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"Starling, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I've lost a lot of weight."

In the main hall, Huang Taiji set up a table of wine banquet to entertain guests. Six of the eight dishes were made with mutton. In order to entertain Li Peiting's arrival, Huang Taiji ordered someone to slaughter a sheep.

After looking at the few dishes on the table, Li Peiting pursed his lips and ordered someone to go out and take out the ingredients from the baggage he brought, and let the chef bring it to cook.

"The second brother is a blessed person, who drinks and eats virtuously, and is generous. But it's beyond the reach of you, a poor starling. ”

In the face of Li Peiting's extravagant lifestyle, Huang Taiji didn't think he was angry, but he just teased himself in his mouth, which can be regarded as a mockery for himself.

Looking at the skin on the originally fat black face that seemed to be a lot looser because of the sudden weight loss, Li Peiting could see that this war spread across almost the entire Liaoxi Corridor, and the pressure on Huang Taiji was also huge.

The two chatted a few words, and the chef prepared a sumptuous table to stop. Wu Bai and the others were about to make a gesture to conduct an inspection, but they were stopped by Huang Taiji. "The second brother of the Li family is an old acquaintance of Emperor Taizu Gao, and he is a brother who is close to me by flesh and blood, if he wants to be unfavorable to me, there is an opportunity to start, so why take such a risk to do things in the food, drink, and food? Stand down, and go and rest! ”

Wu Bai and Turai had to turn around and leave, but Li Peiting's voice came from behind them: "Brother Starling, how can such loyal and brave people be treated like this? The two generals have a habit of eating and drinking, and each meal must be in duplicate with two bowls. If you are worried about the safety of your master, you may want to go outside and taste the chef's craftsmanship together. ”

"My second brother rewarded you with wine and food. Just thank you! ”

Huang Taiji ordered Wu Bai, Tulai and others to lead more than a dozen generals with two yellow flags to enjoy the extremely rich wine and food at that table. A moment later, the sound of gobbling was faintly heard from behind the hall. Hearing this voice, he couldn't help but make Li Peiting's heart secretly happy.

"You black fat man in order to fight this big war, the army is so embarrassed, I don't believe you don't jump into the pit that Lao Tzu dug for you!"

Regarding Li Peiting's appearance on the battlefield of life and death between the Ming and Qing dynasties, Huang Taiji also knew that there must be a big plot in it. Otherwise, how would this unprofitable guy be willing to clearly cross the line of fire to come to himself? It must be known that judging from the current war situation, the Qing army has shown its decline in all battlefields, and almost all of them are under the pressure of the Ming army. If there is no miracle, or if the Ming army itself loses, a fool will be able to see the victory or defeat of this battle.

As long as the Ming army is undefeated, it is a victory, and if the Qing army is undefeated, it is a big defeat. Very simple. The soldiers and materials of the Ming army can ensure that they can afford to consume, although the Central Plains is full of beacon fires and earth, but in general, the imperial court can still raise grain, grass and silver money to supply the army. But the Qing army is different, they can't afford to fight if they can't feed the war with war and make up for the consumption with the spoils of war. According to the secret report obtained by Huang Taiji, there were already Mongols who had quietly contacted the Ming army through the channels of the Jin merchants. What the purpose is, you can figure it out with your heels. Don't sue me, you are trying to persuade the Ming army to surrender!

But. Huang Taiji can't retreat, once he retreats, what awaits him is a complete collapse of the army's morale and a collapse of morale. In that case, the decades-long work of his and his father, Nurhachi, would fall into an uncontrollable situation.

He's waiting. Wait for the Ming army's movements to be flawed, and wait for the weather to become colder. In that case, the cold weather and icy snow storms in Liaodong would be his natural allies.

"Second brother, how can you have such leisure to come here to see you, the starling who is about to be locked up and taken into Beijing to ask for sin?" Half ridiculous, half serious, Huang Taiji covered his face with a few glasses of wine and finally began to inquire about Li Peiting's purpose.

The play meat is coming! Li Peiting couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. He designed the strategic pattern of the Ming, Qing and Southern Guangdong armies on the battlefield of the western Liaoning corridor. A crucial step is about to be taken.

"The younger brother is a businessman, but he is also the body of an idle cloud and a wild crane. It happened that the merchant arrived in Liaodong, and when he heard that the starling was leading the army here, he was overjoyed for a while, so he came rashly. I happened to meet Starling's subordinates, who were transferred from Jinzhou to Quang Ninh. When I think of what happened back then, it's also very emotional. ”

Guangning is the former residence of Li Chengliang, and Li Peiting's ancestral residence is here.

