Zhang Xianzhong, who was in Chengdu, had just finished meeting with the minister that day, and was drinking and having fun with a group of beauties.

"Urgent! - Urgent! - "The messenger held an urgent report and broke into Zhang Xianzhong's palace all the way.

Zhang Xianzhong was furious: "Go and see who is making noise, if it is peaceful today, there is an urgent report from Laoshizi, and the noisy person is pulled out and cut down." ”

The man who was waiting on the side immediately received the order, walked out quickly, and soon hurried in again.

Zhang Xianzhong was even more unhappy: "What?!" ”

"Your Majesty, General Li Dingguo sent an urgent report from Hanzhong, the Ming General Gao Jie commanded more than 200,000 troops, and was besieging Hanzhong, the goal was to take my Chengdu, General Li Dingguo implored the emperor to send troops to rescue!"

As soon as the words fell, three more urgent envoys called in.

"Your Majesty, Ma Xianglin in southern Sichuan raised 50,000 troops, and now he has seized the village and killed him in Chengdu!"

"Report! - Your Majesty, He Tengjiao of Hunan led 100,000 troops and has already captured Sichuan! ”

"Report! Your Majesty, Jin Menghuan of Wuchang also led 250,000 troops and traveled back to Chengdu! ”

"What? How many people?? 600,000 people? The Ming army had so many troops? ”

Zhang Xianzhong was furious, kicked over the case in front of him, kicked away the beauty beside him, and yelled: "Chongzhen Xiaoer, you deceive people too much, let Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi come to see me." ”

The people in the palace were so frightened that they scattered in a panic, and the upset Zhang Xianzhong drew his sword and slashed, screaming and screaming constantly.

Sun Kewang and the three walked in, and saw that someone was trembling and cleaning up the blood stains on the ground, but they didn't see Zhang Xianzhong.

Sun Kewang grabbed a waiter and asked, "What about the emperor?" ”

The waiter pointed to the back of the screen in fear: "In the back." ”

"My son is here!"

Zhang Xianzhong walked out with his hair scattered and wrapped in a red dragon robe at this time.

"The son knocks to see his father!" Sun Kewang and the other three saluted.

"Excuse me, I think you've all heard about it, Chongzhen Xiao'er doesn't talk about morality, and suddenly the soldiers came from all directions, and now Hanzhong is surrounded, my son Dingguo sent people to Chengdu for help, I called you to come, just to discuss countermeasures."

Sun Kewang said: "Father, the sons think that it is not appropriate for us to divide the troops at this time, there are more than 600,000 troops on each side, and our side is less than 500,000, and we no longer have an advantage in numbers. ”

"Then Dingguo won't be saved?"

"Father, the ability to set the country is very strong, taking advantage of the Ming army just moving, Erchen suggests that you order the country to be set and immediately withdraw the troops to Chengdu, we concentrate our forces in Chengdu, and wait for work at ease, and we will be able to break the Ming army under the city."

Ai Nengqi objected: "Father, the sons do not agree with the eldest brother's statement, there is a way that the lonely city is difficult to defend, Hanzhong is the gateway to Sichuan, how can you lose without a fight, no matter what, you must stick to it, unless you have to, you should not fight a decisive battle with the Ming army in Chengdu." ”

"What the fourth brother said is good." Liu Wenxiu also said: "If we fight a decisive battle with the Ming army in Chengdu, even if we win, then the country will not be a country, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Seeing that Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi actually opposed him, Sun Kewang was a little unhappy, and said: "What the two brothers said is not bad, but now that there are more Ming troops than me, if the troops are divided to guard everywhere, then who will protect Chengdu and who will protect the emperor." ”

When it came to Zhang Xian's loyalty, he was already short-tempered, and he was too lazy to listen to it at this time: "Don't make any noise, just do what you can say, Nengqi, you immediately send a letter to your second brother, and ask him to quickly lead the troops south and come to Chengdu to meet me." ”

Turning his head and looking at Sun Kewang, he said: "Boss, I will leave the matter of the decisive battle between Chengdu and the Ming army to you, and if the troops are insufficient, Chengdu can hold the people who can move the hoe, regardless of men and women, and go to the city, so that there can be hundreds of thousands of more horses." ”

Sun Kewang received the order, and Liu Wenxiu hurriedly said: "Father, this move must not be!" ”

"What's the matter, it's about to be winter now, and there's no work in the fields, defending the city just so that you can find something to do and earn silver, what a good thing, it's so decided." After that, Zhang Xianzhong didn't give him a chance to speak anymore, and went back to the harem.

Sun Kewang glanced at Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi proudly, "Hmph! - "With a bang, he flicked his sleeves and left.

Ai Nengqi said to Liu Wenxiu: "Third brother, if we do this, I'm afraid that we will be worried about destruction." ”

"Alas! My father is still the same as before, but I don't know that we have no previous peasant foundation, let the people in the city defend the city, you see, there will be chaos without the Ming army to attack, you and I are still ready to run away, Zhang Xian is not the Ming lord. ”

Hearing this, Ai Nengqi was silent.

Li Dingguo, who was in Hanzhong, did not passively wait for rescue, but while waiting, he mobilized the people in the city and asked them to voluntarily go to the city to defend the city, but he was still surprised when he received Zhang Xianzhong's letter asking him to withdraw his troops.

But now it's too late to say anything, and you can only repay yourself with death. However, Zhang Huangyan was only besieging Hanzhong, and was not in a hurry to attack the city, because Gao Jie had already heard about the situation in Hanzhong before sending troops, and there was not much grain in it, which was enough for two or three days.

Li Dingguo, who was standing at the head of the city, looked at the Ming army outside the city without the slightest intention of attacking, and his heart fell straight down, he was not afraid of the enemy army attacking the city, he was afraid that the enemy army would run out of food, most of his subordinates were ordinary people, once the food was cut off, let alone defending the city, it was good not to be scattered birds and beasts.

Sure enough, on the third day, many people went out of the city to surrender without permission, because Chongzhen ordered that the people could not blame the past, seeing that the general trend was like this, Li Dingguo could only wash his face with tears and prepare to commit suicide, but he was tied up by his subordinates and taken to surrender to Gao Jie outside the city.

Gao Jie's soldiers occupied Hanzhong bloodlessly, and then immediately moved the whole army south quickly, preparing to join up with the other three-way army in Chengdu.

Li Dingguo was taken to Gao Jie's tent, Gao Jie did not kill him, because Chongzhen had an order, if Li Dingguo could be captured alive, he would be sent to Nanjing immediately, so Gao Jie did not personally untie Li Dingguo, and also killed his subordinates Rebellious people, after entertaining him with good wine and food, celebrities sent him to Nanjing.

Gao Yiming, who was in Nanjing, heard that Li Dingguo was captured alive, and he was happy that he didn't sleep well, Li Dingguo was a cattle man who could sweep the Qing army when he was at the height of the Qing army, and with him, he was more sure of the war of the Qing army.

If you get it, you must get it, Gao Yiming shouted in his heart.

So when Li Dingguo was about to arrive in Nanjing, Gao Yiming took hundreds of officials out of the city for ten miles to greet him, but less than 100 officials were unknown So, even Li Dingguo was inexplicable, I don't know what the hell Chongzhen did, how could he be treated by him so high courtesy, is this to insult himself.