If there is a fire in the backyard, what is the first reaction, it is naturally to put out the fire.

Therefore, when Tang Xidong heard that the 100,000 Ming army was lurking around Pingyang at this moment, he really wanted to return to Pingyang as soon as possible.

But after calming down, Tang Xidong felt that he should believe in the four major town guard generals brought out single-handedly.

For a chick to learn to fly, it needs to be given a little more patience and trust, and after a few falls, it will grow.

Midday.

Cao Wenzhao carried Azig's bloody head out of the prisoner camp.

This is the most satisfying thing about Tang Xidong today.

Azig, Nurhachi's son and the younger brother of Huang Taiji, died in his own camp.

Satisfaction is not killing, but the repayment of historical debts.

At noon, Cao Wenzhao took a letter, handed it to Tang Xidong and turned to leave.

Everything is light!

This is a secret letter from Hong Chengchou.

The reason was that Cao Wenzhao sent troops to ask for help, of course, after Tang Xidong led his army to defeat Houjin.

Hong Chengchou, who learned that Tang Xidong was in the Evil Axe Mountain, was shocked again by the utilitarianism in his heart.

So, in the eyes of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Wenzhao is his own person worthy of his trust, and under such a premise, there is such a letter.

Hong Chengchou hoped that Cao Wenzhao could drag Tang Xidong's men and horses to the Evil Axe Mountain and wait for him, and then it would be a thunderous blow.

But a utilitarian person like Hong Chengchou is obviously difficult to think from Cao Wenzhao's position.

What he didn't expect was that Cao Wenzhao would directly forward the secret letter to Tang Xidong.

Hong Chengchou is too smart, and people who are too smart tend to think they are smart and live in their own world.

His world did not repay the favor, and certainly there would be no such concept as a life-saving grace.

Hong Chengchou didn't know that Cao Wenzhao was not without the wisdom and strategy of knowing people in addition to being brave.

Apparently he had forgotten more than a year ago.

In the third year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao was ordered to lead the Guanning army into Shaanxi to rehabilitate and suppress the rebels.

From the second half of the third year to the first half of the fourth year, Cao Wenzhao fought dozens of battles, killed countless rebels, suppressed many bandits in Shaanxi, and ranked first in terms of merit.

But what about Hong Chengchou's performance of the emperor? Not a word!

Not a word!

So Hong Chengchou is a villain, a villain who is squinted by utilitarianism.

Fortunately, at that time, the imperial historian Wu Xian, who was sent to Shaanxi to help the victims, admired the Cao family father and son very much and spoke for them, which led to the promotion of Cao Bianjiao to a general.

Cao Wenzhao is old and doesn't attach much importance to fame, but he is angry at those who want to take away the credit of his subordinates for nothing.

This merit depends on fighting for one's life and sacrificing one's life.

This is the grudge between Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou.

And today, when Cao Wenzhao learned from Azig that Hong Chengchou allowed Houjin Zongheng to attack Pingyang in order to attack Pingyang, and was in Taiyuan Mansion but did not lead the army to support.

It is conceivable that General Cao's violent temper and inappropriate spitting are all open to him.

Therefore, Cao Wenzhao had enough reasons to share the secret letter with Tang Xidong.

Of course, in the end, the old general still said loyally: "Cao swears by the heroic spirit of his dead son, and he will never receive the will of the Holy Majesty to attack Pingyang. ”

This is to defend Emperor Chongzhen.

But what Cao Wenzhao didn't know was that Tang Xidong had already decided in his heart that Da Ming couldn't tolerate him.

How could Chongzhen, who was stubborn and self-serving, tolerate a dazzling sand in his eyes?

Hong Chengchou still has one day to reach the Evil Axe Mountain, and at the same time, it will take half a day for the 30,000 border troops to arrive.

At that time, it will be 100,000 Ming troops surrounding Tang thieves.

What should Tang Xidong do?

You can't beat it, escape?

Tang Xidong had an idea in his heart.

