The day after the battle, Mo Li received news from the outpost that Huang Taiji had led a large army to withdraw, and the route of withdrawal was to the north. >8) 1 >

Mo Li and the others breathed a sigh of relief, Huang Taiji retreated, and this battle of Daling River was over. Compared with the destruction of Dalinghe City in history, Zu Dashou led more than 10,000 troops to surrender to Houjin, which greatly increased the strength of the Jin army, and now it can kill 20,000 Jin soldiers and force Huang Taiji to retreat, which is already a good result.

The only sad thing is that He Kegang is still dead, and he died in the hands of Zu Dashou like in history.

After Qiu Hejia learned that the Jin soldiers had withdrawn, he led Song Wei and other Jinzhou defenders with 2,000 people to come to the army in the afternoon. Mo Li personally led Cao Wenzhao, Guan Feng, Du Geng and other generals out of the city for several miles to greet him.

After Qiu Hejia learned that Mo Li was so angry that he killed Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou, the two chief military officers, he was so shocked that he almost lost his jaw.

Song Wei was also taken aback, but this matter didn't have much to do with him, so he didn't say anything, on the contrary, he was still a little grateful to Mo Li, killing Wu Xiang for him, Wu Xiang left him alone several times, and several times he wanted to kill Wu Xiang, but he didn't have Mo Li's strength and courage. Now that Wu Xiang was killed by Mo Li, Song Wei only felt very relieved in his heart.

After a long while, Qiu Hejia shook his head again and again, sighed and said, "General Mo, General Mo!" Why are you so confused! Alas! What a pity! ”

Mo Li and Qiu Hejia walked towards the city gate, and said: "Lord Futai, shameless scum such as Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang disregarded the country and the safety of their comrades, and used the next three indiscriminate means to kill General He, and also sent people to seize the general's wife to surrender to the Tartars, and the general killed them, but to do justice for the heavens, what is the pity?" ”

Qiu Hejia shook his head and said, "I'm not sorry for Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang, it's a pity for you!" ”

"Pity me?"

"That's right, it's a pity for you!" Qiu Hejia sighed and said, "General Mo, what a great achievement you have made this time in the rain and night, breaking through the golden soldiers, and killing 20,000 enemies!" What a glory! This great victory will go to the imperial court, and the saint must be extremely happy in his heart, and under the great joy of the dragon's face, he will definitely greatly reward the general and all the soldiers! ”

Qiu Hejia changed his words and said: "But you are good at advocating to kill Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang, although the two of them should not defect to the enemy and commit treason, but the general you just arrested them and handed them over to the imperial court to deal with, but you should never kill the two on the spot!" What do you think of the imperial court?

Ben Fu heard that General Mo had killed Jinzhou's deputy general Liu Tianlu last year because of a moment of anger, and now he is ...... What do you make the Holy One think? ”

"Thank you Lord Futai for your kindness and reminder, but the lower officials are also forced to do so, if you don't kill these two traitors, you can't settle the army's mind, and I hope that Lord Futai will take care of it." Mo Li arched his hand and said.

Qiu Hejia looked at Mo Li, and there was a pity on his face: "Chief Mo, this matter is too important, it's not that the old man is unwilling to help, but the old man is really powerless!" It would be good to say if it was only Zu Dale and Zu Zerun who died, but his Zu Dashou was the chief soldier of a town, and the forward general wow! And Wu Xiang, who is also the chief military officer of Liaodong! The old man can only report it truthfully, Mr. Mo, please don't blame the old man. ”

"Lord Futai is polite, since this is the case, then it is up to fate." Mo Li smiled self-deprecatingly, of course he also knew that Qiu Hejia was not a prevarication, not to mention Qiu Hejia, it was Sun Chengzong, he was afraid that he would not be able to help himself speak in this matter.

However, Mo Li still didn't believe that Chongzhen had the courage to ask himself for the crime, not to mention that he had made a great contribution this time, at most, he would warn, punish him with silver, and symbolically punish him, otherwise who else would guard Liaodong for him.

Qiu Hejia is not as optimistic as him, he has been in officialdom for a long time, he is well versed in the darkness of officialdom, and the holy will is even more unpredictable, so he can't help but secretly worry about the future for Mo Li.

If there is no such thing, based on Mo Li's great achievements this time, Qiu Hejia will strongly recommend to the imperial court, let him stay in Liaodong, and win him over to become his own descendant, so that he can work better in Liaodong, or gradually replace Zu Dashou's influence in Liaodong, at least he can be equal to Zu Dashou!

Qiu Hejia has some different ideas and views from Sun Chengzong and Zu Dashou in running the defense of Liaodong, but because Liaodong is basically the power of the ancestral family, and Zu Dashou has always followed Sun Chengzong's philosophy, Qiu Hejia has always felt that he, the governor of Liaodong, is very aggrieved, and he wants to do something but has no troops to send.

This time, he originally thought that he could win Mo Li into his camp and become the force he relied on, so he personally raised grain, grass, wine and food to Dalinghe City to reward the soldiers for the first time, but when he learned such news, he thought about it again and again, but he could only smile bitterly: "General Mo, then it's good to do it yourself." ”

Mo Li can only ask for more blessings now.

