Li Dingguo stood on the tall Xiangyang city wall and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed as Zhu Xieyuan's army drove north.

Since Li Dingguo captured Xiangyang City, he moved his residence on the city tower. He knew whether he could defend Xiangyang depends on whether they could protect the city wall. So he not only worked on the city wall, but even his residence was here.

Not only Li Dingguo was like this, but also his officers. He asked the officers to eat and live on the city tower, without any clothes and armor, and wait for the sword to wait.

Li Dingguo didn't know how Mao Shengli lost in the Battle of Yiling. Li Dingguo knew Mao Shengli, but the identity between the two sides was huge, so they had no contact or friendship. However, he admired Mao Shengli very much. Mao Shengli always loved soldiers like his sons and had outstanding archery skills. He was also a cautious person. How could the enemy attack and the entire army be wiped out? Li Dingguo was thinking that it must be because of carelessness.

The Chinese army is strong enough. As long as they do not commit suicide and do not reveal flaws, it is not easy for the enemy to annihilate them.

This is one of the reasons why Li Dingguo dared not neglect at all, and he did not forget the past.

Li Dingguo was much smarter than other generals of the Chinese Army. For example, Chen Wenruo and Sun Kewang, they also won a regional city, but they took it under the vacuum of power of the other party and were in chaos. Li Dingguo took Xiangyang, which can be said to be a victory in chaos and a silence in fire.

What's even more terrible is that shortly after the capture, the most powerful general of the court led hundreds of thousands of troops to siege and attacked day and night. This kind of pressure was not something that Chen Wenruo and Sun Kewang could bear and face, but Li Dingguo still took it.

Li Dingguo had something to do, he was very smart. He tied all the powerful people in the city to his chariot, either sharing wealth with him or being executed by him.

A large number of officials and powerful people were detained by him on the city tower and ate and lived with him. Their subordinates were forced to serve Li Dingguo.

The opponents' heads were hung on the city gate, killing the chicken to warn the monkey, and the power of the monkey was small.

During the days when the Ming army besieged Xiangyang City by hundreds of thousands of people, some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos. They rushed to the city gate in groups, preparing to work inside and outside to take down the city gate and restore Xiangyang, but they were all crushed by Li Dingguo one by one.

In order to shock people and stabilize the situation, Li Dingguo was also cruel and ruthless. Not only did he execute him, but his family also had to be executed. This greatly shocked the hearts of the people in the city. Even if some people had ulterior motives, they would 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 were able to unite themselves and stick to this huge Xiangfan City that spans the Han River.

When they saw the Ming army in the city begin to retreat, many people couldn't help but cheer for it.

These days, they braved the enemy's guns and bullets, threw their heads and blood, and stood on the top of the city, fighting to defend this hot land and to defend their own lives.

The enemies are too powerful and there are too many people, and they are too few, and many people don’t know if they can live until tomorrow.

They finally defeated the enemy and repelled them, and won the victory of the Xiangyang Defense Battle. 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 chariots of the Chinese Army, and they all prospered and suffered losses. When the Ming army broke through the city, they would be executed.

The most miserable thing about them is that the Ming army won, and they would definitely be executed. If the Chinese army failed, the Chinese army would also kill them. Therefore, even if they were unwilling to surrender to the Chinese army, they would only be able to go the same way as the Chinese army in the end. Only by repelling the Ming army can there be a way out and maintain their glory and wealth.

Many people have heard of Zhu Xieyuan's reputation and know its power. They lead a hundred thousand troops to siege the city. Everyone is likely to be dead. Moreover, this person is extremely loyal to the Ming Dynasty and extremely cruel to the enemy. It is estimated that once he wins, everyone will not have a chance to survive, so they have no choice but to unite and choose a way to end.

When they saw the Ming army retreating north like flowing water, they breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they survived this moment, which saved their lives and their glory and wealth.

Many people were forced to join the Chinese army, but when the Chinese army created miracles and defeated Zhu Xieyuan's army, they understood that the overall situation in the south was decided, that is, the world of the Chinese army. They were wrong and got on the chariot of the Chinese army and became ministers of the dragon.

