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Under the city wall of Loushan Pass, Li Dingguo personally stepped forward to greet Lin Xiao

"In Xia Lin Xiao, I have seen King Jin."

As soon as Lin Xiao saw the person in charge, he knew that it was Li Dingguo, and smiled and took the lead in clasping his fists and saluting.

According to the rule, court officials see the prince, and they generally have to kneel and bow, but first, they are on the front line at the moment, and both sides are in uniform; The second is that the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Great Western Army, as well as Lin Xiao's captive army, are all loose associations, and the two sides have no subordinate relationship, so there is no need to care about false courtesy, so Lin Xiao just made a fist salute.

"Yikes! How dare you dare, I have long admired the name of General Hou Lin of Qinchuan, the general, please go up to the arrow tower. ”

Li Dingguo hurriedly returned the salute, then led Lin Xiao and Duan Zhenghong and others behind him to the road and went straight to the city wall.

As Lin Xiao walked, he took a slight look at the famous anti-Qing general in front of him, only to see that this person should be in his early thirties, a young man with a heroic figure, broad eyebrows and a moderate demeanor.

As a modern soldier who traveled through later generations, Lin Xiao has some understanding of the loyal and brave and warlike generals in history, so he knows some about his life experience and deeds.

Li Dingguo, the word Ningyu, Shaanxi Suide, born in a poor peasant family, since childhood to join Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, because of the familiarity with the military book and wisdom and bravery, both civil and military, for Zhang Xianzhong's love and accepted as a righteous son, and was given the nickname "Xiao Chai Wang", and because of the courage in the battle and known as "ten thousand enemies".

Li Dingguo, who was left behind after being ordered to march into Yunnan, carried out political and economic reforms in southern Yunnan, not only reducing taxes to encourage farming, greatly reducing the burden of the common people, and causing a certain stable situation in southern Yunnan.

In order to resist the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, he trained soldiers and horses in Yunnan all day long, made armor, trained elephant teams, and trained more than 50,000 elite soldiers within a year, and mobilized a total of more than 80,000 men and horses for this expedition.

In the history of the original time and space, Li Dingguo after full preparations, had sent 80,000 troops to counterattack Hunan, the battle of the "two famous kings" shook the world, respectively, forced the Qing Dingnan King Kong Youde to raise the fire **, and the sword full of people Jingjin Prince Nikan, won the victory of Guilin, Hengyang two major battles, smashed the myth of the Eight Banners "invincible", the Qing court was depressed for this, morale was low, and even Shunzhi lamented that "I used soldiers in the dynasty and never lost this".

Li Dingguo became famous all over the world with this war, and the common people respectfully called him Li Laohu, but unfortunately because of Sun Kewang's rebellion and rebellion, as well as Zheng Chenggong's mistakes in using troops, Li Dingguo was repeatedly affected, although he was determined to serve the country with his body, he tried his best to go east and the north many times, and finally failed to save the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and finally died of illness in Mengla, at the age of forty-two.

Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong, one in Yunnan and Guangxi, and the other in the southeast coast, frequently dealt fatal blows to the Qing soldiers and supported the Nanming regime for 17 years.

"What a loyal and brave tiger general!"

Looking at the smiling peer in front of him, Lin Xiao silently admired in his heart.

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"Why did the general come here in the middle of the night, could it be that the thief was already ambushed?"

After beckoning everyone to sit down, Li Dingguo asked with some doubts, by the light of the torch, Li Dingguo was also looking at Lin Xiao in combat uniform.

The Marquis of Qinchuan in front of him looks about the same age as himself, and he is also a peer in his thirties, I saw that he has a bright forehead, a white beard, starry eyebrows, and blazing eyes, especially the well-defined chin reveals a trace of perseverance, but his lips are outlined in a half-moon-shaped arc, and he looks gentle like flowing water.

Although he was tired and dusty after a long march, he could still see that the facial features on his handsome face were well-defined and deep, and he was not very burly because of his figure, could it be that he was also a Confucian general?

