Chapter 10 Chapter Six Killing with a Borrowed Knife

Li Chengliang was dressed in military attire, and sat majestically on the grand teacher's chair covered with tiger skin; early in the morning, he looked full of energy and radiant, especially the smug look in his eyes, which filled his heart. Confidence revealed several points inadvertently. There was a copper brazier in the camp, and the raging fire gave off a red light, and there was a strange joy in the surroundings. Under the cover of this red light, Li Chengliang seemed to be ten years younger all of a sudden. The white beard and hair were all reflected gray-red, but the shiny helmet and armor turned into a blood-red color.

Li Rumei bowed down and reported to him: "Qi report to Commander-in-Chief, Nikan Wailan arrived last night, and now, he is waiting outside the tent." "Pass!" Li Chengliang's voice was loud and majestic, and he gave a complete order with only one word. However, the scene that followed was enough to make people thrilled: "It was passed on to Nikan Wailan——it was passed on to Nikan Wailan——it was passed on to Nikan Wailan..." Thunderous voices, from Li Rumei to the neatly arranged guards, came out of the tent one after another, and the echoes overlapped and reverberated endlessly. Uncle Ning Yuan's military power, style and posture are really going to catch up with the generals. It's tomorrow.

Where has Nikan Wailan seen such a battle?Hearing the overwhelming shouts, he couldn't help being frightened, but how could Li Chengliang allow him to hesitate?The several beneficiary generals who were sent urged him one after another, and then they couldn't help but push him to the front of the tent, as if they were being held hostage; Trembling, but even if he wanted to retreat, there was no way out, so he could only bite the bullet and straighten his back to move forward. A row of sharply armored guards with guns lined up neatly in a long line from inside the tent, stretching straight out of the tent. It was very eye-catching, but Nikan Wailan didn't have time to take a closer look at everything, because the voices came out again from the camp: "Nikan Wailan arrived——Nikan Wailan arrived..."

Nikan Wailan couldn't help but his legs went limp when he heard that, but the people around him didn't allow him to hesitate. A general took a bundle and stuffed it into his hand, saying: "Here, the head of Ah Haizhangjing , Take it in and show your merits!" After finishing speaking, he pushed Nikan Wailan into the tent with a push from behind. Nikan Wailan staggered and almost stumbled into the tent; holding the bundle in his hand, his heart was beating violently. As soon as he entered the tent, he raised his eyes and saw the domineering Li Chengliang, who was high above him, and his heart was even more heartbroken. He was extremely frightened, took a few steps with his feet, and before he reached Li Chengliang, he knelt down with a "boom" involuntarily, and said in his mouth: "Nikanwailan in Tulun City, see Sir Sir... "

"Hmm..." Li Chengliang answered leisurely, but he didn't even look at Nikan Wailan, and asked in a casual tone: "How is your fight in Shaji City?" He asked a question, but didn't ask Nikan Wailan to get up, Nikan Wailan could only kneel straight on the ground, holding the bag high in both hands to answer the question. "Grandfather Hongfu!" Nikan Wailan showed a smile on his face, but he has a mouthful of teeth, high cheekbones, and two eyebrows that are very close together, so laughing is worse than crying Ugly; he reported it to Li Chengliang, his voice was dry and scorched, very harsh, but fortunately Li Chengliang didn't bother with him, so his attitude towards him didn't change at all.

Nikan Wailan described the course of the war with a smirk: "When the people in Shaji City heard the Lord's reputation, more than half of them fled away first, and the rest of the people who followed Ahaizhangjing to defend the city were only a few hundred—— Our army has a total of 3,000 troops. After we surrounded Shaji City, we killed more than 100 of them in the first attack, and the remaining people dared to fight again. There were many people that night. I wanted to escape, but in the end, we caught more than 80 people and killed them all. The next day, we attacked the city for the second time, which was much smoother. Hundreds of people; on the third day, the combat power of the whole city of Shaji City was already very poor, and everyone was in danger, and almost had no fighting spirit, so we attacked the city with all our strength, occupied the whole city, and wiped out all All the people in Shaji City were killed; the lord of Shaji City, Ahai Zhangjing, committed suicide when the city was broken, so we cut off his head and brought it; counting the cattle, horses, livestock, and grass in Shaji City, we are still walking slowly behind— —I, I will lead half of the troops first, and rush to announce the good news to the Sir!"

He said, holding up the burden in his hand. "This is the head of Shaji City Lord Ahai Zhangjing..." When Li Chengliang heard this, he didn't make a sound at all, but two attendants on the left and right came out, took the bundle from Nikan Wailan, carried it to a place five steps in front of Li Chengliang, and opened the bundle; It was a blood-stained head. Ah Haizhangjing's complexion was lifelike, with glaring eyes open, two rows of teeth clenched tightly, and a thick black braid behind his head was still intact, which looked very terrifying. Li Chengliang only lowered his eyelids, glanced down, and then waved his hands slightly; the two attendants saw him, bowed, quickly wrapped the head in the original package, put it in their hands, and walked quickly out of the camp.

