They've been standing by and watching, aren't they just holding onto their military power and helping whoever wins?
Now that we've won, they should hurry up and get on our side.
However, the reinforcements from Taiyuan should have arrived long ago.
Why hasn't it arrived yet?
At this moment, not far from Baoding Prefecture, an army of 40,000 men was advancing towards the capital.
But then he received devastating news.
"What did you say? The capital has fallen?"
Governor Yang Zhiyong of Taiyuan looked at the soldier reporting in front of him in shock and asked.
"Yes, Commander, Li the traitor defeated the reinforcements from Xuanfu. In fear, Grand Secretary Sun Zhixie and Xu Youzhen defected to the enemy."
They led their household servants, along with some other officials who had surrendered, and together with Li Qin, they captured the capital.
The newly enthroned emperor and Grand Secretary Yu died for their country.
Li Zicheng has already spread the news of his capture of the capital everywhere.
The soldier told Yang Zhiyong, who was standing in front of him, about the intelligence he had gathered.
Yang Zhiyong was immediately stunned for a moment, then immediately asked him:
"Where is the Grand Secretary? Where is Grand Secretary Yang?"
"Chief Minister Yang's whereabouts are unknown."
"What?"
Upon hearing that Chief Minister Yang was missing, Yang Zhiyong immediately stepped forward and grabbed the soldier in front of him.
But his younger brother, Yang Zhiwen, immediately stepped forward and pulled his older brother, Yang Zhiyong, aside, saying:
"General, please calm down. Our situation is extremely dangerous right now."
With the fall of the capital and the absence of reinforcements from Xuanfu, Li Qin's hundreds of thousands of troops were now unrestrained.
Now, on the land of Zhili north of the old course of the Yellow River, we only have our 40,000 troops left. We are no match for Li Qin's hundreds of thousands of fierce and powerful soldiers.
We must retreat to Taiyuan as soon as possible, otherwise, if we face Li Qin's elite Liaodong troops on this plain, we're finished.
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