As expected by Huang Degong, at noon the spies went through all the hardships and finally brought intelligence from the northern front: the rebels attacked the city yesterday, and at the same time they divided their forces to attack the entire city, Zhou Yuji's tribe, and Li Yan's tribe in the north. The governor personally took command, and in one fell swoop Two groups of soldiers and horses broke out and fought to the bottom of the city to relieve Baoding City. The rebel army retreated to the south bank of Qingshui River.
This information was so exciting to them that Huang Degong was so excited that he threw plates and bowls and screamed in the tent. The officers and soldiers outside were so frightened that they did not dare to breathe, thinking that the general was angry.
Then the good news spread throughout the whole camp, and the soldiers cheered loudly. Some even cried with joy, thinking that they had to fight the enemy all the way to understand the difficulties of Baoding City, and now they finally did it.
At the same time as the good news, there was another news. Li Guo's camp had not moved at Dasha River, and no reinforcements from the rebels had yet been found. This made Huang Degong somewhat confused and summoned his generals to discuss the matter.
It was a good thing that the victory in Baoding City had greatly shaken the morale of the army. At this time, Huang Degong asked his generals whether they should take advantage of the situation to encircle and send troops northward. Most of them agreed. When they sensed the encirclement, they even smiled bitterly and laughed at themselves. After a busy night, they broke camp. Set up a line of defense or something.
Weng Zhiqi, however, was puzzled: "General, the great defeat of the rebel army is the right time to recruit people. We have all been punished. Li Guo must have known it as well. He and Luo Hu are the main elite of the rebel army. Why didn't they go north to support but they were in the big army?" Shahe is standing still?"
Everyone who asked this question was confused, wondering why Li Guo didn't return to the army to support him.
"Maybe we are afraid that we will go north to encircle us, so we should stay put and set up a defense line at Dasha River to prevent us from sending troops north." Li Chengdong interjected, and everyone thought it was possible.
"Not necessarily." Hu Ling raised his eyebrows. He always felt that things were not that simple. He and the others followed Chang Yu and knew too many secret things. For example, the little eunuch said many times that the purpose of the bandit army's eastern expedition was to plunder supplies. He is not going north to seize the throne, shouting those slogans is just to divert attention.
In other words, thieves have looted countless supplies. Once they encounter a tough situation, the first choice is not to confront them head-on but to turn back. There was a reason why he fought head-on in Taiyuan. Firstly, he didn’t plunder much soon after he left home. Secondly, he was invincible along the way. He was so invincible that he thought that Taiyuan City was only strong on the outside but strong on the inside. Unexpectedly, he encountered a tough and ruthless opponent like the little eunuch and finally suffered a loss.
But now, he had looted countless houses and made a lot of money. He could have gone back home, but he was burdened by the refugees and had to keep going. At this time, he had consumed a lot of burdens in Baoding Mansion, and he had just suffered a bloody head injury. Will he continue to go north?
"The bandit army is about to withdraw!" Weng Zhiqi exclaimed. Hu Ling and others followed Chang Yu for a long time and were influenced by him to know the thoughts of the leader of the bandit army. However, Huang Degong and others did not know what was going on. However, they were reminded at this time. , and it suddenly dawned on me.
damn it! Huang Degong stood up quickly, clenched his fists and paced back and forth in the tent: "If the bandit army wants to escape, they can only flee the same way. We are afraid of death and can't stop it!"
All the generals frowned, knowing that what he said was true. The rebel army was weakened on the northern front, so they took the opportunity to withdraw their troops and return to Xi'an to stop the God of Killing. This number of troops was really not enough.
At this moment, spies urgently reported that there was something strange happening outside the city of Zhending Mansion. A group of thieves tried to get closer and fight with the officers and soldiers outside the city. They took the opportunity to shoot the message into the city and then escaped.
The report has arrived, and it seems that Li Guo is about to make a big move. If the predictions are correct, he will join forces with Ma Shiyao to open a passage for the main force of the thieves.
The situation was urgent, and all the generals were worried. Huang Degong sent an order to prepare for war. Although tactics must be flexible, you can't just let the thieves open the door if they want to. You have to do it, and if you really can't stop it, let him open it.
"General, I think it is necessary to enter Zhending City." Weng Zhiqi, who had been silent for a while, suddenly said something that shocked everyone present, thinking that he was going to attack the city.
