Li Rusong has never believed that there are people in this world who help others and enjoy themselves, in his mind, such a great credit for quelling the Bibai rebellion, if everyone doesn't use crooked tricks to rob it, it is already commendable, where is there any help and no effort, is this Su Hao in the water?

In fact, it's no wonder that Li Rusong doesn't understand that Su Hao didn't belong to this era in the first place, and he didn't have the idea of fighting for fame and fortune in this era. There is only one reason why he is willing to help Li Rusong break the city, and that is that he does not want to see the soldiers die worthlessly.

When he told Xu Guangzu and Chen Dao about this idea, these two didn't have a taste for a long time. After they understood Su Hao's thoughts, they inevitably had to teach Su Hao a good lesson, and finally discussed a plan that sounded more reliable.

Su Gaizhi said that the first contribution to the breakthrough of Ningxia must be that of General Li Bing, and he helped General Li to break through the city purely because he admired General Li Bing. After the city was broken, he only needed General Li to bear the consumption of firearms. Chen Dao leisurely put forward Su Hao's conditions.

Li Rusong asked: "How much will this consumption be?" ”

"Within 100,000 taels." Chen Dao said.

"Deal!" Li Rusong didn't say a word, and directly agreed, which was the same as the situation estimated by Xu Guangzu and Chen Dao before.

Compared with a big credit, the cost of 100,000 taels of silver is really nothing to Li Rusong. Li Chengliang has been operating in Liaodong for many years, and he has made outstanding achievements in war, and he has also made a lot of money. The ability of border army generals to make money is no worse than fighting a war, and both the government and the opposition are well aware of this. But there is nothing anyone can do. Some officials tried to impeach the corrupt border generals, but on this issue, even the emperor would not stand on the side of the officials, and the reason was very simple. Without these generals, who could keep the Mongols out of the country?

Su Hao didn't want to fight for the merit of breaking the city, because he and the generals of the Kanyu Battalion had already received a lot of credit in this battle of Ningxia, helping Xiao Ruxun defend the city and defeating the Rabbit Department were all great achievements. Although it is said that the final breakthrough of Ningxia City and the killing of Bibai and Liu Dongyang will be a greater credit, Li Zhen has analyzed for Su Hao that if Su Hao fights for this credit again, then in the end he can only make himself the target of public criticism. You know, he's just a young man after all. Too much limelight will pull hatred.

Since I don't want to fight for credit. Then take this opportunity to earn some silver. Should be a good choice. Li Rusong needs the credit for breaking the city, and Su Hao happens to be able to help him achieve this goal. As for the silver, Li Rusong is not lacking. Why should Su Hao be polite?

The two sides negotiated the deal, and Chen Dao immediately went to inform Su Hao to come to Li Rusong to discuss the destruction of the city. This time, Li Rusong will not give Su Hao a face again, when they meet, he is a brother Su, as if he has some deep friendship with Su Hao. In fact, Li Rusong was already Ben Wu's age at this time, and Su Hao's father seemed a little older.

Those who came to see Li Rusong with Su Hao also included Xu Guangzu, Deng Kui, Xiong Minyang, Xu Guangqi and others, and Li Rusong also called several lieutenant generals, guerrilla and other officers to discuss with everyone. When the generals heard that the Kanyu battalion had durable explosives to blow up the city wall, they were all surprised and delighted, because after a day of fierce fighting, they really knew too well about the losses of the siege.

The matter of Li Rusong and Su Hao's two armies joining forces naturally had to be reported to Governor Ye Mengxiong. Ye Mengxiong was also quite happy to hear that Su Hao had finally persuaded Li Rusong to accept the proposal of artillery siege. As for what deal Li Rusong and Su Hao had in private, Ye Mengxiong was not interested in inquiring.

Xiao Ruxun's reaction when he learned of this was to breathe a sigh of relief, he was in the same situation as Su Hao, he had already earned enough credit in the battle of Pingyu City, and he had no intention of fighting with Li Rusong to break the city. Ma Qiancheng had some resentment towards Li Rusong, and when he heard that Su Hao was going to join forces with Li Rusong, he felt awkward for a few days, but fortunately, Qin Liangyu was on the side to persuade him, saying something important about national affairs, and Ma Qiancheng didn't say anything anymore.

In the following ten days, the Ming army adopted a strategy of besieging Ningxia City without attacking it. However, Ye Mengxiong is a thoughtful person, and he will not let these ten days go to waste. Every day, he would send a large number of Ming soldiers to approach the city of Ningxia and shout at the rebels on the city's head, with the content of nothing more than "the first evil must be done, and the threat will not be asked", in order to shake the rebels' morale.

"Mastermind, what do you think Ming Jun means by this? Why did you stop after only one day of attack? Liu Dongyang was deeply puzzled by this strategy of the Ming army, there was a lot of food in Ningxia City, and it was the Ming Army that could not hold out in the end, not the rebels in Ningxia City.

Bibai was also a little unsure of the intentions of the Ming army, where would he have thought that what would affect the rhythm of the Ming army's attack was actually the materials of the survey camp that were still being transported on the Ningshan Mountain Road. To Liu Dongyang's question, he replied: "Chief soldier, according to the old man's opinion, the Ming army should not be able to attack, right?" Are you waiting for the new will of the imperial court? ”

"Maybe it's waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court, so we have to be extra careful." Liu Dongyang's newly appointed guerrilla general, Xu Chao, reminded.

