Mou Rongtian and others rode south. Li Tianmu escorted the holy aunt and waited for half an hour. He felt that Mou Rongtian and others had gone far enough to let the holy aunt go.
Said: "Girl, you are a Han Chinese, you should not help the Jurchen Tatars to harm our compatriots. If you are willing to abandon the secret and turn to the light, I can take you to reunite with Dong Fuyu's brother and sister. I will report to you the wrong things you have done in the past.
Mr. Luo begs for mercy, please forgive you and let bygones be bygones.
"I have some friendship with Mr. Luo, and he will definitely agree. You don't have to worry about this. What do you think? Do you want to continue to be a lackey of the Jurchen Tatars, or do you want to abandon the dark side and join the light?"
The holy aunt said: "I was born by Han people, but raised by Jurchens. My adoptive father has been kind to me in raising me, how can I betray him?"
Li Tianmu sighed and said: "You are Qing'er's sister. The certain family really doesn't want to fight with you, but you refuse to repent and insist on helping the tyrants do evil. The certain family can only feel sorry for Qing'er. You can do it yourself."
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Li Tianmu used the wind-chasing technique and ran southward. At sunset, he caught up with Mou Rongtian and others. They walked for several more miles and arrived at Thirty Mile Fort. They got into the valley and led their horses forward.
Mou Rongtian asked: "Tianmu, you said our army is ambushing here. Where did we get our army?"
Li Tianmu said: "I sent General Xiong here, and then I found out that our army was ambushing here. I was eager to return to the city to assassinate Nurhaci, so I didn't ask in detail, and I didn't know where the army here came from. I saw the commander later.
, we will find out as soon as we ask.”
Mou Rongtian said: "Is the commander here too?"
Li Tianmu said: "Not only is the commander-in-chief here, but the prince is also here."
After everyone walked a few miles on the mountain road, a lush forest appeared in front of them. When they arrived in front of the forest, just as they were about to enter, hundreds of people suddenly rushed out of the forest and surrounded them.
Mou Rongtian and others were taken aback. Without taking a closer look, they hurriedly showed their weapons and prepared to fight. Only one person laughed and said: "Brother Tian, Senior Brother Li, are you guys?" Shi Yi and Bai Yun stood in front of them with swords.
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Dong Fuyu shouted: "It's our own people, please go back and take your positions!" Upon hearing this, the hundreds of soldiers retreated into the forest.
Shi Yi said: "Brother Tian, the commander asked us to take people to stand guard here. Didn't we scare you just now?"
Mou Rongtian smiled and said: "Fortunately you didn't shoot the arrow, otherwise we would all be hedgehogs at this moment."
Shi Yi smiled and said: "Brother Tian has an iron cloth shirt to protect his body, so he is not afraid of arrows."
Mou Rongtian asked: "Where are the prince and the commander-in-chief?"
Shi Yi said: "It's deep in the valley, I will take you there."
Mou Rongtian and others followed Shi Yi and passed through this lush forest. Under the moonlight, they saw that the valley was densely packed with soldiers, and it was impossible to see the edge at a glance. After walking for several miles, they came to the depths of the valley, and appeared in front of them.
A large tent, with lights shining in the tent.
Shi Yi said: "Brother Tian, the commander-in-chief and the prince are in the tent. You can go over there. I'll go back and stand guard."
Mou Rongtian said: "Thank you for your hard work."
Li Jiaoyue, Shengming and Hu Kan were not qualified to enter the tent and were resting nearby. Mou Rongtian and Li Tianmu opened the door curtain and walked in. They saw Li Chengliang wearing a helmet and armor, sitting in the commander's seat. To his left sat the prince, with Li Jinzhong and Xu Daiyue standing in attendance.
Behind the prince, Li Rubai, Li Rumei, Xiong Tingbi, Liaoyang commander-in-chief Liu Wei and other generals were on both sides.
When Li Chengliang saw Mou and Li walking in, he said, "You two boys are back, and you have made me worried."
