Chapter 765

Li Dingguo stood on the tall Xiangyang City wall and watched Zhu Xieyuan's army pull out to the north. He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Since Li Dingguo captured Xiangyang City, he moved his residence on the city tower. He knew that whether he could guard Xiangyang depended on whether they could protect the city wall. Therefore, he not only worked on the city wall tower, but even lived here.

Not only Li Dingguo, but also his officers. He asked the officers to eat and live on the city tower, not to disarm and wait for death.

Li Dingguo didn't know how Mao Shengli lost the battle of Yiling. Li Dingguo knew Mao Shengli, but the identity between the two sides was huge, so there was no contact and friendship between them. However, he admired Mao Shengli's personality. Mao Shengli always loved soldiers like children, his archery was very outstanding, and he was also a careful man, How can the enemy sneak attack and destroy the whole army? Li Dingguo was thinking that it must be because of carelessness.

The strength of the Chinese army is strong enough. As long as they don't die and show their flaws, it's not easy for the enemy to annihilate them.

This is one reason why Li Dingguo did not dare to neglect at all. He did not forget the teacher of the past.

Li Dingguo is far smarter than other generals of the Chinese army, such as Chen Wenruo and sun hope. They also won a large regional city, but they won it under the condition of the other party's power vacuum and chaos. Li Dingguo won Xiangyang, which can be said to win in chaos and make a shudder in the fire.

What's more, shortly after they won, the most powerful general of the imperial court led hundreds of thousands of troops to siege and attack day and night. This kind of pressure is not what Chen Wenruo and sun hope they can bear and face, but Li Dingguo still carried it down.

Li Dingguo was very clever. He tied all the powerful people in the city to his chariot. He either shared wealth with him or was executed by him.

A large number of officials and dignitaries were detained by him in the city tower, ate and lived with him, and their men were forced to work for Li Dingguo.

The heads of the opponents were also hung on the gate, making an example to the others and threatening the small.

In the days when hundreds of thousands of people of the Ming army besieged Xiangyang City, some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos. They flocked to the city gate, ready to cooperate inside and outside, take down the city gate and restore Xiangyang, but they were all smashed by Li Dingguo one by one.

In order to frighten the people and stabilize the situation, Li Dingguo was also cruel and ruthless. Not only he but also his family had to be executed for all those involved in the rebellion, which greatly shocked the people in the city. Even if some people had ulterior motives, they did not dare to act rashly.

It is precisely because of his smart and tough policies that they quickly stabilized the situation. After stabilizing the situation, they can stick to this huge Xiangfan City across the Han River with one heart and one mind.

When they saw the Ming army retreating in the city, many people couldn't help cheering.

These days, they braved the enemy's hail of bullets, threw their heads, sprinkled their blood, stuck on the top of the city, and fought hard to protect this hot land and their own lives.

The enemy is too powerful, there are too many people, and they are too few. Many people don't know whether they can live until tomorrow.

They finally defeated the enemy, beat the enemy back and won the victory of the Xiangyang defense war. At this moment, all this was hard won. When this moment came, many people couldn't help crying.

These officials were no exception. They were tied to the chariot of the Chinese army, and they were both prosperous and damaged with the Chinese army. When the Ming army broke into the city, they should also be executed.

Their worst place is that the Ming army won and they will be executed. If the Chinese Army fails, the Chinese army will also kill them. Therefore, even if they are unwilling to submit to the Chinese army, they can only go the same way with the Chinese army in the end. Only by defeating the Ming army can they have a way out and maintain their prosperity.

Many people have heard of Zhu Xieyuan's reputation and know its power. They led 100000 troops to besiege the city. Everyone is likely to die. Moreover, he is extremely loyal to the Ming Dynasty and extremely cruel to the enemy. It is estimated that once he wins, everyone will have no chance to live, so they have no choice but to unite as one, Choose a way to carry it to the end.

When they saw the Ming army pulling out and retreating North like running water, they were relieved. At last, they survived to this moment, saving their lives and their prosperity.

Many people were forced to join the Chinese army, but when the Chinese army created a miracle and defeated Zhu Xieyuan's army, they knew that the overall situation in the South had been determined, that is, the world of the Chinese army. They were wrong and wrong. They got on the chariot of the Chinese army and became ministers from the dragon.

