"A dignified seven-foot man, he can't go into battle to kill the enemy, and he has to be protected! And he only plays tricks, and scolds so vulgarly, it's really contemptible! ”

Zhu Youzhen was scolding vigorously, and the "eldest lady" galloped past him and dropped such a sentence.

The thing was suddenly embarrassed, and his old face turned purple. He couldn't help but secretly cry out to himself, and said in his heart that his brother didn't mix with this era from the beginning. In our original time and space, it was a peaceful and prosperous era, but all successful people were good at playing tricks; And only terrorists or psychopaths slash all day long.

Who knew that after crossing over here, swords and swords all day long! Zhu Youzhen has not received any military training, and he has been able to live until now to burn high incense. This time he ran wildly on the battlefield and killed several enemies, he still felt quite majestic, but he didn't expect to be greatly despised by this "eldest lady".

Looking at the girl's distant back, Zhu Youzhen was really angry, and shouted at her: "Didn't I scold in vain?" Hauge, the commander of the enemy army, didn't let me vomit blood for scolding! You're quite capable of fighting, I'm afraid you won't be able to hurt half a hair! ”

"Don't be ashamed, but be proud!" The girl said coquettishly, and Pegasus entered the city. Before everyone could react, Ning Yuan's city gate was closed again, leaving Zhu Youzhen and the others outside the city!

Zhu Youzhen was stunned, Wu Sangui stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the eldest lady doesn't recognize you, and there is some offense in your words, I hope Your Highness won't be surprised!" The eldest lady of our family, there is nothing to say about her strong martial arts, and she is born handsome, but some young ladies have a temper! ”

"What do you mean by 'your eldest lady'? Who the hell is she? Zhu Youzhen asked inexplicably.

Wu Sangui had to patiently explain to Zhu Youzhen. After listening to his introduction, Zhu Youzhen knew that the girl's name was Li Chongyao, and her father Li Rusong was the general army of Liaodong, who once led the army to quell the Ningxia rebellion, and defeated the Japanese in Korea, and was a famous general in the Wanli period. And her grandfather is even more remarkable, it is Li Chengliang, a famous general who has guarded Liaodong for decades.

Li Chengliang's other identity is the head of the Li family in Liaodong among the six martial arts families. After Li Chengliang's death, his eldest son Li Rusong was supposed to succeed him as the head of the family. It's a pity that God is jealous of talent, and Li Rusong has unfortunately died in the war with the Mongol tribes before.

And Li Chengliang had a total of nine sons, Li Rusong died early, and the other brothers wanted to fight for the position of the head of the family, and there was a lot of trouble for a while.

At that time, the most authoritative elder of the Li family was Li Chengliang's younger brother Li Chengyong. He originally wanted Li Rusong's only daughter Li Chongyao to succeed him as the head of the family, but Li Rusong's brothers resolutely opposed it and refused to hand over the position of head of the family to Li Chongyao, who was not yet an adult at the time.

In desperation, Li Chengyong had to serve as the head of the family, which calmed down the disputes between his nephews and avoided the division of the family.

But in Li Chengyong's heart, Li Chongyao is still the future head of the family, and the Li family also knows this. Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others were all born in the Li family, and when they saw Li Chongyao, they were respectful, not to mention a small character like Wu Sangui.

This Li family originally lived in Tieling, north of Shenyang. After the rise of Nurhachi's Jianzhou Jurchens, they gradually encroached on Liaodong, and the Li family had no choice but to move to Ningyuan more than ten years ago. At present, Ningyuan is in a vacuum at the junction of the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Dynasty, so Li Chengyong is the actual ruler of this city.

This is also one of the reasons why Zu Dashou is the main force to build a city in Ningyuan, of course he does not want to watch the Li family being driven away by the Jurchens again, or even falling.

After listening to Wu Sangui's introduction, Zhu Youzhen always felt a little awkward, thinking that this Li family occupied a city with the power of only one family, isn't this a warlord in disguise? No wonder this eldest lady is so arrogant, she doesn't even take herself seriously, she dares to love her family is a female warlord, this is someone's territory, and someone else is in charge!

But he thought about it, as the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, not to mention that he is not a strong dragon at all. is called the Son of Heaven to go on the expedition, but in fact he is just a down-and-out prince. If you want no people, if you want guns or no guns, you have to count on the protection of Li generals like Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui.

And although Li Chongyao was not disrespectful, after all, he repelled the enemy army and saved his life. This is someone else's territory again, and the relationship can't be stiffened no matter what.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen said to Wu Sangui: "What, you see that the gate of Ningyuan City is closed again, and this king can't be pestled under the city!" You went over and called the city, and said a few kind words to the eldest lady, so that she would open the city gate and let us in. ”

Wu Sangui agreed, but secretly complained in his heart, thinking that Li Chongyao's sex was like fire, and he had always said that he had never been robbed by others. At this time, he was choked by the king of letters, and he actually closed the city gate. According to her temper, even if she kneels and kowtows her head under the city, she will never open the city gate.

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly saw the city gate open again, and more than ten horsemen rushed out of it. Zhu Youzhen also thought that Li Chongyao knew his identity as the prince, so he came to apologize in fright, and couldn't help but stink again.

But he took a closer look and saw that there was no Li Chongyao among the more than ten people, and the leader was an old man with crane hair and a childish face.

