Chapter 1362: Frustrated

Late at night, Guangling City.

Pei Mao and several senior generals sat there, each of them with helplessness written all over their faces.

The scouts they sent out brought back the latest movements of Yun Zheng's troops.

Judging from the flags raised by the other side, Yun Zheng is leading the army personally this time.

Of course, this is not the most important thing.

What’s important is that wherever Yun Zheng’s army passed, cities opened their gates and surrendered.

There was no troops escorting food and fodder behind Yun Zheng's troops, but they had no shortage of food and fodder at all.

At present, the army led by Yun Zheng is less than sixty miles away from Guangling, and is resting in a county town under the jurisdiction of Guangling.

If he hurrys up, Yun Zheng will arrive at Guangling city early tomorrow morning.

Even if they are a little slower, they should arrive by noon tomorrow.

At the moment, they no longer had the energy to curse the officials who opened the city and surrendered.

Moreover, it is not the officials' fault.

There were either some yamen runners or hundreds of county soldiers in those cities.

We can't expect those officials to stop Yun Zheng's army with just such a small number of troops, right?

"I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for General Zhao's reinforcements..."

Pei Mao looked at the generals with a serious expression and sighed continuously.

Yun Zheng personally led 20,000 cavalrymen to attack.

That only means one thing, the troops in Lulin’s camp surrendered as expected.

Although they had long guessed that the troops in Lulin’s camp would surrender, they did not expect that they would surrender so quickly.

It is estimated that they began to prepare for surrender as soon as they were besieged.

With the surrender of the troops in Lulin Camp, it is estimated that the 10,000 troops in the Vanguard Camp will be close to surrender as well.

"This battle is so damn frustrating!"

A general of the fourth rank complained with a depressed look on his face.

Listening to his words, several other people nodded.

Isn't it frustrating?

Not only can they not win the battle, but they also have to worry about their subordinates opening the city and surrendering.

Fortunately, it was not invaded by foreigners.

If foreigners invaded and this was the result, all of them would commit suicide.

"Okay, stop complaining!"

Pei Mao stopped the general who was talking and asked a few more people, "What is the situation of the soldiers in each unit?"

"not too good."

The deputy general looked solemn. "I heard that Yun Zheng is coming. The army is already panicking. The morale of the soldiers in each unit is very low. If Yun Zheng leads his troops to besiege Guangling for a long time, there is a high possibility of mutiny in the army..."

Mutiny!

These two simple words made Pei Mao's palms go cold.

"Is it so serious?"

Pei Mao frowned and said angrily: "Yun Zheng is raising an army to rebel! These people are fed by the emperor, don't they know how to be loyal to the emperor?"

"To be loyal to the emperor, one must have the ability to do so!"

Another general sighed: "I had a brief chat with two captains before. In their eyes, Yun Zheng is invincible! If they think so, what about the ordinary soldiers below?"

In fact, most of the generals in the army were still loyal to the court.

Just as Pei Mao said, one should be loyal to the emperor while receiving his salary.

But the problem is that they are facing Yun Zheng, who has never been defeated.

When these people fight, they only consider one city or one place.

But when Yun Zheng goes to war, he often destroys nations!

Be timid before fighting!

In this situation, how can we boost the morale of ordinary soldiers?

Not to mention the soldiers, how much morale can these generals have?

Who among them dares to stand up and say that he can definitely lead his troops to defeat Yun Zheng?

Pei Mao was silent, not knowing what to say, and could only sigh.

"General Pei, have you ever thought about having a chat with Yun Zheng in front of the battle?"

At this time, the deputy general suddenly asked tentatively.

"Talk to him?"

Pei Mao's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, "Why, do you want me to talk to him about what benefits he will give me after I surrender to him?"

"no no……"

The deputy general waved his hands repeatedly: "What I mean is, General, you can ask him why he raised an army to rebel!"

"nonsense!"

Pei Mao looked at the deputy general unhappily.

