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He thought as he walked: "Abatai doesn't send troops to support, with his current strength, he can't defeat Zhuozhou at all, in this case, we must take advantage of the fact that the Ming army still doesn't know the news that I am going to withdraw the army, send someone into Zhuozhou to get the money again, and how much can be returned." ”

Thinking of this, he called Duolong Ao and explained in a low voice, and Duolong Ao was ordered to enter Zhuozhou again.

In "Captain, the Tartars are coming to ask for money again, they want 200,000, they are in a hurry, what should we do?" Li Xian said to Zhao Guohua.

Zhao Guohua said: "It's still a procrastination, say more good things, and delay as much as possible." ”

"No, no matter what you say this time, that Tartar officer has to see the silver." Li Xiandao.

Hearing this, Zhao Guohua said: "If it really doesn't work, throw a thousand dollars to him, and delay it for a day." ”

"Okay, just as you say," Li Xian agreed and left.

In the end, Duolong Ao had to take 10,000 taels of silver and had no choice but to go back to recover his life.

Looking at the pitiful little bit of silver, Yangguli was so angry that he scolded Zhao Guohua and Li Xianyitong, and then had to announce the withdrawal order in a stupid manner. In order not to let the Ming army in the city know, that night, the Qing army quietly withdrew its troops.

The next morning, the lookout soldiers in Zhuozhou saw that the camp of the Tartars was empty, and the tents that had been densely packed in the past were gone, and Zhang Zhong, the chief flag officer of the lookout soldiers, hurried to the barracks and reported the incident to Li Xian.

"You said the Tartars withdrew?" Li Xian asked in disbelief.

Nodding, Zhang Zhong bowed and said, "Yes, I don't dare to lie, if you don't believe it, you can go and see it yourself." ”

"Good. Captain Zhao and I will go and see it for ourselves. Saying that, Li Xian brought a few entourages and went to tell Zhao Guohua about it, so the two walked quickly to the east city wall, and after careful observation, confirmed that the Tartars had withdrawn.

The Tartars retreated, his life was saved, and his officials were promoted, thinking of the future Feihuang Tengda, Li Xian said happily: "Inform the people of the city that the Tartars have withdrawn, and we have won Zhuozhou." ”

Soon, there were bursts of "crackling" firecrackers in Zhuozhou City, and the sound of firecrackers was mixed with bursts of cheers from the people.

Looking at the smiling faces of the people passing by under the city tower, Zhao Guohua thought to himself: "The people of Zhuozhou have avoided the cruelty of the Tartars, but what about the Ming people who were plundered by the Tartars?" ”

Seeing Zhao Guohua's thoughtful look, Li Xian walked over and asked with a smile. "Brother Zhao, what are you thinking?"

Without Zhao Guohua, there would be no victory in Zhuozhou, and there would be no credit for him Li Xian's current achievements, and now Li Xian is a hundred pleasing to Zhao Guohua and a thousand satisfied.

Turning his head to look at him, Zhao Guohua said, "I'm thinking about the people of the Ming Dynasty who were taken away by the Tartars. ”

"Do you want to take back those people?" Li Xian asked in surprise.

Shaking his head, Zhao Guohua said: "There are more than 100,000 horses in the Tartars, and if you want to grab food, this is not easy. ”

"That's right, it's not that we don't care about this matter, but we can't manage it. Only those people have been wronged. Li Xian said in a flat tone. In his heart, there are many people in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention being taken away by the Tartars, even if some die, it doesn't matter, why risk your own lives to fight with the Tartars in order to save these grass people, it's not worth it.

Hearing this, thinking of the people who were about to be plundered to the northeast, Zhao Guohua was sad for a while, the dignified Ming Dynasty has a population of nearly 100 million and more than a million troops, and it is indeed enough to protect his people.

He really wanted to take the volunteers to save them, but he was worried about the tens of thousands of Qing troops.

Three hundred automatic rifles are the biggest support of his volunteers, and with these guns as a basis, he is sure to save some people: but considering that the Tartars have withdrawn their troops at this time, if the volunteers go to the tiger's mouth to grab food now, it will attract the siege of the Tartar army, and then they can only fight with the Tartars to defeat both.

After thinking about it, he reluctantly dismissed the idea of sending troops to save the people.

After going down the city tower, he and Li Xian walked towards the barracks, and as soon as the two came to the gate of the barracks, they saw that the rescued people were standing opposite. The first one is a mother and daughter.

"What's going on?" Zhao Guohua asked puzzled.

A volunteer standing guard hurriedly said: "Captain, these people are here to thank you, that girl ran in at the risk of danger, and the woman is her mother. After speaking, he pointed to Zhao Guohua and Li Xian, and said loudly: "Folks, these are the people who exchanged you back."

When they heard that the two men in front of them were the ones who had taken prisoners with Tartars and exchanged them back, the people immediately knelt on their knees and kowtowed again and again, saying words of gratitude such as "Gong Hou Wan Dai ......".

After sending the people to the zero-hour resettlement site and inspecting their food and lodging, Zhao Guohua asked about the situation of the Tartars again, and the people cried to him about the atrocities of the Tartars, and the more they listened to him, the darker their faces became.

