In a slightly strange atmosphere, the commanders of both sides led their troops back to the camp.

At least today, it is impossible for the two armies to fight again.

After Guo Yan returned to the camp and issued some military orders, his concubine Guo Rin came to the tent again to ask for a meeting.

This time, he personally led the army to go out and took Guo Rin with him, which naturally meant to cultivate, because he was able to have such a situation today, and it was really thanks to the insights and suggestions of this concubine at the beginning.

So when he saw him coming, Guo Yan also stopped what he was doing and asked casually, "What do you have to say?" ”

"Why didn't the father take advantage of the current situation and defeat the enemy on the opposite side in one fell swoop? Now give them time to think about it, if there are branches......" Guo Rin said with some concern.

Anyway, in his opinion, at this time, taking advantage of the unstable morale of his army to send out the army, and having other internal help, it is enough to completely kick away the only stumbling block that hinders his family from taking Huguang in a war.

Guo Yan shook his head: "It's certainly happy for you to think so, but it's not a long-term way." We have to look farther, we want not only the lake in front of us, but also the large territory further south, the whole territory of Jiangnan!

"According to what you said, it is true that you can defeat the enemy in one battle and successfully take Huguang, but what next? No matter how chaotic his army is, after all, there are still 10,000 or 20,000 horses to serve the dead, have you thought about how many casualties we will have in such a battle?

"Even if we put aside our own casualties, as long as we attack and take the city, the obstacles we have to face are extremely huge. Have you calculated the effort?

"And if you can surrender the army without a fight, and successfully take the entire territory of Huguang, as well as the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Chen Qingyun's command, then the situation will be completely different.

"The garrison of Jiangnan will inevitably be greatly affected, coupled with our previous arrangements, I dare not say that we can all be invincible, depending on the spread, we can also get twice the result with half the effort, let us win the Jiangnan that has lost the hearts of the people at the smallest cost!

"Now that I have put enough pressure on Chen Qingyun, he has no other better choice but to surrender. It's just a matter of giving him a few more days to think about it, can he turn the sky upside down?

"Even if he decides to fight to the death in the end, in the case that Xiangyang has been taken by our people and the logistics are cut off, delaying it for one more day will only make the situation more and more favorable to us!"

If it was before, Guo Yan would never have been so patient to explain his various plans and thoughts to Guo Rin, but this time, since he intended to cultivate, he simply explained everything in detail.

Only then did Guo Rin understand, but he said yes.

However, he still had a little uneasiness in his heart, always worried that the battle situation would change in the next two days. But if you think about it carefully, you don't know what the problem is.

……

Unlike the Liangzhou army, whose morale is now greatly boosted, and the soldiers and horses are only waiting for two days to enter Xiangyang directly, the Vietnamese army camp at this time is gloomy and miserable, and everyone is not in a state of mind.

Such a major event related to the survival of the imperial court, even Chen Qingyun could not hide it, even if he came into contact with Guo Yan was his own cronies and guards.

Not to mention that he actually knew very well that there were already too many people in the army who knew about it, and they were just waiting for Guo Yan to give a signal, so there was no need to block the news.

Therefore, after noon, the Liangzhou army set up another son of heaven, and the bad news that Xiangyang had fallen into their hands was known to the whole camp, and what made all the soldiers panic was the news that His Majesty the Emperor had disappeared half a year ago......

This was a particularly heavy blow to the Jiangnan and Southwest Coalition Forces, which were the main forces of the Chinese army.

The current Dayue Imperial Court can be said to have been re-established by Sun Ning with one hand and one foot, and these generals and local people all regard Sun Ning as a god and revere him. m.

They have always thought that as long as His Majesty is here, Da Yue will definitely prosper, and those rebellious foreign enemies will be just clowns after all, and they will always be wiped out.

But now, His Majesty the Emperor actually ...... It was the collapse of faith, the despair that left everyone confused.

In fact, including Chen Qingyun himself, they are all struggling because of this, if His Majesty is really ...... Does it still make sense to stick here?

Since you know that you are defeated, why do you have to fight to the end, it is better to surrender.

When Chen Qingyun convened the middle and high-level generals of the army to discuss the current matter, everyone already had a certain plan in their hearts, but for a while, it was not good to speak directly.

This makes the atmosphere in the tent seem quite strange and depressing, which makes people in it extremely awkward.

"Everyone knows the current situation, so I just want to ask, are you still willing to be loyal to the imperial court, guard my Xiangyang, and protect my Huguang?" Chen Qingyun finally asked a question directly, and after speaking, he slowly swept over the more than ten generals in front of him.

Among these people, there are not only generals from the southwest and Jiangnan, but also half of them are local generals in Huguang, and they all showed tangled expressions at this time.

After a long time, someone finally said: "General Chen, is Your Majesty still in the court?" As long as you give us a word of truth, we should make a decision! ”

"Yes general, I don't know where Your Majesty is, just tell the truth!"

A pair of eyes converged on his body, making Chen Qingyun feel that there was a thousand catties of weight on his shoulders, which made him breathless.

"It seems that the truth is indeed as rumored, and His Majesty is long gone. In this case, why should we work hard, the roots of the imperial court are no longer there, but on the other side, there is a new emperor, and they are the orthodox Dayue! Finally, one of them cried out his heart, and also said what others were thinking.

At the moment, many people echoed: "The righteousness is already on the other side, and we are the courtiers of Dayue, so we should be loyal to the court!" ”

It's just that this court is no longer the Jiangnan court before!

At this time, Fan Ming, as the second-in-command in the army, finally spoke: "General Chen, we have no choice now. Regardless of name or strength, our army is not the enemy of the imperial court, since this is the case, for the sake of the world, the general thinks that the overall situation should be the priority, and no longer act rashly.

"Instead, we should combine the efforts of both sides to re-establish the imperial court, so as to rebuild Dayue!"

Chen Qingyun sneered, and had the intention to oppose it, but at a glance, it was either the old ministry that had died to the point that he had nothing to say, or those guys who had already made up their minds to find another way out. Even if he wants to stick to the court, I'm afraid it's just wishful thinking, and I'm alone.

Of course, he can rely on his status to forcibly suppress everyone and let them continue to stick to their orders. But when the war resumes, I am afraid that it will not be possible to let the soldiers and horses of each battalion go into full battle, and they may even defect on the verge of battle......

This time, the real mountains and rivers are exhausted, and he, the main general, has completely become a lonely man, and it is no longer possible to be loyal to the country and repay His Majesty's kindness......

Just as he was struggling to open his mouth to say something, the low-hanging curtain suddenly moved, and someone suddenly lifted it from the outside......

Some people died, but not completely......