"Yes, father." Zu Zerun whispered. However, Zu Dashou's deep sigh was heard in his ears. When he realized it, he found that Zu Dashou was no longer on the city tower.

Time passed quickly. In the ruins of the stone fortress on the West Mountain, Li Xin looked at the Daling River City in the distance. Behind him, the three hundred cavalrymen didn't know how to move on the war horses. At this moment, the white tent of the Later Jin Dynasty had surrounded the Daling River City, and a high wall could be seen standing in front of the Daling River City.

"Lord, spy came to report that Jiannu dug several trenches under Dalinghe City and is now building high walls. It seems that he wants to trap Zu Dashou to death." Shi Yuanzhi walked over. After several days of running-in, Shi Yuanzhi was forced to call Li Xin the lord.

"Yes! Huang Taiji wanted to surround some helpers. But he was afraid of Zu Dashou's Guanning Iron Cavalry, so he made such a decision." Li Xin shook his head and said, "Just like this, Zu Dashou would be sad. I'm afraid he would regret it at this time. He didn't break out with me at the beginning!"

"The students think that Zu Dashou had thought of breaking through together, but he probably had other plans." Shi Yuanzhi thought for a while and said, "Lord, Zu Dashou is also a famous general of the generation. How could he not know the reason? The students think that he knew the mystery from the beginning, but he was too confident and was blinded by his own confidence."

"How do you say this?" Li Xin asked curiously.

"Zu Dashou wanted to cooperate with the inside and outside, and with the help of the reinforcements of the imperial court to help him. When rescuing Dalinghe City, he rushed out from behind and defeated Huang Taiji. If he could pacify Jiannu, it would be the best. If he couldn't, even if he re-created the slave, he would have made a profit." Shi Yuanzhi said without thinking: "But at this moment, he obviously made the wrong plan. Jiannu's arrangement was not something he could break through just by wanting to."

"Yes, he must regret it now." Li Xin nodded and said, "However, Guanning Iron Cavalry is a strong army of the court. Reinforcements will definitely be sent to come soon."

"Reinforcements? Not that easy to be a good person." Shi Yuanzhi shook his head and said, "The major events in Liaodong cannot be decided by Sun Chengzong. There is another person above him, and he is the one who affects the entire situation of the war."

"You mean Emperor Chongzhen?" Li Xin thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Emperor Chongzhen has always been known for his diligence. This is probably only possible for his ancestor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not have Taizu. The two emperors Chengzu had the ability, courage and skills. He even didn't understand military affairs. Hehe, he had to deal with everything himself, but he couldn't handle anything. If Sun Chengzong wanted to fight a big battle, these food and grass had to pass through the court. It took time to go back and forth. The people in the court probably had to discuss this matter, so it was not clear when to send reinforcements?" Shi Yuanzhi said disdainfully.

"In this way, when the elite soldiers in Dalinghe City came to my hands, I don't know how many left?" Li Xin's face looked a little bad. Although he knew that Dalinghe City was in the end and many people were killed or injured, Li Xin really hoped that he could get what he could get in this turmoil. If Shi Yuanzhi analyzed, after the war, he would really not get anything.

"No." Shi Yuanzhi thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, lord, Sun Chengzong will definitely send reinforcements to rescue him during this period. This is just a gesture. lord can collect scattered soldiers and roam in it and strengthen his strength."

"It seems that this is the only way." Li Xin nodded, but sighed in his heart. This is because of his weak strength. If he had tens of thousands of troops, how could he think that he could only fight Qiu Feng like this now. He had already led a large army to fight Huang Taiji to the death.

"Lord, this period has not stopped." Shi Yuanzhi thought for a while and said, "Lord is now starting a foundation. The most important thing is not the territory, nor the food and equipment, but the most important thing is people. The so-called people who are not my race will have different hearts, so these people can only be Han people."

