Liu Jintang could only sigh lightly when he saw Xi Changzhen slip away from under his nose.

Otherwise, he could only watch dryly.

Not long after, Li Zhen led his army to Thanh Hoa City.

At this time, Li Zhen's army was already growing more and more, and the army, including soldiers who had surrendered in Xingyang County, Xiaoshui County and other places, had already marched towards 10,000 people. After his army merged with Liu Jintang, the strength and number of the army rose again, and the number of soldiers exceeded 15,000, which was many times stronger than when it first entered Vietnam.

This kind of strength made the people of the Eight-Nation Coalition even more jealous and uneasy.

The stronger Li Zhen's strength, the more worried they became.

It's just that the people of the Eight-Nation Coalition have hidden their worries in their hearts and have not spoken out.

Li Zhen stopped in Qinghua City for a day, and used this day to readjust the army, and handle the affairs of Qinghua City, before continuing to pursue Xi Changzhen with his soldiers. Liu Jintang followed Li Zhen's side, and he finally began to ask: "President, I still don't understand why you let Xi Changzhen go?" No matter what the purpose is, taking down Xi Changzhen has great benefits. Xi Changzhen is Xi Yinglong's right-hand man, and if you take him down, you will cut off one of Xi Yinglong's arms. Without Xi Changzhen, Xi Yinglong couldn't get up. ”

Li Zhen has heard this question countless times.

Li Zhen replied without hesitation: "Xi Changzhen is still useful, and he can't take it for the time being!" ”

In a word, Li Zhen's attitude has been clearly stated!

After Liu Jintang heard this, he didn't ask any more.

The army continued to advance, and Li Zhen led the army to follow behind Xi Changzhen, and Xi Changzhen retreated with all his might, leaving Li Zhen's army behind. When Li Zhen's army arrived in one place, he immediately surrendered one place, and continued to expand the results of the battle. The army chased from Qinghua City to Rongcheng, and then to Donghai City, all the way south, directly approaching Fuchun City, the old nest of Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen.

Xi Changzhen led the army in front, returned to Fuchun with the soldiers, and after settling the army, Xi Changzhen directly entered the palace and met Xi Yinglong in the main hall.

He came to the main hall, knelt down with a thud, and said, "Shame on Your Majesty!" ”

At this time, Xi Changzhen really met Xi Yinglong without a word.

Originally, Xi Changzhen left Fuchun City with tens of thousands of soldiers to defeat Li Zhen. Now, Xi Changzhen failed and returned, and he fled all the way back. He didn't even see Xi Yinglong, and he didn't have the face to see Jiangdong's father.

Xi Yinglong stood up, walked down, and stretched out his hand to help Xi Changzhen.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" Xi Changzhen said again.

Xi Yinglong shook his head lightly, and said sincerely: "It's good that my brother can come back, that's enough." If the army is gone, you can recruit more soldiers, and then train an elite division; If you lose the battle, you can fight again, as long as you win the last battle, it is enough. However, if my brother is on a business trip, who will command the soldiers for me, I can't find someone like my brother! ”

"Your Majesty!!"

Xi Changzhen was moved to tears and excited.

Xi Yinglong continued: "Failure is a thing of the past, don't worry about it, otherwise you will always worry about it, which will affect your judgment." Now, it's up to us how to plan for the next phase of the war. ”

Xi Yinglong pulled Xi Changzhen to sit down on the steps of the main hall, and the two sat like this.

In this situation, there is clearly no appearance of an emperor.

However, Xi Yinglong was able to do so.

Xi Changzhen wanted to resign, but Xi Yinglong insisted, so Xi Changzhen no longer dissuaded him. Xi Changzhen took a deep breath, organized the wording, and said, "Your Majesty, I led the troops to fight with Li Zhen, and I have some new feelings. ”

Xi Yinglong arrived: "Tell me about it!" ”

Xi Changzhen rubbed his eyes, wiped away his tears, and said: "First, the situation of the two armies is compared, except for a few soldiers brought out by our soldiers in the past, most of the soldiers are recruited in Vietnam. ”

"Second, the weapons used. Our weapons are still ordinary guns that were used in Guangdong, which are small in power and have a short range. However, the weapons used by the soldiers under Li Zhen's command were different, and they were the latest weapons. Not only grenades, but also machine guns that can fire bullets continuously, and that is definitely a blink of an eye that can shoot countless bullets. In addition, each of their soldiers also uses a better gun than ours, which is the difference in weapons. ”

"Thirdly, the geographical location of Vietnam. Although Li Zhen is far away from the base camp, it is a long-range operation. However, Vietnam's small area and lack of strategic depth make it impossible to fight in a roundabout way, and we cannot resist with the help of Vietnam's own topography. ”

"Fourth, the basic issue. We occupied Vietnam for a while, but the time of governance was too short, and the constant war consumed too much manpower and material resources, and the people were tired. The people today don't want to fight, and they don't believe in us. Once Li Zhen's army arrived, it was the arrival of the Celestial Empire's Celestial Army, and the people surrendered in a swarm after seeing it. ”

Xi Changzhen said four points in a row, and finally said: "This is the question I thought of in the process of fleeing. Especially the problems of the people, if the problems of the people cannot be solved, we will be destroyed by Li Zhen sooner or later. ”

Xi Yinglong asked, "What does the eldest brother think?" ”

Xi Changzhen looked helpless and said: "The time is too short, and we can't solve the people's prejudices against us!" ”

After a pause, Xi Changzhen said: "Now, the only way to fight to the end is with the help of Fuchun City!" ”

On his face, there was a determination to die.

After hearing this, Xi Yinglong said: "I have understood what the eldest brother meant, looking at the overall situation, we really do not have an advantage." As long as Li Zhen does not make a big mistake, we will not be able to turn the tide of the war. However, when the husband comes to this world, he must be vigorous. I, Xi Yinglong, have even been the emperor, what else is there to remember. Big brother, let's fight to the death with Li Zhen to the end. ”

"Yes, fight to the death!"

Xi Changzhen nodded heavily, looking very excited.

The two brothers have already made up their minds.

……

On July 16, Li Zhen's army entered the territory of Fuchun and had already arrived at the lair of Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong. The first thing Li Zhen did after his arrival was to immediately ask the soldiers to put the news of the arrival of a large number of troops into Fuchun City to persuade Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong to surrender in order to shake the other party's military heart. Then, Li Zhen set up camp outside the city and began to prepare for the attack on Fuchun City.

As the capital of a country, Fuchun is extremely strong.

Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong made up their minds to defend to the death, which means that there is a tough battle. Even, even if Li Zhen's army entered the city, it would still face many difficulties, because Xi Changzhen might also use the lanes to carry out street battles and various street battles, and it was not Li Zhen who arrived in the city and won the victory.

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