Seeing that Zu Dashou was suddenly so excited, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but be very surprised.

Zu Dashou, what's the matter, how did he say that when he went to vote for Li Xiao, the king of Pingliao, he was so excited that he almost lost his temper? Could it be that for Li Xiao, what else does he have that he can't say?

Regarding Zu Dashou's attitude, Hong Chengchou was stunned for a while, he held the teacup, his arm was frozen in the air, and he couldn't react.

It was Zu Dashou himself, who quickly noticed his gaffe, he smiled bitterly, with a sneering expression on his face, sat back in his chair, and then let out a long sigh.

"Fuyu, ...... are you" Hong Chengchou put down the teacup with a look of concern.

Zu Dashou waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to say any more, and then, like a restrained child, he rubbed his hands and bowed down to sit silently, with an extremely complicated expression.

Hong Chengchou silently looked at Zu Dashou's appearance, and couldn't help frowning.

He secretly thought, isn't it because this ancestor has some prejudices or faults against this Pingliao King Li Xiao that will have such a big reaction to him? It's just that I just want to ask such a question, and it's not easy to ask.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was very awkward.

In the end, Zu Dashou was silent for a while, then sighed lightly again, and said slowly: "I didn't expect that my Zu Dashou, the dignified former commander of the Liaodong Forward Battalion, and the current chief soldier of the Han Army's Zhenghuang Banner, would be so downtrodden that he wanted to take refuge in a pawn under him back then. ”

Hearing Zu Dashou's words, Hong Chengchou was stunned.

What Zu Dashou said was as if it was an extremely shameful and humiliating thing for him to vote for Li Xiao. Could it be that this is what makes him unable to wipe his face and untie the knot?

Hong Chengchou was about to ask the reason curiously, but at this time, Zu Dashou, who had a look of memory on his face, smiled bitterly again, and had already spoken first.

"Heng Jiu, in fact, this soldier and that Li Xiao have known each other as early as the sixth year of Chongzhen."

"Oh, really?"

Zu Dashou nodded, with a mixed look, and sighed and said: "At that time, he joined the army as a village hunter, just an ordinary sentry in the Zhongtun Station of Guangning, only in his early twenties, it doesn't matter if he doesn't rely on it, he is really unknown. After joining the official army, he only led two sentinels to travel, and he dared to complete the task of measuring the old site of Dalinghe City with considerable difficulty assigned by the army. As a result, what everyone didn't think about was that they not only successfully completed the task, but also captured the heads of six Tartars, which was really a big face for the officers and soldiers of Liaoxi, and I, the chief soldier of the Liaodong Forward Battalion, was also honored. ”

Seeing that Hong Chengchou listened attentively, Zu Dashou continued to reminisce and said: "It is precisely because of Li Xiao's military merits of beheading six heads this time that this soldier personally wrote an article to the imperial court and promoted Li Xiao to the position of 100 generals, and Li Xiao began to officially enter the promotion level and become an insignificant petty officer. Later, Li Xiao was transferred to the pier of no return, raising his own food and salary, recruiting soldiers by himself, and actually managed a dun fort that had been abandoned for many years in an orderly manner, and its governance materials were really impressive. ”

Zu Dashou paused, and then continued: "In the winter of that year, the Tartar sentry cavalry attacked my Liaoxi grain team, the entire grain team was intercepted, and the Guangning Zhongtun Sentinel guarding the grain team were all sacrificed. Or Li Xiao heard the news, in order to avenge the sentry brothers who were also in the Zhongtun of Guangning, and in order to recapture the grain team, Li Xiao led all the cavalry recruited by himself, in this extremely cold weather, all the way to the north against the wind and snow, and finally at the Daling River, and the Tartar sentry cavalry who was carrying the grain team back north, the two armies immediately started a bloody battle, Li Xiao's cavalry team finally annihilated these Tartar sentry horses after paying heavy sacrifices, a total of 43 Tartar sentry horses, and recaptured the grain team, He also recaptured the corpses of all the sentinels of the Zhongtun post in Guangning, which was such an outstanding feat, but it was rare for the official army in western Liaoning in recent years. Li Xiaozhi's martial arts and prestige have spread all over Liaoxi since then, and everyone has said that I got it in Liaoxi, a young hero like Zhao Zilong. ”

