When Gao Yigong saw Li Zicheng like this, how could he take the blame for this defeat? Even he himself felt that this battle was a very unjust defeat!
So, he immediately defended: "General, Duke Xingguo didn't just arrive, but he was in ambush a long time ago! I was leading the army to pursue Tian Jianxiu's troops, and suddenly the main force of the court led by Duke Xing came out. I How can it be blocked?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng's cannibalistic eyes immediately turned to his military advisor. After many days of planning, it ended up being planned by someone else?
When Song Xiance heard this, he felt a little guilty, but when he saw Li Zicheng's look, he subconsciously defended: "Impossible. How could Duke Xing Guo know it beforehand... knew... knew..."
Later, his voice became softer and softer, and his face became paler and paler.
In fact, Song Xiance had already felt this way before. But he didn't want to admit it, and he was on the run, so he didn't think about it in detail.
But at this moment, he just thought about it, and suddenly he felt that the possibility of this situation was very high, so he could no longer defend himself.
Suddenly, Song Xiance's voice rose again, and he said with a sudden realization: "I know, it must be He Baisui who defected to the imperial court, so he joined forces to deceive us. Yes, it must be like this, absolutely like this!"
Having said this, he looked at Li Zicheng and further explained: "Only in this way can the imperial army know our intentions, and then Duke Xingguo will lead the army, and this defeat will happen. This is all reasonable! "
Li Zicheng was a little stunned when he heard it, frowned, and did not agree immediately.
After thinking about it, he still didn't dare to confirm: "If he betrayed me, why would he betray He Yilong? You know, He Yilong is his clan brother! Moreover, his family is still in Chongqing! "
Yuan Zongdi didn't have a good impression of this centenarian, but when he heard this, he was naturally offended. He immediately sneered and said: "General, he can betray his own clan brother. It doesn't seem to be difficult to betray the general again." ah!"
"That's right, that's right, there's no sense of friendship in this kind of person. He's only interested in profit, so that's not a thing!" After hearing this, Gao Yigong sputtered and made a final judgment.
Li Zicheng looked a little ugly when he heard what they said. He didn't expect that He Baisui, whom he thought he could trust, would betray him!
Seeing that he didn't fully believe it, Song Xiance thought of another point, and immediately analyzed it to Li Zicheng: "Maybe he acted carelessly and exposed some flaws, and someone from the court, maybe Jin Yiwei, gave him a flaw. Found out. So, in order to protect himself, he had to take care of his family and his family, and he must have saved his life first, so he betrayed us...the general!"
If you explain it this way, it makes sense!
After hearing this, Li Zicheng no longer had any doubts. He was furious and shouted: "What a happy 100th birthday. Since you don't care about your family, well, I will help you! Come on!"
Upon hearing this shout, his personal guards immediately stood by.
"Go and drag He Baisui's family to the city gate and behead them. Let everyone know that this is the consequences of betraying me!" Li Zicheng gave the order almost viciously.
When several of his personal guards heard this, they immediately clasped their hands and responded loudly: "Yes!"
The three people kneeling on the ground looked at each other after hearing the military order, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, someone took the blame.
Sure enough, after Li Zicheng issued the murder order, the anger in his heart somewhat lessened. However, when he saw the three people on the ground, he immediately remembered that their entire army had been annihilated, and that the battle he had placed high hopes on had turned out like this, and he suddenly became angry again.
Staring at the three people on the ground, Li Zicheng had the urge to call for people to drag them out and chop them down again!
However, those who reach his level are still sensible after all.
If the killing continues like this, it is said that there are no generals in Shu. Li Zicheng really has no generals available in Shu, and he even has a military advisor. Although the facts of the past year have proved that the level of this military advisor is indeed not as high as imagined, but even so, it is still possible!
However, if I don't kill them, I still can't let go of my bad breath when I think about this war!
So, Li Zicheng stared at these three people and said bitterly: "Tell yourselves, what should I do with you?"
Upon hearing this, the three of them lowered their heads and glanced at each other.
This battle not only resulted in heavy losses, it could be said that the entire army was wiped out, but the general was so exhausted that he vomited blood. Even for them, it was normal for them to lose battles before, but it was still too serious!
Even if He Baisui takes the blame, among the three of them, one is the military advisor who initiated the war, and the other two are the commanders of the two armies. The responsibility cannot be evaded.
But if the general asks this, it means that the death penalty can be avoided!
Thinking like this, they had an idea in their minds. They spoke almost in unison.
"No matter what the general does, you will die without regrets!"
When Li Zicheng heard this, not only did he not feel better, but he felt chest tightness again.
