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355 The Courage of Duke Xingguo

If the provincial capital of Sichuan, the king of Shu was captured by bandits, all the military and political officials in Sichuan were destroyed, and another king of Shu was taken over, if Sun Chuanting said there was no pressure, it would be absolutely false.

It’s just that he can recognize the situation, know which one is more important, and what consequences may be caused by blind rescue. He is better able to withstand pressure than other officials.

If it were before, Li Zicheng's troops gathered heavy troops on both the Eastern and Southern lines, which made Sun Chuanting feel unsure and did not know what extent the offensive of Li Zicheng's troops was. Therefore, in that case, it was impossible for him to send troops, mainly to protect the Shu Road.

But the situation has developed to the present moment, Li Zicheng's troops on the Eastern and Southern lines have finally exposed their fangs and attacked Baoning Mansion. However, no matter what, he blocked it, and the war entered a stalemate stage.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting knew what kind of combat power Li Zicheng's men were.

At this time, the uncertainty in Chengdu Prefecture made Sun Chuanting worried.

After thinking about it, after estimating the strength of his troops, he decided to send a reinforcement army to reinforce Chengdu Prefecture.

In the lobby, Sun Chuanting told General Gao Ruli with a serious face, "This time I go to rescue Chengdu, be careful along the way. If the official expected it is not bad, either the thief will fight to block it and prevent you from rushing to Chengdu; or the thief will ambush you halfway."

The situation in Sichuan is really bad. If there is a choice, Gao Ruli would not dare to reinforce Chengdu. However, Sun Chuanting had already ordered his general, so he had no choice.

At this time, Gao Ruli heard Sun Chuanting’s explanation and secretly complained in his heart, so he quickly asked for instructions: “Governor, what if Chengdu has fallen?”

"If it has fallen, there is no need to fight and withdraw immediately." Sun Chuanting replied without hesitation. However, he changed his subject and then explained, "But if Chengdu still insists, you cannot give up. After entering the city, you will tell Governor Chen and His Highness the King of Shu that if they persevere until the beginning of spring, Duke Xingguo's reinforcements will definitely arrive!"

Hearing this, Gao Ruli said with a sad face: "But, now we have to wait until the beginning of spring and the ice and snow melt. It will take at least more than a month for Shu Road to pass through the army, right? If Chengdu cannot hold on, can we withdraw to Baoning Mansion?"

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting sighed in his heart. It’s true that it’s been a bit long!

However, on the surface, he still had a serious expression and said with a cold face: "Do you think the thieves will let you escape to Baoning? As long as you leave the protection of the Chengdu city wall, how can you block the thieves' siege? So, don't even think about this kind of thought. No matter what, you will persist until the beginning of the next spring, and the reinforcements of the imperial court arrived."

Gao Ruli was very helpless when he heard this. He knew that he could not bargain too much in front of Sun Chuanting. This person was a cruel man. He was not the same as before. His head was still chopped off by him!

So he had to agree, then turned around and prepared to prepare.

But at this moment, Sun Chuanting's personal guard Sun Wu rushed into the lobby. Li ignored Gao Ruli, clasped his fists and reported to Sun Chuanting excitedly: "Master, the Duke of the State has sent someone!"

When he heard this, the few people in the lobby were stunned. The first reaction was that he suspected that he had heard it wrong!

Even Sun Chuanting, who had always been expressionless, showed surprise and confirmed: "Has the Duke sent someone to come? Where?"

When he asked, he saw another person appearing outside, his servant Sun Da, who looked sideways, obviously leading someone in.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were staring at the gate.

I saw a tall man in plain clothes joining Sun Da. Needless to say, this person was naturally Liu Jin sent by Zhang Mingwei.

At this time, without Sun Da’s introduction, he could know what the people in the lobby were from his clothes. So he took out his waist sign and said, "I am Liu Jin, a hundred household of the Jinyiwei, and I came to deliver a letter to the three-sided governor Sun, under the order of Duke Xingguo.

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he was obviously overjoyed and quickly stood up from his seat, introduced himself as if he was superficial: "I am the governor of the Three Countries."

Of course, Liu Jin knew that the one who wore the crimson official robe here could not be anyone other than the three-sided governor.

However, there were other people in the lobby. Liu Jin turned around and looked at the general standing beside him.

When Gao Ruli heard this, he quickly introduced himself excitedly. He felt that his military order might change and he didn't have to take risks.

Seeing that there was no outsider in the lobby, Liu Jin took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Sun Da with both hands.

Sun Da quickly took it, took two steps, and immediately sent it to Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting also acted very quickly. After checking the hot paint seal, he immediately took it apart and started to look.

