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On the third day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639), the Tartars led by Dolgon left Hebei and entered Shandong in the east, and they took the route around Linqingzhou.

Along the way, Dolgon, who was bloody and bloody, vented all the anger in his heart to the people of the Ming Dynasty along the way.

Whether they kill officers and soldiers or ordinary people, they will not be soft-hearted, not only to the old, weak, sick and children, but even young and middle-aged men and women, they will not let go.

It was exactly what Dorgon said, if he couldn't save Dord, he would make the land a river of blood and bones, and create a great sensation.

When Dolgon passed through Linqingzhou, of course they found the camp abandoned by Li Zixiao and the Tartars.

At the same time, in this empty camp, Li Zixiao also gave Dolgon a big gift.

"What? There was a large number of Ming troops stationed here before, why didn't you find out, what to eat. ”

At this time, Dolgon saw the empty camp that Li Zixiao and the others deliberately left behind, his face changed slightly, and he scolded his generals.

At the same time, a gut instinct sprung up in Dorgon's heart.

Maybe one is hiding here, and the opponent of this Ming army is the one that Li Zixiao led to attack them before.

When Dolgon saw that in the empty camp, there were still two flags, one was the 'Ming' flag and the other was Li Zixiao's 'Li' handsome flag.

Moreover, this 'Li' handsome flag is still bordered by a white dragon, and Abatai and Hauge are for these two flags.

Definitely not strangers, Li Zixiao just wanted Dolgon to let them know that this was the camp they left behind.

Moreover, Li Zixiao wrote a letter to Dolgon in his own handwriting, and hung it on the handsome flag with the word 'Li', the purpose of which was to let Dolgon see it.

"Lord Wang, this is a letter taken from the handsome flag with the word 'Li', please take a look."

Soon, one of the Tartars ran to Dolgon with a letter in his hand and handed it to him.

"Damn, sure enough, this was really the camp of the damn Ming army before, and Duoduo and Kong Youde were really captured by the Ming general surnamed Li.

We're late, and the scouts we sent out are all for food, why didn't we find out about this place before! ”

After reading the letter left by Li Zixiao, Dolgon was furious and roared angrily.

"This Li Zixiao is going to use Duoduo to exchange hostages with us, which is good news."

After taking the letter left by Li Zixiao, Abatai said happily after reading it.

Dorgon also breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart at this time, his face was not so ugly, and he was obviously happy with the news.

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At this time, Li Zixiao and Lu Xiangsheng had already led their troops to retreat south to the Liaocheng area before stopping.

At this time, Li Zixiao and Lu Xiangsheng were not worried, the Tartars would catch up with them, and then Li Zixiao ordered to camp and rest, and purchased some pigs and sheep from the surrounding people to reward the whole army.

On this day, Li Zixiao held a banquet to reward the soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng sat next to Li Zixiao and asked him many doubts.

"The official has something unclear, I hope Master Li can solve the doubts for the official!"

Lu Xiangsheng's words were like a drum, ringing in Li Zixiao's ears, and Li Zixiao's heart suddenly tightened a little.

Li Zixiao slowly put down the pig's trotters in his hand, and said in a calm mood as much as possible: "Lord Lu, please ask, the lower officials must know everything and say everything." ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said slowly: "You are a guerrilla general appointed by the imperial court, and it is said that your subordinates can control at most 3,000 men.

But this official has now seen as many as four or five thousand people from your hands, and this is still the result of the battle of Li Da's numbers, that is to say, the number of people in Lord Li's hands is estimated to be more before.

Can Lord Li tell the official where all those extra soldiers came from?

This is very important, and you should finally make it clear to the officer, and the officer will come up with a solution for you.

Otherwise, when the Holy One receives my recital and knows about your military exploits, everything about you will be known by the Holy One, and all of this will not be hidden.

When you enter the imperial court to receive a meritorious service award, if someone catches you and makes a big fuss, it will probably be very unfavorable to you. ”

When Li Zixiao heard Lu Xiangsheng say this, Li Zixiao knew that the biggest problem that had been bothering him for a long time had finally arrived.

And if this problem is not handled well, let alone going to the capital and accepting the meritorious service award of the imperial court, I am afraid that he will be impeached by some ministers immediately, which will bring him a lot of trouble.

However, Li Zixiao also had a trace of confidence in his heart, raised his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng unhurriedly, and said, "Xiaguan will thank Master Lu first."

There are more troops in Xiaguan, but there is no way for Xiaguan to do it, just because the grain harvest in Henan was poor a year ago.

Countless displaced people in Fengyang Mansion and other places in Kaifeng Prefecture, under the instigation of well-intentioned people, desperately flocked to Yongcheng, and for a time the small Yongcheng County gathered sixty or seventy thousand displaced people.

