Dahasu followed Cai Erjia all the way, naturally knowing that there were few Ming soldiers, and he might not dare to go deeper, but this kind of thing is not impossible, so he deliberately took 10 robes to go back to explore the situation, and they traveled all the way to the west, and they never met half of the Ming officers and soldiers.

When they walked to the grove where they encountered the Ming officers and soldiers, they saw the remains of their own dead robes in the distance.

The corpses had their heads cut off, and even the armor they wore had been stripped away, and they were all naked and died in a horrible state.

"Alas! The heads were cut off, and no one knew who was who. Dahasselblad's heart was a little heavy when he saw the miserable state of his robe.

"Daksu, didn't we lose 9 people? Why are there only 8 headless corpses here? One of the Houjin cavalrymen noticed that something was wrong, so he frowned and asked Daksudao.

"Really!?"

Daksu counted them one by one, and found that there were only 8 corpses, obviously one missing.

"It seems that most of the people were not killed on the spot, but they were captured by the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty." A post-gold cavalryman said.

"Probably yes, it's all headless corpses here, it's hard to tell the face, and I don't know who was caught. That's it, Doro, Erdek, you bring them back first. The rest of the people followed me to the west. Daksu said.

"Okay, be careful." Doro, Erdek agreed, and with the help of everyone, put the body of his robe on the horse.

At this time, the body had stiffened because of the long time it had been dead, and Doro and Erdek had to take a rope and tie their robes to the horse's back.

After this matter, Daksu took the rest of the robe and continued westward to investigate the enemy's situation.

*****

Hezheli went to the forts on the left and left of Xiping Fort to convey the order of Niu Lu Ezhen Brukan. The bannermen in the fortresses everywhere got the order, and immediately took the armor and blades, led their horses, and gathered towards Xiping Fort.

On the evening of the same day, more than 260 Houjin cavalry from all over the left and west of Xiping Fort entered the fort and stationed in the fort.

And Daksu also came back with a group of robes to report to Brukan, saying that they had traveled all the way west, and before they reached the Daling River, they turned back because it was late.

At this time, the bodies of the Houjin Bannermen who had died in the fierce battle beside the grove had been returned, and Brukan informed the families of the fallen Bannermen who happened to be in the Xiping Fort to claim the corpses.

When the family members of those who died in battle went to the Niulu Mansion where the corpses were kept, they saw that their relatives had died and had not been able to get a whole corpse, so they were naturally heartbroken, and their cries shook the sky, so it was not sad.

But fortunately, my family is always more familiar, even if I don't have a head, I can still tell it by features such as birthmarks.

After a short time, eight families received the bodies, and Brukan was naturally relieved, saying that he would definitely pay heavy attention to the families of the fallen soldiers.

And the family of the person who failed to receive the body, Brukan said that the body was not found at the scene, and most of them were captured by the Ming army.

When the family heard that their family might not be dead, they were happy at first, but they thought that they were captured by the Ming army after all, and they were only afraid that there would be more luck and less luck, so they were a little nervous.

Brukan was naturally relieved again, after all, this banner was captured by the Ming army, and it was not considered a surrender, and his family could not wait for him.

In the middle of the night, Cai Erjia also hurried back from Shengjing, and brought an order to be in charge of Beile Yue with a red flag, saying that he wanted Brukan to investigate the movements of the Ming army in a real way, and when the investigation was clear, he reported to Shengjing.

Brukan got the order, so he divided his cattle into more than ten teams, and led them to the west to check what the Ming army was doing.

When the flagmen got the order, they each rested and waited until tomorrow when it was dark, and then went to inquire about the information.

*****

On the official road from Jinzhou to Dalinghe Fort, a middle-aged man wearing a crimson official robe, embroidered with a cloud goose on his chest, wearing a black gauze hat, soap boots, triangular eyes, hanging eyebrows, and prominent cheekbones, with a beautiful face, with a few entourages, was rushing towards Dalinghe Fort.

This middle-aged man wearing a crimson official robe and a good face is naturally Qiu Hejia, the governor of Ningyuan.

This gentleman is a member of the military department Shangshu Liang Tingdong who recommended to Liaodong as a governor, and during the Liaodong period, because he was just in time for the victory of Ningjin, his performance was also outstanding, and his work was also effective.

Originally, this gentleman leaned on the big tree of Liang Tingdong, practiced outside for a few years, returned to the imperial court, walked around the six departments, boiled up his qualifications, and it was not a dream to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister.

