Han ride

Chapter 24 Becoming the Lord
"My son, my son. Butcher Jiang is back, and Butcher Jiang is back." At this time, there was a loud shout from the foot of the mountain. Li Xin looked over and saw a cloud of dust appearing in the distance, and a group of red cavalry flying Running here, the leader is not Jiang Yi or who.

"Go, go down and have a look." Li Xin looked serious.According to the logic, at this time, Jiang Yi was hunting, so it was impossible to meet him, but the other party came, which was strange.

"Young master." When he reached the foot of the mountain, Li Xin frowned, because he found that Jiang Yi's battle robe was stained with blood, even the horse had a lot of blood, and the cavalry behind him was injured. Going hunting is obviously going to fight.

"What's going on?" Li Xin asked slightly dissatisfied.

"We met Donglu's spies, and five of them died, but we also killed them all." Jiang Yi lowered his head and said softly.Li Xin took a glance, and sure enough, he saw several cavalry behind him with several heads, just like in memory, with pigtails of money and a ferocious complexion, even after death, there was still madness in their eyes.

"How many are there?" Li Xin asked in surprise.

"Ten people." Jiang Yi lowered his head even lower, with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

However, Li Xin gasped. There were ten opponents and 200 on his side. Such a person killed ten people and lost five of them. Li Xin couldn't accept this ratio.No wonder some people say that after the gold is only ten thousand, it is invincible.It's no wonder that Hou Jin's cavalry can run across the world. Such cavalry is indeed very powerful.

"Young master, don't worry, I will do my best to train these boys in the future." Jiang Yi said viciously.Gao Meng on the side also nodded.

"I'm not worried about this matter. Soldiers not only have to be trained, but also have to be fought." Li Xin shook his head. He is not afraid of training soldiers, and he is not in a hurry, but what really makes him anxious is another thing, that is Houjin's spies had already arrived near Dalinghe City, which meant that Houjin knew everything about Dalinghe City.

"Master, are you worried that Donglu's army is approaching Dalinghe City?" Jiang Yi also thought of something at this time, his face turned pale for a while, and his eyes were full of horror.

"Although I haven't come yet, it's almost there. I believe I will come soon." Li Xin shook his head and said.According to historical records, the Battle of Daling River took place two months after Daling River City was built.But not now, which is one of the reasons why Li Xin is sure to build the Daling River within two months.But now he is not sure.

"My lord, this matter is very important, I'm afraid I need to tell Zu Dashou!" At this time, Sun Er among the crowd said hurriedly.There was still a look of fear on his face, apparently he hadn't recovered from the fight just now.

"That's right. With our strength, it may be difficult to stop the Donglu invasion. We should tell Zu Dashou." Jiang Yi sighed, "I have to admit that the Donglu soldiers are still stronger than our army."

"Tell Zu Dashou that's for sure, but we can't let us say it." Li Xin pondered for a moment, then said: "Go, take the heads of those Donglu and go to see He Kegang. If we say it, maybe Zu Dashou won't." Yes, but He Kegang will definitely listen to what he says."

"Yes, son." Jiang Yi and others did not dare to neglect, took some dry rations, brought all the prey they had caught from hunting, and led hundreds of cavalry to roar away, rushing out of the mountains in an instant, towards the Daling River The city came rushing.

He Kegang's mansion was about three streets away from Zu Dashou's mansion. After Li Xin questioned a few soldiers, he rushed to He Kegang's mansion. After the concierge informed him, Li Xin led Jiang Yi and others into the mansion.

"Kill, kill!"

As soon as he entered the mansion, he heard a burst of shouting and killing, which surprised Li Xin. The concierge who led the way told Li Xin in a proud tone that the young master was practicing martial arts.

After turning around the shadow wall, there is a huge martial arts training ground in front of him. On the training ground, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy is meticulously playing with a white wax pole, and faint silver lights can be seen, which is extraordinary.On the other side, He Kegang showed a look of relief from time to time, apparently quite satisfied with his son.

