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Xu Heizi hurriedly left Changsheng Island that night and embarked on his journey south again.

Shang Laoliu personally sent Xu Heizi to the dock.

After all, he is an old brother.

Shang Laoliu also hoped that Xu Heizi could take advantage of the redemption trip given to him by Li Yuanqing. As a big brother, he had to give him some more advice.

In the official hall, Li Yuanqing felt a lot more relaxed.

After the initial anger passed, his heart returned to calm as water.

Problems are actually not terrible. The key is that after a problem occurs, you must make a decision and solve the problem as soon as possible!

The problems that Xu Heizi encountered also made Li Yuanqing understand more clearly that the era when warriors have the loudest voice is not far away.

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The fourteenth day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of the Great Tomorrow is the eve of the Shangyuan Festival.

Li Yuanqing said goodbye to his wives and concubines, took his military camp and 800 elite members of the 3000 Corps under Shunzi, and embarked on the fleet heading to Gaizhou.

Although Huang Taiji speaks better than he sings, Li Yuanqing does not dare to neglect at all when it comes to safety.

However, Li Yuanqing also knew very well that it would be very difficult to directly kill Huang Taiji at this juncture.

Let’s not talk about whether Li Yuanqing can do it. Even if Li Yuanqing has the ability to kill Huang Taiji, it is obviously not a good opportunity at this time.

Not to mention, Li Yuanqing had a congenital mobility disadvantage and was able to protect himself. If he wanted to defeat Huang Taiji, who was skilled in bow and horse, it would be almost as impossible as winning a lottery ticket.

At this time, although it has been five or nine days, the weather is still extremely cold, and white ice layers and ice cubes can be seen everywhere on the sea.

It seems to be colder today than in previous years.

Fortunately, the route from Changsheng Island to Gaizhou was already very proficient. The bad weather did have some impact on the itinerary of Li Yuanqing and his party, but on the evening of the 18th of the first lunar month, the fleet still successfully arrived outside Gaizhou City.

On this trip, in order to complete the meeting with Huang Taiji, Li Yuanqing brought a large number of war horses, more than two thousand, accounting for almost half of all Li Yuanqing's war horses.

The group of people rode their horses to the city and handed over the horses to the auxiliary soldiers to take good care of them. Duan Xiliang and Li Sansheng, who were on duty here, followed Li Yuanqing to the Gaizhou Government Office to report the latest situation to Li Yuanqing.

Gaizhou City was originally a large city in Liao Dynasty.

But after years of war, this place has become extremely abandoned.

Even after Li Yuanqing took over, he stationed troops here and sent many auxiliary troops to open up wasteland and farm, but compared to the flat and wide land of Gaizhou, it was still too humble.

Looking around in the twilight of the setting sun, everything looks a little desolate and there is not much life.

Li Yuanqing also had some unspeakable feelings in his heart.

At this time, although his Changsheng Battalion has strong troops and abundant financial and material resources, its inherent disadvantage is that its population is still too small!

Originally, Li Yuanqing had been thinking about expanding his army and continuing to expand his army's strength. However, along the way, even the coastal areas were desolate, which gave Li Yuanqing a deeper understanding.

According to the current state of the Liao region, it is definitely not a wise choice to resort to military force!

The official hall is neatly laid out, the original dilapidated weeds are gone, and the main entrance is rather grand.

But when I got inside, I found that this was nothing more than gold and jade, and it was in ruins. There was no support from human and financial resources. Many houses were not fully repaired and were just some superficial work, which made people feel worried.

Fortunately, the problem is not big in the main hall of the official hall. There is a warm brazier inside, which dispels the severe cold outside. As soon as you enter the house, you are instantly in a different world from the outside.

The group of people sat down, and a soldier served hot tea. Duan Xiliang said: "General, the slave chief Huang Taiji's royal tent has arrived earlier today, just fifteen miles away from us. They have been here for more than ten years.

I'm afraid there will be no less than ten thousand people if I am alone."

Li Yuanqing nodded and slowly took a sip of tea, "Has the meeting place been confirmed?"

Li Sansheng said hurriedly: "General, at noon, the Hou Jin Army sent an envoy, and we are negotiating. The Hou Jin Army hopes that the general can go to Xiaosongpo, ten miles north of Gaizhou City, but the terrain of Xiaosongpo is too flat. If Wan

It’s hard for us to deal with a Tatar with evil intentions. Brother Duan and I agree that it’s best for us to choose Majia’ao in the northeast of Gaizhou City.”

As Li Sansheng spoke, he quickly took out a simple map from his arms and continued to explain to Li Yuanqing: "General, there are dense forests on the east and west sides of Majia'ao. Although the terrain is gentle, as long as we get stuck in the middle, the Tatars will not be able to withstand us.

Ho. No matter whether we attack or retreat, we have ample choices and leeway."

Li Yuanqing looked at the map carefully and nodded slowly, "You must not have the intention of harming others, but you must have the intention of guarding against others. During this meeting, we must make thorough preparations to ensure that the brothers have a safe escape route."

