as expected.
The Dog Emperor laughed and said: "I think back then my troops were only 80,000, but the imperial court sent an army of 500,000 to attack the city of Beiping. The person in charge was Cao Guogong Li Jinglong..."
Well, the next step is to publicly execute Li Jinglong!
Now that the emperor's words have come to this point, Li Jinglong naturally can't sit still!
He could only laugh and say with sincerity: "Your Majesty is wise, mighty, brave and good at fighting, so what if you have an army of five hundred thousand? It is not enough for your Majesty to grasp!"
"Every time I think about this, I feel extremely regretful. I shouldn't have overestimated my capabilities and blocked His Majesty's heavenly troops, thereby humiliating myself..."
As expected, Li Jinglong immediately started kneeling and asking for forgiveness.
But when Li Hongbi heard what he said, he secretly said something bad.
Li Jinglong was still counting his major sins in the Jingnan Campaign, constantly belittling himself and promoting Zhu Di, trying to kneel down and lick the emperor.
However, he didn't notice at all that the more Zhu Di listened, the darker his face became, until he finally became furious!
"Bastard thing!"
"How could a truly heroic man like King Qiyang give birth to a piece of trash like you?"
"Then Zhu Yunwen is really blind, that's why he appointed you as the commander-in-chief of the three armies. It's a disgrace to my noble Ming Dynasty!"
Suddenly being scolded angrily, Li Jinglong became even more disheartened, with a sad face. He immediately got up and knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, please calm down, I will die, I will die!"
It was okay that he didn't beg for mercy, but Zhu Di became even more angry when he begged for mercy.
Zhu Di himself is a hero, so he naturally has great respect for famous generals such as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Li Wenzhong!
But Li Wenzhong's son Li Jinglong turned out to be such a useless straw bag, a guy who couldn't hold up the wall with mud, so Zhu Di was very disappointed, felt sorry for Li Wenzhong, and especially hated Li Jinglong!
The more cowardly Li Jinglong became, the angrier Zhu Di became.
A descendant of the dignified general and descendant of Qiyang King Li Wenzhong, can't you show some blood?
But thinking that Li Hongbi was nearby, Zhu Di barely suppressed his anger, ignored this good-for-nothing coward, and continued drinking with the generals.
Seeing that the Dog Emperor was going crazy, Li Hongbi stepped forward helplessly, helped Li Jinglong up, and took the opportunity to speak in a low voice.
"Dad, you have to stand up!"
"If you continue to be such a coward, it will only be counterproductive!"
"The more you coerce, the angrier your Majesty will become, and the more he wants to deal with you in the end!"
Li Jinglong was startled when he heard this, lowered his head and whispered: "Son, what do you mean..."
"In that battle back then, you and His Majesty were the commanders of the two armies. You reduced yourself to nothing. Then even if His Majesty defeated you, there would be no great sense of accomplishment!"
Li Hongbi quickly explained in a low voice: "So you have to stand up, portray yourself as a master in the art of war, and blame the defeat on God's will and His Majesty's bravery, so that you can truly make His Majesty happy!"
"Otherwise, wouldn't it be natural for His Majesty to defeat a loser? How could he have the nerve to continue bragging about his illustrious achievements back then?"
"So you have to be tough tonight, really tough. Even if you scold His Majesty a few times, he won't get angry. Instead, he will look at you differently!"
Li Jinglong: "???"
ah?
What does it mean?
Is Your Majesty this kind of person?
Does he actually like this tone?
Li Jinglong looked at his son with a shocked face, and the latter gave him a reassuring look.
Seeing this, Li Jinglong's eyes turned red.
He's a loser, that's true!
But he is no wimp!
Previously, when officials humiliated him, excluded him, and discriminated against him, Li Jinglong could pretend to be deaf and dumb, and even put on a despicable smile in order to save his wealth and life.
There was no way, his defeat in that battle was too frustrating, so no matter how people scolded him and humiliated him, he, Li Jinglong, had no reason or excuse to refute!
However, this does not mean that Li Jinglong has no temper!
You just want to humiliate me once or twice!
Now, if you have nothing to do and drink some horse urine, you will bring me out and humiliate me. Isn't this too bullying?
Based on his absolute trust in his son, the grievances and anger that had been accumulated in Li Jinglong's heart for a long time all turned into anger at this moment.
