At the beginning, Li Zicheng received a message from Liu Zongmin that Sun Chuanting had begun a counterattack.

At that time, when Li Zicheng heard the news, he was in a very good mood.

What he was most afraid of was that Sun Chuanting had been cowering there, wasting time, and it was probably him who was in a hurry in the end! After all, time is not on his side, and he must capture Jianmen Pass before the beginning of spring, and at the worst time, he must also block Jianmen Pass.

Now that there is still some time before spring, Sun Chuanting began to counterattack. In Li Zicheng's view, there is only one possibility, that is, Sun Chuanting's subordinates have continuously lost troops and generals, and even Gao Jie's dog thing has been beheaded, and the morale of the court officials and soldiers is low. If Sun Chuanting does not achieve some victories, the possibility of the army collapsing due to low morale is also very high.

In other words, it's not that Sun Chuanting wants to fight, but that he has to fight!

Therefore, after Li Zicheng and Song Xiance discussed, he immediately sent an order to Liu Zongmin, asking him to show weakness to the enemy, pretend to be beaten by Sun Chuanting and retreat, attract Sun Chuanting's men to pursue, and then defeat with thunder, at least intercept the court officials and soldiers who chased out.

However, not long after this military order passed, Liu Zongmin's urgent report arrived again, saying that Sun Chuanting was not fooled and won a little victory, so he retracted again.

Hearing the news, Li Zicheng was so angry that he scolded his mother, and even didn't hide it from Song Xiance: "Look at it, I said it, Sun Chuanting's dog thief really wants to fight?" Now, having calmed the morale a little, it has gone back! Don't you know, I've been fighting with this Sun Dog Officer for so many years, can I not know him? A whole treacherous and cunning dog officer! ”

Listening to him scolding, Song Xiance bowed his head speechlessly. Although he thought to himself, can this military order be issued without your approval? However, it is obvious that you can't talk back, you can only bear it silently.

After Li Zicheng vented his anger, he immediately issued an order, since Sun Chuanting is determined to stick to the end, then attack with all his might, time is limited, and he must take the Sword Gate Pass at any cost, at least until the Sword Gate Pass!

However, as soon as he issued this military order, he received news that he had sent out to explore the horses, saying that traces of the imperial cavalry had been found in the northwest direction, many, very many!

Seriously, for this news, whether it was Li Zicheng or Song Xiance, they didn't believe it at all at first, and they felt that Tanma was wrong. After all, Zuo Liangyu is also sending troops to attack the northwest, and many of his subordinates are officials and soldiers of the original imperial court, wearing military uniforms, far away, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

As a result, news came one after another, and the same news said that a large number of traces of imperial cavalry had been found and went to Chengdu.

If it is possible to make a mistake once, then it is absolutely impossible to make a mistake many times!

As a result, Li Zicheng and Song Xiance became nervous. Immediately on the map, began to analyze this sudden imperial cavalry.

In front of them, there is a problem that they do not understand.

Where did this cavalry come from? Why did it suddenly appear in the northwest? By the time this cavalry army was discovered, the first location was not far from Chengdu. Now that it is calculated, it is estimated that it has already arrived in Chengdu!

"Could it be the cavalry hidden by Sun Chuanting's dog officer?" Li Zicheng asked suspiciously.

Song Xiance listened, shook his head without hesitation and said: "The military report said that there are at least more than 30,000 cavalry troops, if Sun Chuanting has such a powerful cavalry army, it will retreat in Baoning Mansion!" ”

"Then how could such a court cavalry army appear out of thin air?" Li Zicheng heard it strangely, and couldn't help but say, "It can't be that you have taken the risk of coming through Shu Dao, right?" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, both of them were stunned.

Because they found that there was no other reason than this explanation.

And Song Xiance thought about it a little more, and suddenly changed color and said: "Could it be that Sun Chuanting's counterattack before was actually just to attract our attention and cover the cavalry army that arrived to reinforce Chengdu?" ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng thought about it for a moment and was dumbfounded.

Because with his understanding of Sun Chuanting, this is indeed possible!

When Song Xiance saw his demeanor, he knew that this possibility was extremely high. But then, he asked an incomprehensible question: "If this cavalry army is from Qindi, but now in Qindi, where are so many cavalry troops?" If anything, in the original battle of Kaifeng, this Qin army went out of Tongguan and attacked behind us, and in that battle, we may not be able to retreat easily! ”

This is just a nice saying, there are really more than 30,000 cavalry, if they attack them from the west road during the battle of Kaifeng, the whole army will be annihilated, and it is possible to repeat the eighteen cavalry and escape for thousands of miles.

As soon as he heard what he said, Li Zicheng remembered something, and suddenly said in shock: "Could it be...... He...... Coming, right? ”

Although he didn't say who this "he" was, Song Xiance understood that this he was referring to Xingguo Gong.

