Zhou Cao and Qin Liangyu waited for two more days, not only did they not see Han Hu come back with 5,000 Ying Long troops, but they received the news that Lizhou City had been captured by thieves.

"What, what! Lizhou City, gone? Qin Liangyu stumbled instantly, his face was extremely pale, and grief overflowed his eyes.

Zhou Cao was also in a heavy mood, Han Hu took the five thousand Ying Long army to Lizhou, and now Lizhou is broken, but Han Hu and the others have never heard from him, he guesses that Han Hu's five thousand Ying Long army is afraid of accidents!

"It must be the Tartar Qing army!" Qin Liangyu gritted his teeth, the Ma family still has more than a dozen family members in Lizhou City, I'm afraid it won't be much better.

"Grandma!" At this time, Ma Yue'e suddenly rushed into the big tent and asked with a panicked expression: "There are rumors outside that Lizhou City has been occupied by thieves, this is not true, is it grandma!" ”

Ma Yue'e grabbed Qin Liangyu's arm, expecting Qin Liangyu to say something that would reassure her.

"Yes, it's true!" Qin Liangyu's lips trembled, and he said with great grief.

This kind of major event cannot be fake, and Han Hu and the five thousand Ying Long Army have not returned since they went to Lizhou, which is enough to confirm that there is indeed a problem in Lizhou, but people did not expect it to be such a fatal change.

Not to mention the Ma family in Lizhou City for the time being, the location of Lizhou is very important, if they lose Lizhou, they will always be alone, or a lone army deep into the enemy's territory, no supplies, no support!

Ma Yue'e didn't think as much as Qin Liangyu, all she could think of was her mother's mother, Mrs. Ma, and other relatives of the Ma family, and she really wanted to know about them.

The news of the fall of Lizhou City has just reached Chengdu, and the specific details have not yet arrived, so Ma Yue'e and Qin Liangyu still don't know that Mrs. Ma is dead, and none of the Ma family has run away.

Half a day later, Mrs. Ma died in battle, and the destruction of Ma's house in Lizhou also came.

Qin Liangyu was instantly in a trance by this blow, and seemed to be ten years old in an instant. Ma Yue, who has always been bold and not weaker than a man in the battlefield, couldn't stop this blow, and cried out in an instant.

Zhou Cao's head was big, Qin Liangyu was in a trance, and he was about to collapse, Ma Yue'e couldn't stop crying, and the psychological defense line of the two generals of the army was broken, which was enough to affect the entire army, which was extremely unfavorable to the current situation.

Zhou Cao wanted to persuade, but he didn't know where to start, so in the end he could only sigh and comfort: "Governor Qin, Miss Ma, please mourn, now that the matter has happened, the top priority is to think about how to defeat the thief army, so as to avenge the families of the two!" ”

"Revenge?" Ma Yue'e muttered, tears instantly stopped, stood up, and said with hatred: "Yes, revenge!" I'm going to kill Li Dingguo and the Tartars to avenge my mother! ”

According to the news that came, Lizhou City was captured by Tuoyue with the Qing army, but Li Dingguo was also in Lizhou City, and Li Dingguo also took Tuoyue into Chengdu, it is difficult to say that Li Dingguo did not participate, so Ma Yue'e counted Li Dingguo as well, and really wronged Li Dingguo.

Ma Yue'e said, and immediately ran out of the big tent, as if she really wanted to fight with the thieves and the Qing army.

Zhou Cao was in a hurry, but before he could react, Ma Yue'e had already run out.

"Governor Qin!" Zhou Cao immediately went to call Qin Liangyu.

Outside the big tent, many Ma family members in the army also shouted to fight to the death with the thief army to avenge their family, as soon as Ma Yue'e went out, she immediately led a lot of people, seeing that Ma Yue'e and some people from the Ma family were going to really lead the army to fight the thieves.

At this time, Qin Liangyu finally recovered and walked out.

"Give me all back!" Qin Liangyu's face was full of majesty, full of anger!

In the end, it is the first female general of the Ming Dynasty who has been fighting for more than ten years, the wind of Yang Gate She Taijun of the Ming Dynasty, although she is sad about the daughter-in-law of Lizhou City and some descendants of the Ma family, but it is only a moment of distraction, which made her come back to her senses.

Qin Liangyu's words were still very deterrent to the Ma family, at least the people who wanted to fight the thieves and the Qing army immediately stopped.

"What are you doing here?" Qin Liangyu said angrily: "Do you think you can save something by doing this? Such a reckless, apart from destroying the current situation and burying the lives of hundreds of thousands of troops, what else can there be! ”

"You can take revenge, but you can't act recklessly!" Qin Liangyu said.

At present, although they have lost the city of Lizhou in the rear and become a lone army, their strength is still stronger than Zhang Xianzhong, even if Zhang Xianzhong has nearly 10,000 more Manchu Qing iron cavalry, and the Ying Long army has 5,000 fewer people, don't forget that the Ying Long army still has 15,000 people. Nearly 10,000 Qing troops can be offset by nearly 8,000 white pole soldiers, and another 100,000 troops and 15,000 Ying Long troops are enough to oppose Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 army.

Relying on Qin Liangyu's prestige, Ma Yue'e and the other Ma family members were finally temporarily pacified.

Qin Liangyu and Zhou Cao summoned all the generals to discuss in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"You must already know that Lizhou City has fallen, and we have become a lone army!" Zhou Cao glanced at all the generals present.

Although the news has spread, it was confirmed by Zhou Cao personally at this moment, which still caused panic among some generals, and there was a round below.

"Next, I announce a military order drawn up jointly with Governor Qin! From now on, the army will fully shrink the defensive line, stick to the camp, and wait for the arrival of imperial reinforcements! Zhou Cao said solemnly.

The city of Lizhou fell, the imperial court could not sit idly by, and would definitely send reinforcements, as long as they firmly dragged Zhang Xianzhong's main army in Chengdu, the thief army of Lizhou alone would not be able to resist the reinforcements of the imperial court.

"Commander Zhou is wise! We have become a lone army, and the court will definitely not sit idly by, turn from offense to defense, and it is the best choice to stick to and wait for reinforcements! The generals below agreed.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the remaining artillery shells of the Ying Long army are insufficient to destroy the city wall of Chengdu, and although Zhang Xianzhong's strength is slightly weaker, after all, there are Qing army iron cavalry to help, and Chengdu Jiancheng as a backing, the situation is more favorable to Zhang Xianzhong!

Zhou Cao nodded.

Next, the Ming army immediately made adjustments, gradually changing from the original offensive posture to a defensive posture, waiting for the arrival of imperial reinforcements.

Zhou Cao's Qin Liangyu did not expect to be wrong, Zhu Cicheng did send reinforcements to Sichuan, but this was sent before the fall of Lizhou City, Zhu Cijiao did not hesitate to send reinforcements to Sichuan since he found out that there was a Qing army iron cavalry secretly entering Sichuan.

This support army is the Fifth Army of the Yinglong Army that has just ended the Battle of Henan!

At this moment, after a day and a night of rapid marching, the Fifth Army has arrived in Badong County, Hubei, and can set foot on the Shu Road into Sichuan, but the Shu Road is difficult, no matter how fast, it will take at least a few days to cross the Shu Road to reach the city of Lizhou.

It will take at least ten days for the reinforcements to recover Lizhou and then rush to Chengdu!

These ten days are very urgent, and it can also be said to be a long time, I believe that Zhang Xianzhong, who was tempted by Tuoyue, will definitely not do nothing!

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