They drove all night and finally arrived at Dalinghe City the next morning. When they saw that the Ming army's flag was still on top of the city, Zu Dashou breathed a sigh of relief.

You must know that Jinzhou is his defense area. If Dalinghe City is lost, he will not be able to escape his involvement. Moreover, Dalinghe City is the gateway to Jinzhou. If it is occupied by Donglu, Jinzhou will become dangerous, which is also very important to him.

unfavorable.

As soon as the army approached Daling River City, there were sentries and cavalry investigating from a distance.

Zu Dashou then temporarily stationed his army outside the city and sent sentries to the city to investigate the news.

On the other side, Li Yi learned that Zu Dashou had led troops to support him, and quickly took Wang Wu and Liu Zhi to visit him.

In the military tent, Li Yi walked in with the two of them. Looking at Zu Dashou, who was the leader, he immediately bowed his head and said: "I'm here to see you, Commander-in-Chief."

Zu Dashou nodded and said: "Zizheng quickly excuses himself."

Glancing at Wang Wu and Liu Zhi behind Li Yi, Zu Dashou said with a smile: "Your Majesty learned that Dalinghe City was besieged by Tabai's troops, and specifically asked my commander to come with his troops to relieve the siege, but now

It seems that Dalinghe City is still safe and sound, did Tabai's troops not attack the city?"

Before Li Yi could speak, Liu Zhi said excitedly: "Commander, Tabai's troops have been defeated by Zi Zheng, and he himself has been captured alive by Zi Zheng. This matter is about to be reported to the Commander."

"What?" Zu Dashou suddenly stood up, looked at Li Yi in disbelief, and exclaimed: "Say it again."

Liu Zhi said with a smile on his face: "Sir, all Tabai's troops have been wiped out by Quizheng, and the old thief Tabai has also been captured by Quizheng."

Zu Dashou sat back on his seat, apparently unable to react for a moment.

After a while, he looked at Li Yi and said, "Zizheng, is what Liu Zhi said true?"

Li Yi did not reply, but looked at Wang Wu behind him.

Wang Wu turned around and left, dragging Tabai outside the tent into the tent.

Tabai raised his head and glanced at the people in the tent, snorted coldly and said nothing.

Wang Wu kicked him on the knee joint, and Tabai knelt on the ground with a thud. He struggled to stand up, but Wang Wu held him firmly and could not break free at all.

Zu Dashou looked at the burly man kneeling below and couldn't help but ask: "Is this person Tabai?"

When the two armies fought, they commanded the soldiers to fight. It was difficult for the commander to meet, so Zu Dashou did not know Tabai.

Li Yi cupped his hands and said: "Commander Qi. The subordinates have already asked the prisoners, and they all identified him as Nurhaci's Liuzi Tabai."

After speaking, he winked at Wang Wu.

Wang Wu untied the cloth from Tabai's mouth, and Tabai immediately spat out the beads in his mouth. He looked at the superior Zu Dashou coldly and sneered: "You don't need to interrogate me, I am Tabai."

Zu Dashou smiled and said: "Tabai, don't you know that your death is imminent?"

Ta Bai spat fiercely, looked at Zu Dashou with disdain and said: "Since I led the troops to fight, I knew that this day would come. But you Ming army are all fucking weaklings, and you can't do anything to me at all.

If I hadn't fallen into this kid's trick this time, how could I have made you so proud?"

Zu Dashou was not angry and said with a smile: "Do you know this leader?"

Tabai glanced at Li Yi and gritted his teeth and said: "Isn't he the boy who captured me alive yesterday? What's so good about him?"

When Zu Dashou saw that Tabai didn't know anything about it, he showed a sneer on his face and said: "Haha, Tabai, this is the person who shot your son. You besieged Dalinghe City just to kill him, but now he is standing in front of you.

I don’t even know, it’s really funny.”

Tabai was slightly startled, turned his head to look at Li Yi, and said, "Are you Li Yi, the sharpshooter of the Ming army?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "That's right."

Tabai was not angry. Instead, he nodded extremely calmly and said, "I won't complain if my son dies in your hands."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and ignored Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou also knew that nothing could be found out by asking now, so he asked people to take Tabai down.

