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"General, fortunately, the three Tartar scouts who just discovered our traces were chased by me and killed, and no one escaped. ”

Luo Chao turned over and dismounted, and reported to Li Zixiao.

"Okay, good work." When Li Zixiao heard the news, he couldn't see any joy on his face, but a dignified face.

After they passed Jizhou, they originally thought that the Tartars would not find their traces again, but Li Zixiao still underestimated the grudge that Dolgon and Abatai held against him at this time.

Groups of Tartar scouts were sent out in all directions to find their traces, and there were always one or two of them cavalry scouts, who found clues, and then found them along the vine.

Li Zixiao has passed Jizhou on the way to the east, and has been discovered by a small number of scouts from two Tartars, the first of which he has sent Qi Wei to chase people out, and he has not come back yet.

Li Zixiao didn't know if Qi Wei caught up or if he had encountered some accidents, and they didn't dare to stop and wait, so they could only speed up the march.

Even in order to speed up the march, they threw away all the unnecessary baggage, and even the cavalry battalion divided ordinary war horses to help transport the wounded soldiers and speed up the march.

And just now, three more Tartar scouts discovered them, and at the same time, they were also discovered by Luo Chao, who was on guard on the periphery, and immediately led people to chase them out.

This time, Li Zixiao learned the lesson of the last time, and the cavalry under Luo Chao, who was in charge of guarding the periphery of the march, were all equipped with double horses, with a number of 100 people.

This time, Luo Chao led people to rely on the advantage of one person and two horses, and after galloping out for several miles, he finally caught up with the three Tartar scouts and killed them.

Fortunately, these Tartars have been running all the way, and the physical strength of the war horses is very large, and the speed is far from as fast as before, while Luo Chao and they are waiting for work, and the war horses have sufficient physical strength, which is much faster than the Tartars.

"General, are these Tartars crazy? After chasing us so hard, I thought we were safe now! ”

Zhou Dazhu said with a puzzled expression.

"I don't understand why the Tartars are so crazy and have sent so many chasing teams, they shouldn't have noticed us yet.

But there are already so many Tartar scouts in the north, which means that there should be many Tartar scouts in other directions, why do the Tartars hate us so much this time.

Just because we wiped out only 3,000 of them? Probably not! Three thousand men was enough to make Dolgon feel sorry for him for a while.

But they will not allow Dorgon to interrupt their plans and pursue us with such great vigour, after all, they are now in enemy territory! ”

Li Zixiao was also puzzled, he couldn't figure this out, this was different from his original plan, after all, he couldn't have imagined that Tartar would be so crazy beforehand.

"Lord Lu, what do you think?" Li Zixiao tilted his head, looked at Lu Xiangsheng on the side, and asked.

"Lord Li's analysis is similar to what the official thinks, and the official is also very puzzled." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said.

"Forget it, no matter what the Tartars are crazy about, the most important thing now is that we should get away from here as quickly as possible, and the farther we retreat, the better."

In the end, Li Zixiao, who couldn't figure it out, didn't think about it anymore and said.

"Master Li is right, the most important thing is that we withdraw as soon as possible.

Now these Tartars are even more crazy, looking for our traces, and those who don't know still think that the Tartars have a Baylor living prince who was killed by us. ”

Hao Jian, who was following Lu Xiangsheng, nodded at this time after listening to Li Zixiao's words, and then said half-jokingly.

"That's right! Why didn't I expect it, Vice General Hao really woke up the dreamer with a word! I may have guessed by now why the Tartars are so crazy. ”

After Li Zixiao listened to Hao Jian's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, his face was happy, and he suddenly realized.

"Even, Master Li thought of it, let's talk about it."

Lu Xiangsheng, who was riding on a horse on the side, not far from Li Zixiao, and was hurrying together, immediately asked after hearing Li Zixiao's words.

"If I'm not mistaken, I guess the stone caught Duoduo. This is also a very reasonable explanation for why the Tartars are so crazy.

Because at this time, Dorgon is estimated to be about to go crazy, but Dorgon is his own brother, right-hand man, and Dorgon will never allow Dorgon to have an accident. ”

Li Zixiao said with a wry smile on his face, he didn't think that the wish he thought about casually at the beginning could really have come true at this time.

"Lord Li's guess is very reasonable, in this way, the situation of the fierce general under your command may be very dangerous."

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng also nodded and agreed.

"Yes, Shi's situation at this time is not very good, but I can't help it at all, I just hope he can leave safely.

