"When Fan Wenhu escaped, he left his warship or burned it?" Li Tingzhi suddenly asked this question.

"It's all left to the Tartars." Zhang Shun replied in a deep voice.

In fact, when Li Tingzhi asked this, he had an answer in his heart, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but close his eyes. After a while, a few words popped up from his teeth, "Fan Wenhu, ruining the country! You can kill but not keep it!" This battle has been lost, the country has lost, and everything he has fought for has lost. Even Sun Wu has no ability to revive the dead. All this is because the powerful ministers in the court are unwilling to hand over the military power to those who are willing to bleed and sacrifice, and those who are greedy and afraid of death like Fan Wenhu can always go smoothly. Why is this? Li Tingzhi is not unaware of the answer, but he dare not think about it, so he can only close his eyes in pain, as if as long as he doesn't open it, everything is just a nightmare.

"But please rest assured that the general has burned most of their warships. I think in a short time, the Tartars should not have the ability to fight in the water. Now we have some time to save the defeat." Zhang Gui suddenly shouted loudly.

Li Tingzhi opened his eyes suddenly, with an incredible expression on his face, "What did you... what did you say? You all burned? How did you do it? Tell me in detail."

Before Zhang Gui could speak, Zhang Shun immediately took over the conversation and said the details of the battle. However, he did not mention the destruction cannon, but only said that he used a small warship on the water to shoot into the enemy formation. However, even so, Li Tingzhi's eyes widened and his suspicious expression became stronger and stronger. "Since you have taken the initiative, why not take advantage of the situation to regain Longweizhou? Don't you know the strategic value there?"

Zhang Shun smiled bitterly, "Master, we have less than 3,000 people, but the enemy has 100,000. Although we took the initiative for a while, it was only a temporary one. As long as they understood, let alone regaining Longweizhou, we would be wiped out even if we were completely wiped out."

Of course, Li Tingzhi understood, but he still felt very regretful. This was a move of victory and defeat. Perhaps all the victory and defeat could be reversed by this move. Unfortunately, these two people were not sure about it. Although they won a battle, such victory was not worth mentioning compared to the upcoming destruction country. Winning a battle could not change the outcome of a war at all. The great Song Dynasty was exhausted.

"You go down." He suddenly felt very weak and his whole body was filled with fatigue. "I will ask you for me. You can rest. When we are about to leave, you can go back to the capital with me." As he said that, he closed his eyes again and leaned on the back of the chair tiredly.

Zhang Shun suddenly felt a little sympathy when he looked at this face that looked very old. He knew Li Tingzhi's ambitions very well, but everything was meaningless at this time. The loss of Longweizhou means that the battle for defense in Xiangfan could not continue, and now returning to the capital has become the only way. He can follow him, and the next step should be Yangzhou. There may be the battlefield where I can show my skills. Even if I cannot eventually change my destiny, I will definitely delay as much as possible. After all, this old man's determination to fight was never shaken. At the beginning, it might be for the court, and later for the righteousness in his heart. People say that no desire is to be tough, and this may be such a person.

Originally, the matter ended here, but it changed at this moment. Zhang Gui suddenly laughed out loud, "Master, our brothers will not go back to the capital with you. We are all here, and our ancestral tombs are all here. Although we are not a big family, we are also native. The so-called hometown is hard to leave, so we will not go anywhere. I promised Maj. Lu that no matter whether it succeeds or fails, I will return to Xiangyang and live and die with my hometown. Please forgive me." Zhang Shun didn't have time to stop him. He knew it was broken as soon as he heard this, but it was too late to say anything.

Li Tingzhi also opened her eyes, her eyes flashing, "You want to go back? Are you really not afraid of death?"

"Haha, we are all from nearby farmers, but the Tartars killed all the old and young people in our village. Now these brothers are left here, but they care about life and death? What's more, even if they return to the capital at this moment, it's hard to say that they can survive. It's better to fight the Tartars here to death. If they die, they will always return to their roots." Zhang Gui said very relaxed and sincerely, without any pretentiousness. It seems that he had made this plan long ago.

Li Tingzhi had never expected it. He first looked at the two people in a daze, then suddenly slapped the table, strode around his handsome case, bowed deeply to the two people, and was so scared that they hurriedly returned the greeting, "What is the intention of the coach?"

Li Tingzhi's face was already full of solemnity. He sighed softly and said, "I think I, Li Tingzhi, joined the army for many years and made many military achievements. I have worked hard to achieve this position with my own efforts. Over the years, I have watched the Tartars grow from weak to stronger, but we are getting weaker and weaker. I always wonder why this is? It seems that it is not because their soldiers are too powerful, their generals are too capable, and their equipment is too advanced, but because we are too weak and incompetent!

From the court to the people, everyone wants to live. They thought that no matter who is coming to be an emperor, they would have a lot of wealth and glory. Unfortunately, I know these Tartars so well. What they are best at is killing people, they will not govern the country at all, and they are even more unwilling to waste their energy to govern the country. Therefore, under their rule, we will definitely become slaves who are worse than pigs and dogs, but no one believes me." At this point, Li Tingzhi's face appeared with a faint sense of helplessness.

Zhang Shun's heart moved. He didn't expect this person to predict so accurately. It was no wonder why he fought to the death later. Even if the emperor and the empress dowager surrendered at that time, he would rather die than surrender. It turned out that he had known his fate for a long time. This was also a despicable person who knew he could not do it. In an instant, Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel a sense of being sympathetic.

Li Tingzhi sighed and continued, "Now our country is in turmoil, but there are treacherous ministers and strong enemies outside. What is really missing in the country are righteous men like you. Although your behavior today cannot change the situation of the war, it always allows more people to see hope. Perhaps this is the last thing we have to fight for. Since you have decided to leave, I will not keep you anymore. But today I want to accept you as your godson, are you willing?"

Zhang Shun almost sneered. This old guy doesn’t want to be a godfather? Haha…
Chapter completed!