Chapter 24 Becoming the Lord
"Young master, young master. Captain Jiang is back, Captain Jiang is back." At this time, Gao Meng shouted at the foot of the mountain. Li Xin looked at him and saw a ray of dust appearing in the distance. A team of red cavalry rushed towards him. Who was the leader?
"Go down and take a look." Li Xin's face was solemn. Logically, at this time, Jiang Yi was hunting and could not meet him, but the other party came, which was strange.
"Young Master." When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Li Xin frowned because he found that Jiang Yi's battle robe was covered with blood, and even the war horses were covered with many blood. The cavalry behind him were injured. This was not to hunt, but to fight.
"What's going on?" Li Xin asked slightly dissatisfied.
"We met the spies from the Donglu, and five people died, but we killed them all." Jiang Yi lowered his head and said softly. Li Xin glanced at it. Sure enough, he saw that the cavalry behind him had several heads on them, just like in his memory, with a rat-tailed braid on his face. Even after his death, he still had a rampant look in his eyes.
"How many of them?" Li Xin asked in surprise.
"Ten people." Jiang Yi's head lowered even lower, and a hint of shame appeared on his face.
Li Xin took a breath, and there were ten opponents, and there were two hundred people on his side. Such a person killed ten people, but he also lost five people. This ratio was unacceptable to Li Xin. No wonder some people said that the Later Jin Dynasty was only ten thousand, and it was invincible. No wonder, the cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty could dominate the world, and such cavalry was indeed very powerful.
"Don't worry, my subordinates will do their best to train these kids in the future." Jiang Yi said viciously. Gao Meng, who was on the side, also nodded.
"I'm not worried about this. Not only do soldiers need to be trained, but they also need to be sold." Li Xin shook his head. He was not afraid of training soldiers, nor was he in a hurry. But what really made him anxious was another thing, that is, the spies from the Later Jin Dynasty had arrived near Dalinghe City, which means that everything in Dalinghe City had been known by the Later Jin Dynasty.
"Young Master is worried that the Donglu's army has approached Dalinghe City?" Jiang Yi also thought of something at this time, his face pale, and his eyes were full of horror.
"Although I haven't come yet, it's almost done. I believe it will come soon." Li Xin shook his head and said. According to historical records, the Battle of Daling River occurred two months after the construction of Daling River City. But it is not now. This is also one of the reasons why Li Xin is confident that he will build the Daling River within two months. But now he is no longer sure.
"Young Master, this matter is of great importance. I'm afraid I need to tell Zu Dashou!" At this time, Sun Er in the crowd said quickly. He still had a look of fear on his face, and it was obvious that he had not recovered from the battle just now.
"Yes, it may be difficult to stop the invasion of the Donglu according to our strength. We should tell Zu Dashou's good." Jiang Yi sighed: "I have to admit that the strength of the Donglu soldiers is still above our army."
"It is certain to tell Zu Dashou, but we can't say it." Li Xin pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go, bring the heads of the Donglu and see He Kegang. Maybe Zu Dashou won't listen to our words, but he will definitely listen to He Kegang's words."
"Yes, young master." Jiang Yi and others did not dare to neglect them. They took some dry food, took all the prey they had hunted, led hundreds of cavalry roaring away, and instantly rushed out of the mountains and rushed towards Dalinghe City.
He Kegang's mansion was about three streets away from Zu Dashou's mansion. After Li Xin asked a few soldiers, he rushed to He Kegang's mansion and asked the concierge to inform him, Li Xin led Jiang Yi and others into the mansion.
"Kill, kill!"
As soon as he entered the mansion, he heard a burst of shouts of killing, which surprised Li Xin. The concierge leading the way in front told Li Xin in a proud tone that it was the young master practicing martial arts.
After turning the shadow wall, there was a huge martial arts training ground in front of him. On the martial arts training ground, an eleven-year-old boy was meticulously playing with a white wax pole, and silver lights could be seen faintly flashing, which was extraordinary. On the side, He Kegang's face showed a hint of relief from time to time, and he was obviously quite satisfied with his son.
