Chapter 220: Catching Turtles in an Urn

Listening to Alin Bao's eager words, Yanguli touched his gray beard and muttered. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that Yanguli didn't speak, the second son Ta Zhan on the side looked anxious, and he interjected anxiously: "Amma, my uncle is in danger now, but our army needs to send reinforcements urgently." ”

Yanguli snorted coldly, but asked lightly to Tan Alin Bao: "Since a large number of Ming troops are coming, then Tan Taike once told you how many Ming troops are preparing to attack the border city of the town?" ”

Alin Bao was stunned, and then said: "Master, when the slave went to the town border city, Master Tan Tai was seriously ill, but it was inconvenient to see me, so everything was arranged by his personal Karamu reception, I heard him say that the invading Ming army may have tens of thousands of people." ”

Yanguli sighed, but a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but he immediately controlled his emotions and said coldly: "I said, Tan Tai, this guy, why is he getting less and less timid to fight now, isn't it just a patchwork of tens of thousands of Ming troops, what is there to be afraid of!" You know, compared with the Ming army, I dare not say that I can use one as ten every time, but if one is five, or one is three, it is definitely not a problem. Tan Tai has more than 4,500 Manchurian, Mongolian and Han soldiers and horses, and more than 2,000 soldiers from the Ming army. ”

Yanguli's words made Alingu confused for a while, he didn't know whether Yanguli, the commander of the army and a veteran of the battlefield, was thinking about whether to send or not to send reinforcements.

At this time, Ta Zhan interjected from the side: "Amma, although I said that, there is a way, I am not afraid of 10,000, I am afraid of what happens, in the opinion of a child, it is better to send reinforcements." After all, my uncle was seriously ill and could not command his subordinates, in case the Ming army attacked the city, our army lost the border city of this important town in western Beijing because of negligence in command, this crime can be great, it is estimated that even the commander of Zhengming, Lord Azig, will send people to strictly hold him accountable. When Ammajie, how can he excuse Uncle Tan Tai? ”

Hearing his son's words, Yanguli's face was suddenly full of complicated expressions, and he nodded at Tazhan and said; "Ta Zhan, you are right, it is always a good thing to be cautious in everything."

Seeing that Yanguli had been moved by Ta Zhan's words, Alin Bao hurriedly interjected from the side: "The second prince is right, it is important to save the border city of this town first, after all, the two county towns of Naliang Township and Zhuozhou will not run away with long legs, and it is not too late for our army to clean up the Ming army that invaded the border city of the town, and then turn back to attack these two county seats." ”

Yanguli sighed lightly, raised his head, looked at Ta Zhan with blazing eyes, and said: "In this case, then I will arrange for Ta Zhan to lead me with 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry under the Yellow Banner to urgently enter the border city of the town, which should be enough to defeat the Ming army and defend the city." ”

When Ta Zhan heard this, he hurriedly knelt down: "The child obeys Amma's orders, so go and order the soldiers and immediately go to the aid of the border city of the town." ”

Yanguli helped him up, and then advised: "If Tan Tai is unable to command his subordinates due to illness, then I will authorize you to let you take over his subordinates and horses, in short, you must repel the invading Ming army!" ”

Ta Zhan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Please rest assured, the child will go here, and he will completely defeat this group of Ming troops and keep the town border city, please Ama Hou and I Jieyin!" ”

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In the early morning of the next day, a group of Li Xiao's soldiers who were guarding the east gate of the town border city suddenly saw dust and smoke billowing in the distance, but a large number of people seemed to come.

When the men and horses were closer, the soldiers defending the city saw that there were nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses, all of whom were yellow helmets and yellow armor, but there was no doubt that they were the soldiers of the Yellow Banner of Manchuria.

The sergeant quickly entered the city to report to Li Xiao, who was discussing with a group of generals at this time, and heard the sergeant's report, and all the generals in the room showed happy and excited smiles on their faces.

"Hmph, I didn't expect the reinforcements sent by Yanguli to come quite quickly, it seems that Li had to accept this big gift sent to the door."

