At this moment, Li Dingguo's heart was filled with frustration.

Of course he knew that just a battle was not enough to affect the victory or defeat of the entire war, but a very dangerous idea had gradually emerged from his mind.

If a 2,000 musketeer guarding the Ming army was enough to defeat Li Dingguo, leading the 5,000 elite troops of the Western Army, if one day the war broke out in the wild, could the Western Army really win by relying on its number advantage?

When he thought of this, the crisis consciousness in Li Dingguo's mind suddenly overwhelmed everything.

He no longer had concerns and frustration, but couldn't wait to return to Jiujiang City, tell Zhang Xianzhong this amazing discovery, and warn Zhang Xianzhong.

Just as Li Dingguo retreated, the result of the battle was reported to Zhu Cixuan as quickly as possible.

"So that's how it is. After a long time, Li Dingguo actually wanted to attack the granary of our palace. It's really a pity that he could think of it."

Zhu Cixuan's expression was very relaxed when he heard the news, after all, he already knew that the Ming Dynasty had won.

Gao Dejie said very admirably: "It was your highness who had made a brilliant plan and guarded an army at Nanhuzui early to defeat Li Dingguo's attack."

Zhu Cilang smiled and waved his hand, saying, "This is actually nothing, mainly because I don't want to be the second Yuan Shao."

Anyone who has a little knowledge of history should have heard of the Battle of Guandu during the Three Kingdoms period. Yuan Shao was eventually defeated by Cao Cao's sneak attack on Wuchao in the granary.

Zhu Cilang is not a fool. He arranged three thousand musketeers in the grain base in Nanhuzui early.

With these three thousand musketeers, even if an army of more than ten thousand people came to attack, Zhu Cixuan felt that the three thousand musketeers could have the power to fight.

After today's battle, facts also proved that Zhu Cilang's view was correct.

Gao Dejie was naturally very happy and said with a smile: "Now I am just worried about one thing. If Zhang Xianzhong heard about the failure of Li Dingguo, would he not dare to go out of the city to fight with us?"

Zhu Cixuan pinched his chin and said with a smile: "There is indeed such a possibility, but... if things really develop like that, it's okay."

During the war, Zhu Cilang actually grew up slowly, and his command began to have his own opinions.

For example, while on the surface, while fighting against the main force of Zhang Xianzhong in Jiujiang, Zhu Cilang instructed Fang Gongqian and asked Fang Gongqian to send a large number of people from the East Factory to secretly enter the areas under Zhang Xianzhong's current rule.

Because Zhang Xianzhong planned to appease the local government, many of the local officials appointed by the Daxi regime were originally local officials of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as the usual people take some action, many local officials will be willing to make things right and return to the Ming Dynasty's ruling sequence.

Simply put, if Jiujiang is indeed in a protracted war, then Zhu Cilang will cause Zhang Xianzhong's backyard to catch fire.

In short, everything is to arrive outside Wuchang City within three months for the goal given by the system.

There is really no room for negotiation at this point.

Now Zhu Cixuan feels that he is actually quite proactive. All he needs to do is wait quietly and wait for Zhang Xianzhong's choice.

Zhang Xianzhong was very annoyed and stared at Li Dingguo in front of him fiercely.

"So, just two thousand musketeers beat your five thousand elite soldiers to run away with their heads. Is that what does that mean?"

Faced with Zhang Xianzhong's questioning, Li Dingguo's face turned red and hurriedly explained.

"The father didn't know that this time the musketeers in the court were too powerful in combat. The firearms in their hands were very fierce. The army of the son minister could not rush up at all, and they were directly knocked back by the musketeers of the court."

After listening to Li Dingguo's explanation, Zhang Xianzhong sneered.

"It's just nonsense. Haven't I ever fought with the army of the Ming court? Their musketeers are actually just that. How could they have such a strong combat power?"

As Zhang Xianzhong said, he has been fighting against all the troops of the court for the past sixteen years, and musketeers will of course appear in these wars.

In Zhang Xianzhong's understanding, the so-called musketeers in the Ming Dynasty were actually a group of troops that seemed useful but were actually useless.

Zhang Xianzhong said coldly: "In the past ten years, the so-called Ming musketeers killed their own people because of fire from guns, even more than the number of soldiers under my command. You want to tell me that it is such musketeers who beat the 5,000 elite soldiers you led, and do you still need me to believe in this kind of thing?"

Not only the other generals present at Zhang Xianzhong, the eyes of Li Dingguo became very subtle.

The combat experience of the entire Daxi Army over the past 16 years made them feel that the Ming Dynasty's musketeers were not a group of soldiers that could have a subversive impact on the outcome of the entire war.

Li Dingguo's heart slowly sank. For some reason, he could clearly feel a feeling of suspicion from Zhang Xianzhong.

Was it because Li Dingguo and Zhu Ciyang met?

But no matter what, Li Dingguo still hopes to make a final effort.

"All my son said is true, Father. This time we will never be able to fight the army of the Ming court. We should firmly guard Jiujiang City and slowly exhaust all the Ming Dynasty's troops, waiting for them to retreat."

Li Dingguo's words did not attract Zhang Xianzhong's attention. The latter looked at Li Dingguo with disappointment, and then shook his head slowly and firmly after a moment.

"Dingguo, don't participate in this war for the time being. Go back and stay in the mansion and think about why things have reached this point. Wait until you figure it out, and then come to find me."

Having said that, what else can Li Dingguo do?

He left the place helplessly.

After Li Dingguo left, Zhang Xianzhong's eyes gradually became sharper.

"Come on, send me someone to monitor Dingguo for twelve hours, don't let him do anything confused, do you understand?"

Everyone present felt a sank after hearing this sentence.

They knew very well that at least in a short period of time, Li Dingguo really had no way to win back Zhang Xianzhong's trust.
Chapter completed!