When Nikan Wailan saw this, he couldn't help feeling relieved, thinking that he had accomplished a great job, he hurriedly kowtowed deeply to Li Chengliang, and said in his mouth: "Congratulations to Sir—— Sir Hong Fu, our army has won a complete victory, beheaded Countless, set up a military prestige for the Sir!" He knelt down on the ground, full of praise, and his attitude was extremely humble; however, Li Chengliang's reaction made Nikan Wailan almost frightened in shock. Li Chengcheng first gave Nikan Wailan a sideways look, then gave a cold smile, and then issued a stern order: "Come on! Get it for me—pull it out and chop it up, show it to the public, and throw it away." Go out into the fields and feed the dogs!"

A bolt from the blue hit Nikan Wailan, like a magic hand, quickly pushed him from the spring breeze and spring sun into the frozen abyss. He only felt his eyes go dark, and he opened his mouth to struggle; but before he could make a sound, there was already a thunderous response from all around: "Yes!" The knives and axes lined up in a neat line shouted in unison, and after accepting Li Chengliang's order, several big men rushed out of the line immediately, and picked up Nikan who was lying on the ground like an eagle catching a chicken. Wai Lan. "My lord—forgive—forgive..."

Nikan Wailan's voice became even worse, like a piece of charred wood moaning under a saw; his head was huddled under the ribs of a burly man, his hands and feet were writhing, and he was crying with tears Called: "My lord—forgive me—you are wronged! My lord, I am victorious, and I have made meritorious deeds—why does my lord want to kill me instead?" Li Chengliang ignored him at all, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth and piercing eyes, but he just kept silent; several big men turned around and walked out of the camp with Nikan Wailan on his back; With his arms crossed, he couldn't help himself at all, his feet dragged on the ground for a while, and his mouth was still screaming like a pig.

