Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 162 False and True

"Your Majesty, did you just let Li Dingguo go? In fact, there is no need to bet with him. Now that he has been captured alive, His Majesty spent some time trying to figure it out with emotion and reason. Even a rock can be warmed up. Li Ding must be The Congress sincerely submits to the Ming Dynasty. Why bother?"

Xia Wanchun watched Li Dingguo's army leave and felt that the emperor did too much.

Li Cunming said: "Whether it is a country or a single person, it is easy to defeat and difficult to conquer! Siege is the bottom, and the heart is the top. I have always adhered to this principle. I want Kyushu Wanfang to recognize me as the emperor from the heart, and I am willing to accept me as the emperor." dynasty's rule."

"I understand." Xia Wanchun nodded and asked again, "As the saying goes, one learns from every experience. Li Dingguo is a brave and resourceful man. It will be difficult to capture him alive. Your Majesty, what do you plan to do?"

"My nephew is lighting lanterns as usual!" Li Cunming said with a smile.

It took Xia Wanchun a while to realize, and he shouted: "Should we still use a quarrel? Your Majesty, if a tactic is used twice in a row, a fool will not be fooled, let alone Li Dingguo!"

"That depends on the level of the person who uses the plan!" Li Cunming smiled slightly, and looked up at the sky, "The fake is true when it is fake, and the fake is also true when it is fake. Let Li Dingguo fall into my hands in a daze."

"So what to do?"

"Send troops to attack Jinning!" Li Cunming raised his whip, Mubutai neighed, and rushed down the high slope.

But Li Dingguo's face was ashen on the way back to the camp. The soldiers had never seen General Li so depressed and so stern.

Li Dingguo was aggrieved and depressed, since he joined the army for more than ten years, has he ever been a prisoner?To be captured alive by Chongzhen this time is a great shame and humiliation!
What made him even more depressed was Sun Kewang's suspicion.The separation between brothers is really sad. An indescribable emotion permeates my heart, thicker than the red clouds in the sky.

Back in the camp, in order to avoid deepening Sun Kewang's suspicion, Li Dingguo never mentioned his bet with Chongzhen, but said: "I have been attacking Chengjiang County for a long time, and I am worried about losing troops, so I withdraw my troops."

Li Dingguo's subordinates were also tight-lipped and spoke in unison, which did not arouse Feng Shuangli's suspicion.

Feng Shuangli smiled and said: "General Li, you have made your attitude clear, and you will report the truth to the king eventually. There are occasional frictions between brothers, which is normal. Once explained, they are still good brothers!"

Li Dingguo said: "That's good. Brothers working together can defeat gold! General Feng, I still say the same thing. There is a huge disparity in strength between us and Chongzhen. We cannot fight head-on. We have to rely on the terrain to fight a defensive battle."

Feng Shuangli cupped his hands and said, "General Li has the final say!"

Li Dingguo was originally benevolent and generous, but seeing Feng Shuangli's attitude was not bad, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared, and he cheered up and continued to serve the Daxi Army.

He thought to himself: "Although our army has only 3 horses, we are backed by mountains and rivers, and occupy a favorable location. As long as we don't get too hot-headed and make faint moves, it will be a hard bone that will give Chongzhen a headache! Chongzhen, if I don't go down the mountain, besides forcibly attacking, you can also fight against me." Can you catch me alive?"

After making up his mind, Li Dingguo paid special attention to the defense of the military camp and made many adjustments to transform Liangwang Mountain into an impregnable fortress.At the same time, he inspected the navy many times and personally took a boat to the island in the middle of the lake. Everything was arranged perfectly.

Even Feng Shuangli couldn't help but praise Li Dingguo many times when he read it and wrote to Sun Kewang to report on military affairs.

The Ming army in Chengjiang County remained silent and did not come to attack Liangwang Mountain.A few days later, news came that the Ming army had left Chengjiang and stormed Jinning.

Feng Shuangli laughed contemptuously and said: "Chongzhen is poor, and he still plays that old trick, coax a three-year-old child to go!"

Li Dingguo also tends to think that Chongzhen is using a divorce scheme again, or wants to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and lure him down the mountain to capture him alive again.He decided to ignore it, and even laughed in his heart that Chongzhen was too naive.

However, there was a steady stream of news from the direction of Jinning that the Ming army's attack was very fierce, and the army guarding Jinning was almost overwhelmed.Soon, Sun Kewang sent envoys to ask Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli to support Jinning.

Feng Shuangli became nervous, and shouted: "Oh, it turns out that Chongzhen's fake show was real, and he was really attacking Jinning. We were fooled!"

Li Dingguo rubbed his temples, and said: "Chongzhen cleverly took advantage of our defensiveness. He guessed that we would learn a lesson after suffering a loss, and would not go down the mountain to launch an attack easily. There was no pressure in Chengjiang County, so he dispatched a large army to attack Jinning calmly. "

"If so, this trick is really powerful. But why do I think it's another conspiracy?"

Feng Shuangli said: "How can you see it?"

Li Dingguo suspected that Chongzhen was cheating again. The reason was very simple, because there was a bet between the two of them.No matter what Chongzhen did, it was very likely that he would come for Li Dingguo.

However, this matter is too sensitive, and Li Dingguo couldn't explain it to Feng Shuangli. He thought for a while and said, "Jinning has fallen, and Kunming is at stake. We have to pay attention to it. But be careful if you are sailing for thousands of years. We must first confirm whether Chongzhen is using fraudulent tactics, and judge After clarifying the situation, make calculations."

