"What you said is the truth?"

After hearing Shuyi's words, the face of Li Qiu, the great Lord Ayawara, suddenly turned pale.

"Master, I have sent someone to follow him. The imperial concubine went to the mansion of the Ming general Li Xiao almost every night. When she came out, she looked disheveled. Therefore, I think she must have a good relationship with Li Xiao."

Shuyi's words rang coldly behind Maharaja Ayahara.

After hearing Shuyi's words, Master Ayahara was shocked.

what to do?

If the imperial concubine Zhao really had an affair with Li Xiao, the left governor of the Ming Dynasty, then what should he do with the city lord of Jianghua Island?

Ayahara's heart suddenly became confused.

"Maharaja..."

Just as Zhao was about to continue speaking, Li Qi waved his hand and signaled that she didn't need to continue talking.

There was a depressing silence in the room.

It took a long time before the great Lord Ayahara Li Qi turned around, but his eyes were gloomy and cold.

"Zhao Shuyi, this matter has ended here, and I cannot mention it again, do you understand?"

Li Qiu's voice was low but irrefutable.

Shuyi's face was filled with shock. She never thought that she had worked hard to find out that the imperial concubine Zhao had an affair with Li Xiao. The emperor's second brother, Li Qiu, the lord of Jianghua Island City, wanted to cover up this big scandal in a vague way.

Zhao, who was originally waiting to watch the show, suddenly felt disappointed.

"But, Maharaja, such a scandal..."

Zhao continued to say unwillingly, but was interrupted by Li Qi's irritable wave.

"I said that this matter has ended here. Don't mention this kind of storm to me again in the future." Li Qiu said coldly.

Seeing Zhao's face full of resentment and resentment, Li Qin smiled bitterly and said, "Zhao Shuyi, I would like to advise you. Even if you find out some rumors between the imperial concubine and Lord Li of the Ming Dynasty, you can only regard them as non-existent. Do you understand? You must know that now, Jianghua Island City is the destiny of the entire North Korea, but it is maintained by Lord Li of the Ming Dynasty! Such a powerful figure, you, a little Shuyi, dare to mess with you!"

After hearing Li Qiu's straightforward words, Zhao's face suddenly covered with gray.

However, in her heart, she became more and more hatred for the imperial concubine Zhao.

This fox Meizi lost favor from the emperor and actually hooked up with a general from Ming Dynasty, thinking that external forces were relying on it. It was a pity that this fox Meizi succeeded in cunning. Although she now has her handle, she is completely helpless.

Thinking of how this imperial concubine Zhao would be so kind of joy in Li Xiao's arms, Shuyi Zhao suddenly felt as hatred as a cat to catch her.

Could it be that he could just let go of this hateful fox charming boy so easily?

If you don’t seize and take advantage of this opportunity, how can you make the reputation of the imperial concubine Zhao? How can you get rid of her position and make yourself the eldest concubine?

No, I must not give up!

Shuyi and Zhao took a long breath and thought to himself hatred, since Grand Lord Ayahara deliberately pretended to be confused in order not to offend the Ming general Li Xiao, then when he meets the emperor in the future, he will report all the scandals of the imperial concubine Zhao to the emperor.

"If there is nothing else, just step back first." Li Qiu's voice came faintly.

Shuyi Zhao raised her head, her eyes full of resentment. She snorted lightly and said goodbye and left.

Looking at Zhao's departure back, Li Qiu's face was full of complexity and uneasiness.

......

Such rainy days ended after eight days. The plum rainy season finally passed, and the hot sunshine of early summer finally began to warmly embrace this rain-soaked island.

Li Xiao's Tiger Army stayed in the city for another day. When the ground on the island was drying a little, he personally commanded three thousand soldiers and horses, brought a large amount of firewood and tinder oil, and went to Mount Mani in the south of Jianghua Island.

Although the Mani Mountains were not high, they were steep and steep. Li Xiao did not want his army's precious lives to lose on this narrow and tortuous mountain path. Therefore, he did not hesitate to use the safest and most effective method of burning the mountain, and used this ruthless plan to force the Qing army to survive the surviving Qing army.

