Chapter 304: Xilin City is in danger

Li Xiao's words made Makata stunned, and the crying stopped at once. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

No way?

It turned out that this scheming guy had already known his own details, but he had been pretending not to know.

How the hell did he know?

Before Makata could reply, Li Xiao's voice came coldly again: "You must be curious to know how this official sees it." Okay, I'll tell you now. On the same day, the superintendent Xu Xiu reported to the official that he had found you unconscious on the hillside and rescued you from the wolf's mouth in time, and the official was deeply suspicious of your identity at that time. ”

Li Xiao paused, and saw that Makata had put down the hand covering his face, so he continued: "You said that you are an ordinary woman who escaped from the Qing Kingdom, which is extremely false. The Qingyu Pass is extremely tightly guarded, so how can you let a lone woman escape alone? And you also said that you were later taken captive by the Mongols, but you escaped by night, which is even more nonsense. The Mongols, most of whom are masters of riding and archery, are not as easy as chasing a woman like you who is not skilled in horsemanship? How can you let a weak woman who has fallen into your hands have a chance to escape easily. Therefore, when the official heard these words of yours, he knew that what you said was a lie. ”

Makata sighed softly and did not speak.

Her eyes, as if looking at a distant place, were empty and confused.

Li Xiao's words continued: "At that time, the official got the news that the princess of the Qing Kingdom, Makata, and the former head of the Han tribe, Ezhe, had fled with the cavalry, so at that time, the official suspected that you were the Makata, and your lover Ezhe and a group of personal cavalry were very likely to be killed by the Qing Dynasty's pursuers, leaving you to escape from the chaos." It's just that if you're lucky, when your mount is injured and you encounter wolves, you can meet our cavalry to rescue you. ”

"Then you knew my identity at the time, why didn't you tell me it right away? You still have to pretend to be deaf and dumb until now, what kind of heart do you have?! Makata whispered with hatred on her face.

After Makata finished speaking, he didn't expect Li Xiao to have a faint smile on his face.

"Point it out? If the official pointed out at the time that you were the runaway princess of the Qing Kingdom, it would only make your future more unpredictable. After all, for a lonely woman like you, it is too easy for both the official and others to want to kill you. Therefore, the official secretly made a decision at that time, not to kill you, but to spare your life, and to find a reliable place for you to return to a poor woman like you who has a country and a home. Although you can't let you be like when you were a princess before, you can live a peaceful and peaceful life. ”

When Li Xiao said this, he sighed lightly.

"Hmph, don't come here to talk so fakely! If you really have such a good heart, how could you persuade my father to break my marriage contract with Ezhe and remarry your Ming Emperor who is far away in the capital! If it weren't for this bullshit agreement you signed with my father, how would E Zhe and I be forced to flee privately, and let E Zhe finally die on the grassland, and his soul will be uneasy. Li Xiao, you bastard, you ruined my happiness all my life, and made me in a situation where I am not a human being, a ghost or a ghost, Benge hates you so much! If I don't kill you, it's not enough to calm the anger in my heart! ”

Makata finished speaking out hatefully, and then covered her face and began to weep again.

Listening to Makata City's words full of hatred, Li Xiao sighed secretly in his heart.

He admitted that when he instructed Chen Zilong to sign this agreement with the Qing court, he was the most ignorant of the personal feelings of the Qing princess Makata. After all, in this feudal era when male power is greater than heaven, women's dignity and pursuit of love are often the most neglected and disdained things.

In this era, it can be said that 99% of women, in the face of such a situation, will choose to go against the grain and regard themselves as pure political accessories. And maybe only the one percent of women will choose to rebel and try to find the happiness they want.

Clearly, Machata belongs to the latter category, a patriarchal era in which women who are extremely rare to find love.

From this point of view, this woman, in order to pursue her own happiness and avenge her dead lover, can assassinate herself in such a posture of ending up together, which is also a moving story enough to write a legend.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao let out a long sigh, and he said slowly: "Makata, you are a princess of the Qing Kingdom, how do you know the depth of this politics. If you say that, you are wrong to blame Benbo. ”

"Fault you? What's wrong? Could it be that Chen Zilong said in person that day, the suggestions and suggestions he put forward were the ideas of your Chifeng Uncle Li Xiao. Li Xiao, do you want to go back on your word and deny it? Makata sneered.

