After walking out of the Yamen, Wang Wu and others followed him one after another.

Liu Zhi asked anxiously: "Zizheng, what's going on?"

Li Yi did not hesitate and explained in detail what happened in the lobby.

When he heard that Li Yi was about to go out with the army, Liu Zhi quickly said: "I will go with you."

Wang Wu next to him also said: "Li Yi, I have fought against the Eight Banners Army many times and have some experience. If you don't mind, I will go with you."

You must know that Wang Wu grew up in Liaodong and has rich battlefield experience. With his help, he can make up for his shortcomings in the Eight Banners Army. Li Yi was overjoyed when he heard this and said quickly: "Brother Wang is willing to help, and I am very grateful."

At this time, Zhuang Rou, who had followed, also stepped forward and said, "I want to go too."

Looking at Zhuang Rou with a worried face, Li Yi understood that she was worried about his master.

"The sword has no eyes, and the battlefield is very chaotic. You can stay in Jinzhou City to accompany your senior sister." Li Yi rejected her.

Zhuang Rou said with an unconvinced face: "I have also practiced martial arts and can protect myself. I want to save the master."

Li Yi shook his hand, pressed Zhuang Rou's shoulders with both hands, looked into her worried eyes, and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely rescue your master. But the prerequisite is that you stay in Jinzhou."

Seeing Li Yi's concerned eyes, Zhuang Rou's little face felt a little hot, she lowered her head and said, "Well, I'll wait for you to come back in Jinzhou City."

Li Yi nodded, rubbed Zhuang Rou's hair, and comforted her.

At this time, Wang Zhi walked out of the yamen and saw Li Yi walking over quickly. He said anxiously: "Zizheng, in a quarter of an hour, we will send troops to Dalinghe City with Zu Dashou. You go back and prepare quickly. We will be there by then."

Gather at the city gate."

Li Yi also knew that time was tight and said: "Okay, I'll see you at the city gate then."

The group returned to the inn, put on their armor and mounted their horses to replenish supplies.

This time, with Liu Zhi, Wang Wu and Zhu Qilong accompanying him, Li Yi felt more at ease.

You must know that on the battlefield, the most precious thing is your comrades who can hold nothing back. They will save your life at the critical moment.

Under the watch of Chen Hongyan and others, the four of them rode their war horses and ran towards the outside of the city.

Zhuang Rou was still feeling depressed because she couldn't save her master. Sun Ce saw her and said with concern: "Miss Zhuang Rou, don't worry, your master will be safe and sound."

"How do you know? It's not you who saved him." Zhuang Rou said angrily.

Sun Ce was slightly startled and looked a little embarrassed.

Both Liu Zhi and Wang Wu accompanied Li Yi on the battlefield, but they themselves did not express their stance. They were already a little embarrassed, and now they are still being questioned like this.

In order not to be misunderstood by Zhuang Rou that he was timid, Sun Zhen explained: "Miss Zhuang Rou doesn't know something. I have been studying since I was a child and have never practiced martial arts, so I can't do anything on the battlefield."

Zhuang Rou didn't care whether Sun Cerium could go to the battlefield, and said perfunctorily: "Then I can only hope that brother Li Yi can save my master."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Sun Zhen looked at Zhuang Rou's beautiful back and felt very concerned about her. But when he thought of her last words, he felt heavy.

"Can we only expect Li Yi?" Sun Ce read this sentence softly, clenched his hands tightly into fists, and said unwillingly: "I am by no means worse than Li Yi."

On the other side, Li Yi and others arrived at the city gate, and a large army had already gathered outside the city.

Zu Dashou sent his cousin Zu Dale to lead the army. After joining forces with Wang Zhi, the number of troops had reached 1,300, which was similar to the number of the invading Eight Banners Army.

After the army was assembled, Zu Dashou and Wang Zhi inspected together, and then led the army towards Daling River City.

Jinzhou was not far from Dalinghe City. The army maintained a normal marching speed and finally arrived three miles west of Dalinghe City in the evening.

Zu Dashou's plan was ruined by Li Yi, and Zu Dalue was also angry.

The warrior vented his anger very directly. Zu Dale sent Li Yi on the spot to explore the location of the Eight Banners Army to find out whether it was true or not.

Li Yi did not refuse, and led Wang Wu and others all the way north, found a gentle river beach to cross the Daling River, and began to search for the Eight Banners Army on the other side of the Daling River.

After escaping the pursuit of three groups of Eight Banners scouts and killing one group, Li Yi and the others finally figured out the reality of the Eight Banners Army.

The leader of the army this time was indeed Nurhaci's sixth son Tabai. He was stationed in Guangning, not far from Dalinghe City. After receiving the news that his son had been killed, he became furious and led his troops to take revenge.

This time he brought three Niulu that belonged to him. The total number of them was about a thousand, including 200 guards, 600 camp soldiers, and 300 unarmored soldiers.

After hearing this information, Zu Dale sneered and said: "It turned out to be just three San Niu Lu. I thought they were some powerful enemies. The 800 soldiers I brought this time were all elite soldiers in armor. They were not afraid of these little thieves at all."

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Wang Zhi was a little dissatisfied with Zu Dale's underestimation of the enemy and said: "Lieutenant Zu, although the enemy does not seem to be strong this time, the lion still needs all its strength to fight the rabbit, so we cannot be careless."

Although Wang Zhi is Yuan Chonghuan's personal guard, Mr. Qian, but the official rank between the two is so great, Zu Dale doesn't care what he thinks. Instead, he thinks he is timid and mocks: "If Mr. Wang Qian is afraid, then I will only

Leading our eight hundred soldiers into battle can also prevent Mr. Wang Qian from being injured."