The soldiers of the Tiger Army surrounded the entire Mani Mountain, piled up firewood around the foot of the mountain, poured tinder oil, and soon, a raging fire rose into the sky, and the black smoke rolled in, and the flames were burning more and more vigorously, quickly ignited the grass and trees on the mountain, and the fire spread all the way to the top of the mountain.

Seeing the raging fires burning upward from the foot of the mountain, the Qing army, who had already had low fighting spirit on the mountain, suddenly became panicked and in chaos.

"Extinguish the fire quickly, you must not let the fire force spread!" Abatai, who was so fumigated by thick smoke, shouted loudly and issued a military order.

"Master, the fire is too big and it is difficult to extinguish it for a while. Now the trees and grass are all dry, and they are burning. Our army is afraid that it will not last long. Master, please find a solution!" His face was blackened by smoke, but he still carried a group of guards, holding tree skills, and desperately slapped the spreading wildfire guard Zalai, and shouted to Abatai anxiously and fearfully.

Abatai looked sweaty and his lips were trembling, but he couldn't say much for a moment.

way?

Now, what else can I do?

Abatai's heart was as if it were cut by a knife, but he had no choice.

At this time, Jialaezhen Turmu ran over again and knelt down under Abatai. He was also so dark that his face was so dark that he reported to Abatai loudly in a crying voice.

"Master, the Han army, Angbang, Zhangjing, Ma Guangyuan, has gone down the mountain and surrendered to the Ming army!"

"Ah!" Abatai responded in surprise and said angrily: "These Han people who are in trouble are indeed in danger, so they are so fucking unreliable!"

Turmu did not look up, and cried again: "Master, now that the enemy's weapons are attacking Mount Mani, our army is in chaos. Among the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, a large number of people went down the mountain to surrender to the Ming army. He killed several people in a row, but they could not stop their momentum of surrendering to the Ming army!"

After hearing Turmu's report, Abatai sighed and fell to the ground, his expression full of depressedness.

Seeing Abatai so depressed, Turmu gritted his teeth and said, "Master, let me listen to my servant's advice. Now the forest fire is fierce. If our army does not make a decision earlier, we will probably be buried in this sea of ​​fire!"

After Turmu's words, the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers around him turned their heads and looked at Abatai with a dull face.

Abatai's face suddenly felt sad.

I never thought that I, Abatai, had been scattered on the battlefield for decades, and was a hero for the whole life, but I didn’t expect that this small island in North Korea today was the burial place of my Abatai!

Li Xiao, even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!

Abatai gritted his teeth tightly, controlling himself to prevent himself from losing his composure, and shouted out the resentment in his heart.

However, are there still some need for those Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who followed them up the mountain and suffered a lot?

Abatai shook his head gently.

Now that things have come to this point, let these soldiers who have suffered a lot of hardships live a life.

He sighed and shouted loudly to all the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers around him who were fighting to put out the fire, "Everyone, Abatai is incompetent in command of the army and implicated you. Today's fate is self-defeating. But if everyone wants to survive, they can go down the mountain to surrender to the Ming army by themselves. Abatai will never blame him."

After hearing the sad words of the general, everyone around the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers burst into tears and knelt down to Abatai to salute.

The guard Zarai and Jialaezhen Turmu almost shouted together: "Please go down the mountain with us as soon as possible to save our lives."

Abatai smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "No need, Benbeile and Li Xiao are already life-and-death rivals. In this life, either he or I will die! Let me be on this mountain and be loyal to the Qing Dynasty."

Zhalai took a step and shouted to Abatai, "Master, have you said that you will keep the green mountains there and are not afraid of burning firewood? If you are burned to death by the mountain fire, it will be of no benefit to see it as a servant. It would be better to surrender Li Xiao and make plans again."

