"If you don't want to go, you can't go, it's not a big deal."

Xiao Zhengtai said calmly, if it weren't for Li Er's request, he wouldn't have gone to meddle in other people's business.

"Look at your highness, aren't this arguing for you? At the beginning, the King of Wei took the initiative to change the place with you, but now I can't clean up and leave a mess for you. I really can't stand it!"

Cheng Chumo looked aggrieved. He was reluctant to go, but reluctant. He knew what kind of face the King of Wei would have after going to Dongting Lake.

"Dongting Lake is the territory of the Tang Dynasty after all, and the emperor's brother has made no progress there, which will directly affect the reputation of the Tang Dynasty.

Besides, I have never taken this bet seriously, nor have I regarded King Wei as an opponent."

Xiao Zhengtai looked helpless, and after saying that, he ignored Cheng Chumo and others and continued to pack up his things.

The next morning, Xiao Zhengtai led his five thousand troops to Dongting Lake.

Dongting Lake has been known as Yunmeng, Jiujiang and Chonghu since ancient times. It is located in the middle of Chang'an and is known as the "Eight Hundred Miles Dongting" with the ability to store floods.

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Yueyang City, within the government office.

King Li Tai of Wei's King of Wei was extremely distorted, and he kept smashing the tea sets and porcelain in front of him to the ground.

What I thought was easy to get was delayed for three months and there was still no progress, which made Li Tai feel extremely irritable.

"I have given you a lot of opportunities. Do you really think that I dare not kill you?"

Li Tai stared at the blood-red eyes and roared at the general with an angry face below.

All generals dare not speak out, for a person who has no experience in command.

The tactics of the King of Wei commanding the battle this time can be said to be inconspicuous at all. He has always been determined to do so. If he lost a large number of soldiers, even now, they are not even qualified to fight head-on with the water bandits.

"Your Highness, we can see the treacherousness of the water bandits. It's not that our subordinates are not dedicated to it, but that we are just a newcomer, and we are really not their opponents."

The generals could not bear such insults. At first, they would always put forward their opinions, but all they had in exchange for was His Highness's ruthless roar.

Your Highness always believed that they were questioning his decision, and even killed the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in order to establish prestige.

"Fuck, I led 5,000 elite soldiers here. As the commander of the bandit suppression, facing only two thousand water bandits, I was so suppressed that I couldn't raise my head. Now I dare to argue?"

After hearing the general's words, Li Tai's anger suddenly surged up, looking at the soldiers below, his eyes full of crazy murderous intent.

"Your Highness, you can't say that. If it weren't for the bandit suppression last month and our entire army was dispatched, it would lead to the emptiness of Xiangyin County and Miluo County and insufficient troops, how could the two places be lost in an instant?

Now, the water bandits are guarding the two places and never leaving. Our army has been in a stalemate, and the last general has no choice."

All the generals were filled with resentment, but few people really dared to speak.

This failure of the expedition has become a foregone conclusion. Even if they die, they are unwilling to bear such a crime.

"What do you mean? Are you saying that these two cities are lost and caused by this king?"

Hearing such doubts, Li Tai's expression became ferocious. If these guys hadn't obeyed his orders, how could he be so passive?

Now they are at a disadvantage, and these guys blame him for all his mistakes, and they are simply ignorant of their lives.

"That's not what the most will mean!"

The general's face turned red, but he did not dare to confront His Highness head-on. They all knew that the King of Wei was on the verge of madness, and that touching his bad head at this time would definitely not have a good end.

If King Jin was here, the mere water bandits would not be afraid of, so how could they be like now?

If you don’t understand any strategic skills, you only know that you will do your own thing and never listen to anyone’s advice. Such a result will be inevitable.

All the soldiers knew that the King of Wei and King of Jin were not on the same level at all. Now the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty all aimed to join the King of Jin's army of 10,000.

That is the place they yearn for. If King Jin was here, I am afraid that the bandits in Dongting Lake would have been solved long ago, so how could they be delayed until now?

But they could only think about these words in their hearts and dare not express them at all.

Now, they no longer have any hope for the Dongting Lake bandit suppression. They just hope that they can return to Chang'an safely and not be blamed by His Majesty. They have no desire to receive military merits in their hearts.

"Get out!"

Looking at the timid appearance of these generals, Li Tai felt extremely angry. He knew that even if he cut them down, it would be useless.

No one said another, and after bowing to the King of Wei, they all left one after another.

"Sir, what should I do? This situation is very unfavorable to me. Do you have a clever plan to turn the world around?"

Li Tai knew that the bet period had come, and he was even more anxious. He didn't know how King Jin was in Lanzhou.

However, he didn't believe that Xiao Zhengtai could solve the problem there, and he did not make any progress here. He didn't believe that Xiao Zhengtai had three heads and six arms and could solve even more difficult things in such a short time.

"Things have reached this point, so we can't panic. The reason why we have been passive is undoubtedly because the water bandits are familiar with the terrain here.

Every time I appear, I catch us off guard. I am in a panic and we are tired of dealing with it, so I use guerrilla means to consume our strength.”

Wang Gui looked at King Wei with a complicated expression. This bandit suppression operation made him completely recognize the reality.

He could speak well on paper, but reality slapped him hard.

Often, the enemy planned the plan with the King of Wei seemed to be clear about all the enemies, and they could perfectly avoid them every time.

Although Wang Gui comforted the King of Wei like this, he had no confidence in his heart. This time they brought about 5,000 soldiers.

However, facing two or three thousand water bandits, he had no power to resist, which completely overturned his cognition.

If everything was as he had imagined, they had already begun to develop Dongting Lake at this time, and they had never thought that they would bow down here, and they would not know whether they could return to Chang'an until now.

"Sir, we must not sit still and wait for death. If we continue to consume this, we may not even be able to defend Yueyang County in the end. In that case, we will be done."

Li Tai disagreed with the words of Mr. He was determined to win that position and would never bow to Xiao Zhengtai easily.

It has reached the last moment. If he fights once, he may have a little chance. He will continue to defend Yueyang here, and he will not have a little chance of victory.
Chapter completed!