Han ride

Chapter 21

Daling River is located in the west of today's Liaoning Province and is the largest river in the west of Liaoning Province.In the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was called Bailangshui, in Liao Dynasty it was called Linghe River, and in Jin Dynasty it was called Linghe River.There are two sources: the north originates from Dalugou, Lingyuan County, and the south originates from Heishan, Jianchang County, and meets near Dachengzi. It flows northeast through Nuluerhu Mountain and Songling Rift Valley, and receives Laohu Mountain River and Mangzhong River. , Xihe and other tributaries.The Daling River City to be built now is located on the north side of the Daling River.The reason why the Ming Dynasty built Dalinghe City was also to build a foothold in Dalinghebei.With this foothold, soldiers can be sent to western Liaoning continuously.In a decisive battle with Houjin, of course, Huang Taiji of Houjin also understood this truth, so every time the Ming Dynasty wanted to build the Daling River, he would send troops to attack without hesitation.The reason why the Ming Dynasty dared to build the Daling River again this time was also because the Houjin army had a small setback last time, so they came here.

When Li Xin and others came to Dalinghe, they found that Dalinghe had become a huge construction site.Dalinghe City is said to be a city, but in fact it is just a huge fortress, which has a military role.Smaller than other cities.

"Young Master, Daling River City is ahead." Jiang Yi looked gloomy, looking at the huge construction site in the distance, and could hear screams of distress from time to time.This does not come from working, but those who are whipped by the overseers, some are prisoners, some are labor and so on.

"This is Dalinghe City? It's a dead place." Li Xin said with a soft sigh.

"Is Mr. Li in front?" At this time, a group of cavalry roared over, and Xiao Qi, the leader, looked haughty, and glanced at the cavalry around Li Xin, with disdain on the corner of his mouth.It seems that they don't like this team of cavalry at all.He was telling the truth about this. Li Xin's cavalry looked decent, but compared with the Guan Ning cavalry known as the elite of the Ming Dynasty, they were still much inferior.This little flag is a member of Guan Ning's cavalry, except Houjin's cavalry, he really doesn't take any army seriously!Although he called Li Xin his son, in fact the contempt in his eyes was clearly visible.

After calming the anger of Yang Xiong and others, Li Xin sat on the horse and said lightly: "I am Li Xin, what do you want from me?" How long has it been in the army, it is already very good to have such an appearance.The cavalry is not simply trained. As long as the infantry holds a long gun and abides by military discipline, they can quickly become an army, but cavalry usually takes two years to complete.

"The Commander welcomes you." The little flag pointed to Li Xin and said, "Young Master Li, please! Don't make the Commander wait too long." He ignored Li Xin as he spoke, and turned around on his horse. Back, a cloud of smoke and dust blows in the face.

"It's too presumptuous." Yang Xiong's forehead popped out with veins, and he was about to step forward to fight.

"My lord, is there any fraud?" Jiang Yi asked after a moment of hesitation.

"My lord, I'll accompany you in." Gao Meng also showed anxiety on his face.

"No, Zu Dashou won't kill me. If he wants to kill me, it's not now." Li Xin pondered for a moment, then stopped and said, "After all, behind me are not only Qiu Hejia, but also Sun Chengzong. His Zu Dashou doesn't care Qiu Hejia's face, but he will definitely do it according to Sun Chengzong's words. He will not let me die, but there must be conspiracy, no matter! I will go for a walk and see what tricks they can play. Jiang Yi, you The leader is here, don't act rashly, so as not to fall into the mouth of others."

"Yes." Jiang Yi nodded, and said again: "Young Master is careful. If something happens, Young Master can just fight inside, and the subordinates wait for others to respond outside."

"Okay, that's very good." Li Xin patted the long sword on his waist.Clamping the horse between his legs, he galloped towards the opposite Dalinghe City.The long sword on his waist is not an ordinary long sword, it is a long sword that has been sharpened.Very sharp.

