Fancheng, the camp of Li Zhongchen's rebels. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Zhongchen frowned and walked around the tent, the generals and colonels in the tent did not dare to say a word, and the soldiers and horses sent to Gucheng to block Zang Xiyan already showed signs that they could not resist the attack of the imperial army. Zang Xiyan is a veteran general, with rich experience in commanding troops and marching and commanding operations, and he was extremely brave when he was young, and he dared to lead 5,000 cavalry to attack the 400,000 army of Tubo.

If the west can't resist, then the siege of Xiangyang can not go on, this looks like Xiangyang can be captured immediately, just the last hammer, the defenders in Xiangyang City can not resist, only two or three days, but Zang Xiyan will not give him two or three days, sent to block Zang Xiyan's deputy general Li Chongqian 10,000 soldiers and horses have been defeated, and many soldiers have fled back, and according to the soldiers who fled back, a large number of soldiers thought that they could not escape, so they simply dropped their weapons and surrendered to the imperial army, and the deputy general Li Chongqian was also injured and fled backIf Zang Xiyan's army marches fast enough, it will be able to reach Fancheng tomorrow.

The sudden turn of the situation caught Li Zhongchen a little off guard, and the officials and generals under his command were also a little panicked, this is the disadvantage and inadequacy of the rebels, the lack of centripetal force and cohesion, if the battle has been won, it is okay, even if the officials and generals who are unwilling to follow Li Zhongchen are forced to continue to follow him, if the battle is defeated, then the officials and generals will be separated from morality and have different hearts.

Li Zhongchen was a little upset and asked, "Is there no news from Dengzhou yet?" The people sent still didn't talk to Liang Chongyi? ”

Marching Sima Guo Sicong arched his hand and said: "Not yet!" talked twice, when Liang Chongyi's conditions were too harsh! ”

Li Zhongchen asked, "What conditions does he have?" ”

"He wants Tangzhou and Shenzhou, and another five thousand gold!"

Li Zhongchen was furious: "The appetite surnamed Liang is too big, so he is not afraid of swallowing it and choking to death?" ”

Guo Sicong sighed: "Who said it wasn't? But it seems that we can only lead the army to withdraw to Huaixi in addition to agreeing to his conditions, but if we agree to his conditions, we will be in vain this time, not only in vain, but also stealing chickens and rice! ”

Li Zhongchen has no culture, has never read, and doesn't know how to read, but he is not stupid and knows how to weigh the pros and cons, he gritted his teeth and said: "Withdraw the army, pass the order, pack up your things overnight today, pull out the camp and return tomorrow morning, and withdraw to Huaixi!" ”

The generals and officials clasped their fists: "Yes, my lord! ”

Before the officials and generals turned to leave, they saw a captain running in panting and clasping his fists and saluting Li Zhongchen: "My lord, the big thing is not good, the 20,000 troops of Dengzhou are coming to Fancheng under the command of Guo Ziyi and Lu Qi, and they have now arrived in Xinye, according to their marching speed, they can reach this before noon tomorrow!" ”

"Ah······h The generals and officials in the tent were shocked and couldn't help but exclaim.

Li Zhongchen's face changed drastically, and he lost his voice: "What's the matter?" How did Guo Ziyi appear in Dengzhou? Who is Lu Qi? What about Liang Chongyi? Did he submit to the court? ”

The lieutenant took a breath and said: "Guo Ziyi arrived in Dengzhou a month ago, but our army was storming Xiangyang, and the attention was here, and I didn't notice the situation in Dengzhou, Guo Ziyi originally went to Dengzhou to lobby Liang Chongyi to raise troops to attack our army, but Liang Chongyi was very demanding, and at that time, our army also sent people to negotiate with him, and he asked for benefits from both sides, left and right!" Who knew that not long after, the imperial court sent a person named Lu Qi, who was said to be Hongluqing. This person brought an edict from the imperial court to rehabilitate Lai Yao, and Lu Qi and Guo Ziyi relied on this edict to rebel against Qu Hui, the general next to Liang Chongyi, and launched a mutiny to attack the Dengzhou Mansion, killing Liang Chongyi, and in front of all the officials and generals in Dengzhou, it was revealed that Liang Chongyi's purpose in collecting soldiers under the banner of avenging Lai Yao was actually to cut off the king and confront the front of the imperial court, and the officials and generals of Dengzhou have switched to the imperial court! This Lu Qi can speak well, and his mouth is extremely powerful, and he will make the officials and generals of Dengzhou bow to the court in three or two clicks! ”

The seriousness of the matter is beyond Li Zhongchen's imagination, Guo Ziyi and Zang Xiyan are both famous generals, he has no confidence that he can deal with any of them, and now these two armies are coming, the Huaixi army is already attacked on three sides, once it cannot be withdrawn in time, it may be surrounded, and it will be dead at that time.

Li Zhongchen immediately decided: "It seems that we can't sleep tonight, so we will give the order to go down, immediately pull out the camp and set off, and retreat in the direction of Zaoyang overnight!" ”

"No!"

