"It's been so many days, there has been no movement in the imperial court, and when Liu Yuliang's old guy left, he swore that he would fight for reinforcements for us, but it seems that he lied to us. Thirteenth brother, tell me, what should we do, we can't die in this hopeless place, right? ”

"Lu Jiu is silent, is it afraid that others won't be able to hear such a loud voice?"

Li Xin scolded Lu Jiu softly, Lu Jiu scratched his head and said: "Lu Jiu knows that he is wrong, if he doesn't care, he will be chaotic, the Tartars have been attacking the city fiercely for several days, and at such a rate of consumption, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold on for many days." ”

Under the arrow tower in the east city, Li Xin looked at the dense Qing army camp three miles outside the city, and Dai Shan took the Qing army to fight this Jinzhou City with almost the elite of the whole country, is it considered to kill chickens with a knife? Now it is more about patience, he knows that Dai Shan must be in a hurry to go back and fight for power, although he has previously judged that Dai Shan has no intention of being emperor, but he is not willing to be marginalized in the Manchu court, so what he wants must be Yu Yu's secret dominance.

With this judgment, Li Xin was not afraid of Daishan's long-term siege of the city, because if he besieged the city for a long time, then it would inevitably delay the opportunity to return to Shengjing to fight for power. So, no matter what, we'll see in a month.

"Lu Jiu, look at it, the dense crowd outside our Jinzhou City is all the elite of the Tartar elite, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are pouring the country's troops."

Lu Jiu didn't care, but he pretended to be scared and said: "Thirteenth brother, don't be scared, I'm cowardly, a soldier of the country, are we too difficult to fly now?" ”

Li Xin nodded solemnly, "Indeed, we did fly south with wings, but look at them. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the Qing army camp outside the city.

"Look at them, they are actually more anxious than us, anxious to go back and participate in the battle for the throne of the Manchu court. So, what about the soldiers who have conquered the country? There is nothing to be afraid of! ”

Lu Jiu seemed to have enlightened, "Right now, the morale of my Third Guard Army is gradually declining, and the words of the Thirteenth Brother are just right to ......"

Li Xin smiled and said: "Those who know me, it is indeed Brother Lu!" ”

The commander of all the infantry battalions of the Three Guards Army is Cheng Mingjiu, although Lu Jiu has a transcendent status, he cannot directly mobilize the generals of the battalions of the Three Guards, so he can only go to Cheng Mingjiu to discuss first. Cheng Mingjiu was worried about the low morale, and after listening to what Lu Jiu said, he slapped him twice in excitement.

"Brother Lu is really timely rain, with your plan, you can hold on for at least three more days, and when the time comes, Cheng will ask the general for you!"

Lu Jiu didn't want to say anything, but when he heard Cheng Mingjiu say that he wanted to ask the thirteenth brother for credit, wouldn't he be revealing his stuffing at that time, so he had to say angrily: "Hehe, tell Brother Cheng the truth, Lu Mou is here to pass on the word to the general, this merit, there is no need to ask for it!" ”

Cheng Mingjiu laughed and said: "Brother Lu is also meritorious in delivering the message on his behalf, and the general will also write it down for you!" ”

Lu Jiu raised his foot and was about to kick him, but Cheng Mingjiu's body was strong and fast, and he drove away as soon as he turned around. Lu Jiuyi missed the kick, so he sat back on the chair.

"Brother Cheng, don't make fun of Lu." Lu Jiu suddenly leaned forward, lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Cheng, tell you the truth, are you sure of guarding Jinzhou?" ”

On the surface, Lu Jiu, who was giggling, was actually full of doubts about Li Xin's decision to hold Jinzhou, he always felt that this move would send the Three Guards to a desperate situation, and Cheng Mingjiu was quite good with him, and this time he wanted to ask Cheng Mingjiu if he was sure to hold Jinzhou.

After all, Cheng Mingjiu is the chief general of all the infantry battalions of the Three Guards Army, and the general has given this person the heavy responsibility of commanding all the infantry battalions, which means that he has full confidence in this person in infantry combat.

Hearing Lu Jiu's sudden question, the smile on Cheng Mingjiu's face disappeared, and he was stunned for a moment before he said slowly: "To be honest, Cheng Mou is not sure, but Cheng Mou has absolute confidence in the general." Brother Lu, think about it, since the Great General led the troops, which time has he not won in the Jedi? Let's just say that in the battle of Gaoyang last year, the small city of Gaoyang is no more than two zhang high, and the radius is only a few miles, and the defenders in the city are even more powerful except for Soap. On the other hand, Dorgon's army has tens of thousands of elite armor, what is the result? Isn't it a fart and that was beaten by the general? ”

Lu Jiu was a little unimpressed, it was precisely because he knew Li Xin well that he would not be so superstitious about his own general like the other battalion officers of the Three Guards. Cheng Mingjiu seemed to see Lu Jiu's disapproval, and said: "Brother Lu, think about it, when the general was in Gaoyang City, he went out of the city several times to carry out military affairs, and put it on you and me in that kind of absolute place, how should you and I choose?" ”

"There must be how far and how far to go, the fool stays and waits for death!" Lu Jiu replied without thinking.

