During the fierce battle, Bai Guangen's train battalion could not withstand it and was defeated first. After all, in the rain, most of the Ming army's firearms were already wet and could not play their role. This heavy rain reduced the combat power of the Ming army, which was dominated by firearms.

The defeat of the train battalion triggered a chain reaction, and the cavalry could not resist the escape. The situation on the battlefield changed drastically, from fighting between the two sides to chasing the other side.

In particular, the trains were abandoned a lot. After all, on the road that was difficult to move due to heavy rain, the train carried firearms and it was difficult to operate. Therefore, in order to escape, the Ming army had to abandon all the firearms and trains, and let the rebels equip themselves. On the way to Beijing east, with the firearms, the rebels became even more invincible.

The news came quickly. When the Ming army had already left the pass, Zhang Biwu ordered his people to quickly enter Funiu Mountain, Xionger Mountain, etc., and Lingbao and Lushi County were closed to the gates. If the defeated soldiers of the Ming army dared to attack the city, they would repel them. As long as they kept his place safe, they would be fine.

Since Sun Chuanting retreated from Jia County, he has repeatedly sent people to ask Zhang Biwu for help and quickly came out to help. Zhang Biwu is not so stupid! He will not send troops. Moreover, another group of troops from Shaanxi Governor Feng Shikong had been drawn in large numbers because of the Ming army's in-depth entry into Jia County. There were not many people who could threaten Zhang Biwu.

First, a cavalry quickly came to Lingbao City and shouted: "General Zhang, please open the city gate quickly! My governor is going to lead his army into Lingbao! I hope General Zhang can send troops to block the bandits and cannot let the bandits enter Shaanxi!"

Yes! Now Zhang Biwu has become the key. If Zhang Biwu really helps the Ming Dynasty and defends Lingbao, he can restrain the rebel army and buy time for Sun Chuanting. But Zhang Biwu is not so stupid. What if he restrains the rebel army? Li Zicheng has an army of hundreds of thousands! He cannot compete with Li Zicheng! Opposing Li Zicheng is equivalent to self-destruction!

Even if he did not die at the hands of Li Zicheng, he really became a hero who saved the Ming Dynasty. However, with Chongzhen's suspicious personality, he could be a minister under his command for a long time? He didn't know when his head fell off! What will Zhang Biwu go? Of course, he understands very well.

Zhang Biwu signaled that he would not open the city gate, so he would ask the fleeing Ming army to go to Tongguan as soon as possible! Unexpectedly, this Ming army actually started to attack the city! And many people came from outside quickly, and they wanted to work together to attack the city.

Zhang Biwu immediately commanded the Ming army to repel it, but the Ming army surrounded Lingbao City and had no intention of retreating at all.

Zhang Biwu couldn't help but feel strange. Why was this Ming army determined to destroy him? But the scream he heard answered.

"Zhang Biwu, you betray the emperor and you are a thief. The emperor knows that he specially issued an order to capture you in the capital. When the Lord Supervisor attacked the Li Xiaozhe, we had already arranged our troops. If anyone knows the truth, surrender earlier! Lord Supervisor and Lord Feng Futai will lead their troops to pacify you here!"

Zhang Biwu looked at the city, wondering if this was the army of the court? If he really knew, Sun Chuanting wouldn't be so stupid as to tell everything, right? He now hoped that Zhang Biwu would defend Lingbao and Shanzhou to the death! If he said it, he would anger Zhang Biwu. Zhang Biwu would not do as Sun Chuanting hoped. This was a counterproductive move.

Besides, the Ming army was defeated, even if there was an ambush in advance, such an army would not attack the Lingbao, which had become a strong city. Instead, they would support Sun Chuanting and help Sun Chuanting retreat.

No! This is not the army of the Ming army, it may be the troops sent by Li Zicheng! Li Zicheng wanted to completely break away from the Ming Dynasty and help Li Zicheng attack and destroy the Ming Dynasty, so he found someone to pretend to be this army!

After Zhang Biwu found out, he understood that this team would not attack him much.

Sure enough, this army began to retreat after attacking for a long time, retreating very quickly.

At this time, Li Yan's letter was also received. Li Yan was ordered by Li Zicheng to send troops to help intercept Sun Chuanting's troops and help Li Zicheng succeed in the battle.

As long as Zhang Biwu completes his mission, Li Zicheng will be willing to grant Zhang Biwu the general. The general has a very high status in Li Zicheng's army, and important generals are all generals. Of course, the status of General Quan is the highest, and only Liu Zongmin is competent. As the leader of civil and military officials, Liu Zongmin has a high status.

"General?" Zhang Biwu muttered. Zhong Yaofa next to him said, "It seems that Li Zicheng attaches great importance to general!" Many people followed suit and agreed: "Yes, yes! It seems that our territory can be preserved!"

Zhang Biwu also smiled. He used a smile to confirm everyone's thoughts.

Huang Qi said happily: "Can we get more relaxed now now? Li Zicheng's men must have attacked Tongguan quickly, and then entered Shaanxi. We will be very safe here!"