"You are right, the peace policy between the Ming and Qing dynasties on that day was indeed Ben Bo's suggestion, but Ben Bo can tell you that Ben Bo's construction proposal that day was for my great tomorrow, asking to marry the daughter of Huang Taiji to marry the marriage of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. But I really didn't force the emperor Taiji, and I will let you break the marriage contract and marry Emperor Chongzhen of my Ming Kingdom. Therefore what you say is really far-fetched. “

Li Xiao didn't wait for Makata to reply, and then said: "It's just that your father, Huang Taiji, considering that you are the closest in age, should be the most suitable choice for marriage, so he broke the marriage contract and waited for marriage." Therefore, if you want to blame, you can only blame your greedy and snobbish father Huang Taiji! ”

Makata's face was sad, and tears gradually filled her eyes.

"Of course, the official didn't expect that after the peace negotiation was completed, there would be many changes, but it was enough to make people sigh. This fortune is so strange that it can't be said in one word! Well, that's all for this official statement. Li Xiao let out another long sigh.

"Then why don't you kill me now?" Makata's voice was low.

"Because killing a lonely woman like you is unnecessary and worthless. Makata, this matter, the official can pretend that it did not happen, and reveal it. You are also a smart person, and after listening to the words of this official today, you must also know where you are going. In a word, if you are willing to continue to stay in my Li Mansion, I Li Xiao is still welcome, and if you have a better place to go, Li will not force you to stay. “

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he didn't say anything more, he quickly got dressed, and pushed the door away.

Makata was left alone to sit in her room, and for a long time she hid her face and began to weep again.

However, when Ingmar returned from Dronash, Makata had already packed up her room and left, and when she returned to her room, she tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

Myself, can I really leave this Li Mansion?

A weak woman who has no relatives in the Ming Kingdom like this, went to the chaotic place outside, but I am afraid that she is really not far from death.

Thinking of this, Makata's heart flooded with a sense of sadness, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

In the next few days, Makata, who was extremely anxious in his heart, was extremely cautious in doing things and speaking in the Li Mansion. It's just that every time she looked at Li Xiao with a weak heart, she found that Li Xiao's expression was calm, as if she had plotted to assassinate him, and it didn't happen at all.

It seems that this Li Xiao is really a broad-minded person.

Makata rose up again and thought that that night, when he saw Li Xiao Nachi. When his naked body and his coat had been torn off, he didn't feel a burst of heat on his face again.

Before you know it, the days pass like flowing water.

Soon it will be the beginning of August of the tenth year of Chongzhen.

At this time, in the Mongolian Abakhanar Ulle Luohai area, Xu Xiu, the general manager of Xilin City, in this nearly a month, has just commanded a large number of people and craftsmen to plan the location of Xilin City, set the positioning of the inner and outer cities, and dig the city foundation to fill in the bluestone.

Subsequently, when Xu Xiu commanded the craftsmen and people to start building the wall, at dusk that day, he suddenly saw the flying harrier cavalry riding far away, galloping back.

The sentry horse galloped in front of the chief Xu Xiu and the Xilin garrison Liu Wenxiu, and immediately turned over and dismounted, kneeling on the ground and playing urgently.

"Chief Xu, Chief Liu, our army has just been on the eastern border, and a large number of Qing soldiers and horses have been detected at the sentry, and it seems that they are coming in the direction of my Xilin City!" The panting sentry rider shouted to Xu Xiu and Liu Wenxiu.

Xu Xiu was shocked: "No, why did our army choose a place here to build a city, less than a month, why did the Qing court move so quickly?" “

"I don't know 。。。。。 this." The sentry rider replied.

Actually, this sentence was said casually by Xu Xiu. After all, this question can only be answered by Emperor Taiji, the Chongde Emperor of the Qing court.

Originally, only a few days after Li Xiaojun destroyed the Abahanar Department that day, the rest of the four Inner Khalkha Divisions found out the news.

Although these tribes are secretly glad at the demise of the weak but rampant Abahanar tribe, they are more sad about the death of rabbits and foxes.

Later, when they saw that a large number of Han people had come to this hometown of Abahanar to build a city and pioneer the land, they were even more shocked.

