Chapter Forty-Six: Abandonment of Chengdu

The crumbling city walls, the tired soldiers, the closing sunset, and the continuous camps in the distance, as well as the continuous sound of artillery, felt like black clouds were about to destroy the city.

Under such circumstances, how long he can last, Wu Sangui has no bottom in his heart.

"Lord Wang. The guy surnamed Cao is here again. One of the guards said.

Wu Sangui said, "Let's go." ”

"What is it that makes a decision." Wu Sangui said secretly in his heart.

Wu Sangui returned to the Shu Palace, and the envoy surnamed Cao had been waiting for a long time. Cao envoy saw Wu Sangui and said: "Lord, and today's situation is endlessly changing, after the victory of Longmen, His Majesty's army out of Jianghuai, Yue Wang's army out of Liaodong, the four-way army, millions of people, go north and go, the east first lost the east of Sichuan, and lost the division in the Central Plains, if it is not for the puppet King Zheng in the east, the reinforcements arrived in Luoyang, and at this moment Luoyang has been owned by our dynasty. ”

"Now, you also know the situation in Chengdu."

"Is the prince confident that he can hold Chengdu?"

"Could it be that the prince still expects reinforcements from Dongyu?"

"If the time is delayed for a long time, this condition will not be as good as it was at the beginning, after all, the hundreds of thousands of troops under the command of the King of Dian always have to be rewarded."

"When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic."

Wu Sangui listened quietly, he just compared the news brought by Cao to the news he found out.

He waved his hand and said nothing. Naturally, someone took Cao someone down.

At this moment, Cao Envoy's confidence at this moment has also come up. smiled lightly and said, "Cao is waiting for the prince." He pushed the guards away, flicked his sleeves, and strode away.

After Cao Envoy left, there was a deathly silence in the hall.

None of the civil and military officials spoke.

Especially the generals, there are several positions vacant, all of them died in the city of Chengdu. The rest of the generals were also wounded. This group of them is the one who knows the crisis of the current war situation best.

They didn't want to fight, and they couldn't. It's just that they don't want to speak, so they can only be silent.

Wu Sangui glanced at it and said: "Now that the imperial army is trapped in the Central Plains, even the Shaanxi army has to attack Nanyang from Wuguan, and there is no soldier to help. ”

"This Chengdu city has been guarded until now, and it can't support it anymore."

"It's time to make a decision."

"Big brother." Wu Sanfu said loudly: "We want to vote for the Southern Dynasty? ”

Wu Sangui said: "No, I want to withdraw to Longxi. ”

This is what Wu Sangui has always been thinking about in his heart.

Sichuan is now the private land of his Wu family, but the northwest can still become.

Between the Qing and summer, a big shot.

Not only did the strength of the Qing army invest all its strength in the battle with the Xia army, but the Xia army also invested all its strength in the battle with the Qing army, and both sides at this time

I don't want to make a difference.

There is an opportunity for Wu Sangui.

The ground in the northwest is desolate, there are not many garrisons, as long as Wu Sangui preserves his strength, retreats to the northwest, and wants to come to Gansu, he Wu Sangui can do whatever he wants.

I think that when the Qing army is trying its best to deal with the Xia army, it will not easily provoke Wu Sangui.

However, the most important thing is how to withdraw from Chengdu intact.

Wu Sangui's words of withdrawing from Longxi, as soon as he said it, many people couldn't sit still.

"The prince's idea is naturally excellent, but Li Dingguo's army is outside, can they let us leave?" Someone said.

Wu Sangui said: "I am ready to meet Li Dingguo. ”

Wu Sangui did what he said.

Immediately sent people to bypass Cao's envoys, directly meet Li Dingguo, and meet outside Chengdu.

Li Dingguo met with Wu Sangui's messenger.

He read Wu Sangui's letter, and then handed it to the generals in front of him.

"Lord Wang." Feng Shuangli said: "The war has reached this point, and Wu Sangui's plan will not last long. He asked the prince to meet at this moment, and there must be deception. ”

As soon as Feng Shuangli said this, the generals below responded one after another.

Li Dingguo said: "Wu Sangui is a trapped beast, can he still make any tricks? Maybe it's the Covenant. ”

Li Dingguo immediately ordered a truce, and the battle, which lasted for more than ten days, finally had time for intermission.