At that time, the grain depot of Guide Province was empty, and there was no way to provide disaster relief, and if the situation continued to deteriorate, these displaced people would not be able to prevent a big mess.

As long as the lower officials find a way to resettle these displaced people in Yongcheng County, they are not allowed to select thousands of them to be incorporated into military households.

Xiaguan finally tried to resolve the crisis of the displaced people, and did not ask the court for money and food, Xiaguan could only say that he did his best, even if the court blamed him at that time, Xiaguan also had a clear conscience. ”

"Oh! I see, it's a good idea! Lu Xiangsheng said calmly.

Lu Xiangsheng is not a stupid person, he understood as soon as he heard it, Li Zixiao's words were half-true, but Lu Xiangsheng had to admit that Li Zixiao's method was also one of the ways to solve the homeless riot.

Lu Xiangsheng remembered that in the Song Dynasty, whenever there was a natural disaster, the court was afraid that those displaced people would rebel.

will select the strong from those displaced people, and all of them will be incorporated into the Xiang army.

In this way, those who are only left with the old, weak, sick and disabled are powerless to do whatever they want, and the court naturally does not have to fear their rebellion.

Although Li Zixiao only gave a general introduction, Lu Xiangsheng could also imagine the tense atmosphere in Yongcheng County at that time.

Sixty or seventy thousand displaced people who have not eaten or drunk are gathered in the small territory of Yongcheng County, which is simply a powder keg that will explode at any time!

Moreover, during this period, there were also rebels, inciting and stirring up among the displaced people.

At that time, Li Zixiao's anxiety can be imagined, and he had to make this decision as a last resort, and this reason can be said to work anywhere.

Li Zixiao's answer made Lu Xiangsheng quite satisfied, and when Lu Xiangsheng returned to the imperial court, there was a way to block some people's mouths.

However, Lu Xiangsheng still has a question.

He then asked, "But this official looks at you soldiers, well-trained, and they look like they have been in battle for a long time, but they don't look like they haven't seen blood, so what's going on?" ”

When Li Zixiao heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "My lord doesn't know, a few days ago, in a place called Ma Guanying in Baoding Mansion, there was a bloody battle with the Tartars.

A few days ago, he led his soldiers to fight a battle with the Tartars in Shunde Mansion and kept Shunde Mansion, and then he went east and met Lord Lu who was besieged by the Tartars in Jiazhuang, so he came to help. ”

"Oh? Master Li has already encountered Tartar twice before? How is Warblaze? ”

As soon as he heard that Li Zixiao had already fought two battles with the Tartar soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng's interest came, and he hurriedly asked about the battle situation at that time.

"Fortunately, at that time, Xia Guan led 8,000 soldiers under his command, and in the area of the Maguan Camp in Baoding Prefecture, he fought a bloody battle with 3,000 soldiers and horses and Tartars, annihilated them all, and captured more than 3,000 Tartar heads, and there were few escapees.

The second time, I led 3,000 soldiers to support Shunde Mansion, fought fiercely with more than 7,000 Tartars outside the city for a day, and finally annihilated more than 2,000 Tartars. Li Zixiao's tone was calm.

"What? Nearly 5,000 Tartars were killed in two battles! ”

At this moment, the whole big tent was boiling, and even Lu Xiangsheng was shocked to stand up.

He stretched out his finger and pointed at Li Zixiao, and asked in disbelief: "This is true, Master Li, do you know that lying about the military situation is a big crime!" ”

Li Zixiao also stood up and said solemnly: "Lord Lu Mingjian, the lower officials will never dare to deceive the court and the lord.

The 3,000 Tartar heads we captured in the first battle of the Maguan Camp are still in our army, and they have been ordered to be salted with lime, and now the weather is cold and freezing, and they are still well preserved.

As for the battle in Shunde, in the end, I used the corpses of those Tartars to exchange for tens of thousands of Ming people who were captured by the Tartars.

Moreover, the Shunde prefect and the Shunde soldiers and horses should have written the report and reported to the military department, and I believe that it will not be difficult for Lord Lu to find out by then. ”

"Let's go, take the official to see those Tartar heads." Lu Xiangsheng was so excited that he didn't have the heart to continue eating, so he pulled Li Zixiao and ran outside.

Soon, Li Zixiao took Lu Xiangsheng to the two carts, which were placed in the ice and snow, and they were already covered with heavy snow.

There were several bags of marijuana on the cart, and when Lu Xiangsheng opened it, he saw that there were all human heads inside, which made people's scalp tingle.

"It's really the head of the Tartars, it seems that the official still underestimated Lord Li!" Lu Xiangsheng picked up a Tartar head, looked at it, and said in shock.

