Han ride

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"Yes, father." Zu Zerun said in a low voice.In his ears, he heard Zu Dashou's deep sigh.When he reacted, he found that Zu Dashou was no longer on the tower.

Time passed quickly. In the ruins of the stone castle on the west mountain, Li Xin looked at Dalinghe City in the distance. Behind him, three hundred cavalrymen on their horses didn't even know how to move.At this moment, Hou Jin's white tent had already surrounded Daling River City, and a high wall could be faintly seen standing in front of Daling River City.

"My lord, the spies are here to report that Jianu has dug several ditches under Daling River City, and is now building a high wall. It seems that he wants to trap Zu Dashou to death." Shi Yuan walked straight over, after a few days of working together, Shi Yuanzhi was also forced to call Li Xin the Lord.

"That's right! Huang Taiji wanted to gather around and fight for help. But he was afraid of Zu Dashou's Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, so he made such a decision." Li Xin shook his head and said, "It's just that, Zu Dashou may be sad. I'm afraid at this time, he is also regretting that he didn't break out with me back then!"

"The students think that Zu Dashou also thought about breaking out together, but he probably had other plans." Shi Yuan thought for a while and said, "My lord, Zu Dashou is also a famous general of a generation, how can he not know the reason for this, The student thinks he knows the mystery from the beginning, but he is too confident and gets carried away by his own self-confidence."

"How do you say that?" Li Xin asked curiously.

"Zu Dashou wanted to cooperate with the outside world. He used the imperial reinforcements to help him. When rescuing Dalinghe City, he rushed out from behind and defeated Huang Taiji. It would be the best if he could calm down Jiannu. If he couldn't , Even if he rebuilds slaves, he still earns." Shi Yuan said without thinking: "But at this moment, he obviously made a wrong calculation. The arrangement of Jiannu is not something he can break through if he wants to break through. "

"Yes, he must be regretting it now." Li Xin also nodded, and said: "However, Guan Ning cavalry is a powerful army of the imperial court after all, and reinforcements will definitely be sent here soon."

"Reinforcement? It's not that easy to send." Shi Yuan shook his head straight, and said, "Sun Chengzong can't decide the major affairs of Liaodong. There is another person above him, and he is the one who affects the whole battle situation."

"You mean Emperor Chongzhen?" Li Xin thought for a while and said.

"That's right. Emperor Chongzhen has always been known for his diligence in administration. I am afraid that only his ancestors Taizu and Emperor Chengzu could do this. However, Emperor Chongzhen does not have the talent, courage and skill of the two emperors Taizu and Chengzu. More It’s because he doesn’t understand military affairs. Hehe, he has to deal with everything by himself, but he can’t deal with anything. Sun Chengzong wants to fight a big battle, and these food and grass have to go through the court. It takes time. And people in the court may have to discuss this matter, so I don't know when to send reinforcements?" Shi Yuanzhi said disdainfully.

"So, when the elite soldiers in Dalinghe City are in my hands, I don't know how many are left?" Li Xin's face was a little ugly, although he knew that Dalinghe City fell in the end, and people were killed and injured. A lot, but Li Xin really hoped that he could get something from this turmoil.According to Shi Yuanzhi's analysis, after the war, he really won't get anything.

"No." Shi Yuanzhi thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, my lord, Sun Chengzong will definitely send reinforcements to rescue him during this period of time. Strength."

"Now it seems that this is the only way to go." Li Xin nodded, but he sighed in his heart. This is because of his weak strength. So he led the army and fought to the death with Huang Taiji.

"My lord, it's not like I've stopped during this period of time." Shi Yuan thought for a while and said, "My lord is starting a business. The most important thing is not the territory, nor the food and equipment. The most important thing is people. The so-called non-my race Their hearts must be different, so these people can only be Han Chinese."

