Because I was blocked outside Runzhou City for too long.
As a result, those supporters behind the rebels, like Cui Yinghe, began to become restless.
After all, they also knew that reinforcements from the imperial court would arrive soon.
When the time comes, how can tens of thousands of them be able to stop the imperial army? ???
Therefore, under the urging of these people, in the next few days, the rebels launched a fierce attack on Runzhou City like crazy.
When the situation was at its most critical, even the city gate was knocked open by the enemy.
Regarding this situation, Li Chengqian's originally calm heart began to have waves.
What makes Li Chengqian even more unsure is that the other army has not yet sent him any news that it has successfully cut off the enemy's retreat.
After all, the reason why Li Chengqian came to Runzhou was to attract the attention of the rebels.
Therefore, the troops were divided into two groups, allowing the other group of troops to cut off the enemy's retreat, and take advantage of the situation to capture the rebels at the southern foot of the Yangtze River.
Keep the rebels from looking at each other, and when the imperial troops arrive, they will annihilate both groups.
But now, there is no news from the imperial army.
There was also no news about the team responsible for intercepting the enemy's retreat.
This really made Li Chengqian very confused.
They set off from Changzhou, and it only took two days to get from Changzhou to Runzhou.
It only takes three or four days from Runzhou to the southern foot of the Yangtze River.
But now seven days have passed, and they still haven't received any news.
Even if we took a detour, we should have arrived early, right?
Therefore, taking advantage of the darkness, he sent his scouts to sneak out of the city to check the news.
But when the scout came back and reported the news about the other team to Li Chengqian, his expression became really ugly.
It turned out that the team began to slow down their marching speed after they separated from Li Chengqian.
Rushing during the day and resting at night, taking their time, as if the war had nothing to do with them.
The order Li Chengqian gave them at the beginning was that they must capture the southern foot of the Yangtze River within ten days.
And now a full seven days have passed.
< br> But these people are still on the march.
Are you taking your order as a joke?
Or are they working with the rebels and just want to spend their lives in Runzhou City?
Li Chengqian also never imagined that these people would dare to violate his orders in such an emergency.
"OK……"
"so good……"
"These generals really treat me as if I were made of clay and paper."
At this moment, Li Chengqian was so angry that he felt itchy at all.
What is this group of things?
The war is so urgent now, yet we still act like this.
Do they really think they dare not kill them?
Li Chengqian took a deep breath, and then called out: "Qi Hong!"
"The end is here!"
Qi Hong stepped in and went out.
"Let me ask you."
Li Chengqian said: "Do you dare to break out of the encirclement and join the army?"
"dare!"
Qi Hong did not hesitate.
Hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction.
Then he said: "Let me ask you again, if I asked you to kill them all, would you dare?"
Hearing this, Qi Hong paused.
But in the end, he still said: "Dare!"
"good."
Li Chengqian casually took off the sword from his waist and threw it to Qi Hong.
"This is the Dingtang Sword, which belongs to my grandpa Huang."
"Today, I will lend him to you so that you can kill the traitors and generals."
"Then, I will order you to personally lead the soldiers of the three states to capture the southern foot of the Yangtze River and prepare for my army to go south."
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and said: "Three days, I only give you three days, if you can't do it..."
"If I can't do it, I will be willing to die to apologize!"
Qi Hong said directly to Li Chengqian: "And the general will not need three days, two days, within two days, the general will surely capture the southern foot of the Yangtze River!"
Looking at Qi Hong, Li Chengqian nodded heavily and said: "The victory or defeat in this battle all depends on you."
After hearing this, Qi Hong gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, as long as Hong is here, I will live up to His Highness's trust." ??
This time he went with the determination to die.
After all, he wanted to go into someone else's army and kill the commander of that army.
Fortunately, if he succeeds, he can take over the army.
But if he failed, he would probably die.
So this current plan is still very risky and requires a lot of courage.
If not, Li Chengqian wouldn't have to ask him if he dared.
And maybe even Li Chengqian himself didn't expect it.
His appearance really changed the life trajectory of many people.
Of course, this includes Qi Hong.
Don't forget, no matter what, Qi Hong is also a Zhechong Captain and a general.
Years of drunkenness and debauchery have wiped out his ambition to defend his family and country, but it has not wiped out his ability and nature.
This time fighting side by side with Li Chengqian, Qi Hong also awakened the heart that had been buried for who knows how long.
Now he also sincerely looks down on the other three people, and also sincerely wants to chop off the heads of those three people.
Apart from other things, just saying that among the soldiers fighting bloody battles in Runzhou City, nine out of ten are his Changzhou soldiers, it is enough to make him resentful.
How simple was the job His Highness assigned them?
Just let them take advantage of the rebels being attracted to our side to cut off the enemy's retreat and seize the southern foot of the Yangtze River.
For this, they have paid the price with blood.
How many brothers died in this war, and how many brothers died tragically at the hands of the rebels.
But this group of people is still on their way leisurely, and they have not even fought with the enemy until now. Military confrontation.
What's this?
Do you think they are fools?
Do you want to watch their jokes from the sidelines?
So at that moment, Qi Hong took over Li Chengqian's Dingtang Dao without any hesitation and accepted the task assigned by Li Chengqian.
Watching Qi Hong leave, Zhu Gu pursed his lips.
He looked back at Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, isn't this plan a bit too risky?"
"It's okay if it succeeds, but if it fails..."
"General Qi will never come back, I'm afraid..."
I'm afraid those troops will have to join the rebels as a result.
"no way."
"We have no choice now."
If he had a choice, Li Chengqian wouldn't want to do this.
Of course, he was also prepared for this.
If Qi Hong died, the soldiers under his command would surely rise up because of his death.
Not to mention that the rebels can be defeated because of this, but at the very least it can cause the rebels to suffer some hardships.
And Zhu Gu is a veteran in the officialdom.
How could he not know about Li Chengqian's plan?
While he felt Li Chengqian's ruthlessness in his heart, he couldn't help but admire him secretly.
Since ancient times, those who achieve great things must be ruthless and ruthless.
The benevolent and righteous king only exists in novels.
Zhu Guzhi cupped his hands towards Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, do you have anything else to tell me?"
"Go and mobilize the people in the city."
"We need soldiers, we need someone to help us block the enemy's charge."
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and said: "At the very least, we must ensure that Runzhou cannot be lost before reinforcements arrive..."
Hearing this, Zhu Gu was also stunned.
Even the common people are going to the battlefield, and Li Chengqian is obviously going to put all his efforts...
However, he didn't say much, he just said: "My lord, I obey..."