Listening to Li Xiao's words, all the generals in the room laughed in unison.

"Everyone, listen to the order, as arranged yesterday, and entertain this group of guests from afar." Li Xiao's face was full of excitement and expectation.

"Order!"

After nearly a night of running and trekking, Ta Zhan led 3,000 soldiers and horses with the Zhenghuang Banner and finally came to the outside of the town border.

Ta Zhan, who had been galloping all night, wiped his face with sweat and dirt, rode his horse to the east gate, and shouted to the city: "Go and inform Lord Tan Tai and tell him that we have urgently come to the border city of this town to come to the aid of the border city under the order of the commander Lord Yanguli, and ask him to open the city gate quickly and let me in." ”

A soldier at the head of the city answered the promise and turned to rush into the city to report it.

After a while, the drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, Karamu took two retinues, walked out of the city with a smile on his face, and kept apologizing to Tazhan as he walked: "Oh, I didn't expect that the second son personally led the reinforcements to come. ”

Ta Zhan got off the horse, and when he saw Karamu smiling and stammering, he didn't feel very contemptuous of him in his heart, so he immediately asked coldly: "Karamu, I heard that my uncle, Lord Tan Tai, has been seriously ill for many days, but I don't know if he is better now?" ”

The smile on Karamu's face froze, he pretended to let out a long sigh, and said: "Alas, it's rare that the second son is so concerned about you, your uncle and he, since he captured the border city of the town, he has been seriously ill, and he has a high fever for several days. ”

Ta Zhan looked surprised and concerned, and hurriedly said to Karamu: "Then you take me to see my uncle quickly, while my uncle is still sober, I still have many important things to discuss with him." ”

A cold glint flashed in Karamu's eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll take the second son to see Tan Tai's master, your soldiers, and the servants will take them into the city, let's go to the camp to rest first." ”

Ta Zhan nodded, and with only six guards, he followed Karamu into the city.

Seeing Ta Zhan so defenseless, Karamu was secretly happy in his heart, but he still had a respectful look on his face, and he was careful to accompany him.

At this time, the Karamu entourage, pretended to be by Erbilun and Chata, looked at each other, and they both showed knowing smiles, and then respectively commanded the 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry who came to the reinforcements to enter the city respectively.

Along the way, Tazhan and his party followed Karamu through the streets and alleys, and finally came to a mansion in the center of the city.

Ta Zhan walked along the way, and saw all kinds of soldiers walking back and forth in the city, which made him a little strange that he had seen many soldiers wearing yellow flag armor along the way, but he had not met a single acquaintance.

This is strange, could it be that these guys have gone out of the city to loot?

However, at the moment, Ta Zhan, who was concerned about Tan Tai's illness, although he had doubts in his heart, he didn't think about it so much, and followed Karamu all the way to the mansion.

In the courtyard, a group of soldiers with swords and guns stopped Ta Zhan's guards, leaving only Ta Zhan alone, and followed Karamu into the inner room.

When he entered the door, Ta Zhan saw at a glance that a tall and majestic figure wearing Tan Tai's familiar classic-colored gilt armor was facing away from him, silently looking at the scenery outside the window.

Ta Zhan thought that this person was Tan Tai, and hurriedly knelt down: "Little nephew Ta Zhan, I have seen my uncle." ”

Hearing this, the man slowly turned around, Ta Zhan raised his head, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

He saw that the one wearing Tan Tai's armor was actually a young man with a handsome face and a strong body. The young man was looking at himself with a smug smile on his face.

"Who are you? How dare you be so bold and wear my uncle's armor! ”

Ta Zhan was angry from his heart, he shouted loudly, and was about to stand up from the ground, at this time, several soldiers of the Yellow Flag next to him immediately brushed the ground and drew their knives, and several cold steel knives were resting on Ta Zhan's neck.

"Be honest, or I'll chop you!"

One of them, a fierce-looking soldier with a thick beard on his face, shouted at Ta Zhan in Manchu.

