So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

Although the battle of Rong County was a small victory, the vanguard Shou family army suffered heavy losses, and Shou Junwu himself was hit by an arrow in the left shoulder during the siege.

Pei Ji ordered his deputy general Pang Haichang to collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers, count the wounded and verify the battle merits, and he himself went to Shou Junwu's tent with a military stick.

After Pei Ji entered the tent, he saw Shou Junwu sitting on the couch with a pale face. The military doctor was cleaning his wound and bandaging it with a bandage.

Shou Junwu tried to sit up and salute, but Pei Ji quickly held him down. He looked at the military doctor Xiu Yun beside him, "How is General Shou's injury? Will it affect his movements?"

Xiu Yun quickly bowed and replied, "General, the arrow was not poisonous and did not penetrate deep. I was also covered by my armor, so I only hurt my skin and flesh, not my bones. I will be fine after some rest."

"Thank you, Doctor Xiu. There are still many injured soldiers outside. We will have to trouble the military doctors to treat them one by one." Pei Ji said politely.

Xiu Yun knew what Pei Ji meant. Shou Junwu's injury had been treated, so he bowed and said, "The general's injury has been bandaged. I'll go outside to take a look first." After that, he took the medicine boy out of Shou Junwu's room.

Shou Junwu smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your concern, General. My injury is not a problem."

Pei Ji's face was gloomy and expressionless: "Master Shou, what do you think of this battle?"

Shou Junwu was not a fool. He knew that Pei Ji was angry with him for disobeying military orders in Liangtong Valley and advancing without authorization and stepping into the enemy's ambush. He was so embarrassed that he was speechless for a moment.

"General Shou, don't you think that our army has won a great victory in this battle, capturing Wuge's defender Bozhan and retaking Rong County?" Pei Ji said sarcastically.

Shou Junwu didn't know what to say, he could only silently hold on to the corner of his battle robe.

"All the soldiers under your command are celebrating and encouraged, but you are a general and you cannot be carried away by such a simple victory!" Pei Ji looked at the young face and felt really disappointed with him.

His Shou family has been in charge of the border troops for nearly a hundred years. Duke Dingguo Shou Yueheng had outstanding military achievements, and his two elder brothers were also capable generals. Why did he just act like a brainless person and act so aggressively and violently?

“If the terrain is narrow, I will occupy it first and fill it up to wait for the enemy. If the enemy occupies it first, I will not follow if the terrain is full, but I will follow if the terrain is not full.

If you encounter many ambushes in the canyon, do you still need me to teach you this?

In addition, Wuge is good at using cavalry, but the cavalry we encountered today, ask yourself, are they elite troops? The Bojan we captured alive is Wuge's top general? Did we see the shadow of Wuge's third prince Sutunanda or Tongzhi Zairpai in Rong County? "

Pei Ji's series of questions were so thought-provoking that Shou Junwu was speechless. He could only look at him with a complicated, unwilling and resentful expression.

"The Wuge people are good at attacking but not at repairing. Rong County has been attacked repeatedly, and the city walls have long been in ruins. There is no strategic location to defend, so it has long been an abandoned city for them.

Besides, knowing that our army is coming to help them, they will not tangle with us here. It is better to retreat to Liangdu and wait for reinforcements."

Pei Ji stood up and said coldly: "So this so-called victory was given to us by them.

General Shou, military orders on the battlefield are as heavy as mountains. You disregarded military orders and rashly attacked today, causing heavy losses to the vanguard troops. I want to punish you. Do you know your crime?"

Shou Junwu stood up from the couch, knelt in front of Pei Ji, and said loudly: "I am guilty and I am willing to be punished!"

Pei Ji calmed down. Shou Junwu had good martial arts and the prestige of the Shou family. He had a good foundation to lead the soldiers of Fuyuan General's Mansion, and he would have opportunities to show his skills in the future.

If we don't teach this kid a lesson today, he will probably cause trouble again in the future.

"The soldiers you brought to the battlefield are also your brothers. If you had been calm today and had seen through Wuger's ambush, they wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties."

He gently tapped the bandage exposed outside Shou Junwu's battle robe and said, "You are eager to avenge your brother, but how do you know that they are not someone's son, father or brother?