"I want to recruit Han people into the army, do you think I haven't tried it? So far, I have only recruited about two hundred Han people, and I did it quietly while the Daling River City was being built. It's not that simple to gather Han people on a large scale." Li Xin shook his head.At this stage, what he needs is a source of soldiers. I think the reason why Li Zicheng is getting stronger and stronger at this time is because he has a lot of sources of soldiers, Shaanxi, Henan, etc., and there are people fleeing famine everywhere. These people constitute Li Zicheng's source of soldiers. As long as these people exist, Li Zicheng is not afraid of running out of soldiers, but where he is now, this is Liaodong, and he has no resources.

"My lord, I don't know about the treasure land in my hand!" Shi Yuan said with a straight smile: "The students counted and found that Jiannu had entered the Central Plains and Shandong area several times. How many, these people are now slaves of Jiannu, and their homesickness and revenge are enough to make these people turn to the lord one after another. One day the lord will attack Jiannu. These people can become the subjects of the lord."

"Then what should we do at this stage?" Li Xin nodded and asked again.

"It's a long journey from Shenyang to Dalinghe City for Jiannu. There must be grain roads. My lord can ambush the grain roads. Not only can I get grain and equipment, but I can also get soldiers. Hehe, the people who transported grain and equipment must have been killed. Captured Han people." Shi Yuanzhi said confidently.

"This is a good idea. Originally, we were going to harass Jiannu Liangdao, but now we can continue to get a source of soldiers, which kills two birds with one stone!" Li Xin's eyes lit up, and he said, "Let's go, let's go find their troubles now. , Yuan Zhi can go back to the valley first, and wait for my news!" Li Xin laughed, and led hundreds of cavalry roaring away.

"Hey, Huang Taiji, I'm afraid you're going to suffer a lot this time." Shi Yuan stroked his beard with a smug smile on his face. He disappeared into the mountains quickly under the guard of two cavalrymen. .

Elgin is a typical Manchu, and his origins are extraordinary. He is the coat slave of the Hershey family, and he serves the first-class bodyguard Sony.He is also well-known in the army. As his coat servant, he can naturally get an official position in the army and lead a few dozen cavalry to escort food and grass during the attack on Dalinghe City. It's a little smaller, but at least it can earn some credit, right? After the war is over, maybe you can become a centurion or something, and then you can set up a family and start a business, and get a wife.

At this time, he was riding a horse, thinking in his mind that after the war was over, he begged the master to reward him with the maid who accompanied him, and then wondered whether it would be best to find another Han maid.I don’t know how many low-class Han people gather in Nazi Hutong. As a member of the Manchus, I naturally understand what’s going on.Although the Manchus discriminate against the Han people, there are dozens of Han women raised in the home of any Manchu lord. In the upper class of Shenyang, these are symbols of status.It would be best if he could capture a few Han people in this battle. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, such captures belong to the capturers, so that he can also be the master.

"Enemy attack!" Suddenly there was a shrill voice, but Erjin found that the soldiers beside him were looking up into the distance, and saw a puff of black smoke whistling, and a big red flag was waving in the wind. A huge "Li" character is looming
"It's a Han!" Erjin could see clearly that the head of the man looked like a Han, his eyes were cold and ruthless, full of murderous intent, and a square sky painted halberd in his hand was shining with a cold light.Only the Han people appeared at this time.Around him, the soldiers were already in a panic, and the Han slaves who were working as laborers also ran around, screaming in pain.

"Don't be afraid, line up to meet the enemy." Elgin soon discovered that the invading army was only a few hundred cavalry, and his fearful mind suddenly became ecstatic. Hundreds of cavalry came to attack him unexpectedly. Elkin thought it was a battle merit bestowed on him by the gods. He thought that he was just a grain guard, and the battle merit was his turn.It's different now, such military exploits are sent to him, how can Elkin be unhappy.Quickly commanded the soldiers around him, patted the horse, drew out the steel knife at his waist, and rushed towards Li Xin together.

"Looking for death." A cold light flashed across Li Xin's eyes when he saw this, Wu Yun Treading the snow who was sitting down accelerated, and the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand stabbed out smoothly.He has long seen that the person in front of him is the little leader of the grain escort team, so he will not show mercy, and he has spotted this person as soon as he came up.

