~~~~~~

In the evening, I accompanied Chen Zhong, Zhang Pan, Chen Liangce, and Xu Fuzuo to have a simple dinner and exchanged the results of each department this afternoon. Everyone continued to the front line of each department, went deep among the soldiers, and continued

Stabilize military morale.

Dining with generals from various ministries is a treasure that has been passed down for many years in Li Yuanqing's military career. It is also a very powerful but very inconspicuous 'killer trump card'.

Soldiers are also weapons.

The military is far different from other things.

The slightest disturbance is likely to trigger an immeasurable chain reaction.

As the old saying goes: 'He who works hard wins!'

As Taizu said: "Fighting with others is endless fun."

If you want to best control people's movements, eating is the gentlest and easiest way.

Only by keeping in constant contact with each other can we best know each other's movements, understand each other, and know what the other person is thinking.

To a certain extent, it was a great honor for generals like Zhang Pan and Chen Liangce to have dinner with him, Li Yuanqing.

And with Li Yuanqing's sophistication, if they have any intentions, no matter how well they hide it, it will be difficult for them to escape Li Yuanqing's eyes.

This period is like the darkness before dawn and the tension before the game.

If a war starts and you learn about the opponent's strength, even if you are nervous, you will soon be attracted by the fierce battle and become involved.

This kind of cold battle is nothing to the veterans of the Changsheng Battalion and Chen Zhong's Department, but for veterans like Zhang Pan, Chen Liangce, and Xu Fuzuo who don't have many psychological advantages, Li Yuanqing can't stand it.

Don't dare to neglect.

The wind at night was stronger than during the day, howling and sweeping in, very violently.

But after these days of hard work, the Ming army's defense fortifications were already very stable, and the soldiers could even rest directly in the fortifications overnight.

After walking through more than a dozen trench camps in succession, Li Yuanqing's expectations were almost the same. There was no serious problem at Changsheng Camp and everything was on track.

At this time, it was already approaching midnight, but Li Yuanqing was not in a hurry to return to the city to rest. Instead, he patiently drank Kung Fu tea at the outpost of Li Sansheng's troops.

As expected by Li Yuanqing, as soon as they entered the house, the front sentry sent back news that they had received a personal letter from Huang Taiji.

Soon, after several strict checks, the letter was handed to Li Yuanqing.

How could Li Sansheng, Yang Lei and others dare to interfere with such secrets? They had already gone to chat outside the earthen bunker, completely giving up their space to Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing opened the letter, scanned it confidently, and couldn't help but reveal an indescribable smile at the corner of his mouth.

It was almost exactly as he predicted.

Huang Taiji first greeted Li Yuanqing gently, and then asked about Cong Gu Lun's current situation, and then got to the main topic.

Huang Taiji said that as long as Li Yuanqing could exercise restraint and allow the main force of the Jin army to pass through the border peacefully, Huang Taiji expressed his intention to Li Yuanqing and left some Mongolian servants behind for Li Yuanqing to deliver to him. It would be in vain.

Li Yuanqing’s brotherly friendship.

Li Yuanqing thought for a moment, smiled and quickly replied to Huang Taiji with a letter.

Li Yuanqing said that it is okay for the main force of the Jin army to leave after liberation. However, the Jin army must give up all the slaves and people they captured in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, they need to compensate Li Yuanqing himself. The Ming Dynasty's losses in this war totaled silver.

Twenty million taels.

In this way, Li Yuanqing will also give Huang Taiji some small gifts, "top-notch" beauties from distant Southeast Asia and Africa.

After the letter was sent quickly, Li Yuanqing told Li Sansheng a few words, laughed loudly, and returned to the city happily.

Li Sansheng was a little confused, but how could he dare to guess Li Yuanqing's thoughts? He continued to carefully monitor the movements of the Hou Jin Army.

…………

The camp of the Hou Jin Army.

Not long after, Huang Taiji received Li Yuanqing's autograph letter, but after reading it, he did not get angry. Instead, he smiled and put Li Yuanqing's autograph letter into a delicate wooden box and carefully preserved it.

After a while, he came outside the tent, looked at the lonely stars in the night sky, and couldn't help but laugh: "Li Yuanqing, this time, I want to see who has better patience and who can have the last laugh!"

…………

Since the matter was not settled, early the next morning, the Hou Jin Army launched a quite large offensive.

There were almost ten thousand Han slaves, driven by a few groups of Tatars behind them, slowly moving forward, building earthen walls, collecting bags of sand and soil, and pushing forward unhurriedly.

On the top of the city, Chen Zhong couldn't help but spit out: "These idiots are still doing the same old thing. It's really annoying."

