"You want to die, but my father won't let you die. Qin Shuhuai paused, pointed to the captives and said, "Do you see those captives? There are four or five thousand people, and my father was going to bury them alive tonight, but now I plan to make a deal with you." ”

Li Dingguo was stunned and asked, "What deal?"

Qin Shuhuai said slowly, "Ben Gong will soon enter Sichuan to crusade against the remnants of Donglin, if you can help Ben Ping settle Sichuan, then these people can live." Otherwise, they all have to die. I think a lot of these people are your old subordinates, right? Think about it, do you let them die or let them live?"

Li Dingguo couldn't help but say angrily, "Qin Shuhuai, you!"

"What, General Li doesn't agree?" Qin Shuhuai said with a slightly cold face, "This duke has never been strong, so it should be regarded as if this duke never mentioned it." ”

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Li Dingguo hurriedly caught up and said, "If you pacify Sichuan, are you really willing to let these brothers go?"

"Do you have to say what my father said a second time?"

"Okay, as long as you're not afraid that I'll take your life halfway, I'll accompany you on this trip. ”

Qin Shuhuai smiled, "My father is not afraid that you will come to take your life, but I am afraid that you will be useless when the time comes, and my father will look away!"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Li Dingguo didn't care about everyone's ridicule this time, but said calmly, "Okay, then let's make a decision!"

After Qin Shuhuai left, it didn't take long for Meng Wei to come to Li Dingguo and say to him, "Grandpa Guo said, let you be a staff officer with the army." After a pause, he said, "Li Dingguo, I believe you have also heard of the name of Grandpa Guo, to put it bluntly, no matter how great your ability is, you can't be as big as Grandpa Guo." This world is still flat without your grandfather. But why did Grandpa Guo spend so much time to tell you these truths, you can figure it out for yourself. ”

Early the next morning, the army set off and rushed to Hanzhong.

Five days later, the army arrived in Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is only more than 200 miles away from Guangyuan, the gateway to Sichuan, and now the whole city is under martial law.

He Renlong, who was originally stationed in Ningqiang County, not far from Hanzhong, heard that Qin Shuhuai was coming, so he rushed directly to Hanzhong that day and discussed with Qin Shuhuai the strategy of entering Sichuan.

After a simple reception banquet, He Renlong, Zhang Xiao, Zu Dashou and others got together to discuss ways to enter Sichuan to quell the rebellion. During this period, Qin Shuhuai specially asked people to call Li Dingguo.

Qin Shuhuai had already made a plan, but in order to see if this Li Dingguo was the same as in history, and to give Li Dingguo a chance to perform, he still called him over.

He Renlong first said, "Grandpa Guo, as far as his subordinates know, there are three fierce generals under Cao Guozhang, namely Li Zhongming, Wu Yutian, and Zhang Lizhen. These three people are all fellow villagers of Cao Guozhang, and they are loyal to Cao Guozhang, and each of them commands about 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers. If Cao Guozhang rebelled, they would definitely follow him to the death. As for the other generals in Sichuan, they are not so loyal to Cao, probably because the wind blows the wall. ”

Qin Shuhuai nodded and asked, "What is General He's going to do?"

He Renlong said, "The last general thinks that the battle into Sichuan should be suppressed and appeased at the same time. Whenever a war starts, it is necessary to capture the city as quickly as possible regardless of the cost, and then decisively kill the stubborn resistance, so as to deter the Sichuan army! In this way, with one hand of heavenly power and the other hand of warmth, we will surely be able to make most of the generals submit to the imperial court! At that time, even if Li, Wu, and Zhang stubbornly resist, we can disintegrate their subordinate generals by dividing them, and their combat strength will be greatly reduced. ”

Although Qin Shuhuai bowed slightly, this was just a necessary respect for He Renlong. In fact, He Renlong's strategy is similar to Sun Chengzong's, which is decent, but in this way, it is bound to lose a lot of troops, and he does not approve of it in his heart.

He Renlong said, "The defender of Guangyuan City is Li Zhongming, one of Cao Guozhang's henchmen, if we can capture Guangyuan City, it will definitely give the Sichuan army a great deterrent." Therefore, the last general suggested, let's attack Guangyuan City first!"

Qin Shuhuai only nodded slightly at He Renlong's suggestion, but did not comment.

Then, he turned his gaze to Li Dingguo and asked, "Li joins the army, what are your strategies?"

Li Dingguo said quietly, "Li thinks that this strategy is only a medium policy. ”

He Renlong's face was a little unsightly, and he carefully looked at this young man he had never seen before.

Qin Shuhuai smiled, "Then presumably Li has a good strategy for joining the army?" ”

Meng Wei, Meng Hu, Zu Dashou and others were also immediately interested, and they all looked at Li Dingguo.

This Li Dingguo, but Grandpa Guo tried his best to speak, and even flickered and coerced to "deceive", I don't know if he really has such a great ability?

And He Renlong looked at Li Dingguo without blinking, and made up his mind that if this arrogant boy couldn't come up with a "good strategy" for a while, he would have to scold him so much that he was embarrassed!

Li Dingguo said calmly, "Among the three generals in Sichuan, I have fought with Li Zhongming and Zhang Lizhen. Li Zhongming fought bravely and with his soldiers, he should be the head of the three main forces under Cao Guozhang, one of them. At the same time, Li Zhongming's troops were brought up by himself, and he had a deep relationship with him, and he himself married the daughter of Cao Guozhang's younger siblings, and was deeply favored by Cao Guozhang. Therefore, no matter what the situation, he will advance and retreat with Cao. ”

Hearing this, He Renlong said angrily, "So what?"

Li Dingguo was not disturbed and continued, "But that Zhang Lizhen, although he is nominally a close confidant of Cao Guozhang, is after all a Sichuan general sent by the imperial court, so his family members are all staying in the capital as hostages. More than two years ago, we fought with him in the Pyeongchang area, and one of his nephews was surrounded by more than 5,000 of our more than 5,000 people. This is true for his nephew, and he should be more affectionate to his family. Therefore, it is possible for this Zhang Lizhen to return to the imperial court for the sake of his family. ”

Qin Shuhuai didn't expect Li Dingguo to be so familiar with the generals in Sichuan at first, but then he thought about it, and it was right, in addition to the activities of Zhang Xianzhong's troops in the three sides, he also occasionally traveled to Sichuan, Huguang and other places, so he was naturally more familiar with local generals.

This is also a windfall!

All the generals present were experienced generals, and when they listened to Li Dingguo's analysis of several generals under Cao Guozhang one by one, they knew that this was related to the countermeasures he proposed next, so they all listened attentively.

Even He Renlong stopped talking.

And Li Dingguo didn't care about the change in everyone's attitude, and continued to follow his line of thought, analyzing without humility or arrogance.