The room was quiet, Chen Kun's face showed a thoughtful look, thought for a while, gave Chen Qiyu a deep bow, and said respectfully: "My lord is far-sighted and dedicates himself to the Ming Dynasty, which is really admirable, but I don't know if this Xu Tiezhu can be as expected by the adults, and in the future, he will be loyal to the emperor of the court." 【Latest chapter reading. 】”

Chen Qiyu opened his eyes, his eyes were shining, his whole body was full of confidence, and he smiled slightly: "Things are man-made, the old man has read countless people, there is always some vision, although Xu Tiezhu is Wang Huan's friend of life and death, and he is a difficult brother who survived on the road from thousands of miles away, but this person is very different from Wang Huan, there is no backbone on his head, he is not forced to do it, and he will not rebel against the court, if he can teach him the duty of a monarch and a minister from now on, he must plant the seed of being born as a minister of the Ming Dynasty and dying as a ghost of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, so that even if Wang Huan has a rebellion in the future, Xu Tiezhu will definitely oppose it vigorously. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Qiyu's eyes darkened, and he said gloomily: "But this is all a matter behind the scenes, by that day, the old man is long gone, maybe Wang Huan has no objection and it is not necessarily, then everything will be fine, and these open and secret layouts will not be eliminated." ”

Chen Kun gritted his teeth, bent his waist deeper, and burst out of his mouth that was almost buried in his chest: "Don't worry, my lord, Chen Kun is deeply taught by adults, if Wang Huan can do what he can as a courtier in the future, Chen Kun will be willing to be a pawn for him, if he wants to do what Cao C did, Chen Kun will fight for this life, and he will also be loyal to the Son of Heaven!" ”

Chen Qiyu sighed: "You read the book of sages, you naturally understand these truths, I am very relieved, but it is too early to say this, the old man is just taking precautions, although Wang Huan is powerful, at the moment he is only a general soldier, the land is only three mansions, and the people are only more than 100,000, which is not enough to see in the entire situation, and his actions are not like those warlords who regard the lives of the people as mustard, it is a blessing for the common people, no matter from which point of view, we should help him, as for the future, let's talk about it at that point." ”

After saying that, Chen Qiyu closed his eyes again and said softly: "The old man is tired, you can also go down and rest, and wait until tomorrow, we will be busy." ”

Chen Kun didn't dare to say anything more, he didn't even lift his body, just hunched his waist and slowly exited the door.

The twilight outside the door was deep, the afterglow was shining, and the cold air was pervasive at night in Shudi, and when he walked out of the house, a cool feeling outside covered Chen Kun's body, making him feel excited, and he felt that the responsibility on his shoulders suddenly became extremely heavy.

At the same time, at the foot of Longquan Mountain, the offensive and defensive of the Great Western Army and the Kuizhou Army had entered the thirtieth day and night.

Li Dingguo's passion has faded, and his desire for bamboo tubes to extinguish the bombs has gradually disappeared, no matter how good things are, there is nothing to be done if they can't get them, the steep stone city wall is so unattainable, even if the most elite Su Guards are invested, they still can't move it.

Longquan Mountain is still like Li Dingguo when he first arrived, standing still, besieging the city for a month, the Kuizhou soldiers in the city seem to be more and more energetic, there is no depression at all, but often send some small groups of horseback riders, taking advantage of the Great Western Army to guard S Hong, come out to probe the brain nearby, spy on the reality of the S Hong army, chase and capture S to kill some lone soldiers who went out to collect firewood, and do their best to disturb S and be extremely arrogant.

These people are very slippery, far away and not close, when they find that there are cavalry chasing out of the Great Western Army, they immediately run away, because S Hong and Longquan Mountain are only ten miles away, the Great Western Army Xiao cavalry has not had time to catch up, Kuizhou soldiers ran into the Longquan Mountain City, the cavalry who hated to chase scolded loudly, and did not dare to get close to the city, once close to those bed crossbows tied with bamboo tubes are not vegetarian.

"This is underestimating me!" Liu Yun's eyes widened angrily, and he looked at a general kneeling on the ground and roared angrily: "What are you doing to eat?" So many Xiliang horses can't catch up with a dozen people riding Sichuan horses, what's the use of you? ”

The general kneeling on the ground had a bitter face, and repeatedly defended: "General, it's not that the small ones don't work hard, it's really the cunning of the Ming army, their Sichuan Mali is in endurance, good at climbing, our tall head big Mali is sprinting and speed, if in the plain, if the general is angry, the small ones can't catch up with him within ten miles, and they should come to see him, but the Ming army fled and ran on the undulating mountains, bending high and low, our horses broke several leg bones on the road, and it was very difficult to run, and the small ones were also helpless. ”