"General He." Li Xin bowed and said.
"Li Xin, come and see how the dog shot his marksman is?" He Kegang said with a smile on his face and pointed at his son.
"Although the marksmanship is ordinary, it is already very good to be able to train to this level at a young age." Li Xinnai is a master of marksmanship. He can't tell the power of this set of marksmanship, but it's not bad that He Kegang's son can play so skillfully at such a young age.
"Oh! Can you even understand marksmanship, as a scholar?" He Kegang originally only used a polite sentence or two, but he didn't expect Li Xin to really comment. He took a lot of effort to get this marksmanship. In Li Xin's eyes, he actually used the words ordinary to evaluate this marksmanship, and he didn't like it very much. It was because of his face that he did not attack.
"General He doesn't know that my young master is a master of marksmanship." Sun Er saw this and said with a smile: "Any marksmanship always comes from his eyes." Although Sun Er has some skills, he is the object of exclusion in the guards. However, this person is Qiu Hejia's confidant, so it is not easy to drive him away. Sun Er also understood the reason and was very flattering to Li Xin. Of course, this premise is that it cannot conflict with Qiu Hejia's orders.
"Oh!" He Kegang was even more disbelief when he heard this. Although He Kegang was different from Zu Dashou, the general was a military general and looked down on civil officials, even the same was true for literati.
"The gun is a thief among soldiers. Apart from the overlord gun, they often use phantoms to confuse the opponent, and make it true and false in reality, which makes people unable to defend themselves. Finally, they kill the opponent." Li Xin smiled and took the white wax pole from the young master of the He family, saying, "Young Master Ling did this false, but is it true? But there is no. It is okay to confuse ordinary people, but it won't work if they meet powerful ones. It's just that Ling Master is still young, so it's quite difficult to do this." Li Xin shouted softly, and saw a loud noise in the air, like setting off firecrackers.
The boss with He Kegang's mouth opened, and only saw silver light shining in front of him, as if dozens of lotus flowers appeared instantly. The lotus flowers flashed and disappeared. Looking at the wooden stake in front, eight deep holes appeared on the wooden stake, all of which were on the key holes all around his body.
"Haha, my body still has not recovered! Otherwise, there would be nine above." Li Xin's words shocked He Kegang again. Although he was good at martial arts, he himself didn't know if he could avoid the opponent's shooting skills. Now, the opponent could even say another shot, and he was completely shocked.
"Hey! I'm telling me why you have such courage to come to Dalinghe City, why are the guys under your command obeying you? It turns out that your martial arts are enough to intimidate these guys." After a long time, He Kegang came back to his senses, looked at Li Xin with a meaningful look, and finally nodded and said, "You are not only a literati, but also a very powerful literati."
"Hehe, the general is joking." Li Xin bowed and said, "In fact, Li Xin came here to report to the general this time."
"Oh, what's the matter?" He Kegang glanced at Jiang Yi and others, and finally his eyes fell on the black cloth bag in the hands of Jiang Yi and others. He frowned and said, "Did you kill someone?" How could the bloody smell in the cloth bag hide He Kegang's long-time general on the battlefield?
"According to the general's instructions, I asked them to go hunting. Unexpectedly, we were lucky. When we met them, five of us died and ten of them were killed." Li Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Oh!" He Kegang's face was stunned. This guy killed someone, and his face was still so calm. This surprised people. He walked up and opened the cloth bag. He couldn't help but change his face. He said in surprise: "Donglu Spy."
"Yes, it's the spy of the Donglu." Li Xin nodded and said, "This matter is of great importance, so it disturbs the general."
"I didn't expect that these guys had real noses. They came just now." He Kegang looked carefully at the tail of the Jinqian rat, one of the symbols of the Later Jin Dynasty. He saw that the tail of the Jinqian rat was not just shaved, and his expression after death was still so fierce. He was a real Donglu spy. His face also became solemn.
