"This general is Li Xiao, the governor of the left capital of Chifengwei in Daming Shandong, the prince and you, please hurry up!"

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Li Li stood up with a grateful face, and the other royal families also got up. At this time, Li Li said with respect and emotion: "If it weren't for the timely arrival of the Heavenly Governor Li Dudu to lead the heavenly soldiers to help, this Jianghua Island City, I am afraid that it has fallen into the hands of the Qing captives, and we will all become prisoners of the Qing army." We are waiting for the micro ministers of the country, and we are so deeply favored by Governor Li, but how can we repay it! ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "North Korea is a subject country of my Ming Dynasty, and the subject country is in trouble, and the Celestial Empire can not be saved." Now that the Tartars on the island have been wiped out, only the remnants have fled to Mount Mani, and when the rain stops, these remnants will be punished! ”

Listening to Li Xiao's bold and firm statement, Li Li was even more grateful, and said some words of thanks and admiration again and again to thank Li Xiao for saving his life.

When the two of them were talking and laughing, they didn't notice that a handsome, beautiful and dignified woman behind them was looking at Li Xiao who was talking and laughing intently with admiration on her face.

This woman is the imperial concubine Zhao who has just become a step-concubine.

She became the concubine this year, and her real age is only sixteen years old. (Note: In ancient Korea, there was a tradition of early marriage, and generally the emperor chose concubines at the age of eleven or twelve, like the only daughter of the Joseon king Yi Kuo, Hyomyung Weng, who was married at the age of eleven and married the grandson of Kim Zi-dian, the right-hand minister of North Korea.) ）

Such a cardamom girl is the same age as a modern high school student, in a period of fanatical star-chasing and hero-worshipping. Therefore, when the imperial concubine Zhao saw the handsome and majestic Li Xiao at a glance, her girl's heart suddenly pounded.

Li Xiao, the left governor of the Ming Dynasty with a heavy army, is so young and so handsome, just like a legendary character.

She saw again that Li Xiao and Ayahara Maharaja Li Li were calm and heroic, full of bearing, and they could be described as charming. In the heart of this girl, an inexplicable love began to appear.

Compared with Li Xiao, his husband, the forty-five-year-old and boring King of Joseon, Li Liang, was already resistant to him in his heart, and the relationship between husband and wife was very cold. Moreover, this nominal husband also spoils the Shuyi Zhao family, who is from a humble background and has a vicious heart, so that he, the titular concubine, is even more desolate and has a vain reputation.

Thinking of this, the imperial concubine Zhao felt an inexplicable bitterness in her heart.

At this time, Li Li, the great prince of Ayahara, began to work with Li Renzhan, the general who defended the city, and others, and warmly invited Li Xiao's entire army to enter the city to rest.

Li Xiao accepted the invitation and ordered the whole army to enter the city.

Li Li immediately ordered a feast to entertain the soldiers who had saved Ganghwa Island City.

Li Li is a careful person, and the Ming army sailors who stopped on the shore of Jianghua Island have also made people make wine and food, and sent them to the boat with umbrellas in the rain.

And Li Xiao himself was invited into the palace by Li Li, and was accompanied by a group of royal men and Li Renzhan, a general who had already bandaged his wounds, to enjoy the feast and hospitality.

Li Li introduced the male members of the royal family to Li Xiao one by one, and the royal family took turns to toast Li Xiao to show respect and gratitude. Li Xiao did not refuse, drank them one by one and saluted them back, and everyone felt even more happy when they saw Li Xiao so bold and generous. For a time, the whole banquet was harmonious, and the guests and hosts were harmonious and happy.

Eighteen-year-old Li Hao, the second son of Li Liang, toasted Li Xiao with a shy face, Li Xiao looked at the future Emperor Xiaozong of Joseon, and raised his glass with a smile.

More than an hour later, the banquet was announced, and Li Li, together with Li Renzhan, took Li Xiao to the living room to drink tea and chat.

"Li Dudu, but I don't know if your army has defeated the Qing army that wants to land on the island, what are you going to do next?" Li Renzhan, who was flushed with alcohol, asked Li Xiao with his hand.

Li Xiao sighed for a while and said: "Naturally, we will first wipe out all the Qing troops on Mani Mountain, and then see what the Qing army moves next, and then our army will make a decision." ”

Li Li, who was on the side, interjected with a worried face: "Now the emperor's brother, the emperor's eldest son and all the ministers are all besieged by the Qing army in Nanhan Mountain City, but I don't know that the Qing army will launch an attack to capture Nanhan Mountain City, if the Qing army attacks the city on a large scale, it will be bad." ”

Li Xiao glanced at him, but shook his head and said, "Ayahara-kun, don't worry. In the opinion of the governor, the Korean monarch still has heavy troops in the mountain city of Nanhan, but the Qing army is also difficult to overcome for a while. In my opinion, the plan of the Qing people must be to conquer Ganghwa Island City first, capture all the royal families on the island, and then use this as a threat to force the Korean monarch to surrender to them, which is the real idea of the Qing people. ”

After listening to Li Xiao's answer, Li Li nodded again and again in agreement.

