"What?!" Mo Li was taken aback, where did the soldiers and horses come from? Could it be that Gao Qiqian has caught up? "Probe!"

"Yes!" He Zhenbei hurried away again. ( VIII(一Chinese ]>〉.

Mo Li turned around and said loudly: "Brothers, prepare urgently for war!" ”

The generals hurriedly ordered their subordinates to strengthen their vigilance, ready to fight at any time, and one by one the swords were unsheathed, as if facing a great enemy.

Mo Li also drew his long knife, pointed ahead, and shouted, "Brothers, follow me and see!" Look where you come from! ”

Ma Jinzhong, Xiao Yang, Li Guo, Zhou Yuji and others followed left and right, and the horses moved forward.

Guan Feng received a report from his subordinates, saying that the prisoners in front seemed to be in an uproar, and they didn't know what was going on.

Guan Feng felt strange, and immediately led the troops to the woods where the prisoners were resting, but saw that the sound of horses' hooves sounded like the sky five or six miles ahead, the smoke and dust were billowing out, and a large number of soldiers and horses were galloping towards this side, no wonder those prisoners were panicked, screaming in an uproar, and many people were even trembling with fright.

Guan Feng hurriedly ordered his subordinates to be on guard, although judging from the banner and military uniform, the other party should be the Ming army, but at this time, Kong Youde's rebels are still the standard military uniforms of the Ming army, and from this point of view, they still can't tell the enemy from me. What's more, now Gao Qiqian is chasing and killing the new Liao army everywhere, even if these are Ming troops, they are not necessarily friends and enemies.

Judging from the formation, the opponent's strength is at least more than 10,000, and Guan Feng can't help but feel a little unbreathed. At this time, He Zhenbei also brought people to Guan Feng's side.

The army was indeed the Ming army, and one of the leading cavalry rushed in front of the captives, and one of the guerrillas shouted, "Who are you?" Why here? But Kong Youde's rebels? ”

The captives shook their heads in fright, their hands were swinging uncontrollably, but they didn't know how to answer, and some of them turned their heads to look at Guan Feng and He Zhenbei.

At this time, those cavalrymen also appeared at Guan Feng and them, looking a little nervous, and they drew their swords one after another.

"Where are you?" Guan Feng said loudly, but he felt that the guerrilla was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

And those cavalry rushed closer again, and there were less than two miles between the two sides, and the guerrilla suddenly said happily: "General Guan! General Guan! I'm Jiang Dacheng! ”

Jiang Dacheng? Isn't this Cao Bianjiao's general? After the first battle of Dalinghe, he was also promoted to guerrilla because of his merits, this Guan Feng knew it, but didn't Cao Bianjiao guard the border pass in Dalinghe Town, how did Jiang Dacheng come here?

But no matter what, Guan Feng and He Zhenbei saw that it was their own people, and the stone in their hearts finally fell, Guan Feng slapped his horse to meet him, and said loudly: "Dacheng, why are you here?" ”

I saw Jiang Dacheng grinning and said, "General Guan, not only am I here, but General Cao is also here!" By the way, what about General Mo? ”

"What? Xiao Cao is also here! What about Da Linghe? Guan Feng was taken aback. If the new Liao army all evacuated the Daling River, then if the Tartars killed a horse gun, then who else in Liaodong could resist?

"General Guan, please rest assured, the imperial court has dispatched soldiers and horses under the command of General Jin Guoqi, the chief military officer of Jimen, to garrison Liaodong." Jiang Dacheng said.

"Oh, I see." Guan Feng nodded, and then relieved himself. The Tartars were defeated in the Daling River and left, and they should not come again in a short time, the chief military officer of Jimen, Jin Guoqi, Guan Feng has also heard that there are still two times in training, and there are thousands of subordinates, and Liaodong should not lose for a while.

"General Guan, what's going on with these people?" Jiang Dacheng pointed to the panicked captives and said.

Guan Feng smiled: "It's just a group of hungry people, it's okay, they are all tools in the hands of adults, I'll talk about it later." What about Xiao Cao? You go back and tell him that the adults are behind. ”

Jiang Dacheng nodded, not caring at all about Guan Feng's name for Cao Bianjiao, all of them all knew that although Cao Bianjiao was now the chief military officer of Liaodong Forward, in front of the brothers, in Cao Bianjiao's heart, he still regarded himself as Moli's general, so he said: "Okay! The last general immediately went to report to General Xiaocao. ”

Jiang Dacheng led people back to report to Cao Bianjiao. Guan Feng shouted to the captives: "Don't be afraid! Be honest and you'll be fine! ”

Mo Li was also very happy to learn that Cao Bianjiao had led his troops to Shandong. After the two armies met, it was getting late, so they all set up camp.

Cao Bianjiao and Du Geng, He Zhendong, Bai Zhicheng, Ba Laodao and other generals came to Moli's tent, but saw Moli and Liang Peijun and Guan Feng, He Zhenbei, Ma Jinzhong, Li Guo, Zhou Yuji, Xiao Yang and other generals greeted him at the camp gate, Cao Bianjiao hurriedly strode a few steps, came to Moli, and saluted happily: "The last general will meet the general!" ”

"The last general meets the general!" Du Geng, He Zhendong and others also visited one after another.