Although Dalinghe City was only rebuilt in the past few days, because it was rebuilt on the original basis, the progress of the project was much smaller. This is probably because the Ming Dynasty felt that it could build Dalinghe City before Donglu reacted. One of the big reasons why it's good.Tens of thousands of people started construction together, and the construction of Dalinghe City was completed in just two days.When Li Xin entered Dalinghe City, he realized that these buildings had been destroyed only from the darkness on the walls.

Zu Dashou's General's Mansion is located in the middle of Dalinghe City, and the surrounding streets extend in all directions. There are two big trees in front of the gate, and a pair of huge lions are placed in front of the gate, which is extremely powerful. More than 1 Guanning iron cavalry were stationed in the school grounds, and shouts of killing could be heard from time to time.The general's mansion is heavily guarded.Even if Li Xin entered it, he took off his saber.

"Li Xin has met General Zu." The hall is very large, and a middle-aged man with a thin complexion is sitting behind the desk. But I shuddered.

"Bold, Li Xin, you're just a criminal, why don't you kneel down when you see the Chief Soldier?" A cold shout came from the side.Seeing that Zu Zerun's face was flushed red, and his eyes showed excitement, he looked at Li Xin coldly and said.

"Although I am a prisoner, I have not been exonerated. I kneel to heaven, earth, master, master, and I don't know who can make me, Li Xin, kneel." Li Xin said calmly, raising his head.

"Even if you are a scholar, but remember, this is Li Dalinghe City, how can a scholar of yours be so rampant?" Zu Zerun trembled from anger.

"Okay, since you are a scholar, then forget it." Zu Dashou, who was seated first, waved his hand, stopped Zu Zerun, nodded to Li Xin, and said, "You are a scholar, and the supervisor I specially protect you, so even though you are a prisoner, this general will not let you lose your identity and work with those untouchables, so let you do a decent thing."

"Please tell me the general." Li's confidence thumped for a while.Zu Dashou in front of him is probably even more difficult to deal with than Zu Zerun.

"Your uncle thinks that we are building the Daling River City here, and Donglu will definitely send troops to clean us up and prevent us from building the Daling River City. This general estimates that it will take at least two months. This general is not embarrassed You, let you be the supervisor, let these untouchables complete the construction of Dalinghe City within two months, as solid as soup, you can do it?" Zu Dashou leaned forward slowly, a wave Murderous intent filled the hall, and Li Xin could clearly feel Zu Dashou's murderous intent.

"Commander." Li Xin was just about to answer, but he saw a middle-aged general beside him with a resolute face, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Commander, although there are still some foundations in Dalinghe City, if it takes two months I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to finish the project within two months. Mr. Li is a scholar, and he doesn't have supernatural powers, so how can he build the city within two months? Please allow some time, General."

"Brother He, it's not that my ancestor Dashou made things difficult for Mr. Li. It's because we don't have enough time. Donglu won't give us too much time. The two months I said is already quite slow." Zu Dashou stopped The middle-aged general waved his hand and said, "Brother He, if the construction of Dalinghe City is not completed as soon as possible, once the Donglu army is killed, how can we resist Donglu's attack? At that time, not one or two people will die. , but our Guanning iron cavalry still has tens of thousands of laborers, and even ruined the important event of Sun Dushi, can you bear such a responsibility? My ancestor Dashou dare not show affection for the military and state affairs!" Zu Dashou said It's a look of embarrassment.Then General He sighed deeply when he heard the words, and looked at Li Xin with a look of regret. Since his Zu Dashou has mentioned this, he is not able to persuade him.

"Since Dalinghe City is so important, Li Xin will take over this task." Li Xin nodded towards General He. Although he didn't know who this General He was, at least he helped him verbally.

"Okay, Mr. Li is really happy. If that's the case, do you dare to issue a military order?" Zu Dashou said with a big laugh.It seems that Li Xin is extremely happy to take on this task.

