Chapter 1698 : Subdue the enemy without fighting
This morning, Zhao Qi had told him that the city had insufficient food and grass, and the army was in turmoil. Many soldiers stole wealth and women and opened the city to escape while the night was dark! "He believed that in a few days, more and more people would escape. Zhao Qi had killed several groups, and he stopped him from killing. If he continued to kill, he was afraid of a mutiny. Didn't that man who was like a mountain died like this?"
Under the light, a white letter was lying calmly on the desk. He read the letter no less than ten times. He really didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang, who became emperor, would write to him personally. He must not suspect that what he said in the letter was written by Zhu Yuanzhang. It was precisely because of this battle that he was hesitant in his heart. It was true that those who were close friends died, but he did not want to die.
Li Siqi sighed softly and straightened his body. At this moment, a young general rushed into the door and said to him in a trembling voice: "General is not good, no, General Zhao—he—?"
Li Siqi was shocked and said sternly: "Speak quickly, what did Zhao Qi do?"
The young general cried and said, "General Zhao said that the general would definitely be defeated in this battle, so there is no need to follow the general. It is better to leave before the army outside the city has yet to attack. He brought the general's brocade jewels and more than 3,000 brothers under his command, opened the city gate and escaped while the night was sunny!"
"This Zhao Qi who was killed by a thousand swords, I am really blind and took him as his adopted son!" Li Siqi cursed gritted his teeth.
"General, the city is short of food and grass, and the morale of the soldiers of the army is floating, which means that the army is a heavenly soldier and general, and the general is not an enemy. In the past few days, there have been no less than tens of thousands of soldiers who have escaped. If this continues, I am afraid that the Ming army will not attack the city and there will be no one in the city? General—?"
Li Siqi gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. Before closing her eyes, she glanced at the letter at the table and sighed softly, "Are you really going to go this way?"
"General—?" the young general shouted with courage.
"If you have something to say?" Li Siqi closed her eyes, took a long breath, and said coldly.
The young general looked up at Li Siqi, and saw that his face was normal and he did not look angry. He became much more courageous and clasped his fists and said, "General, please forgive me, please boldly, say a few bad words?"
Li Siqi didn't say anything, but just squinted his eyes and opened it slightly, revealing a hint of doubt.
Seeing that the general was not angry at all, the young general felt completely relieved and said boldly: "I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had been suffering since he was a child and had a deep understanding of the sufferings in the Ming Dynasty. He has taken great care of the people over the years. Since he ascended the throne in Yingtian, he has restored the Han people's territory and reduced taxes from Jiangnan. He was called the first-class good emperor by the people. The miserable general did not study much, but he also knew that only such people could live and work in peace and prosperity. Now that the Tartar emperor is unpopular, why should we oppose a good emperor for a debauchery and innocence?"
Li Siqi remained motionless for a long time. After a long time, his eyes opened, his eyes fell on the yellow envelope on the desk. He sighed and said, "You are right. How can we fight against a good emperor for a debauchery dog emperor? Tell the soldiers that we will not fight in this battle, open the city gate and surrender!"
On the second day, Li Siqi opened the city gate and led 50,000 troops under his command to surrender. Xu Da was overjoyed and immediately passed it over to Ying Tian. Zhu Yuanzhang admired Li Siqi very much, and knew his relationship with Wang Baobao, so he treated him with kindness and ordered him to be the left prime minister of Jiangxi Province, stay in the capital without taking office.
After Li Siqi surrendered, Zhang Liangbi, who had only 50,000 troops left in Guanzhong. After a discussion, everyone decided to send troops to capture Qingyang in three days, and then the troops divided into different groups to photovoltaic power in Guanzhong.
At this time, in Qingyang Mansion, Zhang Liangbi seemed a little impatient. Lintao was broken this morning. After the spies investigated the news of Li Siqi's surrender, he already knew clearly. It was only when he knew that he felt irritable, more surprised, and only fear was left.
First of all, he did not expect that these Ming troops were so powerful. They attacked and killed without any effort. Even if they were as powerful as Wang Baobao, they would defeat Taiyuan. Again, Li Siqi surrendered beyond his expectations. Without Li Siqi's entire Guanzhong, he would be the living target of the Ming army. He believed that it would not take long before Xu Da's army would definitely attack Qingyang.
He knew this battle well. He was not as good as Wang Baobao and Li Siqi in the war. He fought with them over the years but had not taken any advantage. They were defeated and surrendered. This was to tell him that he could not win this battle anyway.
"Since you can't win, then escape and hide!" Zhang Liangbi, who was walking back and forth with his hands on his back, snorting coldly and muttering to himself. Two frowning brows stretched slightly.
"Yes, escape!"
Zhang Liangbi muttered again, his eyes slowly moved, and under the light, a topographic map on the wall was clearly reflected. The mountains and rivers that were once ridiculously large, but now the rest is just a desert.
Zhang Liangbi sighed, stared at the map with his eyes tightly, and murmured for a long time: "It seems that he can only go wherever he can avoid it. Perhaps the United King Baobao can make a comeback!"
The night was silent, and a stone in Zhang Liangbi's heart fell quietly.
On the second day, Zhang Liangbi handed over Qingyang to his younger brother Zhang Liangchen to guard the army, and personally led the army to Ningxia to find the only Wang Baobao who could confront the Ming army to bring rescue troops.
After the army arrived in Qingyang, Xu Da did not rush to attack the city. Based on the current troops, it was not difficult to deal with Zhang Liangbi, but he still did not rush to attack the city. What he wanted this time was "a army that would defeat others without fighting!"
"Haha—Good news, good news?" Fu You laughed and walked into Xu Da's tent.
Xu Da put down the "Lüshi Chunqiu" in his hand, looked at the door, and smiled and said, "Why did General Fu be so happy?"
Fu Youde laughed twice and said, "Just just now, the spy came to report that the Qingyang guardian Zhang Liangbi and the early morning opened the city gate and led a thousand men to escape to Ningxia. I think it was probably going to surrender to Wang Baobao, this corrupt guy!"
"Take it seriously!" Xu Da put down the "Lüshi Chunqiu" in his hand and asked happily.
Fu Youde nodded vigorously and said, "What the scout ahead saw with his own eyes should not be fake!"
Xu Da threw away the books in his hand and said with a smile: "It seems that it's time to take Qingyang? I'll send an order immediately and take Qingyang City tomorrow morning?"
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