As Huang Degong expected, at noon, the spies finally brought the information of the northern front after all the hardships: the thief army attacked the city yesterday, and at the same time divided the troops to attack the city around the Jibu, to the north of Li Yanbu, the Lord Governor personally commanded, in one fell swoop to break the thief army two ways to the city to relieve the siege of Baoding City, the thief army retreated to the south bank of the Qingshui River.

This information was so inspiring to them that Huang Degong excitedly smashed the plate and smashed the bowl in the tent and screamed, and the frightened officers and soldiers outside did not dare to breathe, thinking that the main general would be angry.

Then this good news spread throughout the battalion, the soldiers cheered and shook the sky, and some people even cried with joy, thinking that this hard work and desperate killing the enemy was to understand the predicament of Baoding City, and now it has finally been done.

There was also news sent at the same time as the good news, Li Guobu had camped in the Dasha River and had not moved, and had not yet found that there were reinforcements from the thief army, which made Huang Degong somewhat puzzled, and summoned all the generals under his command to enter the account.

Baoding City victory, the army's heart is a good thing, at this time whether to take advantage of the situation to encircle, send troops north, Huang Degong asked the generals under his command, most of them agreed, felt the encirclement, and even smiled bitterly at himself, and worked in vain to pull out the camp and set up a defense line or something.

Weng Zhiqi was puzzled: "General, the defeat of the thief army is the time to employ people, we have already been rewarded, Li Guo must have already known, he and Luo Hu are the main elite of the thief army, why don't they go north to support but stay in the Dasha River?" ”

The people who asked this question looked confused, and they couldn't understand why Li Guo didn't return to the army to support.

"Maybe I'm afraid that we will go north to encircle it, so we will set up a defense line in the 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 so simple, he followed Chang Yu's side and knew too many secret things, such as the little eunuch had said many times that the purpose of the thief army's crusade was to plunder materials, not to go north to grab the throne, and shouting those slogans was just a deliberate diversion of attention.

That is to say, the thieves plundered countless materials, once they encountered a hard stubble, the first choice was not to hit the hard but to turn back, in Taiyuan he hit the hard for a reason, one came out not long after the loot was not much, the second came all the way invincible and invincible so that it floated, thinking that Taiyuan City was only strong in the middle, how did I meet the little eunuch this hard and ruthless stubble, and finally suffered a loss.

But right now, he broke through several mansions all the way and plundered countless pockets, and he could have gone back to his house because he was burdened by the homeless people, so he had to continue to move forward.

"The thieves are leaving!" Weng Zhiqi exclaimed, Hu Ling and the others followed Chang Yu Jiuye, and they knew a little about the thoughts of the leader of the thief army, but Huang Degong and the others didn't know it, but at this time, after being reminded, they suddenly understood.

Damn it! Huang Degong got up and paced back and forth in the tent with his fists clenched: "If the thief army escapes, 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 northern front of the thief army was deflated, and they took the opportunity to withdraw their troops to return to Xi'an to block the god of nature, and this amount of troops was really not enough.

At this moment, a spy urgently reported that there was an abnormal movement outside the city of Zhending Mansion, and a group of thieves tried to get close and fight with the officers and soldiers outside the city, taking the opportunity to shoot a letter into the city, and then fled.

The news is coming, it seems that Li Guo is going to make a big move, and if it is expected, he should join forces with Ma Shiyao to open the passage for the main force of the thief army and forcibly open the way.

The situation is urgent, all the generals are worried, Huang Degong ordered to prepare for war, although the tactics must be flexible and mobile, but if the thief army wants to open the door, I will let him open, I have to do it, and if I can't stop it, let him open it.

"General, I feel the need to enter Zhending City" Weng Zhiqi, who was silent for a while, suddenly said something that shocked everyone present, thinking that he was going to attack the city.

