"Report! Lord Shi, according to our sentinels, now this Ming army of more than 5,000 people has destroyed the soldiers and horses of Lord Ashan, and is heading towards Jinzhou at full speed! ”

After listening to the report of the sentry cavalry, Shi Tingzhu, the chief soldier, opened his mouth unconsciously wide, and his face turned pale in an instant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

How is it possible that this Ming army, of more than 5,000 people, of unknown origin, actually wiped out all the 2,000 Jurchen soldiers and horses led by the great golden general Ah Shan?!

"Have you ever been careful? The 2,000-strong Jurchen army under the command of Lord Ahsan is the elite of a hundred battles, and they are very brave, how can they let this 5,000-strong Ming army be wiped out? ”

"Lord Yu, the small ones have indeed made it clear that Lord Ashan's department, after being defeated by the Ming army, the rest of the people surrendered, and Lord Ahsan was also killed by the Ming army, and the Ming army then marched in the direction of Jinzhou City, and the small ones did not dare to take it aside, but immediately returned to report."

Shi Tingzhu's face was like ashes, he waved his hand with difficulty, told the sentinels to retreat, and then looked at Jinzhou City not far away with an almost dull gaze.

What to do?

The Jurchen soldiers, whose combat strength was far above their own soldiers and horses, were completely wiped out by this Ming army, and with their own 3,000 Han troops, could they resist this imposing Ming army?

Shi Tingzhu, who had been in the battle array for a long time, immediately made a decision.

"Pass on our military order, the whole army will give up the capture of prisoners, throw away the baggage weapons, immediately retreat north, return to the Quang Ninh territory as soon as possible, and protect the soldiers and horses of our army." Shi Tingzhu's lips twitched, and he conveyed the order with difficulty: "In addition, quickly send a capable sentry to Ningyuan, inform the master of Duoduo, tell him that our army has been defeated, and ask him to make his own arrangements quickly." ”

"Huh!"

Soon, at the head of Jinzhou City, Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of the forward battalion, Zu Dabi, the deputy general, and others, who were paying close attention to the movements of the enemy troops besieging the city under the city, saw an extremely strange scene.

They were surprised to see that the Houjin army, which was not far from the city, suddenly had a commotion in the whole army, and immediately gave up the prisoners, goods, baggage, siege weapons and other items they had captured, and then quickly retreated north with the whole army.

"Big brother, what are you doing, why did you give up the prisoner's baggage and retreat north, what kind of medicine is sold in his mother's gourd?" Seeing that Hou Jin Jun was so abnormal, Zu Dabi's eyes widened, and he asked Zu Dashou angrily.

Zu Dashou was also full of doubts, and he replied in a low voice: "The Tartars are acting strangely, I suspect that they are a trick to lure the troops, and deliberately retreat and lead our army out of the city, so as to gather and annihilate them." ”

Zu Dabi shook his head: "Big brother, I see that this Jin army retreated in such a hurry, and the prisoners and heavy weapons were all abandoned in a hurry, not like a lure to the army, but as if they suddenly encountered a major enemy, could it be that something big happened in the Jin Dynasty to make them rush back in such a hurry?" ”

He paused, and then said loudly to Zu Dashou: "Big brother, it's better to let me lead six hundred elite horsemen to pursue it, if the Jin army really retreats due to panic, our army will definitely be able to pursue successfully." Wouldn't it be a pity to miss such a good opportunity to hunt down and kill in vain? ”

Zu Dashou stared at Zu Dabi who was leaping to fight with complicated eyes, and said with a long sigh: "Zanyu, the soldiers of my forward battalion, because I sent Zu Kuan to lead the army to the west to aid Datong, and now the strength of the city is guarded, but there are only thousands of people, but everything needs to be cautious, and it is not easy to go out of the city to fight." In case it is really a plan by the enemy soldiers to lure the enemy, our army will lose a small number of troops and horses in the attack, and if Jinzhou is lost because of this, it will be a big trouble. The court will be strictly held accountable in the future, and you and I can't afford to take out a loan. ”

Zu Dabi's face darkened, he sighed heavily, and slammed his fist on the battlements of the city wall.

