The New Biography of Han Lingdi

Chapter 69 Convergence
"Okay, you boy, you came out in time." Seeing that the matter was almost resolved, Xue Rengui punched Yu Wencheng in the chest.

"Damn it, you came here pretty fast." Yu Wencheng said jokingly. "Did you see Li Congke?"

Yuwen Chengdu still hopes to find Li Congke, otherwise this time will always be a little imperfect.

"The two generals are really brave and invincible." Liu Long also came at this time. They had just returned after chasing some fleeing soldiers.

"Report, the three generals did not find Li Congke." Yu Wencheng was in the room watching the rebel generals who were shot into hedgehogs.The person sent to find Li Congke came back and reported.

Now that Li Congke had disappeared, there was no sign of him at all, even after turning the whole place upside down, he was still missing.

"Does anyone outside know where Li Congke has gone?" Liu Long asked Liu Xiong.

"No one. I have asked many people. They all said that they didn't know why the generals in the camp were arguing. Before they could react, we came, so they didn't know where Li Congke had gone." Liu Xiong said.

"Looks like Li Congke ran away this time." Liu Long said unwillingly.

"It's okay, he will be caught sooner or later." Yu Wencheng said.He believed that Li Congke would definitely return to Li Maozhen's place, as long as they went to Li Maozhen's place, they would have a chance to catch Li Congke,
It was the first time in Liu Long's life that he had been besieged for so many days and even killed so many soldiers and horses this time, and he felt humiliated.

"Withdraw the troops, gather the rebels outside and deal with it after General Murong arrives." Murong Han is now the tallest person in Liangzhou's counter-insurgency army, and Murong Han must make this decision.

Where is Li Congke now?Now Li Congke is wearing a shabby clothes, walking towards Li Maozhen, he is no longer the same person as when he was high-spirited a few days ago, now he is a bereaved dog.

The soldiers he brought didn't want to follow him anymore. Just after they came out, they found that the Han army was coming to attack them. They stayed in a cemetery for a night, and only started to escape after they felt that they were almost done.

After they escaped with Li Congke, several people discussed it and decided to take everything from Li Congke, including money, at night.

So now there is no one around Li Congke, he has been abandoned by everyone, and he doesn't even know how Li Maozhen will treat him if he returns to Li Maozhen's place?
These are all unknown things, but Li Congke could only go back with her head held high.Otherwise, he would starve to death outside. Even if he didn't starve to death, he would be caught by the Han army and disposed of.So it's better to gamble once, betting on Li Maozhen has a little friendship.

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After the war, Shanglu City entered into peace. Because the army expanded to more than 1 people, they could not all enter Shanglu City. Therefore, most of the troops were stationed outside the city, because Xue Rengui and Yuwen Chengdu were afraid of causing some problems.

In this way, a few days later, Li Keyong and Murong Han led the main army to Shanglu City, and [-] soldiers and horses were assembled.

"Thank you." After Murong Han and Li Ke used it, they saw the dilapidated city walls and almost demolished houses in the city. Murong Han knew that this battle to defend the city would be difficult.

"This is General Liu Long who is guarding the city," Xue Rengui introduced. The more important person here? .

"General Liu Long led his soldiers and horses to defend here for two days, resisting the enemy's attack forcefully." Xue Rengui continued.

"Thank you for your hard work, I will definitely pay tribute to His Majesty," Murong Han said.

"This is Liu Bao, Liu Xiong, the younger brother of General Liu Long. He also contributed a lot in this war," Xue Rengui continued,

"A fierce general." Murong Han was not stingy with his compliments, and he always praised the three brothers of the Liu family.

Almost later, several people entered the city to discuss the next step. The enemy's plan to attack Shanglu City to obtain food failed, and their food could not last for many days.In addition, the [-] troops were defeated by them here, and the rebel army's morale was shaken. The next step must be an even crazier move.
So they have to discuss it carefully.

"I think if you should wait to send troops now, if you send troops now, will it cause them to unite the rebels. If we are later, because of the problem of food and grass, they will definitely have cracks, so my suggestion is to wait ,” Li Keyong expressed his opinion.

"However, if you just keep waiting, I'm afraid that the imperial court will not satisfy His Majesty." Murong Han also thought of confronting Li Maozhen.

But in the imperial court, they have long been dissatisfied with sending Li Keyong and Murong Han to quell the rebellion this time. If they do not stop, people in the imperial court may attack them and cause them to be dismissed.

Li Keyong and Liu Long don't need to think about these things, but Murong Han has to think about them. He is the main general, and he must control the whole situation.Fortunately, he should protect the interests of his subordinates. If this is not done well, Murong Han will have almost no chance of leading the army in the future.

After hearing Murong Han's words, several other people also thought of this question.I stopped talking.

"I will write a letter to His Majesty. No matter what the consequences are, I will bear it alone. Now everyone arranges troops in the city close to the rebels in Hanyang County, and tells them that if the city is breached, come and see them." Murong Han said, his The idea is to defend, as long as the enemy cannot get food from them and surround them, there are only two consequences inside them.

The first army was in chaos.The second is to solve the food problem, rob the people of food, and the people are in chaos. No matter what the consequences are, it is beneficial to the big man. Of course, the second one may be more ruthless, but kindness does not control soldiers. This principle has existed since ancient times. Those who don't can be soft-hearted.Otherwise, it will be the troops below him that are affected.

"Understood." Several generals said, Murong Han looked at Liu Long, Yue Fei, Xue Rengui, Wu Yunzhao, Yuwen Chengdu, Li Keyong, Li Siyuan, Xin Wenli, Li Sizhao and others below, "Please," Murong Han said. They made a salute.

The price they have to pay for defending the city is definitely not small, but if they attack Hanyang County, the rebels will definitely unite as one. At this time, their losses will be huge, so big that everyone can't accept it. Maybe, Few people will go back alive, so they decided to choose a less costly method.

(End of this chapter)