Wanzhou lost?

Whether it is Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu, or Zhang Nengqi, they all changed color when they heard the news: "How is this possible?" Before my father left Sichuan, he deliberately deployed heavy troops in Wanzhou? How could Wanzhou be lost! ”

After the loss of Wanzhou, not only was the return route of the Great Western Army back to Sichuan completely cut off, but also the grain route for transporting grain from Sichuan to the front line was also completely cut off!

After all, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande were defeated by Wu Xun in Yiling, and the elite could only flee back to Baidi City in a hurry, but no matter what, the Great Western Army still controlled a large piece of territory in Sichuan.

But no one expected that Wanzhou would be lost at this bone joint, completely blocking the road back to Sichuan of the Great Western Army, and the encirclement of the Yue Ming Army was getting tighter and tighter, and now there is a trend of iron net encirclement.

Now that the Great Western Army has completely fallen into a desperate situation, Zhang Kewang can only hold on to a glimmer of hope and ask: "Xiangye Wang, is this news wrong?" ”

Wang Zhaoling could only smile bitterly: "This news is true, now the soldiers who retreated from Wanzhou have fled back, generals, although we are fighting to the death in the court, but I don't want to bury the Great Western Army!" ”

Although the four generals all felt that what Wang Zhaoling had done in the past year or so was actually burying the Great Western Army, they could also understand what he meant, so Zhang Dingguo could only ask: "Then what should we do next?" ”

In the eyes of the four generals, Wang Zhaoling must have considered surrendering to the Yue Ming army, but no one expected that Wang Zhaoling's attitude was extremely resolute: "Our Great Western Army is facing this desperate situation not once or twice, although the Ming State and Jingzhou wrote letters to persuade them to surrender, but we always have a way to fight out of the encirclement, the most important thing now is to deal with all the outlaws who dare to respond to the thieves in Jingzhou, whether it is Sichuan or Shaanxi, we must make up our minds to deal with all the people, and we must not show mercy!" ”

When he was captured by Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Zhaoling was still a nineteen-year-old rich son, and he was bent on paying for him to be ransomed by his family, but all the twists and turns over the years made him ruthless.

Therefore, Zhang Kewang couldn't listen to it anymore: "Wang Xiangye, the Sichuan people are at your disposal, but none of our fellow villagers in northern Shaanxi don't think about it, don't blame me for being polite!" ”

Zhang Kewang knew very well that if the old man in northern Shaanxi was dealt with according to Wang Zhaoling's opinion, I am afraid that the Great Western Army would collapse as soon as possible, after all, Zhang Xianzhong was from northern Shaanxi, and the four of their righteous sons were also from northern Shaanxi, and more than half of the generals of the Great Western Army were also from northern Shaanxi.

But Zhang Dingguo added: "Northern Shaanxi villagers, Sichuan people can't deal with it indiscriminately, now is the time to unite and rush out of a bloody road, don't think about killing people indiscriminately, I, Li Dingguo, am different from my father!" ”

Since Zhang Xianzhong is dead, and the banner of the Great Western Dynasty is about to be unbeatable, Zhang Dingguo resumed his real name as soon as possible, and Zhang Kewang also agreed with Li Dingguo's opinion: "That's right, my grandson Kewang is different from my father, he doesn't like to kill!" ”

"I, Liu Wenxiu, don't like to kill people indiscriminately!"

"I, Ainengqi, won't kill people indiscriminately!"

Wang Zhaoling didn't expect that his opinion on another round of purge would meet with the unanimous opposition of the four generals, and he couldn't help sneering: "Four generals, then how do you say you should break a way out of life next?" We have to beat the banner of the Great Western Dynasty, we not only have more than 100,000 soldiers, but also nearly 100,000 dependents, can we only surrender now, like the Great Shun Kingdom to send the Queen Mother to Jinhua thieves to trample, and then bend the knee to surrender for a way to live! ”

Although Wang Zhaoling has only joined the Great Western Army for five or six years, his promotion speed in the Great Western Army can be described as incredible, from a captured rich son to the second person in the Great Western Kingdom in only three years, so his voice became crazy: "Anyway, the country laid down by the Long Live Lord can't be buried in our hands, even if I Wang Zhaoling dies a hundred times, I have to keep the banner of the Great Western Dynasty alive!" ”

He really wants to fight the banner of the Great Western Dynasty, after all, the four generals have heavy troops, even if they surrender to the Chengtian Dynasty, they are still a general, and they can still enjoy all the glory and wealth, and he Wang Zhaoling is completely different, what is it to leave Zhang Xianzhong's support for him? In the Great Western Dynasty, he was the second person after Zhang Xianzhong, and in the Chengtian Dynasty, he was probably not even a two-hundredth person!