The Khan kings, Noyan, and Jinong of the four major tribes immediately gathered to discuss, and soon, everyone reached a unanimous opinion. That is, the grassland tribes, unable to resist Li Xiao's constant invasion of the grassland, must take the opportunity to swallow the Abahanar tribe and immediately report to the Qing court, in order to curb Li Xiao's ambition through the Qing Dynasty's soldiers and horses.

The four Khalkha Mongol tribes immediately signed a joint report to the Qing Dynasty's Minister of Mongolian Affairs, Yingordai, who was in charge of Mongolian affairs in the Alu Korqin Department.

After hearing the news, Ying Erdai was taken aback, and he felt that the matter was serious, so he quickly told the news to Huang Taiji truthfully.

"Huh? What you say is true. ”

"Your Majesty, what the slave said is the truth, and the four Mongolian tribes of the Inner Khalkha jointly played in unison, saying that Li Xiao was good at recklessly destroying the Abahanar tribe, and he wanted to build a new city and develop land in this Wule Luohai area, which was really rampant. Li Xiao's wolf ambition to gradually annex the Mongolian tribes is obvious. ”

After listening to Ying Erdai's performance, Huang Taiji on the dragon chair had a serious face and frowned deeply.

Since receiving the news from Zilharang on the same day, saying that after the original head of the Han tribe, Ezhe and the princess Makata, fled privately, they had both died in the deep ditch at the border of the Nanaiman tribe, and Huang Taiji sat on the dragon chair and burst into tears.

Although he was in a hurry that day, he personally issued an edict that if the two resisted arrest, they would be killed immediately, but after he really got the news of Makata's death, Huang Taiji, a hard-hearted and ruthless guy, was also irrepressibly sad and sentimental in his heart.

Ruthless may not be truly heroic.

During this time, he had been lazy in eating and drinking, and his mind was sluggish, and he was already much haggard compared to his previous majestic self. Every time like a ghost, he walked alone into the empty Makata boudoir, and his heart became more and more miserable.

It's just that now after hearing Ying Erdai's report, Huang Taiji immediately understands that the situation in Mongolia has developed to an extremely serious level.

This hateful Li Xiao wants to occupy the Abahanar tribe, which is located in the key place of transportation, and cut off the connection between the Qing Dynasty and the Mongolian tribes, but his heart is really punishable!

If Li Xiao completely gained a firm foothold in this region, then the exchanges and contacts between the Qing court and Mongolia would be greatly affected, and even places like Western Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia, which were originally not firmly connected, would probably be cut off. Those Mongol tribes who were originally unruly and unruly and disobedient were likely to stop paying tribute, and even turned to the Ming Dynasty and completely went to the opposite side of the Qing Dynasty.

This is something that Huang Taiji, who aspires to unify the world, will never tolerate.

"To what extent is Li Xiao's new city built now?" Huang Taiji asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, according to the Mongolian report, Li Xiao's new city has just found the boundary and has only recently begun to be built."

Huang Taiji's big cake face suddenly crossed a sneer.

"Hmph, then Li Xiao thinks he has a plan and can show his skills on the grassland, but I want to hit the snake and hit him seven inches, and I will catch him off guard!" Huang Taiji said coldly, and then ordered: "Prince Yu Duoduo, together with you, lead 20,000 Mongolian and Han soldiers and horses, and quickly go to the Abahana Department to destroy Li Xiao's army!" ”

"Hey, the minion obeys."

Liu Wenxiu also frowned, and the nineteen-year-old young general shouted in a deep voice: "How many people are there in the Qingyu, but where are they now?" ”

"Chief Liu, I observed that there were about 20,000 soldiers from the Qing Dynasty, and there were all infantry and cavalry. At a glance, the people and horses are vast, and the sky is extremely high. It is only more than 200 miles away from my Xilin City. The sentry said with a worried face, and then added hurriedly: "By the way, Chief Liu, the Qing army has more than 300 light horses, which are led to the front, and the sentry explores the road, but it is only twenty miles away from here." ”

Listening to the report of the sentry rider, Xu Xiu and Liu Wenxiu both gasped.

The Qing army is so powerful, and it is so eager, but its own Xilin City has just laid the foundation, and it has not yet had time to build it.

So right now, with only more than 4,000 troops, how can they resist?!