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In the early morning, the first ray of sunlight shone into the window eaves, and Li Yuanqing instinctively opened his eyes.

Last night, I chatted with Liu Dadou for most of the night. Although my body was a little tired, Li Yuanqing was in excellent spirits.

In terms of the general trend, Li Yuanqing is beyond his reach, but at least every step he takes now is very solid and he is moving forward step by step.

Although Liu Dadou had no troops at this time, he was still the leader of Luo Yiguan's personal soldiers. As long as he stood firm and raised his arms, it would not be difficult to gather his troops again.

Although this person may seem a little reckless, he is by no means stupid. In addition, he is a general from Liaoxi, so he will play a very subtle role in many aspects in the future.

Li Yuanqing was confident enough to pull him up at this joint and control him firmly in his hands.

After Li Yuanqing finished washing, he went downstairs to the front hall to order a bowl of millet porridge, two steamed buns, and a plate of pickles. After finishing the meal, Shunzi, Yang Xiaochuan and other soldiers got up.

Shunzi was speechless, "Brother, you slept so late last night? Why did you get up so early today?"

Li Yuanqing smiled and kicked Shunzi, "Tomorrow, you have to get up behind me and go out and run three times around the front camp."

Shunzi chuckled, "Brother, I will definitely get up early tomorrow."

"Okay. Stop being so glib. Let's go eat first. After dinner, we have to do business."

"yes."

After Li Yuanqing finished cleaning up, he sat on the table in front of the window and basked in the sun for a while before Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong got up.

Chen Zhong rubbed his eyes tiredly, "Yuan Qing, you got up so early."

"Haha. I was a little excited. My sleep was not so peaceful." Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother Chen, Brother Zhang, I asked them to prepare breakfast. After dinner, let's go do business."

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan went to have breakfast.

At this time, Liu Dadou also got up, quickly came to Li Yuanqing's side, and said with some surprise: "Yuan Qing, are you up so early?"

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "The adults are summoning you. Naturally, you need to make more preparations. How about it? Brother Da Dou, have you thought about it? Should you go to the capital with me, or make preparations here?"

Liu Dadou's eyes were a little red. Obviously, he did not sleep well last night. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said: "Yuan Qing, I want to stay here for the time being. Although you and I are old acquaintances, I have not accomplished anything. If

Even if you lead an army, you cannot conquer the crowd. Before, the old brothers dispersed and were desperate. Now that there is hope, I want to gather them again."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "That's fine. But, Brother Da Dou, don't force yourself in anything. I see there are a lot of refugees here..."

Li Yuanqing whispered a few words into Liu Dadou's ear.

Liu Dadou's eyes couldn't help but light up, "Yuan Qing, why didn't I think of this? Don't worry, I should still be able to handle this matter."

Li Yuanqing smiled, took out a hundred taels of silver notes from his arms, and handed it to Liu Dadou, "I will be back in twenty days at most, and half a month at least. When the time comes, you can make preparations in advance, and we will go back together.

Changsheng Island."

Liu Dadou nodded quickly, "Yuan Qing, don't worry. I'll do it right away."

Liu Da left the inn like a doufeng. Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan also finished eating. Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "It's almost time, we should go visit you adults."

Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan nodded, and the three of them walked out of the door together.

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At this time, Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi resigned, and the main force of the army withdrew to the pass. In this section of the Liaoxi Corridor, there was basically no leader. No matter whether it was civil servants or military generals, everyone was in panic.

At this time, Wang Zaijin had not yet taken office, Sun Chengzong had not yet taken over, and Ningyuan Fort had not yet been built. Within the Liaoxi Corridor, most of them were old forts like Qiantun, and their defense systems were backward and very fragile.

After talking with Liu Dadou last night, Li Yuanqing had already figured out the details of what is going on in Qiantun.

Now, the highest civil servant here in Qiantun is Fang Zhenru, the censor of Liaodong.

After the defeat of Guangning, Fang Zhenru also joined the fleeing army. He escaped across the Daling River on a small donkey and temporarily settled in Qiantun.