"General He." Li Xin cupped his hands and said.

"Li Xin, come and see how Gouzi's marksmanship is?" He Kegang said, pointing at his son with a smile.

"Although the marksmanship is ordinary, it is already very good to be able to train to this level at such a young age." Li Xinnai is a master of marksmanship, how can he not see how powerful this set of marksmanship is, but He Kegang's son is so young at such a young age. It's not bad to be able to play so proficiently.

"Oh! You, a scholar, can also understand marksmanship?" He Kegang originally used it as a polite sentence or two, but he didn't expect Li Xin to make a real comment.It took him a lot of effort to get this set of marksmanship.In Li Xin's eyes, he used ordinary words to evaluate this set of marksmanship, and he didn't like it very much.It was only out of face that it didn't happen.

"General He doesn't know something. My son is a master of marksmanship." Sun Er rolled his eyes when he saw this, and said with a smile: "Any marksmanship is always full of flaws in his eyes." Although Sun Er has some skills, but in the guards Among them is the object of exclusion.It's just that this person is Qiu Hejia's confidant, so it's not easy to drive him away.Sun Er also understood the reason, and he was extremely flattering to Li Xin.Of course, the premise is that it cannot conflict with Qiu Hejia's order.

"Oh!" He Kegang couldn't believe it even more when he heard the words.Although this He Kegang is different from Zu Dashou, military generals are military generals after all, and they look down on civilian officials, even leading literati.

"The gun is the thief in the army. Except for the overlord gun, most of them use the phantom to confuse the opponent, so that there is reality in the falsity, and there is a falsity in the reality, making people hard to defend against. In the end, they use it to kill the opponent." Li Xin Going forward with a smile, he took the white wax rod from the young master of the He family, and said, "Young master, it is true that you have achieved this, but is it true? No. It is okay for ordinary people to be confused. It’s not enough. It’s just that Mr. Ling is still young, so it’s quite difficult to achieve this step.” Li Xin shouted lightly, and there was a loud noise in the air, like setting off firecrackers.

The boss of He Kegang opened his mouth, only to see the silver light shining in front of him, as if dozens of lotus flowers appeared in an instant, and the lotus disappeared in a flash. Looking at the wooden dummy in front, eight deep holes appeared on the wooden dummy, all of which were in front of him. The whole body should be on the acupuncture points.

"Hehe, the bones of the body still haven't recovered! Otherwise, there would be nine of them." Li Xin's words shocked He Kegang again.Although he was good at martial arts, he didn't know if he could hide from the opponent's marksmanship. Now that it was all right, he was completely shocked that the opponent could still say to strike again.

"Hey! Let me tell you why you have the courage to come to Dalinghe City, and why these guys under your command obey you. It turns out that your martial arts are enough to overwhelm these guys." After a while, He Kegang came back to his senses, and used Looking at Li Xin with meaningful eyes, he finally nodded and said: "You are not only a literati, but also a very powerful literati."

"Hehe, the general was joking." Li Xin cupped his hands and said, "Actually, this time Li Xin came here to report something important to the general."

"Oh, what's the matter?" He Kegang glanced at Jiang Yi and the others, and his eyes quickly fell on the black cloth bag in the hands of Jiang Yi and the others. He frowned and said, "Did you kill someone?" How could the smell of blood be concealed from He Kegang, a veteran on the battlefield.

"According to the general's order, I asked them to go hunting. I didn't expect that we were lucky. We ran into them. Five of us died and ten of them were killed." Li Xin shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Oh!" He Kegang was stunned for a moment. This guy killed someone, but his face was still so calm, which made people surprised. He walked up and opened the cloth bag. He couldn't help but his face changed a lot, and he said in surprise: " Eastern captive spies."

"That's right, it's Donglu's spy." Li Xin nodded and said, "This matter is of great importance, that's why I'm bothering the general."

"I didn't expect these guys' noses to be real spirits. We just came here, and they came here." He Kegang took a closer look at the money rat tail, one of the signs of post-gold, and he could see that the money rat tail hadn't just been shaved. The one who came out, with such a ferocious expression after death, was the real spy of the eastern captives.His face also became serious.