"I want to recruit Han people into the army, do you think I haven't tried it? So far, I have only made about 200 Han people, and I have been quietly taking advantage of the construction of Dalinghe City. It is not that simple to summon Han people on a large scale." Li Xin shook his head. At this stage, what he needs is the source of troops. I think the reason why Li Zicheng is getting stronger and stronger at this time is because he has many sources of troops, Shaanxi, Henan, etc., and there are people fleeing famine everywhere. These people form Li Zicheng's source of troops. As long as these people exist, Li Zicheng is not afraid of his subordinates without soldiers, but where he is now, this is Liaodong and has no resources.

"Lord, I hold the treasure land in my hand but I don't know!" Shi Yuan said with a smile: "Students counted that Jiannu had entered the Central Plains and Shandong area several times. The lords, and there were many Han people captured by Jiannu who went south. These people have now become Jiannu's slaves. The desire to avenge the country is enough to make these people surrender to the lord. One day the lords and the lords attack Jiannu. These people can be the lords' people."

"What should I do at this stage?" Li Xin nodded and asked again.

"The distance from Shenyang to Dalinghe City is long, and there must be a grain road. The lord can ambush his grain road, not only can he obtain food and equipment, but also can obtain military sources. Hehe, these people who transport food and equipment must be captured Han people." Shi Yuanzhi said with confidence.

"This is a good idea. We were going to harass the Jiannu Grain Road, and now we can still get a chance to get a source of troops. This is a killing two birds with one stone!" Li Xin's eyes lit up and he said, "Let's go and find them now. Yuan Zhi can go back to the valley first and wait for my news!" Li Xin laughed and led hundreds of cavalry roaring away.

"Hehe, Huang Taiji, I'm afraid you will suffer a big loss this time." Shi Yuan touched his beard directly, showed a smug smile on his face, and his figure quickly disappeared in the mountains under the escort of two cavalrymen.

Erjin is a typical Manchu and has an extraordinary origin. He was a Baoyi slave of the Hesheli clan and served the first-class guard Sony. He also had a little reputation in the army. As his Baoyi slave, he could naturally get a single official and half position in the army, leading dozens of cavalry, and escorting food and grass in the battle to attack Dalinghe City. Although such contributions are a little smaller, he can earn some contributions at least. After the war is over, he may be able to be a leader of a hundred people, and then he can establish a family and take over a wife.

At this time, he was riding on a horse, thinking in his mind that he would wait for the war to end, begging his master to reward him with his maid, and then wondering if he would find another Han maid, which would be the best. I wondered how many inferior Han people gathered in the box alley. As a member of the Manchus, he naturally understood the activities. Although the Manchus discriminated against the Han people, which Manchus did not have dozens of Han women in his home, in the upper class of Shenyang, these were symbols of identity. If he could seize a few Han people in this battle, it would be the best. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, he would capture the confiscated person in this way, so that he could be the master.

"Enemy attack!" Suddenly a shrill voice sounded, but Erjin found that the soldiers beside him were looking up in the distance. A stream of black smoke roared, a red flag was dancing in the wind, and a huge word "Li" appeared and disappeared.

"It's a Han man!" Erjin saw clearly that the leader looked like a Han man, his eyes were cold and ruthless, full of murderous intent. A square sky painting halberd in his hand flashed with a cold light. At this time, only the Han man appeared. Around him, the soldiers were already in a panic, and the Han slaves who acted as laborers also fled around, screaming from their mouths.

"Don't be afraid, line up to meet the enemy." Erjin soon discovered that the invading army was only hundreds of cavalry. His originally panic-minded thoughts suddenly became ecstatic. The cowardice and incompetence of the Han people had already penetrated into Jiannu. Now hundreds of cavalrymen are coming to attack him. Erjin thinks that this is a military merit given to him by God. He thought that he was just a grain escort officer, and his military merit was simply his turn. Now it is different. Such military merits are sent to him. How unhappy is Eerjin. He quickly commanded the soldiers around him, patted the war horses, pulled out the steel knife from his waist, and rushed towards Li Xin together.

"Looking for death." Seeing this, Li Xin's eyes flashed by a cold light. The dark clouds sitting down accelerated and the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand stabbed out. He had long seen that the person in front of him was the small leader of the grain brigade team, so he naturally would not show mercy. He saw this person as soon as he came up.

