Accompanied by the cold wind, a group of cavalry entered Daling River City.

Li Yi held a tiger-tooth gun and dismounted from his horse.

Zu Dale and Wang Zhi walked up and looked at the team. They saw that everyone was covered in blood, and some of the soldiers were even pale and had weak breaths.

"Come quickly and take the wounded soldiers down for treatment." Zu Dale ordered.

Li Yi walked over, cupped his hands and said: "I encountered Donglu reinforcements at Thirteen Mountain Post and held them back for half a day. I only returned after learning that the general had withdrawn."

Hearing that Li Yi encountered Donglu reinforcements, Zu Dale's heart skipped a beat and asked quickly: "How many troops are there in the Donglu reinforcements?"

Li Yi said: "There are about 1,300 people. They are Zhenghongqi under Daishan, led by his third son Saharian."

Upon hearing the news, Zu Dale and Wang Zhi both changed their expressions. They looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.

Wang Wu next to Li Yi said: "Two adults, Li Yi led us to stop Sahalian at Thirteen Mountain Post. Hundreds of Donglu reinforcements were killed and injured. Now I am afraid there are less than 1,200 people."

When Zu Dale heard the news, he was happy and ashamed.

Li Yi only led 200 cavalry. Not only did he withstand the attack of more than a thousand Sahalian, but he was also able to kill more than a hundred enemies. However, he was defeated despite having a superior force. He was really ashamed.

At that moment, Zu Dalue could only sigh and said: "Zizheng is worthy of being a disciple of Sun Gong. He is truly brave. It's a pity that I was defeated and failed to live up to the blood shed by you and others who blocked the reinforcements."

Li Yi quickly said: "My lord, don't blame yourself. Victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers."

Zu Dale was feeling a little depressed, so after a few words with Li Yi, he asked him to lead his troops down to rest.

Liu Zhi accompanied Li Yi, looked at Zu Dale behind him, and sighed: "Vice-General Zu commanded the battle. Now that the army is defeated, I am afraid that he will be impeached by the courtiers and punished by the emperor."

Li Yi also nodded and said: "Vice-General Zu is also a battle-tested general. Now he suffered this defeat against the last Tabai. I think he is unwilling to accept it."

"So what if you feel unwilling to do so? I just don't understand how Vice General Zu's powerful and elite soldiers could lose against Tabai?" Liu Zhi asked puzzledly.

At this time, both Wang Wu and Zhu Qilong looked over, full of questions.

Li Yi shook his head and whispered: "It's true that Zu Dale's men are all elite soldiers, but because of this, he thought he was sure of victory, carelessly underestimated the enemy, and revealed his command plan early. But Tabai sent the most elite guards to

The army cavalry stayed behind, always looking for the weakness of the Ming army. Later, they discovered the weakness of the left wing. They weakened first and then strengthened, destroying the morale of the Ming army. If Zu Dale had not been on the battlefield and retreated in time, the entire army would have been annihilated.

Of course, this is also related to Zu Dale being too rigid and unable to adapt flexibly when his weaknesses are caught."

"Flexibility is simple to say, but it is difficult for a talented general who has been on the battlefield for a long time." Suddenly someone said.

Li Yi turned around and looked, and saw the giant slowly walking over.

Seeing that Juzi was fine, Li Yi looked overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him: "Sir, it's good that you're fine."

The giant smiled and nodded, looking at Li Yi who was covered in blood, he shook his head and said: "Border battles are extremely dangerous, you still have to remember to protect yourself at all times. Otherwise, if you have an accident, An Xin will cause another disturbance."

Li Yi knew that Juzi was reminding him, so he quickly handed over his hands and said: "Junior, remember."

Then he continued: "Juzi, Zhuang Rou and Hongyan are all in Jinzhou City, and they are very worried about you."

Juzi stroked his gray beard and said calmly: "It's good that they are not in danger. Zizheng, Tabai came here to avenge you this time. This matter has been spread widely, and I am afraid there will be waves. You'd better make preparations in advance.

good."

On the other side, Zu Dale learned that Saha Lian's reinforcements had arrived, and his confidence in being able to defend Daling River City disappeared.

He and Wang Zhi discussed countermeasures, but after much deliberation, they had no other choice but to send people to Jinzhou for help and hold on to the city.

At this time, President Han Qian sent someone to ask for an audience.

Zu Dale didn't care and asked someone to invite him in.

General Manager Han Qian looked at Zu Dale and Wang Zhi who had anxious faces, a smile appeared on his face, and he stepped forward and said, "I have met Deputy General Zu, General Wang Qian."

Wang Zhi was confused and nodded towards him.

Zu Dale did not have such a good temper and asked directly: "What's the matter with you being so anxious to see me?"

President Han Qian said quickly: "I heard some rumors and I don't know if they are true, so I wanted to ask."

"What rumors?" Zu Dale asked.

Mr. Han Qian said: "Some people in the city said that Tabai besieged Dalinghe City this time because his son Bakqin was killed by a Ming army sentry. He was so angry that he sent troops. I wonder if you know this?"

Zu Dale didn't realize what the problem was. He sat behind the desk, picked up the tea bowl and said, "This is true. Buck's head has been sent to the capital, and the hero who killed him is today."

Li Zizheng, who entered the city late."

General Han Qian was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "In this case, if we hand over Li Zizheng to Tabai, Tabai may be able to withdraw his troops. When the time comes, we can explain to the court and the governor. Not only will we have no fault, but we can also call our generals Tabai."

Isn't it great to defeat him and accomplish a great feat?"

