Listening to Wu Fangshi's humble and frightened reply, Liu Guoneng was very proud in his heart.

It's just that on the surface, he still replied very calmly: "Oh, that is the case, then you all disarm, line up and surrender, and then listen to the next step of King Pingliao." ”

When Wu Fangshi heard this, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, he smiled and said loudly: "Thank you for your success, we will all obey your lordship." ”

Liu Guoneng hummed, and then came to the north gate where the troops were surrendered, and also ordered them to lay down their weapons, line up to surrender, and then go back to see Li Xiao with Tian Wei.

At this time, Li Xiao had already seen from a distance that the enemy troops in the city were lining up to surrender, and his heart was also indescribably happy.

Subsequently, seeing Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng coming, Li Xiao groaned slightly, then retreated from the others, and let the two of them get close to the matter.

"Lord Li, the main general of the city, Li Shutai, has been killed by his general Wu Fangshi, and now that all the enemies in the city have surrendered, how should you settle them next?" Liu Guoneng reported in a low voice.

Li Xiao glanced at them calmly, but threw the question back at them.

"This is a question for you, what do you two think?"

Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng glanced at each other, Tian Wei's face flashed a ruthless color, and he took the lead in replying: "Lord Li, I think that now the enemy army has newly surrendered, but their families are all in the mainland of the Qing Dynasty, so everyone is afraid of the situation, surrendering on the surface, and afraid that it may not be in their hearts." And now, the ships of our naval division are frozen by the sea ice, and they cannot be transported away at all, so in the next opinion, it is better to ......"

"Why not as good as what?" Li Xiao asked expressionlessly.

"It's better to take advantage of the fact that they are all disarmed now and kill them together, so as to save them from rebellion in the future, and second, to save a lot of food." Tian Wei raised his right hand and made a slashing gesture vigorously.

Li Xiao sighed, but didn't say anything, but turned his head to look at Liu Guoneng: "Guoneng, what is your opinion?" Is it different from Tian Wei? “

Liu Guoneng frowned and was silent for a long time, but finally said sullenly: "Lord Li, in my opinion, these people have surrendered now, then, regardless of whether they really surrender or fake surrender, if our army does not believe in their words and slaughters them, first, it will reduce the prestige and credibility of our army, and second, it will be of no benefit to the next battle." “

"Oh, why?"

"Master Li, after all, no matter what, the Qing army in Yaozhou City has definitely surrendered to our army and has become a prisoner of our army, so since we have promised all our lives, we can't be untrustworthy, and we can't go back on our word. Moreover, if the Qing army knew in the future, even if it surrendered to our army, it would only be a dead end, and it would definitely fight to the death, but I was afraid that our army would fight extremely hard in the future, and the losses of the troops would be much greater. “

After Liu Guoneng finished speaking, Tian Wei immediately retorted: "Guoneng, if you say this, I can't agree to it." Our promise to take our lives is nothing more than a temporary expedient measure, and how it has really become an iron law that must be observed. Moreover, it is not unheard of when our army first promised to surrender and then slaughtered them. Like the capture of Tsurumaru Castle of the Shimazu clan in Japan and the capture of Hetuala, an important town of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were all large-scale massacres, and there was no aftermath, so how could it not be done now. “

Liu Guoneng shook his head and sighed: "Mayor Tian, there is a way, this time, that time." At that time, there were special reasons for how to still be able to copy them now. In order to prevent the remnants of the Shimazu clan from causing chaos, Li Dacai ordered all the Japanese people in the city to be slaughtered to prevent future troubles. As for the massacre of Hetuala, it was to undermine the prestige and morale of the Qing court, second, because our army could not stay there for a long time, and third, because our army came from afar to raid, and the food was also insufficient, so we could only immediately withdraw back to the country, so in order to prevent chaos on the road of these Tartars, it was decided to bury them. But the current situation is completely different from Tuhe Pill City and Tuhetuara City. “

Liu Guoneng paused and continued: "Mayor Tian, you see, the enemy army that surrendered in Yaozhou City is full, but there are only 2,500 people, and there is no family burden, so the food needed to ensure their survival, even if you don't count the accumulation in Yaozhou City, the food brought by our army is enough to feed them." And now that they have just been defeated, they are all scared, and they have no weapons and no commanders, how can they still have the heart to rebel. Taking a step back, even if Dolgon will lead troops to attack in the future, and they will have foreign aid, as long as we control the amount of food they eat every day to ensure that they are only in a state of hunger and hunger, and they have the ability to resist, it will be strange. “

When Liu Guoneng said this, Tian Wei was silent, and Li Xiao also bowed slightly.