Walking to Li Yi, Zu Dashou patted Li Yi heavily on the shoulder and said: "Zizheng, you have made great achievements this time and captured Tabai alive. It is really enviable."

Li Yi said: "The lower officials are also forced to have no choice."

Zu Dashou smiled and said: "A dog that is forced to have no choice but to be in a desperate situation is still a dog. You are a dragon and a phoenix among men. When encountering wind and rain, you will turn into a dragon and fly into the sky. You will definitely become the target of public criticism for your great achievements this time. You still have to be careful.

For the best."

Li Yi knew that this was Zu Dashou's advice to him, and immediately said: "My subordinates only know that Ta Bai was captured and the siege of Daling River City was lifted. Everything else needs to be explained to the court by your Excellency and the Ministry."

In words, he gave Zu Dashou the right to explain this matter. For example, under whose command was it possible to capture Ta Bai alive, and who sent additional soldiers, these credits can be distributed by Zu Dashou.

Hearing that Li Yi was so knowledgeable, the smile on Zu Dashou's face finally became more sincere.

Li Yi was a disciple of Sun Chengzong, and he was highly regarded by Yuan Chonghuan. He did not seem to have fallen out with Li Yi. But this time the credit was too great, and he also wanted a share of the pie.

After handling this matter, Zu Dashou dispatched 800 people to guard Dalinghe City and set off back to Jinzhou with Tabai.

Li Yi, Wang Wu, Liu Zhi and others are the heroes of this battle, and of course they need to accompany them.

After everyone made great achievements, they returned to Jinzhou, but they did not get the welcome they expected. On the contrary, no one paid attention to Li Yi and others.

After Zu Dashou understood Li Yi's attitude, he discussed with a group of civil and military officials how to divide the credit. Of course, the first credit for this battle belonged to Li Yi. Yuan Chonghuan was watching this, and no one dared to touch it, but the credit for others was

Not so lucky. Zu Dashou got the credit for dispatching soldiers and directing the battle. All civil and military officials became active supporters of the battle. The last helpless battle between trapped beasts turned out to be actively prepared by Liaodong civil and military officials.

A great victory can only be achieved by effective command.,

What was originally a miraculous victory turned into a deserved victory during a discussion among officials. Correspondingly, the desperate fighting of the soldiers and the powerful use of firearms became dispensable, without any

People care.

Li Yi didn't like this kind of discussion, but he couldn't get away from it. They all knew that they were the key, and they needed to admit or acquiesce to their deception. If they showed a trace of disgust, these officials who were eager to take credit would change their attitude from kindness.

The elders turned into cold-blooded bureaucrats and made themselves aware of their methods.

Thinking of those people's fake smiles, Li Yi couldn't help but shudder.

Wang Wu was recalled by Yuan Chonghuan, and Liu Zhi also led the troops to defend Daling River City. For a time, his companions who had fought side by side in the past had things to do, and he was free.

Returning to the inn, Li Yi saw Chen Hongyan and Zhuang Rou packing their luggage. He couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "What are you doing?"

Zhuang Rou was very happy to see Li Yi back and said: "My senior sister and I are going to Daling River City to visit our master. Brother Li Yi, when did you come back?"

"I came back with the army this morning." Li Yi said with a smile.

Zhuang Rou said happily: "Senior sister and I have heard people talking about you, saying that you are a young and talented young man with extraordinary bravery. Not only did you defeat the Tatars, you also captured a high-ranking Tatar official."

Li Yi shook his head and smiled: "What high-ranking official? Are they just talking nonsense?"

"I don't believe it?" Zhuang Rou pouted and said coquettishly: "Brother Li Yi, tell me how many officials you have caught, do you want me to hear it?"

Looking at Zhuang Rou who grabbed his arm, Li Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Maybe he is an officer as big as the General Soldier of the Ming Dynasty."

"An officer as big as a general?" Zhuang Rou thought about it seriously and said, "What rank is that?"

Looking at Zhuang Rou with a confused face, Li Yi smiled and said: "Nothing."

"No character?" Zhuang Rou burst into laughter and said: "Turns out he is a useless little official, hahaha. I thought brother Li Yi was very powerful and had captured a high-ranking Tatar official."

