After leaving Fangcheng, Xu Dingguo clasped his fists and said to Chen Yongfu: "General Chen, I don't know when I will meet again this time. Please treat me well with you, five thousand men."

Chen Yongfu clasped his fists and bowed back, "Don't worry, General, I will do my best to protect my nephew."

Xu Dingguo nodded, "I still have some things to explain to Er'an, can I..."

Chen Yongfu said: "Please, please."

Xu Er'an's face was full of pain, "Dad, what should I do!"

Xu Dingguo sighed and said, "Li Zicheng sent me to Runing and left you and two brothers in Nanyang, obviously he did not trust us. Moreover, I think Sun Chuanting is good at fighting and may be able to defeat the rebel army. Chen Yongfu and I are both surrendered generals. Once the rebel army fails, he will definitely have other thoughts. You can stay at Chen Yongfu's place for the time being. At that time, whether to start a business with him or lead your troops to escape alone, you will decide for yourself."

Xu Er'an's face was sad and his face was reduced, "Where is Erji!"

Xu Dingguo sighed and said, "The life of people in troubled times is as cheap as wool. He is now left in the central camp by Li Zicheng, and he is not caring about his father. I hope he can escape in the chaos! Fortunately, Shiwen is by my side, and even if he dies unfortunately, he can still retain a bloodline. Yes! You must live well for your father!"

Xu Dingguo was the deputy general and guarded Suiyang. Suiyang was located in a key junction between the north and the south, and was a famous city. During the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms during the rebellion of Emperor Jing of Han, Liang King Liu Wu resisted the more than 300,000 King Liu Bi of Wu for three months. During the Anshi Rebellion, Zhang Xun also led 7,000 soldiers in this city to fight against An Lushan's 180,000 rebels for ten months, and finally the entire army was wiped out. Xu Dingguo led more than 20,000 people, facing Li Guo's 30,000 troops surrendered without fighting, and took the initiative to give up Suiyang City.

But Li Zicheng prefers heroes. Although he respects Xu Dingguo, the one who takes the initiative to surrender, he does not value it. He also surrenders, Chen Yongfu, who almost killed his life when shooting at his eyelid, talks with him, and tries to win over and treat him well. Whenever he discusses matters, he will be placed beside him. The different treatments can be seen.

These were only on the surface, but the actual operations were even more unbearable to Xu Dingguo. Li Zicheng transferred him to Nanyang and sent his own troops to station in Suiyang, depriving him of control of Suiyang City. The war was imminent, but on the grounds that Longwu Army intended to go north, he transferred him to Runing to intercept him, but did not allow him to take all his soldiers to go.

Li Zicheng allocated 5,000 soldiers from Xu Dingguo to Chen Yongfu, and left 7,000 in the central camp. Although he still nominally returned to Xu Dingguo's two sons, Xu Er'an and Xu Erji, in fact, everyone knew exactly what was going on. Since then, Xu Dingguo has been rebellious, but he was very obedient on the surface and obeyed all Li Zicheng's arrangements.

Seeing Xu Dingguo leading his troops eastward, Chen Dedao: "Father, once Xu Dingguo leaves, he may not come back. Since the King of Chuang is suspicious of him, why didn't he take his life here?"

Chen Yongfu frowned and stopped for a while and said, "Those who want to seize the world must recruit the wise men of the world for their own use. In this way, they can gather the strength of the people and become the magnificent of the Nine Five. Although the King of Chuang suspected Xu Ding, Xu Ding took the initiative to surrender that day. At this time, there was no way to kill him. How will the people of the world think of the King of Chuang? Xu Ding brought 8,000 soldiers to Runing at this moment. Even if the rebellion was rebelling, how big a storm could it cause? This is the wisdom of the King of Chuang. De'er, you still have to learn these things."

Chen De said in confusion: "Father, there is still something unknown to me. As both surrendered generals, why did King Chuang treat you completely differently from Xu Dingguo? Although he also transferred you from the Nanyang front line at this time, he gave you a lot of troops and did not leave your child in the central camp as a threat?"

This touched Chen Yongfu's pain. He didn't speak for a long time and finally said slowly: "I led my troops to surrender with the force of fighting. Maybe this is the difference between me and Xu Dingguo! The King of Chuang understands me. If I really want to betray you, what's the use of him keeping you? De'er, the general, loyalty is the main priority, and the others are the second. You and I have already rebelled once. If you rebel again, it will be difficult to tolerate the world. In any case, we may have to follow the King of Chuang to the end."

Chen De frowned, "Can the King of Chuang finally win the world?"

Chen Yongfu smiled bitterly and said, "Who knows! Is it a marquis or a minister in front of me or a head of people? Let him go! Notify the entire army and set off for Luyang Pass."

On the Nanyang city wall, Zhu Yuyou and Ding Kuichu stood side by side, looking at the direction of the Baizhong Mountains in the south. The distance was too far, and they could actually see not much, only the smoke pillars soaring into the sky and the soldiers on both sides fighting like ants. Cavalry and barons kept coming back from afar to inform the frontline of the war.

The thief Li Guo's troops concentrated artillery, bombarded Lu Ming, and jumped into Yu Ershan. The official army suffered heavy losses and gradually retreated. The thief occupied the two peaks. The two armies were fighting at the strait peaks, and the thief invested a lot of troops, and the official army was in a hurry.

