Regardless of whether what Li Rubai said was true or not, at least this attitude was in front of Juniper, the muscles on Juniper's face finally relaxed, and he raised his glass and said: "Li Shuai's words are too polite, but if I can attack Hetuala, I will definitely capture the old slave alive and throw him under Li Shuai's knees, and ask him to confess his guilt to Li Shuai." ”

"That's it." Li Rubai lifted his hair and laughed, and touched a glass with Juniper.

After the banquet, Juniper and his henchmen went out, and halfway through, Juniper suddenly said: "Li Rubai, who is on a dog day, is in charge." ”

His Chinese guerrilla asked, "What does the marshal say?" ”

"This old dog day pleases us in front of so many people, if you lose the battle or ask others to fight for the first credit, where will Lao Tzu's face go?"

This made the Chinese army cry and laugh, Li Rubai praised him anyway, and the flattery was almost numb, which could also make Juniper unhappy, and the Chinese army was quite speechless.

"No matter what day it is, Lao Tzu is determined to march in advance." Juniper gritted his teeth and said to the cronies and generals around him: "You cheer me up, fight for Lao Tzu for this first credit, capture the old slave alive, and leave a name in history in the future." ”

"Don't worry!"

Everyone roared together.

……

Sending away batches of guests, Li Rubai is sixty-six years old this year, a few years older than Nurhachi, if ordinary people in this era are already hunchbacked, or simply can't live to this age, Li Rubai was born in a military general family when he was a teenager, practiced martial arts since he was a child, and had a good body, even so, after a day's banquet activities, he was also sore and tired.

When the outsiders were almost gone, only a few henchmen remained, Li Rubai lay on the soft couch, and asked two beautiful maids to beat his legs for him.

The sons of the Li family, Li Rusong has served as the chief soldier, the commander, Li Rubai is now also the general soldier of Liaodong, Li Rumei is the commander of the Jinyi guard, Li Ruzhang has served as the commander of the Yansui army, and the rest are also deputy generals, generals, the entire Liaodong is now the general of the Li family, or simply the Li family, until the Chongzhen period, the imperial court took into account the power of the Li family in Liaodong, and also sent Li Ruzhen from the Jinyi guard to Liaodong as the chief soldier, only from this point of view, the Li family's current power in Liaodong is still the first, no one can match.

It's just that Li Rubai feels that the wind and rain are coming, and he has done a lot of personal things in the current matter, some of which will be a catastrophe if they are turned out, but for the sake of the interests of the Li family and those generals tied around the Li family, Li Rubai has to do it.

He sighed softly, feeling that the problem was still in strength.

If the Li family still has the family Ding army composed of 8,000 elite cavalry thirty years ago, Liaodong is still the Li family walking sideways, and the imperial court has no way to take the Li family, and now in the final analysis, the strength is still too weak.

At this time, a maidservant girl walked up, Li Rubai opened his eyes that were a little red, and said, "Play a tune, briskly, use the piano and the zither." ”

The maidservant girl answered, and after a while, the sound of light music sounded, Li Rubai listened for a while, and then cheered up, and said to a few people who were sitting respectfully: "You will go back to Liaoxi tomorrow, and tell them that this time Salhu is most likely to be defeated, and Du Madman has already been tricked, according to his dog's temper, it is his mother's strange thing not to fight for merit." Lao Tzu here, march on schedule, a little slower others can't say my strange things, Inspector Yang will also face me, these things Lao Tzu has done well, tell them not to talk about useless gossip in Liaoxi...... Get out of here! ”

Several people stood up, no one spoke, their faces were very respectful expressions, each bowed before leaving, when they went out, there was unconcealed happiness and joy in each other's eyes.

……

The turmoil and uneasiness in Shenyang City, the undercurrents up and down, these Yang Hao is not very clear, he has not done anything else in the past few days, just concentrated on waiting for the reply of the imperial court.

The last time he asked for an extension was flatly refused, Yang Hao already knew the thoughts of the upper echelons, and he didn't dare to ask again, and this time it was because of the blizzard on the 16th, the ice and snow, and the army was difficult to move, and he felt that if the center agreed to the extension, the possibility of a postponement was greatly increased.

Yang Ho himself didn't know very well why he was very lacking in confidence in such a critical battle, of course, he would not show it in front of people, and he was even worried that the soldiers would see that his lack of confidence was insufficient.

This time the recital is postponed, Yang Ho is determined to be the last time, under his understanding, morale can not be taken again and again, if he, the superintendent, always asks for an extension, it will be a blow to the morale of the upper and lower troops.

It was originally scheduled for the 21st, but after the heavy snowfall, Yang Ho himself changed it to the 25th, during which he asked for an extension, but at the same time ordered the army to be ready at all times, and once the court did not allow it, he had to send troops immediately.

Today is the 26th, and it takes two or three days to go back and forth, and Yang Ho is restless in his study.

He also knew that the generals were waiting for news, only Liu Ling had already arrived at Liangma Dian, the East Route Army was the farthest away, and the roads were mostly dense forest mountain roads, which were very difficult to walk, if there was no news from Yang Ho here, Liu Ling would set off on the 27th, and they would have to meet with the DPRK and Xian soldiers on the way, and the departure date would be much earlier than that of the West Route Army.

