"No!" Xu Yixian answered immediately after hearing this. Just when Zhang Xianzhong wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he added, "But it should be not far away!"

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately asked, "What's going on?"

After hearing this, Xu Yixian sighed first, and then replied: "The way the court can destroy our morale is really hard to guard against and it is difficult to resist! If this continues, it will be a matter of time sooner or later!"

Zhang Xianzhong had never experienced such a strange way of fighting before. When he heard that the military advisor had no choice, he was worried and asked in a tentative tone: "What should I do? Just fight now, or... run?"

In fact, he has his own answers. If he has the confidence to be able to fight, he would not say he will run away.

Although he also wants to have his own territory, he feels that he can't beat his opponent, and he is a fool if he doesn't run away!

When Xu Yixian heard this, he wanted to answer, but heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming from outside.

Without anyone notifying him in advance, only a few people have this privilege.

Turning around, he saw Sun Kewang coming with a serious expression and entering the lobby.

When Zhang Kewang saw it, he was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Why did you run over if you don't look at the North Line?"

Sun Kewang was sent out by him to guard against the imperial army in the north, just as Li Dingguo was sent by him to Huangzhou Prefecture to guard against the main force of the imperial court from the east.

After hearing this, Sun Kewang did not answer immediately, but instead signaled to him sideways, and saw two personal guards behind him, escorting a man with a tied man in.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xianzhong was a little confused. Judging from this person's outfit, he should be from his own army. What's going on?

When Xu Yixian saw it, he thought that like Li Dingguo, he was trying to escape to the deserters of the government army. What did he do to bring him here? He just killed him and showed him the public.

Sun Kewang had a very serious expression. He pointed at the man tied up with his finger and said to Zhang Xianzhong: "Enjoyed father, this man was confused by the crowd in the army. He was captured on the spot by the child. After being severely tortured, he confessed a big deal!"

"What's the big deal?" When Zhang Xianzhong and Xu Yixian were both surprised and asked almost at the same time.

Sun Kewang looked at Zhang Xianzhong and immediately replied: "He was Luo Rucai's subordinate. He did not flee back to the south, but was released by Duke Xing as an internal supporter. Like him, there should be many people in the army. The people in the army were panic, so these people played a great role!"

Upon hearing this news, Zhang Xianzhong and Xu Yixian couldn't help but look at each other. They never expected that the Duke Xingguo was so cunning that he had already begun to plan the south when he was still in Kaifeng.

They all remember that Luo Rucai, who escaped from Kaifeng, had a lot of people, and then they were digested by various divisions. At that time, they almost fought for it because these were Luo Rucai's elite subordinates, and everyone wanted them.

Doesn’t this mean that a large number of officials and soldiers have already sneaked into the army. Not only in Huguang, but also in the Fifth Battalion of the Left.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xianzhong immediately waved his hand and denied it: "This is impossible, how can we get so many internal advisers!"

"Master, maybe there is really!" Xu Yixian immediately gave a negative opinion. Seeing Zhang Xianzhong looking at him, he immediately reminded him: "Master, don't forget the "Regulations on the Pension and Preferential Treatment of Military Personnel in the Ming Dynasty". The treatment of the court's official army tonight is far from comparable before, and it is enough to attract many people to be moved!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong was silent.

He used to be a border army in Yulin Town. After violating military discipline, he became a constable and finally embarked on the road of rebellion. Therefore, he certainly knew that the court's just guarantee of military pay was enough to make many people from the border army moved, not to mention the "Regulations on the Pension and Preferential Treatment of Military Personnel of the Ming Dynasty".

Among Luo Rucai's troops who fled back, it is definitely impossible that they were all internal supporters of the imperial government army. However, judging from the current situation, there are probably many.

With so many people lurking in the army, it is definitely a very unstable situation, and it is easy to cause trouble at critical moments.

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly shrank slightly and he shouted coldly: "Immediately check all the soldiers, but I will kill all those who escaped after Luo Rucai was killed!"

His attitude was very obvious. He would rather kill the wrong one than let go.

Xu Yixian was shocked and quickly persuaded him: "King, if you do this, it will make the hearts of the soldiers below feel cold, and there may not be anyone who will come to surrender to us in the future!"

When Sun Kewang heard this, he sneered: "Then you can still take care of it. It is the main thing to pass the moment in front of you first! The idea that the adoptive father said is a good way to eliminate future troubles! Otherwise, keep them, if something happens in the future, can you bear this responsibility?"

Xu Yixian turned his head and looked at him and became silent.

Indeed, he cannot bear this responsibility.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Xianzhong stopped hesitating and immediately snorted: "Then do this, immediately investigate the army and kill one to warn a hundred!"

