After nothing happened overnight, the sky turned white. The camp was lined up inside and outside, waiting for the battle. But not far from the front, smoke from the cooking stove was curling, looking peaceful and peaceful.

Li Dingguo sat in Sun Kewang's lower head, constantly flipping a cluster of iron arrows about an inch long in his hand, and remained silent.

Sun Kewang had a calm face and the food on the table did not move at all. Seeing that everyone was silent, he turned to Li Dingguo and asked, "Second, if I give you enough troops, how long will it take for you to take down Li Yan on the opposite side?"

Li Dingguo gently tapped the table with a cluster of arrows and said in a flat voice: "It is not difficult to take him down, it is enough for a day. But as Li Yan pointed out before, if we attacked for a strong force, our army would have to pay at least 6,000 losses. Brother, you have to think about it. Even if we take him down, we may not be able to subdue his soldiers. In other words, we may have suffered countless losses, but in the end we gain nothing, and we will completely break with Li Zicheng because of this."

Xu Yixian said coldly: "It's not that he has gained nothing. At least he can take Li Yan into his pocket. Now he is in a place of death, and he only faces two results, either death in battle or being captured by us. If he is willing to surrender to Sun Shuai after being captured, that's of course the best. Even if it is not the best result at that time, he can break one of Li Zicheng's legs, which will be extremely beneficial to the future development of our army."

Li Dingguo smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Xu, you know that you value Li Yan very much, and think that his role in Li Zicheng is no less than that of Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang of the Shu River. But after all, our biggest enemy is the official army. Before Zhu Ming died, is it really appropriate to tear Li Zicheng apart at this time? You must know that we are trapped in Nanyang, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong in the south; and as fierce as a tiger in the east, Li Guoqi; if Li Zicheng is furious and attacks from the west, we will face the situation of enemies on all sides. If we are planning before, we will break up with Li Zicheng completely and annex more than 16,000 elite soldiers in Nanyang, this may be worth it. But Li Yan has been prepared in advance. Is it really necessary to do that?"

Xu Yixian's face was unstable. He hated Li Yan's talent and wanted to get rid of him to avoid future troubles. This time, he tried his best to convince Sun Kewang to agree to annex more than 10,000 elite troops led by Li Yan, but he did not expect that he would lose his fortune, allowing Li Yan to get the news in advance, and thus be prepared. Now he either loses his troops and tries to take him down; or he makes a way out and lets him leave. The first is not worth the loss, and the second is he is extremely unwilling to accept it.

Pan Duao said in a cold tone: "We are so strict this time, and the people we know are limited to the dozen generals here. The dispatch of troops was also mobilized in the name of Zuo Liangyu. Are you not curious about where the news leaked? Let Li Yan get the news in advance."

Xu Yixian raised his eyebrows and looked up and asked, "You mean, there are traitors among us?"

Pan Duao said: "Why would Li Yan have made such strict arrangements in advance if he knew about this?"

Everyone's faces changed suddenly, and they looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.

Suddenly, Li Dingguo laughed a few times, and his tone was full of sneering: "Traitor? If there were traitors who were there who were stationed by Li Zicheng, then the army would probably have dispersed long ago. We had a conflict with Li Zicheng over the Nanyang incident. How could Li Yan be in our army without any defense? The 50,000 troops were transferred from the rear to the front, and there was a lot of noise. Even if Li Yan didn't know our purpose, he should notice the abnormality. Instead of suspecting that there were traitors among us, it would be better to say that Li Yan's careful rescue. Moreover, even if there were traitors, they could be kept for future investigations. Now the first thing we have to do is to make an idea as soon as possible, whether to attack or not? If you surround yourself like this, the consequences will be unimaginable once Zuo Liangyu can see it."

Pan Duao was Sun Kewang's confidant and was also the greatest contributor to help him sit in the position of the commander. Hearing Li Dingguo's words and mocking him, Sun Kewangqing shouted: "Second brother, don't be rude to Mr. Pan."

This time, Pan Duao did not confront Li Dingguo tit-for-tat. Instead, he smiled extremely rarely: "The second general said it is reasonable. This time it is indeed Pan's misconception. Perhaps it is possible that as the second general said, Li Yan was cunning. He discovered that something was wrong through various signs, which saved his life."

Li Dingguo also realized that he was too extreme and stood up and bowed slightly to Pan Duao, then said to Sun Kewang: "Brother, things cannot be delayed anymore. I will express my opinion first. We will let Li Yan leave this time. As for whether to become enemies with Li Zi in the future, that is the future, and that will be the matter after destroying Zhu Ming. There is no need to break up with him at this moment. Moreover, Li Zicheng is sieging Kaifeng now, and the official army will definitely counterattack vigorously. The more officers and soldiers he attracts to northern Henan, the more beneficial it will be to us. The world is so big, we don't need to shrink in the Wanluo area like him."

Li Dingguo's position in the military is second only to Sun Kewang at this moment. He first made his statement, and there were many followers.

Sun Kewang was silent for a moment, first looked at Pan Duao, who nodded gently to support Li Dingguo's opinion. He turned to Xu Yixian again. Although Xu Yixian looked ugly, he nodded unwillingly and said: "I have also agreed, but I can't let Li Yan leave so easily. The second general, let him leave all the baggage."

Li Dingguo nodded and said, "This is OK. Even if we are a little compensation for Li Zicheng to restrain the official army, he will have to lose some money no matter what."

Under the auspices of Li Dingguo, all Li Yan's staff only carried their own weapons and food rations for several days and left the Xinye front line. They bypassed Nanyang Prefecture and advanced directly from Yuzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture. Halfway through the journey, they received news that Sun Kewang gave up Xinye and led all the staff to retreat to Nanyang.

Liu Tichun's face was full of confusion when he got the news. He found Li Yan and reported to him about the situation. He asked: "Mr. Li, what kind of play is Sun Kewang singing? As soon as we left, he gave up Xinye and returned to Nanyang. Could it be that he was worried that the King of Chuang would lead his troops to attack Nanyang, so he gathered his army in the city to prevent accidents."
Chapter completed!