As soon as Li Xiao and the others arrived in Jinzhou, a sergeant came to greet them. Li Xiao, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, asked a group of flying harriers to go down to rest, and he himself followed the sergeant who led the way to the meeting hall of the Zu Dashou General Military Mansion.

Li Xiao entered the conference hall and quickly saw that the chief soldier Zu Dashou was just sitting on the left side of the upper seat, and in the middle of the position, he was wearing a jade hat and a beaded black gauze hat, wearing a brocade chicken square complement big red regiment collar shirt embroidered on his chest, and a plain jade belt around his waist, and he was sitting with a serious expression.

Li Xiao suddenly thought that this first-class civil official with a clear and elegant face and three locks of flowing long hair must be Fang Yizao, who is the governor of Liaodong with the title of Shangshu of the Imperial History and Rite Department of the Right Command, and as a scholar of the East Pavilion University.

Li Xiao has read the history of the Ming Dynasty and knows that this is a mixture, but from the end of the fourth year of Chongzhen to March of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, he has been the governor of Liaodong. Although he has served for a long time, he has done very little. The only thing left in the history of the Ming Dynasty was the peace with Chen Xinjia and others and Houjin, but unfortunately in the end this matter was not completed, and it was over.

What Li Xiao didn't expect was that before he could visit Fang Yizao and Zu Dashou, the whispers of the generals in the hall reached his ears.

"How did the marshal do it, so that such a small boss also came to participate in such a military conference?"

"Hehe, our Liao Town has produced talents, and they have the merit of beheading."

"Join his mother, when did it become the ability to behead eighteen Tartars? Our family has been in the door for more than 200 years, and my father followed Li Dashuai back then, and the head of the beheading was not 800 but also 1,000. ”

"I can't tell! This is people's good luck, but now is not the situation of Li Dashuai, all cats and dogs have come out. ”

"This Liao Town is still our boss now, aren't we? Don't fall into Lao Tzu's camp, when the time comes, see him so arrogant. The garrison king Dodge is also a coward, and he can tolerate this guy so rampant and arrogant, if it was Lao Tzu, he would have been him a long time ago! ”

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Li Xiao heard these words full of contempt and hostility, but his face was still extremely calm. For these Liaodong generals, who were at least above the guerrilla warfare, he crossed them with a blind look, took a few steps forward, and bowed to Fang Yizao and Zu Dashou.

"Humble Li Xiao, I have seen the governor and the chief soldier!"

"Oh, it turns out that you are that Li Xiao, get up quickly." A voice with a gentle tone that sounded a little weak sounded in Li Xiao's ears.

"Governor Xie."

After Li Xiao got up, Fang Yizao looked up and down at Li Xiao, who was wearing a white swing tooth horn armor and was standing respectfully, and then nodded, with appreciation on his face.

"Well, it's a strong man, I heard that you have won eighteen Tartar heads, presumably on the battlefield, martial arts."

"My lord, Li Xiao, as an official of the Ming Dynasty, is within his duty to kill the enemy and serve the country. The governor praised falsely, why did Li Xiao be restrained. ”

Fang Yizao was quite satisfied with Li Xiao's humble answer, and he smiled: "Yes, you are not sloppy, just sit down." ”

Li Xiao thanked him and sat down.

Sitting at the bottom of this long table, he ignored the jealousy, resentment or disdain from the Liaodong generals, and sat on the chair as if he was in a seat.

"Li Xiao, do you know why Ben Shuai invited you here to participate in the military conference?" Zu Dashou next to the head passed a sentence from afar.

"You are handsome, I really don't know."

"Li Xiao, the reason why Ben Shuai called you here is really because of my brother's strength." When Zu Dashou said this, he let out a long sigh.

As soon as Zu Dashou finished speaking, the general next to him suddenly had a slight commotion.

In the stunned eyes of everyone, Zu Dashou continued: "Zanyu said that you are excellent in martial arts and resourceful, but you are a rare talent. Ben Shuai wanted to push back, but Zanyu begged again and again, it seems that Zanyu admires you a lot. ”

"The humble position is rude and stupid, the martial arts are shallow, and I dare to recommend Vice General Lao Zu so strongly, but I am ashamed." When Li Xiao heard this, he was not surprised. But I didn't expect this Zu Dabi to have such a good impression of himself.

Zu Dashou laughed, and then said: "Of course, after all, you have a lowly position in the army, such an important military discussion, even if you have the recommendation of Zanyu, this commander really doesn't plan to let you come." It's just that in the morning, Ben Shuai received the arrow book from the Tartars, which made Ben Shuai make up his mind and sent a sentry to summon you. ”

"Oh."

"Someone! Fetch the book of arrows that the Tartars shot! Zu Dashou turned his head and shouted.

The sergeant next to him responded and hurried out, and then came in with an arrow wrapped in a white cloth in both hands and respectfully handed it to Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou looked at Governor Fang Yizao inquiringly, and Fang Yizao nodded, indicating that he could read it.

Zu Dashou immediately handed the arrow wrapped in white cloth to the sergeant next to him, and the sergeant took the arrow, pulled the shaft, opened the white cloth, and began to read it aloud.