Are these three old fritters? You know you won't let them die, so you say this? Are you trying to piss yourself off?
Thinking like this, he had the urge to kill these three, out of sight, out of sight!
After trying hard to calm down his anger for a long time, he kicked Yuan Zongdi and knocked him upside down; then he kicked Gao Yigong again and kicked Gao Yigong upside down; he raised his foot and returned it. When he wanted to kick him again, he saw that Gao Yigong was obviously not the same size as Song Dwarf. Li Zicheng finally withdrew his foot and instead of kicking him out, he shouted angrily: "Get out of here, get out of here and think about your mistakes behind closed doors!" Nai, I don’t want to see you again!”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Gao Yigong and Yuan Zong were the first to hear this. They rolled over and hurriedly responded while leaving.
Similar situations have happened before, and it is considered commonplace.
But Song Xiance was moved. The general was not only merciful, but also merciful, so he said emotionally: "I, Song, have no way to repay the kindness of the general to me. I will definitely go back and think about it carefully." Come up with a clever plan to help the general get out of the current predicament!"
"Go, go, go!" After hearing this, Li Zicheng was not as moved as a monarch and his ministers knowing each other, but waved his hand impatiently.
Previously, Song Xiance offered a clever plan and used it to his advantage, which could reverse the current unfavorable situation. Li Zicheng was very happy and even agreed to take Li Guo out as a meeting gift.
As a result, whether He Baisui rebelled or not, this was his problem as a military advisor, which resulted in the annihilation of the entire army.
If it were anyone else and received such a blow, they would really go crazy!
Thanks to Li Zicheng's ability to withstand failure, he has developed it over more than ten years.
But even with his entrance speech, at this moment, as he said, he didn't want to see Song Xiance.
Song Xiance was not as self-conscious as Yuan Zongdi and Gao Yigong. He walked out reluctantly, which made Li Zicheng a little worried.
He might as well go to the back office by himself, so he won't be able to see it anymore!
However, as the leader of the rebel army, he cannot avoid the consequences of failure.
Sitting on the Taishi chair in the back office, he drove away the maids and others, rubbing his head and thinking about the situation in front of him.
When Gao Yigong and Yuan Zongdi's nearly 100,000 troops were wiped out, Li Zicheng understood that he was already broken.
Now, the troops he has on hand, including the newly expanded troops in Shu, only total about 300,000 troops.
At least 150,000 of these troops were defending Sun Chuanting's offensive; guarding the gateway to Chongqing in the north.
As for the west, after Yuan Zongdi and Gao Yigong's troops were gone, there was only Liu Zongmin's last line of defense on the Chongqing side, with only 50,000 troops, but most of them were elite veterans; on the Chongqing side, more than 50,000 troops were stationed. The remaining troops are in various places, including those in the south.
If Duke Xingguo leads this victory to Chongqing, he may not be able to withstand it!
Thinking of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, he actually understood very clearly in his heart: he was no match for Duke Xingguo!
"Alas!" Thinking this, he let out another long sigh.
"What's going on?" At this moment, a voice rang out, "After so many years of ups and downs, what can't be overcome? The most important thing is that you have to take care of your body!"
Li Zicheng knew who was coming without even looking up.
He didn't open his eyes, and felt that the hand rubbing his forehead had been replaced. He raised his head, leaned on the back of the chair, and sighed: "This time is different from the past, I really feel a sense of despair!"
There was silence in the house for a while, and then I heard a voice from behind: "If this is really the case, shouldn't we consider it?"
Guo'er, also known as Li Guo.
Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He slapped away the hand rubbing his forehead, stood up directly, and shouted with a black face: "There is only Li Zicheng who died in battle, and there is no Li Zicheng who surrendered!"
After he finished shouting, he found that his wife was looking at him with an expressionless expression. Li Zicheng's voice became softer and said: "I would rather be a chicken head than a cow queen, do you understand?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Gao sighed and did not try to persuade him again, because she knew Li Zicheng too well and knew that it would be useless to persuade him.
But no matter what, at least I have a head start, which is okay! I just don’t know, what is he doing at this time?
Li Guo, whom she was concerned about, was actually very leisurely at this time. He was accompanied by the captain of the Jin Yiwei and was wandering around Chengdu.
Zhang Mingwei was anxious to lead the army on the expedition, so he asked Li Guo to take a walk first. He would come back as soon as he went, and then arrange for Li Guo.
Li Guo actually felt a little bitter about this. Because he knew that Duke Xingguo was going to fight Li Zicheng.
Just come and go, what do you think of Li Zicheng's army?
But he didn't care about these, and simply let everything go, just to see what the situation was like under the control of the imperial court now?