"Okay, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense." Chen Hongyan reluctantly pulled her junior sister over, looked at Li Yi and said: "We are going to Daling River City to see the master. I'm afraid it will take three days to come back?"

Li Yi said: "You don't need to go. When I came back today, Juzi said that he was going to lead the Momen children to leave Liaodong and return to the northwest to deal with the victims' problems?"

"Return to the northwest?" Chen Hongyan was slightly stunned and asked: "Didn't Master promise Governor Yuan to help him build the city? Why are you returning to the northwest now?"

Li Yi sighed: "No matter how strong the city is, it still needs people to guard it. This time the Ming army was defeated one after another, which made the giant extremely disappointed with the Ming army. He thought that even if he built the strongest city wall, the Ming army would not be able to withstand it.

.In this case, it is better to return to the northwest to start the immigration plan and do something beneficial to the people."

Chen Hongyan felt her master's helplessness from Li Yi's words. The Ming army was once an invincible and heroic army, but now it is rotten to the core. Even if they built a city for them, they could not hold it.

"It's okay, master, to leave. We have discussed the plan to move the victims to the south before, and we have already made a preliminary plan. Now it is just right to implement it." Chen Hongyan said.

Li Yi nodded and said: "Now that there are riots in the northwest, people have been displaced and become refugees. The south is relatively stable. If you can move the people to sparsely populated Qiongzhou, Yunnan and other places, you can avoid the disaster and save many refugees."

Chen Hongyan nodded and said with some worry: "But how can the displaced people cross thousands of mountains and rivers to go to the south? And even if they get to the south, how can they settle down and recuperate?"

Li Yi listened and said: "Prospering the country and reassuring the people is the purpose of Fuguoshe. I will ask Fuguoshe to actively cooperate with this matter. However, this matter is very expensive and it will be difficult to accomplish it even with all the efforts of the country. If you want to

I’m afraid it won’t be easy to implement.”

Chen Hongyan showed a smile on her face and said proudly: "We Mohists live and die for righteousness. No matter how difficult it is, as long as it can save all people from fire and water, we will do it."

Li Yi also admired Momen's chivalrous heart and said: "As long as Momen does not give up, I will fully support it."

The two looked at each other with firm eyes.

"Do you want to pack your luggage?" Zhuang Rou raised her hand weakly and looked at Li Yi and her senior sister.

Chen Hongyan touched Zhuang Rou's hair and said with a smile: "Pack it up. The refugees in the northwest need our help. As soon as the master comes to Jinzhou, we will return to the northwest immediately."

Zhuang Rou heard this and said: "We? Senior sister, what will happen to brother Li Yi when you leave?"

Chen Hongyan's cheeks suddenly turned red, she looked at Zhuang Ju and said, "You little girl, are you laughing at me?"

Zhuang Rou smiled when she saw him and said, "Aren't I thinking about my senior sister? You know that after brother Li Yi went to Daling River City, you were thinking about him day and night."

"You little girl, you still said that." Chen Hongyan pounced on Zhuang Rou, and the two women immediately started fighting together.

After experiencing two battles this time, Li Yi also had a certain understanding of the border army.

As Juzi said, not only the government and the court within the Pass, but also the Ming army outside the Pass were rotten to the core.

The training level of the Ming army is low, military discipline is in vain, training methods are old and backward, and military attachés are arrogant and defensive. Various reasons make the combat effectiveness of the Ming army very low. To change this trend, we need more than just advanced military personnel.

Weapons require more institutional guarantees.

However, it is obvious that the declining imperial court is simply unable to carry out a major reform. Even if it can be carried out, it will be destined to abort in the party struggle.

Only then did Li Yi understand why his teacher did not want to become an official in the court or guard the border for the Ming Dynasty, because he had seen through everything and understood that the Ming Dynasty was heading toward destruction step by step and could not stop it.

Although he has made great contributions one after another and has the protection of Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, Li Yi does not like such a place at all. For him, this place is a quagmire. As long as he steps into it, he will be mired step by step.

Submerged, and finally swallowed alive.
Chapter completed!