But Qiu Hejia's benefactor, Liang Tingdong, coveted the position of the Shangshu of Wang Yongguang, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, and wanted to find some black materials, beat Wang Yongguang with a dull stick, and replaced him himself.

Unbeknownst to him, Wang Yongguang did not give it in vain, and found darker materials, but instead cleaned up Liang Tingdong.

Liang Tingdong was immediately dismissed, and his proposal to build the Dalinghe Fort was also overturned, so the cabinet issued a special order, ordering the construction of the Dalinghe Fort to be stopped immediately, all the fortifiers were transferred back to Jizhen, the garrison officers and soldiers were also withdrawn to Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and Liu Renyu's troops returned to Shaanxi.

When these news reached Ningyuan City, Qiu Hejia, who was a disciple of Liang Tingdong, was shocked overnight.

According to the fine tradition of the Ming Party, Liang Tingdong and Wang Yongguang married Liangzi, Qiu Hejia will definitely be rectified by Wang Yongguang, and losing his official position is only between waiting and idle, but Qiu Hejia doesn't want to quit the political stage like this, he still wants to make a difference.

Now, I heard that Dalinghe Fort has been repaired and is about to be completed, if Dalinghe Fort can be held, the credit for recovering the territory will not be able to run away no matter what.

Maybe he, Qiu Hejia, can rely on such merits to avoid the blows of Wang Yongguang and a group of people, and it is not known if he is promoted to an official.

With this in mind, Qiu Hejia decided to carry out the orders of the imperial court at a discount.

It has been some time since the city was built, so you can use the local husband service in Liaodong, as long as you can say that the army will continue to guard the Daling River, even if the imperial court no longer provides food, salt and vegetables, it is not impossible for Liaodong to find a way by itself.

Therefore, Qiu Hejia first ordered the withdrawal of 14,000 soldiers from the fortification of the city, and sent another 10,000 local troops from Liaodong and 10,000 stones of grain, and they continued to build the city and defend it.

Governor Sun Chengzong felt that such actions amounted to suicide, so he suggested that the grain be distributed to the soldiers who built the city and that they be withdrawn to the Ningjin defense line.

Qiu Hejia turned a deaf ear, and the imperial court did not intervene, but this was because all the princes in the imperial court were thinking that if Qiu Hejia did not listen to the orders of the imperial court and built the Dalinghe Fort privately, it would be successful, and the imperial court would have a share in the restoration of the land; failed, and arrested Qiu Hejia, who did not obey the order, and punished him.

The left and right courts don't need to pay for food, let Qiu Hejia find a way to go by himself.

Qiu Hejia's set of actions was only carried out with the tacit approval of the imperial court, but he encountered a little problem, Liu Renyu, the general of the Western Army, was still willing to stay in Daling River to defend the city, but Zu Dashou was a little disobedient.

And for Zu Dashou, Qiu Hejia has a headache.

It is said that Zu Dashou led the troops back to Jinzhou privately when he beat King Qin, and basically formed a relationship with the imperial court.

In other words, Zu Dashou is currently in a semi-independent state, and the orders of the imperial court can be listened to if you want to, and pulled down if you don't want to listen.

And Qiu Hejia is a very controlling and stubborn person, he can't command Zu Dashou, so he repeatedly attacks Zu Dashou, saying that he is lawless, does not listen to moderation and other incidents.

Zu Dashou is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he naturally fought back violently.

The two sides fought inextricably, and the battle was very fierce, but fortunately, Sun Chengzong, who was good at making peace with the mud, made a timely move, leaving Zu Dashou, who could do practical things, and transferred Qiu Hejia, who had a strange personality and had a bad relationship with his colleagues and himself, to Nanjing.

Just when Sun Lian, who succeeded Qiu Hejia, had not yet arrived, Liang Tingdong lost his official position, so Qiu Hejia had no choice but to lower his posture and personally go to Dalinghe Fort to persuade Zu Dashou, and see if he could say that Zu Dashou could be moved, and let him continue to take people to guard Dalinghe Fort.

In this way, Qiu Hejia thought about this and that in his heart, and walked all the way in his heart, and unconsciously arrived at the left side of Dalinghe Fort.

He was still pondering in his heart: "Although Dalinghe Fort is said to be rebuilt, but fortunately, the foundation of the old city built by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan is still there, and it is only necessary to build ........ on this basis, hey, this is!?" ”

Qiu Hejia thought that he had not been able to sleep enough in the past few days and was a little dizzy, so he rubbed his eyes and looked at them carefully. ”

The entourage was a young student, and his eyesight was naturally better than that of Qiu Hejia.

