Although the Qing soldiers were gone, the news of Geng Jimao's defeat and captured was still investigated by Shang Zhixin's scouts.

Shang Zhixin received the news, and a big pie face changed color immediately. A trace of panic flashed across his small eyes. After a moment of contemplation, he hurriedly sent an order: "Stop moving forward."

As soon as the order was issued, the army stopped immediately.

Shang Zhixin turned his horse back and ran towards the central army.

The central army was led by Geng Zhongming, while the rear army was Shang Kexi's troops.

"Report! The prince, the scout came to report, and the vanguard was buried in Wushi Mountain. The entire army was wiped out, and no one survived. Brother Jimao was not aware of his life or death." Shang Zhixin saw Geng Zhongming riding on the horse, and immediately bowed his hand and reported the situation he had just obtained.

"ah?!"

Geng Zhongming shook his body and almost fell off his horse. A personal soldier quickly stepped forward and took him to sit down. Another personal soldier knelt under the horse's belly. Geng Zhongming stepped on his back and took off his horse.

"Stop moving forward, go and invite King Zhishun." Geng Zhongming got off the horse and calmed down. As a veteran who had been fighting for many years, he naturally knew that this was not the time to be sad.

Soon, Shang Kexi rushed over from the rear army by horses, and his think tank Golden Light accompanied him.

"Yuan Ji, a child is greedy for merit and makes progress. Now he doesn't know what to do with life and death. What do you think we should do?" Geng Zhongming asked.

"Second brother, don't worry. If Jimao's nephew is captured, Zhu Youlang will not dare to kill him. He will keep a hand. We can capture his general or minister and exchange it with him." Shang Kexi quickly comforted him.

Geng Zhongming Xing Er, known as "Geng Er".

"Yuan Ji, you don't have to persuade me. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and life and death are fate. No one can guarantee how long their life span is. As the saying goes, "A general will inevitably die in the battle." Since a dog son enters the army, it is normal for him to have a mistake. For the sake of his brother, he will never ignore the overall situation. Do what he should do, don't worry about him." Geng Zhong clearly waved his hand and signaled that he was fine.

Shang Kexi looked at Geng Zhongming deeply, as if he wanted to see through his true thoughts. Seeing that he really didn't have much sadness, he couldn't help but feel strange.

The tiger is poisonous and does not eat the child. The son doesn’t know his life or death. Why doesn’t he see a trace of sadness? Isn’t it normal?

Suddenly, I remembered that he had never been appointed as a prince, and there were rumors that "establish love but not a eldest son". When I moved my heart, I understood a little more, so I no longer had to worry about this matter.

Geng Zhongming's attitude is very important. If he is worried about his son's safety and the Qing army is afraid of being attacked, the next plan must be fully considered. Of course, if Geng Jimao is not considered, then he can make no reservations when making a plan.

"How did the Ming army set up an ambush? How did our army be defeated? Can the scout know the details?" Shang Kexi turned to ask his son.

"When I go back to my father, the scout heard only loud noises like thunder, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and I didn't know anything else."

Shang Kexi looked at Geng Zhongming after hearing this: "Second brother, could it be a grenade?"

"Yuan Ji, the dog's temper is a little impatient and can't hold back. It must have been to seize the merits, so he launched a rash attack without waiting for the arrival of his nephew Defu. However, if it weren't for Zhu Youlang's legendary grenade, the three thousand soldiers would not have been wiped out in such a short time even if they encountered a Fu Dang. Therefore, for my brother, Zhu Youlang designated to use grenades." Geng Zhongming analyzed.

"Didn't the court explode his military weapon camp? Why do there still be grenades?" Shang Zhixin asked.

"There are two possibilities. One is that it was blown up, but he still had some inventory; the other is that he did not blow up the vital points, and he has been producing it. However, judging from today's situation, it is likely that it is the latter, and Zhu Youlang's grenades have never stopped production at all." Geng Zhongming said.

"No matter whether it is the latter or not, we must think about the worst." Shang Kexi nodded.

"What should we do? Should we withdraw our troops? It is obvious that Zhu Youlang is very cunning. He deliberately shows weakness to me and leads our army into the abdication. The lessons of Zhangzhou are learned from the past must be guarded against." Shang Zhixin said.

"Retreat? It's impossible to retreat at all." Jin Guang said with a frown.

"Why can't you retreat? Jin Guang, don't exaggerate, okay? Do you want our army to repeat the mistakes in Zhangzhou?" Shang Zhixin asked dissatisfiedly.

Jin Guang looked down on Shang Zhixin very much. He always regarded himself as Zhuge Kongming, and he valued the filial piety of the second prince Shang Zhixin even more.

Shang Zhixiao is a literati with a tall figure, handsome and elegant figure, gentle and elegant person, humble and polite, and respectful to Jin Guang very much. However, Shang Zhixin is short-lived, fat and very tyrannical, especially when dealing with his servants, he will kill him casually and personally suffer his life.

Because the two were not in harmony, Jin Guang often said bad things about Shang Zhixin in front of Shang Kexi, and even praised Shang Zhixiao, so that Shang Kexi also had the idea of ​​letting Shang Zhixiao inherit the throne.

"Little Prince, since he entered the prince's curtain, Jin has always been loyal. How could he do something that is unfavorable to the prince? If he does not withdraw, there is still a chance to win. If he withdraws, the two princes will be questioned by the court. If he asks for the crime, Jin cannot say what crime he will ask for." Jin Guang said in a humble and arrogant manner.

"If you have something to say, just say it, just say it! Leave it half a sentence, and it feels like you are holding a slut." Shang Zhixin cursed and kept talking swearing.

"Bang!"

When Shang Kexi heard Shang Zhixin scolding so badly, he slapped him with his hand and cursed: "Bastard! Uneducated things are full of feces, and they dare to be so disrespectful to Mr. Jin?"

"My son is wrong!" Shang Zhixin didn't expect that I would be very angry because an outsider beat him and in front of so many people. So, while kneeling down to apologize, a trace of sinister cold light flashed across my little eyes.

"Yuan Ji, Defu is a military man, not a literati. He speaks naturally and says whatever he thinks. This is true temperament. After all, he is still a child, just teach a few lessons, why do you have to hit him? Okay, Defu, get up quickly, it is important to discuss military information." Geng Zhongming hurriedly pleaded with Shang Kexi.

Without his father's words, Shang Zhixin hid on the ground and did not dare to move.

"Don't you get out?" Shang Kexi kicked his son again and cursed.

Geng Zhongming glanced at Jin Guang and said to himself: "Jin Guang is too good at being a human being. It's up to you, what's wrong with asking for love? If you are not apart from each other, you are provoking the relationship between father and son as an outsider. In the end, you will have a good end?"

"Master Jin, tell me why can't you withdraw? So how can you win?" Geng Zhongming saw Shang Zhixin getting up with a pale face, and obviously felt very unwilling to help him. In order to avoid embarrassment, he quickly changed the topic and asked Jin Guangdao.

"The two princes, the strategy of attacking together between the East and the West is decided by Prince Kong. As expected, Prince Kong probably has left Guilin at this time. If we retreat, then Prince Kong will fight against Zhu Youlang alone, the situation will be even more dangerous. If Prince Kong is wrong, even if he thinks about his old love and does not pursue it, will the court let us go? This cannot be withdrawn."
Chapter completed!