Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 229 Chapter 229, Li Dingguo chose to attack, Zhu Cihong was already prepared
For Li Dingguo, he really didn't think that things would become like this.

Li Dingguo himself was quite aggrieved, because in his opinion, he did nothing to betray Zhang Xianzhong's trust, but he ended up being questioned in the end.

What makes Li Dingguo even more upset is that he has no room for defense.

It was obvious that no one believed that Zhu Cihong went to Li Dingguo with such great fanfare, just to chat for a few days and then persuade him to surrender, but the problem is that the truth of the matter is still like this.

Li Dingguo even began to wonder whether this was Zhu Cixiang's divorce plan.

As a last resort, Li Dingguo found several confidants to discuss this matter.

After some discussion, one of the confidants came up with an opinion that sounded more reliable.

"Since Your Majesty suspects that His Highness has a connection with the imperial court, then His Highness only needs to send troops to defeat the imperial court's soldiers and horses, isn't it enough? Only one victory should be able to wash away all suspicions for Your Highness."

Li Dingguo was also a little happy after listening, but more worried.

"Do you think my father would disagree with me doing this?"

"The difference between the king and His Highness should not have reached this point. If it really has reached this point, then His Highness will not be able to sit here and discuss with us properly, but has already been detained by the King."

Li Dingguo felt that this idea was very reasonable, so he went to see Zhang Xianzhong the next day and made a request, hoping to lead an elite army out of the city to raid the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

After Zhang Xianzhong heard Li Dingguo's request, he was a little surprised at first. He soon smiled and agreed happily.

"Do it well, I am waiting for news of your return in victory."

Li Dingguo quickly left Jiujiang City on a boat with an elite force.

Sitting on the boat, Li Dingguo's heart was full of pride and ambition, and he thought very displeasedly: "How dare you use divisive tactics against me? It's really abominable. This time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty must know what a tiger is." You can't touch your beard!"

"Of course this is a divorce plan, but what I said in it is absolutely true. If Li Dingguo is willing to surrender, I will leave him a way to live." This sentence was not said by Li Dingguo, but by Zhu Cixiang Said to Gao Dejie.

Gao Dejie asked with some confusion: "Isn't His Highness worried? Zhang Xianzhong may also see through this matter."

Zhu Cixiang laughed after hearing this and said, "So what if he sees through it?"

After Gao Dejie paused, he found that what Zhu Cihong said was quite reasonable.

Even if Zhang Xianzhong really saw through Zhu Cihong's plot, he actually had no way to fight back against Zhu Cihong.

"If Li Dingguo is a really smart person, then he shouldn't have met Ben Gong from the very beginning. From the moment he decided to meet Ben Gong, the whole thing was doomed."

Zhu Cihong doesn't think it's outrageous to use countermeasures. On the contrary, this is a war, and a war will kill people.

As a commander, what Zhu Cihong has to do is to win the victory and at the same time, let the people on his side die less.

The ancestors of the Chinese people had already spoken about this matter thousands of years ago.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dingguo were able to sneak attack Zuo Liangyu's lair, so couldn't Zhu Cihong use a countermeasure?

Gao Dejie said: "If Zhang Xianzhong is really fooled, what do you think they will do?"

Zhu Cilang smiled and said: "Actually, I don't know exactly what they will do, but one thing is for sure, as long as they are really fooled, they will definitely respond. All we have to do is to keep a close eye on them. Every move in and out of Jiujiang City, and try to deal with them as soon as they react."

At this moment, Fang Gongqian hurried in and reported a message.

"His Royal Highness, our sentry has just observed that a fleet has come out of Jiujiang City and is going down the river. I don't know where it will land."

After hearing the news, Gao Dejie was taken aback, Zhu Cihong's expression was calm.

"His Royal Highness, you are really good at predicting events." Gao Dejie couldn't help but sigh.

Zhu Cihong laughed, and said very seriously: "Can our water army stop them?"

Gao Dejie shook his head: "Your Highness, our navy is mainly drawn from the Jiangnan area. Since many local people are unwilling to cooperate, it is said that our ships are relatively limited. At present, our navy is indeed Not Zhang Xianzhong's opponent."

The so-called many local people actually refer to the families of local wealthy businessmen and officials in the south of the Yangtze River who were arrested and sentenced by Shi Kefa during the purge storm.

Although it is said that Zhu Cihong used thunderous means to defeat each of them in the shortest winter, and wiped out most of the families in the south of the Yangtze River, but this kind of sweeping is actually still on the surface.

The main members of these families may have been arrested, but their strength and connections are still intertwined in Jiangnan.

They really have no ability to rebel, but they can still secretly hinder the imperial court.

Gao Dejie originally thought that Zhu Cihong would be very angry, but he didn't expect Zhu Cihong to be completely unmoved, but said calmly: "It doesn't matter if the navy can't beat it. Judging from the current situation, this team is very likely to be defeated. It was under the command of Li Dingguo. So this should be what I guessed with General Gao just now, and it came from Li Dingguo's actions."

Gao Dejie nodded repeatedly, thinking that Zhu Cihong's guess was very reasonable, so he asked, "Then what does Your Highness think we should do now?"

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly and said: "If my guess is not wrong, Li Dingguo should think that as long as he comes out to win a battle, he can shatter Zhang Xianzhong's suspicion of him before. On the other hand, if Li Dingguo loses this time, Zhang Xianzhong will be more suspicious of him, won't he?"

Gao Dejie thought for a while and said, "Although that's what I said, but Li Dingguo himself is also a person with great military talent. He will definitely choose a place that is more sure of victory to land before launching an attack."

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "It doesn't matter. Send all our Musketeers out. No matter where he lands, I need at least 3000 Musketeers to appear in front of him within an hour. Do you understand?"

The 1 muskets and the large number of ammunition that Zhu Cihong obtained from the system are not just a joke!
(End of this chapter)