Yang Zhan led the army to attack and cover the defeated army, and the battle gradually came to an end.

When Li Mi and others escorted Nuer Hachi and Shuerhaqi back to the city, Yang Zhan was also overjoyed!

Nuer Hachi led the army to attack the six forts of Kuandian this time, and if he wins, he may come up with all kinds of excuses, saying that the border army oppressed the tribe and had to resist Yunyun.

Through the six forts of Kuandian, it is impossible to say that it is impossible to pull and pull with the imperial court in order to seek greater interests.

However, this time, Li Mi and others not only defeated the invading tribal army, but also captured Nuer Hachi and Shuerhaqi ready-made, the so-called success and defeat of the king, how to say it now, that is the court side has the final say!

The defenders did not dare to go deep into the hinterland to cover up the thief army, and they collected the troops that night, and they also gained a lot, not to mention the beheading of thousands of levels, even if there were more than 5,000 prisoners, this is a great merit!

With this credit, even if Yang Zhan can't return to the core of the court, he can still be promoted to the level of deputy chief soldier!

Nuer Hachi has done whatever he wants in Liaodong all these years, which has caused a headache for the imperial court, and it is precisely because of this that Li Chengliang, who is nearly eighty years old, has been transferred back to Liaodong.

It's good this time, after catching Nuer Hachi, the Jurchen alliance collapsed, and those tribal chiefs who had no idea still had to come to Daming?

Li Mi didn't pay attention to this, because Zhao Sima and Zuo Di were going to leave after all, and they were leaving with the rest of the ghost soldier pills!

Li Mi knew that they were going to find the remaining half of the Taiping Order, and he estimated what clues Zuo Di found in Zhang Jiao's relics, and Li Mi didn't know.

And the Ghost Soldier Pill has no regrets in this life, they can't return to normal life, and it's a good thing to follow Zhao Sima and Zuo Di.

The mausoleum guards have to take revenge, and they also have to go back to Li Sunchen to continue to guard the mausoleum, although Li Mi tried his best to keep it, but they have made up their minds, and they are only willing to bury Li Sunchen in this life, and Li Mi is not good to force him to stay.

The departure of the brothers who share life and death is a frustrating thing after all, but fortunately, accompanied by Zhen Mi and Zhang Huangting, it has also been relieved a lot.

At noon the next day, Xiong Tingbi, Zhao Guangling and others also led reinforcements to come over and help Yang Zhan deal with the tail work.

Yang Zhan made a very bold decision at this time, that is, to take advantage of the leaderlessness of the tribal army and go deep into the hinterland to hunt down the remnants!

This move is not to attack the city and seize the land and open up the frontier, but to show off the power and deter these tribes!

Yang Zhan ignored the wind and snow before, and sent a call for help everywhere in the rear, and the Ming border army was still efficient in the end, especially after experiencing the war of aiding Korea and resisting Japanese aggression a few years ago, and the military discipline had not been abolished, so the aid was also very timely.

There are more and more reinforcements arriving in Kuandian, and when they see that they have caught Nuer Hachi and Shuerhaqi, they are too willing to do the things of showing off their might, and they are beating the water dogs, who doesn't do it?

What's more, this is a good opportunity to make military merits, although Yang Zhan took the lion's share, but it is impossible to monopolize this credit, he asked for help from the rear, and the army rushed to help in time is not bad, but also thanks to Li Mi desperately to turn the tide, if there is no Li Mi to turn the tide, Yang Zhan will eventually have to rely on these reinforcements.

So there is nothing wrong with the participation of reinforcements, Yang Zhan is an old man in officialdom and understands this truth.

If you monopolize this credit, people with red eyes will criticize and slander, and it is neither easy nor beautiful to swallow this credit.

And to share some benefits to these people, in order to get more benefits, these people will desperately raise Yang Zhan's credit, and the greater Yang Zhan's credit, the more benefits they will share.

Although everyone finally wanted to be stable in the borderland, in the final analysis, this kind of behavior is still mostly selfish, and Li Mi was a little disheartened when he saw this scene.

Thinking of those brothers who blocked his death, and then looking at the Ming army that is now planning to scare those tribal armies in order to seize military merits, how can Li Mi be interested?

So these days, he just stayed with Zhen Mi and Zhang Huangting, and did not participate in military discussions, although Li Chengliang gave him a military position of Xuanfu and gave him the battalion establishment of the big spotted ghost pomfret, but now the big spotted ghost pomfret is only left with him as the battalion commander, and he can only exist in name only.

After a few days, these reinforcements also rushed back from the tribal camp, and they also captured many tribal youths, cattle, horses, and livestock, but it is unknown whether these tribal youths participated in the siege of the city or were pulled from the tribe to fill the military merits.

These days, many tribal chiefs have come to Kuandian Liubao to show their loyalty, including the chiefs of the Jurchen Grand Alliance established by Nuer Hachi.

In addition, even the tribal chiefs of the Ula tribe, who had been suppressed by Nuer Hachi for a long time and finally took off the big stones on their shoulders, also approached the six forts of Kuandian.

The six forts of Kuandian seem to have ushered in a "peaceful and prosperous era", and the atmosphere of victory and tranquility is everywhere.

And on this day, Li Chengliang finally came.

Without meeting Yang Zhan, ignoring other soldiers, or even meeting Li Rumei, Li Chengliang found Li Mi.

Because he knew that Li Mi did not participate in the later work, that is to say, Li Mi had no interests involved, so Li Mi's statements and opinions were the most acceptable.

This is the survival wisdom of the elderly, and their vision and experience are the real wisdom of them.

