"Under Li Xiao, meet His Royal Highness King Lu." Seeing King Zhou approaching, Li Xiao knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully.

Seeing Li Xiao bowing and saluting, Zhu Gongyu's eyes lit up obviously, and the smile on his face became more and more joyful.

"Tang Guogong, please get up quickly." Zhu Gongyu helped Li Xiao to get up, looked Li Xiao in luxurious armor up and down, and then nodded and exclaimed: "Tang Guogong, it's better to see it after hearing it for a long time, Tang Guogong is really a talent!" You led your troops thousands of miles away to relieve the siege of Kaifeng, so that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city could be preserved. Seeing that Zhu Gongqi was so old, but he still had an almost smile on his face, Li Xiao was very emotional.

So he smiled and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhou, you are so ridiculous, how can this prince be decent." ”

"Tang Guogong is polite, this king is not a boast, but he is really admired in his heart. Now the rogue has been frustrated, Kaifeng is protected, this outside the city is not a place to speak, if Lord Li does not dislike, but also ask Lord Li to sit in the mansion with the lonely king, in order to relieve the lonely king's lifelong thirst and admiration. The smile on Zhu Gongyu's face was even more eager.

Seeing that Zhu Gongqi was a noble prince of the Ming Dynasty, but he was so greeted in front of him, Li Xiao was very useful.

It's just that he also knows that although Li Zicheng has retreated now, he is still a great threat, and it is far from the time when he can completely relax.

Li Xiao smiled and thanked him: "Thank you King Zhou for your love, it's just that the war is urgent, and after Li Zicheng's troops are destroyed and the land of Henan returns to Ningjing, Li will go to visit His Royal Highness King Zhou again." King Zhou nodded, and agreed with Li Xiao's responsible attitude, so he said: "The Duke of Tang is in a hurry, the war is in a hurry, and it is indeed inconvenient for the Lone King to disturb more, but the whole army has won a great victory, and the Lone King must be rewarded more. Seeing King Zhou's statement, Li Xianfeng, Gao Mingheng and others on the side also said loudly: "King Zhou is so arrogant, we should also show a little bit of a heart, and this labor army matter is also our share." Li Xiao laughed: "Okay, everyone's kindness, Li is really grateful in his heart." On behalf of the soldiers of the whole army, thank you. While Li Xiao was talking to everyone, at this time, the battlefield statistics report of the Supervision Department also came out.

"Tang Guogong, according to the statistics of this battle, our army captured a total of 32,815 rogues, killed 16,234 people, and captured countless ordnance, armor and weapons. In addition, the casualties of our army were 1,320, and the casualties of the friendly Hou Shilang Department were 2,562...... "Hearing the report of the Supervision and Relief Division to Li Xiao, Zhu Gongqi, Li Xianfeng and others were more and more amazed.

Well, against Li Zicheng's elite troops, Li Xiao's army has such combat power, and the comparison between enemy and enemy losses is so huge, it is simply unimaginable to win.

However, they all saw that Li Xiao, who was the main general, did not have a particularly happy expression, he sighed lightly, and then ordered that all the prisoners be escorted back to the camp in Chenqiao Town, and all the captured armor and weapons were given to Hou Sui's department.

Seeing that Li Xiao was so generous and bold to the friendly army, everyone respected Li Xiao a little more in their hearts. Next, Zhu Gongqi, Li Xianfeng and others arranged a banquet, slaughtered sheep and pigs, and set up wine outside the city to reward Li Xiao and Hou Sui's troops, and the whole venue was lively and jubilant.

Zhu Gongqiao, Li Xianfeng and other officials in Kaifeng City gathered around a table with Li Xiaohou and others, and everyone was staggered and persuaded each other to drink, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, asked Li Xiao through wine: "Lord Li, now that the Li thieves have fled to Zhuxian Town, how should Lord Li deal with them next?" As soon as his words were finished, Zhu Gongqi, Gao Mingheng and others all looked at Li Xiao directly, and everyone wanted to get an answer from Li Xiao's mouth.

Li Xiao looked around at the expressions of everyone at the table, but couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart. These guys keep boasting about themselves, but in their hearts, they are still very suspicious of how far they are willing to fight in this land of Henan.

In that case, he is using their worries to his advantage.

"Don't worry, my father came to save Henan, not only to save Kaifeng, but also to eradicate the area of central and western Henan that is now occupied by thieves, and strive to clear all the rogues out of Henan, so as to end this war." As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, the officials in the room were very happy, especially Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, with a relieved expression.