This fake Qing army yelling at Ta Zhan was Bao Zhao, the sentry commander of the Xuanhu heavy cavalry of Li Xiaojun's Chifeng Battalion, and under his compelling momentum, Ta Zhan obediently knelt on the ground and did not dare to move.

Immediately, the fake Qing soldiers rushed up and tied him up strongly.

At this time, the six guards outside the courtyard, hearing the angry words of the master of the tower in the room, knew that something had happened, and suddenly everyone's faces changed greatly, and they were eager to draw their swords and rush out of the room, but they were surrounded by a group of Li Xiao's soldiers who had been preparing for a long time, and their swords came out, and they immediately killed all six people.

Hearing the screams of the guards outside, Ta Zhan in the inner room looked embarrassed and angry, and his teeth were gritted loudly.

He turned to look at Karamu, who was smiling on his face, and his resentful gaze almost burst into flames. He desperately wanted to tear this shameless minion who lured him here to pieces.

At this time, Karamu did not look at him, but hurriedly reported Tazhan's situation to Li Xiaoyu.

The smile on Li Xiao's face suddenly became brighter and brighter.

"Ta Zhan, it turns out that you are the second son of Yanguli, welcome welcome, welcome to my town's border city." Li Xiao said with a smile: "Now it seems that you are the biggest big fish that our army has caught so far." “

"Hmph, who are you? You have used such a trick to earn me?! Ta Zhan glared at Li Xiao's face and asked loudly through gritted teeth.

"This official is Li Xiao, the chief soldier of Shandong Chifeng, you should have heard of it." Li Xiao said lightly.

The muscles on Ta Zhan's face trembled: "Ah, it turns out that you are the one, Li Xiao, who defeated the 2,000 elite soldiers and horses of the Zhengbai Banner Department outside Jinzhou City last year?" ”

"It's Li, it seems that Li's false name is still known to many people in your Qing Kingdom." Li Xiao smiled.

Ta Zhan's face was instantly covered with a layer of gray, and he muttered: "Then my uncle Tan Tai, has he been poisoned by you now?" ”

"Ta Zhan, this official can tell you that Tan Tai, this official gave him a chance to surrender, but this guy is stubborn to the end, and this official has no choice but to clear his name." A strange smile appeared on Li Xiao's face.

"Hmph, dig out the heart first, then cut off the head, and then the corpse will be eaten by the surrendered Qing army, and in the end only a headless skeleton remains, the death of the dog thief Tan Tai, do you want to taste it too?" Bao Zhao next to him laughed and interjected.

Listening to Bao Zhao's words, the muscles on Ta Zhan's face were trembling violently, and at the same time, it seemed that his stomach was also churning for a while, he held back the feeling of nausea, and looked at Li Xiao, his eyes were full of fear.

He really couldn't imagine that this handsome-faced, kind-hearted commander of the Ming army would be such a cruel and perverted demon of hell.

The room was eerily quiet for a while.

"Li Xiao, you are using this trick to trick our army into being deceived, you are really invincible!" Ta Zhan held back for a long time, and finally said this name hatefully.

When Li Xiao heard this, he raised his head and laughed: "Since ancient times, soldiers have not been tired of deceit, and Li's little trick is nothing." Why don't you blame yourself for being so stupid that you fell so easily into our army's calculations? ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, all the Li Xiao soldiers in the room burst into laughter.

Li Xiao smiled on his face, and said solemnly to Ta Zhan: "Ta Zhan, this official will also give you a chance to surrender." As long as you are willing to be loyal to our army, your future official position will rise with your own officer. If not...... ”

"Phew!"