Mr. Han Qian told him what he thought was the best way. He thought Zu Dale would be very happy, but he didn't expect a tea bowl to hit him on the head. In a hurry, Mr. Han Qian was hit in the forehead, and the tea bowl hit him directly.

It fell to the ground and broke into pieces. Mr. Han Qian's forehead was also covered in blood.

"Fuck your mother. Li Yi is the hero who killed Buck's father. How could I hand him over to the Tatars? Mr. Han Qian, I think you have evil intentions and want to frame Zhongliang." Zu Dalue said angrily.

Although his words were beautiful, the reason for his refusal was other things. You must know that Li Yi is a disciple of Sun Chengzong. This time he came to Liaodong obviously for Governor Yuan. If he handed him over to Donglu, not only the Ministry

The adults will not let him go, even his cousin will want to peel off his skin.

Mr. Han Qian's smile froze on his face, he lowered his head slightly, and the blood on his face slowly dripped onto the floor.

"Sir... Your Majesty, this subordinate has not thought carefully, please calm down." Mr. Han Qian lowered his head and said in a low voice.

Zu Dale glanced at him coldly, directly exposed his intention, and said: "I said, you are not a fucking leader. For the sake of your own life, you actually want Li Yi to die. I will be angry when I see you.

, get out."

President Han Qian quickly bowed and said: "My subordinates, get out of here, get out of here."

After saying that, he turned around and left. Zu Dale didn't see the sinister look on his face the moment he turned around.

Wang Zhi looked at his back and said to Zu Dale: "It seems that Mr. Han Qian has some skills. He can tolerate your attack like this. I think you'd better be careful and don't let him behind your back."

It’s cloudy.”

Zu Dalue said nonchalantly: "You're calling him that coward? I'm so angry that he doesn't even dare to raise his head. If he dares to cheat on me, I'll chop off his own head."

After hearing this, Wang Zhi just looked at Mr. Han Qian's disappearing back and said nothing more.

On the other side, Mr. Han Qian walked out of the yamen, and his bodyguard quickly came over with his horse. Seeing the wound on Mr. Han's head, he couldn't help but ask: "Sir, what's wrong with your forehead?"

Mr. Han Qian snorted coldly and said, "What else can happen? That old man Zu Dale was injured."

The guard said angrily when he heard this: "Sir, no matter how you say it, you are still a serious court official. How can Zu Dalue be beaten at will?"

Mr. Han Qian covered his wound with a gloomy expression and said through gritted teeth: "This old guy Zu Dale, one day I will kill him with my own hands."

After speaking, he looked back at the Yamen gate with a look of resentment on his face, and led his guards away.

After a while, a personal guard ran into the yamen quickly. After seeing Zu Dale in the lobby, he quickly said: "Two adults, there was a sudden explosion in the Tabai camp, and a group of troops who came from nowhere attacked him.

"

"What? Tabai's camp has been stolen?" Zu Dale stood up in surprise, "Take me to see it quickly."

Wang Zhi also quickly followed after hearing this.

The two of them climbed onto the city wall, and saw the Tabai camp not far away ablaze. The neighing of horses and the sound of rushing and killing could be heard clearly even if they stood on the city wall.

Zu Dale turned back to look at his guards and asked, "Whose troops attacked Tabai?"

The guard said quickly: "Just now, another prisoner of our army escaped from the Tabai camp. Now he is waiting in the gatehouse for your questioning."

Zu Dalue heard this and said doubtfully: "Have you checked your identity? It's not a spy who sneaked in from Donglu."

The Kingdom of Jin was good at using spies to gather intelligence, and cooperated with the army to attack the city, so Zu Dale had to guard against it.

The personal guard said quickly: "My subordinates have been seen by their former commanders. There are more than a dozen of them, all of whom are soldiers of our army who were captured by Tabai today."

With so many people escaping back, it was obvious that what happened in the Tabai camp was not a trivial matter. Zu Dale quickly said: "Bring two people here, I want to question them."

After a while, two Ming soldiers wearing single clothes and shivering with cold were brought to the city wall.

Zu Dale asked with a serious look: "What happened in the Tabai camp? How did you escape back?"

A Ming soldier said quickly: "The villain was captured by Tabai's army and locked up in a wooden prison. When I arrived in You today, I suddenly heard the sound of cavalry charging from the north, and then a group of cavalry rushed into Tabai's camp.

The camp was in chaos, and the little one took the opportunity to escape from the wooden prison, and then headed west. Fortunately, Tabai's army fell into chaos, and the little man came back safely."

Another person said something similar.

"Lieutenant Zu, it seems that the Tabai camp was raided by a group of cavalry, but there does not seem to be any of our troops east of the Daling River." Wang Zhi said.

At this time, a soldier hurriedly said: "The banner of the cavalry of the little one seems to be the cavalry soldiers with the red flag. But because of this, the little one doesn't understand why their own people are beating their own people, so I don't say anything."

"Zhenghongqi? Isn't that Saharian's army." Zu Dale said in surprise: "But why did he attack Tabai? You know, Tabai is Huang Taiji's sixth brother."

Wang Zhi didn't know why, so he could only look at the burning camp in the distance with confusion.

"Send the order, the whole army is ready for war, be careful of the Tatars' deception." Zu Dale was not happy because Sahalian and Tabai were fighting, but became more cautious.

There were shouts of killing in the distance, and it seemed that the two sides were fighting fiercely. Zu Dale sent out five sentry cavalry to investigate, but they were all repelled by the red-eyed Tatar cavalry, so they could only explore from the outside.
Chapter completed!