However, then, Li Xiao changed his words and said: "Of course, in this way, it will take a long time for our army to move to various parts of Henan, and the cost of food and salary will be very huge, and the soldiers' pensions will also cost more silver taels. And in the fierce battle between the two armies, the people were also implicated, ordered to be anointed, and filled the ravines, every time my father thought of this, his heart was also unbearable...... "Li Xiao said this, Li Xianfeng and others knew what Li Xiao meant by saying this, Li Xianfeng hurriedly took over: "Lord Li, as for the grain, grass and pensions, they can all be purchased by my Henan government, but there is no need to worry about it." It's just that now that the two armies are fighting, I, the people of Henan, are in it, and they are killed, but it is really helpless. I'm an official in Henan, but I can't help it. Li Xiao smiled and said: "Governor Li, you can prepare food and salary for our army and compensate the soldiers, and this official is very affectionate." As for the people of Henan, the official has a way to save the people of Henan from this disaster of swords. Hearing Li Xiao's words, everyone at the table opened their eyes wide, and Zhu Gongyu took the lead in asking: "Master Li, what magic do you have, the lonely king listens!" But please Tang Guogong to say in detail, if you save the people of this Henan province, Master Li will be the reincarnation of the Buddha of all families. Li Xiao smiled slightly: "King Zhou is too famous." My duke was thinking that since this land of Henan had become a frontal battlefield against the rogues, there was a danger of being invaded by the rogues in all parts of the province, so I hoped that the king of Zhou, Governor Li and all kinds of colleagues could make arrangements for the subordinate officials to make arrangements for the people under them to move to Shandong, and then our army would arrange for them to settle overseas, so that they could finally avoid the disaster of swords and soldiers and save their lives. As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, everyone suddenly fell silent.

It turned out that Li Xiao went around and around, under the guise of protecting the people, and in the end it was to enrich his overseas territories.

And as soon as Li Xiao opened his mouth, he just wanted the people of Henan Province, who were so bold, but they were very big.

It's just that I can't agree to him? If he didn't agree, Hugh said that the people of Henan Province would probably die under the knife of the thieves, so if Li Xiao saw that this condition was not met, he was afraid that he would find a reason to withdraw his troops and return to Shandong.

In this way, this land of Henan can really only be left to the rampant thieves. This Kaifeng City, isn't it going to usher in the next day, when the city is besieged by the heavy soldiers of the Liukou?

A wry smile swelled on the face of Henan Governor Li Xianfeng, but he still bowed his hand to Li Xiao and said: "Lord Li's benevolence and love for the people are deeply admired by Benfu. In this land of Henan, the people are living in hardship, and they are on the battlefield of swords, it is really difficult to live, if Lord Li can arrange them overseas, it is also a merit, this Fu is here, the first generation of the military and people of the province, thank you Lord Li. As soon as Li Xianfeng finished speaking, the rest of the people at the table, although they had different expressions, had to express their gratitude to Li Xiao one after another.

Among these people, Zhu Gongqiao, the king of Zhou, also said to Li Xiao in an emotional tone: "Lord Li's strategy is really the best way for the people of Henan to survive." Although the people have to leave their hometowns and say goodbye to their ancestral business forever, it is also a very rare good thing to be able to get a chance to live and continue the bloodline of their ancestors. ”

"Then Li will thank you very much." Li Xiao smiled, and then his face showed a solemn expression: "Everyone, like now, the people in this Kaifeng City have been besieged by the rogues for nearly two months, and their lives have been extremely difficult. In Li's opinion, it is a good thing to immigrate and leave as soon as possible and settle down overseas. Otherwise, if one day the rogues come back to invade, if the father can't rescue him, it will be bad.

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"Master Li, don't worry, these immigration matters will be arranged by Ben Fuzi as soon as possible. Now in Kaifeng City, in order to avoid the Liukou, there are more than 200,000 residents from all over Henan, these people, no family business, no job, drowned in Kaifeng City, life is indeed very difficult. Ben Fu should hand over all of them to Master Li and settle them to live overseas, which is a rare good thing.

Li Xianfeng said. When Li Xiao heard this, he was very happy in his heart. Okay, he had already said a few words, and he easily moved these people, and in exchange for these more than 200,000 Kaifeng people. You don't even have to spend money to buy people like you do with thieves, which is a rare bargain.

"Okay, then I thank you again.

Li Xiao smiled and raised his wine glass, toured to everyone, and then drank it all. Subsequently, Li Xiao led the army back to Chenqiao Town and rested in the camp. After returning to the camp, some of his soldiers came to report that they had captured a general of the thieves, Tian Jianxiu. Hearing that Tian Jianxiu had been captured, Li Xiao smiled unconsciously. In his previous life, he had read history and knew that this Tian Jianxiu, nicknamed Suotian Harrier, was a general under Li Zicheng, and when Chongzhen was 14 years old, he was already a general under Li Zicheng. This person has a benevolent personality, loves soldiers, and went to private school when he was young, but he has the style of a Confucian general, but he is very different from Li Zicheng's rough and incompetent generals. In the second year of Shunzhi, after Li Zicheng was killed by the landlord in Jiugong Mountain, Hubei, this person and Wu Ruyi went to Yuezhou and went to Songzi, where they found Li Guo and Gao Yigong's troops, and then served Li Guo as the master. Soon after, he also followed Li Guo, joined Nanming, and cooperated with He Tengjiao to block Yinxi and others, and cooperated to resist the Qing Dynasty. It's just that although this person has the style of a Confucian general, he is very unassertive, and he can be called a person who falls with the wind. After surrendering to Li Guo, he was captured by the Qing army in a battle, so he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and then fled to Li Guo. After Li Guo's death, he was defeated by the Qing army, and then surrendered to the Qing again, but Dolgon hated his capriciousness and could not be trusted, and sent him to Beijing and beheaded him at Caishikou. The soldier smiled and reported to Li Xiaoyu: "Lord Li, this Tian Jianxiu is a general under Li Zicheng." After being captured by our army, he immediately said loudly, saying that he had long admired the prestige of the adult, but he had never been able to serve the adult, and he regretted it very much, and he wished to see the adult as soon as possible, so as to serve in front of the step, and beg the adult to accept it.