Li Yuanqing didn't know Fang Zhenru very well. But Liu Da Dou said that this man was very honest and had a good reputation in Liao.

Although the rank of the censor is not high, he has direct access to Tianting and has considerable power.

Fang Zhenru has been in Liao for several years. It can be said that he can manage both the army and the government. If he wants to buy a family business and build a mansion with dozens of acres, he can really do it.

It's a pity that when he escaped from Guangning City, he only had an old servant with him, not even a maid, so it was okay.

Moreover, he did not follow the main force back to the pass, but maintained order in Qiantun and gathered the refugees. Although the method was not very high and everything seemed bad, in this environment, it was already extremely valuable.

To a certain extent, this also made Li Yuanqing have a good impression of him. Perhaps, the incident of this meeting was not as bad as imagined.

The three of them arrived at the official hall. It was exactly 9 o'clock in the morning, and all aspects of affairs were in motion.

The soldiers went to the door to report, and soon news came from inside that Li Yuanqing and the others were allowed to go in.

Not long after, the three of them were brought into the official hall. They saw a thin middle-aged man wearing a red official robe, sitting in the middle. On both sides, there were several officials sitting, looking at the official uniforms and black gauze, all of which were six-month-old.

Quality officer.

The crisis in Liao was already very serious in the late Wanli period. However, Emperor Wanli was very stingy. The three major conquests lasted for decades, but only a few million taels of silver were spent. It can be said that he could break every penny into two.

Half flower.

But after the young emperor Tianqi came to the throne, the crisis in Liaodi became more and more serious. Tianqi was not as stingy as his grandfather. With a stroke of his pen, the treatment of Liaodi increased linearly.

In the first year of Tianqi, various expenses in Liaodong had reached tens of millions of taels.

Correspondingly, although the grade of officials is the same as that in Guannei, their gold content is a little higher.

It is a pity that with the fall of Guangning City, most of the hard-earned money of the Ming Empire and the wealth of the people of the Ming Dynasty fell into the hands of the old slaves.

At this time, except for Fang Zhenru, who could barely be considered a senior official in the hall, the rest of the officials were basically out of the ordinary.

Li Yuanqing also understood that the environment in Liao land at this time had reached freezing point.

"Zhang Pan, Chen Zhong and Li Yuanqing, who are in humble positions, have met all of you."

Li Yuanqing and the three of them bowed respectfully to the civil servants in the hall.

During the Ming Dynasty, civil servants governed military affairs. Although military officers were of high rank, their actual status was very low, especially in front of civilian officials.

Even Mao Wenlong would probably have to salute when he saw Fang Zhenru at this time, but he didn't need to kneel down.

"As expected, they are all good men. You guys, please get up." Fang Zhenru looked at Li Yuanqing and the others for a while, a bright light flashed in his eyes, he smiled and waved his hand, signaling the three of them to get up.

"Thank you, sir." The three of them stood up carefully, not daring to say anything, and stood aside.

Li Yuanqing also watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and did not dare to make the slightest move.

According to Fang Zhenru's rights, even if he doesn't like Li Yuanqing, he can drag him out at any time without waiting for the slightest reason.

Of course, Li Yuanqing and the others now have the gold medal to go to Beijing to meet the saint, so Fang Zhenru should not dare to be so blatant.

Fang Zhenru seemed to be very satisfied with the attitude of Li Yuanqing and the others. He paused for a while and then said with a smile: "I have heard the names of the three generals for a long time. I saw them today. They are indeed extraordinary. Which one is General Zhang Pan of Lushun?"

?”

Zhang Pan hurriedly came out of the queue to salute, "This humble position is Zhang Pan of Lushun."

"Who is General Chen Zhongchen of Guanglu Island?"

Chen Zhong also hurriedly went out to salute.

Fang Zhenru asked about Li Yuanqing again, and Li Yuanqing also hurried out of the queue and briefly introduced himself to let everyone know him.

