In the end, under the persuasion of Zhang Mingwei, Li Dingguo decided to go to the front of the two armies to persuade him to surrender.

At this point, he naturally did not hide the situation in Zhang Xianzhong's army, including military deployment, etc., and took the initiative to tell Zhang Mingwei.

In his opinion, Zhang Xianzhong's acceptance of Zhao'an is the only way out, and they can end the war as soon as possible and make the world peaceful!

Just when they set off for the front line, the offensive launched before, Zhou Yuji, Bai Guangen, Zhang Luofu and other generals, was rushing forward, and even had the meaning of competing with each other.

So much so that when Zhang Mingwei caught up with them, he had already gone to Wuchang City.

Wuchang is the capital of Huguang Province, and of course it is a big city.

The Eastern Route Army, the imperial court official army, which had been rushing all the way, was not capable of encircling Wuchang City for the time being, and could only occupy the southeast two sides of Wuchang Mansion.

Wuchang is bordered by the Yangtze River to the north and Hanyang Province to the west.

When Zhang Mingwei arrived outside Wuchang City, Zhou Yuji and others naturally rushed over to report the situation.

When they saw a stranger beside Xingguo Gong, they immediately remembered the recent rumors, and immediately understood that this person must be Li Dingguo, one of the thieves who was very valued by Guogong.

You say that none of them are jealous, surely there is.

But they are all understanding people, and this kind of mind must not be expressed. Even because Li Dingguo is so valued by the national government, he must have a great future in the future, so he has the intention of making friends.

However, this does not prevent them from having doubts about why Xingguo Gong attaches so much importance to this Li Dingguo.

But at this time, it is impossible to take care of this. One by one, they all informed Xingguo of the latest situation.

"Guogong, look at the flag, that Zhang Xianzhong is still in the city."

"Guogong, the last general has sent a cavalry army to wait on the road to the west, as long as that Zhang Xianzhong flees west, he will be hit hard!"

“……”

Hearing their report, Zhang Mingwei's brows couldn't help frowning.

According to what he knew, that Zhang Xianzhong was definitely not a pedantic person. Seeing that you can't beat it, it's definitely going to slip away. Otherwise, he would not have survived until now.

However, his banner is still in the city, could it be that he has no time to slip away because of the sudden attack of the imperial court officials and the rapid advance?

Zhang Mingwei was thinking about this, but Li Dingguo, who was behind him, suddenly asked, "Have you seen your father-in-law?" ”

Hearing his words, everyone knew that this person was Li Dingguo, who had just surrendered, without a doubt, otherwise, no one would call him father-in-law!

Thinking so, they glanced at Xingguo Gong and found that Xingguo Gong really didn't react to this Li Dingguo's title, obviously not care.

It can be seen that the previous news said that Xingguo Gong attaches great importance to this Li Dingguo, and it is true!

Thinking so, Zhang Luofu replied first: "I haven't seen it." ”

Li Dingguo listened, looked at the others, and saw that they all shook their heads, so he hurriedly asked again: "Then who is the main general in the city now?" ”

Hearing this, this time it was Zhou Yuji who replied to him: "It should be Zhang Wenxiu, look at the banner over there......"

Speaking of this, he pointed his finger, and sure enough, on one of the sections of the city wall far away from them, there was a big flag with the word "Zhang" fluttering in the wind. And under that banner, there were many people gathered.

On the edge of this kind of flag, there is still an official title embroidered. It's too far away to see clearly, though.

However, since Zhou Yuji said so, it must have been confirmed, at least on the banner.

After Zhang Mingwei heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, so he turned his head to look at Li Dingguo.

I have to say that Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons are not vain people.

If you talk about credit, Sun Kewang is ranked first, of course, this is also related to saving Zhang Xianzhong.

In addition, Li Dingguo needless to say, Liu Wenxiu is good at water warfare and calming people's hearts; The ability to lead the army to fight is also powerful. In fact, in the original history, he died early, otherwise, his reputation would not be worse than Li Dingguo.

The one who died earlier would be Eienki.

In the original history, after Zhang Xianzhong was killed by Jianyu, the Great Western Army was defeated and fled, and encountered the Ming army blocking the way, which was killed by the main general of the Ming army by an arrow by Ai Nengqi, which caused the collapse of the Ming army, so that the Great Western Army was able to escape from Sichuan and march into Yunnan and Guizhou.

However, it is a pity that when he went to attack Tusi, he was ambushed by Tusi halfway, was hit by a poisoned arrow, and died early.

Among Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons, Zhang Mingwei has the most favorable impression of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu.

Now, Li Dingguo has been recruited, and he heard that Liu Wenxiu is in the city, of course he hopes to recruit this Liu Wenxiu.

Therefore, when he turned his head to look at Li Dingguo, he saw Li Dingguo asking him for his life: "Guogong, I am willing to persuade Liu Wenxiu to surrender!" ”

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, let's go over and have a look!" ”

So they went around the city and soon arrived.

