782 Hong Chengchou visited

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It's just that at this time, what made Hong Chengchou feel troublesome was that they lost this battle, but the money, food and materials fell into the hands of Li Zixiao.

Chongzhen gave Hong Chengchou a death order, and he must take back the batch of materials in the hands of the Qing army, and Chongzhen even used up his internal money at this time.

But Hong Chengchou is not without understanding Li Zixiao, and even Li Zixiao is a goose plucking to others, and he is the master of himself.

Li Zixiao worked hard to recover the materials from the Qing army, and wanted to make him spit it out again, Hong Chengchou and Li Zixiao had no friendship, and asked himself if he had this ability.

But he lost his troops like this, and went back empty-handed to hand over to Chongzhen, and it was estimated that his official career that he had just restarted would be ruined again.

"Hey, what can I do?"

Hong Chengchou is embarrassed now.

"Xie Gan, you hurry back to the capital and report to the Holy Lord, the Qing army has withdrawn, and the money, grain and materials have fallen into the hands of Count Li, please give instructions to the Holy Lord.

From here to the capital, it is a day's journey at most, and you must rush back as soon as possible with the will of the Holy One, understand? ”

Subsequently, Hong Chengchou still had an idea, and said to a bright general next to him.

"Yes, General."

Xie Qian responded, but then asked puzzledly: "General, what is your will?" ”

"You don't need to know this, when the time comes, whatever the will of the saint, you just bring it here."

"Yes."

Watching Xie Qian ride away westward, Hong Chengchou turned around and said in a deep voice: "The army is temporarily stationed here, you go to Cold Wind Fort with the general, and meet that Lord Li."

How to say that in the cold wind mouth battle yesterday, we can be regarded as cooperating with Lord Li once.

Now that Lord Li has defeated the Qing soldiers again, let's not congratulate us, wouldn't it seem that we are rude. ”

Immediately, Hong Chengchou led a group of Ming army generals, only a small number of soldiers and horses, and went to Cold Wind Fort.

Hong Chengchou led people to Cold Wind Castle, of course, not really just to congratulate Li Zixiao on defeating the Qing soldiers, but to drag Li Zixiao.

At that moment, Hong Chengchou thought about it for a while, and decided to use Chongzhen's hand to force Li Zixiao to hand over the money, grain and materials.

Hong Chengchou felt that at this time, except for Emperor Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, I am afraid that Li Zixiao would not listen to anyone.

To put it bluntly, Hong Chengchou is preparing to use Chongzhen's holy decree to force Li Zixiao to hand over the money, grain and materials.

When Hong Chengchou led people to the Cold Wind Castle, the White Dragon Army still did not leave, and Li Zixiao was ready to let the soldiers rest here for a few days.

During this period of continuous travel, and successive battles, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army were extremely tired.

Now that the Qing army has retreated and there is no threat, Li Zixiao can rest boldly and recuperate.

"Report, sir, there is a group of officers and soldiers outside the fort, and one of the leaders claims to be the deputy chief soldier Hong Chengchou, and asks to see the lord."

Soon, a white dragon sergeant rushed to the fort and reported to Li Zixiao.

"Oh? Hong Chengchou is here? ”

After Li Zixiao heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he thought a little.

"Sir, Hong Chengchou came here this time, I'm afraid he came for the money, grain and materials that we took back from the Qing army, and he simply didn't see it."

Zhao Zilong, who was on the side, frowned and spoke.

"That's it, this surname Hong is not a good thing.

Before, we fought hard with the Qing army in Shangdianyuan, but he was good and quietly ran to the cold wind to set up an ambush.

It is clear that he wants us to drag down the main force of the Qing army, so that he can take away the money, food and materials from the Qing army.

It's a pity that the surname Hong overestimated the strength of the group of officers and soldiers under him, and more than 50,000 people couldn't beat thousands of people in the Qing Military Region. ”

Immediately afterwards, Peng Hao, who was on the other side, also said with a laugh.

"General Peng is right, we have nothing to see with this surnamed Hong, let him get out."

Li Tianba is even more direct.

Indeed, because Hong Chengchou obviously used the White Dragon Army once, the generals of the White Dragon Army did not treat Hong Chengchou very well at this time.

"Hey, whoever comes is a guest, this is not our White Dragon Army's hospitality.

Since Hong Chengchou wants to see Benjue, then Benjue will meet him, and Benjue wants to see if he really came to fight for that batch of money, food and materials.

Benjue also wanted to see what he had to do to let Benjue spit out this batch of money, food and materials. ”

Li Zixiao stretched out his hand and pressed it, stopped the discussion of the generals, and spoke.

Soon, the gates of Coldwind Castle opened.

Qin Zhen came to Hong Chengchou, saluted Hong Chengchou and the others, and said without humility or arrogance: "Lord Hong, generals, and then the brave and resolute captain Qin Zhen, greet you."

