When Wu Zheng heard this, his face was a little loud. Li Dingguo blamed him correctly. Wu Zheng felt that he had passed a little bit about Gao Guiying. It has been five years since he had not treated her badly in life, but after all, he was trapped in Hangzhou Prefecture, which was actually the same as house arrest.

"I actually didn't want to make things difficult for her... I just worried that once she left, the old subordinates of Zhongzhen Camp would cause trouble again... You know, the hearts of these people have never truly been loyal to them!"

Li Dingguo closed his eyes, "You are right... How could anyone who survived the bloody storm easily betrayed... His own past... Fortunately, Mrs. Zhongyi is a woman, otherwise, in the past few years, Hangzhou Prefecture would not have peace!"

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo returned to the previous topic, "So, Li can't suppress them... He has insufficient qualifications. When he sees Li Laiheng and Hao Yaoqi, he becomes half short at the sight and cannot suppress it... I have to go in person... Li Laiheng, Hao Yaoqi has to give me three points...face!"

Wu Zheng disagreed, "Then let King Gong Chang and General Ma go with you... With them on your side, it's no different from you!"

Li Dingguo did not refute this time, but just looked at Wu Zheng with a strange look.

Wu Zheng felt a little embarrassed when he was seen and asked embarrassedly: "...Is it me... wrong?"

Li Dingguo moved, "You come over."

Wu Zheng responded and put his head close to Li Dingguo's mouth.

"Bai Wenxuan... cannot be believed in everything." Li Dingguo said softly, "He is not like Ma Weixing... He has ambition!"

Wu Zheng looked up at Li Dingguo in surprise, not believing that this was from Li Dingguo's words.

Li Dingguo sighed lightly, "I know what you are thinking... If I were there, he would naturally not do anything... But if one day, I am gone... you can't suppress him!"

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo gently pulled Wu Zheng with his hand, and Wu Zheng leaned over again.

"Liu Wenxiu can help you...I have sent someone to inform him." Li Dingguo breathed lightly, "You can entrust the Southwest affairs to him in the short term... and he can also help him in the future..."

Seeing Li Dingguo's face worsened, Wu Zheng stopped him with heartache and said, "Stop for a while... Let's talk about it tomorrow."

After saying that, Wu Zheng let go of Li Dingguo's hand toughly and stood up to leave.

"What happened to Pu Xing... Is something wrong?"

Wu Zheng's body stiffened, adjusted his face and turned around, "You have thought too much... I originally wanted to bring Brother Shi to visit you, but at this time the war in Huai'an is in full swing... In this way, after this battle, I will definitely let him see you!"

"Is he injured, or...?"

The smile on Wu Zheng's face gradually faded away, and he knew that he could not hide it from Li Dingguo.

"Don't worry... Brother Shi was just injured... It's not a big deal... At most, two or three months, he is another lively man!"

Li Dingguo closed his eyes and said softly: "Li is not to treat his family... This child is not as sloppy as Sixing. He is stubborn by nature, but a honest person who is by your side can help you... look at him... and Haiyue..."

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "Wu Zheng remembers it!"

....

The next day, Li Guo rushed to Luoyang City and met Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng presided over a military controversy for Li Dingguo in the city.

The meeting decided that the main force of the Great Western Army would be selected, and the fleeing Wu Sangui's troops would be led by Li Guo to assist the Guangxin Guard, and Ma Weixing would guard Luoyang.

But this result was rejected by Li Dingguo in one sentence.

Li Dingguo means that Bai Wenxuan first, Ma Weixing pursued Wu Sangui, but only crossed the Henan border. If Wu Sangui crossed the border, then Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing would station in Hongnongwei, and Luoyang defense would be handed over to Li Guo.

When Li Dingguo's injuries improve, he will send troops to the northwest.

Wu Zheng had no choice but to set a deadline for Li Dingguo and he was not allowed to set out west within one month, and Li Dingguo agreed.

At the same time, Wu Zheng passed the order of the State Supervisor to Yingtian Prefecture, ordering Liao Zhongping to lead the main force of the Left Camp to Henan to replace Guangxin Guard, so that Li Guo could go west with Li Dingguo and take care of Li Dingguo for himself.

....

Originally, Wu Zheng planned to accompany Li Dingguo for a few more days.

Unfortunately, in just two days, early on the third morning, the Battle of Haizhou broke out.

Shi Kun led the two battalions and the third battalion who arrived in time from Shuyang organized defense in Haizhou City, blocking Yuele's army from retreating north, and fought fiercely until the afternoon of the third day, Haizhou City was broken!

Shi Kun was killed in battle on the spot, and his body was beheaded by the angry Yue Le, and hung it on the South Gate Tower for public display.

The fourth battalion of the 103rd Regiment of the First Army was stranded in Pizhou except for the remnants of the fourth battalion where Li Puxing was located. More than 2,000 soldiers of the Third Battalion were wiped out in Haizhou City, and no wounded even survived.

Even the 8,000 surrendered soldiers in the city witnessed the soldiers of the First Army fearlessly and bravely killing the enemy on the first day, and they spontaneously joined the First Army. Until their deaths, they believed that they were the first army, which was called "Honored"!

When the city finally broke, there were eight thousand people, and only more than six hundred people remained. It was not that they did not dare to die, but that they could not even kill themselves.

Sometimes, people are really strange. People are obviously those people, but different environments and comrades-in-arms will have such big differences.

When Wu Zheng heard the news, he didn't know what kind of battle had happened in Haizhou City.

But from the lines of the battle report, Wu Zheng could imagine what kind of bloody battle it was.

What awesome! General Shi!

This is what Li Dingguo said after reading the war report, and made the final conclusion for Shi Kun's death.

....

Haizhou City was captured.

This was actually long before Shi Kun expected.

Before Shi Kun set out, he knew that he would most likely die in Haizhou City.

Even though he knew that Shen Zhiyuan's troops could save him, he did not ask for it.

The reason is very simple. The 103rd Regiment alone cannot block the Qing army within a range of hundreds of miles.

Only when Shen Zhiyuan occupied Tancheng could Yue Le "safe" attack Haizhou City.

Moreover, the Tancheng defenders must be strong enough to be "lazy" to pay attention to it.

Otherwise, the Qing army would definitely change its direction.

Then, Shi Kun was unwilling to give up, and the military achievements he received would be "drawn" by Shen Zhiyuan.

This is not about taking credit, but about making contributions!

When Chen Sheng ordered Shi Kun to lead his troops to "turn around" in the defense battle in Jiangdu, Shi Kun understood one truth, that is, in the Northern Expedition Army, Shangguan could sacrifice for his subordinates.

Since you understand, you have to do it, who else can I do it?!

No one can use more than 2,000 people to block the crazy siege of the 40,000 elite enemy troops when they want to escape.

But Shi Kun got what he wanted, and he never thought of winning this battle. He only had to hold the Qing army for two days.

He did it. When the city was broken, Shi Kun led his troops to persevere for two and a half days.

Enough, enough!

When Shen Zhiyuan, Tancheng, treated the 6,000 cavalrymen who were feinting the Yuele school to the west, 20,000 spear cavalry assaulted from the enemy's flanks and quickly seized Ganyu, which was equivalent to intercepting Yuele's main force's way northward retreat again.

The Lu Zhiyu and Chi Erhan who followed Yue Le to pursue him also arrived in Haizhou in time.

Can't escape!
Chapter completed!