"Second brother, when the foolish brother takes Guangning City, how about cleaning up the Ningyuan Bofu back then and returning it to Zhao? On the day of the siege, the Foolish Brotherhood will pass down the decree to prohibit the destruction of a single grass and tree in Ningyuan Bofu, and not to damage the archway of the uncle. ”

The two treacherous and cunning guys each played there, well expounding the theory of the two performance systems from the outside to the inside and the inside to the outside. The facial expressions, language and actions are all very in place, but they do not appear contrived, in order to hide their true purpose.

"Starling, why did you say such an unlucky word?"

Li Peiting pretended to be surprised.

"Brother Xian, don't pretend to be confused anymore. What is the current situation on the battlefield in Liaodong, I can hide it from Chongzhen in Beijing, but I can't hide it from you. At present, there is a shortage of food and grass in the army, and there is a shortage of materials. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to Brother Fool, and the emperor who is not worthy of the name can only slaughter a sheep to entertain you! ”

"On the other hand, the Ming army is full of soldiers, sufficient food, and sophisticated equipment. Not to mention anything else, just the three Pingliao general cannons that Hong Chengchou placed at the head of Guangning City at this moment gave the foolish brother a headache. Originally, I could also get some supplies from Shanxi merchants, but now, the sea route is controlled by Ning Yuanbo's water division, and the land route is full of armies, so the foolish brother went there to get food to feed these hundreds of thousands of people? ”

Finally got to the point.

Li Peiting took a sip of his wine glass and began to consider the words.

"Alas! What the starling said is not bad, but it is also a little bad. To say that the Chongzhen children in Beijing did their best for this Liaoxi War, and they dug in many ways, but it was not bad. But what you said about the so-called unworthy of the name made the younger brother disagree. ”

"Starling here, when a will is spoken, millions of people sing in unison. Never give up. However, Chongzhen is there, but the civil officials have the abacus of the civil officials, and the generals have the ideas of the generals, and the elders and eunuchs will definitely not support each other. If this battle is defeated, I am afraid that Chongzhen Xiao'er's family business will come to an end. ”

"As for the little brother, it's through this stall. Trafficking in grain, grass, weapons, armor, gunpowder and other materials to earn some silver from Chongzhen's children in order to support his family. ”

Hearing Li Peiting's frank admission, he provided grain and grass and other things to the Ming army, which did not surprise Huang Taiji, and he could see such a businessman who ran back and forth on both sides and earned money on both sides. What's more, Li Peiting has long had continuous business dealings with him.

"A few days ago, the garrisons of various units of the Ming army were adjusted. The Ming Army's Shanxi Town, Datong Town, and Model Brigade, which were originally stationed in Songshan, were stationed in Jinzhou. As a result, the materials in Jinzhou City are dwarfed. The younger brother took over the business of supplying supplies for the Ming army in Jinzhou. After completing the delivery of the materials, the younger brother came to visit the starling. ”

Hearing Li Peiting's smug voice in the hall, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and his hand couldn't help but touch the handle of the knife on his waist.

Huang Taiji in the room was not as easily excited as his courtiers, and he was kind to Li Peiting, who was obviously a pillar of the Ming army, so he could only persuade him to drink. Wu Bai, Turai and the others could only hear bursts of laughter and the sound of wine glasses clashing outside the hall.

"Second brother. In such a windy and snowy weather, it is a heavy burden of transporting grain and grass. The turmoil is dangerous, and it's really hard to think about it. Come, foolish brother borrows flowers to offer Buddha, let's have another drink! Huang Taiji began to persuade him to drink frequently.

"Eight, starling, you're right! Where can you not work hard!? But if you don't work hard, where can you go to earn money? It's not about being a brother and bragging to you. Without your brother and me, the hundreds of thousands of horses in the Ming Dynasty have to drink the northwest wind! ”

"Without my surname Li, where can these officers and soldiers in Jinzhou City go to find these 250,000 stone of fine grain, 4,000 barrels of authentic Nanzhong gunpowder, 1,200 fine refined firearms, 30 artillery pieces of various colors, and 50,000 sets of cotton clothes. Four thousand pairs of armor, as well as enough life-saving kits and knife wounds for tens of thousands of wounded soldiers, as for those forage, beans, salt, meat and the like, I won't talk about it! ”

Maybe it's the alcohol, Li Peiting is obviously a little excited. The heavy grain, grass and weapons that he transported to supply Jinzhou Zu Dashou and Wu Biao's soldiers and horses were clearly said, and I don't know if he was showing off his ability in front of Huang Taiji, anyway, the words were very loud, and the people outside the hall could hear them clearly, and they couldn't help but make Wu Bai, Tulai and others have fire in their eyes.