"The military gate, the small one is clear, the Dalinghe Fort has indeed been built." After looking at it for a while, the latter replied.

"Hey, what kind of Raushzi reinforced concrete city building method of the general of the Western Army is really useful, it has only been more than 20 days of work, and it has actually been repaired, it is very good, very good." Qiu Hejia was not in a good mood, but now he saw that the city wall of Dalinghe Fort was towering, and it had been built, and unexpectedly, he couldn't help but feel ecstasy.

"Hurry up and report it, and say that this hospital is here." Qiu Hejia said to his entourage.

"Wait a minute, and the little ones will go." And when the retinue had received the order, he went to the camp outside the city to report the news.

****

"Dashuai, the walls of Dalinghe Fort have been built, just install the city gate, dig the moat, and arrange the defensive facilities, then the city defense of Dalinghe Fort will be complete." In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Renyu excitedly told Zu Dashou.

"It's a good thing that it's repaired, but the imperial court has issued a clear order, so let's abandon this city and return to the Ningjin defense line." When Zu Dashou heard the good news, there was no joy on his face.

The rest of the Liaodong generals were also expressionless and not very happy.

Liu Renyu naturally knew this order, it stands to reason that people like Zu Dashou, who didn't even listen to the emperor's orders, would definitely not care about Qiu Hejia's words, and he still stayed to defend the city when he knew the orders of the imperial court, which means that he wanted to stay and had nothing to do with Qiu Hejia's orders.

Thinking about this, Liu Renyu smiled and said: "The marshal has been ordered by the imperial court, why don't you return to Jinzhou?" ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, he looked at Liu Renyu for a long time, and said: "Inspector Yuan wanted to repair the Daling River and restore his homeland several times, but because Jiannu obstructed him, he couldn't succeed, and now he has finally repaired it, and he can't bear to give up!" ”

Zu Dashou was willing to say this because Liu Renyu said good things about Yuan Chonghuan, and as soon as he said this, he was an iron-clad person like He Kegang, and the corners of his eyes were still slightly moist.

The superintendent is gone, and his last wish will be fulfilled, what else does Zu Dashou mean by this.

When Liu Renyu saw this, he couldn't help but feel a lot in his heart.

And no matter what Yuan Chonghuan's merits and demerits are, but at least the people he recommended are worthy of the imperial court and the people of Liaodong, although Zu Dashou finally surrendered in the original history, but he really has no choice, so Liu Renyu personally thinks that this is not Zu Dashou's fault.

In the original history, the siege of Dalinghe was a tragicomedy, for the Ming Dynasty, it was a tragedy, the loss of vital strength, the death of He Kegang, for the Houjin was a comedy, and once again consumed the living force of the Ming Dynasty.

But now history will change, this is because he Liu Renyu came to Dalinghe Fort, and he came with sufficient food and nearly 3,000 elite soldiers, as long as he Liu Renyu is there, this time Dalinghe Fort will definitely become another place that makes Houjin sad after Ningyuan and Jinzhou.

Liu Renyu secretly made up his mind in his heart, and said firmly: "The marshal is suspicious of the imperial court, and he is dedicated to contributing to the imperial court, Renyu admires it very much, and Renyu is also willing to stay in Dalinghe and defend the city with the marshal and the deputy marshal." ”

"Renyu, you are not from Liao, nor are you from the old department of the superintendent, why did you receive an order from the imperial court but not return to Shaanxi?" Zu Dashou wondered.

"Dashuai, Jiannu is not the old enemy of the Liao army, but the old enemy of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers inside and outside the Guan, are all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the big marshal can fight Jiannu, and the last general can't beat it? Moreover, the last general also wants to kill Jiannu to make meritorious contributions and have a good future. Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"That's right, since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and the future of the Ming Dynasty depends on you young descendants." He Kegang, who was not smiling, interjected.

"The deputy marshal has won the award." Liu Renyu said modestly.

When the generals were talking happily, they didn't watch out for a soldier to report: "The marshal, the deputy marshal, the Qiu military gate is here, just outside the camp." ”

"Oh, Qiu Er is here, hey, it's finally here, let's go, let's go meet him." Zu Dashou said to the generals, and then walked out of the big tent and went to greet Qiu Hejia.