Chapter 426: Gu Chang with a Dead Aspiration

Tan Lushan was defeated, and the last 20,000 elite troops in the southern country were wiped out by the Deng army. In addition, Zhu Shang led the Zhu tribe to surrender to the Deng Kingdom, which made a huge southern country unable to produce a soldier when facing the attack of the Deng army. In desperation, the nobles of the southern country, who were in the same rank as the country, took up a army of ten thousand people, and handed them over to the command of the southern country's veteran Gu Chang, intending to make the final struggle in Dianchi City. The Southern King seemed to have seen the last hope and appointed Gu Chang as the general on the spot, and pressed all the bets on Gu Chang, hoping that a miracle would happen.

However, when An Ying, the Prime Minister of the Southern Kingdom, told Gu Chang that the good news that the Southern King had been granted Gu Chang as the general, Gu Chang was not happy at all. Instead, he was more concerned about the request he had made at the beginning, and whether the Southern King agreed.

Gu Chang's appearance made An Ying a little embarrassed. He came to report the good news happily, but Gu Chang looked calm. However, Gu Chang's appearance made An Ying feel very at ease. After all, the war is imminent, Gu Chang, who keeps calm, is the person who needs the most in the South. So he nodded and said, "Don't worry, the old general, nothing the old general said is not a problem. The king said that the entire southern country and the entire Dianchi Lake will do their best to assist the old general.

The 100,000 people in the city were allowed to be assigned by the veteran general. As long as the veteran general took a fancy to him, even the minister had to obey the veteran general's military orders until the Deng army retreated. As long as it could block the Deng army, no matter what the veteran general needed, we will try our best to satisfy the veteran general!" An Ying's words, in other words, before the Deng army retreated, you Guchang was the most powerful person in the entire Dianchi Lake except the Southern King. As long as you Guchang wanted to do, just do it boldly.

Hearing An Ying's words, Gu Chang smiled. This was what he wanted most. Compared to the position of the general, Gu Chang was undoubtedly more happy. So he nodded and said, "That's good. Please report back to the king. As long as I, Gu Chang, are here for one day, Deng Jun will not want to step onto the city of Dianchi!"

"With the old general's words, then the original minister will be at ease. The old general will be at ease. During this period, no matter who is in charge of the old general, you must obey the orders of the old general. If there are some people, the old general is inconvenient to deal with it, and there are also the king and the original minister, we will make the decision for the old general. Well, since the old general is busy with military affairs, then the original minister will not disturb you and say goodbye first!" An Ying was also very happy when he heard Gu Chang's words. It seemed that Gu Chang was full of confidence. He immediately said that no matter who he was, as long as he dared not listen to Gu Chang's words, he would let Gu Chang deal with it. If Gu Chang was inconvenient, then he and the King of Southern would personally deal with it. In short, it was to defend Dianchi City at all costs. After saying that, An Ying said goodbye and left.

After An Ying left, Gu Chang's grandson Gu Lan walked in. In fact, he had been outside the tent. He could hear the conversation between Gu Chang and An Ying just now. When he heard Gu Chang's words as if he had issued a military order, he was anxious, but An Ying was present at that time, and he was not convenient to jump out. Now that An Ying was gone, Gu Lan couldn't wait to come to Gu Chang and said, "Grandfather, how could you say such things? Deng's army is extremely powerful, and what kind of people we are under us are, grandfather is also very clear. He has no power to fight with Deng's army at all, and even if he defends the city, he may not be able to defend it. If he can't defend Dianchi City, grandfather will have no way out!"

Hearing his grandson's words, Gu Chang sighed and said, "Do you think we still have a way out? No more, since your father and uncle died in battle, we have formed an indissoluble bond with Deng State. There is no way out. We cannot defend Dianchi Lake. We have no other choice except death. When I said this to An Xiang just now, in addition to showing my determination, we should rest more on the hearts of the nobles. Although the nobles in the city and the civil and military officials in the court are fully supporting us, many of them have a pessimistic attitude. This is a fatal place. If they cannot be at ease and make them feel that they think that Dianchi City can be guarded, they will definitely find another way out. With the uneven hearts of the people, we have lost before we can fight this battle. Only by giving them peace of mind can we have a glimmer of hope."

It was Gu Chang's choice to make this almost impossible military order, because only in this way can people's hearts be temporarily solidified and there will be a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, this war will really not need to be fought. This is the sorrow of a small country. When facing a strong country, every battle is a war that determines life and death, and there is no need to lose it. Gu Chang can only do everything he can play. As for the result, it is not something he can control.

"Then grandfather, how should we do it well? With our current strength, even if we defend, we won't be able to defend for long. The Deng army is really too strong!" Gu Lan never had any hope for this battle, because in terms of strength comparison, the gap between them and Deng army is not the same level. The two levels are so simple, but there is a world of difference. Now, in order to calm people's hearts, Gu Chang has made an almost impossible military order. All of this means that Gu Chang's ending is destined to be tragic.

Gu Chang looked at the young grandson in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Don't think too much, just do everything the best. Our Gu family has received enough favors from Zhao, and now we should do our last part for Zhao. If God is destined to lose, then we will die vigorously and leave no regrets. Do you understand?"

Gu Lan nodded, and said firmly with his eyes: "Grandson understands, please don't worry, grandfather, grandson will definitely not insult the reputation of our Gu family!"

The Southern Kingdom, which has decided to make its last try, will use everything it can. Ten thousand soldiers and horses have gradually formed combat power in the training of Gu Chang's grandparents and grandchildren. Although it is still not very good, it is much stronger than at the beginning, which also makes Gu Chang Ge Gu Lan's grandparents and grandchildren feel a little relieved.

On February 25, in the 23rd year of Qianyuan, Deng Zhong led Wudangwei to leave Tongse City and seize Tonglao, Kunze, Guchang and other cities along the way. On March 1st, Wudangwei was less than fifty miles away from Dianchi City and could reach the foot of Dianchi City at any time.

The barbarian army in Xielong City was also deployed with Deng Zhong. On February 23, at the request of Su Yun, more than 30,000 barbarian army left Xielong City under the leadership of Wugan and Zhu Shang, and along the way captured Yunnan, Yandong, Qin Zang, and Lianran Zhucheng.

On the fifth day of the third month of Qianyuan, Deng Zhong led the Wudang Guards to Dianchi City. At the same time, the barbarian army also arrived at Dianchi City and successfully met with Wudang Guards at Dianchi City. More than 40,000 Wudang Guards (there were some losses to attack Zhuti and Tanlu Mountain), more than 30,000 barbarian army, and nearly 80,000 of them were combined. They were eyeing Dianchi City and could launch a final attack on Dianchi City at any time. The last battle in Nanzhong was about to break out.

"I've seen the general!" Outside Dianchi City, Deng Zhong led the generals under his command to personally go to the camp gate, Su Yun and Wu Gan. Zhu Shang, in fact, what they really wanted to welcome was Su Yun. Wu Gan and Zhu Shang had never met Deng Zhong, but when they saw Su Yun, they did not dare to neglect and followed him.
Chapter completed!