The smoke and dust gradually dispersed, and the tragic battlefield was littered with corpses, and screams could be heard one after another. Wang Wanjin's ferocious eyes were full of unwillingness, but the soldiers behind him had begun to collapse, and they were no longer able to fight back.

Looking at the movement among the Pei family's army, Wang Wanjin knew that the soldiers trapped inside were probably in danger. It would be useless to stay any longer. Wang Wanjin spit out a mouthful of blood and said, "Let's withdraw."

At this time, he could no longer care about Zuo Guangxian or Hong Chengchou, let alone the distant court. After this battle, Wang Wanjin's capital was lost by more than half.

It's too big. At this time, even the imperial court will no longer take these useless people to heart, and they might just find any reason to take Wang Wanjin's head.

Wang Wanjin had been hanging out in the yamen for many years, and he had heard a little about the intrigues in the court.

"General, General Luo asked if our army is pursuing." A junior colonel stepped forward and gave a military salute to Pei Xiaoer.

Pei Xiaoer waved his hand and said: "No need, let Luo Shijin withdraw."

"Follow orders."

Not far away at this time, Zuo Guangxian's army was still watching with eagerness and holding back. If he were to pursue Wang Wanjin at this time, it was very likely that Zuo Guang would take advantage of him first. It was better to be safe in everything. Besides, Wang Wanjin was only a mere enemy away.

Still can't make any big waves.

As he said that, Pei Xiaoer lightly knocked on the horse's belly. The horse sneezed like a psychic and took a few steps forward. He led Pei Xiaoer out of the battle formation and came to the front of the army formation. Looking at it, it was wrong to walk in the opposite direction.

, Zuo Guangxian, who did not stay, Pei Xiaoer laughed and said: "General Zuo, can you come out to talk?"

"Commander Zuo, can you come out to speak?" 5,000 Pei soldiers shouted at the same time, and the sound was so loud that it went straight into the sky.

The Zuo Guangxian army on the opposite side was shocked by this momentum and couldn't help but take a few steps back, causing a considerable commotion. It was not until an officer in the military formation came forward to stop the chaos that the chaos was stopped.

Many soldiers surrendered to Zuo Guangwang. Zuo Guang clenched his teeth first and stared at Wang Wanjin's fleeing figure. He never expected that at such a critical moment, Wang Wanjin would actually escape, which made him angry.

The first step of the plan all turned out to be false, making him feel like he was out of luck.

Hearing Pei Xiaoer's provocative voice at this time, he was particularly troubled and said bitterly: "Tell him that I am an important official of the imperial court. Apart from surrendering to the imperial court, I have nothing to say to the traitor. I'll see you there."

A moment later, a high-pitched voice was heard from the large formation of officers and soldiers, "My chief soldier is an important official of the imperial court. Unless you surrender to the imperial court, I have nothing to say to you, a traitor." Perhaps he was using too much force.

, and even broke the sound.

Although Zuo Guangxian tried his best to belittle Pei Xiaoer, and even directly called Pei Xiaoer a thief, his lack of courage to confront Pei Xiaoer made him cowardly and incompetent in the eyes of the soldiers on both sides. The soldiers of the Pei family army roared

Laughing, even the physical strength that had just experienced the battle was restored by 3 points. However, the morale of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side became even lower.

After a while, when Pei Xiaoer was wondering what Zuo Guang's intentions were when he fought first but neither fought nor retreated, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side suddenly turned around and slowly withdrew toward the west.

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"General, the last general is calling for battle." At that time, Hu Zhonglong, Li Yinbin, Xu Yingxian, Song Kejiu and other generals took up positions one after another and requested to pursue the traitors.

"No." Pei Xiaoer stopped the generals and said in a deep voice: "Although our army won, the losses were not small. Although the officers and soldiers retreated, they did not suffer any losses. If our army pursues rashly, we may encounter unexpected events.

We will wait until our army is reorganized before we make plans. What's more, with Pei Zhu'er blocking Mian County, Hanzhong is not a place where Zuo Guangxian can come and leave whenever he wants."

Immediately, Pei Xiaoer sent people to follow Zuo Guangxian's army to find out their whereabouts. At the same time, he ordered people to clean the battlefield, treat the wounded, bury the bodies, and then send the wounded back to Chenggu. Not only that, he also sent Luo Shijin to lead two thousand troops.

