Li Dingguo walked down the steps from the city wall.
The personal soldiers at the foot of the city had been waiting for a long time. They helped Li Dingguo mount his horse, and then they went out of the city together to join the main force.
As soon as he walked out of the city gate, Li Dingguo saw more than 30 people on horseback waiting beside the city gate.
The leader was an old man with white hair and beard.
Although he was not wearing armor, he was obviously a veteran who had fought in many battles.
Sitting on the warhorse next to the old man was a woman in her forties or fifties.
This person has a resolute face, sword-like eyebrows, and a very sharp gaze. His long hair is simply tied up on his head, which is simple and powerful.
She was also not wearing armor, but had a bow slung across her back.
The quiver was full of arrows.
Behind them were thirty Jinyiwei.
"Li Dingguo greets the old general!" Li Dingguo was the first to clasp his fists.
Zu Dashou was very surprised at Li Dingguo's attitude.
He had lost his official position and became an ordinary citizen.
I thought I would be ordered around like an animal, but I didn't expect Li Dingguo to be so polite.
"My dear old man, I greet General Li!" Zu Dashou clasped his fists in return.
"Is this Mrs. Zuo?" Li Dingguo asked, pointing at the woman next to Zu Dashou.
"It's my wife."
Li Dingguo clasped his fists towards Zuo and said, "Meet Madam Zuo."
Zuo didn't say anything, but just clasped his hands together and waved them towards Li Dingguo, giving people a very unfriendly feeling.
Li Dingguo didn't take it seriously, but said to the person behind him: "Come here, get a set of armor for General Zu and Madam Zuo."
Without waiting for Zu Dashou to say anything, Zuo was the first to say, "Thank you."
Her tone was very cold, making people feel uncomfortable.
After they put on their armor, Li Dingguo led them to join the main force.
Listening to the rumbling of horse hooves and shouts of killing in the distance, Li Dingguo asked the messenger: "What are Wu Sangui and the Guanning Army doing?"
"They are besieging Governor Wang's camp, and the fighting is very fierce."
"Let's go and join in the fun." Li Dingguo urged his horse forward and rushed forward with five thousand elite soldiers.
at the same time.
Li Xianzhong, who left the city from the north gate, led his troops to attack Wu Sangui's camp.
Liu Zhaoji, who left the city from the south gate, led his troops to protect Li Dingguo's right wing, and together with Li Dingguo, he attacked the Guanning Army that was besieging Wang Yongji.
Outside Wang Yongji's camp, the Guanning Army was launching a fierce attack.
Since they were all Ming troops, the style and color of their armor were the same.
In order to distinguish between friend and foe, the Guanning Army tied white cloth on their right arms.
While directing the battle, the generals of the Guanning Army shouted, "Wang Yongji has withheld military pay and embezzled military rations. Brothers, kill him!"
"kill!"
Countless Guanning Army soldiers marched in anger and launched a second wave of charge.
The chariot camp was in the front, and the firearms camp and the crossbow camp were in the back.
When they arrived at the obstacle with the help of the tank, soldiers immediately came out from behind the tank to clear the way.
Wang Yongji's men began to fight back.
boom!
The large solid bullet directly penetrated the bodies of several soldiers and bounced into the distance.
Hundreds of bullets rained down on the soldiers' bodies.
The heavy armor now became as fragile as paper.
Amid the sound of artillery fire, the Guanning Army that was clearing the road fell on the road.
However, before their bodies fell to the ground, other soldiers took their place.
The Guanning Army cleared the road as quickly as possible and then launched a counterattack.
After both sides suffered some casualties, they began to engage in close combat.
Both armies had heavy armored infantry in the front, with spearmen and swordmen providing cover on both sides.
Soldiers holding various long-range weapons hid behind and shot.
"Report!" The scout galloped to Wu Sangui's side and said, "Your Excellency the General, we have discovered a Ming cavalry unit on the west side of our army, flying a flag with the Chinese character Li on it, with a number of about 5,000."
"We also discovered a Ming cavalry unit in the southwest, flying a flag with the Chinese character Liu on it. The exact number is unknown, but it is at least over 6,000."
Before Wu Sangui could digest this information, another scout came to report: "We have discovered a Ming cavalry unit on the west side of our camp, with a flag of General Li, numbering more than 10,000."
Wu Sangui immediately sneered: "I knew they would come!"
After the laughter, he continued, "Don't pay attention to the Ming army near our camp. Prince Rui has been waiting there for a long time."
"As for the west and south sides of our army..." Wu Sangui thought for a moment and gave the order: "Order Ba Keyong to deal with the Ming army in the west, and order Wang Pingfan to deal with the Ming army in the southwest. The rest of the troops, seize the opportunity to attack fiercely."
After receiving the order, Bakyong quickly led his troops to leave the main force and rushed towards the Ming army coming from the west.
Li Dingguo wanted to surrender, so he did not launch an attack immediately.
Buckyon also had his own little ideas and did not attack.
The two sides lined up and began to confront each other.
"Who is on the other side?" Zu Dashou asked.
Li Dingguo replied: "It is Bakyong."
"It's him!" Zu Dashou smiled.
Li Dingguo was puzzled: "Why is the old general laughing?"
Zu Dashou smiled again and asked Li Dingguo, "Is General Li brave?"
Li Dingguo blinked his eyes and said, "It's OK."
Zu Dashou put away his smile and said, "Bak Yong is indeed a good fighter, but he is obsessed with power and loves money. If you are brave enough, you can meet him in front of the battlefield and take the opportunity to persuade him. As long as the conditions are right, he will surrender without my intervention."
Li Dingguo thought for a moment and said, "I'll give it a try."
He immediately sent someone to Bakyong's army to discuss the interview with him.
If you want the other party to surrender, you must give them enough benefits.
Therefore, before sending troops, Zhu Cijiong gave Li Dingguo and others certain negotiation authority.
The specific size is up to you.
If it exceeds the authority but is not too excessive, it can be temporarily agreed to, and Zhu Cijiong, the prince, will be the one to cover it in the end.
Bakyong quickly agreed to the interview request.
Li Dingguo and Bakeyong came to the two armies alone to start negotiations.
"Bakeyong," Li Dingguo said first, "The court has treated you well, why did you follow Wu Sangui in launching a rebellion?"
Bakeyong shouted: "First you stopped the Guanning Army's military pay, and then you cut off their military rations. How could I not rebel?"
Li Dingguo answered loudly: "During the pacification of Liao, Wu Sangui repeatedly betrayed his allies and aided the enemy. The court not only had physical evidence, but also had witnesses to testify. But even so, they did not take direct action, but instead let him return to Beijing for trial. Wu Sangui knew that his crimes were grave, and not only did he not return to Beijing for trial, he also directly launched a rebellion!"
"As the commander of the Guanning Army, how can you help the tyrant to commit atrocities?"
"Huh?" Bakeyong realized that Li Dingguo had said something wrong, and he corrected him: "I'm not the general, I'm the deputy general."
Li Dingguo tilted his head and asked in confusion: "Deputy General?"
"right."
"General! As long as you turn back and submit to the court again, you will be the general!"
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