Mo Li smiled and helped Cao Bianjiao up, then laughed heartily and said, "Brothers don't have to be polite, they are all old brothers, no need to be polite!" ”

Cao Bianjiao said excitedly: "Finally, I can fight on the battlefield with the general again!" ”

Mo Li also smiled: "Yes! We're brothers together again! Come, come in and say! It's cold outside! ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "General, wait, the last general has brought you a person!" ”

When Mo Li was about to say what the hell are you doing, Bai Zhicheng and the others pulled out a girl in a water blue dress from behind, but it was not Su Su.

When Moli sent troops to Shandong, Su Su was originally going to follow, but was stopped by Moli. Mo Li said: "This time I went to counterinsurgency, not to play, the danger is very great, I can't take you there." What's more, General He has just passed away, you should spend more time with him here, don't let him feel too lonely alone. ”

Su Su was silent after hearing the second half of his sentence, and no longer insisted on coming.

This time, Cao Bianjiao was not at ease because the New Liao Army was almost all dispatched, and she was left alone in Dalinghe City, so he brought her along and handed her over to Moli.

Mo Li saw that Su Su's haggard little face was red from the cold, and he felt a little pity, so he asked Liang Peijun to beckon her into the tent to roast the fire.

Liang Peijun smiled and said, "Miss Susu, it's too cold outside, come in!" ”

Su Su didn't speak, he lowered his head and followed Liang Peijun in, and when he walked past Mo Li's side, he seemed to sneak a glance at him.

All the generals entered the tent and roasted around a pot of charcoal, all of them were frozen by the wind and snow, and their faces were red, and even some snowflakes were stained on their bodies.

Mo Li glanced at the generals and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Xiao Cao, why did you come here?" Is Da Ling River okay? ”

"General rest assured, the imperial court sent Jin Guoqi, the chief military officer of Jimen, to lead thousands of soldiers and horses into Jinzhou, and we also have three thousand brothers left in Dalinghe City, and it will be fine." Cao Bianjiao said.

"Oh! Then why did the imperial court call you here instead of sending Jin Guoqi over? In my speculation, it should not be our new Liao army that the eunuch Gao Qiqian asked the imperial court for transfer. "Since General Mo Li went south, Gao Qiqian briefly said everything he had done to the New Liao Army.

Cao Bianjiao, Du Geng and others were all very angry when they heard this, and scolded Gao Qiqian bastard for taking the opportunity to plot to kill the general, which is really hateful.

Cao Bianjiao scolded Gao Qiqian, shook his head and said: "General, I don't know why the imperial court sent our new Liao army to dispatch, maybe it is because we think that our new Liao army can fight, and I want to send our new Liao army to exterminate the Confucian thieves as soon as possible!" ”

In fact, Cao Bianjiao was really right, Chongzhen did feel that the new Liao army was strong, especially Cao Bianjiao's performance in the battle of Dalinghe, which impressed Chongzhen even more.

At the beginning, Gao Qiqian did ask the imperial court to send the garrisons of Jimen and Beizhili to help suppress the thieves and quell the rebellion. However, after receiving the report, when Chongzhen asked the courtiers, Xiong Mingyu, the new secretary of the military department, believed that the combat strength of the garrisons of Jimen and Beizhili was not as fierce as the new Liao army after all, so it was better to send Cao Bianjiao, the chief officer of the Liaodong forward, to lead the army to the expedition, in order to decide a battle, return to the dynasty as soon as possible, and send Jin Guoqi, the chief military officer of Jimen, to garrison Liaodong.

Chongzhen thought that Xiong Mingyu was reasonable, and there was no war in Liaodong at present, and Jiannu heard that since the defeat of Dalinghe, he fled to the Mongolian desert and attacked Lin Dan Khan, so he was not worried about anything that would happen for a while. At present, Kong Youde's rebellion has become an increasingly fierce trend, and it must be extinguished as soon as possible, otherwise the New Year will be over soon, and the year will be restless.

So, a holy decree came down, and there was Jin Guoqi's entry into Jinzhou and Cao Bianjiao's dispatch of troops to Shandong, which Mo Li and Cao Bianjiao didn't know, but Mo Li knew that now he no longer had to be afraid of raising up and making a shadow.

Cao Bianjiao sent troops to Shandong this time, except for leaving Liao Xuewolf with 3,000 new Liao troops to garrison Dalinghe City and assist Jin Guoqi in guarding Liaodong, the rest of the new Liao army officers and soldiers were all brought to Shandong by him, and because of the greater importance of the rebels, Cao Bianjiao also brought almost all the weapons in the generals this time, including fire dragon guns, rocket slips, grenades, mines and so on.

After the First Battle of Dalinghe, the New Liao Army was divided into two divisions: Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan. Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, led 10,000 soldiers to take up his post and guard the first pass in the world.

The total number of troops assigned to Cao Bianjiao, the chief military officer of Liaodong Forward, was 35,000, including new recruits after the war. Mo Li took more than 2,000 people with him when he led his troops to the expedition, and now he has left another 3,000 men and horses to garrison Dalinghe City, that is to say, Cao Bianjiao brought a total of 28,000 soldiers and horses.

With 28,000 people, plus the 3,000 or so people led by Moli himself (including the hundreds of rebels subdued in Laixi City), the strength of the new Liao army reached 31,000 people, which was more than the army under Gao Qiqian's command, so naturally there was no need to be afraid of any conspiracy and trickery by Gao Qiqian.

Mo Li nodded and said, "Xiao Cao, does the emperor's holy decree explain who you should obey?" ”

Gao Qiqian is currently the eunuch of the army of various counterinsurgency armies, and it stands to reason that Cao Bianjiao is not only participating in the counterinsurgency in Shandong and Denglai, but also naturally has to be controlled by Gao Qiqian.