Is there any need to ask this?

Yun Zheng’s power has become so great that he can completely suppress the imperial court!

The imperial court could do nothing to him!

He rebelled, not to sit on the throne, but just for the fun of fighting?

After hearing what Pei Mao said, the deputy general suddenly stopped talking.

It can be seen that Pei Mao has no intention of surrendering at all.

Although he had this intention, he didn't dare to say more.

If he said anything more, Pei Mao would probably kill him.

"Put away your petty thoughts!"

Pei Mao looked at the deputy general coldly, then glanced at the others, "Listen to me, all of you. No matter how great Yun Zheng's contributions are, no matter how powerful he is, I will never surrender to the traitors! Anyone who dares to surrender, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Pei Mao sternly warned several generals.

He knew that he was no match for Yun Zheng, but he would not surrender.

Even if he dies, he will die with dignity!

Even if I can't beat Yun Zheng, I will tear a piece of flesh from him!

He wanted to let Yun Zheng know that the court was not without loyal ministers, and not all of them were traitors like him!

Facing Pei Mao's cold gaze, several people immediately lowered their heads.

"Report! General Zhao's military order!"

Just when the atmosphere was becoming extremely depressing, the voice of Pei Mao's personal guard commander suddenly came from outside the door.

"Come in!"

Pei Mao stood up immediately.

Soon, the door opened.

The commander of the personal guards came in with a messenger.

The messenger took out Zhao Ji's order and said, "I have sent 70,000 reinforcements to Guangling. They will arrive in ten days at most! I order Pei Mao's troops to defend Guangling. If Guangling is lost, all the generals in Juzhou will be killed!"

"The last general takes command!"

Pei Mao loudly accepted the order and asked the messenger, "Does General Zhao have any other instructions?"

"Have!"

The messenger immediately took out a letter and said, "This is a handwritten letter from General Zhao. General Zhao ordered me to personally deliver this letter to General Pei."

Pei Mao quickly took the letter and opened it.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Pei Mao's expression suddenly became extremely solemn.

Zhao Ji has received accurate information that the enemy forces in Yaoxi intend to attack Liangzhou.

Zhao Ji judged that Yun Zheng was really going to rebel this time.

Zhao Ji had already reported the situation to the court and formulated a plan to quell the rebellion. He was only waiting for the court to agree to Zhao Ji's plan. Zhao Ji would immediately send a large force to attack Yaoxi.

As long as the enemy forces in Yaoxi are defeated, Yun Zheng will definitely lead his troops to provide support.

Therefore, they must defend Guangling and use Guangling to contain Yun Zheng's elite cavalry.

In addition, Zhao Ji also urgently dispatched 20,000 troops to Linjiang to strengthen Linjiang's defense.

However, the elite cavalry in Zhao Ji's hands would be used to raid the enemy forces in Yaoxi, so all the troops sent to reinforce Guangling or Linjiang were infantry.

As a result, the speed of support will be slightly slow.

Zhao Ji's request to them was simple: they must defend Guangling until reinforcements arrived.

At the same time, Zhao Ji also asked them to choose a place with steep terrain to block Yun Zheng's cavalry. He did not seek to defeat Yun Zheng's elite cavalry, but only to slow down their attack speed.

Zhao Ji also comforted him.

Although Yun Zheng is good at fighting, he is not a god after all.

Anyone who is not a god can be defeated!

As long as they work together, they will definitely be able to defeat the traitor Yun Zheng.

Finally, Zhao Ji also reminded that it is necessary to maintain morale and be wary of anyone surrendering to the enemy and offering the city.

Obviously, Zhao Ji also knew that facing the pressure from Yun Zheng's army, their morale would be unstable.

However, it will take ten days for Zhao Ji’s reinforcements to arrive!

And tomorrow, Yun Zheng will arrive at the city of Guangling!

How should we guard these ten days?

Can their military morale hold out for ten days?