Li Xin was arrogant, and the horse thieves really didn't dare to fight with him anymore, so they all retreated one after another and let him tell his fortune. Seeing this situation, Li Xin couldn't cry or laugh, and asked casually: "The great monk knows, where is General Liu now?" ”

Jiexiu flicked the sleeves of the monk's robe, lice, and bedbugs fell to the ground, and said with a smug face: "Naturally know!" ”

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly dodged away, for fear that these fragments of insects would be thrown on them.

I saw him unload the heavy Qiankun bag from his shoulder, take out a roll of parchment from it, lean over and spread it on the ground and slowly unfold it, it was actually a simple map of the two provinces of Zhili and Shandong. Li Xin came to the Ming Dynasty, and after reading a lot of maps in this era, he could also recognize one or two. But I was very surprised in my heart, the map in the Ming Dynasty was by no means something that ordinary people could have, what is the origin and identity of this product?

Jiexiu pointed on the parchment map, and landed his finger somewhere by a river, and tapped it twice vigorously.

"The donor is in Wucheng, and Mr. Liu is in Linqing, and the distance is only twenty or thirty miles, so there is really no chance to meet on the other side!"

Li Xin followed Jiexiu's finger and looked carefully at the place called Linqing, where the two big rivers converged, and it was an important place where the east and west turned north and south, and it was very likely that Liu Zeqing was stationed here. is not familiar with the geography of Shandong, which made him blind, Jiexiu's guidance is not nonsense.

Unexpectedly, Najiexiu said again: "But there is a word, I have to say, the poor monk should persuade the donor, there is no need to report too much hope for what comes, Liu Zongbing will not respond to the benefactor's invitation, and the poor monk seems to not go." ”

Li Xin had a slight change in his opinion of him, but when he heard him speak again, he couldn't help but sneer: "How can everything in the world be predicted? Haven't you heard a sentence, it's man-made! Although Liu Zeqing has a bad reputation in history, he doesn't believe it, after the analysis is great, he can still be stupid to watch from the wall, and watch the situation erosive, because he does not send troops, Shandong will become the next Zhili, and who will save him when the time comes?

"Everyone get on the horse and go to Linqing!"

Li Xin didn't intend to pay attention to the dog-skin plaster-like Jiexiu, although all the horse thieves were impressed by the great monk, but when the military order was issued, they got on their horses and prepared to move at any time.

Jiexiu saw that Li Xin was about to get rid of himself again, and said hurriedly: "How can the donor not believe it?" Jiexiu has never missed ......" When he said this, he suddenly lost his breath, and he actually plopped forward and fell forward.

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Linqing is only a few dozen miles away from Wucheng, but it is two worlds and two scenes. As Li Xin saw on the map, there were two large rivers flowing through Linqing, but in fact there were three. Since the beginning of the Linqing Dynasty, it is the Wei River that enters the Weilu River in Tianjin from south to north, and the Huitong River from north to south, and the two great rivers come together to become the world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The third big river flows into the Wei River from west to east, which is the Yongji Canal built by Emperor Yang of Sui.

Due to the sudden outbreak of the war in Zhili, a large number of cargo ships stopped when they arrived in Linqing, and the Grand Canal was already crowded with all kinds of ships. Zhili has been turned upside down, and it is still a peaceful scene here.

I don't know when the war ended, the number of cargo ships gathered in Linqing increased day by day, and merchants from almost all the world gathered here, and all kinds of vendors seized the business opportunities and began to gather on both sides of the river bank to do all kinds of trading. The population is so large that they rub shoulders one after another, sweating like rain. The market is bustling, bustling, and boiling.

The small traders were smiling, and they all wished that the war in Zhili would drag on for a few more days. Most of the ship's cargo merchants are sad, but they don't dare to go north lightly, in case there is a good one, this time they will have nothing to lose. During the light shuttle of flower boats, the merchants trapped here have a place to relax, drink their sorrows, and die of drunken dreams.

The ragged horse thieves and cavalry suddenly appeared, and they were surprised and chaotic, but after seeing the dress of these people, they found that it was the Ming army, and they resumed their excitement in an instant, as if they had never been chaotic.

What he saw and heard stunned Li Xin, he came to the Ming Dynasty by himself, and the place he passed through was either destroyed by war, a bleak place, or a poor place. When I came to Linqing, I experienced the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty for the first time. directly subverted the impression that Li Xinmin had a boring life at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

After the people saw that these beggar-like cavalry were the Ming army, they all cast curious glances, and Li Xin, including Lu Jiu and others, were all stared at by these thousands of eyes. The monk had also woken up and crouched on horseback, looking curiously at his surroundings. If Li Xin hadn't seen him faint and abandoned him in the wilderness, he wouldn't have taken this great monk of unknown origin with him.

After some inquiry, I finally got the news that Liu Zeqing was stationed in the south of the city.

Li Xin did not enter the city, but went directly to the military camp in the south of the city, but after arriving at the military camp to explain his intentions, he was disappointed and told that Liu Zongbing went hunting and did not know which day he would come back. Fortunately, Li Xin had official letters from the governors of the three provinces, and one of the adjutant generals in the camp personally received them, and let Li Xin and others in to rest, just waiting for Liu Zeqing to come back.