"Children obey the order!" When Sun Kewang heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and agreed.

Then, he immediately turned around and was about to leave quickly.

But who knew that when he arrived at the door of the lobby and was about to go out, he collided with a messenger running in.

The hurrying messenger came too quickly, and he didn't expect that he almost knocked him over.

The messenger came to his senses and saw that he was hit so hard that he was the adopted son of the king, the most famous Zhang Kewang, was immediately frightened.

However, he soon realized that his affairs were more important, so he ignored Sun Kewang, who looked annoyed, and immediately stepped inside and reported to Zhang Xianzhong: "The king is not good, Huangzhou Prefecture is collapsed!"

Originally, Zhang Xianzhong was going to scold the people, but now he has become king. He is so ignorant of etiquette. Do you think he was the thief in the past?

However, when he heard the messenger's words, he lost all his thoughts on scolding him. Instead, he confirmed in shock: "What, Huangzhou Prefecture is collapsed? Where is Dingguo?"

In his opinion, among his adopted sons, Li Dingguo was the most stable. Therefore, he asked Li Dingguo to guard Huangzhou Prefecture and resist the main force of the Ming army.

But unexpectedly, among the four adopted sons, it was Li Dingguo who thought that something would happen the most.

"I don't know, the imperial army has been coming here for a moment!"

The messenger's answer caught Zhang Xianzhong off guard.

Before, the imperial army slowly advanced. When they met him, they did not think of fighting directly, but instead stabilized the place and then bewitched his morale.

So he kept giving him the impression that the court officials were slowly trying to do it. Why did the attack suddenly become so fierce at this time? Did they not take charge of Huangzhou Prefecture after defeating Li Dingguo's troops and did not settle the prisoners, so they immediately attacked?

At this time, he couldn't think about what was going on in Li Dingguo. He obviously asked Xu Yixian what to do?

Xu Yixian was also confused. He came from Li Dingguo and was still fine at that time. Just like before, why did the government army launch a fierce attack as soon as he left?

Unable to figure it out, he hurriedly asked Zhang Xianzhong about the specific deployment of troops in Wuchang to discuss the situation.

Sun Kewang, who was stunned by the side, naturally joined the discussion immediately.

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Besides, for Zhang Mingwei, the imperial government army had been in stalemate in Huangzhou Prefecture for more than a month. The public opinion war was actually almost the same, and it was possible to fight. He believed that with the efforts he had put in more than a month on the opponent's thieves, they would never be able to resist with all their strength, let alone blocking the attack of his elite troops.

However, he didn't want to suffer too many casualties, so he was waiting for an opportunity.

The news came from the other side, the commander Zhang Dingguo turned a blind eye to the deserter, but the military advisor Xu Yixian was ruthless and maintained the military discipline of the bandits.

Therefore, when news came from the other side that Xu Yixian left Huangzhou Prefecture, Zhang Mingwei knew that it was the best time to attack Li Dingguo's troops without Xu Yixian.

Either don't move. Since you want to move, you must be as fast as the wind, rushing like fire, and shaking like thunder.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole.

The bandit army on the opposite side had actually been rife with public opinion wars. The sudden attacks launched by the imperial government and the internal support of the bandit army were supported by the bandit army, so there was no decent fight at all. However, wherever the government army went, they threw away their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

The rapid defeat made the lord Li Dingguo go out to see the news after hearing the news from his subordinates, and the imperial army had already entered the camp.

At this time, let alone counterattack, it is impossible to even convey orders downward.

Li Dingguo knew this well and knew that it was because all his soldiers did not want to fight with the imperial government troops, so he was defeated so quickly.

For this reason, he sighed and did not think about resisting. He immediately turned over and prepared to escape back to Wuchang Mansion and talked about it.

But who knew that at this moment, a personal guard under his command suddenly grabbed the reins of his horse head, looked up at him and said, "Wuchang Mansion must not be able to withstand the attack of the imperial government army. Why didn't the general surrender to the court directly and ask for a background?"

Hearing his words, the other guards were stunned and turned to look at him, looking a little incredible for a moment.

Li Dingguo was also confused. He did not expect that his personal guard would persuade him to surrender to the imperial army at this time!

Suddenly, his face darkened, and he immediately realized that there was something wrong with his personal guard, so he shouted coldly: "When did you surrender to the court?"

The guard didn't want to say so quickly, but when he heard that Li Dingguo had already asked this, he replied truthfully: "My brother escaped from Luo Rucai. He advised me to abandon the darkness and turn to the light and vote to the court."
Chapter completed!