"There are a lot of things, second brother, your ability is greater." Huang Taiji's words are indeed heartfelt. Being able to quickly mobilize so much grain and grass to supply weapons, ammunition, armor, and medicines in just a few days was something that could not be done by killing the eight Jin merchants under Huang Taiji.

However, this batch of materials has obviously attracted Huang Taiji's huge interest! At the moment, for Huang Taiji, the first lack is food, and the second lack is troops! In order to ensure that the front-line soldiers can eat enough, Huang Taiji has taken the lead in eating only one dry meal a day, and at most some gruel at night to satisfy hunger. If you can seize the many materials that Li Peiting said, not to mention that the whole army can let go of their bellies and eat for a few months, how many wounded soldiers can be pulled back from the death line by those life-saving kits and medicinal materials, so that they can become fierce warriors again?

According to the consumption of 1,500 grams of grain per person per day, tens of thousands of Ming troops and their families in Jinzhou City are calculated according to the total number of troops of the Ming army at present, and 130,000 horses will consume 2,500 stone (78kg for one stone, 650g for one catty) of grain a day, and 75,000 stone a month. In this way, at least 225,000 stone of grain will be hoarded in the stronghold. If the twenty-five stone grain that Li Peiting said was obtained by Huang Taiji, the Qing army would be able to eat it with an open belly for at least two months.

"Second brother, how did you transport this lot of grain and grass to Jinzhou City? Speaking out also makes the elder brother insightful? Huang Taiji's fat face was full of sincerity.

However, Li Peiting's drunken face had a wicked smile on his face, "Eight, starling, I understand what you mean, you are planning to ask, ask from my mouth, ask if there is a loophole in your Jinzhou governor's trench." To tell you the truth, Lao Tzu is not so bold that he dares to send so many things to Jinzhou City! Those things, all of them, are piled up in Xiaolinghe City at the mouth of Xiaoling River! I just took the delivery voucher and went back to collect my price. We are singles and continue to make money! I'm gone, and the officers and soldiers who are guarding can rest assured and make a fortune boldly! ”

The water is wet over the ground, and the grain and grass in the Ming army are heavy. Taking care of the shady joints among these messengers in the warehouse, Huang Taiji knows it well, these things are piled up in Xiaolinghe City, I am afraid that the officials and soldiers there will eat with their mouths full of oil, and 250,000 stone grain and rice will really arrive in Jinzhou City. It would be nice to have 200,000 stones.

"Two hundred thousand stones? Starling, you are also kind! As soon as my fleet reached the water surface of Niangniang Palace, the general guarding it sent people to get four large ships of nearly 10,000 stone grain and rice, which were placed in the Guandi Temple in Xiaolinghe City at this moment, saying that it was military rations borrowed in advance. Damn, there are only more than 2,000 of your subordinates, and more than half of them are guards, and there are only a few hundred soldiers and family members, where can you eat these 10,000 stone of grain and rice? This is clearly in front of us. It's the robbery of the open flame! ”

After a few glasses of wine, Li Peiting was obviously overwhelmed by the strength of the wine, and fell asleep on the table.

Huang Taiji beckoned Li Peiting's servants to come in and helped "my brother" to the side hall to rest. With solemn faces, he glanced at Wu Bai, Turai and the others who were rushing in one by one.

"Did you hear what he just said?"

"Back to the master, the minions can hear clearly!"

"Master, according to the second master of the Li family in Xiaolinghe City, there are only more than 2,000 Ming troops guarding it. The surrounding city, which is one mile and two hundred and eighteen paces, has to guard these many materials. There is a city gate in the east, and a large number of ships along the river from Niangniang Palace to Xiaolinghe City are guarded, how can this little man and horse be my opponent? Master, give the minions a group of men, and the minions will bring you the food and supplies in Xiaolinghe City and the city! ”

The generals of the two yellow flags were also hungry. There is a large pile of grain and grass in front of them, and these grains and grasses are taken care of by the tofu scum troops in the Ming army, which is obviously sending a large number of supplements to the Qing army, how not to make them excited?