Stone also knows our retreat route, if only he could take the initiative to come to us. ”

Li Zixiao said very helplessly, his own situation was not very good at this time, after all, if he withdrew far away as soon as possible, he couldn't take care of quartz at all.

"General!"

"What's wrong? How can the team in front of you stop and not let you speed up your march? ”

At this time, Li Zixiao found that from the front of the team, Han Tong ran back from the front on horseback, looking excited, but Li Zixiao still asked coldly.

"General, it's Quartz who has returned, and he also brought back a Tartar prince and a dog traitor Kong Youde."

At this time, Li Zixiao finally knew why the team in front of him stopped and why Han Tong ran over so excitedly.

"Quick, let's go, take us over." 、

When Li Zixiao heard the news, he was also very happy, and immediately instructed Han Tong.

"Master Lu, let's go together!"

"Good!"

Li Zixiao didn't forget to call Lu Xiangsheng, and the group rode to the front of the team with Han Tong, and saw Quartz with two guards and soldiers, dressed in snow, also coming towards them.

"General, the stone is back, and he has lived up to the trust of the general, I have captured a dog Tartar prince, and a dog traitor Kong Youde."

After Li Zixiao and Quartz met, Quartz immediately turned over and dismounted, came to Li Zixiao and knelt down, shouting loudly.

"Yes, yes! You've worked hard, quick, get up! ”

Li Zixiao helped Quartz up, and at the same time saw Duoduo and Kong Youde, who had been detained by other White Dragon soldiers and guards behind him.

"Just now, Lord Lu and I were still worried about you, but I didn't expect you to be as I expected, you actually knew that you were waiting for us on the way ahead, and I was relieved to see you come back safely."

Li Zixiao stood in front of Quartz, hammered Quartz's chest with his fist, and said with a smile, his joy was beyond words.

"Hey, hey, ahem!"

Quartz was also moved when he saw that Li Zixiao cared about him so much, but he didn't say anything, just smiled innocently.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Quartz coughed violently and almost collapsed, Li Zixiao was able to hold it in time, which scared Li Zixiao, this guy is as strong as a cow on weekdays, but his face is very pale at this time.

"General, the chief of the guard was injured a lot in order to catch the Tartar prince."

Li Yan also rushed up at this time, helped Li Zixiao hold the quartz, and then said to him.

Soon, Li Zixiao saw that there were still three short arrows stuck in the back of the quartz, and the shafts of the arrows had been cut off with knives, leaving only the arrows in his body.

At the same time, in Quartz's abdomen, there were two stab wounds, although they had been wrapped in strips of cloth, but blood had been oozing continuously.

With such a serious injury, if it is placed on an ordinary person, it is estimated that there will be only one breath left for immortality, and quartz can find them after such a serious injury.

"Go and call the military doctor, vacate the place of a big cart for the stones, we can't stop, we have to continue the march."

Li Zixiao commanded his subordinates.

"The general doesn't have to worry about me, I have rough skin and thick meat, and I can't die from this injury." Quartz urn said.

"Say what you can't die, you take care of your injuries now, and leave the rest to us."

"Let's go, Lord Lu, let's go and meet the flag owner of the Tartar with a white flag, the Prince of Yu Duoduo of the Tartars, by the way, there seems to be a dog traitor Kong Youde.

Unexpectedly, they hugged the grass and beat the rabbit, not only caught a big fish, but also brought a small shrimp by the way, hahaha! ”

At this time, Li Zixiao was in a good mood, it was a Tartar prince, and he was captured by them, which was something that hundreds of thousands of Ming troops could not do.

"Okay, I didn't expect that this time Lord Li would not only catch Duoduo, but also catch that damn rebellious Kong Youde, and when the saint found out, he would definitely be very happy."

Lu Xiangsheng was in a happy mood at the same time at this time, and said to Li Zixiao.

After Li Zixiao heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, he smiled slightly and did not speak, but he did not agree with Lu Xiangsheng's words in his heart, who said that he was going to hand over Duoduo to the imperial court.

At this time, the entire Ming court was afraid of the Tartars, and Chongzhen even had the idea of negotiating peace.

From the entry of the Tartars into the customs this time, it can be seen that it has been able to crisscross the land of Hebei for so long.

At this time, it is estimated that there are three or four hundred thousand people from all walks of life in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also a strong Guanning iron horse, so it is said that the Tartars should not be allowed to continue to run rampant like this.