It's just that Zhang Kewang sneered: "Why can't the banner of our Great Western Dynasty be fought in Sichuan, why was it forced out of Sichuan to fight with the loyal battalion, and why did Wanzhou suddenly lose?" Isn't it the result of your Wang Zhaoling persuading his father to kill people indiscriminately! ”

When it comes to historical issues, not only Zhang Kewang has a stomach full of grievances, but Li Dingguo also fanned the flames on the side: "When we occupied Huguang, we shouldn't have entered Sichuan, how good it is to stay in Huguang, and our conquest of Hanzhong is also your kid's idea!" ”

The situation is getting more and more chaotic, seeing that the white knife is about to enter and the red knife to come out, Wang Zhaoling just said indignantly: "There is no word for the crime you want to add, since you say that mine is not, then what can you do to break out of the encirclement?" Do you want to learn from the loyalty camp and send the Empress Dowager Gao over to become the Empress Gao of Fengtian and be trampled on by the Jinhua thieves? Before the corpse of the first emperor is cold, you want to practice the queen mother like this, you are too shameless! ”

Wang Zhaoling just said casually, but the four generals suddenly looked at each other, although there was no communication, but they suddenly felt that this way may not be impossible, after all, now the remnants of the Dashun army have a good time and there is a long-term guarantee, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Tichun, Gao Yigong, Li Guo's letters also specifically talked about this matter.

Especially Gao Yigong is even more proud in the letter, after all, in the Yongchang Dynasty her sister is the queen mother, and in the Chengtian Dynasty her sister is still the queen mother, as long as Gao Niangniang is standing, he Gao Yigong also has a gold medal in the Chengtian Dynasty to avoid death.

At that time, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu didn't take this matter to heart, but now that Wang Zhaoling said this, they felt that it seemed good to do so.

After all, after the loss of Wanzhou, the Great Western Army was already in a real desperate situation, even if they crossed the Three Gorges to retake Wanzhou, but they crossed the Three Gorges into the ancient road of Shu twice, and they were deeply impressed by the extreme difficulty of this ancient road into Shu.

Even if the marching army that has not experienced the battle, the Great Western Army still lost thousands or even tens of thousands of people, not to mention that there was a situation where there was a chasing army in front and a blockade after that, tens of thousands of dependents must have been wiped out, and it was already thankful that more than 100,000 Great Western Army could be preserved.

Although Zhang Xianzhong's bones are not cold now, after all, he is only the father-in-law of the four generals rather than the biological father, and after entering Sichuan, because Wang Zhaoling is uniquely favored, the relationship between the four generals and Zhang Xianzhong has also become estranged, and there is no affection for this Queen Chen, who is not even a stepmother.

And now the most important thing is to save the hundreds of thousands of Great Western Army and tens of thousands of dependents, which is more important than the banner of the "Great Western Dynasty", everyone is a person with wives and children, although they are not afraid of death, but they cannot let the township party, subordinates, and wives be buried together meaninglessly.

Of course, the key is to look at the specific conditions offered by the loyalty camp, so Sun Kewang sneered: "Xiangye Wang, your imagination is too rich, right?" My Sun Kewang is a good man, he won't do such a shameless thing, if you dare to slander my Sun Kewang, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Li Dingguo also said unceremoniously: "That's right, I, Li Dingguo, am iron-clad, how can I be so shameless in Wang Xiang's mouth, Wang Xiang, please be cautious!" ”

Wang Zhaoling also felt that the talks between the two sides were about to collapse, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "The four generals, if they continue to break off, they will suffer from chaos, and the traitors must be eliminated as soon as possible, so I will go back and arrange for the following to purge the traitors!" ”

It's just that as soon as Wang Zhaoling left, the four generals fell silent, and after a while, Sun Kewang said: "Tian Jianxiu told me in the letter that Emperor Chengtian personally promised that as long as I am willing to go over, let me continue to bring 10,000 elite soldiers!" ”

Sun Kewang now has more than 20,000 soldiers under his command, Liu Yongxi only promised to let Sun Kewang bring 10,000 elite soldiers, it seems that most of the soldiers and horses have been cut, but it is a very sincere condition, after all, if Sun Kewang surrenders in the past and continues to command the old department, I am afraid that Liu Yongxi will not be at ease, and Sun Kewang himself will not be at ease.

Liu Wenxiu immediately replied: "Tian Jianxiu and Gao Yigong also said so in the letter, and they also said that Emperor Chengtian personally promised that if I don't believe it, they can take me to see Emperor Chengtian in person!" ”

Ai Nengqi also breathed a sigh of relief: "Emperor Chengtian also promised that I could lead 10,000 elite soldiers, and in the future, I could treat everyone equally in the Chengtian Dynasty!" ”

It's just that when he heard Li Dingguo, he was a little unconvinced: "Why did Emperor Chengtian promise that you could lead 10,000 troops after you passed, why didn't I?" The letter also said that we would talk about it in detail when I met with Emperor Chengtian! ”

He felt that Emperor Chengtian was completely discriminatory, and he made it clear that Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi could lead 10,000 elite soldiers in the future, but he needed to meet and talk about it in detail, but Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi also felt that there must be a mystery hidden in this.

Therefore, Sun Kewang immediately changed the topic: "This is just a choice, it is best to fight the banner of our Great Western Dynasty, we still have more than 100,000 troops in our hands, we can fight with the loyal battalion first, try their quality, we have always maintained the offensive before!" ”

Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi all felt that what Sun Kewang said made sense, now it is a change of offensive and defensive situation, although the loyal battalion is very strong, but most of them are extremely sparse to attack, but when Sun Kewang was about to transfer troops, there was bad news outside: "General Pingdong, the big thing is not good, Bai Wenxuan was co-opted by Jingzhou thieves!" ”