"Incompetent Han Chinese, you are looking for death." Erjin burst out laughing when he saw Fang Tian's painted halberd in Li Xin's hand stabbing at him. For a long time, no one used Fang Tian's painted halberd on the battlefield. The person in front of him actually dared to use Fang Tian's painted halberd. How could he not laugh, and blocked it with the steel knife in his hand.Unfortunately, he soon stopped laughing.

"You, how can you pierce my steel knife." Erjin only felt a pain in his chest, but found that a little blood flowed from his chest at some unknown time. It turned out that Fang Tian's painted halberd had pierced his chest .

"You are not as fast as I am." Li Xin looked disdainful, and pulled out Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, and quickly killed the slave-building soldiers on one side. At this time, the slave-building army is usually full The Eight Banners are composed of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty in history.The soldiers led by Erjin were a mixture of Manchu soldiers and Mongolian soldiers. Probably because they were in the hinterland of Liaodong, the soldiers escorting the food and grass were not elite. Li Xin and others killed each other in just two rounds. There were only a few soldiers, and they fled quickly with their horses.

"My lord, we have seized ten carts of grain and grass, twenty mules and horses, fifty war horses, and 200 Han Chinese. Only eleven of our brothers were seriously injured, and two died in battle." Yang Xiong rushed after clearing the battlefield. Said to Li Xin's side.

"Clean the battlefield as soon as possible, and take away the bodies of the brothers who died in battle. The food and grass will also be taken away, and the armor of these slaves will be taken off, and all these Han people will be taken away." Li Xin said without thinking.He needs food and grass, he can't sit and eat, but these Han people are what Li Xin needs. He needs to add more soldiers. In a short time, he can only come here in this way.

"Yes. Hehe, I don't know how those Jian slaves will react when they know this situation?" Yang Xiong said with a smile.

"What kind of reaction is there, isn't it just to increase our strength and deal with us?" Li Xin said disdainfully: "Unless there are thousands of people guarding me, otherwise, I will be able to snatch food from the tiger's mouth. Even if thousands of people come I'm not afraid. I want to see how he, Huang Taiji, will deal with me. Let's go to the next place, and do it again. Huang Taiji is really good, knowing that we lack food, grass and equipment, he even sent us gone."

"That's the lord's bravery. If it were someone else, I don't know if they have the ability to get it!" Yang Xiong admires Li Xin now. Who in the entire Ming Dynasty is so bold that he penetrated as much as a hundred miles into Jiannu territory? , intercept and kill the opponent's grain path.to supplement one's strength.Only a character like Li Xin can do it.

Sure enough, within half an hour, I saw Houjin's food transport team slowly approaching again. After seeing the corpses on the ground, although I was on guard, it was a pity that just a few miles later, I was attacked by Li Xin again .They seized some food, grass and equipment again, and left a pile of corpses, even the armor on their bodies was stripped clean.

"Damn it." Under Dalinghe City, in the large tent of the Chinese army, Huang Taiji's face was gloomy, and Dorgon and others also showed anger on their faces. The slave food team has been attacked for three days in a row. , The range of the attack is as long as tens of miles.This means that there is a cavalry who has traveled hundreds of miles across his country, but there is nothing he can do.If it goes on for a long time, the food road may be in danger of being cut off.It is true that the Jin family has a great business, but the expedition of labor teachers still needs a lot of food and grass.

"Nine of our grain transportation teams have been wiped out by the opponent, and nearly 3000 elite soldiers have been lost. The loss of grain, grass and equipment is countless." Fan Wencheng said quickly.

"Do you know who did it? When did there be such a group of horse bandits in my Qing Dynasty? Did the bearded people in Liaodong do it? When did they become so courageous?" Huang Taiji said coldly.

"It wasn't Hu Zi who did it. According to the soldier who escaped by chance, it was a Han man surnamed Li who was holding a Fang Tian painted halberd. According to the deduction of the slaves, it may be Li Xin." Fan Wencheng dared not hide it. Say it quickly.He gritted his teeth, his eyes were full of cold light, wishing he could tear Li Xin to pieces.It's a pity that Li Xin is not in front of his eyes at this moment, so he has no choice.

(End of this chapter)