Wanli 1592

Chapter 509 Liu Xi defected to the enemy
In Lalik's view, Datong is so rich, and Shanxi, the hometown of those merchants must be richer.

It would be even more wonderful if we robbed them too and then went back.

The Ming army is all trash, all infantry, and very few cavalry, and they can't keep up with their footsteps. As long as they move quickly, it might be impossible to do this.

Lalik began to imagine what would happen next.

He learned that to enter Shanxi from Datong, he needed to attack two places, one was Yanmen Pass and the other was Pingxing Pass. Yanmen Pass was more majestic and Pingxing Pass was slightly worse. Bauhinia Pass threatened the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

He brought his dog-headed military division over, and discussed the future plan with him. He wanted to occupy more and more wealth in Shanxi, and he didn't want the tribes who cooperated with him to share any benefits. He even wanted to migrate By the way, these tribes were wiped out, and all the things they robbed were taken as their own.

The dog-headed military master couldn't explain why, so Li Ke pulled Liu Xi over, drew a knife across his neck, and asked Liu Xi to make up his mind.

In order to survive, Liu Xi had no choice but to tell him to let the rest of the tribal coalition forces attack Yanmen Pass. He went directly to Pingxing Pass and entered Shanxi from Pingxing Pass.

Yanmen Pass is more majestic and more difficult to attack, while Pingxing Pass is relatively easier. If you are lucky, you should be able to capture Pingxing Pass before the tribal coalition forces and enter Shanxi to plunder.

La Like was overjoyed, and immediately asked Liu Xi if he knew about the family's food storage in the hinterland of Shanxi. Liu Xi did know a little bit, but at this time, in order to survive, he could only tell the news he knew.

Pulling suddenly felt that Liu Xi was very useful, put down the knife, and even praised Liu Xi a few words, Liu Xi somehow felt relieved.

In order to better ensure that he can survive, Liu Xi actually took the initiative to say that if he attacked Pingxingguan in this way, he would definitely attract the attention of the Ming court. To the east of Pingxingguan is Zijingguan, and to the east of Zijingguan is Beijing City.

That is the imperial capital of Ming Dynasty, so Ming Dynasty will definitely react violently and send a large number of troops through Bauhinia Pass to support Pingxing Pass.

Lalik looked at his dog-headed army divisions and saw the bewildered look of the dog-headed army divisions. He immediately realized that these dog-headed army divisions were barely useful in terms of conspiracy and tricks, but in terms of strategy and tactics, they really had to rely on the Han people.

He knew that many of his predecessors and ancestors laid their foundations with the help of Han counselors.

Of course Liu Xi can't be regarded as a strategist, at best he is better than a dog-headed army division, but he is better at traveling all over the world, knowing a lot of geographical conditions and the psychology of the Han people, so Liu Xi is the most useful on this kind of issue.

Lalik decided to use Liu Xi as his staff, so he handed Liu Xi a jug of wine, patted him on the shoulder, and said——

As long as you do your best for this king, this king will not kill you. As long as you satisfy this king, when Datong is breached, everyone else will die, and your family will survive and be rewarded.

Liu Xi looked at Lalik with shocked eyes, and instantly understood what Lalik meant.

He wants to grab it and leave quickly, instead of staying in Tumed's territory in the north, his purpose is to be crazy at the end, and then go away, so that the Ming court can't pursue it, and can't retaliate.

It is precisely because of this that Lalik did not abide by the previous agreement, took so much food by force, and did not hesitate to offend the Shanxi Merchants Group. After a long time, Lalik has decided to turn the table!
Liu Xi instantly became depressed.

He realized that if he did not become the traitor who betrayed Ming Dynasty, he would not be able to survive, nor would he be able to protect his family, because the Ming army could not save himself, nor could he save his family in Datong City. If he could not cooperate, That is death.

As for those family members in Shanxi...

Each of them did not know how many unconscionable things they did, how many innocent civilians were killed for money, food and status, how many officials with a sense of justice were killed, and how many evil things they did. He can't stand it himself, even though he is one of them.

He has always believed that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, so he is quite cautious in doing things, but he realizes that the retribution has already come and cannot be avoided.

In order to at least survive, it is not impossible to abandon other things. In those families where interests are the only interests, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned.

It’s not that you won’t report, the time has not yet come, now the time has come, those innocent souls are coming to you to claim their lives!Although the same group of villains were invited to claim their lives, the evildoers should be dealt with by even worse people, right?

The big head, the second head, the third head, I'm sorry, I want to survive, I want the whole family to survive, you guys, do it for yourself!

Liu Xi decided his future path.

"If we want to successfully enter Shanxi to plunder, we must hold off the main force of the imperial court before the plunder is completed. Then the key lies in Zijing Pass. As long as we can make the imperial army think that Zijing Pass is dangerous and will soon be lost, then the imperial court will The army would not dare to cross the Bauhinia Pass to Shanxi, then we would be safe.

Therefore, we might as well create some momentum first, claiming to use tens of thousands of troops to attack Zijingguan, and we did so at the beginning, killing all the way, burning, killing and looting, killing everyone around us, and they will all go to Zijingguan Run, and then spread the news that we are going to attack the capital, making the officers and soldiers think that we are the attacking party.

In this way, those officers and soldiers who are timid to fight will be afraid, and will not dare to go out to fight, and only dare to stay inside. At this time, we can attack for a while first, so that the officers and soldiers can only defend us and not take the initiative. The impression of attacking, in this way, the officers and soldiers can tie their own hands and feet and dare not attack.

At this time, we left a few soldiers and horses to continue bluffing in front of Zijing Pass, pretending to attack Zijing Pass, and at the same time transferred the main force, and hurried south to Taiyuan.

There are many granaries around Taiyuan, seven of which are known only by villains. As long as we act fast, maybe when we bring the grain out of Datong, the officers and soldiers may not dare to attack the Bauhinia Pass! "

When doing business, bluffing and keeping your hole cards is often done. It can be said that it is the basic skill of commercial struggle. If you can't even bluff, then you don't even want to do business.

While bluffing, it is even more important to do it secretly. Many things cannot be done on the table and need to be operated in the dark. This is also the basic skill of a successful businessman.

Corresponding these routines to the battlefield, you will find that they are equally applicable, bluffing, crossing the sea, building plank roads and crossing Chencang secretly, the wisdom of the ancients flickers in any corner of any era, whether it is a war with gunpowder smoke or a war without gunpowder smoke.

(End of this chapter)