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"Back to the prince, I hope that he has been ambushed, and the body has been released to the capital, and I have made a special trip to visit the prince on this trip,"

Lin Xiao squinted his eyes, smiled and said, "I heard that the Qing army was attacking in a big way, and I came to help the prince day and night, and finally arrived before dawn." ”

"Oh! Otherwise, there will be no secrets in the military affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou, and our army will suffer heavy losses. ”

Li Dingguo's eyes lit up and he replied.

"Where do you dare to be, it's just a gesture, the prince came to the city in person, and it was hard to fight before the battle." Lin Xiao shook his hands and said with a smile.

"The general doesn't have to be too humble, this time it's really thanks to the general! …… By the way, the reconnaissance battalion under the command of the general has already gone west to Bijie to help the king of Funan, and it must be able to block the onslaught of the Tartar right army. ”

"That's fine, Lianming resists the Qing Dynasty, we have the same goal as your ministry, this is a matter of course, not to mention helping...... By the way, Lord Wang, the Qing army is attacking the city, what day is this? ”

"Oh, it's been three days of fighting, and tomorrow is about to usher in the fourth day." At the mention of the war, Li Dingguo frowned slightly, and replied with a worried face.

"Oh, I just saw below, such a strong city wall, but there have been many collapses, presumably the Qing army has heavy artillery, but our city head has not seen the huge cannon defending the city, could it be that the prince did not carry it on this trip?" Lin Xiao said in confusion.

"Hey...... Indeed, there are more than 20,000 Tartars who came this time, although the green battalion soldiers are the mainstay, but there are thousands of Manchurian elite cavalry, and hundreds of Guanning iron cavalry to suppress the formation, they all carry siege heavy artillery, and the city is bombarded every day, and our soldiers are shelled and killed and wounded......"

Li Dingguo replied, "And before there was the Funan Wang Department stationed in southern Sichuan, this place is also considered the rear, so there is no heavy artillery, there are only more than a dozen tiger squat cannons in the army, this time it is expected to rebel, this king starry night gallop to help, only brought 5,000 cavalry, a should be still in the infantry army behind him, because the mountain road is difficult, at this moment is still in the south of Zunyi. ”

Although Li Ding's Chinese tone was quite calm, it could be seen from his solemn face that he was obviously very worried in his heart.

"yes, then...... What are the casualties of your army? ”

Hearing that Li Dingguo only brought 5,000 people, Lin Xiao was slightly stunned, just now along the way, Lin Xiao had already seen a large number of wounded soldiers in the camp in Guannei, and there were no less than 1,000 people at a cursory glance, so he asked with concern.

"Don't hide it from the general, our army has suffered nearly half of the casualties, the soldiers have been fighting fiercely for days, and there are few people here, and the soldiers need to do it themselves to repair the city wall and collect materials, so they are very tired,"

Li Dingguo's face was solemn, "Tomorrow's battle is extremely crucial, if you can hold it, the reinforcements will arrive the day after tomorrow, if there is an unforeseen ......"

"Lord ......"

Without waiting for Li Dingguo to finish speaking, Lin Xiao hurriedly interjected, "Don't worry about the prince, the Qing army has been fighting fiercely for several days, and it must be a tired division. ”

"Defeat...... Dare to ask the general, how many people have come from your ministry? ”

Li Dingguo's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and he didn't seem to have many people he brought, and he didn't see any heavy artillery.

"In this trip, although I only brought more than 100 elite people under my command, more than 100 people will arrive tomorrow morning, and it is enough to deal with such a Qing army......

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows, habitually said proudly, and suddenly saw the corners of Li Dingguo's mouth move, afraid that he would be too careful, and immediately added: "Of course, such a few people are not enough, and you still need the cooperation of your ministry tomorrow." ”

"This is natural, General...... Are you sure you can defeat the Tartars? ”

Although Li Dingguo said that he had seen Lin Xiao and their power, but when he heard that only more than 100 people came, he still didn't believe it, there were more than 20,000 people in the Tartars opposite, it would be good to be able to hold it tomorrow, how dare he talk about defeat?

As the old saying goes, a full meal is delicious, and this full talk can't be nonsense!

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao replied very simply:

"There is no joke in the army! In the next vow to establish a military writ! ”