598, Zuo Zongtang transferred troops to Guiyang and An Lushan withdrew from the South China Sea (II)
Seeing Li Mi's reaction, Wang Bodang and Bing Yuanzhen stepped forward together and asked, "What happened?" ”
Li Mi threw the bamboo slip aside, his eyebrows were already twisted, he got up and walked back and forth a few steps, and then said slowly: "The lord has an order, let me withdraw as soon as possible!" Zuo Kui is already preparing to attack Nanhai County, if the South China Sea is lost, we will inevitably fall into a dilemma if the rear is unstable. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"If you retreat now, won't the results of your previous efforts be handed over to others? Brother Xuandi, think twice! ”
Wang Bodang heard that An Lushan wanted them to withdraw the army, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, although Li Mi had only won two battles now, but it made the morale of the army unprecedentedly high, if he withdrew at this time, it would be even more difficult to capture Guiyang next time.
Li Mi's mood is no worse than that of Uncle Wang, but he will not be emotional, firstly, this is An Lushan's military order, and secondly, if it is really Zuo Zongtang who called, he will obtain Guiyang and other counties, and it will be useless.
"Yuan Zhen, you lead 5,000 troops to garrison Guiyang County, remember, prepare more things to defend the city, if the enemy army comes to attack, remember to hold on to it, and defend the city to the death! If you are defeated, find a way to break through. Bodang and I rushed back for the time being, just in case Zuo Kui was left. ”
After hearing this, Bing Yuanzhen had some doubts between his eyebrows, but when he saw Li Mi's categorical appearance, he still gave up his hand and said: "The last general will obey the order!" ”
After Li Mi led most of the troops to evacuate, Bing Yuanzhen followed Li Mi's instructions and asked people to hurry up to repair the city defenses, and at the same time sent people to patrol day and night, investigate everywhere, and beware of the counterattack of Tai Shici's army.
But even so, Bing Yuanzhen still had anxiety written on his brows, he knew that he only had 5,000 people under his command, and it would be fine if it was an ordinary garrison; But in the face of Tai Shici, even Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen and others, he was a little jealous. He fought with Lu Zhishen, and he didn't have the slightest power to fight back; Not to mention the butcher-like Tai Shi Ci, he believed that if he faced Tai Shi Ci directly, he would definitely not be able to hold out for a round. Before, with the Divine Arrow Wang Bodang by his side, he could still be a little relieved, but now that Wang Bodang was taken away by Li Mi, he became more and more insecure.
"Xuandi, Bodang, don't forget me! Remember to come back early! ”
Bing Yuanzhen prayed secretly in his heart.
Li Mi led his troops all the way south, and met Cai Xide in Cangwu County, Li Mi didn't understand why Cai Xide appeared here, but he guessed in his heart, and was suddenly shocked, and secretly said in his heart: Could it be that something has happened in the South China Sea?
"General Cai, what's going on? Is Zuo Kui already calling? ”
After Li Mi dismounted, he hurriedly asked Cai Xide.
Cai Xide shook his head and said: "No, the lord just heard that Wu Ming seemed to have found out about General Yang Gao's assassination, so he was very angry, so he let Zuo Kui attack to vent his personal anger." Recently, I heard that Zuo Zongtang was building a warship, and the lord was worried that Zuo Kui would come across the sea, so he wanted to ask General Li to hurry up and lead the troops back to help. No, the lord was worried that General Li would not be able to realize the seriousness of the matter, and that the general would not turn back, so he specially sent Cai to come again. ”
Hearing Cai Xide's words, Li Mi's heart was a little unhappy: An Lushan was afraid that he would not listen to the dispatch, so he would send Cai Xide to pass the order again.
"General Cai has worked hard! It's just that the lord sent someone to find out the authenticity of these news? ”
Hearing Li Mi's question, Cai Xide was obviously stunned, An Lushan had indeed not checked the accuracy of the information in time, and even now he had not found any clues of Zuo Zongtang's army.
Seeing Cai Xide's reaction, Li Mi seemed to think of something at this time, "General Cai, could it be that this is Zuo Zongtang's suspicious plan?" In fact, his purpose is not the South China Sea, but Guiyang? ”
Cai Xide shook his head, "Cai doesn't know either, let's wait until I go back to see the lord!" ”
Wang Bodang was already very dissatisfied with the order to withdraw troops, and when he heard Li Mi's speculation, he was even more convinced that this was just a means for the enemy, so he asked beside Li Mi: "Since this is the case, then I might as well rush back to Guiyang immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to hold Guiyang with Brother Bing's troops." ”
Li Mi sighed, looked at Wang Bodang and said, "General Wang, I can't help myself!" The order went down, and the army accelerated towards the South China Sea! ”
When Cai Xide heard this, he was very happy, and said to Li Mi: "Since this is the case, I will go back and report to the lord first, so that he can settle down!" ”
Cai Xide rode his horse first, while Li Mi continued to lead the army with Wang Bodang to continue to advance, Wang Bodang asked Li Mi again: "What is the unspeakable secret of Brother Xuandi?" If you think this is Zuo Kui's trick, you can make it clear to the lord. If you blindly follow orders and miss the opportunity, then you don't know when the next opportunity will be! ”
"Bodang, do you know what the Lord sent Cai Xide for? This time, I led an army of 20,000 to attack Guiyang County, although you don't think anything about it, but this is nearly half of the lord's soldiers and horses. If I have a different heart and lead a rebellion, then the strength of the lord will suffer a huge loss. If it were me, I wouldn't be worried that someone would lead half of my soldiers and horses. Therefore, the lord first sent someone to send an order to transfer the army back, and then sent Cai Xide to invite. If I don't obey the order, I'm afraid my head will not be protected. It is a fact that cannot be changed when the Lord doubts the death of his minister. So this time, no matter whether Zuo Kui has a large army to attack or not, as long as the lord gives an order, I must go back. ”
Hearing Li Mi's analysis, Wang Bodang understood why Li Mi said that he couldn't help himself, after all, An Lushan's current rights were also taken over just after killing Hong Mingxin, so he would not be wary of his subordinates becoming bigger, otherwise he would be the second Hong Mingxin, and it is unknown.
When Li Mi's army had just arrived in Panyu, the Nanhai County Governor's Office, they saw An Lushan facing Li Mi there.
"I heard that Xuan Di went out this time, defeated Lin Chong and Ji Po Tai Shici, it is really indispensable, hard work!"
Li Mi hurriedly turned over and dismounted, bowed his hand and said: "The last general will meet the lord, this is through the lord's blessing, in order to win!" In Guiyang, I heard that Zuo Kui was about to attack the South China Sea, but I don't know what the situation is now? ”
When An Lushan saw Li Mi asking about this, his face remained unchanged, and he replied calmly: "Probably Zuo Kui'er gave up when he saw that our army was heavily guarded, so he hasn't seen the shadow of Zuo Kui's soldiers and horses so far." ”
All this was naturally expected by Li Mi, but his face changed, as if he had just found out, and sighed: "This must be the enemy's trick, the last general will not notice it for a while, and mistakenly hit Zuo Kui's suspicious plan, please punish the lord!" ”