In his previous life, when Tang Xidong was a child, there was a group of boys older than him who would always bully him from time to time, Tang Xidong couldn't beat him, so what should I do?

Call the parents, don't joke, if you can't beat them, call the parents, then you will be greeted by the father's more severe beating.

Of course, Tang Xidong didn't like to be beaten, so he found a way to retaliate without relying on force.

This time, when Tang Xidong met the group of boys again, he tempted them to push stones behind a newly built house, and whoever pushed much harder was the big hero.

Pushing a stone is to push a stone down the hillside behind the house.

Big hero, but the childish title is enough to tempt this group of children.

So, of course, they scrambled to be the first to push one by one.

Then the host family appeared.

The stones were painstakingly pulled by the owner's family to build the house, but they were pushed down the mountain one by one by a group of leather monkeys.

One can imagine the anger at that time.

With a loud shout, all the children ran away.

But Tang Xidong didn't, he just squatted there like a stone and didn't move.

Wouldn't you be caught?

Wrong, because the owner is only interested in chasing the children who have escaped.

Then, of course, Tang Xidong took the opportunity to leave.

Later, the children who were approached by the owner's family were naturally taught a hard lesson by their parents at home.

And what about Tang Xidong?

Naturally, he will be beaten by his parents, but at least this time the beating is worth it.

In fact, this kind of story just tells everyone a simple truth, not to outwit, not to do bad things, but to tempt, to hide oneself when danger comes, and to pass on the danger to others.

Killing people and being killed, Tang Xidong walked on such a road.

"If Hong Chengchou comes, I hope General Cao can truthfully tell him Tang's whereabouts, and Tang will go north to Taiyuan Mansion to meet Houjin."

In the afternoon, take a day off.

The army is ready to set off again.

Tang Xidong has its own way to go.

Before, he walked the path that others had set for him, but now he walked his own way, following the path he had set for others.

The army set out and marched north with the head of Azig with a hundred Jurchen captives selected for the first place.

The captives were of great use to Tang Xidong's plan.

Taiyuan City can be reached in one day to the north.

Tang Xidong went up the official road with great fanfare.

In the middle of the night, they arrived at 30 miles southeast of Taiyuan City.

In the dark night, the army was stationed in the plains.

In the camp, a tall wooden pole was erected, and Tang Xidong ordered Azig's head and body to be hung high.

Bonfires lit up the corpses and heads on the wooden poles.

Then, gather all the Houjin captives.

One hundred captives were deliberately taken north by Tang Xidong.

The Jurchen captives knelt on the ground, Tang Xidong nodded, and then the soldiers under the tent behind him flew up, directly pressing the Jurchen cavalry to the ground and cutting them down.

Immediately screaming and wailing continued.

Each captive had his left and right thumbs cut off by Qi Gen.

Blood poured and wailed.

Then the army Zhonglang Zhong stepped forward again and bandaged the Jurchen captives who had been crushed.

"After you go back, find your master, and say that Pingyang Tang Xidong is here to wait for him to come and die, and don't forget to tell him that Azig's body is hanging here, and the shame of your female truth will be hung on the territory of the Ming Dynasty."

A hundred captives is not all fluent in Chinese, but a few are enough.

In the dark, the camp opened, and the Jurchens, whose thumbs had been cut off, were put into the plains.

With hatred in their eyes, these men turned and disappeared into the field as soon as they left the camp.

The use of the captives was to go to ventilate the news and lure the Houjin army to come.

In the middle of the night, the scouts under Tang Xidong's tent dispersed in all directions.

At dawn, all the infantry under the eastern tent of Tang Xi, the whole team went out of the camp, and by the darkness before dawn, under the leadership of Zhang Liangzi, they left the camp with artillery and baggage and disappeared into the plain.

The cavalry left behind dismounted and acted as infantry, guarding the perimeter of the camp.

This time, Tang Xidong set the way forward for Houjin and Hong Chengchou.

Just wait for the two to come.