Wanli 1592

Chapter 521 Bauhinia pass is not guaranteed?
Seeing that Li Rusong didn't eat, Nurhachi also felt that something was wrong.

"Dalang, there is going to be a war soon. Even if you worry about the old man, you still have to eat. You haven't eaten well for several days, and you haven't had a good rest. How can you have the energy to fight those Mongolians by then? Woolen cloth?"

Li Rusong smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Take out this leg of lamb and share it with the brothers who watch the night. I can't eat it anymore. My father is still alive and dead at Bauhinia Pass. How can I have the appetite to eat these things..."

Li Rusong shook his head and let out a long sigh.

Seeing this, Nurhachi thought for a while, took out a dagger and cut off the most tender piece of lamb leg, and brought it to Li Rusong.

"Da Lang, you have to eat a little bit, otherwise, when you see the old man, the old man will blame Da Lang for not caring for his body. War is a hard job, and if you don't have the strength, you can't do it."

Li Rusong thought about it, so he took the piece of meat and forced himself to eat it bite by bite. Seeing this, Nurhachi felt relieved, took out the leg of lamb and asked someone to share it with the night watchmen, and offered to eat it himself. Bring a pot of hot wine to Li Rusong to drink.

Li Rusong took the bowl, took a sip of the hot wine, felt much warmer and more comfortable, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Son, do you think Xiao Ruxun really didn't hate me for competing with him for the general? Didn't you remember the thing that your father suppressed him?"

Nurhachi searched for it.

"Dalang, I feel that this Xiao Ruxun probably didn't bear any grudges about these things. Otherwise, in North Korea, he would have too many opportunities to suppress us, and even kill us with a borrowed knife, but he didn't do that. There doesn't seem to be anything specifically against us."

"You mean that Xiao Ruxun is really a rare person who is dedicated to the public?"

Nurhachi shook his head, and said, "I don't know about this, and I have never followed him, but at the moment, Dalang, he is the admiral, in charge of the military, and has won the trust of His Majesty the Ming Emperor. I handed it all over to him, and I don't think I can offend him after all."

"If you can't offend, you can't offend, but I am worried that he will be bad for me and my father. Although he has never done this before, can there really be such a magnanimous person in the world? There are many factions in the Ming army. How could a frontier general who was born in the southwestern region be so magnanimous to me who was born in Liaodong?"

Li Rusong always felt that something was wrong.

Nurhachi also put himself in the position of the Liaodong people, and said: "It's okay to say that the northerners are okay, especially those southerners, who are not used to us. Since Xiao Ruxun is a northerner, he will not be right. Are we treating them too differently? He managed to keep a bowl of water in North Korea."

"North Korea is North Korea. The situation is different. He still has Song Yingchang above him. Now there is no one above him, and Wang Shiyang can't control him. Our 2 people and the 6 people in Zijingguan are all under his control. Now, if he wants to take revenge, it will be much easier."

Nurhachi didn't agree with Li Rusong's thoughts. He always felt that Xiao Ruxun didn't seem to have any prejudice against Li Rusong, but he seemed to pay special attention to him.

"But right now we have no choice but to let it go. The Mongols' offensive is so fierce, he probably doesn't dare to cut off his arms at this time. After all, we still have to rely on us to deal with those Mongolian cavalry."

Li Rusong agrees with this. This time is different from the last time. Last time, he still had more than 5000 troops deployed. This time, he only had more than 3000. The enemies to deal with are much more difficult than Japanese pirates. He has to rely on the Liaodong Army. Therefore, Li Rusong I feel relatively safe.

"Then let's do this first! Nuer, you should go to rest too! You have to hurry tomorrow morning."

Nurhachi nodded: "Yes!"

The night passed peacefully like this. The next morning at [-]:[-] am, the soldiers got up on time and had breakfast. Under the leadership of Xiao Ruxun, the whole army set off to the Bauhinia Pass.

At the beginning, there was nothing wrong with the journey, everyone just hurried on their way without saying anything, but when the whole army stopped for lunch near Fangshan at noon, something happened.

It wasn't that Li Rusong's Liaodong cavalry had an accident, but that the rangers patrolling and defending the army found a Ming army of more than [-] people near the place where the army was stationed in Fangshan area.

Judging by the style of the military uniform, it is undoubtedly a Beijing camp soldier. The clothes are torn, the face is panicked, and the face is scorched. There are more than 100 people and only a dozen have weapons. They are obviously deserters.

After these people were discovered by the Liaodong rangers, they drove them to the place where Xiao Ruxun and Li Rusong were resting and eating. Xiao Ruxun was gnawing a leg of lamb and drinking hot water. up.

"The whole army is silent during the meal and lunch break! How dare someone make noise?"

The leading cavalry quickly knelt down and saluted: "General, it's not that we were making noise, but that we caught a group of deserters and escorted them over!"

"deserter?"

Li Rusong was stunned for a moment: "Where did the deserters come from? Are there deserters here?"

Xiao Ruxun heard that something was wrong, so she also stepped forward and said, "Take it here and have a look."

"promise!"

The leader of the cavalry waved his hand, and a group of Liaodong soldiers brought up the more than 100 disheveled and scorched-faced deserters from the Beijing camp with long knives.

Seeing their appearance and the style of their military uniforms, Xiao Ruxun knew that they were definitely soldiers from the Beijing camp, and that they probably escaped from the Zijing Pass. He was a little worried that the Zijing Pass would be lost!

"Where did you come from? Why are you here!"

Xiao Ruxun immediately became serious and asked nervously.

The more than 100 people knelt on the ground and looked at each other, as if they didn't dare to speak.

Li Rusong couldn't hold back his temper, stepped forward and kicked a deserter over, drew a knife across his neck and asked viciously, "Say it quickly! If you don't say anything, I'll cut you off!"

"Ah! Don't! Don't! General, spare your life! I say! I say! We came out of Zijing Pass!"

Li Rusong was stunned for a moment, grabbed the deserter by his collar, and lifted him up vigorously.

"Bauhinia Pass?! Is it possible that the Bauhinia Pass has already been breached? Say it! What happened to the Bauhinia Pass? What happened to General Li Chengliang!? Tell me! If you don't tell me, I will tear you alive!!"

Li Rusong's berserk appearance was astonishing, Xiao Ruxun saw the soldier foaming at the mouth, and immediately rushed forward to stop Li Rusong.

"General Li, don't panic, ask for clarification!"

Xiao Ruxun cut off the man's collar with a knife, and the man fell to the ground and coughed. Li Rusong staggered a few steps back and bumped into Nurhachi's arms. He was supported, panting heavily. Staring at Xiao Ruxun, she didn't continue to mess around.

(End of this chapter)