When he heard that Hao Yaoqi was back, Li Zicheng and Song Xiance couldn't sit still, so he immediately went out and wanted to know what the comprehensive and specific situation in Chengdu was like?

However, when they arrived at the top of the city and saw that Hao Yaoqi was only following more than a thousand cavalrymen behind him, they really couldn't believe their eyes. They always felt that the others were behind, just behind and would see them again soon.

However, when Hao Yaoqi came to the top of the city and knelt down on one knee to apologize to Li Zicheng, they had never seen any subsequent soldiers.

"It's only... there's only such a little person?" Li Zicheng opened his eyes wide, showed an incredible expression on his face, and stared at Hao Yaoqi and asked.

Hao Yaoqi did not dare to look directly into Li Zicheng's eyes, lowered his head and replied, "It should be that there is only so much!"

His words were like a heavy punch, hitting Li Zicheng's heart, making him look like a star.

You know, Hao Yaoqi brought nearly 100,000 troops, even the elite troops, all of which were 20,000 to 30,000. As a result, only more than 1,000 cavalry came back, which was different from the annihilation of the entire army!

When Li Zicheng came up, he wanted to kick Hao Yaoqi's head: "Waste, waste, why are you going back? I want...I want to kill you..."

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Song Xiance hurriedly hugged Li Zicheng from behind, and used his strength to hug Li Zicheng. At the same time, he shouted and reminded Li Zicheng: "Good General, please calm down, the most important thing at the moment is to figure out the situation of the war and figure out the situation of the war!"

Hearing this, Li Zicheng woke up a little a little and stopped exerting force. However, he didn't want to pay attention to Hao Yaoqi, but just gasped and tried hard to calm the anger in his heart.

When Song Xiance saw that he was not struggling, he let him go, looked at Hao Yaoqi at the same time, and asked quickly: "What is the situation? How could he be defeated so miserably? Could it be that the reinforcements of the court... were he led?"

Although he did not say who "he" was, Hao Yaoqi understood and immediately nodded, "It was Duke Xingguo who suddenly led 50,000 cavalry to appear. Zuo Liangyu's men collapsed first, affecting our army, and... it was because of the heavy losses!"

This is the truth and the reason to give Li Zicheng an explanation. This is the answer that Hao Yaoqi had already thought of when he was on the road.

When he heard this, Li Zicheng, who was furious next to him, turned pale. Whatever he was most worried about was something that he actually appeared.

That Duke Xingguo is already the number one high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty. Why did he still fight so hard? Aren’t he afraid of falling and losing his life when he crosses the Shu Road?

Damn, he is such a lunatic, so hardworking! The world is not his, and he is not the emperor's son, or the emperor's son, so what?

He was thinking that Song Xiance had come back to his senses first, and then asked Hao Yaoqi, "Where is Tian Jianxiu? Where is the Tian Jianxiu brothers? Could it be that they died in battle?"

Tian Jianxiu is also a general under Li Zicheng. In terms of importance, he is much more important than Li Laiheng, who has just grown up.

When Hao Yaoqi heard this, he thought that what he should come was still coming, and it was impossible to hide it anyway, so he replied in a low voice: "He said he missed home!"

"What? What did you say?" When Song Xiance heard this, he didn't know if he could not believe it, or if Hao Yaoqi's voice was too light, and he didn't hear it clearly, so he immediately confirmed, "What's wrong with him? What did he say?"

After hearing this, Hao Yaoqi thought to himself [Gucheng Reading www.guchengdushu.com], as he wanted to say anything, so he simply raised his voice and replied: "He said that he missed home and didn't want to run away anymore, so he didn't come back with him."

Thinking of the fact that we were all in front of so many people at that time, he added: "At that time, we all escaped with more than 3,000 cavalrymen, but he still chose to stay."

"You are a pig. You won't chop him up and bring him back?" Li Zicheng heard it from the side and couldn't help but roar, "Traitor, why don't you kill him if you dare to betray me?"

Of course, Hao Yaoqi had already thought about the words, raised his head, looked at Li Zicheng, and smiled bitterly, "The General should know that he and I will not fight for dozens of rounds to decide the outcome. And if we really want to harm others, he can attack me. In addition, among the more than three thousand cavalry brothers, at least two thousand brothers chose to go with him. How can I kill him? It is probably because of the brotherly relationship that I want me back!"

"..." Hearing this, Li Zicheng was stunned.

Thinking that if Hao Yaoqi said, he would be able to return more than a thousand cavalrymen, he would still have to thank the traitor with thick eyebrows and big eyes?

When Li Zicheng thought of this, he felt his chest tight and panicked.

Then, he immediately thought that even the old brothers who had followed Tian Jianxiu for many years surrendered to Duke Xingguo. What should I do about the next battle? Will there be more brothers in the army who will surrender to Duke Xingguo? By the way, Li Guo, he would definitely smile proudly when he knew about this!

