The news of Hong Chengchou's victory soon spread among the Three Guards, Shengjing changed, the slave chieftain left the camp in the middle of the night, the Qing army was in chaos, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation to recover a lot of lost territory in western Liao. This strengthened the people's determination to resist the general's departure to Liaodong for peace talks with the Tatars. Li Xin soon noticed this subtle change in his subordinates, and it was clear that defeating the coalition forces of the four major divisions of Mobei was only a matter of an eye, but it began to become procrastinating under artificial sabotage.

This situation was unprecedented in the Three Guards, and Li Xin had no choice but to talk to them one by one, knowing them with affection and reasoning, but the effect was not ideal. Li Xin also knew that they were well-intentioned, and it was inconvenient to suppress them by force. However, there is one person who can't help it, and this is Mao Weizhang. On the evening of this day, he sneaked in quietly while there was no one in Li Xin's yurt.

"General." Mao Weizhang first bowed to the end, and then said worriedly: "The subordinate officer noticed that the army was disobeying the military order, which is absolutely intolerable. ”

Of course, Li Xin knew what he was talking about, and said with a smile: "They are also a fist, if they are strong, I am afraid of hurting their kindness!" ”

Mao Weizhang said coldly: "Today is out of good intentions, and the violation of the military order has been connived, in the long run, if he has ulterior motives in the future, how should he deal with it?" ”

Immediately afterwards, Mao Wei Zhang had a lot of ramblings, which can be summed up in one sentence in the final analysis, "As the so-called mercy does not command the army, orders and prohibitions are the basis for maintaining the combat effectiveness of an army, if for some reason you can indulge in the violation of orders, then it is like an anthill on a thousand-mile embankment......"

Mao Weizhang was full of mid-term, and this truth was righteous and righteous, which made Li Xin sweat, he was indeed too complacent, how could he forget the key.

"What Mao Zhenfu said is very true!"

Li Xin praised it from the bottom of his heart, and Mao Weizhang did not twist and be modest, but continued: "Although the lower officials do not agree with the general's insistence on peace talks, since the superior has an order, even if he can't think through it, he must resolutely implement it, not to mention the general's direct cronies?" ”

This remark also gave Li Xin a big headache, the military order must be upheld, but it can't be denied by the six relatives as Mao Weizhang said, I'm afraid it is still necessary to pay attention to ways and means. It's better to have a happy outcome, which is really a lot of thought.

Just when Li Xin was racking his brains, the opportunity came. Liaodong's intelligence network once again sent back the news that Concubine Chen, the beloved woman of the slave chief Taiji, had been bedridden for a long time and finally died a few days ago.

Huang Taiji's deep affection for this woman can be seen from the word "Concubine Chen", "Chen" is Zi Weixing, the meaning of the emperor, Tang Gaozong once deliberately set up this title for Wu Zetian, but it failed to succeed under the strong opposition of Han Ying and Lai Ji. Therefore, if the emperors of later generations bestowed this title on their concubines, it was enough to prove that they were extremely favored.

It doesn't matter if the Mongolian woman can get the title of "Concubine Chen", Huang Taiji also personally named the dormitory where she lives "Guan Ju Palace", which means "Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, to escape the lady, the gentleman is good".

Huang Taiji not only gave her the status second only to her aunt Empress Zhezhe, but also gave her the extravagant love of women of her time. Then, when he heard of Concubine Chen's death, it was not surprising that Huang Taiji could hurriedly return to Beijing to visit in the former enemy army.

In Li Xin's yurt, the heads and brains of the Three Guards have basically arrived. The above Huang Taiji's affection for Concubine Chen is not the point, the point is that since Huang Taiji returned to Shenyang overnight because of Concubine Chen's death, then the previous rumor that "Shengjing is in turmoil, and Huang Taiji returns to Beijing to quell the chaos" is not true.

If this is not true, then the Qing army camp fell into chaos after Huang Taiji left, and let You Shilu pick up a big advantage, not only occupied the Qing army camp, but also recovered the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning and repaired the rock and soil fortress, and other unreasonable victories became extremely suspicious and debatable.

"I can't see that the slave chief is still a lover, but since it is not the chaos in Shenyang City, the chaos and fiasco of the Qing army is likely to be a trap dug by the slave chief!"

Lu Jiu took the lead in speaking as before, and in one sentence. Mao Weizhang also nodded secretly at Lu Jiu's judgment, he had to re-examine this man named Lu Jiu every time he met, he used to think that he was reckless and vulgar, but now he found that this person was actually brave and strategic, and he could see the strangeness of the battle situation in western Liaoning at a glance with just one piece of news.

Niu Dan heard that there was a problem with the war situation in Liaoxi, and Hong Chengchou, who was presiding over the war in Liaoxi, was likely to be unlucky because of this, so he gloated.

"The cunning man surnamed Hong also has an unlucky day, God really has eyes, let the Tartars beat him to the ground to get out of this evil breath!"

The encounter between Niu Dan and Shi Da Tuo has long been known, and a discerning person can quickly guess that the person behind him is none other than Hong Chengchou, and his appearance in the battle of Zhenwei is obviously very abnormal, and it is clear that he is beating gongs and drums to see the excitement.