It's not about attacking the city, it's about surrendering! Weng Zhiqi felt that Ma Shiyao's attitude yesterday showed that he was willing to surrender, but he was just unsure about it for a moment. However, it was different at this time. Li Guo's order to shoot a book into the city must have informed him of the situation on the northern front. Ma Shiyao and others knew that the rebel army had been defeated. The mind is naturally more sensitive. At this time, people should be sent into the city to win over. If it succeeds, the situation will change drastically, which will be even more powerful for the officers and soldiers.
Huang Degong nodded repeatedly and asked who was the most suitable person to go. The generals were all excited, knowing that if it succeeded at this time, it would be a great achievement. Even Li Chengdong couldn't sit still. With his previous qualifications and the competition between him and Huang Degong, there was no competition between him and Huang Degong. The qualifications to be included in the account were discussed, but because of Chang Yu's support, the tide rose, and there was another assist last night. Huang Degong, who looked at the Buddha's face without looking at the monk's face, also gave him the opportunity to enter the account. How could he not fight when he saw the opportunity to make meritorious deeds this time.
"Okay, you will accompany Weng Zhiqi." Huang Degong raised his hand and pointed at Li Chengdong!
Huang Degong naturally didn't know that Chang Yu wanted to kill Li Chengdong, and he couldn't let him know, otherwise he would feel chilled. The reason why he ordered Li Chengdong to surrender was because he knew that going to recruit Li Chengdong might not be successful. If the recruitment failed, Weng Zhiqi might never come back and be robbed. Since it is risky to be put under house arrest or killed by the army, Gao Jie's people also have to take the risk. Furthermore, to recruit and surrender, a relationship must be established. Gao Jie was once a thief, so it is necessary to send his men to contact him and get close.
Weng Zhiqi and Li Chengdong led more than a hundred people to Zhending City to recruit surrender. Before leaving, they suggested that Huang Degong immediately send people south to inform Gao Jie, so that if the negotiations failed or they could not be stopped here, they could prepare him for the response. Intercepting the bandit army, even if it cannot be stopped, it cannot be allowed to return to Xi'an easily.
Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong never dreamed that one day they would become popular. While they were drinking and chatting in the government office and watching the changes, they heard that there was a fight outside the city, and then their own soldiers sent a letter saying that it was friendly troops outside. When I opened it, I was stunned.
The letter was indeed written by Li Yan. It said that the rebel army was defeated at the foot of Baoding City. King Chuang decided to take advantage of the situation to retreat back to Xi'an. He also wanted to deploy troops on the northern front to cover the main force's retreat south. However, at this time, the retreat was blocked by officers and soldiers. It was necessary to Open the passage as soon as possible to get him out of the city, and then join forces with him to defeat Huang Degong.
The rebels were defeated! There were so many soldiers and horses, so many cannon fodder, and they had been prepared for so long, but they were knocked down with a single backhand by the officers and soldiers. And the little eunuch was obviously talking about the south, so why did he suddenly run over there and take command? This eunuch The goods are so amazing...
The two originally planned to surrender once they heard that the rebel army was defeated, but now they were a little unsure. As Li Guo said in the letter, defeat was actually a win. They would take advantage of the situation to defend their troops and go home. Naturally, they were both leaders of the rebel army. Knowing that Li Zicheng's true intention of sending troops to the east was to plunder property and consolidate the territory, the rest was all false. However, it was unexpectedly smooth after coming out, causing him to become more and more drifting. In addition, he was tired of the refugees and had no choice but to continue moving forward. Of course, there were With so much thought, maybe we can really attack the city of Beijing and force the emperor to become a real prince and general!
So now it’s time to surrender or not. If you surrender, you can immediately change your status to an upright person, and it will definitely not be lowered. If you don’t surrender, you will follow the rebels back to Xi’an and continue to eat meat and drink wine as a grass-head king. Where should you go?
Surrender to the imperial court, but now the imperial court is in a quagmire and you cannot protect yourself. Just continue to follow the rebels. After today, you don’t know tomorrow. What’s more, the imperial court has a little eunuch who is capable of scheming. If you don’t protect everything, you will go to Xi’an one day. Woolen cloth.
The two of them frowned and couldn't make a decision for a while, but at this moment, the soldiers informed that Huang Degong from outside the city was sending people to the city to discuss matters.
Ma Shiyao jumped up, looked at Ren Jirong and frowned: "The surrender is here, what should we do?"
"Let's talk about it later." Ren Jirong took a long breath, feeling very distressed, and waved his hand to invite Huang Degong's people into the city.
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