"Dajin Guogu Mountain Ezhen, Ilgen Jueluo. Ah Shan, the teacher of sin, crusaded against the Ming Kingdom. Our army has destroyed the ancestors of the Great Bi Department, waiting for the Ming Kingdom, the land is vast and the people are numerous, but they only dare to shrink the city, how cowardly, there is no one who can fight? ”

Zu Dashou raised his hand, and the sergeant understood, so he was moved and stopped reading.

When the sergeant read this, there was already an uproar below.

"it! This dog entered Ah Shan, how dare he despise our army so much, the commander, is it tolerable or unbearable! Please lead us and the rest of the army to fight to the death against the Tartars! ”

A fierce-looking lieutenant bounced up from his seat and stood up, and said loudly to Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou glanced at him, but there was a layer of contempt on his face, and he said lightly: "Deputy General Xia, our army is now in Jinzhou, with a total of more than 10,000 troops, and we have to guard various castles, and it is not easy to gather troops to fight with it!" ”

"Chengde, the Tartar battle array is elite, the field battle is very effective, if our army ignores the safety of the castle, abandons the length of the city, and the shortness of the field battle, it is really difficult to have a chance of winning. In case of failure, Jinzhou is in danger. Fang Yizao, the governor on the side, also shook his head gently.

Li Xiao's heart suddenly froze, he didn't expect that this deputy general was the notorious Xia Chengde in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), the Songshan guard Xia Chengde secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, secretly gave his son Xia Shu to the Qing army as a hostage, and after gaining the trust of the Qing army, on the night of February 18, the enemy general Haoge led the Qing army to climb the ladder from the south of the city, resulting in the important town of Songshan was finally conquered. After the city was broken, Xia Chengde personally led his troops, killed the chief soldier Cao Bianjiao, captured Hong Chengchou and the governor Qiu Minyang, the chief soldier Wang Tingxiang, Zu Dale and other dedication to the Qing army, and was ceremoniously commended by Huang Taiji.

Li Xiao thought of this person's later traitor's move to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but now he is so impassioned here, and his heart is quite mixed, this history is too paradoxical.

That Xia Chengde was refuted by Zu Dashou and Fang Yizao one after another, his face was already red, and he said loudly: "Governor, Dashuai, even though I don't have many troops in Jinzhou, I can completely transfer troops from Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan, Jizhen and other places." According to the sentinel expedition in the past few days, the Tartar army is only three or four thousand, and if we gather tens of thousands of troops, we can fight to the death with the enemy. ”

Zu Dashou and Fang Yizao glanced at each other and fell silent for a while.

Seeing that the governor and the commander were silent, the generals below suddenly became active and spoke out in favor of Xia Chengde's approach.

"Lao Xia is right, that is, to concentrate forces to frustrate the enemy's spirit. How can this last a long time if our army is so hard to defend the city, not to mention being despised by the Tartars, and the morale of the army is also a big setback! ”

"Not really! If it is really possible to mobilize troops and horses from Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan, Jizhen and other places, it is feasible to gather 2 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it is completely possible to fight these three or four thousand enemy troops. ”

"Yes, yes, or Vice General Xia has the courage and heroism, that's what he should do! I waited for the Liaodong generals, just to win fame in this battle, just defending the city all day long, but I was so aggrieved that I panicked. ”

A group of generals Gongwei attached to Xia Chengde, which made Xia Chengde's face quite proud, he looked straight at Zu Dashou and Fang Yizao, his face was full of impatience.

To Xia Chengde's surprise, Governor Fang Yizao did not say anything in agreement, but turned his head to Li Xiao, who had been silent, and asked, "Li Xiao, since that Dabi recommended you to come, he must know you quite well." Without going into any words, I just want to ask you, what Vice General Xia said, do you think it is okay to transfer troops from Ningyuan and other places to Jinzhou to fight a decisive battle with the Tatars? ”

After Fang Yizao finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the hall.

Li Xiao clearly felt that the various eyes of the generals were all focused on his face.

"My lord, I thought that if I transferred troops from Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan and other places to fight now, it would just be in vain to see off the Jin army and leave!"

Li Xiao's calm words immediately made the generals below explode.

Xia Chengde jumped up from the chair, pointed at Li Xiao's face and shouted: "Li Xiao, you are a little bullshit, but you are a dog, and you are also untrustworthy in this military discussion!" And I ask you, what do you mean by that? How do you know that the Tartars have withdrawn when our army is assembled? ”

"Yes, Li Xiao, how do you know, Mo Fei, you are the Jin Jun who can't do it!"

"Humph! What's it, when I heard the governor's question, I didn't know how many bowls of rice I had eaten, such a nonsense, it was really grandstanding!. ”

"Shut up!"

Zu Dashou shouted angrily, quieting down the generals who were saying strange things one after another, but everyone's eyes were extremely unkind.

"Li Xiao, if you go on, why do you say that after I mobilized the army to Jinzhou, this Tartar has left?" Zu Dashou asked Li Xiao in a gentle tone.