"Yes, you see how the general chooses? He still chose to return to Gaoyang City, isn't this equivalent to death in the eyes of you and me? ”

"That time, the thirteenth brother was confident in defending the city, but Brother Cheng didn't see it with his own eyes, Gaoyang City had already been transformed, and it was not the same as now." Lu Jiu continued to argue strongly.

"Otherwise, the transformation of Gaoyang City has been studied in depth, and it is indeed a stroke of genius. However, the status and role of the general in Gaoyang City are thousands of miles away from that in Jinzhou City at this time. Brother Lu will remember the constraints of Zhou Jin and the framing of Lei County's order, why did he go back? Cheng Mingjiu still tried to convince Lu Jiu, but when it came to it, he felt that he was about to wrap himself in.

Sure enough, after Lu Jiu heard Cheng Mingjiu say this, he smiled and said: "Brother Cheng has said that there are many crises in Gaoyang City, and the general chose to return to Gaoyang City, which can only show that he is foolish and loyal, and he is foolish and loyal to the Ming Dynasty that has rotted to the bones and is incorrigible!" The result? Lu Jiu's voice was a little excited, and his face turned red.

As a result, the Ming officials who went to save Brother Thirteen regardless of his own safety regarded him as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, framed him, and wanted to execute him. Even if that Qingtian old man Sun Chengzong is in the city, what about it? Didn't he even let out a fart? In the final analysis, I didn't treat my thirteenth brother as my own person, and I used my thirteenth brother as a rag that can be thrown away at any time when it runs out! Zhou Jin is like this, Lu Zhifan is like this, and Sun Chengzong is like this. ”

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu thinks too much!" Cheng Mingjiu saw that Lu Jiu became more and more excited, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

"I didn't think much about it, in the end, those civil officials didn't regard our generals as the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, but if there was no thirteenth brother, would the Jingshi be able to win the battle so lightly? Can Taiyuan be taken back so lightly? The anti-thief Liu Guoneng may have torn the earth and sealed the king, and he will sit on the throne! Look at it again, what did the elders of the court do? In addition to stumbling behind the back and sweeping the legs, which one is for our sake? ”

"You can't say that, Second Prince Sun is not this kind of person!"

Cheng Mingjiu finally found a character to refute Lu Jiu, Sun Ji is indeed different from those Ming officials who are mercenary and power-oriented, this person at least has a true side of human nature.

"The second son of Sun has only been an official for a year, and he has not been pickled by the filthy Ming officialdom, and I am afraid that it will be ...... after a long time."

Although Cheng Mingjiu was also dissatisfied with the civil officials and ministers of the imperial court by Lu Jiu, he still wanted to calm his uneasiness, and after thinking for a while, he finally remembered a great big man.

"Yes, yes, you must have heard of this Qingtian master, how many years has he been an official, he is still clean-sleeved, not greedy for money, and not with silverfish."

"Who? Is there still such an official in the Ming Dynasty? Isn't that a fool? If you don't have the right to use it, what's the use of being a bird official? ”

Cheng Mingjiu sneered: "Being an official is naturally for the people of the world, Hai Rui of the Jiajing Dynasty is upright and upright, with a clean breeze on his sleeves, if there is such a person in the court today, it will be enough to deter those Xiaoxiao!" ”

Unexpectedly, Lu Jiu laughed heartily, pointing at Cheng Mingjiu, who was out of breath, and it took a long time to recover.

"The more Brother Cheng talks, the more naïve he becomes, if the old man is still in the court today, the first one who can't tolerate him is the current emperor. Our long-lived lord wants to save face and can even lose the inside, Hai Rui doesn't know how to figure out the emperor's thoughts, and he doesn't show mercy when he speaks, I'm afraid he will be convicted and imprisoned in a few days, and in the end, the head of the person on the item may have to be lost! ”

"You, why are you so extreme? If the emperor can't tolerate people and doesn't have the wisdom to know people, why is he still able to promote the general to worship the general? ”

"That's the good luck of the thirteenth brother, if Brother Cheng doesn't believe it, Lu Jiu will put the words here, sooner or later, sooner or later, the emperor will want to get rid of the thirteenth brother for the sake of his face and his insides, just like those old things in the cabinet!"

Seeing that Lu Jiuyue is more and more outrageous, this is also in the siege of Jinzhou, if it is a peaceful situation, it is light to kill the head with these words. Cheng Mingjiu reminded Lu Jiu:

"Brother Lu, let's just finish these words today, and we must not mention them to others again, otherwise we will get into trouble in vain, and if we implicate the general again......"

Lu Jiu smiled: "Who does Brother Cheng think of Lu Jiu?" How can you talk nonsense, today there are only you and my brothers, just complaining. I also hope that Brother Cheng can persuade Brother Thirteen together with Lu Jiuyi not to run to the dark with a tendon, after all, he can't be so lucky forever. If, I mean, this time there is a little bit of bad luck, and all the money that our three guards have worked so hard to accumulate will be lost! ”

Cheng Mingjiu was shocked by what he said, Lu Jiu said that Li Xin's previous victory over the strong with the weak was due to luck, although he refused to believe it, but after all, there is a certain truth, everything has its accidental factors. What if in the Battle of Jinzhou, all the accidental factors deviated from the Three Guards? He racked his brains and tried his best, but he had no answer, so he had to look at Lu Jiu, "Why don't you go and persuade the general in person?" ”