I saw Cao Guogong pick up the big bowl and drink it all in one gulp. Then he smashed the bowl on the ground and smashed it into pieces!
This sudden change frightened everyone.
After Zhu Di came back to his senses, he glared at Li Jinglong and shouted: "You bastard, why are you so crazy all of a sudden?"
The other generals were also frightened and looked at Li Jinglong in disbelief.
Did this loser take the wrong medicine?
Why do you dare to lose face after being scolded by His Majesty?
Li Jinglong took a deep breath, stood in front of his son Li Hongbi, and shouted loudly: "I was not wrong in that battle!"
Shock!
Unspeakable shock!
Everyone looked at Li Jinglong with dumbfounded eyes.
Inside the handsome tent, a deathly silence fell.
Zhu Di slowly put down the wine bowl and looked at Li Jinglong with a serious look.
"Mr. Cao Guo, what did you just say? I don't seem to have heard clearly!"
Taking advantage of his drinking power, Li Jinglong didn't care anymore and directly said everything in his heart.
"In the battle of Zhengcunba, I had already set up a defensive line to prevent the Yan army from returning reinforcements. If Beiping City was captured early, the Yan army would not be willing to enter the encirclement, so I would slow down the offensive. This is out of the blue. Am I wrong about the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao in the Military Book?"
"The only blame is the incompetence of the mediocre generals under my command, Chen Hui. Seven lines of defense were captured by the Yan army one after another. The main army was not even prepared to respond to the enemy and was defeated in a hurry. What's my fault?"
All the generals were stunned when they heard this.
If you really want to talk about it, there seems to be no problem with Li Jinglong's arrangement.
Besieging Wei to rescue Zhao and encircling points to mobilize reinforcements are commonly used tactics on the battlefield.
If the Southern Army had already captured Beiping City, then the Yan Army would have no scruples at all and God knows where they would have fled.
"There is also the battle of Baigou River. This place was originally the tomb I selected for the Yan army. I gathered 600,000 troops here with the intention of annihilating all the Yan army!"
"The two armies faced each other across the river. More than a hundred of the Yan army fired artillery, trying to create the illusion that a large army was crossing the river. However, I sent my troops upstream to prepare to cross the river. However, I had already noticed this plan and sent out the brave general Qu Neng and the vanguard officer Ping An to set up an ambush along the bank. , the vanguard of the Yan army was defeated, with heavy casualties, right or wrong?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di fell silent.
This is indeed true.
The two sides fought until late at night, which was thrilling. In the end, Zhu Di had to lead his army to break through the enemy siege and escape back to the camp.
"After the Yan army fled, they forcibly crossed the Baigou River the next day without encountering any resistance from the Southern army. This was a deliberate trick I set to lure the enemy. I allowed the main force of the Yan army to cross the river, and then used the heroic general Qu Neng to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese army. The officers and soldiers of the Southern Army were all in high spirits without having to cross the river, but the Yan Army had just crossed the river and their formation was not stable, and suddenly Qu Neng captured hundreds of them and almost broke through the Yan Army's formation, right?"
"When the battle between the two sides reached a fever pitch, Ping'an and I led the armies to outflank and attack from the left and right flanks, attacking from the left and right, and besieging them on three sides. The Yan army's retreat was blocked by the Baigou River, and it was already in a desperate situation, surrounded by enemies on all sides. Even if the arrangement is not exquisite, it is still a clever tactic, right?"
Zhu Di opened his mouth, but was struck speechless.
In that battle, as Li Jinglong said, the Yan army was in a desperate situation.
Even Zhu Di was defeated by his horse and his sword. He changed his horse three times and retreated continuously, but was blocked by the river embankment.
The fierce Southern Army general Qu Neng led his cavalry to fight out bravely and headed straight for Zhu Di. Several Yan generals and more than a hundred knights under the embankment were killed by Qu Neng. Qu Neng can be captured alive!
If it weren't for that strange wind...
"The Yan army has been defeated, and the general of the Yan army is about to be captured alive by me!"
Li Jinglong roared with red eyes: "If it hadn't been for the sudden whirlwind that suddenly broke the flag of our commander in chief of the Confederate Army, causing the soldiers of the Confederate Army to mistakenly think that the commander was killed in battle, how could I, Li Jinglong, be defeated?"
