Chapter 92: Xu Dingguo
The battle in Suizhou City became more and more intense, although I don't know whether Xingping Bo Gao Jie is dead or alive, but Gao Jie Yu Wei is still there, and Mrs. Xing and many people still have illusions, so several generals, including Li Benshen, Guo Hu, Li Chengdong, and Gao Jinku, are attacking Suizhou City with all their might, trying to rescue Gao Jie from the city.
And Xu Dingguo's thousands of men and horses are also desperately holding on, only Liu Yongxi's two thousand men and horses are quietly watching all this in Suizhou City.
It's just that until now, whether it is a civil official like Qian Weikun or a military general like Zhao Zhijie, he doesn't understand why Xu Dingguo killed himself at this time, although he may have killed Gao Jie, but his combat effectiveness of thousands of men and horses is not at the same level as Gao Jie's 20,000 army, and the final outcome can only be self-death.
Qian Weikun is a scholar, who has never seen such a dangerous situation, so he cautiously glanced at Suizhou City twice and then said: "Although it is said that General Xu gave his two sons to Jianyu as hostages, but in this way, I am afraid that all the men and horses under him will be lost, what will he take to defect to Jianyu!"
And Zhao Zhijie heard some gossip: "I heard that this Xu Dingguo is from Ningling, when the thief Li Zicheng swept the Central Plains, he slaughtered Xu Dingguo's family, only Xu Dingguo survived, and at that time, Xingpingbo was the general under Li Zicheng, and some people even said that it was Xingpingbo who slaughtered the Xu family at that time!"
As soon as Zhao Zhijie said this, Qian Weikun felt that it was not impossible to have such a possibility: "That Xingping Bo is too reckless, how can he not bring soldiers into the city?" ”
Liu Yongxi interrupted Qian Weikun's speech: "Under normal circumstances, three hundred families are enough, not to mention Xu Dingguo's sweet words before, how could Xing Pingbo think that he actually harbored evil intentions and was even ready to die together, and Xu Dingguo tossed like this, he had a letter of surrender to Jianyu!"
In the troubled times, civil servants like Qian Weikun knew that grasping force was the capital to settle down, Zuo Liangyu didn't take the court seriously at all, but because he had more than 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands, the court not only wanted to appease Zuo Liangyu in every possible way, but even named him the Marquis of Ningnan.
But now that it is such a toss, Xu Dingguo's thousands of soldiers and horses who have been operating for many years will definitely be buried in Suizhou City, how can Liu Yongxi still say that he has a certificate of surrender to Jianyu.
It's just that the next moment, Qian Weikun has already understood: "Is Uncle Sincerity talking about Uncle Xingping?" ”
Although the imperial court did not provide much support, it still had high hopes for this Northern Expedition, and Shi Kefa and Yue Qijie were making every effort to promote the Northern Expedition.
And now that Xu Dingguo and Gao Jie are fighting to defeat both, not only will the Northern Expedition end hastily, but the aftermath of Gao Jie's remaining troops will also become a big problem.
When Gao Jie was in his heyday, there were times when he had poor scheduling for these proud soldiers under his command, and none of the proud soldiers and soldiers under Gao Jie's command who supported the army and respected themselves were not vegetarians, whether it was Li Benshen, Hu Maozhen, Yang Chengzu, Guo Hu, or Gao Jinku, they would want to control the rest of Gao Jie's hands.
Gao Jie's department is the strongest part of the four towns in Jiangbei, if you count the next line of Linhuai Town's general soldier Liu Yongxi's department, there are almost 40,000 or 50,000 troops and tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and whoever controls this field army is the second Xingping Bo Gaojie.
But whether it is Li Benshen or Hu Maozhen, Yang Chengzu, Guo Hu or Gao Jinku, they are all real arrogant generals, Gao Jie still has scheduling failures for them, not to mention the general soldiers and deputy generals at the same level as them, I am afraid that the final outcome is that Gao Jie's field army collapsed in the internal strife.
And this is exactly the situation that the Qing court is most willing to see, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Yongxi said that Xu Dingguo had a petition to defect to Jianyu: "Mr. Qian, the reason why the troops did not move tonight is to prepare to leave Xu Dingguo behind!"
Qian Weikun felt that Liu Yongxi's words were too good, don't look at him always being kind and afraid to move forward, but he is also known for his "talking about soldiers": "Sincerity is too right, as long as we leave Xu Dingguo behind, great things can be done!"
Only Zhao Zhijie felt that things were not so lucky: "Sincerity Bo, the biggest problem now is Xingping Bo, in case he is still alive!"
Liu Yongxi laughed: "If Xingpingbo is alive, we will just run for nothing, but if Xingpingbo is dead!"
Although Liu Yongxi did not elaborate, Zhao Zhijie and Qian Weikun both understood the meaning of his words, and Qian Weikun said even more viciously: "It seems that not only Xingpingbo will be martyred today, but Xu Dingguo can only be a dead end!"
The battle in Suizhou City continued, Xu Dingguo's nephew Xu Si personally supervised the battle at the head of the city, and finally drove the Gao Jie army, which hastily launched an attack overnight, off the city, but the combat effectiveness of Xu Dingguo's department was not in the same realm as Gao Jie's army, and now there was a screaming situation everywhere in the city, and they all felt that although they could block one or two rounds of offensive, they might not be able to do a full-scale attack after dawn.
Therefore, all parties asked Xu Si for help, hoping that Xu Dingguo could transfer more people to support, and Xu Si shouted: "Hold on, as long as you hold it, there is a way!"
But Xu Si is the most desperate person, although he asked everyone to defend it, but he didn't know how to defend Suizhou City.
Under the city is Gao Jie's army of thirty or forty thousand tigers and wolves, and Xu Dingguo's soldiers and horses have lost thousands of people today, just to solve the three hundred families brought into the city by Gao Jie, five or six hundred people have been killed and wounded, and the most capable elite has lost one-third, and what is even more desperate is that Xu Dingguo, the main general, is no longer in Suizhou City.
Xu Dingguo has already run away with dozens of family members, and before he ran, he entrusted the responsibility of guarding the city to Xu Si, and he also swore that "I crossed the river to ask Prince Su Haoge for help, Prince Su has promised to send 60,000 soldiers to support our Suicheng, as long as we hold Suizhou, there is a way!"
But the problem is that Xu Dingguo took away dozens of the most elite family members, and under the city is the army of Gao Jie, Xu Si really doesn't know how to defend Suizhou City!
But Xu Dingguo's feeling was different, he felt that now was a godsend opportunity to leave Suizhou, and the 20,000 troops after Gao Jie's death were staring at Suizhou City and storming, so he naturally didn't care about him, the culprit.
He only had sixty servants with him, but these sixty were all elite cavalry among the elite cavalry, and he fed them with silver, so he was not at all worried about any accidents.
On the contrary, he has a feeling of returning to the sea and seabirds into the forest.
After killing Gao Jie, he can be said to have made miraculous achievements in the Great Qing Kingdom, whether it is the Shunzhi Emperor, the Regent or the Prince Su, they will look at him differently, and he can be in the Great Qing Kingdom from now on!