"Why not?" Li Xin looked at Zu Dashou disdainfully, this Zu Dashou was still determined to kill me.I am not a member of the army, so I want to make myself a military warrant.If you spread the word, I'm afraid you'll laugh your ass off.

"Okay, okay." Zu Dashou immediately ordered someone to issue a military order.

Li Xin took the pen and was about to sign it when he suddenly stopped and said, "General Zu, I don't know if Li Xin can mobilize these 1 laborers within two months? Can he drive the merchants in the city?"

"Of course." Zu Dashou said without thinking.As long as his Guan Ning cavalry is not involved, he will be satisfied.

"Then Lord Qiu's guard, can I mobilize it?" Li Xin asked again.

"This?" Zu Dashou was stunned and hesitated.

"What is your identity, and you actually want to mobilize the governor's guard?" Zu Zerun laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Haven't you heard that to mobilize more than [-] soldiers, you need the commander in person to order it?"

"Hehe! As far as I know, this guard is the governor's guard, not among Guan Ning's iron cavalry. What's more, this guard was sent by Governor Qiu to protect me." Li Xin threw the brush in his hand. Next, he said: "If it doesn't work, Marshal Zu should hire someone else, or just kill me, Li Xin."

"I don't know why Mr. Li wants to mobilize these hundreds of guards?" The general surnamed He asked at this time.Zu Dashou also looked at Li Xin with curious eyes.

"Guard food and grass." Li Xin said without thinking: "To build a city, there must be a large amount of food and grass. If I can mobilize the food and grass in the army, I don't need to mobilize the guards. I don't know what General Zu thinks?"

"You want to mobilize food and grass?" Zu Dashou laughed loudly and said, "Our army's food and grass are all transported from Songshan, once every half a month, if you use it without restriction, wouldn't it be possible for you to control my Songshan food and grass. No, this won't work." Zu Dashou refused without hesitation.

"Then the general allowed me to mobilize the governor's guard?" Li Xin said indifferently: "Before I came, Governor Qiu entrusted me to train this guard seriously. If the general does not allow me to mobilize this guard, then you will kill me." Bar!"

"General! Wu Xiang thinks that since Mr. Li has promised to complete the construction of Dalinghe City within two months, what can he do if he mobilizes the mob of hundreds of people?" A general with big ears stood up, disdainful He glanced at Li Xin.

Wu Xiang?Isn't that the old man of the traitor Wu Sangui?I didn't expect it to be born like this.I don't know why such a person gave birth to a big traitor. It is said that like a father, like a son, you can see something about his father if you have a son like him.If the son is like this, the father is probably also responsible.

"Okay! If that's the case, this general agrees to you. However, if you still can't complete the construction of Daling River City in two months, don't blame this general for ignoring Mr. Qiu's face. When the time comes, it will be up to military law to handle it." .” Zu Dashou said viciously.

"Since Li Xin agreed, he will naturally do it." A trace of sarcasm flashed across Li Xin's face, and he signed his name on the military order without hesitation.Li Xin thought clearly that Huang Taiji's army would definitely come, but Li Xin didn't know when it would come.Two months later, Li Xin completed the construction of Dalinghe City, which is of course a good thing. If the construction was not completed, he would immediately lead Jiang Yi and others into the grassland in western Liaoning.Zu Dashou was able to control himself because he thought that he had a large army in his hands and could eat him to death. Unfortunately, Li Xin was completely different from what he thought. He didn't care about being a loyal citizen of Ming Dynasty. What you want is safety, and your own safety is in your own hands.For safety, he can abandon everything.

"Okay, Mr. Li is really straightforward." Seeing Li Xin's name on the military order, Zu Dashou laughed.

"In that case, Li Xin will leave." Li Xin glanced at the people in the big tent, with more sarcasm in his eyes, ignoring Zu Dashou's expression, he shook his sleeves, turned and left.In the hall, Zu Dashou looked gloomy upon seeing this.But soon he thought of something, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Soon it returned to its original appearance, ordered people to serve food and wine, and bursts of laughter came from the hall.