In addition to not seeing Liu Zeqing, the deputy general arranged it very thoughtfully, and the wine and food were served one after another, so that the 300 cavalry brought by Li Xin were open to eat and drink, and the wine was not enough, and the wine was not enough, and the meat was not enough, so the meat was added. The horse thieves have not seen much meat since they entered the Gaoyang Prison, and even when they left Gaoyang City, they were fighting and marching for days, eating and drinking at any time, not to mention that there was enough wine and meat.

This time the eating and drinking crowd ate straight into the dark, Li Xin was shallow and stopped, and Lu Jiu was also ......

Li Xin pretended that it was impossible to eat and drink like everyone else, he was waiting for Liu Zeqing to come back. But some of the lieutenant's ways aroused his suspicions, and whenever he asked some questions and demands, the lieutenant always left under the pretext of leaving and hurried back, often coming and going with an idea.

Seeing that the sky was already dark, Li Xin couldn't hold back anymore and decided to go out to find out in person.

Unexpectedly, the lieutenant general roared again.

"The marshal returns to the camp and invites the envoy to meet with the Chinese military tent. The marshal prepared a banquet and personally received the wind for the envoy. ”

This was greatly unexpected by Li Xin, if Liu Zeqing wanted to avoid it, why did he see him again after only one afternoon? He was puzzled, so he simply didn't think about it, and went with the deputy general with the wax seal bamboo tube and the official letter of the seal.

Lu Jiu insisted on following, but was stopped by the deputy general, and Li Xinliang and Liu Zeqing would not do anything out of the ordinary, so they appeased Lu Jiu.

"I'll go back as soon as I go, you are optimistic about the brothers!"

Lu Jiu had no choice but to give up and no longer force it.

The deputy general led Li Xinzai through the barracks and came to a secluded courtyard, but when he saw that the courtyard wall and roof ridge were neat and elegant, it was actually a unique cave, Li Xin was amazed, this Liu Ze was not ordinary to enjoy. The lieutenant stepped forward and knocked on the door with the shiny copper ring, and there was a squeak inside, and half of the door was opened a gap inward, and it was a woman with green hair poking her head out.

Seeing that it was the deputy general on his face that was originally angry, he immediately smiled like a spring, and half of his body leaned out.

"What are you doing here? Also, have all the beggars in the camp eaten and drunk today? Is the beggar leader coming? ”

Only then did Li Xin see the woman clearly, with a green back, a moon-white short jacket, and a goose-yellow skirt, graceful and graceful, swaying when she moved. If it weren't for Li Xin's previous life, he was used to seeing beautiful women, otherwise he would have been stunned at this moment. Even so, even the word beggar spit out of her lips did not make Li Xin feel disgusted.

The lieutenant's face was full of embarrassment, and he coughed dryly, and he gestured to her with a wink. Only then did the woman find Li Xin who was following behind him, and hurriedly covered her mouth and nose to hide the sour smell that she could feel at a glance, and then glanced at the deputy general, and said viciously: "The handsome man is playing against the young lady, and tells not to disturb outsiders." ”

"Sister Red-sleeved, don't joke anymore, lead me to meet the big handsome."

Li Xin suddenly realized that this seemingly graceful woman was actually a maidservant girl, but I don't know what the young lady looked like. Looking at the woman and this general, maybe the two of them secretly have a leg. There is also this deputy general named Liu Quan, maybe it is Liu Zeqing's family.

The two muttered for a while, and the woman glanced at the deputy general again, and then said, "Come in, the big handsome is in a hurry, remember to be sharp next time." ”

The deputy general led Li Xin in, and when she passed by the door, the maid hid far away for fear that the dirty and smelly Li Xin would rub against her. Li Xin didn't care, and he didn't take off his armor for days of fighting, and his body smelled sour and unpleasant. Inside, the space is not large, it is a small courtyard, and there is a jujube tree in the courtyard, showing a bit of extraordinary.

Li Xin smacked his tongue, this is just a temporary place for Liu Zeqing to stay, so he is so particular. If it was where he lived, he didn't know what it would be like to be luxurious. Shan Chong has a hidden yard in the army, and Liu Zeqing is not a good bird.

History records that this person has also fought some victories, but looking at this style, I am afraid that he can't even fight now, no wonder he stopped at Linqing at the junction of the two provinces and refused to leave. Shandong Zhili, but a province apart, but it is a hell on earth. The people of Zhili were ravaged, their families were destroyed, their bones were exposed, and there was no rooster crying for thousands of miles. And Linqing by the canal is like a paradise on earth.

is a good Ming country, if there is no devastation of this war, I don't know what it would be like? Li Xin didn't have the opportunity to see the prosperity of Gyeonggi in the Ming Dynasty before. According to the original development trajectory of history, after the Qing army annihilated Lu Xiangsheng's army, it would drive directly to Shandong, and Dezhou, Dongchang, and Jinan fell one after another, and even several vassal kings were taken captive. How many days can this prosperous scene be saved?

Pushing the door into the house, I saw a middle-aged man sitting on the kang in a middle coat, not even covering a coat, and when he saw Li Xin, he motioned to the deputy general to look at the seat. Li Xin sat down, presumably this person is the famous Liu Zeqing, where is there any general appearance? took out the wax seal bamboo tube from his bosom and handed it over.

"Sun Ge's veteran wrote an order, Gao Qiqian's entire army was annihilated, and Zhili was in danger, and General Liu was asked to send troops as soon as possible!" ――

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