Now, Lord and several generals are waiting for you in the castle, please. ”

"Hey, Count Li sent a little lieutenant of yours to meet us, and it's too hard to see more than 20 of us."

At this time, some Ming army generals saw that Li Zixiao had only sent a lieutenant like Qin Zhen to come out to greet them, and they immediately said with some unhappiness.

Hearing the dissatisfied voice of the Ming army general, Qin Zhen sneered in his heart: I really take you seriously, if it weren't for the lord himself, Lao Tzu wouldn't want to come to pick you up.

But on the surface, Qin Zhen still smiled and said politely: "My lord is discussing things with several generals, so it is inconvenient to come to greet you.

If you want to come in, come in, and if you don't, go back. ”

"You...... What kind of attitude is this! ”

Hearing Qin Zhen say this, the somewhat grumpy Ming army general couldn't bear it anymore and was about to rush over, but was stopped by his companion next to him.

"Alright. This lieutenant brother is right, if any of you don't want to enter, go back by yourself. ”

Hong Chengchou suddenly spoke, glared at a few people behind him, and said unhappily.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou was unhappy, the dissatisfied generals snorted coldly: "There are still important things in this general, so I won't accompany Lord Hong to see this Lord Li."

Ben General, farewell! ”

Not to mention, there are really a few generals who are gone.

"I don't have much ability, but my temper is not small. I don't know who gave you the guts. ”

Looking at the departing Ming generals and generals, a cold light flashed in Hong Chengchou's eyes.

Leave now, isn't this a slap in the face of Hong Chengchou!

Hong Chengchou silently wrote down in his heart that the few Ming generals who left were waiting for an opportunity to teach them a lesson.

"Captain Qin, there is labor to lead the way."

Immediately, Hong Chengchou turned around and said politely to Qin Zhen, and then followed behind Qin Zhen and entered the Cold Wind Castle.

Hong Chengchou didn't expect that Li Zixiao could come to pick him up in person, so he didn't care about it.

Soon, Hong Chengchou followed Qin Zhen to the largest mansion in the castle, which was originally the residence of a wealthy businessman.

After Li Zixiao led the army to temporarily settle in Cold Wind Castle, the wealthy merchant took the initiative to give up the mansion and give it to Li Zixiao to use, and Li Zixiao was not polite.

"Humble Hong Chengchou, meet Lord Li."

Waiting for Hong Chengchou and other generals of the Ming army, after seeing Li Zixiao, they saluted very respectfully.

These Ming army generals, including Hong Chengchou, who did not leave, were still in awe and admiration for Li Zixiao in their hearts.

Just because Li Zixiao can lead the White Dragon Army and repel the Qing army, this record is enough for them to admire.

"Lord Hong, generals, please get up, please take a seat."

Li Zixiao, who was sitting in the first seat, waved his hand and spoke.

"Thank you, sir."

After Hong Chengchou and the others took their seats, Li Zixiao looked at Hong Chengchou with a smile and said, "Lord Hong, I don't know what is the important thing to come here today?" ”

"Xia Guan has long heard that under Lord Li, there are many elite soldiers and strong generals.

In yesterday's battle at the cold wind pass, the lord defeated the Qing army with more victories and fewer defeats, so that the lower officials really saw the fierceness of Lord Li's men.

Today, this official specially led all the generals to learn from the lord.

It is also the incompetence of the lower officials, who failed to lead the army to block the Qing soldiers at the cold wind mouth yesterday.

Otherwise, with the strength of our two armies, we may even have the opportunity to leave all the Qing troops at the cold wind pass. ”

When he said this, Hong Chengchou's face was not red, and his color remained unchanged, but the other Ming army generals around him couldn't help but lower their heads.

Because of shame!

Hong Chengchou's words, the first half of the sentence praised the White Dragon Army's strong combat strength, but the second half of the sentence was clearly to exaggerate their role in the battle at the cold wind mouth yesterday.

Moreover, it also alludes to the fact that the reason why the White Dragon Army was able to defeat the Qing army yesterday was that they also had a certain amount of credit.

Since we also have credit, then what you gained after the war, will you also score us some!

But in fact, the Ming army didn't even stop the Qing army for half an hour, and basically when the Qing army arrived, they were defeated.

The White Dragon Army can repel the Qing soldiers, and they have no effect at all, Hong Chengchou said this at this time, how could he not make those Ming army generals feel ashamed.

On the other hand, Hong Chengchou deserves to be a character, talking nonsense with his eyes open like this, his face is not red, which makes Li Zixiao can't help but admire in his heart.

After hearing Hong Chengchou's words, the generals of the Ming Army next to him were all ashamed, and no one spoke, but the generals of the White Dragon Army exploded.

