At dusk three days later, in front of Liancheng, Ling Su stood quietly, his eyes constantly looking towards the sky with hope.
The night passed without any signal.
"Qide, what's going on?" Zuo Shiren came over and asked. The siege troops on the front line were still being used as a containment. But the troops sent by Lingsu to relieve the siege of Lidu City were delayed.
Signal.
"Lord..."
Ling Su turned his head, and the look of fear could no longer be concealed on his face.
"My lord... the army has returned and immediately retreated to Wuzhou——"
Wow.
Just after he finished speaking, Ling Su raised his face, coughed out a mouthful of blood, and fell backwards.
"Zide!"
Zuo Shiren was shocked and pale, and even with the sound of shouting, he seemed a little older without realizing it. Several personal guards nearby quickly helped Ling Su up.
This newly born Yinlin's plans were defeated one after another before Liancheng, and he was already holding back a sense of surprise that he could not express.
"The lame man from Western Shu, his ability on the battlefield is comparable to that of the mighty ancients. I, Ling Qide, have been defeated... My lord, lead the army to quickly retreat to Wuzhou. The people from the South China Sea Alliance have not arrived yet. We still have a chance."
, bypassing the middle territory of Chuzhou."
"Qide, what do you mean... give up the two states of Chuling?"
"The two states of Chuling...can no longer be defended. Without the navy to stop them, Xu Buyi's army will continue to rush ashore from the river. Although Wuzhou is also connected to the river, it has the power of an offshore area. It only needs to
Holding some key points, Xu Buyi's warships did not dare to risk rushing ashore. I had seen the map before. After entering Wuzhou, the lord sent generals to guard Guxuguan in Wuzhou. After stabilizing the situation, we can think of a way
Figure it out slowly."
"My lord, I, Ling Qide... am not serving as Dongling's military advisor in vain!"
Zuo Shiren's body was shaking.
A desperate fight to the death failed to restore the situation. But he was not a pedantic person. Otherwise, he would not have been able to rely on the Shanyue people to build a foundation in troubled times.
"Qi De, Shanyue Camp with 50,000 soldiers..."
"It can't be saved. Xu Buyi and Lame Man are laying out their plans at every level in order to eat up my 50,000 elite troops in Dongling. We also lost the bet on the strange troops we sent earlier."
Zuo Shiren closed his eyes in pain. He raised his head and looked around at the faces around him. There was an unspeakable frustration in the eyes of many generals.
"Reorganize the army immediately, follow the advice of the military advisor, and retreat to Wuzhou Guxuguan!" Zuo Shiren opened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and his voice was hoarse to the extreme.
The land of Wuzhou was already riddled with holes from the previous rebellion, and there were still some rebellious sea people... But no matter what, Zuo Shiren didn't want to admit defeat like this.
Unexpectedly, Ling Su's next words made him feel despair.
"There is one more thing, it is very important. My lord, please surrender... The two states of Chuling and Chuling can no longer be defended, so let's use the ceded land of the two states as a mediator to negotiate peace with Xu Buyi. Xu Buyi and Yuzhou will be in the future
The king is fighting for the world, and if my lord is waiting for an opportunity, he should have a chance."
"Qi De, if the two states of Chu Ling cannot be defended, I will mobilize the civilian army again——"
"My lord, these two forces, Donglai and the South China Sea Alliance, have already surrendered to Xu Buyi. If Xu Buyi mobilizes his troops from the northwest, no matter how many civilians there are, they will not be able to stop him. Wu Ling Qide... also wants to fight to the death.
War, but now, without being able to protect Li Ducheng’s elite, Xi Shu has become completely powerful.”
Zuo Shiren collapsed on the ground, hesitated for a long time, and nodded absently.
…
Dongfang Jing returned to the south gate and sat on the top of the city, looking at the retreating Dongling army with a smile on his face.
"Ma Yi, you mean that Zuo Shiren sent an envoy here to negotiate peace?"