According to the grades of the three of them, they still cannot be called generals at this time. Only those who are guerrilla and above can be called generals.

However, the three of them have made such great achievements and have to go to Beijing to face the saints. It is only a matter of time before they are promoted.

Fang Zhenru is not stupid. If he wants to win over the three of them, he will naturally not worry about this little detail. This can be regarded as giving enough face to Li Yuanqing and the others.

After a moment, Fang Zhenru sighed and said: "The situation in Liao is in danger, and I am deeply worried. But the situation is like this, and I am helpless. You three generals, you are all heroes. Can you describe to me how you captured the situation?"

Hu Erhan, the auxiliary minister of the Later Jin Dynasty, arrived?"

Several civil servants nearby also pricked up their ears. It seemed that they were also very concerned about this matter.

Among the three, Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan were senior, and Zhang Pan had the most stable temperament. Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong signaled with their eyes to ask Zhang Pan to explain.

Zhang Pan carefully stepped out of the queue and respectfully briefly recounted the battle at the Sancha River Ferry to everyone. At the end, Zhang Pan said: "My lords, it was just luck that I was able to capture Hu Erhan this time when I went deep into the hinterland of western Liaoning. If I follow,

Jin was on guard, and it was difficult to achieve it with the strength of the army at that time, which was at a low level."

Fang Zhenru nodded and slowly fell into deep thought.

Several civil servants nearby were also whispering to each other, making comments in low voices.

After a moment, a middle-aged civil servant in his early forties next to him said: "General Zhang, I have a question. At that time, you were besieging Jinzhou City and saw that the city was about to be taken. Why did you suddenly give up and go deep into the hinterland of western Liaoning?

?But what accurate information did you get?"

"this?"

Zhang Pan was stunned, then thought for a moment and said hurriedly: "Go back to my lord. At that time, the subordinate troops were indeed besieging Jinzhou. However, the walls of Jinzhou City were high and thick, and the resistance of the slaves was fierce. The subordinate troops suffered heavy casualties, but they were never able to escape.

Next. At that time, the people of the humble post were running out of food and grass. If they wanted to continue the offensive, they were not sure. The several ministries of the humble post carefully analyzed and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of establishing slaves, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the several ministries of the humble post, and thus made a decision.

After making this decision, I decided to go deep into the hinterland of Liaodi and change the angle to see if I could gain anything. Fortunately, the few people in the humble position were lucky and did not let down the divine grace."

What Zhang Pan said was almost a replica of what Li Yuanqing said at the time. At this time, he organized it carefully and found no flaws.

The middle-aged civil servant nodded, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Although it is luck, it is more about being brave and cautious. Otherwise, there would be no such opportunity."

Fang Zhenru also nodded, "That's right. This is like pulling out a tooth from a tiger's mouth. As the ancients said, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs?"

The middle-aged civil servant said again: "General Zhang, according to what you say, Jiannu is really not good at water warfare? He doesn't even have the strength to cross a river? I have been to Liaoyang and Shenyang before, and there are many big rivers in Liao. .”

"Well?"

Zhang Pan was stunned for a moment, with cold sweat oozing out from his forehead. With Li Yuanqing's foundation, he could barely handle the civil servant's question before, but at this time, the civil servant's question was so tricky that he couldn't react for a while and hurriedly He looked at Li Yuanqing as if asking for help.

Li Yuanqing smiled, raised his hands and said: "Sir, the slaves are indeed not good at water warfare. Their strength is their cavalry. As for the power to cross the river, of course they have it. However, during the battle that day, they were humble. After they occupied the ferry one day in advance and blocked the fishing boats gathered around them, they lost the ability to cross the river."

The middle-aged civil servant nodded and said with a smile: "Is this the right time, right place and right people? You are well prepared, so you will have more choices in the subsequent battles."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "Not bad."

The middle-aged civil servant smiled and said: "I heard that every time Jiannu went to war, the sentries were like ants. General Li, under the circumstances at that time, how did you deal with these sentries?"
Chapter completed!