But there was one person who was different from others' optimism. He always felt that Li Zicheng was not just about making Zhang Biwu want to leave the Ming Dynasty, but always felt that something big would happen.

That's right, this Ming army was disguised by Li Zicheng's men. The one who led this army was the mighty general Liu Rukui, and now the one who met with him was General Guoyi Ren Jirong. They visited Gao Yigong together. Gao Yigong has always been responsible for logistics. Now that he has arrived in person, he knows there is something wrong.

Gao Yigong nodded with satisfaction. He looked at Lingbao City and said, "Go and report to the king quickly!" "Yes!" Someone immediately conveyed it to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was still in the rear. He was also concerned about the situation in Tongguan and was also worried about Zhang Biwu's entrenchment in Lingbao.

While he asked Liu Zongmin to lead the cavalry to quickly pursue Sun Chuanting's defeated army, he also asked Liu Zongmin to take down the spiritual treasure in one fell swoop when he was unprepared for Gao Yigong.

Li Zicheng heard the report from Gao Yigong's delegation, and nodded one after another and said, "Zhang Biwu, you can't blame me! After all, you are not sure whether you really surrender to me! If I enter the pass, you occupy Lingbao, Shanzhou and other places, and you have tens of thousands of elite troops, which is extremely threatening to me! Instead of letting you exist as a small world, it is better to let me wipe it out in one fell swoop!"

Niu Jinxing smiled and said, "Yes! That's why I would offer advice, while asking Liu Rukui to send troops to pretend to be the Ming army. In this way, Zhang Biwu would think that we were going to make him loyal to us. Zhang Biwu knew that the Ming army was defeated and only knew how to escape. It was impossible to organize large men to attack him. In addition, a letter from Li Yan urged him to march into Tongguan together, and he would be even more unprepared, which would help Gao General take down the Lingbao in one fell swoop!"

"The Lingbao area in which Zhang Biwu is located in one prefecture and four counties has blocked the necessary ways of Shaanxi and Henan. If it is not removed and included as ours, we will sooner or later be in danger! Especially Tongguan and Lingbao, close to Shaanxi, are even more important, and it is more important to include Zhang Biwu's territory in us!"

Li Zicheng nodded: "Yes! So that's why we want to get rid of Zhang Biwu. However, Zhang Biwu is a brave general, so Gu said to Yigong that if you can protect Zhang Biwu's life, you can protect him! His family must be well protected. As long as his territory is included in my own territory, that's fine!"

Li Zicheng looked towards Tongguan: "The most important thing is not Lingbao's side, but Tongguan. If Tongguan is not broken, he will have to station troops under Tongguan City. I don't know how many casualties will be killed or injured if he wants to break through Tongguan. Moreover, Zhang Biwu stationed in Lingbao, because he is afraid that he will change his mind and make me break the Qin and make a variable!"

This is what Li Zicheng was afraid of. He always felt uncomfortable when Zhang Biwu was occupied like a tiger and squatting in front of him.

On the side of Lingbao, Zhang Biwu always felt uneasy because he knew that the current situation was very critical! Survival and death were at this moment! In the evening, Zhang Biwu summoned Xiong Jianhao and Han Runchang to discuss matters.

Han Runchang said to Zhang Biwu: "I don't think we can relax our vigilance! Although Li Zicheng focused all his attention on Tongguan, now their troops have entered our Lingbao County. He doesn't attack Lingbao? I always feel uneasy, be careful to sail the ten thousand-year-old ship! We must strengthen our guard!"

Xiong Jianhao said: "Li Zicheng doesn't trust your lord either! Moreover, our Lingbao is close to Tongguan in Shaanxi. We are like tigers squatting beside Li Zicheng! He must not want us to be here safely. He wants to break the Lingbao and occupy our territory. This is not impossible! Once we relax, we will be in danger! Although there are words from Li Zicheng and Li Yan to comfort us, we have to be careful!"

Zhang Biwu stood up, he was walking, thinking about the so-called defeated Ming army that had just arrived to attack the city. Although it seemed that Li Zicheng sent someone to impersonate the Ming army and let Zhang Biwu be loyal to him, it also played a paralytic effect, that would be terrible! After all, the place occupied by Zhang Biwu is of great importance!

Li Zicheng would not believe him easily! Perhaps after Sun Chuanting was eliminated, danger would come to him! This is also one of the reasons why Sun Chuanting wrote to persuade Zhang Biwu to guard Lingbao and Shanzhou to death.

Zhang Biwu said, "Okay! We will attack Lingbao because we were attacked by the Ming army just now, fearing that the defeated soldiers will attack Lingbao. Then we have to strengthen Lingbao's city defense! This will also be better to confess to Li Zicheng!"

Han Runchang and Xiong Jianhao said, "Yes! You must be careful!" Zhang Biwu asked them to go immediately.

This time, a convening was initiated to every citizen, and everyone had to go to the city, be on strict vigilance, and the city gate was closed.

Gao Yigong always keeps guarding the situation of Lingbao. When he sees Lingbao, he knows that he cannot attack Lingbao. Being prepared for a long time will delay if he can't attack it for a long time, and maybe he will force Zhang Biwu back to the side of the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!