Today, these brothers are risking their lives to teach you a lesson. You still have a chance to start over, but they don’t.”

Shou Junwu felt extremely guilty after hearing this, and his tears fell to the ground, "I admit my guilt!"

He sobbed, "I know I was wrong."

“Remember this: on the battlefield, soldiers entrust their lives to their superiors, so superiors must predict the situation and minimize casualties; and soldiers must obey military orders and follow them.

To win a battle, the key is trust. The commander trusts the general, the general trusts the soldiers, and the soldiers trust the orders. Only when everyone is united can we win! "

Pei Ji bent over, straightened Shou Junwu's hunched body, and spoke word by word into his eyes.

"Yes! I will remember it! Please punish me, general!" He knelt on the ground and saluted, completely convinced.

"Executioner, listen to my orders. General Zhenwei Shou Junwu disobeyed military orders and acted on his own. I order you to punish him with twenty strokes of the cane and record his offense once. He can offset this offense if he makes meritorious contributions in the future!" Pei Ji said loudly, handed the military stick in his hand to the executioner, and walked out of Shou Junwu's room.

The sound of caning and execution was heard, and the news also reached the ears of the army stationed in Ao County.

The playboys were even more nervous because they didn't expect that Shou Junwu would be punished by Pei Ji for violating military orders even after winning the battle.

Pei Ji really had strict military discipline.

The Shou family was already a noble family that they could not reach, and Shou Junwu was the youngest son, but he was beaten by Pei Ji, let alone them.

Thinking that they were already here, these Beijing playboys were quite resigned to their fate. Since their families sent them here, they would fight well and try to make meritorious deeds so that they could return with some face.

He asked his deputy generals Pang Haichang and Shou Junwu to stay in Rong County, while Pei Ji personally rode back to Ao County to discuss military affairs with Chu Yuanming.

"General Pei's victory in the first battle is really gratifying!" Chu Yuanming was very satisfied with Pei Ji's performance and couldn't help but praise him.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. I came here specifically to report the follow-up strategy to Your Highness.

The Hakdi tribe will soon come to help. Liangdu County is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I have sent spies to find out that Sutun Anda is in charge of the battle in Liangdu. I have come to ask for your permission. First, send people to reinforce the walls of Rong County and build more defensive offensives; second, ask Your Highness whether it is necessary to divide the troops and choose another general to attack Chijie County. "Pei Ji asked.

This made Chu Yuanming feel troubled. He had an army of 200,000 under his command, plus the personal soldiers of various mansions and the remnants of Fuyuan General's Mansion and Qianjun Dudu Mansion, a total of 300,000 people.

If we disperse our forces, won’t we lose command?

"I don't think there's any need to divide our forces." Chu Yuanming said after a moment's silence, "Three hundred thousand troops gathered here to strike a thunderous blow to Sutunanda and Hakedi. Chijie is just a small city, and dividing our forces at this time will weaken our military strength. Once our army has rested, we can capture Liangdu in one fell swoop."

Pei Ji thought for a moment. Chu Yuanming's reaction was not beyond his expectations, so he nodded and said, "Your Highness is right. But for now, we need to send someone to keep an eye on the enemy's movements in the direction of Chijie to prevent any changes."

"Don't worry, General Pei. I will make the arrangements." Chu Yuanming said with a smile, "General Pei should be the first to make contributions in this expedition. When we return victorious, I will ask His Majesty for a reward for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Pei Ji clasped his fists in thanks. He knew in his heart that this war-supervising prince had both advantages and disadvantages, and he still needed to work out how to get along with him.

"The city wall of Rong County is in ruins. I request Your Highness and the army to stay in Ao County temporarily, and send another 50,000 troops to follow me to Rong County to start the war." Pei Ji calculated in his mind that sending 50,000 troops should be within the acceptable range for Chu Yuanming.

He would rather not take advantage of the numbers of Zhao Chao's reinforcements than to be tied down and take this layman to the front line.

"Approved! Lord Zhou, you will assign craftsmen and go to Rong County with General Pei to build the city wall." Fifty thousand troops were not a lot, so Chu Yuanming agreed readily and assigned Zhou Yao to Pei Ji.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Pei Ji clasped his fists and retreated, preparing to lead 50,000 people back to Rong County overnight.