An hour and a half later, Li Xiaojun finally rushed to the city of Jinzhou.

They were surprised to find that all the Han troops under Shi Tingzhu had withdrawn, leaving only a group of prisoners, scattered baggage, and all kinds of siege weapons in the middle of the city.

Li Xiao looked at Jinzhou City, where the city gate was still closed and the soldiers were still only holding on to the city wall, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's hateful, this stone pillar escaped quickly, so we didn't have to catch up." It's a pity that the defenders of the city, afraid that they were frightened by the Tartars, did not dare to send soldiers and horses to pursue, and it was a pity to miss this opportunity. ”

Li Xiao sighed, and immediately ordered to release these prisoners who had been abandoned by Hou Jin on the spot, and then clean up all kinds of baggage discarded by the enemy.

Soon, all the captives were released, including both the local villagers and civilians in Jinzhou, as well as the Ming soldiers who were captured by the enemy, which made Li Xiao a little regretful, including the Ming generals such as the guerrilla Cao Degong, but they were taken away by the Houjin army and were not rescued.

At this time, the weight of all kinds of seized materials was also counted, a total of 130,000 stone of grain was seized, more than 20,000 stone of horse bean feed, a total of more than 8,000 head of cattle and pack horses, sheep, pigs and other livestock, and more than 20,000 taels of loose silver that were too late to take away.

These statistics made Li Xiao very satisfied. Especially with this large amount of grain, it was of great help to Li Xiaojun, who was short of food.

It's a pity that these Tartars wantonly plundered the Jinzhou territory, and the large amount of grain and livestock they obtained is now all cheaper than Li Xiaojun, who is behind Huang Que.

"Bang!" With a bang, the gate of Jinzhou was opened, and Zu Dashou, Zu Dabi and others, led a large number of soldiers and soldiers to pour out of the city.

"Li Xiao, my ancestor Dabi really didn't expect that it was you who led the army to come and relieve the siege of Jinzhou!" Zu Dabi saw Li Xiao coming from a distance, so he shouted and waved to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao laughed and arched his hand to him from a distance, which was regarded as a return salute.

Soon, Zu Dashou and the others approached quickly, and Zu Dashou said with a grateful face: "Commander Li is anxious for justice and righteousness, and he has come to my aid in Jinzhou for thousands of miles, which really makes me feel ashamed." ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Everyone is a Ming official army, and it is natural to help each other. Mr. Zu doesn't have to be polite. ”

Zu Dashou patted Li Xiao's shoulder affectionately, and warmly invited: "The wind outside the city is strong, not a place to speak, this soldier implores Commander Li to follow us into the city, I have asked people to kill cattle and slaughter sheep and set up a banquet, and treat the soldiers of the noble army!" ”

As soon as Li Xiao nodded in thanks, Zu Dabi strode over, took Li Xiao's hand and said, "Brother Li, don't say anything, and follow me into the city to eat and drink, my brother will sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman today and fight with you for three hundred bowls of wine!" ”

"Okay, Brother Zu is arrogant, how dare the younger brother resign, I will have a good drink with Brother Zu today." Li Xiao laughed and replied.

Not long after, Li Xiao's whole army entered the city, and the people of Jinzhou crowded on both sides of the street, and came to watch Li Xiaojun's magnificent military appearance.

"I didn't expect it, it was our young hero Li Xiao Li in Jinzhou who came back that day, if it weren't for Lord Li to send troops in time, our Jinzhou would be in danger."

"Ahem, our Jinzhou is the birthplace of Lord Li, this Jinzhou is in trouble, Lord Li sent troops to rescue, but it should be."

