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Chapter 6 The spy appears (please collect and recommend for further reading)
Seeing Li Xianzhong's pleading for advice, Li Rubai nodded with satisfaction and said: "Although Hetuala is only a small city, it is surrounded by mountains and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The mountain roads are rugged and narrow, making it difficult for large forces to deploy. This This is also the main reason why Yang Jinglue chose to divide his troops into four directions to advance."

"Crow Falcon Pass seems to be very close to Hetuala, but it is blocked by high mountains. To reach Hetuala, the cavalry will have to go around fifty or sixty miles of mountain roads; unless you abandon your horse and climb over the mountain to conquer the dangerous pass. Wuji Pass, where the cliffs hug each other, can only allow one person to walk, but not ride. It can be said that one man can guard the pass and ten thousand people cannot open it."

"Sarhu is only 120 miles away from Hetuala. Jianlu's cavalry can come back in about half a day. If you use infantry to make a surprise attack, you won't be able to capture Wuji Pass for a while. Using cavalry will delay even more. Time, I’m afraid there won’t be enough time to capture Hetuala.”

Li Xianzhong suddenly realized it at this time and said: "No wonder Nurhachi dared to ignore the safety of Hetuala and dispatch the main force to annihilate our West Route Army first. It turns out that Wuji Pass is the support. The child thought..."

Li Rubai said: "Do you still think that Brother You colluded with Jianlu and reached some tacit agreement with them?"

As soon as he said this, Li Xianzhong's fair face turned red instantly, and he said, "My child misunderstood my brother. I must apologize to him in person."

Li Rubai waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although my Li family did not collude with the Tatars, there must be many of their spies in this camp. If you were to lead the army to attack directly, the Tatars would definitely get it in advance. News, I’m afraid you won’t be able to achieve the effect of a sneak attack, so it’s better to simply use your conflicts to make a fuss, maybe there will be unexpected gains.”

At this time, the main force of the Ming army was ready to set off. The soldiers dismantled their tents, picked up their weapons, and brought dry food.The baggage carts were filled with all kinds of supplies and food needed by the army, and even the artillery convoy had already loaded the artillery on the carts.

Supervisor Yan Mingtai is leading people to inspect the situation of the camp. Although the progress of the South Route Army was slow before, fortunately, the army is finally about to leave, and he, the supervisor, can feel a little relieved.

Although the battle situation has not been finally confirmed, the news of the defeat of the West Route Army is really worrying and casts a shadow over this army's expedition.

At this time, he found that many soldiers were whispering to each other, so he walked over.Only one person was heard saying: "Did you hear that the West Route Army has been completely wiped out, and even 'Crazy Du' has died in the battle."

Another person said: "Isn't it? The Western Route Army is the most elite group of troops. If even they are defeated, how will we face the Tatars next? It's just whether the news is reliable..."

Yan Mingtai's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly found Li Rubai and said, "Commander Qi, I don't know who leaked the news about the possible battle report of the West Route Army. Now it has spread throughout the camp, which has a great impact on the morale of our army. "

After hearing the news, Li Rubai was furious and summoned all the generals who had discussed before.

He said sternly: "Now that the army is about to set off, who spread the news about the defeat of the West Route Army? This is disturbing the morale of the army, and the crime should be punished!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals also looked at each other in confusion. Naturally, they clearly understood the importance of this. Disturbing the morale of the army was no joke.

Everyone looked around and saw that each of them was either a confidant general who had been with the Li family for many years or an old man who had fought in Liao Town for many years. They really couldn't figure out who was acting as Jianlu's spy here to disrupt the morale of the army.

At this time Li Rubai said: "Is Yizhou General Li Huaizhong here?"

When he was named by Li Rubai, Li Huaizhong secretly thought that it was not good because his father could not catch the culprit. He was preparing to use himself to scare these people.

So he went out and said: "The general is here, I wonder what the commander's orders are?" Li Rubai said: "General Yizhou Li Huaizhong, you are responsible for the defense of the camp. Now there are rumors in the camp and the military morale is turbulent because of your unfavorable supervision. Do you know your sin?"

Sure enough, his father wanted to take advantage of him. Although he felt aggrieved, Li Huaizhong knelt down on one knee and said through gritted teeth: "I will neglect my duty and allow spies to take advantage of me. I am willing to be punished!"

Li Rubai said: "Since you have pleaded guilty, I will give you 40 military sticks and place your 1000 cavalry under the command of Li Xianzhong. Do you have any objections?"

Li Huaizhong really wanted to scold his mother. His father was too partial.Even if this guy Li Xianzhong is your illegitimate son and a bloodline of my Li family, I am your eldest son anyway, so I can't treat one with favoritism, right?
When his grandfather Li Chengliang was around, the Li family was domineering in Liaodong with its eight thousand servants.Unfortunately, after fighting against Japan and aiding Korea, the Li family's servants suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only three thousand in number, including two thousand cavalry and one thousand heavy armored infantry.Originally, Li Xianzhong, a guerrilla general, commanded a thousand cavalry. Now that another 1000 cavalry were allocated to him, it was equivalent to having all the elite cavalry of the Li family in the hands of this boy.

Seeing Li Huaizhong's delay in responding, Li Rubai raised his voice and said, "What, are you going to disobey my commander's orders?"

Seeing that Li Rubai was about to get angry, Li Huaizhong had no choice but to say: "The last general is willing to accept the punishment!"

At this time, Li Xianzhong stood up and said: "The army is about to leave. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to beat General Li Shen at this time. I would also like to ask my father to remember his past achievements and allow him to make meritorious deeds!"

This is actually Li Rubai’s family matter, so it’s hard for the generals to interrupt, but since Li Xianzhong took the lead, others also echoed: “Please allow General Li Shen to commit meritorious service!”

Since everyone gave him the opportunity to get off the steps, Li Rubai was lucky enough to use the donkey to get off the slope. After all, he didn't really want to beat his son in the first place.Said: "For the sake of the public's intercession for you, I will leave you alone and record your 40 army sticks for the time being. The army will set off immediately after finishing the meal. I will give you half an hour. You must Quiet the rumors in the army!”

Li Huaizhong didn't know what his father's commander and Li Xianzhong had discussed, but it was obvious that taking away his thousand servants was the result of their discussion. At this time, he looked at Li Xianzhong with anger in his eyes.

All this was seen by He Yiming. Although he secretly spread the "defeat of the West Route Army" in an extremely secretive manner, there were many eyes and ears of the Li family in the camp, so it was only a matter of time before he could really investigate.

It seems that he still has to try to make the Ming army more chaotic, so that he can have a chance to escape.

Soon he found Li Huaizhong and said: "The last general Guangning guerrilla He Yiming, meet General Li!"

Li Huaizhong had some impression of this man. He was considered an old man from Liao Town, but he had never had much connection with the Li family, so he asked, "What's the matter with He Youyi looking for this general?"

He Yiming smiled and said: "Of course the last general is here to quell the rumors in the army for the general."

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