After listening to the soldier's report, Li Xiao smiled slightly, but did not immediately express his position. In fact, there is no need for this military report, judging from Tian Jianxiu's historical performance, Li Xiao can already be sure that this guy who is wavering in history, who forcibly voted for whom, and now after being captured by himself, he must immediately draw a line with Li Zicheng's subordinates in order to save his life and turn to himself. It's just that I can accept his surrender so happily? Li Xiao groaned slightly, and said to the soldiers: "You tell him that the war is not over now, and my father is busy with all things, so I don't have time to see each other." Let him return to Shandong with a group of captives tomorrow, and there, see his performance, and his father will arrange it for him again. The soldiers went as promised, but a sneer crossed Li Xiao's face.

The best way to use such a wall-to-wall person is to first be cold to him for a while, and finally give him a chance to re-serve when he is frightened and repentant, which should be much more effective than immediately acceding to the man's request.

After arranging Tian Jianxiu's affairs, Li Xiao became drunk, and because of many days of hard work, he fell asleep soundly in his own military tent.

On this cold winter night, the cold wind was howling and the ground was frosty, and Li Xiao's entire army, except for the guards, had already fallen asleep, and the officers and men of the whole army finally had a rare night's rest.

At this time, the army of Liukou who retreated to Zhuxian Town, the Chinese army tent of the commander Li Zicheng, was still brightly lit.

Liu Zongmin, who had a bloody face, slammed his fist on the cedar table, and roared and said to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, I am really unwilling to defeat today!" Then Li Xiao can win our army, it's pure fucking shit luck! If the new annex in our army had not been suddenly routed by their cavalry, how could our army have been so defeated! it, Lao Tzu dies his ancestors every day, and Lao Tzu dies his ancestors for eighteen generations! ……”

"Enough!" Li Zicheng shouted violently, and his two cold eyes swept straight on Liu Zongmin's angry face: "Losing is losing, and there are so many reasons to do it!" No matter how much the fuck you say, can this dead brother survive?! Can Tian Jianxiu, who was taken by Tang Jun, be put back again? ! In today's plan, I have to think about it, after this big defeat of our army, what should we do next, is the most important! Liu Zongmin was reprimanded by Li Zicheng like this, and finally hung his head and stopped talking.

It's just that he still said angrily: "King Chuang, what can you do next?" According to me, since I am raising soldiers and horses again, and fighting with that Li Xiao again, I have to get this face back, right? King Chuang, you believe me, next time I will lead the team to fight the vanguard, no matter how I say it, I have to cut off Li Xiao's head and use it as a urinal for King Chuang! After Liu Zongmin finished speaking, Li Zicheng frowned, but Li Guo on the side shook his head and sighed: "General Liu, you said this lightly. Now that Li Xiao has won this great victory, it is precisely because the morale is like a rainbow, and the spirit of the whole army is even more victorious. In addition, Kaifeng City was relieved, and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city could be used by him, so that Li Xiao's troops were comparable to our army. On the contrary, after this defeat, our army has lost its soldiers and horses, its morale has been greatly defeated, and its strength is no longer dominant. ”

"General Zheng is right, our army really can't fight anymore." Luo Rucai also spoke anxiously on the side: "Ming Gouzi's troops have increased, and the momentum is strong, how can our army be its opponent." In my opinion, it is better to camp and wait for Ming Gouzi to take the initiative to fight our army. It's just that as soon as Luo Rucai's words were finished, he immediately attracted Li Guo's opposition.

"No, no, our army is in Zhuxian Town, there is not enough food and grass, there are not many equipment, and the lonely army is prominent, and there are no reinforcements outside, this is a sign of death, and it can be guarded for a long time. In my opinion, it is better for our army to retreat to the west overnight while the enemy army has not yet attacked, and simply retreat straight into Luoyang City, and then rely on this to fortify the city, and then make a plan, Uncle Wang, what do you think?

After Li Guo finished speaking, he cast an inquiring gaze at Li Zicheng, who had a gloomy face.