In the Tang Army's large array in the distance, Li Xiao, who was being tightly protected by a group of guards, saw Barama and others coming out of the north gate of Haicheng through the snow curtain in the sky, and the corners of his mouth suddenly flashed with a faint smile.

Hmph, these Tartars, pretending to have strong teeth and hard teeth, are not finally surrendering under their own iron-fisted means and strong pressure. For these Tartars who are afraid of power and do not have virtue, it is really more effective to use tough methods.

For the more than 200 Qing army captives who were beheaded and killed for forced landing, Karamu, who was once a Manchurian, may still have a feeling of being hurt by something, but in Li Xiao's heart, there is no sentimentality or sympathy.

After all, they were their own enemies, whether on the battlefield or captured, their fate was left to fate, and they were to blame for such an end. What's more, it is already a great mercy that he only beheaded the wounded soldiers of the Qing army who were unable to survive first.

Barama and the others were able to march, and when they were ten steps away from Li Xiaoma's head, they immediately bowed their heads and bowed.

"Sin Chin Rama, it's too late to surrender, please forgive Lord Li." Lying on his knees in the thick snow, Barama said in a stiff Chinese dialect that he did not dare to look up at all with a look of guilt.

Li Xiao, who was sitting on the snow-stepping horse, smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, made a gesture of support, and then said slowly: "Balama, you wait to get up." You can finally surrender in time anyway, and this king is still very satisfied. ”

"Thank you, Master Lee." With a look of humility and gratitude, Barama stood up with the other generals behind him.

Li Xiao glanced at him coldly, and said: "Barama, since this king can let Karamu tell you the conditions for surrender, and let you surrender this sea city, he will allow you to leave with your relatives and generals, and you will never go back." But do you know why this king doesn't want to take your life? ”

Li Xiao's question made Barama stunned, he didn't understand what Li Xiao meant by suddenly saying this to himself.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "This Wang Ming said it, the reason why I am willing to keep your life is because of your good face. It is not appropriate for the king to want his son to be killed here while he and Haug are allies, and your father is in his service, so that there will be no more reconcilable feud between them. Therefore, this king is thinking that as long as you can surrender in time, then this king will not only be able to save your life, but also release you back. ”

Barama was startled, and after thinking about Li Xiao's words again, he didn't feel that his face was blushing, but in this cold and snowy weather, he only felt hot and panicked. He is not a fool, of course he understands what Li Xiao's subtext is.

Taking his own life to make a condition for making friends with Prince Li Daishan, so as to further divide the forces within the Qing court, so that they are suspicious of each other and attack each other, this is really a very good step.

However, he also quickly thought that Li Xiao's approach was most likely not a temporary idea, but a long-planned and far-sighted move, but only he was a chess piece and did not know it.

Thinking of this, Barama only felt an inexplicable coolness rising from her neck, and her fear of Li Xiao deepened a little.

He hurriedly took a step forward and said to Li Xiao: "Master Li is right, he is in a daze, and he wants to use a corner of the city to fight against the heavenly soldiers, but he is really blocking the car with a mantis arm, and he has no self-knowledge. Fortunately, Master Li ignored his past suspicions and treated us leniently, and Barama was extremely grateful in his heart, and he really didn't know how to repay him. ”

Li Xiao smiled faintly again, and said: "Balama, you are also a smart person, after you return to Liaoyang this time, you must have thought clearly about how to say to Dolgon." I hope you will act cautiously in the future and stop being an enemy of our army easily. Otherwise, the next time this king gets you, he won't let you go easily. ”

When Barama heard this, he immediately fell to his knees on the snow with a thud, kowtowed like garlic and replied, "Don't worry, Lord Li, the slave is going, you should know what to do." We will never again be the enemy of your country's heavenly soldiers as we are now. ”

Li Xiao nodded, comforted him a few more words, and asked him to take the Tang army into the city, hand over the city defense, collect the Qing army guards, and wait for all this to be counted, and then let him take his personal generals and a group of guards to leave Haicheng north and return to Liaoyang.

At this time, the Tang army's formation shook the sky, and there was a noisy and joyful atmosphere. As soon as the surging team swarmed into the city, the entire Haicheng was like a huge sucker, sucking in the surging iron current of the surging Tang army's military array, and at a glance, the scene was very spectacular.