Gao Ruli kept staring at Sun Chuanting's face, hoping for some good news.

However, Sun Chuanting, who was looking at the letter, suddenly frowned. After reading it, he seemed to read it again, then put down the letter, looked at Liu Jin and asked: "It's too risky to do this. What if a mutiny is triggered? It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate!"

When he heard this, although Gao Ruli didn't guess what was said in the letter, he knew that it was definitely not a good thing. So a hopeful heart was broken.

Liu Jin was a little surprised when he heard Sun Chuanting's words, and then said proudly: "Don't worry, Governor, the Duke has his own sense of responsibility, how could he incite a mutiny!"

When Gao Ruli heard this, his face immediately turned from gloomy to sunny, and he showed a look of expectation.

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "Most of the Duke's subordinates should be thieves who have just been reorganized and recruited! Don't the Duke know that these thieves are all arrogant and disrespectful. It's really dangerous to let them take such a big risk."

"Haha!" Liu Jin couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "That's someone else. My Duke led his troops, which is different from others! After recruiting the amnesty, the soldiers were convinced of the Duke, so how could they be arrogant and disrespectful!"

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting frowned even tighter.

When it comes to his ability to lead troops, Sun Chuanting believed that he was also in the Ming Dynasty. Even if Duke Xingguo was stronger than him, he would never be much stronger!

In fact, Sun Chuanting has never conquered anyone in leading the army!

Therefore, in his opinion, the Jinyiwei Baihu said this, just flattering Duke Xingguo!

If it is normal, Sun Chuanting will not care.

After all, Xingguo Duke is in power, so flattering him is nothing. But now it is a matter of military affairs, so it is not time to cater to Shangguan!

Therefore, although Sun Chuanting heard Liu Jin's words, he did not believe it at all. He immediately said coldly: "It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate, you can return to Hanzhong immediately..."

When he said this, he finally came to his senses and immediately asked in surprise: "Did you come from Hanzhong?"

Isn’t this nonsense?

Liu Jin thought so in his heart and nodded.

"It's easy to leave on the Taurus Road?" Sun Chuanting immediately asked after hearing this.

Hearing this, Gao Ruli finally guessed that Duke Xingguo was going to come to Sichuan through the Snow on the Taurus Road?

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise, his face full of incredible feelings... This is impossible! It's not just one or two people coming over, but a large army is coming!

When Liu Jin heard Sun Chuanting’s question, he closed his smile and said, “It’s hard to leave, you must be very careful!”

"How did the Duke of the Kingdom lead the troops here?" Sun Chuanting said with a deep face when he heard this, "It's not a joke for the large army to march."

After hearing this, Liu Jin immediately replied seriously: "The Duke said that the affairs of the world cannot be generalized! Some troops are good at creating miracles. If they are humans, we are not humans? In short, things are done by humans! Fully prepare, the road to Shu, there is nothing that cannot be conquered."

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting immediately remembered the past when the famous Wei general Deng Ai attacked Chengdu in Yinpingdao during the Three Kingdoms period. That time, no one thought that the army would come from there, because there was no road in some places, and the soldiers had to roll down from the mountain wrapped in blankets. In this way, Deng Ai successfully arrived in Chengdu and destroyed Shu.

In fact, what Zhang Mingwei refers to was not Deng Ai's army, but the army in later generations. Not to mention the arduous conditions, but under the siege of the enemy, he still climbed up snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands and created miracles.

Compared to these seniors, Zhang Mingwei did not think that passing Shu Road would be even more difficult than that time.

Of course, Sun Chuanting could not know about this. However, he misunderstood that it was Deng Ai's army, and the meaning was similar.

At this time, Sun Chuanting still wanted to persuade Duke Xingguo to force his subordinates to do this, how could the thieves under his command agree?

However, Liu Jin might have seen that Sun Chuanting still did not understand. So he said seriously: "The Duke said that this letter is not an agreement, but a notice. The Governor must follow the implementation and not be wrong!"

Although Sun Chuanting is the governor of the three sides, Zhang Mingwei is the director of the world army and the commander of the Jinyiwei. No matter which aspect, he has the right to take charge of Sun Chuanting's side.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but feel helpless and sighed: "The Duke of the State is so risky, but the military order has been issued, so I should follow it."

Speaking of this, he sighed again rarely, "The Duke of the State has really fought to save Shu!"

If Duke Xingguo waited until the beginning of spring to march into Shu, no one could say that Duke Xingguo delayed the military operation. However, Duke Guo still decided to take risks. This courage forced Sun Chuanting to sigh.

So he began to adapt the deployment immediately according to Duke Xingguo's explanation in his letter.
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