After the Jin army launched an offensive, Zhang Pan relaxed a lot and said with a smile: "Old Chen, why are you angry with the dog Tatars? They haven't been doing this for a day or two? I can only hate those...

"

Zhang Pan paused for a moment, then hurriedly smiled and said: "We can take back the manpower they stole."

Chen Liangce smiled quickly and said: "These Han slaves are not bad for us. I, Old Chen, lack nothing but people."

Chen Liangce was obviously much more tactful than Zhang Pan, and his words soon aroused good-natured laughter from the surrounding generals.

Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "Old Chen, you are so talkative. However, this is exactly the truth. The dog Tatars can be regarded as helping us. Such good things do not happen easily."

Li Yuanqing personally gathered the atmosphere, and the atmosphere on the top of the city soon became much more relaxed, diluting the depression caused by the later Jin Army's bulldozing offensive.

At this time, Yang Lei quickly came to Li Yuanqing and whispered: "Commander, I am reporting urgently from the West Front Pavilion."

"Um?"

Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to Yang Lei.

Yang Lei hurriedly and respectfully handed the information to Li Yuanqing.

As Li Yuanqing unfolded the letter, everyone's eyes on the city were focused on Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing glanced at the letter and then handed the letter to Chen Zhong with an indescribable smile on his face.

After Chen Zhong finished reading, the expression on his face was a little strange for a moment. After a while, he finally held back and said with a smile: "Mr. Ge has great expectations for us. I hope we can keep more of the main Tatar forces. In the future, we will regain our strength."

When you lose your land, you can go more smoothly."

The generals immediately started talking in low voices.

Chen Zhong glanced at Li Yuanqing, but his eyes were filled with unspeakable helplessness.

Sun Chengzong actually said in the letter that he asked Li Yuanqing's ministries to do their best to leave the main force of the Tatars. He and the main force of Guan Ning, plus more than 50,000 troops from various ministries, were about to arrive soon. By then, they would definitely be given to the Tatars.

To inflict severe damage.

If the conditions didn't allow it at this time, Chen Zhong might have scolded people.

Even if Sun Chengzong was kind to him, this old man couldn't just talk nonsense - he dared to say anything.

Is it possible that he is really old and confused?

With the current strength of the Ming army, the main force of the Jin army will be captured...

Li Yuanqing smiled at this time and said: "Mr. Ge has high hopes for us. This matter is not only pressure, but also motivation. We must seize this opportunity."

"Yuan Qing, don't worry. Brother, I've been looking forward to this battle, but it's been a long time. This matter will never be over until we tear off a few pieces of flesh from the Tatars."

"That's right. Yuan Qing, after being silent for so long, I feel a little desperate!"

"..."

Zhang Pan and Chen Liangce expressed their opinions one after another.

Xu Fuzuo and Zhu Mei's guerrillas also hurriedly followed up.

Li Yuanqing said with a smile: "It's only the middle of the day. We should continue to gather military morale according to yesterday's plan and respond to Tatar changes at any time."

After sending Zhang Pan and others away, Chen Zhong did not leave. He whispered to Li Yuanqing: "Yuan Qing, this is not a good sign, old man. If it were him, if he got anxious behind him, this matter would not matter.

What a great ending. The key is that on our side, it’s hard to persuade..."

Chen Zhong was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pot.

Don't be afraid of opponents who are like gods, but be afraid of teammates who are like pigs.

At this time, Chen Zhong finally realized the profound meaning of Li Yuanqing's words.

But the old man was in a high position and had a favor with the two of them. In addition, he was just taking office as a new official, so he and Li Yuanqing couldn't really ignore his face. This was really...

Li Yuanqing smiled: "Brother, maybe things are not as bad as you think. Even if Mr. Ge is worried, Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang, and Man Gui are not stupid. They will not act recklessly. Besides, we are still here to contain them.

, Huang Taiji doesn’t dare to act too rashly.”

Chen Zhong took a breath of cold air and said hurriedly: "Yuan Qing, what you said is true. However, Huang Taiji is far from ordinary. The troops that will come from the capital later are all elite cavalry. He cannot sit still and wait for death.

.”

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Brother, Huang Taiji wrote me a letter last night."

With that said, Li Yuanqing handed Huang Taiji's secret letter to Chen Zhong.

"Well?"

Chen Zhong hurriedly took it and scanned it carefully. After a moment, he swallowed with some difficulty and said: "Yuan Qing, how did you reply to him?"

Li Yuanqing smiled and whispered a few words in Chen Zhong's ear.
To be continued...