"But how can we confirm whether Chongzhen is playing tricks or tricks?" Feng Shuangli is a good flatterer, but he is a bit powerless to lead troops in battle.

"I have my own calculations!"

Li Dingguo immediately called a few spies, told them a lot, and told them to go out to find out the news immediately.

First, the spies who sneaked into Chengjiang County came back and reported: "To General Li, there are not many Ming troops left in Chengjiang County. There are at most 5000 people. The main force of the Ming army has really gone to Jinning."

"Is Chongzhen still in Chengjiang County?" Li Dingguo asked.

"Speaking of this is even more ridiculous. Chongzhen asked someone to pretend to be the emperor. He wore a dragon robe and showed up in Chengjiang County all day long. Confused our army and stabilized the hearts of the people in the city."

Feng Shuangli interjected: "How do you know that the emperor is not Chongzhen himself?"

The spy said: "A few days ago, I went down the mountain with General Li to attack Chengjiang County. I saw Chongzhen's appearance, and I remember it clearly. There is absolutely no mistake."

"Oh, you Chongzhen, here is a plan to escape the golden cicada! Originally, we used 3 men to hold back the Ming army's 5000 troops, but now it's the Ming army's [-] men who hold us back. How abominable!" Feng Shuangli Cursed.

Li Dingguo did not express his position and waited patiently for the spy sent to Jinning to return.On the third day, all the spies came back and they confirmed the news that the main force of the Ming army was attacking Jinning.

Li Dingguo asked: "How can you tell that the main force of the Ming army is in Jinning?"

A spy replied: "I saw the Ming army attacking Jinning City with my own eyes. There were huge crowds of people, heavy artillery fire, and the battle was extremely tragic."

A spy added: "According to General Li's prior instructions, I paid special attention to the number of tents in the Ming army camp, which was estimated to be no less than 10; The army consumes a lot of food and grass every day, enough to feed [-] people."

Feng Shuangli stood up abruptly, and said decisively: "There is no need to doubt, all signs show that Chongzhen did lead the main force to Jinning, and the soldiers in Chengjiang County are suspicious soldiers! Oh, it's not too late, hurry up and rescue Jinning, it's too late It's too late!"

If the Ming army bypasses Yuxi and takes Jinning, they can drive straight into the city of Kunming, and the 3 troops of Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli will lose their strategic significance, just like a decoration.

What's even more terrible is that there were only 9 Daxi troops entering Yunnan. Liu Wenxiu went to Lufeng and took away [-] soldiers. There were [-] soldiers here in Yuxi and [-] soldiers in Jinning. This meant that there were only [-] soldiers in Kunming even if they were full. !

The Ming army was several times larger than the Kunming city defenders. What did Sun Kewang use to defend the city?
Li Dingguo gasped, and secretly scolded Chongzhen for being too cunning.He took a few steps, calmed down and said, "General Feng, you take the [-] soldiers of your headquarters to rescue Jinning first..."

"What about you?" Feng Shuangli asked hastily.

"There are still [-] Ming troops in Chengjiang County. I'm worried that they will cover up the killing from behind, so I want to pull out this nail to prevent future troubles!" Li Dingguo said.

Feng Shuangli nodded and said: "That's good. Only after we have solved our worries can we do our best to rescue Jinning. General Li, I will take the first step. Please come and join us as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry, Chengjiang County will definitely be captured within a day. Maybe I will catch up with you before General Feng arrives in Jinning."

The two of them had already discussed and made a decision, they did not dare to delay for a moment, and acted immediately.Feng Shuangli led his men to Jinning in a hurry, while Li Dingguo went down the mountain again to attack Chengjiang County.

At noon, the battle started.

Li Dingguo carefully noticed that there were indeed only 5000 Ming troops defending the city at most.Unexpectedly, although the number of Ming troops defending the city was small, their fighting spirit was very tenacious. This battle was extremely difficult.

However, this completely dispelled his doubts. If the Ming army defending the city collapsed at the first touch, he would inevitably be paranoid.The more desperately the Ming army resisted, the more they showed that they were unwilling to give up Chengjiang County, and the more it proved that their decision to attack this city was correct.

From noon to evening, Li Dingguo lost more than 2000 people.Finally, the Great Western Army formed a death squad and used explosives to blow up a city wall, and the soldiers rushed in like a tide.

The Ming army fled to the city. Li Dingguo stared at the fake emperor and chased after him. He thought to himself that this person is qualified to act as the emperor's substitute, and he should also be an important minister. If he is captured, he will be done.

After chasing into the school field, the Ming army suddenly stopped.Li Dingguo felt bad all of a sudden, why did the Ming army swarm into the school grounds, shouldn't escaping be scattered everywhere?
"No, I'm afraid I've been fooled..." His heart sank.

At this moment, the doors of the private houses near the school grounds were suddenly opened, and many people ran out and surrounded the school grounds from all directions.

These people are all dressed up as ordinary people, but they hold sophisticated weapons in their hands, and they are strong and healthy, with fierce eyes gleaming. The fierceness in their eyes is clearly the result of soldiers who have killed people on the battlefield. ready!

"General Li, we meet again!"

A familiar voice came, and Li Dingguo looked at Dianjiangtai. At some point, Emperor Chongzhen stood on it with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)