Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2230: Xu Da shed tears and killed Fu Wei, and all the people worked together to defend Jiangxia

Jiangxia.

Du Fuwei asked for forgiveness with a stick on his back, half-knelt outside the Jiangxia prefecture's mansion with a serious face, and apologized to Xu Da.

At this moment, Du Fuwei's heart was actually trembling with fear.

In this battle, although he tried his best to withdraw the troops from Nanjun, at least the army was not completely wiped out.

However, after the loss of Nanjun, the war situation in northern Jing was directly put at a strategic disadvantage, and even directly affected the war under Wu Zixu.

He had just returned and heard that although Wu Zixu himself could not come to Jiangxia to challenge the emperor, he sent someone to write a letter to scold Xu Da.

This time, Wu Zixu did not give Xu Da any face at all, and the words in the letter were extremely harsh.

Xu Da's loss of Nanjun directly led to the disappearance of the advantageous situation that Wu Zixu had worked so hard to build.

Wu Zixu would not question Du Fuwei, that was Xu Da's business, Wu Zixu would only question Xu Da who was in charge of the entire Jingbei war. To put it bluntly, Du Fuwei was not qualified enough for Wu Zixu to directly trouble him, and Wu Zixu could not bypass Xu Da and directly trouble his subordinates.

Even though he was scolded severely, Xu Da couldn't get angry.

No matter what, this time, he was in the wrong. He did not fight the battle well, which affected Wu Zixu. The situation was already very good for him, but he lost it all in one move. Not only did he give up the results of victory, but he was even forced to give up his base.

Moreover, although Xu Da's status in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes is not lower than Wu Zixu's, he cannot compare with this person in terms of qualifications.

The old senior scolded him, and it was his fault. If he got angry, even if he reported the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang, he would not be in the right.

But he is in a high position now, and being scolded like a dog, how can he not be angry? Du Fuwei asked himself, if he were in Xu Da's position, he would be so angry at this time!
Therefore, as soon as Du Fuwei withdrew to Jiangxia and handed over the matters at hand, he rushed to Xu Da to apologize.

Xu Da was indeed a little angry at this time, but it was not to the extent that Du Fuwei imagined.

If we look at his original intention, he would not be angry at Du Fuwei. He has few people who can stand on their own, and Du Fuwei can indeed be regarded as his right-hand man.

However, he had to vent his anger on Du Fuwei.

But the Yangzhou army lost this battle so badly, it could even be said that they lost the overall situation, so someone must be held responsible. If someone is not found to be responsible, it will not be enough to stabilize the internal morale.

He himself may not hold Du Fuwei accountable, but the overall situation forces him to hold Du Fuwei accountable.

If a general loses a battle, generally speaking, although there will be punishment, it will not go to the point of beheading the general on the battlefield. Beheading the general on the battlefield will always have a certain impact on the morale of the soldiers.

However, this is only under normal circumstances. If the consequences of the defeat are too great, once the responsibility for the defeat begins to be pursued, it is not impossible to behead the general on the battlefield. In serious cases, the family may even be implicated.

The loss of Nanjun not only put Jiangxia under siege from both sides, but also caused Wu Zixu's troops to win the battle but lose the war. More seriously, it would affect the control of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. If Du Fuwei, the governor of Nanjun, did not take on such a big responsibility, would Xu Da take it on?
Not long after, Xu Da publicly executed his right-hand man, the former Nanjun governor Du Fuwei, on the grounds that Du Fuwei's poor command of troops led to the loss of Nanjun and also implicated another army.

Not only that, Xu Da also publicly requested the executioner to execute him on the spot and carry out military law on the grounds that he was not good at judging people.

Fortunately, the executioner was just a pawn, and Xu Da would not dare to chop off his head even if he asked him to. Anyway, if he dared to have this idea, he didn't know whether Xu Da's head would fall off, but his head would definitely fall off.

Among those present were many wise men, including Yao Guangxiao, who had almost seen through Xu Da's thoughts at that time and cooperated with him in putting on a show.

In the end, Xu Da spared his life on the grounds that he still had important responsibilities to fulfill, but he cut off his hair instead of his head to show his determination.

In this way, the whole army was told directly that anyone who performed poorly in combat again would be severely punished.

"Ding, Xu Da has completed the achievement of Cutting Hair in Place of Head, and is rewarded with a permanent increase of one attribute at random. The current commander attribute is permanently increased by 1, and his commander attribute rises to 103."

In fact, the reason why Xu Da insisted on holding Du Fuwei accountable and bringing him to justice was not only because he was indeed defeated in this battle or the cost was too high.

On the other hand, it was also to calm the anger. However, this layer of reason was covered up under the blame for the defeat, so only a few people could see it.

After all, even if there was no such reason, no one could say anything about Xu Da's handling of the defeat.

The five Jinwu brothers, the generals left behind by Du Fuwei, were actually Lu Ya's nephews.

Regardless of whether it is Lu Ya who is currently on the battlefield in Jiaozhou, or Lu Er who is serving under Xu Da, they are both powerful generals that they must rely on now.

The five Jinwu brothers were left behind by Du Fuwei to cover their retreat, and four of them died in one go. Although this matter had not yet reached Lu Ya, Lu Er had already begun to get angry.

Compared with Lu Er's value, Du Fuwei naturally has to step back a little.

This doesn't mean that Du Fuwei's ability is bad, but in the Yangzhou Army, Du Fuwei can be replaced. But as the most powerful general of the Yangzhou Army, who in the entire Yangzhou Army has the ability to replace Lu Er?

At this point, Du Fuwei had no choice but to cry out that he was innocent.

He only had a few generals under his command, and even fewer who were capable of covering the rear. If he had a choice, would he let his friend Fu Gongyou cover the rear? If he had a choice, would he let the five Jinwu brothers cover the rear?
After dealing with Du Fuwei, what really worried Xu Da was the defense issue of Jiangxia.

Jiangxia cannot be lost. If something goes wrong in Jiangxia, the entire middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River will be completely controlled by the Jin army. What is more serious is that the Jianghuai region will definitely not be able to be defended.

For Xu Da, the only thing to be thankful for was that idiot Du Fuwei. Although he failed to defend Nanjun, at least he did not lose all his troops and at least left a lot of troops back.

(End of this chapter)