"Come on, I heard that Master Li is now thriving in Shandong, and he is the commander of Chifengwei, and his life is much better than when he was in Jinzhou. People can come to save us, that's love, it's Lord Li's nostalgia, even if you don't come, it's also your duty, but we can't complain about anyone. ”

"Yes, yes, speaking of which, it's our people in Jinzhou, everyone owes this Lord Li a great favor. Look at this Lord Li's military appearance, this momentum, how strong is it than our Liaodong army. ”

"That's right, if only Master Li could stay in our Jinzhou for a long time, the dog-in-law Tartars will definitely not dare to invade again."

。。。。。。

"Miss, Miss, the Tartars have withdrawn!"

The maid Qiao'er rushed in from outside the ancestral mansion, shouting loudly while running quickly towards Zu Wan'er's boudoir.

Zu Wan'er, who was sitting in the room in a plain armor, heard the news and got up from the chair immediately.

"Miss, do you know who is the one who repelled the Tartar soldiers?" Qiao'er, who appeared at the door, gasped for breath and looked happy, but it was beyond words.

"Oh, who is it?"

"Hehe, it's that Li Xiao, Commander Li. He led the Shandong soldiers and horses to beat away the Tartar soldiers and horses besieging the city, and our Jinzhou is finally safe. Qiao'er leaned over with a smile, her voice full of joy.

Zu Wan'er's face froze suddenly, and her heartbeat increased tenfold.

It turned out to be him!

How could it be him?

This Li Xiao, who occupies his heart all the time and appears in his dreams every night, will lead his troops to rescue Jinzhou, which is thousands of miles away, why is this。。。。。。

"This ungrateful thing, don't mention him!" Zu Wan'er thought like this in her heart, but her face frowned, and she turned away coldly.

Qiao'er leaned over and whispered in Zu Wan'er's ear: "Miss, in my opinion, this Li Xiao is willing to come so far to rescue the siege of Jinzhou, I'm afraid it's because of Miss?" ”

Zu Wan'er felt that this maid's words seemed to make the softest place in her heart be poked.

Crystal tears filled her eyes at once.

Why, then, you, have already taken my burden, come to my rescue?

"Miss, I believe that this Lord Li will definitely come to see you after finishing his business, I dare to say that in this Jinzhou City, the person he is most concerned about and can't let go of is you, Miss." Qiao'er whispered with a smile.

Zu Wan'er pretended to glare at her, feeling as if a thousand words were coming to her heart, but she couldn't say anything.

She burst into tears.

Zu Wan'er, who cried loudly, wept and rippled, as if she wanted to cry out all the resentment, grievances, sadness, and sadness in her heart.

Qiao'er stood beside her, with a look of comfort and sighing, while gently helping her wipe away the tears that flowed out.

The warm breeze of May, blowing softly through the carved window, stroked Wan'er's hair, like a gentle soothing.

In the city of Jinzhou, in the cheers and admiration of the onlookers, Li Xiaojun walked through the streets and alleys and came to the military academy in the city.

On the high platform on the military academy field, a grand banquet was set up, and Zu Dashou, Zu Dabi and others personally accompanied them, and at this time, Zu Dale Zu Zeyan and his son, who were stationed in Guangning Houtun Guard, also rushed back to Jinzhou City to participate in this grand banquet to welcome Li Xiao because they received the news of the enemy's withdrawal.

It turned out that the news of the Tartars' invasion of Jinzhou came that day, worried about the safety of his family, and Zu Dale, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, who was worried, immediately led two thousand elite soldiers and horses with his son Zu Zeyan, and rushed to Jinzhou from Shanhaiguan to rescue, but it was still a step late, Jinzhou City had been surrounded by Tartars, Zu Dale had no choice but to settle in the nearest Guangning Right Tun Guard, which was regarded as a horn with the defenders of Jinzhou.

Zu Dale, who had been worried that the Tartars would attack Jinzhou City soon, could hardly believe his ears when he heard the news that Li Xiao had led his army from Shandong and successfully repelled the besieging Tartars.

After confirming the truth of this to the sentinel who reported the news, Zu Dale sighed and sat down on the chair, but his heart was mixed.

