The King of Gui strongly requested to send 15,000 soldiers out of the city to reinforce Pu Zhenguo and General Ma Zhanshan.
Ding Kuichu remained silent. Commander Lu Da frowned.
"King Gui, our soldiers are only slightly stronger than the peasants. I'm afraid we'll only cause trouble if we go out!”
King Gui's face was gloomy as he personally came to Zhaoqing City's military camp.
There was a lot of dust in the military camp. Many houses were covered in dust and had not been repaired for a long time.
"The soldiers live in such a house?”
"Your Highness, the soldiers are all living in their own homes! This camp was only opened during normal training!”
In the military camp, the twenty thousand soldiers of the King of Gui were standing on all fours.
The soldiers were holding rusty weapons, and the King of Gui was in a mess.
"This can be used to fight? Even a farmer with a hoe would be much stronger than this weapon!”
Cold sweat dripped down Ding Kuichu's forehead.
He had used all the money that the King of Gui had given him to bribe Li Chengdong.
King Gui inspected the situation in the camp and stared at Ding Kuichu.
The King of Gui was not a fool. Looking at the weapons and armor of the soldiers, he knew that this fellow in front of him must have embezzled all the silver.
"Grand Scholar Ding, you're so good! This king gave you all the silver in the treasury to prepare armor and weapons. This is the weapon and armor you brought for me?”
The King of Gui let out a long sigh. If it wasn't for the fact that the 20,000 soldiers of Zhaoqing Prefecture were under Ding Kuichu's control, he would have killed them with a single slash.
Ding Kuichu knelt on the ground and shed a few tears hypocritically.
"Your Highness, it's not that I'm greedy for silver, but weapons are too expensive in this chaotic world!”
Lu Da knew Ding Kuichu's character very well and snorted coldly.
"If not for the arrival of His Majesty's reinforcements, I'm afraid you would be the first to betray Zhaoqing City!”
Ding Kuichu lowered his head. He was a civil official, so he couldn't argue with Lu Daqi, the commander.
After all, at this time, civil officials could no longer suppress generals.
During the late Ming Dynasty, generals could even kill civil officials at will, unlike the middle Ming Dynasty, where civil officials could completely crush generals.
Ding Kuichu was also aware of the changes in this era and could only smile apologetically.
"What are you talking about, Commander Lu? I am loyal to the Gui King and His Majesty! If the enemy comes, I will definitely be the first to sacrifice my life for the Ming Empire!”
"If I die, I'm afraid I'll become the second Qian Qianyi who is too cold!”
Ding Kuichu gritted his teeth and rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was about to fight.
"Say it again. I am a civil official of the Ming Empire. How can I compare with Qian Qianyi, whose water is too cold? You can insult my character, but you can't insult my loyalty!”
While they were arguing, the Brocade Guard rode to the King of Gui's side.
"Great Ming's Xingming Emperor has ordered that Zhaoqing City's Gui Wang, ministers, and soldiers all move out! Once His Majesty arrives, we will attack together with His Majesty!”
The King of Gui sucked in a breath of cold air, and the ministers were also stunned.
"Attack from all sides? Was this the time to attack from all sides?”，Ding Kuichu roared at the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
The Embroidered Spring Saber of the Embroidered Uniform Guards was drawn from its sheath, scaring Ding Kuichu so much that his face turned ashen.
"Attack, we will definitely attack. We promise to carry out His Majesty's orders!”，Ding Kuichu immediately changed his stance.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards rolled their eyes and handed the imperial edict to the King of Gui.
"Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, when will His Majesty arrive?" The King of Gui asked cautiously.”
"We will arrive on September 10th!"
The King of Gui calculated that it was now the 1st of the ninth month. He would be able to see the Emperor in nine days.
When the Gui King received the imperial edict, he did not dare to neglect it.
The entire Zhaoqing City was mobilized.
The King of Gui and his ministers led 20,000 soldiers and gathered outside the residence.
Once the Emperor arrived, the army would follow the Emperor and attack from all sides.
Three days later, in Li Chengdong's camp.
Li Chengdong's face darkened, and his limbs went limp.
"Reinforcements, why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? We're all going to starve to death!"
The three commanders and the forty thousand-men were all sitting in their chairs, looking weak.
"General, it's been three days, but General Li Xiaoshan still hasn't gotten any reinforcements. Shouldn't we consider breaking out of the encirclement?”
Li Chengdong sat on the commander's seat, feeling weak from hunger.
The 300 warhorses in the camp had already been killed.
Li Chengdong ate the horse meat and sighed heavily.
"Without salt, will the soldiers have the strength to fight?”
"General, without salt, the soldiers will not have enough strength even if they are full of horse meat!”，General Qian Youjian said.
Li Chengdong was a little desperate.
"Three days, it's been three days. Even a turtle should be crawling over by now!”
"General, why don't we fight the enemy? I'm dead!"
Li Chengdong pointed at the stinky corpses outside the camp.
"10,000 soldiers broke out of the encirclement to report, but they were killed by the enemy's heavy cavalry in less than two hours. Our 40,000 soldiers will be sending themselves to their deaths if we go out!”
"I have an idea!" Qian Youjian said in a low voice.”
"Why are you hiding it? Tell me immediately!"
"A diversion!"
Li Chengdong's brain was more agile, and he reacted immediately.
"You mean, issue a letter of challenge? Tell them that we want to fight them fair and square, and then attack Zhaoqing City with a large army?”
"General is right. With the enemy's elites here, Zhaoqing City will definitely be empty!”
Li Chengdong immediately picked up a brush and wrote a letter of challenge on the silk paper.
"Commander Qian, please make a trip and hand the letter of challenge to the enemy general!”
Qian Youjian nodded, took the letter of challenge, and rode towards the carriage formation.
"I am General Li Chengdong's envoy, and I am here to issue a letter of challenge!”
The soldier placed Qian Youjian into the carriage formation.
Pu Zhenguo took the letter of challenge and frowned.
"General Ma, what do you think?"
Ma Zhanshan read the contents of the letter of challenge.
"Li Chengdong has invited us to fight tomorrow at noon! It's probably because there's not enough food. We'll just accept it! What is there to be afraid of? Our 5,000 heavy cavalrymen can make their infantrymen cry for their parents with just a charge!”
" Yes." Pu Zhenguo nodded." In the face of absolute strength, all enemies are trash!"”
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