Guo Guibang acted as he thought and immediately ordered all those in the foundation-building stage and above to line up and go out of the city for a decisive battle.
But at this moment, Yan Zhengqing flew into the air with his sword, and his true energy was transmitted. The mighty and powerful voice enveloped the entire Qingniu Town, "Everyone, we are ordered by Li Xian, the Eastern Governor of Daxia and the Governor of Anyang, to capture the traitor Zhao Guoshan and go to the capital to meet the emperor. Zhao Guoshan disobeyed the emperor's order and did evil things. He has not paid any taxes for six years. If you surrender now, I will forgive you for your past; otherwise, you will be sentenced for treason. I know that you are all good men and are not afraid of death; but there are many kinds of death. Is it worth dying for such a traitor? I will give you half an hour to think about it. After half an hour, we will launch a general attack."
Yan Zhengqing's words had a very serious impact on Guo Guibang's men. Originally, these soldiers had never been on the battlefield, and now they were frightened by the bombardment just now. When they heard Yan Zhengqing's statement of "let bygones be bygones", some of them immediately wavered!
Therefore, when Guo Guibang wanted to organize people to fight outside the city, many people retreated! Yes, it is now known to everyone that Zhao Guoshan ignores His Majesty! Although no one takes this emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, who exists in name only, seriously, no one dares to disobey openly.
However, Zhao Guoshan, the governor of Luliang County, and Shi Chengsong, the governor of Zhongshan County, were the first to openly disobey His Majesty! The two were helpless, and were forced to this point by Anyang. If these two really went to Wuyang to see the emperor, they would definitely end up in prison! The best case would be a cup of poisoned wine, and the worst case would be the execution of the whole family.
But there is a possibility that the two of them don't want to see such an outcome; now they can only bite the bullet and hold on. If there is such an ending, it's because of their own fault! Originally, Anyang didn't intend to cause trouble for the two of them, but the two of them were greedy and took the initiative to go to Anyang to blackmail them. In the end, they didn't get any money, but a lot of trouble!
Therefore, these two people are still a little unpopular; it would be fine if they had won the battle, but now they have lost the battle, and the bad consequences are beginning to emerge.
Guo Guibang tried to persuade them again and again, but apart from his personal soldiers, there were only fifty-six soldiers in the Foundation Establishment Stage who were willing to go out of the city to fight.
Seeing such a result and facing the situation where everyone was afraid to fight, Guo Guibang sighed, realizing that continuing to insist would only lead to self-destruction. In the end, he could only sigh and withdraw his troops!
He called over the Niushan Pass garrison commander Zheng Yuezhong, "Zheng Yuezhong, I won't say any more. I will lead the main force to retreat. You lead the remaining people and hold out for half an hour, how about that?"
Zheng Yuezhong's expression changed slightly, "General, I will advance and retreat with you!"
Guo Guibang patted Zheng Yuezhong's shoulder with great satisfaction, "Your words are enough. If you are interested, you can come to Nanliang Mansion to find me later."
"yes!"
Guo Guibang immediately led his personal soldiers, main force, and some soldiers who were willing to follow, and set off without bothering to organize anything, and hurriedly fled from the south of Qingniu Town.
However, when Guo Guibang and others had just left Qingniu Town, they saw Zheng Yuezhong suddenly fly to the top of the city wall and shouted, "General Yan Zhengqing, I am Zheng Yuezhong, and I have a few words to say to you."
"What's the matter?" Yan Zhengqing flew into the sky again.