"That's why I'm also very worried. Hou Jin's spies are probably already in Jinzhou City. He knows every move on our side." Li Xin also nodded.He has known this for a long time, Huang Taiji is a generation of British lords, if not for Huang Taiji, no matter how powerful Dorgon is, it is impossible to go south to the Central Plains and unify China.How could he, Huang Taiji, not know about such a big commotion in Dalinghe City? Maybe he was rectifying his troops and horses at this time and was preparing to go south.

"When do you think they will go south?" He Kegang asked after thinking about it.

"I don't know." Li Xin originally thought that he would go south in two months, but now he didn't have the confidence anymore. There were spies in the vicinity, so he had to be careful.

"If there are no accidents, they will go south within a month, but it will definitely not exceed two months." He Kegang looked at Li Xin and said, "Do you know what this means to you?"

"I will speed up the construction of Dalinghe City." Li Xin said casually.What he and Zu Dashou agreed was two months, if it was too much, he would not do it, and if it was too little, he would not do it.

"Officials have two mouths, and sometimes what they say is different from what they do." He Kegang shook his head and sighed: "However, this is just our guess, and the spies from Donglu sometimes touched it around Jinzhou City. , isn’t it all right?” Li Xin nodded, knowing that He Kegang was trying to comfort himself.

"I don't think it will be like this on the ancestor's birthday!" Li Xin's face showed a trace of gloom. If this is the case, Li Xin doesn't mind leaving Dalinghe City at this time and entering the grassland. The grassland at this time is just right for Li Xin to fish in troubled waters , Although Houjin is very powerful, Lin Danhan is a centipede who is dead but not stiff.The mysterious appearance of Bo Yun appeared on the entire grassland. Li Xin entered, and there was still hope of rising.But undoubtedly, Li Xin was unwilling to do this, because there was another Dong Xiaowan in Jinzhou City.Li Xin can oppose him, but Dong Xiaowan can't, he must not consider Dong Xiaowan's existence.

"My lord, someone from home is here." Suddenly, Yang Xiong's exclamation came from outside, and there was still a trace of panic in the voice.This made Li Xin extremely puzzled.

"Who's here?" Li Xin didn't care too much, you must know that this Yang Xiong is a natural optimist, even if there are any difficulties, he will not let him become what he is now.

"Madam and Zhao Guang are here." Yang Xiong said quickly, sweating profusely.

"They, why are they here?" Li Xin asked in surprise.

"Madam wears filial piety." Yang Xiong hurriedly said, "Say, Mr. Dong died of illness in Shanhaiguan."

"My father-in-law?" Li Xin was taken aback for a moment, and soon a look of sadness appeared on his face.In this world, Li Xin didn't have any relatives. Gao Meng and the others might be loyal to Li Xin, but Dong Fusheng was the only one who really gave Li Xin help and affection.For him, Dong Fusheng dragged his sick body to the north, from the south of the Yangtze River to Jinzhou City, traveling thousands of miles, and the acclimatization of the water and soil made his body weaker.He knew that this Dong Fusheng didn't come here to give money to Qiu Hejia, but to see himself, and only Dong Fusheng, regardless of his own illness, regardless of whether he was still being punished, sent Dong Xiaowan into his hands, In Qiu Hejia's mansion, not only did he give him 10 taels of silver, so that he had so many members, but he also completely controlled the army despite Qiu Hejia's anger.It can be said that Dong Fusheng is his real benefactor and the person who helped him the most.It is a pity that such a person did not live long, and died of illness so soon in Liaodong.

"Mr. Li, condolences are the only thing!" He Kegang stepped forward lightly, patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said.

"I have something to do at home, Li Xin will leave first." Li Xin's voice was low, Dong Fusheng's death was a great blow to Li Xin, and from then on, no one would take care of him like Dong Fusheng.He Kegang didn't stop him either, and let Li Xin lead the people to leave the mansion.

