The family is happy and the family is sad, the Dongjiang Army won the battle, so it is naturally happy, and Li Dingguo, who suffered the defeat, is not in a good mood. After the Hangzhou Mansion was captured by the Dongjiang Army in one fell swoop, he was furious and beheaded the messenger who sent the war report.

vented the anger in his heart, but Li Dingguo had to face the increasingly grim fact that there were more than 7,000 of his subordinates in Hangzhou, but more than 5,000 were killed in battle. Except for a few hundred who escaped, the rest had been captured by the Dongjiang army.

Such a loss was obviously unbearable for Li Dingguo, who already felt the danger he was facing. Mao Wenlong's strength and the toughness of the Dongjiang Army once again dealt a serious blow to his confidence.

For a moment, Li Dingguo began to doubt whether it was right or wrong for him to have sex with Mao Wenlong. His unwavering confidence began to waver, and Li Dingguo began to retreat.

That night, he found Wu Chengen, and the two discussed in the study.

"Gonggong Wu, in the battle of Hangzhou Fucheng, my subordinates suffered heavy losses, and they were simply not enough to resist the attack of the Dongjiang Army. Ben Jiang currently only has these 30,000 soldiers and horses, once they are gone, then the consequences are worrying! Li Dingguo spoke earnestly and spit bitterness at Wu Chengen.

Wu Chengen frowned deeply after hearing this, it was obvious that he had already heard the retreat from Li Dingguo's tone. Wu Chengen's heart was slightly shocked, and he hurriedly persuaded: "General Li, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and you can't stop doing it because of one or two failures." ”

Li Dingguo asked in annoyance: "No one wants to lose the battle, and General Ben is not willing to withdraw his troops after such a loss." But Gonggong Wu needs to know that the temporary retreat now is to make a comeback in the future. There is no need to make some senseless sacrifices when you know that you can't do it. ”

Li Dingguo, who will be this meeting, has become more and more confident, and some of the advantages he had before are now gone for Mao Wenlong. The disparity in the strength of the two armies is so big, Li Dingguo knows that if he continues to fight with Mao Wenlong like this, it won't be long before he will inevitably become a lost dog. At that time, will Chongzhen, who has been hiding in the dark, still look up to him like this?

The answer is already obvious, if Li Dingguo no longer has the value of use, Chongzhen will obviously not bird him again. Out of this consideration, Li Dingguo has to be even more determined to preserve his strength.

However, Wu Chengen obviously wouldn't let him get his wish so easily, after all, Chongzhen came to Nanjing to make trouble this time, so that Mao Wenlong could not start the founding ceremony as scheduled. If Li Dingguo evacuates halfway, will it be worth it?

Wu Chengen immediately sank his face and said coldly: "General Li, don't forget the princess and your lifelong wish!" Don't you even want to go into this danger for the sake of this? ”

Li Dingguo was stunned, still shaking his head: "This is not an adventure, this is suicide, I know that I am not Mao Wenlong's opponent now, but I still have to fight him, what is the difference between suicide and suicide." ”

Seeing that Li Dingguo was heartbroken, Wu Chengen became more and more anxious: "In short, our family's words will be left here now, if General Li withdraws at this time, then our family will take the princess back now." What choice the emperor will make in the future, General Li will bear it himself! ”

After finishing speaking, Wu Chengen didn't say much, got up and left without looking back. Looking at Wu Chengen's figure disappearing at the door, Li Dingguo's face was uncertain. What Wu Chengen said just now is not completely unreasonable, if Li Dingguo withdraws at this time, he will inevitably completely anger Chongzhen, and the relationship between the two that they have just established will also collapse. As for the matter of the princess, not to mention, Chongzhen will definitely not agree to marry the princess to himself again.

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo immediately became upset, and if he didn't leave now, he might not have a chance in the future. If you leave directly, although you can preserve your strength, you will completely offend Chongzhen, and the relationship between the two sides will definitely enter a frozen period after that.

It's not to go, it's not to go, Li Dingguo thought of his anger, got up suddenly, and turned the desk in front of him directly to the ground. Books and ink filled the room in an instant, and the mess was just like Li Dingguo's mood at the moment.

Li Dingguo was hesitating, but Mao Wenlong, who was outside the city, was not as troubled as him. After solving the Hangzhou Mansion City, Li Dingguo was left with only the Ningguo Mansion City in front of him and the Weizhou Mansion City in the rear. The original triangular defensive position that was as tough as Li Dingguo's iron bucket has now broken off an arm, and for Mao Wenlong, things are much easier.

On the same day, he ordered Chengzuo to leave only 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Hangzhou, and the rest must rush to the Weizhou capital as soon as possible, waiting for the opportunity to recapture the Weizhou capital as soon as possible. If things go well, it means that Li Dingguo will eventually become isolated, and it will only be a matter of time before he is eliminated.

However, when Hong Chengchou learned that Mao Wenlong ordered Chengzuo to lead the army to continue to go deeper, he hurriedly wrote to Mao Wenlong to inform him that he still needed to pay more attention to the coastal defense line and not take it lightly.

After all, the Japanese should be the focus of Mao Wenlong's prevention at the moment, and the Japanese are much more ferocious and brutal than Li Dingguo. In particular, if there is not enough Dongjiang Army to defend the coastal areas, the Japanese will definitely come to attack and harass the local people, which will cause immeasurable consequences.

After Mao Wenlong read the letter sent by Hong Chengchou, he didn't take what he said seriously. Besides, the Dongjiang Army is now wrapped in a victorious division and marching forward. There is no need to worry about the problem of the Japanese at all.

However, there will always be some surprises, no, the next morning, Li Dingguo, who had just gotten up, received a letter of worship. There's a name on the post. Haruno Erliang is an unscrupulous island man, and he is here on behalf of the Japanese Kou.

Everyone has already come, although Li Dingguo feels bored and does not need to meet these people. But in the end, he got the butler to take the man to his study. The dim light danced in the narrow space of the room, and Li Dingguo suddenly turned back and asked the lieutenant general behind him: "Why did the Japanese suddenly come to visit?" ”

The old housekeeper said truthfully: "The old slave still learned from him, so he came to ask for a demotion." ”

Li Dingguo didn't say much, he pinched the old butler directly, and said coldly after a while: "You can step down." ”

The old butler naturally didn't dare to say much, and then resigned after giving up. And Li Dingguo had already seen the young man standing at the door, this person had just followed the old butler, and it was obviously the messenger of the Japanese who had come to ask for a meeting.

"Come in!"

Li Dingguo shouted outside and asked the guards at the door to let people in.