Li Rusong has never believed that there are people in this world who are willing to help others. In his mind, it is already very valuable if everyone does not use crooked tricks to quell the Kuaibai rebellion. How can he still help others?
He didn't even need an inch of effort. Could it be that Su Hao had water in his head?
In fact, it's no wonder that Li Rusong didn't understand. Su Hao didn't belong to this era, and he had no intention of striving for fame and fortune in this era. There was only one reason why he was willing to help Li Rusong break the city, and that was that he didn't want to see the soldiers without any help.
Die worthless.
When he told Xu Guangzu and Chen Dao this idea, the two of them didn't think about it for a long time. After they understood Su Hao's idea, they inevitably had to teach Su Hao a lesson before finally discussing it.
came up with a plan that sounded more reliable.
"The Soviet Union said that the first achievement in conquering Ningxia must be General Li's. He helped General Li break the city purely because he admired General Li. After the city was broken, he only needed General Li to bear the consumption of firearms.
That's enough." Chen Dao leisurely put forward Su Hao's conditions.
Li Rusong asked: "How much will this consume?"
"Within one hundred thousand taels," Chen Dao said.
"Deal!" Li Rusong agreed without saying a word, just as Xu Guangzu and Chen Dao had estimated.
Compared with a big achievement, the expense of 100,000 taels of silver is really nothing to Li Rusong. Li Chengliang has been operating in Liaodong for many years, has outstanding military exploits, and has made a lot of money. The ability of the frontier generals to make money is not as good as that of Li Rusong.
Everyone in the government and the public knows that the war is poor. But no one can do anything about it. Some officials are trying to impeach those corrupt frontier generals, but on this issue, even the emperor will not stand by the officials.
On the one hand, the reason is very simple. Without these generals, who can keep the Mongols out of the country?
Su Hao didn't want to take credit for the city's destruction because he and the generals from Kanyu Camp had already gained a lot of credit in this battle of Ningxia. Helping Xiao Ruxun defend the city and defeating the Litu tribe were both great achievements.
Although it was said that the final victory over Ningxia City and the killing of Kuaibai and Liu Dongyang would be a greater achievement, Li Zhi analyzed it for Su Hao. If Su Hao continued to strive for this credit, he would only end up being the target of public criticism.
You know, he is just a young man after all. Too much limelight will attract hatred.
Since he doesn't want to compete for credit, taking this opportunity to earn some money should be a good choice. Li Rusong needs the credit for breaking the city, and Su Hao can just help him achieve this goal. As for the money, Li Rusong is not short of it. Why should Su Hao be polite?
Woolen cloth?
The two parties concluded the deal, and Chen Dao immediately went to notify Su Hao to come to Li Rusong to discuss the matter of breaking the city. This time, Li Rusong would not give Su Hao any shame. When they met, he talked about Su Hao, and seemed to be in agreement with Su Hao.
Su Hao seemed to have some kind of deep friendship. In fact, Li Rusong was already Ben Wu's age at this time, and he seemed a bit older to be Su Hao's father.
Along with Su Hao, there were Xu Guangzu, Deng Kui, Xiong Minyang, Xu Guangqi and others who came to see Li Rusong. Li Rusong also called several lieutenants and guerrilla officers to discuss with everyone. The generals heard that Kanyu Camp
They were both surprised and happy to have durable explosives to blow down the city wall, because after a day of fierce fighting, they had a very clear understanding of the losses incurred during the siege.
The matter of Li Rusong's and Su Hao's forces joining forces was naturally reported to Governor Ye Mengxiong. Ye Mengxiong was quite happy to hear that Su Hao had finally convinced Li Rusong to accept the artillery siege proposal. As for the private transactions between Li Rusong and Su Hao,
Ye Mengxiong was no longer interested in asking.
Xiao Ruxun's reaction when he learned about this was that he breathed a sigh of relief. He was in the same situation as Su Hao. He had already earned enough credit in the battle against Pinglu City and had no intention of competing with Li Rusong for the credit of destroying the city. Ma
Qiancheng had some resentment towards Li Rusong. Hearing that Su Hao was going to join forces with Li Rusong, he felt awkward for a few days. Fortunately, Qin Liangyu was there to persuade him, saying that national affairs were the most important thing, so Ma Qiancheng stopped talking.
what.
In the following ten days, the Ming army adopted a strategy of siege but not attack on Ningxia City. However, Ye Mengxiong was a thoughtful person, and he would not let these ten days go to waste. Every day, he would
A large number of Ming soldiers were sent to approach the city of Ningxia and shouted to the rebels on top of the city. The content was nothing more than "the culprit will be punished, and threats will never be asked", in order to shake the morale of the rebels.
"Mastermind, what do you think the Ming army means by this? Why did they stop after attacking the city for only one day?" Liu Dongyang was deeply confused by this strategy of the Ming army. There was a lot of food in Ningxia city, and it was impossible to encircle it.
Attack, it is the Ming army that cannot hold out in the end, not the rebels in Ningxia city.
Kuai Bai was also a little unsure of the Ming army's intentions. How could he have thought that the materials for the survey camp that were still being transported on the Ningshan Mountain Road would affect the pace of the Ming army's attack. In response to Liu Dongyang's question, he replied: "General soldier, according to the
In my opinion, the Ming army should be unable to attack, right? Are you waiting for the new decree from the court?"