Liu Guoneng was encouraged, so he continued: "Lord Li, in my humble opinion, this captive can be immediately requisitioned as free labor, and as in Vladivostok Fort that day, build an ice wall on the spot to fill this section of the city wall that was blown down by our artillery, and then hand it over to the care of our army's auxiliaries, and detain them in a special room in the city, and each person will only be given a bowl of rice per day to ensure that they can survive, but they will definitely not have the strength to resist the control of our army. When the spring is warm in the future and the sea ice thaws, they will be escorted to the ship and then all transported to Shandong for resettlement. “

Liu Guoneng's suggestion made Li Xiao nod frequently, and he patted Liu Guoneng on the shoulder and said: "Very good, this suggestion of Guoneng is very good, according to your plan, these prisoners will also be controlled by you separately." It's just that when Tunqika and Wu Fang, who led the army to surrender, they led their troops to be meritorious anyway, so they should be treated the same as ordinary generals of our army. Their personal belongings can also be preserved as a reward. “

Liu Guoneng replied loudly: "Yes, I will do it in the next place." “

After Liu Guoneng retreated, Li Xiao arranged for Tian Wei to hurry up to cremate the soldiers killed in the two armies, and the soldiers killed in the Tang Army, everyone's ashes were temporarily stored in the urn, ready to be frozen in spring, and then transported back to Shandong for burial. The ashes of the Qing army killed in the war were scattered on the mass graves outside the city.

When Liu Guoneng commanded the captives to take water from the well on the spot against the snowflakes that were still flying in the sky, and then began to make ice and build walls, the statistical report of the Supervision Department also came out.

The civil official of the Supervision Department reported to Li Xiao with a happy face: "Lord Li, according to our company's inventory, there is a lot of accumulation in the entire Yaozhou City, including 180,000 stones of grain, more than 10,000 taels of silver, and a large number of brand-new armor and ordnance......

Listening to this civil official's message, Li Xiao also smiled.

180,000 stone of grain, this is quite a considerable number, that is to say, even if Li Xiao still transported the grain from Shandong, just with the accumulation in Yaozhou City, it is enough to support an army of 50,000 for four or five months.

Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, he made a decision on the spot, let the whole army attack quickly, paid the sacrifice price of fifteen artillery pieces, and finally successfully captured Yaozhou City, which was still very worthwhile.

Now the whole army not only has a very reliable foothold, but also has so many captures, which can be said to be quite profitable.

Subsequently, all the Tang army was stationed in Yaozhou City, and the commander Li Xiao lived in the official office of the original Tunqika, and Tunqika took the initiative to express his position and gave the best building in Yaozhou City to Li Xiao.

At night, Li Xiao walked out of the window and saw that among the snowflakes that were still falling, Liu Guoneng in the distance was directing the captives to urgently carry the frozen ice bricks to build the collapsed west city wall on the right side, and he couldn't help but think about a question.

That is, if in such a continuous snowy weather, because of the ice and snow blocking the road, it will be very difficult for me to attack Haicheng in the future, and it can even be said that it will be an impossible task.

However, on the other hand, if he could not go north, then Dolgon would certainly not be able to go south, so he would naturally form a stalemate with Dorgon, which he had not considered before he set out on the expedition.

However, Li Xiao is still a little worried now, that is, he doesn't know if Dolgon has started to attack Shengjing City after he came to Qingjing, or if he is still in the preparatory stage.

If Dolgon seized the time and forcibly launched an attack on Shengjing before the heavy snow had completely blocked the road, Li Xiao was not sure that Hauge would be able to withstand Dolgon's massive and aggressive attack.

Li Xiao sighed in his heart, what will be the fate of this Haoge in the future, it can only depend on his own creation.

Li Xiao's worries were not unreasonable, because, on the same day he launched an attack on Yaozhou, Dolgon also led a full army of 100,000 to the north with great momentum and launched a full-scale siege on Shengjing City.