"So I'm also worried that the spy from the Later Jin Dynasty might have been in Jinzhou City for a long time. He knew everything we did." Li Xin also nodded. He had known this for a long time. Huang Taiji was a hero of a generation. If it weren't for Huang Taiji, he would probably not have gone south to the Central Plains and unify China. How could Huang Taiji not know about such a big move in Dalinghe City? Perhaps he was rectifying his troops at this time and preparing to go south.
"When do you think they will go south?" He Kegang thought for a while and asked.
"I don't know." Li Xin originally thought that he would go south in two months, but now he didn't have the confidence. A spy appeared nearby, so he had to be careful.
"If nothing unexpected happens, they will go south within a month, but it will definitely not exceed two months." He Kegang looked at Li Xin and said, "Do you know what this means to you?"
"I will speed up the construction of Dalinghe City." Li Xin said carelessly. He and Zu Dashou set two months for two months, and it would not work if it was too much, and he would not do it if it was less.
"The word "official" is open, and sometimes it is said differently from what you do." He Kegang shook his head and sighed: "However, this is just our guess. The spy from the Donglu sometimes touched around Jinzhou City. Isn't it okay?" Li Xin nodded, and he knew that He Kegang was comforting himself.
"I think that Zu Dashou would not be like this!" A hint of gloom appeared on Li Xin's face. If this was true, Li Xin would not mind turning out of Dalinghe City and entering the grassland at this time. The grassland at this time was just right for Li Xin to fish in the muddy waters. Although the Later Jin Dynasty was very powerful, Lin Danhan died of a century-legged insect and did not stiffen. The entire grassland looked mysterious. Li Xin still had hope of rising when he entered. But undoubtedly, Li Xin was unwilling to do this, because in Jinzhou City, there was another Dong Xiaowan. He Li Xin could resist, but Dong Xiaowan could not do it. He could not consider Dong Xiaowan's existence.
"Young master, someone is here at home." Suddenly, Yang Xiong's scream came from outside, and there was a hint of panic in his voice. This made Li Xin extremely puzzled.
"Who is here?" Li Xin didn't care much about it. You should know that Yang Xiong was born an optimistic person. Even if there were any difficulties, he would not be like this now.
"Madam and Zhao Guang are here." Yang Xiong said quickly with sweat.
"Why are they here?" Li Xin asked in surprise.
"Mrs., filial piety." Yang Xiong quickly said, "Say, Mr. Dong died of illness in Shanhaiguan."
"My father-in-law?" Li Xin was stunned, and soon his face showed sadness. In this world, Li Xin had no relatives. Gao Meng and others might be loyal to Li Xin, but the only one who really gave Li Xin help and affection was Dong Fusheng. Dong Fusheng dragged his sick body north for him, from Jiangnan to Jinzhou City, thousands of miles away, and the incompatibility with the environment made his body even weaker. He knew that Dong Fusheng was not to give Qiu Hejia money, but to see.
Looking at himself, only Dong Fusheng, regardless of his illness, and whether he is still a crime, sent Dong Xiaowan to himself. In Qiu Hejia's mansion, he not only gave him 100,000 taels of silver, which gave him so many teams, but also ignored Qiu Hejia's anger and allowed him to completely control the army. It can be said that Dong Fusheng is his true benefactor and the person who helped him the most. Unfortunately, such a person has not lived long and died of illness in Liaodong so quickly.
"Mr. Li, it's the only thing that is to be a vain!" He Kegang walked forward gently, patted Li Xin's shoulder and said.
"If you have something at home, Li Xin will say goodbye first." Li Xin's voice was low. Dong Fusheng's death caused a great blow to Li Xin. From then on, no one will take care of him like Dong Fusheng. He Kegang did not stop him and allowed Li Xin to lead the people to say goodbye and leave the mansion.