Listening to Zu Dashou's description, Hong Chengchou's face didn't even show a look of fascination, and he couldn't help but ask: "Listening to Fuyu's account, Li Xiao's bravery and perseverance seem to be obvious in front of him, but I don't know what happened to Li Xiao later?" ”

When Zu Dashou recalled this, a smile appeared on his face, and he sighed: "Originally, I thought that this Li Xiao was just a military general who could fight in the final analysis. Who knows, this person is not only brave and strong, but also very good at handling interpersonal relationships, and constantly fighting for various interests for himself and his subordinates, so this person has a very strong ability to entrap his subordinates and is deeply supported by his subordinates. Like this time, Li Xiao won forty-three heads, and the apex of Li Xiao's promotion at one time was only up to a thousand households, and only eighteen heads were enough. In order not to let the head he had worked so hard to gain be swallowed up by his superiors in vain, Li Xiao took the initiative to find my brother Xingyu (Zu Dabi), and gave him the extra 20 heads, helping Xingyu to be promoted from a general to a deputy general. Of course, Li Xiao did this because he wanted to achieve his own purpose, that is, on the one hand, he let himself who had no connections to find a solid backer. On the other hand, let the grateful sex be able to take the initiative to fight for his own interests. From this point of view, Li Xiao's vision and methods are far superior among the generals. “

"Oh, in this way, Li Xiao is really quite resourceful. Whether it is battlefield conquest or officialdom management, he is quite capable of means and ease. It seems that this person made his fortune so quickly, but it really happened for a reason, and it was not accidental. Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and sighed.

Zu Dashou also nodded and sighed: "Do you know that it is precisely because Li Xiao climbed on Zu Dabi's thigh that he was not buried by his former boss Wang Daoqi. At the end of the sixth year of Chongzhen, in order to retaliate against Li Xiao's annihilation of his sentry cavalry, the Tartars raised troops to invade the border, wantonly poisoned the suburbs of Jinzhou, and captured countless people and animals in western Liaoning, and the enemy general Ahshan was even more rampant and wanton, and threatened to fight alone with the generals in my Jinzhou, and also agreed to bet on the 600 captured people, and if they failed, they would release the 600 people. It's a pity, at that time, all the generals in my Jinzhou City were frightened by its rampantness, and no one dared to go out to fight against them. In the end, it was Zu Dabi who recommended Li Xiao to come out as a representative of my Ming official army and go to fight against Ahsan alone. “

"Oh, then Li Xiao's battle, is he winning or losing?" Hong Chengchou blinked and asked.

Zu Dashou had a smile on his face, and he looked faintly excited, and he continued: "This single challenge battle was held outside the north gate of Jinzhou, attracting the officers and soldiers of the two armies to come and watch. At that time, the west wind was raging, the iron horse Jingo, the war drums roared like thunder, and the whole formation was very imposing. Li Xiao and Na Ah Shan, the horse waved a knife back and forth, the two of you fought back and forth for several rounds, then Ah Shan was invincible, patted the horse and fled, Li Xiao couldn't chase after him, so he let this guy escape with his life. However, Ah Shan also kept his promise, let 600 people come back, and gave Li Xiao a belt of the barbarian lion that was captured by the Qing captives during the bloody battle of the Hunhe River. “

Hearing Zu Dashou say so excited and yearning, Hong Chengchou's face was also full of appreciation, he thought about it, and asked again: "Since Li Xiao has such a prestige in Liaoxi and is deeply loved by you, it is said that Li Xiao should have a bright future in Liaoxi, why did he leave Liaoxi without permission and go to Shandong instead?" “

Hearing Hong Chengchou ask this, Zu Dashou's face trembled.

He had a wry smile on his face, and then let out a long sigh: "Alas, Li Xiao left Liaoxi, although there are his own reasons, but it is also because of the incompetence of his own soldiers and the inability to preserve talents. “

"Oh, why did Fuyu say that?"