"My lord, why did you come out so quickly?" When Li Xin came outside the city, Gao Meng and the others immediately surrounded him, and the nervousness on his face disappeared.

"What else can he do to me if I don't come out?" Li Xin looked at the expressions of concern on everyone's faces, and a warm current flowed through his heart. Protection, how can his ancestor Dashou do anything to me?"

"My lord, what should we do now?" Yang Xiong asked impatiently.

"Mr. Li." Just as Li Xin was about to come back, a horse flew behind him. Li Xin looked back, but saw that it was the general who was speaking up for him in the hall.

"Thank you, General Li Xin, for your righteous words. I don't know the general's name." Li Xin always repays revenge when there is revenge, and repays kindness when there is kindness.Although the general in front of him was a member of Guan Ning's cavalry, his words just now undoubtedly won Li Xin's favor.

"Don't dare, dare not, what can I do next." The general quickly got off his horse.

"So it's General He." Li Xin was taken aback when he heard the words, but soon his face showed a look of admiration. This person appeared in "Things of the Ming Dynasty", and Li Xin also knew some things about him.He is an old general of Yuan Chonghuan, and he also participated in the great victory of Ningyuan in the sixth year of the Apocalypse. After Yuan Chonghuan died, He Kegang led his troops to garrison Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Dalinghe fortresses.Chongzhen was trapped in the Daling River for four years. Zu Dashou wanted to surrender, but he refused to comply.He Kegang didn't change his face, didn't say a word, and died with a smile on his face.The hungry people in the city fought for their meat.The later ancestor Dashou compiled a false report to the court saying: "Ke Gang comforts the Ministry of the Pavilion and dedicates himself to food." It can be said that He Ke Gang was a rare general and a tragic figure. He did not die under the enemy's sword or gun, but died In the hands of his comrades in arms, he was slandered by Zu Dashou in the end. It has to be said that He Kegang's ending is extremely tragic.

"Young Master was too hasty just now." He Kegang sighed softly: "I also lived in the Dalinghe Fortress and inspected the affairs of the city. I want to build Dalinghe City within two months. Difficult. If someone blocked it, it would be even more difficult. Young Master shouldn’t have issued any military order just now.”

"Hehe, thank you General for your concern. If I don't issue a military order, does the General think that Marshal Zu will let me go? I'm afraid he will find an excuse to kill me in the hall." Li Xin said disdainfully.

"Of course not." He Kegang frowned, and retorted without thinking: "How can I, Guan Ning Tieqi, be such a person? My son is thinking about it."

"Hehe! I hope so." Li Xin did not refute.After all, He Kegang was a member of Guanning's iron cavalry, so he naturally believed in Zu Dashou.

"It would be good if the Dalinghe City is built quickly, but if it is built slowly, I'm afraid it will be difficult for General Zu to do business with him!" He Kegang glanced around, pointed at the surrounding Dalinghe City, and said: "My lord just wanted to use your guards to escort the grain and grass, was it because of the servant who built Dalinghe City?"

"Good advice, General." Li Xin glanced at He Kegang in surprise, but he didn't expect He Kegang to be able to see through this point. He nodded immediately and said, "There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. I watched these people build the Daling River just now. It’s just working under the whip. In this way, not only the speed of construction is much slower, but more importantly, the quality cannot be guaranteed, so only by letting them eat well and be full can they have Work hard, not only the speed can be improved, but the quality can also be improved a lot.”

"I'm afraid this is a huge expense! General Zu will not agree." He Kegang shook his head and said.

"I didn't expect him to agree either. If he agreed, I wouldn't worry about it!" Li Xin shook his head and said without thinking, "If you don't want to ask for others, I just have these brothers." Li Xin pointed at Jiang with his whip. Yi and others said.

"I would like to serve my son." Jiang Yi and others were moved and said loudly, cupping their hands.The voice was like thunder, and even He Kegang was shocked.

(End of this chapter)