"yes!"

Duan Xiliang and Li Sansheng nodded quickly.

Li Yuanqing's attitude softened and he looked at Duan Xiliang and Li Sansheng with a smile, "The year is not over yet, and the brothers are about to go on an expedition. How is the morale of the brothers?"

Duan Xiliang smiled and said: "General, the morale of our sons is very high. I just hope that Huang Taiji will be honest!"

Li Yuanqing laughed loudly: "Very good! Xi Liang, San Sheng, after finishing dealing with this, we will rush to Liaodong immediately! You must prepare as soon as possible!"

"yes!"

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On the 19th day of the first lunar month, the two sides argued all morning. Finally, the Hou Jin Army agreed and set the meeting place at Majia'ao, northeast of Gaizhou City.

Li Yuanqing spent the whole day visiting the army, meeting with the soldiers, calming the brothers' emotions and boosting their morale.

Starting from the afternoon, soldiers from both sides rushed to Majia'ao and set up camp at designated locations.

The twentieth day of the first lunar month came quickly. Starting from eight o'clock in the morning, Li Yuanqing's handsome flag and Huang Taiji's royal flag had all arrived at the designated place.

The two sides were about three miles apart, and the place where they set up camp and fortification happened to be at the end of the two forests.

After several consecutive negotiations between the two sides, around ten o'clock, the two sides reached an agreement. Li Yuanqing and Huang Taiji, each with ten personal followers, met in the camp set up by both sides in the middle area in front.

As the flags of both sides were raised at the same time, Li Yuanqing led Duan Xiliang, Niu Gensheng, Shunzi, Jin Huizi, and six elite soldiers, one person and three horses, and quickly rushed towards the middle camp.

At the same time, Emperor Taiji, the new emperor of Hou Jin Dynasty, also rushed towards this direction accompanied by ten personal guards and slaves.

The sky is clear today, but the wind is still very strong, especially in the middle of the forest, right on the wind outlet, the hissing north wind is like a knife!

A mile and a half is a fleeting journey on horseback.

Soon, Li Yuanqing saw the fat Huang Taiji, who was wearing a bright yellow royal robe and riding a tall brown horse.

Huang Taiji soon saw Li Yuanqing riding on a tall black horse and wearing a bright red official robe.

Neither of them wore iron armor, but Li Yuanqing was wearing three layers of fine leather armor. Huang Taiji was probably about the same, and he looked extremely fat.

Soon, the war horses from both sides came towards each other.

Li Yuanqing pulled the reins of the horse and looked at Huang Taiji who was a dozen steps ahead with a smile, "Khan, I have admired your name for a long time!"

Huang Taiji's face was a bit frosty, and he looked a little haggard and tired, but when he heard Li Yuanqing's words, he couldn't help but laugh: "Li Junmen, your name has made calluses appear on my ears.

!”

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

After a moment, Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "Khan, please!"

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "Let's go together!"

Li Yuanqing did not show any politeness, and rode horses side by side with Huang Taiji, heading straight for the camp.

The followers behind the two of them were staring at each other like needles, and they would not dare to relax even if the other party just blinked.

Arriving outside the camp, Li Yuanqing and Huang Taiji got off their horses at the same time. According to the previous discussion, they each left three followers to guard the horses. They each took seven personal followers and entered the tent.

But at this time, no matter who was accompanying them, they were very nervous, for fear that one of them would get violent and hurt someone. During the handover outside the tent, neither party dared to make the first move.

Huang Taiji couldn't help but smile: "Don't be nervous. The more nervous you are, the easier it is to go wrong. Obai, Dasu, you clean up first."

"twitter!"

The two extremely young but extremely tough men beside Huang Taiji, wearing white armor inside and yellow mandarins outside, were the first to dismount from their horses and began to use slave language to instruct their followers to dismount and clean up.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be stunned when he heard these two names pronounced by Huang Taiji.

I wipe it!

Aobai, Dasu.

This will be a famous name in later generations!

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but look at these two people a few more times. They were both young at this time, probably less than twenty years old, but their resolute eyes and strong bodies already showed that they had already experienced hundreds of years of experience.

war!

Huang Taiji naturally noticed Li Yuanqing's gaze, smiled without saying a word, and also looked at the entourage behind Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing also came to his senses at this time and said with a smile: "Xiliang, Shunzi, don't just sit there in a daze! Come down and clean up quickly!"

"yes!"

Duan Xiliang and Shunzi also reacted and quickly got off their horses to clean up.

Huang Taiji suddenly said: "Li Junmen, have we met somewhere before?"

Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, "Khan has such a good memory! It must have been the first year of Tianqi. We seemed to have met in a restaurant in Shenyang City!"

Huang Taiji was also stunned, and for a moment, he seemed to remember it, and couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't expect that I didn't notice when the hero passed by. What a mistake, what a mistake!"

When the two met each other, they couldn't help laughing.
To be continued...