"Back then, since the battle with Ah Shan, Li Xiao returned to his place of no return, and has been concentrating on managing his own forces, looking obscure and without any abnormality. But no one knew that at this time, Li Xiao had already become the ambition to leave Liaoxi and go to Shandong. And the reason why he did this was because there were many generals in western Liaoxi, and the land was small, so it was difficult for him to have room for development and growth. The second is that I, who is the chief soldier, don't care enough about him, and I haven't been able to give him the opportunity to be further promoted, which made Li Xiao have the idea. It's just that now that I think about it, Li Xiao's step of leaving Liaoxi and going to Shandong may be very correct, after all, the space that Liaoxi can give him to play is too narrow, and the Tatars come to harass him from time to time, and it is impossible for Li Xiao to develop with peace of mind. “

Zu Dashou paused and replied: "Therefore, Li Xiao then carefully prepared a revenge plan, intercepted and killed a smuggling caravan of his boss Wang Daoqi on a snowy day, and seized a large number of silver taels and commercial goods, as well as a smuggling fortune ship. After hearing the news that the caravan was attacked, Wang Daoqi, who rushed to the caravan, was defeated by the whole army, and Wang Daoqi himself was also killed in one fell swoop by the first two places, and then Li Xiao took all the troops to leave from the land and water, and left south, and since then, he has no longer had anything to do with my Liaoxi. “

After Zu Dashou finished speaking, his face was full of helplessness and remorse, he raised his head and let out a long sigh.

Hearing that Li Xiao finally left Liaoxi, Hong Chengchou also sighed lightly in his heart, he was speechless, and his face was thoughtful.

Zu Dashou didn't say anything more when he said this, because the two of them knew what happened later.

That is, after Li Xiao arrived in Shandong, he was basically completely independent. He built Chifeng Fort to survive on the coastal boundary of the former Huangxian County in a barren area, and trained and strengthened his own army, making this army, which only obeyed his command, a disciplined and powerful team. In the end, Li Xiao fought the Liukou, fought the Tartars, and continued to be promoted all the way, from thousands of households, to the general army, and then to the commander, to the Marquis of the East Sea, and to the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, until he became a rare king with a different surname in the Ming Dynasty, the king of Pingliao.

At the same time that Li Xiao was promoted to the rank of knight, all kinds of construction and development were endless, he built Tielong City, Chifeng City, Jintang City, occupied the entire Dengzhou, and then conquered Taiwan, Luzon, Sulu, New Guinea, the Australian mainland and other vast and boundless Nanyang regions, as well as Ezo Island, Sakhalin Island, Outer Manchuria, Yakutsk and other Northeast Asian wilderness areas, and finally took the entire Shandong Province into the bag.

After occupying the vast area from the south to the North Pole, Li Xiaofu from the Ming Dynasty, a large number of displaced people from the country to these newly occupied lands to multiply and develop and expand, so that these wild lands that have been sleeping for thousands of years have become a new living land for the Chinese Han people, and have become the homeland of the descendants of the Han people from generation to generation.

Therefore, the current Li Xiao can be said to have a vast and majestic territory, and the land under his rule is tantamount to a brand-new, invisible empire full of vitality. The vitality and future prospects of such a powerful and vigorous new empire are far inferior to those of the decaying Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, which has gone through two generations.

At this point, Hong Chengchou finally understood why Zu Dashou was so suspicious of going to Li Xiao. It turned out that Zu Dashou was thinking that he was once a dignified chief soldier, but Li Xiao was just a pawn under him, but he didn't expect that Li Xiao, this guy, with his own efforts, would become the king of Pingliao in the Ming Dynasty ten years later, and his real strength was like an invisible monarch.

On the contrary, Zu Dashou has basically been standing still for the past ten years, and even some time ago, he became a prisoner of the Qing court in great shame, and lived here as a nominal Zhenghuang Banner general soldier. Compared with the two, such an incredible reversal of identity made Zu Dashou suffer for a while, resulting in an inexplicable gaffe, but in his heart, he felt even more ashamed.

In fact, if you are anyone, you can't immediately accept it in your heart, so the identity of the world is reversed.

In particular, the former chief soldier is now going to take refuge in his former subordinates, such a thing, don't say you want to do it, I'm afraid that it will be a shame to say it.

Hong Chengchou understood Zu Dashou's contradictory, tangled and humiliating mood for a while.

It's just that after he was silent for a while, he still said to Zu Dashou in a deep voice: "Fuyu, I still think that if you don't go for three days, you should be impressed, how can you still look at people with old eyes, how can you still stick to the old mentality like this." If you want to come to the Ming Dynasty Taizu, when you started, you were just a Luotuo monk. Li Xiaonai is such a masterpiece, it is not a lie to say that the golden scales are not things in the pool. At such an emergency moment now, such a mind should be left behind and face the future with a new attitude, with all due respect, if at this moment, Fuyu still thinks about him, I am afraid that the future will really be catastrophic! “