Li Xin wanted to inform Sun Chengzong of the news that Sun Ji was still alive, which was originally the right thing to do, and everyone nodded one after another. But Sun Jian stared at Li Xin and said, "General Li, do you really plan to stick to this Jinzhou City?" ”

Liu Yuliang was puzzled, is this necessarily related to communication with Shanhaiguan?

Li Xinjing nodded solemnly, and said with a straight face: "Yes, the second son, I am afraid that there will be changes in the shape, the reason why Jiannu is losing ground in this section is all because of the violent death of the slave chief, but they are not fools who can be manipulated by us, and the current situation shows that they have reached some kind of compromise within themselves that we do not know, so the role of holding Jinzhou is particularly important." Only by holding Jinzhou, the Ningjin defense line that the elder has painstakingly managed can have the possibility of restoring the old view, otherwise the last barrier of the Ming Dynasty, Shanhaiguan is as fragile as window paper, and dozens of passes west of it will become the target of direct attack by the Tartars, and I am afraid that there will be no more peace in the Ming Dynasty! ”

Li Xin said a lot of things, and the fundamental purpose of this was to explain the crucial significance of holding Jinzhou in this battle.

"Li Xin is just a martial artist, it is not enough to worry about it, the second son is the pillar of the country, and staying in Jinzhou is in vain to risk his life, so please also ask the second son to leave quickly, go to Shanhaiguan with Liu Ge, and inform Sun Ge to judge the situation, if there is anything he can do, he will recover all the fortresses south of Jinzhou in one fell swoop, and Li Xin is not a problem to hold on to Jinzhou for half a year!"

Liu Yuliang heard that Li Xin was going to stick to Jinzhou, his face was frightened green at that time, he worked tirelessly, running back and forth, one to protect his name, and the other to save his life, but Li Xin didn't know which tendon was wrong, and he was actually alarmist, saying that this Tartar was coming to fight Jinzhou, and there was obviously a more important target Shanhaiguan in front of him, how could the Tartar retreat to fight Jinzhou?

Putting aside these doubts, even if the Tartars want to come to Jinzhou, they don't have to stick to it, just give it to them. The current Jinzhou is not the Jinzhou run by Sun Chengzong, although the city wall is more than three zhang high, but there are seven or eight large gaps, and even the two gates of the city gate have long been burned, but temporarily nailed with wooden boards. If you want to rest this ruined city, it may be able to withstand a war, but how many manpower and bricks will it take? With the current situation in Jinzhou, how can these people in the Three Guards be able to complete it in a short period of time?

What's more, Liu Yuliang is a name for his life, if he sticks to Jinzhou, it is equivalent to his own death, and his life is gone, but what is the use of his name? Therefore, he resolutely did not advocate sticking to Jinzhou, and he had to work with Sun Ji to persuade this martial artist to leave Jinzhou. Who knew that before he opened his mouth, Li Xin's words made him breathe a sigh of relief, it turned out that Li Xin had no intention of letting him and Sun Ji stay in Jinzhou.

So, Liu Yuliang pushed the boat along the way, "In this way, the old man will escort the virtuous nephew back to Shanhaiguan, and this Jinzhou will be entrusted to General Li!" ”

Li Xin said that he should not give in, and once again emphasized that the battle of Jinzhou this time is not as good as the battle of Gaoyang that year, and no matter how bad it is to defend Gaoyang, it is also within the Ming Dynasty, as long as it can hold on, the Tartars will retreat sooner or later. But the current situation in Jinzhou is very different, outside the customs, whether the imperial court can recover the old land is unknown, stay and die for a lifetime, so Sun Ji and Liu Yuliang must go. But Sun Jian categorically disagreed, "General Li's words are wrong, Sun Mou, as the governor of Ningyuan, has the responsibility to defend the land, before Ning Yuan lost and did not die in the city, he was already guilty, and now he has the opportunity to make up for his mistakes, if he is afraid of hardship and death, wouldn't it be in vain to read the sage book for more than 30 years?" What other faces to see the monarch? It's a big deal, Sun is working hand in hand with General Li to treat this Jinzhou as Gaoyang, and he will die again to survive! ”

Hearing the conversation between the two people, Liu Yuliang's heart that he had put down suddenly hung up again, obedient mother-in-law, Li Xin is crazy, why is Sun Ji also crazy? Jinzhou is lonely and hangs outside the pass, there is no food and grass inside, there is no rescue soldiers outside, it is a dead land in the eyes of the soldiers, what is the use of holding it with a blank eye?

What Liu Yuliang doesn't understand even more is why Tartar came to fight Jinzhou.

"Hey, it's all slow, it's slow, why doesn't the old man think it's right. There is nothing in the city of Jinzhou, and it is in disrepair and dilapidated, why did the Tartars put Shanhaiguan and not fight here? Is General Lee ......?"

Liu Yuliang did not say the latter words directly, but expressed his doubts clearly.

In fact, Li Xin's intuition is not entirely groundless. Daishan's 100,000 troops gathered inside and outside Shanhaiguan, ostensibly dominating, but after all, because of the nail of Jinzhou, it was always like a thorn in the back, until the sea ships were burned by Bei Koer's fire, and the sea and land routes were all cut off, and Jinzhou was upgraded from a thorn to a nail, a nail that must be removed.