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

This is in the world, it is easy to share wealth and honor, but it is difficult to share suffering and hardship. The meat is only a little bit. Will the Chinese Army share them with them? Thinking of this, these people began to worry.

Li Dingguo was so smart that he knew what they were thinking when he saw the expressions of gains and losses on these people's faces. So Li Dingguo also said on the spot without hesitation: "All the people on the city walls are considered people from the Chinese army and are considered heroes. Let's have a drink tonight, and we will discuss the merits and labor tomorrow, and everyone will have a share."

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone felt relieved.

They were very happy about this.

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

Liu Bu's army secretly raided Yiling, and would definitely not tell everyone, but he still sent a special envoy to enter the city through the Han River and notified Li Dingguo.

However, this is a military secret, only the chief general Li Dingguo knew. The main purpose was to stabilize Li Dingguo's heart and let him fight with confidence without panic. There are reinforcements here.

And it can be said that he also knew that Li Dingguo and Zhu Xieyuan received the news of the Second Yiling Battle at the same time. Liu Bu's troops left Yiling, broke into the city, killed Zhang Youwei, and defeated the enemy's 100,000 troops.

While such a prominent military power and such powerful force were transmitted to Zhu Xieyuan, Li Dingguo also received an order from the messenger, which required him to do everything he could to do and to drag the enemy here at all costs.

But Li Dingguo was still a little slower after all. Before he could take action, the opponent quickly retreated.

Although Li Dingguo wanted to chase the other party, he knew that with the other party's rapid retreat, it was impossible not to leave any backup plan. An elite cavalry must have been ambushed. If you dare to chase him, you will definitely be ambushed.

Li Dingguo was sighing: If I had a cavalry of three thousand, I would have to defeat them."

Deputy General Li Dingguo said: "General! We also have more than 500 cavalry on 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. It has too few troops and cannot cause real blows to the enemy. Moreover, the opponent will definitely have a backup plan, and there may be ambush."

After Li Dingguo said this, the deputy generals did not dare to speak. It was already a good luck for them to be able to defend Xiangyang City. Now that they have defended Xiangyang City, they have made great contributions. Even if they go out of the city and kill more enemies, it will be icing on the cake.

If this is the enemy's treacherous plan, if you use a backlash and kill them, they will be extremely happy and sad when they kill their people, and then take advantage of the situation to attack the city. This strategy is the most common thing, so they are worried that the other party will have falsehoods, so they simply ignore it. As long as Xiangyang City is in their hands, they can control this area, control the entire area, and be invincible.

You know, Zhu Xieyuan's army quickly retreated, and he didn't want many supplies, so he ordered people to set fire. All he needed to do was to quickly withdraw this army from Huguang and enter the Nanyang area of ​​Henan, 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, that would be great. He prepared an elite unit of 10,000 people to cut off the rear. This unit was led by the brave and warlike Ma Xianglin. He said to Ma Xianglin: "If the other party dares to chase them out, set up an ambush, kill them, and take the opportunity to seize Xiangyang City."

Zhu Xieyuan had this idea, but the generals in the city were very smart. Or they could be said to be too small, or they were afraid of death, so they did not go out of the province to chase them, so his plan was destined to fail.

Zhu Xieyuan immediately rode on the mountain. He was one of the last people to retreat. He also had the last glimmer of hope, that the other party would risk going out of the city to chase them, and they could kill the other party and take the opportunity to seize the city. Who knew that the other party was so smart that he did not do as they wished, nor did he chase them. Instead, he was still ready to defend Xiangyang City. He knew that there was no chance, so he had to order the troops to retreat with all his might.

After seven days of attacking Xiangyang City, Zhu Xieyuan's army returned without success and quickly retreated to Nanyang, Henan.

The purpose of Zhu Xieyuan doing this was to protect this 100,000 army, so as to avoid the crisis of being attacked by hundreds of thousands of troops of Liu Bu and Liu Zhongyong.
Chapter completed!