It's not a siege, it's a surrender! Weng Zhiqi felt that Ma Shiyao's attitude yesterday had shown that he had the heart to surrender, but he was unsure for a while, but this time was different, Li Guo asked people to shoot into the city and definitely inform the situation of the northern front, Ma Shiyao and others knew that the thief army had been defeated, and their minds were naturally more sensitive.

Huang Degong nodded again and again, and asked who was the most suitable to go, and the generals were enthusiastic, all of them knew that if it was a great achievement at this time, even Li Chengdong couldn't sit still, with his previous qualifications and the Jianwei between him and Huang Degong, he was not qualified to enter the account, but because Chang Yu carried the tide up, and there was an assist last night, and Huang Degong also gave him the opportunity to enter the account without looking at the face of the monk and looking at the face of the Buddha.

"Okay, you will accompany Weng Zhiqi to go" Huang Degong ordered the troops, raised his hand and pointed at Li Chengdong!

Chang Yu wanted to kill Li Chengdong, Huang Degong naturally didn't know, and he couldn't let him know, otherwise he would feel chilled, the reason why he ordered Li Chengdong was because he knew that this surrender might not be successful, once the surrender failed, Weng Zhiqi may not be able to go back and be under house arrest or killed by the thief army, it is not only risky, then Gao Jie's people also have to take a risk, and the surrender must be a relationship, Gao Jie was once a thief, and it is almost necessary to send his subordinates to contact him.

Weng Zhiqi and Li Chengdong led more than 100 people to Zhending City to recruit surrender, and when they left, they suggested that Huang Degong immediately send someone south to inform Gao Jie, if the negotiation failed or this side could not be stopped, so that he could be prepared to deal with the interception of the thief army, even if he could not be stopped, he could not easily return to Xi'an.

Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong never dreamed that one day they would become fragrant and sweet, and when they were drinking wine and talking happily 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 over, saying that it was shot in by friendly soldiers outside, and when they opened it, they were stunned.

The letter, it was indeed written by Li Yan, saying that the righteous army was defeated under the city of Baoding, and King Chuang decided to take advantage of the situation to retreat back to Xi'an, and the northern front also arranged troops to fight as a cover for the main force to retreat southward, but at this time the back road was blocked by officers and soldiers, and the passage must be opened as soon as possible, so that he could kill out of the city, and then join forces with him to defeat Huang Degong.

The rebels were defeated! So many soldiers and horses, so many cannon fodder, prepared for so long to be pulled by the officers and soldiers with a backhand, and the little eunuch was obviously talking about the south, why did he suddenly run over there to command, this eunuch is too godly......

The two originally planned to surrender once they heard that the thief army was defeated, but now they are a little uncertain, as Li Guoxin said, defeat is actually a win, homeopathic defenders go home, both of them are the leaders of the thief army naturally know that Li Zicheng's true intention to send troops to the east at that time is to plunder property to consolidate the territory, the others are all virtual, but after coming out, it was unexpectedly smooth, resulting in more and more drifting, plus being tired by the displaced people had to continue to move forward, of course, there was also a little thought, maybe it could really hit the city of Beijing, It would be quite appropriate to force the emperor to make a real prince!

So whether to descend or not to descend at the moment, you can immediately change your dignified identity, and it is definitely not low, if you don't descend, if you don't descend, you will continue to eat meat and drink wine as the king of grass with the righteous army returning to Xi'an, where should I go?

Surrender to the court, but now the court is mired in the quagmire, and it is not safe, so continue to follow the rebels, and I don't know tomorrow after today, not to mention that the court has a little eunuch who can fight and calculate, and he will go to Xi'an one day.

The two of them were worried and had a hard time to choose, but at this time, their soldiers reported that Huang Degong outside the city sent people to enter the city to discuss matters.

Ma Shiyao jumped up, looked at Ren Jirong and frowned: "The surrender is here, how is it good?" ”

"Let's see you and talk about it" Ren Jirong exhaled a long breath, very distressed, and waved his hand to invite Huang Degong's people into the city.

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