This quickly resonated with everyone, and they all said that they couldn't wait to see Hong Chengchou stumble and see how arrogant he was?

However, Li Xin was once again unexpected, and decided to personally write a letter to Liaoxi to remind Hong Chengchou of this strange problem.

This was also opposed by the vast majority of officers, and everyone agreed that Hong Chengchou was cunning and despicable, and God would not let him go if he didn't end well. But Li Xin blocked everyone back with a word.

"How can you break the public weapon because of personal grudges? Don't mention this again! ”

As soon as the general said this, who could be more verbose? And to everyone's surprise, Li Xin's face was cold, and he suddenly gave another strict order.

"The war in western Liaoning is urgent, and we must do our best to solve the immediate trouble. Tomorrow morning, a decisive battle with the four major divisions of Mobei! Immediately afterwards, he personally assigned the specific combat tasks of each infantry battalion, and repeatedly emphasized: "Those who lose the battle do not need to come back to see me!" ”

Among them, Lu Jiu, Cheng Mingjiu, and Zhang Shi were senior generals responsible for formulating specific battle plans, and Li Xin bypassed these people to personally issue specific combat orders, which was already a disguised expression of his dissatisfaction with the previous prevarication of military orders.

Cheng Mingjiu's face was slightly embarrassed, but he still decided to fight hard.

"Even if the Tartars have a conspiracy and Hong Chengchou is in danger, the general doesn't have to take the holy decree of chaos!"

In Cheng Mingjiu's opinion, letting Li Xin, a powerful general who has repeatedly fought bloody battles with the Tartars, negotiate peace with him on behalf of the imperial court is tantamount to the greatest insult to him!

As soon as this statement came out, someone immediately echoed it, Li Xin said earnestly this time: "The Ming Dynasty has reached the situation of life and death, this year's drought, the Central Plains thieves swarmed, the northern Tartars are eyeing each other, the Ming Dynasty has been poor and weak for a long time, and it is simply unable to deal with the two-front battle. ”

Li Xin paused when he said this, only to hear someone whispering below, and he still didn't seem to think so.

"Your parents and wives are all in the customs, whether the thieves are in power, or the Tartars are unlucky, it is always the common people, our parents and wives. Therefore, Li Xin endured humiliation and went to negotiate peace with the Tartars, neither for the emperor nor for the court, but for the sake of thousands of people in the world like your parents and wives! ”

Although many of their family members have died in the chaos, the tragic scene is still deeply imprinted in their minds, and I am afraid that they will never forget it in this life.

Li Xin's self-confession resonated in everyone's hearts, the generals with high positions and powers can dare to sacrifice themselves and go to negotiate peace with the Tartars, so what qualifications do they have to oppose for their own selfish interests?

However, Lu Jiu was still unwilling, if Li Xin's peace talks were successful, most or even all of the final credit would be attributed to Hong Chengchou, who fought against the Tatars in western Liaoning. He didn't want Hong Chengchou to pick up a big bargain for nothing.

"The black cauldron belongs to the thirteenth brother, but the credit is that despicable and cunning man, who is tolerable or unbearable!"

Li Xin smiled casually, "Ben Shuai has already had the consciousness of carrying the black pot when he goes to Liaoxi this time, not to mention who is the hand of the deer death, how can you see that our Three Guards have suffered a big loss?" ”

Finally, even Lu Jiu was completely convinced, although he listened to Li Xin's ease, but falling in the second middle school was Li Xin's words of comfort to him, this time to go east regardless of success or failure, horizontal and vertical are too futile, so he stepped forward and nodded on one knee.

"Thirteenth brother Gaoyi, Lu Jiu, Lu Jiu is willing to follow the thirteen or so to obey the drive!"

This is a statement, not for Li Xin, but for those battalion officers who have a grudge in the hearts of the Three Guards. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shishi, Cheng Mingjiu and others expressed their willingness to follow Li Xin to the east, regardless of the Longtan Tiger's Den.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty did not station the Eight Banners in Monan, shielding the Ming army from all the local Mongolian tribes, and now the Mongols in Monan are divided, and several major parts in the west have taken refuge in Li Xin to form a Mongolian tribal alliance, and the eastern part of the Wuzhumuqin Department led by several major departments were defeated in the previous war, and now they can stop them from advancing eastward only the coalition army of the four major divisions of Mobei led by Bai Yintu.

"Defeat Baiyintu, march eastward, and take Liaodong!"

Suddenly, the yurt sounded one after another slogans, although somewhat unrealistic, but inspiring, and it was imperative to send troops eastward. Everyone is in high spirits, and it seems that as long as Li Xin comes out, everything will be done. There is only one person who is worried, and he is Mao Weizhang.

Although Li Xin has decided to go east to negotiate peace with the slave chieftains, this is just wishful thinking, are the Tatars willing to talk? Even if the Tartars in Liaodong are willing to talk, and the lion opens his mouth and asks for a price, can he really promise them?