"Maybe we are waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court, so we have to be more careful." Liu Dongyang's newly appointed guerrilla general Xu Chao warned.
Kuaiyun said: "What will happen if the imperial court sends reinforcements? With our general here, the Ming army wants to attack our city of Ningxia. It's unreasonable."
Xu Chaodao: "How do I remember that when someone went to defeat Lu City, they also praised Haikou, but in the end they were defeated back to Ningxia City."
"Who are you talking about!" Kuaiyun's eyes widened. Xu Chao's words were simply pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey. It was so disrespectful.
Before the uprising, low-level officers like Xu Chao were just submissive in front of Yiyun. How dare they expose their shortcomings in person like this. But things are different now. Liu Dongyang started the uprising and proclaimed himself the commander-in-chief, and several of his buddies around him
He was granted the rank of general, guerrilla and the like, and was on an equal footing with Kuaiyun. What's more, under the attack tactics of the Ming army outside the city, Liu Dongyang and others were wondering whether to part ways with the Kuaibai group.
At this time, Liu Dongyang might put on a good face, but the few people under him would not betray someone like Kuaiyun.
"If some people hadn't held back and failed to capture Pinglu City, I would have been so passive. If Pinglu City is now in my hands and we have the Tatar tribe at our back, we can always ask the leader of the army to help us.
"The Ming army wouldn't dare to be so arrogant, right?" Xu Chao said with a sneer.
"The matter has come to an end, let's not talk about the past." Liu Dongyang smoothed things over, and then said to Kuaibai: "Master, this leader of the Rabbit was only slightly defeated by Xiao Ruxun, can we contact him again?
At once, ask him to send troops into the border wall to break the siege of Ningxia?"
"This... I'm not sure either." Kuai Bai hesitated.
What Xu Chao said is actually quite right. The reason why Ningxia City is in its current predicament is because Pinglu City was not captured, and thus the communication between the Tatar tribe and Ningxia City was cut off. It was Zai Bai who encouraged Liu Dongyang to revolt. At that time, Juli Rabbit was considered as an important weight. Now, Pinglu City has not been captured, and Juli Rabbit has been severely damaged. Who knows whether he will dare to invade the border again. Without this strong backing , the officers and soldiers in Ningxia really felt like they had no master.
"I heard that the mastermind sent several messengers to contact Zhulitu in the past few days, but I don't know what the results were." Liu Dongyang looked at Kuaibai and asked meaningfully.
Kuai Bai pretended to be dumbfounded, shook his head and said: "I did send several messengers to the company camp to deliver messages to the Tartar tribe, but no one has come back yet. I don't know if they broke out, let alone Jilitu. What's your idea? How about waiting for me to return home and arrange for a capable person to break in again?"
"Then it's up to you to plot the plan." Liu Dongyang said.
After the matter was discussed, Kuaibai and others left Liu Dongyang's General Military Mansion. Before leaving, Kuaiyun glared at Xu Chao fiercely. Xu Chao was naturally not afraid and gave Kuaiyun a provocative look.
After Kuai Bai and others had gone away, Xu Chao said to Liu Dongyang: "Brother Liu, I think Kuai Bai, the old thief, is leaving a way out for himself. His people must have contacted Zhuli Rabbit. Are you planning to do it just in case?" When the city cannot be defended, he leads his troops to abandon the city and flee to the grassland."
Lieutenant General Liu Chuanbai said: "I think they have this plan. The old thief is originally a Tatar. As long as he has soldiers, he can still become a leader after escaping back to the grassland. But we will let him be tricked. In case of Ningxia If the city is destroyed, none of us can escape."
Liu Dongyang said: "I have noticed this matter for a long time. Xu Chao, please arrange for me to keep an eye on the old thief's house. Whenever they make any move, we will take the initiative and take the old thief's head to the court." Let's make a deal. I figured it out. This time it's clear that the old thief wants to rebel and let us brothers take the lead. We can't just take advantage of the old thief."
"Understood!" all the confidants replied in unison.
Although the Ming army did not attack the city, the strong pressure has caused cracks in the rebels in Ningxia City. The two groups, Kuaibai and Liu Dongyang, were on guard against each other, and both were ready to attack the other side first. There were still some who were defeated. The officers and soldiers who came in under threat were neither on the side of Kuai Bai nor on the side of Liu Dongyang. They were also connecting in private, discussing what they should do if the city of Ningxia was destroyed. In the hearts of these people, Zhu Sha Kuai The idea of ​​worshiping Liu Dongyang in order to exonerate himself was also out of control.
At the end of May of the 20th year of Wanli, a large convoy arrived on the outskirts of Ningxia. There was a big flag with the word "Su" on the vehicle. It was the transport convoy of Su's factory coming from the capital. Except for a few stewards in the factory, the people escorting the vehicle were In addition, there are actually two big businessmen, namely Dong Tianzhang and Yang Laizhen. They were also shareholders of Su's factory. This time they heard about Ningxia's counter-rebellion. With their keen intuition as businessmen, they sniffed out possible business opportunities. So he came to Ningxia with the Su family caravan.
Su Hao didn't have time to chat with the two red-top businessmen about business opportunities for a while, so he notified Li Rusong immediately and told him that the time to attack the city had come.
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