Biyun said: "What can the imperial court do if they send reinforcements again, there is a general, and the Ming army wants to break through our Ningxia City, which is whimsical." ”

Xu Chaodao: "How do I remember that when someone went to Pingyu City, they also boasted about Haikou, but they were defeated and returned to Ningxia City." ”

"Who are you talking about!" Biyun's eyes widened, Xu Chao's words were simply pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey, which was too faceless.

Before the incident, a lower-level officer like Xu Chao only had a low brow and a pleasing eye in front of Biyun, how could he dare to expose his shortcomings in front of him like this. But now it's different, Liu Dongyang started an incident and appointed himself as the chief soldier, and several buddies around him have been given the title of general, guerrilla and the like, and they are on an equal footing with Biyun. What's more, under the heart-attacking tactics of the Ming army outside the city, Liu Dongyang and others are thinking about whether to part ways with the Bibai Group and use Bibai's head to sell well to the imperial court.

"If it weren't for some people who dragged their feet and didn't take Pingyu City, how could I be passive. If Pingyu City is now in my hands, and we have our backs to the Tatar Department, we can ask the great leader of the Rabbit to help at any time, and the Ming army will not dare to be so arrogant, right? Xu Chao said with a sneer.

"This is the end of the matter, and the past will not be said." Liu Dongyang made a round, and then said to Bibai: "Mastermind, this great leader of the Rabbit was only defeated by Xiao Ruxun, can we contact him again and ask him to send troops into the border wall to relieve the siege of Ningxia?" ”

"This ...... The old man is not sure. Bibai hesitated.

Xu Chao's words are actually quite right. The city of Ningxia fell into the current predicament because the city of Pingyu was not taken, so the communication between the Tatars and the city of Ningxia was cut off. When Bibai instigated Liu Dongyang to get into trouble, the rabbit was taken into account as an important weight. Now, Pingyu City has not been taken, and the rabbit has been hit hard, who knows if he dares to repeat the border. Without this powerful backer, the officers and men of Ningxia really have a feeling that they have no master.

"I heard that the mastermind has sent several messengers to contact the rabbit in the past few days, but I don't know what the results are." Liu Dongyang looked at Bibai and asked meaningfully.

Bi Bai pretended to be stupid, shook his head and said: "The old man did send a few messengers to break into the company camp to deliver the letter to the Tatar Department, but no one has come back until now, I don't know if they broke out, let alone what the rabbit thinks." Or, after the old man returns home, arrange for a competent person to break through again? ”

"Then there's the master." Liu Dongyang said.

After the matter was discussed, Bi Bai and the others left Liu Dongyang's General Military Mansion, and when they left, Bi Yun also glared at Xu Chao viciously, Xu Chao was naturally not afraid, and returned Bi Yun a provocative look.

When Bibai and the others walked away, Xu Chao said to Liu Dongyang: "Brother Liu, I think the old thief is leaving a way back for himself, his people must have been in contact with Zhuli Rabbit, are they planning to abandon the city and flee to the grassland in case they can't hold the city." ”

Deputy General Liu Chuanbai said: "I think they have this plan." The old thief was originally a Tatar, and as long as he had soldiers in his hands, he could still be a leader if he fled back to the steppe. But let's let him give him a pit, in case Ningxia City is broken, we won't be able to run away. ”

Liu Dongyang said: "I have noticed this matter a long time ago. Xu Chao, you arrange for someone to stare at the old thief's mansion for me, but if they make a little move, let's take the old thief's head and report to the court. I figured it out, this time it was clear that the old thief wanted to rebel, so that a few of our brothers became the first birds. We can't just be cheap, old thief. ”

"Understood!" All the cronies replied in unison.

Although the Ming army did not attack the city, the strong pressure had caused cracks in the rebels in Ningxia City, and the two groups of Bibai and Liu Dongyang were on guard against each other, and they were ready to strike at each other first. There are also some officers and soldiers who were coerced in, neither on the side of Bibai nor on the side of Liu Dongyang, they are also secretly in tandem, discussing the question of where they should go in case the city of Ningxia is broken. In the hearts of these people, the idea of killing Bibai and Liu Dongyang in order to exonerate themselves is also out of control.

At the end of May of Wanli 20, a large convoy arrived at the outskirts of Ningxia, with the word "Su" on the car, which was the transport convoy of Su's factory from the capital. In addition to a few stewards in the factory, there were actually two big businessmen, namely Dong Tianzhang and Yang Laizhen. They were also originally shareholders of the Su factory, and this time they heard about the Ningxia rebellion, and they sniffed out the possible business opportunities with the keen intuition of the merchants, so they came to Ningxia with the Su family caravan.

Su Hao didn't have time to talk about any business opportunities with these two red-top businessmen for a while, so he notified Li Rusong as soon as possible and told him that the time for the siege had come.

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As long as you have time, try to watch two shifts a day. Helpless and riddled with mundane things, it is inevitable to break off, forgive me, forgive me.