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Zhang Xianzhong angrily beheaded Hu Yansan and kicked Xu Yixian, and the consequences were incomparable.

Hu Yansan's lieutenant was worried that Zhang Xianzhong would continue to pursue the responsibility for the disadvantage of the first battle, and he would not be able to escape death, so he immediately abandoned his division and fled for his life.

The remnants of the soldiers who came with them to attack Liling saw that the main general was about to die, and the deputy general fled, and they immediately exploded, throwing down their weapons and fleeing.

The rout of more than 20,000 strikers caused a huge panic, which soon triggered a chain reaction, and the other rebels almost collapsed, but fortunately Zhang Dingguo came forward in time to calm the scene;

Zhang Xianzhong, who found that the situation was serious, then personally stood up and promised that when Changsha was recaptured, each soldier would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and the remaining 130,000 troops would barely settle down, but the morale was so low that it could not be repeated, and all kinds of rumors in the barracks were still spreading wantonly, which was more terrible than the plague.

Meng Ke and Huo Sheng also sent many small groups of men and horses to burn the autumn grain in the fields, which further aroused the rebels' worries about the supply of grain and grass.

In Zhang Xianzhong's Chinese army tent, the atmosphere was extremely cold, and Xu Yixian and others kept silent one by one, for fear that saying the wrong word would attract Zhang Xianzhong's anger.

Zhang Xianzhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed his restless emotions, and said in a deep voice: "It's all dumb, haven't they?" Dingguo, you talk about it first, what should you do next? ”

Li Dingguo came out and said: "Father, according to the results of the reprimand, Meng Ke laid five lines of defense from Liling to Zhuzhou, and stood for the battle in Qingye, our army's morale is now low, and the grain and grass in the army can barely support six days, if you attack one by one, unless you can take Zhuzhou within six days, otherwise"

Otherwise, it goes without saying, the morale is not high, the grain and grass are desperate, there is a strong city in front, and there are chasing soldiers in the back. There is only one dead end.

This time, Zhang Xianzhong was not angry, but asked expressionlessly: "In the face of such a predicament, what do you think Dingguo should do?" ”

"Father, the eldest brother has followed his father for many years, and his withdrawal from the army may not really be in secret with Qin Mu."

"What do you want to say?"

"Father, Meng Ke has 50,000 horses, if the war is unfavorable, Qin Mu can also send reinforcements from Changsha in a steady stream, our army is short of food and grass, and morale is low. It's really not worth going on here. Father, in the past, we were the main attacker, and the officers and soldiers were the main defender, so we were often able to attack left and right, and each one broke through;

Since the capture of Huguang, the situation has been reversed, and our army has often reached two or three hundred thousand, marching slowly, and it is difficult to supply grain and grass. Qin Mu has few soldiers and moves quickly, so we are passive everywhere and chess is bad everywhere. to the predicament of today;

Father, the matter has come to this, if we don't leave the altars and jars around us, we will definitely be completely dragged down. From Liling to the north. There is a small road that passes east of Changsha to reach Yuezhou. Father, the child is bold, and asks the father to give up all baggage, advance along this path, and return north to Yuezhou;

Only in this way can the father return to the sea, and after the recasting of the army's heart in the coming day, whether it is to continue to attack Changsha in the south or to seize Shu in the west, it is all up to the father's thoughts. ”

Zhang Xian asked in a deep voice, "What if Qin Mu sends an army to intercept it halfway?" ”

"The child is still the same sentence, I don't believe that the eldest brother will really betray his father for some wealth, if Qin Mu leads the army to intercept us, the eldest brother will definitely attack from the north, and then it will be Qin Mu's turn to suffer from the enemy, and the road to the north is narrow, we only need to send a small number of elites to block it, whether it is Wu Xueli or Meng Ke, they don't want to catch up with us;

Moreover, the grudge between Wu Xueli and Qin Mu is also very deep, once we give up the baggage and go north, Wu Xueli and Meng Ke will meet, I am afraid that this enemy will have to meet first, where can we still care about pursuing our army? ”

As soon as Li Dingguo's trick was proposed, he was immediately recognized by Xu Yixian and most of the generals, even Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but bow his head frequently, and now he is like a dragon trapped in the shallows, and even a shrimp dares to come to tease, as Zhang Dingguo said, once he can get out of the current predicament and return to Yuezhou, that is, the dragon returns to the sea, let me swim

"Okay, without further ado, just do what Dingguo said, pass on the king's order, the whole army will have a meal, and then throw away all the baggage, light the division will go north, and Dingguo!"

"The child is here."

"This king will give you 5,000 elites, and you will be responsible for opening the way, you must pass the test and clear all obstacles on the road ahead, we have limited food and grass, and we can't delay for a moment."

"Yes, Father."

"Yin Xianmin!"

"The last general will obey orders."

"You take your men and horses and are responsible for collecting food and grass supplies along the way."

"Yes, my lord."

"Li Zhaoguang!"

