Hou Xunzeng, governor of the military affairs of the six towns in Baoding, was not ignorant of military affairs. He pondered for a moment and said to Liu Tiren: "General, since Liu Konghe has successfully crossed the river, it will be a matter of time before he arrives at Suiyang. Why are you so anxious to leave the city! Suiyang's city is solid, and food and grass can still last for March. As long as you stick to the city and restrain more than 10,000 Qing troops outside the city, isn't it considered to cooperate with Liu Konghe to defeat the Qing army?"

Liu Tiren looked ugly and thought to himself whether Hou Xun was real or fake.

If Liu Konghe arrives at Suiyang and defeats the Qing army, then the surname of Guide Mansion will be Li or Zhou. He is a general of the crusing army. Although the King of Chuang died, Mrs. Gao is still there, and there are still tens of thousands of crusing army everywhere.

When the Qing army came to persuade the surrender, Liu Tiren felt that they were barbarians outside the border and refused to surrender.

Sun Kewang sent someone to come and wanted him to surrender. He thought Sun Kewang's strength was not as strong as the existing trespass army, so he sent someone to find an excuse to deal with it.

Zhou Xian, before Mrs. Gao made a decision, Liu Tiren still wanted to defend the territory of Guide Mansion for the rebel army.

Liu Tiren smiled and said, "Donald Hou! We can't just stay here and wait for others to rescue us! Besides, if I lead my troops, wouldn't we be able to defeat the Manhuo faster?"

Hou Xun's face looked ugly, "But have the general ever thought that you took these elite soldiers away. If you fail in this battle and cannot return to the city, can this Suiyang City still be defended?"

Liu Tiren rubbed his hands, "Donald Hou, you're thinking too much. This time you attack, you will win. Just stay here with peace of mind and wait for me to return to victory. Go and go, help Duke Hou back quickly. It's a cold weather, don't get sick. Duke Hou, I have something to do, so you won't be with you."

After saying that, Liu Tiren walked towards the city gate without looking back, leaving Hou Xun with a flushed face. "I'm so gloomy..., alas! Let's go, I don't care."

At this time, a young man stood up and said, "Sir, the student wants to give it a try, can I?"

Hou Xun turned his head and glanced at the young man, "Brother Kong, then you go! Even if Liu Tiren really wants to lead his troops to attack, he will convince him to defend the city well."

Liu Tiren rode on the horse and looked at Tang Bin who was standing with his hands, "Why are you here again? Is this general not clear enough?"

Tang Bin's face was calm and he looked up at Liu Tiren, "General, can Xiaomin ask you a few words? Don't worry, it won't delay you for how long."

Liu Tiren laughed and said, "It's hard to explain the reason when a scholar meets a soldier. You, a scholar, come to ask me, a bandit, and you really have the courage to do so. OK! Ask."

Tang Bin bowed and thanked him, "General, are you so anxious to lead your troops to attack? Are you worried that after Liu Konghe defeated the Qing army, you will no longer be able to retain Guide Mansion?"

Liu Tiren curled the corners of his mouth, "So what?"

Tang Bin said: "Xiaomin thought that if you do this, it is very likely that not only will you not be able to realize what you think, but it may cause you to completely lose Guide Mansion."

"Oh! Is that right?" Liu Tiren became interested, but didn't care in his heart.

Tang Bin nodded gently, "This is a chaotic era. It is not that you occupy Guide Mansion now, it is yours. But whoever has more soldiers and strong strength belongs to whom you belong. If you defend Suiyang for several months, the soldiers will be killed or injured. These three thousand infantry and cavalry are the only elite you have left! If you leave the city at this time and cause heavy losses to your soldiers, what will you rely on to occupy Suiyang City next!"

Liu Tiren's face changed slightly, and he was silent and did not speak.

Tang Bin continued, "You are so anxious to leave the city, just to show your strength to the people of Guide, but this is useless to Liu Konghe. If you help him defeat the Qing army, you can leave him a good impression at most. Apart from that, you can get nothing. He will not let you continue to retain Guide Mansion because of his gratitude, but what you lost in this battle was the real soldiers under your command. If your strength was lost, you would lose the conditions for negotiation with him."

Liu Tiren said: "If I win a great victory, can't I be able to incorporate the Qing army for my own use?"

Liu Konghe smiled bitterly and said, "General, will Liu Konghe give you a chance to expand your strength?"

Liu Tiren pondered for a moment and said, "Even if I keep these three thousand squads, my strength is still far inferior to Liu Konghe. Can I keep Guide Mansion with them?"

Tang Bin shook his head, "General, in fact, Guide Prefecture is not important to you, and the Suiyang City in front of you is not important. What is important is the military strength. Now the Manchus gather in Kaifeng, and the other governments in Henan are weak. Not to mention the three thousand elite soldiers, even hundreds of soldiers can also conquer the city and occupy one side. But why do you choose to defend Suiyang? Because you can defeat other places, but you can't defend. There are still tens of thousands of rebel troops in Kaifeng City. As long as you can defeat Manchu, Henan will be the rebel army. The premise is that the rebel army must have enough strength to accept the Henan prefectures. The soldiers you lead are the only foreign aid of the rebel army. If there is any loss, then whether to save Kaifeng or not will be completely determined by Zhou Xian's army. And the best choice for General Zhou is not to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, and wait for the rebel army to exhaust the strength of the rebel army before sending troops to help? Once this happens, the rebel army will completely lose its foothold in Henan."

Seeing that Liu Tiren was still hesitating, Tang Bin continued to persuade: "Besides, the enemy situation is not clear at the moment, who can be sure that this is not a treacherous plan set up by Manlu to lure you out of the city! Even if you want to send troops, should you wait until the situation is clear and the Qing army retreats? After all, at that time, you can seek the greatest benefit at the lowest cost."

Liu Tiren was completely convinced at this time, nodded, turned to the left and right orders, "I inform the entire army to dismount for a while, not to remove armor or return to the camp, be prepared to attack at any time. At the same time, send more scouts out of the city and report the movements of the Qing army and Liu Konghe at any time."

At dawn, a seriously injured scout returned to Suiyang and told the ambush that nearly ten thousand Qing troops were lying in an ambush twenty miles outside the city.

Later, there was a definite news that everything was a trick set by the Qing army.

Shortly after leaving the city, Liu Tifan was besieged several times that of the Qing army. He was shot and killed by the Qing army. Thousands of soldiers fled, but only hundreds of people successfully fled from shallow to the north bank of the Yellow River.

The Qing army took the opportunity to occupy Yucheng and slaughtered all the people in the city.

Boluo concentrated all the artillery in his hand and lie on the south bank of the Yellow River. When the first batch of Zhou Xianjun successfully landed, he ordered a fierce bombardment.

More than a dozen warships were sunk and hundreds of soldiers were killed.

The soldiers who landed on the shore were also attacked by the Qing cavalry and suffered heavy losses. They had to be picked up by the boat and barely escaped.

In this battle, Liu Tiren lost Yucheng and only Suiyang was left.
Chapter completed!