In the square in Haicheng, a group of soldiers have been standing here in despair, and in the streets and alleys, many ordinary people are hiding behind the cracks of the door, with an extremely frightened look, watching the Tang army's iron flow rolling into the city.

Li Xiao also entered the city proudly under the protection of a group of escort cavalry, and soon, a civilian official from the Supervision Department came up to report the seizure of Haicheng.

"King Yuping Liao, this time Haicheng surrendered, our personnel checked in the city treasury, and found a total of 23,000 taels of silver, 128,000 stones of grain, more than 200 horses of silk, more than 1,000 horses of cloth, more than 800 pieces of fur, and tens of thousands of pieces of various ordnance......"

Hearing these reports, Li Xiao's face unconsciously showed a satisfied smile.

Because, among these figures, Li Xiao is most concerned about the amount of grain, and now there are more than 120,000 stones of grain in the city, so all the Tang army, including more than 50,000 people including the newly surrendered Qing army, even if they sit and eat idly in Haicheng every day, it is enough to support until next year's spring when the flowers bloom.

What's more, there are tens of thousands of stone of grain captured in Yaozhou Fort in the Yingkou area, that is to say, the Tang army now has a sufficient supply of food, and it can no longer be taken into account for this biggest threat.

The biggest stone in Li Xiao's heart fell to the ground, and his mood was naturally much better, after the civil official of the Supervision Department retreated, he saw that Barama and the others had obviously completed the handover with the Tang Army, and at the same time packed up their own property, everyone carried large bags and small bags, and everyone had a gloomy face, and walked through the Tang Army's formation to say goodbye to Li Xiao.

When Barama saw the pitiful glances of his former subordinates in the city square, his heart felt as uncomfortable as a knife. He knew that these soldiers must have hoped that he, the defender of Haicheng, could fight for Li Xiao and bring them back to Liaoyang, instead of staying in Haicheng alone like this and letting the Tang army fall.

It's just that Barama also knows that Li Xiao, the commander of the Tang Army, is not a person who can bargain.

He didn't dare to look at his subordinates who had been abandoned and thrown away like this, so he could only leave the square quickly with his head down.

Looking at Barama's down-and-out appearance, Li Xiao suddenly wanted to laugh very much, and his heart was even more inexplicably happy, but he couldn't help it.

Soon, Barama and the others came to Li Xiao's side, and everyone put down their luggage and knelt down to Li Xiao to salute, but Li Xiao stopped them and ordered them to get up and speak.

"Lord Li, we have completed the handover with your army, and our personal belongings have also been packed, but Lord Li wants to open our luggage to check it?" Barama asked in an extremely humble tone with an uneasy smile on her face.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, he waved his hand, signaling that they didn't have to open their luggage, and then said: "No need, how can this king be such a heartless person, your personal belongings, this king doesn't want to check more, you just take these luggage and return north to Liaoyang as soon as possible." “

Barama replied respectfully: "Thank you Lord Li, the slave and the others will say goodbye, in the future, the green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever, perhaps, we will meet again." “

Li Xiao chuckled lightly in his heart, but on the surface, he hummed and waved his hand again, signaling that they could leave.

After saying goodbye to Li Xiao, Barama and the others tied up their luggage, stepped on the horses, and left the city, and then went north on horseback.

Li Xiao then ordered one after another to arrange all the matters in the entire Haicheng.

Li Xiao has sent heavy troops to guard the heavy grain in various warehouses in Xiangcheng. The Qing prisoners brought from the White Wolf Valley were counted together with the Qing defenders in the city who surrendered, and then arranged for the soldiers to be imprisoned separately. Subsequently, Li Xiao also asked his generals to post a notice to the people, informing the residents in Haicheng that the war was over, they did not need to worry about their lives, they could live as usual, and when the sea thawed, they would all be shipped to live in Shandong.

Tang Jun was already very proficient in this kind of settlement work, so as soon as Li Xiao's order was ordered, it was quickly executed. And after Li Xiao finished arranging the affairs in the city, he came to his residence, which was also the original Balama's mansion.

This mansion of Barama, three in and three out, copper nails and red doors, high arches of eaves, the rooms inside are very spacious, and the whole mansion is very magnificent. No, for Li Xiao, the king of Pingliao, who is accustomed to seeing the world, such a mansion is at most above average, and there is not much that makes him particularly tempted.