Mr. Wang Qian frowned slightly, but was not irritated. He sneered, "I'm afraid Vice Admiral Zu is worried that his subordinates will take the credit."

When Zu Dalue saw Wang Zhi's explanation, he didn't stand in the way and said: "You are the personal guards beside the governor. You usually get the benefits first. This time, all the military glory belongs to us."

Wang Zhi was very dissatisfied with Zu Dale's domineering behavior and said: "Who said that we usually get the benefits first? In this battle, everyone will kill the enemy based on his own ability."

The two quarreled, and neither one wanted to let go of the military merit. You must know that the enemy's head is the basis for their military attache's promotion. In their eyes, it is only money and official position.

Li Yi watched the quarrel between the two and quickly dissuaded them: "Although the Eight Banners Army apparently has so many people, no one knows whether they have reinforcements. If reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid our army will be in trouble."

This is something Wang Zhi and Zu Dale are also very worried about.

Although on the surface there were only three Niulu besieging Dalinghe City, if the two armies fought and Tatar reinforcements arrived, not only would they not receive military honors, but they would probably be defeated.

Zu Dale thought for a while and said: "The best way is to send a group of soldiers to keep an eye on the situation in the east. Once we discover the Tatar reinforcements, we will retreat immediately."

"Retreat? Retreat to where? It's not like you and I don't know the marching speed of the Tatar soldiers. If we really get into a fight with Tabai, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape for more than two miles, and we will be overtaken and then surrounded and annihilated. Sarhu

You should know the outcome of the battle, right?" Wang Zhidao.

In the Battle of Sarhu, the army led by Li Rusong wanted to preserve its strength after being defeated and retreated to Liaoyang. However, the Eight Banners Army led by Nurhachi continued to besiege and block it, and finally annihilated this elite Ming army.

In the field battle, the Ming army wanted to escape the pursuit of the Eight Banners Army, which can be said to be a fool's errand.

If this problem is not solved, we will not be able to fight with peace of mind.

Zu Dale is a veteran on the battlefield. He said treacherously: "Mr. Wang Qian, you only have 500 elite soldiers, which are weaker than mine. I think our troops are divided into two groups. You lead 200 people."

I will be responsible for blocking the Donglu reinforcements on the east side of the battlefield, while I will lead the remaining troops to fight against Tabai, what do you think?"

"You want me to stop the Donglu reinforcements?" Wang Zhi said angrily: "It's impossible."

You must know that to block the Donglu reinforcements, if the reinforcements do not come, you will not get military credit. But if the reinforcements come, they must be very strong, and you will not be able to stop them when the time comes.

Zu Dale had a good plan.

The two argued endlessly, and no one was willing to block the reinforcements. Looking at their appearance, Li Yi finally knew that the Ming army had been losing the battle.

How can such an army want to win when it sees a reward and wants to hide when it encounters danger?

Time was tight. Seeing that they still could not reach an agreement, Li Yi said: "In this case, then I will stop the Donglu reinforcements."

Zu Dale and Wang Zhi were both stunned when they heard that Li Yi had recommended himself.

Zu Dale looked at Li Yi and said with some doubt: "Can you do it?"

Wang Zhi looked at Zu Dale mockingly and said, "He can't do it. He killed Bak Qin."

Li Yi didn't want to argue, so he said: "Since you two can't reach an agreement, let me stop the Donglu reinforcements."

Zu Dale didn't want to keep arguing and said: "Okay, since you can kill Bak Qin, it means you are a man. I will mobilize two hundred people for you. If there are no Donglu reinforcements, that would be the best. If Donglu sends them, it will be the best."

Reinforcements, you have to hold them off until we defeat Tabai."

Li Yi nodded and said: "That's how it should be."

Zu Dale was not a stingy person, so he immediately dispatched 200 cavalry from 800 elite soldiers to follow Li Yi.

That night the army camped, and early the next morning Li Yi led two hundred cavalry across the Daling River and headed east.

This is not the first time that Li Yi has led troops to fight. From Yongying to Iron Brigade, he has also led a strong army that has fought in hundreds of battles. Now he can be said to be very comfortable leading two hundred cavalry.

But to stop the Donglu reinforcements there, we need to rely on Wang Wu, a veteran of Liaodong.

Wang Wu provided himself with a location, which was in the area of ​​Thirteen Mountain Station and Youtunbao that they had visited before.

This area is the place where reinforcements from the east route must pass, and it is not far from where Zu Dale and others are fighting. If Donglu really sends reinforcements, they can join forces with Zu Dale in time.

Li Yi followed Shan Ruliu and led the cavalry to attack Thirteen Mountain Post.

On the other hand, the coalition forces of Zu Dale and Wang Zhi have also crossed the river and are rushing towards Daling River City.

Although the Eight Banners Army led by Tabai did not have many troops, its combat effectiveness was still higher than that of the Ming Army.

A thousand coalition troops were divided into left and right wings and rushed towards Tabai, and Tabai had already formed a formation and was ready.

A small battle will begin three miles away from Daling River City.

Li Yi did not neglect the construction of fortifications just because he was leading the cavalry. He asked the cavalry to begin to strengthen the Thirteen Mountain Post and set up barriers and walls.

Unlike Hou Jin who had powerful cavalry and archers, Li Yi led light cavalry. If he fought against the Eight Banners in an open area, Li Yi would easily fall into passivity, so the best way was to turn the blockade into an Eight Banners attack.

Siege warfare is what the army is least good at.

If Donglu really sent reinforcements, they would never have thought that the deserted Thirteen Mountain Posts in the middle had Ming army leaders. At that time, the Eight Banners Army, which lacked siege equipment, could only be forced to attack the city, and the Ming army of Thirteen Mountain Posts
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