This Li Xiao, who reneged on his promise to marry his own daughter, has been hating Zu Dale for a long time, thinking that he would break off with this person and never get along with each other, but he didn't expect that this person would be so affectionate, and he led his troops and horses to the north to save Jinzhou and his family in Jinzhou.

After sitting down, the moment Zu Dale and Li Xiao looked at each other, each other's eyes were very complicated. And Zu Zeyan on the side, looking at Li Xiao's eyes, was full of resentment.

The atmosphere on the wine table suddenly became awkward, only Zu Dabi was still laughing heartlessly, pulling Li Xiao to drink non-stop.

Li Xiao reluctantly broke away from Zu Dabi's enthusiastic persuasion, squeezed out a smile and said to Zu Dale: "Chief Zu, but I don't know if Wan'er is okay?" ”

Zu Dale hadn't answered yet, but Zu Zexun on the side replied hatefully: "My sister Wan, since returning to Jinzhou, I don't think about washing my face with tears every day for tea and dinner, but in the past few months, I have lost a lot of weight and haggard, which is all caused by you Li Xiao!" ”

Li Xiao sighed in his heart, his face froze, and he didn't know how to reply.

Zu Zeyan's angry words did not stop for a while, he looked directly at Li Xiao who lowered his head, and said loudly: "Li Xiao, oh no, you are now promoted to hereditary commander, it is appropriate to call you Li Dacai." It's hateful, it's hateful that my sister is unladylike, but she is infatuated but meets a white-eyed wolf! She is a big young lady, following you, a lowly guy from a rural hunter, who has worked hard, but she hasn't even earned half of her name, Lord Li is so ruthless and unrighteous, which is rare in the world. I don't know when you and the county lord were in love, did you ever think that my sister would wash her face with tears at home day and night! ”

Li Xiao didn't say a word, he hung his head, and there was a look of pain in his solemn expression.

Zu Zeyan gritted his teeth and continued to hate and said: "My sister is also a fool, I have repeatedly persuaded each other, then Li Xiao has broken off his relationship with you, so he will leave this forgetful person behind, why bother to worry about this guy day and night, and make myself sad in vain." I only hate my sister but I can't let you go, and I have successively rejected many Liaoxi generals who came to propose marriage, but I don't know why I came here with this painstaking effort! Li Xiao, you say, my sister is in this situation where she is not a ghost or a ghost, is it a good thing that you have done it single-handedly! ”

At the wine table, there was an embarrassing silence for a moment.

Zu Dabi, who was holding a huge wine urn in his hand, looked at Zu Dale with a gloomy face, and looked at Li Xiao, who was speechless, and felt very bored, so he had to sit down alone sullenly.

Zu Dashou, who was sitting in the chief, saw Zu Zexun so angry, and saw Li Xiao so embarrassed, so he hurriedly shouted to Zu Zexun: "Zeyan, Li commanded thousands of miles to rescue Jinzhou, he can be a person with deep affection, the festival with Wan'er that day must have its last resort, how can you reprimand him so unexpectedly without asking the reason." ”

"Ze Yan is right, it's me Li Xiao who lost Wan'er." Before Zu Zexun could reply, Li Xiao opened his mouth and said: "In addition, Li can tell you the truth that he came to aid Jinzhou this time because he was worried about Wan'er. ”

Li Xiao stood up, bowed to Zu Dale, and said solemnly: "General Soldier Zu, Wan'er is Li's beloved, if it weren't for the emperor's marriage that day, the holy order would be difficult to disobey, Li Mou'an would have reneged on the previous covenant and made a name for nothing?" Since Wan'er left, Li Xiao sighed day and night, feeling guilty. Now that the siege of Jinzhou has been resolved, Li Mou shyly asked for permission to allow General Zu to agree and let Li marry Wan'er as his wife to make up for Li Xiao's previous regrets! If you get your wish, you will be a lifelong companion, dependent on life and death, and never betrayed! (To be continued.) )