The weather is cold, there is a lack of food and clothing, the army's will to fight is underneath, and the army's spirit is fluctuating.

Under such circumstances, Li Wen's offensive was repeatedly thwarted, but he repeatedly launched new offensives, and there was a great tendency that he would not give up until he broke through this line of defense.

And Deng Zilong also realized the benefits of holding on like this, so he changed his original plan of retreating after holding for a period of time and began to strengthen the defensive line.

As a result, the casualties of Li Wen's troops and horses rose sharply, and it is easy to say that they died, but a large number of wounded soldiers could not be properly treated, so they died in the wounded barracks, and many people died, the morale of the army declined, and the will to fight plummeted.

Not only that, because he was dissatisfied with Li Wen's request to forcibly ask the soldiers to attack, Niu Bingzhong repeatedly stopped him, and finally annoyed Li Wen, Li Wen ordered Niu Bingzhong to be dismissed and locked up, and replaced with the original deputy chief soldier Zhang Yanshou as the chief officer and front-line commander.

For this reason, the morale of the Ningxia army was greatly shaken.

And that's not all, because the military rations have been delayed, so the soldiers are forced to drink only gruel, the weather is cold, the battle is fierce, the soldiers' physical consumption is extremely fast, but they can only drink gruel, not to mention that they can't eat at all, and they are easy to get hungry, which makes the soldiers very angry.

The weather is getting colder and colder, but the military uniform is not warm enough, and the soldiers' hands are not well warmed, so that their hands are so cold that they can't hold their weapons, and they shiver all over.

Many soldiers hated the very thick gauges.

Even Li Wen could feel the change in the morale of the army, so he constantly asked Zhang Yanshou to enlighten the soldiers and lead the soldiers to fight better to divert the soldiers' resentment targets, he himself knew that it was not a way to go on like this, but there was no better way at the moment, but he could only quench his thirst.

The situation deteriorated dramatically as soldiers died in large numbers, and those who were alive were not treated well.

Li Wen tried his best to attack but could not get good results, and the Zhennan Army calmed down and defended and achieved very good results, and the two armies entered a new round of confrontation.

And at this juncture, Zhang Yanshou, the new chief military officer of Ningxia, was talking to a mysterious person with a sad face in his tent.

"Now that the situation has reached this point, does Mr. Zhang continue to insist? Is there any reason to keep going? Mr. Niu has become a scapegoat, does Mr. Zhang want to follow in his footsteps? Once the Ningxia soldiers suffered too large losses, have you considered such consequences? ”

The mysterious people kept persuading Zhang Yanshou.

Zhang Yanshou's face was ugly.

"However, I am still the chief soldier of the imperial court, if I do this, what is the difference between rebellion and rebellion?"

"The current court is not the court of the Ming Emperor! It's Shen's court! Now what decisions the imperial court makes are Shen Zheng's business, and all of them are promoted by Shen Zheng behind his back, for his personal desires! He can even depose the Emperor, let alone anyone else!

You are loyal now, you are always loyal to Shen, and you are fighting now for Shen! Shilang was also the chief soldier of Ningxia, and I also fought together under his command, during the battle of Ningxia, we all fought side by side, but now we are fratricidal, Zhang Zongbing, how can you bear it? ”

The mystery man's face was full of sadness.

Zhang Yanshou's eyes fluttered, and his face was nervous.

"I know what you're talking about, but ......"

"General Niu didn't listen to my advice, and now it has caused such an end, the whole army in Ningxia has suffered heavy losses, and if it continues like this, our fellow villagers will have to shed their blood! What are you waiting for? ”

The mystery man's rhetoric is even more intense.

"I ......"..

"Actually, you have the same idea as Mr. Niu, but you don't dare, otherwise, you would have tied me up and sent me to Li Wen, but you didn't do it, which shows that you yourself know that Li Wen has no good end, he will definitely die, and Shen Cheng will definitely die! The world will be re-righted! Xiao Ruxun can help the world!

Our fellow villagers have suffered heavy casualties, they have not been properly treated, and they will definitely die if they are hit by lead, Li Wen is using our fellow villagers to pile up his own great achievements, and we are going to die in such a meaningless place!

Mr. Zhang, in a thought, the current predicament is in your thoughts! In a single thought, you can make great contributions, and when Your Majesty is reinstated and rewarded for meritorious deeds, are you still afraid that you will not get a good position? What else are you worried about? If nothing happens, the Ningxia soldiers will die! ”

Zhang Yanshou's breath became short.

He looked at the mysterious man.

"However, there are still two soldiers and horses ...... Li Ruzhang and Du Tong"

"For so many days, have you ever heard the sound of a battle coming from the direction of Liuba, if Li Ruzhang's troops arrived at Liuba, they must have fought with the defenders of Liuba a long time ago, will they have no reaction? But at the moment, except for us, there is no movement at all on the east side of Liuba! Li Ruzhang doesn't plan to wade into this troubled water at all! He's waiting!

It's the same with Du Tong! The two of them lead an army alone, even if there is a praise painting supervisor in the army, but the matter of one sentence and one knife is different from ours! They have autonomy, if they want to procrastinate, they want to wait and see, there are opportunities, haven't we contacted them, don't they know it themselves?

They didn't move, according to the scheduled time, they should have arrived, but they didn't come, which is enough to show that only we are fighting desperately at the moment, and Du Tong and Li Ruzhang have long planned to wait and see! Mr. Zhang, I can't continue to hesitate! If you hesitate for an hour, hundreds of brothers will die, would you like to see your brothers die? ”

Zhang Yanshou was finally a little moved.

"If I get into trouble, will the Zhennan Army on the other side accept me?"

"Absolutely! They don't want to go to war with you either! On the other side, there may be veterans in the Zhennan army who fought with us on the battlefield in Ningxia, most of them are now officers and have positions, are you still afraid that they will not accept you? They have long wanted to fight out of the Qinling Mountains and enter Guanzhong! ”

The mysterious man spoke earnestly: "Mr. Zhang, the lives and futures of tens of thousands of brothers are in your thoughts!" ”

Zhang Yanshou lowered his head, pondered for a long time, took a deep breath, raised his head, and showed a fierce look in his eyes.

"He is unkind, I am unjust! Lao Tzu is out of the way! This time, even if you die, you can't be a sinner! They deceive people too much! It's too much of a deception! ”

The mysterious man was overjoyed: "The brethren are saved!" Mr. Zhang, what do you want to do? ”

Zhang Yanshou said angrily: "What else can I do? The brothers' current resentment against that group of sour Confucians is not as great as ordinary, Lao Tzu led the troops to arrest them, and then cut them down, and no one among the brothers will object! will follow me to join Xiao Dashuai! Don't treat our brothers as human beings, let them taste the taste of knives! ”

Zhang Yanshou clenched his battle knife, and then looked at the mysterious man.

"Be careful in this matter, I'll bring my own soldiers, and you will also bring your own people, don't do it, do it tonight!"