Wu Sangui and the others saw it, but they all rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, hulala knelt for a large time, and said in unison: "Knock to see the city lord!" ”

The old man walked to Zhu You's horse, first bowed slightly to Wu Sangui and the others, and raised his hand. Only then did everyone get up suddenly, their movements were neat and uniform, and no one dared to move.

The old man immediately bowed his hand to Zhu Youzhen, and said in an old voice: "Old decay Li Chengyong, I don't know that His Royal Highness the King of Faith has arrived, and I hope to forgive my sins." Just now, her granddaughter Chongyao was young and ignorant, and she didn't know His Highness, and her words were offensive. Now that he is ashamed, he has fled back to the house, and I hope His Royal Highness will not be surprised. ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen know that this was the head of the Li family, Li Cheng. Seeing that he didn't get off the horse when he saw him, he just casually surrendered his hand on the horse, Zhu Youzhen was very unhappy in his heart, thinking that this is really called his grandfather must have his granddaughter, this Li Cheng has a big shelf! is the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, who is in turmoil in the world and has power in the government and the opposition, and when he sees his brother, he has to behave and kneel. Who are you Li Chengyong, it seems that you really don't take my brother or the Ming Dynasty in your eyes!

But he thought about it again, now this is called Tiangao Emperor Yuan. Now that the Ming army has been defeated again and again, it is almost about to give up Liaodong, and now this Ningyuan City is one acre and three points of land. Although this Li Chengyong is not very polite to himself, he has not surrendered to the Jurchens yet, and he can still let himself enter the city, which is not bad!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly smiled and said: "Where did the old man say it, the eldest lady saved the life of this king, and it is too late for this king to thank him, so how can he blame her." ”

Li Chengyong's heart moved when he heard this, and he secretly thought that the court officials he had seen were all arrogant, arrogant, and put on a high stand. And although this king of letters is a prince, he is quite polite, and he can't help but feel three points of respect in his heart.

This Li Cheng is arrogant by nature and refuses to bow his head to anyone, so he has never been an official in his life. But he also occupied Ningyuan as the head of the Li family, as if he was the lord of the city.

Because he has a fine cavalry formed purely from the children of the Li family, both Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen wanted to recruit him under the tent before. However, he adopted a non-cooperative attitude, neither agreeing nor refusing, anyway, he just shrank in Ningyuan City and did not take a step beyond the city.

And Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and other generals who went out from the Li family also persuaded Li Cheng to use his official skills and let the children of the Li family join the Ming army, but they were all scolded by him and never dared to speak again.

At this time, seeing that the king of letters, Zhu Youzhen, came from the prosecutor, although Li Chengyong entrusted the big one, he did not dare not take it out of the city in person.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know what he was thinking, he just wanted to enter the city quickly, and then he would be safe.

After entering the city, Li Chengyong conceded Zhu Youzhen to his own mansion. This is also the largest mansion in Ningyuan City, with more than 100 large and small houses.

The two were greeting each other in the living room, and the next person came to report: "Zu Dashou and He Kegang are back." ”

Li Chengyong nodded slightly and said, "Let them in." ”

Not long after, Zu Dashou and He Kegang stumbled into the living room with bloodstains all over their bodies. Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was safe and sound, they were all overjoyed, but they shed tears and said, "Your Highness! The last general was incompetent and was defeated by Jianyu! ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked, "Have your soldiers entered the city?" What about the casualties? ”

Zu Dashou choked up and said: "Of the four hundred cavalry led by the last general, there are less than fifty left; Of the hundred people under He Kegang, there are less than ten left! ”

Zhu Youzhen's heart sank suddenly, and after careful questioning, he learned that in order to cover his escape, the two Ming armies were surrounded by Jurchen cavalry several times his size, and they were almost annihilated.

But when it was learned that Hauge vomited blood and fainted, the Jurchens lost their fighting spirit. You must know that Hauge is the actual commander of the yellow flag, just like the father and mother of these Jurchens. If the coach dies, no matter how much he wins, it will be in vain, and he will be martyred if he goes back.

Therefore, Ao Bai and other leaders had no intention of fighting, and escorted Hauge to retreat. Zu Dashou and He Kegang survived the dead, and when they learned that Zhu Youzhen had come to Ningyuan, they led the remnants of the army to follow.

After listening to this, Zhu Youzhen felt very heavy in his heart, and said with red eyes: "These soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country to cover this king, and this king must avenge them!" ”

Li Chengyong has been watching coldly, but at this time he said: "The Jurchens have ridden more than 100,000 people, and they have been crisscrossing Liaodong for decades, and it is really difficult to stop. His Royal Highness still hurried back to Shanhaiguan, and it was not advisable to stay here for a long time. ”

Zu Dashou hurriedly said: "City Lord, this time the scholar Sun Chengzong supervised Liaodong, and he has decided to build a city in Ningyuan, build a defense line against Guanning, and resist the Tartars. The supervising army Yuan Chonghuan is now in Qiantun, and he will reach Ningyuan in a few days. Dashou is here, first, to protect His Highness, and secondly, I want to ask your old man to preside over the city defense plan..."

"Shut up!" Li Chengyong suddenly shouted, "What does the old man do, I don't need you to teach me!" ”

Zu Dashou was taken aback and was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped.

When Zhu Youzhen saw this scene, he couldn't help beating a small drum in his heart, secretly thinking about what this Li Chengyong meant? Don't want to surrender to the Jurchens, do you?