Liu Fangliang led his troops to cross the river from Sheqi, and was discovered by scouts. Even though Cao Bianjiao led his troops to reinforce, he attacked with cavalry and defeated the thieves on the banks of the Tang River and drove the enemy back to the other side of the river.

Bai Guangen fought against the rebel Yuan Zongdi at thirty places in the north of Nanyang. After the battle between the two sides, they retreated and joined the main force.

Zheng Jiadong led the rocket chariot troops to attack, and defeated a group of trespasses in the northeast of Fangcheng, and shot and killed the bandit general Chen Kexin. Li Zicheng's cousin, the four heavenly king Li Yangchun, led more than 10,000 people to surrender, and the second leader of the bandit army Liu Zongmin personally led his troops to pursue. Although he defeated Li Yangchun's troops, his army was able to support him. Li Yangchun fled into our army and provided a large amount of information about the bandits.

A few bandit army were found in the south of Nanyang, and Li Guoqi was leading his troops to fight with it. Zuo Zhi's army was dispatched to reinforce Zheng Jiadong. The two armies gathered south of Baizhong Mountain and were fighting with the trespassers crossing the river. The trespassers suspended their attacks on Baizhong Mountain and returned to fight with our army.

Sun Chuanting was wearing a very ordinary armor and holding a telescope to look at the Baishan Mountains ahead. After two days of fierce attack, the thief finally retreated.

Zuo Yi walked over quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Master General, Gao Jie reported that nearly 30,000 rebels were crossing the river from the lower reaches of the Tang River. Judging from the signs, they should have wanted to bypass our army and cross the river to attack Nanyang City directly. General Qin said that she would find it difficult to take Xiangyang in a short time, but she could use a small boat to steal the Han River to transport two thousand soldiers across the river to reinforce."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sun Chuanting nodded slightly, "Tell King Tang and Ding Kuichu about this situation, let them guard the city tightly, and no one is allowed to leave the city. As for General Qin, tell her that it is not necessary. Her mission is to keep an eye on the Xiangyang defenders and let Zhi not disturb the war on my commander's side. By the way, does Zuo Liangyu have a reply? Can he send troops to reinforce?"

Zuo Yi browsed and told, "There was a reply, but he refused to send reinforcements. Zuo Liangyu was resentful because Ma Shiying took him away from Wuchang and the court refused to deal with Ma Shiying. He refused to send reinforcements on the grounds that Longwu Army might go out to Xinyang at any time and attack Wuchang. This is his reply, please read the general."

Sun Chuanting was furious, "This thief, come to Japan and the general will kill him. Forget it, don't care." He looked up at the sky and said, "At this moment, Nanyang is a hundred miles away, no land or battlefield, and there is no war. The thieves have been fully mobilized by our army. It is time for a decisive battle. In another hour, the sky will be dark. You immediately send someone to Bai Guangen, Cao Bianjiao, Li Guoqi, Gao Jie and others to let them leave the thieves and come here while the night is dark. In addition, tell Niu Wancai that in addition to guarding the hundreds of mountains, prepare 10,000 elite troops and cooperate with our army to wipe out the thieves on the west bank of the river at any time."

Seeing Zuo Yi's face showing a difficult look, Sun Chuanting asked, "What's wrong? Why don't you go?"

Zuo Xie said: "Master, please forgive me for your subordinates' bluntly. Although it has been mobilized, there are 200,000 thieves on the west bank of the river, which is still nearly twice that of our army. In Fangcheng on the east bank, the thieves can use more than 50,000 troops. Is it really wise to rashly invest all their troops to fight against them at this time?"

Sun Chuanting glanced at Zuo Yi, "Are you questioning my coach's decision?"

Zuo Xie's forehead was covered in sweat, and he bowed with his fists and said, "I..., I dare not."

Sun Chuanting smiled and helped Zuo Yi up, "General Zuo, why bother to be so nervous? It's just a laugh. In fact, it's okay to tell you. The situation of war is not determined simply by the number of soldiers, otherwise the two armies can count who is more and less before the battle. Why do we still have to fight? In my mind, there are two points that are extremely important to whether we can win. One is morale, and the other is the number and speed of gathering forces. We will destroy 50,000 of them first, then seize hundreds of mountains to defend ourselves, and then Li Yangchun takes the initiative to surrender. All three battles will destroy their spirits, so our army's morale will not be discussed. If we drag it down,

The two armies will enter a long stalemate, and the soldiers' casualties will gradually increase, and then they will be wiped out. In terms of morale, this is the best time for a decisive battle. Also, although the number of trespassers is large, they must be on guard and defend, and their troops are dispersed. It is difficult to gather to fight the enemy in time. If our army can gather 70,000 troops at this time and launch an attack suddenly, they can catch one of them off guard. In terms of force, our army is no match for the opponent, but the strength of the trespassers fighting head-on is less than our army. In addition, the suddenness of the attack, our army has a total advantage, with at least 60% chance of winning."

Zuo Yi was shocked and said, "60%?"

Sun Chuanting smiled faintly and said, "60% is not small anymore. Our army is using weak to attack the strong. If we can seize Xiangyang at the beginning, I have a 90% chance of winning, but Zuo Liangyu ruined the country. The situation is so deteriorating, I can only bet. You must know that our army can only support the food and grass for another month, and if you miss it, you will never have such an opportunity."

Zuo Yi was silent for a while, and finally nodded, "Master, I understand."
Chapter completed!