"Father, that Mr. Li's marksmanship is really brilliant." Said the boy on the side, looking at Li Xin's back with admiring eyes.

"If you have a chance in the future, you should just ask him for advice. If you have a chance." He Kegang swept a few heads on the ground, shook his head, and said, "Bin'er, you should practice martial arts at home, and go for your husband. Come." He kindly patted his son on the head, took a few rucksacks, rode on the horse, and went to find Zu Dashou.

"Brother Li!" As soon as he entered the camp, he saw Dong Xiaowan coming up to meet him, his almond eyes were flushed, and his face was full of exhaustion, which was hard to hide.She is alone in Jinzhou, and she is not familiar with the place of life. Although Qiu Hejia is taking care of her, she is not her relative after all. The only Li Xin is barely her relative, but he is in Dalinghe City. The death of her father, Dong Fubing, made her a weak woman how could she bear it.Without even thinking about it, Zhao Guang took him to Dalinghe City.Seeing Li Xin at this moment, all emotions burst out, and she threw herself into Li Xin's arms and cried bitterly.In the end, he actually fell asleep in Li Xin's arms.

"My lord." Zhao Guang also cupped his hands and said.

"Thank you." Li Xin nodded.Accepting Zhao Guang was only because he felt that the other party was a famous general, so he became extravagant and martial, and let him be Dong Xiaowan's brother-in-law, and also let him protect Dong Xiaowan. Unexpectedly, this Zhao Guang has such a role now.

"My subordinates dare not." Zhao Guang said respectfully as he stood there without changing his face.

"Yang Xiong, go and help me get a set of filial piety clothes." Li Xin hugged Dong Xiaowan by the waist, and said to Yang Xiong.Out of emotion and reason, he, Li Xin, would wear mourning to Dong Fusheng.

"My lord, Master Qiu said that the young lady should go back to the south of the Yangtze River to guard her mourning for three years." After Dong Xiaowan was settled, Zhao Guang respectfully said, "He asked the villain to lead fifty elite soldiers to guard the young lady back to the south of the Yangtze River."

"It should be." Li Xin nodded without thinking.The ancients paid great attention to this. When your parents pass away, you should observe a filial piety for three years. No matter where you are, you must do it.Otherwise, it will definitely be despised by the world.Even Li Xin dared not speak in this regard.

"It's just here, son?" Zhao Guang didn't understand what Li Xin wanted to do, but he also knew that Li Xin's side was short of manpower. There were only more than 400 people. At this time, there were suddenly 50 fewer people, and the strength was even less.

"In front of tens of thousands of people, whether there are more than 50 people is actually the same." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "It's better to hand over these 50 people to you. Master of cavalry, these men are perhaps better in your hands than mine."

"Young master." Zhao Guang looked at Li Xin in surprise.No one understood better than him what this cavalry meant. This cavalry seemed to belong to Qiu Hejia, but in fact it belonged to Li Xin.Even Jiang Yi and others were only training this army, no one dared to take this army away, but Li Xin let him, Zhao Guang, lead the fifty cavalry southward,
"Jinzhou is a place of death, and this Dalinghe is a place of death. Neither you nor I will stay here." Li Xin ignored Zhao Guang, but said to himself: "Liaodong The land is about to usher in great changes, and it is the general trend for Donglu to go south. If you count on the imperial court, it will definitely not work. Donglu will break through the Shanhaiguan Pass and enter the Central Plains in the near future. Rule. I, Li Xin, swear that great things will come true. You, Zhao Guang, are unparalleled in loyalty. If I don’t trust anyone, how can I trust anyone? I even entrust my wife to Brother Zhao to protect me. Do I still care about these five hundred cavalry? "

"The last general, Zhao Guang, pays homage to the lord." Zhao Guang was stunned when he heard the words, a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes, and he fell to the ground instantly, calling out the lord.

Jiang Yi and the others who were around looked at each other, followed closely behind, prostrated themselves on the ground, and called out the lord.

(End of this chapter)