Ta Zhan interrupted Li Xiao's words viciously, he spat resentfully on the ground, and scolded Li Xiao: "You shameless dog, you still want to lure Lao Tzu and do your spring and autumn dreams!" Lao Tzu will die even if he does not do this knee-bending thing! “

When Ta Zhan said this, he straightened up and straightened his chest, and scolded Li Xiao again: "Li Xiao, you hateful dog, do you think that in my Qing Dynasty, there are no loyal ministers and righteous people who die for the country?" My uncle Tan Tai has been loyal to the country, and now my Tazhan should follow his loyal deeds and die for the Qing Dynasty! Isn't it just a death, what's so difficult? Hurry up and take a knife, dig out Lao Tzu's heart, and see if Lao Tzu's heart and liver are red or black! Lao Tzu is no better than some minions, for the sake of his future and life, he blackened his conscience and betrayed his master to seek glory! ”

Hearing Ta Zhan's words, Karamu blushed to the root of his ears in an instant. His face forced composure, and he twisted his head out the window.

"You dead tartar, you still have a strong mouth and hard teeth when you die! Okay, Lao Tzu will fulfill you, now I will dig your heart and cut off your head, and take the corpse to feed the dogs! Bao Zhao on the side became furious, brushed the ground, pulled out his waist knife, and wanted to cut at Ta Zhan's head.

"Wait! Thou shalt not hurt his life! ”

Li Xiao broke off with a snort, and the sword in Bao Zhao's hand stopped in mid-air.

Bao Zhao, who was forcibly blocked by Li Xiao, was extremely angry, kicked out with a fierce kick, kicked him in the face, Ta Zhan screamed, rolled on the ground a few times, poofed, and spit out a few bloody teeth.

"Dog thief, if you want to kill, you will kill, why bother to humiliate me! If you want Lao Tzu to surrender to you, you don't want to! Ta Zhan vomited blood in his mouth, but he still scolded.

Li Xiao smiled and took a few steps forward, he leaned down and said to Ta Zhan in a very soft tone: "Ta Zhan, don't worry, this official will not kill you." It's just that do you know why this official wants to keep you alive? ”

Ta Zhan stared at him viciously, but he didn't say a word.

"Because, in the eyes of this official, your fish is not too big, and the reason why this official spared your life is that he hopes to use your fish as bait to catch Yanguli, a real big fish!" Li Xiao patted Ta Zhan's face lightly and said to him with a smile.

"Li Xiao, you bastard who kills a thousand knives! Lao Tzu will not let you go! With a distorted expression of anger on his face, his teeth gritted loudly, he shouted angrily and desperately at Li Xiao.

Ta Zhan gritted his teeth and wanted to get up from the ground, but he was kicked to the ground by Bao Zhao again, and it was difficult to move.

At this time, Chata and Ebilun came in from outside the door with joy, and loudly reported to Li Xiao that they had successfully collected and surrendered the 3,000 Zhenghuang Banner reinforcements.

It turned out that those Zhenghuang Banner Manchurian soldiers who came to the aid were taken to different places in the city by Li Xiaojun because the dragons were leaderless, and then they were tricked into laying down their arms by arranging banquets.

After a day of running, the Manchurian soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner who arrived at the border city of the town were all hungry and exhausted. Seeing Li Xiaojun's hospitality, everyone was overjoyed, and they sat around the table together, thinking that they would be able to feast on it soon and be hungry. Unexpectedly, before their stools were hot, they were surrounded by Li Xiao's soldiers who rushed over, and ordered them to surrender on the spot.

These soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner, who had lost their leader, had no organization, were hungry and tired, and had abandoned their weapons, and when they encountered this sudden change, everyone was shocked and knelt on the ground and begged for their lives. Except for dozens of brave people who dared to resist but were immediately killed by Li Xiaojun, the rest all surrendered obediently, and there was no longer the slightest desire to resist.

So far, these 3,000 elite Manchurian soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner were captured and imprisoned by Li Xiaojun in the most cowardly way.

After listening to Chata's diligent description, Li Xiao and all the generals in the room laughed loudly.

"! Master Li's plan to catch turtles in his urn is really high! We have earned 3,000 elites of Yanguli so easily, this old thief wants to know the news, I am afraid that he will be angry to death. Bao Zhao laughed and scratched his head, his face overjoyed.

"Plop!"

With a soft sound, Li Xiao turned his head to look, but it was Ta Zhan, who heard the news of his soldiers, his eyes rolled white, and he immediately fainted, lying on the ground like a dead fish.

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