Thinking like this, Song Xiance shook his head and said: "Although it is very likely that the Duke of Xingguo has defeated the Eight Great Kings, but the Eight Great Kings are not stupid, once there is a possibility that he will not be defeated, he will definitely escape!" It is estimated that at this time, the Duke of Xingguo is still pursuing the Eight Kings. Even if he is really powerful, if he can finally destroy the Eight Great Kings, with the strength of the Eight Great Kings, it will definitely consume a lot of time for the Duke of Xingguo. ”

Li Zicheng heard this analysis very reasonable, at least he thought that this analysis was pertinent, so he nodded and said: "As long as he is not here, even if there are more than 30,000 imperial court cavalry troops in Chengdu, I believe that with the ability of the two brothers Hao Shaoqi and Tian Jianxiu, plus that Hou Sui is the governor of the imperial court, and Zuo Liangyu is the chief soldier of the imperial court for many years, at least it is a stalemate situation." ”

Song Xiance nodded when he heard this, but he still said a little worriedly: "General, for the sake of prudence, I think it is best to send reinforcements to Chengdu, which is the safest way!" ”

"He is worthy of being my military advisor, and he is always serious!" Li Zicheng nodded when he heard this, praised him, and then said after a little muttering: "In the fifth battalion of the revolutionary left, there is also He Yilong, Lin Yangcheng is stationed in Chongqing, and he refused to send troops under the pretext of resting and recuperating, but now that it has been so long, there is no excuse, right?" ”

The five leaders of the five battalions of the left of the revolution are Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, Liu Xiyao, the king of the world, and Lin Cheng, the king of troubled times. Among them, He Jin and Li Zicheng have the best relationship, when they were still in Huguang, He Jin went to Li Zicheng to take the initiative.

Therefore, in the early stage, when Li Zicheng wanted to send troops to attack the imperial court officials and troops together, he asked the fifth battalion of Gezuo to send troops, and He Jin also agreed. Ma Shouying saw that He Jin agreed, so he agreed.

Liu Xiyao was persuaded by He Jin and agreed to send troops. However, He Yilong and Lin Chengcheng were reluctant to send troops, under the pretext that they had just come from Huguang, and the morale of the army was low, so they needed to rest for a while.

At that time, although Li Zicheng didn't like it in his heart, he still endured it. At this time, he was going to use troops again, and of course he immediately thought of the remaining two.

Song Xiance listened, and immediately nodded and said: "What the general said is extremely true, it's time for them to contribute!" ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he showed a little ruthlessness and said: "Summoning Niu Jinxing, let them lead the troops to the battle, and if they dare to shirk again, they will approve his previous proposal!" ”

Before, Niu Jinxing couldn't get used to He Yilong and Lin Chengcheng, so he didn't dare to contribute, so he secretly suggested that Li Zicheng kill them and swallow their men and horses.

But at that time, because of Luo Rucai's matter, it ended up in a mess, and Li Zicheng endured it under the persuasion of Song Xiance, for the sake of He Jin's face.

At this time, Song Xiance did not persuade again. If those two people repeatedly refused to be used by the general, what was the use of keeping them?

………………

However, the next situation took a sharp turn for the worse, which Li Zicheng and Song Xiance never expected.

At that time, the two were still on the map, discussing how to finally solve Sun Chuanting's department, and the guards supported one person, no, it should be said that one person came in.

Seeing this, both of them were shocked. Because they knew this person, it was the leader of the Tanma they sent to Chengdu.

"The imperial cavalry rushed to the outside of Chengdu, and within an hour, they won a great victory." The man gasped and said, "The subordinates rushed back desperately, and asked the general to make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Hearing this, both of them were stunned.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, defeated so quickly?

Song Xiance immediately came back to his senses, and said to Li Zicheng with a pale face: "Could it really be that 'he' is here?" ”

In their cognition, among the officials of the imperial court today, there is no one else who can have such a ability except Xingguo Gong!

However, Li Zicheng still couldn't believe it: "He...... He is not a prince of the country, the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, he ...... He dared to cross the Shu Road at this time? This...... That's impossible! ”

However, it was useless for him to deny it. Song Xiance understood that the Duke of Xingguo really had to come over. Only he has the ability to defeat the coalition forces outside Chengdu in a short period of time.

Otherwise, even Sun Chuanting or that Hong Chengchou would not have such ability. If nothing else, it's just that during the battle of Kaifeng, the shadow of the Xingguo Gong had been implanted in the hearts of the brothers in the army. The rebellion of Li Laiheng is the best example.

In fact, it is also for this reason that Song Xiance suggested that Li Zicheng take Sichuan.

Thinking like this, Song Xiance couldn't help but pray in his heart, hoping that after such a long time, the influence of Xingguo Gong would be weakened, and there would not be a large number of brothers surrendering to Xingguo Gong. No matter how bad it is, there must not be a situation in which the generals in the army surrender. If that's the case, it will be a big blow to the morale of this side!

However, although he prayed in this way, it was to no avail.

Just the next day, Hao Shaoqi fled back.