"The last general will obey orders."

"You take 5,000 men and horses to be responsible for the break, if there is a mistake, cut it!"

"The last will live up to the king's command."

No one expected that as soon as Zhang Xianzhong encountered some setbacks in Liling City, he immediately gave up all his burdens and marched north.

Meng Ke was still working hard to strengthen the defense of Zhuzhou, preparing to deal with Zhang Xianzhong's onslaught, and he couldn't help but be a little dazed when he heard the news. He was thinking about how to deal with it, when he saw a fast horse coming from Liling, and reported to him urgently: "General Meng, it's not good, Wu Xueli's men and horses have surrounded Liling City." ”

"Tell me what the hell is going on?"

"General Meng, when Zhang Xianzhong left, he threw a large number of baggage such as artillery outside Liling City, when General Huo sent people to pull back to the city, Wu Xueli's men and horses arrived, and when they saw that we were pulling things, they immediately launched an attack on us, General Huo had few people and temporarily retreated to Liling City, and now Wu Xueli has surrounded Liling regiments, General Meng, General Huo, please send reinforcements immediately."

After Meng Ke listened, it was called a gas, outside Yuanzhou City, Wang Yuncheng handed them a knife first, and now he is still dead in Huguang, you don't go to chase Zhang Xianzhong, but you come to besiege Liling City, the tiger is not powerful, you really think of a sick cat.

No matter what, it was impossible for Meng Ke to sit idly by and watch Huo Sheng be trapped in Liling, so he immediately ordered an army of 30,000 to kill Liling.

Besides, Qin Mu of Changsha, I heard that Zhang Xianzhong dropped a heavier weight, and after the light division went north, he couldn't help but be surprised, there is a saying that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, once a person has some good things, it is not easy for him to take the initiative to give up.

Zhang Xianzhong carried a heavy load, the speed of the march must not be fast, Qin Mu would not be afraid of him, but now he is out of the way, the light division is advancing rapidly, sixty or seventy miles a day, this kind of courage to break the tail to survive is terrible.

Zhuge Min said urgently: "My lord, Zhang Xianzhong must be blocked no matter what, otherwise if he is allowed to flee back to Yueshan, the attacks and defenses of the two sides will be transposed, and our army will be very passive." ”

"Quickly pass on the two generals Liu Meng and Ning Yuan." Qin Mu shouted loudly to the guards outside the door. Among the generals brought out by Qin Mu, Cui Feng escorted the millions of taels of property seized by Yuan Zhou back to Ganzhou, Meng Ke and Huo Sheng were in Zhuzhou, Ling Zhan and Su Jin were in Xiangyin, and only Liu Meng and Ning Yuan were left in Changsha.

As soon as the two arrived, Qin Mu immediately ordered: "Ning Yuan will take 10,000 horses to stay in Changsha, and be sure to be vigilant to prevent an enemy from sneaking up." ”

"My lord, let others stay."

"The military order is like a mountain, how can you bargain?"

"The last will obey."

"Liu Meng, you immediately gather 20,000 people, bring more gunpowder and defensive weapons. You have less than an hour to get ready to go. ”

"Yes, sir." Prepare for departure in an hour, if you can't in normal times, fortunately, in order to fool Zhang Kewang, the people and horses of Changsha have just "gone north", and the grain and grass logistics are ready, and you can go with it.

Liu Meng strode away, and Ning Yuan was a little depressed, after all, everyone had a job to do, so he stayed in Changsha to do it in a hurry.

Seeing that he was about to die, Qin Mu was so angry that he rushed up and gave him a kick, and scolded: "Damn, look at your little bit of talent, this world is in chaos like this, are you still worried that there will be no fight?" Lao Tzu handed over Changsha City to you, that is a trust in you, look at the appearance of your dead father, maybe you will become the second Zhang Wenxiu, if that is the case, Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Qin if he does not personally cut off your head. ”

Ning Yuan struck a stir, straightened up with a snap, gave a military salute, and shouted with his head held high: "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will definitely guard Changsha." ”

"Lao Tzu might as well tell you, Changsha from the moment it fell into our hands, Lao Tzu didn't plan to spit it out again, if you defend it this time, Lao Tzu will leave you here when he returns to Ganzhou in the future, if you lose Changsha, you will cut it yourself."

"People are in the city, and the city is ruined." Ning Yuan was overjoyed after hearing this, and stayed in Changsha in the future, which would be equivalent to handing over half of Huguang to him, how could he not be happy, hawawow, this kick is worth it, it's really damn worth.

"Get out!"

Qin Mu flew out with another kick and kicked him out of the door, "Thank you, sir." Ning Yuan ran away with a smile.

Qin Mu turned around and rolled up the marching map and went outside the yamen, Zhuge Min and the others had not yet digested what Qin Mu had just said to Ning Yuan, seeing Qin Mu's resolute and resolute style, they woke up one by one, and hurriedly trotted out, several of them were staff, but including the counselor's military affairs

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