On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chu Ge returned to Yazd with several soldiers.
Also coming with him was Sabit, the food envoy.
It was precisely because Sabit wanted to come for peace talks that Zhao Ziliang ordered Chu Ge to return to Yazd.
Reporting on his duties, but he asked him to return in the name of protecting the great food messenger Sabit.
Chu Ge and others arrived outside the city in the morning.
Before they entered the city, they saw flags fluttering at the city gate, soldiers standing in large numbers, and gongs and drums beating loudly.
This made Chu Ge and the accompanying soldiers wonder, was there some big happy event, otherwise how could it have happened?
Such a huge formation It wasn't until they reached the city gate that Chu Ge and others realized that these people were greeting him.
He actually saw Zhao Ziliang at the front of the welcoming crowd.
"Your Majesty," Chu Ge's eyes instantly filled with tears.
He immediately turned over, dismounted, hurried forward and knelt down with a plop.
He cried: "The humble minister has failed the king's trust and suffered a defeat.
It is an embarrassment to the king.
The minor minister will be punished by death."
Zhao Ziliang helped Chu Ge up, patted his shoulder, and said loudly to the tens of thousands of soldiers present: "Who can guarantee that he will never suffer defeat?
As a general, defeat is a common thing.
If you have a choice, who is willing to suffer defeat?"
It is shameful that General Chu did not give up on himself or his hope for the country when he was defeated.
Instead, he took decisive measures in time to avoid greater casualties.
Later, he learned his shame and became brave, and learned the lessons With lessons and experience, he defeated the Dashi garrison at Wachar Pass in one fell swoop and killed more than 5,000 people, including more than 2,000 Dashi heavy-armored cavalry who had defeated him before.
Failure is not terrible.
What is terrible is that not Know how to learn lessons and sum up experience.
The terrible thing is to give up on yourself after one failure.
To give up hope for yourself and the country, Chu Ge’s never-say-die and indomitable spirit is worth learning from all of us.”
All the soldiers hit their shields with their weapons and shouted in unison: "Ho ho ho ho" After hearing the words of the interpreter accompanying him, Sabit, the food envoy, felt as if he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle.
The color on his face kept changing.
But at the same time, he had to admire the Tang people's spirit of self-confidence, self-examination, and self-reflection. .
Chu Ge held his fists in tears and said: "Your Majesty" "Okay, don't say anything.
I understand what you want to say."
Zhao Ziliang patted his shoulder again and continued to speak loudly to all the soldiers: "Our Western Qin army has always been invincible in battles.
Wherever we go, we are not immune to the wind, so that not only do our enemies think we are invincible, After victory, even many of our own people began to be arrogant and complacent, dismissive of the enemy, and took the battle lightly, and one by one became arrogant soldiers.
This is an extremely dangerous sign.
As the saying goes, a lion fights a rabbit.
Do your best.
We must never be complacent at any time.
We must respect your enemies and do our best.
In the First World War, if these people continue to forget about themselves, continue to be proud, complacent, unwilling to make progress, and despise the enemy, then this defeat will not be the first time.
And this time it just rings the alarm for us, showing that we are not invincible.
It shows that we can still be defeated.
I heard that in this battle, General Chu After the commander's flag of the army retreated, the soldiers on the left and right wings discovered the phenomenon of the commander's flag retreating and their morale immediately collapsed.
Is this still my king's army?
When did my king's army become so vulnerable?
What are the commanders doing?
What did the brigade commander do when he went to the head of the regiment?
The head of the battalion?
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The captain?
All these people What are you doing?
What did I usually warn you?
Even if the commander dies in battle, the soldiers who have not received new orders must not retreat a step.
If the commander dies, there are also deputy commanders, supervisors, generals and deputy generals of each army.
They The king's army that will continue to command the battle should be an iron-blooded army that cannot be defeated or delayed, and Your performance today is still far from satisfactory.
Starting today, combat units at all levels of the army will hold separate meetings to conduct self-examination and self-examination.
We will strengthen the education of soldiers and clarify and emphasize the responsibilities and missions of officers at all levels.
On the battlefield, When an unfavorable war situation occurs, officers at all levels must be able to control their generals in a timely manner.
Soldiers must never allow morale to drop at the slightest sign of trouble, the battle line to completely collapse, and soldiers to turn around and flee.
If this happens, the first person to be held accountable is not the soldiers, but the officers at all levels.
What are the officers doing?
If you can't control your soldiers and generals, what's the use of me?
I have been leading the army for decades, and have experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, and have never had a situation where my soldiers and generals immediately collapsed when encountering disadvantages in the battle.
This is the first time that this shows that there is a problem with the mentality of many people in the army.
I, the king I ask you to find the problems and make timely adjustments and corrections.
Tell me, will there be a second time?"
This is indeed a shame for all the officers and soldiers of the Western Qin Army.
Everyone held a breath in their hearts.
When they heard Zhao Ziliang's question, they all roared: "No, no, no."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said immediately: "Okay, I have ordered that each army be brought back to the camp by their respective commanders."