Facing the cold wind and flying snowflakes, Dolgon's mood was excellent, and along the way, he kept brushing his beard, and the smile on his face couldn't help it.

Dolgon's happiness was not without reason, at this time, he commanded 100,000 elite soldiers and horses that had been trained, and all the siege equipment had been built, he could be sure that as long as he could successfully arrive at Shengjing in three days, he could launch a full-scale attack on Shengjing City with siege from all sides.

And under his own extremely fierce attack, which can be described as a boulder's crushing egg, Hauge is absolutely powerless to resist, and he must only have one way to go quickly. Of course, Dolgon was also worried about the current weather, but he knew that the snow had just fallen and had not yet reached the point of freezing before it hit the ground, so it did not cause much hindrance to the march of the entire army, and even if the snow fell to the point where he reached Shengjing, although it would cause some obstacles to his siege struggle, Dolgon was sure that he was absolutely capable of overcoming it.

Dolgon led the army, set out from Liaoyang, walked all the way for two days, and on the second night, the whole army arrived at Baitapu, which was not far from Shengjing, and Dolgon ordered that the whole army camp here to rest, and strive to rush to Shengjing in the afternoon of tomorrow, and then surround Shengjing, so that Haoge and others could not escape.

Unexpectedly, Dolgon's big tent of the Chinese army had just been set up, and before he could tidy up the beds, tables and chairs inside, there were soldiers who accompanied the soldiers, with two slush slush and sour and foul-smelling sentry riders, and hurriedly entered the account to report.

"Regent, something is wrong!"

Seeing that the visitor had come so hard and hurriedly, Dolgon's heart suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Where are you from? What the hell is going on? “

The person who came gasped, but hurriedly stood up straight, and bowed to Dolgon: "Regent, just the day before yesterday, the Tang army crossed the sea and came to our Yingkou area, and the whole army was stationed in the area of Wugou Camp Beach. Seeing this, Allah was terrified, and he decided that the next day, at dawn, the Tang army would launch a fierce attack on our Yaozhou City, and in my Yaozhou City, there were only more than 1,000 defenders, plus more than 1,500 Han troops attached to Li E, but I was afraid that it would not be the opponent of the Tang army. “

The sentry spoke eagerly, and after coughing several times, he gasped and said loudly: "Therefore, after consulting with Allah of Jiala, Li Erfu decided to send me and others to Liaoyang overnight to bring rescue troops to relieve the urgent need of Yaozhou City." When I arrived in Liaoyang, I heard that the regent had set out with his army to attack Shengjing, and I didn't dare to wait for a while, so I changed my horse and galloped here, and finally saw the regent. I also hope that the regent will send reinforcements as soon as possible to rescue Yaozhou, if it is late, I am afraid that Yaozhou will not be able to protect, and I will come in vain. “

Hearing the sentry's words, Dolgon's brow furrowed deeply, and the expression on his face was very ugly.

I didn't expect that this Li Xiao would be so bold and brave the danger of the sea freezing to dare to attack my Daqing.

Moreover, the place chosen by this person was not the previous southern Liaoning, let alone Jinzhou in western Liaoning, it was precisely the Yingkou place that he ignored, but he happened to be caught off guard.

This Li Xiao is decisive and ruthless!

His shot was tantamount to a stab in his back.

Dolgon immediately thought in fear that if the Tang army, which numbered as many as 50,000 people, really started attacking Yaozhou immediately, with only less than 3,000 defenders in Yaozhou City, he was afraid that it would quickly lose and it would not be able to hold out for long.

If Yaozhou falls into the hands of the Tang army, then they will gain a firm and stable foothold at the southern end of Liaozhong, and will definitely use this as a base to continue to attack Haicheng in the north, and even their own old nest, Liaoyang, Tokyo.

So, what should I do now? ……

Dolgon's heart was irritable, and when he saw the sentry on the ground with a begging face, he sighed lightly, waved his hand, and said, "You wait to go down and rest first, this matter is very important, and this king will think it through, and then tell you and others." “

The two sentries were disappointed to hear that Dolgon did not express his intention to come to the rescue immediately, but when they caught a glimpse of Dolgon's stern gaze, they could only whisper yes and withdraw from the tent.

As soon as they retreated, Dolgon immediately shouted to the soldiers on the side: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you go and call Prince Yu to come to the tent to discuss matters!" “