Mou and Li paid tribute to the prince and Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang ordered the soldiers to look at their seats. After the two sat down, Mou Rongtian said: "Commander, when we entered the valley just now, I saw a lot of soldiers. It is roughly estimated that there are tens of thousands of them." , Where did we get so many soldiers? Could it be that they were defeated on the battlefield today?"
Li Chengliang said: "Some are the defenders of Shenyang, but most of them are reinforcements mobilized from Liaoyang, Shanhaiguan and other places."
Mou Rongtian was overjoyed and said: "It turns out that the commander-in-chief has a backup plan. It seems that our army may turn defeat into victory and take back Shenyang City."
Li Chengliang said: "Not only can Shenyang City be recaptured, but I will also give Nurhachi a fatal blow and make him completely defeated." He paused and then said: "Boy, do you think I lost to Nurhaci today? "
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "The long snake formation was broken, the 60,000 troops suffered heavy casualties, and the city of Shenyang was lost. Isn't this a defeat?" He nodded blankly.
Li Chengliang snorted and said: "That little brat Nurhaci is still very young. How can he be my opponent? This commander is cheating on me. As early as in Liaoyang, I had already thought of a clever plan to destroy Nurhachi. Liu Dadao was ordered to secretly mobilize the defenders from various places. The commander put on a posture of fighting to the death with Nurhaci, using the long snake formation and Shenyang City as bait to lure Nurhachi to take the bait.
"I know that every time Nurhaci conquered a city, he would spend three days attacking it. After these Tatar soldiers had drunkenly and drunkenly, they were drunk, their legs were dry and weak, and they had no fighting ability. Nurhaci never imagined that our army would Launch a surprise attack tonight, and Guan Bao will kill his entire army, leaving no trace behind."
Mou Rongtian never expected that Li Chengliang would use Shenyang City as bait and ignore the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in the city. He said sadly: "Commander, do you know that Jin soldiers raped, plundered, killed and set fire in the city, and committed all kinds of evil. The people are suffering. Commander, how can you act like this? How can you be worthy of the suffering people in the city?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chengliang slammed the table and shouted: "What a fool, you little bastard, how dare you teach me a lesson, no matter how big or small, it's really unreasonable. Come on, please treat this little bastard." Take that bastard out and chop it up!"
The guards on both sides rushed forward, pushed Mou Rongtian to the ground, and pulled the rope to untie him. Seeing that Mou Rongtian didn't resist, Li Tianmu hurriedly got up and went over. He knocked the guards to the ground with three punches and two kicks, and shouted: "Which of you dare to fight against Rongtian?" If Tim is unfavorable, a certain family will kill him immediately!"
Li Chengliang slapped the table again and shouted: "Who are you trying to scare? I must kill Mou Rongtian today. You kill me and give it a try. You little bastard, I turned against you."
Li Tianmu glared and shouted: "Commander, what's wrong with what Rong Tian said? You don't care about the life and death of the people in the city and put them in dire straits. Don't you deserve to be blamed?"
Li Chengliang's face was full of anger and he shouted: "What a bastard, what he said is absolutely right. You two little bastards know a few things. You are still young, short-sighted, and very ignorant. Yet you speak out without shame and criticize the commander-in-chief's strategy." , it really makes no sense.
"Have you ever thought that if the stalemate between our army and the Tatars continues, the imperial court will increase taxes to prepare for food and wages, and the people all over the world will suffer for this? If Nurhaci goes north or south to attack other places, the people there will You have to suffer. Why don’t I sacrifice a whole city of people to bring peace to the world? You two little bastards don’t know a thing.”
The prince tried to smooth things over and said: "Commander, please calm down. Mou Qianhu is just ignorant. Seeing the suffering of the people in the city, he felt unbearable. He did not mean to quarrel with the commander. For the sake of this prince, the commander should not be the same as him."
Li Chengliang pondered for a moment and said: "You two little bastards, if the prince hadn't interceded for you, I would have cut off your heads immediately. Since the prince has spoken, I have to give you this face, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the punishment of living is difficult.