"Guogong, it is indeed Liu Wenxiu!" Li Dingguo looked at the city, and after saying it to Zhang Mingwei, he asked, "I'm over!" ”

Zhang Mingwei nodded and said, "Go ahead, be careful yourself!" ”

Li Dingguo was like this, and soon shot out and approached the city.

At the head of the city, it was indeed Liu Wenxiu, he saw the banner of Xingguo Gong, and his attention was naturally on Xingguo Gong. Unexpectedly, a person came out from behind the Duke of Xingguo, and when he saw it, he was very surprised, it turned out to be Li Dingguo!

"Is my stepfather here?" Under the city, Li Dingguo shouted loudly.

When Liu Wenxiu heard this, he frowned and asked instead of answering: "What's the matter with you, it can't be that you have lowered the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, right?" ”

They always thought that Li Dingguo was afraid that he would die in battle or flee somewhere. I didn't expect to come out of the side of the Xingguo Gong, and it seemed that no one was guarding him, so there was basically only one possibility.

"You should also understand what the people want, and if you continue to fight, it will only suffer the people!" When Li Dingguo heard this, he immediately shouted loudly to the city, "The Duke of Xingguo has promised me that as long as the father-in-law and brothers sincerely accept Zhao'an, the court will not blame the past." ”

The people at the head of the city listened, but Liu Wenxiu didn't answer, but one of the generals beside him was furious and shouted: "I didn't expect you to be such a person, disloyal and unjust, and dare to come to persuade you to surrender, I'm sorry!" ”

Li Dingguo naturally recognized that this person was Qi Sansheng, a fierce general under Liu Wenxiu.

Hearing his scolding, Li Dingguo was mentally prepared, so he immediately said loudly: "I'm here to find a good way out for you, why is it disloyal and unjust?" Continue to rebel, do you think you can win the court officials and troops led by the national prince? What benefits can be gained by continuing to do the opposite? It's just the loss of life! ”

No one expected him to say that. For a moment, no one in the city spoke.

Seeing this situation, Li Dingguo immediately said: "I think you have also heard a lot of news about the imperial court, and you know that the imperial court has improved a lot of measures. In front of our army before, the people shouted every day, and in order to start a war, it was strictly forbidden to flee in the army. Don't you see that this is not the same time? The hearts of the people and the army are all on the side of the court. ”

In fact, among the thieves in other places, the situation is much better than that of Li Dingguo's department. However, there are also cases where this happens.

Hearing him say this, no one in the city spoke.

They are all people who have been in battle for a long time, so they can naturally see that it is really too difficult for them to win the court officials and troops this time.

At the head of the city, Li Dingguo told him what happened again, including the matter of Xingguo Gong coming out to welcome him.

The people in the city couldn't help but be surprised when they heard this. If they hadn't been getting along with Li Dingguo, they would have thought that there was some ulterior secret behind Li Dingguo and Na Xingguogong, otherwise, how could Li Dingguo be so courteous to the current Guogong?

In fact, there is no need to lie to them about this kind of thing. Because this is a big deal, you can know when you look back. And that Xingguo Gong was watching from behind, if Li Dingguo didn't tell the truth, then Xingguo Gong would definitely be dissatisfied with what he said.

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he said earnestly: "I'm doing this for your good, otherwise, why would I come here to beg for scolding, just learn from Li Laiheng!" ”

The people at the head of the city were still silent, and did not answer immediately.

When Zhang Mingwei saw it, he wanted to step forward, but when he found that the people around him were very nervous, he sent Liu Jin over and shouted loudly to the city: "Guogong said, there is only one way to resist and die, accept Zhao'an, want to be prosperous and rich, seal his wife and son, and one day he can return to his hometown in fine clothes, go to protect his family and defend the country!" Scourge the people, scourge compatriots, what kind of hero is a hero, he will be scolded when he dies! ”

There is Li Laiheng's example, not to mention, and Li Dingguo, so Zhang Mingwei doesn't need to explain too much.

Otherwise, they would definitely be worried about what would happen if the imperial court settled the score?

The people at the head of the city, after hearing this, all looked up at Xingguo Gong in the distance. Then, I heard Liu Wenxiu turn around and ask these people behind him: "Is your military heart stable?" How many Luo Rucai's people did you accept before? ”

Obviously, they already knew that Luo Rucai's men were unreliable.

Hearing his words, Qi Sansheng replied with a wry smile: "The king transferred us over urgently, and when we arrived, we didn't even have time to deal with it, and the officials and soldiers of the court were killed!" ”

The implication is that he is naturally not sure of the military heart.

Others mean it, and that's pretty much the same!

Liu Wenxiu listened, looked at Li Dingguo outside the city, and understood in his heart that with people like Li Dingguo surrendering, this would affect the morale of the army on his side.

It can be said that the battle on the side of Wuchang City has already had a result before it was fought.

Thinking of this, Liu Wenxiu couldn't help but say in his heart: "Father-in-law, I'm afraid you never expected such a situation, right?" ”