East Factory Governor

Chapter 649 Making a Deal
"You want to die, but I won't let you die." Qin Shuhuai paused, pointing to the prisoners and said, "Did you see those captives? There are a total of 5000 people, and I was going to bury them alive tonight , but now I plan to make a deal with you."

Li Dingguo was startled, and asked, "What deal?"

Qin Shuhuai said slowly, "I will go to Sichuan soon to fight against the remnants of the Eastern Forest. If you can help me fix Sichuan, then these people can live. Otherwise, these people will all die. I think there are many of these people Are they your old subordinates? Think about it carefully, should you let them die or let them live?"

Li Dingguo couldn't help saying angrily, "Qin Shuhuai, you!"

"Why, General Li doesn't agree?" Qin Shuhuai said with a slightly cold expression, "I never force others to make things difficult for me, so pretend I didn't mention it."

After speaking, he turned to leave.

"Wait!" Li Dingguo hurried to catch up and said, "If Sichuan is pacified, are you really willing to let these brothers go?"

"Should I say what I said a second time?"

"Okay, as long as you are not afraid that I will take your life halfway, I will accompany you on this journey."

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, "I'm not afraid that you will come to take your life, but I'm afraid that you won't be useful at that time, and I will lose sight of you!"

Everyone laughed again.

Li Dingguo didn't care about everyone's ridicule this time, but said calmly, "Okay, let's make a deal!"

After Qin Shuhuai left, Meng Wei came to Li Dingguo not long after, and said to him, "Master Guo said, let you be a staff officer with the army." To put it bluntly, no matter how great your ability is, you are not as good as the Duke of the country. The world is still flat without you. Figure it out for yourself."

Early the next morning, the army set off and rushed to Hanzhong.

Five days later, the army arrived in Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is only more than 200 miles away from Guangyuan, the gateway to Sichuan, and now the whole city is under martial law.

He Renlong, who was originally stationed in Ningqiang County not far from Hanzhong, heard that Qin Shuhuai was coming, so he rushed to Hanzhong that day to discuss with Qin Shuhuai how to enter Sichuan.

After a simple banquet, He Renlong, Zhang Xiao, Zu Dashou and others got together to discuss how to enter Sichuan to suppress the rebellion.During this period, Qin Shuhuai asked Li Dingguo to be called here.

Qin Shuhuai had already made a plan, but in order to see if this Li Dingguo was the same as in history, and to give Li Dingguo a chance to perform, he still called him over.

He Renlong first said, "My lord, as far as I know, there are three great generals under Cao Guozhang's command, namely Li Zhongming, Wu Yutian, and Zhang Lizhen. These three are all from Cao Guozhang's hometown, and they are loyal to Cao Guozhang. About [-] to [-]. If Cao Guozhang rebels, they will definitely follow him to the death. As for the other generals in Sichuan, they are not so loyal to Cao, and they probably look like the wind blows the wall."

Qin Shuhuai nodded and asked, "Then what is General He's plan?"

He Renlong said, "The last general believes that the battle in Sichuan should be carried out simultaneously. To suppress, you need to act like a thunderbolt, but if you start a war, you must capture the city as quickly as possible regardless of the cost, and then deal decisively with the stubborn resistance. Killing, this is the only way to deter the Sichuan army! To caress, you need gentle wind and light rain, and Xiaozhi, the general of the Sichuan army who holds the military power, should be moved with emotion and reason. In this way, with the power of heaven and the warmth with one hand, most generals will surely submit to the court! Even if Li, Wu, and Zhang stubbornly resist, we can disintegrate their generals through division and greatly reduce their combat power."

Although Qin Shuhuai nodded slightly, it was just showing He Renlong the necessary respect.In fact, He Renlong's strategy was similar to Sun Chengzong's, and it was considered quite satisfactory, but it would inevitably consume a lot of troops, and he didn't agree with it in his heart.

He Renlong said again, "The defender of Guangyuan City is Li Zhongming, one of Cao Guozhang's confidantes. If we can capture Guangyuan City, it will definitely give the Sichuan Army a great deterrent. Therefore, the last general suggests that we attack Guangyuan City first!"

Qin Shuhuai just nodded slightly to He Renlong's suggestion, but did not comment.

Then, he turned his attention to Li Dingguo and asked, "Li Canjun, what's your plan?"

Li Dingguo said calmly, "Li believes that this strategy is only a middle one."

He Renlong's face was a little ugly, and he carefully sized up this young man he had never seen before.

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, "Then Li Canjun must have a better plan? Tell me."

Meng Wei, Meng Hu, Zu Dashou and others suddenly became interested, and they all looked at Li Dingguo.

This Li Dingguo, but the Duke of the country spent so much time to "cheat" him, I don't know if he really has such a great ability?
And He Renlong looked at Li Dingguo without blinking, and made up his mind that if this arrogant boy couldn't come up with a "best policy", I would scold him to the point of embarrassment!
Li Dingguo said calmly, "Among the three generals in Sichuan, I have fought against Li Zhongming and Zhang Lizhen. Li Zhongming fought bravely and his soldiers worked hard. He is the first of the three main forces under Cao Guozhang's command. At the same time, Li Zhongming's troops are his own. He brought it up with one hand, and he has a deep relationship with him, and he himself married the daughter of Cao Guozhang's younger siblings, and he was deeply favored by Cao Guozhang, the second. Therefore, no matter what the situation, he will advance and retreat with Cao."

Hearing this, He Renlong said angrily, "So what?"

Li Dingguo was not disturbed, and continued, "But that Zhang Lizhen, although he is Cao Guozhang's confidant in name, is after all the Sichuan General Soldier sent by the imperial court, so his family members stayed in the capital as hostages. We were in Pingchang more than two years ago. When we fought against him in the area, about 5000 of his nephews were surrounded by more than [-] of us. Zhang Lizhen didn't have many soldiers at the time, but he still brought [-] elite soldiers to rescue him. Family members should be more affectionate. Therefore, for the sake of his family, it is possible for this Zhang Lizhen to submit to the imperial court."

Qin Shuhuai didn't expect Li Dingguo to be so familiar with the generals in Sichuan at first, but after thinking about it later, he was right. In addition to activities in the Three Sides area, Zhang Xianzhong's troops would occasionally travel to Sichuan, Huguang and other places, so naturally he was familiar with the generals in the local area. .

This is also a windfall!

All the generals present here are experienced generals. Hearing Li Dingguo analyze several generals under Cao Guozhang one by one, he knew that this was related to the countermeasures he proposed next, so they all listened attentively.

Even He Renlong stopped talking.

But Li Dingguo didn't care about the changes in everyone's attitudes, and continued to analyze according to his thinking, neither humble nor overbearing.

(End of this chapter)