Li Xiao stood up, arched his hands to Fang Yizao and Zu Dashou, and said in a deep voice: "Governor and Marshal, the reason why I came to this point of view is also the conclusion that I came to after judging the actions of the Jin army in recent times. ”

"Go on."

"Marshal, that Ahsan led the Jin army to invade my Jinzhou for nearly half a month, but he only invaded the villages, plundered the people and livestock, and never attacked the castles of our army.

"Hmph, that's just a trick by the Tartars to lure our army into battle, this kind of trick can be seen at a glance." Without waiting for Zu Dashou to speak, Xia Chengde interjected with a sneer from the side.

"Definitely. I thought that now that the weather is very cold, and the transportation of grain, grass and ordnance is very inconvenient, if the Jin army really has the intention to seize our city, it will definitely carry out a siege operation as soon as possible, so as not to delay the day. How can it still be that it is still only burning and plundering villages all over Jinzhou. Moreover, as Deputy General Xia said, the total number of Jin troops is only three or four thousand, and even if this number of men and horses is elite, if they come to capture the city, they are still very insufficient. ”

"Then Li Xiao, what do you mean is that the Jin army is just purely intrusion, but he has no intention of taking my Jinzhou?" Fang Yizao asked softly, but there was a faint look of relief on his face.

"I really think that the Jin army only invaded the villages in the west and north of Jinzhou, but did not attack south, and I am afraid that after going too deep, I will be surrounded by our Ming official army. It has been nearly half a month now, and it is estimated that the Tatar general Ahsanding has basically wiped out all the villages in the west and north of Jinzhou, and will soon be the class teacher. Therefore, I dare to say that if I gather all the troops and come to Jinzhou, this Jin army will have already withdrawn, and I will just let the army come to help run in vain. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, there was silence below.

He saw that although many generals had disbelief on their faces, no one could refute his words. Even that Xia Chengde just stared at him and couldn't say anything.

"Li Xiao, you have a good analysis, this official heard you say this, it is indeed the truth." Zu Dashou stroked his beard and smiled, and Fang Yizao next to him also smiled.

With an unpredictable smile on his face, Zu Dashou waved his hand again to the sergeant next to him.

The sergeant understood, unfolded the white cloth again, and continued to read.

"I heard that there is a general Li Xiao in Erming, who is quite brave and has killed many people on my golden whistle. Ben will have the intention to fight with Li Xiao alone, if this person can defeat me, Ben will be released back to capture 300 people of the Ming Kingdom, as a thank you gift for the war. Wait or not, but please come back quickly! ”

After the sergeant finished reading, he put away the white cloth, and at this time, there was another commotion below.

In Li Xiao's heart, he finally understood the reason why Zu Dashou called him to come to Jinzhou to participate in the military conference.

Li Xiao sighed in his heart, he didn't expect that he was so famous on the Tartar side, and it was quite unexpected for a post-Jin Gushan to fight against such a small Qianhu general as himself.

He felt that at this time, there were more eyes of all kinds staring at him, but no one said anything.

"Li Xiao, this Tartar will challenge so rampantly, do you dare to fight?" Zu Dashou smiled and asked softly.

Li Xiao stood up slowly, his face expressionless, and his sharp gaze looked through the dark window, looking into the distance.

Everyone looked at him silently, and the expressions on many people's faces were faintly mocking and sarcastic.

"Lord Yu, I am willing to fight with the Tartar general Ahsan!" Li Xiao groaned for a while, looked at Zu Dashou, and replied clearly and forcefully.

"What a Li Xiao, you really didn't disappoint Ben Shuai! With a brave general like you, it really boosts the morale of my Ming officers and soldiers! ”

Zu Dashou looked excited and stood up from his chair.

"Since General Li has already responded to the battle, according to the view of this constitution, our army will immediately send someone back to shoot the book of archery and make an appointment with Na Ashan." Fang Yizao's face was also full of excitement.

However, the generals below heard Li Xiao's statement, and heard the governor and the marshal praise Li Xiao together, at this moment, everyone had no contempt and disdain just now, and everyone bowed their heads and kept silent.

That Xia Chengde also had a black face, his head twisted to the side, and he couldn't see his expression.

"Lord Governor, now that Ah Shan has asked me, if he only replies like this, it will lower the morale and reputation of my army." Li Xiao said suddenly.

"What do you mean, Li Xiao?"

"Please tell the Tartar general Ah Shan, saying that it is okay for me Li Xiao to fight, but it is too small to release it to the people, at least 600 people must be released, and please not invade the remaining villages, and you need to return to the army immediately!" Li Xiao's eyes were blazing, and his words were calm.

"Good! Ben Shuai agreed, just as Mr. Li said. But I don't know when Li Xiao is going to fight Na Ashan? Zu Dashou asked with a smile on his face.

"Well, Li Xiao, how many days do you have to prepare?" Fang Yizao also had a concerned look on his face.

"Two adults, you don't need to prepare, wait for tomorrow morning, and the last general will fight a head-to-head battle with Na Ashan!"

Li Xiao's resounding words reverberated back and forth like spring thunder in the silent chamber and in the ears of everyone present.