"In Xia Li Guangli, he is a farmer. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" The man said with a low brow.

Glancing at him, Zhao Guohua asked, "Where are you from?" ”

Li Guangli said: "The villain is from Liaoyang, Liaodong. ”

Zhao Guohua continued to ask: "Who else is in the family?" ”

"Wife and a fourteen-year-old daughter." Li Guangli replied.

"I heard you can recognize the Tartar officers from their armor?" Zhao Guohua stared at him and asked.

Li Guangli lowered his head and was silent.

Seeing this, Zhao Guohua waved his hand and said, "I'm just asking casually, okay, you can go back." ”

"Yes." The man arched his hand as he spoke, and then returned to the ranks of the people.

Seeing that he was far away, Niu Huan asked, "Do you want to arrest him?" ”

"Not necessarily." Zhao Guohua said in a flat tone.

The team continued to Zhuozhou.

Zhuoju is located in the northwestern part of the North China Plain, in the northern part of BD City, HB Province, and in the southwest of BJ, and is known as the southern gate of Gyeonggi.

According to the "Famous Places of Interest": "Zhuozhou, the city is nine miles around, shaped like a concave character, it is said that it was built when it was built", during the Warring States Period, Zhuozhou was the Zhuoyi of the Yan State, and the Qin Dynasty placed Zhuo County in 23 years, in addition to changing the name to Fanyang in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the special name of "Zhuo" has been inherited from generation to generation, and has been used to this day. Historical records record that the ancient Zhuolu Mountain spring dripped into a stream, the southeast flow is Zhuoshui, Zhuozhou is named after Zhuoshui. According to Huan Kuan's "Treatise on Salt and Iron" of the Han Dynasty, it is recorded: "The thistle of Yanzhi is rich in the crown of the sea, and it is the famous capital of the world." The Italian traveler Marco Polo also described Zhuozhou as a big and beautiful city.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhuozhou is the gateway to the south of Jinan, it is adjacent to Gu'an in the east, Laishui in the west, and BJ in the north to Xincheng County in the south (now GBD City is in the center of Beijing, Tianjin and Baozhou triangle area, with a horizontal distance of 36.5 kilometers from east to west and a longitudinal distance of 25.5 kilometers from north to south. In ancient times, it was known as "Youyan Fertile Soil" and "Governor Anointing".

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, according to the number of taxes, the states under heaven were divided into four states. The prefecture towns around the capital are called Chongzhou, which means the key state towns that protect the capital. The prosperous state town is called Fanzhou, and the state town at the junction of the two provinces is called Nanzhou. Zhuozhou alone accounts for 3 (Chongzhou: at the south gate of the capital; Nanzhou: Zhuozhou is the junction of the capital and local provinces and cities), Qianlong is the fifteenth day of the first month passing through Zhuozhou, catching up with the lantern festival in Zhuozhou, which is very prosperous; So the inscription: "The first state in the world"

The tall and thick city walls of Zhuozhou were full of Ming soldiers, dazzling swords and guns, and the defense was tight, and a middle-aged man in a military attache uniform and several officers were watching into the distance at the head of the city. This person is Li Xian, the garrison of Zhuozhou, he wears a garrison official uniform, the chest is embroidered with the Xiong Zhen of the Wupin military attaché, and he wears a beautiful unicorn bronze medal around his waist.

"I don't know if Chen Shimei and they went out and found any news about the Tartar? May they come back safely. Li Xian stood at the head of the city and said to Tang Zhenbei, an officer of the thousand households beside him, with a worried face.

Li Xian, who is 40 years old this year, was originally a deputy commander of the Beijing camp, but was later squeezed out to Zhuozhou to serve as a garrison.

Tang Zhenbei looked at the empty road and asked worriedly: "My lord, do you think this Tartar will come to fight us in Zhuozhou?" ”

"Alas!" With a long sigh, Li Xian said: "It's hard to say, the Tartars are free to come and go in our Ming Dynasty, and they can fight wherever they want, if they want to come to Zhuozhou, we have no choice but to do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." The tone was full of desolation and helplessness.

Tang Zhenbei said: "I hope the Tartars don't come to Zhuozhou......" As soon as he said this, the lookout post on the city tower sounded the warning signal, and it turned out that the lookout post saw a group of people and horses driving on the dirt road in the distance.

When the soldiers who were resting in the castle tower heard this signal, they hurriedly stood up nervously, and stood behind the battlements of the city wall with swords and guns in hand, looking at the people who were getting closer and closer.

"These people don't look at their clothes as Tartars, what are they doing here?" Tang Zhen said suspiciously while observing from the north.

Garrison Li Xian said: "Don't panic, let's see." As he spoke, he carefully observed the group of men and horses under the city.

Coming to the distance of two arrows under the city, Zhao Guohua commanded the team to stop, looking at the head of the city as if he was facing a great enemy, in order to avoid misunderstanding, he said: "Chen Shimei, you go over to contact us, this is an official document, you bring it over and let your boss take it." After speaking, he handed him the official document written by Lu Xiangsheng.

"Okay. I'll go. Chen Shimei said with a flattering smile.