For the topography and geography of the area from Niangniang Palace to Xiaolinghe City, the Qing army is also very familiar with it.

The estuary of the Xiaoling River in Jinzhou Bay is called the East Sea by the locals. At this time, the section of the Xiaoling River, below Jinzhou, can be navigated by boat, and the geographical advantage is very obvious.

Since the Song Dynasty, the sea area of Niangniang Palace is a prosperous port, and in the Ming Dynasty, it is a thousand sails racing, and a large number of commercial goods are directly transported to Jinzhou City through the Guò Xiaoling River. Several Ming reinforcements. A large number of baggage was transported into Jinzhou City through the Guò Xiaoling River waterway.

For this Xiaoling River, which is both banks of the red Suaeda grass, the Qing army can be said to hate it to the core.

After a period of noise in the camp, Turai and the others, under the leadership of Haoge, who was sent by Huang Taiji's overnight Pegasus, led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and more auxiliary soldiers such as Bao Yi Aha and the like, drove the vehicles and mules and horses to set off.

"Gone?"

In the side hall, Li Peiting, who was sleeping soundly under several Arhat statues, suddenly whispered to his confidant who was guarding the bed and followed Zuo Fentian.

"The big shopkeeper is gone. Leading the team is Huang Taiji's eldest prince Haoge, as well as more than a dozen generals with blue and yellow flags. If it weren't for the leg injury that hadn't healed, I was afraid that he would have led the soldiers with him. However, all the flags and armor on their bodies were decorated with blue flags. But I don't know why. ”

Huang Taiji's little tactics can be concealed from Zuo Fentian, who was born in the year of Shouhan Fentian, but he can't hide from Li Peiting, who has walked north and south for many years and experienced the dangers of the world.

Ordered more than 10,000 people to appear under Xiaolinghe City in the name of the banner of soldiers and horses with blue flags besieging Jinzhou, and let those defeated soldiers flee into Jinzhou City to report the news. Zu Dashou and others in the city will inevitably think that the main force of the besieging soldiers and horses is still there, so they will not dare to go out of the city to fight. This approach can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only robbing grain and grass materials, but also intimidating the defenders of Jinzhou, so that they do not know the reality of the Qing army in the outer city of the city.

I have to admire that Huang Taiji can have today's achievements, and he is also a masterpiece for a while.

"Big shopkeeper, your hand is extremely beautiful! He also gave food to the imperial army and gave Huang Taiji favors. In this way, Huang Taiji can also have the strength to fight. ”

The two of them only communicated in Fujian official dialect in a low voice, and they didn't have to worry about revealing secrets. In the Liaodong anti-thief camp, there are very few people who can understand the official dialect of Nanzhili, and where can they find someone who can understand the Fujian accent? What's more, there are many local dialects in the conversation between the two. It's like talking to two Inuit in the equatorial region.

For the second generation of Nanzhong like Zuo Fentian, who was born after Shouhan took charge of the family business, Emperor Chongzhen was a very ethereal being, and they only had Li Shouhan in their hearts. As for what title is in front of the name Li Shouhan, they don't pay much attention to it.

Such a group of young people happens to be the best development target for Li Peiting's group of Conglong factions. A little tuning. A large number of young people, such as Zuo Fentian, have become fanatics who support Shouhan's early ascension to the throne. For such people, Li Peiting naturally wanted to hand over to them the strategic concept of digging into the corners of the officials and the army, so that the Ming army would end up in a crushing defeat in this Ming and Qing war.

Only when the Ming army is defeated can the lord have any hope of ascending to that supreme position. This is the attitude of almost all the Conglong factions in Nanzhong on the issue of the decisive battle in Liaodong.

After a night of nothing, the two just covered their heads and slept soundly. I'm not worried about changes in the battle situation outside. If the elite of Huang Taiji's father and son's lineage of more than 10,000 people could not handle more than 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled guards, there would be no battle in Liaodong.

On the mountain road of Yiwu Lu Mountain, there are knights who report victory one after another, and the whole camp is filled with a jubilant atmosphere, and a large number of grain, grass, gunpowder, weapons, and artillery are started, especially cotton, clothing, meat, food and medicine, for these Liaodong anti-thief soldiers who fight in the cold wind mixed with snowflakes, it is a good thing that can greatly stimulate morale.

Looks like it's done! Zuo Fentian, who was waiting for Li Peiting to clean his face, looked at each other and smiled at a few cronies, all without saying a word.

