"Counting on the court's salary?" Liu Yuliang suddenly sneered, he knew too well the temperament of those old guys in the cabinet, how could he let Sun Chengzong get his wish? They can't wait for Sun Chengzong to be here too, and take him Liu Yuliang with him by the way.

"Counting on Zhang Sizhi, those people are not as good, as ......"

"Brother Ji Long said cautiously, do you know that the wall doesn't have ears?"

Sun Chengzong reminded him not to talk nonsense, but Liu Yuliang didn't care, and still said loudly: "What does it matter if the wall has ears?" Let them hear, and hear how despicable they are, and how selfish they are. ”

Liu Yuliang has been out of the way since he returned to Shanhaiguan, and he is a dead man left and right, so it is better to fight him vigorously, and it is not in vain to come to this world for a while, let alone be an official of the Ming Dynasty.

"Elder Ge, when did you become so cautious and timid? It's not that you don't know that those old guys in the court won't let go of the opportunity to restrain you because you are careful. Even, even picking some bones in the egg, it is unknown. ”

Sun Chengzong was silent, neither answering the stubble nor expressing his position.

"Elder Ge, they wish that you and I would fall a big heel in Shanhaiguan, now it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself, instead of waiting for the old guys in the court to allocate money, it is better for us to think of a way ourselves."

Liu Yuliang was thinking about how to make Sun Chengzong decide to send troops, in his opinion, waiting for the imperial court's salary was just an excuse, as for what Sun Ge Lao planned in his heart, he couldn't see any clues.

"Seeking yourself? How to ask? Could it be that we can still conjure up silver? ”

Liu Yuliang looked at Sun Chengzong, he always felt that what Sun Ge Lao said to him was light and had no roots.

"The slave chief died, the reason why Dai Shan hurriedly shouted and withdrew his troops was to go back to fight for power and profit, they were aggressive and surrounded Jinzhou, but they actually wanted to fight quickly, if we retreated in Shanhaiguan without any action, we just fell into the hands of others!"

This judgment was inferred by Liu Yuliang based on Li Xin's previous remarks when he was in Jinzhou, and Liu Yuliang thought that if he didn't, he wouldn't leave ten.

"The death of the slave chief is just a rumor, if you rush to send troops, if it is a Tartar trick, Shanhaiguan may fall into a place of no return!"

is prevarication again, the prevarication is obvious, this is what Liu Yuliang subconsciously thought of after hearing what Sun Chengzong said. He decided not to go around in circles with Sun Chengzong, but to get straight to the point and directly question.

"Ge Lao, just say, Jinzhou and Li Xin, do you save them or not? If you don't save yourself when you see death, I, Liu Yuliang, will put this old bone on my shoulders, and I'll go by myself! ”

Sun Chengzong was speechless for a while when asked by Liu Yuliang, and he was silent and said: "Of course I want to save it, but the old man is focusing on it, but it is not only the line of Shanhaiguan in Jinzhou, western Liaoning." ”

This sentence is clueless, Liu Yuliang wondered: "If you don't focus on Jinzhou and Liaoxi, do you have to focus elsewhere?" Don't ask me for it. ”

"Brother Ji Long, don't be impatient, it won't take more than two days at most to get results."

Liu Yuliang was ready to turn his face, and slapped his big hand on the table. "Ge Lao, I want you to say a word, whether this reinforcement will be sent or not today, if you are not afraid of me Liu Yuliang will go to you, cowardly and fearful of war, support the army and respect yourself, and do not save you when you die."

These words were extremely serious, Liu Yuliang turned his face, but Sun Chengzong sighed indifferently, and seemed to care about this tight question.

"Brother Ji Long, why are you doing this?"

"Why bother? What is the bitterness? I, Liu Yuliang, am working hard with more than 10,000 good names in Jinzhou City, although it may be a futile effort, if you don't send troops, I will lead my own family and the governor from the city to Jinzhou to die! ”

The sentence of going to Jinzhou to die is definitely Liu Yuliang's angry words, although he is nervous about the situation in Jinzhou City and worried about more than 10,000 names in the city, he is not stupid enough to go to the point of sending him to death in vain. He just wanted to scare Sun Chengzong when he said this. Who knew that Sun Chengzong suddenly laughed, "Brother Ji Long went to Jinzhou, and his temperament changed greatly after he came back, but I don't know what kind of soup Li Xin poured on you?" Since you want to send you to death, it seems that the old man can't stop it, why don't you like this, how about the old man allocate another 5,000 old pawns to you? ”

When Sun Chengzong said that Liu Yuliang was going to die, and he didn't stop him, Liu Yuliang was so angry that he almost scolded, but before his mouth opened, he was shocked by the latter sentence and couldn't speak.

"Ge Lao, you, are you serious?"

Sun Chengzong leaned back, trying to change his comfortable position. "When did the old man speak?"

Liu Yuliang was overjoyed, and looked at Sun Chengzong is deep sigh, "Pavilion Elder, Yuliang is here on behalf of more than 10,000 people in Jinzhou, and I have thanked Pavilion Lao." ”

Although 5,000 people are a drop in the bucket, Liu Yuliang can feel that this is already the limit of what Sun Chengzong can do, if there are more people, I am afraid that a large amount of money will be needed to boost morale.