"Stop!" Abatai became angry: "I am Rao Yubeile of the Qing Dynasty and a descendant of Aisin Gioro. Who can surrender to Li Xiao, a humble Han dog! I would rather be burned to death than see Li Xiao's ugly and proud expression after he captured me!"

After Abatai said that, he turned his head and stopped looking at him.

Zalai wanted to persuade him, but Jialaezhen Turmu, who was beside him, grabbed him.

Then, Turmu jumped up with a big stance, and smashed Abatai with the handle of the knife to the back of his head with a force!

When Zalai and others exclaimed, Abatai's body softened and fell down, and was quickly supported by Turmu.

"Turmu, do you dare to kill the Lord?"

Zhalai drew his sword, pointing directly at Turmu's face, his eyes full of fear and anger.

Seeing that Zhalai was using his sword, his subordinates who came with Jialaezhitulmu immediately drew their swords and pointed them at Zhalai.

Seeing an internal strife approaching, Turmu shouted: "Stop!"

After his subordinates slowly put away their swords together with Zhalai, Turmu said to Zhalai coldly: "Zhalai, you misunderstood. I, Turmu, have always been loyal to Lord Abatai, how could I kill the master? I just don't want to see my master die in vain because of a single thought, so I knocked him out first."

Then, Turmu carried Abatai and glanced at Zalai coldly: "If you don't want to be buried in the fire, then go down the mountain and surrender to the Ming army with me."

After Turmu finished speaking, he did not look at Zhalai and others, but followed his troops and went down the mountain urgently.

"Zalai, what should we do?" Another guard asked Zalay in surprise and lies.

Looking at the backs of Turmu and others who were leaving, Zhalai gritted his teeth tightly, and finally shouted loudly, saying hatefully: "Fuck, we will go down the mountain too! Anyway, the master has joined the Ming army. According to the Qing Dynasty, all our guards will be beheaded. Instead of dying so frustrated, it is better to join the Ming army and find a way out!"

As the booming wildfires completely swallowed up the entire Mani Mountains, all the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers on the mountain, except for more than a dozen people who died of smoke and fire, went down the mountain to surrender.

At this point, the battle to encircle and suppress the remnants of Abatai's troops, Li Xiao's army completely wiped out the Qing army on Mount Mani without any effort, without any soldiers, guns and bullets.

Including the Qing army troops who secretly went down the mountain a few days ago, there were more than 550 Qing soldiers surrendered to Li Xiao.

When Turmu carried Abatai down to the foot of the mountain, he angrily saw that the Han army's Angbang Zhangjing Ma Guangyuan was flattering to the Ming army commander Li Xiao with a flattering smile.

"Lord Li is a young hero with a great reputation. Wherever your army goes, who can stop the military's attack! We have always wanted to join your army, but unfortunately the opportunity has been unsuccessful and has the opportunity to serve the general. Now, when we return, if the general is willing to take in, we must serve as the general and bravely wading in the fire to show our loyalty."

Ma Guangyuan's words that made people shuddered, made the guards around Li Xiao frown. Only Ma Guangyuan himself was still talking hot and spitting everywhere. While praising Li Xiao, he quickly took off his own words.

Ma Guangyuan even said shamelessly to Li Xiao that it was his idea last time that in order to give Li Xiao a big meeting gift, Abatai led the cavalry to Mount Mani, so that the Ming army could successfully eliminate the Qing army infantry who remained there.

Li Xiao waved his hand and stopped Ma Guangyuan from continuing to say even more shameless words.

"Two, please go down and rest first. I will make arrangements for you in the future." Li Xiao smiled and gave the order.

Seeing that he was so loyal to confess, he was neglected by Li Xiao, Ma Guangyuan showed a very regretful expression on his face.

However, he had no courage to tamper with Li Xiao's orders, so he had to bow to Li Xiao and then retreated with the Tiger Army soldiers leading the way.

After Ma Guangyuan and others retreated, they registered military troops from the foot of the mountain. Turmu, who was behind the house, was immediately taken to Li Xiao.
To be continued...