Zhao Ziliang gave the order, and the generals of the army issued orders one after another to take their men and horses back to the military camp.
In a very short period of time, there were only more than a hundred guards and some ministers and generals left at the gate of the city.
Chu Ge introduced Zhao Ziliang to Sabit, the envoy of the Dashi Kingdom, with complicated emotions.
Sabit tremblingly stepped forward to salute Zhao Ziliang with the etiquette of the Dashi Kingdom, and said: "Sabit has given me the order of the new caliph to come to see His Majesty the King of Western Qin to discuss peace talks. thing" Zhao Ziliang looked at Sabit for a while and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, the envoy, you are welcome.
Let's talk about it after we enter the city.
Please" "Thank you, Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang did not receive Sabit on the same day, but sent someone to arrange for Sabit to stay in Yazd City first, and a dedicated person was responsible for his food and daily life.
In the city lord's palace, Zhao Ziliang summoned Chu Ge in front of all the civil and military generals.
Chu Ge is still brooding about the defeat, which is inevitable.
With his status in the Western Qin military, there are few who can be equal to him.
Over the years, his achievements have been brilliant and he has never been defeated.
But he However, he suffered a disastrous defeat at a small Walcha Pass.
How could he accept that although Zhao Ziliang did not hold him accountable, he knew that he had made a mistake in this battle.
How could he have suffered this if he had not made a mistake?
fail "Your Majesty, I am guilty.
Your Majesty saved my face in front of the generals, ministers and all the soldiers.
I will never be able to repay your kindness in protecting you.
But if you are wrong, you are wrong.
Although your Majesty defended me in front of everyone, I still can't repay you."
I knew in my heart that I had made the mistake of underestimating the enemy this time.
If I had done my homework and preparations before the war, how could I have been suddenly attacked?
The Dashi heavy cavalry that appeared was caught off guard.
At the same time, I also neglected to discipline the soldiers under my command.
Wei Chen, the commander, underestimated the enemy, and the generals and officers below naturally underestimated the enemy.
If the officers and generals did not relax their control of the soldiers, With their guidance and discipline, they will not collapse just after losing the war.
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This is all the fault of the minister."
Zhao Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Chu Ge could reflect on himself and was not a willful person.
He said: "It's good that you know, and it's not in vain.
I have worked so hard and made mistakes.
It doesn't matter.
The important thing is to be able to discover the mistakes in time and make mistakes." correct" After he finished speaking, he asked Chu Ge to stand up, and then said to the other generals: "What I just said to Chu Ge is also what I said to you.
After winning too many battles, you will all become arrogant and powerful generals.
Everyone thinks they are great.
Put others in your eyes, I am the best in the world, others are just chickens and dogs, vulnerable to attack, I dare Let me put it bluntly here, Chu Ge is not the only one who has contempt for the Great Food Army.
Many of you who have this mentality are frogs in the well.
You don’t know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world.
Yes, the training of our West Qin Army has already It has become institutionalized and is ahead of the military of other countries in the world.
To complete training, the combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of other countries' armies; our military equipment is also far superior to that of other countries' armies.
Together, it will be very difficult for other countries' armies to defeat our army, but don't forget Well, military operations rely on the command of generals, no matter how good the weapons are Armor also relies on people to use it.
No matter how good the equipment is, it requires people who can use it to produce the maximum lethality.
To win the war, the army needs the correct command and response of the generals.
Both of them are indispensable.
If you generals First of all, if you underestimate the enemy, can you still let the army exert its maximum combat capability?"
"A person's biggest enemy is not others, but yourself.
If you can defeat yourself, then defeating the enemy is a piece of cake.
Put away your proud and complacent hearts.
You can be arrogant, arrogant, and arrogant, but Never slight any of your enemies, otherwise there will always be times when you capsize in the gutter.”
All the generals clasped their fists and stood up together and said: "I will obey your Majesty's teachings."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Chen Qing: "How are the various armies doing with the tasks assigned by this king?"
Chen Qing stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Since the end of the King's admonishment, combat units at all levels of the army have successively launched ideological education on self-examination and self-reflection, and guarding against arrogance and impetuosity.
This has been carried out not only among ordinary soldiers, but especially among officers at all levels.
They have all actively studied and discussed, but it seems that something is missing.
I would like to make a suggestion.
After the war is over, legion-level confrontation exercises should be held every year.
On the one hand, it can maintain the combat status of the army, and on the other hand, it can allow each legion to discovery through confrontation And look for their own shortcomings.
Didn’t the king just say that the generals have won too many battles and everyone thinks that I am the best in the world?
Then use this method to let them know whether they are the best in the world.
At the same time, each legion must also hold its own internal Exercises and confrontations at various levels, whether in the process of exercises or foreign campaigns, whether they are winning or losing a battle, must conduct post-war experience summaries, and cultivate the habit of generals, officers and soldiers to be good at learning the enemy's strengths and discovering their own shortcomings."
Zhao Ziliang appreciated this very much and agreed: "Yes, I have agreed.
This matter will be implemented as a routine in the future":