Li Mi had nothing to hide, and told Li Chengliang about the whole incident, as well as the follow-up activities these days.

Li Chengliang nodded from time to time, frowned at times, and asked some details from time to time, but he was not perfunctory, and most of the whole process was listening, and he did not express his own opinions or decisions.

In the end, Li Chengliang finally asked Li Mi: "Nu'er Hachi and Shuerhaqi are handed over to the old man, can you rest assured?" ”

Li Mi was slightly stunned, and then deliberately asked: "Although I am also an earl, the military position is still temporarily appointed by you, the old marshal, and I don't even have the qualifications for the military council, why does the old marshal ask me this question?" ”

Li Chengliang shook his head, pointed at Li Mi and smiled: "Don't pretend to be confused at this time, if it weren't for you, would you be able to have today?" Although the old man can't lift the knife, his eyes are not blind......"

When Li Miyan heard this, he also smiled and stopped talking, but Li Chengliang took the initiative to speak: "I am a native of Tieling, Liaodong, and this place has been developed by me for most of my life, so it is said that I can die in this place and have no regrets......

"But I don't want to come and go when I'm old, this time you caught the slave Hachi, Liaodong is enough to be stable for decades, the old man is sick, and he can be lazy, this Liaodong general soldier, I want Rumei to do it, so ...... I want you to come back to Beijing with me. ”

Li Mi knows the doorway, Li Chengliang is very powerful, calling for wind and rain in Liaodong, it is not too much to say that it is the emperor of the soil, and it is impossible for the court not to be afraid.

Wasn't it because of this reason that Li Chengliang was allowed to retire early.

It was only later that Nuer Hachi was too rampant, and the Ming border army was smoky, so he had to move out of this old man to sit in the scene.

Now that the problem of Nuer Hachi has been solved, the border land can be stable for decades, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking, and the authority cannot be pinched in the hands of Li Chengliang.

Although Li Rumei is also a general, she is young in the end, and she has been idle at home for many years, and now she is up and down for him, and it is also justifiable to take over Li Chengliang's official position, this matter is not difficult to think about, why did Li Chengliang take Li Mi back together?

If Li Chengliang takes him back, plus the great thief army, the capture of the thief chieftain, and the merit of guarding the six forts, with Li Chengliang as a witness, Li Mi will not be bothered.

Zhang Jiao and Zhou Yu died, the brothers were gone, Tokugawa Ieyasu had just come to power, and it would take a long time to stabilize his authority, and it would take a long time to rebuild and develop after the war.

Everything seemed to have calmed down, and Li Mi had no reason not to return to Beijing.

"In this way, then I will thank the old handsome, and follow the old man back to Beijing, and save a lot of trouble, I can't ask for it......"

Li Mi's words of thanks are enough to show that he has inherited Li Chengliang's favor, and Li Chengliang is also happy, after all, without Li Mi, there would be no great credit, but Li Mi did not take credit, let alone fight or grab, because neither Yang Zhan nor he Li Chengliang dared to shorten his Li Mi's credit.

This is the real wisdom, and at Li Mi's age, he is so steady and meticulous in doing things, I am afraid that there are few people left.

People say that he Li Chengliang is a family and nine tigers, and his sons are all talents, but in his Li Chengliang's opinion, Li Mi is by no means worse than any of his sons!

Thinking of his sons, Li Chengliang also seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and he no longer talked to Li Mi, and left immediately.

After Li Chengliang left, Zhen Mi and Zhang Huangting walked out from behind, and Li Mi asked.

"Actually, I don't really understand, it is said that Li Rusong is older than Li Rumei, and he has more prestige in the army, why would he let Li Rumei take over Liaodong instead of Li Rusong?"

Li Mi still admires Li Rusong very much, he is a student of Xu Wei, and he has also made great achievements in half of his life, and he is even more meritorious in aiding the DPRK and resisting the Japanese.

Zhen Mi looked at Zhang Huangting, after all, the affairs of the court were more familiar to Zhang Huangting.

Zhang Huangting hesitated for a moment, but still said to Li Mi: "Li Rusong conquered the Mongolian tribe a few years ago and died in the war...... Although the imperial court posthumously gifted Shaobao, Ning Yuanbo, and 'loyal martyrs', and set up an ancestral hall for them, Li Chengliang ...... in the end"

Speaking of this, Zhang Huangting was also a little unbearable, but Zhen Mi said on the side: "People say that it is the most painful thing in the world for white-haired people to send black-haired people, but they don't know that white-haired people are more painful to send white-haired people, and sometimes it is not necessarily a good ...... to live too long."

If you really follow the historical trajectory, Li Chengliang died at the age of ninety, he was only eighty at this time, and he still had ten years to live, but the eldest son Li Rusong died at the age of fifty, no wonder Li Chengliang was so sad.

Everything is over, and Li Mi finally let go of all his worries, and rested with Zhen Mi and Zhang Huangting for a few days, regardless of the military, just riding horses all day long, so happy.

After another half a month, the weather was fine, no wind and no snow, taking advantage of the New Year's Festival, Li Chengliang finally set off to return to Beijing, perhaps hoping to rush back to the capital before the year, with the great achievement of Nuer Hachi, as a gift to the emperor.

After all, he is the general army of Liaodong, and the travel is also vast, Li Mi has nothing to worry about, occasionally accompanied Li Chengliang on horseback, the old man is bent on stepping down, and Li Rumei has already been told to tell him that he is very relaxed along the way, and he will mention Li Mi when he has the opportunity, and the itinerary will be brisk.

In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, Li Mi finally returned to Beijing before the end of the year.