"Among the nearly 3,000 Tartar soldiers, there are actually only about 1,200 real Tartar heads, and the rest are all the heads of clothed minions."

Li Zixiao explained.

Suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng laughed: "Even so, Master Li can have thousands of Tartars, and it is already a huge merit."

If you confirm the battle of Shunde and the battle of Jiazhuang that the official personally proved, you have almost killed seven or eight thousand Tartars.

This is simply a great achievement, you and your subordinates, such an outstanding performance, I think the emperor will also praise you vigorously. ”

"Not to mention the three battles in which Brother Li hit the Tartars hard, just the three thousand Tartar heads in front of him are estimated to be enough to make Brother Li rank three levels."

At this time, Hao Jian, who was following Li Zixiao and Lu Xiangsheng, looked at the two big cars of Tartar heads, and said enviously.

You know, they have been fighting to death for so many days, but they haven't gotten a single Tartar head.

It's not that you kill a Tartar to get someone's head, the important thing is that you win to cut off the head of the Tartar.

In the past two months, Lu Xiangsheng led his subordinates to kill a lot of Tartars, but in the end they were all defeated and could not cut off a Tartar head, which was very helpless.

They then returned to the Great Tent and continued to drink wine and eat meat.

At this time, I saw Hao Jian, the confidant general on Lu Xiangsheng's side, patted his head, smiled at Li Zixiao and asked, "Brother Li, I have a question, and I have been holding it in my heart for a long time.

Shicai has never had a chance to ask for advice, I wonder if you can point out to my brother! ”

Seeing that Hao Jian did not use an official position, but was commensurate with a brother, a smile flashed in Li Zixiao's eyes, and he nodded and said, "Elder brother, just say, the younger brother must know everything and say everything." ”

"Well, then you're welcome."

Hao Jianzheng asked: "Brother watched your army before, and the bird gun used in your army was able to shoot through the triple armor of the Tartar from a distance of forty or fifty steps.

And these bird guns will not explode when they shoot continuously, this is a great thing, I wonder if my brother can tell my brother, where did you buy the bird guns used by your department, and how much did it cost? ”

As soon as Hao Jian's words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

The power of the bird gun used by Li Zixiao's department was witnessed by Lu Xiangsheng and the others.

They were able to rely on a thousand bird-fired soldiers, two rudimentary lines of defense surrounded by carts, and those foot soldiers who were not afraid of death, and they could have 3,000 tartar foot soldiers with white flags.

In addition to those well-trained foot soldiers, Li Zixiao relied on that kind of sharp firearms.

Such a good thing, Lu Xiangsheng and Hao Jian have always been thinking about it, but they haven't been able to find a chance to speak, and now they have finally found a chance to ask Li Zixiao.

After Li Zixiao heard this, he didn't answer his question immediately, but said: "Brother Hao Jian, please come along, and the younger brother will order someone to fetch a bird gun and send it to my brother to see." ”

After speaking, Li Zixiao got up and walked out of the tent, and soon turned around and took the bird gun and handed it to Hao Jian.

Hao Jian took over the bird, and several other generals under Lu Xiangsheng also surrounded him, vying to be the first to watch.

After a while, Hao Jian's exclamation came: "Isn't this the Lumi gun, but the wall has become a lot thicker, and a wooden block has been added to the back." ”

"yes, yes, it's clearly Lu Mi Gong, but it's just a slight change." And the crowd also talked and said.

In the end, this bird gun came into Lu Xiangsheng's hand, Lu Xiangsheng carefully looked at the new bird gun in his hand, and praised: "Good gun, good gun, the pipe of this Lu Mi gun is very thick and strong, and the thickness is completely consistent, so there is no need to risk exploding."

As far as this official knows, the Ordnance Department of this dynasty can't make such a sophisticated firearm, and the Ordnance Department is now controlled by a ** villain, and the ordnance produced is not as good as one, hum! ”

In the end, Lu Xiangsheng's face was cold, and he snorted coldly, of course, Lu Xiangsheng also knew about the situation of the Ordnance Department of the Ming Dynasty at this time, but he couldn't change it at all by himself.

Because if the Ordnance Department is moved, the interests of countless people will be touched and countless nobles will be offended, and then these people will take revenge on Lu Xiangsheng madly.

"Yes, I really don't know where Master Li got such a sophisticated firearm." Hao Jian said in surprise,

Li Zixiao said with a smile: "Brother Hao, these bird guns were purchased by Xia Guan from a merchant in Fran Ji Kingdom, and it cost Xia Guan a lot of money at that time.

However, if Lord Lu is interested, Xia Guan can also buy a batch on your behalf. ”