But. When Huang Taiji ordered someone to bring a sumptuous breakfast, Zuo Fentian also raised a little worry.

"The big shopkeeper, if our actions are discovered and the news is leaked, what should the lord blame?"

Holding a bowl of fragrant japonica rice porridge, Li Peiting, who was enjoying the wonderful combination of Jinzhou side dishes and rice porridge, pouted disdainfully.

"According to the contract, we will transport all the grain, rice, materials, canes, and medicines. There are also delivery vouchers, and the officers and soldiers can't hold it by themselves. What's the matter with our grandfathers? He rolled his eyes, very disdainful of Zuo Fentian's worries.

"Then if someone says that we deliberately leaked the news to Huang Taiji, what should we say?"

"I was a businessman who met Huang Taiji for a living, and he chatted after drinking, and he didn't say anything, what did he do about me?"

"Besides, even if someone knows about it. Come out and accuse us, Lao Tzu can also cry out for wrongdoing. said that we were framed by someone, otherwise we are civilians, why did Huang Taiji invite us to his camp for a gathering? There is also a banquet for hospitality? Isn't this a conspiracy? ”

"I didn't say anything, how can I be held accountable? Let alone. Even if I say something, when the time comes, I just call out to hit the sky and don't bear it, what can I do? Someone was caught and raped in bed by the buttocks, didn't they still cry in front of the public and say that they were wronged? Then let's spend money to hire some shameless scum, write articles in the newspaper, saying that if we don't give money, we haven't finished it, and that the few points of Bodhi water have not been poured into the two red lotus, it can't be regarded as prostitution. ”

Regarding Li Peiting's innocent face, Zuo Fentian had no choice but to give a thumbs up, and secretly praised in his heart: "Sure enough, he is the major shareholder of Southern Business Daily, this brazenness can be described as natural, and it is definitely not something that can be created the day after tomorrow." ”

This day passed quietly in the constantly busy atmosphere of Huang Taiji's camp.

At night, Huang Taiji did not come, but his eldest son Haoge came at the behest of his father.

"My father has some military affairs to do, so he specially ordered his little nephew to come and accompany his second uncle for dinner. The father said that the friendship of the second uncle is engraved in my heart in the Qing Dynasty, as long as the second uncle says a word, I am willing to go to the soup and fire. ”

"Hey! Virtuous nephew, where did this come from, a certain family is just a businessman, as long as he can do a good job, let a certain Tao Zhu Gong be satisfied. ”

Hauge was very different from his father's deep city, and his violent temperament was undoubtedly a painful thing to deal with old fritters like Li Peiting. After a hasty dinner, he said that some military affairs in the camp were to be handled and he got up to say goodbye. When he left, he left a key to the warehouse, claiming that his father ordered his nephew to give it to his uncle, which was considered to be Cheng Yi for his uncle's trip to Liaoxi. In addition, he left a yellow flag of the golden dragon silk, as long as he entered the territory of the Qing Dynasty, he could fight, and under the dragon dragon, no one dared to interfere with his uncle's business.

Li Peiting's heart was bright, and in the treasury must be the Liaodong products and various properties collected by Huang Taiji, which were used to pay the price of the funds.

"Keep it! In the future, the guys can play it out when they walk around Liaodong. Leaving Yiwu Lu Mountain, Li Peiting indifferently ordered Zuo Fentian.

There were a few sharp eagle chirps in the air, and an accompanying guy looked into the clouds, and several Haidongqing were hovering in the air, hurriedly taking out a red ribbon from his waist and waving it in the air.

After a while, a Hai Dongqing landed on the guy's arm, and grasped the arm made of raw cowhide tightly. Someone took out a note from the talon of Haidong Qingying and handed it to Li Peiting.

After reading a few lines written on the note, Li Peiting's face couldn't help but change.

"Let's go! Hurry back to Hongluo Mountain Camp! ”

"Big shopkeeper, what's wrong?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up, this time something is wrong! I can't save my head if I delay you! ”

Li Peiting whipped the head of his unidentified follower fiercely, making the second monk of his follower confused, but he had to urge the horse to follow Li Peiting's mount and gallop towards the place where the ship was moored on the beach.

"Big shopkeeper, what happened like a big deal?" In the cabin, Zuo Fentian, who was still breathless, asked Li Peiting in a low voice.

Seeing that the sea breeze was cold and there was no one around, Li Peiting lowered his voice and told the earth-shattering bad news.

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