Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 231 Chapter 231, Li Dingguo returned in a disastrous defeat, Zhang Xianzhong became more suspicious

At this moment, Li Dingguo's heart was full of frustration.

Of course he knows that just one battle is not enough to affect the victory or defeat of the entire war, but a very dangerous idea has gradually emerged from his mind.

If the 2000 musketeers guarded here by the Ming army were enough to defeat the [-] elite Daxi Army led by Li Dingguo, if a war broke out between the two sides in the wild one day, the Daxi Army could really rely on their numerical advantage to defeat them. To win?
Thinking of this, the sense of crisis in Li Dingguo's mind suddenly overwhelmed everything else.

He no longer worried and frustrated, but couldn't wait to go back to Jiujiang City, tell Zhang Xianzhong this astonishing discovery, and warn Zhang Xianzhong.

While Li Dingguo was retreating, the result of the battle was reported to Zhu Cihong as quickly as possible.

"It turned out to be like this. After a long time, this Li Dingguo actually wanted to attack the granary of the palace. It's really thanks to him that he figured it out."

When Zhu Cihong heard the news, his expression was very relaxed. After all, he already knew that Daming had won.

Gao Dejie said with great admiration: "It's still His Highness's ingenious plan. He guarded an army at Nanhuzui early on, so that Li Dingguo's attack this time can be thwarted."

Zhu Cilang waved his hands with a smile, and said: "It's actually nothing, the main reason is that I don't want to be the second Yuan Shao."

Anyone who has a little knowledge of history should have heard of the Battle of Guandu during the Three Kingdoms period. Yuan Shao was defeated because Cao Cao attacked the granary Wuchao.

Zhu Cihong was not a fool, he had arranged [-] Musketeers in the grain base in Nanhuzui early on.

With these [-] Musketeers, even if an army of more than [-] people came to attack, Zhu Cihuang felt that [-] Musketeers could have the power to fight.

After today's battle, the facts also proved that Zhu Cihong's view was correct.

Gao Dejie was naturally in a very happy mood, and said with a smile: "Now the minister is only worried about one thing. If Zhang Xianzhong hears the news of Li Dingguo's failure, will he not dare to go out of the city to fight with us? ?”

Zhu Cihong squeezed her chin, and said with a smile: "It is indeed possible, but... if things really develop like that, it's okay."

During the war, Zhu Cihong actually grew up slowly, and his command began to have his own opinions.

For example, while fighting Zhang Xianzhong's main force in Jiujiang on the surface, Zhu Cihong instructed Fang Gongqian to send a large number of Dongchang people secretly into the areas that Zhang Xianzhong now ruled.

Because Zhang Xianzhong intended to appease the local government, many of the local officials appointed by the Daxi regime were local officials from the original Ming Dynasty.

As long as ordinary people take some actions, there will be many local officials who are willing to set things right and return to the ruling order of Ming Dynasty.

To put it simply, if Jiujiang is indeed in a protracted war, then Zhu Cihong will set Zhang Xianzhong's backyard on fire.

All in all, everything is to reach the goal given by the system and arrive outside Wuchang within three months.

On this point, there is really no room for negotiation.

Now Zhu Cihong felt that he was already quite active on his side, all he needed to do was to wait quietly, waiting for Zhang Xianzhong's choice.

Zhang Xianzhong was very annoyed, and stared fiercely at Li Dingguo in front of him.

"So it's just two thousand musketeers, and you beat your five thousand elites to the ground. Is that what you mean?"

Faced with Zhang Xianzhong's questioning, Li Dingguo also blushed and hurriedly explained.

"My father doesn't know that this time the imperial court's musketeers are too powerful. The firearms in their hands are so fierce that my son's army couldn't charge up at all, and was directly repelled by the imperial court's muskets."

After listening to Li Dingguo's explanation, Zhang Xianzhong sneered.

"It's just nonsense. Haven't I, the king, fought against the army of the Ming Dynasty? Their musketeers are actually just that, how can they be so powerful in combat?"

As Zhang Xianzhong said, in the past 16 years, he has been fighting continuously with various soldiers and horses of the imperial court. Of course, musketeers will also appear in these wars.

In Zhang Xianzhong's understanding, the so-called musketeers of the Ming Dynasty were actually a group of troops that looked useful but were actually completely useless.

Zhang Xianzhong said coldly: "In the past ten years or so, the so-called firearms have killed more of their own people because of their guns going off than the number of soldiers under my king's command. What do you think now? You have to tell me that this kind of musketeers beat the shit out of the five thousand elites you led, do you still want me to believe such a thing?"

Not only Zhang Xianzhong but other generals present also looked at Li Dingguo with very subtle expressions.

The 16 years of combat experience of the entire Great Western Army made them feel that the Musketeers of Ming Dynasty were not a unit capable of subversively affecting the outcome of the entire war.

Li Dingguo's heart sank slowly, for some reason he could clearly feel a feeling of doubt from Zhang Xianzhong.

Is it because Li Dingguo and Zhu Cihong met?

But anyway, Li Dingguo still hopes to make a final effort.

"Everything my son said is the truth, Father. We must not engage in field battles with the army of the Ming Dynasty this time. We should firmly guard Jiujiang City, and slowly exhaust all of Daming's troops. let them retreat."

Li Dingguo's words did not attract Zhang Xianzhong's attention. The latter looked at Li Dingguo with disappointed eyes, and shook his head slowly but firmly after a while.

"Dingguo, don't take part in this war for the time being. Go back and stay in the mansion and think about why things have come to this point. When you figure it out, come to me again."

The words have already been said to this point, what else can Li Dingguo do?

He left the place helplessly.

After Li Dingguo left, Zhang Xianzhong's eyes gradually became sharper.

"Come here, let me send someone to monitor Dingguo for twelve hours. Don't let him do anything stupid. Do you understand?"

After hearing this sentence, everyone's heart sank.

They knew very well that at least in a short period of time, Li Dingguo really had no way to win back Zhang Xianzhong's trust.

Is this really good news for the Great Western Army?

(End of this chapter)