Li Xiao entered the mansion, took a casual look in the mansion, and then came to the living room and ordered someone to call Tian Wei and Liu Guineng.

After a short time, the two came, and after watching and sitting, Tian Wei took the lead in speaking: "Lord Li, in my humble opinion, now our army first defeated the Qing army to reinforce the White Wolf Valley, and then take this important town of Haicheng without blood, the morale of the whole army is great, and everyone is happy, so I think that I should take this opportunity to send troops to attack the north again, even if we can't take Liaoyang, we must sweep away the prefectures and counties around Liaoyang, so that Dolgon's family is bound to be bold, and its prestige will also be greatly damaged, in this way, the Qing court will definitely change people's minds." , then Haoge, who is defending Shenyang, can gradually turn the defensive position into an offensive, so that the purpose of our dispatch of troops this time can be regarded as basically achieved. ”

Listening to Tian Wei's words, Li Xiao smiled slightly, but did not reply immediately, just looked at Liu Guoneng, who was frowning with thick eyebrows on the side, and asked lightly: "Guoneng, Tian Wei advocates taking advantage of the victory to attack the north immediately, according to your opinion, but what should I do?" ”

Liu Guoneng, who was originally in deep thought, saw Li Xiao asking him a question, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "King Yuping Liao, I have a different opinion on Mayor Tian's suggestion. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Lord Li, although our army is now thwarting the enemy's reinforcements in the White Wolf Valley, and taking advantage of the victory to force the Haicheng defender Balama to surrender, but to tell the truth, our army has trekked all the way from Yingkou to the north to attack, and at this time, although the morale is still high, it is also exhausted, and it is difficult to fight anymore. If you still want to eat a fat man in one bite, regardless of the actual situation, you will go north to attack Dolgon's old nest Liaoyang again in the wind and snow, in the next opinion, but there are a lot of hidden worries, and you must not be careful. ”

"Oh, go on."

"Lord Li, you see, now our army has newly acquired Haicheng, occupying a vast area from Haicheng to Yingkou, which seems to be extremely majestic, but from the following point of view, the current our army, after this long-distance march, has suffered from wind and snow, and there is also the big battle in the White Wolf Valley, the real strength of our army now is really close to the end of the crossbow. If you really want to ignore the situation that the Yingkou area of Haicheng has not been completely stable, and force the troops to enter, not to mention that our army's foothold is unstable, that is, it is really going to attack Liaoyang. ”

When Liu Guoneng said this, Tian Wei on the side looked unhappy, and he asked Liu Guoneng dissatisfiedly: "Guoneng, you said too much, right?" Our army's new victory is when the morale is high and the morale of the army is available, how can you be so unbearable by you. Even though our army has traveled hard all the way and the strength of the soldiers is not as good as before, these are all difficulties that can be overcome, so how can they definitely become an obstacle to our army's northern offensive? Could it be that now that the morale of our army is at its peak, it is better not to use troops to the north again, but to wait until the morale of the future when the morale falls, and then attack Liaoyang? ”

Listening to Tian Wei's words, Liu Guonong frowned, and immediately retorted: "Mayor Tian, this is bad. There is a way, knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles, if everything is only considered in favor of the other side, but ignore the complexity and danger involved, then we will dare to conclude that this northern attack will be more auspicious, and it is even very likely to be a big setback, so that our army's series of victories from landing at Yingkou to capturing Haicheng will come to naught. ”

Hearing Liu Guoneng say this, Li Xiao's face became complicated, but his face remained calm, he nodded slightly, and continued to Liu Guoneng; "You have analyzed it very well, it's okay, you can continue to talk about it."

Liu Guoneng was encouraged by Li Xiao, and immediately said loudly: "Lord Li, Mayor Tian, think about it, our army has won many great victories now, and it is estimated that its prestige has spread everywhere in the Qing court. And our army's momentum is so magnificent, as long as a fool can see that the next goal of our army must be to attack Liaoyang to solve the elimination of Dolgon's lair. In this way, even the defeated Dolgon, in order to keep the nest foolproof, must concentrate heavy troops to defend Liaoyang, in this way, after continuous battles, our army has to trek through the mountains and snow to the north to attack the heavily guarded fortress Liaoyang, it is really not easy! ”