That night, Li Zhongchen pulled out the camp overnight and withdrew in the direction of Zaoyang, and at dawn the army passed through Zaoyang, and hundreds of defenders in the city were frightened, and they could only watch Li Zhongchen's army calmly go to the northeast.

In the afternoon, the scout who was scouting the road in front returned and reported to Li Zhongchen: "My lord, the big thing is not good, there is a mutiny in Caizhou, Li Xilie and others have killed Zhang Huiguang's family, occupied Caizhou, and together with the guards of other states, they jointly issued a document announcing that you are not welcome in Huaixi. Tongbai and Tangzhou and other places are heavily garrisoned, and we can't go back! ”

"What?" Hearing such bad news, Li Zhongchen was stunned and fell directly from the horse.

"Adult, adult······" The guards screamed in surprise and lifted Li Zhongchen up from the snow.

Li Zhongchen finally relieved himself, opened his eyes and ordered: "The army stops advancing!" Summoning the generals of all ministries to come over and discuss matters! ”

"Yes, sir!"

After the generals and officials arrived, when they heard Li Zhongchen talk about the situation in Huaixi, they all changed color, and some people's minds began to change.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the case, where do we go from here? This official called you here just to discuss a proper way to come out! ”

Someone immediately suggested: "My lord, we still have 20,000 horses in our hands, which is enough to recapture Huaixi again!" ”

This suggestion was quickly opposed by another official: "What a whimsy! I'm afraid that before we can recapture Huaixi, all the people in the imperial court will already wipe us out! ”

Another person suggested: "My lord, it is better to ······ We might as well return to the imperial court and send people to negotiate with Guo Ziyi and Zang Xiyan, although we are weak, we still have 20,000 elite men, and it is impossible for the imperial court to ignore us. As long as we submit to the court, the adults can find a place to live again! ”

An official next to him sneered: "This is nothing more than a delaying tactic, do you think that the imperial court is a bunch of wine bags and rice bags?" We made such a fuss this time, killed so many people, and robbed so many places, can the court tolerate us? ”

The injured lieutenant general Li Chongqian arched his hand to Li Zhongchen and said: "My lord, if the road of returning to the imperial court is not working, and we can't recapture Huaixi in a short time, then it seems that we can only go elsewhere!" ”

Marching Sima Guo Sicong said loudly: "General Li, go elsewhere?" Now the one who can directly confront the imperial court is none other than the three towns of Heshuo! And the three towns of Heshuo are still 108,000 miles away from here, how can we get there? Do you fight all the way, or do you go all the way? ”

Li Chongqian: "·······"

Li Zhongchen was already upset, he was argued by the generals and officials, and he felt that his head was about to explode, he was already a violent person, how could he stand it? I don't know which tendon is in the wrong place, so I roared, pulled out my sword and stabbed Li Chongqian, who was closest to him.

Everyone suddenly looked at Li Zhongchen in horror, Li Zhongchen's eyes were red at this time, and there was a burst of cold light in his eyes, he stabbed Li Chongqian several times in a row with a sword in his hand, Li Chongqian had fallen to the ground and died when he was stabbed with the second sword, but Li Zhongchen was still angry, and stabbed twenty or thirty swords on his corpse in a row, until Li Chongqian's body was stabbed like a sieve before he stopped panting.

The generals and officials all retreated step by step in horror, Li Zhongchen's crazy appearance frightened them, they thought that Li Zhongchen was crazy, Li Chongqian was the person he trusted and close to the most, he even killed Li Chongqian when he said to kill, isn't this crazy? Even if he wasn't crazy, this man was already delirious, and it was too dangerous to stay with such a person!

The movement of everyone's collective retreat woke up Li Zhongchen, Li Zhongchen found that he had killed Li Chongqian, and his heart was like a knife, this was his most trusted general, his domestic slave, as soon as Li Chongqian died, he was equivalent to losing an arm.

But the person was already dead, he hurriedly began to cover up, pointed to the corpse and scolded angrily: "Useless things, even a Zang Xiyan can't beat it, and Lao Tzu's 10,000 elite centaurs have been lost, do you still have the face to come back?" You're the most damned! Someone, drag his body out and feed it to the dogs! ”

Someone whispered, "My lord, where did the dog come from in this field?" ”

"No dogs?" Li Zhongchen was stunned for a moment, and waved his hand again: "Then feed the wolf!" ”

"Yes!" The two soldiers agreed, and walked over and dragged the corpse's feet out, and the blood on the corpse flowed all over the ground.

Li Zhongchen really didn't have the mood to discuss it anymore, and he also knew that everyone must have been frightened by his performance just now, and there was no good result in discussing it at this time, so he said to everyone: "It's getting late now, I see that you are all tired, go back to the camp to rest first, and then think about if there is any good way, if there is, give it to Lord Ben, Lord Ben has a heavy reward!" ”

"Yes, the subordinates will retire!" Everyone immediately agreed, and they rushed out, and disappeared completely in a blink of an eye.

Li Zhongchen sat on the ground with his buttocks, his expression was extremely decadent, his head drooped weakly, Huaixi was taken away, his master was turned away, who took Huaixi in the end, he still can't figure it out, and was kept in the dark.