He pursued Wang Wanjin in the direction of his escape. After finishing all these things, it was already night, so Pei Xiaoer ordered to stay on the spot and wait for news about Luo Shijin's pursuit of Wang Wanjin.

That night, Nanzheng County.

The cool moonlight illuminates the night sky, eclipsing countless stars. On the ground, the silvery moonlight shines through the branches, leaving mottled shadows.

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Inside the house, a loud noise suddenly broke out, causing unsuspecting wild dogs nearby to bark.

"The master handed over Nanzheng to Zhu Zhaobai, but everyone has seen that since Zhu Zhaobai took office, every word and deed, every move, how can he command the army and guard Nanzheng? Apart from being greedy for money and playing with women,

What else can he accomplish?"

Since Zhu Zhaobai took office, one shameless act after another has been suppressed in the hearts of the generals in the city. However, after all, Zhu Zhaobai was the city guard supervisor arranged by Wang Wanjin before he left, so these people could only keep it in their hearts.

The dissatisfaction was suppressed in my heart.

Now, when the food and grass in the city had been exhausted by Zhu Zhaobai, and the Pei family's army outside the city was attacking the city, these people could no longer bear it, so when Zhu Zhaobai convened the generals for discussion, they finally broke out.

Zhu Zhaobai was so angry that he slammed the table and cursed: "Li Jingshi, what do you mean? Who are you, how dare you question me?"

The surrounding generals were quarreling between the two men, but they all sat on the sidelines, neither supporting Zhu Zhaobai nor Li Jingshi, as if what happened had nothing to do with them.

However, the more this happens, the more it shows that Zhu Zhaobai has lost people's hearts. Otherwise, with Zhu Zhaobai's status, these people should have dragged Li Jingshi out and chopped him into eight pieces.

Li Jingshi also understood this, and he became more courageous. He stood directly in front of Zhu Zhaobai, pointed at Zhu Zhaobai's nose and cursed: "Why do you have the courage to do it but not the courage to admit it?"

"You are talking nonsense. When will I"

"Come on." Li Jingshi ignored Zhu Zhaobai and instead said to the generals watching the excitement around him, "Do you, Zhu Zhaobai, dare to say that you didn't accept the money sent by the Li family and the Liu family? Or did you not touch the Yang family sisters?

The most hateful thing is that in order to please Yang Chulong, you even rashly sold the military rations stocked by the boss to that man named Yang, causing us brothers to starve now?"

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"What?" Some of the generals watching the excitement were well aware of what Zhu Zhaobai had done, but some were not. When they heard what Li Jingshi said, these unaware people suddenly became anxious. Now there is a large army outside.

If there is no food and grass inside, how can the city be defended?

"General Zhu, is what Li Jingshi said true?" These people who had just learned the specific situation suddenly panicked and looked at Zhu Zhaobai expectantly. They wanted to hear Zhu Zhaobai say that Li Jingshi was deceiving everyone.

However, to the disappointment of these generals, Zhu Zhaobai hesitated and talked for a long time, but did not come out with any useful information. This time, it turned out that everything Li Jingshi said was true.

At this time, the room completely exploded. No one could imagine how they could defend Nanzheng under such circumstances. Where could they go without Nanzheng? Xixiang? Xixiang has fallen; they must take refuge.

Officers and soldiers? But now the officers and soldiers have fled. The most important thing is that Wang Wanjindao has not come back yet. How far can they go without a leader?

"Don't panic, everyone." At this moment, a person stepped forward and said, "I have received news that the master will return to Nanzheng in the near future. By then, the bandit army outside the city will be defeated in one fell swoop."

"Is the master in charge coming back?" The generals were stunned and looked around, only to see that it was Shao Chuan1 who usually didn't talk much. "Brother Shao, how did you know that the master in charge was coming back in the near future?"

"Of course, the boss sent someone to send a message back. Unfortunately, the boss said in the letter that it will be burned after reading it. Otherwise, I can let you have a look. By the way, Brother Hu Jiang and Hu have also seen it. If you don't believe it,

You can ask Brother Hu Jiang next to you." Shao Chuan1 looked at Hu Jiang, "Brother Hu, do you think so?"

"This" Hu Jiang pondered. How did he know when Wang Wanjin sent someone to deliver the message? He wanted to say that he didn't know, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Shao Chuan's 11 pairs of deep eyes, looking at him with piercing energy.
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