This Qing is wrong

Chapter 40 Everyone Takes Responsibility Together
When Li Changqing returned to Chaoyang County with a lot of fruits for the next deployment, Hao Zhongzhong, who had already entered the boundary of Chaoyang County, had just received a report from the vanguard military officer of the Qing army who had returned.

After scolding the vanguard military officer who had lost the battle, and retreating to the left and right, Hao Zhongzhong immediately sent someone to invite Liu Tianming, the governor of Chaozhou Prefecture who was with the army.

The name is naturally a strategy to discuss and retreat from the enemy.

This is Hao Zhongzhong's plan to drag Liu Tianming into the water!

If Chaoyang County's Demon Dao Li Crazy wasn't so difficult to chew on, Hao Zhongzhong would naturally not mind being the person in charge of this battle of suppression, but now that hundreds of vanguards who can fight and resist have lost nearly half of their losses and returned, the meaning is completely meaningless It's the same!

Hao Zhongzhong is not the type who is eager for quick success and quick profit. It is obvious that Li Changqing, the rebel in Chaoyang County, is a stubborn stubble, and he does not want to continue to be the "commander of bandit suppression".

In case of defeat, his position as a general will be lost!

If the soldiers under his command suffer heavy losses, according to the military law of the Qing Dynasty, he will even be sent to jail pending trial!
In this world, the martial arts of the Qing Dynasty have not yet reached the point of decline, and the tolerance for generals who are not capable of fighting is very low.

What's more, General Hao Can is only Han Eight Banners, not a Manchu. The Qing court has always dealt with the Han people vigorously and efficiently...

Of course, it won't work just to retreat like this. If you retreat at this time, wouldn't you take the blame for the defeat on yourself?
Hao Zhongcheng is not that stupid!
Therefore, he called Liu Tianming, the magistrate of Chaozhou Prefecture, over here, no matter what suggestions Liu Tianming made, he could take the blame together.

The gold content of the prefect of Chaozhou Prefecture is not lower than that of his general, even if the other party is just a civil servant.

How could Liu Tianming fail to guess Hao Zhongzhong's little thought?
After he entered Hao Zhongzhong's handsome tent, his face was always covered with a layer of gloom. He didn't know whether it was because he suddenly heard the news of the Vanguard's defeat, or because he was disgusted by Hao Zhongzhong's petty actions?
But one thing Liu Tianming knew very well, this time he couldn't escape no matter what.

Whether to advance or retreat, he had to 'discuss' with Hao Zhongcheng to come up with a result.

Liu Tianming never expected that he just followed to get some credit, but unexpectedly, he got on the iron plate!

Not only was Li Changqing not afraid of the might of the Qing Dynasty, but he took the initiative to attack and beat the Qing army vanguard so hard that the Qing army vanguard almost lost its combat effectiveness.

That Li Changqing is much more powerful than what is written in the information, and has even surpassed the 'category' of Taoism!
At least, with Liu Tianming's experience, he had never heard of an expert Taoist who could summon cavalry puppets.

Before coming here, Liu Tianming personally took a look at the retreating vanguard soldiers of the Qing army. The dejected looks of each of them were obviously broken!
Soldiers in this state, even if they are forced to continue on the battlefield, it is not bad to be able to display one or two achievements with [-]% of their combat power.

Back then, when the Ming army had an advantage in military strength, the reason why they were about to collapse against the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties was because their combat state was not right.

When Hao Zhongzhong saw Liu Tianming coming in, as if he couldn't see Liu Tianming's face, he respectfully invited him to the temporary desk and poured tea for Liu Tianming himself.

This attitude is quite low.

At this time, Liu Tianming naturally didn't want to continue to show his face. After all, the two were high-ranking officials who were making money in the same place, and it would be of no benefit to anyone to lose face.

The reason why officials and officials protect each other is that everyone is a carnivore, and on the premise of not violating their own interests, for the betterment of the common people, they must always confront each other.

After all, it is much easier to deal with the common people than the dangerous official strife.

Moreover, there was no partisan dispute in the Qing Dynasty, and there were very few conflicts of interest among officials.

Liu Tianming picked up the steaming teacup and touched his lower lip lightly. The scene of the military's hard work could not be seen on the two of them. They were clearly in the wild, but they seemed to be in their own mansion.

After a few simple and polite words, Liu Tianming changed his voice: "How does the General General plan to deal with the monster Li Crazy?"

"It depends on what the magistrate wants.

In Chaozhou Prefecture, I have always regarded the magistrate as my elder. "

Liu Tianming let out a long sigh helplessly, he knew that this encounter would be inevitable.

"This soldier cannot retreat."

Hao Zhongzhong felt relieved after hearing this sentence.

If Liu Tianming is willing to speak, it will be easy!

Regardless of whether this battle can be won or not, at least he doesn't have to bear the risk himself.

The most important thing is that with the magistrate of Chaozhou Prefecture stepping down and taking the blame, even if he is defeated, Hao Zhongzhong can still discuss with Liu Tianming and try his best to reduce his guilt.

Since ancient times, why has the central court tabooed the monolithic local government?
It is to prevent local government officials from uniting to deceive the central government.

After all, in the era without the Internet, the central government, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, is relatively distorted in terms of local sources of news.

Basically rely on the 'Dictatorship of the Sacred Heart' to judge the true and false.

Even the Ming Dynasty, which has Jinyiwei spies all over the world, has a serious officialdom of deceiving others, not to mention other dynasties with less developed secret service agencies.

Hao Zhongzhong is the head of the military generals in Chaozhou Prefecture, and Liu Tianming is the head of the civil servants in Chaozhou Prefecture.

As for what Liu Tianming said about not being able to retreat, Hao Zhongzhong could naturally understand it.

The encirclement and suppression by the soldiers this time was very high-profile, and there was also the order from the Pingnan Palace. If they retreated after a slight setback, it would be a big political stain!

Even if you want to retreat, you have to find out Li Changqing's true strength before making a decision.

They can't be as sloppy as the information circulating in Chaoyang County. They don't even know that Li Changqing has the ability to summon cavalry and war puppets!
"Soldiers can't retreat, but I don't know anything about the army after all, so I'd like to ask the general to formulate a new battle plan."

Hundreds of vanguards of the Qing army were defeated so thoroughly, the previous flat push plan could not continue to be implemented.

Otherwise, knowing that the enemy is strong but still underestimating it, they are all stupid villains that only appear in novels...

"My lord, please rest assured.

I just received news that someone saw Li Changqing leaving Chaoyang County with Zhang Jianfei and a group of soldiers before our vanguard encountered the puppet.

This shows that Li Changqing must visit the battlefield in person if he wants to summon the war puppet.

And our vanguard didn't know much about Li Changqing, and didn't investigate the surrounding terrain in detail.

This gave Li Changqing a chance to hide his figure.

Li Changqing's ability to win this battle was nothing more than hiding nearby and constantly summoning war puppets to attack our vanguard.

As long as our army is moving forward, spreading scouts and cavalry to sweep around, and not giving Li Changqing the opportunity to hide his body and sneak attack, he will naturally be able to safely arrive outside the county seat of Chaoyang County and set up a camp! "

(End of this chapter)