"Incompetent Han people, you are seeking death." When Erjin saw the Fang Tian Huaji in Li Xin's hand stabbing, he burst into laughter. For a long time, no one had used the Fang Tian Huaji on the battlefield. The person in front of him dared to use the Fang Tian Huaji. How could he not laugh? The steel knife in his hand blocked it. Unfortunately, he couldn't laugh soon.

"You, how could you pierce my steel knife?" Eerjin only felt a pain in his chest, but found that a little blood was flowing out of his chest at some point. It turned out that the other party's Fang Tian Huaji had pierced his chest.

"You are not as fast as me." Li Xin looked disdainful. The Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand was pulled out and soon killed the Jiannu soldiers on the side. At this time, the Jiannu army was usually composed of the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners. The Han Eight Banners in history have not been truly formed yet. The soldiers led by Erjin were composed of Manchu soldiers and Mongolian soldiers. Perhaps because of the hinterland in Liaodong, the soldiers escorting food and grass were not elite. Li Xin and others shot all the other side to kill them in just two rounds, and there were only a few soldiers who fled with the horse.

"Lord, we seized ten major trucks of food and grass, twenty mules and horses, fifty war horses, and two hundred Han people. Only eleven of our brothers were seriously injured, and two were killed in battle." After Yang Xiong packed up the battlefield, he rushed to Li Xin and said.

"Cleaning the battlefield as soon as possible, and taking away the bodies of the brothers who died in battle. All the food and grass were transported away. All the armor of these Jiannu took off, and all the Han people were taken away." Li Xin said without thinking. He wanted food and grass, and he could not sit in the empty house, but these Han people were necessary for Li Xin. He needed more soldiers. In a short period of time, he could only come in this way.

"Yes. Hehe, I wonder what kind of reaction will those Jiannu people react to this situation?" Yang Xiong said with a smile.

"What kind of reaction is there? Isn't it just to increase our strength to deal with us?" Li Xin said disdainfully: "Unless there are thousands of people guarding me, I can seize food from the tiger's mouth. Even if there are thousands of people coming, I'm not afraid. I want to see how Huang Taiji will deal with me. Let's go to the next place and do another game. Huang Taiji is really good. I know that we lack food and equipment, so I even sent it to us."

"That's the lord's bravery. If it were someone else, I don't know if I could do this!" Yang Xiong was impressed by Li Xin now. Who in the Ming Dynasty was so bold that he went deep into Jiannu's territory for a hundred miles to intercept the other party's food route to replenish his own strength. Only a person like Li Xin can do it.

Sure enough, in just half an hour, a grain transport team from the Later Jin came slowly. After seeing the corpses on the ground, although they were on guard, unfortunately, they were attacked by Li Xin after a few miles. They seized some food and equipment again, leaving behind corpses on the ground, and even the armor on their bodies was stripped clean.

"Damn it." Under the city of Dalinghe, Huang Taiji's face was gloomy in the central army's tent, and Dorgon and others also showed anger on their faces. The Jiannu Grain Team had been attacked for three consecutive days. What's even more annoying is that the range of attacks was dozens of miles. This means that a cavalry ran a hundred miles across his country, but there was no way to do it. If it continued for a long time, the food route might be cut off. Then the Jin family had a great cause, but the labor army still needed a lot of food and grass for the expedition.

"We have nine grain transport teams destroyed by the opponent, and the elite soldiers have probably lost nearly 3,000 people. There are countless losses in food, grass and equipment." Fan Wencheng said quickly.

"Do you know who did it? When did I have such a group of horse bandits in the Qing Dynasty? Did they do it by the beards of Liaodong? When did they become so brave?" Huang Taiji said coldly.

"It was not done by beard. According to the return of the soldier who escaped by chance, it was done by a Han man surnamed Li, holding a Fangtian painting halberd in his hand. According to the inference of the slave, it was probably done by Li Xin." Fan Wencheng did not dare to hide it and said quickly. He gritted his teeth, his eyes were filled with cold light, and he wanted to tear Li Xin apart. Unfortunately, Li Xin was not in front of him at this moment, and he could not do anything about it.
Chapter completed!