Who knew that Sun Chengzong did not accept Liu Yuliang's salute, but said meaningfully and worriedly: "Brother Ji Long, do you plan to personally lead these 5,000 men and horses out of the customs and go north?" ”

It is certainly impractical to let him take a few hundred soldiers to his death, but if he has 5,000 elite armor soldiers in his hands, the situation should be different. The previous trip to Jinzhou allowed him to see Li Xin's "advance and retreat" tactics. As long as he gets out of the pass, even if he can't fight a decisive battle with the Tartar army outside Jinzhou City, he can harass his back road in the dark and make his army unstable.

"Since I rushed to Jinzhou in person, to be honest, Yuliang is really a little relieved that he can't go to Jinzhou."

Liu Yuliang stroked his gray beard, and when he said this, he seemed to fall into a memory, remembering the days when he was supervising the construction in Jinzhou City, and half of the projects in Jinzhou City were written by him, the supervisor Liu. If Jinzhou can use this to compete with the Tartars and keep it for half a year, he Liu Yuliang will also have a light on his face.

"Brother Ji Long's courage is commendable, but the Tartars outside the gate don't have to fight, you only need to detour from the mountains in the west, although you walk slowly, it is the safest."

Liu Yuliang suddenly found that Sun Chengzong was actually giving him ideas, which were completely different attitudes from the previous perfunctory reproach, but he didn't know where to start.

"Thank you so much for mentioning it!"

After Liu Yuliang thanked Sun Chengzong, he took Sun Chengzong's warrant to the camp to transfer troops. The 5,000 armor soldiers allocated by Sun Chengzong to Liu Yuliang were all the elite of his closest trusts, and after getting the warrant from the elder, he did not even question a word, and unconditionally obeyed the military order, and was ready to go to war at any time.

Liu Yuliang was so anxious that he couldn't wait to leave the next morning, and after the army was reorganized in the afternoon of the same day, he decided to set off immediately. Sun Chengzong came to the West Gate in person to see him off, and after saying goodbye, Liu Yuliang turned over despite his old age and decrepit health, and decided to embark on the journey he chose.

"Let's go!"

With a wave of his big hand and a sudden shout from the angry dantian, five thousand armored soldiers Huo Ran started and slowly accelerated to the west.

Sun Chengzong looked at Liu Yuliang, nodded again, shook his head, smiled bitterly, and sighed. None of the officials and generals in the city who sent him off with him knew what this old man was thinking, but they just looked at the back of the five thousand armored soldiers who gradually disappeared with compassion.

"Report, there is a holy decree!"

Just when the smoke and dust raised by the five thousand armored soldiers were still dancing in the air, an angel from the south arrived and brought a holy decree. Sun Chengzong's brows jumped twice, and the officials found that Sun Ge Lao didn't seem to be happy and excited to meet the holy decree, just thinking, his eyes were actually full of worry.

What is Sun Ge worried about? Officials and generals were privately arguing, and soon their conversation shifted to what the decree had brought.

Originally, it was necessary to take a bath, change clothes, and burn incense to welcome the holy decree, but now it is a battlefield, and one is in power. As a rule, before the war, it was enough to receive orders on the spot.

Sun Chengzong, supported by his family, knelt on the ground to meet the holy decree, and the officials and generals behind him also knelt down.

"The minister Sun Chengzong takes the order!"

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: ...... A soldier can't go out of Shanhaiguan for half a step! ”

The vast majority of the content of the holy decree is a repeated wordy thing, that is, Shanhaiguan is important, and you must not take risks, until the end is considered to be poor, and it is strictly forbidden for the Ming army in Shanhaiguan not to have a soldier out of the customs is the key.

The eunuch had just finished reading the holy decree, and one of the people kneeling behind Sun Chengzong suddenly said: "Elder Sun Ge, Elder Liu Ge has just left with five thousand armor soldiers, and it is too late to chase after him now!" ”

Sun Chengzong's expression was grim, and he glanced back, wanting to see who said this. But seeing Sun Chengzong's attitude like this, everyone couldn't help but lower their heads when his eyes swept over, for fear that they would be caught, and they would inevitably not be able to eat and walk around at that time.

"Who said that? Stand out! ”

Sun Chengzong asked in a cold voice, the volume was not loud, but it stopped in the ears of the officials and generals, but he didn't dare to say more, who would dare to stand up and receive the punishment? The eunuch who delivered the decree had apparently heard the voice of not just anyone among the officials.

"Elder Ge hurry up, if you are old, the slave will not be able to explain to the Lord of Long Live."

"The angel doesn't have to worry too much, the old man makes free decisions, and invites the angel to enter the city to rest!"

Sun Chengzong was not angry when he spoke, and the eunuch just asked a word and didn't say much, politely wanted to let him go into the city to rest, but he wrote down this incident in his heart, reminding himself that when he went back, he would truthfully report to the Long Live Lord.

It seems that this Sun Ge would rather go against the holy will and help Li Xin, which really made Zhang Ge guess right. Thinking of Zhang Sizhi's reminder when he came, the eunuch couldn't help but secretly rejoice, if it wasn't for this person's reminder, maybe in front of so many people, he might have had a conflict with that Sun Chengzong, and it is really difficult to say who the Lord will punish at that time.