"Father, that young master Li's shooting skills are really good." The young man on the side said, looking at Li Xin's back with admiration.
"If you have the chance in the future, you will be asking him for advice. If you have the chance, you can do it." He Kegang swept several heads on the ground, shook his head, and said, "Bin'er, you can practice martial arts at home, and come for your husband." He kindly patted his son's head, took a few backpacks, rode a war horse, and went straight to find Zu Dashou.
"Brother Li!" As soon as she entered the camp, Dong Xiaowan came up with her almond eyes, her face was flushed, and her face was exhausted. What could not be hidden was her fatigue and sadness. She was alone in Jinzhou and was not familiar with the place. Although Qiu Hejia was taking care of her, she was not her relative. The only Li Xin was reluctant to be considered her relative, but she was in Dalinghe City. At this time, she suddenly received her father Dong Fusheng's death. This made her a weak woman bear it. Without thinking, Zhao Guang took him to Dalinghe City. At this time, when she saw Li Xin, all her emotions burst out and she threw herself into Li Xin's arms and started crying. Finally, she fell asleep in Li Xin's arms.
"Young Master." Zhao Guang also bowed and said.
"Thank you." Li Xin nodded. After accepting Zhao Guang, he only felt that the other party was a famous general. After he succeeded in his martial arts, he made him become Dong Xiaowan's righteous brother, and asked him to protect Dong Xiaowan. Unexpectedly, Zhao Guang had such a role now.
"I don't dare." Zhao Guang still stood there and said respectfully.
"Yang Xiong, go and help me get a set of mourning clothes." Li Xin picked up Dong Xiaowan in the waist and said to Yang Xiong. For the sake of emotion and reason, Li Xin even wanted to wear mourning for Dong Fusheng.
"Young Master, Lord Qiu said that you would let the young lady protect her spirit and return to Jiangnan to maintain mourning for three years." After settling Dong Xiaowan, Zhao Guang said respectfully, "He asked the villain to lead the elite soldiers fifty guards to Jiangnan."
"This is what you should do." Li Xin nodded without thinking. The ancients attached great importance to this. When their parents died, they should be mourned for three years. No matter where you are, they must do it. Otherwise, they will definitely be despised by the world. Even Li Xin would not dare to speak in this regard.
"It's just here for the young master?" Zhao Guang didn't understand what Li Xin wanted to do, but he also knew that Li Xin was short of staff, and there were only more than 400 people. At this time, there were suddenly 50 people missing, and his strength was even smaller.
"In front of tens of thousands of people, these fifty people are actually the same as not many." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "It would be better to hand over these fifty people to you. You are also a famous general. Zhao Zilong of Changshan was a master of cavalry at that time. These people in your hands may be better than in my hands."
"Young Master." Zhao Guang looked at Li Xin in surprise. No one knew better than him what this cavalry meant. This cavalry looked like Qiu Hejia, but in fact it was Li Xin. Even Jiang Yi and others only trained this army, and no one dared to take this army away, but Li Xin could let him Zhao Guang lead the fifty cavalry south.
"Jinzhou is a dead land, and this Daling River is even more dead land. Neither you nor I will stay here." Li Xin ignored Zhao Guang and said to himself: "The land of Liaodong is about to usher in a major change. The east captains' southward movement is already the general trend. If I hope the court will definitely not work. The east captains will break through Shanhaiguan and enter the Central Plains in the near future. How can I be ruled by foreigners? I, Li Xin, swear that you will achieve great things. You Zhao Guangzhong is unparalleled. If I don't trust anyone, can I still trust anyone? I even handed over my wife to Brother Zhao for protection. Do you still care about these five hundred cavalry?"
"Last general Zhao Guang pays homage to his lord." Zhao Guang was stunned when he heard this, a trace of emotion flashed across his eyes, and he fell to the ground in an instant, calling him lord.
Jiang Yi and others around him looked at each other, followed closely behind, fell to the ground, and called out to the lord.
Chapter completed!