doesn't matter if a civil official is high or low, old or young, as long as he can use good strategies, he is a good civil official."
"Uncle Li, you know my talent. Even my uncle has exaggerated my ability." Yu
Wenshu was here, but he didn't make a sound to disturb them.
This time he was just a spectator, first to see the performance of the children, and second to protect the children.
"Huai Zhong's performance is indeed very good."
Although Gan Huai Zhong is only ten years old this year, his literary talent is higher than many adult men.
"Uncle Li, my father sent me here to be your military advisor."
"Uncle Li, even if you don't believe us, you have to believe daddy."
Li Zhi always felt that this was familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
His head was itchy, and he always felt that something was strange, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
After thinking it over again and again, he still chose to believe his elder brother.
"You are right, there must be a reason for elder brother to do this, I will listen to you."
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Gan Huaizhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He had heard his sister's voice before, and knew that Li Zhi was a loyal person.
He also saw that Li Zhi believed without hesitation after those people brought up his father, so he thought of giving it a try, but he didn't expect it to be so easy to succeed.
"Uncle Li, you will do this tomorrow..."
Gan Huaizhong spoke out his thoughts bit by bit.
Li Zhi took Gan Huaizhong's words seriously.
Gan Huaibi and others were eager to try.
"Brother, what about us? What should we do?"
"Just sit in the barracks and don't cause any trouble. We have things to do later."
Gan Huaizhong didn't say what to do or how to do it.
Everyone was a little disappointed.
Gan Huaibi was also a little disappointed, but when he thought of his elder brother's intelligence in his previous life, he believed that since his elder brother said he would use them, he would definitely use them.
He just needed to wait with peace of mind.
He took out his luggage and felt in it: "Everyone is tired these days, why don't we make up for it today."
He generously took out the food that Gan Tian had fed along the way.
Big chicken legs, duck necks, delicious salted eggs, and spicy strips appeared in front of everyone.
Not to mention the little ones, even Yu Wenshu was a little greedy.
"It would be nice if there was wine to drink."
Li Zhi couldn't help sighing while eating chicken legs.
"If General Li wants to drink, I will treat General Li to a drink after the bandits are suppressed."
This place is very close to the royal capital.
Since Jinyang Pass was captured, the royal capital has locked the city gates tightly, and the troops stationed outside the royal capital are eyeing it covetously, as if they are ready to counterattack at any time.
It is not a wise choice to suppress the bandits at this time.
But Yu Wenshu believes that his brother-in-law must have a deep meaning in making such an arrangement.
It is okay to eat some delicious food to fill the five dirty temples, but alcohol is absolutely not allowed.
If you are unlucky, and Dayun's troops come up just after you drink, that would be bad.
"Speaking of which, I have never drunk alone with Brother Yu. When this matter is settled, I must drink with Brother Yu to my heart's content."
The next morning, a group of generals led thousands of soldiers to suppress the bandits. The
soldiers who came to pick up Li Zhi and his men yesterday were originally soldiers from Jinyang Pass. After Tang Shi captured Jinyang Pass, they surrendered immediately.
This time, he was responsible for introducing the situation of these bandits to several soldiers.
"There are four gangs of bandits nearby, two of which like to rob houses the most. All caravans passing by will be robbed by them."
After hearing what the centurion said, a soldier immediately said, "Your Majesty said that if we encounter those who become bandits out of necessity, we should recruit them and take them to the city. If we encounter those who harm the people, we can just kill them on the spot. There is no need to recruit
them." "How could those who really become bandits out of helplessness rob? I think these two gangs of bandits must be the ones who hurt and killed people. We should just kill them directly."
The centurion nodded and said, "I thought so too. One of these two gangs of bandits suddenly disappeared half a year ago. I think they were wiped out by some good man, and only the other gang is left."
"This gang of bandits is very rampant now, and they often commit crimes."
"Then let's go fight these bandits."
The soldiers thought that fighting bandits should be a piece of cake and they could kill a few bandits easily. Unexpectedly,
they were hit by arrows from all directions before they even reached the mountain stronghold.
Many soldiers were shot and injured.
"How many arrows can a bunch of bandits have? It's just a show of force. Don't be afraid."
A soldier waved his hand and not only did he not lead everyone to dodge, but he also led everyone to rush forward.
Unexpectedly, after just a few steps, more rolling stones fell.
Many people were hit by the rolling stones because they couldn't dodge in time.
Li Zhi was the first to react, and he shouted, "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
The centurion who led the way said, "General Li, if we retreat, we will be laughed at."
They were four fifth-rank generals, leading a thousand troops to fight a group of bandits, but they fled back to the barracks without even seeing the bandits. If other soldiers knew about this, they would be laughed at.
"Is winning the battle more important, or are the lives of the soldiers more important!"
Li Zhi rarely got angry, and he was really angry at this time.
"Brother, you attacked Dayun because you want the people of the world to live a good life. The lives of the people are lives, and the lives of the soldiers are lives too."
"If we don't take the soldiers back for treatment in time, they will die!"
"Isn't a mere face worth a few lives?"
Because of the ambush of the bandits, everyone was caught off guard and had no idea what to do. When they heard Li Zhi shouting the order to retreat, they retreated one after another.
Li Zhi and his confidants covered everyone's escape from behind.
Li Zhi thought that the bandits would catch up, but he didn't expect that the bandits did not move.
Li Zhi looked far away and saw that there seemed to be many heads sticking out from the top of the mountain, looking at them with cold eyes.
These people's eyes were sinister and fierce.
The leader was burly, and if he faced him, even he would have to spend some effort.
They didn't even see the bandits this time and left in disgrace.
Li Zhi finally understood that fighting a war is not enough just relying on one's own strength.
The head on the neck is equally important.
If he hadn't listened to the eldest son yesterday and evacuated in time, it would be hard to tell who would win or lose.
"General Li, you gave the order to retreat too quickly. As soon as you gave the order, the soldiers all ran away. How can we fight this battle?"
Everyone blamed Li Zhi for the failure.