Back in the barracks, Zhao Guohua said to Li Xian: "Brother Li, the Tartars brutalized my people, I really can't bear to sit idly by, I want to take the volunteer brigade to chase down the evacuated Tartars, and strive to rescue some of the people who were plundered, you just need to guard the city, and you can send a few soldiers who are familiar with the terrain to lead the way for me." ”

Seeing that he was indeed going out with his troops, Li Xian frowned and thought about it.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Xian said: "Brother Zhao, I admire your courage, for the sake of safety, I think it is better to send someone out to have a look, to confirm whether the Tartars have really withdrawn their troops and where the Tartars are going, what do you think?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Guohua nodded in agreement.

Li Xian sent Chen Shimei with ten scouts to go out of the city to investigate the whereabouts of the Tartars.

Seeing that they were about to go out, Zhao Guohua knew that the Tartar army was still outside, so for the sake of safety, he asked Niu Huan to bring ten commandos to ride horses to follow.

After several battles, the Volunteers had 450 captured Tartar horses.

Knowing Zhao Guohua's kindness, Chen Shimei and others were moved.

Looking at these ten sturdy volunteers and the sharp firearms in their hands, Li Xian was very greedy.

Zhao Guohua explained some words such as paying attention to safety, and after Niu Huan raised his hand and saluted, he took ten commandos and the ten officers and soldiers to explore the horses and went out of the city.

The reason why he wanted to send Niu Huan out with him was to protect the horses of the officers and soldiers, and to let Niu Huan learn the knowledge of the sentinels.

In the Yali of Zhuozhou Prefecture, after hearing Li Xian's report that the Tartars had withdrawn, Zhizhou Fan Jin was stunned at first, and then overjoyed.

"The Tartars finally withdrew their troops, Zhuozhou was saved, his life was saved, and his official position was saved." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.

Thinking of the thousands of Tartar heads piled up like a mountain, his smiling eyes were almost invisible.

In order to thank Zhao Guohua, Fan Jin specially invited Zhao Guohua to dinner in the West Flower Hall of the Yamen, and Li Xian accompanied him. The chef of the state government has good skills, the meat dishes are not greasy, the vegetarian dishes are not light, and Zhao Guohua is very satisfied with the food.

After dinner, Zhizhou Fan Jin took out a silver ticket of 100,000 taels and said affectionately: "Captain Zhao, with your help, Zhuozhou has finally survived the disaster, I thank you on behalf of the officials and people of Zhuozhou, this is a little heart of the people of Zhuozhou." With that, he handed over the silver ticket with a smile on his face.

"Master Fan, you're too polite!" Zhao Guohua said half-pushing.

To tell the truth, to help the Ming army in Zhuozhou defend the city, save the lives of the people and officials in the city, and charge a little protection fee is also deserved, and those guns that are shot out are also a lot of money, not to mention that those Type 81 rifle bullets are treasures that have nowhere to buy.

Fan Jin said with a smile: "Captain Zhao, if Zhuozhou is occupied by the Tatars, the loss will be dozens of times that of these 100,000 taels, so this is the reward you deserve, and you don't have to shirk it." ”

"Brother Zhao, since Master Fan said so, you can put it away." Li Xian also said with a smile.

looked at the two of them and saw that they were sincere, so Zhao Guohua smiled and said: "Since the two adults said so, Zhao will laugh and accept it." So saying, he put away the silver ticket.

Seeing that he put away the silver ticket, Fan Jin said with a smile: "Captain Zhao, now that the Tartars have withdrawn, our Zhuozhou has repelled the attacks of the Tartars many times, and also eliminated thousands of Tartars, this is a big victory, I want to write a report to the imperial court, how do you think this fold should be written?" ”

Fan Jin asked Zhao Guohua how the two sides should divide the credit.

Originally, as the governor of Zhuozhou, he was the lord and Zhao Guohua was the guest, but in the battle to defend Zhuozhou, it was Zhao Guohua's volunteer brigade that was undertaking the main combat mission, and the vast majority of the Tartars eliminated were the credit of others. Fan Jin is not a confused official, the current world is in chaos, although Zhao Guohua's volunteer brigade is not yet a formal official army, but their strong combat effectiveness has made him look sideways, such a strong team, sooner or later will become a strong army in the imperial court, there is no harm in getting married first, if you offend people because of the meritorious service, it will be too stupid.

Zhao Guohua is not stupid, he knows what Fan Jin means, he thought: "I am just a militia team, saying that I killed thousands of Tartars, not many people believe it, and I also offended Fan Jin and Li Xian, I will have to mix in the Ming officialdom in the future, multiple allies are always a good thing, besides, this Fan Jin also sent a silver ticket of 100,000 taels, and he is also a sensible person, such a person will also help himself after becoming a big official." ”

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Master Fan, I believe that you will not treat us badly. ”

Hearing this, Fan Jin was stunned, looked at Li Xian, and then at Zhao Guohua, and then said: "Just write that we jointly defeated the multiple attacks of the Tartars and kept Zhuozhou, how about it?" ”

"No! Inappropriate! Zhao Guohua shook his head and said.