After taking a dozen of his brothers and walking to the bottom of the city, Chen Shimei shouted: "Master Li, I am Chen Shimei of the scout team, we have come back from the situation of the Tartars, please open the city gate and let us in." ”

Seeing that it was his subordinates, Li Xian's mood suddenly relaxed, knowing that these people in the city were friends rather than enemies, so he ordered the city gate to be opened and let Chen Shimei and others come in to talk.

After entering the city, seeing a lot of flesh and blood stained on the clothes and armor of Chen Shimei and others, Li Xian was taken aback, grabbed Chen Shimei, and asked, "Chen Baihu, have you met a tartar?" ”

With a grunt of eyes, Chen Shimei said: "Yes, we met dozens of Tartars, were surrounded, and were at a critical moment, just when these people arrived, after a fight, they killed more than fifty Tartars, and the rest of the Tartars saw that the situation was not good, so they fled on horseback, so they also divided the heads of our five Tartars." ”

"There are so many of them, and they killed more than fifty Tartars, which is nothing, but you guys have picked up a big bargain." Tang Zhenbei said enviously, with a hint of sour taste in his tone.

The heads of five Tartars are worth a hundred taels of silver, and if you don't know it, you will be promoted to the next level.

After listening to what Chen Shimei said, Li Xian asked: "I will report these credits for you, but who are they, have you asked clearly?" ”

"There is an official document here, and the adults will know it when they read it." As she spoke, Chen Shimei took out the official document handed over by Zhao Guohua and handed it over.

After taking the official document and opening it, Li Xian said: "It turns out that they are the militia of JX Ji'an Mansion, whose name is Ji'an Volunteer Brigade, with more than 5,000 people, and they came to Beijing to master King Qin on the order of Lu Xiangsheng, the military minister of the five provinces. ”

"This Lu Xiangsheng is really, how can you send a militia to King Qin, isn't this a joke? The combat power of the Tartars, even the elite soldiers of the Nine Sides, is not an opponent, and sending a militia group to come, isn't this a deliberate shirk? Tang Zhenbei said unhappily.

Li Xian didn't speak, he still heard some of Lu Xiangsheng's personality, he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was not the kind of person who didn't care about the overall situation, he thought to himself: "The reason why Lu Xiangsheng didn't send an army to Beijing may be a battle to encircle and suppress the Liukou, and it is difficult to withdraw from it at a critical moment, and another is that this militia has merit." ”

Thinking of this, he asked, "Chen Baihu, you have been in contact with them, what do you think of the combat strength of this militia group?" ”

After thinking about it carefully, Chen Shimei said: "According to my observation, almost all the soldiers of this militia are strong men in their twenties and thirties, who move quickly and march in a neat queue, obviously undergoing rigorous training, and the most strange thing is that more than half of the soldiers in this militia are armed with Lu Mi guns. ”

After listening to Chen Shimei's introduction, Li Xian thought for a while and asked, "Where are they going, have you asked?" ”

"They came to our Zhuozhou to fight Tartars." Chen Shimei replied.

"Why don't they go elsewhere and come to our Zhuozhou?" Tang Zhenbei asked in an unkind tone.

Glancing at him, Li Xian asked, "Tang Qianhu." It's a good thing that so many of them came to help us defend the city, how can you listen to your tone, you seem to be afraid that they are coming, will they bring us disaster when they come? ”

"Your Excellency is right, if these people enter Zhuozhou, Zhuozhou will ......be finished," Tang Zhenbei said.

Hearing him say this, Li Xian and Chen Shimei were stunned and stunned for a moment, and then Li Xian said: "Tang Qianhu, why don't we understand what you say, why do these people enter Zhuozhou, and Zhuozhou is over?" Can you explain a little bit about ......?"

Gritting his teeth, Tang Zhenbei said: "My lord, if these people haven't fought with the Tartars, they come to Zhuozhou, of course it's a good thing, after all, there are more people, and it's easier to defend the city, but because these people have fought with the Tartars, we resolutely can't let them in, but let them go elsewhere." In this way, it may be possible to avoid a catastrophe of city destruction and death. ”

"I still don't understand, you can make it clearer." Li Xian said impatiently,

After talking for a long time, he didn't say the reason why this militia was not allowed to enter the city, Li Xian was impatient to hear it, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"My lord, didn't these people kill dozens of Tartars, but some of the Tartars escaped, these Tartars must have gone to move the rescue soldiers, according to the habits of the Tartars, they will definitely bring troops to retaliate, if the Tartars' brigade found Zhuozhou along the imprint, then what do you think will happen to Zhuozhou?" Tang Zhenbei said analytically.

After listening to Tang Zhenbei's words, Li Xian and Chen Shimei couldn't help but "Hiss!" He took a breath of cold air.

The two knew that what Tang Zhenbei said was very likely to happen, and if one of them was not handled well, it would lead the Tartars' brigade over, and everyone would have to die here at that time.

After thinking carefully for a while, Li Xian said: "Tang Qianhu, what you said is indeed very likely to happen, but with reinforcements not allowed to enter the city, I don't dare to call the shots in this matter, so let's do it, you two go with me to see Fan Zhizhou, this Zhuozhou has the largest number of officials, listen to his opinion, what do you think?" ”