He smiled and said to Li Xiao: "From the point of view of this monarch, if the Qing chieftain Taiji, if he finds that all the Qing troops who landed on the island have been wiped out, and nearly 4,000 captives have fallen into the hands of your army, I am afraid that he will be angry." ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Hmph, although the Qing Lu is fierce, but the strength is limited after all. The Governor dared to predict that after the Tatar chieftain Taiji found out that the Qing army on the island was completely destroyed, he would definitely have to re-evaluate whether the invasion of Korea would be able to gain more benefits. Perhaps, Huang Taiji, who is good at calculation, will discuss with his subordinates about armistice and retreat. ”

Li Li's face suddenly showed joy: "If the Qing army is frustrated this time, it will be able to retreat, and the people of the lower country who have suffered from the military disaster will finally be able to escape from the war." ”

After Li Li finished speaking, Li Renzhan on the side asked again: "Then when does your army plan to attack the remnants of the Qing army on Mani Mountain?" ”

Li Xiao took a sip of tea, and then said lightly: "It's raining heavily now, and when the weather clears, our army will naturally destroy this Qing army that is still breathing." ”

Li Lixi said: "If your troops send troops to destroy the remnants of the Qing army, our Korean soldiers and horses should also raise troops to help." ”

Seeing that Li Li was generous at this time, Li Xiao smiled secretly in his heart, and he smiled: "No need, with the strength of our army, it is enough to destroy the remnants of the Qing army, everyone will see it then." ”

Subsequently, Li Xiaofu chatted with Li Li and others for a while, and then got up and went to rest in a luxurious palace room arranged by Li Li for himself.

The palace room that Li Li chose for Li Xiao is not far from the palace of the royal family, but it is independent and will not be easily disturbed by outsiders.

Subsequently, Li Li, Li Renzhan and others retired, and Li Xiao, who was drunk, walked into the bedroom and prepared to strip and go to bed.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the guards outside the door came to report, saying that there was an imperial concubine Zhao who asked to see him.

"Oh, what is she doing here?"

Li Xiao was shocked, got up urgently, put on a regular dress casually, and went to the living room to see the imperial concubine Zhao.

As soon as Li Xiao entered the living room, he saw the imperial concubine Zhao, dressed in gorgeous clothes, obviously dressed up deliberately. She was already sitting and waiting in the living room, serving tea and drinking, and the two palace maids stood behind her.

Seeing Li Xiao come in, Zhao's eyes seemed to suddenly jump with two brilliant flames, and his handsome face was inexplicably red.

"You two step down, there is something in the palace, and you want to talk to Li Dudu alone."

Zhao waved his hand to the two palace maids behind him, and the two palace maids retreated.

After the palace maid withdrew, only Zhao and Li Xiao were left in the living room, and the atmosphere was quite awkward for a while.

Zhao's hot and direct eyes made Li Xiao's heart surge, he already had two wives and two concubines, of course, he could understand the deep meaning in her eyes that was called the eldest concubine, but in fact she was just a young girl.

"May I ask the concubine who is here, but she wants to discuss with the governor, what is the matter?"

After a long time, Li Xiao opened his mouth and said insincerely.

Zhao put away her eyes looking at Li Xiao, she sighed lightly, and then muttered: "Concubine Ben is here just to see the heroes who defeated the Qing army and helped me defend this Ganghwa Island City." ”

After speaking, she took out a bag of tea-like things from the pocket on her body, put it on the table, and then whispered to Li Xiao: "This is the awakening tea produced by our country, Lord Du drank a lot of alcohol at the banquet today, and I just drank this tea to relieve hangover." “

"Oh, Li thank the imperial concubine for her kindness, and the governor is here to thank you." A smile appeared on Li Xiao's face.

"Concubine Ben really didn't expect that Li Dudu, the general of the Ming Kingdom who came to rescue my North Korea, was so young and so promising, which really made Concubine Ben's heart admire." Zhao sighed lightly, his eyes full of admiration.

Zhao's words made Li Xiao not know how to answer for a while, and a faint smile appeared on his face, which could be regarded as a response.

For a moment, there was silence in the room again.

Zhao looked at Li Xiao with affectionate eyes, his lips moved, but he couldn't say anything for a while.

Li Xiao stared at her delicate face, looking at Zhao, who was wearing a North Korean woman's corset robe, but still showing the graceful figure of a girl, and felt as if there was a hot fire burning in his heart.

There is no word for each other, but silence is better than sound.

Li Xiao only felt that his face was hot, and in such a delicate atmosphere, he felt a little short of breath, he controlled the feverish emotions in his heart, and said, "If the imperial concubine has nothing else to do, please go back first." ”

Zhao got up slowly, but there was a hint of resentment on her face, she looked directly into Li Xiao's eyes, and muttered: "Could it be that this concubine is so unpopular, and it is so inconvenient to even talk to Lord Dudu?" ”

"This, the imperial princess, you misunderstood, this governor didn't mean this。。。。。。。"

"Governor Li, you don't have to say more, Concubine Ben understands in her heart, you can rest well."

