whoosh!
The arrows shot by the archers cut through the sky and flew towards the fleeing Dashi soldiers.
"Ah!" Screams rang out one after another.
Gao Wengui didn't dare to look back at all. He stretched out his long legs and ran forward for his life.
After running for a while, they found that the Ming army did not chase them at all, but captured the Daxi soldiers who were shot by arrows and brought them back to the city.
Gao Wengui, who had lost many soldiers and generals, returned to the camp in the mountains in a daze.
After hearing the news, Li Dingguo personally went out to greet them: "Don't worry, if this plan doesn't work, there are other ways."
Gao Wengui's face was filled with grief and indignation: "General, stop struggling and give our brothers a chance to live!"
Li Dingguo's eyes were dim and he remained silent.
The next morning, Li Dingguo led his troops out of the mountains, and more than 4,000 cavalrymen marched to the city of Anlu in a mighty force.
A strange scene appeared.
The Dashi soldiers who were captured yesterday gathered outside the city.
Instead of being executed, they gathered around a pile of sacks and cloth bags and stared at each other.
Li Dingguo was very surprised and ordered the soldiers around him: "Go and ask what's going on!"
Soon a cavalryman came near the soldiers, and after getting the answer, he quickly returned to Li Dingguo.
"General, these people are the soldiers of the Tianwei Camp who were captured yesterday. After the Ming army learned that they were the general's subordinates, they apologized and said that this was a misunderstanding."
"Not only did we feed them two full meals, we also treated their arrow wounds."
"Misunderstanding?" Li Dingguo was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Hmm..." The soldier hesitated, "The Ming army said the general is one of their own!"
broken!
Li Dingguo cried out that something was wrong!
This is a blatant counter-espionage plot!
Once Zhang Xianzhong learned of this news, his identity as a spy would be confirmed.
"What's in those sacks and cloth bags?" Li Dingguo quickly regained his composure and continued to ask.
"It's food!"
"Given by the Ming army in the city?"
"Yes, they said that the food came from Nanzhili and was prepared by the imperial court for the general."
After hearing these words, Gao Wengui subconsciously took two steps back.
He suddenly felt that Li Dingguo was a little strange, not in appearance, but in the sense of strangeness in his bones.
His boss, General Anxi of Daxi, was actually a spy of the Ming court?
This is so exciting!
But on second thought, Gao Wengui felt a little excited again.
If Li Dingguo was really a member of the Ming court, then he and his brothers would be official troops.
If he had to choose between bandits and government troops, he would choose the latter without hesitation.
He had no choice but to be a bandit before, but now he wants to join the government army.
"General, have you found a way out long ago?" Gao Wengui asked expectantly.
"Bullshit!" Li Dingguo cursed, "I have never played both sides."
"Blame me!" Gao Wengui slapped himself. "How can this be called playing both sides? This is called a wise bird choosing a tree to inhabit, and a wise minister choosing a master to serve!"
"General, what rank are you? How much is your salary? Do you have a title? Will the court grant you a marriage?..." Gao Wengui asked a series of questions.
Looking at Gao Wengui who was looking expectant, Li Dingguo knew that no matter how he explained, Gao Wengui and his soldiers would not believe that he was not a spy.
Even Gao Wengui didn’t believe it, let alone Zhang Xianzhong.
He can't go back.
If he goes back now, Zhang Xianzhong will kill him without hesitation.
Execute him along with his cronies!
From now on, he had to leave the Dashi Army and Zhang Xianzhong.
As for where to go in the future, he hasn't figured it out yet.
"Pass the order down, take the food and go south to Huguang." Li Dingguo shouted to the people around him.
The soldiers of Tianwei Camp originally thought that they would die in the siege today, but unexpectedly, not only did they survive, they also received a lot of food.
This kind of psychological satisfaction makes them very happy.
In a short while, the soldiers of Tianwei Camp put the food on the horses.
Five thousand cavalrymen left Anlu Prefecture in a mighty force and rushed southward.
"What? The Ming army sent food and fodder to Li Dingguo?" Zhang Xianzhong, who was resting in the mountains, was furious when he received the news.
"Are you sure? Did you see it right?"
"Replying to the King of the Great West, I was not mistaken. Li Dingguo led his troops to the outskirts of Anlu City early this morning. The defenders of Anlu City placed hundreds of bags of grain outside the city. Li Dingguo did not attack the city, but collected the grain and headed south." The scout replied.
"Oh my!" Zhang Xianzhong slammed the table, "I'm so angry!"
Wang Zhaolin gritted his teeth and said, "Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo, you can only look at a person's face but not his heart. You are indeed a spy! If you were not a spy, why would the Ming army send you food and grass?"
Zhang Xianzhong was furious and resentful: "It's my fault. I was blind and raised an ungrateful person! I raised him for more than ten years before I realized he was an ungrateful person!"
"Come here, send my central army to hunt down Li Dingguo! No, don't kill him. Bring him back to me and chop him into pieces!"
"Father, please wait a moment!" Wang Zhaolin bowed deeply to Zhang Xianzhong. "A mere Li Dingguo is not worth your anger. The most urgent task is the war in Huguang."
Wang Zhaolin's words reminded Zhang Xianzhong.
Previously, he and Li Zicheng had agreed to attack the Ming army together. Now the time was about to come, and he had to send troops as agreed.
"But I can't swallow this humiliation!" Zhang Xianzhong said gritting his teeth.
"Father-in-law wants to kill someone?" A hint of viciousness flashed in Wang Zhaolin's eyes.
"Yes, the anger in my heart must be released, otherwise I won't be able to sleep!"
"The commander-in-chief Jin Tongwu is Li Dingguo's confidant..." Wang Zhaolin stopped talking halfway.
"Someone, bring Jin Tongwu to me! He will be responsible for the mistakes made by Li Dingguo!" Zhang Xianzhong reached out and took the sword from the weapon rack behind him.
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