Come here, push them out and beat them with three hundred military sticks each."
Mou Rongtian had an iron cloth shirt to protect his body, so he was not afraid. Not to mention three hundred military sticks, even six hundred couldn't hurt him at all, but Li Tianmu couldn't stand it. If these three hundred sticks were struck, he would be disabled.
Mou Rongtian didn't want Li Tianmu to suffer, so he kowtowed and said: "Commander, the matter started because of the lower official. The lower official is willing to accept the three hundred military sticks from Tianmu."
Li Chengliang shouted: "No, whoever deserves the stick will get the stick, how can you allow you to bargain? This matter is not negotiable."
Li Tianmu said: "Rongtian, there is no need to plead with me. I will bear the three hundred sticks. Isn't it just three hundred sticks? What can it do? You have a scar as big as a bowl on your head. Do you still care about how many sticks you hit?"
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Li Chengliang pointed at Li Tianmu and said: "Good boy, take the lead. After finishing these three hundred sticks later, I will see if you can still be so tough? Come on, pull down and start beating!"
Just as the guards were about to take action, the prince said: "Wait a minute! Commander, now that the war is about to begin, it is the time to employ people. Why not ask them to serve their crimes and perform meritorious service? I wonder what the commander-in-chief wants?"
Li Chengliang knew that the two personal guards of the prince were Li Tianmu's junior brother and Li Tianmu's uncle. Li Tianmu was obviously the prince's man. Li Chengliang was sophisticated and did not really want to hit Li Tianmu. He was just pretending to attract the attention of the prince.
The prince intercedes for him and earns another favor from the prince.
Hearing what the prince said, Li Chengliang said: "What the prince said is true. Well, I will ask these two little bastards to serve their crimes. Mou Rongtian, Li Tianmu, I will allocate you a thousand soldiers and order you to be responsible for attacking the Fushun Guards."
If you can't take the city, come and see me."
Mou Rongtian bowed and saluted, and shouted: "I will definitely fulfill my mission and take the Fushun Acropolis." He thanked the prince and sent out troops with Li Tianmu.
Liu Wei followed him out and asked a general named Man Gui to summon a thousand soldiers to listen to Mou Rongtian's orders.
Mou Rongtian saw that Mangui was young, only twenty-four or five years old, tall and burly, with a majestic appearance. He knew at a glance that he was a fierce general.
Mangui paid tribute to Mou Rongtian and went to order troops. Li Jiaoyue heard from Li Tianmu that he and Mou Rongtian were going to attack Fushun City and wanted to follow him.
Mou Rongtian said: "No, it's too dangerous. You should stay."
Li Jiaoyue said: "I'm going with my cousin, can you take care of it?"
Li Tianmu said: "Cousin, Rongtian is right. Siege warfare is no joke. It is extremely dangerous. You should not join in the fun. It is better to stay with my uncle."
Li Jiaoyue said coquettishly: "No, I insist on going, you must take me with you."
Hu Kan shouted: "I, Old Hu, will go too and kill hundreds more dogs and Tatars."
Shengming said: "I will accompany you too."
Li Tianmu smiled at Mou Rongtian and said, "Rongtian, just take them with you."
Mou Rongtian sighed and said: "Okay, okay, then let them do it."
Suddenly I heard someone greeting me: "Master Li, Master Mou, where are you two?" I saw two big men wearing soldier's horns walking over, it was Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou.
Li Tianmu smiled and said: "Brother Wu, Brother Zu, you are here too."
Wu Xiang apologized and said with a smile: "Master Li, my uncle and I just heard that Master Mou is going to lead troops to attack Fushun City. We also want to go with him, but General Manchu thinks that we are city defenders and looks down on us. We are not allowed to say anything.
Let's go."
Mou Rongtian knew that Wu Zu and Wu Zu were very skilled, so he said, "Since you want to go, just follow me."
Wu Xiang cupped his hands and smiled: "Thank you, Master Mou."