"Overseer, there's news."

Chang Sui walked into the room, Yang Hao knew that the news was not good when he saw the face of this confidant, he deliberately calmed down, did not show any expression on his face, got up slowly, and then slowly pushed the door out of the room.

It is the time when the sun sets, the sun in spring falls much later than in winter, but there is no difference between the scenery in front of you and the midwinter, except that the sun has a little light and white light, the sky in front of you is gray, everywhere is a kind of iron gray, the terrain of the superintendent is very high, Yang Hao can see many buildings and private houses in the city of Shenyang, in addition to the tower, temple, temple and school palace and other buildings are made of tiles and other buildings, his eyes are surrounded by a number of yamen and the warehouses of each guard, The surrounding houses are all thatched roofs, a few miles away there is a family of thatched houses on the roof seems to be pressed across by snow, a group of people are setting up ladders are repairing, there is a military camp very close to the superintendent's yamen, the battalion soldiers seem to be queuing up for dinner, and then groups of three or five listless squatting on the ground to eat dinner, the previous dinner supply may not be able to be carried out normally, this time because of the need to send troops, generals at all levels try their best to ensure that the soldiers can be fed, of course, they can only be fed.

There are many people standing and walking back and forth outside the gate of the superintendent, Yang Hao knows that it is the Tangma who is waiting for news here from various departments, and as soon as there is the latest news, they will report it to their main general in the fastest time.

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves on the street outside the line, not only the pond horses outside, but also the passers-by, and the firemen who were cleaning the fire shops all stopped their steps or moved their hands, and everyone looked in the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves came.

The iron gray of the sky seemed to be pressed down again, the sky became darker and darker, Yang Hao's eyes widened, as soon as Tangma entered the city, someone would come to report, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

"Red flag, it's a red flag!"

Someone exclaimed, Yang Hao's heart tightened, and then he saw a few pond horses galloping to the street in front of the main gate of the line, when the corner came, a bright red flag in the hands of the pond horse, under the strong north wind, the red flag stretched and fluttered, far away, it seemed that you could hear the sound of the wind blowing when the silk cloth was blowing.

There was a lot of movement, and almost everyone was looking at it, and even the soldiers who were standing on both sides of the gate and the gate of the instrument with guns couldn't help but stretch their necks.

It was indeed a red flag, including Yang Hao, everyone could see it clearly, and it seemed that in an instant, the sun had completely sunset, and the night occupied the entire sky without hesitation.

Yang Hao can't remember clearly how many times this is the first time to send a red flag to urge the use of troops, he knows that this time there may be a secret order, or may issue a decree, the last time the Ministry of War has issued the emperor's edict, from the title of "get the decree", and then to "Gu Yue", he can hardly remember the specific content of the edict, and the only thing he remembers is the words marching into the army, that is, the rapid march.

Tangma came in all the way with the red flag, and almost everyone's face was ugly, and the lower the soldiers and people, the greater the doubts about this march.

Yang Ho took a deep breath, he knew that he couldn't delay any longer.

After dark, Liu Ling's Chinese army rushed to Shenyang first, calculating the time he should have walked on the road for a few days. Juniper also sent his own generals, and the two of them still wanted to ask for an extended time to send troops.

Juniper's reason was that the snow was difficult, but he had a strong belief in victory, and his long career as a military commander made him disregard for life and death, and he also wanted victory even more.

Juniper doesn't have any titles now, remembering his predecessors, "Prince Shaobao" is the honor he wants most.

Liu Ling asked to give him time to familiarize himself with the road, starting from Liangma Dian, all the way is full of deep mountains and dense forests, the road is rugged and difficult, starting from Kuandian, there are streams, valleys, dense forests, high mountains, dangerous passes, the first pass of the Ming army is to trek all the way across the Ya'er River, according to the information that Liu Ling is now aware of, the Ya'er River is rising, there are only four ferries that can cross people and horses, the river is deep up to the belly of the horse, the water is black and the stone is big, it is difficult for people and horses to wade, and then cross the deep river, cross the Niu Mao Village, and then arrive at Ali Budagang, the journey is far away, and the road is difficult to travel, Moreover, there are Jurchen villagers on both sides, and the enemy must be strong and clear, and the ambush soldiers will attack secretly, so that the Ming army cannot easily pass through.

The Eastern Route Army had to leave early, and Liu Ling calculated the time, it was difficult to arrive at the place of the combined army at the expected time, so he asked for an extension, and after familiarizing himself with the road, he would calculate the departure time of the soldiers from all routes, in order to arrive together.

"Don't delay any longer!" Yang Hao changed into civilian clothes to meet these people, and neither the South Road nor the North Route Army sent anyone to come, he was satisfied with Li Rubai and Ma Lin, and at the same time he was full of resentment towards Juniper and Liu Ling.

Yang Hao said angrily: "The imperial court has issued red flags in a row, how can it be delayed in the army for another time?" On the 27th, the Eastern Route Army set out, and on the 28th, the Western Route Army and the various Route Armies marched, and the officers commanded in Shenyang, and all departments must march at this time without delay. ”