But these people began to worry that they were Ming ministers, but they were forced to get on the chariot by the Chinese army. For example, at this moment, they were still detained in the city tower as hostages and were not allowed to meet their families. If there was any change, they would be executed. The Chinese army forced them to do so because there was no one in their hands. Now the enemy has been defeated, They have no use value. Will the Chinese army still treat them as guests of honor and think they are their own?

This is the world. It is easy to share wealth and wealth, and difficult to share adversity. The meat is so little. Will the Chinese Army share them? Thinking of this, these people began to worry.

How smart Li Dingguo is. Seeing the expression of worrying about gain and loss on these faces, he knows what they are thinking. Therefore, Li Dingguo also said on the spot without hesitation: "all the people on the wall are people of the Chinese army and meritorious heroes. Let's have a drink tonight and talk about work tomorrow. Everyone has a share."

Once this sentence came out, everyone was relieved.

They rejoiced over it.

But Li Dingguo was a little unhappy. Others didn't know why Zhu Xieyuan's army withdrew quickly to the north, but he knew the reason. Li Dingguo was thinking that if it were me, he would do the same.

Liu Bu's army secretly raided Yiling, which would certainly not be advertised and told everyone, but he still sent a special envoy to enter the city through the Han River and informed Li Dingguo.

However, this is a military secret. Only general Li Dingguo knows that the main purpose is to stabilize Li Dingguo's heart and let him fight at ease without panic. There are reinforcements here.

Moreover, it can be said that Li Dingguo and Zhu Xieyuan received the news of the second Yiling war at the same time. He also knew that Liu bubing went out of Yiling, broke into the city, killed Zhang Youwei and destroyed 100000 enemy troops.

When such a powerful army and force reached Zhu Xieyuan, Li Dingguo also received orders from the messenger, which asked him to drag the enemy here at all costs and with all his heart.

But Li Dingguo's shot was still a little slow after all. Before he shot, the other party quickly retreated.

Although Li Dingguo wanted to chase and kill the other party, he knew that with the other party's rapid retreat, it was impossible not to leave a back hand. There must be an elite cavalry in ambush. If you dare to chase and kill, you will be ambushed by him.

Li Dingguo sighed: "if I have a 3000 cavalry, I will make them collapse."

Vice General Li Dingguo said, "general, we also have more than 500 cavalry in our hands. Why not chase and kill them. Even if we can't kill the enemy, we can create chaos and make them run faster."

Li Dingguo said, "it's useless. There are too few troops to deal a real blow to the enemy, and the other party will have a back hand for fear of ambush."

Li Dingguo said this, and the deputy general did not dare to speak. They were quite lucky to be able to hold Xiangyang City. Now holding Xiangyang City is a great credit. Even if they go out of the city to kill more enemies, it is icing on the cake.

If this is the enemy's trick, they will be happy to kill their people and attack the city. This trick is the most common thing, so they are worried that the other party is false and simply ignore it. As long as Xiangyang City is in their hands, they can control this area and the whole area, remain invincible.

Don't mention that Zhu Xieyuan's army retreated quickly. He didn't want a lot of luggage. He directly ordered people to set fire to it. All he needed to do was quickly withdraw this army from Huguang, enter Nanyang area of Henan Province, and confront the enemy with the terrain there.

Of course, he also had an idea. If others dared to go out of the city to chase them, it would be good. He prepared an elite army of 10000 people. After the break, this army would be led by Ma Xianglin, who was brave and good at fighting. He told Ma Xianglin: "if the other party dared to chase them out, you would set up an ambush, kill them and seize the opportunity to seize Xiangyang City."

Zhu Xieyuan had this idea, but the generals in the city were very smart, or they were too small, or they were greedy for life and fear of death. They didn't go out of the province to hunt them, so his strategy was doomed to fail.

Zhu Xieyuan was the last group to retreat on Mount Lima. He also had the last glimmer of hope, that is, if the other party risked to go out of the city to chase them, they could kill the other party with a rifle and seize the city. Who knows that the other party is so smart that he didn't chase them as they wanted, but still stood in strict readiness and adhered to Xiangyang City, Knowing that there was no chance, he had to order the troops to retreat with all their strength.

Seven days after attacking Xiangyang City, Zhu Xieyuan's army returned in vain and quickly retreated to Nanyang, Henan Province.

Zhu Xieyuan's purpose in doing so is to keep this 100000 army from being attacked by hundreds of thousands of troops from Liu Bu and Liu Zhongyong.

But it also meant that the Ming army completely abandoned the south. In the south of the Yangtze River, there was no military strength to compete with the Chinese army.