"The surname is Hong, you are really shameless, yesterday there were only thousands of Qing troops, and 50,000 of you set up an ambush, and you didn't fight for half a day.

As soon as the main force of the Qing army returned, you were defeated, just because you still want to annihilate the Qing army with us, you are dreaming! ”

After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, the first one to stand up and scold him was Li Tianba, who had the most short temper among the generals of the White Dragon Army.

Li Tianba's voice was simply earth-shattering.

Not only Li Tianba, but also the other White Dragon Army generals around him at this time also looked at Hong Chengchou one by one, which was very unkind.

Hearing Li Tianba say this, some Ming army generals were not happy, but they were embarrassed to refute.

"Haha, this general's voice is really loud enough, and those who don't know think he's firing cannons!"

At this moment, no matter how thick-skinned Rao is Hong Chengchou is, he is a little embarrassed, so he quickly diverts the topic and makes a joke to alleviate this embarrassment.

"Haha!" Sure enough, Hong Chengchou's joke caused the people around him to laugh.

Immediately, Hong Chengchou was embarrassed to talk about yesterday's battle, which was really a little embarrassing, looked at Li Zixiao, and said, "Sir, can you take us to inspect the barracks." ”

Li Zixiao didn't understand at this time, what Hong Chengchou was doing when he came to see him this time.

Just to learn from the scriptures, Li Zixiao didn't believe it.

Li Zixiao believed that Hong Chengchou was probably coming for the money, food and materials, and he wanted to see how Hong Chengchou was going to open up to him.

So, Li Zixiao responded very happily: "Okay, it just so happens that Benjue has time today, so I will accompany Lord Hong and the generals to test the officers and soldiers of our army." ”

Then, Li Zixiao took Hong Chengchou and a group of Ming army generals to wander around the White Dragon Army camp in the Cold Wind Fort for a long time.

Along the way, the more Hong Chengchou looked at it, the more frightened he became, and he finally knew why Li Zixiao dared to fight the Qing army.

Li Zixiao relied on these brave soldiers under his command, and Hong Chengchou saw a sharp spirit and a never-say-die morale in their eyes.

The mental outlook of the soldiers of the White Dragon Army in front of him is very different from the soldiers of the Ming Army.

The soldiers on the side of the Ming army were listless and sick all day long.

"Good soldiers, good soldiers! Lord Li, how did you train such a group of tiger and wolf warriors? ”

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but look at Li Zixiao and humbly asked.

To say that when he first came, Hong Chengchou was holding it, using the excuse of visiting the White Dragon Army barracks to delay time and wait for Xie Gan to come with the holy decree.

Now, Hong Chengchou is really humbly asking Li Zixiao for advice.

Hong Chengchou thinks that his training ability is not bad, but he has never trained such a wolf-like army as the White Dragon Army at this time.

"Haha, how can Benjue have this ability!

These soldiers were all trained by Wei Hong, the general under Benjue. ”

Li Zixiao looked at Hong Chengchou, who had come all the way and his expression had changed many times.

At this time, Hong Chengchou humbly asked himself for the way of coaching soldiers, and he was in a good mood, but he put all the credit on Wei Hong.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also muttered in his heart: "An elite soldier does not just rely on training.

Training can only train their fighting skills, but it cannot train their spirit.

An army with a soul can be invincible, which you can't learn.

In other words, even if you learn, in the Ming court at this time, you will never be able to do it. ”

"Is that General Wei Hong here? The subordinate saw him and asked him to teach the way of the soldiers. ”、

After Hong Chengchou heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked Li Zixiao.

"Wei Hong didn't come with Benjue at this time."

"That's a pity." Hong Chengchou said with some disappointment.

In the afternoon, Luo Chao also led the army back from the cold wind mouth, bringing back a large number of armor and weapons cleaned from the battlefield, as well as thousands of heads of Qing soldiers, which were pulled by several carts.

"So many heads? It's all Qing soldiers? ”

When Hong Chengchou saw the bare-skinned heads of the big cars that Luo Chao pulled back, he was also shocked.

He stepped forward, picked up a rattail braid, and carefully examined the scalp of the Qing soldier's head, and found that it was really all the head of the Qing soldier, and many of them were still Tartar heads.

Among the Qing soldiers, because of the shaving of their hair, those who really shaved their hair from an early age had a difference between their scalps and those Han soldiers or Mongol soldiers who were shaved halfway.

The experienced Hong Chengchou is easy to distinguish.

Looking at the heads of several large carts of Tartars, Hong Chengchou felt that his heart was a little unbearable.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou can also imagine how tragic the battle between the White Dragon Army and the Qing soldiers was in yesterday's battle.

At this moment, Hong Chengchou suddenly suspected that Li Zixiao, who had paid such a heavy price, could really make him obediently spit out those money, food and materials just with Chongzhen's holy decree!

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