"Young military advisor, that's right! They were sent seven or eight times, and I chased them away many times, but those Dongling envoys kept coming over."
"Ma Yi, go tell the envoy that the surrender will be decided personally when my Lord of Western Shu comes. However, the enemy troops outside the city must retreat thirty miles, but they cannot retreat to Chuzhou. If he dares to retreat,
It means that the city has no intention of negotiating peace and asking for surrender."
"Military advisor, according to my wishes, I can kill you directly."
Dongfang Jing shook his head, "Zuo Shiren has been operating in Dongling for too long. Look at him, he can easily deceive the common people and Yue people. If we kill Zuo Shiren after asking for surrender, we will have lost our righteousness."
Within a few years, there will be a steady stream of rebellions, assassinations by rebels, and civilian forces in the three Tanglin states that were conquered by the Communist Party of China."
"Neither the teacher nor I hope that my lord will be in the same situation as the King of Yuzhou."
"This plan to ask for surrender is certainly a good one. But both Zuo Shiren and Ling Su should understand that even though they have appeased the people of Dongling within three years, Dongling will still perish, and it is nothing more than lingering on."
"San'er, go and send a letter to the lord, informing him of Tangling's request for surrender."
At the camp outside Liancheng.
Ling Su, who had just turned around, became anxious when he heard that Dongfang Jing refused to withdraw his troops, and he coughed up a few more mouthfuls of blood.
"Zide, what should we do?"
Ling Su spoke with difficulty, "According to the lame man's wishes, the army retreated thirty miles and waited for Xu Buyi to come. My lord has a reputation in Dongling. If Xi Shu dares to kill the wise, it will be in vain to care about the people's livelihood. He is a smart man,
If you are following the people's principles, you won't be so stupid."
At this moment, Zuo Shiren was like a candle in the wind. He really wanted to fight again, but as Ling Su said, Xi Shu was extremely powerful.
"During the peace talks, my lord and I will go together... we must find a way to get back some of Liducheng's elites. Xu Buyi may attack the people of the King of Grain, but lord does not need to say anything, I have my own way. In addition,
Xu Buyi will definitely suppress military service for my lord, so there is no need for my lord to pay attention to it. I promise him first. I also have ways to deal with this matter."
…
A few days later, Xu Mu rushed to Liancheng with an army of thousands of people. As early as two days ago, Lu Xiong and Ruan Qiu's Nanhai Navy had also arrived.
At this moment, outside Liancheng, there are many troops from the Western Shu Allied Forces, with their flags waving, and their momentum is extraordinary.
On Zuo Shiren's side, because the army retreated, only a thousand personal guards were left to protect the surroundings.
"Dongfang Jing meets my lord." Seeing Xu Mu again, Dongfang Jing on the wooden wheel had tears in his eyes and hurriedly saluted and bowed.
"Bo Lie!" Xu Mu stepped away and stopped Dongfang Jing's movement.
"I, Xu Mu, am so virtuous and capable, with a great sage like Bo Lie." Xu Mu held Dongfang Jing's hand, speechless and choked up. Both Jia Zhou and Dongfang Jing spent almost everything for Xi Shu.
"My lord, I, Dongfang Jing, will never be able to repay the kindness of knowing you."
The relationship between the master and the subordinate was so sincere that if Si Hu hadn't yelled twice, they would have expressed their true feelings again.
Xu Mu came to his senses and walked to the military formation.
Ruan Qiu, Lu Xiong, Ma Yi and others standing by all raised their hands and clasped their fists.
"Everyone has done a great job." Xu Mu nodded and reassured them one by one before continuing to move forward.
Not far away is Zuo Shiren's peace negotiation group.
He set up a wooden shed and did not dare to sit down. A large row of people stood silently, waiting for him, the Lord of Western Shu, to take the seat first.
"Hello, Leader Zuo." Xu Mu sneered.
Zuo Shiren, who was at the front of the crowd, raised his head and smiled uglier than crying.