Zhao stared at him affectionately, owed him another blessing, and turned to leave.

"Li sent the imperial concubine." Li Xiao gently arched his hand towards her.

It's just that before leaving, the Zhao family still said softly: "Lord Li, please take care, if you have time, this concubine will come to see you again." ”

After finishing speaking, the imperial concubine Zhao and the two palace maids waiting outside got up and went back to the house together.

Li Xiao, who saw her leave, was filled with feelings in his heart.

Why, when I saw this North Korean woman for the first time, it seemed as if I had seen it many times, why did her smile make me, who is used to seeing women, so excited.

Could it be that he is really attracted to her?

Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled bitterly in his heart, and then shook his head gently.

。。。。。。

Li Xiao originally thought that the heavy rain would stop in just one day, but he didn't expect that after four consecutive days, the rain still hadn't exhausted, and it was still pulling the sky and the ground.

It's just that this heavy rain that has been going on for days has made Li Xiao's plan to wipe out the remnants of the Qing army have to be postponed, but it has also made the Qing troops such as Abatai stationed in the cave on Mani Mountain even more miserable.

Sitting in the cave, Abatai looked depressed and sluggish, he looked at the rain curtain at the entrance of the cave, and was silently in a daze.

Next to him, several of the guards were also standing like puppets.

"Master, the horse meat is cooked, please eat it while it's hot."

A Bakash soldier, holding a bowl of hot horse meat in his hand, trotted quickly in the heavy rain, shouted loudly, burrowed into the cave, and then took the horse meat in his hand and offered it to Abatai.

Seeing the bowl of horse meat brought to him, Abatai couldn't help but feel sour.

Sadly, he was a dignified Qing Dynasty Rao Yu Baylor, who originally came to seize the island with high spirits, but now most of the army has been lost, and he has led the remnants of his own army, and he has to live like a savage on Mani Mountain on Jianghua Island.

The 600 Manchurian cavalry had to kill horses for food every day, the officers still had caves to rest in, and the ordinary soldiers had to silently endure the heavy rain.

In such a harsh environment, since the day before yesterday, many of his soldiers secretly went down the mountain to surrender to the Ming soldiers besieging the mountain, in order not to suffer from hunger, cold and rain.

After hearing the news that his soldiers had gone down the mountain to surrender to the Ming army, Abatai was very angry and ordered that anyone who wanted to go down the mountain and surrender to the Ming army would be killed.

It's just that Abatai also knows in his heart that Rao is like this, and his subordinates whose morale is extremely low, who are outnumbered and have no reinforcements, are afraid that the day when the whole army will collapse is not far away.

Abatai snorted, took the bowl from the Bakash soldier's hand with a blank face, and was about to use his hands to scoop meat from the bowl to eat, when he heard the sound of footsteps outside the cave again.

A Manchurian officer with the true appearance of Jia La's forehead rushed into the cave and immediately knelt down.

"Tell my master that more than 20 soldiers have fled today, and I have captured four or five fugitive soldiers, and I have beheaded them all in accordance with the general's order."

The Kala's face was tense, and he reported to Abba Tai Yu through gritted teeth, his face still dripping with blood dripping.

Abatai, holding the meat bowl in his hand, sat numbly, his eyes staring straight at the entrance of the cave, without any expression, only his lips slowly opening and closing, indicating that he was not completely out of the world.

When the Jiala really saw him like this, he suddenly fell to the ground suddenly, and said loudly with crying voices: "Master, please forgive me for saying bluntly, our army has been trapped in this mountain for nearly five days, our army is short of food and clothing, morale is low, and the number of soldiers fleeing is increasing every day, and the servants are deeply worried. I'm afraid, I'm afraid that if we don't wait for the Ming army to attack, our army will already be in chaos。。。。。。 ”

Abatai's face trembled, but he couldn't say anything.

Yes, now the morale of the army is getting frustrated, and I am afraid that in a few more days, my subordinates will collapse without a fight.

What to do?

What else can I do?

Abatai's heart was in turmoil.

However, one of the guards behind him shouted angrily at this Jia La'e Zhen: "Tugmu, why are you crying, didn't the master say it, our army is guarding this Mani Mountain, and the emperor will send troops to rescue us, so why bother to mess up like this." “

Hearing this guard's words, the face of this Jia La'e Zhen named Tugmu suddenly showed a hideous and resentful look, and he yelled at the guard: "Zalai, you fucking say that there are reinforcements every day, I am tired of hearing it, and now that four days have passed, you say, where are the reinforcements!" Where is it! Hmph, I'm afraid that before the reinforcements arrive, the whole army will die of hunger in this mountain! ”

Seeing him fight like this, the guard Zalai was furious, and he was about to draw a knife to cut him when he brushed the ground, when Abatai's voice sounded coldly: "Enough! Don't fight! As generals, you two quarrel and fight, what kind of system do you become! (To be continued.) )