Liu Yun was furious, jumped up and pounced, raised the big slap of the pu fan and was about to make a move, but he heard Li Dingguo, who was sitting on the tiger skin chair, suddenly shouted: "Stop!" ”

Liu Yun had already jumped in front of the general, put down his hand when he heard the voice, stood away angrily, and only heard Li Dingguo say slowly: "No wonder the scouts are incompetent in this matter, it is true, Sichuan horses are good at walking mountain roads, although our Xiliang horses are fast, but they are suffering from the terrain and cannot perform with all their strength, just go down first, work hard, send more people and horses to patrol, don't slack off." ”

The scout captain who was kneeling on the ground kowtowed a few times as if he had been amnestied, got up and ran out like a rabbit, lest Liu Yun would be slow down and attack again.

Li Dingguo looked at Liu Yun, who was holding his breath, and said softly with a smile: "You also sit down, for the general to lead the troops, how can you be high-spirited and keep clear in everything, you can be called a general, you are so irritable, how can you be alone in the future?" ”

Liu Yun spewed out a breath of hot air in his nostrils, bowed his head and thanked him, sat down on a horse on the side, and said in a rough voice: "The lesson of the prince is that the last general will know his mistakes, but the prince, we have been here for a month, and the battle is unfavorable, plus the Ming army is disturbing trouble, and the morale of the sergeants is very bad." ”

Li Dingguo's eyes were full of worry, and he said in a deep voice: "This king knows, but the Ming army on Longquan Mountain is not an ordinary soldier, and the people who lead the troops are also very human, plus there are sharp firearms to help, the stalemate is in vain, and I sigh in vain." ”

Liu Yun said with some uneasiness: "In this way, the emperor's order is not easy to handle, let alone entering the Baoning Mansion to support General Ma, we can't take Longquan Mountain, will it affect the emperor's plans?" ”

Li Dingguo's face was sorrowful, and his thick eyebrows were deeply locked: "Ma Yuanli Town Baoning, he was also a veteran of the official army, as long as he is not too careless, he should not lose Baoning Mansion, we can't get by, and the war with Baoning has little impact, what this king is worried about is that the emperor is there." ”

He picked up an iron clamp, pulled out the carbon fire in the furnace in front of him, made them burn more intensely, emitted warm heat, dispelled the damp and cold in the camp, and then said slowly: "Although the Ming army is strong, it is only a few thousand, and it is not a fundamental problem. In the past few days, the news from Chengdu that the Tartars were led by Prince Su Haoge, with 20,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, 20,000 cavalry of the Outer Mongolian tribes, plus 30,000 Han troops of Wu Sangui, as many as 70,000 people, and they were traveling day and night, rushing to Hanzhong, Shaanxi originally surrendered to the Tartars of all kinds of 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, together, almost 100,000 troops came in a vast way, known as 500,000 to the outside world, and the emperor's side was only worthy of more than 90,000 soldiers and horses, among which there were many people with two hearts. ”

Liu Yun's face was revealed, and he also frowned: "In this case, let's nail it here, wouldn't it be a big deal?" Why don't we simply leave some soldiers and horses to defend S Hong, how about our army galloping to the aid of the emperor? ”

Li Dingguo looked up at the top of the camp tent and said with a wry smile: "It's not just that you think so, I also think so when I look at what the Ming army on Longquan Mountain did." ”

Liu Yun was shocked and said in amazement: "Huh? Why? ”

Li Dingguo said: "There are few soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and if you use common sense, you should firmly guard the mountain, where do you dare to go out of the city?" Now that they are doing the opposite, they frequently disturb me, what do you mean? It's just that we want to withdraw our troops when they are tired. ”

Liu Yun's mind didn't turn around, and he said strangely: "Our army has withdrawn, and the Ming army on the mountain is only a few thousand, what else can we do?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "The soldiers are not many, with the chaos in Shuzhong, as long as the Ming army takes advantage of my great northwest, with a group of elite soldiers to smash Chengdu, occupy our capital, the rest of the state capitals will definitely be attached, and the Ming army will be able to occupy Sichuan, which is the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years of accumulation and orthodoxy. ”

Liu Yun said angrily: "The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have fled to the seaside, what is the use of orthodoxy?" ”

Li Dingguo sighed: "You can't say that, in the hearts of the people, orthodoxy is orthodoxy, even if the dynasty is changed, it has not won the support of the people, and it has never been able to replace the status of unification, which is why this king has always insisted on treating the people kindly." ”

He patted his head and said with annoyance: "It's far away, how can it be said that the people's hearts are up, the Ming army intends to drive us away, and we have to go, which is the reason why this king is worried." ”

(End of chapter)