However, the fact is still so chilling, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops are cowering near the capital, and they don't dare to leave at all, Chongzhen still hopes to negotiate peace with the Tartars and let them withdraw automatically!

Under this kind of atmosphere in the imperial court, if Li Zixiao handed over Duoduo to the imperial court, it is estimated that Duoduo would be sent back to Tartar safely the next day.

Chongzhen estimated that he didn't have the courage to kill Duoduo, and there were not many ministers in the Manchu Dynasty who really had backbone, so I am afraid that more would support the release of Duoduo and make peace with the Tartars.

Duoduo could have been captured, but Quartz risked his life to do it at the cost of more than a thousand casualties among his men.

How could Li Zixiao let those villains in the imperial court let Duoduo go so easily, so at this time, in Li Zixiao's heart, he had already made up his mind that he would never hand Duoduo over to the imperial court.

But at the same time, Li Zixiao also knew that Duoduo could not be killed.

Otherwise, not only would the Tartars not let him go, but he was not afraid of this, mainly because he was afraid that when the time came, someone in the court would also fall into him.

But Li Zixiao will never let Duoduo go easily, at least he will use Duoduo as a bargaining chip, bite off a piece of meat from the Tartar, and make enough money to talk about it.

This is also in line with Li Zixiao's character, he doesn't care about those false names, he values how much profit he actually obtains, and he never does a loss-making deal.

As for Kong Youde's dog traitor, he was also caught by Quartz, which was completely unexpected by Li Zixiao.

For this dog traitor, Li Zixiao has also heard of it in later generations.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng told Li Zixiao about Kong Youde's sin of rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, so that Li Zixiao had a clearer understanding.

After Kong Youde betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was reused by Huang Taiji, and he loyally played the role of a lackey of the Tartars over the years, and has been the vanguard of the Tartars.

Whether it was the plundering of the Ming Dynasty, or the destruction of Korea by the Tartars who went south before, Kong Youde made contributions, and now he has been named the king of Gongshun by Huang Taiji.

For this traitor, for Li Zixiao, it is really worthless, but for Lu Xiangsheng or Chongzhen, the value is great.

When Lu Xiangsheng talked about Kong Youde at this time, his eyes were murderous, and it is estimated that Chongzhen also hated this kind of rebellious minister.

Even Li Zixiao estimated that Chongzhen's hatred for a rebellious minister like Kong Youde was stronger than that of Tartar.

Since Kong Youde is of little value to Li Zixiao, he is thinking about how to use this dog traitor to get more benefits from the imperial court at this time.

Just when Li Zixiao thought in his heart, he and Lu Xiangsheng had already arrived, and Duoduo and Kong Youde, who were tied into zongzi, came to him.

"It's Dodor, yes, I know him."

After Lu Xiangsheng saw Duoduo, he said with a cold look in his eyes, and after hearing Lu Xiangsheng's confirmation, Li Zixiao was even more relieved.

"Woo!"

Duoduo saw Li Zixiao and Lu Xiangsheng coming over, his eyes were as wide as cow eggs, as if he stood up, but he was forced back by the white dragon sergeant guarding next to him.

A pair of smelly socks were stuffed in his mouth, leaving him speechless and unable to make a 'whine' sound.

"Okay, I don't have time to listen to this dog Tartar barking now, just stay honest. If he is not honest, he will give; Lao Tzu repaired him, just don't kill him. ”

Li Zixiao then said to the white dragon sergeant next to him.

"Yes, General, we understand." The two white dragon soldiers next to him responded with a smile.

"Dog Tartar, be honest."

The two white dragon soldiers slammed on Duoduo's stomach and punched him twice, causing the green tendons on Duoduo's forehead to burst out, and his body bowed into shrimp.

"Kong Youde, you dog thief, I didn't expect it to be today! You have today's end, it's really unpleasant! ”

Lu Xiangsheng's gaze immediately moved away from Duoduo, stared at the other middle-aged man who was tied up next to him, and said hatefully.

And Kong Youde's reaction was not as excited as Duoduo at all, his expression was calm, he was also tied, and his mouth was stuffed with stinky socks, but he sat honestly on the cart.

Maybe this old guy knew that he would never end well if he fell into the hands of the Ming army, and he didn't bother to struggle and beg for mercy, so he accepted his fate.

But after Kong Youde heard Lu Xiangsheng's scolding, he raised his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng, with a meaningful smile on his face.

Li Zixiao even saw a touch of sarcasm in Kong Youde's smile, as if he was laughing at Lu Xiangsheng.