Mo Zhengkuan, the king of the Mo Dynasty, greeted Tu Shaoxuan and Li Guo's horses, and Li Guo saw Tu Shaoxuan dismount, so he also dismounted. Ruan Zhengming on the side hurriedly introduced.

Mo Zhengkuan recognized Tu Shaoxuan, and quickly shook Tu Shaoxuan's hand first, and said repeatedly, "Thank you for appeasing the Lord for coming to help." ”

"You are the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will protect you." Tu Shaoxuan said with great dignity, and then introduced Li Guo to Mo Zhengkuan, "This General Li Guo is a famous general in my country, and you will have to rely on him to lead troops to fight in the future." ”

Mo Zhengkuan, the king of the Mo Dynasty, had long heard the envoy Ruan Zhengming talk about Li Guo, and also inquired about Li Guo's glorious achievements.

Moreover, Mo Zhengkuan also understands that Tu Shaoxuan is just here for show, and he will have to leave soon, and Li Guo will be in charge of the future.

So, Mo Zhengkuan held Li Guo's hand and didn't let go, "I have heard of General Li's name for a long time, and I really got it when I saw it today." ”

Li Guo saw that although Mo Zhengkuan's pronunciation was not very correct, he spoke Mandarin quite well, so he said to Mo Zhengkuan, "You, immediately find someone who understands Chinese, I want 500 people to be guides!" ”

"Okay, okay." Mo Zhengkuan agreed again and again.

In fact, before Li Guo set off, he had already found more than 500 people who knew the local language, but Li Guo still wanted Mo Zhengkuan to find some more, he was useful, and he would be of great use in the future.

Li Guo took Nie Xin, Liu Tichun and others and followed Tu Shaoxuan into the city, and the rest of the men and horses were stationed outside the city.

Gaoping is the capital of the Mo Dynasty, and Li Guo doesn't look like it. Not to mention that it is comparable to Beijing and Nanjing, even Zhangjiakou is not comparable, and it is almost the same as a larger county seat. Also. The entire Annam is equivalent to a province in China, and the population was only a few million at that time.

However, Mo Zhengkuan's palace is quite luxurious, although the scale of the building is much smaller than that of Beijing, but it is also red brick glazed tiles, and the style is also built in accordance with the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. The same goes for dress etiquette. Including Mo Zhengkuan, the accompanying ministers, palace maids, eunuchs and others were also dressed in Ming Dynasty clothes.

This habit is maintained for a long time. Li Guo remembered that even in modern times, the attire of King Annam was in the style of the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that the influence of Greater China is in China. It's just that since the Opium War in modern times, the country has weakened and sighed.

Mo Zhengkuan has already arranged it properly in Gaoping City. In addition to the sumptuous banquet, some young and beautiful women were also prepared to accompany them. Li Guo and the others only ate some wine and food, and they didn't care much about the woman.

During the banquet, Mo Zhengkuan specially gave Tu Shaoxuan and Li Guo 10,000 taels of silver each, and Li Guo hurriedly accepted it. To tell the truth, Li Guo is in great difficulty now, and the purchase of firearms and the training of the army have already made him poor, and now he has the 100,000 silver military salary given to him by Mo Zhengkuan's faction Ruan Zhengming at the border, and the 10,000 taels of silver that he has just received.

After receiving the silver. Li Guo's expression was a little soothed, and he asked Mo Zhengkuan, "Where did the army of the Later Li Dynasty go?" ”

Coincidentally, an inquiring fan of the Mo Dynasty came to report the military situation. Mo Zhengkuan's face suddenly changed greatly, and his voice trembled and told Li Guo, "It's already hit the North Piece!" ”

Li Guo didn't know where the north piece was, so he asked Mo Zhengkuan to bring the map.

Mo Zhengkuan even said with a gesture, Li Guo understood, the north piece is less than 200 miles away from Gaoping, and it is an extra day's journey. But the gang is still drinking here.

Li Guo was so angry that he didn't care about Tu Shaoxuan's presence. kicked over the small table in front of him, pointed at Mo Zhengkuan and wanted to scold, and when he thought about it, this person was still useful, so he said viciously, "Those five hundred generals (translators) will be sent to my barracks immediately before dinner today, otherwise military law will be involved!" ”

After speaking, Li Guo took the people and left. Li Guo was indeed very angry, the enemy was only a day's journey from here, and now the terrain was unfamiliar, the enemy situation was unknown, and he didn't know anything. Although it was said that it was to help fight the war, Li Guo did not know what the strength of the country was after that. Li Guo didn't want his team to suffer.

Seeing Li Guo leave angrily, Mo Zhengkuan was startled and said to Tu Shaoxuan, "This General Li has a great temper." ”

Tu Shaoxuan comforted, "Since ancient times, there is a saying, a skill and a temper, have you ever seen a hero who is like a sheep?" ”

Mo Zhengkuan nodded yes, but said worriedly, "But how can I get along with General Li in the future?" ”

Tu Shaoxuan instructed, "I'll help you divide it." However, if you want General Li to help you win a big victory, if General Li needs anything in the future, you can do your best to satisfy him, and you must not delay. For example, General Li just asked you to find 500 generals, why don't you quickly order someone to find them? Otherwise, if you can't find anyone before dinner, you must be unable to save face. ”

Mo Zhengkuan nodded again and again, and hurriedly ordered to find someone.

Li Guo returned to the barracks and ordered the whole army to be on alert, and mobile posts were released nearby to prevent the soldiers and horses of Houli from coming over.

Before dinner, Na Mo Zhengkuan really found a general, not only five hundred, but a total of more than seven hundred. This is not because Mo Zhengkuan is efficient, but because there are many people who are fluent in the two Chinese. Of course, this is also because of the admiration of some small states such as Annan for China at that time, and they sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty or went to the Ming Dynasty to do business, just like staying abroad.

These affairs were brought by the envoy Ruan Zhengming, and Li Guo saw that Ruan Zhengming was a sensible person, so he kept him by his side and served in front of the army. The rest of the people were assigned to the following, one for one hundred, and two for every hundred soldiers found by Li Guo from Guangxi.

So, Li Guo sent several cavalry squads of 100 people to investigate, and by the early morning of the next day, several squads had come back one after another.

Their intelligence is about the same.

First, Mo Zhengkuan, who came to fight the Mo Dynasty this time, had a total of 70,000 people. Hearing this, although Li Guo was not afraid, he was a little worried that his losses would be too large, and his soldiers would be reluctant to let them be injured or killed.

Second, although there are many people in Houli, most of them are infantry, and their combat effectiveness does not seem to be strong. The costumes are variegated, the queue is chaotic, and the weapons are all sorts of colors, and the whole thing is a ragtag army.

Moreover, a group of men and horses also captured a prisoner.

Hearing that the captives were captured, Li Guo waved his hand, "Bring it up!" ”

And the captive was brought up.

Li looked at it, where the hell is the army, it's simply a homeless person. The clothes are tattered, with a yellow face and thin muscles.

"Tell me, how you got caught." Li asked, and Ruan Zhengming was translating on the side.

"A few of us went out to collect food, but several of them were killed, and I was arrested." The captive looked at Li Guo with a look of horror.

"Do you want to fetch food too? Doesn't the army supply food? Li Guo was curious.

"Supply, but it's too little, only one meal a day, and if you don't get food, you'll starve to death. We don't have enough to eat like General Zheng's soldiers. Then the captive said.

"General Zheng? Who is General Zheng. Li asked. (To be continued)