The more Li Zicheng thought about it, the more he became more and more uncomfortable he felt. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and vomited out an old blood.

Hao Yaoqi was looking at him, and suddenly, he sprayed something like this, and immediately subconsciously avoided his head, but the mouth of old blood still sprayed on him.

It was only then that they realized that Li Zicheng was so angry that he vomited blood.

So, a scream rang out: "General, General..."

Song Xiance even helped Li Zicheng as soon as possible, and then shouted that he wanted to find a doctor. On the top of the city, both the guards and their personal guards were in chaos.

Li Zicheng himself felt a little more comfortable after spitting out such a mouthful of old blood. Then he pushed Song Xiance away and shouted coldly: "I'm fine!"

Then, he took two steps forward, helped Hao Yaoqi up, and said to him with sincerity: "Good brother, if you can come back, you will be the Iron Brother in the future. This war is not your fault. Let's go and have a good rest first!"

When Hao Yaoqi heard this, he felt very ashamed and felt a little sorry for Li Zicheng's trust, so he hurriedly said, "General, I..."

"Needless to say!" Li Zicheng interrupted him before he finished speaking, "No one expected that the Duke of Dog would venture into Shu before the beginning of spring. The incident happened suddenly, and even Liu Zongmin didn't know it, and he couldn't give you a warning letter. I had known that Zuo Liangyu, that dog thing, had long known that he was not the target of the alliance. It was his duty to pull his back. I had seen it many times before."

After saying so much, he solemnly said: "I won't blame you for this battle!"

After hearing this, Hao Yaoqi became more ashamed, and under the persuasion of Li Zicheng, he went down to rest first.

Then, Li Zicheng turned around and said to Song Xiance: "You can settle down those brothers who have escaped, and I will be alone!"

It felt like it was time to survive and die again, and Li Zicheng showed his heroic nature again, no longer had so much confidence, and restored some of his early characteristics.

Seeing him like this, Song Xiance was a little surprised, but after coming back to his senses, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved, so he immediately took the order and left in a hurry.

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About an hour later, Song Xiance came back with a serious expression.

When Li Zicheng, who was thinking alone, saw him, he asked him, "Have you settled?"

Song Xiance nodded, and then reported to Li Zicheng seriously: "General, I discovered a situation. Those who escaped, including Hao Yaoqi, all have children in Chongqing."

Speaking of this, he stopped talking. The implication was very obvious. It was probably very likely that these people who escaped were not because they valued brotherhood, but because they had to come back because they had a small family here.

Hearing this situation, Li Zicheng, who had obviously calmed down, did not show any surprises and nodded and said, "I have thought of this!"

When he was alone just now, he was thinking about a question, which was how to deal with the attack of the imperial army of the Xingguo Duke.

There is always a shield when there is a spear. Whether it is the tip of the spear or the thick shield, it exists in short.

Li Zicheng is not a truly incompetent person, and he can finally figure out the solution.

Afterwards, he discussed with Song Xiance for a while and issued several military orders.

1. He sent an order to Liu Zongmin, but he led the main force to retreat. Since the reinforcements of the imperial court had already come to Shu, it would be meaningless to attack Baoning Mansion and try to control the Shu Road.

Second, the Lizhi Road and the Micang Road that they had mastered, he asked Yuan Zongdi and Gao Yigong to lead troops to test separately to see if they could open up the other side of the two Shu roads. If possible, they could wait for an opportunity to rush to Qin and no longer limit themselves to Shu.

Third, he sent a command to He Jin and asked him to test the Ming army's defense line at the exit of the Yangtze River to see if he could open up the road to return to the Central Plains.

4. The main force withdrew to Chongqing for rest. After all, it took almost a winter to fight, and if it was not resting, it would be impossible to deal with the subsequent attack of the imperial army. Of course, there is another meaning. He did not say in the military order that he wanted to reorganize the team, remove or hide unreliable generals, or turn unreliable into reliable.

Afterwards, Li Zicheng not only sent a large number of young people to visit the horses in Chongqing to investigate the situation in Chengdu, he also took Song Xiance back to Chongqing.

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In Chongqing, Niu Jinxing was very surprised to see Li Zicheng rushing back suddenly. So he immediately reported that Lin Yangcheng and others had not yet started. However, Li Zicheng ignored this matter.

Instead, he immediately asked Niu Jinxing to find out all the small situations of the generals' families.

Niu Jinxing is a civil servant in Li Zicheng's team. He is in charge of these things. After hearing what Li Zicheng said, he was shocked, so naturally he did not dare to neglect and immediately went to do this matter.

Soon, Li Zicheng immediately dispatched troops to set up defenses and transferred all the single dogs leading the troops outside back to Chongqing. Generals at important locations even considered who the general's family was, whether he valued feelings or not.
Chapter completed!