The atmosphere of the labor army meeting was very warm, and the soldiers did not have as much consideration as Qiu Hejia and them, they only knew that this time they had finally raised their eyebrows, fought such a big victory, killed 20,000 enemies, and fought to the ground, all of which were proud achievements under the leadership of General Mo Limo.

After Mo Li led the Pingyang army into Dalinghe City, he arranged for the generals to strictly guard the city wall, and repair the city gate and wall that was blown up as soon as possible to prevent the Tartars from coming back.

In addition, the level of Tartar was also ordered to be pickled with lime and sent to Jingshi to report his merits. The remaining bodies were all transported to an open area outside the city for cremation to avoid breeding the plague virus.

As for the fallen soldiers of the Ming army, Mo Li ordered people to build a cemetery on a high post ten miles southwest of Dalinghe City, and all of them were buried in the cemetery.

Originally, the Chinese paid attention to returning to their roots and returning to their hometowns for burial after death, but since there were more than 10,000 fallen soldiers this time, and all of them came from the ends of the earth, if they wanted to transport the corpses back for burial, it would undoubtedly be a very huge project.

Moreover, although the weather is not hot now, the road is far away, and some soldiers cannot find where their hometown is, and no one else in their family knows it, so it is extremely difficult to transport them all back to their hometown for burial.

Later, Mo Li discussed with Qiu Hejia and others, and decided to bury the soldiers by the side of Dalinghe City, they also sacrificed to defend Dalinghe City, and buried them by Dalinghe City, which can be regarded as a kind of commemoration for them, so that they can continue to protect this city, this land for which they shed their blood.

Beijing, Forbidden City.

The sound of rain outside the window was dashing, and the sudden autumn rain made the air feel a little cool. The young Son of Heaven stood in the imperial study in a sullen manner.

The war in Liaodong is becoming more and more erosive, which makes Chongzhen worried. Zu Dashou was besieged in Dalinghe City for two months, the Ming army organized four rescues before and after, but one defeat was worse than the other, especially the last time the 40,000 army commanded by Zhang Chun, the whole army was wiped out, and even Sun Chengzong, who was relied on by Chongzhen as a giant, could not think about it, he was angry and anxious, and he fell ill and is currently recuperating in Shanhaiguan.

Chongzhen has been unable to sleep since the outbreak of the Dalinghe War, hoping that the imperial court soldiers will be able to relieve the siege of Dalinghe City, defend the gateway of Liaodong, and resist the enemy thousands of miles away.

However, every time he heard the news of the defeat, Chongzhen was very depressed, and often went to the temple alone in the middle of the night, quietly kneeling in front of the ancestral spiritual position, praying that the ancestors would bless the foundation of the Ming Dynasty from collapsing, praying to the heavens and God to bless the Ming.

However, since the news of Zhang Chun's defeat and capture came a few days ago, Chongzhen's heart was really cold and cold. The imperial army led by Zhang Chun is the most sophisticated army he can draw out at the moment, and now there are thieves in the pass, there are riots everywhere, and the state capitals are busy fighting the peasant uprising and are still too busy to take care of themselves, and now Zhang Chun's army is also wiped out, how can he still mobilize a more powerful army to rescue Zu Dashou?

Since I ascended the throne, I have been conscientious, walking on thin ice, thinking about the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the blessing of all the people, and the restoration of the prosperity of the four seas when Taizu and Chengzu were in the dynasty, but what my father and brother left to themselves was a mess, and the court was a miasma.

Without the support of virtuous ministers and good generals, I can only rely on myself, constantly motivate myself to be diligent in government and love the people, never delay national affairs, and try to turn the tide with my diligence and recreate a prosperous world.

Two years on, however, the situation in the country has not changed for the better, but for the worse. The enemies of the Ming Dynasty have changed from one Donglu to two, and the sad thing is that the second enemy is his former people.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, Cangtian, why don't you send me a good general to support half of the sky in Liaodong!

Chongzhen walked around irritably, and suddenly remembered what Gao Qiqian came back from the Hequ Supervision Army two days ago to report what he said, that day Gao Qiqian had said that Mo Li, the general soldier of Pingyang Bandits, had led his subordinates to 30,000 Pingyang troops to Liaodong to rescue Zu Dashou, I don't know what the battle situation was at this time? Chongzhen couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in his heart. But thinking that Zhang Chun's 40,000 army is finished, can this Mo Li still bring him any big surprises?

Suddenly, I remembered that Gao Qiqian also said one thing, when Moli led the army to the expedition, he did not receive an order from the imperial court, but privately decided to send troops to Liaodong, but only later met the imperial envoy halfway.

This Mo Li is really a bit of a stinky temper, he said that he didn't listen to the announcement, but now he has privately mobilized the army to go thousands of miles to Liaodong, which is too self-righteous and has no one in his eyes. Hum! After all, it was taught by Yuan Chonghuan's barbarian, this bull's temper, fortunately, he is now going to Liaodong to fight Tartars, if his target is not Tartars, but goes straight to Jingshi to give himself such a ...... Chongzhen didn't dare to imagine it anymore.

When he was upset and worried, suddenly Wu Yuanying, the little eunuch outside the door, walked in quickly and reported: "Long live Lord Qi, Gonggong Cao asks to see you!" ”