"My lord—I'm not guilty, I've done something!" He shouted all the way, and when he was almost outside the tent, he added: "My lord killed me like this—I died so hard to understand!" Upon hearing this, Li Chengliang's attitude changed, and he ordered: "Come back!" The big men got the order; they turned around and carried Nikan Wailan back to Li Chengliang. Several people let go, and Nikan Wailan was thrown to the ground like a meatloaf; he prostrated himself on the ground, humming to Li Chengliang Weeping: "My lord, for my lord, I led troops to destroy Shaji City and captured a large number of livestock. Even if there is no credit, there is hard work. Why did my lord want to kill me instead? I am under my lord's account." Most loyal servant, if my lord kills me, I will die with regret!" Li Chengliang snorted lightly and said, "Do you want to die clearly?" Nikan Wylan burst into tears and said, "My lord is going to kill me, I dare not die! But, please let me know my mistake, and then come to my lord to lead me to my death!" Li Chengliang glanced at him contemptuously, and said to him: "Isn't your fault not too big? You're already dead, and you don't know it yet?" The voice was cold and stern, and Nikan Wailan was terrified when he heard it, he fell on the ground and did not dare to move; there was no sound in the whole camp, only Li Chengliang could be heard scolding: "You are jealous of Gule City!" Tai's prestige among the Jurchens surpassed yours, so you came to beg me to send troops; you also said that Ah Hai had always obeyed Tai and asked me to attack together; the result? You led three thousand soldiers and horses to attack Shaji City , Shaji City is just a small and weak city, but it took you three days and lost five or six hundred troops to capture Shaji City; as for Gule City, Ah Tai is invincible. It caused me to lose my army over and over again, and I was unable to go to the city for a long time—you said, don’t you deserve death? Come, pull him out quickly, and use his heart and liver to sacrifice to my fallen soldiers! " "Yes!" Li Chengliang's left and right shouted like thunder again. When Nikan Wailan heard this, he was almost out of his wits, and hurriedly stammered and begged in a trembling voice: "Yes—yes—I, I, deserve to die——but, but, I beg your lord to read it before I win! , on the hard work of returning—spare my life—I, I am willing to take my sins and make meritorious service for the lord..." Li Chengliang sneered, and asked coldly: "What other merits can you do?" Nikan Wailan trembled and said, "I—I would like to—Pogule..." Li Chengliang snorted, with a look of contempt in his eyes: "Only you? Can you break Gule City? Will you be Atai's opponent?" "I, I am not capable of defeating—but, you can think about it and come up with a strategy—outsmart!" Li Chengliang said: "With your brain, what good plan can you come up with? It's useless to keep you, let's pull it out and chop it!" Nikan Wailan's forehead had already been scratched, and the skin was already bleeding, but he still knocked hard on the ground again and again, desperately. "My lord, please give me another chance!" He begged mournfully, tears mixed with blood, his face blurred: "I will definitely come up with a plan to put Auntie to death! My lord show mercy!" Li Chengliang kept a straight face and kept silent, but Li Rumei couldn't help feeling a little soft-hearted when she saw his miserable appearance, so she took two steps forward, saluted Li Chengliang, and pleaded for Nikan Wailan: "Father, Marshal Forgive me, forgive him this time, let him take the crime and make meritorious deeds!" Upon hearing this, Nikan Wailan hastily kowtowed his head a few more times: "My lord, please forgive me!" Li Chengliang was silent for a long time, then he raised his eyelids, and his sharp gaze went straight to Nikan Wailan, who dared to look directly into his eyes, and just kowtowed to beg for mercy; Li Chengliang sneered again: " Forgive me a capital crime, you dog thief—come on! Bind all the hands and feet of this dog thief!" "yes!" Several big men came out in response again, took the rope, and bound Nikan Wailan tightly without any explanation. Nikan Wailan knew that he was lucky to save his life, and it was nothing to suffer a living crime, so he didn't dare to speak out and struggled to beg for mercy. He knelt down obediently and was tied up tightly. . Li Chengliang watched these fast-moving big men tie up Nikan Wailan, he nodded his head twice in satisfaction, then slowly stood up, and put his strong and burly man unaffected by age Standing upright like Mount Tai, he proudly gave an order to Nikan Wailan: "Leave me there, and come up with a plan to attack Gule City—on the first day, I couldn't think about it." You are not allowed to eat or drink when you come out; on the second day, if you still can't think of it, you will be thrown into the snow to be frozen; if on the third day, you still can't think of a plan, I will order people to go to the snow Take your clothes off and let you freeze like a popsicle!" After finishing speaking, he held his head high, strode forward, and walked to the back tent; then, the guards, entourage, swordsmen, Li Rumei, Li Ruwu, Li Rugui and a group of assistant generals all followed and filed out. After a while, he disappeared without a trace, leaving only the man-like Nikan Wailan in the huge space, kneeling alone, moaning quietly in his heart. However, even though Li Chengliang said these words to Nikan Wailan sternly, when he retreated to the back tent, he couldn't help laughing, with a smug look on his face, he murmured to himself Saying: "This dog thief slave! Forgive how much courage you have; you are worthy of speaking in front of this commander!" While talking, he sat down slowly on the chair at the top, took the ginseng tea handed over by the attendant, and drank it in a long gulp. Glancing at Li Rugui, he asked him slowly: "Yesterday, what were the identities of those two people who came to Gule City, have you found out?" Li Rugui quickly answered him respectfully: "I want to report to my father, yesterday, my son rushed over to see what happened, but he didn't expect that the person who was waiting at the gate of the city had already entered the city, so my son didn't see it with his own eyes." ——However, someone among the spies reported that he recognized the man, saying that the man was Tu Keshi from Jianzhou Zuowei!" Li Chengliang frowned when he heard it, and looked at Li Rugui with sharp eyes: "Why didn't you report it earlier?" One of Li Rugui's subconscious movements was to kneel down on the ground: "I'm hesitating, I want to find out more before reporting to my father; because, my boy thought, Takshi would never come to Gule City, and he didn't bring any I didn’t bring any weapons, and I didn’t bring anyone with me, so I’m really puzzled, I’m afraid the spies saw the wrong person!” After hearing this, Li Chengliang didn't express his opinion immediately, he didn't say a word, instead he waved his hand and made a gesture to ask others to back down, so Li Rumei and others left in front of him in an instant. Then, Li Chengliang sank into thinking alone; this is his habit for many years, no matter how big or small, as long as it is necessary, he has to think through it again and again - he is meticulous in thinking, cautious in dealing with the world, He is tactful and thoughtful, and his character is persevering and strong. This is the main reason for his career success in his life-he deeply understands that if he does not let go of even a small detail in everything, there will often be unexpected gains! He thought carefully about Li Rugui's report to him, which was worthy of repeated scrutiny; of course, he was the clearest about his son's vision and thinking. Li Rugui's report can only be seen as a superficial situation; and his own wisdom is very different from Li Rugui's! "Takeshi..." He murmured the name to himself, but the thoughts in his mind were flying fast: "If it is him, then the other one is Jue Chang'an? Ergon?" This is not impossible - he immediately made a judgment, because Mrs. Li is the son-in-law of Li Dun! He began to think in his mind, putting himself in the situation: "If I were Tu Keshi, Ergon brothers, or Jue Changan, the commander of the left guard in Jianzhou, what would I do in such a situation?" actions?" The answer came out very quickly—after he came up with the answer, the smile on Li Chengliang's face deepened, and his expression became even more smug. "It's really hard to find a place to walk through iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get here! Jianzhou Zuowei—why tell you that there is no way to go to heaven, but there is no way to hell, so you want to break in?" As he thought about it, he felt confident again; Jianzhou Zuowei, the Aixinjueluo family, and Takshi—he knew all of them, they were the most outstanding group of Jurchens, and they were the ones he had always watched over the years. A group of people who are deeply troubled! "Takshi—Nurhachi's father!" He couldn't help but let out another long breath. He was very clear about this person, and he even faced it with a particularly complicated mood—both public and private, and public, he had to pay close attention to it. He looked at every outstanding talent in the Jurchens, and came up with an appropriate method to deal with them; personally, he envied and envied Tu Keshi for giving birth to a son like Nurhachi—but, he never thought that there would be a son like Nurhachi. On such a day, Tu Keshi would throw himself into the trap, and the fisherman who benefited was himself! Li Chengliang couldn't help laughing when he thought of this; but his smile was weird.