Outside the southern city of Chengdu, Wu Sangui took 500 horses, Li Dingguo also brought 500 horses, and the 500 horses on both sides stayed behind, and Wu Sangui and Li Dingguo rode alone.

Wu Sangui was also a fierce general who charged into battle. And Li Dingguo is not a vegetarian, and the armies of both sides are a hundred steps away. As long as both sides make a move, they can rush over in an instant.

Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui were both riding on horses, looking at each other.

Wu Sangui spoke first and said, "General Li has been looking up for a long time. ”

Li Dingguo also said: "General Wu has also been absent for a long time. ”

It was the first time the two sides had met.

Although I have seen it from afar on the battlefield, it is a little too far away. This can only look at the silhouette of a figure, and only Asia and Europe can see each other's appearance clearly at this moment.

Before that, arguably the most familiar stranger.

Li Dingguo said: "General Wu came to see me at this time, is he going to surrender to our court?" ”

Wu Sangui said: "Definitely. It's just that there are some things that the people below can't do, so we have to talk to them face to face. ”

Li Dingguo smiled slightly and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Wu Sangui said: "I want to make a deal with General Li, I will give Chengdu City and tens of thousands of Sichuan troops in the city, and even the people of the city to the general, the general will let me live, how about letting me go west?" ”

Li Dingguo sneered and said, "General Wu thinks too well." And now you're just a turtle in an urn? What is there to say. ”

Wu Sangui chuckled and said, "Yes, I am a turtle in an urn, but how long does it take for the general to break this turtle shell, one month, two months, three months?" Or longer? ”

"The general has been delayed for such a long time under the city of Chengdu, can he still participate in the battle of the Central Plains, although I am not a famous general, and I can't do Zhang Xun, but in the city of Chengdu, the whole city has stored a year's worth of grain, and when the food is used up, it is not impossible to eat people."

"If I, Wu Sangui, will die, I will naturally knock out a few teeth of your General Li."

Li Dingguo's heart tightened, he had an urge to draw a knife in his hand and kill Wu Sangui with one sword. It's just that he knows it's impossible.

He could see at a glance that Wu Sangui was a practitioner, and his strength was not shallow.

It wasn't easy to kill him.

Li Dingguo had to think about what Wu Sangui said.

really forced Wu Sangui to the train of thought and came to a city of Chengdu to fight to the death. A delay of a few months is light, and all battles are under siege. The soldiers under Li Dingguo's command must have suffered heavy casualties.

Li Dingguo lost the opportunity to participate in the Central Plains War. It is likely that the results of this Northern Expedition only stopped in Sichuan.

This is not a good thing for Li Dingguo and the political group behind Li Dingguo.

But this was not enough to convince Li Dingguo.

Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. Li Dingguo is selfish, but he will not let his selfishness go over the public heart, and he really thinks that Zhang Xuan is a fool.

Although Zhang Xuan made a lot of publicity in political affairs, he didn't seem to have any action in the army.

But in fact, Zhang Xuan was cautious about the layout of the army and was omnipresent. With the lecture hall as the foundation and spreading to the whole army, it is impossible for Li Dingguo to conceal this matter.

Li Dingguo said: "If this is the case, I will not agree, General Wu can go back to reorganize the troops and horses, and wait for the next big war in Japan." Let's see if General Wu is better, or if I, Li, can take the lead. ”

Wu Sangui said: "Of course, I know that this is not enough, what if you write a letter to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Li Dingguo sneered and said: "Why be so troublesome, General Wu opened the city and surrendered, can my Majesty still be without General Wu?" ”

Wu Sangui said: "General Li was also the lord of one party at the beginning. Naturally, I know the taste of sending people under the fence, I can't go to Hanzhong, go straight to the northwest, with tens of thousands of horses under my command, the northwest can be all mine. When the time comes, your country and the Qing court will fight the Central Plains, and there will be no need to worry about the hidden dangers in the northwest direction. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds? ”

"I am in the Qing court, I am in a place of suspicion, and I have gathered troops from the northwest, and I will not believe me if I want to come to the Qing court. The general only needs to let me go, and he can divide the northwest troops of the Qing court. ”

"Why not kill two birds with one stone?"

At this point, it has been said, how to make a decision is Li Dingguo's business.