After all, there are not enough people near Shanhaiguan for them to plunder grain and grass, and Shanhaiguan is definitely not a pity, not to mention that Dai Shan has led the army outside the center of power for a long time, and cut off communication with it, it is inevitable that he will be alienated from the center of the imperial wrestling, so it is very likely to be marginalized.

Therefore, Li Xin guessed that on the surface, Dai Shan sat firmly outside the Shanhai Pass and fought calmly, but in fact, in his heart, he hoped for a quick victory and a quick victory, and then returned to Shengjing with a great victory, and got a big share of the great benefits in the battle for the throne.

can be seen in the current situation, but the war is developing in the direction of stalemate, and Dai Shan's heart must be impatient. On the Shengjing side, Dolgon's strong attack hit Lu Jiu and Heisenberg hard, although he failed to complete his full work, but it also reflected on the side that the queen and Concubine Zhuang supported by the two yellow flags must have made some unknown compromises with him. Dolgon got enough benefits before he gave up waiting for the price and went to rescue the Manchu magnates, especially the two Yellow Banners, who had a large number of Zhuangzi slaves in the Liaoyang area.

With the cunning of Dai Shan, he must also be able to smell the subtle changes that have taken place in Shengjing City, and if Dolgon does compromise with the Two Yellow Banners, he will most likely be pushed out of the new center of power, which he cannot accept in any way. Then compared with the struggle for power, it is no longer so important to take Shanhaiguan, you must know that the skin does not have hair, and without the power base, what is the use of having great merits? Besides, there is still a Jinzhou city on the back road of the more than 100,000 troops, like a wasp stinging nailed to its back road.

As long as Dai Shan made up his mind to return to Beijing, then Jinzhou, a poisonous nail, would inevitably become the target of his anger, and in order to keep the results of the previous war, that is, the entire Liaoning West Corridor, it was extremely necessary to take Jinzhou.

An ominous premonition arose, and the safety of Huang Sheng, Mi Yan and others suddenly became uneasy. Huang Shengnai is the brother of Huang Yu, if there is really an accident, there are three long and two short, how can he be worthy......

Li Xin's heart was unprecedentedly chaotic, "Second Son's ......" for a while, he was a little short of words, and he couldn't think of any more powerful words and reasons to make this Second Son Sun change his mind. Although this person is loyal and benevolent, but he is an out-and-out stubborn donkey, Li Xin really hopes that he can be like a pragmatic person like Liu Yuliang, put aside those so-called integrity, leave this place and return to Shanhaiguan, wouldn't it be better to stay useful than to be trapped in this place in vain?

But then again, it is their unique temperament that makes this dark world more stories to sing and cry about, and more sparks that give people hope, if the world is full of cold-blooded and ruthless politicians, Li Xinzhen will not find a reason to continue to save the Ming Dynasty!

"Wait, wait, all say that this war is not a child's play, the old man looks at the appearance of Jinzhou City breaking a hundred cities, what else can he use to defend it?" Liu Yuliang has one thing to say, this is also the truth, since he can't convince Sun Jiao, then let's speak with facts, if you can't stand the city, you have to defend it, isn't it a waste of a good man's son?

Who knew that before Li Xin could speak, Sun Jiao's voice suddenly increased.

"Didn't Liu Xiang see Gao Yang in the past? It is no more than two zhang high, no more than three miles in radius, and no more than a hundred soldiers, so it is not the same as the Tartar army led by Dolgon for more than a few months? Look at this Jinzhou City again, although there are several gaps, but the foundation is still there, the city is high and the pool is deep, and it is definitely better to rest than Gaoyang. And the three guards in front of him are fierce, how can they be compared to the one hundred and ten officials at the beginning? In Sun's opinion, if General Li wants to defend it, he can still hold it! ”

Liu Yuliang was stunned by Sun Jiao's robbery, and then complained: "This, this, didn't the virtuous nephew start to say it, Jinzhou is lonely and hangs outside the pass, there is no food and grass inside, and there is no rescue outside the gate, isn't it a long-term place?" ”

Sun Ji said that, in fact, he wanted Li Xin to give up Jinzhou, after all, he risked his life and lost many good sons in vain, which was not what he was happy to see. But after Li Xin's reminder, he suddenly woke up to the fact that the location of Jinzhou is too important, this city is not only the throat of Shanhaiguan, but also the throat of Liaodong, whoever gets to go, who will take the lead.

In the upper reaches of the Liuzhou River, a belt of black water meanders between the forests, and the forests on both sides are dense and green, which is a good time in July, but Hong Chengchou has no heart to appreciate such a good day. He Luohui is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, following and chasing all the way.

This time, Hong Chengchou finally learned to be obedient and used the proverbs on the note that Li Xin gave him. As long as he found out that He Luo would put on a decisive battle posture, he would never fall in love with the battle, but avoided his edge along the way and traveled west along the Liuzhou River. Then, as long as he saw that He Luohui's army was slightly carried, or the troops were rapidly advancing, he would seize the opportunity to turn around and bite hard.

In this way, Hong Chengchou was not caught by He Luohui's army, but He Luohui was bitten several times scattered, and he would inevitably lose even hundreds of armor soldiers each time, which made He Luohui grit his teeth. However, the errand assigned by Prince Li cannot be carried out, and if it is to be carried out, it will not be stable if this Ming army is not cleaned up.